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During this immersive virtual field trip to the Grand Canyon, learners investigate geologic records to discover what the rocks reveal about life and environments of the past. They will then apply those same investigative techniques to the search for... (View More) life in the solar system. Educator resources include a 5E instructional lesson and alignments with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; and A Framework for 21st Century Learning. This resource is part of the Infiniscope space exploration experiences. (View Less)
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This unit consists of five activities, all of which focus on the response of plant life-cycle events to climate change. Students participate in discussions, field observations, data collection and analyses, plant identification, seed dispersal... (View More) comparisons, and graphing and analyses of plant phenology (timing of life-cycle events). Project BudBurst, a citizen science project which studies the impact of climate change on phenology, is integrated into this unit. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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This curriculum uses an inquiry-based Earth system science approach, and leverages Project BudBurst, a citizen science phenology project, to engage students in authentic research on plant and ecosystem responses to climate change. Students collect... (View More) local data then analyze that data in the context of NASA regional and global data sets and satellite imagery to understand their data in personal, regional, and global contexts. The curriculum is divided into four units: The Earth as a System; Identifying the key changing conditions of the Earth system; Earth system responses to natural and human induced changes; and Predicting the consequences of changes for human civilization. Each unit consists of several activities with accompanying teacher answer sheets. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
In this unit, students investigate temperature cycles, tree rings, CO2 records, and the effects of CO2 on temperature, precipitation and cloud cover to determine the impacts of changing climate on forests. After gathering and analyzing local data,... (View More) students examine regional impacts and differences. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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This unit focuses on local plant species; students learn to identify common species and will examine their life cycle characteristics as evidence of climate change. Through the use of the national citizen science project titled Project BudBurst,... (View More) students explore the impacts of climate variation on plant species distribution. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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This unit consists of two parts, each with several activities which require students to participate in investigations, discussions, computer data analysis, role-playing, and research. In Part 1, students examine the roles of Earth's energy balance... (View More) and the greenhouse effect in creating and affecting climate. Part 2 focuses on the biosphere as a system. Students examine the interactions of organisms, the effects of climate change on food webs, and the importance to humans of a healthy, intact ecosystem. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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Building Intuition for In-water Optics and Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Spectrophotometer Activity with littleBits™
This activity demonstrates optical properties of water: that different constituents in water affect the transmission, absorption, and scattering of different colors in the visible light spectrum. Inexpensive, off-the-shelf components are used to... (View More) build a light sensor and source, creating a simple spectrophotometer that can measure light absorption. In the second part of this activity, principles of ocean color remote sensing are applied to measure reflectance. Using components that are clearly visible allows students to configure them in different ways. Playing with the instrument design gives students a practical understanding of spectrophotometers, in-water optics, and remote sensing. As an extension of this concept, students are encouraged to think about how ocean color is used to estimate the concentration of chlorophyll to infer phytoplankton abundance, colored dissolved organic matter, and suspended sediments. (View Less)
Students combine science and systems engineering to develop a mission to search for life in our solar system. The mission must meet budgetary, mass and power constraints while still producing significant science. An extensive set of "equipment... (View More) playing cards" determines all critical mission factors such as mass limit, cost, weight, scientific instruments, mobility, and all systems- including power, computer, communication, instrumentation, mechanical, as well as entry, descent and landing. The equipment cards, a design mat and student worksheets are included. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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This activity examines the relationship between carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and chlorophyll-a measurements in a watershed. Students analyze and compare two Excel plots-one showing carbon dioxide data values from the Keeling Curve and the... (View More) other showing satellite data of chlorophyll-a concentrations. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It includes detailed procedures, analysis questions, teacher notes, related links, background information, lesson extensions, and a list of related AP Environmental Science topics. (View Less)
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In this problem-based data analysis activity, students assume roles as members of an International Team of Marine Biologists, tasked with predicting and monitoring possible harmful algae blooms. Students use data maps and guiding questions, to... (View More) complete this challenge. Step-by-step instructions for use of the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS) guide students through selecting a data set, importing the data into a spreadsheet, creating graphs, and analyzing data plots. The lesson provides detailed procedures, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions, extensions, and teacher notes. Designed for student use, MY NASA DATA LAS samples micro datasets from large scientific data archives, and provides structured investigations engaging students in exploration of real data to answer real world questions. (View Less)
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For months, staunch conservatives repeated the same mantra: We'll vote for Mitt Romney, but we're not crazy about him.
That's all changed.
Thanks to the Republican presidential nominee's aggressive performance in Wednesday's debate, and tough rhetoric Thursday and Friday, the conservative world is embracing a new hero: Romney, derided for years for backing abortion rights, a state-backed health care system and other conservative anathemas, is now lauded for standing up to the hated President Barack Obama while vigorously defending the cause of low taxes and smaller government.
"He'd won their heads. Now he's won their hearts," said David Keene, a former chairman of the American Conservative Union who's the president of the National Rifle Association.
Since the debate, conservative radio host Glenn Beck has played "Happy Days Are Here Again" on his radio show and declared, "Romney looked calm. He looked kind . . . Maybe because he knew Jesus was punching Obama in the face so he didn't have to."
Erick Erickson wrote about Romney on his conservative blog, RedState.com, "I may not always agree with him, but at least I know I can trust him to make eye contact with the challenges of our day and set about solving them, not looking for easy distractions and fleeting glories."
At the Conservative Political Action Conference, a Denver gathering of about 2,000, Romney got a wild reception Thursday when he made a surprise appearance. Later that day, the NRA announced its endorsement of Romney, even though he signed a ban on assault weapons into law in 2004 as the governor of Massachusetts.
Ironically, the conservative outpouring comes while Romney is gingerly scrubbing the right angles off some views.
Monday, he told The Denver Post he wouldn't overturn Obama's June directive making it easier for certain children of illegal immigrants to stay in this country legally. Romney had said previously that he'd look at the issue, and in a January Republican debate he said illegal immigrants should "self-deport."
Thursday night, he told Fox News' Sean Hannity that his assertion that 47 percent of Americans are "victims" overly dependent on government was "completely wrong." For weeks, Romney had refused to back away from the remarks so cleanly.
Also being tweaked are his positions on sweeping tax cuts and changes in the health care law. During Wednesday's debate, Romney said that although he wanted the 2010 federal health care law repealed, he'd continue protection for people with pre-existing conditions. He also repeated his plan to limit itemized tax deductions for the wealthy to offset cuts in income tax rates and ensure that they don't pay any less, a position that drew conservative fire in the Republican primaries.
