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January 3, 2014
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that race and attend events at MIR.
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any 12 to 15 year olds at the gate.
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dispute. Previously, all 12 to 15
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full adult admission tickets. This
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Lamar School Board, 5:30 p.m., Administration Office. (885-3907)
Hector School Board, 6 p.m., Administration Office. (284-2021)
Clarksville City Council, 6 p.m., Clarksville City Hall. (754-6486)
Yell County Quorum Court, 6:30 p.m., Yell County Courthouse at Danville. (495-4860) (7 p.m. summer months)
Dardanelle School Board, 7 p.m., Parent Center, 209 Cedar St. (229-4111)
Ola City Council, 7 p.m., Ola City Hall. (489-5612)
Atkins School Board, 7 p.m., Administration Building. (641-7871)
Northeast Yell County Water Association, 6 p.m., 2443 State Highway 22 West, Dardanelle.
Russellville Recreation and Parks Commission, noon, Hughes Center.
Atkins City Council, 7 p.m., Atkins City Hall. (641-2900)
London City Council, 7 p.m., London City Hall. (293-4513)
Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development, 7:30 a.m., Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees, 1 p.m., board room in the Ross Pendergraft Library. (968-0237)
Russellville Advertising and Promotion Commission, 1 p.m., Russellville Area Chamber of Commerce. (967-1762)
Russellville City Council, 6 p.m., Russellville City Hall. (968-2098)
(Russellville City Council finance committee and agenda preparation committee, 5:30 p.m., Russellville City Hall; Tuesday the week before the third Thursday)
Dover School Board, 6 p.m., Dover High School library. (331-2916)
Danville City Council, 6:30 p.m., Danville City Hall. (495-2013)
Pottsville School Board, 7 p.m., (alternating at Pottsville School libraries). (968-8101)
Two Rivers School Board, 7 p.m., Two Rivers High School auditorium. (272-3113)

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Exporter reveals details of mass sheep slaughter
WHEN the Ocean Drover, carrying tens of thousands of Australian sheep, was boarded in August by Bahraini quarantine officials demanding to meet the captain, exporter Wellard knew something was not right.
The ensuing scrutiny by authorities and the eventual refusal to unload 21,000 sheep heralded the beginning of the chaotic last month of the sheep's lives that ended with them culled, many of them brutally, in a Karachi feedlot.
Wellard has revealed for the first time that it discussed culling the 21,000 sheep at sea and throwing them overboard in a bid to maintain animal welfare.
Wellard executive chairman Mauro Balzarini said they needed to dispose of the animals and could have killed the sheep at sea. ''Slaughter them humanely according to the international standard. Throw them overboard - animal welfare is protected but what would be the reaction of the media in Australia if you throw 20,000 sheep, although killed humanely, in the sea?'' he said.
The Ocean Drover, owned and operated by Wellard, ferried sheep from Fremantle unloading in Oman and Kuwait, without hassle, before arriving in Bahrain on August 21.
When it docked, Bahrain officials accused the ship of having an unacceptable mortality rate during the voyage. After this was debunked, officials kitted out in hazard suits boarded and claimed the sheep were infected with scabby mouth.
The Ocean Drover was ordered out of port at midnight, prompting diplomatic negotiation.
On August 29, Wellard was told that the sheep had been approved, subject to an independent test. The ship re-entered Bahrain and the next day the agriculture department approved discharge.
''As we were preparing for discharge, the [harbour] master received instruction by the port authority to leave. Because the Minister of Interior said so. Without any explanation, without anything. Basically that was an order that could not be ignored,'' Mr Balzarini said.
Wellard executive director Stephen Meerwald said it was likely that ''internal conflict within Bahrain and commercial players'' caused the rejection.
The whole Australian industry has now barred trade with Bahrain, which Mr Meerwald said was definitely not a commercial decision. ''Bahrain is calling us every day - 'we need sheep','' Mr Balzarini said.
Pakistan's PK Livestock, which Wellard helped found in 1996- and was listed as the exporter's contingency market -- took the sheep two weeks later after it was approved as a compliant ''supply chain'' under new animal welfare export rules.
Despite clearance from Pakistan authorities, allegations of disease from local authorities were levelled. Tests found no disease in the sheep, but the local government backed by 300 armed security personnel seized control of the PK Livestock facility and began a cull on September 16.
PK Livestock's head, Tariq Butt, sought an injunction, that was not approved until September 22, but by then nearly 10,000 sheep were slaughtered.
Reports, and unsubstantiated YouTube videos, detail brutal killing methods with some animals buried alive. At night locals were seen pilfering the mass graves, cutting off limbs of dead animals to take home or sell.
Mr Balzarini and Mr Butt both blame the Karachi media for whipping up fear and concern about the rejection in Bahrain.
Throughout the incident there has been industry and media speculation that accusations were levelled because certain ''demands'' were not met: Mr Butt made these claims in the Karachi media but would not repeat them when Fairfax spoke to him.
''These men declared the healthy Australian sheep diseased after their ''demands'' were not met and used fake evidence to have thousands of sheep culled in an inhumane way,'' Mr Butt told a Pakistan newspaper.
When Wellard was asked this week about corruption, Mr Meerwald said it had no reason to doubt there was ''something behind that''.
On October 18 Mr Butt withdrew the injunction claim, sealing the fate of the sheep which were swiftly killed.
The backdown came after armed police turned up to demolish the PK Livestock facility but were driven away by local employees. ''You can imagine a man who's just put everything into three weeks in court doing everything in court to defend the rights of these sheep. You can imagine what sort of pressure he may have been under,'' Mr Balzarini said.
On Monday the ABC's Four Corners investigates the Pakistan saga, with the live export industry extremely nervous.
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"Walk in My Shoes": Chris Hoke
Chris Hoke is currently in his second year of study at the SPU MFA with a concentration in Creative Nonfiction. He lives in the Skagit Valley, north of Seattle, where he works as a chaplain in the Skagit County jail and pastor among gang members in the valley. He is part of Tierra Nueva Ministries.
We are pleased to share with you a heartbreaking story he wrote for National Public Radio about his friend Richard, who died in prison. Listen to the piece, "Walk in My Shoes," here.
Chris had this to say about the SPU MFA:
"In seminary classes I've learned how to read the Bible narratives. In English literature classes I've learned how to see deeper into fictional narratives. But in this MFA program, doing spiritual writing, or creative nonfiction, I'm finally put to work learning how to interpret my own stories, from childhood to jailhouse. And I can only do that when they are written. As I write, a sense for mystery in my own experiences is growing. I love this program for that."


