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Hi Alan,
any way to recognize the language used in site, to show different widget per different languages?
I cannot find a conditional tag that determine lang or, may be, also some string on path could be enough.
I use WPML and it creates path like domain.com/en/.
Did I missed something or it's impossible with WL?
Some other plugin recognize it, so, somewhere, hidden...
Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

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Taxi Industry Asks for Fares to Be Raised
New York City taxi fares could rise by as much as 20%, under a proposal from the industry to be considered later this month by city regulators.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission announced on Monday that it would schedule hearings on a pair of new proposals: one to consider raising the amount that taxi medallion owners can charge when renting out their medallions to drivers, and the other to raise the base fare for a taxi ride.
TLC officials were sanguine about the chances for a fare hike.
"The fare hasn't changed since 2006, so it is reasonable for taxi drivers and fleet owners to put this on the table," TLC Chairman David Yassky said in a written statement. "We will consider their petitions over the next couple of months."
The TLC's move to take up the industry's fare-hike petition comes in a time of ferment for taxi regulators, drivers and passengers alike. The city will move ahead with the auction of 2,000 new yellow cab medallions later this year, along with the introduction of new "borough taxi" licenses, which will enable livery cars to accept street-hail customers outside of Manhattan for the first time.
Across the city's taxi industry, business has surged with the introduction of mandatory credit- and debit-card payment machines, Mr. Yassky's office has said. But the steady shift to electronic payment has also squeezed drivers, who can be required to surrender as much as 5% of their take from credit-card fares to reimburse fleet owners for the cost of maintaining the card systems.
A fare increase is long overdue, said Michael Woloz, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents 35 taxi fleets, including 14,000 drivers.
"We filed for a fare increase and lease cap increase 2 years ago and it has since collected dust at the TLC," Mr. Woloz wrote in an email. "It has now been 8 years since the fleets have had a lease cap increase and 6 years since drivers have had a fare increase. Both are absolutely necessary in order to meet the economic realities of today and we cannot have one without the other. The fleets need to offset their operating costs to run costly 24/7 garages and the drivers need relief at the gas pump."
The average taxi ride costs $11.82, according to the most recently compiled TLC data, and runs about 2.75 miles.
The "lease cap" is the limit on the amount that medallion owners—such as a taxi fleet—can charge a driver to rent a medallion for a daily, weekly or monthly shift. As currently structured, the lease cap means drivers pay up to $105 per shift for a standard 12-hour shift day, though actual fees can vary.
Muhammad Khan, 36 years old, has been driving a taxi for two years, and said he was pleased a fare increase would be considered. "If your salary is boosted up by 20%, you will be happy," he said, adding that he was not worried that higher prices would scare off passengers. "The people who want to take a ride will ride."
But Brian Byun, a 21 year old Columbia University engineering student, said the proposed hike was "ridiculous."
"It's out of budget for many of us," said Mr. Byun, who regularly pays $15 to $16 to ride across town in taxis. He said he would keep that up, but not gladly, if the price rises. "I might have to not eat," he said.
Sarah Hogarth, 45, of Brooklyn, was less outraged. "People have to make a living," she said, adding that she wouldn't be cutting out the taxi rides to avoid higher rates. "I don't need my ride home at night to be cheaper off somebody else's family income."
—Alison Fox contributed to this article.
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Over the past month or so my co-worker has missed at least one day a week for some reason or another. At first she found out she had a cyst on her ovary. I totally understood that. Then she found out it was gone. Then shes sick with a cold, cant come in. Now recently she was having pain with her teeth. she went to the dentist and she is having boneloss. So they are going to have to work on that, she was talking about having the work done after the holidays. Then today she doesnt show up for work and doesnt call us until 3 hours after her shift. Then on top of that she isnt coming in tomorrow. We will be busy since its right before the holiday. I am tired of working long hours and picking up all her slack. In my first trimester I had severe morning sickness and would have to go in the back office and vomit. But I was a trooper and still came to work everyday and on time. Am I over reacting to the situation or am I justified for feeling this way?
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Insurance companies argue that if only the sick sign up, insurers will go broke. So the law says everybody must have insurance for themselves and their children, or pay a penalty.
Also, because everyone needs health care sometime, if everyone purchases insurance, the price per person can be lower, with the cost of care spread out over many people.
After all, the government requires workers to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, whether they want the benefits or not.
One argument for the insurance mandate is that the fines are just federal taxes by another name. Another is that it falls under the government's constitutional power to regulate commerce that crosses state borders.
State governments, of course, tell people to buy lots of things, including auto insurance or motorcycle helmets.
"You can always move to another state," said Tom O'Connor, a consultant in Fairfax, Va., who thinks the health care law overreaches. "It's a little more difficult to move to another country."
Many agree.
In an Associated Press-GfK poll, 85 percent said the U.S. government should not have the power to require people to buy health insurance. When the question is worded without the specific reference to federal power, acceptance of the mandate grows a bit, but 6 in 10 are still against it.
Even among those who generally support the health care overhaul, one-third said they are against the insurance mandate.
There's also a significant minority who sees mandates as a cop-out and prefer a government program that covers everyone, Medicare for all.
It's clear that many people do not understand what the law would do or how it would affect them.
Jan Gonzales, an out-of-work bookkeeper in Pablo, Mont., calls fining people for going without insurance "the most ridiculous, asinine thing you ever heard of."
"If I can't put food on the table for my children, how can I pay for health care coverage?" asks Gonzales, who's been without insurance for seven years. "What moron came up with that idea?"
Of course, she might qualify for the law's exemptions for those too poor to pay and for assistance for low-income people, as well as many in the middle class.
There also are some religious exemptions. .
Estimates vary widely of how many uninsured people will get insurance once it's required in January 2014.
About 4 million people would pay a penalty to the Internal Revenue Service for being uninsured in 2016, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
By 2016, the fine reaches $695 per uninsured adult or 2.5 percent of family income, up to $12,500 per year. The IRS is in charge of the penalties but can't prosecute violators or place liens against them. Its only enforcement option may be withholding money from refunds.
That leaves insurance companies, who stand to gain lots of new customers, worried that people instead will shrug off the weak mandate.
Meanwhile, the state-federal Medicaid program will expand to cover more low-income people, and that's another issue before the Supreme Court, because many states say they cannot afford the extra cost.
Health care law: http://www.healthcare.gov
Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/PPAACA.aspx
Associated Press writer Stacy A. Anderson contributed to this report.
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High Fidelity, High Fashion
Rock out with headphones that make some noise on your head and in your ears
Headphones as fashion statement makes total sense. Like a hat, a scarf or sunglasses they can add a surprising sartorial punch to an outfit whether on your head or effortlessly draped around your neck. But unlike other fashion accessories, this one needs to perform. It's one thing to sacrifice comfort for style (we'd wear sweatpants all day if we didn't) but that's not acceptable when it comes to your music. Looking cool means nothing if "Exile on Main St." sounds like it's coming out of an old clock radio. Any of these six headphones will make a statement both aesthetically and audibly—wear them loud and proud.
