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The benefits to the environment from this settlement include cleaner air in the Midwest and North East, a reduction in haze and smog formation and a reduction in the acid deposition that harms our forest and surface waters.
In addition, AEP has committed to spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past emissions. These projects will include, for example, as Ron highlighted, the purchase of ecologically sensitive lands as well as emission reductions from tugs, barges and trucks in the Ohio River valley.
These results demonstrate the resounding success of our efforts to reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants. All told, our settlements with utilities to date will result in annual emission reductions totally 1.8 million tons of SO(2) and NO(x). Those are annual emission reductions.
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Wildlife Conservation Sunflower Plots and Croplands as Fall Habitat for Migratory Birds
Hagy, Heath M., Linz, George M., Bleier, William J., The American Midland Naturalist
Agricultural fields are often overlooked as post-breeding and migratory bird habitat, even though many species use row-crop fields in the northern Great Plains. We monitored bird use, crop and non-crop vegetation characteristics and abundance, and land use around (≤2.4 km) 35 8-ha Wildlife Conservation Sunflower Plots (WCSP) and one commercial sunflower and non-sunflower row-crop field, paired with each WCSP, in fall 2004 and 2005. We excluded four species of blackbirds from our analysis that commonly form large foraging flocks and ubiquitously use agricultural fields. A diverse community of migratory birds used WCSP and commercial sunflower compared to other non-sunflower crops in North Dakota. Both WCSP (mean = 24.4 birds/ha, SE = 2.7) and commercial sunflower (mean = 12.7 birds/ha, SE = 1.7) harbored greater densities of birds (P < 0.01) than did other non-sunflower row crops (mean = 7.2 birds/ha, SE = 1.1). Migratory birds were more strongly associated with vegetation within fields, such as crop density (+), non-crop plant abundance (+) and crop height (+), than surrounding land uses (0-2.4 km from WCSP). We recommend management practices to maximize WCSP for fall bird habitat and discuss economic considerations for WCSP implementation as a wildlife habitat / blackbird damage management system.
Agricultural crops provide habitat for migratory birds in the northern Great Plains (NGP) of North America during and before migration periods. Extensive cultivation of crops has fragmented >50% of prairies in the NGP and likely influenced bird communities in the region (Peterjohn, 2003; Lubowski et al, 2006). Few studies have examined migratory bird use of croplands in North America, especially during non-breeding periods, even though croplands represent the third-largest land use (19.5%) in the United States (Lubowski et al, 2006).
Birds migrating during fall likely select staging habitat hierarchically based on foraging and energy demands of migration, landscape composition and weather (Johnson, 1980; Kolasa, 1989; Kotliar and Wiens, 1990; Bergin, 1992; Moore and Simons, 1992; Moore and Aborn, 2000) . Croplands may be selected based on patch quality detectable from proximate cues or composition of habitat complexes (Best et al, 1990, 1998; Flather and Sauer, 1996; Koford and Best, 1996; Schaaf, 2003; Galle, 2005; Pearse, 2007). Within selected landscapes, land use diversity surrounding roost and loafing sites and vegetative characteristics within fields likely influence field selection and subsequent use (Stone and Danner, 1980; Best et al, 2001; Cunningham and Johnson, 2006). Some croplands within the NGP may provide disproportionately important habitat given crop characteristics, farming practices, time of harvest relative to other crops and associated food resources.
Birds use sunflower and other crops during migration through the NGP (Best et al, 1998; Murphy, 2003; Hagy et al, 2007), but we know little about landscape-scale or within-field variables influencing use (Moore et al, 1995; Peterjohn, 2003) . Sunflower is used extensively by migrating birds, especially after mid- to late-summer harvest and tilling of other row crops reduce vegetation and vertical structure of croplands in the NGP (Schaaf, 2003; Linz et al, 2003). In late summer and fall, an energy-rich and structurally diverse crop (Schaff, 2003) such as sunflower may be easily recognizable as a source of cover and food for a variety of birds (Charlet et al, 1997; Linz et al, 2004; Hagy et al, 2007).
Blackbirds [red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) , common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) and yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)] extensively use sunflower fields and subsequently cause economically important damage by feeding on ripening sunflower seeds (Otis and Kilburn, 1988; Peer et al, 2003; Hagy et al, 2008). Traditional harassment and damage prevention methods are time-intensive, expensive and negatively affect other wildlife and bird species (Kleingärtner, 2003; Linz et al, 2003). …


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This car is what made me decide to never buy a dodge again. I'm amazed if a month goes by and I don't have an expensive repair bill waiting for me. Cons: Steering problems are my biggest complaint- I had to replace front ball bearings after just 35,000 miles, lower control arms had to be replace on driver side, and now both front struts need to be replaced. Also it has a poor turning radius. The distributor cap and rotor needed replacing (car stopped starting). Rotors also warped on me, but I know that isn't dodges fault, just basic maintenance. Poor handling in snow, hard to see out of rear window, and I would go on but I'm running out of characters remaining. Owned for 2 years 20k miles
Car is not that common (I know why), and is actually a pretty good looking car.
1998 Dodge Avenger Coupe 2dr Coupe
My door handle broke and I see almost everyone else's has too! Other than that the car really is awesome!