Conservatives seem unbothered by all this now. They feel that Romney has pivoted from the middle before and can easily do it again, and that he proved during the debate, when it counted, that he'd stand up to Obama.
Karla Kroeker, who runs a natural nutrition product company in Monument, Colo., recalled how Ronald Reagan changed positions on crucial issues such as abortion.
"As long as Romney is moving in the right direction he'll be fine," she said. "He's articulating conservative values a lot better than I thought he would."
This outburst of enthusiasm is crucial to the Romney campaign, which is counting on a committed grass-roots effort to mobilize voters, raise money and work the phone banks.
For years, conservative skepticism dogged the onetime center-right Republican. He won his 2002 gubernatorial race supporting abortion rights. As governor, he signed into law a near-universal health care plan that's regarded as a model for the 2010 federal law conservatives loathe.
Qualms about Romney's record helped boost 2012 Republican challengers such as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Romney helped himself in August by putting conservative hero Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on the ticket, but even at the national convention, delegates routinely shrugged when they were asked their views of Romney.
This week, the mood changed dramatically.
"I felt Santorum had the knowledge not only about domestic issues, but foreign policy, and he was strong on social conservative values," said Theresa Martens, a political activist from Centennial, Colo. "I didn't know Mitt Romney well enough. I saw him as more of a businessman than a statesman."
Now, she said, "I have more respect for him."
The conservatives were particularly pleased with how Romney didn't back down from strong principles guiding his tax cut and health care plans during the debate.
"He was very specific with his ideas, and I found Obama very vague," said Robin Smith, a Denver accountant. "He had the presence of a CEO who could walk into a room and take charge."
Romney also spoke the language of conservatives.
"He talks about liberty, the Founding Fathers and uses other key words that are so big for conservatives," said Marijo Tinlin, the author of the book "How to Raise an American Patriot."
They'd watched Romney from afar for months, as he often appeared awkward during unscripted moments. But this new Romney is tough, and they love it.
As Leonora Konegen, a stay-at-home mother from Colorado Springs who supported Santorum, said of Romney this week, "That debate sealed the deal for me."

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Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
The TLS Historical Archive is the improved, expanded edition of the TLS Centenary Archive. The new edition enables users to full-text search more than one hundred years of the Times Literary Supplement, allowing them to trace the views of influential opinion makers, such as T.S.Expand
Eliot, Virginia Woolf, A.N. Wilson, and Christopher Hitchins, and see the responses of their contemporaries.
Subjects: African American Studies, African Studies Sub-Saharan, Archives and Primary Sources, Area Studies, Art and Architecture, Business, Classics, Education, English and American Literature, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Journalism, Multidisciplinary Databases, Music, News Sources, Philosophy, Religion, Science and Technology, Sociology
Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980
This database provides English-language sources relating to China and the West from 1793 to 1980. It covers almost any aspect of Chinese history during the two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval that ultimately recreated China into a modern power.Expand
From this database you can find manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People's Republic. Key documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service, from Robert Hart to Frederick Maze are accessible and searchable alongside original reports of the Amherst and Macartney embassies. There are letters relating to the first Opium War, survivors descriptions of the Boxer War. There are also significant sources describing the lives and work of missionaries in China from 1869-1970, including extensive and fully searchable runs of missionary periodicals, such as The Chinese Recorder, Light and Life Magazine and The Land of Sinim: the North China Mission Quarterly Paper.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Biographies
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Contains records of 27,233 trans-Atlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. Format allows users to track information by time period and geographic region, and includes interactive maps that allow viewers to chart the trans-Atlantic connections.Expand
The accompanying data contains materials about people on board, owners and captains, ships' characteristics, and the geographic trajectory of each voyage.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, African American Studies, African Studies Sub-Saharan, History US, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Translated Texts for Historians E-Library
The renowned Translated Texts for Historians E-Library makes available historical sources from A.D. 300–800 translated into English, in many cases for the first time.Expand
This indispensable collection contains 68 volumes from the series that bring together a wealth of important early medieval texts in translation, with scholarship from leading academics.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, History Ancient -400, History Middle Ages 400-1450, Religion
Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History
This database contains primary source accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Documents span from 1818-1970 and cover topics such as architecture; art; the British Empire; climate; customs; exploration; family life; housing; industry; language; monuments; natural history; politics; race; religion; science; and war.Expand
Maps explore destinations and travel routes. All documents come from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library (Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University).
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Area Studies, History Modern 1800-, History World, Womens and Gender Studies
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
This digital collection is comprised of the Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives that have been bound in sequential volumes sine 1817.Expand
These materials are a rich source of primary source documents on all aspects of American History. Presently, material from the 15th - 56th Congresses (1817-1900) is available in full text, with colored maps and an extensive index. Readex will continuously update this database as new volumes and Congresses are added.
For help using this resource, contact Chris Palazzolo, Political Science and International Documents Librarian.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Government Information, History US
Vanderbilt Television News Archive (SEE Television News Archive at Vanderbilt)
The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S.Expand
national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, History US, Journalism, News Sources
Victorian Manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of The New York Public Library
Contains unique manuscripts unavailable in any medium elsewhere, supplemented by rare, printed materials, including early editions annotated by the authors. Each author collection contains the entire Berg holdings for that author.Expand
Among those represented in the collection are: Matthew Arnold, the Brontës, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Includes unpublished poems, working notebooks, holograph manuscripts, and drawings, plus a mass of personal correspondence among the authors. This resource also sheds light on the business of Victorian publishing, documenting the writer-publisher relationship through correspondence and financial and legal documents.Walk in users: OK; unlimited simultaneous users
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, English and American Literature, History Modern 1800-, Philosophy, Sociology, Womens and Gender Studies
Victorian Popular Culture, I, II, III and IV
Victorian Popular Culture describes popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930 and shows how interconnected these worlds were.Expand
The first section, 'Sensation, Magic & Spiritualism', explores the relationship between the popularity of Victorian magic shows and conjuring tricks and the emergence of séances and psychic phenomena in Britain and America. The second section, 'Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks' focuses on the world of travelling entertainment, which brought spectacle to vast audiences across Britain, America and Europe in the 19th and early 20th century. The third section, "Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment", features material on music halls; theatre (legitimate and illegitimate); pantomime; pleasure gardens; exhibitions; and scientific institutions. The fourth section explores the pivotal era in entertainment history when previously static images came to life and moved for the first time.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, English and American Literature, Ethnic Studies, History Modern 1800-, History US, History World, Theater Studies, Womens and Gender Studies
Virginia Company Archives
Includes the complete Ferrar Papers held in Magdalene College, Cambridge; transcripts by David R. Ransome of documents relating to the Virginia Company; and Susan Kingsbury's Records of the Virginia Company of London (1906-35).Expand
Documents the founding, economic development, and ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia, relations among colonists and Native Americans, and the Ferrar family's interest in the settlement of North America.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History US, History World
Voyages: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Provides the most comprehensive source of data on the Atlantic slave trade. Based on the records of almost 35,000 Atlantic slave trade voyages, the database provides information on ships, crew, slave cargo, and routes.Expand
Information is supplemented by extensive maps and other resources.
