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Siskiyou Mountains
|Siskiyou Mountains
|Highest point
|Mount Ashland[1]
|7,532 ft (2,296 m)[2]
|United States
|Oregon and California
|Del Norte County, California
Siskiyou County, California
Jackson County, Oregon
Josephine County, Oregon
|Range coordinates
|41°49′59″N 123°40′04″W / 41.83306°N 123.66778°WCoordinates: 41°49′59″N 123°40′04″W / 41.83306°N 123.66778°W[4]
The Siskiyou Mountains are a coastal subrange of the Klamath Mountains, and located in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States. They extend in an arc for approximately 100 miles (160 km) from east of Crescent City, California, northeast along the north side of the Klamath River into Josephine and Jackson counties in Oregon. The mountain range forms a barrier between the watersheds of the Klamath River to the south and the Rogue River to the north. Accordingly, much of the range is within the Rogue River – Siskiyou and Klamath national forests, and the Pacific Crest Trail follows a portion of the crest of the Siskiyous.
These mountains are not the highest of the Klamath Mountains, but due to the relief so close to the Pacific Ocean, the peaks receive significant precipitation from the ocean, including wintertime snow on the peaks. Western canyons can receive over 100 inches (2,500 mm) of rain in some winters and are densely forested, while eastern areas are more arid.[5] The greatly varied topography and climate contribute to high biodiversity, and the Siskiyous are noted for a number of endemic species.
Name origins[edit]
The origin of the word siskiyou is unclear. One version is that it is the Chinook Jargon word for "bob-tailed horse". According to historian Richard Mackie, "siskiyou" was a Cree word for a bob-tailed horse,[6] one of which perished in 1829 during Alexander McLeod's journey over a pass later named for the "siskiyou" (today's Siskiyou Pass). The Cree were in the area as part of McLeod's Hudson's Bay Company expedition, and had been recruited far away in their homeland in eastern Canada.[7] Another version, given in an argument before the State Senate in 1852, is that the French name Six Cailloux, meaning "six-stones", was given to a ford on the Umpqua River by Michel Laframboise and a party of Hudson's Bay Company trappers in 1832, because six large stones or rocks lay in the river where they crossed.[8][9] According to some, the Six Cailloux name was appropriated to this region by Stephen Meek, another Hudson's Bay Company trapper who was known for his "discovery" of Scott Valley, in regard to a crossing on the Klamath River near Hornbrook.[10][11] Still others attribute the name to a local tribe of Native Americans.[12]
Natives speaking the Athapaskan Language lived along the Rogue River prior to 1850. These settlements were primarily winter residences, and the people likely spent much of the summer in the mountains.[13]
Early exploration[edit]
Most early exploration of the area came from the coast, beginning in 1775, when the Spanish lieutenant Bruno de Heceta came to the Northwest.[14] He would be followed in 1791 and 1792 by other explorers like captain George Vancouver, James Baker, and Robert Gray. The early western overland expeditions all avoided the area around the Oregon-California border, so that the first land-based expeditions came when the North West Company came to the area in 1820, followed by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821.
The Siskiyou Trail stretched from California's Central Valley through the Siskiyous to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Originally based on existing Native American foot trails winding their way through river valleys, the Siskiyou Trail provided the shortest practical travel path between early settlements in California and Oregon in the 1820s.
New settlement and early industry[edit]
As settlement increased with a variety of new incentives, tensions over relations with the natives increased. In the 1850s, following the Donation Land Claim Act,[15] miners came to the area to prospect for gold. Thousands of miners flooded into the area as profitable claims were made. The new settlements grew enough for Jackson County to be founded, with its seat in Jacksonville, in 1853. The large and sudden influx of white population deteriorated the relationship with the natives in the area.[16][17] This led to the 1855 Rogue River Wars, which ended in 1856.[18]
The new population needed to be supported by an improved infrastructure. By 1859, the trail had been replaced by a toll road. A telegraph line was built over the summit in 1864.[17] By the end of the 1870s, the first private lumber mills were established in the mountains had been established in some of the lower creeks.[19] Commercial orchards began to be planted in 1885.[20] The Southern Pacific Railroad was completed over Siskiyou Summit in 1887.[17] The new railroads were focused around Medford.[16]
Industry develops[edit]
The Klamath Lake Railroad Company built a railroad into Pokegama from 1900 to 1903. It became a vital part of the lumber industry and was acquired by Weyerhaeuser in 1905.[19] Irrigation projects that began at the end of the 19th century led to a boom in the fruit orchard industry.[18] Apple blights around 1900 diminished the crop and pears began to be a major crop.[21] By 1910, pears had begun to replace apples as the major fruit grown in the region.[22] In 1927, the Jackson County seat moved to Medford, which had become much larger than Jacksonville.[16]
The highest peaks in the range include Mount Ashland at an elevation of 7,533 feet (2,296 m),[23] Dutchman Peak at 7,410 feet (2,260 m), Siskiyou Peak at 7,147 feet (2,178 m), and Wagner Butte at 7,140 feet (2,180 m), all of which are in Oregon.[24] The highest peak in the California portion of the range is Preston Peak at 7,309 feet (2,228 m). There are also several lower mountains, including Ben Johnson Mountain, which reaches 4,398 feet (1,341 m). The main drainage basins in the mountains are those of the Rogue and Klamath rivers.[25]
Siskiyou Summit[edit]
Interstate 5 passes through the Siskiyou Mountains at Siskiyou Summit, located just north of the Oregon-California border, and just south of Ashland, Oregon. Siskiyou Summit is the highest pass on Interstate 5, at 4,310 feet (1,310 m). This pass is one of the most treacherous in the Interstate highway system. The California side has a more gradual slope than the Oregon side, where the freeway climbs or descends 2,300 feet (700 m) in elevation over about 7 miles (11 km). In addition, the pass includes several hazardous curves, and is frequently hit with snow, ice, and fog during winter storms. In winter, it is common for the highway to be closed one to four times per year by transportation authorities due to hazardous conditions. The speed limit is 55 miles per hour (89 km/h), but lower limits are set for larger vehicles.
The climate of the mountains is distinctive in how it varies from the coast to the inland slopes. Generally, the mountains see milder temperatures and more precipitation nearer to the coast.[23] The interior is drier and warmer in the summer months, and the eastern slopes resemble an interior climate.[26]
The coast tends to receive about 60 inches (1,500 mm) of precipitation each year, rising to 100 inches (2,500 mm) at the peaks. The arid eastern areas receive around 30 inches (760 mm) annually.[23] Precipitation is greatest in the winter and least in the summer.[26] Fogs provide an additional source of water at low elevations near the coast, especially in summer. Most precipitation at lower elevations comes as rain. At higher elevations, snow is a major source of water.[23]
Temperature tends to change most in the east–west direction because of the ocean's major influence.[26] The mean annual temperature is around 11 to 11.5 °C (51.8 to 52.7 °F) at low elevations. Higher in the mountains and farther east, the temperatures range from overnight lows just above freezing to highs around 21 to 23 °C (70 to 73 °F).
There is considerable biodiversity within the Siskiyou Mountains, including extensive forests. Forests vary by elevation and relative locations, being primarily divided into mixed evergreen forests, montane forests, and subalpine forests.[26]
The occurrences of tree species are divided by these forest types. Exceptions to this exist. Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii) occurs in both mixed evergreen and montane forests. Lawson's cypress (also known as Port Orford cedar, Chamaecypraris lawsoniana) occurs throughout the range west of the summit.[27] California white fir (Abies concolor subsp. lowiana) occurs in montane and subalpine forests above 4,000 feet (1,200 m). In the montane forest, occurring in the snowzone, sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) also occurs. The subalpine forests above 5,000 feet (1,500 m) include mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) and Shasta red fir (A. magnifica subsp. shastensis) in addition to Douglas-fir.[25] Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) is dominant only in montane forests on steep south-facing slopes, but also grows with California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) and in mixed evergreen forests.[28] Rare Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) grow at low elevations or at higher elevations near sources of water. Other conifers include weeping spruce (Picea breweriana), an endemic species,[29] and coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).
Various deciduous broadleaf trees grow in addition to the conifers. The largest extant California black oak is found in the Siskiyou Mountains.[30] The blue oak, Quercus douglasii, is beyond its contiguous range; however, there are disjunctive populations of blue oak within the Siskiyou Mountains.[31]
Invasive species have become a concern in some areas. Some of these include yellow starthistle and scotch broom.[32] Starthistle has become a problem in the Siskiyous only in the last 20 years.[33] It has little value to habitat and is able to outcompete many native plants.[34] Purple loosestrife is a plant that is invasive to waterways.[35]
The diversity of fauna in the region is exhibited by the number of amphibian, reptile, and avian species in the region. Many of the amphibian and reptiles are endemic species.[36][37] The eponymous endangered Siskiyou Mountains salamander is found within this mountain range;[38] there is also the Scott Bar salamander.[39] The variety of habitats in the mountains contributes to the number of bird species in the area, because the birds have more variety of habitat available to them.[37] However, many birds disperse from the area following the breeding season.[40] These birds include the endangered spotted owl, which lives in forests up to 5,800 feet (1,800 m).[41] Endangered salmon live in the Rogue and Klamath watersheds.[29]
Mammals in the area include small rodents, deer and elk, and bear and coyote.[40] Medium-sized mammals also live in the region, including red fox, gray fox, and weasel.[42] Another rare animal is the fisher, a predatory medium-sized mammal that lives in old-growth forest.
Protected areas[edit]
The Siskiyou Mountains have federal protection in several forms. Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve protects 4,558 acres (18 km2) in the northern part of the range south of Grants Pass, Oregon.[43] The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument protects 52,940 acres (214 km2) at the junction of the Siskiyou and Cascade ranges. There are three designated wilderness areas in the range in Oregon and California—the Red Buttes Wilderness, which protects 19,940 acres (80.7 km2); the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, which protects 179,755 acres (727.4 km2); and the Siskiyou Wilderness, which protects 153,432 acres (620.9 km2).[citation needed]
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- ^ "How Did Our 58 Counties Get Their Names?". California State Association of Counties. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
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- ^ a b c Tveskov, Mark; Derr, Kelly; Norris, Nicole; Silva, Richard (November 26, 2001). "Archaeological Investigations of the Siskiyou Trail" (PDF). Southern Oregon University. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved May 17, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b LaLande, Jeff (June 1980). "Prehistory and history of the Rogue River National Forest: a cultural resource overview" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. pp. 22–24. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Lamm, W. E. (1957). "Lumbering in Klamath" (PDF). pp. 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "Jackson County Rural Living Handbook" (PDF). Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District. January 2010. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ LaLande, Jeff (June 1993). "'It can't Happen here' in Oregon: the Jackson County Rebellion, 1932-1933, and its 1890s-1920s Background" (PDF). Southern Oregon State College. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ "Tree Fruits: Rogue Valley Pears". Oregon State University. pp. 53–56. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest: About the Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ LaLande, Jeff (September 1995). "An Environmental History of the Little Applegate River Watershed" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ a b Anderson, William; Borman, Michael; Krueger, William (1997). "Siskiyou Ecological Province". Oregon State University. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Whittaker, R.H. (July 1960). "Vegetation of the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California" (PDF). Ecological Monographs. Ecological Society of America. 30 (3): 279–338. doi:10.2307/1943563. JSTOR 1943563. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ Ohmann, Janet L. (1984). "Port-Orford-Cedar: an American Wood" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. p. 2. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Waring, R. H. (30 September 1968). "Forest Plants of the Eastern Siskiyous" (PDF). Oregon State University. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Siskiyou Crest: Climate Refuge". Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Stuart, John D.; Sawyer, John O. (2001). Trees and Shrubs of California. California Natural History Guides. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 326–328. ISBN 9780520221093. OCLC 44267780.
- ^ Hogan, C. Michael (September 24, 2008). "Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii". GlobalTwitcher. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ "Noxious Weed Control". U.S. Forest Service. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Starthistle". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ Orloff, Steve; Drake, Dan (August 2007). "Management of Yellow Starthistle in Siskiyou County" (PDF). University of California. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ "Purple Loosestrife". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ Bury, R. B.; Pearl, Christopher (1999). "Klamath-Siskiyou Herpetofauna: Biogeographic Patterns and Conservation Strategies". Natural Areas Journal. 19 (4): 341–350. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Alexander, John Doty (1999). "Bird-Habitat Relationships in the Klamath/Siskiyou Mountains" (PDF). Southern Oregon University. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Yorke, Nicole J. "Plethodon Stormi: The Siskiyou Mountain Salamander" (PDF). University of Oregon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "The Klamath-Siskiyou Region". Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ a b Werschkul, David F.; Swisher, Otis D. (January 15, 1983). "Birds and Small Mammals of Southwestern Oregon: the Tanoak Forest" (PDF). Southern Oregon University. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl". Federal Register. March 8, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Siskiyou Crest National Monument: America's First Climate Refuge" (PDF). Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ Urness, Zach (December 4, 2014). "Six Things to Know About Oregon Caves Expansion". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
External links[edit]
- Klamath Mountains
- Mountain ranges of Northern California
- Mountain ranges of Oregon
- Mountain ranges of Del Norte County, California
- Mountain ranges of Siskiyou County, California
- Mountain ranges of Jackson County, Oregon
- Landforms of Josephine County, Oregon
- Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest


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We're almost finished with going green in our living rooms, there's just one thing left to do. Clean them. And of course, we want to use safe and non-toxic cleaners that are also effective. We've talked a lot about green cleaning in the past, and you can read those posts for even more information, but here are some simple ideas for green cleaning in the living room .
Dust – Dust is one of the main issues in a living area, on our bookshelves, knick knacks, and electronics. I use a dry microfiber cloth to dust our electronics and TV, and then use my homemade dusting spray with the microfiber cloth to dust the rest of the room.
Carpets or Rugs – Use baking soda, with several drops of essential oils added and shaken together, to shake over your rugs and carpets before vacuuming. It will refresh your rugs and leave a nice lingering scent, as well as help to pick up pet hair and dirt off of your carpet or rug.
For stains on your carpet or rug, I've found that vinegar and water is a pretty great stain remover, and also helps to eliminate odors from pet stains. If you need something a little stronger, you can try adding some natural dish soap with the vinegar, or sprinkle Borax over the stain, spray with vinegar, let it dry, and then vacuum it up. As always, test a small spot of the carpet or rug first to make sure the treatment doesn't affect the color of the carpet.
Wood Floors – I use a mixture of warm water, vinegar and natural dish soap to clean my wood floors. Be sure not to over wet the floor, and dry them after you've mopped. We'll be talking next week about another all natural cleaner for your wood floors.
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We thought that was celebrated on May 5, too. But apparently it's sort of a big deal. ABC News even did a feature on Great American Mariano Martinez, a first-generation Mexican-American, high school drop-out and inventor of the frozen margarita machine.
Hornitos Tequila, the same folks who brought us the Cheap Trick/mariachi mashup for Cinco de Mayo, took to Facebook last week with a puzzling National Tequila Day request:
Wait...we thought March 17 was the day to get drunk and paint things green.
The responses were a little sad.
Come on! The correct answer to Hornitos' fill-in-the-blank question was "boobies." "Genitals" would also have been accepted.
The participant who replied "Mila Kunis" came closest to winning, only because we're assuming she nicknames her vagina after the rom-com star du jour.