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door handles and a little more power under the hood!
I purchased this car 2 years ago, it has been great. I now have almost 150,000 on the ticker and its still going strong. Could use some more power but overall its really not as bad as many want to say. I am about to purchase a BMW and am sad to see this car go. I have had some issue with the sun roof popping but I don't even want to mess with that.
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Mandy Southan takes the art of Shibori, in which fabric is bound, clamped or stitched before dyeing, and goes beyond the traditional blue and white to create fabrics in a fabulous array of colours, patterns and textures. Clear step by step photographs and instructions demonstrate how to use acid dyes and cold water reactive dyes, and techniques such as steam fixing, discharging on silk, space dyeing and much more. Mandy then demonstrates how shibori techniques such as binding, hand painting, capping, stitching, folding and clamping, pole winding and pole wrapping can be used to create truly wonderful dyed fabrics.show more
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- 200.66 x 256.54 x 7.62mm | 385.55g
- 01 Jan 2009
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Guild of Silk Painters:Another stunning book from Search Press! A short introduction is followed by chapters on materials, then dyeing, discharge and colour. This is all shown in a step-by-step format, as is the whole book, with text and photographs, which is very easy to understand, and is suitable for beginners and the more experienced.The book then goes on to describe the many and varied forms of Shibori, which produce wonderful results, as illustrated. These include binding, hand-painting and capping, stitching and capping, stitching and gathering, folding and clamping, pole winding and pole wrapping.I really enjoyed reading with this beautiful, colourful and informative book and would thoroughly recommend it.Vera Dreyfuss www.karenplatt.co.uk: This 96 page book will guide you through the designs and techniques of shibori - the Japanese art of tie-dye. Like many the author, MAndy Southan was first introduced to tie-dyeing at school, dying a piece of fabric in a bowl. This book explores the materials and methods you need to master. There is a comprehensive section on dyeing. This explains the uses of different dyes, the equipment needed, the different kinds of dyes and the methods of application. There are notes on silk dyeing and on colour too. When doing tie-dye, there are options for binding that affect the finished result. These are all fully explored in depth and the fascinating finished pieces of cloth are shown in colour. Start with simple binding or folding and progress to the lovely technique of mokume or pole binding. In addition, to help you practice the techniques, there are eighteen projects with many variations. This should help you build up a repertoire and improve your technique. A variety of fabrics are used throughout the book. This book is full of colourful photos that capture the imagination. It is beautifully laid out and instructions are easy-to-follow. This is a superb techniques book that fully explores the wonderful art of shibori. Sewing World: Create unique and beautiful fabrics using the ancient Japanese resist dyeing method of shibori. Author Mandy Southan shows a variety of ways in which stitching, gathering, pleating and folding fabric prior to dyeing it can be used to create a wide variety of colours, patterns and textures. Starting with the basics of materials and equipment she demonstrates how simple household items can be used for binding and securing fabric to create amazing tie-dye effects and textures surfaces. There is a particularly good section on the various types of dyes available and a step-by-step photo guide showing exactly how to use them, plus achieve special effects such as space dyeing. The remainder of the book focuses on traditional Japanese folding, wrapping, clamping and stitching techniques with detailed instructions and beautiful examples of finished pieces to illustrate the created patterns. This is a great book for those who love bold and exotic fabrics and is good value at just GBP9.99. Waterstones ReadCraft: Stunning visual results from simple dyeing techniques that have stood the test of time (over 1000 years in Japan!) All sorts of patterns can emerge with Mandy Southan's traditional and more contemporary tricks. Su Mwamba, Derby branch The Japanese term shibori meaning to wring, squeeze or press now encompasses many different fores of tie-dyeing which all involve shaping and compressing fabric in some way before dyeing it. The author takes the art from beyond the traditional blue and white to create fabrics in an array of colours, patterns and textures. She demonstrates traditional and contemporary techniques (including some personal adaptations). Step-by-step colour photography and instructions demonstrate how to use acid dyes and cold water reactive dyes and various techniques. There are eighteen projects with fabric suggestions for each one and variations showing the effects that can be achieved.-Sew Today Shibori has always intrigued me and never more so than when I paged through this book. I knew some of the basics of tie-dyeing and I was always pleased with my results, but Southan has opened my eyes to a whole new world of colour and design. Most of the designs in this book are based on traditional Japanese methods, but she has included her personal adaptations for creating exciting, contemporary textiles. Before getting into the tying, Southan presents a complete introduction to the materials and the process. She discusses the various dyes and the equipment and tools you will need. She uses lots of photos and provides clear and concise explanations. After laying the groundwork, she presents step-by-step projects and a number of variations to show readers how to make the experience and the results their own. Her process shots are wonderfully illustrative and her fabrics are amazingly colorful and unique. If you were smitten with tie-dyeing in the '70s, you need to take a look at this contemporary twist.-Quilting Arts Mandy takes the beautiful art of shibori but makes it go well beyond the traditional blue and white to create fabrics in a fabulous array of colours, patterns and textures. Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions will leave you wanting to have a go! If you fancy something a little different then this could be the book for you.-Fabricationsshow more
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Mandy Southan trained at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design where she gained a degree in Fashion and Textile Design. She designs and produces printed and hand-painted silks for retail and commission. Mandy is a founder member and chairman of the Guild of Silk Painters. She teaches art, silk painting and design at Hastings College and she gives silk painting demonstrations to art groups and societies. Mandy lives in Hastings and exhibits in galleries in East Sussex.show more


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Now, get back to the darkroom for that red light therapy.
