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Jon Hamm was hosting the ESPY's last night and during his opening monologue he completely destroyed Dwight Howard....check out the video below
Hallmark just announced a partnership with Keith Urban where they are releasing 12 new 'Sound Cards' featuring music from Keith Urban. So instead of him 'putting you in a song' he's going to 'put you in a card'. Click here for more
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Race fight almost got way out of hand. Skip to the 10 second
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I talked about this yesterday…There is a new product on the market
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instant classic…Sharknado
Came across this article on shine.yahoo.com and it gave the
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Guy invests $38,000 developing a symbol to become the 27th letter of the alphabet It looks like an uppercase T combined with a lower case
Idem waited for her Husband to go to work and proceeded to take everything from
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Dancin' in the ginkgo leaves for extra credit
Journalism professor awards extra credit to students who film themselves among the falling ginkgo leaves.
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A warm sweater drapes on your shoulders, hot cider steams from its mug ... it's official, the frost is coming. This weekend, forecasters are expecting Champaign-Urbana to receive its first frost of the season. You know what that means, the tender plants die off and the hardy ones tolerate it. For one tree in particular, the ginkgo tree, will lose all of its yellow leaves when the first frost comes.
My journalism professor, an outdoor enthusiast, took all of us students out to the ginkgo tree just outside our classroom, and taught us about her favorite tree. We learned that this ancient Chinese tree changes color almost over night. She said that when the first frost of the year comes, the leaves quickly change from green to yellow within a day or two. After they change, the leaves literally fall like rain for one day. She said that it's a true phenomenon any curious student would appreciate.
To celebrate this christening of color, my professor offered a little incentive. If we film ourselves among the falling ginkgo leaves, we get extra credit! There are two trees within close proximity to our classroom; I'll do a little dance and BAM! Extra credit here I come.
However, it's not just the bonus points that are attractive, it's the knowledge I learned about the trees that help prevent dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Like the birds and the bees, these trees are male and female -- the females bearing a smelly little fruit I always thought was the nearby trash can. The fruit's seeds are traditionally consumed in Chinese meals for added health benefits in dishes like Buddha's Delight. Mmmm.
My mom is right -- you really do learn something every day, especially when some extra credit is thrown in the mix.
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I don't know what Starie is smoking -- Prince is tank and spank with some movement. Netherspite is complex to learn but easy to execute, just stand where you're supposed to at roughly the right time. Aran is a mess but aside from an interrupt rotation there's little team play, just DPS/heal and avoid damage.
Maulgar has 5 mobs each of which requires a different tank AND dps strat. Gruul is tank and offtank and spank with some movement, but movement mistakes can directly kill other players, and the overall DPS on the tanks and raid increases linearly over time. Pre-nerf Magtheridon required significant team play, with serious add-management, *synchronized* cube-clicking teams, and timing the ceiling collapse.


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For the defendants of the use of torture by U.S. forces -- still led by former Vice President Dick Cheney -- this has been a rocky few weeks, with the publication, in swift succession, of the leaked report by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( PDF), based on interviews with the 14 "high-value detainees" transferred to Guantánamo from secret CIA prisons in September 2006, which concluded that their treatment "constituted torture" (and was accompanied by two detailedarticles by Mark Danner for the New York Review of Books ), the release, by the Justice Department, of four memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in 2002 and 2005, which purported to justify the use of torture by the CIA, and the release of a 231-page investigation into detainee abuse conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee ( PDF.)
The publication of the full Senate Committee report was delayed for four months, subject to wrangling over proposed redactions, but the Executive Summary, published last December, had already successfully demolished the Bush administration's claims that detainee abuse could be blamed on "a few bad apples," and, instead, blamed it on senior officials who, with the slippery exception of Dick Cheney, included George W. Bush, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Pentagon General Counsel William J. Haynes II, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Justice Department legal adviser John Yoo, former Guantánamo commanders Maj. Gen. Michael Dunlavey and Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, and Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of coalition forces in Iraq.
Much of the fallout from the release of these memos and reports has, understandably, focused on the inadequacy of the legal advice offered to the CIA for its "high-value detainee" program by the OLC, whose lawyers have the unique responsibility of interpreting the law as it relates to the powers of the executive branch, and whose advice, therefore, provided the Bush administration with what it regarded as a "golden shield," which would prevent senior officials from being prosecuted for war crimes. However, if it can be shown that the OLC's advice was not only inadequate, but also tailored to specific requests from senior officials, then it may be that the "golden shield" will turn to dust.
This threat to the "golden shield" probably explain why Dick Cheney's scaremongering has been shriller than usual in the last few weeks, but what has largely been overlooked to date is another question that poses even weightier challenges for the former administration: if the use of torture techniques on Abu Zubaydah, the first supposedly significant "high-value detainee" captured by the US (on March 28, 2002), was authorized by two OLC memos issued on August 1, 2002, then who authorized the torture to which he was subjected in the 18 weeks between his capture and the moment that Jay S. Bybee, the head of the OLC, added his signature to the OLC memos?
It's clear that the major reason this question has been overlooked is because, as the ICRC report reveals, Zubaydah was not subjected to waterboarding (an ancient torture technique that involves controlled drowning) until after the memo was issued, but what is also apparent is that the treatment to which he was subjected before the waterboard was introduced also "constituted torture."
Zubaydah was severely wounded during his capture in Faisalabad, Pakistan, to the extent that, as President Bush explained in a press conference in September 2006, shortly after Zubaydah and 13 other "high-value detainees" had been transferred to Guantánamo from secret CIA prisons, "he survived only because of the medical care arranged by the CIA." We don't know if there is any truth to the allegation, made by Ron Suskind in his 2006 book The One Percent Doctrine, that medication was only administered in exchange for his cooperation (it seems likely, but has been officially denied), but we do know, from James Risen's book State of War , that when CIA director George Tenet told the President that Zubaydah had been put on pain medication to deal with the injuries he sustained during capture, Bush asked Tenet, "Who authorized putting him on pain medication?" which prompted Risen to wonder whether the President was "implicitly encouraging" Tenet to order the harsh treatment of a prisoner "without the paper trail that would have come from a written presidential authorization."
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The following is an abridged version of a conversation at http://www.facebook.com/edpagecourant.