Subjects: African American Studies, African Studies Sub-Saharan, Archives and Primary Sources, Area Studies, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Modern 1800-, History US, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Statistics and Demography
Wall Street Journal Historical
Digital reproductions of every page of every issue—cover to cover—of the world's leading financial newspaper. Includes news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements, back to the first issue.Expand
Full-text searching and browsing capabilities are available. Users may choose to display and download in PDF format either the full image of any page or just the individual article they need.
Tutorial available.
Note: If you receive the error "ProQuest is unable to authenticate your user account," use the ProQuest cookie cutter to correct it.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Business, History US, News Sources
Washington Post
Coverage of national, international, and local news. The Washington Post is renowned for its political reporting, editorials and columnists.Expand
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, News Sources
Women & Social Movements
A resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding.Expand
Women & Social Movements includes thousands of primary source and secondary source materials, plus documentary projects, reference and teaching tools, and subject, author, and image indexes.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, History US, Womens and Gender Studies
Women in the National Archives
Women in the National Archives is part of Archives Direct and is comprised of two elements: "A Finding Aid to Women's Studies Resources in the National Archives at Kew" and "Original Documents on the Suffrage Question in Britain, the Empire, and Colonial Territories." The Finding Aid is a detailed analysis, on an item basis, of the holdings of the National Archives on the subject of women from c1559 – 1995.Expand
The second part of the resource is the collection of original documents, particularly relating to "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in Britain, 1903 – 1928" and "The granting of women's suffrage in Colonial territories, 1930 – 1963."
Subjects: African Studies Sub-Saharan, Archives and Primary Sources, English and American Literature, History Modern 1800-, History World, Womens and Gender Studies
Women's Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library: Voting Rights, National Politics, and Reproductive Rights (Proquest History Vault)
Collections from the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College consist of materials documenting voting rights, national politics and reproductive rights from national, regional and local leaders.Expand
National leaders featured in this module include Carrie Chapman Catt, Matilda Joslyn Gage and many others. Regional and local leaders represented include Harriet Burton Laidlaw, Helen Barten Owens, Clementina Rhodes Hartshorne and many others. On the topic of national politics, major collections include papers of Molly Dewson, Emma Guffey Miller, Sue Shelton White, Jeannette Rankin, and Jessica Weis. Collections on reproductive rights are the Schlesinger Library Family Planning Oral History Project and the papers of Mary Ware Dennett and the Voluntary Parenthood League.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Health, History Modern 1800-, History US, Political Science, Public Health, Womens and Gender Studies
World Newspaper Archive
An ongoing project to produce searchable full text of historical newspapers from around the world. Initially will contain selected newspapers from Latin America, Africa and South Asia.Expand
Eventually will expand to the Middle East, East Asia and Eastern Europe.
Subjects: African Studies Sub-Saharan, Archives and Primary Sources, Area Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, News Sources


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Oil prices slipped closer to $93 a barrel Wednesday, as Germany cut its 2013 growth forecast.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for February delivery was down 8 cents to $93.20 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped 86 cents to finish at $93.28 a barrel in New York on Tuesday.
The German government cut its 2013 growth expectations to 0.4 percent from an earlier estimate of 1 percent on Wednesday, just a day after the announcement that growth in 2012 fell to just 0.7 percent from 3 percent in 2011.
Across the Atlantic, however, U.S. industrial production is expected to have risen again in December, taken as a positive sign by analysts of a gradual economic recovery.
"A likely strong reading for US industrial production in December will provide more evidence of U.S. recovery, albeit a gradual one," analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said in a market commentary.
Oil prices were also seen reflecting caution as another heated fiscal debate began brewing in Washington.
Just weeks after striking a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama are heading for another showdown over the debt ceiling.
Congress must act to raise the congressionally set $16.4 trillion debt ceiling. If that ceiling is not raised by sometime in February or early March, the government will not be able to pay all its bills.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' latest monthly released Wednesday predicted steadier global demand for oil this year.
"The forecast for world oil demand growth in 2013 remains unchanged at 800,000 barrels a day, in line with the growth seen in the previous year," said OPEC, which has its headquarters in Vienna. "This year, the impact of economic turbulence on oil demand should be considerably milder than in previous years."
OPEC also expects oil demand in the United States to remain at last year's levels in 2013 — after two straight years of declines — while demand in Europe is seen shrinking further.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was up 68 cents to $110.31 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 1.11 cents to $2.715 a gallon.
— Natural gas lost 3.7 cents to $3.418 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil added 1.21 cents to $3.0234 a gallon.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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Milwaukee 48-20-3968 1-3/16" X 18" X 23" SDS Max 4 Cutter Carbide Bit
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December 01. 2012 10:59PM
Monarchs edge Springfield on the road, 2-1
Staff report
The Manchester Monarchs defeated the host Springfield Falcons 2-1 in American Hockey League action Saturday night.
Manchester improved to 10-7-3 while Springfield fell to 11-4-4.
The Monarchs will host Portland today at 3 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Arena in another VIP Cup series game.
Manchester fell behind 1-0 in the first but came back with a pair of goals in that period and then made it stand up 24 hours after squandering a 3-0 third period lead at home in an eventual 5-4 loss Friday.
Both teams went with backup goaltenders in the game and both turned in big efforts. Manchester's Peter Mannino made 19 saves to pick up his third win of the season. Paul Dainton made 27 stops for Springfield.
The Falcons took a 1-0 lead at 11:13 of the first period on a power-play goal from Cam Atkinson. Mannino made two saves but Atkinson was able to pop the third try in.
The Monarchs tied the game at 13:40 on Dwight King's second tally of the season. Dainton made the save on a Thomas Hickey shot, but King was there to bang the rebound in.
Manchester went ahead 2-1 at 15:50 of the first on a Linden Vey goal. Rookie Tanner Pearson set up the goal with a pass to Vey in the slot.
David Meckler nearly gave the Monarchs a two-goal lead, breaking away shorthanded in the final seconds of the first period before firing a shot wide of the net.
