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The Oberhausen International Short Film Festival presents "Film Studies in Motion", a Web Series curated by Volker Pantenburg and Kevin B. Lee. This series, available on the festival's website and Facebook page, presents weekly selections of analytical video essays on the web, in preparation for Pantenberg and Lee's presentation "Whatever happened to Bildungsauftrag? – Teaching cinema on TV and the Web", scheduled for April 28 at the festival.
Episode 7: Critics and Scholars on Video
The online video essay format opened a new playing field for critical and scholarly analysis of movies, providing opportunities for innovative explorations of films while also challenging the established conventions and limitations of text-based film criticism and scholarship. In its early stages, the video essay format was legitimized by the involvement of such prominent critics as Jonathan Rosenbaum and Matt Zoller Seitz and scholars such as Nicole Brenez and Kristin Thompson. One characteristic of these early videos is that they often resembled narrations of written texts with the video serving a secondary role as illustration. Over time, the relationship between text and media has evolved into more sophisticated works that seek to fully utilize the potential of the medium to illuminate itself. As more people continue to adopt the medium to advance their scholarship, the creative and analytical possibilities of this emerging genre will continue to evolve.
Today's selection:
Elliptical Editing in Vagabond
Kristin Thompson (2012)
Read related article: "The #1 Textbook on Film, Now with Video"
View all Motion Studies video selections.
Volker Pantenburg is assistant professor for moving images at the media faculty of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
Kevin B. Lee is Editor in Chief of IndieWire's PressPlay Video Blog and contributor to Roger Ebert.com. Follow him on Twitter.


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The latest for me are:
Tycho- Dive (don't really like it, but someone recommended it to me)
David Gilmour- On an Island
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine Remastered (been listening to this one a lot lately)
Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle (also good)
Rob Dougan- Furious Angels (awesome)
If that's the CD remaster of PHM it's terrible. I'd hunt down and original CD asap. They're not expensive or hard to find.
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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Main | Births etc |
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | ||
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Location in the state of Pennsylvania | ||
Pennsylvania's location in the U.S. | ||
Founded | March 10, 1682 | |
Seat | Philadelphia | |
Largest city | Philadelphia | |
Area - Total - Land - Water | 143 sq mi (370 km²) 135 sq mi (350 km²) 8 sq mi (21 km²), 5.29% | |
PopulationEst. - (2012) - Density | 1,547,607 11,292/sq mi (4,360/km²) | |
Congressional districts | 1st, 2nd, 13th | |
Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
Philadelphia County is a county located in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,526,006,[1] making it the most populous county in the state, despite being the second smallest county in the state by land area. Since 1856, the county has been coterminous with the city of Philadelphia, which also serves as its seat.[2] Philadelphia County is one of the three original counties, along with Chester and Bucks counties, created by William Penn in November 1682.
Philadelphia County is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 142.6 square miles (369.4 km²), of which 135.1 square miles (349.9 km²) is land and 7.6 square miles (19.6 km²) (5.3%) is water.[3] Bodies of water include the Delaware River, Schuylkill River, Cobbs Creek, Wissahickon Creek, and Pennypack Creek.
The lowest point in the county is 10 feet above sea level near Fort Mifflin in Southwest Philadelphia at the convergence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. The highest point is in Chestnut Hill, at 432 feet above sea level, near Evergreen Place, just north and west of Evergreen Avenue.
Adjacent countiesEdit
Montgomery County, PA | Montgomery County, PA | Bucks County, PA | ||
Montgomery County, PA | Burlington County, NJ | |||
Philadelphia County, PA | ||||
Delaware County, PA | Gloucester County, NJ | Camden County, NJ |
Tribes of Lenape were the first known occupants in the area which became Philadelphia County. The first European settlers were Swedes and Finns who arrived in 1638. The Netherlands seized the area in 1655, but permanently lost control to England in 1674. William Penn received his charter for Pennsylvania from Charles II of England in 1681, and in November 1682 divided Pennsylvania into three counties. In the same year Philadelphia was laid out and was made the county seat and the capital of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Penn wanted Philadelphia, meaning "brotherly love", to be a place where religious tolerance and the freedom to worship were ensured.[4] Philadelphia's name is shared with the ancient Asia Minor city spared in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. It was William Penn's prayer, as a Quaker, that his "Holy Experiment"[5] would be found blameless at the Last Judgment.
When established, Philadelphia County consisted mainly of the area from the Delaware River west between the Schuylkill River to the south and the border with Bucks County to the north; the western boundary was undefined. Two counties would be formed out of Philadelphia County, Berks County which was formed in 1752 (from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia counties), and Montgomery County established in 1784. From these separations, as well as other border moves, come the present day boundaries of the county.