Jeff Clark: A cruel measure ... cut subsidies to Monsanto, corporate America, Wall Street, EXXON Mobil, etc.
Edward J Boughton Jr: Maybe if we were helping job producers, and not making business life a living hell, we could give more people jobs and not have to give more food stamps.
Marty Townsend: If the poor need benefits, they should incorporate. Then the GOP would give them all they need or want.
Jeff Clark: I see that as paramount to extortion (helping job producers). Laissez faire economics goes both ways.
Joyce Bartolomei Adams: Low blow to families who are already the most vulnerable in our society. There is no excuse ... the poor are the easiest target. Cruel stroke because it affects many children. Equally tax the top 1 percent wealthiest instead of targeting those living below poverty level.
Mark Pappa: The best social program is a job. Obama has failed other than proposals to expand the government; the recovery has all been the Federal Reserve. ... Food stamp budget has doubled from $40 billion to $80 billion since 2008. GOP proposes $40 billion in cuts over 10 years or $4 billion per year to bring the budget back in line. That's not draconian or cruel.
Ed Page: Numbers don't lie, as they say. But the reason for the ballooning need for food stamps was the economic collapse, not Obama's presidency. You can't make the need go away by saying "it's too much to spend."
Joseph Normand Grinnell: In France, the minimum wage is about $12 per hour. In 1945, they did not have America's advantages. They were a pile of rubble. I think America should have at least the same standard of living as the people it liberated.
Mark Pappa: Ed, facts are stubborn things.
Ed Page: No, actually it's people who are :-(
Tom Nash: Perhaps this will be an incentive to at least look for some type of gainful employment!
Carolyn Houck Patterson: Please tell the military families who have to use food stamps to get by to look for more gainful employment.
Robert Fort: Frightening breakdown of responses on this issue. Compassion and humanity are core values. Greed and indifference suck.
Sean Cooper: Don't worry. Nancy Pelosi says food stamps stimulate the economy ... like we have seen for the past five years.
Paul Finney: I can't tell you how many times I've been at a convenience store and some able-bodied folks are loading up on junk food and crap and whip out the EBT card to pay for it. Once I was there and had to listen to boyfriend yell at girlfriend, "Get whatever you want, it's not your money!" So at midnight they buy Starbucks coffee drinks, ice cream and chips! Get a job!
East Hartford Gazette: This will harm rural America most. You know — the big span in the center of the country that votes Republican. Nice work, GOP.
Paul Finney: So we've got 47 million people working in this country and 48 million getting government assistance and $17 trillion in debt and more every day. Does anyone else out there understand this is a huge problem? When the music stops and the printing press finally runs out of ink, we are screwed. Can't we be self-reliant and interdependent economically without the government stealing half our money, enslaving our children with debt and free to pursue our individual happiness?
Bette Barrett: Food stamps buy milk for children. ... Why do people automatically think people on food stamps are low-lifes? Lots of seniors are on food stamps, as well as young people and military families. You should be grateful you can afford groceries, and don't always assume welfare recipients have big cars, large-screen TVs and spend their money on booze. It's pure ignorance and I'm tired of ignorance in this country.
Marty Townsend: You're comparing apples to oranges, Paul. Many of the families receiving government assistance ARE working. If you want to lift working families out of poverty and government assistance, raise the minimum wage and stop subsidizing Walmart and the fast-food industry.


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"The more you step back and embrace complexity, the better chance you have of finding simple answers," Eric Berlow says of his big picture approach to tackling big data with his collaborative Vibrant Data Project.


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Evening all,
today I nearly knocked a cyclist down. I was approaching a crossroads, the lights had just changed to green so I drove through (going straight across), probably about 15mph in a 30 zone.
A cyclist on a road bike came out of nowhere going from left to right so I slammed the anchors on and veered left, probably a reaction knowing they were heading the other way. Upshot is, I smacked into one of those small concrete reservation things causing damage to my alloy wheel which will need replacing along with the tyre and of course balancing etc.
Anyway, I was more worried about the cyclist. I drove the car off the junction onto the kerb and went to see the cyclist. She was in a wee bit of shock so I sat her in the back of our Bongo and made her a brew.
She was very apologetic STATING that it was all her fault as she had her ipod on and wasn't paying attention. Not to worry I said, alls well that ends well. Someone had called the police who arrived, checked the junction, took statements, pics etc and I had to get our Bongo recovered to a garage. Her hubby arrived, bike onto their car, more apologies and thanks for being understanding. I then said that I'd contact her when I knew what the cost to fix the damage was......
At this point, she asked me why she needed to know, I said because it is your fault and shouldn't you pay for it? I then had a 5 minute ear bashing from her telling me in no uncertain terms it was just one of those things, that is why you have insurance and she wouldn't pay for it.
I then politely told her there was no way I was using my insurance to pay for something that wasn't my fault, why should I raise my premium and in no uncertain terms, was I going to pay out of my own pocket.
Anyway, I wasn't going to have it out with her so I informed her I would be in touch at some point again to discuss the matter. I went home and here I am now.
Given that without my promt action, she would have been hit by a fairly heavy Mazda Bongo no doubt resulting in a trip to hospital. Now the fact she has admitted to both me and the police that she was to blame, am I being unreasonable in asking she pays for the repairs?
Also, I presumed that the police would have done more when they arrived and I am presuming that she must have broken the law by causing an accident?
Anyway, I reckon I'll be ringing the local plod tomorrow and ask for their advice and see what they say. What do you all reckon? Surely you would all do the same in my case?
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A new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows a decline in the public perception of journalists.
The decline in public views about journalists' contribution to society since 2009 is more pronounced among women than men. Roughly three-in-ten women (29%) say journalists contribute a lot to society's well-being, down 17 percentage points from 46% in 2009. Men's views on this are about the same today as they were in 2009.
The decline in the perceived contribution of journalists cuts across partisan leanings, age and education level. Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents as well as Republicans and Republican-leaning independents all are less likely to say journalists contribute a lot to society's well-being today (down 8 points among Republicans/leaning Republicans and 10 points among Democrats/leaning Democrats).