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Bitcoin exchange's collapse is probed by U.S. and Japanese regulators
U.S. and Japanese regulators are investigating the collapse of the world's largest exchange for trading bitcoins, the virtual currency that has grown in popularity among technophiles for buying products and services online.
The separate investigations were launched Wednesday as supporters of the virtual currency insisted that the shutdown of Mt. Gox was only a temporary setback for the novel monetary system.
The failure of the Tokyo exchange, which may have included the theft of almost 750,000 bitcoins worth more than $300 million, was seen by critics as derailing prospects for the virtual currency.
But several high-profile bitcoin investors came forward in its defense Wednesday.
"Mt. Gox had to die for bitcoin to thrive. Its former role from early bitcoin days has been supplanted by better, stronger entities," said Marc Andreessen, a Web browser pioneer whose venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested about $50 million in bitcoin start-ups. "Every important new technology has birthing pains. PC did, Web did, bitcoin does."
Still, the shutdown of Mt. Gox came as a shock to many. According to an unverified document that purports to be from Mt. Gox, thieves have hijacked hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, about 6% of all bitcoins in circulation, which probably can't be recovered.
On Wednesday, Mt. Gox Chief Executive Mark Karpeles posted a new statement on the company's website.
"As there is a lot of speculation regarding Mt. Gox and its future, I would like to use this opportunity to reassure everyone that I am still in Japan, and working very hard with the support of different parties to find a solution to our recent issues," he wrote.
He did not say what those issues were.
Meanwhile, a Japanese government spokesman confirmed at a news conference that an investigation of Mt. Gox was underway.
There were also reports that the office of Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, and the FBI had launched investigations into Mt. Gox and other related bitcoin businesses. Bloomberg cited sources that said the agencies have requested documents from companies that offer bitcoin services.
Banking regulators stepped up calls for greater scrutiny of virtual currencies.
"While all the facts surrounding the situation at Mt. Gox in Japan are not yet clear, these developments underscore that smart, tailored regulation could play an important role in protecting consumers and the security of the money that they entrust to virtual currency firms," Ben Lawsky, New York state's first superintendent of financial services, said in a statement this week.
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) went one step further and called for a ban. Manchin made his case in a letter to several agencies, including the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"This virtual currency is currently unregulated and has allowed users to participate in illicit activity, while also being highly unstable and disruptive to our economy," he wrote. "I urge regulators to take appropriate action to limit the abilities of this highly unstable currency."
Bitcoin was created in 2009 by a programmer using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is a set of Internet protocols that run across a wide number of servers around the world for regulating the creation and trading of bitcoins. It is not controlled by any nation, governing body or business.
Mt. Gox was, until recently, one of the first and largest bitcoin exchanges, a place where people could buy and sell bitcoins. As the company experienced glitches and legal issues over the last year, bitcoin traders began migrating to other exchanges that seemed more stable.
Despite the hit to bitcoin's credibility this week, many of its boosters are rallying to show that their support for it hasn't wavered. Indeed, many argue that the Mt. Gox collapse is a welcome development.
"There have been red flags around Mt. Gox for some time, which in part led to it losing its role as the dominant bitcoin exchange," said Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners. "Hopefully now there will be an opportunity for a U.S.-based regulatory compliant exchange to build meaningful liquidity."
Others argued the $300-million loss and the ensuing bad publicity would be a short-term issue. Indeed, they noted that after declining for a couple of weeks, the price of bitcoins has begun to rise again.
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Israelis, sure. Settlers, certainly. But Palestinians? No, they must be given every benefit of the doubt.
The last PCPSR survey of Palestinians showed that they support a return to an armed intifada that would target Jewish civilians.
This support for terror was across the board:
Support for an armed intifada is higher in the Gaza Strip (60%) than in the West Bank (51%), among the youth between the ages of 18 and 22 years (65%) compared to those whose age is 50 years or higher (55%), among holders of BA degree (55%) compared to the illiterates (44%), among men (57%) compared to women (52%), among students (63%) compared to laborers (47%), among the religious (62%) compared to the somewhat religious (49%), among those who oppose the peace process (81%) compared to those who support the peace process (41%), and among supporters of Hamas (76%) compared to supporters of Fatah (36%).Yes, 41% of those who say they support the peace process also support murdering Jews.
Previous surveys asking about support for specific terror attacks showed that the numbers go up when Palestinians are asked if they support the attacks on Jewish civilians in Israel.
Previous surveys also show that the number who support killing Jews who live in Judea and Samaria are much higher, in the 80-90% range.
This is a society that supports terror on the whole. By under-reporting this, the media is implicitly blaming only Israel for the problems in the region.
The truth needs to be publicized, even if it makes Palestinians look bad. The media has an agenda and that agenda does not include facts.


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OAKLAND, California – Coach Steve Kerr knows just what his players are going through down the stretch of a potentially record-setting season. Having stumbled to the finish of a 72-win season as a player with the Chicago Bulls two decades ago, Kerr is watching his Golden State Warriors do the same.
Stephen Curry had an uncharacteristic off-shooting night, Golden State committed 24 turnovers to squander an early 17-point lead and the Warriors hit an unexpected obstacle on their quest for 73 wins by losing 124-117 in overtime to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
"You have so much media attention and everybody talking about breaking the record and you lose focus a little bit," Kerr said. "The same thing happened 20 years ago. We didn't play well down the stretch. This doesn't surprise me. It's easy to get lost in all this stuff. We haven't been very dialed in of late."
The Warriors (69-9) have lost twice at home in the past five nights. Their record 54-game home winning streak in the regular season was snapped Friday by Boston and they lost again to the Timberwolves, failing in their first attempt to join the Bulls as the only teams to win 70 games in a season.
Chicago also lost two late home games that season before ending up with the record 72 wins. The Warriors now must sweep their final four games to break that mark.
"We put ourselves in a position where it's a realistic goal," said Curry, who missed 18 of 25 shots. "We have to embrace the challenge. Obviously it's not easy to get it done. We're proving that right now."
Shabazz Muhammad scored a career-high 35 points, Andrew Wiggins had 32 and Karl-Anthony Towns added 20 points, 12 rebounds and stellar defense for the Timberwolves.
"It wasn't even about being a part of history," Towns said. "You want to go out there and win. Every game, you want to go out there and you want to be a very competitive team that goes out there and wins."
Klay Thompson scored 28 points, while Curry had 21 points and 15 assists for the Warriors, who lost for the third time this season against a team currently in last place. Golden State also fell in Milwaukee in December and at the Los Angeles Lakers last month, but this one came at home.
Wiggins scored Minnesota's first six points of the extra session to give the Timberwolves their first lead since the first quarter. Muhammad drew the sixth foul on Draymond Green and made both foul shots to make it 114-109.
Curry and Thompson then both missed late 3-pointers and the Timberwolves won the game at the foul line, shocking the sellout crowd that came to celebrate a milestone victory.
"Focus was the number one thing," Green said. "We lost our focus and when you lose your focus, that's when turnovers happen. That's when bad defense happens, that's when problems happen."
Golden State got a big break late in regulation when a potential three-point play by Towns was overturned to an offensive foul when replay showed Curry was outside the restricted area when he drew contact from the rookie center.
But Minnesota still managed to tie the game on a spinning drive by Wiggins with less than 20 seconds to go and didn't allow the Warriors to get a shot off before the end of regulation.
Timberwolves: Towns had his 49th double-double of his rookie season and 13th straight.
Warriors: C Andrew Bogut returned after missing one game with a rib injury and F Andre Iguodala was back after missing 13 games with a sprained left ankle.
It was a strange first half with Curry missing all eight shots he took from the field and not scoring a single point until making a pair of free throws with 27.8 seconds remaining. Curry didn't make his first shot from the field until hitting a 3-pointer with just over 9 minutes left in the third quarter.
Curry then made three more from long range in a span of less than two minutes late in the quarter before going 3 for 11 in the fourth quarter and overtime.
"I was able to bounce back from that crazy, weird shooting in the first half and have some impact on the game," Curry said. "Down the stretch I have to slow down a bit."


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The quality of EIA reports for housing developments in the Nkangala district of the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Mbhele, Precious Mbalenhle
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South Africa and other countries are using Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as one of the Environmental management tools. The EIA process is reliant on the information presented in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The quality of information supplied by the developers in the EIR, plays an integral role in the whole decision making process done by the authorities; to approve and disapprove the EIR. If approved, a record of decision (ROD) is issued to the developers stipulating the conditions that they must adhere to, during the implementation of the project. Using the South African modified Lee Colley review package this dissertation presents the results of research done on the assessment of quality of the EIR's for housing development in the Nkangala district of Mpumalanga province. The results reveal that 73% of Environmental Impact Reports of housing developments in the Nkangala district are of satisfactory quality. However, there were some omissions and inadequacies on alternatives and mitigation which are discussed in detail in this dissertation. The dissertation ends with a conclusion and recommendations.


