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Day 1 Sunday: Adrenaline park
After breakfast 45 min transfer to Adrenaline park which is in the valley of river Kupa. After meeting our host and a welcome drink we will take safety equipment and after presentation our treiner begin our first rope adventure. In the poligon with rope elements at the height of 12 m we will pass through a variety of tasks through which we exercise motor skills, overcome our fear of heights and train our first skills on rope that we will need in the coming days. Half day activity. We can spend the rest of the day on swimming, paintball, kayaking or trekking (that depends on the first agreement).
Day 2 & 3 Monday & thusday: two days of climbing school
45 min transfer to our beginner vertical wall where we will train free climbing. Place is on bank of river Kupa so we can refresh in river in any time. Our wall is about 20 m height so is perfect for first steps in Free climbing. First day is based on learning about equipment and techniques and the first attempts to climb. Next day we continue with climbing and attempts few tracks on wall. We will ensure all necessary equipment. Close to the place there are a few restaurants where we can have lunch.
Day 4 Wednesday: Zip line
After breakfast transfer 20 min to Zip line polygon. 200 m long with speed of around 50 km/h we will plunge down the wire rope. This alighting is full of adrenaline. We can repeat run few times. This activity is quite short so we will spend the rest of the day on zip line above the river Kupa with lowering in river.
Day 5 Thursday:Extreme canyoning
This tour we will spend in canyon of Devils passage which is just 30 min drive from your accommodation. First we have 45 min of trekking to the canyon from our base camp. The canyon can be pretty dry in summer time so we will use ropes for exploring the canyon. You will see one cave, one 70 m high waterfall and up to 100 m vertical walls in canyon which some of you will meet up close by abseil lowering next day. After the activity we can have lunch in mountain huts restaurant.
Day 6 Friday: Abseil lowering
Transfer to canyon Devils passage, short trekking to 25 m height rock where we will see if you fix fear of height. This is lowering on rope from vertical rock with help of your legs and our treiner (profesional alpinist). For those a little braver we can offer abseil lowering from 80 m vertical rock. This activity is unforgetable for the end of this interesting week. For those who aren't for this activity can replace with swimming in river Kupa or can have a day off.
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Women's Tennis Sweeps Bryant In NEC Opener, 7-0SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Five Bobcats earned double wins as the Quinnipiac University women's tennis team swept Bryant, 7-0, in their NEC opener Sunday afternoon at the Bryant Tennis Complex. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 7-3 (1-0 NEC) on the season, while the Bulldogs fell to 3-10 (1-3 NEC).
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Other than his second-straight amazing vocal performance, a couple of things became clear during Innes' second appearance on "The Voice."
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Expedit Queen Platform bed
Materials: Expedit
Description: We were inspired by other Expedit bed hacks, specifically this one and decided to make a Queen Platform bed. My daughter moved into an apartment and we needed to have more storage as well as a nice size bed.
We were very excited that we (two females without any experience) could create this bed. We used 2 1×5 bookcases, 1 1×2, and 2 1×1 bookcases so that we can get as close to a queen size (60×80) as possible. We attached a continuous hinge to the 2 pieces of 60×40 plywood, so that she can have storage under the bed as well. A black piece of fabric was used to cover the plywood. and we used a 4x4x12 but into 8 17.6 inches, which we used support posts. We used brackets and 3/4 size screws to attach the posts to the plywood.
I think that's it.. enjoy
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How much at estimate were the bookcases?
What was the total cost of the book selfs
How much were the bookcases total for the queen size bed?
1.) weirdo ^^^
2.) this is seriously awesome.
I tried looking up "Expedit" on the Ikea website and only one sort of shelf came up. I could not find the ones used in this project on the site .
Do they not make them anymore?
If they don't, any suggestions for a good replacement?
The bookcase is now called kellex
IKEA changed their line. The current line that has this unit is called kellex.
There is no kellex line on ikeas website. Any other suggestions?
its "kallax"
What are the measurements of the book cases ? chao.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00275848/ From what I understand, Ikea replaced the Expedit shelves with Kallax to save a little bit on the thickness of the shelves. The inside measurements are the same.


