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By James Mackenzie
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano will face the greatest test of his career during his final weeks in office as he tries to end the standoff preventing a new government being formed more than a month after elections.
Following widespread reports he may resign to open the way for a new vote, Napolitano pledged to remain in office at the Quirinale palace until his term ends on May 15, averting the immediate threat of further turmoil.
He named 10 "wise men" including European Affairs Minister Enzo Moavero and senior politicians from the main center-left and center-right blocs to propose a series of urgent measures that could be backed by all parties.
Details will be announced on Tuesday but are expected to include cutting the cost of the bloated political system and replacing the widely criticized electoral law to avoid a repeat of the deadlock in future elections.
"It would be a disaster to go back to an election without have reformed the electoral law," Valerio Onida, former head of the Constitutional court who is part of the advisory group, told La Repubblica newspaper.
With financial markets already concerned about instability in the euro zone's third-largest economy, the prospect of Napolitano leaving raised alarm and moves to escape the impasse received a cautious welcome from commentators on Sunday.
"It was the right decision, it will avoid sending a dangerous signal to the markets and will show Italian institutions are solid and functioning," Enrico Letta, deputy head of the center-left Democratic Party told Reuters.
However, there were few illusions that summoning the "wise men", in line with a long tradition in Italian politics, offered more than a slim hope of overcoming the deep divisions that have prevented the parties from coming to an agreement.
"Political history shows, alas, that whenever someone wants not to decide something, what happens? They set up a nice commission," Daniela Santanche, a member of parliament close to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, told La Stampa.
She said there was no alternative to Berlusconi's demand to share power in a coalition with the center-left formation led by Pier Luigi Bersani, which has repeatedly said it cannot deal with the scandal-plagued billionaire.
"Otherwise we go to elections, which we're sure of winning. There won't be any strange third ways," she said.
Napolitano, member of a student anti-fascist group during World War Two and a former communist, won wide respect in Italy and Europe for his handling of the 2011 political and financial market crisis which brought down the last Berlusconi government.
Newspapers reported on Sunday that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi called Napolitano to express concern his resignation would leave Italy without leadership at a time of mounting tension in financial markets.
However, Napolitano has acknowledged he has only limited power to force the parties to find a way out of political situation he said was "frozen between irreconcilable positions".
The three main blocs in parliament - Bersani's center-left, Berlusconi's center-right alliance and Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement - have all clung to demands that have prevented any government being formed.
Bersani, who won control of the lower house but fell short of the Senate majority that would allow him to govern, rules out a "grand coalition" with Berlusconi while Grillo refuses a pact with parties he blames for Italy's social and economic crisis.
Berlusconi and Grillo have both said they would not back a repeat of the kind of technocrat government led by Prime Minister Mario Monti, who will remain in office until a new government arrives.
The deeply divided parliament, along with regional representatives, will soon face the task of electing Napolitano's successor, who will have to oversee the birth of a new government or guide Italy into new elections.
Berlusconi, facing a verdict in his trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor as well as a decision on his appeal against a four-year sentence for tax fraud, has demanded the next president come from his side. He has already threatened to take protests to the streets if he does not get his way.
(Reporting By James Mackenzie; Editing by Sophie Hares)


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Zane Willburn was awarded a certificate from the American Legion Boy's State after having completed a week-long course at the Colorado State University Pueblo campus. "The kids are selected on the basis of academic performance, life goals, sports participation and community activities," John Shriner said.
Willburn said that he learned about how a government works while he was there. "It was really cool," he said. "It was nice to be with like-minded kids who are also interested in the military. I really enjoyed it. I learned a lot."
Willburn earned three hours college credit for his work.
The American Legion is accepting applications until May 1 for the next session and applications can either be found online, or submitted to the Cortez American Legion post.


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For fans of all ages, 2009 is gearing up to become another watershed milestone in the timeless franchise by introducing even more new ways to engage, immerse and play within the G.I. Joe® universe. The G.I. Joe video game will feature an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie leaves off, allowing players to re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line. The game will feature 12 G.I. Joe characters, each with unique abilities and weapons. Adding to the adrenaline rush will be an intense single-screen co-op mode allowing two players to easily unite as a team in a classic struggle between good and evil as they work together to defeat the powers of the COBRA organization.
For more than four decades, G.I. Joe has been one of the premiere brands in the history of boys' toys. Originating the term "action figure" in 1964, Hasbro's G.I. Joe® brand ushered in a new play pattern that forever changed the scope of the toy industry. The G.I. Joe brand made another revolutionary introduction in 1984 with the release of the G.I. Joe vs. COBRA toy line, which introduced a generation of boys to the heroic G.I. Joe forces, led by Duke, and their epic struggle to defeat the evil COBRA organization. The G.I. Joe vs. COBRA saga featured a diverse cast of characters – both good and evil – that became a part of pop culture through Hasbro's toy line, an animated television series and best-selling comic book franchise.
Operatives brave enough to take on the infamous COBRA organization in this summer's G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobravideo game will be rewarded for their heroism with a lineup of exclusive unlockable features from EA! Advanced G.I. JOE operatives can get a peek behind the scenes at the game's production, including unlockable concept art and character renders, while those in the mood for a bit of nostalgia can uncover four of the classic G.I. JOE PSA's from the original 80's cartoon series. There are also 75 filecards scattered throughout the game, each containing profiles of various G.I. JOE team members, COBRA henchmen and the game's arsenal of explosive weapons, vehicles and play sets. Players can review these filecards to gather valuable intel that will give them a leg up in battling COBRA forces – now you know, and knowing is, after all, half the battle!
X360/PS3/Wii/PS2/PSP Features:
- Exclusive all-new storyline that picks up where the film ends and is inspired by 45 years of rich G.I.JOE history
- Two player co-op lets players choose an elite team and call in support from other G.I. JOE characters
- Choose from 16 playable characters (four of which are unlockable COBRA characters) – each with a unique set of abilities and weapons
- Announced G.I. JOE characters include Snake Eyes, Duke, Heavy Duty, Ripcord, Scarlett, Shipwreck and Gung Ho
- Storm Shadow has been revealed as an unlockable playable COBRA character
- Characters are classified into one of three units: Commandos who do well at close range, Heavys who possess extraordinary shooting skills but do it best from a distance and Combat Soldiers who are a balance between the two
- Gear up with the latest in high-tech gadgets like the film-inspired Accelerator Suit which makes you invincible and gives you short bursts of additional fire power
- Drivable G.I. JOE and COBRA vehicles designed for two-player co-op
- Three difficulty levels – appealing to players of all ages and skill levels (Casual, Advanced and Hardcore)
- 20 levels – each with 3-5 areas to explore – across four environments
- 75 file cards and various intelligence items hidden throughout the game which can be used to unlock additional playable characters, special missions, 4 PSAs and other bonus content
NDS Features:
- Unique top-down arcade shooter, built from the ground up specifically for the Nintendo DS
- Choose from six G.I. JOE characters and five COBRA characters
- More than 20 missions across four environments, plus playable vehicles
- Create your own G.I. JOE vs. COBRA battles with up to 4 players (via wireless play)
The G.I. Joe video game is under development for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, NDS, and mobile devices, currentrly scheduled to coincide with the movie's August 7, 2009 release.
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Invasion: Norway
- DESIGNERS Kevin Boylan
- DEVELOPER Gene Billingsley and Tony Curtis
- ART DIRECTOR Rodger B. MacGowan
- MAP ART Joe Youst
- COUNTERS John Kranz and Rodger B. MacGowan
In the pre-dawn hours of April 9, 1940, flotillas of German warships, their decks crammed with Army ground troops, bluffed and fought their way into the six major ports of neutral Norway. Meanwhile, far off to the south, a huge armada of Ju-52's, supported by hundreds of bombers and fighters, was already droning into the air laden with hundreds of tons of supplies and thousands of additional troops that were destined to reinforce the sea-landed forces. In a dramatic bid to guarantee access to the Swedish iron mines through the port of Narvik, and to secure bases from which to prosecute the maritime war against England, Hitler had risked losing his entire fleet at the hands of the vastly superior Royal Navy.
Although the first part of the gamble had succeeded, the German ships still had to sail home through hundreds of miles of open seas dominated by the enemy. Even if all went well for the Kriegsmarine, the Allies would be left in absolute control of the waters off Norway, able to land troops any where they wished along its deeply-indented western coastline.
Indeed, several British and French brigades were already preparing to come to the aid of the ill-prepared but valiant Norwegians and assault the weak German garrisons that were cut off in their enclaves around the handful of major ports. The Germans planned to use their overwhelming advantage in airpower to counter the Allies' naval superiority, while maintaining and reinforcing their isolated bridgeheads by means of the first major military airlift. Both strategies were without precedent in the history of warfare, and therefore involved enormous risk. The German invasion of Norway led to one of the most innovative and dynamic campaigns of the entire Second World War.
Invasion: Norway simulates this fascinating campaign using a streamlined version of the acclaimed Britain Stands Alone game system. Fully integrated land, air, and naval rules accurately portray the complex interplay of warfare in three dimension (land, sea and air) in a way that is easy to learn and play, and keeps both sides constantly involved in the game, because very action you take may be detected and reacted to by your opponent. Special rules are included to simulate such unique aspects of the campaign as:
- the effect of the severe Arctic winter
- the haphazard mobilization of the Norwegian Army
- the use of shipwrecked sailors as ground troops
- the impact of die-hard Norwegian commanders


