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By Kathleen
It's almost over. John McCain has made his toxic warmongering rant. Ron Paul delegates have loudly stormed out of the convention because they are annoyed at a policy decision which stripped them of representatives.
Chris Cristie has had a makeover and gave his "choose me next" speech. Later Ann Romney told us that she is just a mom like you even if Mitt had to sell some shares in order to help make ends meet.
Two delegates who shouted at a black CNN camerawoman "this is how we feed animals" were ejected after also throwing peanuts and insults towards her.
Fox cancelled Sarah Palin's convention coverage and she complained on Facebook that she had been robbed of the opportunity to thank John McCain for everything.
Today the GOP called for even broader gun rights despite the fact that there have been many calls across the country to restrict the ownership of guns.
Many inches of column space have been devoted as to the identity of the mystery GOP speaker. The Daily Mail has revealed that Republican sources have indicated that the mystery speaker is none other than Clint Eastwood. Geoffrey Dunn in an article describes why it is that Eastwood is such an enthusiastic Romney supporter. Go on Clint make my day. Anyone but Sarah certainly gets my vote.
Before he introduces the GOP Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio is set to lecture the country in which direction it should go. "Should America become more like the rest of the world or should the world become more like America". (And some people still want to know why Patrick and I as European citizens are involved with and concerned about American politics.) This guy really thinks that dreams that are impossible everywhere else are still possible only in America.........I guess that believing that dreams can come true certainly explains Rubio's view that Romney is the perfect role model who just makes everything better where-ever he goes.
I think that Mitt Romney's speech tonight will certainly be an attempt at rescuing his character from that of someone who is regarded as untrustworthy, hypocritical and somewhat out of touch. Mitt's up against President Obama who isn't perfect but is much more transparent and believable than he can ever be.
Finally if you haven't read it be sure to set time aside to read Matt Taibbi's ultimate expose of Mitt Romney and his associations to Bain Capitol. Taibbi sets out to show that Romney built his fortune on greed, debt creation and the misfortune of others.
Democracy Now interviewed Matt Taibbi in which he points out that Romney is a hypocrite because his entire campaign is built on the idea that he is against debt when his entire fortune was built through the creation of debt. Taibbi wonders why journalists have not questioned Romney about the obvious contradictions:
One of our readers sent us the following hilarious cartoons - many thanks!
More cartoons, on special request, found on "The Obama Diary":
UDPATE (by Patrick):
Some of the most vicious and also most creative photoshoppers can be found at the "Something Awful" forums - their members used to annoy Sarah Palin a lot with "Trig" photoshops, and it is no surprise that they now started to create photoshops about Clint Eastwood and his chair (please note that new photoshops will be added constantly at "Something Awful"). Some of these photoshops are "too awful" to show them here - you need to visit "Something Awful" yourself in order to see them in their full g(l)ory. Here are some of the milder examples:
Here is the last one for this post:
Our amazing AzureGhost created a picture at our special request - Paul Ryan has been exposed as a complete liar in respect to his recent claim that he run "a sub-3.00 marathon." He therefore proudly earned his "4 Palins" and also earned the right to receive a very special composition!
Link to the picture: http://twitpic.com/apsx9k
OK, I "did a Romney/Ryan" and told a lie. Yes, there will be another great picture! AzureGhost provided us with another creation on special request, because it was more than obvious who was really sitting in the chair - a snarling Sarah Palin!
Link to the picture: http://twitpic.com/apu9r8/full


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About Murat Germen
Murat Germen's background in architecture informs his renderings of space and time in his digitally altered panoramas of landscapes and cityscapes. Having studied city planning in the United States and Turkey, Germen explores the social and cultural impact of booming urban environments, documenting the ever-changing landscape of modern day Turkey and its cultural implications. Merging experimental photography with traditional documentary photography, Germen's "Muta-Morphosis" series features compressed panoramic cityscapes. Various intertwining, merging elements, such as buildings, create a kaleidoscopic, claustrophobic composition. Favoring scenes of Turkish cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, Germen showcases single buildings, whole streets, and construction sites, capturing the essence of an environment through a warped lens and revealing extraordinary hidden details.
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|Shoreham, N.Y.
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|Shoreham-Wading River
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Collegiate Bests
400m 58.77
500m 1:14.58
800m 2:11.25
1000m 3:01.46
1500m 4:35.41
High School Bests
800m 2:13.08
1500m 4:44.1
2013-2014: In cross country, second on the team at the Iona Meet of Champions…Ninth overall and second on the team at the New England Championships (junior varsity)…Third on the team and 14th overall at the CCSU Mini Meet.
2012-2013: In cross country, competed at the New England Championships and the CCSU Mini-Meet...In indoor track, ran a personal best in the 1,000m of 3:01.46 at the Yale Season Opener...Also raced a personal best in the 500m of 1:14.58 at the Boston University Terrier Classic...Competed in the 500m at ECACs to place 16th...In outdoor track, ran a personal best of 58.77 in the 400m at the Sam Howell Invitational...Claimed a personal bestof 2:11.25 in the 800m at Heps...Also finished with a personal best of 4:35.41 in the 1,500m at the Raleigh Relays...Contributed to the team's best 4x400-meter relay finish in the ECAC Championship meet.
High School: Team captain for indoor and outdoor track (2011-2012)… All-State in 600m (2010, 2011)...County Champion in 600m (2010)...County Champion in 800m (2012)… School record holder in 600m and 4x400…Also team captain and All-State in soccer (2011).