If I hung it up, everytime somebody told me it was impossible, I would currently have a very mundane job, in a very mundane place, and be quietly waiting for death to overtake me, while keeping the thought from my head by watching reality TV, and contemplating the next color of my new minivan, my sole creative decision for the year.
Guys, how many times have we seen jobs or projects take longer and cost more than estimated?
That is all I'm pointing out here.
So, we will have to wait and see.
I haven't ascertained whether they are trying to make paper as well as film.
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Secretary-General's Message for International Day for Disaster Reduction 2015Oct 13, 2015This year's observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction is dedicated to the power of traditional, indigenous and local knowledge. Traditional and indigenous knowledge is the indispensable information base for many societies seeking to live in harmony with nature and adapt to disruptive weather events, a warming globe and rising seas.
Social Good Summit 2015 in Ghana focuses on the new Sustainable Development Goals Sep 23, 2015To raise awareness around the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana has partnered with the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL) to hold the Social Good Summit 2015.
Re: Queries on the Institutional Assessment Report on Electoral CommissionSep 23, 2015The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), through its former Chairman, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, requested UNDP to, among other activities, support the Commission to conduct an independent comprehensive needs assessment of the election administration function of the EC. The results of the assessment, the EC envisaged, would be used to inform the development of a new strategic plan for the Commission.
UNDP supports national efforts to conserve energy in GhanaSep 16, 2015The Energy Commission in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), PHILIPS as well as Dutch & Co has formally launched a campaign to conserve energy in Ghana. The campaign, dubbed "Cut and Save Energy, targets public sector institutions, particularly the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to create awareness on good practices for energy conservation and energy efficiency at their respective workplaces.
UNDP Climate Change Storytelling Contest: Oxfam supports journalists' participation with additional fellowshipsSep 15, 2015Oxfam will support the Voice2Paris global storytelling contest launched in August by the United National Development Programme (UNDP) by providing three additional fellowships for participating journalists to cover the UN Conference on Climate Change, COP21, in Paris in December. Oxfam's contribution to the contest aims at encouraging journalists' participation in climate change reporting and raising public awareness of climate actions.
UNDP supports Journalism in GhanaAug 26, 2015The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported the 20th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards ceremony with an amount of Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢10,000) as the sponsorship package for the award category: Development Journalism for Furthering the MDGs.
Statement by UNDP administrator Helen Clark on Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and the poorJun 18, 2015I welcome Pope Francis' very important contribution to the climate change debate through his encyclical on the environment and the poor. The poor and the marginalized in our societies are the ones who are the most vulnerable to climate change, and are also the ones hardest hit by its impacts
Ghana launches Green Climate Fund Readiness ProgrammeJun 10, 2015The Government of Ghana in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially launched the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Programme in Accra.
Recognizing community efforts to reduce povertyApr 24, 2015The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Small Grants Programme (SGP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Ga West Municipal Assembly is hosting a national event to recognize the outstanding efforts of the Integrated Development in Focus (IDF) and the Yaoman community to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Yaoman, in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region.
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With North America producing more crude oil than its pipelines can carry, railroads are stepping in to transport the overflow to refineries that turn it into gasoline and other useful products. That should add to their profits for years—and create an opportunity for stock investors. Companies to favor include Canadian Pacific (ticker: CP), Union Pacific unp 1.6592920353982301% Union Pacific Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD91.9 1.5 1.6592920353982301% /Date(1443820003080-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5155855 AFTER HOURS USD91.9 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 185886 P/E Ratio 15.790378006872853 Market Cap 79740897649.6765 Dividend Yield 2.3939064200217626% Rev. per Employee 495286 More quote details and news » (UNP), and Norfolk Southern nsc 2.1725074356653304% Norfolk Southern Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD79.01 1.68 2.1725074356653304% /Date(1443819888202-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1711959 AFTER HOURS USD77.33 -1.68 -2.126313124920896% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 93068 P/E Ratio 13.529109589041095 Market Cap 23812586993.0142 Dividend Yield 2.986963675484116% Rev. per Employee 378977 More quote details and news » (NSC).
Oil drilling in the U.S. has transformed from hit-or-miss exploration to sure-thing production. Energy companies once relied on finding reachable pools of underground crude. Today, armed with new technology, they can simply squeeze the stuff out of pulverized shale using hydraulic fracturing, even if the deposits can't be reached from above. Volumes are gushing. Earlier this year, U.S. oil production topped seven million barrels per day for the first time since 1993. Analysts expected it to hit 10 million by 2020. For comparison, Saudi Arabia, the world's largest producer, puts out just over nine million barrels per day, albeit of purer crude.
SURGING OIL OUTPUT has done wonders for pipeline operators and their investors. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP), one of the largest players, has done more than twice as well as the Standard & Poor's 500 index over the past five years, returning an average of 13.3% a year. Increasingly, rails are getting a piece of the action, too. Originations of crude-oil shipments by rail soared 200% last year, according to Credit Suisse.