The second period played out scoreless, but Manchester notched another near-miss again late in the frame.


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Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:41:08 -0700
The Buffalo Bills have released RB Zachary Brown, OG Antoine Caldwell, OG Zach Chibane, FS Jordan Dangerfield, TE Dorin Dickerson, CB Kip Edwards, RB Kendall Gaskins, DE Jarron Gilbert, CB T.J. Heath, WR Brandon Kaufman, LB Keith Pough, TE Nick Provo, LB Brian Smith and C David Snow.
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|Bills | Doug Legursky could play left guard
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:13:40 -0700
Buffalo Bills OG Doug Legursky will be in the mix for the starting left guard position this year and will be in competition with OGs Colin Brown, Zach Chibane, Chris Scott, Thomas Welch and Sam Young. Legursky could also compete with C David Snow for the backup center job.
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|Bills | Sign 10 UDFAs
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:54:01 -0700
The Buffalo Bills have signed undrafted free-agent OG Zach Chibane (Syracuse), DE Izaan Cross (Georgia Tech), S Jordan Dangerfield (Towson), CB Kip Edwards (Missouri), FB Kendall Gaskins (Richmond), CB Vernon Kearney (Lane), WR Kevin Norrell (Stony Brook), CB Jumal Rolle (Catawba), DT Aaron Tipoti (California) and C Ryan Turnley (Pittsburgh). Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
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|NFL | Zach Chibane getting attention
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Syracuse OG Zach Chibane has drawn interest from eight undisclosed teams and has been told he can go as early as the sixth round of the NFL Draft. He has had six private workouts.
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LOWER FEES: Schwab Retirement Plan Services says that employees who enrolled in an all-index fund 401(k) plan launched by the company about a year ago saw the expenses on their funds drop nearly 80 percent.
THE NUMBERS: Fund expenses for investors in the plan fell 77 percent to $14.78 per $10,000 invested. Prior to transitioning to an all-index fund approach, the weighted-average operating expense ratio on these investors' 401(k) plans was $65.11 per $10,000 invested.
HOW IT WORKS: Index funds seek to match the market by tracking an index. Their fees are lower than actively managed funds.


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Teaching Environmental Science concludes program on Neches
Lamar University's Department of Earth and Space Sciences 18th annual Teaching Environmental Science summer institute introduced Southeast Texas EC-12 teachers to local environmental issues through first-hand experiences. The participants concluded the two-week course on the Neches River July 19 where they learned about a state program to rehabilitate the Bessie Heights marsh.
"The marsh has undergone severe damage through the years from oil spills and dredging which has allowed sea water into the marsh," said Johnny Darcy, Sr. Response Officer for the Texas General Land Office's Oil Spills and Response Office. "This type of rehabilitation program rebuilds and stabilizes the delicate ecosystem of this and other marshes."
The 10-day field institute is offered in conjunction with the Region 5 Science Collaborative, local industries, state and federal agencies, and environmental non-governmental organizations. Using airboats and a Coast Guard vessel, the teachers saw how the marshland elevation is raised and protected from future oil spills and salt water.
During the program, the teachers explored and/or studied environmental habitats in the Golden Triangle, including the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center and the Big Thicket National Preserve. Since its inception, more than 150,000 Texas students have taken courses from teachers who have experienced the institute.
The Lamar University TES Institute has received international, national and statewide exposure through presentations at numerous venues. These have included conferences of the Australian Association for Environmental Education (2006), National Science Teachers Association (2003 & 2005), North American Association for Environmental Education (2002 & 2003), Science Teachers Association of Texas (2001-2004), Texas Academy of Science (2002, 2003, & 2005), and the Texas Environmental Educators Partnership (2002).


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California has more expenses than revenue. And that's causing a fiscal headache for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is seeking approval of his 2008-2009 budget. State lawmakers were supposed to have approved the budget by July 1, but as of mid-August, they had failed to do so — as they have all but four times over the past two decades.
The Golden State, boasting the largest population in the United States with 36.4 million residents, has a whopping budget deficit of $22.2 billion — the largest in the nation in terms of both total dollars and amount per taxpayer. New Jersey is a distant second with a proposed budget deficit of $3.5 billion.
In an effort to reduce expenses and prod state lawmakers to quickly approve the budget, Schwarzenegger ordered his administration to lay off thousands of part-time employees and temporarily slash the pay of most full-time staff. He also imposed a hiring freeze and restricted overtime pay.
More than 10,000 government employees have lost their jobs and nearly 200,000 employees could have their pay cut to $6.55 per hour, the federal minimum wage, until a budget is signed. As of mid-August, the pay cuts had not taken place and Schwarzenegger has filed a lawsuit to force cuts in state workers' salaries each time legislators miss their deadline.
While the budget brouhaha takes center stage in the state's capital, outside of Sacramento, Californians are more concerned about the underlying cause of the budget deficit rather than the impact of the government job cuts and pay reductions.
California Credit Union League (CCUL) economist and a former economist with the U.S. Department of Labor Terrin Griffiths doesn't expect Schwarzenegger's cuts to have a tremendous impact on the economy because we've been hit so hard by the housing slowdown. "There are bigger issues at play here — the housing crisis and the national economy," says Jeffrey Neustadt, president of Portfolio Development Partners LLC, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based shopping center developer. "Retailers and retail developers are making their decisions based on those things, rather than the budget and the job cuts the governor is proposing."
Declining revenues
The economic forecast underlying Schwarzenegger's budget assumes California will feel the effects of the economic slowdown more than the rest of the nation, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office, a nonpartisan group that evaluates the state's budget. The administration says the state's economy will slow this year and there will be a slight loss in jobs while personal income will rise 4.5 percent. As a result, economists argue that the state has already tilted into a full-fledged recession. "There are no strong markets in California — there are only less weak markets," says Christopher Thornberg, principal of Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm.
The firm, which specializes in analyzing the national and local economies, noted most of California's economic woes can be directly tied to the housing slowdown. California had some of the highest appreciation in home values during the boom. Over the past two years, home prices have fallen by as much as 40 percent in some parts of California, according to Thornberg.
The falling home prices have a direct correlation to the region's gross product, notes Norm Miller, an economist and director of academic programs at the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego. For every 10 percent decline in home values, the gross metro product (GMP) decreases by about one percent. And, every one percent decrease in GMP translates into a drop in retail sales of about seven cents per dollar.
The housing crisis has also contributed to decreased property tax revenues, Miller says. And, since construction has slowed, local governments are seeing decreasing development impact fees, which range from $45,000 to $185,000 per housing unit.