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Where to find the best coupons
We're all coupon crazy! And for good reason: With so many great sources online and on your smartphone, it makes no sense to buy something without at least trying to use a coupon.
The best sites and apps make finding savings fast and fun. ShopSmart, the shopping magazine from the publisher of Consumer Reports, suggests these:
CouponNetwork.com. This site offers two ways to save. First, print manufacturer coupons that you can tote to the grocery store. Then get YourBucks vouchers when you purchase featured items, which can be spent like cash on future purchases. You'll get additional exclusive coupons at checkout.
CouponPal.com. Not finding great deals? Head here for online codes that you probably won't find anywhere else. CouponPal.com partners with thousands of sites to give you exclusive savings. And you don't need to sign up or give your contact information.
CouponsForChange.org. This site is a project of Coupons.com. For every three coupons that are printed and redeemed, the company provides one free meal to a child living in poverty via Feeding America. There were almost 300 coupons on ShopSmart's last visit, some very substantial, including one from DiGiorno (buy two pizzas, get one free).
Reclip.It. This site is like Pinterest for savings, making easy work of organizing, saving and sharing your favorite coupons. Follow your friends and favorite bloggers to see (and use) their clips. The displayed weekly sales circulars link deals with printable and online coupons.
ZenDeals.com. It's a scenario that trips up even the savviest online shopper: You enter a promo code at checkout only to have it rejected. This site aims to make that annoyance a distant memory. Search what it says is the deepest inventory of verified codes on the Internet; the site guarantees that every one will work.
Entertainment Membership Coupons (entertainment.com). Yep, it's that thick Entertainment Book gone mobile. And the app does the book one better: It uses your location (or any address) to find nearby spots offering deals. ShopSmart found thousands, including two-for-one museum passes and 20 percent off at a spa. One bummer: Some companies require coupon printouts. Works on Android, Apple and BlackBerry. (It's free to download but requires a $30/year membership fee to redeem deals.)
Mobile coupons by Shopular (shopularapp.com). This app uses "geo-fencing," which means it serves up special coupons when you're close to your favorite stores. So there's no more frantically searching your email account for codes as you approach the register. Stores include Banana Republic and Bath & Body Works. Works on Android and Apple.
Roximity (roximity.com). This new app alerts you to coupons in your area, including those for restaurants, stores and auto-repair shops. Valpak offers are among the deals. You can specify the types of coupons you want to receive and how frequently. Works on Apple.
Ibotta (ibotta.com). This app turns your phone into a focus group of one: Take polls, watch videos and read up on products you use. After you shop, take a photo of your receipt. The company claims you can earn $20 or more for every grocery shopping trip. The money is deposited into your linked PayPal account, or you can donate it to a school. The app works at dozens of stores, including Giant Eagle, Kroger, Safeway and Walmart. Works on Android and Apple.
SnipSnap (snipsnap.it). Leave your stack of store coupons at home! This app turns paper coupons into digital ones. Take a photo, and you're good to go. It alerts you when deals are about to expire and makes it easy to share the wealth with friends (and use their coupons, too). So far, ShopSmart has found that it's best for store coupons ($5 off a $35 apparel or accessories purchase at Target, anyone?). It doesn't yet support manufacturer coupons or supermarket redemption. Works on Android and Apple.
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OPEC kept its production target unchanged for a second time this year as the group's members judged prices are sufficiently high amid forecasts that supply will outpace demand for their crude in 2013.
"Everything will stay as it is," Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said in Vienna. "We respond to customer demand. Whatever the customers want, we will give them."
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, maintained its official quota at 30 million barrels a day, a level it now exceeds by about 1 million barrels a day. It failed to elect a new secretary-general. Brent crude, a benchmark contract for more than half the world's oil, is heading for its highest-ever annual price, averaging $111.78 a barrel this year.
"Most member states in the exporting group are happy with the current market balance and price levels," Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, said by e- mail. "The market remains well balanced with plentiful supplies ready to counter any short term disruptions or geopolitical risk jitters."
OPEC's 12 members are competing with a surge in shale oil output in the U.S., which last year bought 21 percent of group's exports, at a time when the world economy may deteriorate yet again. Iran, formerly the group's biggest producer after Saudi Arabia, faces tougher U.S. sanctions and a European Union ban on its crude because of the country' nuclear program and has seen its output slip to fifth place within OPEC.
Oil Revenue
Production in Iraq is surging this year, helped by investment from foreign oil companies from BP Plc to Royal Dutch Shell Plc, while Libyan oil exports are recovering after last year's armed conflict. High prices are handing OPEC members more than $1 trillion in annual revenue for a second straight year.
All 18 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News before ministers met today at OPEC's Vienna headquarters had predicted that the group would leave its production target unchanged. Analysts at Societe Generale SA and the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies said OPEC will need to consider supply cuts next year to prevent prices falling. Brent crude rose 1.5 percent to $109.63 at 3:27 p.m. in London on the ICE Futures Europe exchange. The commodity will average $110 next year, according to the median forecast of 29 analysts tracked by Bloomberg.
OPEC set its current limit on Dec. 14, 2011, putting it into effect in January. The target, which doesn't specify individual quotas for member countries, remained unchanged at the group's previous meeting in June.
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Courtesy Guess
It's hard to believe, but Guess turns 30 this year, and to celebrate, the brand is bringing back a true original: 1989 Guess girl Claudia Schiffer.
"She was a turning point of Guess … Guess was a turning point of a life for Claudia," CEO and creative director Paul Marciano tells WWD. One of the first iconic photos of her, wearing nothing but a black lace bustier, "made her career in my view, and that made Guess a different company. Everybody talked about the Guess girl."
For the new campaign, Schiffer was shot in Sorrento, Italy, under the creative direction of Marciano — who was on set for her first-ever Guess shoot — and by Ellen Von Unwerth, the photographer who took the original, iconic portraits (below).
Courtesy Guess
"Guess will always have a soft spot in my heart, and I'm excited that 23 years later we can still work together so successfully," Schiffer, who starred in six campaigns from 1989-1991, tells WWD. "Shooting the Guess 30th anniversary campaign was like going back in time. It brought back so many great memories."
The clothes featured in Schiffer's new campaign (above) — inspired by her and a slew of former Guess girls — will be available at the brand's stores and Bloomingdale's nationwide on April 19. Look for a lace bustier (of course!) plus jeans, wide-neck T-shirts, a sheer leopard-print blouse, a sleeveless black-and-white gingham top and more. Tell us: What do you think of Schiffer's sexy new campaign?


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Hall of Asian Mammals
The Hall of Asian Mammals focuses on large mammals from India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Animals featured in the hall's dozen habitat dioramas include the water buffalo, leopard, hoolock gibbon, and rhinoceros. Also represented are the banting, black buck, chinkara, chital or axis deer, guar, sambar, swamp deer, wild dog, and thamin or Eld's deer.
Like the Akeley Hall of African Mammals, this hall features a centerpiece grouping of freestanding elephants, encouraging comparisons between the two types—the Asian elephant being generally smaller than the African elephant and having smaller ears and a higher forehead.
Many of the animals represented in this hall are threatened by poaching and loss of habitat. In fact, in the 1990s, two Asian mammals, the Siberian tiger and the giant panda, were placed in the case featuring endangered species in the Hall of Biodiversity.
Asian elephants used to live in areas stretching from Iraq to southern China, where some still live wild. The habitats these forest mammals once occupied have been cut down to make way for farms and villages. They are now mostly confined to hilly regions where human contact is minimal


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Birdhouse overview: Materials, tools and design
This how to build a birdhouse plan is a fun project—so fun that it's hard to say who benefits more from it: the bird or the builder. You can let your imagination run and experiment with a variety of materials, shapes and designs. You only need to follow a few parameters (see chart below) that are specific to the bird species you're trying to attract. Follow the clear how-to photos and study the drawing and the cutting list to build our project exactly, or personalize it with the details you want: a stone chimney, some shutters or cedar shingles.
Most any softwood (pine, cedar, cypress, redwood, fir) will work for your birdhouse. We used pine for the walls and base, exterior fir plywood for the roof, and birch square dowels (available at home centers or hobby shops) as well as birch dowel pins for porch balusters.
We used simple tools to build this project. You'll notice the 1×8 pine boards are actually 7-1/4 in. wide but need to be 7 in. wide for this project. If you don't have a table saw to rip them to this narrower width, have the lumberyard rip them for you and then cut the lengths at home with the simple tools shown.
Sizing for certain birds
Just as with people, one house doesn't fit all. In fact, many bird species don't use houses at all but nest on branches or groundcover. Birds that use hollowed-out cliffs, tree trunks or birdhouses, however, are called cavity dwellers. They come in all sizes.
The size of the entry hole and size of the interior room can make a huge difference in the type of bird your house will attract. (See "Basic Birdhouse Dimensions" below.) We've sized this birdhouse to fit a variety of smaller bird species. To attract very small birds like nuthatches, bluebirds or chickadees, you may want to make the floor area a bit smaller by gluing an extra piece of wood to the front interior wall of the birdhouse and another on one side. A smaller interior is not as hard for a bird to fill with nesting material.
Keep in mind that you'll also need to maintain your birdhouse by cleaning it after the nesting season. To make this as easy as possible, we've included a sliding rear door held in place with small hook-and-eye latches. Just lift the latch and slide the door to the side to remove the nest and wipe out the inside.
Birdhouse Details
A Cutting List and Shopping List are available in Additional Information below.
Step 1: Build the base
Photo 1: Cut out the pieces
Cut all the pieces with a jigsaw. Rip the solid board to 7 in. wide (see text) before cutting parts A, B and D.
Photo 2: Assemble the base
Nail the wood flange assembly together with 6d galvanized finish nails. Next, glue and nail the base to this assembly. Use outdoor carpenter's glue for a stable, water-resistant bond.
Begin by cutting out all the pieces in the Cutting List, available in Additional Information below. Use Fig. A and the Cutting List to identify parts. Then assemble the base (Photo 2). We built our base to fit over a 4×4 post.
Basic Birdhouse Dimensions
Follow these guidelines for sizing your birdhouse.
Step 2: Assemble the walls and roof
Photo 3: Cut the roof pieces
Set your jigsaw base at 45 degrees and cut miter joints for the roof pieces G and H. Use a straightedge clamped to the workpiece as a guide for a perfectly even cut.
Photo 4: Assemble the walls
Glue and nail the front piece (B1) to the side pieces (A). Use 4d galvanized finish nails. Don't glue and nail the backside (B2). The back piece is 1/8 in. shorter so it can slide in place once the roof is in place. This back panel is removable for cleaning.
Glue and nail all these pieces together. We made the roof angle 45 degrees to simplify measuring and cutting.
Step 3: Cut and assemble the opening
Photo 5: Cut a roof opening
Cut an opening into the front roof panel (G) for access through the dormer. Drill a 3/8-in. starter hole in two opposite corners to start the cut easily. Cut the chimney opening in the rear roof panel with the blade set at a 45-degree angle.
Photo 6: Assemble the entry
Glue and nail parts C to the center entry panel (J) once you've drilled the entry hole. Glue this assembly to the front plywood roof panel. Use rubber bands as clamps to hold the dormer assembly in place until the glue dries.
Photo 7: Attach the entry
Nail the roof panels to the side walls with 4d galvanized nails. Use glue along the mitered seam at the top.
Make sure you size the birdhouse hole to match the species you hope to attract. (See "Basic Birdhouse Dimensions" above. Birds enter through the dormer on the roof.
Step 4: Add the finishing details
Photo 8: Glue and nail the railing
Assemble the porch railing and nail it to the posts. Then nail the porch roof (L) to the posts. Glue the seam along the roof and hold it in place with masking tape. Once the glue is dry, nail (use 4d finish nails and predrill a pilot hole) up from the underside of the base into each column.
Photo 9: Add the decorative brackets
Cut the small roof bracket pieces (Q and R) and assemble them using exterior wood glue.
Tip: Use wax paper under the pieces during assembly to keep them from sticking to the workbench. Once they're assembled, glue them to the sides of the birdhouse. Next, drill the vent holes to keep the birdhouse cool, and finally, select and apply an exterior finish.
Apply finish details to meet your fancy. We had fun with the railing and decorative brackets.
Step 5: Protect your birdhouse with an oil finish
The finished birdhouse
An oil finish leaves the wood looking natural, but protected from rot. The wood color will turn gray over a year or so.
Birds would just as soon not have a finish on the exterior, but to make it last you'll need a coat of oil finish every few years. You can also paint your birdhouse, but keep in mind that birds are color sensitive and may be repelled by certain colors. Try using colors found in natural surroundings and avoid bright and flashy colors. Never stain or paint the inside of the birdhouse. The odor may keep them from moving in. Let the exterior stain dry thoroughly (two to three weeks) before mounting the birdhouse outside.
Step 6: Mount the birdhouse outdoors
We made a wood flange (Photo 2) to secure the birdhouse to a 4×4 fence post or decorative porch post anchored to a concrete base (see Fig. C). You can also mount your birdhouse in a tree; just eliminate the mounting flange and put screw eyes through the roof into the wall, then attach a chain hung from a tree limb. Keep in mind that some bird species like to nest in houses in the open while others feel more protected near buildings or in a wooded area.
Figure C: Mounting Post Details
Mount the post to angle irons embedded in concrete. Use a treated 4×4 so it won't rot.
Project PDF Files
Click the links below to download the materials list and cutting list for this project.
Additional Information
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- bird hole size
- Clamps
- Combination square
- cordless
- Drill bit
- Drill/driver
- Hammer
- Jigsaw
- Miter saw
- Table saw
- Wood glue
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- See Shopping List in Additional Information at the end of the Step-by-Step section.