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Pitt Rivers Museum to get a £1m lottery grant (From thisisoxfordshire)
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6:00pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in News By Rhianne Pope
SOME of Oxford's most weird and wonderful artefacts will emerge from dusty shelves and into the light, thanks to a £1m grant.
The Pitt Rivers Museum in South Parks Road has won £1,049,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The money will be spent on more staff, improving displays and creating new public activities at the 128-year-old museum.
Museum special projects officer Helen Hales said: "A lot of work went into this bid so we are very relieved and excited. It has been about 18 months in the making."
The cash is for the museum's £1.6m VERVE, or Visitors, Engagement, Renewal, Visibility and Enrichment, project.
Over the next five years, it plans to make major changes to the museum to help improve the facility for its 376,000 annual visitors.
Mrs Hales said: "We have had a lot of ideas about what we would like to do, but we haven't had the people or the resources to do it. So we are going to recruit a six-person project team who will deal with everything from collections and conservation to education.
"We have got record visitors now, more people coming in than ever before and lots of people do love the museum.
"But their perception of it might be that it's a jumble of curiosities with no order and they don't know the history or meaning behind it."
The museum was founded in 1884 and houses more than 600,000 artefacts from Hawaiian feather cloaks to masks from Japan, Africa, Melanesia and North America.
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Mrs Hales said: "We are not going to be changing the museum itself but we will be improving it with new lighting, new reading displays and new interpretations of some of the collections.
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She added: "We're not changing in the sense of moving things around or ripping things out.
"It's about keeping the magic, but making it easier to understand what is there."
The museum has raised an additional £300,000 itself and is now hoping to raise a further £300,000 to complete the project.
Head of Heritage Lottery Fund South East Stuart McLeod said: "This fantastic project will really bring the museum's collections to life for everyone to explore."
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Myron Blatz wrote:Don't buy a ticket, then it's not your money being spent on it. The Lottery funds all types of causes - including homelessness causes - that breadth of giving is one of the reasons that makes it so popular to play, resulting in more money available to give to all kinds of good causes. I doubt very much whether a 'homeless lottery' would raise nearly as much money as the National Lottery does for homelessness causes.
Pity the Museum and money can't be used to house the thousands of homeless people in and around Oxford, rather the loads of old bones and bits of historical junk.
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Darkforbid wrote:Charities in Oxford working directly for homeless people include:
There are no Homeless Charities in Oxford... Unless you want to include the "church profit from housing" ones
The Gatehouse
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and Connection, to name but a few.
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Night shelter or nothing,,, and so many people to tell you...
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It was awesome watching the dance routines, but it was even cooler when we finished sound check and started doing the full run-throughs with music and dance together. We are going to be playing on the show Monday and Tuesday, playing "MMMBop" one night and "Give A Little" the other. Both dances are great, but the dance to "Give A Little" feels particularly cool, because that song is all about dancing. I think we are opening up both shows, so make sure to tune in at 8:00PM in whatever time zone you are in. On the Monday show we are also going to be the house band. Don't miss it! That's all for now.


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Yes! Blessed John Paul II before the enclosed Popemobile. We were at the obelisk waiting for his audience when he rode right in front of us. I could not switch from my zoom to wide angle fast enough to catch a photo as he held both of my mother's hands. It was a few years after my brother, my maternal grandmother and my nephew had died. My mother had their photos pinned to her coat. In that moment I had quickly prayed that if he would happen to touch one of us, let it be my mom. Many times I have wished I had dropped my camera. I have one of my photos in my profile...
Saw Pope Paul VI twice....many eons..ago! Once was at the Stations of the Cross during Lent. He was above the square where the Coliseum is.
I remember how majestic he looked with his robes blowing freely in the wind....plus his reverence! (never forget that)
Not long after that...I was at a regular (audience with the Pope) I was perhaps 20 yards away. Poor thing looked so thin and frail; but had the most penetrating eyes~
I have struggled for years to try to capture the experience in words. It's difficult to express adequately the peace, grace, joy, and challenge that those four days in Denver have given me. I went to WYD eager to see my Rocky Mountains again. I never counted on seeing JPII, and honestly didn't really care. But seeing him changed it all. There is no disputing being in the presence of that Man of God... holiness and humility oozed off of him.