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World Food Books is a book shop in Melbourne, Australia.
Founded in 2010, World Food Books is a book service dedicated to the presentation of a rotating, hand-selection of quality international art and design journals, artists' monographs, exhibition catalogues, artists' editions, collected writings and printed ephemera.
Presenting new titles alongside rare and out-of-print publications spanning the fields of contemporary art, modern art, cultural theory, photography, film, poetry, fiction, fashion, architecture, interior design, typography, illustration, politics and much between, World Food Books wishes to encourage active and thoughtful reading, looking, writing, publishing, and exchanging of art and design press, both contemporary and historical.
As well as our book shop, located in Melbourne's historical Nicholas Building, all of our inventory is available internationally via our online mail-order service. We also have outposts at MUMA (Monash University Museum of Art) and Westspace, both also in Melbourne.
World Food Books semi-regularly co-ordinates "Occasions", a program of exhibits and events at the bookshop and in partnership with other hosts (such as museums and art galleries) that develop out of the activities, relationships and content of the bookshop itself.
World Food Books
The Nicholas Building
Studio 19, Level 3
37 Swanston Street
Victoria 3000
World Food Books
Postal Address:
PO Box 435
Flinders Lane
Victoria 8009
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Graphic Design / Typography
Fiction / Poetry
Film / Video
Sculpture / Installation
Performance / Dance / Theater
Sound / Music
Group Shows / Collections
Out-of-print / Rare
Objects / Ephemera / A/V
Signed Books
World Food Books Gift Voucher
World Food Book Bag
Australian Art
Conceptual Art
Minimal Art
Arte Povera
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Illustration / Graphic Art
Japanese Photography
Ceramics / Glass
Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism
Mladen Stilinović
"Various Works 1986 - 1999"
02 February 16 - September 10, 2016
Various works 1986 - 1999, from two houses, from the collections of John Nixon, Sue Cramer, Kerrie Poliness, Peter Haffenden and Phoebe Haffenden.
Including: Geometry of Cakes (various shelves), 1993; Poor People's Law (black and white plate), 1993; White Absence (glasses, ruler, set square, silver spoon, silver ladel with skin photograph and wooden cubes), 1990-1996; Exploitation of the Dead (grey and red star painting, wooden painting, black spoon with red table, red plate), 1984-1990; Money and Zeros (zero tie, paintings made for friends in Australia (Sue, John, Kerrie), numbers painting), 1991-1992; Words - Slogans (various t-shirts) - "they talk about the death of art...help! someone is trying to kill me", "my sweet little lamb", "work is a disease - Karl Marx"; Various artist books, catalogues, monographs, videos; Poster from exhibition Insulting Anarchy; "Circular" Croatian - Australian edition; Artist book by Vlado Martek (Dostoyevsky); more.
Thanks to Mladen Stilinović and Branka Stipančić.
B. Wurtz
Curated by Nic Tammens
March 26 - April 4, 2015
B.Wurtz works from a basement studio in his home on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
This local fact is attested to by the plastic shopping bags and newsprint circulars that appear in his work. As formal objects, they don't make loud claims about their origins but nonetheless transmit street addresses and places of business from the bottom of this long thin island. Like plenty of artists, Wurtz is affected by what is local and what is consumed. His work is underpinned by this ethic. It often speaks from a neighborhood or reads like the contents of a hamper:
"BLACK PLUMS $1.29 lb."
"Food Bazaar"
"USDA Whole Pork Shoulder Picnic 99c lb."
"RITE AID Pharmacy, with us it's personal."
"H. Brickman & Sons."
"Sweet Yams 59c lb."
Most of the work in this exhibition was made while the artist was in residence at Dieu Donne, a workshop dedicated to paper craft in Midtown. Here Wurtz fabricated assemblages with paper and objects that are relatively lightweight, with the intention that they would be easily transportable to Australia. This consideration isn't absolute in Wurtz's work, but was prescriptive for making the current exhibition light and cheap. Packed in two boxes, these works were sent from a USPS post office on the Lower East Side and delivered to North Melbourne by Australia Post.
Wurtz appears courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York.
Thanks to Rob Halverson, Joshua Petherick, Sari de Mallory, Matt Hinkley, Helen Johnson, Fayen d'Evie, Ask Kilmartin, Lisa Radon, Ellena Savage, Yale Union, and "Elizabeth".
John Nixon
December 15 - January 20, 2014
The presentation of John Nixon's archive offered a rare showcase of this extensive collection of the artist's own publications, catalogues, posters, ephemera, editions and more, from the mid 1980s onwards, alongside a selection of his artworks.
Organized by John Nixon, Joshua Petherick and Matt Hinkley.
at Minerva, Sydney (curated by Joshua Petherick and Matt Hinkley)
November 15 - December 20, 2014
Lupo Borgonovo, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley,
Lewis Fidock, HR Giger, Piero Gilardi, Veit Laurent Kurz,
Cinzia Ruggeri, Michael E. Smith, Lucie Stahl, Daniel Weil, Wols
Press Release:
"...It contained seven objects. The slender fluted bone, surely formed for flight, surely from the wing of some large bird. Three archaic circuitboards, faced with mazes of gold. A smooth white sphere of baked clay. An age-blackened fragment of lace. A fingerlength segment of what she assumed was bone from a human wrist, grayish white, inset smoothly with the silicon shaft of a small instrument that must once have ridden flush with the surface of the skin - but the thing's face was seared and blackened."
William Gibson, "Count Zero", 1986
"Autumn Projects Archive"
Curated by Liza Vasiliou
March 6 - March 15, 2014
World Food Books, in conjunction with the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2014, presented the Autumn Projects archive, consisting of a selection of early examples in Australian fashion with a particular interest in collecting designers and labels from the period beginning in the 1980's, who significantly influenced the discourse of Australian Fashion.
Curated by Liza Vasiliou, the exhibition provided a unique opportunity to view pieces by designers Anthea Crawford, Barbara Vandenberg, Geoff Liddell and labels CR Australia, Covers, Jag along with early experimental collage pieces by Prue Acton and Sally Browne's 'Fragments' collection, suspended throughout the functioning World Food Books shop in Melbourne.
H.B. Peace
presented by CENTRE FOR STYLE
November 14, 2013
"Hey Blinky, you say chic, I say same"
Anon 2013
H.B. Peace is a clothing collaboration between great friends Blake Barns and Hugh Egan Westland. Their pieces explore the divergences between 'character' and 'personality' in garments....etc
Special Thanks to Joshua Petherick and Matt Hinkley of WFB and Gillian Mears
and a Very Special Thank you to Audrey Thomas Hayes for her shoe collaboration.
Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley
"Aesthetic Suicide"
May 10 - June 8, 2013
The first of our occasional exhibitions in the World Food Books office/shop space in Melbourne, "Aesthetic Suicide" presented a body of new and older works together by artists Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, including videos, prints, a wall work, and publications.
During shop open hours videos played every hour, on the hour.
1998, English / German
Softcover (w. press text and invitation card), 264 pages, 28 x 22 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by John Hansard Gallery / University of Southhampton Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wien / Vienna
$130.00 - Out of stock
This now scarce, large monographic publication was published in 1998 to accompany an exhibition on the work of Haim Steinbach at Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation Vienna, 20er Haus, 22.11.1997 - 01.11.1998 and John Hansard Gallery, University of Southhampton 17.3. - 25.4.1998.
One of the best books on Steinbach, 0% contains abundant examples of work spanning from 1975 to 1995, in black and white and colour, running through each year, alongside numerous essays in both German and English by Lorand Hegyi, Stephen Foster, Brude Ferguson, Eve Badura-Triska, Michel Gauthier, Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Cornelia Lauf, Jen Budney, Eva Meyer, Jan Avgikos, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Adachiara Zevi. Also includes a full biography/bibliography.
This copy also includes an inserted copy of the exhibition accompanying text/booklet ("The Display Ratio" by Michel Gauthier) and exhibition invitation/event programme, both from John Hansard Gallery.
For more than four decades, Haim Steinbach has explored the psychological, aesthetic, cultural and ritualistic aspects of collecting and arranging already existing objects. His work engages the concept of "display" as a form that foregrounds objects, raising consciousness of the play of presentation. Steinbach selects and arranges objects – which range from the natural to the ordinary, the artistic to the ethnographic – thereby emphasizing their identities, inherent meanings and associations. An important influence in the growth of post-modern artistic dialogue, Steinbach's work has radically redefined the status of the object in art.