Meanwhile, in July the state's unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent compared to 5.4 percent the same month a year ago;. It was 4.9 percent in July 2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. As a result, from July 2006 to July 2008, income tax revenue in the state fell $1.3 billion, according to the California Department of Finance.
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Beyond income and property taxes, the biggest decline in the state's revenues comes from shrinking consumer spending. Even consumers who still have jobs and the ability to pay their bills are spending less. "For a lot of Californians, their decision to spend less is completely psychological," says Mark Schurgin, president of the Festival Cos., a Los Angeles-based shopping center owner and developer. "They don't feel confident enough to spend money, so they're saving it."
While there are no statistics for retail sales in the state, it does monitor sales taxes. Looking at those numbers a drop is apparent. Sales tax receipts for the state were $81 million below the expected $2.04 billion estimate for July, according to the California Department of Finance. Year to date, sales and use tax receipts are down more than 4 percent.
Festival is closely monitoring its retailers' monthly sales figures looking for any signs of weakness. A recent company report shows sales are off 5 percent to 8 percent and the decline is most severe at its suburban properties in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley.
Nevertheless, many retailers are still expanding in the state. "I think most of them see California as a bright spot with good strong population growth and intrinsic disposable income," says Steve Cutter, president of Lockehouse Retail Group Inc., a Burlingame, Calif.-based brokerage firm.
Weingarten Realty Investors however, has experienced a growing number of requests from retailers for rent reductions or early lease terminations, says Neil Soskin, vice president and director of leasing for the REIT's western region. Occupancy at the Houston-based company's California portfolio of more than 25 properties comprising four million square feet, is 95 percent today; down one percent from a year ago.
With a half dozen projects on its plate, Weingarten is expected to take a break from development and work on leasing its existing centers. Also taking a more reserved approach to development is Portfolio Development Partners. "We are approaching deals the way we used to — we're now doing all the work up front including the entitlements, leasing and financing before we buy the land," Neustadt says.
The solution
In the past, California's lawmakers have tried to solve the state's budget deficits by cutting expenses. That strategy might not work this time around, says the California Budget Project, a nonprofit organization that provides expertise on state fiscal and economic policy issues.
A recent report by the organization says every dollar the state cuts in spending reduces consumption by the same amount. The dollar-for-dollar reduction occurs because state spending cuts disproportionately impact lower-income Californians, who typically spend all their income.
A better solution, economists say, is for California to find additional sources of revenue, which usually means increasing taxes. Most states would choose to increase property taxes, but that's not really an option in California because of Proposition 13, which limits taxes on both commercial and residential property. Some lawmakers have suggested exempting commercial property from Prop 13 but that does not have strong support.
Instead, there has been talk of raising taxes. A Democratic Party-backed budget plan, voted down last month, included $6.6 billion in increases. It would have boosted the income tax rate for families earning more than $321,000 to 10 percent from 9 percent, and for those earning more than $642,000 to 11 percent from 10 percent. The proposal also would have raised the corporate income tax rate to 9.30 percent from 8.84 percent.
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Manchester finally has a plan for financing the paving of the Rockingham Rail Trail, the bike trail made from an old railroad line through the East Side (behind the East Side Shopping Plaza). The plan is to apply for a $25,000 state grant, cross fingers, and wait.
We are glad aldermen have approved the grant application, but a lot of residents (particularly cyclists) probably share our frustration that the city has taken such a passive approach to completing this project, which has languished unfinished for years.
Such passivity is nothing new for Manchester infrastructure projects. The wonderful footbridge across the Merrimack River by the Fisher Cats baseball stadium never would have been completed had Helen Closson not organized the fund-raising campaign. The city could use another Helen Closson to guide the rail trail and other big projects for which the city lacks taxpayer funds.
The city has turned to private citizens to beautify parks and streets. It should find energetic volunteers to coordinate fund-raising for the rail trail, bike paths (for which the city is seeking a $15,000 grant) and sidewalks.
Manchester never has dedicated a great deal of taxpayer resources to public infrastructure projects. To find the resources, it should bring in citizens who have the skills and the passion to undertake private fund-raising campaigns for projects that would improve the quality of life but that have not been thought of as essential.


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Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:38:00 -0700
The Associated Press reports Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap is delighted QB Steve McNair is the team's new starting quarterback. "Todd Heap is going to love playing with Steve, and Steve is going to love throwing to Todd," said former Titans tight end Frank Wycheck, one of McNair's favorite targets during his tenure in Nashville. With McNair everything seems to be setting up well for Heap and a Ravens offense that finished 24th in total offense last season. "I've been watching Steve for a long time and you can see that he does like the tight end, but you can also see that he just goes through his progressions," Heap said. "It's not like he's looking for one guy out there. He's going to hit the open guy. That's really what we need to focus on: taking what the defense gives us, hitting the open guy."
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|Ravens | Wycheck offers his opinion about McNair
Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:36:16 -0700
Aaron Wilson, of the Carroll County Times, reports former Tennessee Titans TE Frank Wycheck has offered up his opinion on Titans' QB Steve McNair's situation, and he believes McNair will be joining the Baltimore Ravens. "There's basically no way I could see Steve coming back to Tennessee at this point, not with all that has happened," Wycheck said in a telephone interview. "It's going to be a strange feeling to watch him run into the Coliseum on Nov. 12 with (former Titans) WR Derrick Mason and CB Samari Rolle all wearing that dirty bird on their helmets. It's time to cut ties." The Titans haven't been successful in convincing McNair to restructure a contract that carries a massive $23.46 million salary cap figure and a $9 million base salary. "Steve is big on respect," Wycheck said. "He has a lot of pride as a competitor and a football player. He's a tough son-of-a-gun. This whole thing is very hard on him."
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|Titans | Wycheck Joining Radio Booth
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:53:27 -0800
TitansOnline.com reports former Tennessee Titans TE Frank Wycheck will join the Titans Radio broadcast team in 2005. Wycheck, whose 505 career receptions upon retirement ranked fourth all-time among tight ends, spent last year working as a color analyst on Titans preseason television and as a co-host of a daily morning sports talk show. "I'm very excited about this opportunity," said Wycheck, who will start with draft coverage in April. "It's something I've wanted to do and it will keep me close to the game."
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|NFL | Wycheck to Enter Coaching
Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:35:50 -0700
Jim Wyatt, of the Tennessean, reports retired NFL TE Frank Wycheck will serve as an assistant coach on the Battle Ground Academy coaching staff. Wycheck will coach either the wide receivers or the Z-backs, the equivalent to the H-Back position Wycheck played, according to BGA head coach Tim Moore. BGA is a private college prep school located in Franklin, Tenn.