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Digital Agenda: OMEGA research project uses light to help achieve higher broadband speeds
An EU-funded research project has created a system for higher broadband speeds that can connect many more devices in the home. Today, Wi-Fi is the home networking solution everyone uses, but it is unlikely to be able to meet future demands by itself. To ensure, for example, that families could stream multiple movies at the same time, researchers on the "HOME Gigabit Access" (OMEGA) project have developed a network using a combination of power cables, radio signals and light. This technology could ensure that every office and household has enough bandwidth to connect a range of "smart" objects to each other like phones, cars and domestic appliances. The OMEGA project is run by researchers from companies, universities and research institutions in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. The EU provided €12.41 million of a total budget of €19.13 million.
Using visible and infrared light –similar to that of a TV remote control– the researchers were able to transmit data at up to 280 Mbps over a distance of 10 metres. The data was transferred in two directions between multiple devices, thus creating an infrared network. In a world first, the project team sent data using LED ceiling lighting, increasingly common in many homes.
Combining this technology with, for example, radio transmission, could result in much higher broadband speeds for consumers. It could also have other advantages when used alone, as this kind of technology, known as Visible Light Communication causes less radio interference because the signal is contained within one room. This would be particularly beneficial for use in, for example, hospitals or production plants, where a radio transmission network is either not permitted or where it interferes with the functioning of some equipment.
Industry is now ready to produce devices based on a standard (IEEE P1905.1) launched thanks to the OMEGA project. The project was 65% funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7). The Commission aims to support future ground-breaking innovation through the Horizon 2020 programme. €16 billion of its proposed €80 billion budget has been earmarked to foster breakthroughs in Information and Communication Technologies.


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Grow a Butterfly Garden
Part of the Butterfly Conservatory exhibition.
A butterfly garden, large or small, can attract butterflies to your back yard. Here are some tips for creating your own garden:
- Sunny gardens attract the most butterflies, so plant in the brightest part of your garden.
- Some important details to consider are sunny spots for basking, shelter from wind and rain, and sources of fresh water. Mud or sand puddles are used by adult male butterflies to obtain essential salts, needed for reproduction.
- Nectar plants provide food for a variety of adult butterflies, while different host plants, which supply caterpillars with food, attract specific species. Keep in mind that nectar plants may also serve as host plants to some species. You may want to include both in your garden.
- Most caterpillars feed only on specific types of host plants, so female adult butterflies deposit their eggs only on the plants their offspring will eat. By including host plants in your garden, you can witness the entire life cycle of the butterfly.
- Choose plants that will bloom at different times throughout the season. Try experimenting with a variety of plants that appeal to different butterfly species.
- Pesticides can harm butterflies, so avoid using them whenever possible.
- Do some research before you begin planting to determine which plants to use and how much space is required. Butterfly gardening and websites can help you make decisions. Also, ask your local native plant society if there are restrictions on particular plant species in your area.
Nectar Plants
Here are some Northeastern nectar plants to consider for your butterfly garden. Some are common garden flowers, while others are wildflowers that may be more difficult to find:
Asclepias tuberosa
Aster spp.
Buddleia davidii
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Clerthra anlifolia
Echinacea purpurea
Eupatorium spp.
Liatris spicata
Monarda didyma
Phlox paniculata
Pycnanthemum muticum
Rhododendron spp.
Rudbeckia hirta
Salvia coccinea
Solidago spp.
Tagetes patula
Verbena spp.
Vernonia noveboracensis
Zinnia elegans
Some of the butterflies that utilize these plants for nectar include:
Family Papilionidae
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Family Pieridae
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
Family Lycaenidae
American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas)
Family Nymphalidae
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton)
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Family Hesperiidae
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Host Plants
Consider experimenting with some butterfly host plants as well. Here are some possibilities for your Northeast butterfly garden:
Antirrhinum major
Asclepias spp.
Aster spp.
Brassica spp.
Chelone glabra
Cirsium spp.
Foeniculum vulgare
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
Medicago sativa
Prunus serotina
Salix spp.
Sassafras albidum
Urtica dioica
Viola spp.
Grow a Butterfly Garden by Liz Primeau, et al. Hardcover (March 2000)
The Butterfly Garden by Judith Levicoff. Paperback (October 1994)
Creating a Butterfly Garden: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Butterfly Visitors by Marcus H. Schneck. Paperback (May 1994)
Grow a Butterfly Garden by Wendy Potter Springer. Paperback (September 1990)
The Butterfly Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box, or Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies by Mathew Tekulsky, Robert M. Pyle (Designer). Paperback (January 1986)
The Butterfly Garden by Mathew Tekulsky, Robert M. Pyle (Designer). Hardcover (December 1985)
North American Butterfly Association
New York Botanical Garden: Butterfly Gardens Fact Sheet
For more on butterflies–check out this page!


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You may have seen the Robertsons on the hit A&E show Duck Dynasty, which follows the Louisiana family behind one of the most popular duck hunting products. But now Phil, Willie and the whole gang have made it into their own book series! Cowritten by John Luke Robertson --- the grandson of the Robertson patriarch --- and novelist Travis Thrasher, Be Your Own Duck Commander is a choose-your-own-adventure series that takes members of the clan on absurd, hilarious adventures through time, space and unpredictable hunts.
Read our interview with John Luke below to see what it was like to write a series as a teenager, where he'd go if he had his own time machine and why he chose to use his family members as his protagonits!
Sep 24, 2014
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That's exactly what 11-year-old Jack Staples has to figure out In JACK STAPLES AND THE RING OF TIME, the first book in the Jack Staples series by Joel N. Clark and Mark Batterson. Below, Joel tells Kidsreads about the inspiration for the series, what to expect in the later books and what time period he'd visit if he could travel through time and space!
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it won't back a Palestinian drive for statehood in a U.N. vote this week — putting it at odds with France and other European countries.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Wednesday Berlin is still evaluating the situation and consulting with its European partners. But he said: "It is also very certain that Germany will not vote for such a resolution."
Officials left open whether Germany will vote against raising the Palestinians' status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state when the U.N. General Assembly considers the issue on Thursday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke says Germany's priority is to avoid anything that could damage prospects of a negotiated two-state solution.
Germany last year voted against Palestinian membership of UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency.