What rails lack in pricing they more than make up for in availability. Pipelines take years to build. Train tracks are already laid. Stuart Goldenberg for Barron's
That's surprising, considering that trains are much more expensive than pipelines. Transporting a barrel of crude from the oil hub of Hardisty in Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast, a major refining center, costs $7 to $11 using pipelines, but as much as $14 to $21 by rail, according to BMO Capital Markets. Every nickel per barrel matters for refiners, so under normal circumstances they'd balk at paying rail prices.
But North America's production glut has left landlocked crude some $20 per barrel cheaper than the imported stuff shipped to coastal refineries. Refiners are happy to pay $10 extra for transport to get the discount. And what rails lack in pricing, they more than make up for in availability. Pipelines take years to build and can run up against environmental squabbling. Train tracks are already laid, and no one complains about adding more cars and extra offloading facilities.
RAILS CARRY SO MANY different goods that oil still accounts for less than 1% of carloads, but it's lucrative. For example, oil will contribute 6% of Canadian Pacific's earnings per share this year and 3% for Union Pacific's, according to BMO. Berkshire Hathaway's BRKA -0.12210136968105488% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD195500 -239 -0.12210136968105488% /Date(1443819709642-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 312 P/E Ratio 17.894654780576246 Market Cap 320691521185.372 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 631234 More quote details and news » (BRKA) rail, BNSF, is probably enjoying the biggest boost; it controls 82% of capacity for oil in the booming Bakken field in North Dakota. Rails should collect growing profits from oil as production rises—especially because cheap crude has set off a resurgence in energy-intensive businesses like manufacturing and chemical production, creating more growth in rail volumes. But not all rails will benefit equally. Credit Suisse transportation analyst Allison Landry expects Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern ksu 1.0516149801480845% Kansas City Southern U.S.: NYSE USD94.17 0.98 1.0516149801480845% /Date(1443819723078-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1064632 AFTER HOURS USD93.19 -0.98 -1.040671126685781% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 21.16179775280899 Market Cap 10392601055.4016 Dividend Yield 1.4017202930869703% Rev. per Employee 386579 More quote details and news » (KSU), and Union Pacific to get the biggest earnings boost. Fadi Chamoun at BMO likes Union Pacific, along with CSX csx 1.0358860525342213% CSX Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD27.31 0.28 1.0358860525342213% /Date(1443819683974-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5620056 AFTER HOURS USD27.03 -0.28 -1.0252654705236177% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 13.792929292929292 Market Cap 26865856931.2928 Dividend Yield 2.6363969242035883% Rev. per Employee 390750 More quote details and news » (CSX) and Norfolk Southern.
Canadian Pacific is uniquely positioned in that it can originate oil shipments from both Bakken shale and Canada's oil sands. The oil sands have three to four times the output potential of Bakken. And while rail's share of Bakken oil is expected to peak in late 2014 as new pipelines come online, pipeline capacity for Canada won't surge until 2015 at the earliest, and only then if the Keystone XL extension gets a timely nod from regulators. Even after Keystone, Canada will likely produce far more oil than pipelines can carry, and rails there have a key competitive advantage. The oil sands produce thick bitumen, which must be diluted to flow through pipelines, and then have the diluent removed at the refineries. Rails can simply glop bitumen into cars and deliver it to refineries—and on the way back, haul a load of diluent back to the pipelines for reuse.
Canadian Pacific, which is first in line to profit from both Bakken shale and Canada's the oil sands, trades at 21 times this year's profit forecast of $6.10 per share. But Wall Street expects those profits to swell to nearly $9 a share by 2015. Union Pacific is cheaper at 15 times 2013 earnings. It has interchange connections that allow it to pick up oil on its way from Bakken and Canada, and carry it to terminals near key refineries in Texas and Louisiana. It can also originate shipments from the Niobrara shale field in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska. Niobrara is less developed than Bakken, but production is likely to ramp up over the next five years.
Kansas City Southern, at 25 times projected 2013 earnings of $4.15 a share, has similarly attractive interchanges. It also owns land near major refineries in Port Arthur, Texas, and is working on a deal to turn it into a key terminal for northern crude. That could boost earnings from crude to $1 per share by 2015, says Landry, propelling earnings per share toward $7.
DON'T FORGET THE EAST COAST. Refiners there use pricey overseas crude and are eager to get their hands on cheap U.S. output. They have limited access to pipelines. Many are now extending rail lines and building high-speed unloading facilities. Rail oil capacity to the East should quadruple by 2014, according to BMO's Chamoun, and CSX and Norfolk Southern should benefit from picking up shipments that begin at Bakken or in Canada. Both are reasonably priced at 13 times earnings, and both have plenty of exposure to Eastern shale fields—the Utica field and Marcellus—and rising chemical production. They also have dividend yields of over 2%.
One risk to this newfound growth source for rails is that a plunge in oil prices would lead drillers to cut back on production, which would reduce the U.S. glut and thus, the price gap between U.S. and foreign crude. But so long as prices remain at $80 per barrel or higher, the U.S. discount will persist for years, says Fadel Gheit, an energy analyst for Oppenheimer. Brent (foreign) crude recently traded at $112 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (domestic) sold for $91.