—Kevin Sintumuang
Sol Republic Tracks HD
Some headphones have a more subtle and delicate sound that takes heightened senses to fully appreciate—like, say, Japanese cuisine. Others are as instantly satisfying as an oozing cheeseburger. That would be these Sol Republics, the Double Double of headphones. They are big and brash, designed to make you feel your music, offering up clear highs, big, booming lows and everything in between. The cord is durable and has just the right amount of stiffness and thickness to keep it from getting tangled in your bag; the headbands, which come in various colors, are made out of a new super-resilient polymer that you'll have a hard time breaking. $130, solrepublic.com
Compact and foldable, the Q 460s (the Q stands for music producer Quincy Jones, who helped in their development) are wonderful, stylish travel headphones. While they're light and comfortable enough to leave on and ignore, they come with a slick carrying case for when you're ready to toss them into your carry-on. Despite being small, they deliver loads of punchy bass, without ignoring all of the finer details of a track. Available in white, matte black and, for the more daring, lime green. $170, akg.com
Bowers & Wilkins P5
Although these headphones are new, the simple materials—metal and leather—make them feel as though they come from a different era. It's like wearing a Corbusier chair (but more comfortable). The P5s aren't just about manly materials, however. The sound is purposefully natural—you won't find any guttural lows unless the producer of the track put them there—and they have a relatively tight fit to keep out most unwanted ambient noise. $300, bowers-wilkins.com
Beyerdynamic T 70 p
It may be a cliché to say that the best headphones let you rediscover music you thought you knew inside and out, but these do just that. Hand claps, the slight twang of guitar strings, the tiny inhale a vocalist makes before starting a song—the T 70 p magically reveals all of these hidden nuances, making the most familiar track pleasantly unfamiliar. While these headphones are heavier than most—the body is primarily constructed of metal—they compensate for it in comfort. The crisp sound and ultra-soft velour earpads mean you could wear them for hours and not realize it. $570, beyerdynamic.com
Sennheiser HD 25 Originals
Long popular with the DJ set, these legendary Sennheisers are a special collaboration with Adidas, hence the sporty blue accents. For an on-ear headset, they isolate sound extremely well thanks to a tight fit and a headband that articulates so you can get that perfect fit. But when you need to listen in on a conversation or tell the flight attendant you'd prefer the chicken to the fish, you can simply flip the left earpiece out of the way. The light, plastic construction may deter you at first, but don't let it. These have a reputation for being super durable. $360, sennheiserusa.com
Audio Technica ATH-ESW9
Maybe it's the African Padauk wood housing messing with our minds, but these headphones have a warmer sound than most. And the lambskin cushions (ordinary leather is so pedestrian) feel luxurious on the ears. While these Audio Technicas aim for a balanced sound, they have incredibly tight bass—if you prefer to play your music super loud, you'll get virtually no distortion. $220, audiotechnica.com


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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Limen (disambiguation).
In physiology, psychology, or psychophysics, a limen or a liminal point is a threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
Liminal, as an adjective, means situated at a sensory threshold, hence barely perceptible. The absolute threshold is the lowest amount of sensation detectable by a sense organ.
The boundary of perception. On one side of a limen (or threshold) a stimulus is perceivable, on the other side it is not.
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Warks v Notts, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 1st day
Rankin hits top gear to wobble Notts
Jun 26, 2016: Boyd Rankin produced a spell of sustained aggression which claimed 3 for 8 in 29 balls to give his side the better of a rain-reduced opening day
Ireland v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Dublin
Ireland aiming to upset wounded Sri Lanka
Jun 15, 2016: The hosts begin a busy period of ODI cricket by welcoming a somewhat battered opposition for a pair of matches in Malahide
Apr 10, 2016: Kevin Pietersen has fuelled the fire over a potential international comeback for South Africa. If the extraordinary did happen, he would join a select group of players to have appeared for two countries. ESPNcricinfo picks out a few names
World T20 2016
Rankin rejoins Irish ranks with ambition renewed
Mar 8, 2016: After an inglorious spell as an England cricketer, Boyd Rankin is back with Ireland, and keen to finish the journey he helped to start
Know Your Associates
Will the grass be greener for Ireland this time?
Feb 24, 2016: The Associate giants have surprisingly underachieved in previous World T20s. The current side look in good shape to turn things around
PNG v Ireland, Intercontinental Cup, Townsville
O'Brien brothers carry Ireland past PNG
Feb 3, 2016: Ireland maintained their flawless run in the current edition of the Intercontinental Cup, once again claiming the maximum 20 points with a 146-run win over Papua New Guinea
Ireland news
Rankin, Murtagh back in Ireland squad
Dec 23, 2015: Fast bowler Boyd Rankin will be back in Ireland colours, as will Tim Murtagh, who has had second thoughts after retiring from T20 cricket in May
Ireland news
Rankin confirms return to Ireland ranks
Dec 21, 2015: Boyd Rankin has officially given up on his hopes of adding to his solitary Test cap with England and has instead pledged his allegiance once again to the country of his birth
Ireland news
Rankin poised for Ireland return
Nov 3, 2015: Boyd Rankin is expected to renew his allegiances with Ireland once, as expected, he is omitted from England's tour party to South Africa
Hampshire v Warwickshire, LV= Championship, Division One, Ageas Bowl, 1st day
Rankin and Woakes dominate Hampshire
Aug 7, 2015: Warwickshire enjoyed the best of the opening day in the Ageas Bowl sunshine as they reduced to Hampshire to 255 for 8 at the close of play.
Worcestershire v Warwickshire, LV= County Championship Div One, New Rd, 2nd day
Moeen short of work after Worcestershire collapse
Jun 15, 2015: James Whitaker will have gleaned little that he did not already know from his visit to New Road. Ian Bell made a century, the 50th of his career in first-class cricket, and Worcestershire collapsed miserably to an innings defeat, which is sadly not a rar
Warwickshire v Worcestershire, LV= Championship, Div One, Edgbaston, 3rd day
Rankin, Wright record take game away from Worcestershire
May 10, 2015: Moeen Ali suffered the indignity of becoming the first bowler hit for six by Boyd Rankin in first-class cricket as Warwickshire built a strong position on the third day against Worcestershire at Edgbaston
Ireland v England, only ODI, Malahide
Bracewell to have Ireland talks with Rankin
May 7, 2015: John Bracewell, Ireland's new coach, "does not envy" Peter Moores' task in trying to rebuild the England side and one of his first tasks will be trying to persuade Boyd Rankin to abandon his England ambitions
Warwickshire v Hampshire, Edgbaston, 1st day
Wheater responds to Rankin's best
Apr 19, 2015: Fast bowler Boyd Rankin seized a career-best 6 for 75 as Warwickshire and Hampshire exchanged blows on a fascinating opening day at Edgbaston
World Cup 2015
Ireland 'irritation' at Morgan allegiance
Feb 12, 2015: The Ireland management has spoken out at the frustration of losing players to England. Alan Lewis, Ireland chief selector and former captain, said it was "irritating" that Eoin Morgan will captain England at the World Cup.