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|Titans | Kinney Not Guaranteed Starting Job
Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:09:20 -0700
Teresa M. Walker, of the Associated Press, reports Tennessee Titans TE Erron Kinney is not entrenched as the starting tight end now that veteran TE Frank Wycheck has retired. "He can't just assume that because Frank's gone he's got to be the guy now," head coach Jeff Fisher said. "He just needs to do what he's been doing." The other candidates to replace Wycheck include TEs Shad Meier and rookie Ben Troupe.
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|Titans | Caravan To Honor Wycheck
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:48:27 -0800
The Tennessean reports the Tennessee Titans are honoring retired TE Frank Wycheck with the annual Titans Caravan, allowing fans to say farewell. The 10-day, 61-stop caravan begins April 19 in Pulaski, Tennessee and concludes April 30 with ''Frank Wycheck Appreciation Day'' in honor of the veteran tight end who retired last month.
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|Titans | Wycheck Retires
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:09:06 -0800
Updating previous reports, the Associated Press has reported Tennessee Titans TE Frank Wycheck has retired from the NFL after 11 seasons, ending a career in which he became the fourth tight end in league history with at least 500 receptions. "Overall, I think he was one of the top players ever to play for us because of what he did both on and off the field," Titans owner Bud Adams said in a statement. A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Wycheck had a contract through 2006, but two concussions caused Wycheck to miss six games this past season.
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|Titans | Wycheck Set to Announce Retirement
Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:08:09 -0800
Updating previous reports, Tennessee Titans TE Frank Wycheck is expected to announce his retirement from the NFL at a press conference scheduled for Friday, Jan. 23, according to ESPN.com. Wycheck, the 11-year veteran from the University of Maryland, missed six games this season after suffering a pair of concussions. He is one of only four tight ends in league history with over 500 career receptions.
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|Titans | Wycheck Considering Retirement
Mon, 12 Jan 2004 01:01:34 -0800
The Tennessean reports Tennessee Titans TE Frank Wycheck is going to take a week to wind down and spend with his family before making a decision on his retiring from the league. Wycheck said he'll likely call a press conference to make his announcement.
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Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:30:57 -0800
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Resources Global Professionals to Present at the Baird Business Solutions Conference on February 27
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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Resources Global Professionals ("RGP"), a leading multinational provider of professional services and the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ :RECN ), will present at the Baird Business Solutions Conference on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at The Pierre in New York, NY.
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From 1 to 1:30 p.m. EST on February 27th, RGP's President and Chief Operating Officer Tony Cherbak (biographical details below) and Chief Financial Officer Nate Franke (biographical details below) are scheduled to present an overview of RGP and participate in a Q&A session. A webcast of the presentation will be available live through the Investor Relations section of RGP's website: http://ir.resourcesglobal.com/events.cfm and will be recorded and accessible for 90 days thereafter.
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Cherbak joined RGP in July 2005 from Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he spent the majority of his career as an audit partner in the Orange County, California office. At Deloitte, he led the firm's consumer business practice for its Pacific Southwest region and served as the partner-in-charge of the Orange County audit practice.
Cherbak graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 1978 with a B.S. in Accounting.
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With a background perfectly suited for dealing with today's increasingly complex regulatory environment, Franke joined RGP in 2007 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. As such, he is responsible for all financial aspects of RGP's operations, including financial reporting and investor relations. Franke oversees the financial side of RGP's business that generated approximately $572 million in revenue in fiscal 2012, employs more than 3,000 professionals globally and has grown to 77 practice offices worldwide during the past 17 years.
Franke joined RGP after 22 years at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he served as an audit partner primarily working with publicly traded companies in the consumer and technology industries.
He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned a MBA from the University of California, Irvine. He is also a part-time lecturer in financial reporting and analysis at the University of California, Irvine, Merage School of Business.
RGP, the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ :RECN ), is a multinational professional services firm that helps business leaders execute internal initiatives. Partnering with business leaders, we drive internal change across all parts of a global enterprise - accounting, finance, risk management and internal audit, corporate advisory, strategic communications and restructuring, information management, human capital, supply chain management, healthcare solutions, and legal and regulatory services.
RGP was founded in 1996 within a Big Four accounting firm. Today, we are a publicly traded company with over 3,000 professionals, annually serving approximately 1,900 clients around the world from 77 practice offices.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, RGP has served 86 of the Fortune 100 companies.
The Company is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the exchange's highest tier by listing standards. More information about RGP is available at http://www.resourcesglobal.com.
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Quote:Originally posted by OneSadCookie
(which is very much the standard on Windows no matter how undeserving ) you'll have to pay through the nose.
Well that's not a first/only...
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?
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Quote:Originally posted by NevadaI'm sure somebody has already mentioned this somewhere but here's a free book on C++ that might be a little more up to date, which I believe is well written. http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html
Anyway, now back to trying to understand classes (Using a book almost as old as I am).
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Quote:Originally posted by Nevada
Ok. So if I do most of the programming (Like game logic, physics, etc.) in plain C++, then have separate functions specifically for, say, file I/O, input, or other system specific calls, then I would only really have to port those particular functions on the different platforms. So that should be a very small amount of code. And, I'm going to use OpenGL (GLUT) for the graphics so I should have no problem there(?). Are C++ compilers really that different on different platforms? If so, then I guess that would be a reason to get CodeWarrior right?
File IO is standard on all systems if you are dealing with the standard stream or stdio.h functions. If you want large file support (~2Gig+) then it's OS calls. File System support (Directories, paths, etc.) varies quite a bit between systems and can be a real PITA. Standard functions are there but aren't really complete for all that you want to do.
OpenGL is common on all systems. It's just the creation of a window for OpenGL that is the nasty bit. That's where GLUT, SDL, insert favourite substitute will come in to handle that. GLUT and SDL will also have an abstraction layer for input so you won't have to worry too much about platform issues there.
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MSVC++ compiler is cheap $99. I use MSVC++ 6.0 and it works great under windows. ...
The 'cheap' MSVC is ~$100 but the thing to point out here is that this version doesn't have the optimizing compiler. It's the simple one that will produce possibly slow code. The pay through the nose one has all the optimizations to produce fast code. Whether or not you'll notice the difference in your project is another matter. For a lot of games I don't think it'll matter. YMMV.


