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Could climate change dull the blazing palette of New England's fall foliage? The answer could have serious implications for one of the region's signature attractions, which draws thousands of "leaf peepers" every autumn.
Biologists at the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center will do some leaf peeping of their own to find out - studying how temperature affects the development of autumn colors and whether the warming climate could mute them, prolong the foliage viewing season or delay it.
Using a three-year, $45,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, they're planning to measure the color pigments in leaves exposed to varying temperatures in hopes of finding a pattern. The study starts next month, although some experiments are already under way.
"It is getting warmer, and people want to know how that's going to affect this big process that's so important to us," said research associate Abby van den Berg.
The three-week period of peak foliage color - usually from the end of September to mid-October - is among the busiest of the year for Vermont tourism, bringing in an estimated $364 million, according to state officials. It's also an important time for tourism in the other New England states.
"It's a critical season for us," said Allison Truckle, owner of Tucker Hill Inn, in Waitsfield, which does about 40 percent of its business in autumn.
Many variables go into triggering leaf color, but for now the research will focus on temperature. The experiment is starting with the researchers' assumption that the brilliant colors are promoted by cold nights followed by warm, sunny days.
"Do cold nighttime temperatures affect and promote fall coloration? And specifically, we're really looking at anthocyanin synthesis, the red pigments that are created at that time," van den Berg said.
The study also will look at whether cold daytime weather plays a role.
In the fall, chlorophyll - the green pigment in leaves - breaks down in response to decreasing day length, revealing the yellow to orange anthocyanin pigment.
In preliminary experiments so far this year, van den Berg has been subjecting groups of sugar and red maple saplings to a range of temperatures. Some of the test subjects are kept in a constantly refrigerated box with a window to let in sunlight, some potted saplings spend their days outdoors and then are moved into a cooler at night, and some just remain outdoors with no artificially altered temperature.
Every few days, she tests the leaves with handheld meters to measure their chlorophyll and anthocyanin content.
So far, it's too early to tell what effect temperature is having, but the researchers expect to have results before the three years is up.
The study is unique in investigating how climate change might affect the timing and color of fall foliage, said Jake Weltzin, head of the USA National Phenology Network, which has started its own volunteer effort to track how climate change affects certain plants.
In previous years, the University of Vermont research center found a link between the amount of stress on sugar maples during the growing season - marked by a lower level of nitrogen in leaves - and the onset and amount of red in the leaves.
"So trees that were experiencing a little more stress tended to start turning color a little earlier and making more red," van den Berg said.
Van den Berg says she's noticed that in warmer autumns, brilliance is muted in some places. But she tries not to put too much stock in what she sees from place to place.
"It's always great. ... It can be peak in different places at the same time so you just drive around and you hit all these different pockets of the landscape, so it's always fabulous," she said.
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I just got him the other day but picked him up from my apartment management office today. I finally opened him and found time to appreciate this figure. He seems nicely done.
They sent a very tight box. All his accessories are in the tray with him instead of in a separate tray that folds out when you open his box.
It would appear they anticipate him being less popular or a figure that they don't want to incur as much costs with. I'm not sure. But they can certainly re-release this figure with a different head and I'd buy another one.
The pictures on the box are great. Everyone loves the opening battle on the Tantive IV that started Star Wars going for all of us. It makes me want to buy stormtroopers and Vader to fight this guy. A 12" Blockade Runner battle scene would look incredible. But darn that would be expensive with SideShow!
Anyway, I haven't opened the rest of the figure yet and posed him, but fortunately he is wearing his gunbelt in the box. Others and myself included had trouble with Han Solo's gunbelt strap breaking (the leg tie-down strap). This figure does not appear to have a tie-down strap for his leg. Han had more of an intentional gunslinger look to him anyway.
But so far as I've gotten with the figure, I'm very satisfied and would welcome the chance to buy a 2nd, different head sculpt on him. This figure is of the old, distinguished dude, "Pello Scrambas," but no where on the packaging is that crazy name. (Unfortunately I'm getting used to it. Anyone here want to name their first-born Pello Scrambas? Do I hear any takers?)

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2013 Processor of the Year: ConAgra Foods
The former grain miller turned branded marketer evolves into what it considers the ideal balance with the acquisition of Ralcorp.
- Core/Adjacencies – "Growing our core means continuing to leverage innovation and marketing to grow our existing businesses organically while expanding into faster-growing adjacent categories. Think of [Marie Callender's] frozen desserts as an adjacency to frozen meals, and sweet potato fries as an adjacency to french fries."
- International – "Today [2012], our international business is about 10 percent of our sales, and we plan to increase that significantly over the next few years in both our Commercial Foods and Consumer Foods segments." The Lamb Weston potato business is leading the company in this initiative, with significant success in China.
- Private Label – In fiscal 2012, store brands netted $632 million, about 8 percent of Consumer Foods' total net sales. Obviously, the company has taken a leap with the acquisition of Ralcorp; the overwhelming majority of the acquisition's $4.3 billion in sales is in private brands. Combining that with what already was a significant private brand business, ConAgra Foods now claims to be North America's largest private brand manufacturer, with FY2013 sales of $4.5 billion.
- People – In addition to improving the skills of its employees, especially in regard to food safety, Rodkin wants to track ConAgra Foods' people success via the Fortune 100 Best Places to Work list. "Our focus is not on making the list, but on what we can achieve with a culture of trust and empowerment," he says. The e2 ("extraordinary every day") recognition program, a peer-judged program created in 2011, this year gave more than 52,000 awards to 13,500 employees.