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PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles did no favors for the Jets last night.
Up ahead for the Cincinnati Bengals, the only Pennsylvania team that truly matters.
Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, an opportunistic defense forced five turnovers and Cincinnati beat the Philadelphia Eagles 34-13 on Thursday night.
The Bengals (8-6) took a half-game lead over the Steelers (7-6) for the last playoff spot in the AFC, leaving the Jets (6-7), who play the Titans on Monday night, 1 1/2 games behind that final wild-card spot.
The Bengals would clinch their second straight playoff berth with a win over the Steelers if Pittsburgh loses at Dallas this Sunday. A loss to the Steelers, though, likely would ruin Cincinnati's chances because it would lose the tiebreaker.
"We control what we can control," coach Marvin Lewis said. "We want to win in December, so we have a chance to win in January."
Can they beat the Steelers? Probably not if they play like they did for most of their 60 minutes at Lincoln Financial Field. They committed 10 of their 11 penalties through the first three quarters. Dalton was sacked six times by one of the worst lines in the league.
Dalton was an unimpressive 13 of 27 for 127 yards and a touchdown. No receiver had more than 63 yards.
Funny how a playoff push can make those stats meaningless as long as the Bengals win.
"We're playing for something now," Dalton said. "That's great and that's what makes it fun this time of year."
The Eagles' season was lost a long time ago. They fell to 4-10, losing double-digit games for the first time since 2005, the year after losing the Super Bowl to New England.
There were plenty of empty seats at the Linc, where fans are hoping this is Andy Reid's final season as coach. Reid led the Eagles to nine playoff appearances, six division titles and five NFC championship games in his first 13 years. But the Eagles will miss the playoffs for the second straight year and owner Jeffrey Lurie already said 8-8 would be "unacceptable."
"I thought the effort was there and guys played hard," Reid said, "but you just can't have those turnovers. That's a problem."
An interception by Leon Hall set up Dalton's go-ahead 11-yard TD run in the third quarter. Then Wallace Gilberry picked up Bryce Brown's fumble and ran it back 25 yards for another score and an 11-point lead.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis ran for 106 yards, including a 1-yard TD run in the first quarter for Cincinnati. Dalton tossed a 5-yard scoring pass to A.J. Green in the fourth to cap a 24-point outburst in a span of 3:23. cm-bd
"Our goal is to win games. Period. We did that. Doesn't matter how we got there," cornerback Adam Jones said. "We can be better. We can be higher. And that's what we take from this game. Listen, we all know we need to play better as a defense next week. Because we have ourselves a big one next week."
The Eagles committed three turnovers on three straight possessions at one point and then fumbled a kickoff when defensive lineman Cedric Thornton let the ball fall through his hands on a short kick.
After beating Tampa Bay on a last-second TD last week to snap an eight-game losing streak, the Eagles tried to make it two in a row. Turnovers got in their way again. They've committed an NFL-high 34 and forced just 12 all season.
The Eagles snapped a drought of 22 quarters without a turnover by recovering two fumbles in the second. Both led to field goals by Alex Henery, helping Philadelphia to a 13-10 halftime lead.
Rookie Nick Foles made his fifth straight start for Michael Vick, who just returned to practice this week after sustaining a concussion on Nov. 11. Foles threw for 182 yards, one TD and one interception. Reid said Foles is still the starter.
Down 13-10, the Bengals started their rally with a turnover.
Hall intercepted Foles' deep pass and returned it 44 yards to the Eagles 40. Foles underthrew Jeremy Maclin, who was a few steps behind Hall.
"I feel really good anytime I have one of our receivers vertical on a guy," Foles said. "I just have to get the ball out there and make a better throw."
Green made an acrobatic catch for an 11-yard gain on third-and-9 a few plays before Dalton ran for the score to put the Bengals up 17-13.
Foles, who threw for 381 yards to lead that comeback against the Bucs, hit Riley Cooper on an 11-yard TD pass to cut it to 10-7. Foles connected with Maclin on a 46-yard pass during the drive.
The Eagles then forced their first turnover since Nov. 5 against New Orleans. Brandon Graham sacked Dalton, the ball popped loose and Trent Cole recovered at the Bengals 29.
Just two plays in, Maclin fumbled after a 6-yard catch. Carlos Dunlap recovered and the Bengals started at the Eagles 44. Green-Ellis ran 29 yards on first down and scored a few plays later for a 7-0 lead.
It got uglier for Philadelphia on the next possession. Mat McBriar punted into his own blocker, Daniel Herron picked it up and ran 3 yards to the Eagles 11. But Graham sacked Dalton and Cincinnati settled for Brown's 24-yard field goal that made it 10-0.
The Bengals would get their act together and put a playoff berth in sight.
"We're in control right now of where we end up," Dalton said. "And that's how you want it to be. We have two tough games ahead of us. But I know we will be ready to go."


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December 2010 Announces the 2010 high school student recipients of the Addiction Science Awards and describes their winning addiction-focused projects.
January 2014 NIDA grantee Dr. O'Brien was honored for his "exemplary personal commitment to French‒American relations as symbolized by … exceptional cooperation in science and in public health."
November 2009 Highlights activities held during Brain Awareness Week for students in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, to learn about brain anatomy and function.
June 2008 Describes a booklet that explains what scientists know about how drug addiction changes the brain and affects behavior and clears up misconceptions about drug addiction.
October 2009 Presents highlights of a meeting summit to discuss ways to eliminate disparities in care, particularly as they relate to drug abuse and HIV.
February 2013
Researchers interested in applying for the NIDA U.S.-Mexico Drug Abuse Prevention Research Fellowship need to submit application materials by April 1, 2013.
November 2012 NIDA researcher Dr. Charles O'Brien recently received the James B. Isaacson Award for a lifetime of research on the biological basis of alcoholism.
July 2012 Dr. J. David Jentsch is the recipient of the 2011 Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for Innovative Research in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism. Dr. Jentsch and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, are studying genetic and neurochemical factors that influence individual differences in inhibitory control.
December 2013 Dr. Kharasch is a NIDA-funded researcher known for a broad range of research into how drugs are metabolized in the body.
October 2010 Announces the recipient of a 2009 award for innovation in research on drug addiction and alcoholism and with a focus on the changes that occur in the brain after exposure to drugs.