The City of Philadelphia, as laid out by Penn, comprised only that portion of the present day city situated between South and Vine Streets and the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. Other settlements were made beyond the boundaries of the city, and in the course of time they became separately incorporated and had separate governments.
Several of these settlements were situated immediately contiguous to the "city proper" of Philadelphia such as Southwark and Moyamensing in the south, the Northern Liberties District, Kensington, Spring Garden and Penn District to the north, and West Philadelphia and Blockley to the west — which combined with the City of Philadelphia formed practically one continuously built up town, the whole group being known abroad simply as Philadelphia.
Besides these, there were a number of other outlying townships, villages and settlements throughout the county. Over time, as the population expanded out from the City of Philadelphia, those closer to the City of Philadelphia became absorbed in the congeries of towns of which greater Philadelphia was composed, while those further away from the city often joined with other townships, villages and settlements to form the newer counties of Berks and Montgomery.
During this period, the city government of Philadelphia and the county government of Philadelphia acted separately. By the mid-19th century, it was clear that a more structured government bureaucracy was needed. A reform charter, on February 2, 1854, brought all the boroughs, townships and districts of the County of Philadelphia within the City of Philadelphia, thus abolishing the patchwork of cities, boroughs, and townships that had made up Philadelphia County since its founding.
The city-county consolidation was a result of the inability of a colonial-type government by committees to adapt to the needs of a growing city for new public services, for example, better streets, police, transportation, sanitation and schools.
The newly integrated districts had marked characteristics between them, but over time, after the consolidation, these characteristics generally integrated into the City of Philadelphia known today. Today, the names of some of these districts are synonymous with neighborhoods in the city, with their boundaries roughly matching their historic boundaries.
In 1951, a new initiative called the Home Rule Charter fully merged city and county offices. This new charter provided the city with a common structure and outlined the "strong mayor" form of government that is still used today.
The county offices were merged with the city government in 1952, effectively eliminating the county as a governmental structure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Even though the county no longer has a government structure by law, in both the Unconsolidated Pennsylvania Statutes and The Philadelphia Code and Charter, the County of Philadelphia is still an entity within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is thus subject to the provisions and laws of the Commonwealth concerning counties. Exceptions include restrictions stated in the Home Rule Charter of Philadelphia, Act of Consolidation, 1854, and subsequent legislation. The county also is the only First Class County, meaning it had a population of 1.5 million or above at the last census, in the Commonwealth.
Philadelphia has become racially and ethnically diverse over the years, and this process continues. Since 1990, (the year that immigration began increasing), thousands of immigrants from Latin America, Asia and Europe have arrived in the county. Today, the city has some of the largest Puerto Rican, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Jamaican, Chinese, Arab, Irish, Thai and Cambodian populations in America. The county has the fourth largest concentration of African Americans in North America, including large representations of Liberians, Nigerians, and Sudanese. The Northeast section of the city, and more significantly the suburbs of Philadelphia, contain vast numbers of Indian Americans and Mexicans.
At the 2010 US Census, the city was 41.0% White, 43.4% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 6.3% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.8% two or more race, and 5.9% were some other race. 12.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
Currently, Philadelphia County has no government structure. Prior to the Act of Consolidation in 1854 a Board of Commissioners governed the county in accordance with the law of Pennsylvania at the time.
The origins of the Board of Commissioners are found in the office of Tax Assessor in Philadelphia County, established by an Act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on November 27, 1700. Tax Assessor was an office of six persons, elected annually to estimate the County's fiscal needs, to make an assessment and levy a tax to meet them, and to appoint its collectors and the County Treasurer.
On March 28, 1710, the Assembly approved an act that created an appointed Board of County Commissioners, which was changed to a notable elected board in 1725. The Commissioners were empowered to demand accountings of the Assessors and Collectors and to appoint new collectors if necessary. Subsequent acts passed by the Assembly in 1715, 1718 and 1722 expanded the power and the scope of the Board, granting the Commissioners authority to share with the assessors in the assessment process and in the allocation of tax receipts among the various county projects, to take part in the appointment of the County Treasurer, and to issue warrants and levy fines against delinquent taxpayers and collectors. Other Acts passed during the eighteenth century gave the Commissioners regulatory powers and maintenance functions in regard to county lands, roads, bridges, wharves and landings, courts and the county prison.
In 1780, the Assembly passed an Act that abolished the Board of County Assessors and left its functions in the hands of the Commissioners alone, who continued to appoint the assessors and collectors of each of the county's boroughs, townships and districts. Further legislation in 1799 and 1805 formally established the Commissioners' functions of furnishing lists of voters to election officers and aiding the Sheriff in the selection of jurors, as both were based upon lists of taxpayers. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the Commissioners' duties were further increased to include the leasing of polling places, the provision of ballot boxes, and related duties.