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Miranda Kerr -- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2009
Miranda Kerr rocks the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York City on Thursday (November 19).
The 26-year-old Aussie model strutted her stuff in several different sexy outfits throughout the show – loooove the custom-made plaid bra and panties in wool plaid by Holland & Sherry!
Don't miss the show with Miranda and your other favorite Angels, airing Tuesday, December 1 at 10/9c on CBS!
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Peach and mascarpone cupcakes (Bake-N-Blog)
24 comments:
- Marcellina said...
Love your happy cupcakes! They make me smile! I bet they taste delicous as well!
- 19 August, 2010
- spearmint baby said...
they look amazing! be sure to add your post to my MckLinky list for Bake-N-Blog participants on spearmintbaby.com today! shari
- 19 August, 2010
- Sally said...
Yours look fantastic! i too participated, and had the best time. Happy baking x
- 19 August, 2010
- Staci Edwards Design said...
Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the Bake-N-Blog!
Your cupcakes look too beautiful to eat!
It was lovely "meeting" you, and thanks for joining in the fun!
- 19 August, 2010
- Molly said...
You're so right! Those are the happiest cupcakes.
I'm in awe of your ability to "adapt" a recipe with such ease. I'm just not there yet. But, hopefully someday!
Can't wait to try them out for myself.
- 19 August, 2010
- Shannon @ What's Up Whimsy said...
Those are the happiest looking cupcakes I've ever seen! Great job!!
- 19 August, 2010
- DesignTies said...
I've never seen smiling cupcakes before -- awesome!! :-) They ARE the happiest cupcakes ever!! And I bet they taste as good as they look, especially with those huge heaps of icing!! :-)
Kelly (cupcake #32)
- 19 August, 2010
- Angela said...
Those look fabulous! How much sugar do you use per pound of peaches to make preserves?
Angela (cupcake #7)
- 19 August, 2010
- Laurie @ Simply Scratch said...
Mary these look delicious!! I love that you used peach preserves! Well done!!
- 19 August, 2010
- Mimi said...
This look totally delicious.
- 19 August, 2010
- Jacqueline and Andy said...
Oh, they do look happy! And I want to eat them with their cream tops and peachy insides! They look fabulous! Perfect for afternoon tea.
- 19 August, 2010
- Christine @ the Glam Blog via decorbychristine said...
Wow....those are real happy cupcakes....so happy to be bitten into! Your cupcakes look utterly amazing...great job!! I baked #24!!
Christine aka @Glamamama on twitter
- 19 August, 2010
- Cristin @ Simplified Bee said...
They look perfect! Thanks for sharing.
(cupcake #8)
- 19 August, 2010
- Anne @ Flour Box Bakery said...
Those are so happy! How cute! I'm a first time reader and LOVE your blog's name. Super great!
Thanks for sharing!
- 19 August, 2010
- Jennifurla said...
Very happy, looks great & tasty
- 19 August, 2010
- twitcher said...
Well, don't those look tasty (except for the peaches part). Looks like a good use for some of my apricot jam! thanks Mary
- 19 August, 2010
- Tricia said...
Oh my goodness!! I think that I now have to try both your version and Ming's. They look heavenly (and very happy ;)
XO*Tricia (#14)
- 19 August, 2010
- Joy Moxley said...
What bright cupcakes! Love the photos and am drooling on my keyboard. Will have to try this one :)
- 19 August, 2010
- the coyote family said...
Your cupcakes look amazing...my husband is drooling over your photos.
I guess I will be making these beauties sooner rather than later.
Sara - Cupcake #32
- 20 August, 2010
- Natalie said...
Mary Mary, your cupcakes are beautiful! Mine were a total fail. I'll have to try this recipe instead! :)
- 20 August, 2010
- Evelyne@CheapEthnicEatz said...
Just a gorgeous cupcake...and the smile is hilarious. If you put one in front of me I would devour it too.
- 21 August, 2010
- Valérie said...
Smiling cupcakes! Love it!
- 21 August, 2010
They were delicious! And the 3 year old tried to lick the icing off another one but we rescued it from him and enjoyed it ourselves! Thanks again!
- 25 August, 2010
- Kristen said...
They look delicious! And you have some good photography here too.
- 11 December, 2010


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Glo Spa
Relax, indulge and enjoy... at our spa. The Glo Spa, at Treglos Hotel, offers a range of specialist beauty treatments and custom spa breaks in Cornwall.
Amongst the treatments on offer, choose from:
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The spa is open to both guests and non-residents. Our expert practitioners use some of the world's leading brands (Elemis, as well as Cornwall's own organic Spiezia), and offer a wide range of treatments for both men and women. From a quick taster facial to a deep tissue massage, from a manicure to a full body spa ocean wrap: the finest products in the most skilled hands make for an unforgettable experience.
Why not treat yourself or someone special? We have a variety of spa breaks in Cornwall, runaway retreats and gift vouchers to ensure that stresses and strains simply flow away.
Even the most sceptical golfing gentlemen tend to see the light after our special golfers' deep therapeutic massage, to relieve aching feet and soothe stiff back muscles...
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|Runaway Ritual Pamper Days
Treat either yourself or someone special to a Runaway Ritual Pamper Day. Included in the price is a robe and towel for use in the indoor heated swimming pool, infra-red cabin and Spa pool. Ask about lunch specials when booking (available during hotel opening times).
|Beauty and Light
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Elemis Taster Facial or Radiance Facial and BNS Aromatherapy
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|Mum to be
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Pregnancy Pampering and Made for Life Radiance Facial & Full Body Massage
|The Beautiful Bride Package
We offer you the opportunity to leave the pressure of organisation behind, as you relax in our tranquil Beauty Room.
Full Body Exfoliation
Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage.
Luxury Hydrating Facial
Herbal Tea Infusion (to be enjoyed on the sea view terrace) or a glass of Champagne for an extra £5.
|Glo Spa Signature Pampering Package
Exotic Frangipani Wrap
Exotic Moisture Dew Facial
Balinese Foot, Leg and Ankle Massage
Balinese Scalp and Shoulder Massage
Cornish Spa Break
Low Season - £465 / Mid Season - £535 / High Season - £550 for a 2 night break for 2 people
Standard room accommodation for 2 nights (based on 2 sharing)
Cornish afternoon tea on arrival
Bottle of Prosecco
Cornish Organic Spiezia Back, Neck and Shoulder Massage (25 mins) and Cornish. Organic Spiezia Radiance Facial (40 mins). Upgrade to Relax and Rejuvinate Facial for £15.00
Three course Dinner and coffee
Unlimited rounds of Golf at the hotel's course Merlin
Full use of our leisure facilities including indoor swimming pool, spa pool and infra-red cabin
Continue the relaxation at home with your complimentary Spiezia Organic Body Oil
15% discount on any additional treatments during your stay
Telephone 01841 520727 and Quote Spacorn
Mini Spa Break
Low Season - £240 / Mid Season - £275 / High Season - £285
for a 1 night break for 2 people
Standard room accommodation for 1 night (based on 2 sharing)
Elemis Skin Specific Facial (55 mins). Upgrade to the Luxury Advanced Anti-ageing Facial for just £5 OR a Therapeutic massage to relieve aches and pains (45 mins)
Three course Dinner and coffee
Unlimited rounds of Golf at the hotel's course Merlin.
Leisure facilities including indoor swimming pool, spa pool and infra-red cabin
15% discount on any additional treatments during your stay.
Telephone 01841 520727 and Quote Spamini
Superior rooms are available at a supplement – single rooms are also available, please enquire. The Spa Breaks are subject to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts.
Reservations - We recommend making reservations in advance, particularly if you choose to enjoy multiple bookings during your stay. We invite you to advise us of any special requirements when making your reservation.
Cancellations - We require at least 24 hours notice of cancellations, otherwise we regret that a 50% charge will be incurred. Non-Residents are required to pay in full at the time of booking. Cancellation terms for group bookings will be confirmed at time of reservation.
Gift Vouchers - For a memorable gift we offer gift vouchers tailored to your requirements, either for a specific treatment or a designated amount. Perfect for special occasions.