A bigger risk for rails is simply that the U.S. economy falters, and shipments of all sorts of goods decline. But that's a risk for just about any stock. Compared with pipelines, rails offer a way to invest in soaring U.S. oil production without being singularly exposed to it.
Riding the Rails to Increased Profits
Refiners are ravenous for cheap domestic crude to replace pricey imports. These railroads are cashing in.
| Mkt Val
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|Div Yield
|What to Like
|Canadian Pacific Railway/CP
Unique geography; can originate shipments from Bakken and Canadian oil sands
Poised to connect Eastern refineries to cheap U.S. oil
|Kansas City Southern/KSU
Connects northern rails with Gulf refineries; could develope land near Port Arthur, Texas, into key terminal
|Norfolk Southern/NSC
Eastern carrier with exposure to Marcellus shale
|Union Pacific/UNP
Connects northern rails with Gulf refineries
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Volleyball: Treasure Coast outlasts Centennial in 5 sets
Michaela Sihler had 14 service points and 17 assists Thursday as Treasure Coast's volleyball team defeated St. Lucie West Centennial 25-20, 24-26, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12 in a District 6-8A match at Centennial.
Kelley Fitzpatrick had 11 service points, and eight kills, Marielyn Surez finished with eight service points and 12 kills for the Titans (1-4, 1-1 district).
Summer Lewis had 23 digs, Alyssa Janezic had eight kills and Rossana Franco had nine service points for Centennial (1-6, 0-2).
Nicole Davis and Sam Kaliewahea had 11 digs apiece. Allison Sands had 31 assists and Chelsea Miller had 12 kills.
Centennial plays at Fort Pierce Westwood at 5 p.m. Monday. Treasure Coast plays host to Vero Beach at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Fort Pierce Central d. Fort Pierce Westwood, 25-15, 25-13, 25-18: Roneisha Jordan had 12 kills and five service points to lead the Cobras (2-4).
Sarah Gillen added 20 service points and 21 assists for Fort Pierce Central. Emily Walukiewicz had five service points and 11 digs.
Fort Pierce Central plays host to Sebastian River at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Okeechobee d. South Fork, 25-21, 25-12, 25-20: Sarah Davis led The Brahmans (5-3, 2-1 in District 12-7A) with 40 assists and eight service points. Darby Jones chipped in 13 kills, Kyla Hargraves added 12 kills, Krista Ward had seven digs and Maci Thomas has 12 service points with two aces.
Jessica Bright had 16 assists and 11 digs for South Fork (3-11, 2-1). Natalie Tuttle had seven kills and nine digs.
The Brahmans will play in the Riverdale High Classic tournament in East Fort Myers on Saturday.
South Fork plays host to John Carroll at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Brevard HEAT d. Community Christian, 25-20, 25-19, 25-21: Alyssa Cabrera had five kills, two digs and four assists for the Cougars in Melbourne.
Jena Humphrey added six kills, two digs and three assists for Community Christian (1-6).
Community Christian plays at Boca Christian at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Sebastian River d. Cocoa Beach, 19-25, 26-24, 25-13, 18-25, 15-7: Kara Robinson had 13 kills, two blocks and four aces as the Sharks won a non-district match in Sebastian.
Morgan Cole had 31 assists.
Kalin Gabbert added 10 kills, three aces, and Tamara Hunt finished with nine kills and five blocks for the Sharks (7-5).
Sebastian River plays at Fort Pierce Central at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Pine School d. Master's Academy, 25-9, 25-7, 25-12: Ali Denny had 11 kills, and Olivia Wesel added eight aces as the Knights won a District 11-2A match in Hobe Sound.
Dani Skelly had nine assists, and seven aces, Lauren Ruby finished with 15 assists and two blocks for the Knights (7-2,3-0).
Pine School plays host to Morningside Academy at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Lincoln Park Academy d. Port St. Lucie, 25-19, 25-27, 25-17, 25-18: Brandy Montgomery posted 16 kills, Megan Gillen added 23 assists and Erin Gerlica posted nine digs for the Greyhounds (5-2) in a win at Port St. Lucie.
Marissa Hewitt had 10 kills and Valerie Munley finished with three aces for the Jaguars (1-4).
The Greyhounds will play Fort Pierce Center at home on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Port St. Lucie plays at Martin County at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ashampoo Music Studio 4 Review
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- Application: Ashampoo Music Studio 126.96.36.199
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Music Studio from Ashampoo has been designed with the average home user in mind, thus easy handling and an assorted suite of features for managing music should be predictable assets in the application.
Priced $29.99 (€24), the application benefits from the traditional installer from Ashampoo, which bundles in their own toolbar and changes the default web search and the browser homepage. Luckily, you can opt for a custom installation process and drop these additional modifications.
Looks are quite impressive, which is at all unusual for an Ashampoo product, as the interface is free of clutter, having all the menus ready on a strip at the bottom of the main application window.
The application offers a versatile set of options that range from extracting tracks from Audio CDs and automatically renaming items in your music collection to converting music files to a different format, recording audio from a microphone or creating mix tapes.
Although this would seem quite sufficient for such a program, there are more options to explore, such as editing audio, creating covers and inlays for CDs or extracting the audio track from a video file.