Consolidation in 1854Edit
The consolidation of the City and County of Philadelphia in 1854 abolished the Board of County Commissioners, with most of its functions transferred to the popularly elected City Commissioners who, although retaining their original title and duties, were thenceforth considered County officers. Because the City Commissioners were considered County officers, they were still regulated by State laws concerning County Commissioners. The City Commissioners should not be confused with the City Council, as these are two separate entities.
Even though the governments of both the City and County were effectively consolidated by the Act of Consolidation, not all offices and agencies, such as the Board of Inspectors of the County Prison (Philadelphia Prison System), Coroner, Recorder of Deeds, and Sheriff, that were under the control of the county prior to the consolidation were transferred to the city, though their oversight and regulation were now handled by the City Commissioners. Other offices and agencies, like that of Offices of City Tax Collector and County Tax Collector were reduced to that of clerk in the new office of Receiver of Taxes. Both Commissioners' (City and County) powers in regard to streets and City property were transferred to the City's Departments of Highways and City Property. From 1854 until 1867, the Commissioners also served as members of the Board of Revision of Taxes. In 1867, the City Assessors were made appointees of that Board.
The powers left to the Commissioners were chiefly accounting ones over County institutions, regulatory duties regarding weights and measures (given them by an Act of 1895) and administrative functions in connection with elections, which culminated in complete control of their conduct with the formation of the County Board of Elections under their direction in 1937.
Philadelphia Home Rule CharterEdit
Although not mentioned in the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, the City Commissioners' Office became part of the City government by way of the 1951 City-County Amendment to the State Constitution. In addition, the 1963 amendment to the First Class Cities Home Rule Act gave City Council the power to pass legislation with regard to operations of the City Commissioners' Office. The 1965 City-County Consolidation Ordinance of City Council further enabled these enactments.
Philadelphia County is by far the most Democratic county in Pennsylvania. In 2004, John Kerry received 542,205 votes (80%) to 130,099 votes (19%) for George W. Bush, making it Kerry's strongest county in the state, which he narrowly won. The county has voted for the Democrat in every presidential election since 1932. In 1972, it was the only county in the state to vote for George McGovern over Richard Nixon. Even Republican Senator Arlen Specter, a Philadelphia resident, did not receive one third of the Philadelphia vote in 2004, which he won easily; however, Specter switched to the Democratic Party in 2009 and was defeated in the 2010 Democratic Primary.
Historical populations | |||
Census | Pop. | %± | |
1790 | 54,391 | | |
1800 | 81,009 | 48.9% | |
1810 | 111,210 | 37.3% | |
1820 | 137,097 | 23.3% | |
1830 | 188,797 | 37.7% | |
1840 | 258,037 | 36.7% | |
1850 | 408,762 | 58.4% | |
1860 | 565,529 | 38.4% | |
1870 | 674,022 | 19.2% | |
1880 | 847,170 | 25.7% | |
1890 | 1,046,964 | 23.6% | |
1900 | 1,293,697 | 23.6% | |
1910 | 1,549,008 | 19.7% | |
1920 | 1,823,779 | 17.7% | |
1930 | 1,950,961 | 7.0% | |
1940 | 1,931,334 | −1.0% | |
1950 | 2,071,605 | 7.3% | |
1960 | 2,002,512 | −3.3% | |
1970 | 1,948,609 | −2.7% | |
1980 | 1,688,609 | −13.3% | |
1990 | 1,585,577 | −6.1% | |
2000 | 1,517,550 | −4.3% | |
2010 | 1,526,006 | 0.6% | |
Est. 2012 | 1,547,607 | 2.0% | |
2012 Estimate[1] |
At the 2000 census,[7] there were 1,517,550 people, 590,071 households and 352,272 families residing in the county. The population density was 11,233.6/square mile (4,337.3/km²). There were 661,958 housing units at an average density of 4,900.1/sq mi (1,891.9/km²). and the racial makeup of the county was 45.0% White, 43.2% African American, 5.5% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.8% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.5% of the population. The top five largest ancestries include Irish (13.6%), Italian (9.2%), German (8.1%), Polish (4.3%), and English (2.9%).[8]
Of the 590,071 households, 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.1% were married couples living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.22.
25.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 25, 29.3% from 25 to 45, 20.3% from 45 to 65, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.
The median household income was $30,746 and the median family income was $37,036. Males had a median income of $34,199 compared with $28,477 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,509. About 18.4% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.3% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.
The 2004 Census estimations were 1,463,281 people and 658,799 housing units.