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Caitlyn's Jenner's older kids refused to participate on E! reality show
Caitlyn's Jenner's older kids refused to participate on his E! reality show
Burt, Cassandra, Brandon and Brody from her two previous marriages did not like that the new reality show was being done for the E! network. PLUS: Why didn't Jenner go with "Kaitlyn"?, Vanity Fair used a computer without internet to prevent Jenner's cover from leaking, and Jenner beats President Obama's record of fastest to 1 million Twitter followers.
Netflix is experimenting with promoting its shows in ads before and after videos
The streaming service says it doesn't plan to use third-party ads.
ABC's "Brokeback Bachelor" stunt shows that it's behind the times
"This could go either way, but neither path looks good for ABC," says Daniel D'Addario. "There's a crass, freak-show element to the Bachelorette promo, as when the voice-over indicates the episode 'will blow your mind.' The lewd double-entendre aside, only on The Bachelorette would the existence of gay people be treated as mind-blowing." PLUS: Bachelorette producers seem to have stopped believing in their gimmick.
Celebrity Wife Swap gets a Bachelor edition
Sean and Catherine Lowe and Jason and Molly Mesnick have signed on for the ABC reality show.
Miranda Otto among Homeland's Season 5 additions
Otto will work directly under Saul as Berlin station chief, while Sebastian Koch will play Carrie's new boss. Alexander Fehling and Sarah Sokolovic have also been added for Season 5.
Heavy metal band Mastodon recall their Game of Thrones cameo
The Atlanta-based group spent one long 14-hour day on set last November. "I got stabbed in the stomach and my throat slit," says drummer Brann Dailor. "They just kept doing that over and over again. I decided after six or seven times that it wouldn't be a bad way to go." PLUS: George R.R. Martin reveals 5 characters he wishes were on GoT.
Amy Schumer is a stripper for dogs in newest Inside Amy clip
Watch her try to entertain some doggie bachelors.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. promotes Luke Mitchell
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Disney XD renews 2 Marvel series and gives them new names
Avengers Assemble will become Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution for its third season, while Ultimate Spider-Man is changing to Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man vs. the Sinister 6, its third title.
Wendell Pierce has written his memoir
The Wire, Odd Couple and Treme vet devotes his debut book, The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken, to his life in New Orleans.
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When I say, "I will serve the Lord", these are word of intention and obligation. I do not just sit back and allow whatever comes to come, saying 'It must be the will of the Lord'. Saying "I will serve the Lord", carries the responsibility to recognize and reject all other powers and gods that have somehow gotten into my life, and to act intentionally to perform service affirming that You, the Lord, are my God.
What does that look like?
I can certainly avoid setting up a statue of wood or stone and laying offerings in front of it as acts of worship. But in my world today, besides countless religions, there are many forms of 'worshipping other gods'. They are usually looked upon as either entertainment or common sense.
As an example, it is common sense to take care of our environment, reduce our carbon footprint, not waste resources. But there are those who do this not out of respect for Your creation, but because they believe in and worship the earth as a power itself. Environmentalism has become a religion, worshiping 'Mother Earth'.
For the sake of 'entertainment' many people are enticed by the idea they can learn the future, or who say they 'dabble' in the occult. What harm is 'dabbling'? They may read horoscopes, go to fortune tellers, read Tarot cards, play with ouija boards, channel or séance to speak to the dead, even summon satan. The 'fun' they participate in opens their hearts and spirits to unseen powers of influence they may not realize.
The truth is, there is power there that scripture tells us to have nothing to do with. Participating in those practices is a form of worship. Believing as truth what is revealed there is attributing a godlike power to the activity or persons involved.
And then, there are some who elevate the desire to succeed or to look youthful to a level of worship, as it guides and motivates everything they do; how they make decisions, where they spend their money.
It is so easy to allow things I enjoy or love to become an unhealthy form of worship; whether it's my children, my job, sports, movies, food, self. Help me be vigilant to be sure I worship only the One True God. Thank You Jesus, for revealing this truth to me. Help me recognize it in my own life, and turn from any form of 'other' worship, so that I only serve You. Amen


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Gov. Cuomo voting (photo: Governor's Office)
New York's unique fusion voting system is again in the spotlight this year, with renewed attention in the wake of Cynthia Nixon's insurgent challenge for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination against Governor Andrew Cuomo, with the potential for vote-splitting on the left leading to a Republican victory in November. Cuomo and Nixon have each now been endorsed by a minor party with automatic general election ballot access, even as they vie for the big prize of the Democratic nomination.
Fusion voting, which allows candidates to combine the votes they receive from appearing on multiple ballot lines, is used in only eight states. But it takes its highest profile in New York, where numerous minor parties can cross-endorse rather than all having to run their own nominees, and still keep their own line on the ballot. Parties can secure a ballot line by having their gubernatorial nominee secure 50,000 votes statewide in the general election.
In New York, fusion voting has often led to individual candidates appearing on multiple ballot lines, whereby the minor parties do not threaten to play a spoiler role by costing a major party nominee victory by siphoning a determinative number of votes. For example, the Republican and Conservative parties often back the same candidates for various offices, and they appear set to do so again in this year's gubernatorial race, behind Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.
Governor Cuomo has appeared on several ballots lines in his runs for office over the years, including on the Democratic, Working Families, Women's Equality, and Independence Party lines during his 2014 reelection. This year, however, the Working Families Party has backed Cynthia Nixon, who hopes to defeat Cuomo in the Democratic primary, but may appear on the general election ballot regardless and therefore risk pulling a decisive number of votes from Cuomo in the general election. Having earned the backing of the Independence Party this year, Cuomo could do similarly if Nixon has the Democratic Party nomination.
The Green Party, which typically fields its own candidates, could also play a role, pulling some voters on the left. This year it is again nominating for governor Howie Hawkins, who received over 184,000 votes in 2014. The Reform Party and Women's Equality Party have yet to settle on a nominee.
The practice of fusion voting was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as a means for minor organizing arms to defeat powerful Tammany Hall machine candidates. These tickets sometimes worked: the second mayor of the consolidated City of New York, Seth Low, defeated Tammany Hall Democrat Edward Shepard on a fusion Republican-Citizens Union ticket in 1901.
The Wilson-Pakula Law of 1947, passed allegedly to disempower the American Labor Party, which was accused of having ties to communists, prevented candidates from running in the primaries for different parties; instead, a candidate must gain permission from the minor party that they're not registered with in order to run on their ballot line. The alleged ties to communists caused ALP members to flock to the newer Liberal Party, which did not face the same allegations; the Democrats and Republicans did not want to grant their line to members of the ALP.
Cuomo criticized the Wilson-Pakula Law in 2013 after it came under scrutiny following Senator Malcolm Smith's alleged attempt to bribe his way onto the Republican line. Some have called for repeal of the law, but so far efforts at repeal have gone nowhere in Albany.
The minor parties gain prominence unseen in most other states due to their ability to influence the major parties, and often act more like advocacy organizations than vast political organizing machines, though some have party infrastructure. According to Gerald Benjamin, a political scientist and the Director of SUNY New Paltz's Benjamin Center, this has made New York's politics more ideological and polarized.
"There are people who believe that periphery-oriented politics is desirable," Benjamin said. "Pulling to the left and right is desirable. I think pulling to the center is desirable, having a two-party system that contains the conflict within that system is centrist." He said that the system, in a way, is "mischievous" in empowering a minority of ideologically-inclined voters to have outsized influence on the process. As such, instead of allowing for more representation on the ballot, the third parties give their lines to major candidates and influence the platform and positions of the major parties and candidates.
Benjamin also says that the parties have become more prominent over time, though not to the degree they were in the 19th century.
"Their significance is higher than in the recent past," Benjamin said, though he noted that the parties often have disparate periods of high significance, such as when James Buckley was elected to the U.S. Senate on only the Conservative line in 1970 or when John Lindsay won the New York City mayoralty on the Liberal line in 1969. "There have been peak moments. But systemically, and through politics at all levels, I think they're at a pretty high level of significance relatively to history."
Though there have been minor party successes for New York City mayor and U.S. senator, none has ever alone elected a governor of New York. The Democrats and Republicans have controlled the governorship exclusively since Whig Party member Myron Clark left office in 1856. The Whigs were one of the two major parties in the U.S. before being replaced by the Republicans in the 1850s.
The liberal Working Families Party (WFP), a coalition of left-wing activist groups and labor unions, is one of the more prominent minor parties in New York. The WFP typically cross-endorses the Democratic nominee and attempts to pull its nominees to the left. Cuomo and the WFP recently split dramatically after several activist groups involved with the party endorsed Nixon for governor, which led to unions leaving the party to side with Cuomo, reportedly at his behest. The unions have provided key funding to those activist groups, whose futures are at risk, along with the larger WFP, which is taking a significant gamble on Nixon.
Cuomo and the WFP have a rocky history. Cuomo initially declined the WFP endorsement in 2010 but eventually agreed to take the line, despite their platforms not being wholly aligned, especially on the issue of taxation. As such, the WFP won 50,000 votes and retained statewide ballot access.
The WFP had more leverage over Cuomo in 2014, when the party agreed to endorse him over liberal challenger Zephyr Teachout in exchange for a pledge to unify the Senate Democrats and support a more progressive platform. Cuomo did not follow through on the agreement, and also created the Women's Equality Party, whose acronym, WEP, is very similar to WFP. His campaign urged supporters to vote for him on the Democratic or WEP lines, omitting the WFP from get-out-the-vote emails.
Having endorsed Nixon over Cuomo this year, some have raised the possibility of a vote split on the left that could land Molinaro in the Governor's Mansion. WFP Political Director Bill Lipton, in response, declared that the party didn't intend to act as a spoiler, telling the Associated Press that in the event Nixon loses the primary, she would "meet with our leaders, and we will make a decision that puts the interests of working families first." However, Lipton does not think that will happen anyway.
"The more voters learn about Cynthia's progressive values, the more they like her," Lipton told Gotham Gazette in an email. "Working Families feels confident Cynthia will win the Democratic Primary in September and go on to be both the Working Families and Democratic Nominees in November. The real problem is Andrew Cuomo being a spoiler. It looks like he will have the WEP and Independence Party lines - what happens when he loses the Democratic primary - is he willing to be a spoiler and elect a Republican Governor?"
The Independence Party has indeed endorsed Cuomo for the third election in a row, landing him on the November ballot no matter what. He is also likely to receive the nomination of the WEP, with the new party leader telling Politico that it's "very likely the party will support Cuomo's reelection bid." Neither the Independence Party nor the WEP responded to requests for comment for this story.
Nixon has taken notice of Cuomo's Independence Party endorsement. When asked about being a potential spoiler in Buffalo, she flipped the script, according to the Buffalo News.
"Why is nobody asking Andrew Cuomo that question, who is running on the Independence line and the Women's Equality line he created," Nixon said.
The Cuomo campaign did not respond to requests for comment from Gotham Gazette.
"Could he win without the Democrat line? Maybe," Professor Benjamin said, while noting that the governor losing the Democratic primary would be an unlikely scenario and that a continued run would be based on a future calculation by Cuomo. The most recent poll, from Quinnipiac University, has Cuomo leading Nixon by 28 points. However, Benjamin conceded that Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination for president was also initially seen as exceedingly unlikely.
The Independence Party has had significant showings in both of Cuomo's elections: in 2010, it received 146,576 votes statewide, while in 2014 it received 77,762, according to the State Board of Elections. In both instances, however, it was bested by the Working Families Party in vote count.
The Independence Party is, however, by far the largest third party in New York State based on enrollment. According to the State Board of Elections' Annual Report for 2016, the most recent year available, the Independence Party had 501,738 registered voters in the state, outnumbering the second largest, the Conservative Party, by almost 340,000 voters. WFP had 50,039 registered voters. The Independence Party's high membership, despite a relatively low electoral profile, is due in no small part to people mistakenly registering as Independence when meaning to register as unaffiliated, or "independent," as shown by the Daily News in 2012.
Meanwhile, the New York Times has derided the Independence Party as a "bizarre and fractious political group" that "survives on confusion" of people thinking they're registering as independent. The editorial board urged Cuomo to reject its endorsement in 2014 in order to cause the party to lose its automatic place on the ballot; Cuomo did not do that.
Unlike the WFP, the Independence Party has not committed to endorsing either the Democratic or Republican nominee in the event that Cuomo loses the primary; as such, Cuomo could theoretically continue his campaign as the Independence nominee if he loses the Democratic primary. However, like a potential Nixon campaign as the WFP nominee, a Cuomo Independence campaign against Nixon and Molinaro would allow the possibility of a vote split that would likely send Molinaro to Albany.
Cuomo's stormy history with minor parties goes back a long way. In 2002, he was endorsed for governor by the Liberal Party, but dropped out of the race before the Democratic primary. He remained on the party's line for the general election, where he failed to receive 50,000 votes and thus the Liberal Party lost its automatic place on the ballot. Historically a vehicle for candidates with the backing of labor unions, the party ceded that ground to the WFP and has not appeared on the gubernatorial ballot since Cuomo's 2002 run.
Things are looking less tense on the Republican side. Molinaro appears to have consolidated support among the state's GOP establishment; he recently won the endorsement of the Conservative Party, and his main competition for that and the Republican nomination, State Senator John DeFrancisco, recently pulled out of the race.
There's also the Reform Party, which has a history of maverick actions and public stunts by its founder and leader, Curtis Sliwa. Last year, the party publicly urged Preet Bharara to run for either mayor or governor; Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney who was fired by President Donald Trump, has instead become a renowned podcaster.
Now, the party is apparently split on endorsing either Molinaro or former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, who mounted a brief campaign for the Republican nomination before dropping out. According to the Daily News, the party has "punted" the decision to its May 19 party convention in Queens; if the party can't make a decision there, it will hold a primary in September. In late April, it was reported that Sliwa himself was considering a run, saying he had "no other choice" if doctors give him a "clean bill of health." Democrats and Republicans will hold their nominating conventions toward the end of May.
"There was a motion made to table consideration of the Governor's race until the state convention so that all of the state committee members could speak with the candidates," Frank Morano, a spokesman for the Reform Party, told Gotham Gazette.
The party has its own outsized role in New York politics compared to its membership; according to the 2016 BOE report, the Reform Party has only 900 registered members in all of New York State.
by Ben Brachfeld, Gotham Gazette