Working with Music Studio is a simple task, even if you are not familiar with applications of its kind. The wizard-like structure offers a quick way to learn the ropes as you can focus on a single aspect on your way to carrying out a job.
For instance, when ripping an Audio CD first you have to choose the optical drive select its reading speed, check if the files have been recognized correctly and make the necessary modifications for each track. Next follows a technical step where you can set the quality of the output and the file format (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV or FLAC).
During our tests, Ashampoo Music Studio managed to recognize almost all albums we had it extract. However, there are exceptions, especially if your tastes in music are more eccentric.
Creating your own music disc offers the possibility to make an Audio CD or burn a disc with MP3 or WMA files on it. Alternatively, the application should be able to create a mixed format disc, which can contain all supported file types (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV or FLAC).
Prior to burning, you can play the added files and in our case the player worked like a charm. On the downside, you cannot drag and drop the data in the application window, so you have to browse for them manually. But a more serious problem occurred when the program started the burning procedure, as Music Studio crashed every time. This happened only when we tried to create a mixed format disc.
Organizing your music collection refers only to renaming the files using specific placeholders. There is also a list of predefined patterns available, but you can also create name patterns based on information such as artist, song title, album, release year, genre or file format.
The audio editing section is not equipped with too many tools, but it allows you to trim up the files and get rid of surplus sound, simply mix the tracks up, apply crossfade effect, anywhere in the file or change the volume. You can also replace parts of a song with silence or audio bits by cutting and pasting selections.
Converting the tracks to any of the supported formats is also present in this menu, together with options for file tag editing and volume normalization options.
If you want a single audio file playing multiple songs, Ashampoo Music Studio can help you through its mix tape feature. It allows you to add as many tracks as you want and glue them up in a single audio file. Each item is separated by a crossfading effect, so they do not overlap during playback.
As far as extracting the audio from a video, the application supports a wide range of formats, popular file types such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, VOB, MOV or WMV included. The application loads up only the sound of the file and the menu is almost the same as the one for editing audio tracks. As such, you can choose to extract only a specific part of the file.
Ashampoo Music Studio, although not a professional suite, offers plenty of options for a beginner user to start editing songs, create mix tapes and MP3/WMA discs or design covers for disc cases (there is a comprehensive set of tools regardless of the case or paper type).
The Good
The interface not only looks great, but it is also intuitive and a breeze to work with, which places ease of use at the top of the features list. It covers tasks from creating your own Audio CD or extracting and converting tracks to any of the supported formats to designing CD covers or editing sound.
The Bad
We encountered problems with burning mix format discs. The application would crash just as it started to burn the files, which includes converting them first.
In contrast with overall ease of use there is the lack of support for drag and drop action, which would make adding files to the program more comfortable than browsing for them. Also, audio editing options are pretty limited.
The Truth
Ashampoo Music Studio does not address users familiar to audio editing in the slightest, so do not expect professional features for manipulating sound. It is built for the average home user that needs a simple tool to create mix tapes, play around with basic audio editing options or create custom CD covers and extract the sound from video files.
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Hello, my benq drive died on me (stock firmware) and ive spoofed a 59 hitachi (again stock firmware) to go in its place, everything went well during the process using jungleflasher without any errors but now it wont play any games!
I've tried putting restoring the hitachi and starting again but the same thing happens, anybody have any ideas why it isnt working?
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Spoofing Hitachi 59 As A Benq
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get a benq from ebay.
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Try doing a manual spoof.
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his hitachi is dead b/c he replaced a broke drive with an almost broke drive which is now a broke drive.
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Today, SWAN announces that Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has joined the Scottish Wide Area Network, a single public services network for the use of all public service organisations within Scotland. SWAN is being delivered through a framework contract with Capita IT Enterprise Services.
Capita's property and infrastructure business has welcomed new regulations requiring all landlords to install carbon monoxide detectors in their rented properties.
In this paper Jonathan Flowers, Capita's local government market director, has applied scenario analysis to the future of health and social care, helping us consider how things may change over the next ten years.
A smartphone app from Spelthorne Borough Council is giving residents access to a range of local services and helping the council to reduce reliance on normal customer service channels.
How the right data at the right time can cut crime (and costs).
In a recent Capita survey with members of the County Councils Network (CCN), 94% of respondents felt that adult social care was the biggest financial pressure facing their council, and more than half felt that funding pressures they face are 'severe'.
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Capita today announces that it has acquired Electranet, a leading supplier for the design, delivery and support of highly secure network and communication infrastructure in the UK, for a cash consideration of £37m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
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Thanks Marc. Another question I forgot... Does anyone know of any studio space in the neighbourhood? Preferably not ruinously expensive!
I've spent plenty of time in Switzerland (dad was born there, and I have a lot of cousins there), and one thing I will say about it... nothing's cheap, that's for sure!! Still, Basel is a cool little city, has this marvelous contemporary art museum, and a quick ride to Zuerich, a fave city of mine.
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July 19, 2011 -- I appreciate your no-holds approach to the problems in our healthcare system, and applaud your recent coverage of the nursing shortage.
Your article mentioned the looming retirement of our nursing workforce, and the problems retaining quality nursing instructors. I was disappointed that the process to get into nursing school wasn't given more coverage.