Districts, townships and boroughs of the County of Philadelphia before 1854Edit
- Aramingo Borough
- Belmont District
- Blockley Township
- Bridesburg Borough
- Bristol Township
- Byberry Township
- Delaware Township
- Frankford Borough
- Germantown Borough
- Germantown Township
- Kensington District
- Kingsessing Township
- Lower Dublin Township
- Manayunk Borough
- Moreland Township
- Moyamensing District
- Northern Liberties District
- Northern Liberties Township
- Oxford Township
- Passyunk Township
- Penn District
- Penn Township
- Philadelphia City
- Richmond District
- Roxborough Township
- Southwark District
- Spring Garden District
- West Philadelphia Borough
- Whitehall Borough
Notable peopleEdit
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42101.html. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ William Penn Was Born
- ^ Quakers and the Political Process - Penn's Holy Experiment
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau. "Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania - QT-P13. Ancestry: 2000". Factfinder.census.gov. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US4260000&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP13&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
External linksEdit
- The Philadelphia Code and Charter TITLE 2. CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION
- Philadelphia Home Rule Charter ARTICLE XI - Severability and Acts Superseded
- Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Article IX - Local Government
- Unconsolidated Pennsylvania Statutes - The County Code
- City Commissioners Office of Philadelphia
- U.S. Census Bureau County Population Estimates through July 1, 2006
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Why Aren't We Eating More Goat?
As a cultural anthropology undergraduate major, I have always been fascinated by cultural choices. One area of choices I am particularly interested in is food. Having grown up in a state of dietary want in the post-depression/WWII era I have been willing to eat anything my entire life. My grandfather, uncles, and father introduced me to fried grasshoppers and ants, rattlesnake, squirrel, venison, frog legs, pheasant, dove, catfish, the "Easter Bunny," and wild plants as early as memory serves me.
My grandfather desperately wanted to introduce me to skunk and raccoon meat but was taken by cancer before we could schedule the hunt. Carp eyes, kimchee and other Asian delicacies dominated my early twenties. Insect fare, particularly mealworms, is my next interest because it may present a way to feed humans and animals with minimal impact on our fragile planet.
But I digress. My point is, how does a culture decide what is edible? And more specifically, why have Americans not accepted goat meat as a common protein alternative? Americans are notorious for embracing foreign foods. Italian, Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese foods are embedded in the American diet. African, Asian, and Mid-Eastern cultures consume large amounts of goat meat. Assimilation of these cultures into the American fabric has not created the same interest in their cultural cuisine. Goat meat is absent from the American diet. Why?
The Case for Goat
As a meat, goat is one of the leanest. Only 19 percent of the calories in goat meat are derived from fat, while 35 percent of the calories in lean, 5 percent fat ground beef are derived from fat! Only bison, turkey breast, and codfish are lower in fat calories per serving than goat.
The taste of goat meat is comparable to veal or venison. Because it is so lean, cooking methods that don't preserve moisture tend to render goat meat tough, especially when cooked at high temperatures. Stewing, baking, grilling, barbecuing, and frying are the many ways goat is prepared. Spice selection is, of course, culturally determined, so the ultimate taste can differ significantly.
Goat milk enjoys more popularity in America than goat meat does. Although a small, eclectic group swear by the miracles of goat milk, it still represents a small portion of total American milk consumption. Interestingly, goat milk contains small fat globules and maintains an even distribution of fat in the milk.
In contrast, the fat in cow milk readily rises to the top. To distribute the fat more evenly, cow milk must be homogenized. Goat milk can be turned into cheese, butter, yogurt, and ice cream without the need for homogenization.
My experience with goat milk and cheese has been that it is heavily scented. Milk goats that are not separated from the buck, or male, produce milk that has a distinctive goat smell and taste. Many find that scent offensive. With my upbringing that has not proven to be a problem.
Lower Carbon Foot Print
Unlike cows and sheep that graze, goats are browsers. They are capable of turning more woody and broad leafed plants into adequate nutrition. This means that they require less intensive production practices than what is necessary to feed cattle and sheep the hay, alfalfa, corn, and silage they need to stay healthy. Because woody plants are much easier to grow and require less water and fertilization, goat is a "greener" alternative meat source.
Presently, goat meat availability is restricted to tight cultural market sources and may command higher prices than other meat cuts. As interest and consumption become more common these irregularities in the market will self-correct. I include recipes for goat meat in my homemade diets and suggest that you consider this alternative meat source for yourself, and for your pet.
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I couldn't agree more! I have had the good fortune to spend a great deal of time in Jamaica, and that is where I was first introduced to goat. I've made some wonderful friends on the island, and through spending time with them have been able to experience the "real" Jamaica, as opposed to what one sees on a resort. That includes eating where the locals eat, which is OH so much better than the "Americanized" versions of local dishes often served on the resorts. My friends eat very little red meat overall, but when they do it is typically goat. Curry goat is probably the most popular way it is served, and it is absolutely delicious. It is also served in stew.
I have of course taken the occasional buffet on resort, and frequently curry goat will be among the offerings. Watching the reactions of some people (usually Americans) when they find out the dish is goat almost makes one a bit embarrassed to admit coming from the same country. They will wrinkle up their noses, make faces and generally act like two-year-olds facing something they don't like. I've tried to encourage them to try it - they just look at me with an expression of disgust like "OMG you actually ATE that?"