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It was a match for the ages. A brave, spirited performance from underdogs, denied a famous win in controversial circumstances at one of world soccer's most iconic venues. It was one of the most enthralling games you are ever likely to see.
Monday's semi-final at the London 2012 Olympic Games left Canada heartbroken after a stoppage time winner in extra-time took the United States to the gold medal match later this week. A 4-3 defeat to the number one ranked team in the world is certainly no disgrace, but the manner in which the game was lost left the Canadians feeling cheated.
The major discussion point was the decision by the Norwegian referee Christina Pederson to award an indirect free kick to the U.S. inside the penalty area, which ultimately led to Abby Wambach tying the game for a third time with ten minutes of normal time left to play.
Canada goalkeeper Erin McLeod was penalized for holding the ball for more than six seconds, a call that rarely gets made in soccer. The only mitigating circumstance would have been if the referee had warned McLeod on a previous occasion during play that if she did that again she would be penalized.
I've got no problem with the six second rule, but if that's the rule, it has to get called every time. It doesn't. If it did there would likely be indirect free kicks like that on numerous occasions. It seemed such a random call, which is the main reason for Canada's frustration. As for the penalty call for handball, it's a lottery. Yes it was harsh, but you see those calls given or ignored depending on the referee.
Those two decisions went against Canada, but the referee had a poor game throughout.
It has to be said that while much of the focus was on the officiating, there were also a series of defensive mistakes that contributed to Canada's downfall.
The first U.S. goal just after halftime is one such example. There's no way at any level of the game that a goal should be conceded straight from a corner as happened when Megan Rapinoe tied it at 1-1. But each time the U.S. scored, Canada managed to find a response - until the knockout blow in the third minute of stoppage time.
Unfortunately, all the talk about the referee's decisions overshadowed an incredible individual display from Christine Sinclair. We shouldn't be surprised. Sinclair is world class and proved it once again on Monday. She is one of the greatest soccer players the women's game has ever seen. She is the ultimate professional and a total team player.
Sinclair's hat-trick takes her total to 143 international goals all-time and her tally for 2012 now stands at 22. When asked after the match if she had a message for Canada's fans, she said "sorry we let you down." They didn't let anyone down.
Canada now has a chance to play for a medal against France on Thursday in Coventry. Before the tournament, that would have been seen as a success. Canada isn't the most skillful team in the tournament, but they won't be beaten when it comes to having the heart for a battle and representing their country with pride.
The Herdman Effect
Canada coach John Herdman deserves massive credit for the way he has got this team playing in the space of a year. I have had the chance to talk in depth with John on a number of occasions and he always comes across as someone who is very intelligent and thoughtful about the game. It starts with preparation. He leaves no stone unturned and is meticulous in his planning.
Perhaps the biggest success of his tenure so far has been the way in which he has managed to change the mindset of this Canadian team. After finishing the Women's World Cup last year in last place and without a win, Herdman inherited a despondent bunch of players. Over the last 12 months he has worked just as much on improving the mental aptitude of his squad as any other aspect of their game.
Even on Monday morning ahead of kickoff in Manchester, the squad was working with the team's mental trainer to prepare themselves fully for the task ahead. Herdman needed to ensure his players believed they could win against the United States and that they weren't just there to make up the numbers. We saw on the pitch at Old Trafford that the message was received loud and clear.
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I live in Texas, but my son was born in Florida 8 years ago while I was attending college. I was there for his birth and signed his birth certificate. After the first year his mother did not allow me to see him and has never provided me with info on his whereabouts (unknown today). She has not requested child support, but I would like to begin making child support payments. Would it be best to initiate the process with the FL DOR (sign-up for services, complete financial affidavit, complete paternity declaration) myself, or consult an attorney first. I want to begin paying child support regardless of if I see my son or not. However, I want to make sure I go about this process the correct way. (I live in Houston, Texas now; Son was born in Panama City, Florida)
Assuming that the mother and child still live in Florida, it would be in your best interest to consult with a private attorney regarding your specific situation. It sounds like you will need to file a paternity action. That will allow you to get a parenting plan in place and, thus, address you issues with visitation and child support. Best of luck.
You should definitely consult with an attorney in the area where your child is living. Then, I would assume that attorney would recommend that you file a Petition for Paternity to establish a parenting plan as well as the child support. It is often easier, in my opinion, to deal with things (modifications etc) in the court system rather than through the DOR. So, best bet is to get it in the right arena from the start.


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Renault R.S. 01
Renault has revealed the final design of its R.S. 01 racecar, developed in collaboration with Dallara and designed byRenault Sport Technologies under the management of Laurens van den Acker.
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Renault teases R.S. 01 racing car
Renault has released the first images and video of the R.S. 01, a race car that will compete in the World Series by Renault championship in 2015.
11 Jun 2014
Renault buys out Caterham's stakes in Alpine joint-venture
Renault has announced the acquisition of Caterham Group's stake in Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham and confirmed its planes to launch the "Berlinette of the 21st century" within 2016.
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Renault previews next-generation Trafic
Renault has released a design sketch that anticipates the styling direction for the next generation Trafic light commercial vehicle, that will be launched this summer.
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Renault Twingo celebrates 20 years
Twingo is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. We report a short history and an extensive image gallery of the iconic model.
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Renault Initiale Paris Concept
Presented by Renault at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Initiale Paris completes the group of concepts in the "Life Cycle" design strategy started by Laurens van den Acker and previews the future Espace replacement.
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Dinner/Dance at the American Legion, 637 VT 103 S.
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8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kick-off Breakfast Buffet at the American Legion, 637 VT 103 S., sponsored by the American Legion Women's Auxiliary. Breakfast includes pancakes with maple syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and homefries. $8 for adults; $4 for children 6 and up; free for kids under 6.
2 to 4 p.m. Scavenger Hunt $100 prize to winning team; (Noon to 2 p.m. registration and maps at Chester Hardware, 21 Main St.)