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This summer, the Belfast Free Library will host four lectures in conjunction with Penobscot Marine Museum's "Summer Folk: the Tourists of Penobscot Bay" exhibition. The lectures will take place in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, 106 High St., at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
The series will open Tuesday, July 10 with a presentation by Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth, Jr. on the history of the Samoset in Rockland titled The SamOset: Maine's Premier Coastal Summer Hotel.
Built in 1889 as the Bay Point House overlooking Rockland Harbor, this beautifully sited summer resort was acquired by the Ricker Family of Poland Spring fame in 1902. That year, the Rickers expanded the building and renamed it the SamOset Hotel. Under Ricker management, the SamOset thrived as Maine's premier coastal resort hotel of the early 20th century. The SamOset closed in 1968 and burned four years later. However, its grand architecture and elegant social life continue to sparkle in the old post cards, photographs and promotional brochures that illustrate this presentation.
Shettleworth is the director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and is the Maine State Historic Preservation Officer. A native of Portland and a graduate of Colby College, he earned his master's degree at Boston University, where he held the first fellowship of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. He has played an important role in the preservation of Maine's architectural, historical and archaeological heritage for more than 40 years.
Shettleworth became the Maine Historic Preservation Commission's architectural historian in 1973 and has been its director since 1976. He is currently the longest actively serving state historic preservation officer in the United States. He is the author of numerous books on Maine's social and architectural history and delivers an average of 30 lectures a year. He has a real passion for historical photography and is a postcard collector.
On Tuesday, July 24, Beverly Crofoot will present an illustrated talk about the history of Bayside as a destination for summer folk titled "The Tents, the Pretty Girls and the Homemade Gingerbread at Northport. In 2008, was a contributor and chief editor of "if These Cottages could Talk: a History of Bayside in Northport, Maine."
On Aug. 7, Megan Pinette from the Belfast Historical Society and Museum will offer a slide show and talk titled Belfast by the Sea, Summer Visitors. And on Aug. 21, author Eleanor Motley Richardson will give a presentation titled Summers in North Haven.
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This wonderful bit of dirt is actually a public county road in Kimble County. Really. The landowner told me his grandfather built it more than 50 years ago and that it has never been graded – neither of which is hard to believe. The county needed it so they annexed it but, lucky for us, they didn't make any changes. Looks fun doesn't it?