I really don't understand the prejudice - most of those people probably wouldn't think twice about ordering a rack of lamb, and personally I don't see goat as being much different at all. In fact, to me the flavor is somewhat reminiscent of lamb - perhaps a cross between that and mild venison - sweet, and very pleasant. I absolutely prefer it to beef, and if it were readily available for a reasonable price it would be a first choice for my husband and I when we wished to have red meat. We also love goat cheese and as for milk, wouldn't have any problem using goat's milk rather than cow's.
For anyone who hasn't tried it, seriously - give it a shot! Ideally, find someone who can prepare it properly (may well be an "ethnic" restaurant) and if you've previously been put off by the idea of considering goat as "tasty noms", get ready to have your mind changed! Bon appetit! -
In my teens and early 20s my fa a small dairy goat farm. In the spring another herder from Wisconsin would come down to our area and pick up any young animal that we didn't want usually neutered males to take to New York to be dressed for the Greek market there. I've had goat meat and can be quite good properly cooked. And that's why most people don't or won't eat goat meat. it can be hard to prepare for the American taste buds. The Greeks and Africans know how to prepare meat well. So give it a try at an ethic restaurant that serves goat. As another poster said it has a close taste to lamb and goat meat is better for you than beef that is so true.
While I will wrinkle my nose and make a face if offered insects or worms, I promise to try goat if it is ever offered.
I think a lot of the "food prejudice" is simply what we're fed when raised. Most people in the US have been raised on beef, pork, fowl and fish with maybe some venison thrown in. To be honest, I don't know too many people who are very adventurous when it comes to something really unusual for dinner. -
If served goat curry, I'd probably eat it. But on the other hand, I'd really love to have a pet goat to keep in my back yard to crop my grass -- I met a pet goat in Japan, and she was adorable. And you can't eat your pets, now can you? I think the line may be drawn by how people see animals -- a friend of mine has a pet cow, and she won't eat beef. And being a cat and dog owner myself, I can't picture eating cat or dog, although people in Southeast Asia do. There are some pretty strong enculturated biases going here.
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I understand that goat's milk is easier to digest. I can't recall the exact reasons, but part of it is as I believe you mentioned the size of the fat molecules. When you said you've found goat milk and cheese "heavily scented" do you mean that it's "goaty"? Trader Joe's has some pretty good goat cheese that isn't goaty and reasonably priced. I've also had some good goat feta locally produced. Goat dairy and I assume other goat products can be more expensive since there isn't the same demand and also probably not large scale (and awful) factory farming of goats. Plus there is less milk to obtain from goats.
By the way, if anyone lives around the midwest there is a raw pet food delivery company called My Pet Carnivore which offers goat meat and organs: https://www.mypetcarnivore.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=37&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=130
They deliver once a month in various locations in about 5 - 6 states, and they also ship. Just wanted to let people know about this resource. Of course, the goat meat could be lightly cooked for those who don't want to feed raw.
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WASHINGTON — Without increased immigration, whites would lose their U.S. majority in 2046, three years beyond official projections, and the nation's population would not reach 400 million until after 2060, a decade or more later than forecast, according to census estimates Wednesday.
In all, immigration will surpass births as the main driver of population growth by midcentury, the Census Bureau said.
The new numbers show how projections could vary from last year's government prediction that white children will become a minority in 2018 and the overall white population will follow in 2043, based on what happens to the economy and immigration policy. As a whole, the U.S. population is projected to climb to 400 million by 2051. Those dates remain the official census projections, and they are based on the assumption that immigration continues to climb.
The 2046 estimate of a white minority is one of three new alternative projections based on rates for births and deaths and a scenario in which immigration follow its recent slower pace of adding more than 700,000 foreigners each year.
In general, demographers have said that scenario offers an instructive look at the future demographic makeup based on current conditions, in which the economy does not significantly strengthen or weaken and immigration policies are unchanged.
The actual shift in demographics will be influenced by factors that can't accurately be forecast. They include the pace of the economic recovery, cultural changes, natural or manmade disasters, as well as any overhaul of immigration laws based on legislation now being debated in Congress.
The United States has 315 million people today; less than 64 percent are non-Hispanic whites.
In a situation where immigration levels remain constant for the next half-century, the total population would climb to 392.7 million by 2060, with whites making up 44.7 percent of the population. Blacks would make up 12.7 percent, virtually unchanged from today. Hispanics, now 16 percent of the population, would rise to 29 percent by that year.
Asians would increase from 5 percent of the population to 7.5 percent.
The point when minority children become the majority would be delayed one year from the official projection, from 2018 to 2019.
The population 65 and older would grow rapidly, outnumbering the under-18 age group by 2038. Under the official prediction, that tipping point occurs much later, in 2056.