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Linked by Hadrien Grasland on Sat 15th Jan 2011 18:02 UTC
As an answer to someone asking whether Unity will require a working OpenGL stack to operate in Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal", Mark Shuttleworth announced that Canonical would offer an optional, QT-based, "2D" implementation of Unity. Here is a video, too.
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by Roguelazer on Sat 15th Jan 2011 18:20 UTC
It's exactly as unattractive as the 3D version. And it'll have the bonus of pulling QT into RAM for a primarily GTK-based application-set, so future Ubuntu users will get to enjoy default memory bloat regardless of whether they have 3D support or not.
No, those who have 3D support won't bother using this and will be using Unity 3D instead without even knowing that Unity 2D is there.
Edited 2011-01-15 18:24 UTC
RE[2]: Wow
Well, the 2D is already way faster. Also 2D does profit from 3D thansk to QML and QGraphicsview plus QML allows way greater customizing. The only thing missing in 2D are the compiz-like 3D-effects but then you can still add compiz on top of the 2D unity or maybe even switch the WM to e.g. KWin. Such a combination would rock the house.


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We're the kind of parents that take our toddler everywhere, and we've always been that way. When Preston was just an infant we toted him to dinner all the time (he celebrated our first anniversary with us at the Cape Cod Room at The Drake Hotel, where we got married, when he was three weeks old), and we used to bring him to a popular neighborhood bar to watch football games on the weekends. Would we get dirty looks from other patrons? Sure. Did we care? Nope.
We also weren't the only parents there with infants watching football games and having beers with friends (we live within walking distance). I loved being able to have a social life when Preston was still a baby.
At two years old now, Preston's been to two Blackhawks games in the past two months alone (his second game was my first, a couple weekends ago). Before he turned one we took him to both a Cubs and Bulls game, the Barnum & Bailey Circus, a "Yo Gabba Gabba Live!" concert, and he went on a road trip with us (and our dog) to Michigan when he was only 10 days old. At two months old, we all flew to Arizona for a week.
I know this is a hot topic of debate among childless folks (and some parents)—there are people who believe babies don't belong in bars (or anywhere for that matter), no matter what time of day it is, and to those people I say: too bad! Chicago's bars and restaurants don't permit smoking—this is a kid-friendly town, which is one of the reasons I love living here, and love raising a family here.
We're not reckless people—we'd never put Preston's safety in jeopardy—so I don't see any harm in bringing him to a bar during the day or for breakfast (my husband had breakfast with him at a local hangout called High Dive, just this weekend in fact).
We're not thoughtless people either, so if Preston started throwing a tantrum or doing something at a restaurant to disrupt someone else's meal, I am very respectful and would sooner end our meal than force someone else to want to end theirs. We'd remove him from the situation immediately. I can't tell you how many times we've gotten our meals to go, simply because Preston's hit his limit (and thusly, so have we).
But I don't believe there are many places you shouldn't feel comfortable taking your kid, as long as he or she is well behaved and safe. I believe the more places you take them, the more comfortable they are going out. In the long run, they'll learn how to behave in restaurants, at games, in public places—but only if you give them the opportunities to learn (i.e. train them).
Going to restaurants with our two-year-old isn't a lot of fun right now, but thanks to the iPad we can usually make it through a meal unscathed. He lasted for one period of the Blackhawks game (it went past his bedtime) but he managed to make it onto the Jumbotron in the short time we were there. Do you know how proud that made me? The memories we're building with him, taking him out and about to experience this city we love, far outweigh the judgment we might get from other, less tolerant people. These outings and first-time experiences are some of the best times we've had as parents.
He's gotten so used to handling different situations, I was able to take him to see The Lion King in 3-D while we were in Scottsdale recently, and he sat through the entire movie. He got a little antsy toward the end so I was relieved we had the theater to ourselves (it was on a weekday); I probably wouldn't take him to a crowded theater during opening weekend, but who knows? He might be able to handle it.
We usually do errand runs with him on weekends, and he does pretty well, but admittedly shopping is something I like to do on my own. It's my Zen time.
Is there anywhere you won't take your toddler? Or better yet, is there anywhere you will?
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He didn't pour sugar into a bulldozer's gas tank. He didn't spike a tree or set a billboard on fire. But wielding only a bidder's paddle, a University of Utah student just as surely monkey-wrenched a federal oil- and gas-lease sale Friday, ensuring that thousands of acres near two southern Utah national parks won't be opened to drilling anytime soon.
Tim DeChristopher, 27, faces possible federal charges after winning bids totaling about $1.8 million on more than 10 lease parcels that he admits he has neither the intention nor the money to buy -- and he's not sorry.
"I decided I could be much more effective by an act of civil disobedience," he said during an impromptu streetside news conference during an afternoon blizzard. "There comes a time to take a stand."
The Sugar House resident -- questioned and released after disrupting a U.S. Bureau of Land Management lease auction of 149,000 acres of public land in scenic southern and eastern Utah -- said he came to the BLM's state office in Salt Lake City to join about 200 other activists in a peaceful protest outside the building Friday morning. But then he registered with the BLM as representing himself and went to the auction room.
There, he thought about the times he has marched, fired off letters to his congressmen, signed petitions and supported environmental organizations -- all to no avail.
"What the environmental movement has been doing for the past 20 years hasn't worked," DeChristopher said. "It's time for a conflict. There's a lot at stake."
Plainclothes Salt Lake City police officers were in the room during the auction, the last to be held under the Bush administration. BLM spokeswoman Mary Wilson said the agency requested law-enforcement help due to perceived threats over the hotly disputed sale.
Another man also was detained and questioned about the possibility that he and DeChristopher had committed federal offenses by trying to impede the bidding process, BLM officials said. That man registered as Kent Boardman, of Salt Lake City,
Since the Election Day announcement of the lease sale, preservationists, conservationists, archaeologists, business owners, river runners, anglers and hunters have registered objections to the BLM's plans to allow drilling in some of Utah's most scenic redrock desert.
They challenged proposed leases near Arches National Park, the White River, the greater Desolation Canyon region, Labyrinth Canyon, the benches east of Canyonlands National Park, Nine Mile Canyon, the Book Cliffs and the Deep Creek Mountains.
Objections also have come from the National Park Service, members of Congress and John Podesta, the head of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, who said the lease sale should be halted or altered to accommodate environmental concerns.
In the face of the outrage, the BLM pulled back from its original proposal to lease 360,000 acres. Friday's sale included 149,000 acres in Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand and San Juan counties. The BLM said it sold 116 of 131 parcels (including DeChristopher's bids) for a total of $7.5 million.
Kathleen Sgamma, director of government affairs for the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, said it was unusual to see a lease list trimmed so drastically. "The BLM was under a lot of pressure, unfairly," she said.