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Do Stock Heavy CEO Compensation Packages Lead to Lower Stock Returns?
August 6, 2012
When CEOs get paid more in stock and options, their company's stock returns have a tendency to be lower for the next 1-3 years, according to a study by John Wald, professor of finance.
"CEOs can reduce their firms risk if they have too much pay exposure in stocks and options, and lower risk implies lower returns," said Wald, who has taught at UTSA since 2006.
The study, "Too Much Pay Performance Sensitivity," appeared in the Review of Economics and Statistics this spring. Wald and his co-authors studied a large sample of firms for a 13-year period. The results noted a risk aversion effect in which CEOs mitigated firm risk in order to reduce the risk to their own wealth.
"We've seen the explosion in CEO pay in the last 20 years," said Wald, who has done numerous studies on CEO compensation. "And, those increases typically come from higher stock and options packages."
While this seems to contradict the reasons why boards of directors have structured compensation packages in this manner, Wald says that it is hard to ignore strong statistical evidence to support his case.
How to remedy this situation? Wald says that directors could focus more on cash bonuses and less on large stock and options packages to incentivize senior management.
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Chisholm makes some great points here: http://tsn.ca/nba/story/?id=343110
I especially like what he observed about Jose....
Chisholm makes some great points here: http://tsn.ca/nba/story/?id=343110
I especially like what he observed about Jose....
I am trying to be nice.
Time will tell and I think it will prove that this article was more than just a bit incorrect.
We shall see
I think Chisholm is a Reggieite. Nothing wrong with that of course. I am just saying.
i think he was also part of the Jose will be traded crowd and appears to venting his frustration over the fact that Jack was traded and not Jose.
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Quote from well known personality who led their high school team to a state championship.As a captain, I played furiously. I drew a lot of fouls, but I brought everything I had to every practice and to every game. I left everything on the court because I simply wanted the team to win
Eiher way I'm all for Bayless starting and Jose working with the bench. He truly seems to play better with them.
The Raptors future all starting together would be nice to see.
Calderon had 10 assists in the fourth quarter compared to 5 in the first 3 quarters. Which lineup does seems to make more sense???
35% of the Raptors' FGs came in the fourth. They shot 13-17, including 5-7 from three in the quarter. Pretty much the first half of the fourth quarter was essentially garbage time as well, until Rondo and Garnett checked in at the 6:22 mark. Six of Calderon's ten fourth quarter assists (five on three pointers) were before then. I'm not saying I don't agree with the notion that Calderon suits the bench unit more, but take the numbers with a grain of salt.
EDIT: On topic, according to 82games.com, Reggie Evans has the worst +/- on the team, the lowest Offensive Rating, the second worst Defensive Rating (barely better than the other starting post player... yikes) and has the worst net points per 48 (NPP48) at -13.3 (5.3 points worse than Weems, at -8.0). His minutes should be better served going to Johnson and Dorsey.
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Hmm this might just be a blessing in disguise. Reggie's trade value is significantly better than it was in the past few seasons. Hopefully he can get healthy soon, in the meantime we might get some interesting offers for him. IMO Bryan Colangelo needs to take a good look at the center position. Then do something (possibly in the near future) to change the defensive make-up of this team.
I am also interested to see if Amir Johnson continues to progress, given more minute. When Davis joins the squad he can get the MUCH needed minutes. I think he has the potential to flourish in the near future.
If i had to make a comparison, I'd say he can reminds me of Serge Ibaka. That dude has some good potential. Solid defender.
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Q&A: Constructing the Casual Chic Wardrobe
Q: I work in film, as in a film crew. I work with mostly men, so I always stick to the 'safe': jeans, t-shirts, jackets, and sneakers. But there are times where I want to look more chic, without having them teasing me. Any ideas?
A: To look more chic without having the guys tease you, you can keep the same fashion formula but update the pieces.
Instead of wearing plain jeans, opt for a fitted style with an interesting, flattering rinse. Style Tip? You can't go wrong with a dark blue rinse–or a grey rinse for extra style points.
Update your t-shirt wardrobe with fitted styles with a variety of necklines. You don't have to stick with your basic crew or v-neck styles. Instead, try a scoop neckline - or even a boatneck style. Experiment with color as well–bright colors are back in style, so you can scoop up tees in a rainbow of shades this summer. If you're hesitant about color, three easy shades to start with are: (1) turquoise, (2) burnt orange, and (3) purple.
Jackets are all about the details, so choose a style that's a bit unconventional. Maybe it has a cool pocket detail or a D-ring at the neckline, maybe it's epaulets at the shoulder–or even a row of oversized buttons. The right jacket will up your style factor disproportionally–so don't hesitate to invest in a good jacket that you can keep season after season.
Sneakers can be chic! Try sport sneaker styles from brands like Puma or Adidas for a bit of flair for your feet. The best part is that they're as chic as they are comfortable–a must for long days on the set.
Pictured: Mike & Chris Bailey Bubble Hoodie | $308 (preorder) at Revolve Clothing.
Style question? We've got answers. E-mail us at tips at omiru dot com, or leave us a comment with your question.
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The devastating loss to the Orlando Magic came in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on May 30, 2009.
After the 103-90 defeat at Amway Arena, LeBron James didn't shake hands with the Magic, showered and walked to the team bus.
Fast forward to 3 p.m. Saturday in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series against Chicago.
"I've been waiting -- personally -- since Game 6 of the Orlando series," James said.
"It's a different monster they'll be playing against on Saturday. I'm looking forward to the challenge."
James admits he has much pent up emotion stemming from the postseason loss.
"It hurt for a long time when you have to hold that in for the whole summer and the regular season," he said. "You have to hold that in.
"I'll be happy Saturday when I'll be able to unleash it."
James said he's going to play better than ever.
"Absolutely," he said. "You'll see."
Center Joakim Noah said the Bulls are ready to shock the world.
"Noah is a really good player," James said. "He asked for us a couple weeks ago, and now he's got us."
James would love to add an NBA championship to his r?�sum?�.
"It's important for me as a leader," he said. "I want it more for guys like (center Zydrunas Ilgauskas). It means more to the team."
Winning the Cavs' first title "would mean everything," James said. "I'm trying to do everything and anything to do it. It's the only reason I work out."
The Cavs have to be ready right from the start.
"There's no room for one or two games to feel each other out," James said. "It's the playoffs. There are no excuses."