He was our great advocate on earth. Our shepherd. Our papa. I have no doubt he is interceding for us, right along side the Blessed Mother, in Heaven.
JPII, I love you! Pray for me!
I saw Paul VI. Met him in 1977. My Aunt (by marriage) had a cousin who was a (eveidently highly-placed) priest at the Vatican. He was giving us a tour of the building and suddenly Paul came down the hallway and stopped to speak with our guide.
When I was about 13 months old, John XXIII held me in his arms. My grandmother was holding me and he stretched out his hands so she let him hold me. He blessed me and returned me to her.
What blessings!
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For yesterday's print edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution I wrote a profile of farmer Will Harris, who raises and butchers cows, sheep, goats, chickens and other animals at White Oak Pastures — a sustainable family farm in Southwest Georgia. You can read the story here.
- by John Kessler for the Food & More blog
September 24th, 2012
3:27 pm
I will have to find an excuse to go to Bluffton.
September 24th, 2012
4:43 pm
Great story. I met him once in Whole Foods in Atlanta. Glad to hear that he is doing well. We need more folks like him.
September 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
John: well done. Nice to see you get to stretch your literary legs beyond the usual restaurant beat. "The sun slants with a hot, eerie stillness as the Jeep chuffs over a green hill and a flock of speckled guinea fowl, which look like giant potatoes with tiny heads and stick legs, disperse." Good stuff.
And appreciate the decision to open the story at the abbatoir. If you eat meat, this is where you should be getting it. If you don't, none of this will change your mind. But he's bringing back the best of what American agriculture can be.
September 25th, 2012
7:06 am
As the daughter of a farmer, I had a question: How does he keep his free-ranging chickens safe from coyotes?
My parents were very involved in trying to influence farm policy in the 1970s, and I remember my mother telling me that the federal farm policy was to get rid of family farmers. The rise of corporate farms and the push for efficiency proved her right.
September 25th, 2012
8:19 am
Excellent piece – supporting diversification of our food sources.
September 25th, 2012
8:29 am
Outstanding piece John! I really enjoyed it!!
September 25th, 2012
11:26 am
Terrific piece John. Nice work.
September 25th, 2012
11:57 am
It is worth paying more for quality meats from farms like White Oak, simply because the quality is higher, and it supports farmers like Harris who actually care about what they raise and sell.
September 25th, 2012
1:52 pm
I like the part about the captive bolt.
September 26th, 2012
8:13 am
If you're curious what a "pastured" chicken is, simply take a look over Will Harris's shoulder in the above photo. Any questions?
September 26th, 2012
3:43 pm
Hilariously, I had the same supermarket encounter with Will Harris that John had roughly 5 years ago. I want to say it was either in the old Harry's Farmer's Market or across the street in the Life food market in Marieta. I'm ashamed to say I think I passed on the meatball at the time. I would never have made the connection or remembered the encounter if it was not for the picture in the article. I remember that big dude like it was yesterday. I was a little scared to say "no thanks" to the meatball at the time but I did. What a shame. I love buying their product these days from Heywood's Provisions just down the road from me. They've got tons of White Oaks products.
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Put a Healthy Twist on Holiday Dishes
When family members and guests pull up a chair at the holiday table, surprise them with a healthy take on an old standard. With a few culinary sleights of hand, you can serve up delicious traditional fare thats lighter and healthier than its predecessor.
Gorgeous green bean casserole
Green bean casserole provides a splash of color in a sea of cream-colored dishes.
Sweet potato switch
Sweet potatoes, another holiday hallmark, are usually served bathed in brown sugar and wearing a thick white marshmallow coat. Reveal the natural texture and rich flavor of sweet potatoes by incorporating a citrus roast.
You can use lime juice and maple syrup or substitute other warming spices for the nutmeg, says Mary Pelletier, mother and teacher in Manchester, Vermont. This recipe is not only a lighter alternative to the sweet casserole, its also much easier to throw together while the main dish is cooking. If you want to remain true to the casserole theme, try combining sweet potatoes with another cold-weather treasurecrisp applesto create a side dish thats naturally sweet and fiber rich.
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That work is causing a lot of noise.
A collapsed sewer line near Lawrence Avenue off Florence Boulevard has forced crews to install a temporary pump in order to keep the nearby businesses and homes running as usual.