The Census Bureau's varying sets of projections show immigration's role in replenishing the population. As in many industrialized nations, the U.S. is slowly aging due to rising median age and lower birth rates.
Under the official projections released last December, immigration will become the main driver of U.S. growth by 2032. That would be the first time that births were not the leading cause of population increase since at least 1850, putting the U.S. in the company of many other industrialized nations such as Japan and Italy that long have struggled with low growth rates.
"As a whole, the U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly, the older population is expected to grow much larger, and the minority population will grow faster," said Jennifer Ortman, a Census Bureau demographer. "Most of the immigrants coming into the U.S. population are roughly 15 to 45 years old, so we see that immigration is bolstering the working-age population and helping it to grow."
Several demographers say the current Senate immigration bill could change the U.S. race makeup by tightening border security and placing a higher priority on granting employment-based visas for high-skilled workers. Those changes are likely to result in a greater influx of Asian immigrants compared to Latinos.
The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, estimates that as a whole 150,000 fewer immigrants will enter the U.S. if the Senate bill becomes law. That is due mostly to an estimated sharp decline in illegal border crossings.
The Census Bureau says its projections should be used mostly as a guide.
The agency also released numbers showing projections based on "high" rates of immigration — more likely if government policies become more flexible and a booming U.S. economy attracts large numbers of foreigners — as well as "low" rates of increasing immigration, a possible scenario if U.S. policies don't change much while the economy improves.
—With high immigration, the minority "tipping point" is moved up to 2041, two years earlier than the previous estimate. At that time, Asians would have a much larger share, at 9 percent, because their population growth is more dependent on immigration than birth rates. The U.S. population would reach 400 million by 2044.
—With low immigration, the "tipping point" arrives by 2045.
—The share of the working-age population, age 18 to 64, is expected to decrease based on all four projection scenarios. The official projections show that group dropping from 62.7 percent in 2012 to 56.9 percent by 2060.
—In each of the four projections, the 65 and older age group would rise from 13.7 percent to more than 20 percent by 2060.
"Despite projected declines in fertility, these projections make plain that we are on the road to becoming a highly diverse nation," said William H. Frey, a Brookings Institution demographer. "Even under the lowest immigration assumptions, the nation will become minority white in 33 years. So those who believe that barring immigration will make the nation appreciably less diverse need to take heed of these projections."
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The Carvings from historic time at the island of Gaddtarmen (Hauensuoli)
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The island of Gaddtarmen (Hauensuoli) off Hango (Hanko) forms a natural harbour on a sailing route in the east-west direction. Sailors have made more than 400 carvings on the rocks while awaiting favourable winds. The oldest drawings date from the 15th and 16th centuries. Most of the carvings decpict coats of arms of Swedish and Finnish gentry. The site is a unique document relating to the history of the Baltic Sea.Hauensuoli (r. Gaddtarmen - "Pike Gut") is a strait between two small islets off Hankoniemi Cape, the southernmost tip of the Finnish mainland. The property is located in the City of Hanko. Owing to land uplift, the strait is now only 10-15 metres wider, but it was originally wider and navigable. The islets are outcrops of granite worn smooth by the continental ice sheet and the action of the Baltic Sea. Throughout history, Hankoniemi Cape has been an important halting place for seafarers in the Gulf of Finland, being already mentioned in the Early Middle Ages in the so¬called Danish Itinerary of sailing routes in the Baltic. The oldest engraved markings at Hauensuoli date from the 15th century and in the following century it was famed for its sheltered harbour and rock drawings, being mentioned in Olaus Magnus's "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus" (1555) among other works. The site is mentioned by later historians and travellers from the 17th century onwards. The rock drawing area at Hauensuoli encompasses roughly three hectares on the two islands with over 600 drawings, mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries. There is a wide range of drawings and markings. Waiting for the right wind, many people would occupy themselves by engraving their initials or heraldic devices on the rocks to commemorate their visit to the site. This unique "guest book" of the coast of the Gulf of Finland reflects the history of the region. Three shipwrecks have been discovered in the immediate vicinity of Hauensuoli with well preserved structures. To the north of the strait lies a shipwreck less than 20 metres in length, which was investigated in the 1970s. It was carrying a cargo of 17th-century Dutch ornamental tiles, among other items. To the south is an undated wreck approximately 20 metres long, and to the east of the strait is an uninvestigated wreck roughly 30 metres in length. The underwater heritage of the vicinity of the natural harbour at Hauensuoli provides an added element to understanding the significance of the property. Organic material, such as wooden wrecks are preserved well in the waters of the Baltic Sea with their low salinity. Old shipwrecks are officially classed as antiquities according to Finnish law. The rock drawing site at Hauensuoli and its surrounding underwater cultural heritage are a unique culture-historical monument among the harbours and anchorages of the Baltic. Drawings and markings engraved on its shores for over half a millennium point to its maritime significance as a resting place on an ancient sailing route. The drawings are also a unique historical document partly connected to documentary sources and the overall history of Northern Europe. Hauensuoli also has an impressive location in a narrow archipelago zone between the mainland and the open sea. The rock drawing area and the wrecks are protected under the provisions of Finland's Antiquities Act. The National Board of Antiquities, the City of Hanko and the land owner, the National Board of Forestry are jointly responsible for the conservation of the property. The drawings have been cleaned at intervals of a few years. A new project for the documentation of the property is being planned and a tentative research and care plan has been drawn up for the area. During the summer season there is a regular ferry service to the islands from Hanko.