I recently stepped away from my plans to add an RN to my MPH due to multiple barriers that are present in the application process for nursing school. Until recently, I've been completing prerequisites and working on applications to OHSU, Linfield, University of Portland, Mt. Hood, PCC, Clark College and Clackamas College. It is very frustrating to keep hearing about the RN shortage while being denied the ability to apply for RN school. I have at least three other colleagues in public health who will not be applying to nursing school for similar reasons… two of these colleagues have advanced degrees and are fantastic leaders and would be great nurses.
RN Schools Give Preference to the Inexperienced
In addition to there being way more applicants for nursing programs than open spots (the acceptance rate is around 10 percent of qualified applicants), there's also a strong bias towards 1st-degree, younger, less experienced applicants for nursing schools. This bias does not bode well for the future of leaders in nursing over the next decade.
The criteria for being accepted hinges more on your application G.P.A. than on any other aspect of an applicant's potential for nursing. For instance, one program takes into account your cumulative G.P.A. of all college courses for life (which for me covers approximately 15 years of classes in a variety of subjects in five different universities). The application process does not accept letters of recommendation, work history or resumes. This means the 'D' in theater appreciation I got at age 17 counts more than my seven years in healthcare, my certificate of management, or my Masters in Public Health!
Furthermore, there are no part-time RN programs in Oregon (unlike in many other states). Mount Hood College had a single class accepted into their part-time program before it was shut down due to budget issues. This lack of part-time or evening options effectively removes many of us from the application pool since we have mortgage payments, full-time jobs, and family duties that prevent us from going to school from 8-5 (plus time for clinical rotations on weekends).
At this point the only people who can apply are either without these life obligations or are able to do school full time and not work longer than 20 hours per week, or those who can manage to work nights and go to school all day. I posit that earning a 'B' in anatomy while working full-time in a demanding professional job, and holding down a mortgage while raising children should be the equivalent to earning an 'A' in anatomy while living in your parents' house and working as a barista.
Is there even any evidence that getting an 'A' versus a 'B' has any relevance on how good of a nurse you will become? While the RN shortage will create increased need for leaders with strong backgrounds and life experiences, the application process give heavy preference to young applicants with little or no experiences to draw upon. This adds to the 'brain drain' and may decrease the ability of our RN workforce to handle the increasingly complex world of healthcare... a field that has long-since moved away from the original role of nurses changing bedpans and acting as the 'doctor's helper.'
RN Schools Have no Standard Set of Prerequisites
A large barrier to entry is the wide the variety of requirements to apply. Of course each school has the usual: 1 year of anatomy and physiology, 1 term of microbiology, classes in human development, psychology, nutrition, math and reading. There is still a wide variety of how those credits are considered.
Despite many Oregon RN schools being part of the OCNE curriculum (which tries to standardize the RN application process in Oregon), each school has slightly different general education requirements to apply so students applying to more than a few RN schools are stuck taking a crazy mixture of pre-requisites, thus taking longer to complete and incurring more out-of-pocket costs. Of the schools I was considering: One school wants two additional social science classes and an American history (political science or world history does not count). Another wants an additional year of lab sciences, above the 1.5 years of anatomy and microbiology. One school wants math 95 or statistics 243, but does not count biostatistics 524… while the others do. To make it even more complicated, each school has a different timeline for how long credits will last before they expire.
Despite having a Masters in a health-related field, and a Bachelors in a social-science, and a Graduate Certificate in Management, I found myself taking a list of 100-level courses that are not remotely related to the field of nursing… only for the privilege of hedging my bets and paying application fees to multiple schools in hopes of being accepted by at least one of them.
RN Schools Should Turn Leaders Into Nurses
As it is now, the hope for replacing our quickly-retiring nurses and clinical instructors hinges on a bet that at least some of the new nursing graduates will fill in that gap. This means that we will be dependent on newer nurses taking over leadership roles that are better filled by nurses who have more experience. It also means that those newer nurses will be asked to accept the lower pay and, generally, less exciting roles of nurse educator and nurse administrator.
I find these assumptions to lack a solid foundation. It is more likely that newer nurses will desire the higher wages and more exciting roles of clinical settings and the shortage will be felt even more strongly in the nurse leadership roles than it is already. This self-repeating cycle will continue until the career of nursing will be demeaned by a lack of strong leaders, educators, and mentors and a burgeoning bottom-heavy group of inexperienced nurses will struggle to keep up with the changing definitions of their career. As the shortage grows, nurse leaders that remain in their posts will be overburdened, dragged down, and eventually tempted to join the ranks of the clinical providers rather than remain in the fight.
A potential solution to this dilemma is to attract and recruit persons who are already leaders in their careers (be it health care or not) and incentivize them to becoming nurses by making their experience count in the application process. I suggest creation of an application process that gives consideration for an applicant's current leadership roles, or somehow accounts for other indicators of being a successful nurse.
This solution would not only leave room for our many new nursing graduates in some of the more clinically-focused areas, but would stock the leadership circles in nursing with persons who bring a wealth of experience and connections with them.
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Anyone else notice this?