6 p.m. Bonfire at Cobleigh Field
6 to 9 p.m. Ice Skating Party at Cobleigh Field CANCELED
6:30 p.m. Fire Sculpture by Barre Pinske at Cobleigh Field
9 a.m. Chester Snowmobile Club Poker Run at the Pinnacle on Lovers Lane. CANCELED
10 a.m. Broom Hockey Tournament at Cobleigh Field, Food vendor - Chester Rotary Club. For more information: call 802-875-2693 for team signup
The 2012 Grateful Garden Seed Sale begins Wednesday Feb. 1, Carrie Roy King announced over the weekend. You can purchase your Fedco garden seeds from The Grateful Garden and help raise money to repair damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene. The garden, part of Chester-Andover Elementary School, has been declared safe by the UVM Agricultural & Environmental Testing Lab. But extensive damage was still done to fencing and the soils need to be replenished.
You can choose from two lists: 26 types of GMO-free seeds for id="mce_marker".60 a pack and 25 organic seeds for $2.20 a pack. Beans, zukes, cukes, tomatoes, pumpkins, broccoli, lettuce carrots, herbs and flowers are among the offerings. being offered. Download the forms at www.fedcoseeds.com/forms/chester.pdf and www.fedcoseeds.com/forms/chesterOG.pdf
The order forms contain the descriptive plant information that has made Fedco famous. Order forms and a check or cash can be returned to your child's teacher or mailed to The Grateful Garden @ CAES , 72 Main St., Chester, VT 05143.
The mission of the Grateful Garden is: (1) to provide place-based enrichment opportunities in science, art, math, writing, geography and civics; (2) to provide healthy food to students and to connect them to the source of their food; and (3) to support community gardeners. The Grateful Garden is a volunteer effort that applies organic and sustainable gardening principles and actions.
Susan Lampe-Wilson of The Animal Rescue and Protection Society in Chester has announced that the shelter has been awarded theanimalrescue.com's top prize for Vermont in Rounds 1 and 3 of its Shelter Challenge. TARPS' shelter has received two grant checks for $1,000 each.
The Shelter Challenge is a partnership between The Animal Rescue Site and the Petfinder.com Foundation. Grant money awarded by the organizations totals $300,000 in direct funding to world-wide animal rescue and welfare groups.
TARPS found a unique way to motivate their voters daily to visit the site and vote. Supporters receive an e-mail or a Facebook posting from one of the shelter's successfully adopted cats, Seannie, pictured right, who shares a photo and a comment or two about his day-to-day life. Voters also are given the theanimalrescue.com's Shelter Challenge link and encouraged to remember to vote.
Of the double-win, TARPS President Wendy O'Dette, who is Seannie's owner, said, "We couldn't be happier. I am very grateful for our daily voters. We consistently received over 50% of the Vermont vote. I'm sure we couldn't have achieved that without Seannie's reminders." The funds will be used to pay for pet food and vet care as well as rent and utilities for the shelter, located at 1758 Rt. 103 S.
A complete list of TARPS' needs can be found at its website here. Currently, some of its larger needs are a clothes washer, a Mac computer and Mac platform with an external hard drive. Lampe-Wilson said the shelter is always in need of paper towels, Dawn dish detergent and wet catfood. Last year, TARPS was able to place about 125 animals in homes, and it currently is home to 88 cats and kittens.
For a full list of 3rd round winners visit: http://www.greatergood.com/pressroom/PRARSShelterChallenge3Winners.pdf.
I vote for TARPS every day. The work they do is so very important and I love Seannie's messages.


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Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - Fireworks aren't the only things booming this Fourth of July holiday; business is for some local fireworks stands. This year, the fireworks sold in Kentucky got an upgrade.
"We have the largest consumer-available fireworks we sell here," says Tim Burns with Phantom Fireworks.
That means all Class C fireworks are now sold in most of Kentucky. That includes firecrackers, roman candles, repeater cakes and artillery shells.
"These are artillery shells." Jake Ramsey is buying fireworks with his cousin on Westport Road. He says they used to travel to Indiana to buy these kinds of fireworks. "Let's hope they are loud and have a lot of color!"
"Every year we went to Georgia then stopped in Tennessee," says Jackson Ramsey. "Then we found out we can buy them here so we were excited and we came here."
In May, Metro Council passed an ordinance to allow most places in Louisville to allow the sales of these types of fireworks. Communities like Jeffersontown, Shively and PRP have voted against allowing the sales. But for the places that do allow the new sales, business is booming too.
"Since the law changed in May, business has been good," says Burns. "Most people don't know they can buy everything here but when they find out they are excited. We can sell everything they sell in Indiana."
But of course, there is a safety issue with larger fireworks. Even something as simple as a sparkler may seem harmless, but can be dangerous.
"There's no such thing as a harmless fireworks, says Sgt. Sal Melendez with the Louisville Fire Department. "Sparklers burn at 1,200 degrees. You bake a cake at 350. We're talking material-welding type of heat."
Here are some safety tips if you are planning to use fireworks today --
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Portland is a bzzzz with this weekend's showdown between The Portland Bazaar hosted by Design Sponge and Crafty Wonderland's Craft Extravaganza!
All this holiday shopping buildup has inspired me to make a Gift Guide! The Top 5 in holiday card series, covetable gifts, DIY books and wrapping papers.
TOP 5 in Holiday Card Series
1. Rifle Paper Co. the best part: these are postcards, not note cards!
2. Concertina Press nautical themed paper goods shop based in Cape Cod
3. Egg Press based in Portland. BEST shaped and patterned letterpress cards ever
4. Oblation Papers and Press based in Portland. I s'pose a plug for one of my stores, but I really love the idea behind this series. The married couple that started Oblation took their two kids' drawings and turned them into letterpress cards :)
5. Holiday by Edward Gorey cuz he's THE BOMB.
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EBay's Investment in the Customer Experience Starts Paying Off
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Last week EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced the 7th straight quarter of 15% year over year revenue growth. This was fueled by 23% growth in their PayPal division as well as 9% growth in the Marketplace division. Though PayPal is clearly the driving force for eBay, CEO John Donahoe attributed mobile as a game changer for the company.