England Lions in South Africa 2014-15
Trott's success tops Lions report
Jan 22, 2015: Two four-days game in tough conditions tested England Lions. The play-off for an opening berth remained unsettled while Mark Wood emerged from the fast bowling attack
'Everyone stares at you when you're 6ft 8in'
Nov 23, 2014: Boyd Rankin talks about giants, playing for the enemy, and being mentored by Allan Donald
Durham v Warwickshire, RL Cup final, Lord's
Sep 18, 2014: From the fringes of the England team to playing every format, plus one trophy already in the bag for Warwickshire has made it a memorable season for Chris Woakes but he wants to add another success before it finishes
Warwickshire v Kent, Royal London Cup, Edgbaston
Warwickshire return to Lord's, but English cricket should worry
Sep 4, 2014: The contrasting expressions on the faces of the players told the story: whatever the gentle decline in popularity of county cricket over the last couple of decades, the prospect of a Lord's final still means a great deal
Essex v Warwickshire, T20 Blast Q-F, Chelmsford
Chopra and Clarke end Warwickshire's wait
Aug 2, 2014: Varun Chopra's superb form dragged Warwickshire into the knockout stage of the NatWest T20 Blast and he found his touch again
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Pakistan, press-ups and national redemption
The themes of redemption and rehabilitation had been a constant companion for Pakistan in the build-up to what proved to be an epic first Test, but it was only in that moment of victory that the true significance of their 75-run win could be understood
Pakistan's thrilling triumph at Lord's was underscored by their captain's serenity
West Indies need to paper over bowling cracks
The hosts' pace attack, with a combined experience of 31 Tests and 56 wickets, is a candidate for being their weakest ever, yet India cannot simply show up and expect to win
Yasir's 13 going on 100, and 42-year-old centurions
Also, losing ten-fors, and back to back Tests at Lord's
England played a full part in a compelling Test, but if they are to continue to evolve as a Test side the top order has to shape matches
West Indies need to paper over bowling cracks (62)
The hosts' pace attack, with a combined experience of 31 Tests and 56 wickets, is a candidate for being their weakest ever, yet India cannot simply show up and expect to win
Herath versus the mighty Australians? (45)
Sri Lanka's lead spinner must feel like a bus driver in charge of a spluttering vehicle as the hosts strive to challenge a strong Australian side
Cook braves criticism as England play it safe (39)
There was enough logic in Alastair Cook's decision not to enforce the follow-on to make it understandable at worst and reasonable at best
Australia seek returns on Mitchell Marsh investment (37)
Australia will be hoping that Mitchell Marsh grows from an emerging allrounder into a top-quality allrounder by the end of the Sri Lanka tour
Why close-catching standards have dropped (26)
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It's no secret that Obamacare is in trouble. Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are now in shambles — and the final price tag for salvaging them may go sharply higher. Each of the states — Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada and Maryland — embraced… Read more »
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The Obamacare hell that awaits you
Obamacare was sold to America on a set of false premises. The most famous of them? "no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to… Read more »
Obama's three year plan for ISIS, Iran, Iraq and about everything else
The clues were there and some of us saw them. It became very clear in 2014. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria that may take three years to complete, requiring a sustained effort that could last until after President Obama has… Read more »
Hey Brian Williams! This is what an honest newsman looks like
The major networks have for the most part steadfastly hidden Grubergate from the masses, acting as useful idiots. Here's what one of the biggest name useful idiots, Brian Williams, reports on instead: The folks at NewsBusters pointed out that NBC Nightly News has failed to air a single story on Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber and… Read more »
Yes, Rush, Obama is a sociopath. Welcome to the club.
Rush Limbaugh made an interesting observation yesterday: President Barack Obama was scorched Monday as a "sociopathic" liar and "lying con man" by radio host Rush for denying he misled the American public to get his signature health-care plan known as Obamacare passed. During a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, Obama was asked by reporter Ed… Read more »
Grubered: The forced sodomy of America
A new term has appeared in the American lexicon: #Grubered Eric Bolling described it this way: In Bolling's assessment, Gruber and his cohorts knew Americans would never approve of a healthcare mandate so "they lied — or let's say they 'Grubered' their way into getting Obamacare passed." He added, "No surprise here, they're Democrats, that's… Read more »
Obama: "Gruber? Who's Gruber? Hey, I just heard about this"
"Your mission, Jonathan, should you decide to accept it, is to write a health care bill that redistributes wealth, exploits stupid American voters and grossly deceives the American people. As usual, should you or any member of your Obamacare Force be caught telling the truth, President Obama will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This… Read more »
NY Times: Republicans have decided to believe what they see on the videos instead of our lies
The NY Times of late has been stuck on stupid. Really stuck. Really stupid. They have endorsed Obama's lies, omitted key information in sensitive issues, outright lied about George Bush and Iraq, and tried to peddle Obamacare fiction. Now they're at it again. I was reading a Media Research Center article on the ongoing effort… Read more »
Nancy Pelosi jumps the senility shark
Today Nancy Pelosi made a jaw-dropping assertion: "I don't know who he is," Pelosi said of Jonathan Gruber. "He didn't help write our bill." Gruber didn't just help write Obamacare. He IS Obamacare. Up until this point, most of the attention regarding the failure to disclose the connection between Jonathan Gruber and the White House… Read more »
You supported Obama. He knew you were stupid. He counted on you being stupid. He was right.
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Skip to comments.The "Nastiest" Democrat {Scumbag Alert!!!!}
Posted on 10/26/2001 2:04:20 PM PDT by DoctorMichael
The Nastiest Democrat:Sen. Patrick Leahy, Republican nightmare.
By Jay Nordlinger, NRs managing editor
The other Vermont senator's no day at the beach. He is Patrick Leahy, and when James Jeffords pulled his big switch, Leahy landed a big job: chairman of the Judiciary Committee. It's a job Leahy has always wanted; and a Republican nightmare has begun.
By consensus a consensus of Hill Republicans Pat Leahy is the meanest, most partisan, most ruthless Democrat in the Senate. Ask a Republican about Leahy, and he'll shudder. Then he will say that, though Leahy can be nice and smiling on the surface, underneath he is-take your pick-"a left-wing brute," "the nastiest," "a pile of pure malice."
Republicans are not in complete agreement, however: One says, "He's the most obnoxious [SOB] in the Senate now that Howard Metzenbaum's gone"; another says, "Nah, he was always worse than Metzenbaum, it's just that the general public didn't know it." Republicans, to a man, swear that they would take Ted Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, Joe Biden, John Kerry-any famously partisan Democrat over Leahy. They were very much hoping that Biden, for example, would resume his chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee; he was chairman, recall, during the years that included the pummeling of Robert Bork and the pummeling of Clarence Thomas. Instead, however, Biden chose the Foreign Relations post, leaving Judiciary to Leahy.