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — New Internet restrictions approved by parliament are raising concerns the government is trying to control the flow of information amid a corruption scandal, and a senior European official on Thursday called the measures "a step back" for media freedom.
Under the legislation approved Wednesday, the country's telecommunications authority would be allowed to block websites or remove content that is deemed to be in violation of privacy without seeking court approval. Internet providers would also be forced to keep data on peoples' online activities and make them available to authorities when requested.
The bill, which still needs to be signed by President Abdullah Gul, would extend the government's already tight grip on the Internet. Turkey, which hopes to become a member of the European Union, has already come under criticism for censorship and restriction on media freedoms.
In a tweet, European Parliament President Martin Schulz called the legislation "a step back in an already suffocating environment for media freedom."
The government has rejected accusations of censorship and says the legislation will protect privacy.
Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: "The last thing Turkey needs right now is more censorship." She urged Gul to "veto these new measures to ensure Turkey does not violate its obligations to respect the right to access to information, freedom of expression, and privacy rights."
The legislation comes at a time when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been trying to contain a corruption and bribery scandal that led him to dismiss four government ministers. Erdogan's government has replaced hundreds of police officials and prosecutors since the scandal erupted in December, including many involved in the investigation. Turkish news reports say those moves have thwarted a second probe that sought to question his son and others.
Erdogan insists the probe is a conspiracy to discredit his government before local elections in March.
In recent days, some recordings of wiretapped telephone conversations allegedly involving Erdogan or businessmen have been leaked onto the Internet.
"The aim is to drown the allegations instead of investigating them," said Riza Turmen, a legislator from the main opposition People's Party, during the debate in parliament.
More than 40,000 websites, many of them pornographic, are blocked in Turkey, according to Engelli Web, a site which monitors banned websites.


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Concrete Carnival is back for 2009, and this year at its new home of Thornes Park, Wakefield on Sunday 23rd August!
As ever, there are both sponsored and unsponsored catagories, with £1000 in prize money for the sponsored types and more product than you could ever hope for for everyone else!
The fun kicks off at 11am - set your alarms and get down there early because this is going to off!


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Arts & Mysteries: Sweat the Details
Small touches make a big difference in 'boarded furniture.'
by Adam Cherubini
Pages 18-20
This article is part three in a series I'm doing on boarded furniture. If you are new to the series, boarded furniture is a style of case construction prevalent in early America, but largely ignored by we modern woodworkers. It is defined by the use of nails instead of dovetails or mortise-and-tenon joints. Built by part-time woodworkers or carpenters, these pieces typically reflect their builders' lack of time, tools and deep-pocketed customers. Successfully reproducing the charm and integrity of these pieces requires us to capture the subtle details, being careful not to overdo it. In this article, I'll finish up the little cabinet I'm making. In the process, I'll focus on the details that make this style special.
Beveling the underside of an overhanging top is a common detail. You'll see it on boarded furniture, certainly on modern furniture and it's fairly typical of Shaker furniture. Let's call it a poor man's cove moulding. It provides a transition between the vertical element and the horizontal elements. Additionally, it lends gravity-defying lightness to the top. It's easily accomplished with a sharp jack plane.
Mark the edges of the bevel with a pencil. I marked about 1⁄2″ down from the top through the thickness. Then mark the bottom surface about 1″ in from the edge. Plane until you hit both pencil lines – no fence required. Plane the bevels perpendicular to the grain first, being careful not to split out the wood at the end of your stroke (called spelching). Cut the long-grain bevels only after both cross-grain bevels are done. Remember this simple technique; we'll use it again to make the panels.
Nailed Drawers
Nailing the drawer together is fast and effective. Making it by hand requires the same precise stock preparation techniques that you'd use to make a dovetailed drawer. And because there's a lot more to drawer making than simply cutting dovetails, I think this drawer is a great opportunity to refine your drawer-making skills.
I began making my drawer by sawing out the front. I fit it to the opening to within 1⁄16″ or so, just as I would with any fine piece of furniture. The ends of the drawer front must be rabbeted for the sides. I sawed the rabbets with a tenon saw. The inside bottom edge was rabbeted to receive the drawer bottom. I cut that with a rabbet plane.
I resawed stock for the sides, splitting 3⁄4″ stock into 5⁄16″ pieces. I don't structurally need thick sides. And I think the thin stock makes the drawer look a bit more refined. Frank Klausz once criticized one of my pieces saying I should have softened the tops of my drawer sides. "Make them nice for the hand," he said. He was right. Like the bevel under the top, once it's brought to your attention, you find it where you hadn't noticed it before. Almost every 18th-century drawer I've examined since has rounded-over drawer sides.
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(AP) Jay Bruce's 2-run HR powers Reds past Braves, 8-4
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in Cincinnati's four-run third inning, Shin-Soo Choo also homered, and the Reds beat Julio Teheran and the Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Sunday.
Bruce led the Reds with three hits. Brandon Phillips had a two-run double in the ninth, and Choo had two hits and scored three runs as the Reds split the four-game series.
Reds right-hander Logan Ondrusek (3-0) threw two scoreless innings as the second reliever behind Tony Cingrani, who lasted only four innings.
Teheran (7-5) allowed five runs, seven hits and two walks in 5 1-3 innings.
Andrelton Simmons and Dan Uggla hit homers for Atlanta.
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was held out because of a jammed left thumb that will prevent him from playing in the All-Star game on Tuesday.
Atlanta catcher Brian McCann was named to replace him on the NL All-Star team.