- Citizenship – Ending child hunger has been a particularly dear cause, and the ConAgra Foods Foundation has been the main vehicle. The foundation has invested more than $50 million in nonprofit organizations dedicated to that cause and for 20 years has been a partner of Feeding America. In both 2011 and 2012, ConAgra donated enough products to Feeding America to provide the equivalent of 1 million meals a month. And the company encourages (and often organizes) employees to perform volunteer work in their communities.
That is indeed setting the table. Here's a look at the organization that now has to deliver the meal.
Unique organization
The Research, Quality and Innovation (RQI) team is a hub for research and development plus quality, nutrition, packaging and even sustainability. Each department has a vice president who reports to Executive Vice President Al Bolles – who, like Rodkin, came from PepsiCo.
"Before I got here, there was a very traditional organization, organized by business units," recalls Bolles, who has a Ph.D. in food science and who led worldwide research and development for PepsiCo Beverages and Foods.
Bolles, along with other functional leaders, such as those for marketing and human resources, report to Rodkin, as do the leaders of the company's three business segments – Consumer Foods, Commercial Foods and Private Brands – creating a matrixed organization.
"It was pretty clear to me ConAgra Foods didn't focus much on innovation. We needed to change the culture. So I came up with the name RQI and brought more focus on innovation." As an example, Bolles explains, "Frozen meals were nothing more than TV dinners. We wanted to make them better, like what you'd cook at home from scratch, only more convenient."
"We created space for people to have ideas, to get inspired and collaborate," adds Corey Berends, vice president of R&D. "We started doing things a different way. We put marketing and product development people together. We got input from the consumer insight folks, packaging and graphic design, too. We encouraged experimentation and rapid prototyping."
Proof they are succeeding are the two 2011 Edison Innovation Awards, given each year to the most innovative new products. Healthy Choice Top Chef Café Steamers came in first and Marie Callender's Bakes came in fourth. Both are examples of the cross-functional nature of ConAgra Foods product development, with packaging innovations playing as big a role as formulation. Another novelty (and award-winner) was the 2011 Orville Redenbacher's popcorn Pop Up Bowl.
A mission just as broad as that of RQI's is quality. Joan Menke heads the department that includes everything from 90 consumer affairs people answering phones to a toxicology team – and with the increased emphasis on private brands, she now adds relations with retailers to her to-do list.
"Quality for us is primarily meeting the specifications – if we do that, all goes well," she says. "The research and innovation people set the standard. We work with the plants to support those standards."
The toxicology team also assures that outside suppliers of ingredients and other products meet ConAgra Foods standards. "Almost all of our suppliers are certified to GFSI [Global Food Safety Initiative] standards, mostly SQF [Safe Quality Food Institute] and BRC [British Retail Consortium]. And we're working toward getting them all certified.
"One of the things we're very careful about is understanding where the ingredients come from," she continues. "When our people choose a supplier, we want to see for ourselves the plant where it's made."
The Ralcorp effect
In 2011, ConAgra Foods began to pursue Ralcorp. The private label company rebuffed all offers, and even spun off its Post cereals business to appease its own shareholders. But ConAgra Foods continued, and an agreement was reached in November 2012.
Perhaps the reason for the relentless pursuit was how Ralcorp fits into Rodkin's vision for the new ConAgra Foods. "The acquisition of Ralcorp is a transformational move for our company and a catalyst for growth," Rodkin says.
As Bolles explains it, "We believe value is here to stay. Private label is growing. [America] is catching up to Europe in terms of the proliferation of private brands in the marketplace. But consumers want high-quality and innovative products.
"ConAgra Foods was very much in tune with innovation for the consumer. Ralcorp will make us even more customer-focused," says Bolles, referring to retailers as customers. "Ralcorp was a fast follower. We want to move toward being an innovator," he says.
"Many of the things we do well at ConAgra Foods can be applied toward private brand. And you'll see some innovations coming as time goes on," says Bolles.
Ralcorp brings intimate retail relationships, as well as some new and interesting product categories – such as products for in-store bakeries, artisan breads, refrigerated dough and premium crackers.
There are more pieces to ConAgra Foods. Early this year, the company announced plans to contribute its ConAgra Mills flour milling business to a joint venture with Cargill and CHS, which already had Horizon Milling as a joint venture. The new business would be called Ardent Mills and will "bring innovative flour and grain products, services and solutions to the marketplace." ConAgra Foods also maintains an ingredient business in Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings. "We use that to our advantage and have found good growth synergies from our expertise in managing ingredients," says Rodkin.
Now, Rodkin and Bolles believe ConAgra Foods has all the pieces it needs for the foreseeable future. Which, of course, doesn't mean their work is done.
"We have to evolve and change as our customers, consumers and the competitive landscape changes, so the work is never done" says Rodkin. "This is a challenging time for food companies and retailers, competition is fierce and we need to be on top of our game to continuing driving sustainable, profitable growth."
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Putting my LFF Paradox (#036) up for sale. They were made new with HM5 pads back in November 2012. I've taken good care of them and they are in excellent condition. No real defects that I can see, other than a little dust perhaps. I have attached my own custom suspension headband made from a piece of an old belt. I find that it is much more comfortable than the stock headband included by LFF, however I still have and am including the stock shoulder pad headband if you would prefer that. To re-attach it, simply follow LFF's suspension headband mod using a piece of paper (http://www.head-fi.org/t/452404/just-listened-to-some-fostex-t50rps-today-wow/2895#post_7782196) and slip the piece of paper into the shoulder pad. Also included is the stock cable, a dark gray/black Vmoda cable, Paradox certificate, Paradox owner's manual, and original T50RP box.