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Planning a trip to Disneyland with toddlers? I've been taking my little ones to Disneyland since they were babies. I'll admit that vacationing with a toddler at Disneyland can be a challenge. There are definite considerations and adjustments that need to be made in your trip when you have a toddler in tow! If you're planning a trip to Disneyland with toddlers, check out my ideal one-day Disneyland with a toddler itinerary.
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Disneyland With a Toddler
Before your trip, here are a few ideas and additional posts for Disneyland tips with toddlers about what you should plan ahead of time.
- Be sure to read this post about Disneyland with a Toddler – it will give you lots of practical advice for your day!
- Planning to stay at a Disneyland Resort Hotel or at an off-site hotel?
- Packing a diaper bag – what to bring with you and what you can buy in the Parks.
- What are the best outfits for toddlers to wear in the Disney Parks?
- Bringing a stroller? How about a front carrier to hold your toddler when he's sleepy? I definitely recommend bringing BOTH because you're going to be exhausted at the end of the day too!
- Will your Disneyland trip include children of various ages? See how you can accommodate all ages at Disneyland on this TravelingMom post.
- Some of the tips in this post about taking toddlers to Walt Disney World are valid at Disneyland as well.
Disneyland With a Toddler
This is a one-day Disneyland itinerary with a toddler. I'll outline what things you can see, do and eat in a single day at the Disneyland park with your toddler. You won't be able to do EVERYTHING (you'd need more than a single day for that!). But these are the essentials that your toddler will enjoy!
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Extra Magic Hour and Rope Drop
Most toddlers are early birds, which will make it easy for you to get to the Park before opening. Have a quick breakfast at the hotel or do what I do with my toddler – Give her a granola bar or dry cereal and a cup of milk, and let her nibble in the stroller while we're walking to the gates!
Guests staying at a Disneyland Resort Hotel can take advantage of Extra Magic Hours to enter the Parks one hour before official opening. Not all attractions are open but Fantasyland is! And Fantasyland is the perfect place to start with your toddler. Note that there are specific days that the Disneyland Park is available for Extra Magic Hour so check at the hotel for the schedule.
If you aren't staying at a Disneyland Resort Hotel, you'll want to take advantage of "Rope drop". This happens in the 30 minutes before the Park opens officially. If you arrive during this time, you may be able to enter onto Main Street U.S.A. before the rest of the Park opens. There are often character greetings and the shops are open for browsing.
Character Greetings
Toddlers are fickle little people. Some toddlers LOVE the characters. And some toddlers HATE the characters! I recommend letting your toddler watch from afar at first and judge from there if you really want to do the character meet n' greets. There are plenty of characters around the entrance and hub of Main Street U.S.A. and if you're there right at rope drop, you'll be able to meet with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Donald and more.
Check out this TravelingMom post with tons of tips on how to meet characters (with practical advice from a mom whose toddler is scared of Mickey!)
The first two hours inside Disneyland are important to maximize! Many vacationers will sleep in and arrive to the Park later in the day. It's good to be an early bird and take advantage of the lighter crowds during those first few hours. I recommend hitting Fantasyland first with your toddler. Walk straight down Main Street U.S.A., across the Sleeping Beauty Castle drawbridge and into Fantasyland!
Most of the rides and attractions in the Fantasyland area are toddler appropriate (save for the Matterhorn Bobsleds, which have a 42″ minimum height requirement). I've included all of the attractions here with key notes for taking your toddler –
- Alice in Wonderland -Most toddlers enjoy this ride
- Casey Jr. Circus Train- MUST DO
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant – MUST DO
- "it's a small world"- MUST DO
- King Arthur Carrousel- MUST DO
- Mad Tea Party-Can take Toddler but they might be scared (fast moving)
- Mr. Toad's Wild Ride-Can take Toddler but they might be scared (dark elements)
- Peter Pan's Flight-Most toddlers enjoy this ride, however it is dark inside
- Pinocchio's Daring Journey-Can take Toddler but they might be scared (dark elements)
- Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough-Most toddlers enjoy this ride (lots of stairs to climb, which toddlers usually enjoy!)
- Snow White's Scary Adventures-Can take Toddler but they might be scared (dark elements)
- Storybook Land Canal Boats-Most toddlers enjoy this ride (slow boat ride, storytelling & miniatures)
Lunch with Littles
Most dining locations offer toddler meals on their menus. And of course you can always request an extra plate and feed your toddler from your own meal. Feeding your child who has not yet turned three at a buffet location is free. I have more dining tips for little ones at Disney on this post.
I'm not a fan of full-service dining with a fidgety toddler. When toddlers are hungry they want to eat NOW! Also, my toddler tends to eat quickly and then clamor to get out of her highchair. This means I'm usually having to rush my meal or take it to-go!
One of the best time savers with toddlers at Disneyland is to use their app for mobile ordering food. Simply order from your phone, click the button when you arrive and pick it up at the counter! So easy when you have hungry littles and don't want to stand in long lines for food.
Character dining can be hit or miss with a toddler. If your little one loves the characters, then yes, by all means book one of the character meals. But if your toddler doesn't like the characters, I'd definitely skip the pricey character dining experiences.
Here are my favorite places to eat for lunch with my toddler at Disneyland:
- French Market in New Orleans Square- outdoor covered patio dining with roast chicken, meatloaf and corn chowder. The restaurant often offers live jazz music.
- Red Rose Taverne in Fantasyland-indoor dining. My toddler liked sharing the flatbread and fries.
- Hungry Bear Restaurant in Critter Country-outdoor covered patio dining with chicken nuggets on the kid's menu.
Disneyland With a Toddler Requires Play Time
Toddlers can only take so much of being strapped into a stroller. They need to get out, run around and play a bit (best to do right before their regular nap time).
There are places for you to let your toddler walk (like Main Street U.S.A. and the plaza near "it's a small world") that aren't too congested. Other areas like New Orleans Square and Tomorrowland tend to be very crowded and it's easy to get separated. Here are a few places to let your toddler out for free play.
- Mark Twain Riverboat
- Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island
- Tarzan's Treehouse
- Toontown Play Areas including Donald's Boat, Goofy's Playhouse, Minnie's House and Mickey's House
Nap Time
Do NOT skip the nap! I repeat, do not attempt to skip sleep with your toddler! It's tempting to want to power through your Disneyland day but you'll pay for that skipped nap with tantrums and meltdowns!
You have several options for nap time, whether it be returning to the hotel, finding a quiet location or letting your toddler stroller sleep (my personal choice).
Toddlers Love a Parade
Depending upon the season for the year, there are several can't miss Disneyland parades. Check the schedule before your trip to know which is gong to happen during your visit (past parades have included Mickey's Soundsational, Pixar Play Parade, Paint the Night and Christmas Fantasy). Toddlers will love the vibrant colors, familiar characters and dance-able tunes. I keep my toddler in her stroller and roll it right up to the curb during the parade. This allows her a front row view to the show!
Dinner at Disneyland
As dark falls on the Park, thoughts turn to dinner. As I noted at lunch, I recommend sticking to quick service locations. These are my favorites:
- Plaza Inn on Main Street U.S.A.- Both indoor and outdoor dining. The fried chicken, veggies and mashed potatoes can't be beat and the large platters are perfect for sharing.
- Rancho del Zocalo in Frontierland – Outdoor dining. I love the atmosphere here at night, with the beautiful colored lanterns that hang over the dimly lit patio. The Mexican food offerings are good. Just be sure to check the menu before sharing because some of the items are on the spicy side.
Other Must-Do Toddler Attractions
Any ride or attraction that does not have a height restriction is a-okay for your toddler! Rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion do not have a height restriction but use your best judgement before bringing your toddler aboard. Skittish little ones who do not enjoy the dark aspects or "spooky" elements likely will not enjoy these attractions!
I've noted the following attractions that are must-do with your toddler-
- Disneyland Railroad
- Enchanted Tiki Room (snacks are allowed inside!)
- Jungle Cruise (there is a loud gunshot during the ride; the Cast Member "Skipper" will alert you to cover your ears)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (let her wield her own "blast" gun!)
- Finding Nemo Submarines
Nighttime Entertainment
If your toddler doesn't mind the noise and can stay up late, the fireworks spectaculars at Disneyland are amazing. Another excellent nighttime show is Fantasmic! I recently viewed this show with my toddler and have a few pointers. You'll need to collect a FastPass ticket for Fantasmic! early in the day to have standing room viewing. Note that you'll be arriving to your designated location about an hour early and standing to wait for the show. That's a LONG time to hold a squirmy toddler. By the time the show came my arms were spent!
I highly recommend booking a Fantasmic! Dining Package in advance. You'll receive a meal at one of the designated locations and a seat to watch the show front and center. I'm totally doing this next Disneyland trip!


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Ever since she auditioned for American Idol in 2005, Carrie Underwood has been one of America's favorite country artists– and it's easy to see why! Her voice is incredible, she has the heart of an angel, and let's face it– she's got a great head of hair.
We decided to go back through the time capsule and find some old pictures of Carrie from when she first came onto the music scene to where she is now, and it proves two things: 1) Glow Ups are very, very real and 2) hairstyles can change a LOT about a person's overall look.
Carrie Underwood graduated high school in 2001, and her signature blonde locks were already making a statement back then.