And, following the ancient rule that a staff reflects the politician at its head, the consensus is that Leahy's staff is just as partisan, just as ruthless as the senator himself. Not even Democrats much trust or like that bunch. Says one veteran GOP staffer, "You can work with Kennedy's staff, you can work with Biden's-and chances are, they won't stab you in the back. Leahy's staff, however, plays to win, whatever it takes. And they'll roll over Democrats just as fast."
So, what about this "junkyard dog in a Vermont sweater" (to quote yet another staffer)? Several different Senate-watchers cite one recent episode. It's a relatively small thing, they say, but an instance in which the underside of Leahy was revealed. Sen. Strom Thurmond is almost 100 now, and when he appears at a committee meeting, he generally reads a short statement from a card, and shuffles off. You don't try to engage him in debate, or much else, anymore, and most everyone knows it, and accepts it.
At a meeting in April, Thurmond read his statement as usual and Leahy jumped in to question him about it. Orrin Hatch, then Judiciary chairman, intervened, saying he would handle Leahy's questions himself, trying to spare Thurmond embarrassment. But Leahy kept it up. Witnesses were appalled, seeing no purpose in it except to humiliate the old man.
The public got a little taste of what a Leahy chairmanship would be like back in January, when he conducted the confirmation hearings of attorney-general nominee John Ashcroft. (Because Dick Cheney had not yet been sworn in as vice president, and the Senate was 50-50, presided over by Al Gore, Leahy had the gavel for a little over two weeks.) Leahy threw at Ashcroft everything he had, trying to sink the nomination. There were hostile witness panels, hostile allegations the works. Says one person close to the Ashcroft team, "Our reaction was, Wow! I mean, holy Moses! The guy's trying to slay us!" In the end, Ashcroft squeaked through, but not before being tarred before the nation as a racist, reactionary nut.
Leahy was just warming up, perhaps, for the confirmation hearings of Ted Olson, to be solicitor general. Leahy did not have the gavel then , but he led a crude assault on the nominee's integrity. Olson had been a lawyer and board member for The American Spectator magazine, which for a time ran something called "the Arkansas Project," to pursue stories in Bill Clinton's home state. Olson testified that he had nothing to do with this "project" but Leahy essentially accused him of lying, based on the tales of a couple of left-wing journalists with a high flake quotient. These tales had been thoroughly discredited, and were again.
Yet Leahy persisted, casting aspersions on Olson and demanding records and testimony from the Spectator (which galled First Amendment defenders in particular). Olson, like Ashcroft, in the end squeaked through but it seems likely that Leahy as chairman could have stopped him. From now on, he will be chairman. According to Republican fears, the Leahy years (if years they be) will make the Biden years seem like a golden age of fair play and collegiality.
One Leahy foe puts the beef of many this way: The senator "always likes to have an ethical veneer for his purely partisan attacks. He can't just say [for example] that he despises Ted Olson's views, that he resents his representation of [George W.] Bush in Bush v. Gore, that he's sorry there has to be a conservative solicitor general at all. No, he has to say that Olson lacks integrity, that he lacks honesty, and that's what stinks about Patrick Leahy."
A Senator for Life
Leahy is only 61 years old, but he is one of the most senior members of the Senate: He was 34 when he was first elected, in 1974. He was, and remains, the only Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Vermont. But times, they clearly have a-changed. Once the home of rock-ribbed Republicanism, the state is now the home of gay marriage and a remarkably left-wing congressional lineup: Leahy and Jeffords are the two senators, and Bernie Sanders, a socialist that is, an avowed socialist is the (lone) House rep. Vermont seems to have passed Massachusetts as the American Sweden; must be something in the milk.
In his 25 years as a senator, Leahy has built a solidly left-liberal record. He has his share of fans. He likes photography and the Grateful Dead. He is said to be affable in hallways, and to be a wiz at constituent services. He styles himself "the cybersenator," because of his interest in computers and the Internet. He crusades against capital punishment, and against the use of land mines. He is a great champion of trial lawyers: For example, he led the fight (a successful one) to remove the liability cap on the tobacco industry; for the lawyers, the sky was the limit.
In all, Leahy is the perfect left-liberal senator, voting for higher taxes, opposing welfare reform, vilifying Ronald Reagan, denouncing Kenneth Starr as a Constitution-destroying zealot, decrying the Supreme Court that ruled after the Florida deadlock, and so on.
Throughout the '80s, Leahy was one of those Democrats most passionately opposed to Reagan in Central America-one of those who traveled to Nicaragua and tried to block the (U.S.) president at every turn. With Chris Dodd, he sponsored a bill to cut aid to El Salvador.
More recently, in 1999, he traveled to Cuba, where he dined with Fidel Castro. Cuba, of course, is a country with thousands of political prisoners, a country where oppression is pervasive and torture routine. The major issue to come out of Leahy's huddle with Castro? Ice cream. You see, Fidel had spoken up for Cuba's ice cream, and Pat had put in a word for Ben & Jerry's (Vermont's own). Said the senator in a post- huddle interview, "Now my major diplomatic effort will be to get a hold of Ben Cohen [the "Ben" of the company] and figure out how they can send down a case of Ben & Jerry's. Castro made me promise I would get Ben & Jerry's ice cream to him." Then the big concern was what the dictator's favorite flavor was. It's not clear whether Castro ever got his Ben & Jerry's; it's pretty clear, however, that Leahy is not overly troubled by the fates of the ice-cream lover's victims. The statements Leahy has made about Cuba show a profound ignorance, whether willful or not, about that battered island.
Also in the '80s, Leahy gained some notoriety as a member of the Intelligence Committee. He was charged with revealing classified information during the Achille Lauro terrorist incident, outraging administration officials. And he leaked a draft report on the Iran-contra affair, leading to his resignation from the intelligence panel. Behavior like this earned for him the sobriquet "Leaky Leahy."
It is in the field of the judiciary, of course, that Leahy has made his main reputation. More than any of his colleagues, he has been "Senator No" for judges nominated by Republican presidents. He voted against William Rehn quist's elevation to chief justice. And he was a major tormentor of Robert Bork during those awful hearings of 1987. In fact, he was responsible for one of their moments of highest drama.
He scolded Bork for doing insufficient charity work while a professor at Yale, and recited the fees he earned as an outside consultant during the years 1979 to 1981. Responded Bork, "Those are the only years I ever made any money in consulting." He continued, emotional, "There was a reason to get money, and I don't want to get into it here." Leahy acknowledged that the judge had his reasons. Then Sen. Gordon Humphrey, a Republican, broke in, saying, "Judge Bork, this is a very personal question, and if you prefer not to answer it, by all means do not but were those years [ones that] coincided with heavy medical bills in your family?" Bork spoke one syllable: "Yeah." The bills towhich Humphrey had referred were for Bork's first wife, Claire, who died in December 1980. This was not only a moment of high drama, but one that turned the stomachs of many of those watching.