I'm selling these because I no longer care about headphones or audiophilia, and could use the money for other things. I'm looking for $375 shipped within the US. I can do international, but only if you are willing to pay the extra cost of international shipping w/ tracking. Thanks.
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New Genre Army: An International Conference on the Writing of Adam Roberts
New Genre Army: An International Conference on the Writing of Adam Roberts
Friday 5th April 2013
Department of English, University of Lincoln
Sponsored by Gylphi: Arts and Humanities Publisher and the University of Lincoln
Part of the Gylphi Contemporary Writers series
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Farah Mendlesohn (Anglia Ruskin University)
Dr. Andrew M. Butler (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Response and Q&A from Adam Roberts
Papers are invited for the first international conference on the work of British writer Adam Roberts. Crowned the "King of High-Concept SF", his novels have been shortlisted for major awards such as the Philip K. Dick Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the BSFA Award. His fiction "represents some of the best work being done in our 21st-century genre" (Locus). Writing for the New Scientist, Kim Stanley Robinson argued that Roberts' 2009 novel Yellow Blue Tibia should have earned the Man Booker Award, and Niall Alexander has similarly privileged Roberts within contemporary literature, writing that "Roberts stands head and shoulders above many of his contemporaries, pushing this and that genre every which way but loose, year in and year out" (SF Signal).
Author of thirteen novels, Roberts is influenced by the modern classics of Golden Age SF and Victorian poetry, and his fiction offers us unique visions of this and other worlds. A society where people photosynthesise sunlight. An army of interconnected consciousnesses that functions as a single person. And alternative histories, where Jonathan Swift was telling the truth about the Lilliputians or where Stalin hired a group of science fiction writers to make up news of an alien invasion. His latest work, Jack Glass, is indicative of this ability to stretch and combine genres and has been called "an attempt to shackle together the golden age of detective fiction with the golden age of SF" (Christopher Priest, Guardian).
This is, of course, only one of the many Adam Robertses, the writer of New Model Army (2010), By Light Alone (2011) and so many others. There is also Professor Adam Charles Roberts, who's written The History of Science Fiction (2007), co-edited The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction (2009) and teaches Victorian Literature and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. And finally, there is A.R.R.R. Roberts, writer of such parodies as The Sellamillion (2004), The Va Dinci Cod (2005) and The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo (2010). A writer of many-dimensions, Roberts contributes to contemporary speculative fiction in a unique combination of modes: he writes it, he writes about it – both as a scholar and as a critic – and, of course, he parodies it.
This event aims to bring together scholars, critics, writers and fans for the first academic conference dedicated to the literature and ideas of Adam Roberts. Papers are welcome on any topic related to Roberts' writing from academics, researchers, fans, and anyone else interested. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
-'High-Concept SF' and the Novel of Ideas
-Writing science fiction in the 21st Century: responsibilities and challenges
-Military SF, Political SF, Philosophical SF
-Britishness / British humour, sarcasm, style
-Utopia and Dystopia
-Unreliable Narrators
-Heroes and Antiheroes
-Postmodernism: Metafiction and Intertextuality
-Writing under nicknames: alternative writer identities
-Propaganda, Deception, Conspiracy Theories
-'Practicing what you preach': writing fiction with an academic background
-The role of technology
-Cynicism and Satire
-Depictions of Britain
-Dictators, Mass-Murderers, Criminals
-Crime Fiction in Science Fiction, Genre within Genre, and beyond Genre
-Space Colonization and Galactic Empires
-Pop Culture and Parody
-Alternative History
The conference welcomes proposals for individual papers and panels from any discipline and theoretical perspective. Please send a title and 300-500 word abstract for a 20 minute paper along with your name, affiliation and 100 word professional biography to firstname.lastname@example.com by 15th January 2013.
The conference is organised by Christos Callow, PhD candidate, Department of English, University of Lincoln and Dr Caroline Edwards, Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Lincoln.
The conference is sponsored by Gylphi Arts and Humanities Publisher and the Department of English, University of Lincoln. Selected papers from the conference will be published as Adam Roberts: Critical Essays, with a foreword by Roberts, as part of Gylphi's Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series (Series Editor: Dr Sarah Dillon). For more information regarding the Series see:


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Got a lot of wear out of my raw white Jap GAP jeans in Barbados last week. Seen here with Clark DBs and Fred Perry. Just put jeans through the wash today and some of the scuffs and little stains aren't coming out so well - I hope they look better when they dry!
Looks good. Have you tried presoaking? That's a sharp Perry polo, too. Are those chocolate suede boots? I've been hesitant to wear my dark Clarks DBs with my white jeans, opting instead to go with my khaki-colored Target knockoffs.


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Well, I was never good at stuff like this, though I will try my best to desribe myself. So I am 18 years old, my height is 5'6" and my weight is 114 lbs. I was borned and raised in a small country in East Europe.
In my free time I read books/manga, watch movies/anime, listen to music, draw and write short stories.
I like reading all kind of genres books, though my favorite ones are historical, since I am interested in history (I am going to study it in university). I also like poetry and I have read a lot of Shakespeare's poems (it is amazing how someone could have written anything so wonderful). Well, I not only read stuff like that, I also like adventure and mystery stories and I am quiet a fan of Sandra Brown.
To be honest, I don't read as many mangas as I read books, not because I don't like them, I just never find the time to really read them and if do I prefer watching anime.