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"The Psychology Collective" is a collaboration between the three psychology-related student organizations at Hunter College: The Psychology Club, The Hunter Chapter of Psi Chi – The International Honor Society in Psychology, and Psych News, the Official Publication of The Psychology Collective, a semesterly newsletter.
The Psychology Collective welcomes students from all disciplines and backgrounds who are interested in psychological issues. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Psychology Club, check out our online form. For information on the Psi Chi membership requirements and Psych News submission guidelines, please visit their respective areas of the site.


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Fish Prices Dupe Customers Scammed by 'Bait and Switch' Seafood
A new report and infographic created by the environmental nonprofit group, Oceana, outlines issues with seafood sold in America, mainly inflated, fraudulent fish prices as a result of swapped selections.
According to the report [PDF], in what appears to be a rampant "bait and switch" practice where consumers are served cheaper fish marketed at higher fish prices, Americans are eating 50 percent more seafood than just 50 years ago, but may be paying significantly more for their seafood. "[W]hen red snapper is replaced with tilapia in a restaurant, diners may pay seven dollars more to eat tilapia than they otherwise would," cites the report. "Swapping a lower cost fish for a higher value one is like ordering a filet mignon and getting a hamburger instead," said Margot Stiles, the report's author and Oceana senior scientist, in a press release. "If a consumer eats mislabeled fish even just once a week, they could be losing up to hundreds of dollars each year due to seafood fraud."
More than 300 menus were reviewed from 12 cities to determine the fish prices, and whether or not consumers were paying an accurate market price. " Unfortunately, the only way for consumers to be truly confident in their seafood purchases is to require traceability of the supply chain, tracking every fish from boat to plate," the report states. "With more about seafood making it to consumers, they can make more informed purchases. The difficulties of finding transparent price information for this report highlight a glaring need for more information being available to retailers and the public from every step of the seafood supply chain."
From the Organic Authority Files
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Nokia 3310 was an awesome phone. It had a very sturdy build and very long battery life. To many others, it was their first phone with very nostalgic moments of playing Snake and having a dent-less phone even after a ton of accidental drops.
It's 2017 and Nokia has a surprise for all of us. It's Nokia 3310 re-modernised, re-designed, re-launched.
The new Nokia 3310 (2017) borrows the success from the original Nokia 3310 and comes with a month of battery life!
Its design may not be as rugged as the original 3310, but it has definitely come with a new, fresh, redesign with a few colourful choices: Red, Yellow, Gray, and Dark Blue.
It has a 2.4″ screen (with colours), micro USB charging port, 2MP camera with LED flash, headphone jack, FM radio and MP3 player, 16MB Internal Storage (with a MicroSD card supporting up to 32GB), and.. a Snake game for the nostalgia!
Sadly, it doesn't run on Android and most importantly, it only runs on 2G (what?). Running on 2G is a deal breaker to most as many telecommunication networks around the globe (such as here in Australia) have turn their 2G off for good.
Things got exciting, but unfortunately, many of you would probably never find a need to buy this phone. Except for nostalgic purposes.
The new Nokia 3310 (2017) official video:
Read more about the new, modern Nokia 3310 (2017) at Nokia's website.


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HCSC 2012: Session 3 Recap from High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Vimeo.
This is the official video of the third HCSC session up at Mt Hood. It gets better every week. Riders in this two-song shred frenzy: Scott Stevens, Colton Morgan, Brandon Hobush, Jaeger Bailey, Spencer Schubert, Scott Vine, Bryan Fox, Sage Kotsenburg, Jonny O'Connor, Johnny Brady, Takal Shida, Garrett Warnick, Jordan Emerson, Brandon Cocard, Deadlung, Mitch Richmond, Alex Lopez, Jacob Aaronson, Scott Stevens, Mike Ravelson, Sammy Spiteri, Ted Borland, Justin Kenniston, Ian HArt, Brandon Reis, Zak Hale, Blake Geis, Andrew Aldrige


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Here's another stunning wedding published today on Style Me Pretty.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
How excited am I for Heather and James' wedding in a couple of weeks? SUPER excited. Here are a few of my favourites from their High Park engagement session last fall!
Remember this gorgeous wedding? Well hop on over to SMP Canada to check it out (and leave a comment!) : D


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Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC) is a technology of on-line advertising which allows to get leads and sales from day one. Best benefit of PPC services is that you have to pay only when someone will click on your ads, you don't have to pay for impression. If you are looking instant online conversion, then you must start PPC campaign for your business. There are some popular medium such as Google AdWords, Yahoo Publisher, Facebook Ads, Bing Adcenter and LinkedIn Ads to start your paid campaign to target your desired customers.
You will want targeted prospects simply because in Pay Per Click Advertising strategy, each click to your current advertisement price money. And so, it is quite easy to setback your budget over a improperly handled pay per click campaign. The most prevalent errors marketers help make is usually that they:
- Target general keywords
- Do not target the correct breadth of keywords
- Put money more than is usually less expensive
- Do not allow sufficient awareness of the targeted site
Benefits of PPC Services
- You can directly focus on targeted audience
- Money is completely safe than other marketing schemes
- It helps to drive instant traffic to your website
- Easily traceable your sales and web traffic


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If you are looking for a luxury hotel in downtown Reykjavik, The Hotel Holt Reykjavik is the one that caters to its guest lavishly. The Hotel Holt is an elegant hotel in a picturesque small street adjacent to the city core. The location of the Holt hotel aids the entire navigation of the city within less time. The staff is friendly, expert, and multi-lingual and try their best to make your trip enjoyable and memorable.
All the rooms of the Hotel Holt are clean, comfortable, and spacious. All the rooms have all the regular facilities to heighten the feel of vacations. At Hotel Holt, tourists and travelers can book a room in multiple ways it can be online by the hotel's website, from the airport terminal, or as per your ease on the spot by visiting the hotel.
The Hotel Holt has eight single rooms, twenty-one standard twin rooms, eight junior suites, and four regular suites with all facilities. The Holt provides a spectacular experience to art admirers as it is well-known around the globe for its precious art collection. All the art collection of the hotel is privately-owned, which makes it unique.
Looking for a different Reykjavik hotel? Please see our full guide to the Best Hotels in Reykjavik.
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Amenities at the Hotel Holt Reykjavik
The Holt is a four-star hotel with spacious 42 rooms. Location wise hotel is ideal in the heart of the city, on the peaceful street of Reykjavik city. The Laugavegur, the largest shopping center, and the splendid Tjornin lake are just five minutes away from the Hotel Holt by walk. Many hub sites are nearby, including the National Art Gallery, the Hallgrímskirkja church, Parliament, and the City Hall, which are less than a ten-minute walk away.
In the 1960s, the Icelandic entrepreneurs and art-lovers husband Þorvaldur Guðmundsson and his wife Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir established Hotel holt, still run by the same family. The hotel is famous for its artwork collection by well-known Icelandic artists like Jón Stefánsson, Kjarval, Ásmundur Sveinsson. The Holt has ancient-style aesthetics, and the ground floor has the preserved heritage of Iceland. The ambiance is peaceful with dim lights and wood paneling. Furniture has an old state with marks of time visible on them.
The reception staff is available 24/7 with professional staff. The library is in the main public area that serves as a private meeting room at the time of need. This space has lots of art pieces that captivate visitors' eyes. The floor feels like silk with the Italian ceramic tiles.
The corridor in the reception area daily offers a painting walkthrough at 5.30 pm. Its registration is free, and anyone can experience a lifetime. A few suites (rooms) come with a complimentary entrance to the pool at Laugardalur and gym that is a half an hour bus rides far from the hotel. Visitors also acquire access to the Sundhöllinn, local pool. The hotel additionally has a sauna, a fitness center, and a steam room.
The hotel serves warm breakfast and frozen dishes that include a wide range of fresh pieces of bread and patisseries, salmon, local jams, cheeses, fruits, vegetable cuts, etc., and warm dishes similar to boiled porridge, cooked bacon, and boiled eggs.
The Holt Hotel restaurant not only serves breakfast but also offers lunch and dinner options. These options cover traditional Icelandic fish and beef dishes (Arctic char, lobster soup, lamb) and regularly some veggies dish for vegans too.
The bar of the hotel has a wine cellar stock of Italian organic wines. It also serves some varieties of wine from Europe and France.
The sophisticated bar area on the opposite side of the reception desk has armchairs with leather covers, flooring covered with Persian rugs, walls saturated with a picture-realistic historical work by artist Kjarval, and offers varieties of whiskies, wines, and beers.
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What We Like About the Hotel Holt Reykjavik
With the luxurious rooms, services, a restaurant, and an exotic bar, the Hotel Holt Reykjavik is a worthwhile destination. Every traveler must visit this royal hotel in the capital city of Iceland. The hotel has four standard single rooms that are comfortable and well furnished with all the facilities. These rooms are ideal for single travelers and newlywed couples.
All single rooms have a telephone, a flat TV screen, a coffee/tea machine, a safe, a bathrobe, toiletries, and an attached bathroom with warm showers.
If you are looking for more spacious rooms, the Hotel Holt Reykjavik has twenty-six double rooms. All double rooms have an attached bath with a warm shower, complimentary internet, a flat TV screen, a coffee/tea maker, a desk with a lamp, a safe, a telephone, a mini-bar, a luggage rack, and toiletries. Double or twin rooms are perfect for small groups of guests.
Hotel Holt has eight luxurious Junior Suites, equipped with all new conveniences to assure a pleasant stay. These suites are spacious than twin rooms and offer more luxury and space. The rooms have an attached bath with a warm shower, and sofa-cum bed is also accessible upon request.
If you want a more capacious and royal experience at the Hotel Holt Reykjavik , you can opt for suites. There are four suites available, and they offer a separate living room and sleeping rooms. The beds are King-sized, provides more comfort to the residents. These suites have complimentary internet, Flat-screen TV, a Coffee/tea maker, a desk with a lamp, a telephone, a telephone, a luggage rack, a safe, a hairdryer, and toiletries.
The hotel serves warm breakfast and frozen dishes that include a wide range of fresh pieces of bread and patisseries, salmon, local jams, cheeses, fruits, vegetable cuts, etc., and warm dishes similar to boiled porridge, cooked bacon, and boiled eggs.
The Hotel Holt is the best place to stay during the visit to Iceland. The hotel has various unique things as it has a restaurant that serves traditional food and a bar that offers a wide range of organic Italian wines, beers, and whiskies.
Bon Voyage, Be Safe!
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Alternative Reykjavik Hotels
- Kvosin Downtown Hotel
- Hotel Borg Iceland
- Alda Hotel
- Canopy By Hilton Reykjavik City Centre
- Apotek Hotel
Contact Information
- Address: Bergstaðastræti 37, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
- Phone: +354 552 5700
- Website: Hotel Holt