Leahy furthered distinguished himself in 1991 as the first senator to come out against Clarence Thomas (this was even before the allegations of Anita Hill). He hammered Thomas relentlessly. At one point, in a typical Leahy flourish, he said, "You describe yourself as a conservative. Well, most Vermonters are conservative, too"-but Thomas, in Leahy's eyes, wasn't the right kind of conservative. Later, in a floor statement, Leahy said, "I cannot promise the people of Vermont that I'm sure this nominee will protect their rights." And he avowed, most richly, "The last thing I seek in a Supreme Court justice is ideology."
Preludes to Chairman
Leahy became a major player on the Judiciary Committee in 1987, when Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans. Biden was chairman, but Leahy was named head of a task force to scrutinize (or harass or delay or upend) Republican nominees. At last, he vowed, Democrats would "play hardball" (and this was years before Chris Matthews became a national celebrity). "No iffy nominees are going to get through now," Leahy crowed. The result was that nominees, many of them, were pecked at and left twisting in the wind. Interesting, in light of a later event, is that Leahy, back in '87, faulted the American Bar Association for its recommendations on judicial nominees. He said, "I have often found the ABA process to be perfunctory at best. I've often found it inadequate." According to the Washington Post, "Leahy said his task force would interview more lawyers, litigants, and local citizens instead of relying on the ABA." Leahy's entire approach in this period was: go slow, put the screws on, block.
Then when the Clinton administration came to power, and Republicans regained the Senate two years later, Leahy turned on a dime. Now the problem was "stalling tactics" (Republican), and the nation's courts suffered from a "vacancy crisis." Republicans were shirking their "constitutional duty," and mounting "nothing short of an attack on our independent judiciary." On CNN, Greta Van Susteren asked him, helpfully, "How can they get away with that? I mean, we've got all these vacancies." Answered Leahy, "Because the American public has not raised hell the way they should."
With the George W. Bush administration and the Jeffords flip, the pendulum has swung again: Leahy is back to go-slow. There is no more talk of a vacancy crisis or raising hell (at least the kind of hell Leahy intended for Senate Republicans). The ABA, whose role the current president has reduced, seems to be back in his good graces. Leahy is preparing new and intrusive questionnaires for Republican nominees, evidently designed to embarrass them and trip them up. He is promising hearings on the sins of the Rehnquist court and of conservative jurists generally. By every indication, he is gearing up for continual battle. During the Biden years, Leahy was only Number Two, and an enthusiastic player of "hardball." Now it may be all Borking, all the time.
No matter what the era, what the year, Leahy has been consistent on one thing: the ceaseless Republican war on "women and minorities." When Republicans have occupied the White House, they haven't appointed enough women and minorities (Reagan's record, for Leahy, was "shameful" this despite Justice O'Connor, apparently; no word on whether Leahy counted Justice Thomas for the first George Bush). When Clinton was there, Republican senators worked diligently to thwart women and minorities. Leahy portrayed the Republicans' 1999 rejection of Judge Ronnie White as primarily a racial tragedy. The senator is utterly in keeping with his party in painting the GOP as the enemy of black Americans.
Hill Republicans say almost as one that Leahy is grossly, grossly underrated as-to quote that earlier Republican "aleft-wing brute." In coming months and years, the country should get to know Leahy well, especially if Bush has a chance to nominate someone to the high court. On May 17, William Safire of the New York Times used his column to chide Leahy for his offenses against the First Amendment during the Ted Olson hearings. Nevertheless, he wrote, Leahy is "the best senator the Democrats have. He is my longtime friend, a stalwart on privacy [one of the columnist's chief concerns] and totally devoid of vindictiveness." It was this last clause, in particular, that made veteran Republicans choke.
As they have experienced it, Leahy is vindictive ness, or certainly severe, raw partisanship, personified. Jim Jeffords wrought a big change when he pulled his switcheroo and nowhere will this change be felt more acutely than on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman.
This article is a great Bio of the man that is holding Dubya's nominees for judgeships. Judgeships that WILL influence how safe you and I are in the weeks and months to come!
I know.......its a long article........but this IS important.
For other threads on tangential implications of this idiot see:
Obedient Democrats: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/557308/posts
Why is Daschle Blocking Judges needed to Try Terrorists when we Catch them?: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/557211/posts
Operation Obstruct Justice: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/556240/posts
Judgegate--Who are all these "Moderates?": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/556569/posts
With guys like him in the Senate, I sure don't understand why John Warner gets such a burr up his butt about Ollie North.
Leahy is truly a SCUMBAG
We need judges, Senator Leahy. Lead, follow, or 'Get Out of the Way'!!! Failure to bring nominees to a vote is failure to lead, except for the 'power of one'. Why not a vote? Afraid that they will be approved?
It's hard to pick just one demorat senator for those labels. However, Leahy does want to make me puke.
Unfortunately, he claims to be a Catholic.
Maybe if enough people raised hell about it he would lighten up with the stonewalling.
Please cite sources of the 'debunking'. I have seen some of them; but, they all come from 'less than reputable' socialist sources. I would very much appreciate some solid evidence that she didn't deal with Treuhaft and the Black Panthers. I know how she didn't know about the 'Rose Law Firm' billing records that showed up in the White House library. 'Spinmeisters' spin. The Wellesley period to the Nixon 'Watergate' period have some 'gaps' in the record, and the junior Senator from New York is in no big hurry to make them public, IMHO.
I believe that the Georgia legislature once voted to dig a trench around Vermont and float it out to sea. It's time to start digging...
10 posted on 10/26/01 2:31 PM Pacific by scooby321
By all means, and I'm counting on Elizabeth Dole for NC; she isn't my favorite, but sure beats a Dem. I need to resd up on who's runinng where.
Please understand that W.J. Clinton is the defacto "Scumbag". Please refer to all other scumbags in lowercase or as "scumbag junior", "son of scumbag", etc. etc.
Could this be the answer to the ubiquitous black pant suit?
Hillary is an honorary Black Panter.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! How about scumbaggie?
"That Hillary/Lee/Panther story has been completely debunked. It never happened."Please cite sources of the 'debunking'. I have seen some of them; but, they all come from 'less than reputable' socialist sources. I would very much appreciate some solid evidence that she didn't deal with Treuhaft and the Black Panthers. I know how she didn't know about the 'Rose Law Firm' billing records that showed up in the White House library. 'Spinmeisters' spin. The Wellesley period to the Nixon 'Watergate' period have some 'gaps' in the record, and the junior Senator from New York is in no big hurry to make them public, IMHO.
You've probably seen what The Urban Legends Website has to say about it.
"The sum total of her involvement in the trial was that she assisted the American Civil Liberties Union in monitoring the trial for civil rights violations."
You don't have to be a fan of the ACLU to recognize that that's not the same thing as "defending" the accused Panthers.
Hillary was a law student, a bit player. Bill Lan Lee was an undergrad, even more of a bit player. The article referenced above seeks to blame Hill & Bill (um, Bill the Lesser) for little more than being in the vicinity.
The article referenced earlier in this thread cites "Various sources," which is the same as citing no sources (among its errors, it erroneously lists Lee as a "law student" at the time). The Urban Legends site which I cite lists 6 sources, dating from 1973 to '99. You're welcome to look them up for yourself.