City officials said the temporary pump doesn't cost much. They said they have to pay for fuel to keep it running, but the big problem is the overtime they have to pay city workers to keep the pump working.
Officials estimate it will cost the city between $6,000 and $8,000 when it is all over with, just for the temporary pump.
Crews are digging to reach the line. Mayor Mickey Haddock said the deepest point to the line is 20 feet deep.
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Haddock also said that although it is a costly repair, he foresees more of these happening around the city because of the old infrastructure.
"This is going to happen I'm afraid more often than we want it to because like any other city, our infrastructure is old and it's starting to fall down," he said. "The bid to replace is, we were thinking, was going to come in around $300,000, but it came in around $198,000 so we were pleased with that. The operation of the pump is a costly operation, but it's something we have to do to provide that."
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Malaga shook off a slow start and stormed back to beat last-place Zaragoza 5-1 as the Andalusian side rose into fourth place in the Spanish league on Saturday.
After a €60-million ($80-million) squad overhaul this summer, Malaga set its sights on a top-of-the-table finish to earn a spot in European competition next season. And with its eighth win in 12 home games, the Qatari-owned club moved one point ahead of Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol, all fighting for Spain's last Champions League spot come next season.
Zaragoza struck first in the 23rd minute through Carlos Aranda's volley of a cross by Angel Lafita for his first goal since joining the team from Levante in the winter transfer market.
Zaragoza goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez denied Joris Mathijsen with a diving save moments later, but he could do nothing to keep out Seba Fernandez's header off a pass from Francisco "Isco" Alarcon just before halftime to level the score.
Malaga pressed forward and went in front for good in the 67th when Isco's cross took a deflection off Paulo Da Silva and caught Roberto out of position.
The strike of bad luck left Zaragoza reeling and Malaga soon took advantage.
Defender Martin Demichelis turned a header off the post and into the net in the 77th, and with Zaragoza's defense in tatters Isco rifled in a deserved goal two minutes later before striker Jose Rondon sealed the demolition in the 88th.
Zaragoza appears destined to play next season in the second division as it sits 11 points from safety.
Elsewhere, Racing Santander rallied for a 1-1 home draw against Sporting Gijon in a relegation fight, while Getafe drew 1-1 at Real Betis as both teams stayed in the middle of the table.
Striker David Barral put Sporting ahead against the run of play when he blasted in a rising free kick for his eighth goal of the season in the 42nd minute.
But Racing continued to show more initiative and Christian Stuani pulled the hosts even in the 74th with his fourth goal from the penalty spot of the season after being fouled by substitute defender Alejandro Galvez.
Racing remains 18th in the 20-team division while Sporting, which has drawn two straight under former Spain coach Javier Clemente, is three points behind in 19th.
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The Rape of Nankingby Iris Chang
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In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. Among these was the Nazi John Rabe, an unlikely hero whom Chang calls the "Oskar Schindler of China" and who worked tirelessly to protect the innocent and publicize the horror. More than just narrating the details of an orgy of violence, The Rape of Nanking analyzes the militaristic culture that fostered in the Japanese soldiers a total disregard for human life. Finally, it tells the appalling story: about how the advent of the Cold War led to a concerted effort on the part of the West and even the Chinese to stifle open discussion of this atrocity. Indeed, Chang characterizes this conspiracy of silence, that persists to this day, as "a second rape."
"Chang fails [in her account] because she rushes to simplify complex events and to universalize what happened at the expense of a careful, comprehensive appreciation of a world violently destroyed." Kirkus
"In her important new book, Iris Chang, whose own grandparents were survivors, recounts the grisly massacre with understandable outrage." Orville Schell, New York Times Book Review
"A gripping account that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end. This meticulously researched book is a moving drama that pays fitting tribute to the Americans and Europeans living in Nanking who risked their lives to rescue the Chinese people from rape and extermination." Nien Cheng, author of Life and Death in Shanghai
"Anyone interested in the relation between war, self-righteousness, and the human spirit will find The Rape of Nanking of fundamental importance. It is scholarly, an exciting investigation and a work of passion. In places it is almost unbearable to read, but it should be read — only if the past is understood can the future be navigated." Ross Terrill, author of Mao, China in Our Time and Madame Mao
In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres occurred. The Japanese army swept into the the city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenceless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 civilians.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-283) and index.