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Pension Goiko
An amazing hostel in the center of San Sebastian. Close to all the beaches, all the bars and restaurants.
We have rooms for 1-5 persons, and we can also do larger groups.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
B&B Facilities & Policies
- Bicycle hire
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Cafeteria
- Ceiling Fan
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Safe Deposit Box
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels Included
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Pension Goiko is situated in Parte Vieja the 'Old Town', close to everything.
- Free parking in Paseo Nuevo. Private parking in the Boulevard and Okendo. 5 min. walk to Pension Goiko.
- Renfe Station: 15 min walk to Pension Goiko.
- Euskotren Station: 20 min walk. Buses 26 and 28 to the Boulevard (5 minute walk).
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Her belly doesn't lie: Shakira is pregnant!
The singer is expecting her second child with longtime love Gerard Piqué, she revealed on Facebook.
"Yes, we are expecting our second baby!! Thank you for all your well wishes!" she wrote Thursday.
The post confirms what the pop star, 37, said in the September issue of Cosmopolitan en Español, which first broke her happy news.
"Well, yes, the truth is that, yes, I am pregnant," the mom-to-be, who graces the cover, told the magazine.
In March, Shakira — who performed at the World Cup closing ceremony in Brazil in July — said she was looking forward to seeing the couple's 19-month-old son Milan become a big brother in the near future.
"If it weren't because of my music projects, I would be pregnant already," she told Latina.
But while Shakira has been open about the baby bliss she's experienced since welcoming her first child with her professional footballer beau, 27, she has also admitted the transition into parenthood wasn't without a few struggles.
"It takes a lot of energy from you — but I love it," she told PEOPLE after her son's arrival. "I'm really enjoying every bit of it. It's not as idyllic as everybody tells you — but not as horrible as everybody tells you. It comes with a full package."
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Cancellations for Wednesday – February 5, 2014
Today's winter storm is causing some cancellations around the state. Roads are treacherous and so motorists need to slow down and give themselves plenty of time to stop. Put the cell phone away and limit distractions. You'll need your focus on the road.
Stay home if you possibly can. And if you don't see your event on this list, you may still want to call ahead just to make sure they're still holding it. If you get to stay home today, awesome! We'll all be jealous!
Here's our list so far today. Check back often, as we'll continue to update it throughout the day!
- Augusta has a parking ban in effect at this hour until 7am Thursday
- Bar Harbor Banking and Trust closing all locations at 3pm
- Beal College in Bangor is closed
- Charleston Town Office is closed
- Community Fitness in Guilford - no evening fitness classes
- Darling's 'Women and Wheel's' event in Ellsworth tonight has been postponed to March 19th
- Dental Associates - Bucksport Office is closed
- Dexter American Legion Bingo canceled
- Downtown Bangor has a parking ban in effect tonight from 11pm to 6am
- Eastern Maine Community College is closed
- Fusion Bangor's 'Newcomer's Night' at Coespace has been postponed to February 19th
- Husson University in Bangor and Southern Maine closed today
- Hutchinson Center is Closed
- Jill St. Peter State Farm office is closed
- Maine Center for Integrated Rehab in Brewer is closed
- MDI YMCA is closed
- Milo Public Library is closed today
- Southwest Harbor Public Library is closed
- Spruce Run Womancare Alliance in Bangor and Dover closed - Hotline is open
- State offices in York,Cumberland,Sagadahoc,Lincoln,Knox,Waldo,Kennebec, Androscoggin, and Oxford counties closed today. All others will remain open, as usual.
- Thomas College in Waterville - closed
- United Technology Center (UTC) - no adult education
- Unity College Closed
- University of Maine at Machias is closed


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25 U.S. Code §§ 307, 308 - Omitted
Section 307, acts Mar. 17, 1949, ch. 22, § 1, 63 Stat. 14; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381, directed Administrator of General Services to transfer to Secretary of the Interior property known as Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham City, Utah, for use of Bureau of Indian Affairs as a vocational school for children and housing and training center for adults. Pub. L. 98–401, Aug. 27, 1984, 98 Stat. 1477, provided that when the Secretary ceases to use the property for school purposes, he shall publish the legal description of the property in the Federal Register and convey the property without consideration to Brigham City, Utah. The property was conveyed and notice was published in 50 F.R. 1636, Jan. 11, 1985.
Section 308, act Mar. 17, 1949, ch. 22, § 2, 63 Stat. 14, directed Secretary of the Interior to take over the property as soon as Congress appropriated funds for alterations, maintenance, and operation.
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ROCK FALLS – The owner of Lamb's Tap has bought the building next door and plans to expand her kitchen and open a dining area.
Barb Lamb closed on the property, which took up three storefronts, on Friday. Her bar is at 215 W. Second St.; the building she bought was occupied by Caring Center until it moved to 210 First Ave. in Sterling a year ago.
She also hopes to install a stage and dance floor, and she plans to hire more cooks, waiters and bartenders, although she doesn't yet know how many. She expects renovations to be done within 6 months, she said.
The bar already serves lunch – hamburgers, chicken wraps, brats and tenderloins – from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and tacos on Wednesday nights.
The kitchen's hours will be extended when the renovations are complete, and dinner will be served nightly, she said.
Lamb has owned the bar since 1996; before that, her husband, Wayne "Froggy" Lamb, owned the bar from 1988 until his death on Oct. 11, 2006.
Lamb's Tap is open from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Call 815-625-4783 for more information.


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Not long to wait now. Record Store Day is coming a week on Saturday and I'll be spending that day hunting down obscure 80s indie singles and long lost psych albums.
And to celebrate – well we have got in a tad early – here is a list of ten of the greatest albums that have are vinyl only and have never had a CD reissue.
Except a few of them have – but either on dodgy low quality bootlegs or in legit reissues that have never ever turned up in the UK.
Anyhow, the best way to hear them is buying the vinyl. Here's our list. What have we missed?
Lee Hazlewood - Forty £25
In his packed 70 years cosmic cowboy Lee Hazlewood recorded a string of wonderful albums many of which were on obscure labels. Thanks to the sterling work of labels like Light In The Attic many have now been reissued. Not Forty though. Clearly the runt of the Hazlewood litter Forty, recorded when the maestro celebrated that milestone birthday, is low on Hazlewood originals and high on sugary covers of standards like September Song and It Was A Very Good Year which don't really suit the fella's gruff voice. There are some stellar tunes here though most notably The Bed, which starts as a depressing country-esque lament before strings, brass and a female vocal kick in to turn into a jaunty pop tune, and the rather miserable but nevertheless marvelous The Night Before.