Turning Around the Marketplace
The Marketplace may have looked like one of the weak spots in eBay's third quarter results, with just 9% revenue growth, but the Marketplace shows many signs of turning a corner. eBay reported accelerating user growth of 3% from last quarter and 10% growth from last year. Transactions also grew 19% year over year, even though gross merchandise value (excluding vehicles) grew by 11%. All of these trends point to more eBay users buying more items per user, albeit less expensive items.
eBay is turning around the Marketplace through investments in the user experience. This has been enhanced on both the buyer and user side through development of mobile apps. These apps are available across all major mobile platforms, and have been downloaded over 100 million times. eBay's mobile app usage is also accelerating; as of July 1.9 million items were listed every week, an increase from just 1.1 million per week last December.
eBay released an update to their iPad app in May, focused on enhancing the user experience. One of the enhancements was aimed at making listing items quicker; now it takes less than a minute to list an item in the Marketplace. Its no wonder eBay announced that over 100 million items have been listed through their mobile apps. Enhancements were also made on the seller side, including advanced search results so users can find what they are looking for more easily.
PayPal Grows and Moves Offline
PayPal's user growth has also continued, adding 4.2 million users, an increase of 14% over last year. Similar to Marketplace users, PayPal users are more engaged than last year. PayPal launched an updated mobile app in March and a new website in June, both focused on simplifying the user experience. These enhancements have already started to pay off; in the past quarter PayPal processed 28% more transactions than the previous year's quarter, outpacing user growth as the average user made 5 payments this year compared to 4.4 payment last year.
PayPal has plans to drive growth offline through three main areas. First, PayPal plans to expand offline payments through major retailers. PayPal's first retail partner, Home Depot, increased the number of its PayPal checkout stations from just 5 stores in January to 2,000 stores by March. PayPal has since launched at 10 major retail partners, with plans to have 20 retailers by the end of the year. Secondly, PayPal is focusing on expanding their small business solution PayPal Here, which allows users to accept credit cards with a free card reader for iPhone and Android phones. Finally, PayPal and Discover have partnered to allow Discover's 7 million merchants to accept PayPal payments.
Investing in the Experience
CEO John Donahue has focused on delivering great platforms for users and simplifying the transaction process across all of his company's divisions. These enhancements seem far from over, as eBay is spending 10.4% of revenue on product development, an increase from 9.9% last year. eBay is poised to continue double-digit growth, as they grow their user base and find new ways to leverage said users. Donahue said in an interview, "I think we are a stronger company, more innovative and more customer-focused and getting better every day." With a CEO focused on the consumer experience, eBay is a great investment for the long run.
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Researchers Find Some Volcanoes 'Scream' At Increasing Pitches Until They Blow
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Recipe: Root Vegetable Slaw With Orange-Cumin Dressing
Here's a recipe to chase away the winter blues: a vibrant slaw made from crunchy root vegetables and zesty orange-cumin dressing.
We used celery root or celeriac, pink and white chioggia beets, and red carrots, but feel free to experiment with the root vegetables you have available to you. Red or golden beets, parsnips, radishes, turnips, or rutabagas would also work; just make sure you have enough sweet roots in the mix to balance out any sharper flavored ones.
Shred the roots into matchstick pieces with a mandoline or other grater, toss them with the zest and juice of a winter orange, some toasted cumin seeds, and a handful of other dressing ingredients, and you're done!
Zest and juice of 1 orange (about 1 tablespoon zest, 1/2 cup juice)
1 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon sugar
3 medium carrots (about 8 ounces)
2 medium beets (about 8 ounces)
1 small celery root (about 10 ounces)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
In a large bowl, whisk together the orange zest and juice, cumin seeds, vinegar, olive oil, and sugar.
Peel and shred the carrots, beets, and celery root and add to the bowl. (Do the celery root last as it's prone to browning when exposed to air; see peeling advice here.)
Toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
For best flavor, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Related: Recipe: Quick Celery Root Salad with Capers and Lemon
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what a pretty, happy salad. i saved it to my online cookbook, cookmarked.com.
I've been making a version of this salad for a while and love it. My tweaks: adding toasted sunflower seeds and dried cranberries to the salad and a mix or orange and lemon juice to the dressing (instead of vinegar). So good!
This sounds great! :)
This is gorgeous and delicious! I added a few thinly sliced scallions for color and a flavor pop, worked out great.


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Amebb August 1, 2011 9:29:21 PM CEST
I found this clip to be very intresting. There is a very strong message here. If you have a look at history you will see that in the east there has always been conflict between different countries and also different religions. Islam has reshaped so many countries and so many cultures in its path. We europeans are also in its path now...... Look at what happened in India, and how the muslims tried to conquer the land. Look at how islam has tried to mess up so much in Asia and so on... do your reserach and you will see it all... Islam is NOT the only single group to blame.... there are other groups out there that prevoke Islam to get a desired effect.... effect being wars, fights and global chaos... We must unite in thought and not be brain washed with bullshit out there. The jews are not as inocent as they seem.... Just be aware and look for the ripples before the flood.
Eaglesfly16 August 1, 2011 12:16:24 AM CEST
Coopnutts: You are the ONLY one telling the truth on here. After 3 years of research I can verify that everything you are saying is verifiable and TRUTH. The Killer was a Zionist & the Jews were behind this. People...research it for yourself!
Coopnutts July 26, 2011 2:38:50 PM CEST
this is literally complete bullshit......this is out there for the dumb people to find and believe this crap... you have to ask yourself one thing.....what where marxists? or who where they? look harder my friends and the answer is so blatant you wont believe it...but its true.....the marxists movement was a jewish movement....so for the 100million russians purged by the marxists jews,,,and how many jews were killed in the holocaust??? lets compare
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Knights templar can suck my balls.
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I was not even going to talk about this. I was mildly surprised when the new BP was handed to me the first time recently. Like most things in my life, I like things "the way they are". When I get used to something it can be hard to change. But if it is better, I am all for it. On FT and at the Delta Blog and in the press they are talking about this so now it is my turn.
So is the new pass better? I mean we all have our own opinions as to what looks best. Just look at my fun with the new DeltaPoints.com logo. Some love it, some like others better. So there is no making everyone happy.
[EDIT: from reader comments about old NWA pass it looked like this]
I do like the fact that soon you will be able to have multiple flights all on one boarding pass. That will be a big plus. They prominently put the gate and terminal in the middle of the pass, but I will trust my phone app as they change all the time so the usefulness is minimal to me plus on my last flight they were just a dash on my BP. In the old one you always could find your seat and that is one of the most important things for you and it is not as prominent on the new one.