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On February 12, 2013, Stephanie Pollack spoke to an eco-salon hosted by Environmental Entrepreneurs, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Transportation for Massachusetts on transportation greenhouse gas emissions, Massachusetts' progress toward achieving its Global Warming Solutions Act transportation sector emissions targets and the importance of increasing transportation investment in reducing transportation GHG; A Win/Win Strategy: Fixing Transportation and Reducing GHG Emissions in MA
On December 12, 2012, Stephanie Pollack addressed the Regional Transportation The Regional Transportation Advisory Council (RTAC, or the Advisory Council), an independent group charged with providing public input on transportation planning to the Boston Region MPO, and provided an overview of recent Dukakis Center research including both the Staying on Track and Hub and Spoke reports: RTAC presentation.
On November 19, 2012, the Dukakis Center released a comprehensive set of sustainable transportation indicators for greater Boston and Massachusetts at the fall meeting of the Greater Boston Sustainable Communities Consortium, as part of the Staying on Track transportation metrics project: Plenary Presentation for Staying on Track Indicators .
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Transportation Research Team
The Dukakis Center's transportation work is directed by Stephanie Pollack, associate director for research, who came to the Dukakis Center with more than two decades of experience on transportation policy issues, primarily at the Conservation Law Foundation, New England's leading environmental advocacy group. A nationally-recognized expert on transportation policy and transit-oriented development, she serves as a member of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Transportation Advisory Committee, chairs the Transportation Advisory Committee in her hometown of Newton and co-chaired Governor Deval Patrick's 2006 transition working group on transportation.
The full team includes:
- Stephanie Pollack, Team Leader
- Anna Gartsman
- Liz Williams
- Chase Billingham
- Joan Fitzgerald
- Scott Zadakis
- John Papp
- Bob Pritchard
- Russ Lopez
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Massachusetts Transportation Finance and Policy
The Dukakis Center's transportation research team has been hard at work for several years generating and sharing high quality research on topics relevant to solving Massachusetts' transportation finance crisis in the hopes that this research and analysis will help inform the ongoing debate over how we can better and more effectively invest in the Commonwealth's transportation system. We do not have a position on particular pieces of legislation but instead are working – with many different allies – toward the goal of ensuring that the Commonwealth has sufficient and sustainable funding for a modernized, 21st century transportation system that can improve our economic competitiveness and environmental sustainability. While this work addresses all aspects of the Commonwealth's transportation system, we focus particularly on policy issues affecting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA or T) and smaller regional transit agencies throughout the Commonwealth because well-run, financially stable transit systems are essential to achieving a myriad of important urban and regional policy goals including improving mobility and access to opportunity, growing jobs and the state's economy, combating sprawl, reducing dependence on imported oil and achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. As with all of our work, the Dukakis Center is committed to addressing transit finance and policy from a fresh perspective and to working with a broad range of partners and stakeholders to conduct research and create policy tools that address some of the most pressing challenges facing the transportation and transit systems in Massachusetts and throughout the nation.
Transportation Finance Research
Comparing Transportation Revenue Packages: Legislative Proposals vs. Governor's Budget, FY14-18: The most recent fact sheet in our series was issued on April 10 and compares the transportation revenue packages included in the current legislative proposals (most recently the Senate Ways and Means bill) with the first five years of the transportation finance plan included in Governor Patrick's budget proposal.
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Transportation Finance Research Collaborative
The Dukakis Center has received generous support from the Barr Foundation to work with A Better City (ABC) and the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) to conduct research to help inform the ongoing policy discussion in Massachusetts about options for increasing public investment in our statewide transportation system. The three organizations formed a Transportation Finance Research Collaborative and the Collaborative's first research effort involved researching, documenting and learning from recent efforts in metropolitan areas and states around the country to address similar transportation finance challenges.
Click here to see the work generated by the Transportation Finance Research Collaborative.
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The MBTA and Public Transit in Massachusetts
The Kitty & Michael Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy conducts research and works on policy issues affecting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA or T) and smaller regional transit agencies throughout the Commonwealth because well-run, financially stable transit systems are essential to achieving a myriad of important urban and regional policy goals including improving mobility and access to opportunity, growing jobs and the state's economy, combating sprawl, reducing dependence on imported oil and achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The transit services provided by the (MBTA) and Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) provide access to housing, employment, education, health care, and other critical services to everyone, regardless of whether they own or can drive a car. In order to achieve transit's potential, however, adequate funding needs to be put in place to support and improve existing services, maintain transit vehicles and assets, and expand service frequency and availability to better serve both current and potential transit users statewide. Instead, transit services in Massachusetts are in crisis, with fare increases and service cutbacks already implemented or imminent at the RTAs and, now, at the MBTA.
The Dukakis Center supports smart and sustained investment in transit statewide, with the goal of creating the best public transportation system in the United States, one that can realize the full potential of transit as a transportation option of "first resort" and help the Commonwealth achieve its economic development, transportation and sustainability goals. As with all of our work, the Dukakis Center is committed to addressing transit finance and policy from a fresh perspective and to working with a broad range of partners and stakeholders to conduct research and create policy tools that address some of the most pressing challenges facing transit systems in Massachusetts and throughout the nation.
"While the financial picture is grim, it is important to note that the MBTA is too valuable an economic asset to permit its further deterioration or even collapse. A robust public transportation system provides vital economic and quality-of-life benefits to residents from all walks of life and to businesses in the communities it serves."
MBTA Review (D'Alessandro report), November 2009
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One of the driving forces behind the Dukakis Center's work – in transportation as well as other focus areas such as housing – is the need to marshal data in support of policy change that directly addresses racial and other forms of inequity. Many "transportation disadvantaged" groups find that their access to opportunity is limited by an auto-centric transportation system; these groups, which cannot always rely on or easily afford the use of automobiles, may include low income households, households without vehicles, youth, seniors, disabled people, people with language barriers and households in isolated/transit-inaccessible locations.
With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Dukakis Center recently completed a research project examining the diversity of transit-rich neighborhoods, the symbiotic relationship between diverse neighborhoods and successful transit, and patterns of neighborhood change in transit-rich neighborhoods. This research found that transit investment can sometimes lead to undesirable forms of neighborhood change. Understanding the mechanisms behind such neighborhood change can, however, allow policymakers, planners and advocates to implement policies and programs designed to produce more equitable patterns of neighborhood change. Along with a research report, the Dukakis Center therefore released a Policy Toolkit for Equitable Transit-Rich Neighborhoods, which presents information on a variety of polity tools that are increasingly available and in use across the country to shape equitable neighborhood change in transit-rich neighborhoods and ensure that the many benefits of transit investment are shared by all.
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The transportation sector is responsible for a substantial and rapidly growing proportion of greenhouse gas emissions; in Massachusetts, the transportation sector represents both the largest and the fastest growing segment of Massachusetts' greenhouse gas inventory. A complicated set of demographic, economic, transportation and other factors drive the state's travel and transportation patterns. Because transportation is such a complicated issue, policymakers and advocates struggle to understand where the "leverage points" are in the system and what types of policy and programs can actually produce changes in travel behavior and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Dukakis Center is working to address this challenge at both the local and state level.
The Dukakis Center's transportation team leader, Stephanie Pollack, was asked by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to serve on the city's Climate Action Leadership Committee. With transportation-related emissions constituting the fastest-growing category of greenhouse gases in Massachusetts, the committee's attention quickly turned to the transportation sector. Pollack served on a small transportation working group and helped develop a menu of specific recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of metropolitan Boston's transportation sector. These were incorporated into the Climate Action Leadership Committee's 2010 report, Sparking Boston's Climate Revolution, a blueprint for reducing Boston's greenhouse gas emissions by 20% or more by 2020. StreetsBlog praised the transportation recommendations, noting that "In the race to have the "greenest, greatest" city, Menino is making Boston a contender."
At the state and regional level, the Dukakis Center believes that collecting, analyzing and presenting a broad range of data about greater Boston's transportation system can shed light on how the system works (or doesn't), a necessary first step toward changing the transportation system to make it more sustainable. Development of a comprehensive set of sustainable transportation indicators can be a critical tool in the effort to "bend the curve" and reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions by identifying system changes that can reduce the amount of driving and increase travel on foot, by bicycle and on transit in greater Boston. Our belief in the power of a metrics-driven approach to policy change is based on a decade of experience applying this strategy to the Center's work on affordable housing. With the support of The Barr Foundation, the Dukakis Center is preparing a benchmark report documenting of a comprehensive set of sustainable transportation indicators for Massachusetts, with a particular focus on the greater Boston region.


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Proposals benefit farmers, vets
ST. PAUL -- Farm-minded state lawmakers say they are looking to improve Minnesota agriculture's future - and the environment -- by pushing legislation helping livestock producers and farmers who grow crops used to make biofuels.
Those are two provisions in a package of agriculture and military veterans' proposals moving through the Legislature. The catch-all policy bills also address bovine tuberculosis, veterans' cemeteries, concerns about agricultural and forest land development and even animal chiropractors.
After seeing tax proposals benefiting dairy farmers fail for four years, lawmakers this year want to create a grant program for livestock farmers. Producers who enhance their operations with improvements such as building additions or equipment upgrades costing more than $4,000 could seek a state grant to cover some of the expense.
Sen. Steve Dille, R-Dassel, said the program may start small but could expand in future years. He said there is demand for the program, even though livestock farmers face rising feed costs, making it increasingly difficult to maintain operations.
"It's going to go fast," Dille said of grant money. "There's interest."
Senate agriculture Chairman Jim Vickerman, from a mostly rural area in southwestern Minnesota, said the livestock program could give young farmers incentive to stay in the industry.
"It's tough to get into farming right now," said Vickerman, DFL-Tracy.
While similar, the House and Senate bills are different, so must be reconciled before a final version can be sent to Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Senators already passed their version, while House agriculture leader Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, said his bill could get a floor vote as early as Thursday.
A key provision in both bills actually is a Pawlenty-backed initiative. The Republican governor and lawmakers want to expand the use of biodiesel fuel in Minnesota. The measure would increase an existing 2-percent biodiesel mandate to 20 percent by 2015, though the House and Senate proposals have minor differences. The fuel is a blend of petroleum diesel and biodiesel, which in Minnesota is mostly made from soybeans.
"That's the big part of the bill that everyone's waiting for," Juhnke said of the biodiesel measure. "That is critical -- getting to be the first state that has a B20 mandate."
"As people from around the country look into us, that's what they'll be looking at," he added.
The B20 proposal also is moving through the Legislature in a separate bill; lawmakers put it in the policy package to increase its chances of passage.
"You want to clean up the environment, that's the way you do it; you use (biofuels)," Vickerman said.
Veterans' initiatives also are tucked into the bills. Chief among them is creation of a Veterans Health Care Advisory Council, a panel that will recommend to state officials how best to provide medical care to Minnesota veterans. The council is part of an overhaul in how Minnesota's five veterans' homes are run. That is the result of a governor's task force that was assembled last year following concerns about medical care at one veterans' home.
Other proposals in the bills include:
-- Establishing guidelines allowing chiropractors to treat animals. The issue has been controversial among some veterinarians and chiropractors.
-- Outlining state management of areas of Minnesota where the disease bovine tuberculosis has been found in cattle and deer. The Legislature also is considering other bovine TB legislation.
-- Clarifying oversight of state veterans' cemeteries, though the bills do not authorize funding for a proposed new cemetery in northeastern Minnesota.
-- A House measure making industrial hemp a crop for Minnesota farmers if federal officials permit production of the plant.