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Daniel Craig: 'Cowboys & Aliens' in Switzerland!
Daniel Craig suits up for the Cowboys & Aliens photo call during the 64th Festival del Film di Locarno on Saturday (August 6) in Locarno, Switzerland.
The 43-year-old British actor was joined by co-stars Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, and director Jon Favreau.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Daniel Craig
Last weekend, Cowboys & Aliens tied for the top spot at the box office with The Smurfs 3-D, each raking in an estimated $36 million.
FYI: Olivia is wearing a one of a kind Gucci dress, Brian Atwood shoes, a Jimmy Choo clutch, and Carrera y Carrera earrings.
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When: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.Where: Viejas ArenaThe processional will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m.
When: Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.Where: Viejas Arena Faculty only, there is no student rehearsal
Candidates enter Viejas Arena through Parking Lot 13 located on the ground level, across from Parking Structure 12. All guests must access Viejas Arena through the main entrance gates. Candidates must arrive in Lot 13 at least 45 minutes before the processional start time unless otherwise noted.
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Get additional information about pre-ceremony assembly and processional.
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1. An appellate court's review of the interpretation of a statute is unlimited. The appellate court is not bound by the district court's interpretation of the statute.
2. When a statute is clear and unambiguous, a court must give effect to the intent of the legislature, not determine what the law should or should not be.
4. It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction, to which all other rules are subordinate, that the intent of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained.
5. Criminal statutes and penalties in effect at the time the crimes were committed are controlling.
6. The length of time K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4906 requires all first time sex offenders to be registered is 10 years. Second offenders are required to register for their lifetimes. Any interpretation of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7) to the contrary is invalid.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; BRYCE ABBOTT, judge. Opinion filed April 25, 2003. Affirmed.
Theresa Barr, assistant appellate defender, for appellant.
Matt J. Maloney, assistant district attorney, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before ELLIOTT, P.J., LEWIS, J., and STEPHEN D. HILL, District Judge, assigned.
HILL, J.: Michael L. Reider appeals the district court's order to register as a sex offender for a term of 10 years. We affirm.
After exposing his penis to Milton Whitaker, a stranger, and Whitaker's two nephews, Reider was arrested by Wichita police on August 7, 2001. Reider pled no contest to lewd and lascivious behavior, according to K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-3508(a)(2) and three counts of assault, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3408. He received a 6-month sentence for lewd and lascivious behavior, followed by consecutive 30-day sentences in the county jail for each assault count. Reider was placed on 12 months' probation.
Reider concedes that he is required to register for his conviction for lewd and lascivious behavior and that this was his first conviction for a crime specified in K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4902. The district court ordered Reider to register, according to K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., as a sex offender for 10 years. Reider believes that the 10-year period is not applicable. Reider contends that since he was placed on probation he should be required to register as a sex offender for 12 months instead of 10 years, according to K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7).
We must focus upon two statutes, K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7) and K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4906.
K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7) provides:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a diversionary agreement or probation order, either adult or juvenile, or a juvenile offender sentencing order, requires registration under the Kansas offender registration act then all provisions of that act shall apply, except that the term of registration shall be controlled by such diversionary agreement, probation order or juvenile offender sentencing order."
K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4906 provides the following:
"(a) Any person required to register as provided in this act shall be required to register:
(1) Upon the first conviction of . . . any offense as defined in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 22-4902 and amendments thereto . . . if not confined, for a period of 10 years after conviction . . .; or (2) upon a second or subsequent conviction for such person's lifetime.
"(b) Upon the first conviction, liability for registration terminates, if not confined, at the expiration of 10 years from the date of conviction, . . . if the convicted offender does not again become liable to register as provided by this act during that period."
Reider argues that K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7) gives the district court discretion to lower the number of years required for registration to the number of years placed on probation or to the period the case is diverted. The district court disagreed, ruling that the provision simply requires this registration period to be specifically mentioned in the probation order.
This court's review of the interpretation of a statute is unlimited. We are not bound by the district court's interpretation of the statute. State v. Engles, 270 Kan. 530, 532-33, 17 P.3d 355 (2001). When a statute is clear and unambiguous, a court must give effect to the intent of the legislature, not determine what the law should or should not be. Martindale v. Tenny, 250 Kan. 621, Syl. ¶ 2, 829 P.2d 561 (1992). The court must apply the plain language of statutes since the statutory language represents the express legislative intent and the legislature, presumably, understood the language's meaning. It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction, to which all other rules are subordinate, that the intent of the legislature governs, if that intent can be ascertained. State ex rel. Stovall v. Meneley, 271 Kan. 355, 378, 22 P.3d 124 (2001).
Criminal statutes and penalties in effect at the time the crimes were committed are controlling. State v. Mayberry, 248 Kan. 369, 387, 807 P.2d 86 (1991). Therefore, the 2001 amendments are applicable in Reider's case. K.S.A. 22-4904(a) was amended in 1996 to include the (a)(7) language: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law . . . ." L. 1996, ch. 224, § 4. In the initial amendment, there was a reference to K.S.A. 22-4906, which established the 10-year term of registration; however, that reference was omitted a year later. L. 1997, ch. 181, § 9.
In order to resolve this seeming conflict between the two statutes, an examination of another amendment made to the sexual offender registration laws by the 2001 legislature is helpful.
The former statute, K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 22-4908 provided that all sex offenders must register for 10 years for their first convictions. Then, after registration, the 2000 statute provided that the offender could ask for a reduction of that period and provided for an evidentiary hearing upon which the court could base its decision. The offender could call expert witnesses, and the court could, at its discretion, reduce the 10-year registration period if appropriate. That entire procedure was eliminated by our legislature in 2001, see L. 2001, ch. 208, § 15, and replaced with the simple language: "No person required to register as an offender pursuant to the Kansas offender registration act shall be granted an order relieving the offender of further registration under this act." K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4908. We believe that the intent of the legislature is now clear. There shall be no reduction in the 10-year registration requirement for sex offenders in Kansas. To rule otherwise would make the 2001 amendments to 22-4908 meaningless. With that in mind, the seeming conflict of the two prior statutes disappears.
If the legislature had reserved discretion in the district courts to reduce registration to only the period of time that a defendant could be placed on probation or during diversion they did not say so in 2001. District court discretion was the very procedure eliminated in 2001 by the enactment of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4908. We think, along with the district court, the more valid view is that with the 2001 amendments the legislature intended for all first time sex offenders to be registered for 10 years and for second offenders to be registered for their lifetimes.
The length of time K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4906 requires all first time sex offenders to be registered is 10 years. Second offenders are required to register for their lifetimes. Any interpretation of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4904(a)(7) to the contrary is invalid.
The district court properly ruled that K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 22-4906 required a registration period of 10 years.


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Arthur Negus Fuller (1879-1945) printed both black and intaglio etchings of Reflections. Fuller's interests in color and light are readily apparent in the intaglio etching. In 1935, Fuller exhibited this colored etching in the Deerfield Valley Art Association exhibition at the Hall Tavern in Charlemont, Massachusetts. Arthur was the youngest son of George and Agnes (Higginson) Fuller of Deerfield, Massachusetts. In 1915, Arthur purchased the Little Brown House and studio barn on Albany Road. That same year, Fuller began printing monotypes. In 1919, he bought a printing press with his brother, Henry, for their shared Boston studio, and in 1920, they bought a second press for their studio at the Little Brown House. Arthur's first intaglio etchings date from this time. Between 1915 and 1935, Arthur Fuller produced more than a hundred prints with editions that included up to 75 prints. His earliest intaglio, or colored, etchings were printed with a single pass through the press. Fuller accomplished this by first inking the lines on the copper plate, wiping off the excess, then lightly daubing ink where he wanted color, using the tip of a twisted cloth, à la poupée. Consequently, each intaglio print in an edition is slightly differently from the next.
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Ted Siefer's City Hall: Bramante's 'free' education initiative gets green lightBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 16. 2014 3:52AM
Fred Bramante is a popular guy. The former music store mogul and longtime member of the state Board of Education was before the Board of School Committee Monday to pitch his new initiative, the National Center for Competency-Based Learning.
Bramante brought with him several education leaders as well as Will Stewart, of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and Kate Baker, director of the Network for Educational Opportunity. Each of them extolled the virtues of Bramante's venture.
Right off the bat, it was notable that Bramante had the support of both Baker, a school choice advocate, and Stewart; the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is also a big proponent of investing in the public school system.
But the venture is particularly promising in Manchester because Bramante, in many ways, speaks the same language as Mayor Ted Gatsas. Competency-based learning is all about giving students opportunities to learn beyond the classroom through real-world experience. Bramante's goal is to create a network of 10,000 mentors, starting, he hopes, with 1,000 in Manchester.
The idea overlaps with the initiatives Gatsas is most proud of in the district - the hands-on curriculum at the Manchester School of Technology, and STEAM Ahead NH. STEAM is the program, set to start next fall at West High, that will give students the chance to earn college credits through partnerships with local companies and organizations.
There's another reason the school board will likely be receptive to Bramante's pitch.
"We ask for no funding from the schools," he told the board. "We believe there are lots of people who will want to see this work, and the money will come."
The board voted to green-light the proposal to the next stage: the Curriculum and Instruction Committee.
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Timing can be everything. Maybe this explains the brusque response Mayor Gatsas gave to a motion from Ward 8 school board member Erika Connors at the school board meeting. It was late into an already long session, around 10:30 p.m., when she proposed eliminating the residency requirement for administrators in the district.
"That's too heavy," Gatsas said. "I won't accept it."
Some back story: Gatsas is a big fan of having department heads reside in the city, and he pushed to extend the requirement to the school district's top administrators.
It's no longer a theoretical discussion, as the residency requirement was written into the contract of Dave Ryan, the assistant superintendent hired in the summer. Ryan had been a principal in Nashua, and he lives in Hooksett with his family. Evidently, uprooting to Manchester hasn't been a simple process for Ryan. At a school board meeting a couple of months ago, he requested a six-month extension to the contract provision, to which the board agreed. But Gatsas made his view known at the time. "He understands the consequences," he said.
Connors sees it differently. "People don't choose a doctor because they live in Manchester. ... They choose the best. We should be treating our administrators as the professionals they are," she told me. "We risk losing very valuable employees because we're discriminating, in a sense, against people with families."
Still, Connors isn't really upset that Gatsas gave her motion short shrift on Monday. "It had been a long night," she said. But she says she fully intends to make the motion again in the near future.
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Livingston Park could be getting some love. The park is one of only 550 nationwide to get selected as one of the beneficiaries of the "Heart Your Park" program, which is sponsored by Macy's Department Store and the National Recreation and Parks Association.
Donations are being taken at the Macy's in the Mall of New Hampshire. The company will match the amount collected up to $250,000. But if you want to pony up, you'll have to get there soon; the fundraiser ends March 31.
Ted Siefer is the City Hall reporter for the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @tbsreporter.