Senator scumbaggie is on Larry King Live...........THE HORROR, THE HORROR.
Hello, Drunk. Welcome to Free Republic. I thought I'd visit all of the threads you've posted on and let everyone know how long you've been here and why you decided to show up here.
Hahahaha! TV as babysitter! Whatever happened to parents' taking responsibility for the influences on their children? Let's blame Ellen for the fact that we're too lazy to pay attention to information sources which mold our children's minds from early youth! It's all big, bad, lesbian Ellen's fault! -- DrunkenDotter
The preceding was in response to the fact that the Human Rights Campaign, the largest of the organizations shoving the homosexual agenda down our throats, has bought a bunch of advertising time during the Saturday morning cartoons. Apparently brainwashing our kids in the public schools isn't enough for these people.
Now then, regarding your heroine Hillary, the time that she spent participating in the Watergate investigation was enough to provide abundant proof of her partisan hypocrisy. She wrote a report explaining why impeaching a president, purely for his political activities and with no evidence of any endangerment to national security, is perfectly appropriate.
Now, Bryan: have you anything to say that's germane to the discussion?
That is to say: I posted to debunk a myth that's been going around about HRC. In response, you posted something about the "homosexual agenda" and Hillary's partisanship; you called her my "hero."
Sir, you have no clue as to who my "heroes" might be; and I never claimed that Senator Clinton is not partisan. I did respond with a well-referenced website which proves that the criticism of the junior senator from New York and of Mr. Lee is factually incorrect. If you cannot prove me wrong --if you cannot provide references which support the veracity of Post 9 in this thread-- then I submit that you have not contributed.
Thank you for your attention!
Have you anything of substance to add to this discussion, or do you believe that calling someone's contribution "pervert propaganda" is of value in itself?
The racism of white homosexuals is very intense.
It is well-known to the liberal media,
Yet the media would never mention this fact.
It doesn't fit cozily in their "cause"
Of establishing BEHAVIORAL minority status to homosexuals.
If they WERE to report the racism of the homosexuals,
It would make them "journalists,"
Which they like to think they are.
But it would interfere with their "cause."
The homosexuals,
Who think they're better than mere "cows" and "breeders,"
They look at the minorities and say:
If these lowly Black people can have civil rights,
Then WE, who are better, anyway,
Who are more valuable than others,
WE should have civil rights, too!"
The homosexuals are courting the legitimate minorities,
To go along with them,
To accept their money,
In their civil rights "cause."
Thus, the genuine minorities are played for fools.
If minorities don't distance themselves
From the debauched homosexuals,
It will hurt THEMSELVES.
For their own survival,
They need to cut themselves off from the evildoers.
The mud just splatters,
And gets over EVERYBODY.
** Bigoted Against Evil Behaviors **
Concerning the question of rights, that homosexuals are a "legitimate minority group": Liberals are talking about a rise in hate crimes, against Arabs during the war, against different minority groups, and they ALWAYS include homosexuals, always slip in under that umbrella.
I don't think anyone should make physical assaults, but now, things such as verbal harassment. So what's next? If I see some guy pick up dog excrement off the street, and eat it, I'm not allowed to say anything? I'm not allowed to be disgusted and say: "Hey, you're sick, man! Cut it out!" If I see a prostitute on the corner, I'm not allowed to say: "Hey, you're doing something really terrible and awful! You're destroying yourself! I don't think you should be here!" That's the logical extension.
Anybody that wants to do any kind of evil, all they have to do is declare themselves a "minority group." Personally, I think that's one reason there's been an increase of intolerance towards LEGITIMATE minority groups. By homosexuals insisting that THEY'RE a minority group, they've diluted the whole concept of what a minority group IS. If being against homosexuality makes me a bigot, okay, I'm a bigot. That's what the liberals are saying: "If you won't tolerate homosexuality, then you're a bigot." They say that all the time. All I can say is: "Fine. So be it. Then I'm a bigot."
I think a lot of other people out there are saying the same thing. They've made it ACCEPTABLE to be a bigot, because people are saying: "If being in favor of civil rights means that I have to tolerate homosexuality, then I'm not in favor of civil rights anymore." Now bigotry is legitimized, because you can't expect people to accept homosexuality. That's just not going to happen. It may happen over the short-term, for a short period of time, if they can propagandize enough people. But then, all these young kids are going to be born in twenty years from now. They're going to all be coming up, and they're going to be as disgusted and repelled by it as most people are today. So these battles are going to have to be fought all over again, and they're not going to win.
Will rapists claim to be the next persecuted minority? Am I a bigot if I'm against rape? Then okay, I'm a bigot. Forget the other minorities. If society says THEY'RE a minority, too, then all the REAL, LEGITIMATE minorities must be something to be intolerant of as well.
It legitimizes real bigotry. I think it's the worst mistake that the civil rights movement has made in the last twenty years, accepting homosexuals as a legitimate minority group. I know they were doing it just to try to increase their numbers and to increase the pressure, so they could get more rights for themselves. But they made a terrible mistake, because for one thing, they've given up their high moral ground. Now, the backlash against homosexuals has now extended to legitimate minorities.
What a terrible blow to the self-esteem of minorities, to say: "I'm a minority; homosexuals are a minority; therefore we're equal." That's what the homosexuals are saying. So a black person is supposed to say: "Oh? I'm equal to a homosexual?" An Asian is supposed to say: "Oh? I'm equal to a sex-pervert?" They're trying to equate this equivalence with legitimate minority groups, to go along with that. What a blow to their self-esteem, to their sense of their own self-worth, to say they're no better than these guys who go out and do these disgusting acts, just because their skin is black, or yellow, or whatever. That's cruel to themselves.
It's cruel to equate legitimate racial, ethnic, and religious minorities, with people who are in the minority because they do evil, and most people don't do evil.
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Wholesale Prices in U.S. Increase 0.8%, Led by Food, Energy
Wholesale costs in the U.S. rose more than forecast in April, led by higher prices for food and fuel.
The 0.8 percent increase in the producer-price index compares with the 0.6 percent median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The core measure, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, climbed 0.3 percent, more than projected.
Rising costs may lead businesses such as Whole Foods Market Inc. to increase prices, boosting the cost of living for American consumers. At the same time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he expects commodity prices to moderate.
"Inflation really shouldn't be much of a concern beyond food and energy prices, and that's going to be more of a near-term phenomenon," said Sean Incremona, a senior economist at 4Cast Inc. in New York who accurately forecast the gains. "The core is very gradually moving higher, but it doesn't look to be running away anytime soon."
A separate report today from the Commerce Department showed that retail sales rose 0.5 percent in April, reflecting gains at service stations and grocery stores. The increase was the smallest since July and followed a 0.9 percent March gain that was more than double the previous estimate. Sales excluding automobiles and gasoline increased 0.2 percent.
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Stock-index futures held earlier losses after the reports. The contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.5 percent to 1,332.2 at 8:51 a.m. in New York. Treasury securities fell, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year note up to 3.17 percent from 3.16 percent late yesterday.