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The late 1820s and 1830s saw a Protestant religious revival called the Second Great Awakening which had a strong impact on American religion and reform. In New England evangelical enthusiasm led to the formation of missionary societies that sent clergy to foreign lands to bring bibles and religion to non-Christians. This is a call for more missionaries to go to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). The writers felt that they have had good results establishing Christianity but think that more missionaries would prevent the island religions from again taking hold. The men who signed this letter were all members of the Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827 to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
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Search continues for missing Chesterfield man
July 07. 2014 9:16AM
CHESTERFIELD — The public's help is being sought in the search for a Chesterfield man, who suffers from dementia and has been missing for three days.
Ronald "Buddy" Cheever, 61, was last seen walking south on Winchester Road Friday afternoon, headed toward Pisgah State Park, which is 13,000 acres of forested terrain.
Conservation officers, New England K-9 Search and Rescue and Upper Valley Wilderness Response searched throughout the weekend for Cheever and were joined on Sunday by Civil Air Patrol planes.
Cheever was last seen wearing tan shorts, sneakers, a red raincoat and tan Harley Davidson Motorcycle ball cap. He is white, 5-foot-seven, 180 pounds, with gray hair.
Anyone seeing Cheever is asked to call Cheshire County Dispatch at 335-2000.


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High-End Homes Are Hot
Monday, June 10, 2013
Luxury housing sales in San Diego continued to climb this year, with most properties attracting multiple offers, and closing faster than since the onset of the recession, say local real estate agents active in this market.
"Properties in the very low $3 million range that are in prime condition and in prime locations are selling within 30 days," said Shannon Hagan of Coldwell Banker Preview International in Del Mar.
The sales increase on the luxury side coincides with rising sales in practically all price ranges as more buyers realize the housing market is definitely on the upswing, and that the historic low interest rates won't last forever, agents say.
"When the market was coming down a lot of people thought: 'Why buy now?' but that's really changed," said Susan Meyers-Pyke of Coastal Premier Properties in Del Mar.
"We're seeing a lot of move-up people now especially in the $2 million to $3 million range, and that's been quiet for the last four years," she said.
In addition to low interest rates that ticked up a bit recently — but remain below 4 percent — there's a palpable shift in the psychology of a lot of buyers that this is the right time to make a move, Meyers-Pyke said.
Unusual Takeoff
The market really seemed to take off in the fourth quarter of last year, which is usually the quietest time of the year and it continued that momentum this year, she said. "Right after New Year's Day, it seemed like everyone (real estate agents) was busy, and a lot of properties were getting multiple offers."
A house in Carmel Valley near Rancho Santa Fe where Meyers-Pyke represented the seller was listed at $2.69 million. She said the 5,800-square-foot home was sold in three days for $2.55 million to a cash buyer.
After the house went into escrow, Meyers-Pyke said she got a call from a professional baseball player's agent who offered to buy the house for $3 million. "That shows you the market is getting a little crazy," she said.
According to Dataquick, the La Jolla-based real estate research firm, there were 2,366 sales of houses above $1 million in San Diego County last year, the most in five years.
In its most recent report for April, Dataquick said for the six-county Southern California region sales of houses above $800,000 increased 51 percent compared with the same month in 2012.
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Sequoia sempervirens
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.
Common Name(s):
Taxodium sempervirens D.Don
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|This species was formerly included under the family Taxodiaceae. That family is now merged with Cupressaceae (see Farjon 2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2acd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Farjon, A. & Schmid, R.
|Stritch, L. & Thomas, P.
According to forestry estimates in Burns and Honkala (1990) there remained by the end of the twentieth century a total of 260,200 ha of commercial forest with "more than 50% redwood stocking", while a further 80,940 ha was 'old-growth redwood' mostly within protected areas. If the latter forests were also 50% redwood, this would translate in a minimal area of occupancy (AOO) of 1,400 km², to which would have to be added an unknown figure for redwoods occurring as a minor component. The AOO is thus likely to fall below 2,000 km², the threshold for Vulnerable.
Past decline is, as always, difficult to estimate as there were no accurate estimates of an AOO when logging operations began. It is almost certainly in excess of 50% over three generations, which in the case of this very long-lived species takes us back to the period before Europeans and their impact on the forest arrived in northern California.
Continuing decline is inferred from the fact that the proportion of redwood in commercially exploited forests containing this species is still declining, due to deliberate or accidental replacement by more competitive species in the early phases of succession after clear-felling, especially Pseudotsuga menziesii. Under the A2 criterion this species should therefore be listed as Endangered.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Western USA: Pacific Coast region from SW Oregon (Curry Co.), to California (Monterey Co.). The most extensive stands are in northern and central California, with outliers as far as 61 km from the coast, but with (near) gaps in the Bay Area and widening again in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The species finally peters out to the south in steep canyon bottoms of the Santa Lucia Mountains.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States (California, Oregon)
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|The population is still very large, but decreasing due to forestry management and practices that have a tendency to alter the composition of forests at the disadvantage of redwoods.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The famous Redwood forests form a very distinctive lowland coastal vegetation type dominated by this tallest of all trees. The altitudinal range is (1-)30-750(-920) m a.s.l. Though pure stands of Sequoia are not uncommon especially at low altitudes on river flats near the coast, mixed stands with both conifers and angiosperms are more the rule. Most common among associated conifers are Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla and Abies grandis; most frequent angiosperm trees are Acer macrophyllum and Lithocarpus densiflorus. Especially in hilly terrain of upland sites many other tree species can be present and Sequoia often becomes a lesser component of the forest. The autecology of this species is remarkable for its capacity to resprout after damage at all levels up the tree, but especially from lignotubers forming massive, largely subterranean swellings. Evidence of fire in old growth Redwood forests attests to its adaptation to such disturbances mainly in this manner; many trees have formed several large stems around an old burnt stump. Longevity as evidenced from ring counts of boles exceeds 2000 years, but may on account of this survival strategy be substantially longer. The occurrence of frequent oceanic fog and the interception of this moisture through branchlet disposition, phyllotaxis and leaf shape in the crowns of especially old growth trees are apparently crucial to species survival in this otherwise summer dry region. Its distribution and inner limit of 61 km corresponds with the inner limit of the fog belt.
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|The wood of this tree has been used extensively in the past for construction work wherever decay resistance was a requirement. Many of the older houses in California and Oregon were built with it, including the shingles on the roofs. Railroad sleepers and bridge timbers were other uses to which it was put. With the sharp decline in 'old growth' stands of this tree, which yielded the best quality saw timber for many of these purposes, uses have more recently shifted to specialities like turned wood products, cabinets and polished table tops from its burls or burrs, which produce knotty wood with beautiful patterns and colours. Composite (synthetic) planks are increasingly replacing Redwood for home decks as the synthetics become cost-effective and have better durability and less upkeep. The thick, fibrous, and tough bark is used for insulation or mulched for application in gardens to suppress weeds in flower beds. The Coast Redwood is extensively cultivated as an ornamental tree in many countries and about 10 cultivars are in the trade. In favourable conditions growth is rapid and trees can reach impressive sizes within a century and, if their longevity in their natural range is even remotely approached, they could continue to grow for many more centuries.
|Major Threat(s):
|The conservation issues involving Sequoia sempervirens pertain largely to the necessary preservation of the remaining 'old growth' Redwood forest for ecological reasons and involve much less questions about survival in the wild of the species. The "redwood belt" as given on published maps of distribution comprises forest with a (co)dominance of S. sempervirens, forest with the species as a minor constituent, as well as 'potential' sites, i.e. where the species has grown historically but has been removed by logging and replaced by other tree species or a different type of land use from forest. 'Old growth' Redwood forest has been greatly reduced since Europeans arrived and covers currently ca. 80,000 ha, but almost all of this is now in protected areas. Its easy regeneration both from seeds and resprouting from stumps indicate the resilience of this tree against (man-made) disturbances. On the other hand, its late successional to climax dominance coupled with shade tolerance means it is easily replaced by more light demanding conifers such as Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir). This can be made 'permanent' if forests are chosen to be so managed, as indeed they tend to be in commercial forestry operations. This means, that outside protected areas S. sempervirens is often replaced after logging by Pseudotsuga menziesii (and to a lesser extent by Abies grandis and Tsuga heterophylla), or that its proportion in the forest composition is reduced. This occurs especially in the absence of fire after logging. Selective logging of redwood has similar effects, especially in more southern subpopulations. A second cause of decline of area of occupancy for redwoods is urbanization, at present a relatively minor factor, but predicted to increase much in the next few decades (Noss 2000). We therefore infer that there is a continuing decline in the population.
|Conservation Actions:
|It is imperative to place all remaining 'old growth' forest in which this species is a component under strict protection; the greater portion of these forests is already so protected. Logging the species should be under stricter regulation allowing regeneration to maturity of this species on all sites where it occurs in commercially exploited forests. This may require subsidies to landowners. This species is present in many protected areas, including a national park dedicated to the species. However, an estimated 82.5% of all redwood forest was in private/tribal ownership in 2000 (Noss 2000) and protected areas do not cover the entire genotype and/or all ecotypes present.
|Farjon, A. & Schmid, R. 2013. Sequoia sempervirens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T34051A2841558. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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TORONTO – The Ontario resident who worked as a bodyguard for Moammar Gadhafi's son during the Libyan uprising has been ordered out of Canada after the Immigration and Refugee Board judged his services made him complicit in war crimes and a participant in human smuggling.
An IRB ruling delivered Tuesday said Gary Peters, a permanent resident, should be deported.
Peters, for his part, says he was just doing his job and broke no laws.
Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist for nearly 42 years before he was ousted by an uprising in August 2011. Canada joined NATO countries in launching air attacks over Libya to support rebel fighters trying to remove Gadhafi. He was captured and killed by rebel forces in October 2011.
The Australian-born Peters worked as a bodyguard for the deposed dictator's son, al-Saadi Gadhafi, who was a professional soccer player known for his playboy lifestyle and run-ins with European police.
Peters has said he helped get his employer out of Libya and into Niger as the Gadhafi regime crumbled.
The 49-year-old, who represented himself at the IRB hearing, has long-insisted he was just doing his job.
"I thought the allegations of the regime atrocities and that I was complicit or knew of them was unfair," Peters told The Canadian Press from Cambridge, Ont.
"I still and always will maintain that I broke no laws."
Peters added that while he assisted in getting his employer out of Libya, he did not organize the removal, nor did he see Gadhafi over the border to Niger. Consequently, Peters said the human smuggling allegation against him should not stand.
"I'm very disappointed with the decision."
Peters has 15 days to apply for leave for judicial review at Federal Court, something he said he plans to do.
The IRB admissibility hearings were held in Toronto from Jan. 14 to Jan. 16, when the Canada Border Services Agency made a case for Peters to be deported.
A lawyer representing the CBSA at the hearings alleged Peters was closely associated with the leadership of the Libyan regime before and during the North African country's internal conflict, providing security for high-ranking members of the Gadhafi regime between 2006 and 2011.
The CBSA also all alleged that Peters participated in smuggling al-Saadi Gadhafi out of Libya and into Niger in Aug. 2011, and allegedly smuggled other members of the Gadhafi family into Algeria.
The IRB is an independent administrative tribunal which makes decisions on immigration and refugee matters.
It is up to the CBSA to make removal arrangements for Peters. The CBSA was not immediately available for comment.
Peters, who has lived in Canada for at least 10 years, runs Can/Aust Security and Investigations International Inc. out of Cambridge, Ont.
A former associate of his, Canadian Cynthia Vanier, is facing charges in Mexico for allegedly trying to smuggle al-Saadi Gadhafi into that country — charges she has continually denied.
Peters provided security services to Vanier during a fact-finding mission in Libya with Canadian firm SNC Lavalin, which had construction projects in the country.
The two parted ways in September 2011 and he said he only heard later she'd been arrested.
Al-Saadi Gadhafi has been living in Niger, where he has been granted refugee status.