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Ray Martin from Australia documents the people in Tasmania with the GFX.
Part 2 of the series. Ray Martin from Australia documents the people in Tasmania with the GFX.
Julien Apruzzese from France tests the GFX 50S and GF110mmF2 combo.
Oliver Wehrli from Switzerland tests the GFX 50S and GF23mmF4 in nature.
David Williams from Canada uses GFX 50S for portrait photography.
X-Photographer Elia Locardi from USA travels with the GF23mmF4 R LM WR.
"Let's do it!" Inside look into NORDICA Photography shooting wedding photography!
Lindsay Keats from New Zealands goes up in the air with the GFX for aerial photography.
Wedding Photographer David Stanbury from the UK tests the GF110mmF2 R LM WR.
Thorsten Rother shoots portraits with the FUJIFILM GFX 50S and the GF110mmF2 R LM WR
X-Photographer Fernando Moleres from Spain visits Festival Holi in India.
Photographer Yan Kallen from Hong Kong visits Kyoto and captures the moments in life of artisans and their work.
Portrait photographer Sara Lando from Italy tests the new GF110mmF2 R LM WR lens.
X-Photographer Ivan Joshua Loh from Singapore tests the new GF110mmF2 in various settings.
X-Photographer Daniel Tengs from Norway shot snowboarders in action with the GFX.
X-Photographer Jonas Dyhr Rask from Denmark visits Iceland in April with fellow X-Photographer Palle Schultz.
X-Photographer Pascal Bourguignon shot aerial photography with the GFX 50S and GF23mmF4
X-Photographer Ben Benvie from Canada explores Bisti Badlands with the GFX 50S and GF23mmF4 R LM WR.
X-Photographer Tomasz Lazar wanders the streets of Tokyo with the GFX.
Photographer Masakatsu Shibata gives his impression on the GF110mmF2 R LM WR
Photographer Nonami Hiroshi tests the GF110mmF2 R LM WR in studio.
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Sears CEO Slices Off Assets, Leaves Less for Bondholders
Spinoff of Lands' End Is Latest Move in a Pattern That Could Affect Bondholders
Chief Executive Edward Lampert is carving out some of the best pieces of Sears Holdings Corp. for its shareholders, moves that could leave bondholders at risk if its remaining businesses continue to deteriorate.
The latest step in that pattern was Sears's spinoff of Lands' End, one of the crumbling holding company's few bright spots. Shares in the preppy clothing maker were distributed to existing Sears shareholders on Friday. Lands' End had net income of $79 million in the most recent year, compared with a loss of $1.4 billion...