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Weird and Mysterious: Scientists Find New Shark Species
A long snout with teeth jutting from the sides? Check. Catfish-like barbels dangling from its chin? Got them. Gills on the side of its body? It has those, too.
These are characteristics of a bizarre group of sharks known as sawsharks (family Pristiophoriforidae). And until recently, only seven species were recognized. However, following examination of specimens caught in the western North Pacific, researchers discovered that the number of species should be raised one more.
Currently, the new species (Pristiophorus lanae), which was described from six females and one male, is only known to inhabit waters near the Philippine Islands. The authors of the study, published in Zootaxa, write that these sawshark specimens have several distinctive morphological features that separate them from other known species.
To distinguish the new sawshark from the seven other sawshark species, researchers examined aspects such as the length, width and color of the rostrum (the saw-like snout), size of the rostral teeth, barbel length, mouth position, total body length and vertebrae number. For instance, one attribute that makes the new species different from its closest geographical counterpart is that it has a longer and narrower snout.
Most sawshark species inhabit the Indo-West Pacific, but two occupy the western Indian Ocean and western North Atlantic. As with the other kinds of sawsharks, almost nothing is known about the biology of the new species.
"The interspecific relationship of the genus Pristiophorus has been little studied and remains open to interpretation," write the authors in their journal article.
Additionally, sawsharks tend to be found in deeper water, which often complicates research. The new species is found at depths ranging from about 750 to 1945 feet (229 to 593 meters).
"It may be caught and discarded as bycatch by trawlers and other deepwater fisheries operations off the Philippines," write the authors.
Sawsharks are different from superficially-similar sawfish (family Pristidae), which occur in shallower inshore freshwater and tropical marine areas around the world, reaching maximum depths of only 400 feet. Unlike sawsharks, sawfish lack barbels, have gills on their underside, do not lose and replace their teeth and can be up to four and a half times larger than sawsharks—sawfish species reach maximum length near 23 feet (seven meters), while sawsharks top out at about five feet (1.5 meters).
Both sawsharks and sawfish are believed to use their iconic snouts for hunting. Not only does the long snout help the animals sense electrical signals from prey in murky water or under substrate, but its embedded teeth also allow the animal to strike and stun fast-moving prey.
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The annual Wisconsin Holstein Junior Convention was hosted by the Rock County juniors in Janesville, Wis., at the Holiday Inn, December 28-30, 2012. Over 500 Holstein members, chaperones, and volunteers were in attendance to help make the weekend a huge success.
Throughout the convention, junior members participated in numerous contests, including Dairy Jeopardy, Dairy Bowl, speaking, arts and crafts and photography. The largest competition of the weekend was Dairy Bowl, in which 28 junior, 22 senior, and 11 rookie teams competed.
Over 50 volunteers helped coordinate Dairy Bowl matches, Dairy Jeopardy contests and the speaking contest. At the end of the Dairy Bowl contest, an undefeated junior team from Manitowoc County and an undefeated senior team from Green County earned the honor to represent Wisconsin at the 2013 National Holstein Convention. Manitowoc County's team members included Sanne de Bruijn, Jake Siemers, Josh Siemers and Connor Siemers. Green County's team was comprised of Sara Harn, John Klossner, Joel Dieckhoff and Bryan Cramer. Coming in second place in the junior division was Dane County and Vernon County finished second in the senior division.
For teams to be seated in the Dairy Bowl contest, they must take a written exam on the first day of convention. Those individuals scoring highest are recognized with awards. High scores in the junior division this year went to Sanne de Bruijn of Manitowoc County with Allison Breunig and Joey Opsal of Dane County finishing second and third. Recognized for high scores in the senior division were Jordan Siemers of Manitowoc County, Carrie Warmka of Dodge County, and Katie Wendorf of Vernon County.
All juniors at convention had the chance to compete in the Dairy Jeopardy competition. The top competitor in each of three age brackets has the opportunity to compete at the National level in Indianapolis this July. Qualifying this year was Jake Siemers in the junior division, Jordan Siemers in the intermediate division, and Rachel Hartlaub in the senior division. All three winners are from Manitowoc County. Placing second and third in the junior division were Dawson Nickels of Dodge County and Lauren Siemers from Manitowoc County. In the intermediate division, Lizi Endres of Dane County took second, and Logan Voights of Lafayette County was third. In the senior division, Cassie Endres of Dane County and Sara Harn of Green County placed second and third, respectively.
In the speaking contest, Wisconsin can send up to three delegates in each division to compete at National Convention. To compete, youth must prepare a speech on a topic related to the dairy industry at a length assigned to their specific age division. Heading to National Convention this year are Reece Lehman of Trempealeau County, Connor Siemers of Manitowoc County, and Ava Booth of Sheboygan County in the junior division. Jessica Pralle of Clark County, Crystal Siemers-Peterman of Manitowoc County and Charlie Hamilton of Grant County qualified in the intermediate division. Representing the senior division will be Kaitlyn Riley of Crawford County, Morgan Behnke of Green County and Taylor Moret of Crawford County.
On Saturday evening, the annual banquet was held to honor outstanding juniors in the association. Mitch Kappelman and Cara Biely both of Manitowoc County claimed the most prestigious honors, being named Outstanding Holstein Boy and Girl. These individuals have excelled in their Junior Holstein programs and have been an asset to the Association and dairy industry as a whole. Also receiving honors were 15 other Distinguished Junior Members, 13 Younger Member Recognition winners, and 12 Twelve & Under Recognition winners, all of which excelled in their Wisconsin Holstein activities in 2012.
Of the exceptional youth recognized, four representatives in the Distinguished and Younger Member categories were selected to submit award forms to the national competition with hopes of being recognized in Indianapolis this July. Breinne Hendrickson of Green County, Katie Wendorf of Vernon County, Cara Biely of Manitowoc County and Charles Hamilton of Grant County were all chosen to represent Wisconsin as Distinguished Junior Members. The Younger Member delegates include Austin Nauman of Monroe County, Katie Bauer of Waupaca/Waushara Counties, Carley Krull of Jefferson County and Brooke Trustem of Rock County.
The 2013 Wisconsin Holstein Princess and Princess Attendant were also crowned at the banquet on Saturday evening. This year, Morgan Behnke of Green County will serve as the WHA Princess, and Crystal Siemers-Peterman of Manitowoc County will join her as the WHA Princess Attendant.
Special recognition is given to youth leaders that have been nominated by youth in the Junior Holstein Association and selected by the Junior Activities Committee. This year's WHY (Wisconsin Holstein Youth) Friends were Janina Siemers of Manitowoc County in the five years and under division and Trish Hoesly of Green County and Randy & Darla Schiferl of Wood County, both in the six years and over division.
Wisconsin Holstein awarded $8,000 in scholarships this year. A scholarship auction was held to raise funds for awards again in 2013. Donated items either auctioned off or included in the silent auction were horse and cattle clippers from Andis, UW-Madison Men's Hockey tickets donated by Ted and Sandy Halbach, a certificate for a Bonnie Mohr print and three sets of UW-Madison Men's Basketball tickets donated by Corey Geiger and Krista Knigge, the Rob Rippchen family and Danielle Brown, respectively. A Paul Molitor signed baseball from Mary Knigge, NASCO show package, quilt by Joseta Halbur, Steiger 600 Replica Pedal Tractor and remote control tractor from Case-IH, a two-night stay at the Kalahari Resort and a show box for dairy exhibitors made up the list of items that raised nearly $2,500 for the WHA scholarship fund this year. High school seniors, short course, and two and four year college students that are members of WHA are all eligible for these scholarships awarded each year. A special thank you to all the loyal scholarship supporters!
Throughout the convention, youth were recognized for other outstanding achievements, including Junior Progressive Breeder and Long Range Production animals producing 100,000 to over 200,000 pounds of milk over their lifetime.
The Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association awards interested juniors the opportunity to travel to an area of the state to tour dairy farms and learn from their operations as well. The 12 Trip Award winners were Kristin Broege of Rock County, Sara Griswold of Dane County, Charles Hamilton of Grant County, Sara Harn of Green County, Andy Helmer and Kelly Jens of Sheboygan County, Devin Kepler of Richland County, Valerie Kramer, Matthew Kramer and Darren Kamphius of Fond du Lac County, Jessica Pralle of Clark County and Nicole Wright of Jefferson County. The group will be traveling the state early this spring.
The annual essay contest encourages members to write about assigned topics relating to today's dairy industry. The top junior individual for this contest was Brittany Vanden Heuvel of Outagamie County with Hunter Crowley of Winnebago County and Marcus Schroepfer of Langlade County receiving second and third respectively. In the senior division, Stephanie Nagel of Manitowoc County was first with Kati Kindschuh and Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County rounding out second and third.
The convention concluded Sunday morning with an awards breakfast and the annual business meeting, where four new Junior Activities Committee (JAC) members were elected. The JAC group is responsible for coordinating and overseeing all junior events within the Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association. Selected this year for the southwest district was Sean Brown of Iowa County, Cassi Miller of Wood County for the northwest district, Cassy Krull of Jefferson County for the southeast, and Rachel Hartlaub of Manitowoc County for the northeast. These members will serve a two-year term as JAC's, and join the current second-year members. Nicholas Schuster of Fond du Lac County was voted JAC Chair for 2013, Ryan Pralle as Vice-President from Clark County, John Klossner as Secretary from Green County and Andrea Pagenkopf, Finance from Grant County.
The contest room is always fun and a great way to show off projects created by junior members throughout the year. In the advertising contest, members submit advertisements they ran in the Wisconsin Holstein News. Winners in the junior division were Brooke Trustem of Rock County, Cole Booth of Sheboygan County and Kelsey Cramer of Green County. In the senior division, Kayla Krueger of Waupaca/Waushara Counties and Nicholas Schuster of Fond du Lac County and Elizabeth Sarbacker of Dane County were recognized. Taking people's choice honors were Brooke Trustem in the junior division and Nicholas Schuster in senior.
In the photography contest's farm people photos, Sara Griswold of Dane County, Emily Steger and Jessica Steger of Crawford County were recognized. In the senior division, Alyssa Cramer of Green County, Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County, and Elizabeth Sarbacker of Dane County had photos that received top honors. People's choice awards went to Emily Steger in the junior division and Alyssa Cramer in senior.
In photography's farm animal category, Sam Minch of Wood County took first, while Joey Opsal of Dane County received second and Jessica Steger received third in the junior division. Excelling in the senior division were Elizabeth Sarbacker of Dane County, Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County and Charlie Hamilton of Grant County. People's choice honors went to Hope Petersheim of Vernon County in the junior contest and Elizabeth Sarbacker of Dane County in senior.
Wrapping up the photography contest was the farm scene category, where Hunter Crowley of Winnebago County took first and Joey Opsal of Dane County and Ava Booth of Sheboygan County came in second and third respectively. Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County took first and Bryan Cramer of Green County and Charlie Hamilton of Grant County rounded out the senior division. People's choice awards went to Ava Booth and Charlie Hamilton.
The juniors got creative in the arts contest, and taking top honors in the junior division were Hannah Nelson of Pierce County, Abriana Errthum of Grant County and Rachel Nigh of Vernon. In the senior division, Andrew Greenfield of Fond du Lac County was the top individual and Tina Barton of Lafayette County took second and third in the contest. Hannah Nelson and Andrew Greenfield received the people's choice awards.
Also bringing out creativity were those in the crafts contest. Levi Kindschi of the District 5 Juniors, Abriana Errthum of Grant County and Kenni Bores of Wood County were the top individuals in the junior division, while Kayla Krueger received top honors in the senior division. People's choice winners were Paige Nelson and Kayla Krueger.
Each county is encouraged to submit a scrapbook of their activities throughout the year. These books are judged and awards are given to the top three counties. This year, Wood County earned top honors, and Green and Vernon Counties followed closely in second and third place.
Individuals developed display boards to highlight activities or subjects within the dairy industry. First in the junior division was Courtney Moser of Vernon County, second was Emily Makos of Green County, and third was Emily Bauer of Waupaca/Waushara Counties. Courtney was also named people's choice winner in this contest. First in the intermediate division was Courtney McCourt of Fond du Lac County, second was Katie Bauer of Waupaca/Waushara Counties, and third was Valerie Kramer of Fond du Lac County. Katie Bauer was the People's Choice winner in the intermediate division. In the senior contest, Tina Barton of Lafayette County received first and people's choice.
New to the contest room in 2013 was the State Banner contest. The winning entry by Sheboygan County will go on to represent Wisconsin at the 2013 National Convention. Taking second place was the District 5 Juniors and third to Green County.
One of the most coveted awards, based on participation throughout the year and enthusiasm, is the Spirit award, which was given to the Dodge County members. This year's award was sponsored by the District 5 Juniors who were recipients of the award in 2011. The Bell-R-Ring contest was won for a second year in a row by Sheboygan County.
The Wisconsin Holstein Association would like to commend the Rock County Junior Holstein Association members and chaperones, and extend a special thank you to all volunteers that helped make the weekend a success!
The Association would also like to thank our junior raffle sponsors: MilkSource Genetics, Accelerated Genetics, ABS Global, Inc., Alta Genetics, CRV, International Protein Sires, East/Central Select Sires, Semex, NASCO, Animart, Agri-View, The Country Today, Wisconsin Holstein News, Hoard's Dairyman, Cattle Connection, Holstein World, UW-Madison Badger Dairy Club, UW-River Falls Dairy Club, WI State Farmer, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Confections for Any Occasion by Joel, Wander Springs Golf Course and World Dairy Expo.