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Evolutionists claim that, fish decided to go ashore and changed into land creatures. In reality, fish that go ashore DIE!
Wonders of Allah's Creation
The Falsehood That Fish Changed into Reptiles
Evolutionists say that reptiles evolved from fish. According to them, one day, when food in the sea was scarce, fish decided to look for some on land, and when they were there, they changed into reptiles to be able to survive on land. As you can see, this is an absurd idea, because everybody knows what would happen to fish if they went on land: They would die!
Did you ever go fishing? Just think! What would happen if a fish took the bait and was hooked on your line and you saved its life and brought it home to rest in your backyard? As we have just said, it would die. If you were to fish again, and this time caught many fish and brought them all to lie in your backyard, what would happen? Again, they would all die!
You see, evolutionists do not accept these things. They say that one of the fish in your backyard, while waiting for its death, started to change suddenly, and turned into a reptile and continued to live! Something like this is impossible!
It can never be possible because there are a lot of differences between fish and land creatures and all of these changes cannot just happen suddenly by coincidence. Let us list just a few of the things that fish would need to survive on land:
These are just three of the hundreds of things that fish must have had in order to survive on land.
Evolutionists claim that creatures have evolved into each other by going through changes for millions of years. Some of them even say things such as that fish suddenly decided to go on land when they couldn't find enough food. Who knows? Maybe fish did not go on land to find food; maybe they went on land to watch television, just like the fish in the drawing. Isn't it just so illogical?
Furthermore, if fish did change into reptiles, then we should be able to find fossils of the millions of transitional forms between fish and reptiles that ought to exist.
This means that there must have been many creatures with half legs, half lungs and half kidneys, and we ought to have been able to find their fossils today, but no such fossils exist.
The claim of evolutionists is so funny and so nonsensical, that it often becomes material for cartoons. As claimed by evolutionists, the ancestors of all living things—cats, snakes, plants, chicken and humans—were sea creatures. Even children would laugh at a person who claims such a thing!
About The Fish Called The Coelacanth
For years, evolutionists described a fish called the Coelacanth as a transitional form that almost made it ashore. In all their books and magazines they show this fish as their proof. They thought that the Coelacanth was extinct and no longer lived. This is why they made up a series of false stories when they examined the fossil of this fish.
Evolutionists claim that the Coelacanth was a type of fish that was getting ready to go ashore. Then one day, a live Coelacanth was caught, and their mistakes were exposed.
Then, a fisherman caught a Coelacanth in his net. More people caught these fish many times. It became obvious that the Coelacanth is a normal fish. Furthermore, it wasn't preparing to come ashore, as evolutionists claim. Evolutionists were saying, "This fish lived in very shallow water, and so it was getting ready to go ashore". In reality, the Coelacanth lived in very deep water. It wasn't a transitional form as evolutionists claim. It was a true fish. Many more of evolutionists' false ideas have been exposed!