About the Author
Iris Chang's numerous honors include the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation Award. Her work has appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times. She is also the author of the bestselling The Rape of Nanking, available from Penguin.
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The shrinking of the long, narrow sandbar that protects the property along and ecology of Popponesset Bay has for years been a major concern for representatives of Save Popponesset Bay, a local nonprofit that owns about two-thirds of the spit. It has led to a new project this year, aiming to stabilize the spit and rebuild the lowest areas of the dunes, the areas at the greatest risk for breaching.
The installation of wooden "sand drift" fencing and planting thousands of shoots of dune grass in three areas along the spit began late last week, two weeks after a dredging project pumped 5,000 cubic yards of sand from the entrance of the bay over to the spit.
Four decades ago, the dunes along the Popponesset spit reached upward of 15 feet above the water line, a high wall of sand and grass that could withstand the surge of even heavy storms. By the 1990s, some parts of the spit had eroded down to less than six feet high, a far less formidable barrier from the elements. In an illustration of the consequences of that erosion, seven different sections of the spit breached in the storms last month, according to a coastal engineer who has closely studied the spit. The fence will be a conspicuous new feature of the spit this spring and summer, as residents and visitors head out on their annual migration to the beach. Its visibility, a sharp contrast to building up the beach with dredged sand, will be part of an education campaign meant to inform the public about the delicacy and importance of the landscape, said Richard J. Bailey, executive director of Save Popponesset Bay.
The project, and the extensive review that Save Popponesset Bay had to work through in order to permit it, illustrates the competing interests for use of the beach, a phenomenon seen across Cape Cod. Property owners want to protect their land, residents want to use the beaches for recreation, and environmental advocates want to preserve the shore for wildlife habitat and other ecological functions. In other Cape towns, the situation has evolved into bitter struggles for use of the beaches.
But in the case of the Popponesset spit, in part due to a measure of good fortune, in part due to dogged pursuit, the groups involved were able to work together for a sort of compromise.
"It is a balance. That is the decision that is up to the permitting agencies, they have to make these difficult decisions. I think it is just going to become harder and harder with sea level rise and fewer and fewer sites for nesting," said Rebecca Harris, director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society Coastal Waterbirds Program.
Sacrificial Drift Fencing
The fence and revegetation are part of a three-pronged approach by Save Popponesset Bay to protect and preserve the spit, Mr. Bailey said. First, the dredged spoils are used to add sand to the spit, both at the base, from where wave action will push the sand along the shore, and for the first time this year, directly to the low-lying, "overwash" areas. Then the fencing and dune grass will be used to hold the sand in place, to prevent it from washing back out to sea and from eroding over into the channel between the spit and Popponesset Island. And finally, the public education campaign, which Mr. Bailey called "behavior modification" of the people that use the spit.
The wooden fencing is about two-and-a-half feet high, built into a zigzag formation in two areas near the tip of Popponesset Island and another area about 1,000 feet down the spit.
The fence is "sacrificial," designed to break apart during a strong storm, according to Norman Hayes, an engineer contracted for Save the Bay from the firm BSC Group.
"It isn't permanent. It is a drift fence. It is envisioned to try to keep dogs and the public out of the most critical areas," Mr. Hayes said. The fenced areas will feature narrow walkways allowing passage from one side of the spit to the other, he said.
The fences are designed to trap blowing sand to rebuild the dune and to break up the energy from waves, Mr. Hayes said. When wind carrying sand hits the fence, the wind loses velocity and drops the suspended sand, he said. The zigzags are meant to capture wind blowing from all directions, unlike the more common "snow fencing" which only works for wind blowing from one main direction, he said.
"We are talking about 12 inches or maybe 14 inches of sand over a year. But that is huge, because of the area we are talking about," Mr. Hayes said. The 2,500 shoots of dune grass, which he said he hopes will spread out from the plantings behind the fenced areas, will also trap the sand and stabilize the sand and the dune.
The fencing will be built with gaps between the slats, so that birds can move through it, he said.