My favorite animes are Death Note and Monster, for some uknown reason I was facinated by those animes and felt in love with them only after seeing few episodes. In my personal opinion they are very well made and most surtenly can catch ones attention.
My favorite movie would be "The Usual Suspects", I just felt in love with the main character Keyser Soze. He is probably the one of few good liars that I have seen in movies/animes not to mention real life.
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T5 Lighting Question So I am now in the process of finding the best lighting for my particular set up (listed in my signature) I have found this product, "Coralife S/W T-5 Aqualight Double Strip Light-36") which is perfect as the length of the tank is the same. Is this a good product and is the lighting that comes with it sufficient for corals, hard and soft? Thank you! Adam Bartman |
Or how is this product? Current Nova Extreme High Output T5 Fixture-36" |
The Coralife, if it's the same one I looked at (only I need 48"), is not HO, so you'll be very underpowered for a reef tank. FOWLR, I think it is fine. I've also heard that these lights need to be sealed from underneath or the endcaps tend to rust out. |
HO as in halogen? |
I believe he means High Output. Not that i`m very experienced but if you`r going reef you will be better off with MH=Metal Halaide lighting even if its in combination with t-5 actinics. I was told without Mh lighting i`d be limited on corals and definetly no clams. I`d ask around, like I said i`m not real experienced but it`s what I have been told on several different occasions. Hope I helped |
I'm by no means a lighting expert, but I've recently been researching the same thing as my single bulb flourescent has got to go, and I want to plan ahead for some corals down the road. |
Sounds good. |
Hey I'm looking to buy a 24" 4 bulb t5 fixture. Where can I find one that will be good enough to support corals yet not too expensive? |
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A loose collection of Ute tribes lived and moved through several Western states, ranging from Kansas to Utah and from Texas to Wyoming. In the 1880s, the tribe in the Yampa Valley was moved to a reservation in Utah where many still live.
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It's a beautiful area. Some day I'm going to have to visit NZ again.
It's a beautiful area. Some day I'm going to have to visit NZ again.
aahh good to see this thread take off. Fes did you happen see the mens hockey score between A & NZ? I know ..hockey but a wins a win.
cheers .
Hi Duncan - Congratulations on your pending nuptials! I have found it wonderful, and this Friday is my wedding anniversary - Maggie has put up with me and my shenanigans for 21 years (plus a little before the contract was signed lol )
I will get a picture of me using a slip-joint - but here is a traditional fixed blade made by my good friend John Keidaisch (JK Knives) - I am using the knife to baton through frozen firewood on a cold day in Illinois in January.
I never said I was photo worthy lol -
I am loving seeing all the folks that I know from the 2011 knife project - I can associate the names with faces. Great idea for a contest.
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Well, I´ve already added my face here on that thread - so I was out on the stream right behind my house and doing some relaxing.
Here´s the stream
Looking up the sky was very nice. The sky had the color of bavarians colors - as it already called in our (bavarian) anthem: "God keep the colors of its sky white and blue" Nearly the formation was right to the bavarian flag.
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Awesome photos everyone, update!!...Ashes was selling a neat Soddy, , so she is helping me include this into the prize package, have some fun, and lets see your mugs with your knives
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Hey Duncan, I didn't have a pic of myself actually using a knife, so I cheated and went ahead and faked this "knife usage" pic.
If it breaks the rules I'll bow out. I just want to get this going with some new pics.
Don't know if this counts, fishing alone, hard to hold phone & fish. There is a knife in my right hand, and part of me is in pic.
If it doesn't count, it doesn't count:-)
Pic of fishing hole
And a before pic of a afternoon snack
And after it met my peanut
Not an entry, but I just wanted to comment;
First, Congrats to Duncan and Sue! A big step in life, and I wish you the very best!!
Next, there are some wonderful pictures on here - Duncan, you create the best giveaway threads, bar none!!
Finally, I'll have to come up with a pic or two worthy of entering this super contest!
P.S. Jake!! Did you survive the Owl attack??
Fes, I'm glad that fish wasn't a bit larger - rather fearsome!
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Fresh Golden Schnapper.....and an Opi.........................FES
Heres the benefactor (Duncan) himself...Sharpening his stone with a perfectly good knife..............FES
Okay, I'll play. Here me with my knife of the month, a Case stockman. Congrats on tying the knot with your lady. May you have a long and happy life together. Thanks for the chance!
Great pics everyone! I am enjoying seeing our friends faces, owl attacks, alien creatures etc , and most of all, thank you for your kind words...I have only them in return to all you good folk out there-and thats for sure!
I would also like to take this time to apologise about the photo of me looking like I havent taken my medication-kindly supplied by our "friend" Fes, i must admit... my sharpening skills do lack finesse,if knives could scream - my house would be considered a murder house! and my stropping ability is the best in the land to be able to take a ( ok-ish) sharp knife into a perfectly safe toy for a young one to play with, I had enough last night and retired my strop to the cupboard.... so frustrating!
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Date: | September 15, 2004 at 5:22:47 AM |
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I beg to disagree on some of your points, Christo.The accent you suggest as "ancient Greek" is in fact the so-called "Erasmian accent," i.e. a scholarly attempt to reproduce ancient speech devised by Erasmus a.k.a. Desiderius (1469-1536), a Dutch scholar. This invented accent has a very strong latin pitch to it, as some of the Greek letters (eg. theta, delta, gamma) are very hard to pronounced by most western Europeans. Erasmus
A comparison between the contemporary Greek accent and the artificial Erasmian accent can be found here: http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/.