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The Adult Degree Program (ADP) provides returning adult students with the opportunity to complete their bachelor's degree. This program differs from other degree programs presently offered at JMU in that ADP students tailor their major to meet their career and educational goals while still meeting JMU general education and degree requirements.
Applicants must have a minimum of 30 credit hours with a grade of "C" or better for each credit hour of college work. Applicants should be 22 or older.
Degrees Offered
ADP students have the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Individualized Study (B.I.S.), a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.). The general education core requirements differ by degree.
Program Requirements
- Completion of IS 200. Individualized Study Major Program Development is required.
- A minimum of 120 credit hours will be required for graduation. The specific program agreement will be designed in consultation with a faculty adviser.
- A program agreement for meeting the requirements of the degree must be submitted to the Adult Degree Program office for approval while enrolled in the IS 200 course.
- A minimum of 41 general education credit hours in the seven areas of social and behavioral science, humanities, natural science, written communication, oral communication, mathematics and U.S. history must be completed.
- To earn a B.S. degree, a student must earn the above 41 credit hours, plus an additional three hours to meet the quantitative requirement and an additional three hours to meet the scientific literacy requirement for a total of 47 general education credit hours.
- To earn a B.A. degree, a student must earn the above 41 credit hour requirements, plus an additional three hours of philosophy and six hours of foreign language at the intermediate (200) level for a total of 50 general education credit hours.
- A student's concentration, or field of study, consists of a minimum of 30 credits, at least 24 of which must be upper-division credit (300- and 400-level courses). The concentration shall include classes from two or more academic disciplines and represent a coherent body of knowledge, which may require course work beyond the 30 minimum credit hours.
- Academic modules, some of which are available online, have been developed in cooperation with academic units at the university. Students can use these modules when developing their concentration. Current modules include:
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Business Technology
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- Entrepreneurship
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Human Resource Development
- Social Science
- No more than 30 credit hours of course work can be selected from courses taught by the College of Business. This 30 credit hour limit includes COB courses transferred from other colleges and nontraditional credit earned in the COB.
- The concentration must be completed with a GPA of 2.0 or better.
- A minimum of 15 credit hours in the concentration must be JMU credits.
- IS 498, Individualized Study Project, is a capstone course that is directly related to the student's concentration or field of study. The project is coordinated by a content area faculty member and must be completed with a minimum grade of "C". A final oral report must be presented on the project.
- ADP requires all students to take the Honor Code test.
- Each graduate must have earned a minimum of 30 credit hours at JMU (a maximum of eight non-traditional credits may be applied to the JMU hours requirement).
- At least 60 credit hours must be earned from four-year institutions.
- ADP students are expected to participate in assessment activities. Assessment information is used to assist faculty in modifying curricula.
- There is no residency requirement; however, program agreements that extend beyond six years may need to be amended if university policies change that affect the original program agreements.
Mechanisms for Earning Credit
The number of credits, which might be accepted or earned through the following methods, is determined by the student's approved program. It is reasonable to expect that the unique educational needs, background and personal circumstances of each student will determine to a great extent the manner in which credit has been and will be earned.
- Transfer credit
- Credit by departmental examination
- Credit for sponsored learning or independent studies
- Regular course work
- Credit for experiential learning through portfolio evaluation (See below)
- Credit for educational programs of the Armed Forces
- College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- American Council on Education College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE)
Experiential Learning Assessment
College level learning, acquired through other than traditional classroom experience, must be documented by the student. Procedures for doing so have been established by the ADP office. Requests for experiential learning credit should be submitted as soon as possible after an ADP student completes IS 200 and IS 203. Experiential learning credit is not transferable to a traditional degree program. ADP students requesting experiential learning credit must complete IS 203, Portfolio Development Workshop. A fee is charged for each learning component evaluated by academic units for credit.
College Credit Recommendation Service
ADP accepts some but not all credits as recommended in the National Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs and the Guide to Educational Credit by Examination prepared by the American Council on Education. Additional information on program policies and procedures is available through the ADP website.
College-Level Examination Program
The Adult Degree Program at JMU participates in the College-Level Examination Program. CLEP is a national program of credit by examination that offers students an opportunity to obtain recognition for achievement in specific college courses.
Interested individuals may schedule a CLEP test by directly contacting the Adult Degree Program office. Requests for specific information on CLEP examinations should be directed to:
College-Level Examination Program
Box 592
Princeton, NJ 08540
Students enrolled in ADP may take courses on a credit/no-credit basis if they have completed 28 credit hours of college course work and have a 2.25 cumulative GPA.
Courses in the area of concentration, including the senior project, may not be taken on a credit/no-credit basis. Other provisions of the credit/no-credit option, as described in this catalog, will also be in effect.
Service-members Opportunity College
JMU has been designated as an institutional member of Service-members Opportunity College. As an SOC member, the university recognizes the unique nature of the military lifestyle and has committed itself to easing the transfer of relevant course credits, providing flexible academic residency requirements and crediting learning from appropriate military training and experiences.
General Education
General Education course work is designed to provide returning adult students with knowledge and skills that form the foundation for completing a baccalaureate degree, including a professional concentration, in the individualized study major.
Credit Hours
Social/Behavioral Science
Any courses in the areas of sociology, psychology, economics, history, anthropology, geography and political science.
Any courses in the area of philosophy, religion and GHUM courses. Only the following type
courses from the art, foreign languages, English, music and dance/theatre academic units count as humanities credit: art appreciation, art history, literature, theatre and dance history, theatre and dance appreciation, foreign language literature or culture, music appreciation or history.
Natural Sciences
Any courses in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology, physics and GSCI.
Written Communication
Any courses within the area of English composition.
(If GWRTC 103 [formerly GWRIT 103] is waived through writing assessment, credits may be
earned in advanced composition or writing, rhetoric and technical communication (WRTC). Choose from ENG 290, ENG 299, ENG 347, ENG 392, ENG 393, ENG 396, WRTC 201, WRTC 300, WRTC 301, WRTC 314, WRTC 346, WRTC 350, WRTC 352, WRTC 426, WRTC 428, WRTC 478, WRTC 484 or WRTC 488.)
Oral Communication
Any course in the area of mathematics.
U.S. History
Choose from GPOSC 225 or GHIST 225.
Additional General Education credit
May be fulfilled through exceeding minimum in categories 1-7 or by courses accepted by General Education.
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The Sins of the Jews
Apart from Christ, all people are under sin (Rom. 3:9). Without Christ, people may still be good citizens. They may be nice neighbors. But they are under sin and not reconciled to God. We can appreciate them for their virtues, ...Read More
The Sins of the Gentiles
In our day, we see people agitating in the streets for the freedom to sin how they want without any consequences. This evidences God's giving them over to their sin in His wrath. But all hope is not lost. God ...Read More
Jesus And His Servant Son
Worship is the natural outflow of a true encounter with Jesus. If we are not motivated to worship our Savior, then we may not actually know Him. If we want to worship but feel something is amiss, it may be ...Read More
Jesus Calls Saul To Service
Do we really believe that no sinner is beyond the grace of God? If we do, then we will pray for our enemies and not turn away from the church anyone who professes faith in Christ and is seeking to ...Read More
Two Men See Jesus
It is easy to think that someone will believe if we can just amass enough evidence or make the best argument. God can and does use these means to bring people to faith, so we should be diligent in apologetics. ...Read More
Jesus Stands Before Pontius Pilate
Pilate's question "What is truth?" also betrays his lack of concern for the facts (John 18:38). Fallen people are willing to bend the truth in order to advance or protect themselves. Christians, however, must not imitate their example. Let us ...Read More
Jesus Meets A Samaritan Woman
When we fall in love, we can hardly keep ourselves from talking about the object of our affections. Jesus is far greater than anything else, so we should have the same zeal to tell others about Him as we are ...Read More
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Human beings try to ascend to heaven in various ways, always relying on their own merit for entry into eternal life. But there is no other way to God than through Jesus. We cannot enter heaven on our own merit; ...Read More
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The ascension of Christ makes it possible for people all over the world to commune with Him both in His deity and His humanity. The whole Christ is present to us so that we can benefit from His humanity even ...Read More
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DAZ Script reference for DS4.5?
Hi all
The DAZ Script reference in DS3/4 was invaluable to me when developing my scripts. While the scripts work in DS4.5, I would like to update to the DUF format (currently the scripts save out as DSA's) among some other changes.
Is there a script reference or SDK documentation for the new 4.5 API? I'm specifically interested in the DAZ Script side of things - not the plugin API.
Thanks in advance
JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891
Well, if it is not in the new SDK for DS 4.5, I have no idea where it would be.
Hi Jimmy
Thank you. I have the SDK installed but it doesn't contain any information (that I can find) on the new API's or objects - all I've got is my DS3 DAZ Script Reference guide, and the wiki reference guide is still like a desert landscape with the water squeezed out.
Just looking for a way to find out what new objects are available in DS4.5, specifically for saving out a pose preset in DUF format.
Perhaps you'll remember your "How can I enumerate DzFileIOSettings?" thread in the old Developer Discussion forum. If you re-read my posts in that thread, you'll notice in the latter two I mention posting samples using DzAssetIOFilter subclasses. Those samples have been posted for a while (since at least May 7, 2012 according to the log)... in the "desert landscape with the water squeezed out" you refer to. Perhaps you'll find this post of use as well.
rbtwhiz said:Perhaps you'll remember your "How can I enumerate DzFileIOSettings?" thread in the old Developer Discussion forum. If you re-read my posts in that thread, you'll notice in the latter two I mention posting samples using DzAssetIOFilter subclasses. Those samples have been posted for a while (since at least May 7, 2012 according to the log)... in the "desert landscape with the water squeezed out" you refer to. Perhaps you'll find this post of use as well.
Hi Rob, yes I remember the post but I didn't think to look back there for links. I found my way to the Scripting reference and looked through but the only thing that looked usable was what looked to be the "old" DS3 object index (I suspect this is being ported over). I'll admit I didn't venture as far as the samples, given I was looking for reference documentation (object index, member variables and functions etc.). So thank you for the link - at a glance those sample look to be exactly what I was looking for.
On a side note: my comment about the desert landscape was intended to be humorous tongue-in-cheek. I'm fully aware there's a one-man army behind the scripting documentation, so I hadn't meant any offence. Hope you don't take it the wrong way.
I'll shout in here if I get stuck on the samples.
Thanks to Rob's samples I've managed to fully automatically save out a DUF pose preset.
There's only 1 issue - I want to save out only the modified node transform controls. When I use the dialog, I can choose Uncheck All and Check Modified to do this, but when automating the process (without dialog), I need to run through all the nodes and check which have been modified. Only I don't know how to do that.
In the DAZ Script 3 reference, I've found something that might help. If I do the following, will that tell me if the node's control has been modified?
if (node.getXPosControl().getValue() != node.getXPosControl().getDefault()) // node modified - add to DzPoseAssetIO properties
Is that what the getDefaut() will do for me? (Of course I'd need to do the above check for every transform control: Pos, Rot, Scale).
Richard Haseltine Posts: 45,509
getDefaultValue() is the function, but it seems to work yes.
Hi Richard
Indeed, getDefaultValue() it is. Sorry about the typo. Thank you for confirming.
Next question for the eleven wise men (we're going to need them for this one) :
When saving out a pose preset in DUF format (DS 4.5), the root node (i.e. the figure) is not named, whereas all the bones are. See below.
{ "url" : "name://@selection/lToe:?rotation/x/value", "keys" : [ [ 0, -74 ] ] }, { "url" : "name://@selection:?translation/x/value", "keys" : [ [ 0, -88.68524 ] ] },
As you can see above, lToe is named but Genesis is not (there is no node name). Is this an intentional part of the DUF spec or is it a bug?Post edited by cridgit on
@selection will resolve to the root node (skeleton/prop) of the selected object(s) in the scene... Selecting a bone of a figure resolves to the root node (skeleton) of that figure. Selecting a non-figure owned node resolves to that node - regardless of whether it is parented to something else. @selection/lToe will resolve to the first node in the hierarchy of the selected object(s) in the scene that is named lToe... including any parented objects - the exception being nodes belonging to a figure that is parented to a node belonging to a figure. It is also important to understand that the first node in the hierarchy of a selected object is itself.
Rob, Richard
Thank you both for your inputs above. With that you've helped me successfully save out pose presets fully automatically without the popup dialog box. All's working fine now so thanks to your help.
There remains one final question which I haven't been able to answer from the samples page, and unfortunately the API documentation for DzAssetIOMgr is not available yet. After I've saved out a DUF pose preset, how do I load this with DAZ Script? I have been using DzScript.loadFromFile to load DS scripts, but it doesn't work for DUF files, and neither does App.getImportMgr().readFile().
Which method should I used to load/import a DUF pose preset?
App.getContentMgr().openFile( sPathToFile, bMerge );
rbtwhiz said:
App.getContentMgr().openFile( sPathToFile, bMerge );
Awesome, thanks Rob. In fact that line is so smart it loads everything. I had a nasty hacky if then else if then else statement going on up to now. My code has come out quite a bit cleaner from this one.