Because of strict state and local regulations governing barrier beaches, permits for "hard" or permanent structures are rare, Mashpee Conservation Agent Andrew McManus said in an interview last week. The fencing has been used with some success at locations on the outer Cape, but this is the first project of its kind in Mashpee, he said.
"I don't think it is an unusual application. I think it makes a lot of sense, a lot more sense than doing nothing," Mr. McManus said. "The idea is to enhance the natural capacity of the area to rebuild itself, to work with nature."
Seeking The Proper Balance
The use of the spit by protected shorebirds like piping plovers and least terns drives some of the most stringent regulations. Save the Bay has been working to permit the project for the past six years, Mr. Hayes said, since a study was done on the feasibility of different approaches to preserving the spit.
Ms. Harris said barrier beaches like the spit are critical for piping plovers because the birds like to have both the ocean and a bay nearby. Studies have shown that chicks that have access to bayside habitat as well as ocean habitat grow faster and have a better chance of survival than those that don't, she said.
MassAudubon owns the land at the end of the spit, making the two nonprofits joint landowners.
"It has been a good collaboration with Save Popponesset Bay, of doing what is best for the birds and maintaining the beach for public use and for property protection," she said, a relationship that is often not the case. "Some people don't even want us on their property to monitor the birds. They don't even want to know that they are there. So our relationship with them is one of the best."
In other cases, there can be a bit of a conundrum between protecting habitat and protecting property. Piping plovers and other shorebirds are often drawn to the overwash areas, Ms. Harris said. They like the open space for nests and foraging. But it is those overwash areas that those interested in property protection dislike the most, because they tend to be the most at risk of a major breach. So, often the areas that property owners want to armor are the very same areas that wildlife advocates want to be left alone. "When you deposit dredge spoils, the birds will be attracted. You often end up with nests right in the middle of dredged material," Ms. Harris said. On the spit, though, a bit of good fortune allowed a compromise. Whereas the overwash across from the island is the greatest concern for breaching, it has not been home to plover nests in recent years according to nesting activity information provided by Mr. Bailey. The plovers predominantly nest out on the far end of the spit, including in some overwash areas that will be left alone.
That focus on areas where plover nests have not been found lately led to MassAudubon's support of the project.
The Catch-22 between habitat and property protection also extends deeper as well. Just as MassAudubon wants to maintain shorebird habitat by limiting human impact on the shoreline, they also recognize that if nothing is done to protect the shore, there is a risk of losing the habitat completely. "Just in terms of maintaining the beach, and because the sand will eventually move down to where the birds tend to nest, it is beneficial to them, we think," Ms. Harris said. "This beach can't be taken over by the birds. There has to be space for people as well, so we don't want to fence off the whole thing. It is sort of a balance.
"There is no easy answer, that's for sure...It is hard to know what works. Dredge spoils can wash away so quickly, just after the first spring storm, so all that work and money can be for nothing. It is hard because we have armored the beach so much already. It would be more stable overall without the groins and jetties and seawalls that we've built. It would allow for more movement in some areas, which is natural, so there would be changes in the microscale, but more stable overall. With armoring, we end up with big losers and big winners," she said.
A 'Gift,' Not A 'Right'
And just as piping plovers like the overwash areas, so, too, do people. They are a natural place to cross over from one side of the spit to the other, so they are some of the most heavily trafficked areas for the thousands of beachgoers that frequent the spit every summer.
It is that traffic that Save Popponesset Bay is hoping to control with the fencing. "The traffic is wearing down the dune," Mr. Hayes said. With a more visible structure out there, and a new explanatory sign to accompany it, Mr. Bailey said Save Popponesset Bay is hoping to use the opportunity to inform the public about the risks to the spit and what they can do to help. He compared the effort to working to inform residents about nutrient loading, fertilizers, and septic systems.
"The single greatest predator out there is people and their dogs," he said. "What it amounts to is we are trying to minimize the impacts that humans have on the spit."
Mr. Hayes said many of the beachgoers do not seem to recognize the consequences of their actions, but many of the issues are from innocent behavior, like children flying kites during plover nesting season. The plovers see the kites and think they are predator birds, so will not go out to eat if kites are flying overhead, he said.