What the true accent of classical Athens (let alone Sparta, Crete, Macedonia, etc) was cannot even be a matter of speculation! Think of an English language scholar in 1500 years trying to reconstruct what English sounds like, when there are today diverging accents such as Oxbridge, Cockney, South African, Noo Yawk and New Joysey, Southern, Jive/Ebonic, and DownUnderish!
There is however one universally accepted fact: Greek words that begin with a consonant and have a "rough breathing" (daseia) originally has a slight "h" or "s" hissing to them, mostly lost in modern Greek. This is why the Greek word for water, YDOR, became HYDOR in Latin (as in hyrdoelectric), YPER became HYPER or SUPER, EXIS became SEXUS and so forth.
My personal bias is that it is more correct to read classical texts using use the contemporary Greek pronounciation rather than an accent devised by a well-meaning Dutch scholar. After all, Greek is a living language for several millennia, that has evolved in a pretty linear fashion. It never had to be resurrected from scratch, as in the case of Hebrew. Why? Pretty much for the same reason that we would rather Chaucer today using a contemporary English accent rather than some devised Pythonesque manner.
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On Senior Day, it was only fitting that three seniors scored the Cardinals first four goals. Katie Miller got things started 1:27 into the game and Mary Robinson followed 14 seconds later to make it 2-0.
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Which Pat McCrory did NC just elect?
Signs point to the more conservative one.
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Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but this one surprised me. Art Pope?
Elections have consequences.
First conservatives in the Washington Post, and now this? What's wrong with America?
Meh. I'd be more alarmed if he appointed a former local blogger and current GG "columnist" to be the Sec. @ the NC Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Governor Pope declares North Carolina has no need for a deputy butt-jet director ... sends McCrory home to Myers Park.
The Show must go on.
James - For real, it doesn't stick. It rings hollow. The more you guys rail against Art the more elections you lose. #needcandidatesmessageandstructure
Yep, few people get NC Dems riled up as fast as Art Pope. The way I see it, any governor has a right to have the top advisors he or she wants. There's no real controversy here. But bringing Art Pope on board sure sends a signal.
Aside from the vacuous "We're still the BEST state" TV ads, McCrory's campaign was pretty consistently and firmly on the right. Not surprised, really.
It is unfortunately politically consistent.
"McCrory's campaign was pretty consistently and firmly on the right."
After years building his career as more of a moderate.
Hence "Which Pat McCrory did NC just elect?" and the related title meme.
I think we should also recognize the ascendance of the John Locke Foundation as witnessed by its presence on the UNC Board of Governors. They are, after all, the most clever of the Tea Party conservatives, predating that effort and being generally well-shepherded by John Hood.
Doesn't ring hollow to me. I've been watching the machinations of Mr. Pope for eight years now. He finally has what he wanted all along.
Of course any governor has the right to choose his advisors. Pope chose McCrory.
Maybe what you consider "conservative" is moderate.
Yeah, except that it isn't.
"What's wrong with America?"
"We've just not been paying enough attention to the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" experts, particularly the Usual Suspects in residence here.
After all, they're never wrong. Except when they frequently are.
"Maybe what you consider "conservative" is moderate."
Particularly so, considering he has yet to offer the return of the Obamacare Health Care Exchange bribe.
"they're never wrong. Except when they frequently are"
That's deep, man. Deep.
Wow. So now Andrew even speaks for Ed.
"That's deep, man. Deep."
No, son....it's accurate.
Why are you Dubbas blurred ?
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Stewart wreck brings spotlight on sprint carsBy LUKE MEREDITH , Associated Press
Aug. 7, 2013 9:43 PM ET
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — This is always the biggest week of the year for the sprint car racing community, which converges on rural Iowa for the famed Knoxville Nationals. In this Aug. 5, 2013 photo, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is loaded into an ambulance after being involved in a four-car wreck at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Stewart underwent successful surgery Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, to repair the broken right tibia and fibula suffered in the wreck. Stewart will need a second surgery and remains hospitalized. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Mary Willie)
In this Aug. 5, 2013 photo, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is loaded into an ambulance after being involved in a four-car wreck at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Stewart underwent successful surgery Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, to repair the broken right tibia and fibula suffered in the wreck. Stewart will need a second surgery and remains hospitalized. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Mary Willie)
In this Aug. 5, 2013 photo, three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart, third from left, is loaded into an ambulance after being involved in a four-car wreck at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. A spokesman for Stewart said the 42-year-old driver broke his right tibia and fibula and had surgery after he was transported to a local hospital. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Mary Willie)
But it's been tough for some outsiders to focus solely on the so-called Super Bowl of the sport with three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart laid up in a nearby hospital, his Sprint Cup title hopes derailed by a sprint car spill. Stewart's crash Monday at the nearby Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa has brought national scrutiny to the riskier side of sprint car racing, a grass roots sport with a devoted fan base. Stewart remained hospitalized in Des Moines while his sprint car team prepared for the start of a four-day long event, which is expected to draw as many as 90,000 fans. The winged machines can make for thrilling racing as they slip and slide on dirt tracks at well over 100 mph. But they can also be quite dangerous, which Stewart illustrated yet again when he ran into a lap car, flipped upside down and broke his leg. "I think he's still in a little bit of shock of what's happened. It's a mindset of, you're leading a race to all of a sudden you don't even know what happens," said Tony Stewart Racing star Donny Schatz, who has won six of the last seven Knoxville Nationals and is