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Artist Creates Healthy, "Normal" Barbie
Nickolay Lamm designed a new version of the iconic doll based off of the actual measurements of the average 19-year-old girl. Barbie has often come under scrutiny for giving young women a skewed perception of thinness due to her unrealistic body proportions. While the curvier Barbie won't be hitting store shelves, Lamm hopes his creation will make a lasting impression.
J. Lo Performs For Human-Rights-Violating Leader
Grammy-winner Jennifer Lopez sang "Happy Birthday" to the leader of Turkmenistan, a country dubbed by Human Rights Watch as "among the most repressive in the world." Lopez would not have attended the event if she had been aware of the current human rights issues, according to her publicist. But "Jenny From The Block" isn't the first celeb to get herself into global hot water...
Paula Deen Cuts Ties With Agent
The embattled celebrity cook was on the other side of the equation this week. After being dumped by many of her business asscociates over her current racial-slur controversy, Deen was the one serving notice when she ended her business relationship with long-time agent Barry Weiner on Thursday. In a prepared statement, the former Food Network star gave no reason for the split and wished Weiner well.
America Celebrates Indepedence Day
From Nathan's hot dog eating contest to Usher's firework spectacular, this year's July Fourth festivities did not disappoint. Check out our gallery to see snapshots from the Independence Day events.
Good Samaritan Returns Steve Martin's Lost Wallet
Luck was on Steve Martin's side when a man found and returned the actor's wallet in Pennsylvania. Martin was in town for a performance and apparently lost the precious possession while bicycling down a Pa. street before his show.
Jennifer Love Hewitt Jumps on Baldwin's Twitter-Quitting Bandwagon
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt says her negative experience on the social media site has caused her to drop it for good. Hewitt's announcement came just after "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin reaffirmed his Twitter retirement to Vanity Fair.
Rapper 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) was charged with kicking his ex-girlfriend and doing over $7,000 worth of damage to her L.A. condo in June. If convicted he could see up to five years in prison and $46,000 in fines.


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You might want to take breaks every now and then if you're standing a lot during pregnancy. A new study, published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found that women who spent long amounts of time on their feet at work during pregnancy had babies whose heads were 1 centimeter smaller and weights were 148 and 198 grams smaller than average at birth. Researchers looked at the growth of fetuses in 4,680 moms between 2002 and 2006. The women were asked about their working conditions in the middle of their pregnancies. Their babies were routinely measured during their pregnancy and after birth.
Half the women who stood a lot in their jobs worked 25-39 hours a week, while one in four worked more than 40 hours a week. Of those women, the ones who worked more than 40 hours a week had smaller babies.
While standing for long periods of time seemed to have affected the babies, long working hours and physically demanding work did not. The researchers also found that there were no negative effects to working until 36 weeks pregnant. Of course, if women work long hours and do a lot of heavy lifting or moving, they should take frequent breaks and move around. If you're sitting too much, get up and walk around. If you're standing, make sure to sit down once in a while.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by CaptainStoner, Aug 20, 2009.
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The turbolift doors closed behind them
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"This turbolift won't move."
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Troi flipped the switch in Data's back
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At least it wasn't icy. Conditions for the annual EWSRA/NEWSR Stratton On Snow Demo were wet, with a mixture of rain and freezing rain for the opening day, but at least it wasn't cold and hard. The soggy conditions allowed for great testing on the slopes, if your clothes actually kept you dry. Some attendees commented the conditions were actually better to demo snowboard apparel to find out just how waterproof it is than to test boards, but no companies seemed to bring extra clothing along.
Retailers remained positive and knew they came to the demo for a reason. "Even though the conditions suck today, I'm sure over the three days we'll get some good conditions to get a good feel for all this stuff," says Jami Godfrey of Cool Runnings in Pennsylvania. "It's soft, but you're miserable in the rain."
"These are pretty shitty conditions," says Eric Mitchell from Mountain Side Ski and Sports in Massachusetts. "The snow is fast, though." And despite the conditions, he and coworker Matt Gregoire were still out riding boards. He was checking out Sims, Burton, Ride, and M3 boards. "We're eliminating lines that did crappy this year and replacing them with some new lines." Overall, he says the shop at Wachusett Mountain had a great year and he had to reorder bindings three times. "We're definitely buying more bindings this season."
Preregistered attendance for the show was about even with last year. This year 213 shops (and 902 people) from the NEWSR and 167 shops (737 people) from the EWSRA preregistered for the event. There were 111 vans and 59 booths signed up to exhibit, just a few over last year. Of those, a total of 56 snowboard vans and 33 snowboard booths were preregistered and both of those numbers were up just slightly over last year as well. K2's Luke Edgar pointed out that the numbers were significant when you realize that the East Coast represents at least 20 to 25 percent of most companies business.
The layout of the demo was similar to years past, with tents taking up most area outside the main base lodge. A special room inside the lodge was reserved for boot fitting. Thanks to the weather, the boot room was more of a dry room where retailers fled the rain to at least check out what they could demo in the boot and binding categories once it cleared up.
Despite the poor conditions for the demo, there were some happy faces among the dripping wet tents. Nitro brought in its new women's battalion to ride with retailers and just stoke them out. One of the battalion riders, Carla Simcox, had a big smile and would talk and ride with retailers. "I'm here to provide extreme customer service," she said with a big grin.
Some realized that there was still business to be done. "Brands we carry have expanded their lines, so we're trying to demo as much new stuff as possible," says Godfrey. "People are getting more specific on women's, freeriding, halfpipe, and park boards. Now we have to bring a woman specifically to demo all that's out there for them. We were going to bring only three people, but when I read the new TransWorld Snowboarding Business I said, 'Holy smokes, there's a lot of new gear from every company,' so I brought four."
Despite the poor conditions, the overall vibe from the East Coast is great. Many claimed that this was the first rainy weekend all winter long, and it's been one with great snow, and great sell-through of products. Retailers don't have much left on the shelves and manufacturers don't have much for closeouts either. One retailer looked at his coworker and asked, "What are we going to do for next season's preseason board sale since we don't have anything left over?"
Now if everyone can stay tight and conservative, hopefully the industry won't get stuck with extra product next year.
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*waves wand and Creatures of British Faery flips open*
Found 'em yet, Gio?
*eats more crepes and flips through the book thoughtfully*
A mouse..? Doesn't one of the familia have a pet mouse? Not Lucian's mouse of course, but one of the other girls... Hmmm....
I'll have to check.
EDIT: Angelo! Angie had a mouse named Daga. I'll bet that mouse is him.


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The EQC may revise these standards at any time following applicable APA procedures, as set forth in Title 04, Chapter 10 ASCA. The EQC will submit any such revisions to USEPA in accordance with 303(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.History: Rule 6-05, eff 2005.