Dogs, too, can scare the birds, disturb nests, and take time away from important food gathering, he said. Dogs and people walking through beach grass can kill the plants, which help hold the dune in place, he said. "Hopefully this will be the first step of a new education about the critical nature of the stability of the spit and the wildlife habitat," Mr. Hayes said. "The use of the spit is not a right. It is kind of a gift, temporary and fleeting."


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- 5 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 12 ounces fresh Chinese noodles or linguine
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Chinese chile-garlic sauce
- 1 pinch of sugar
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 pound leftover Asian-Brined Pork Loin or other roast pork, cut into thin strips
- Sliced fresh hot red chiles, for garnish
- In a microwave-safe bowl, cover the shiitake with water and microwave at high power for 2 minutes. Let stand until plump, about 10 minutes. Drain, rinse and pat dry. Thinly slice the mushrooms.
- In a saucepan of boiling water, cook the noodles until al dente, 3 minutes; drain and rinse the noodles. In a bowl, combine the broth, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chile-garlic sauce and sugar.
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat the vegetable oil. Add the ginger and shiitake and cook over high heat, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the noodles and scallions and stir-fry until lightly browned, 5 minutes. Add the pork and sauce and cook over moderate heat, tossing until the sauce is absorbed, 3 minutes. Transfer the noodles to a platter, garnish with scallions and chiles and serve.
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- Shoulder Press Progression: You will need a set ..... bent. Hold a dumbbell in each hand at shoulder height with your elbows bent 90 degrees ..... upright rows for 30 seconds, keeping your shoulder blades pressed down as you lift the weights
knees slightly bent. Hold the weight at shoulder level with your palms facing forward ..... times. The Overhead Press works your shoulders , arms, and chest. For a bigger challenge ..... rotating your palms to face forward at your shoulders . Then raise the weights up into an overhead
The pizza server curl. Your feet are gonna be shoulder width apart. Your shoulders pulled back, chest up. You're gonna start taking the bar up to 90 degrees, take it out into a shoulder press down to your thighs. Take it out, out
hand. Pull it to the right, keeping your shoulders square. Tilt your head away from your left shoulder . Then look up. Look forward and down ..... Tip: To deepen the stretch, press your shoulder down away from your ear. For more, visit
Then move your right hand to the right beneath your right shoulder . Continue to cross your hands for 4 to 6 steps. Now, switch ..... arms extended. The Walking Plank targets your chest, arms, shoulders , and abs. It was devised by Rich and Helen Gossman, owners
Her left hand's gonna be underneath the shoulder . She's gonna inhale, flex that left elbow ..... breath. Good. Really think about the left shoulder , hold the belly in, slide the shoulders down, sweep the glutes, and then, one more
Get amazing arms and shoulders in 20 minutes or less with this collection of express arms and shoulder workouts . These fast arms and shoulders exercises will sculpt sexy arms and shoulders in mere minutes . Wave goodbye to arm jiggle !
dumbbell back to your left shoulder . Repeat 12 times. Keep ..... your toes and keep your shoulders pressed down. Switch ..... it back to your right shoulder . Do 12 reps on this side. -This targets your shoulders , abs, and obliques as


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Sci-Fi Scriptwriting competition
Sun Sep 01,2013
This summer DIFF and Middle East Film & Comic Con teamed up to bring you the Sci-Fi Scriptwriting competition.
Congratulations to Alastair Newton Brown for his script - Serenity Now.
The team at Attitude are now ready to go into production and will begin casting. Details on how to be a part of this exciting project are below:
Open Casting Details:
Date: Wednesday 2nd October
Time: 11am until 6pm
Location: Attitude Studio (http://www.attitude.ae/contact-us)


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Sassy Shoes Cotton Fabric Panel Blocks 23296 from SPX Fabrics
Each panel cut measures 24 X 44 inches; containing 4 rows of 7 squares
About this print: A block print from the Sassy Shoe collection designed by Me Oh My for SPX Fabrics that is all attitude! This block pattern features multicolored pairs of high heels and boots in 6 inch tiles throughout the width of this fabric. The pattern is printed on quality SPX Fabrics cotton fabric that is soft yet durable. This particular pattern is great for a sassy and hip quilting project. We think you will have blast crafting with this fun print, and we are jazzed to offer it at our online fabric store.