They do now hide your skymiles number but still show full name, confirmation number and ticket number. Is this too much info? So let your fellow blog readers know. You tell me what you think. Is it better? Like the old one better? Step in the right direction but needs work? Let us know. I will do the random.org thing and give away a set of drink coupons if you tell us! – Rene
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32 Responses to "Everyone sure is talking about the "New & Improved" Delta boarding pass"
I hate change – just when you get comfortable and used to something they make it different & by the time you get used to the new format it changes again. I agree with using the phone app since gate changes happen all the time.
Thanks for the drinks!
Really just reminds me of the old nwa boarding pass which is WAY better because multiple legs can be placed on a single boarding pass! One of my biggest hiccups with the Delta/nwa merger was the switch to deltas archaic system! So this is better!
Haven't seen the new one in person yet, but the pics look pretty good. Will have one in hand next friday!
The inclusion of multiple flights gives the new version an advantage.
Having all your boarding passes in one place sounds good to me!
I like the change, it seems like progress.
The new style is quite user-friendly. I appreciated this when putting mom on a flight last week!
I think it's an improvement
Old format!
I like the idea of multiple flights on one BP – less paper is better. Not to make it too complex, but perhaps they could use a QR code on the pass to integrate with the mobile app to quickly pull info of one sort or another up. Just thinking out loud.
Seriously, the amount of effort Delta invests in something useless like the design of their boarding pass is ridiculous. Spend the effort elsewhere!
It's all nice and good, but I wish they'd go the route of Virgin America and print on a smaller, more durable piece of paper. Now that would be a useful improvement!
I like new format
I do not like the obscured SkyMiles number as use that when logging into SkyClub wireless access points as I don't commit my number to memory.
The new boarding pass seems sharper and cleaner.
I like everything except that Delta still has trouble handling middle names. Now my middle name is at least not attached to my first name, but they still cannot manage to capitalize the first letter and now cut of my Andrew as "and," I have already started getting cracks from TSA agents, "Is your middle name really Andrew?" This will get old fast.
Use the mobile passes now anyway where possible so almost a moot point.
I honestly don't notice changes like these. I guess I rely to much on my phone's Delta app. Also, I miss the old card stock boarding passes….they made great book marks! LOL
I like the new format and the important info is laid out in a logical order of what you need to know (flight, boarding time, gate, zone, seat). I still would like to see my SkyMiles # on it since that makes me feel all warm 'n fuzzy that I'm getting credit for the trip. I don't have a problem with it or the conf/ticket # showing. I need those if I ever need to reference it to DL or prove I took the flight.
@Gussomer – what are book marks for? How do you get one into you e-reader? ( had to go there since you are talking phone app!)
Like multiple flights on one pass. When wife and I travel we often have two connections. This will help.
At the very least, it is much more visually appealing, less cluttered, and uses white space more wisely.
Overall I like the new format. All of my trips are multi-segments and having the flight cities featured prominently makes it easier to make sure I have the right one. I do agree about not having the seating featured more prominently, maybe one size bigger and in bold would be better.
I look forward to the possiblity of having multiple flights on 1 pass, less things to get lost in my bag.
I guess I didn't realize that I really liked the old NWA boarding pass. But if the new one speeds up the boarding process, then I am all for it.
I like the new format but would also love the seat assignment to be bigger. It really isn't a huge deal to me either, since most of my flights leave from MCO or PBI, so I can use my iPhone!
Interesting to note that some Delta stations haven't switched. Don't know if it's a regional decision or what, but I flew out of Montgomery this week and still had the old format.
I like the new look. It is much cleaner. However, it could go further in keeping personal information personal.
I like the new look. Whatever gets us on the plane faster works for me.
I shouldn't go into too much detail….BUT there are groups of Delta frequent fliers who are asked regularly about all SORTS of travel related issues… The new boarding pass was sent out to them a few months ago for feedback and comments. So Delta did get "real world" input…they didn't just come up with this on their own in a vacuum…
i got this new one yesterday and was surprised by it. it took me a bit to find my seat, but overall i like that it looks cleaner with no duplicate info. it will just take some getting used to.
Makes keeping track of all segments easier esp on crazy mileage runs
I flew DUB-ATL-LGA on monday. I still had two boarding passes. It didn't seem very new or exciting -maybe a new font.
What pleased me more was the US prescreening at Dublin, so I didn't have to go through passport control at ATL.
It will take some getting used to, but I think it looks a lot cleaner than the previous ones.


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Every few months I have this incessant urge to look through old photographs of my parents, young and rebellious as they were, and then even further back to the lustrous images of my grandparents, also young but more reserved and fashionably attentive. It is probably this acute consideration of their attire that makes reminiscing about an imaginary time so appealing, that and the glamorous supper clubs they attended in Tehran and the candid, unexpected shots from their travels to Paris and San Francisco. How can we not look back and pine for our parents' lives, when our own depiction in twenty years will be transmitted by images of cutoffs, converse and arm parties? Perhaps this is why designers have begun to look back to those years as well, between the 50s and 70s, because they too are tired of today's fashion esthetic. Maybe they are reverting back to these years, because even in the midst of chaos, our parents and grandparents looked like they had it under control. We, however do not.
The most humorous thing about fashion these days, is that even as the internet has expanded its reach, people's interest in fashion has not. Less people seem willing to take fashion risks, less follow the season's biggest trends and even fewer people care enough to wear something other than jeans and vintage rock t-shirts. See, the thing is we've insulated ourselves, so that fashion bloggers rehash the same uniforms, shop at the same big box stores and capture the same street style icons. Then a slightly larger group of people read these blogs and recreate the urban ensembles, leaving the fundamental constitution of fashion as wearable creations from a designer's imagination, in the proverbial dust.
So, in the last few seasons of fashion we've gone back to an era when women dressed to exude some perfectionist ideal that was expected of them, a time when they were absolved of their wartime careers and packaged perfectly for their wifely duties. A complete variation from today's overtly dispassionate wears. Nostalgia is what fashion, and we, are yearning for today.