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It may be true that under the law, corporations are people, but a corporation cannot be sent to prison. People can, and sometimes some of them need to be reminded of that.
It is welcome news then that a former engineer with BP has been arrested and charged with obstructing justice for alledgedly concealing information about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. What he is accused of has rightly been called a crime, not an error.
Kurt Mix, of Katy, Texas, is charged with deleting about 300 text messages from his iPhone in 2010 and 2011. That was contrary to express orders from BP and, possibly illegal. As reported in TheWall Street Journal, the messages included sensitive information about the failure of one of the efforts to stop the flow of oil.
Mix, of course, enjoys the presumption of innocence. And it should be noted that there are, at present, no accusations that BP as a corporation or any of its higher-ups are guilty of wrongdoing.
But it would be rare in a mess as big and as damaging as the Gulf spill for there not to be someone who was negligent, incompetent or asleep at the switch and then tried to cover it up. Nor would it unusual in an episode so costly for someone to have had more of an eye on cost containment than on fixing the problem.
In this case, the suggestion is that Mix may have helped conceal the true extent of the spill. That matters, in part because under the U.S. Clean Water Act fines are based on the amount of the contamination.
The next questions, then, are whether Mix was acting on orders, if so, from whom and what will become of them. Mixs arrest suggests that anyone else involved should take those questions seriously.
Fines matter little to major corporations. Any fine big enough to hurt harms innocent stockholders. But guilty individuals can be jailed. Their punishment is personally felt, and justice can be seen to have been done.
Would that the criminal justice had been applied more in addressing some of the machinations that led to the financial meltdown.


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Thanks Garvey. It was not "yeasty" but I used IDY and not CY. For that yeasty flavor, I've only ever noticed it with 2% CY. It ate very well. I really enjoyed it. I ate almost an entire 9.5" pie myself and was stuffed! It was very easy to eat. I will definitely be making it again. Thanks again for describing the crust in detail for me. It was really helpful.Chau
Chau,Can we have your recipe for the HRI pizzas you made?
I am an old fan of the original Home Run Inn "thick-thin" crust pizza. But I'm not a big fan of their commercial store bought frozen pizzas that in my estimation does not taste similar to those at their original pizzeria. My wife and I were in the western Chicago suburbs the other day and while on our way back to our Michigan summer home, I stopped at the HRI Darien restaurant for a par baked 14" sausage pizza for our freezer back home. Such is very different from those in the grocery store boxes. --BTB
oh yeah! thats gonna be delicious! my family is up at paw paw lake right now btb! wish I could be there! you done for the season? soneday we have to meet up at silver beach or dimaggios! my treat!
Another quick observation is the crust texture has gotten better after sitting out for 15 mins. Does that mean we need to go drier?
This is the 60% hydration pie. So 60% in my dry elevated climate would probably be closer to 56% at sea level... his crust did have a drier crunchier and flakier mouth feel. A bit more biscuity with slightly less chew...
I don't know what those triangle-shaped foods are, so let us know when the pizza is up.


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Columbia River Gorge > Beacon Rock > Climber's Log
Beacon Rock Climber's Log
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|On the Trail
Date Climbed: May 31, 2008
|Tagged this one with my 13-year-old brother in law. Nice views, crazy trail.
|Posted Jun 2, 2008 3:56 pm
|Dan Winter
|Trail Hike
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006
|Couldn't resist tagging another "volcano" on my way home from a trip that included climbing Mt. Adams and rafting the White Salmon river.
|Posted May 1, 2008 9:39 pm
|College trip
|This was done while on a weekend getaway from PU. Nice views.
|Posted Apr 9, 2008 10:31 am
|Fun and Friendly!
Date Climbed: Feb 23, 2008
|A late start for Hamilton led Emma Lee (new pooch) and I across the highway for this one. Fun and good for the social skills, lots of friendly people and other dogs. Watched some climbers, a lot more exciting way up! Looking for an experienced partner, and trying to figure out how to climb with a pup on a leash? :)
|Posted Mar 25, 2008 1:04 am
|Short Workout
Date Climbed: Mar 9, 2008
|This was a nice little hike using the northwest route. The weather was mild and partly cloudy with a breeeze at the summit. Kept a quick pace to the top and back for some good cardio.
|Posted Mar 9, 2008 9:38 pm
|Just a hike
Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2007
|Hiked up to the top with my cousin Megan. Bringing the climbing shoes nest time.
|Posted Dec 18, 2007 5:22 pm
|Freakin' windy
Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2007
|Busted up the trail in about 13 minutes. The wind was allegedly near 60MPH at times. Poor Skinny John blew away. He's probably back in Portland by now.
|Posted Nov 24, 2007 12:48 am
|Hiker's Trail
Date Climbed: May 7, 2005
|With Ryan and Leigh
|Posted Sep 24, 2007 7:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Hikers Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007
|Stopped here with my family on our way back to Spokane. Nice little hike with great views. The trail itself is a beautiful piece of engineering. Wouldn't mind doing this again.
|Posted Jul 13, 2007 1:22 am
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: spring 1996
|Hiked this trail near the end of my first year in college. There was a guy on top offering hits from his bong!
|Posted Apr 22, 2007 3:17 am
|Fun Race To The Top!
Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2007
|Raced with some friends to the top after Hamilton. A fun one, but felt guilty not bringing my kids!
|Posted Apr 12, 2007 1:49 am
|Beacon Rock Trail
Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2007
|Went and tagged this after doing Dog Mtn, about 35 min round trip. Winds of up to 50 mph on the summit.
|Posted Jan 29, 2007 6:29 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast Face 1997
|Climbed on a great day while traveling through the Gorge with some friends. I really liked the handrails built along the side and felt like I was on a set of the game Myst at some points!
|Posted Jan 23, 2007 1:11 am
|Garon Coriz
|Another Gorge Excursion
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
|Checked out North Bonneville during Gorge Days and decided to hike the trail with a couple of friends. Awesome views all along the upper half of the trail.
|Posted Jul 22, 2006 2:35 am
Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2006
|I climbed Beacon Rock early in the morning. Few people out hiking that day. It was a nice little peak with great views of the Columbia River Gorge.
|Posted Jun 18, 2006 6:35 pm
|Great for kids
Date Climbed: May 15, 2006
|Second time up the trail for me, first for my son. A very windy day.
|Posted May 16, 2006 5:30 pm
|Just a hiker
Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006
|Hiked this for the third time today. I encourage non-hikers I know to give this rock a try, its really a unique hike.
|Posted May 1, 2006 12:00 am
|Fun, easy
|Crowded trail in summer.
|Posted Apr 17, 2006 7:20 pm
|Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: Many Times
|My first climb up this was in 1977 with my son in a backpack when he was about 9 months old. I've climbed it many times since, and taken my younger children on quite a few hikes up this. It makes a great quick, "getting back into shape" workout, and I can usually do it in about an hour, Photos included.
|Posted Feb 27, 2006 1:33 am
|Route Climbed: The trail Date Climbed: January 2006
|As I grew up just down the road from this rock, I've climbed it MANY times. Great place to take a girl on a date...
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Bouquets! What can we say about a wedding bouquet other than they are the second or third most important part of your wedding day accessories. There are always so many new trends every season that go away as quickly as they come and some that always stay with us. Like wedding bouquet jewelry, where pearls or Swarovski elements are placed in between or in the middle of a flower itself. And the look is well, Glamorous and Beautiful without looking tacky. While looking online for bouquet jewelry I realized they can get a bit pricey, so I decided to make my own DIY versions.
Bouquet jewelry used: Swarovski Pear shaped sew-on jewel, 8mm faux pearl, ss20 Swarovski flatback (crystal) -Directions for each below
Optional Swaroviski elements and pearls
- 14 x 10 mm Swarovski Pear Sew-On Style#43181 Color Crystal/Silver
- ss20 Swarovski Flat Back Style#03020 Color Crystal
- ss20 Swarovski Flat Back Style#03020 Color Silk
- ss16 H.F. Swarovski Pearl Style#03416 Color Nacre
- 8mm 60″ Faux Pearl Strand Style#41836 Color Ivory
Learn How to make this eco-friendly vase, same bouquet jewelry as photo above
Directions For flat back rhinestones, & H.F. Swarovski Pearl:
- Step 1: Take straight pin and dip the flat end in E-6000 glue and stick it to the flat surface of the rhinestones or half pearl.
- Step 2: let it sit for about 20 minutes before placing in flower.
Directions For Swarovski pear sew-on jewel:
- Step1: Measure and cut a piece for cardboard foam that fits exactly behind the sew-on jewel.
- Step2: Stick two straight pins in the cut cardboard foam and place glue ontop of the straight pins and cardboard then stick to the back of the pear sew-on. Let it sit for 25 minutes before placing in flower.
Directions for Faux Pearl Strand
- Step1: Take a straight pin and dip it in E-6000 glue about 1/2″ on the flat tip. Then take one pearl from the strand.
- Step2: Take the straight pin and slip it threw the hole in the pearl. Clean the pearl for extra glue and let it set for 20minutes before placing in flower.