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Malli wrote:For the first year or 2 of his life, I couldn't afford anything better.
Now he eats top quality kibble made to aid in the reguvination of his skin.
I personally do not agree with raw, home made done very carefully perhaps; but I suppose thats a whole other topic.
agreed . . .


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SAP NEWSBYTE — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced the winner of the "Manufacturing Partner Mobility Contest," which took place at a recent SAPinsider 2014 event held in Las Vegas. EIS Incorporated was selected from a panel of industry analyst judges and by audience votes. The company's demonstrated OpsTrakker manufacturing operations mobile application, which is built on SAP® Mobile Platform and compatible with a variety of devices, brings manufacturing executions systems functionality to the user's hand, providing material consumption reporting, production output reporting, line clearance activities and equipment use logging as part of the suite, reducing paperwork from the shop floor.
In the winning demonstration, EIS revealed the electronic logbook module as it captured information for an operations maintenance log of the calibration of a weigh scale. This demonstrated the efficiency from which manufacturing shop floor workers can digitally track manufacturing execution at the point of work, instead of utilizing paper. The demonstration utilized the mobile device to scan barcode identifying the device, through which the application then checks the operations status of the equipment, guides the maintenance worker through the individual maintenance steps, capturing information including electronic signatures verifying completion of the work.
"OpsTrakker by EIS Incorporated is a tool that manufacturers that are making operations available via mobile should seriously look into," said Mike Lackey, vice president, Manufacturing Solutions, SAP. "This is an example of innovation which is being delivered by our partner ecosystem extending the value of manufacturing solutions from SAP."
"We are very proud to be recognized by the judges and the SAP user community that voted for us," said Rajeev Joshi, vice president, Products & Special Projects, EIS. "OpsTrakker offers a truly mobile experience for operators and others in the value stream. By leveraging SAP Mobile Platform, our solution offers a high-value equipment use log application on any device with seamless connectivity to any backend. The tangible and intangible return on investment to our customers is outstanding."
For more information, visit the SAP News Center. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews.
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Swedish Court Get The Pirate Bay Taken Down
from the sunk? dept
Either way, congrats to the entertainment industry for temporarily wac(k)ing another mole. Considering the whole mess with GGF, it seems like most of The Pirate Bay's users are already migrating elsewhere, and a few people are setting up clone sites. Again, this certainly isn't condoning their behavior, but at what point does the industry realize that it's not helping matters. It's just further distributing the problem, making it that much more difficult to do anything legitimate. Update: And, of course, it only took a few hours until the site was back online. Keep on mole hunting, Hollywood.


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For reference, this started as this StackOverflow discussion and Clerbert asked me to move it over here. Long story short, here's what's happening.
I'm exporting a durable topic from JBOSS 7.1.1.Final and have several standalone clients that read the data off the topic. Things start wonderfully, all the clients read the data successfully for a time span of 2-5 hours and then they just stop. The server keeps pumping data onto the topic but the clients stop reading data--I ascertained this by looking at the server log file and didn't see any disconnnects logged on the server side and the clients would just record a log message saying "MESSAGE RECEIVED" at <timestamp> and nothing after that, they just stop working and I've got no idea why.
Code to create the params for the connection factory:
private TransportConfiguration getTC(String hostname) {
Map<String,Object> params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
params.put(TransportConstants.HOST_PROP_NAME, hostname);
params.put(TransportConstants.PORT_PROP_NAME, 5445);
TransportConfiguration tc = new TransportConfiguration(NettyConnectorFactory.class.getName(), params);
return tc;
private Topic createDestination(String destinationName) {
Topic topic = new HornetQTopic(destinationName);
return topic;
private HornetQConnectionFactory createCF(TransportConfiguration tc) {
HornetQConnectionFactory cf = HornetQJMSClient.createConnectionFactoryWithoutHA(JMSFactoryType .CF, tc);
return cf == null ? null : cf;
Create and start session
TransportConfiguration tc = this.getTC(this.hostname);
HornetQConnectionFactory cf = this.createCF(tc);
Destination destination = this.createDestination(this.topicName);
logger.info("Starting Topic Connection");
try {
this.connection = cf.createConnection();
this.session = connection.createSession(transactional, ackMode);
MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination);
logger.info("Started topic connection");
} catch (Exception ex) {
Finally, to do work, in the main loop I have:
try {
msg = this.consumer.receive();
} catch (JMSException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
I'm at a loss as to why the thing hangs up though.


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The morning temperature was well below freezing on my home's weather gauge as I grabbed my coat and fly boxes. It was way too cold and windy to be on the water, so we were headed for the next best thing: tying some flies and talking about fishing.
I was meeting a friend, Joe Demeo, at the Free State Fly Fishers Club, a winter haven for local fly-fishers. Anglers join the fly-tying sessions at the Davidsonville clubhouse to replenish their supply of fish-foolers while catching up and comparing notes.
As a January and February bonus, fly-tying sessions are held every Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Fly fishers of all ages are welcome, youngsters especially (as long as they are accompanied by an adult).
The forum is informal though it usually starts out with a skilled member giving instructions and demonstrating a couple of effective seasonal patterns. The materials for tying the flies are included at each session.
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Joe and I started with two simple chain pickerel patterns in yellow and red synthetic hair. They both looked promising. After materials were handed out, members settled disputes among the dozen or so tiers as to technique in tying and presentation.
Off to the side, Joe and I switched off on his tying vise, trying first the pickerel patterns, then our own ties of a mutual saltwater favorite, the Clouser Deep Minnow. We also went over some bonefish patterns that another member was busy tying for a trip next month to the Bahamas. As I said, the sessions are very loosely structured.
The Free State Fly Fishers Club began some 40 years ago and has always included women fly-rodders and youngsters just beginning to learn. Current membership is about 70.
Meetings are open to all the first Wednesday of each month (except December because of the holidays, and June, July and August because everyone is busy fishing). Sportsmen and -women often come from over a three state area to hear knowledgeable anglers or fisheries experts.
The club also plans outings to special angling locations throughout the year; beginners who come along get extra help in fishing the areas in question. Deer Creek is usually on the schedule for shad in the springtime, then the Gunpowder and Savage rivers for trout, the Shenandoah for smallmouth, Trap Pond and Unicorn Lake for bream and bass plus many other hotspots, varying each year as time and interest allow.
There are also special sessions for fly-casting instructions, and flea markets are legendary for great deals on used equipment and inexpensive fly-tying materials. If you've a yen to join in, you're in luck.
Junior (16 and under) and senior (55 and over) memberships are just $10 per year and regular memberships a very reasonable $15. The clubhouse is a dedicated building in the Davidsonville Recreation Center Complex, 3727 Queen Anne Bridge Rd.). Learn more from Joe Demeo (410-757-5318; [email protected]) or George Vincent (301-249-6399; [email protected]).