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Melissa Carolyne Warren of Spartanburg, SC and Robert Jonathan Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC were married Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6 o'clock in the evening in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg. A dinner reception following the wedding was held in their honor at the Piedmont Club of Spartanburg, SC.
Melissa Carolyne is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Newton Warren, Jr. of Spartanburg. She received her BA degree from the University of South Carolina in 2004, a Master's degree in Contemporary Art from the University of Manchester, London, U.K. in 2006 and a Master's degree in Architecture from Clemson University in 2012.
Robert Jonathan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC. He received a BA in Business Administration from Lander University in 2002, his MBA degree with honors from Clemson University in 2009, and his Professional CMA designation in 2011. He is employed with Michelin Headquarters, Greenville, SC, as the Business Analyst for the North American Truck Division.
Officiates of the wedding were the Reverend Dr. William Arthur of First Presbyterian Church, and the Reverend Dr. James Johnson of First Baptist Church, Williamsburg, VA. Mrs. Elaine Johnson of Williamsburg, VA performed a solo at the wedding. Mrs. Marcia Andrews of First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg served as organist. Nephews of the groom, Jackson and carter Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC, served as ring bearers.
Miss Tanja Irmgard Zehntner of Spartanburg, SC served as Maid of Honor. Bridesmaids included cousins of the bride, Miss Jennifer Lyne Johnson and Miss Kelly Elizabeth Johnson of Williamsburg, VA. Miss Lauren Ashley Chapman of Greenville, SC, Mrs. Amelia Robinson Trant of Walkertown, NC, and Mrs. Kelly Dawkins Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC also served as bridesmaids.
Mr. John Michael Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC, brother of the groom, served as Best Man. Groomsmen included the father of the groom, Mr. John Curtis Wilkins of Simpsonville, SC; Mr. Michael Trant of Walkertown, NC; Mr. Phillip Patrick Cox of Greenville, SC; Mr. Freddie Lee Williams, Jr. of Greenville, SC; and Mr. Scott Christopher Beckham of Greenville, SC.
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The end of flying planes...
Today is the last day I will be able to fly. This week I was cut back to 0 hours at work and today I destroyed both of my planes.
This was the Terrys first flight after putting a new power system on it and I wasnt sure how it would do. After 2 laps I noticed that the wings flexed a good bit but I decided I would try for a high speed pass. I was throttling up and it started to go into a steep dive, I pulled up and the wing snapped and proceded to bury itself into the ground and destroy the fuse/wing/motor/lipo. Then I pulled out my corsair, got through 2 batteries and it crashed. I was doing figure eights and when I did the cross over I banked right and it kept on going. Gave it left aileron but and it started to correct slightly but it was too late. After getting it home and checking everything I found a aileron servo was dead and must have died about the time I hit full deflection on right aileron and pulled the plane to the ground. The damage was broken wing/fuse/motor/lipo. So nothing is left for me to fly but the mSR and it get boring after about 4 batteries. Im kinda dissapointed about the corsair but I could have cared less about the terry.
One of those days
Bad things come in sets of 3, I figure you got all your out of the way in one day! Hate to see and hear it though. Looks like the F4U is repairable, at least I hope it is. I'm looking forward to some year getting one once I get up to that skill level, one of my fav warbirds. Nothing like those gull wings! Good Luck to You!
I love the corsair, but the pictures are deceiving. The wing is broke in 3 places, the elevator is broke in two so only half of it works and the firewall is destroyed because I use a metal motor mount. The one servo is in the wing is dead, the other is stripped out and the motor needs to be rebuilt with a new motor shaft. So I would need a new fuse, wing, elevator and servos.
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Importance of colostrum
Colostrum, or "first milk", is the first milk that a mare makes to feed her foal. Consumption of an adequate amount of colostrum is critical to the health and well-being of the newborn foal. Colostrum provides infection-fighting antibodies , vitamins, minerals, energy, protein, fat and acts as a laxative to help the foal pass the meconium (first stool). Unlike human babies, when foals are born they have no disease-fighting antibodies in their blood. Therefore, a foal must ingest colostrum in order to absorb the antibodies needed. These antibodies are made by the mare and will hopefully provide specific protection for the bacteria and viruses in the foal's environment. This is called passive transfer.