With Misty and Iris, Ash is the rookie of the group, his battle skills are lackluster, he tends to have weak or underdeveloped pokemon teams, and he does poorly in battles and is made fun of in the group. Of course with Misty this actually made sense, as Ash WAS a rookie back in Kanto so you understood why they were doing it.
With May, Dawn and now Serena....Ash seems mature and competent, he is shown to be a skilled trainer, his Pokemon teams are mostly evolved and tough looking, and Ash accomplishes more and gets further to his goal. He also acts as a mentor of sorts to the female he travels with.
Of course this is just speculation for XY as it hasn't aired yet, but judging from previews Ash looks like he's going back to being mature and I'm sure his Pokemon team will reflect that. I just wonder why the writers even bothered making him a rookie again in Best Wishes only to bring him back up to his DP self one generation later.
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Here's a trailer for a book spawned by a fan film spawned by the greatest adventure film ever made. The adventure film is Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark and the fan film is Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala's Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, the most famous fan film ever made, a shot by shot, low budget remake of Indiana Jones' first adventure. Now, author Alan Eisenstock has written a detailed book on the making of the fan film called Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made and a trailer has been released teasing the book, which is out November 13. Check it out below. Read More »


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"The people at Cooper Tire are very excited," says Vanooij. "Their tire tests clearly demonstrated the performance advantages of the presence of the silane-treated steel cords in the belt."
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Self-Employment and Poverty Alleviation: Women's Work in Artisanal Gold Mines
Heemskerk, Marieke, Human Organization
Development policy makers increasingly focus on the informal sector as an area to alleviate poverty and promote gender equity. Female self-employment is especially encouraged because higher incomes for women empower them, improve the health of their families, and alleviate poverty in society at large. In this context, development institutions have been urged to increase female participation in artisanal mining. However, knowledge about the gains and costs to women who earn a living in informal, artisanal mines is sparse. This study analyzes women's self-employment in artisanal gold mines in Suriname, South America. The results suggest that if long-term social and health conditions are considered, work in the informal mining sector is not likely to improve the quality of life in the interior of Suriname. The analysis contributes to informal-sector research by focusing on women and on rural regions, two areas of investigation that have received relatively little attention. The author cautions against development policy that narrowly focuses on economic growth and efficiency, and argues that public policy that anticipates long-term health, cultural, and social outcomes has a better chance of being sustainable.
Key words: artisanal gold mining, gender, informal labor, Maroons, Suriname
This paper is about women who work in artisanal goldmines in Suriname, South America. The analysis responds to increasing policy interest in developing the informal sector, which shows promise for strengthening gender equity and alleviating poverty in rural areas of the developing world (Browne 1996, 2001; Ferdinand 2001; Kantor 2000). My main question is: Will promoting women's work in informal, artisanal gold mines improve the quality of life of Suriname's rural poor? To answer this question, I compare how women benefit from mining with the price they pay for working in the mining area.
"Informal" labor has been defined in numerous ways, but generally refers to money-generating activities that are largely unrecorded and unregulated by national governments (Harding and Jenkins 1989; Portes, Castells, and Benton 1989). The archetypical informal job is easy to enter, labor intensive, small scale, family owned, and low tech. The bulk of informal-sector workers are self-employed, performing low or unskilled labor as street vendors, cleaners, gofers, shoeshine boys, and sex workers, among other professions. Policy makers have long been either hostile or indifferent to people on the sidelines of the official economy because these people tend to evade taxes, are difficult to control, and often operate illegally. As the social and economic potentials of the informal sector become better understood, the international development community has begun to encourage and assist its workers (Bangasser 2000).
At the same time, policy interventions aimed at improving labor market conditions have increasingly targeted women, for several reasons. First, earning an independent income can improve the well-being of women and their families by strengthening their social and economic autonomy (Massiah 1999; Momsen 1993; Safa 1995). Second, empirical data from various countries suggest that compared to the incomes of men, women's earnings disproportionally benefit child nutrition and survival rates (Kennedy and Haddad 1994; Kennedy and Peters 1992; Lamontagne, Engle, and Zeitlin 1998; World Bank 2001). Hence enhancing women's incomes may do more for poverty relief than promoting higher wages for men. Furthermore, despite increased female labor market participation, women remain more likely than men to perform low-paid unskilled labor and less likely to obtain top-level positions and wages (Beneria and Feldman 1992; Howes and Singh 1995; Standing 1999). A greater level of gender equality is desirable because evidence suggests that it "strengthens countries' abilities to grow, to reduce poverty, and to govern effectively" (World Bank 2001:1). …


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Hilary Duff marked her one year wedding anniversary with one BIG announcement: She's pregnant!
The 23-year-old former Disney star and husband Mike Comrie, who married on August 14, 2010, are expecting their first child together, Duff announced today on her official website.
"I can't believe it has already been a year, time really flies when you're having fun!" she writes, adding "We also want to share the exciting news that… BABY MAKES THREE. We are extremely happy and ready to start this new chapter of our lives."
She later tweeted "Wow! I am just overwhelmed by all of the wonderful messages everyone is sending! Thank you so much! Big hugs! Xxo."
Hilary and Mike hit the red carpet earlier this week for the opening of Kendra Scott's jewelry store in Beverly Hills, where Duff showed no hint of a baby bump. Check out the photos above.
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