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Protection is provided by a chemical coating applied to the lenses. Lens color has nothing to do with UV protection. Ski goggles and contact lenses with UV protection also are recommended. It is never too early for a child, even an infant, to wear sunglasses. Larger lenses, well-fitted and close to the surface of the eye, provide the best protection.
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By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota has served as the city's budget director and deputy mayor, led the mass-transit agency's aggressive response to superstorm Sandy and boasts a wife who is a prodigious? Republican fundraiser.
But despite his impressive resume, polls show Lhota trailing Democrat Bill de Blasio, an unapologetic liberal, by 23 percent to 68 percent in the November 5 race to follow Mayor Michael Bloomberg into City Hall.
Lhota's chances for election have been hampered as much by the city's appetite for a liberal after two decades of Republican and independent leadership as by weaknesses of his campaign. He comes across as shy, with a disconcerting habit of closing his eyes when he speaks, political watchers say.
No single issue defines Lhota's mayoral bid. His attacks on de Blasio, who has centered his campaign on addressing the gap between the city's rich and poor, have failed to stick, and Lhota struggles to connect with voters.
"Joe knows government. He knows how to get things done in government. But he doesn't know how to run a race. He's not a practiced politician," said George Arzt, a press secretary for three-term Mayor Ed Koch. "I don't know that in nine words you could describe him."
Lhota has struggled to translate his extensive management experience into a compelling argument for why he should be mayor, says Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban policy at New York University who has advised Bloomberg.
"There is a long tradition of people who have successfully built careers of government but have learned that running for office is very different from holding appointed office," said Moss. "His great skills are on his resume, not in discussing crime and public safety."
Lhota's mentor, Rudolph Giuliani, mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, lost his first bid in 1989 and then emerged four years later as a more seasoned candidate, said Moss.
At a recent event in East Flatbush, Lhota raised the specter of a spike in crime if de Blasio should win City Hall.
Despite the apt theme, the weaknesses of Lhota's campaign were plain to see. Not one resident from the high-crime neighborhood stood at the candidate's side to endorse his position. At one point he paused mid-sentence so his press aide could remind him how many days were left until Election Day.
"I will continue to get my message out there, every single day, and do whatever I can to minimize my sleep and campaign for as many hours of the day as I possibly can," Lhota said.
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A Siena College poll released on Monday gave de Blasio a 45-point lead over Lhota among likely voters. The spread has remained consistent since September, when both men won their respective primary races.
"Would a perfect campaign by Lhota coming out of primary day have made a difference? Certainly. Would it have made enough of a difference? Given the margin we're looking at right now, I would say, probably not," said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg. "It would take something of incredibly unique proportions to change the dynamic of this race."
As a candidate, Lhota has fiercely defended the Bloomberg-era policing practice of stop and frisk, saying the city should do a better job explaining its tactics to a skeptical public. He has also embraced some of de Blasio's proposals, including a plan to expand access to pre-kindergarten, but he opposes paying for it with a tax hike on the city's wealthiest earners.
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I'm currently in the prosess of writing a program that steps through the memory control block to find all TSR's in memory (the program will eventually be used in a primative virus scanner).
I can find all programs resident in memory but I can't tell which are TSRs and which are programs that are currently operating. Does anybody know of a way of doing this? I'm hoping there is some entry in the PSP that tells this but I don't know which one.
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Earth : Asia : Southeast Asia : Indonesia : Java : East Java : Jember
Jember is a city and regency district in East Java.
This is East Java's third largest city after Surabaya and Malang. Whilst not the most attractive or interesting of cities, it does have decent facilities for visitors and makes a good base for exploring the southern part of the East Java region. Any visitors should note though that Jember is a big commercial centre and is almost invariably congested and crowded.
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By train
Jember is on the main East Java line and there are many services linking it with other cities in the region and in Central Java. Longer distance rail access from Jakarta involves a change in Jogjakarta or Surabaya. Check the PT Kereta Api (Persero) website[4] for detailed schedules.
By bus
The main long distance bus terminal is called Tawang Alun and is about 5km west of the city centre. This is serviced by buses from Banyuwangi (about 2 hours), Surabaya (about 5 hours), Malang (about 5 hours) and many other smaller towns in East Java.
Get around
The main taxi company in Jember is called Argo and they have a telephone booking service: +62 331 424242.
Local buses and bemos are everywhere.
All of the local hotels will offer tours or help you with booking independent transport for seeing the key local sights (almost all of which are very rural and involve a lot of travelling).
As always in Indonesian cities, there is an enormous number of street vendors and simple restaurants to choose from. Follow the local crowds is always the best advice.
Most of the hotels in Jember city are aimed at local business travellers. This tends to mean that they are efficient and clean but not the most interesting of places. The more rural options may appeal more to overseas visitors.
The telephone area code for Jember is 0331
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Judge Glenda Hatchett, a civil rights activist most recognized for her syndicated "Judge Hatchett" TV show, challenged people Friday to stand up for themselves.
Judge Glenda Hatchett, a civil rights activist most recognized for her syndicated "Judge Hatchett" TV show, challenged people Friday to stand up for themselves.
"When they say you're poor, black, white from an uneducated family, an immigrant coming in for the first time, a woman ... tell them that's an old story," the Atlanta judge said in Houma, her voice climbing. "You can do it. You will not be moved."
Hatchett, the guest speaker at the Terrebonne Parish NAACP's 31st annual Freedom Fund Banquet, shared that advice to a packed room, including 30 high school graduates who were honored with college scholarships.
"Be angered and clear about who you are," Hatchett said. "We need you in this. You are not just the leaders of the next generation. You are leaders now."
Hatchett, who quoted portions of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in her address, encouraged the crowd to follow their dreams no matter what obstacles get in the way.
But, she said: "Be clear about your roots. Be clear about how you're anchored."
Hatchett shared stories of her education, family and childhood.
When she was in first grade, she recalled, she was told "colored children don't get new books" when she asked her teacher for an upgrade.
She rushed home to tell her father, only to hear him say, "She's right," Hatchett said.
"Then he said, I want you to go in your room, get your crayons ... and I want you to sit down and write your own story,'" she said. "I didn't get it at 6. Ah, but baby, I get it now."
Hatchett encouraged everyone to write their own story, especially the young people being honored for their success.
"I've seen too many young people in my courtroom in shackles," she said. "We need to celebrate these young people."
The 30 students who received $1,000 scholarships all graduated from local public and private high schools this year and will attend Louisiana colleges.
"It will go by so fast," said Shakira Harding, a recent Vandebilt Catholic High School graduate and scholarship recipient. "We'll take the opportunity and run with it."
The Terrebonne NAACP chapter also handed out the President's Award and the Minority Business of the Year Award.
The President's Award was given to Houma resident Quvenzhane' Wallis, who received an Oscar nomination for her starring role in the award-winning film "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Wallis, now in fifth grade, could not attend the ceremony, but she filmed an acceptance speech video for the event. She is currently in California.
The Minority Business of the Year Award went to James Academy of Gymnastics. Representatives from the business called the award a "dream come true."
The banquet, held at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, is the largest NAACP banquet in Louisiana.
It drew several government representatives such as U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., state Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, Parish President Michel Claudet, Terrebonne Sheriff Jerry Larpenter and Terrebonne Schools Superintendent Philip Martin, among others. state Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, was the master of ceremonies.


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Player assumes the role of a wicked mastermind bent on achieving global domination through the construction of the ultimate doomsday device. A tongue-in-cheek take on the 60's spy thriller genre, Evil Genius offers the player the chance to be the villain and control a secret island fortress complete with powerful (and strangely dressed) henchmen, mindlessly loyal minions and a wide range of hilarious gizmos. All the everyday tasks of the megalomaniac are available to experience as players build a secret base, train minions, gain infamy and notoriety by completing daring missions, toy with the forces of justice by setting clever traps, torture captives with ingenious devices, and develop evil super weapons to complete a nefarious master plan.
Elixir Studios working on new titles, including Evil Genius sequel. Read More »
Every once in a while, an idea comes along that's so blindingly obvious everyone misses it. Elixir Studios, the same team that brought us the ambitious but fatally flawed Republic: The Revolution, had such an idea. Create a real-time management game in the tradition of the classic Dungeon Keeper set in the campy world of '60's spy movies. The twist though, would be that rather than playing as the suave James Bond-ish agent, you'd play the twisted psychopathic villain. You'd hollow out a secret lair on an island volcano, manage your cabal of henchmen, build up an evil organization and try to take over the world. The good news is, by and large, they've succeeded. Evil Genius is a remarkably fun, addictive game that, while not without its flaws, is brimming with enough charm, good humor and depth to keep gamers occupied for a long time. The bad news is, the game has a problem with relaying information to the player that is at best, annoying, and in one case, almost brings the entire product crashing down. Read More »
Formulate plots for total world domination and show how evil you can really be. Read More »
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Spamta.XH is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files.
It affects productivity, preventing tasks from being carried out:
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