close friends with his boss. "A devastating situation. I think he's realizing (that), and he's in a lot of pain, so they've got him heavily sedated. ... He's thoroughly concerned about everything that's going on and hopefully he gets himself better sooner than later." Reaction to Stewart's crash, which essentially ruined his Sprint Cup championship hopes for 2013, was both swift and divided. Some believe that Stewart's sprint car career is irresponsible because it creates unnecessary risk for himself, his team and his NASCAR sponsors. After all, Stewart had already wrecked twice in sprint cars in the past month alone. But others, including four-time Indianapolis 500 winner and past sprint car driver A.J. Foyt, have defended and praised Stewart for pursuing his passion in spite of its danger. Not surprisingly, that sentiment is shared by many in the tight-knit sprint car community. "In Tony's position, it's going to get blown out of proportion a little bit because he does come out and does something that he loves, and he does have a pretty big responsibility where he's at. But he's his own car owner and he can do what he wants to do," said Steve Kinser, a 20-time World of Outlaws series champion who also races for Stewart. Stewart also isn't the only top NASCAR driver to dabble in sprint cars. Rising star Kyle Larson is competing in Knoxville this weekend, and Kasey Kahne owns his own sprint car team and still occasionally races them. Kahne has cut back his sprint car schedule considerably in 2013, but insists the reduction has nothing to do with safety concerns. Kahne said he's simply more focused on NASCAR because he feels he has the best chance yet to win races and compete for a title for Hendrick Motorsports. Still, Kahne said he spares no expense in ensuring each of his three sprint car teams have the safest equipment possible. "We do the best job we can with our sprint cars," Kahne said Wednesday from Knoxville. "They have to use all the protection and the things that they can that makes these cars as safe as they can be. So we do that. As an owner I make sure all my guys know that, and they're great with it." Though Stewart's wreck came at the height of the sprint car season, few expect it to put a dent in the party. Drivers and fans from all over the world come to Knoxville, a town of just 7,000 residents and the self-proclaimed "Dirt Racin' Capital of the World," to create an atmosphere that's as much of a weeklong tailgate party as anything. Knoxville Raceway general manager Brian Stickel said nationals, which end Saturday night, will draw nearly 35,000 for the title race — worth $150,000 to the winner. Stickel said Stewart's involvement in sprint car racing has been very helpful for the sport. But the Knoxville Nationals, now in their 53rd year, certainly don't need NASCAR star power to draw a big crowd. "The way we look at it is, stuff like that happens all the time in all different sports," Stickel said. "It really doesn't affect anything we do. We wish (Stewart) was healed and here, but their team will still do their job ... and Tony, I'm sure, will heal and I'm sure he'll get back in a sprint car." © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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GAINESVILLE -- As the world marks the 40th anniversary Saturday of the first Sputnik launch and the dawn of the Space Age, scientists at the University of Florida are working on a nuclear propulsion system they say could shorten a 600-day manned trip to Mars by more than a year.
"Two years is too long for astronauts to be in space," said Samim Anghaie, professor of nuclear engineering and director of UF's Innnovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute. "Our goal is to shorten the transit time necessary to complete a manned mission to Mars, reducing the time the crew is exposed to cosmic radiation."
When the Soviet-built Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, left earth Oct. 4, 1957, it opened the door for space exploration. Sputnik's historic, short trip into Earth orbit was a small step compared with the giant leap of a manned flight to Mars, a round-trip that could take 600 days aboard a chemical-fueled rocket.
Anghaie is developing fuels for a nuclear thermal propulsion rocket to carry a manned mission more quickly into Mars orbit.
"The key to getting astronauts to Mars and back as soon as possible lies in nuclear propulsion," said Anghaie. "Using nuclear fuel rather than chemical fuel can shorten the round-trip to Mars from more than 600 days to about 200 days," he said. A small reactor about the size of a 55-gallon barrel can provide enormous power for propulsion and carry a spacecraft at much higher speeds than can an equivalent chemical system.
"The spacecraft would leave earth aboard a standard chemically fueled rocket," said Anghaie, "but once it was away from the earth, it would switch to nuclear propulsion for the trip to Mars. Nuclear power can more than double the spacecraft's speed."
The compact, lightweight system for which Anghaie has developed a conceptual model produces heat at more than 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Hydrogen is heated in the nuclear reactor and then exits the rocket nozzle to provide thrust.
How soon will a manned mission to Mars be feasible?
Anghaie said that the groundwork for such a mission has been well-laid by unmanned probes of Mars. Too, an astronaut's 'giant leap for mankind' onto Martian soil will borrow some well-rehearsed procedures from the Apollo moon missions.
"The manned mission to Mars will use the same landing concept that Apollo moon missions used," said Anghaie. "The craft will go into orbit around Mars, and then a landing module will depart. When descending to Mars, the craft will be able to use 'air braking.' It will slow down using the friction created by the Martian atmosphere, which is composed of almost entirely carbon dioxide."
While nuclear-powered submarines have been around for a generation, using nuclear power for spacecraft is a promising frontier, said Anghaie, but one not without critics.
"We have ground-tested nuclear-powered rockets since the 1970s and have learned a great deal about high-temperature nuclear fuels," said Anghaie.
Anghaie dismisses critics of Cassini, an unmanned Saturn probe mission scheduled to lift off in January with an on-board plutonium radio-thermal generating (RTG) system.
"We have significant expertise in the use of RTGs to power satellites in space. There have been many space probes, such as Sojourner and Galileo, that have used nuclear material to keep equipment warm and working under the cold Martian atmosphere," said Anghaie. "The plutonium isotopes used in these satellites do not undergo fission, the reaction that produces power in conventional nuclear power plants. Instead, they use the alpha particles these isotopes emit. These particles have a very short range, so short a piece of paper could stop them. They deposit all their energy locally as heat, which is converted to electricity."