This was all a not-so-subtle introduction to the sweeping direction towards textiles favoured by our grandparents. Luxe jacquards and tenacious brocades mark this return, to a time when women would polish themselves to wait on and for their husbands. When going to the movies didn't mean bundling up in a hoody and wearing a top bun. It meant celebrating the rare occassion of enough time or money to see a film, savouring the brush of a date's fingers on the nape of your neck and gently wiping a tear away when love was lost once again.


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Roxanne Chan puts a fresh spin on classic potato salad by adding summery golden beets and watercress. Prep and Cook Time: about 45 minutes.
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1. In a 6- to 8-quart pan over high heat, bring 3 quarts water to a boil. Add beets, reduce heat to medium-high, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Add potatoes to the beets, cover again,and cook until both are tender when pierced, about 10 minutes longer. Drain and let cool. Peel beets, then slice into 1/4-inch-thick half-moons.
2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, vinegar, onion, parsley, horseradish, and garlic. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix dressing into the potatoes.
3. Rinse watercress. Pick tender sprigs from tough stems and cut into 3- to 4-inch lengths. Arrange sprigs on a platter. Top with potatoes, then arrange beets over mixture. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon.
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Registering my children here definitely doesn't sit well with me. The staff here are dry and rude, they act as if someone owes them something Especially the older man in the office.
I've been with ML King for two years. My overall score for this school is a 2. I have invested months in the classroom and volunteered for school activities b/c I wanted to know what goes on at this school and in my son's classroom. Sadly to say, majority of the students were on some kind of prescribed medication or they were dealing with a mental condition. I felt so sorry for the teacher and the remaining students. The teacher would have to stop every few min to say stop this or stop that. I have heard faculty and administration gossiping in front of the children. Where is the respect and the exemplified sophistification for the children? The teachers will call you for the most tidious things your child does. Come on THEY ARE CHILDREN!! We teach our child to raise his hand if another student is bothering him. Well, it turns out the teacher will ignore him and when things escalate our son is the one sent to the principal's office for defending him/herself. As far as PTA, what about a PTA internet site or weekend meetings. Maybe the PTA President could be consistent in sending out a PTA newsletter. Do your research before bringing your child to ML KING. Sincerely, moved forward:)
I am a student. This school is alright and has many fun events. There is too much playing though. They should prohibit dating and things like that. The teachers are gedo, and the teachers are lazy. The teachers won't do anything, and will not even try to help. They say the kids are being bad, but the teachers are really the ones being bad! Kids will had a bad influence, so I suggest this quick advice. DO NOT COME TO THIS SCHOOL. I will give 1 star for having fun events, then another for having SOME good teachers.
Summed up simply: TERRIBLE! I can't get anything sent home. No class work, hardly ever homework and can't even get a copy of the tests that he takes because they are all online. I have contacted the teachers, the principal and the school board, still nothing. It is sad that this school isn't able to equip the students with what they need to learn the concepts. It is even more frustrating that parents can't get a copy of tests or class work to help the children at home.
This school is not worth the time of day. My child has been attending for 3 years now and it seems to get worse ever year. His teachers do stupid things like stand a child outside in the cold if they misbehave and my son's teacher even kept him from using the restroom. Im not sure if the principal is even up to par because this is the 2nd time they have changed principals and i have seen no change as of yet. If i could afford to move that would be great but unfortunately im am stuck here and my son's attitude towards school has been affected because of it. Iwould not advise my worse enemy to attend this school...
Overall this is a good school. I think as with any school if they had more parental involvement the school would improve tremendously.
The quality of this school is poor at best but typical of Clayton county. My kids are doing well but are unchallenged and the curriculum is weak at best. The teachers are lazy and give them grades for subjects not even taught. My daughter says they don't do health but the online gradebook shows health scores of 100% and 95% but she assures me the teacher doesn't like doing health so makes up the scores. I just wish I could move to a better school district but can't afford it right now as we own our home and housing prices have tanked so there's no way to sell. I'm looking into some charter schools for next year.
This is the first year my daughter has attended school there and I must say she receives very good care. I personally am not part of the PTA but I stay in constant contact with her teacher as well as with the administration. If I have had a problem with anyone or anything it was addressed and corrected promptly. As of today I feel good about my child being there. But I do say I pray over her life and education everyday. That makes a difference.
I am disappointed in reading these comments from parents. I am a parent and i understand SOME of your concerns. HOWEVER, many parents talk about what the school is doing wrong- but my question is to you- have you joined the PTA? There is a lack of parental involvement at King Elementary and it takes more than just teachers and administrators to make changes. If you have concerns, the PTA is the best way to make your voice heard. If you want to see some things implimented in the school, joining the PTA and being involved is the best way to do this. The teachers need us to volunteer more in the classroom and help with functions.
My son has attended King Elementary for the past 3 years and this has to be one of the worst schools I've seen, or so I thought. I checked the surrounding schools for Clayton County and King is by far the best. Which doesn't state much. The teachers are negligent, unconcerned, and belligerent. I almost had an altercation with one teacher because of her rudeness. The best advice I have to offer is move away from Clayton County.
My daughter graduated from this school. And it was okay..I would have to agree with previous comments about the teachers, their focus was not so much on the kids..they were too busy gossiping, arguing in front of the children etc. Dr Matthews is an execellent principal but it takes far more than just the principal. She should take a deeper look into her staff. The teachers are young and it shows...
The counseling department at M.L.King and Social Worker are very helpful , friendly and knowledgeable. They made sure that my every need was met for my child and myfamily. Thank You'll
My daughter attends MLK, this is her second year which has been a nightmare. Her teacher has complained and wined about my daughter since the first week of school. At first I would be upset with my daughter and punish her for the complaints. But as time went by I began to realize it was not my daughter but the impatience of the teacher. Some people are just not cut out to be teachers, and we as parents need to do everything possible to have them removed from our school system.
This school need to focus more on education. I can't see kids being happy in the environment that I've seen them placed in. The teachers & staff members are rude, unconcerned & gossip too much about the wrong things. Education should be the main focus, but the kids have little support to help them when they need it most.
my son attend mlk I am very disappointed in the leadership at this school. We had a very tough year there were no communication from teacher to parents. This school has a lot to work on.