The auction had been under way for a couple of hours when energy company representatives became suspicious of a man wearing an old red down parka after he won bids on more than 10 parcels numbered consecutively, all around Arches and Canyonlands.
They told BLM officials that the man, brandishing bidding paddle No. 70 and unknown to the regular buyers, also seemed to be bidding up on parcels, raising prices on leases that others eventually won.
The auctioneer took a break and police asked the man, later identified as DeChristopher, to leave the room. After questioning him for more than an hour behind closed doors, BLM and law-enforcement officials requested assistance from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The federal attorneys' spokeswoman, Melodie Rydalch, confirmed the office was conducting an investigation, but declined to provide more details.
During the confusion that followed DeChristopher's removal, Sgamma said she had seen Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance attorney David Garbett "communicating" with DeChristopher during the auction. She questioned whether SUWA had been acting in concert with the man the BLM dubbed a "nuisance bidder."
Garbett, however, said he gave DeChristopher his business card and asked him to call SUWA after the holidays because he had won parcels included in a federal lawsuit SUWA had filed against the lease sale.
After the auction, Kent Hoffman, the BLM's state deputy director for lands and minerals, announced there had been a bogus bidder. But the false bidder was "on the hook to pay," Hoffman said.
"Good," said a woman in the auction room. "Make them pay."
Hoffman said successful bidders who believed their offers had been run up illegally due could withdraw their bids.
BLM official Terry Catlin said the agency didn't want to reopen the bidding on the parcels DeChristopher snagged unless all interested parties were able to compete for the leases. That means the parcels won't be available again until at least February -- after Obama takes office -- during the next scheduled auction.
DeChristopher, who acknowledged upping other bids by about $500,000, said he would be willing to go to jail to defend his generation's prospects in light of global climate disruption and other environmental threats.
"If that's what it takes," he said.


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|2012-04-09, 03:24
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Enjoying Tales of Graces f (PS3) myself. Good to get back into a Tales game. Though couldn't help but laugh a bit when browsing the online store and seeing how many costumes and accessories they have lined up for purchase . The game itself has been fun so far and mostly enjoying the story.
|2012-04-09, 15:17
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Alan Wake
Playing with my best friend, cause I'm a total wuss when it comes to horror games
We're just through the second episode and I really like it till now. The fights are more action packed than I would have imagined, but despite the surprise attacks I'm still scared when playing.
It's also pretty fun to debate about what is going on, a real bonus when you're playing with someone else.
The stamina of Alan is laughable, though. So he can dodge axes and fire guns, but can't even run as much as me? Puss*!
I'm going to be sad if the coffe cans turn out to be simple collectibles and aren't connected to the story at all. I would like a coffee methaphore. Since I like coffee. And metaphores.
Also trying to finish ICO (close!) and Mass Effect, when I find the time. Yes, ME 1, albeit already having 2 and 3 in my shelf.
Yes, I'm a bad zebra ._.
|2012-04-09, 17:01
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Down under...
The coffee thermos are just collectibles in the game, I think (I should go back to that game and find the rest).
Alan Wake is definitely a great game.
Finally managed to get all 3-star rankings in all cups and classes in Mario Kart 7.
I'll move on to Super Mario 3D Land and Starfox 64 3D once I have some more free time.
(And more PC gaming while I'm at it)
|2012-04-10, 03:42
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Onani Master
Started playing JA2 Urban Chaos again after a corrupt save game ruined my current play through. So I've now restarted with a the v1.13 release and am still getting used to all the features.
Ultimately I think the game will be so much more enjoyable but I'm still struggling for equipment for my mercs even with Enemies Drop All Items enabled.
So far the only long arms I have in my squad is an SKS, PP-19-01 and the star of the fleet, a crappy CAR-15.
I started with five mercs - three hired and two IMPs, one based after myself and the other after my girlfriend for shits and giggles, she's the markswoman and I'm the squad leader.
And before even leaving Atrema, I have eight mercenaries and a bloody GAZ jeep. Two mercs are just useless in a fight but still useful for repairing items and carrying gear.
Love the feature of vehicles being able to carry kit now too.
And had to laugh the first time I saw SUPPRESSING FIRE!! in use by the enemy. One bloke fired what must have been an entire magazine from his Vz.81 at my squad, the rounds went over our heads causing one of the mercs I had to call some very close calls and hit a bloke behind us we didn't even see!
|2012-04-10, 13:48
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Would have been so smart if they had a place in the story, too. Coffee gets mentioned so much anyway.
|2012-04-12, 19:45
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
Just got Mass Effect 3 (360) in the mail so I'm going off the grid for a while. Yes I am aware of how contested the ending has been but I am also aware of how much people are praising the rest of the game so I have to experience it for myself.
First thought: the soundtrack is clearly inferior to the previous two games. It's obvious that it's trying to imitate them but it doesn't have quite the same brilliance. Also: that scan every time I go into the bridge is going to be mighty annoying indeed!
|2012-04-12, 19:52
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Normandy SR-2
Age: 23
Devil May Cry 4! Mostly because I thought the character designs were awesome, but it's proving to be very fun to do! And it's something that my poor little laptop actually meets the system requirements for and can run
|2012-04-12, 20:20
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blinded by blood
|2012-04-13, 06:37
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He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
|2012-04-14, 01:17
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: In the dark of night.
Age: 24
after 524 hours of game play i finaly completly soloed MHFU, every download quest, every title, every training, every quest 100%. ._. think im done there now.
completly soloed MHP3RD also.
started playing harvest moon(original) and am on year 3 and wife is ann.
found my way back to castle in FF1, finnaly.
beat disgaea 2 completly.
fully soloed MH Tri, yes even the online quests!
and thats all.
|2012-04-15, 04:38
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 29
Started playing Rusty Hearts on a more frequent basis. The improvements from closed beta are amazing, I actually hit LV20 in 4 hours, and the current cap is LV45 :O The dungeons may get a bit frustrating to solo later on, but this game has without a doubt, the best PvP system ever made. EVER!!!
|2012-04-15, 05:52
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He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
|2012-04-15, 06:02
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blinded by blood
Recently completed:
Mirror's Edge
Parasite Eve 2
Playing solidly:
Playing off and on:
Fallout New Vegas
Aion Online
Final Fantasy V Advance
SOL Exodus
Not sure if I'll continue:
Persona 3 Portable
Holding breath for:
LOH Trails in the Sky on Steam (please xseed, please, PSP sucks balls, let me play on my desktop!)
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