Estimates for producer prices were based on forecasts from 72 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Projections ranged from gains of 0.3 percent to 1.3 percent, after a 0.7 percent rise in March.
Another Labor Department report today showed fewer Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week. Applications for jobless benefits fell 44,000 in the week ended May 7 to 434,000.
Wholesale prices excluding volatile food and energy costs were projected to rise 0.2 percent from the prior month, the Bloomberg survey showed. The core index rose 0.3 percent in March.
Compared with a year earlier, companies paid 6.8 percent more for goods last month, the most since September 2008, after a 5.8 percent rise in March.
Core wholesale prices climbed 2.1 percent in the 12 months ended in April, the most since August 2009.
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Energy costs rose 2.5 percent as gasoline prices climbed 3.6 percent. Companies were charged 0.6 percent more for light motor trucks, while prices for passenger cars increased 0.5 percent.
The cost of food increased 0.3 percent, led by dairy products, after a 0.2 percent decline in March.
Producer prices are calculated based on costs on the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th of the month, which may influence month-to-month changes.
Expenses for intermediate goods rose 1.3 percent from the prior month, while prices of crude goods increased 4 percent.
"Increases in commodity prices are in turn boosting overall consumer inflation," Bernanke said last month at a press conference in Washington. "However, measures of underlying inflation, though having increased modestly in recent months, remain subdued, and longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable."
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The central bank's preferred price gauge, which excludes food and fuel, rose 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier. Fed policy makers aim for long-run overall inflation of 1.7 percent to 2 percent.
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Indirect effects - a formal definition and degrees of dependency as an alternative to technical coefficients
The use of input-output analysis for the computation of secondary effects of final demand changes is well-known. These 'final demand effects' can be calculated using technical coefficients and the inverse of the Leontief matrix. This paper offers an alternative to the use of technical coefficients. Its goal is threefold. First of all degrees of dependency are defined and it is shown how they can be used to compute secondary effects. Their definition is based on an input-output table. Secondly the concept of secondary effects is extended to what is called indirect effects. These indirect effects are not only related to final demand but to total industry output. It is shown how these indirect effects can be calculated using technical coefficients or degrees of dependency. The method used is a variant of the so-called Hypothetical Extraction Methods. Double counting is avoided, as such the resulting multipliers are 'net multipliers'. It is formally demonstrated that technical coefficients and degrees of dependency give the same results when a recent input-output table is available. If this is not the case then the results are different. It is impossible to say which of the two estimates is better. Since technical coefficients are already broadly accepted, some examples are given to justify the use of degrees of dependency. Finally it is explained how the unavailability of an input-output table can be solved. Starting from the supply-use tables a 'quick and dirty method' to infer an input-output table is provided. This topic is justified by the fact that for Belgium input-output tables are only published for those years that are divisible by five, with a three year lag. A short empirical analysis, based on currently available data, shows that technical coefficients and degrees of dependency have comparable performance, with a slight advantage for the technical coefficients. This performance is measured relative to a 'right' result, being the indirect effects for the year 2000 computed using the now available input-output table for the year 2000. This result is called 'right' because it does not make any assumptions on stability of technical coefficients nor of degrees of dependency. The empirical analysis also compares the use of a recent supply-use table to the use of an old input-output table. Supply-use tables on average overestimate the 'right' result. They are however often closest to the 'right' result at the first level. Since these conclusions are based on limited data further analysis is required as more data becomes available.
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Quantification of 15 bile acids in lake charr feces by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Journal of Chromatography B
Many fishes are hypothesized to use bile acids (BAs) as chemical cues, yet quantification of BAs in biological samples and the required methods remain limited. Here, we present an UHPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous, sensitive, and rapid quantification of 15 BAs, including free, taurine, and glycine conjugated BAs, and application of the method to fecal samples from lake charr (Salvelinus namaycush). The analytes were separated on a C18 column with acetonitrile–water (containing 7.5 mM ammonium acetate and 0.1% formic acid) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.25 mL/min for 12 min. BAs were monitored with a negative electrospray triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (Xevo TQ-STM). Calibration curves of 15 BAs were linear over the concentration range of 1.00–5,000 ng/mL. Validation revealed that the method was specific, accurate, and precise. The method was applied to quantitative analysis of feces extract of fry lake charr and the food they were eating. The concentrations of analytes CA, TCDCA, TCA, and CDCA were 242.3, 81.2, 60.7, and 36.2 ng/mg, respectively. However, other taurine conjugated BAs, TUDCA, TDCA, and THDCA, were not detected in feces of lake charr. Interestingly, TCA and TCDCA were detected at high concentrations in food pellets, at 71.9 and 38.2 ng/mg, respectively. Application of the method to feces samples from lake charr supported a role of BAs as chemical cues, and will enhance further investigation of BAs as chemical cues in other fish species.Contribution #1948
An evaluation of a bed instability index as an indicator of habitat quality in mountain streams of the northwestern United States.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Managers of aquatic resources benefit from indices of habitat quality that are reproducible and easy to measure, demonstrate a link between habitat quality and biota health, and differ between human-impacted (i.e., managed) and reference (i.e., nonimpacted or minimally impacted) conditions. The instability index (ISI) is an easily measured index that describes the instability of a streambed by relating the tractive force of a stream at bankfull discharge to the median substrate size. Previous studies have linked ISI to biological condition but have been limited to comparisons of sites within a single stream or among a small number of streams. We tested ISI as an indicator of human impact to habitat and biota in mountain streams of the northwestern USA. Among 1428 sites in six northwestern states, ISI was correlated with other habitat measures (e.g., residual pool depth, percent fine sediment) and indices of biotic health (e.g., number of intolerant macroinvertebrate taxa, fine sediment biotic index) and differed between managed and reference sites across a range of stream types and ecoregions. While ISI could be useful in mountain streams throughout the world, this index may be of particular interest to aquatic resource managers in the northwestern USA where a large dataset, from which ISI can be calculated, exists.Contribution #1946
U.S. Recreational Water Quality Criteria: A Vision for the Future.
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
pp. 7752-7776.
This manuscript evaluates the U.S. Recreational Water Quality Criteria (RWQC) of 2012, based upon discussions during a conference held 11–13 March 2013, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The RWQC of 2012 did not meet expectations among the research community because key recommended studies were not completed, new data to assess risks to bathers exposed to non-point sources of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) were not developed, and the 2012 RWQC did not show marked improvements in strategies for assessing health risks for bathers using all types of recreational waters. The development of the 2012 RWQC was limited in scope because the epidemiologic studies at beach sites were restricted to beaches with point sources of pollution and water samples were monitored for only enterococci. The vision for the future is development of effective RWQC guidelines based on epidemiologic and quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) studies for sewage specific markers, as well as human enteric pathogens so that health risks for bathers at all recreational waters can be determined. The 2012 RWQC introduced a program for states and tribes to develop site-specific water quality criteria, and in theory this approach can be used to address the limitations associated with the measurements of the traditional FIB.Contribution #1944
Ecology, culture, and management of Burbot: an introduction.