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SANDY, Utah - Real Salt Lake forward Alvaro Saborio has been ruled out for Sunday's Western Conference Championship second leg due to injury.
RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis revealed to media on Friday's conference call that Saborio will miss Sunday's match due to a right hip flexor strain sustained in the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinals against LA Galaxy on Nov. 7. Saborio left the match in the second period of extra time after suffering the strain. The Claret-and-Cobalt went on to finish the rest of extra-time with 10 men and defeated LA Galaxy 2-0 to advance to the Western Conference Championship.
Kreis told media on Friday that he's hopeful that Saborio will be available for MLS Cup on Dec. 7 should Real Salt Lake advance past Portland on Sunday.
Real Salt Lake enters Sunday's second leg with a 4-2 aggregate goal lead over Portland. RSL will advance to MLS Cup if it maintains its two-goal advantage in regulation. If the sides are tied on aggregate after regulation, the teams will play two, 15-minute extra time periods. If the teams are still tied following extra time, the series will be decided in a penalty kick shootout.
The winner of the RSL-Portland series will face the winner of the Eastern Conference Championship series between Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City in MLS Cup on Dec. 7. RSL and Portland will face off at 7:00 p.m. MT on Sunday on ESPN at JELD-WEN Field. The second leg of the Houston-Kansas City series will kick at 5:30 p.m. MT on Saturday on NBC Sports Network at Sporting Park.


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Bats are the only flying mammal on the planet, but they are dropping in droves due to a poorly understood disease that is believed to be caused by a white fungus. And the white nose syndrome, as it is called, could leave humans with many more disease-carrying mosquitoes to contend with.
Bats are the only flying mammal on the planet, but they are dropping in droves due to a poorly understood disease that is believed to be caused by a white fungus. And the white nose syndrome, as it is called, could leave humans with many more disease-carrying mosquitoes to contend with.
That was the message delivered during a presentation by a representative from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation at the Dighton Rock Museum on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of guests listened as DCR Interpretive Coordinator Amy Wilmot talked about the devastating toll on bats in North America caused by the white nose syndrome — with more than 5.5 million killed by the disease since it was first discovered in 2006 — and she also explained the negative impact this could have on humans.
"We are facing a mass extinction of bats in our lifetime, which is nearly unheard of, for a species to be taken down by disease and so quickly," Wilmot said. "It's really kind of scary."
Spread of the disease
Wilmot said that since the disease was initially discovered in a cave in New York state — the white nose syndrome has been primarily focused in the northeastern United States — that it has spread west halfway across the country at a rapid rate. "Every month there is a new location that is being affected by this," she said.
Wilmot said the dramatic loss of bats can lead to problems for farmers, and could result an increased mosquito populations carrying diseases that can harm humans.
"Obviously, bats are the primary predator of our night-flying insects, and there could be a huge increase in crop-eating insects," she said. "It could cost American farmers quite a bit. ... I know that I live nearby and I worry about Eastern equine encephalitis, and West Nile virus. If there aren't bats flying around and eating a lot of those mosquitoes, is our mosquito population — it is already huge as it is — is it going to skyrocket? What are we going to see in terms of those mosquito-borne diseases that we see right in our backyards."
Wilmot said one bat can eat its own body weight in insects in one night. Alex Houtzager, of the Friends of Dighton Rock Museum, gave a presentation later on, and said that bats can eat up to 1,000 insects in an hour, including mosquitoes.
What people can do
"You can educate yourself and others about bats," Wilmot said. "They are nothing to be scared of. They are an important part of our ecology. They have a very important role in North American, Massachusetts' and Berkley's ecosystem."
Wilmot said that in addition to studying white nose syndrome, that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department is using captive management bats to try to preserve the species.
Wilmot also suggested that people could support bats by providing them with roosting houses, which can help bats gain temporary refuge during the summer and late spring, in which to rest and raise their young when they are not hibernating in caves or mines. Wilmot also urged guests to report to DCR if they find a maternal bat colony, bats behaving oddly (such as bats flying when snow is on the ground), and also, for spelunkers, to check on bat-related restrictions and requirements for cave exploring.
After the presentation, members of the Friends of Dighton Rock demonstrated to guests how to make their own bat houses — which looks like a large birdhouse, but with an open entrance at the bottom with a grated landing space to help the bats get in, leading to narrow, stacked layers of wood. Houtzager gave tips on how to place them for the best results.
Raising awareness
Joy Titus, who traveled from Foxboro to hear the presentation, said that it was fascinating to hear so many interesting facts about bats. But Titus also said she hoped that there could be more awareness about the white nose syndrome.
"We need more of these presentations," Titus said. "I don't think people realize, but our health is going to decline somewhat because of all the mosquito bites. With the white nose syndrome, people are going to be wondering why more of these mosquito-borne diseases are affecting people. ... There needs to be an outcry. People don't know the seriousness of this."
Alvin Rodriguez, of Berkley, said that it was an important topic.
"The bats are pretty vital," Rodriguez said. "It's good to know about."
Joanne Miller, of Berkley, said that "it'd be good to spread the word" about the white nose syndrome situation in schools. "I just hope they find a solution to it ... awareness is the most important step to addressing the problem," she said.
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NLN Pre-Admission Exam (PAX)
The National League for Nursing Pre-Admission Examination for RN (NLN PAX) is a standardized entrance exam for potential nursing students who seek admittance into nursing schools nationwide. The NLN PAX-RN is comprised of three main areas:
- Verbal skills, which consists of both word knowledge and reading comprehension;
- Mathematics, which includes basic calculations, word problems, and incorporates algebra, geometry, conversions, graphs, and applied mathematics; and
- Science, which examines general biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science.
The NLN Pre-Admission Exam contains 214 questions: 80 verbal, 54 math, and 80 science, with one hour allowed for completing each section.
You can study for the NLN PAX-RN by purchasing the National League for Nursing Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam, Editor: McDonald 3rd Edition – available in most bookstores.
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The Hunter College Testing Center administers this exam on behalf of students who want to apply to the Generic BS or the Accelerated Second-Degree BS program.
View 2018 Exam Dates (PDF) - Registration opens on 11/1/2017
Applicants may register online on www.nlnonlinetesting.org. Follow the instructions online to register and pay for the Pre-Admission NLN for RN Examination. Make sure to choose Hunter College as your test site. Remember your login information that you create on the NLN website, as you will need this again on exam day.
If you need more information on registering for the exam feel free to contact the Hunter College Testing Center, located in Room 150N of the 68th Street & Lexington Avenue, Hunter College Campus or via phone at 212-772-4868.
Students are allowed to take the NLN PAX once every six months. The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing will accept scores for up to two years. If the exam is taken multiple times, we will consider the highest score in the admissions process.


text: "There are about 16,000 books on Abraham Lincoln, and authors of about 50 of them appear in this edited compilation of C-SPAN interviews. Culled from the network's various book programs, they omit the questions put by host-editor Brian Lamb and his colleagues, but the relaxed directness that is his signature is detectable in the historians' replies. Answers by anecdote abound, indicating Lamb perhaps asked, 'Who was Ann Rutledge?' or 'Was Lincoln a racist?' in addition to covering every other curiosity the reading public has about Lincoln.... This volume's review of the past 15 years of Lincoln authorial effort demonstrates how interpretively vibrant the subject remains, still capable of producing original research such as Matthew Pinsker's Lincoln's Sanctuary (2003), despite or perhaps due to Lincoln's 'biographical inaccessibility,' as Mark Neely comments. With content from history heavyweights David Herbert Donald, James McPherson, and Doris Kearns Goodwin, this will be in high demand for the bicentennial."Booklist