After 3-6 weeks of age, the foal will start making her own antibodies but often retains some protection from the mare until 4-5 months of age. Once the foal is born, it is critical that she begins because nursing as soon as possible, she is only able to absorb the antibodies from the colostrum for a finite time period. Each hour the foal is alive, her ability to absorb the colostrum lessens. Therefore, the maximum benefit from colostrum is obtained when your foal nurses soon and often. The easiest way to track passive transfer in your foal is to use a Foal IgG SNAP test, which measures the antibody level in the foal's blood. The goal is for the reading to be greater than 800 mg/dl. 400-800 mg/dl is considered partial passive transfer. Anything under 400 mg/dl is considered complete failure of passive transfer.
There is always debate about when to perform these tests. Some breeders like to draw the blood at 12 hours. This way, if the test is low, the breeder can supplement the foal's colostrum intake. However, this will overtreat some foals who just haven't had time to absorb the antibodies yet. Others prefer to wait 18-24 hours to draw the blood. This way, there is no chance that the foal's levels will go up. However, if you discover that your foal is below the cut-off level, the steps to remedy the situation are more invasive and costly.
Failure of passive transfer isn't a disease, and there are no clinical signs to diagnose it. However, foals with failure of passive transfer are at an increased risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, infected joints, infected umbilical cords, and other diseases. Therefore, if you know your foal has failure of passive transfer, we recommend you seek the assistance of a veterinarian. The most common treatment for failure of passive transfer is to administer a plasma transfusion. This involves placing an IV catheter in your foal's neck, and slowly administering a unit of equine plasma through that catheter. Unfortunately, even successful passive transfer can't guarantee a perfectly healthy foal, although it should help!


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Few other cities have taken the recovery of brownfield sites as seriously as NYC. Whether former gas stations, manufacturing plants or chemical processing facilities, millions of square miles of space have blighted the urban landscape, but as of March this year, 3.7 million square million miles of formerly contaminated land have already been transformed in healthy, habitable places. Of the 45 brownfield sites enrolled in the City's Brownfield Cleanup program, half are under construction. That's huge!
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As part of the effort to improve the city's air quality (the goal is to make it the best in the United States), the city launched NYC Clean Heat. This program entails phasing out the dirtiest heating oils, namely number 6 by 2015 and number 4 by 2030, by switching either to natural gas or number 2 oil. But doing so is not cheap, especially for low-income buildings, so funding assistance from the city is paramount to the success of this endeavor. To date, 300 such conversions have already been made, which spells much cleaner air for everybody, and by the end of 2013, it is hoped that 50% of the dirtiest oils will be phased out completely.
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Thanks to a massive $9 billion investment in water quality, the New York Harbor is the cleanest it has been in more than one hundred years. That is an extraordinary achievement, but efforts to improve waterways doesn't end there. In fact, it extends to all 520 miles of the city's shoreline and within the boroughs themselves. Significant investments in infrastructure and vegetation designed to enhance management of rainwater runoff and improve sewage cleaning plants will result in an additional 40% reduction of combined sewage overflows (CSOs) by the program's end.
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The painting emphasis at Western is solidly grounded in tradition, providing rigorous, professional courses that investigate the relationship between painting and drawing, combining the materials and techniques of each.
Beginning painting courses introduce the concepts and materials of painting, furthering students' understanding of space, image, and color. In beginning drawing courses, students gain awareness of drawing as a way to organize thoughts, feelings, and image-making. Painting and drawing at Western cover a range of materials, forms, and traditions, both representational and non-representational. The painting and drawing faculty are recognized working artists and experts in color, landscape, still life, watercolor, and the figure. Intermediate and advanced courses in painting materials and techniques cover the properties and possibilities of modern media: grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments. In advanced painting and drawing classes, students build upon their technical facility and conceptual base to develop personal directions.
All classes emphasize individual aesthetic choices and expression, and the exploration of contemporary critical issues. Like all emphases here, the painting and drawing program encourages inquiry and experimentation in other media and disciplines. Besides studio instruction and practice, regular mid-semester and end-of-semester critiques help students articulate their intentions, analyze their success, and evaluate their progress. One student's response to these critiques: "I hate them and I love them. People hold me responsible for my work, so I've had to learn how to defend it. Sometimes it's frustrating when I have to admit that a painting just doesn't capture what I'm trying to do. But the critical comments help me figure out what to try next." In addition to individual contact with faculty members, painting and drawing students benefit from personal interaction with visiting artists, gallery exhibits, and field trips to Denver, Taos, and Santa Fe. Giving lectures, shows, and workshops, and sometimes even participating in critiques, these artists increase students' awareness of various styles and approaches.
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