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Genetic characterization of hybridization between native and invasive bittersweet vines (Celastrus spp.).
Biological Invasions
Hybridization associated with species introductions can accelerate the decline of native species. The main objective of this study was to determine if the decline of a North American liana (American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens) in the eastern portion of its range is related to hybridization with an introduced congener (oriental bittersweet, C. orbiculatus). We used newly characterized microsatellite loci, a maternally-inherited chloroplast DNA marker, and field observation to survey individuals across the USA to determine the prevalence of hybrids, their importance in the invasion of C. orbiculatus, and the predominant direction of hybridization. We found that only 8.4 % of non-native genotypes were hybrids (20 of 239), and these hybrids were geographically widespread. Hybrids showed reduced seed set (decline of >98 %) and small, likely inviable pollen. Genetic analysis of a maternally inherited chloroplast marker showed that all 20 identified hybrids came from C. scandens seed parents. The strong asymmetry in pollen flow that favors fecundity in introduced males has the potential to greatly accelerate the decline of native species by wasting limited female reproductive effort.Contribution #1939
Application of a putative alarm cue hastens the arrival of invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) at a trapping location.
NRC Research Press
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
The sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus is an invasive pest in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin, threatening the persistence of important commercial and recreational fisheries. There is substantial interest in developing effective trapping practices via the application of behavior-modifying semiochemicals (odors). Here we report on the effectiveness of utilizing repellent and attractant odors in a push-pull configuration, commonly employed to tackle invertebrate pests, to improve trapping efficacy at permanent barriers to sea lamprey migration. When a half-stream channel was activated by a naturally derived repellent odor (a putative alarm cue), we found that sea lamprey located a trap entrance significantly faster than when no odor was present as a result of their redistribution within the stream. The presence of a partial sex pheromone, acting as an attractant within the trap, was not found to further decrease the time to when sea lamprey located a trap entrance, relative to when the alarm cue alone was applied. Neither the application of alarm cue singly, or alarm cue and partial sex pheromone in combination, was found to improve the numbers of sea lamprey captured in the trap vs. when no odor was present - likely because nominal capture rate during control trials was unusually high during the study period. Behavioural guidance using these odors has the potential to both improve control of invasive non-native sea lamprey in the Great Lakes as well as improving the efficiency of fish passage devices used in the restoration of threatened lamprey species elsewhere.Contribution #1937
Testing the thermal-niche oxygen-squeeze hypothesis for estuarine striped bass.
Environmental Biology of Fishes
In many stratified coastal ecosystems, conceptual and bioenergetics models predict seasonal reduction in quality and quantity of fish habitat due to high temperatures and hypoxia. We tested these predictions using acoustic telemetry of 2 to 4 kg striped bass (Morone saxatilis Walbaum) and high-resolution spatial water quality sampling in the Patuxent River, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay, during 2008 and 2009. Striped bass avoided hypoxic (dissolved oxygen ≤2 mg·l−1) subpycnocline waters, but frequently occupied habitats with high temperatures (>25 °C) in the summer months, as cooler habitats were typically not available. Using traditional concepts of the seasonal thermal-niche oxygen-squeeze, most of the Patuxent estuary would be considered unsuitable habitat for adult striped bass during summer. Application of a bioenergetics model revealed that habitats selected by striped bass during summer would support positive growth rates assuming fish could feed at one-half of maximum consumption. Occupancy of the estuary during summer by striped bass in this study was likely facilitated by sufficient prey and innate tolerance of high temperatures by sub-adult fish of the size range that we tagged. Our results help extend the thermal-niche oxygen-squeeze hypothesis to native populations of striped bass in semi-enclosed coastal systems. Tolerance of for supraoptimal temperatures in our study supports recent suggestions by others that the thermal-niche concept for striped bass should be revised to include warmer temperatures.Contribution #1936
Catchment-wide Survival of Wild-and Hatchery-Reared Atlantic Salmon Smolts in a Changing System.
NRC Research Press
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
We developed a hierarchical multi-state model to estimate survival of Atlantic salmon smolts in the Penobscot River, USA over a decade during which two main-stem dams were removed from the catchment. We investigated effects of 1) environmental factors, 2) rearing history, and 3) management actions including dam removal, turbine shutdown, and installation of new powerhouses. Mean ± S.D. smolt survival per kilometer was higher through free-flowing reaches of the catchment (0.995 ± 0.004•km-1) than through reaches containing dams that remain in the system (0.970 ± 0.019•km-1). We observed maximum survival between 12 °C and 17 °C and at intermediate discharges (1 200 m3•s-1). Smolt survival increased concurrent with dam removal, and decreased following increases in hydropower generation. The greatest increase in smolt survival followed seasonal turbine shutdowns at a dam located on the largest tributary to the Penobscot River, while other shutdowns had little influence. Our model provides a useful tool for assessing changes to survival of migratory species and will be useful for informing stocking plans to maximize numbers of smolts leaving coastal systems.Contribution #1934
Little Galloo Island, Lake Ontario: Two decades of studies on the diet, fish consumption, and management of double-crested cormorants.
Journal of Great Lakes Research
pp. 652-658.
The double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) colony at Little Galloo Island, Lake Ontario has been a Great Lakes focal point of controversy regarding cormorant–fish interactions for over two decades. We examined cormorant diet and fish consumption at the colony from 1992 to 2013. During this time period, two events, management actions and round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) invasion, occurred that affected the number of fish consumed by cormorants and their diet composition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of round goby on the feeding ecology of cormorants and evaluate the efficacy of management actions on meeting cormorant population targets at the colony. Round goby first appeared in the diet in 2004 (0.8%) and within one year were the primary prey (29.3%). The presence of round goby in the diet of cormorants: (1) eliminated seasonal variability in diet composition, (2) reversed seasonal trends in the number of fish consumed daily, (3) increased daily fish consumption, and (4) significantly reduced the consumption of other species including yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Management actions, such as egg oiling and culling, were also effective in reducing nesting activity and the number of cormorant feeding days at the Little Galloo Island colony. There is evidence that the combination of management actions and round goby may have allowed some population recovery of yellow perch and smallmouth bass in eastern Lake Ontario.Contribution #1933
Wetland habitat disturbance best predicts metrics of an amphibian index of biotic integrity.
Ecological Indicators
pp. 237-242.
Regression and classification trees were used to identify the best predictors of the five component metrics of the Ohio Amphibian Index of Biotic Integrity (AmphIBI) in 54 wetlands in Ohio, USA. Of the 17 wetland- and surrounding landscape-scale variables considered, the best predictor for all AmphIBI metrics was habitat alteration and development within the wetland. The results were qualitatively similar to the best predictors for a wetland vegetation index of biotic integrity, suggesting that similar management practices (e.g., reducing or eliminating nutrient enrichment from agriculture, mowing, grazing, logging, and removing down woody debris) within the boundaries of the wetland can be applied to effectively increase the quality of wetland vegetation and amphibian communities.Contribution #1931


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