With the success of the unmanned Mars probes and the public interest they've generated, Anghaie said he expects a mandate for a manned Mars trip will crystallize soon.
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Rate of Generation of Liberal Terms
The rate of generation of liberal terms is increasing, but not with the enduring value of the conservative terms and not with their geometric rate of increase. A remarkably high percentage of new liberal terms originated in the 1960s, suggesting that new liberal terms arise in a sporadic manner heavily influenced by culture:
Century | # New Liberal Terms |
1600s | 4 |
1700s | 3 |
1800s | 13 |
1900s | 40 (10 in the 1960s) |
2000s | 10 |
New Liberal Terms
New liberal words often have deceptive, or nonsensical, meanings. Here are some new words created by liberals to combat conservatism:
New Term | Origin date | Comments |
agnostic | 1860 | someone who claims to not know whether God exists but still lives like an atheist |
astrobiology | 1935 | study of life in outer space[1] |
atheist | 1571 | useful and often deceptive alternative name for an anti-Christian |
big bang | 1948 | term invented by the leading British physicist Sir Fred Hoyle to mock this suggestion of how the universe was formed, but later accepted as a serious term rather than mockery;[2] it's liberal because it trivializes the beauty and the faith of the moment |
bilingual education | 1972 | a euphemism describing a costly and hurtful program that hinders the learning of English by foreign-born children in American public schools, which hurts their future opportunities |
bureaugamy | 1999 | Evolutionist Lionel Tiger coined the phrase to refer to the relationship between officially impoverished mothers of illegitimate children and the government. |
carbon footprint | 1999[3] | this term indicates an individual human's effect on the environment by production of carbon dioxide |
chairperson | 1971 | even Alice Sturgis, the leading parliamentarian of the 20th century, rejected this cumbersome form of political correctness. |
check-off | 1911 | automatic deduction of union dues by the employer from the employee's paycheck, so he has no choice |
class warfare | first entered the political lexicon primarily as an attack by liberals against conservatives. [4] | |
climate change | 1992 | The UN defined "climate change" as man-made. In the process, creating a nonsensical meaning on par with climate-sameness. |
communism | 1840 | |
compassionate-care clinics | 2008 | a term describe pot-shops that dispense medical marijuana [5] |
compassion fatigue | 1968 | liberals, driven by materialistic self-interest, are likely to suffer from this. |
condescension | 1647 | treating another person as though they are inferior |
creationism | 1880 | like most "isms", creationism is a derogatory term coined preferred most by opponents of it. |
Dark Ages | 1730 | a term coined in the so-called enlightenment to disparage the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and c.1000, when the Christian faith, and its learning and culture, spread across Europe. |
dead white males | a disparaging term used of significant figures from previous generations by those who wish to undermine cultural literacy | |
deconstruction | 1973 | a style of interpretation of texts that looks beyond the plain meaning of the text in order to infer or accuse the writers of social bias |
diva | 1883 | modern use to describe female Hollywood/media personalities |
detente | 1970s | a euphemism referring to pacifist policy re. the Soviet Union |
displaced foreign traveler [6] | 2010 | another politically correct term for illegal alien. |
distributive justice | a term used to redefine socialist abridgment of rights as "just" | |
divided government | 1975 | a pejorative term used by liberals to insist on control of all of government, as when they used the term to urge the election of the Democrat Jimmy Carter to work with the Democratic-controlled Congress |
enlightenment | 1669 | Used to describe the movement in the 18th-century which sought to replace God with atheism. |
environmentalism | 1922 | a mixture of pseudoscience and neo-paganism used to justify the imposition of socialistic controls. |
exclusionary rule | 1964 | an invented rule that requires censoring and withholding from the jury certain incriminating evidence about a criminal defendant, simply based on how the evidence was obtained. |
family planning | 1939 | planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control [7] |
freeganism | 1995 | a euphemism for dumpster diving. |
freethinker | 1692 | the euphemism "free" hides the hostility towards faith, which is not free |
fundamentalism | 1922 | "a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"[8] From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal Harry Emerson Fosdick began using the term in a straw man attack against Conservative Christianity. |
feminism | 1895 | notionally, "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"; in reality, the attempt to destroy traditional family, societal and religious values by erasing or undermining natural gender differences. |
gay rights | 1969 | the movement for civil rights for homosexuals |
glass ceiling | 1984 | the notion that an invisible barrier prevents women and ethnic minorities from reaching high office; an excuse for feminists and others to demand affirmative action |
global warming | 1969 | the baseless environmentalist mantra that the earth's temperature is rising, and that human intervention is the cause. |
goth | ? | "a style of rock music, noted especially for somber or ethereal tones and lugubrious lyrics", or someone who performs or listens to this style of music.[9] Goths often "dress in black with heavy jewelry".[10] The term is taken from the name of "a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era".[11] |
gun control | 1969 | a euphemism for restricting the right to keep and bear arms |
homophobia | 1969 | used by Liberals to describe a failure to subscribe 100% to the homosexual agenda. |
humanism | 1808 [12] | |
human security | 1941 | A vague socialist concept of "freedom from want" and "freedom from fear' championed by FDR, latter by the UN. |
illegal war | 1960's | A war not authorized by the United Nations. Prior to the UN, America's involvement in WWI and the U.S. declaring war on Germany in WWII can be considered an illegal war by liberals. America was never attacked. |