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Packsize International signs reseller agreement with System
Packsize obtains rights to market the high-volume Freebox automated packaging system, extending its ability to meet the labor-intensive demands of the fulfillment sector worldwide.
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On Demand Packaging manufacturer and technology provider Packsize International together with System, an industrial automation company based in Italy, have announced that Packsize has obtained the rights to market the high-volume Freebox automated packaging system. Through the agreement, Packsize will add the Freebox machine to its On Demand Packaging product offering, beginning January 2014.
Freebox is an entirely automated, high-volume machine that uses continuous sheet-fed corrugated. The machine's size is 24 feet long by 12.5 feet wide and 6.5 feet tall. The Freebox system uses flat corrugated to create made-to-measure boxes with customized printing in real time for every kind of product. With the Freebox system, customers derive many On Demand Packaging benefits such as less corrugated waste, a minimized need for filler materials, optimized warehouse space, reduced labor, reduced product damage, and increased customer satisfaction.
"The Freebox packaging system aligns very well with Packsize's core values and packaging philosophies surrounding sustainability," said Packsize CEO Hanko Kiessner. "The agreement appropriately extends our On Demand Packaging product line to meet the high-volume, labor-intensive demands of the high-end fulfillment market sector."
Commenting on the joint partnership's ability to improve the competitive position and increase sales opportunities for both companies, System president Franco Stefani said: "Packsize International's market leadership is in On Demand Packaging. The business model of our packaging division is to sell machines. High-end fulfillment customers are trending toward more automation. By combining these factors, it's easy to see that a high-volume distribution facility outfitted with Packsize On Demand Packaging converting machines and a Freebox system will best address these customers' redundancy and peak performance operational issues efficiently and cost-effectively."
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A bipartisan panel including former secretaries of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and retired U.S. senators is preparing to release a proposal for scaling back the government role in mortgage finance that would put taxpayer dollars at risk primarily under catastrophic circumstances.
The blueprint, which the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center is scheduled to release Feb. 25, is an attempt to jump-start the stalled debate over shrinking the government role in the $9.5 trillion mortgage market, according to three people familiar with the plan. The document was drafted over the past 16 months by a 21-member commission including industry representatives, consumer advocates, and former policy makers.
The panel will recommend that the U.S. replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which package loans into securities with guaranteed interest and principal payments, with mortgage-bond guarantees that kick in only after private firms take the initial losses, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the report isn't yet published.
The commission is hoping the plan will "elevate housing to the top of the national policy agenda and provide a foundation for action in 2013," according to the website of the organization, which was founded in 2007 by a group of retired senators.
The panel is led by Mel Martinez, who was HUD secretary under President George W. Bush, and Henry G. Cisneros, HUD secretary under President Bill Clinton, as well as former Democratic Sen. George J. Mitchell and former Republican Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond.
Ashley Berrang, a spokeswoman for the commission, declined to comment on the contents of its report before its release.
The report will suggest government guarantees could come from a new entity similar to Ginnie Mae, the U.S.-owned corporation that currently backs bonds with loans insured by U.S. agencies including the Federal Housing Administration, the people said.
That entity could replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were publicly traded companies with no explicit government backing before they were seized in 2008 after investments in risky loans pushed them to the brink of insolvency. The two companies have since drawn about $190 billion in taxpayer aid and paid Treasury $50 billion in dividends.
The proposal comes as housing-finance reform has failed to gain traction in Washington, in part because Democrats and Republicans remain divided over alternatives, and as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have returned to profitability, sapping momentum for change. At the same time, taxpayers continue to bear the risk on about 90% of new home loans through agencies including FHA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the two government-sponsored enterprises.
President Obama, who has called for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be wound down and replaced, has yet to release a detailed plan. Likewise, Congress has yet to move forward with comprehensive legislation.
The Obama administration's most significant contribution to the debate was a 2011 Treasury report that laid out three options, ranging from almost total privatization to a new and more limited government role as a catastrophic reinsurer. The BPC commission's proposal offers further indication that consensus may be building around the reinsurance option.
The commission's recommendations will echo plans put forward by the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Housing Policy Council, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Jim Millstein, who helped oversee the U.S. bailouts of firms including insurer American International Group Inc.
The idea stops short of a dramatic government exit, and the details would be crucial to gauging the potential impact on various housing industry sectors, the relative effect on large and small lenders, the cost of credit for home buyers and the risk borne by taxpayers.
The approach has critics. The government would still need to correctly price risks and taxpayers could be exposed to losses from borrowers who don't need the backstop, said Joshua Rosner, an analyst at Graham Fisher & Co. and co-author of "Reckless Endangerment," a book which focused on Fannie Mae's role in the housing crisis.
Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the new arrangement could also pass government subsidies through private firms that may abuse the system to maximize profits, Rosner said.
"Proponents of the idea are basically saying, 'Let's sweep all that under the rug, claim a victory and go home,'" he said.
Absent other action, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is proceeding with its own plans for shrinking their footprint.
The firms last year almost doubled the fees they charge to guarantee mortgage securities, making other lending more competitive, and began to work on deals in which they would share the risk of initial losses on some of their portfolio with private capital. Broad use of that approach could transform the companies along the lines of some reform proposals.
The housing market's continued dependence on government makes change difficult, Robert Bostrom, who served as general counsel for Freddie Mac for five years through 2011, said last month at a securitization conference.
"It's kind of like having a heroin addict with a needle in his arm," he said. "If you take it out, he dies. If you leave it in, he dies. What are you supposed to do?"


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You may remember I hosted a watercolor workshop with Anthropologie last week {part of the "Made with Love" Anthropologie Events} which sold out in a couple of hours I hear! Everyone who attended was so engaged and ready to paint that the event turned out better than I could have ever imagined. A huge thank you to the Richmond Anthropologie gals, Melissa and Alison. They were so much fun to work with. In addition to the amazing Valentine watercolor cards we made, the night was filled with delicious Julia Baker truffles, macaroons, raspberry lemon cupcakes, plenty of smiles and lots of laughter from our photo booth.
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Is There Some Truth to Dragon Myths?
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Harry Potter fans are looking forward to the boy wizard's next screen adventure, when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens this month. Pottermania broke loose when J. K. Rowling's first book appeared on bookstands in 1997, prompting the creation of films, fan websites, and dozens of similarly themed books. Rowling's world of wizardry has even inspired the name of a dinosaur fossil, Dracorex hogwartsia. But serious researchers are seeing evidence that dragons were more than just fantastical creatures.
Adrienne Mayor, a Stanford visiting scholar, has found solid links between certain dinosaur fossils and dragons—enough information, in fact, for her to write three books on the subject. Mayor was consulted in 2008 by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, which built a dragon exhibit that presented some of her research.
Legends of dragons have existed throughout the world and across many, if not all, ancient cultures. Mayor believes that these tales emerged from ancient imaginings of what fossil dinosaurs would have looked like in life. In her view, if ancient people had unearthed a fossil that looked like Dracorex hogwartsia, it is easy to speculate that they would have come up with dragon stories to explain it.
Dracorex "surprised the scientists" when it was discovered because of its long muzzle and spiky horns. In a Stanford University press release, Mayor stated, "The skull looks strangely familiar to anyone who has studied dragons! Dracorex has a remarkable resemblance to the dragons of ancient China and medieval Europe."1
Dracorex is apparently a one-of-a-kind fossil that was uncovered in North America, not China or Europe. So how did the ancient Chinese, Australian aboriginal, Egyptian, Babylonian, Welsh, and so many other cultures come up with such robust dragon lore if the fossils that fueled their fancies were so rare and located on the other side of the world?2
There are other reasons to doubt that dragon legends arose from fossil-based speculations. Tales of dragons are almost universal and were incorporated into the historical background of virtually every people group on every continent.3 How could so many different cultures conjure up such similar details in their dragon legends, unless their ancestors actually encountered them?
It would be easily explained if humans had actually seen living dinosaurs. The book of Job in the Bible records one such event. God spoke to a troubled Job, "Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee…he moveth his tail like a cedar."4 However, if this and so many other accounts are to be taken at face value, it would jeopardize the scientific consensus that dinosaurs and humans did not live at the same time. Thus, one of the main reasons to reject these voluminous accounts of encounters with real dragons is the presupposition of a separate dinosaur age.
Over a decade ago, a creation scientist wrote, "The creation model of origins makes many predictions, one of them being that evidence will be found that tells us that in the recent past, dinosaurs and man have co-existed."2 Indeed, evidence continues to fulfill this prediction.5 Whereas most of the Harry Potter world is grounded firmly in fancy, the concept that certain "strangely familiar"1 dragon-looking dinosaurs existed with humans has a broad foundation in history.
- Dinosaurs and Dragons, Oh My! Stanford Fossil Historian Links Dinosaur Bones to Mythological Creatures. Stanford University Humanities press release, October 2008.
- Cooper, B. 1992. The Early History of Man – Part 4. Living Dinosaurs from Anglo-Saxon and other Early Records. Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal. 6 (1): 49.
- Morris, H. 1993. Dragons in Paradise. Acts & Facts. 22 (7).
- Job 40:15, 17. The features of behemoth do not match those of alligators or hippopotamuses, though these are commonly identified in most study Bible notes. The New Defender's Study Bible notes on Job 40:19 provide further explanation.
- Morris, J. 2008. The Dinosaur Next Door. Acts & Facts. 37 (6):13.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on July 2, 2009.
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