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These pictures don't come close to showing what we accomplished this week. I also redid the bedding in our master bedroom and bought new curtains. I'm in the middle of working on a homework station for the boys and putting together their supplies for next year. I'll blog about those projects when they're done. I plan to finish them soon because the house looks chaotic thanks to in-process projects and bags of items to donate!
We cleaned out the boys' closet. Now we need to organize it and buy more hangers. We also need a second dresser, but I won't tackle that until I finish purging what's in the dresser they already have. Maybe we won't need a new dresser!
Nico thinned out his stuffed animal hoard by half. The rule is that he can't have stuffed animals on the floor. Well, clever Nico started stuffing them between the wall and his cabinet once his animal bin couldn't hold anymore. "Mom, you said stuffed animals can't be on the floor. They aren't on the floor! They're IN THE AIR!" Nice try, sly guy.
I went through my shoes and got rid of 12 pairs. I feel like I can get rid of two more pairs, but I'm going to wait and see if they see any use this winter. I'm tackling my closet next, then my dresser.
I start back at work next week! Prayers that I adjust to the change would be most appreciated.


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You might know that I spent a fortnight in the United States, particularly in the Tejas area for my honeymoon to Akon in 2004. While I was there, I mainly subsisted on vendor food, because refrigeration was, you know, something other people did, and we were at a convention centre and hotel. This gave me ample opportunity to become acquainted with the brands and types of soft drink distributed in the United States, because of course, they didn't have anything I was familiar with.
Oh, they said they had Coke and Pepsi and Sprite, but they didn't taste the same. They tasted awful – a byproduct, I think, of local sugar and caffeine rules, as opposed to what I was used to here in Australia.
One of the products that was sold, alongside Pepsi, was Pepsi Si. Fox and I bought some, to test, thinking perhaps Pepsi Si was Pepsi Max for a different nation. No – we tested the labels and found the ingredients to be identical. We taste tested the products, and found them to be identical as well. We finally broke and asked a local, where we were informed Pepsi Si was Pepsi's product for Hispanics.
That is to say, the exact same product, but with 'Yes' in Spanish on the label.
I cannot decide if it's terrible that this works (because it seems so shallow and meaningless and desperately embarassing for PepsiCo that they think Hispanic people will be appealed to by this) or more damningly, if it's terrible that this works (because the Hispanic people are so oppressed in cultural hegemony that any expression of acceptance, even one as paltry as that, is an appreciated gesture).


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What It Takes to Parent a Child With a Disability
Sometimes I'm asked what it's like to have a child with a disability. I'm praised for my parenting, lauded for my patience and my ability to care for my child. While I appreciate the sentiment, the truth is I'm no more of a super mom than anyone else. I stumble, I fall, I lose my temper sometimes. I struggle to find balance and order in our family's life and schedule. My child is not all that different from any other child, not at the core anyway. And he's certainly not hard to love.
I am a good mom; this I know and will take credit for. But I'm not special. I wasn't given this child because I was strong enough, or extraordinary in some way. And let's be very clear, my child is not a burden. He's just a person; granted an incredible one, at least in my eyes. As parents, our job is to love, to encourage, to care for, to teach, and to provide for our children. This is what I do. In many ways, my life as a parent is not much different from anyone else's.
I don't want to take away credit where credit is due. There are so many hardworking parents of kids with disabilities out there, and they deserve to be acknowledged for moving the mountains they move to ensure their children flourish and thrive. Being a parent takes guts, not because of the children we have, but because of the world we live in. While we have come a long way, we still have far to go in the areas of accessibility, acceptance, and inclusion. Sometimes we have to fight a lot harder to have our children's needs met. We have to learn things we never thought we'd know how to do. We often have to work harder at the things that usually come naturally in life.
If you've ever wondered if you'd be able to parent a child with a disability, I believe the answer is of course you could. You don't think about it, you just do it. You take what is in front of you, and you figure it out. All it really takes is a willingness to learn, and an open heart and mind. If you can be a good parent, you can be a good parent to a child with a disability. If you're at the beginning of your journey in the world of disability, rest assured, you've got this. I'm not going to tell you it will be easy, but it will be worth it.
I'm grateful. I'm thankful that I'm lucky enough to be Mom to a special kid. The things that make him special are not the things that make him different, but the things he brings to the world; kindness, innocence, love, determination, and so much more. Being a parent to a child with a disability is hard, but it's also really quite simple. As trite as it sounds, all you really need is love. Oh, and a little backbone, and a lot of coffee.
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Modern Windows: 3 Functions Which Will Amaze You
Windows do not only protect us from cold and heat, wind and noise of the street. Innovative technologies have already got to them as well. For instance, windows can monitor the temperature and get opened without your participation. And there's even a computerized device, which can make a window pane matte in a moment! Find out more details below.
Motorized Blinds
Windows have gradually integrated into an increasingly popular smart home system. The smart home concept involves the whole bunch of devices, which can work autonomously. This system automates the control of lighting, air conditioning, music and household appliances, and the windows are not left behind.
Motorized blinds are a modern and stylish novelty for the household. Thanks to an electric drive, they can be controlled both manually and via smart technologies, such as a programmable timer, a remote control device or a full-fledged automation system. Human's participation is not required at all – a computer can manage all the processes independently and create a comfortable and safe environment before you come home. Smart home system may signal that windows are open and even close them automatically.
Smart Windows
Earlier people had to pull their blinds to hide their room interiors from prying eyes or to dim down the light. Now it's not required. Thanks to hi-tech, windows may turn from clear to opaque in a moment. Smart windows are made from electrochromic glass, which gets polarized when voltage is applied and gets translucent or totally non-transparent in a second. And using smart home technology you can set any transparency mode – depending on the time of the day, temperature or level of lightness.
Meteo Glass
When speaking about temperature, it's always a lottery – shall we get wet or cold, will it rain or snow? That's why our day starts from browsing weather forecasts on smartphones or from trying to make out what a thermometer tells in the dark of the early morning. A much more convenient option is a temperature indicator which is embedded right into the window pane. It's visible even from a remote corner of the room and just your cursory glance would be enough to evaluate current weather conditions.