imperialism | 1851 | a clever term later used by liberals to interfere with Christian missionaries and stopping anti-Christian tyranny |
isolationism | 1922 | a pejorative term that is critical of American politicians putting America first in priorities |
Keynesianism | 1946 | advocacy of 'tax and spend' policies as elaborated by the economist John Maynard Keynes; a euphemism for back-door Socialism. |
landmark decision | 1950 | a major court decision, used to promote the idea that values are dictated by liberal elites |
Living Constitution | 2000 | a continually evolving Constitution (first used by presidential candidate Al Gore, title of a 1936 book by Howard McBain) |
main squeeze | 1968 | one's romantic partner, typically in an unmarried relationship |
McCarthyism | 1950 | originally, investigations by Sen. Joe McCarthy of Communists working in sensitive USA government jobs. Later, it more broadly refers to holding radical leftists accountable for their beliefs and loyalties. |
metrosexual | 1994 | fashion and glamour man |
moderate | late 1900s | the original term dates from the French Revolution, but its meaning today is a euphemism for someone who favors abortion and/or supports censorship of Christianity in some ways. |
moving the goalposts | late 1980s | a sports analogy designed to avoid answering a logical follow-up question; this is a favorite term of evolutionists to avoid addressing obvious deficiencies in their theory |
nationalize | 1800 | a euphemism for the government taking over ownership and control of a large company or entire industry, as in socialism |
natural selection | 1857 | a misleading and euphemistic term for the theory that genetic advantages and conflict dictate survival |
Nihilism | 1817 | a rejection of the values system, independently anarchist from society norms. |
population control | 1968 | the issue of population dates back to Confucius. Liberals promoted the term after the book The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich |
pro-choice | 1975 | a euphemism for insisting on taxpayer-funded abortion; people who claim to be pro-choice typically oppose informed choice, which makes the "choice" meaningless |
progressivism | 1892 | the progressive movement was not entirely liberal; it was started by a Republican and shared some goals with conservatives, and still does |
psychoanalysis | 1906 | contributed to de-spiritualization of human beings |
public option | 2009 | obfuscate rewording of government control |
quote mining | non-existent | a term used by evolutionists to describe taking quotes out of context in order to damage the position of the quoted party. |
reproductive health | 1994 [13] | abortion supporters jargon for rights/justice for pregnant women, no rights/justice for the child. |
sea level rise | 1980s | suggests a global warming apocalypse |
sexism | 1968 | That which is practiced by those who do not give total support to feminism. |
shovel-ready [14] | 2008 | jobs and people ready to work if funded |
situation ethics | 1955 | a euphemism for denying fixed ethical standards |
Sputnick moment | 2011 | using by Barack Obama to mean an excuse for the government to spend on industrial policies |
stimulus packages | 2009 | used by government(s) to be perceived as taking unprecedented measures to stimulate aggregate economic demand; during a crisis on economic growth and private jobs, liberal government entities are known to deceptively take advantage of its subject in the form of "stimulus packages," as an opportunity to pursue policies that further social and environmental agendas.[15] |
strict liability | 1869 | court-imposed liability even when there is no evidence of any fault by the defendant |
sustainability | 1727 | environmentalist buzzword |
Swift-Boating | 2004 | allegations of unfair campaign tactics. |
transforming society | 2008 | Obama, Rahm and Axelrod use this term. It dates to Saul Alinsky and Chicago politics. [16] |
transnationalist | 2006 | popularized by Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh in a 2006 law review article: "The transnationalists view domestic courts as having a critical role to play in domesticating international law into U.S. law ...."[17] |
undocumented immigrant | 2000 | a politically correct replacement for illegal alien. |
unfair | 1700 | |
union shop | 1904 | |
Unitarian | 1687 | |
VIP | 1933 | Very Important Person, a person with special privileges, elitism. Unknown to liberals, everyone is very important to God. |
will to power | 1907 | Nietzsche's concept of the drive of a superman to perfect himself by exercising creative power; it didn't catch on |
woman's rights | 1833 | women equal to men; the defining movement to justify aborting babies in the 20th century |
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Compare this migration with that of "politically correct," which started out as a serious term but then adopted a sense of mockery
- ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carbon%20footprint
- ↑ The art of "class warfare", Ben Fritz, Spinsanity.org, January 15, 2003
- ↑ How marijuana became legal, CNN, September 11, 2009
- ↑ Bureaucrats Now Call Illegal Aliens "Displaced Foreign Travelers", Moonbattery.com, July 21, 2010
- ↑ Family Planning, Merriam-Webster
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism
- ↑ Dictionary.com, goth [2]
- ↑ Dictionary.com, goth rock [3]
- ↑ Dictionary.com, goth [4]
- ↑ http://newhumanist.org.uk/1740
- ↑ defined by the United Nations (UN) in 1994 at the Cairo International Conference
- ↑ Is it time to add shovel-ready to the dictionary? Skyline Views, April 24, 2009
- ↑ For a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy, Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), 2010.
- ↑ Mark Levin Show, July 7, 2009
- ↑ Penn State Law Review (2006).


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Lindsey Hutchinson and husband Todd — both with design backgrounds and a passion for gardening — decided to build "green curtains" or exterior trellises covered in edible vines, according to the Statesman. The 15-foot living walls will shade the home and rain barrels from the sun, but the Hutchinson's also intend to harvest the vines for grapes, passionfruit, and Scarlet Runner Beans. Thusly, these green curtains perform double duty in the form of food production and energy conservation. What a great idea!


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