My son has attended mlk for 2 years. Dr. Matthews is a good principal but others on the administrative staff show no concern for the children. All children need attention in some small or large way. This is something that needs to be worked on at mlk and yes the afternoon care needs time set aside to help those that need help in subjects which they are having problems. A&l
My son is in a great school and the teacher is doing a wonderful job. I was thinking if this was the right decision to send by son to public school. All I can say is thank you MLK, my son has exceed my expectation in those few months. Parents have to remember also, we as parents have our part to in our child school life when if we want them to be successful. Thank to Mrs. K and Ms. V.
In the after school program all the children do is play, there is NO emphasis on academics and reviewing CRCT scores this is deplorable.
My daughter is attending her second year and i must say i gives kudos to her teacher Ms. Anderson last year. Unfortunatley I was dissappointed in the CRCT test. So much was put into preparing and the actual test was similiar to work done in kindergarten. I agree with a previous parent comments on after school programs for emphasis should be put towards helping with homework and assisting students how need it. I was also dissappointed in the PTA I joined and only remember attending one meeting. More organization is needed as well as teacher- parent involvement. This is a majority african-american school and I think education should be stressed more.
I understand the school is fairly new. But I'm totally turned off by the fees for every program and the short notice you get from teachers about programs. I feel parental concerns are not taken seriously especially regarding safety and disruptive students. There is very little communication regarding things such as your child going to the nurse. Instead of instilling in our children the importance of their education that they have to be responsible, they solicit donations for prizes for the children who score highest on the standardized tests, it's deplorable and sends the wrong message. You will pay for the afterschool program and your child will rarely get any help with homework or supervision. The children are sat in front of the TV to watch movies WITH NO EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION. Meanwhile the aides are reading magazines and not interacting with the children. I am thoroughly disappointed.
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Streamflow and Nutrient Constraints on the Productivity and Habitat Quality of Desert Riparian Ecosystems in the West
Project ID: 15
Principal Investigator: Mark Nelson
Research Topic: Sediment Management and River Restoration
Priority Area Assignments: 2012 (Climate Adaptation)
Funded Fiscal Years: 2012, 2013 and 2014
Keywords: nitrogen, riparian, river restoration
Research Question
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has interests in riparian restoration projects. These projects are typically related to water delivery, water salvage, or avoiding impacts to endangered species. Reclamation is supporting restoration projects on several rivers in the West. A large amount of money has been directed towards these restorations and $1 billion dollars has been spent just in the Southwest since the 1980s. Restoration is largely used to ensure that Reclamation can continue to supply users with water and power, often via trade of restoration for water.
There is little information on riparian zone nutrient dynamics in the semiarid and arid western U.S. despite its great importance to ecosystem structure and functioning. This gap in understanding of desert riverine ecosystems constrains water and land management options. We will examine the hypothesis, generated from an array of empirical studies, that desert riparian vegetation is generally co-limited by both soil nitrogen (N) and water. We will couple manipulative (fertilization) landscape-scale experiments in two contrasting river basins with an assessment of N in restoration site riparian soils and foliage to 1) address the importance of N in limiting productivity and determining the community composition of riparian vegetation and 2) resolve the interaction between seasonal flooding and N availability and uptake by plants with emphasis on restoration sites. Dryland riparian areas may be characterized by low plant-available N. The low plant-available soil N results from low N inputs and the relatively slow recycling of organic N through decomposition (mineralization), which is itself co-limited by local weather and flow regime. Understanding the consequences of N limitation remains a key knowledge gap on riparian plants and other biota. A greater understanding of N controls on dryland riparian systems will enhance the ability of water resource managers to adaptively manage restoration projects.
Need and Benefit
Riverine corridors provide habitats for an array of regionally unique species, and intact riverine ecosystems provide a variety of services that enhance human welfare by providing economic, social, cultural, and biological values. Environmentally sound water resources management includes maintaining riverine ecosystem integrity to the greatest extent possible. Optimization of operations to meet human needs while sustaining key riverine ecosystem services is a focus of attention. A critical necessity for optimization is an accurate understanding of the linkages among flow events, physical and biogeochemical processes, and the responses of riparian plants and animals. Multiple factors control the types and productivity of riparian plants along dryland streams. Soil water availability is one factor, but in many or most cases, it may not be the sole factor. Limitation of primary productivity by N is common in many ecosystems and likely true of western riparian systems. Cottonwoods, which are likely N-limited, are a key component of western riparian ecosystems, often the only tree of large stature present, and their presence is critical for a vast array of animals, including yellow-billed cuckoos and other neotropical migratory birds. Plant N status not only affects plant growth and development, but also response to stressors and thus ecosystem resiliency. In restoration projects, stresses related to the absences of floodflows could be mitigated, to some degree, by the addition of N. A greater understanding of N controls on dryland riparian ecosystems will enhance the ability of water resource managers to manage restored riparian ecosystems.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- The Salvation Army kicks off its Red Kettle campaign in Madison this week.
Major Loren Carter, the Dane County coordinator for the Salvation Army, says the campaign begins Friday, November 16 at various locations in Dane County. The goal is to raise $700,000 by December 24.
WKOW employees and personalities will be ringing bells in December.
The Salvation Army will be at the following locations signing up volunteers to ring bells:
Tuesday, November 13: Copps at 3650 University Avenue in Madison from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14: Copps at 620 South Whitney Way in Madison from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Thursday, November 15: East Towne Mall in Madison from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
If you'd like to volunteer to ring bells, head to this website.


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The Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend combines the best of traditional and contemporary New England Contradance and music in the ballroom of the UNH Memorial Union Building in Durham, NH.
You will dance to energetic and elegant music and calling, by Dudley Laufman, Maivish (Jaige Trudel, Adam Broome, and Matthew Olwell), Susan Kevra, Calliope (Amy Cann, Vince ODonnell, Carol Compton, Ray Salvo, Bruce Randall, Avi Fagan, and Norb Spencer), Lisa Sieverts, Trip to Nelson, and many others. There will be a retrospective and celebration of dance history, featuring mentors and mentees of the past and present, as well as workshops for musicians, callers, and dancers!
And print a copy of the 2014 RPDLW Evaluation Form to tell us what you liked, or would like to see changed for 2015.
More information about the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend can be found on Peter Yarensky's NH Country Dance website: