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Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
False River is an inactive oxbow lake formed around the early 1700's by the Mississippi River. It is an approximately 3,200 acre lake in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads, LA, which is about 35 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. The lake has an average depth of 21 feet, and a maximum depth of 65 feet. The lake's shoreline is highly developed with houses, camps, and businesses. The lake has a mixed usage consisting of recreational angling, hunting, water sports, and other leisure activities. Historically; sedimentation, water quality, fish diseases, and vegetation issues have influenced the diversity and abundance of fish communities in the lake. Currently, LDWF Inland Fish Division is taking steps to improve False River's habitat as well as continuously monitor fisheries stocks.

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I have spent a bit of time on the new version of the FL and its slightly different animal to the trigger but shares some of the good traits. Im not a fan of big kites and usually a 12m is the biggest kite i ride, i weight 80kgs and have ridden the FL with my standard 135 board i ride in all conditions.
The FL is a fun kite to ride, its fast for big kite and nice bar pressure so you can feel where the kite is even in light winds. It turns about 40% faster than the X19 spleene and can go in just as light wind. i recently flew it against a guy who had the newest ozone zephyr who was riding a fairly large board compared to mine the FL kept me upwind and doing tricks no worries even on a non lightwind board it was as low as 10kots and as high as 14knts.
things i dont like....
two colour choices.....ugh just do one colour like the trigger!
well its a large kite, it is going to be slower than your 9m.
its called a fat lady, girls give me funny looks when i say i have a date with a fat lady (apparently thats politically incorrect)
takes longer to pump than my 9m
In short the FL is light for an inflatable, its very fast for a large kite with small bar (52cm compared to most others who use a 60cm bar).
i prefer to ride a small kite end of story but if i have not had a kite in a week or two the FL will get you on the water and doing unhooked tricks, jumps and even fun kiteloops.
if being on the water having fun while everyone else is watching i don't want to be right!


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VIDEO: Steve Nash dishes to Pau Gasol for the finish
And in this corner, 13.8 billion years old, wearing a white robe and carrying an hour glass, with a record of a gazillion-and-0, the undisputed, undefeated heavyweight champion of the universe: Father Time.
Good luck, Steve Nash.
While from a viewpoint of perseverance it is admirable that the 39-year-old point guard continues to grind away on the practice court, in training rooms and occasionally even in NBA games, perhaps Nash is inching closer to the inevitable day that he understands the only way to make the pain cease is to stop banging his head against the wall.
Another season in Los Angeles — his 18th in the league — is already taking shape as another fractured fairytale that might only wind up rivaling a year ago in production and frustration.
Three games into the Lakers season of waiting for Kobe Bryant to perform his on walk-on-water miracle of treating Achilles' tendon surgery as if it were no more than a bad cold, Nash is neither completely on the shelf or fully in the picture. A bruised quadriceps gave him a seat on the bench as Jordan Farmar ran the offense down the stretch in the opening night win over the Clippers. He sat out the next night at Golden State. Then he could provide no help at all in the fourth quarter of another game that slipped away to the Spurs.
Not surprisingly, Nash is beginning to question himself and expressed those concerns to Kevin Ding of Bleacher Report:
"The nerves in the broken leg, then the nerves in the back and hamstring (last season)…I'd never felt my nerves in my life. I feel them every day now," Nash said late Friday night. "So my body's different. I worked incredibly hard this summer and got myself back where I have a chance. I felt good tonight; I could've had a good game.
"The want is there; I'm still enjoying the challenge. It comes from within. I know what I've been through; I know how old I am and the miles I have on the body, but I still take the challenge. And there are still things I can build on and can improve."
Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni has called it "a process" and that's exactly what it is — the aging process that is both inevitable and cruel to those who won't acknowledge it. Just look at the Botoxed faces of some of those celebrities that sit courtside at Staples Center.
It might have seemed like a good idea to give up two first-round picks and two second-round picks for the former two-time MVP a year ago when the Lakers were assembling their fantasy team that also included Dwight Howard. But that was before a broken leg limited him to just 50 games and Nash was never able to find any kind of rhythm in an offense that couldn't find an identity.
The thought was that with Howard gone, with Pau Gasol back in the middle, with D'Antoni given the free rein to run the offense that he knows and likes and with Nash given an entire summer to rest and rehab and then work his soon-to-be-40-year-old body back into shape, that he could look like his old self again.
Trouble is, all that seems to be there is an older self, which is not so much a failing, only reality. For D'Antoni to keep believing that all will be well again in fourth-quarter clutch situations as soon as Nash is back to form is denial. It would take the Hubble Telescope to see those 2005 and 2006 MVP seasons from here, and there is precious little reason based on the history of mankind to believe Nash can come within light years when the nicks and twinges are already evidence of a betraying body again less than a week into the season.
"I am 39. I'll be 40 in a few months," Nash said. "So you have to adapt your mindset to the new challenge. This is where I'm at. I have to get on top of my body, and I've got to let my game come around.
"It's going to take more patience than usual, and it's going to take maybe less work and more rest. I really have to check myself a lot as far as my typical approach to things to not overdo and not put myself back because I'm overdoing it or I'm trying for too much.
"This is where I am. I've got to accept some of that — and not give an inch when it comes to my belief."
Tell that to the guy standing over in the other corner waiting for the bell for the next round to ring, tightening that belt on his unbeaten record.


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"A-Z of Unusual Words" is a self-initiated project by Irish based graphic art duo The Project Twins. It depicts "strange, unusual and lost words" explained through a set of beautifully crafted minimal illustrations and visual wit.
According to the artists, James and Michael Fitzgerald, "the images explore the meaning behind the words, which are sometimes even more strange and unusual". The bold and simple aesthetics of these illustrations resemble Bauhaus' style of conduct through style and form.
The artist statement of Project Twins points out: "Curiosity, humor and wit are a predominant feature in their work. <…> They are interested in observations and oddities and enjoy taking the familiar and turning it into the surprising." The series of "A-Z of Unusual Words" has been exhibited during Design Week Dublin in 2011 and was also awarded a Merit in the 3X3 Proshow and featured in 3X3 Illustration Annual 2012.


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With a graceful economy of words Dawn of Frugal for Life has hosted a fully illustrated Festival of Frugality. Click on the photo icons to read the different posts.
The FFL version of the FoF includes The Common Room's insightful piece on a $30 per month (per person) food budget.
Personal Finance for Students and Fresh Grads has a wonderful piece about tipping. I'm also very passionate about this subject: Please tip well. Don't stiff servers!
Money Smart Life has a savvy piece about cutting cell phone bills.
There's so much that's good and I wish I had a thousand words to describe the entire Festival. I'm honored to be included. Thanks to Dawn for being such a great host and for taking the time to assemble the posts.
By the way, she's up for a blog award. Check it out! Congrats Dawn!!!
The Frugal Duchess Booktique
The Frugal Duchess of Beauty Store
Book Shop of Fear
The Poetry & Drama Queen
Frugal Jazz & Blues


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I'll play...
I do hope if we win the toss we take the ball and start off on offense. First time I've ever wanted that, but I believe we can drive the field and put some points on the opening drive. I feel Skins will be quite aggressive in 1Q, but I think we can handle that. Once they settle in and try and run the ball, that's when it goes downhill for WAS... their WRs will get beat up trying to block our corners and then they will become less effective in the passing game. The slot WRs will be saved though, and they will have some success, but the SEAfense won't break and allow many TDs.
At half, Hawks up 16-10.
DangeRuss will continue to be clutch and convert when needed. Hawks will slowly pull away, and then go into cruise while WAS makes a subtle 4Q comeback but only on the scoreboard (not in the momentum).
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Oh man. What a whirlwind the last 2 weeks have been. I am now reporting to you as an "old married lady" as my friends now call me. The week leading up to the wedding was, let's just say eventful. The Tuesday before the wedding, my sister/maid of honor was hit, head on, as she was driving home from work. After totaling her car, fracturing her sternum and having a significant amount of bruising, she still looked absolutely beautiful. Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, my car was broken into. What did they steal? A GPS with a screwed up display and almost out of battery, and oops, they didn't take the charger for it. And they also stole my Straight No Chaser CD. If you don't know who they are, they're an acapella group from Indiana University, and they're fantastic. Watch this video of them singing the 12 Days of Christmas in a way you've never seen before. So after those two snafus, the wedding went off without a hitch. It rained, but about 30 minutes away from where my wedding was, and the rest of day was absolutely beautiful. I only have a few pictures from the day so far, but below is one of my favorites of what I do have. 🙂
The reception was a lot of fun, too. Oh boy, I did not know wedding dresses could get so heavy and hot as the day goes on. It's alright though. I had so much fun. As soon as we get our wedding pictures back, I'll be sure to post some online. It may take a while though. They took close to 1,500 pictures and they have to edit them all. Definitely not a job I would want.
The honeymoon was a blast as well. We went to Yellowstone National Park and the Tetons. After seeing a bison take out the front panel of a car, almost hitting two wolves as they ran out in front of us, watching black bears and grizzly bears snack on some berry bushes on the side of the road, and horse back riding, we can honestly say we had a blast. We had a lot of fun. Pictures are below.
We hiked a lot, too. I would definitely go back.
This week, however, is a 40-hour work week. Benjamin gets the week of from work, so he has a "honey-do" list. The first is buying a washer and dryer!!! I however, will be working hard at finishing my training for GE, catching up on what I missed at both jobs, and preparing for the summer camps MSE offers. It should be a fun filled week.
And so I sign off, for the first time, ever, as Amanda Wenner. Have a great week everyone!


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Pres. Lopez To Receive UNM Award, Dec. 5, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., December 5, 2001 -- New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López has been selected by the University of New Mexico Alumni Association as the 2002 recipient of its Bernard S. Rodey Award.
The Rodey Award criterium states that the annual award is to be conferred on individuals "who have devoted an unusual amount of time in a leadership capacity and whose efforts have contributed significantly to the field of education."
The Tech President will be presented with the prestigious award at the annual UNM Alumni Association Awards Dinner on February 21, 2002, at the Sheraton Old Town Inn in Albuquerque.
López, who was appointed president of New Mexico Tech in 1993, earned his bachelor of arts, master of arts, and Ph.D. degrees at the University of New Mexico, all in the field of political science.


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No electricity provider in the world can guarantee an electrical supply that is free from voltage and frequency variations. The possibility of faults occurring in user installations or in the public distribution system remains undeniable and unpredictable.
Because an information technology (IT) installation is particularly sensitive to power supply fluctuations and distortions, it typically relies on an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to mitigate the effects of these phenomena (Fig. 1). Some installations even include a second UPS supplied by a separate feeder and a standby generator that can be set to start automatically 3 minutes after detecting a power interruption. If the risk from weather or other local occurrences is great enough, some facilities will manually switch over to backup generation ahead of time.
To help your contingency supply system function as designed, you should perform certain tests during installation and then periodically (monthly or quarterly, depending on contractual agreements) after your system is commissioned. Tests during the installation phase are divided into two stages: pre-installation and combined. Let's see what's involved with both types of tests.
Pre-installation testing
This includes testing done before connecting the critical loads.
UPS functional and alarms testing
The purpose here is to check the UPS functionality, LED display, and alarm messages.
UPS specification testing
This step requires checking and measuring the UPS specification. You'll need two 3-phase power quality analyzers for this — one for measurements at the output and the other at the input. The procedure is to record voltage, current, real power, apparent power, power factor, voltage, and current total harmonic distortion (THD) at both points. Then, vary the loads from 0% to 100% in 25% incremental steps for balanced load testing. For unbalanced load testing, follow the load matrix shown in the Table.
UPS burn-in test
This is done to verify that the UPS system can operate at the rated load under ambient room temperature conditions. The procedure here is to load the UPS to rated load and operate it from 8 hours to 24 hours, depending on contractual requirements.
UPS step load and bypass loss transient tests
The purpose of this testing is to demonstrate the transient response of the UPS module. Here, we measure UPS transient response for:
0% to 100% to 0% load steps,
0% to 50% to 0% load steps,
50% to 100% to 50% load steps, and
UPS running with loss of bypass mains.
In the example shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the 3-phase voltage waveform hardly varies, despite the 100% change in load current.
UPS start and stop test
This test demonstrates correct operation when the UPS is switched on and off with full load. With the UPS module running at 50% and 100% load, you switch the inverter off and on and record transients, load voltage, load current, Mains 2 current, and Mains 1 current.
UPS full load battery discharge test
This is done to demonstrate correct UPS operation for 15 minutes at full load during a power failure. The procedure involves measuring battery cells before and after discharge using a battery monitoring system.
UPS loss and return of mains test
Here, we're trying to demonstrate correct operation during loss and return of the mains. The procedure involves running the UPS module at normal load and switching the UPS main input on and off, recording transients, load voltage, load current, and Mains 1 current.
UPS loss and return of battery test
The purpose of this test is to demonstrate correct operation during loss and return of UPS batteries. Here, you run the UPS module at normal load and switch the UPS main battery breaker on and off, recording transients, load voltage, load current and Mains 1 current.
UPS load transfer test
Here, we're verifying the correct UPS operation during load transfer by running the module at normal load and switching the UPS off and on until the load is on static bypass. You then reverse this procedure from static bypass to UPS and record load voltage, load current, and bypass current.
UPS transfer to bypass and back test
The purpose of this test is to demonstrate correct UPS operation with external bypass by transferring the load to external bypass and back to UPS and recording load voltage and load current.
Combined testing
This testing is done by connecting critical loads and testing while cutting the standby generator in and out. Basically, you're connecting the critical loads and standby generator, repeating the same tests at 0% and 100% load conditions, and monitoring transfer between the mains supply, UPS, and standby generator to ensure that transients and waveform distortion stay within acceptable limits.
From this point forward, you'll need to perform maintenance tests. You conduct periodic (monthly) maintenance tests throughout the life of the contingency supply system and follow the combined test procedure for everything except the standby generator — it only needs to be tested once a year.
Many tests are involved when commissioning and maintaining a contingency supply system. You must simultaneously log many parameters (3-phase voltage and current, power, power factor, harmonics, and transients) over 8 hours to 24 hours and document these parameters in report format using a power quality analyzer with data logging and reporting capabilities.
Author's note: MGE personnel typically perform the tests noted above during their installation, commissioning, and maintenance practices. Fluke thanks them for their contributions to this article.
Ong is a power quality specialist with Fluke in Everett, Wash.


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Healthy lifestyle makes your heart healthy; avoiding unhealthy food is not the solution, choosing healthy diet rich in fibers, fruits and vegetables is sure to keep your heart healthy.
Everyone wants to have a healthy heart.Some simple, everyday habits can make a big difference in your ability to live a healthy lifestyle.
Watching TV for hours:
Sitting for hours on end increases your risk of heart attack and stroke, even if you exercise regularly.
"Intermittent exercise doesn't compensate for the time you sit," says Harmony R. Reynolds, MD, associate director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City.
Reason: The lack of movement may affect blood levels of fats and sugars.
Dr. Reynolds advises walking around periodically and, if you're at work, standing up to talk on the phone.
Leaving hostility and depression unchecked:Are you feeling stressed, hostile, or depressed? It can take a toll on your heart.
While everyone feels this way some of the time, how you handle these emotions can affect your heart health. "Those likely to internalize stress are in greater danger; research has shown a benefit to laughter and social support," Dr. Reynolds says.
"And it's helpful to be able to go to someone and talk about your problems."
Ignoring snoring:More than a minor annoyance, snoring can be a sign of something more serious: obstructive sleep apnea. This disorder, marked by breathing that is interrupted during sleep, can cause blood pressure to skyrocket.
More than 18 million Americans adults have sleep apnea, which increases the risk of heart disease. People who are overweight or obese are at higher risk for sleep apnea, but slim people can have it too.
If you snore and often wake up feeling tired, talk with your doctor; there are easy ways to screen for apnea, says Robert Ostfeld, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, in New York City.
Not flossing:While the exact reason is unknown, there is a strong link between gum disease and heart disease, Dr. Ostfeld says.If you don't floss, sticky, bacteria-laden plaque build up over time, which can lead to gum disease. One theory is that these bacteria trigger inflammation in the body.
"Inflammation promotes all aspects of atherosclerosis," Dr. Ostfeld says. Treating gum disease can improve blood vessel function.
Withdrawal from the world:
It's no secret that on some days, other human beings can seem annoying, irritating, and just plain difficult to get along with.
However, it makes sense to strengthen your connections to the ones you actually like. People with stronger connections to family, friends, and society in general tend to live longer, healthier lives.
Everyone needs alone time, but you should still reach out to others and keep in touch whenever you can.
You're either all or nothing:Call it the Weekend Warrior Syndrome.
"I see so many people in their 40s and 50s dive into exercising with good intentions, hurt themselves, and then stop exercising all together," says Judith S. Hochman, MD, director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at NYU's Langone Medical Center.
With exercise, it's wise to aim for slow and steady. "It's more important to have a regular exercise commitment," says Dr. Reynolds. "Be in it for the long game."
Over-Drinking alcohol:Sure, studies suggest a small amount of alcohol may be good for your heart. Alas, too many over-imbibe.
Excess alcohol is linked to a greater risk of high blood pressure, high levels of blood fats, and heart failure. In addition, the extra calories can lead to weight gain, a threat to heart health.
If you drink, stick to no more than two drinks per day for men, and no more than one a day for women. (One drink means a 12-ounce beer or 4-ounce glass of wine).
Eating too much:Being overweight is a major risk factor for heart disease, and 72% of men and 64% of women in the U.S are overweight or obese.
Try to eat less, avoid oversize portions, and replace sugary drinks with water.
Dr. Reynolds and Dr. Hochman also suggest cutting portion sizes for high-calorie carbohydrates (think refined pastas and breads) and watching out for foods labeled "low-fat," which are often high in calories.
To assume you're not at risk:Cardiovascular disease—including stroke, heart disease, and heart failure—claims more lives in the United States than any other illness, including cancer.
"Don't assume you're not at risk," says Dr. Ostfeld.
High blood pressure and cholesterol, diabetes, being overweight, and smoking are all risk factors that should be kept in check
Red meat:It's best to think of red meat as an occasional treat rather than the foundation of a daily diet. Red meat is high in saturated fat, and there's also evidence that processed meat, such as bacon and hot dogs, increases your risk of cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. Ideally, less than 10% of your diet should come from animals and animal products, Dr. Ostfeld advises.
Can't part with the beef? Choose a lean cut of red meat and limit your intake. "People have to know that if you want a steak a few times a month, it's OK," Dr. Hochman says. "It's what you're eating three times a day that's the issue. Be in it for the long haul. Eat a balanced diet."
Being a health procrastinator:Check in with an MD so that you know your numbers for cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar.
If these are elevated, you're at risk for silent killers like heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
One thought: The lifetime risk of developing hypertension, or high blood pressure, for adults in their mid-50s is approximately 90%, even with those who never had a problem before. "The general point is that just because you didn't have it at 24 doesn't mean you don't have it at 54," Dr. Ostfeld says.
Active or passive smoking:Sure, you've heard it a million times before: Don't smoke. But it bears repeating.
"Smoking is a total disaster for your heart," says Dr. Ostfeld. Smoking promotes blood clots, which can block blood flow to the heart, and contributes to plaque buildup in the arteries.
It's also a smart bomb aimed at everyone around you, Dr. Ostfeld says. In fact, about 46,000 nonsmokers who live with a smoker die from heart disease each year because of secondhand smoke.
Avoid taking medicines:Let's be honest: Taking pills is a pain. There can be side effects. And it's easy to forget your meds, especially if you feel fine.
"High blood pressure is called the silent killer because you don't feel it," Dr. Ostfeld says. "Saying you feel fine is not a justification for stopping these pills."
There are 30 types of high blood pressure medications, so there are choices if one isn't working, Dr. Hochman says. "If one medication doesn't work, we can try something else."
Fruits and vegetables:"The most heart-healthy diet is a plant-based diet," Dr. Ostfeld says. That means loading up on fruits and vegetables, nuts, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and protein, and keeping junk food to a minimum. Almost half of each meal should be composed of fruits and vegetables.
Research has found that people who eat more than five servings of fruits and vegetables a day had about 20% lower risk of heart disease and stroke than people who ate less than three servings per day.
Never ignore physical symptoms:If you used to walk up three flights of stairs without a problem, but suddenly you're short of breath after one flight or have chest pressure, it's time to call your doctor—now. Never assume it's because you're out of shape.
Doctors say "time is muscle," meaning the quicker you get treatment for possible trouble, the less likely you are to have permanent damage to your heart muscle.
"It's better for it to be much ado about nothing than sitting on a heart attack for six hours," which is not uncommon, Dr. Ostfeld says.
Taking too much salt:The more salt you consume, the higher your blood pressure rises. One in three American adults has high blood pressure, a major risk factor for stroke, kidney failure, and heart attack "Steer clear of packaged junk food, read the labels for sodium content, and stick to the outer portions of the supermarket, which is where the fruits, vegetables, and (unsalted) nuts are," Dr. Ostfeld says.
Most of us should keep sodium intake below 2,300 milligrams a day. If you have high blood pressure or are over 50, cut back to 1,500 milligrams.
Intake of empty calories:
Foods high in sugar, fat, and oil deliver calories.
Studies have shown that a diet full of empty calories increases the risk of obesity and diabetes
Look for foods dense in nutrients, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, seafood, eggs, beans and peas, and unsalted nuts and seeds. Lean meats and poultry, along with fat-free and low-fat milk, are good choices as well.


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Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: How Serious Is It?
While three decades ago it was rare for a child or teen to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, today, the American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that there are about 3,700 new cases a year among youth in the United States.
While the majority of new diabetes diagnoses in children are still type 1 – about 13,000 a year – the escalating numbers of type 2 cases, previously only seen in middle-aged people, is alarming.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), several factors contribute, including low levels of activity, exposure to type 2 diabetes in utero and an increase in obesity, spurred in part by the unhealthy eating habits of kids addicted to the empty calories of fast food and the processed foods that line store shelves.
A recent study of diabetes in youth found that between 2001 and 2009, instances of type 2 diabetes in children age 10 to 19 had risen by 21 percent, a significant number given the relative newness of such diagnoses.
"Twenty-one percent is substantial," said Elizabeth Mayer-Davis of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, one of the project's researchers, adding that Hispanic and non-Hispanic white youth accounted for most of the increase.
The ADA says children from certain racial and ethnic groups are at higher risk, including African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American children. Because type 2 diabetes elevates the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and amputations, among other health problems, the rising number of younger type 2 diabetes cases could break a health care system already straining from escalating cases of type 2 in adults.
According to a recent study, diabetic peripheral neuropathy – a disorder related to nerve damage that causes tingling and pain in the extremities and can lead to amputation – is an especially high risk factor for young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
In a study of 400 patients who were diagnosed with diabetes before the age of 20, 8 percent of those with type 1 diabetes developed diabetic peripheral neuropathy, compared to more than 25 percent of those with type 2.
For adults with type 2, the incidence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is estimated at between 12 and 50 percent.
In addition to neuropathy, type 2 diabetes in often accompanied by polycystic ovary syndrome, acanthosis nigricans (a thickening or darkening of the skin, especially in folds and creases, such as beneath the breasts), high blood pressure and retinopathy.
Estimates say about 20,000 people under the age of 20 had type 2 diabetes in 2010, with numbers expected to quadruple by 2050 without intervention.
Tips to prevent type 2 diabetes in kids:
• Limit beverages sweetened with sugar, including soda, sports drinks or coffee drinks, and choose water as much as possible.
• Trade out processed foods – foods that are packaged and bear little resemblance to a natural state – for fruits and veggies whenever possible.
• Limit fast food. Most items on drive-through menus have little to offer when it comes to nutrients, and are digested quickly, which initially sends blood sugar soaring, but then leads to crashes that cause us to reach for more food to restore energy.
• Make smarter choices when faced with temptations. Try grapes or berries in place of cupcakes, choose fiber-rich granola in place of candy bars from a snack machine, and select baked chips over regular ones when possible.
• Learn to read the labels. Check the grams of sugar, fat and nutrients on packaged foods so you know whether the decision is a wise one.
• Limit their screen time. Whether a TV, computer or gaming device, try to limit the time spent seated in front of it.
• Kids and teens need 60 minutes of activity a day for optimum health. Encourage them to walk, bike, ride a scooter or cross-country ski to school and to walk the dog after school. Make weekends a time for hanging out with friends at the park, museum, mall or just around the neighborhood.
• Choose rewards for good grades or other accomplishments that aren't food-based, like a sleepover, an accessory item, film, or book.


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The One Ring Messageboard
Aurelin wrote:Hehee, since I read the book after seeing FOTR, I knee he would not die. Why - because after my first viewing of the movie, I went straight into a bookshop to check if he didn't.
Donisiliel wrote:After reading about Éowyn, my mom was worried that Aragorn was falling in love with her. She was so worried that he might end up with Éowyn instead of Arwen that she looked up the entry for Aragorn in our encyclopedia of Middle-earth to see how everything turned out in the end.
Donisiliel wrote:Second, in my mind, I see Legolas as being a younger son of several of Thranduil's children. This is all personal conjecture, since Tolkien never tells us any specific details about Legolas's family. Part of my reason for believing that Legolas has older brothers is that if he were the heir to the throne, I don't know that Thranduil would have sent him off with the Fellowship. I don't think that he would have wanted to risk his eldest son and heir. That said, perhaps Thranduil would have sent the eldest son because as the sole representative of the Elves, he should be an Elf of high honour. Well, that's just my take on the matter. I know this subject has been discussed else on TORC. What opinions do the rest of you have?
You seem to be very well read about Middle-earth
One thing that I started to wonder after I heard about the whole head-butting stuff - could it not be that at least one of the bumps we see on Legolas could be the one Sala gave him?
I've noticed that after the fight with the Uruk-Hai at Amon Hen and during the battle of Helm's Deep, Legolas has some dirt smudged on his face, but I've never noticed that he actually has any bumps.
I always wondered what happened to all the Elves in Helm's Deep since we see none but Legolas charge out in the morning. But the book Art and Warfare of LOTR that is great in explaining things movie-wise, it says they all died. I can understand that they had to get rid of all them again but I find it very hard to believe that none of them lived through it.
It makes me sad to think of their bodies lying mingled with those of the dead orcs
Donisiliel wrote:I wish that the movie would have shown some sort of burial for the fallen Elves at Helm's Deep. It makes me sad to think of their bodies lying mingled with those of the dead orcs. They especially should have shown some sort of honor to Haldir. PJ takes a wonderful character from the books who by right should be living a happy life in Valinor now and kills him without giving him a proper mourning! I'm sure that at least Legolas and Aragorn would have mourned him; I wish we could have seen them pay their respects to Haldir and his fallen companions.
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Changes in 2.991:
* Small fix to setup of scalar refs in Size.pm, in case the ref points to
an undef value.
* Code clean-up on the imgsize script.
Changes in 2.99:
* Applied two patches from Ville Skyttä <email@example.com>, one providing
support for MNG, the other for supporting anything Image::Magick does.
Changes in 2.98:
* From tips provided by Philip Newton after a close reading of the manual page
and other docs, several typos and errors were cleared out, and a small
buglet in the error message within bmpsize() was corrected.
Changes in 2.97:
* Moved the code that changes a relative filename to an absolute one. This
was being called in all cases, now it is *not* called if cacheing is
disabled (via $NO_CACHE). This is for the sake of applications running in
environments where they may have trouble with full paths (due to "lockbox"
* Made a few adjustments to the docs per suggestion, to clarify some of the
usage cases.
Changes in 2.96:
* There was a (silly) typo in the PCD code that slipped past my tests. Fixed.
Changes in 2.95:
* Added a $NO_CACHE flag that is made importable for general use. This allows
disabling of data-cacheing for those systems that cannot work with it.
* Added support for Kodak PhotoCD images (PCD). Note the specific details in
the manual page, relevant to this functionality.
Changes in 2.94:
* Fixed a small bug in the PSD code, and added a test to the suite using an
image supplied by Alex Weslowski <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
* This release marks the first version to include RPM packaging as an option.
Changes in 2.93:
* Added a routine to provide Flash support, provided by Dmitry Dorofeev
Changes in 2.92:
* Added a patch from Dan Klein to make certain that imgsize() closes any
file descriptors it opens.
* Some housecleaning added to Makefile.PL.
Changes in 2.91:
* Added copyright notices (freely distributable under Perl's Artistic License)
to Size.pm and imgsize, at the request of Debian folks.
* No longer any need for imgsize.PL as a self-extractor; MakeMaker now handles
that fine (has for a while).
Changes in 2.904:
* Added a PREREQ_PM clause in Makefile.PL for systems that do not (yet) have
File::Spec installed.
* Experimental (untested, no test cases) PSD support.
Changes in 2.903:
* Added a patch from <firstname.lastname@example.com>, reported as part of the CPAN
Testors effort. This abstracts some UNIX-centric treatment of file paths,
thus enabling the package to work on Macs.
Changes in 2.902:
* Added a file, README.Win32, with special instructions for users on systems
that lack MakeMaker support.
* Worked on the regular expressions that are used on the text-based formats,
in hopes of further smoothing out the rift between UNIX and non-UNIX
* Added use of Cwd. Filenames passed in are prepended with the current dir
if they aren't already absolute pathnames. This was to fix a subtle problem
where different files with the same relative names (referenced from different
directories) would confuse the cache.
* Added the image type to the cached data. Previously, only dimensions were
cached. Now, a cache-hit returns the same triple returned originally.
* Also added the file's modification-time to the cache, as the (growing!) use
of Image::Size in Apache mod_perl environments found that if an image is
changed, the cache won't notice. Now it does.
* Added recognition of thumbnail-format pics from the popular viewer XV. The
value of image type for these is the string "XV".
* Integrated a patch that makes html_imgsize generate tags that are XHTML-
compliant. Same patch also caught a few doc bugs that I'd missed.
* Added more to the README file and the pod documentation, particularly
dealing with the Apache web server.
* Moved the change history to this new file, from the prior location at the
end of README.
Changes in 2.901:
* Use of the Devel::Modlist package showed that my usage of IO::File pulled
in a lot of overhead (which I knew, but this meant I couldn't ignore it
any longer). Pulled out all IO::File stuff, use the Symbol package instead
for anonymous GLOBs. Also, the calling form that allows an open filehandle
be passed in is no longer so picky that it be blessed into IO::File. It
does have to be a hard reference, though. Symbolic refs still look like
* While doing the above, I eliminated the last of the strict-refs conflicts.
Prior to now, the package ran under strict subs and vars, but not refs. It
is now fully strict-clean.
Changes in 2.9:
* Support for BMP format in 2.8 was marred by a byte-ordering problem not
found in testing since my Linux and Windows machines are both Intel-based.
* Added a contributed fix for a recurring problem with GIF87a images that
have descriptors similar to GIF89a.
* Added a contributed fix to the PPM matching (prior to actual selection for
sizing) that was caused by some Win32 versions of Perl not handling "\n"
* While at that last one, I made an attempt to fix any MacOS concerns that
may be triggered by the same consideration.
* Added better error handling to the imgsize script and added a little more
to the manual page.
Changes in 2.8:
* Added support for BMP-format files. CR/LF translation between UNIX and
Windows machines should not affect this, but please let me know if there
are problems.
Changes in 2.7:
* Corrected numerous documentation bugs in which I repeatedly referred to the
X and Y dimensions in the wrong order. This was pointed out by several
people, but I also kept forgetting to attend to it.
* The base routine imgsize now returns a null list when called in a void
or scalar context. Mainly, I like pre-loading the cache under mod_perl in
Apache (so that spawned children inherit the cache) and didn't like the
idea of all those calls populating a stack that was then ignored.
Changes in 2.6:
* 2.5 did not actually deliver the tests for the new TIFF code. Oops.
* Found some variations of the formats of XPM and XBM that were not
compatible with the regex's being used. Tricky, flexible little devils,
especially XPM.
Changes in 2.5:
* Added support for TIFF images and two test cases. Many thanks to Cloyce
Spradling <firstname.lastname@example.com> for both the code patches and the test
Changes in 2.4:
* Small bug in jpegsize, not returning the string 'JPG' as the third element
of the returned list. Figures I have a half-documented feature, and someone
actually uses it. :-)
Changes in 2.3:
* Small fix to the regular expression in xpmsize.
* Changed syntax of utilizing AutoLoader to conform to changes in upcoming
5.004 release.
Changes in 2.2:
* Added calls to binmode on filehandles, for the sake of OS flavors such as
OS/2, etc.
* Cleaned up a new -w warning present in late versions of 5.003 (leading in
to 5.004).
Changes in 2.1:
* Added in changes to the error handling that were meant for 2.0.
* Fixed a bug in attr_imgsize caused by the new return format.
Changes in 2.0:
* No longer uses filenames to determine image format for examination.
* Can operate on already-open IO::File objects.
* Can operate on in-memory data strings (buffers).
* Documentation overhauled.
* imgsize() now returns an ignorable third parameter. This value is a three-
letter identifier of the image format (using the standard suffixes. Useful
when sizing unknown data to also type the image.
* Support for the PPM family (PPM, PGM and PBM) of formats.
* JPG code extensively re-written and simplified.
* PNG code re-written.
* Test cases for PNG and PPM added. Test cases also cover the open-file and
in-memory capabilities.
* Dropped the "optional second argument" thing in the invocation; no one used
it, and it was confusing and difficult to explain clearly.
* Various typos cleaned up.
Changes in 1.2:
Two fixes given to me by Bernd Leibing <firstname.lastname@example.com>:
* Fixed bug caused by perl quoting and RCS in Size.pm
* imgsize now comes as imgsize.PL and is auto-extracted as part of the make,
utilizing your system's configuration to create the start-up #! line.
Changes in 1.1:
* Added a small, simple script called "imgsize" that gives command-line access
to the library functionality.
* Discovered and fixed bug in sizing JPEGs.
Initial version 1.0:
* Library model for sizing code from wwwimagesize. By this, I also include
the extension-style infrastructure, MakeMaker usage, test suite, etc.
* Changed format of returned data to generic (X, Y), added wrappers to format
into "WIDTH=x HEIGHT=y" HTML-style and (-WIDTH => x, -HEIGHT => y) CGI-style.
* Added cacheing of sizes based on passed-in file name. I have one CGI script
that uses a given icon for a bullet list, with 35+ items in the list...
* UNDOCUMENTED UNTIL BETTER TESTED: Optional second argument to imgsize can
be either scalar or a code ref; if scalar, is pasted in front of file name
as a directory component; if it is a code ref, the routine is called with
the file name as a single argument and is expected to return the full path
name. Kind of clunky right now, easier to just pass in the full path to
begin with.
* Added the XPM sizing myself, though I have yet to use it (I do test it in
the test suite, though).


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Dana's Low-Carb for Life (Podcast)
Thanksgiving Leftovers Soup
It will come as no surprise to you that we had a low carb Thanksgiving around here. The menu included:
Turkey (duh!)
Giblet gravy thickened with xanthan
Sugar-free Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Fauxtatoes made with a combo of cauliflower and celery root, with plenty of cream cheese and butter blended in
Sweet Potatoes, sliced and layers with paper-thin orange slices, drizzled with melted butter, and baked
Apple-Walnut Dressing from 300 15 Minute Low-Carb Recipes, only I dramatically increased the recipe, plus added browned and crumbled pork sausage
'Baga Fries, from 500 Low-Carb Recipes
Beans Almandine, also from 500 Low-Carb Recipes
Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Praline Crust, similar to the recipe in 500 Low-Carb Recipes, but made with Swerve and stevia instead of Splenda, and with coconut milk instead of heavy cream, 'cause we had a guest who was lactose intolerant
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie with a crust made from some grain-and-sugar-free gingersnaps that had not come out brilliantly, but made a great crust
Whipped Cream and Whipped Coconut Cream, sweetened with vanilla liquid stevia extract
We have been eating leftovers for days! We actually had two turkeys -- long story -- and I boiled up one carcass for soup yesterday. I thought I'd tell you what I'm doing with it:
First, I broke up the carcass and put it in my soup kettle. I covered it with water, added about a teaspoon of salt and a few tablespoons of cider vinegar, and simmered it till the meat was falling off the bones. I let this cool.
I then strained the broth, put it back in the kettle, and put it over high heat to reduce. In the meanwhile, I picked all the meat off the bones, saving gooey cartilage bits for my dogs. I diced up the meat into bite-sized pieces.
When the broth had cooked down about halfway -- this concentrates the flavor -- I turned it down to a simmer again. I stirred in the diced meat, at least a cup and a half -- maybe more -- of both leftover dressing and leftover gravy, and a bay leaf. That combination is now simmering slowly. The dressing contributes celery, onion, and poultry seasoning (and apples, walnuts, and sausage), the gravy intensifies the meat flavor, with the xanthan adding body to the broth.
In an hour or so, I'll check it to see if the seasoning needs to be adjusted, and salt and pepper it as needed.
At that point I can freeze my soup if I like. When I want to serve it, I'll heat it, and drain and rinse tofu shirataki noodles. I'll put about half a packet in each soup bowl, ladling soup over them, and serve. Why not add the shirataki right away? Because shirataki do not freeze well; they disintegrate.
You can see that this soup requires lots of leftover dressing and gravy -- just one reason I make sure to make plenty. After all, who wants to eat plain dried out leftover turkey?
Now what to do with the other turkey carcass? Hmmm.
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the other turkey carcass
What I did with mine was make broth in the pressure cooker, yielding about 5 quarts. Then I reduced it to about two cups and it's currently in the dehydrator. When it's dry dry dry I will powder it.
Be sure you chill the broth well enough for the fat to solidify so you can remove it before reducing. It won't dehydrate right or keep well if it's fatty.
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Powdered Turkey Broth
Wow! Cool! I've made my own broth concentrate to use in place of bouillon concentrate, but never dried. Hmmm.
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Kings win in 2 OT, take 2-0 lead over Rangers
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings showed again it isn't how they start the game but how they finish it.
Right winger Dustin Brown deflected a shot by defenseman Willie Mitchell at 10:26 in double overtime, rallying the Kings to a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final before a crowd of 18,532 at Staples Center.
"How we turn the tide of a game over the course of a game, we're not worried about scoring the game-winning goal," said Brown, who scored his fifth goal of the playoffs. "We're worried about playing our game and grinding away. Whether we're down two (or) up two, the situation doesn't change for us. Where we've faltered is at the start of games. The mentality of our team is very black and white. Our mentality allows us to stay in games and come back."
The win gave the Kings a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 3 is Monday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Rangers blew a two-goal lead and fell in overtime for the second straight time.
"We have a lead and lose it, but we still have a chance in overtime and we had a lot of looks," said Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who had a goal and an assist. "But it didn't matter."
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 34 shots and Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist had 39 saves.
Kings right winger Marian Gaborik delivered the tying goal, grabbing a loose puck and slipping it past Lundqvist to even the score at 4 at 7:36 of the third period. It stayed that way until Brown's winner.
"We all know what type of player he is," Kings center Jarret Stoll said of Brown. "It's pretty black and white. Hard, physical, leads by his play. He's a huge part of our team. There's a reason he's got a 'C' on his jersey. Big goals, big play, big games. He does it all."
Kings left winger Dwight King, who had a goal and an assist, deflected a shot by defenseman Matt Greene to cut the Rangers' lead to 4-3 at 1:56 into the third period before Gaborik forced overtime. Some of the Rangers believed King interfered with Lundqvist.
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault wouldn't touch it when asked about it after the game.
"You'd have to ask the NHL," Vigneault said.
Regardless, New York must find a way to dig itself out of a 0-2 hole despite playing well in both contests in L.A. or watch the Kings capture their second Cup in three years.
"It was just a good hockey game both ways," New York center Brad Richards said. "It is tough to give up two-goal leads."
McDonagh ripped a wrist shot from the point that found its way through traffic and into the net for a 1-0 New York lead at 10:48 of the first period. It was McDonagh's fourth goal of the playoffs and extended his points streak to five games and seven of the last eight.
The Rangers increased the lead to 2-0 when center Mats Zuccarello cashed in on a miss by McDonagh with 1:14 remaining in the first period.
Stoll put the Kings on the board at 1:46 of the second period, fielding a backhanded pass from right winger Justin Williams and dribbling the puck past Lundqvist to cut the deficit to 2-1.
After the Kings were penalized for too many men on the ice, center Derek Stepan found right winger Martin St. Louis, who converted a power-play goal from the right circle for a 3-1 Rangers advantage at 11:24 of the second period.
Los Angeles closed to 3-2 when Mitchell fired a rocket from the blue line for a power-play goal with 5:21 left in the second. However, center Derick Brassard answered just 11 seconds later with a goal to give the Rangers a 4-2 cushion.
But that would be it for the Rangers, as the Kings rallied for the game's final three goals.
"I think we'd rather be up 2-0 for sure, but honestly I don't know what it is," Los Angeles center Anze Kopitar said regarding how the team finds a way to rally. "We put ourselves in a hole again, and then we came back. They scored a quick one after we scored the second one to make it 4-2, so I think that just shows the character again of this team and resiliency. We never quit and (we) get it done eventually."
NOTES: Rangers D John Moore returned to the lineup after serving a two-game suspension for a hit to the head of Montreal's Dale Weise in the Eastern Conference Finals. ... Speculation that Los Angeles D Robyn Regehr would return for Game 2 turned out to be just speculation. Regehr, who hasn't played since May 3 after suffering a knee injury, was scratched again. ... Seventeen players on the Kings' current roster were members of the 2012 Stanley Cup champions. ... New York has outscored its opponents 25-11 in the first period of the postseason.


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Students are eligible to apply for ministerial standing in the spring semester of their sophomore year, and every year thereafter. Students who are nearing the end of their studies are interviewed in their second to the last semester, which is the fall semester for most students.
The achievement of ministerial standing involves an annual application process; the submission of critical assignments in ministerial training; character references from pastors, peers, NNU faculty and student development representatives; and an annual interview with a faculty team from NNU's School of Theology & Christian Ministries. Students who do not qualify for ministerial standing will be given clear feedback and will be encouraged to reapply the following year.
Ministerial standing must be achieved in order to meet ordination requirements in the Church of the Nazarene and graduate with a major from the School of Theology and Christian Ministries. Students who do not achieve ministerial standing but who meet all other degree requirements may receive an NNU degree but not necessarily one from NNU's School of Theology & Christian Ministries.
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A star is an enormous astronomical body in space that produces a tremendous amount of light and other forms of energy (i.e. heat in the form of infrared radiation). The sun and most other stars are made of gas and a hot, gas-like substance known as plasma. But some stars, called white dwarfs and neutron stars, consist of tightly packed atoms or subatomic particles. These stars are therefore much more dense than anything on Earth.[1]
A star has five main characteristics: (1) brightness, which astronomers describe in terms of magnitude or luminosity; (2) color; (3) surface temperature; (4) size; and (5) mass (amount of matter). Stars are largely classified by their size and intensity, of which there are many. The sun's radius (distance from its center to its surface) is about 432,000 miles (695,500 kilometers). For that reason, and its specific spectrum, astronomers class the Sun as a Main Sequence Star. Some of the stars known as supergiants have a radius about 1,000 times that of the sun. The smallest stars are the neutron stars, some of which have a radius of only about 6 miles (10 kilometers).
About 75 percent of all stars are members of a binary system, a pair of closely spaced stars that orbit each other. The sun is not a member of a binary system. However, its nearest known stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is part of a multiple-star system that also includes Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.
The distance from the sun to Proxima Centauri is more than 25 trillion miles (40 trillion kilometers). This distance is so great that light takes 4.2 years to travel between the two stars. Scientists say that Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light-years from the sun. One light-year, the distance that light travels in a vacuum in a year, equals about 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion kilometers).
Stars are grouped in huge structures called galaxies. Telescopes have revealed galaxies throughout the universe at distances of 12 billion to 16 billion light-years. The sun is in a galaxy called the Milky Way that contains more than 100 billion stars. There are more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and the average number of stars per galaxy may be 100 billion. Thus, more than 10 billion trillion stars may exist. But if you look at the night sky far from city lights, you can see only about 3,000 of them without using binoculars or a telescope.
Stars, like people, have life cycles -- they are born, pass through several phases, and eventually die. Stars like the sun will grow to become a red giant. Late in the sun's lifetime, it will cast off its outer layers. The remaining core, called a white dwarf, will slowly fade to become a black dwarf. Other stars will end their lives in different ways. Some will not go through a red giant stage. Instead, they will merely cool to become white dwarfs, then black dwarfs. A small percentage of stars will die in spectacular explosions called supernovae.[1]
Stellar Creation
- Main article: Star formation
The sun is conventionally considered a star, although the creation account of Genesis mentions the stars secondarily after recording the creation of the sun on day four. Evolutionists assert that star formation or change must take millions of years to take place, but star alteration has been observed to take place in a few years' time.[2]These still widely held views of modern science are actually founded in theories of stellar evolution that are primarily based on clues obtained from studies of the stellar spectra related to luminosity.
God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:16-18
Stars are generally associated with the night, since the light of the sun usually supersedes that of the far more distant stars. The closest star system outside our own, Proxima Centauri (or Alpha Centauri C), is believed to be a distance of over four light years from earth's solar system. (Uniformitarian astronomers often hypothesize an even closer star to our solar system. They call this star Nemesis and credit it with occasionally stirring comets to leave the Oort cloud and start their long-period elliptical orbits.)
A star and its accompanying satellites is called a star system. A large grouping of stars and star systems is called a galaxy while all the galaxies in creation make up the universe.
Stellar measurements
- Main Article: Stellar measurement
The oldest method of measuring the distance from our solar system to a distant star is the parallax method. To use this method, astronomers measure the right ascension on the sky of the star at two times of the year, half a year apart. The two measurements will differ by a small angle with respect to the most distant stars in that region of the sky. Exactly half this angle is the parallax angle. This is the angle that the star makes with the sun and the position of the earth at a right angle with that star.[3]
However, the error of measurement of parallax angle is 0.005 arc seconds, and beyond a distance of 100 parsecs (about 330 light years), this error becomes significant. 700 stars are near enough to measure their distances directly by using parallax.[3] To measure distances further out than this, astronomers typically use absolute and relative magnitudes, or they apply Hubble's Law to the star's estimated redshift.
Positions and movements
The most common system for describing the position of a star in the sky is the equatorial system. This system uses two coordinates:
- Right ascension on the sky, or the number of hours required for the earth to rotate before an observer can see the star at its highest point in the sky. The zero for right ascension is midnight on the day of the vernal equinox.[4]
- Declination, or the north-south angle between the star and the celestial equator.[5]
All stars move, but the most distant stars are considered "fixed" because their motion would be undetectable. The proper motion (symbol m) of any star is the angular velocity of its position across the sky. This describes the motion at right angles to the line of sight of the observer. To convert this to actual tangential velocity, multiply the tangent of this angular velocity by the star's distance.
The motion in line of sight, or radial velocity, is currently determined from spectral shift.
The visual magnitude system is defined as follows: a star of any given magnitude is about 2.512 times as bright as is a star of the next magnitude. Hipparchus devised the magnitude system, and Ptolemy refined it further. By convention, an arbitrary sample of the twenty brightest stars that they could observe were assigned to the first magnitude, and the stars that they could barely observe were assigned to the sixth.[6]
Colors and spectra
The color of a star is objectively quantifiable. To determine color, astronomers view the star through a variety of colored filters and compute color indices as the differences in apparent magnitudes through the various filters. Stellar colors vary, in order from the coolest to the hottest, from red to yellow to white to blue-white to blue or violet. This is the same gamut of colors that a black body shows as its temperature rises.
In addition, each star has a unique spectrum, which depends on the gases and other elements that it contains, and their distribution. A spectrum can serve two purposes:
- It can serve as a unique signature for the star, to distinguish it from other stars.
- It can provide information on the star's radial velocity vis-à-vis the earth.
To accomplish the latter, astronomers note the placement of various lines in the spectrum and then determine the star's likely constituent elements from the spacing of those lines. Lines that are out of place are shifted, either toward the blue or toward the red. Nearly all stellar spectra are shifted toward the red; this redshift indicates a recession, either of the star or of the part of space where the star resides. [7]
Stellar classification
- Main Article: Stellar classification
Spectral types
In the late nineteenth century, astronomers at the Harvard University observatory developed the first classification scheme for stellar spectra that would become known as the Harvard spectral classification. In 1924, Annie Jump Cannon[8] refined the classification from the original A-Q gamut to the familiar "OBAFGKM" gamut. Astronomers have since added classes to this range at the high end and the low.[9][10]
The classic Harvard spectral classes are O, B, A, F, G, K, and M. Each of these has ten subclasses, varying from 0 to 9 in order of decreasing stellar temperature. Thus, for example, the next class after an F9 star is a G0 star. Recently astronomers recognized one class of stars hotter than the O stars (the very hot Wolf-Rayet stars) and three classes of stars (the N, R, and S stars) cooler than the M stars. (Some astronomers include the N and R stars in one class, the C stars, for the carbon compounds that their spectra exhibit.)
In addition to the spectral type, astronomers today add a luminosity class, which varies from I to VI in order of decreasing brightness. The sun's spectral type is G2 and its luminosity class is V (five).
|Ionized helium, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen
|Wolf-Rayet stars. Additional subclasses include WC (overabundant carbon and oxygen) and WN (overabundant nitrogen)
|Ionized Helium, nitrogen, oxygen
|Weak Balmer lines (hydrogen) at higher subclasses.
|13,000 K to 20,000 K
|Neutral helium; ionized silicon, oxygen and magnesium.
|Hydrogen (Balmer lines) appear in strength
|75,00 to 10,000 K
|Hydrogen, calcium, helium
|Balmer lines dominant. K lines (calcium) now appearing.
|7,000K to 9,000K
|Hydrogen, calcium, iron, manganese, sodium
|Balmer lines weakening. K lines stronger.
|5,200 to 6,000K
|Calcium, hydrogen, other metals
|Balmer lines weaker still. K lines dominant. Metals now appearing.
|4000K to 5100K
|Calcium, neutral metals, titanium oxide
|Titanium oxide, iron iodide
|Strong molecular bands
|2300K to 2600K
|Carbon compounds
|2300K to 2600K
|Hydrogen, zirconium oxide
In the early twentieth century, astronomers Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell prepared the first plot of stellar temperature as a function of luminosity, or brightness. Other astronomers have since prepared versions of the diagram showing absolute magnitude as a function of color. This diagram shows a "main sequence" of stars for which brightness declines as temperature increases, but also shows a "white dwarf" population of very hot but dim stars, and the population of giants and supergiants that are far brighter than their temperatures would indicate.[11]
Population types
Along with studies of luminosity, studies of the motion of stars (star kinematics) have been very important for deducing the structure of our Milky Way Galaxy. In 1944, astronomers noted that speed naturally divides stars into groups of low velocity stars (called population I) and high velocity stars (called population II). Since these speeds are relative to the sun, population I stars orbit in the disk of the galaxy as the sun does, whereas population II stars are more associated with the halo of stars above and below the flatter disk of the galaxy. Interestingly, population I stars tend to have a higher metallicity than population II stars, and the bright stars are generally all population I stars.
Faulkner[12] notes that this does fit very naturally in to the evolutionary theory of stellar formation, and needs to be answered by creationists. The reasonableness of the theory in explaining the two populations of stars needs to be investigated by creationists, though creationist concepts such as the white hole cosmology fit in with this kind of evidence.
Recently these assumptions of stellar populations recognized as challenges to creationists by Faulkner has been challenged with recent observations gleaned by Giampaolo Piotto representing the University of Padua in Italy.[13] Piotto led a group of scientists that observed and analysed a globular cluster dubbed NGC 2808. Piotto told the New Scientist that, "NGC 2808 was just considered a normal globular cluster and no one was expecting this ability to see three distinct stellar populations..." adding that, "This result says globular cluster stars are not as simple as we are teaching to our students." The stars that are problematic are found to be Helium rich and not population III stars.[14]
Faulkner also notes that the Big Bang cosmology presumes that there should have been a group of "population III" stars that have no metals. Searches have found some remnants of such populations but present another difficulty in that it was found in a globular cluster with the two other populations. This represents massive complexity that the Big Bang has trouble explaining. The theoretical difficulty of how these first stars could have formed is also one which the Big Bang has trouble.
Studies of star formation found that a cloud of dust and gas will not normally condense into a star because any slight heating causes the dust and gas to disperse faster than gravity can draw it in. Thus, stars are thought to begin when the pressure wave of a supernova passes through a cloud of gas that is ready to condense. This means it takes stars (or at least something like a supernova) to make stars. This reminds some creationists of trees in a forest. Trees can reproduce themselves if you have trees to start with. If stars need stars to form, how did the first stars form?
Energy production
The Sun, and stars as massive as the Sun or less massive, commonly use a nuclear fusion process called the proton-proton chain reaction to produce energy. A full description of that process appears here.
In 1938 and 1989, two physicists, Carl F. von Weizsäcker[16] and Hans Bethe[17] independently proposed a nuclear fusion process, the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen cycle, by which stars more massive than the sun produce energy. In this process, stars convert hydrogen to helium using carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen as catalysts. The reaction also produces two positrons and two electron neutrinos.[18]
The equations for the cycle are as follows:
The last reaction reproduces the nucleus that the first reaction consumes. The end result of this process is:
Rarely, this cycle branches into a somewhat different cycle involving fluorine, and that second cycle is thought to branch again in some of the most massive stars.
- Star cluster's triple baby boom puzzles astronomers "Astronomers are puzzling over a strange, ancient star cluster that hosts three generations of stars instead of the normal one."
- V838 Mon: Mystery Star "Observations indicate that the erupting star transformed itself over a period of months from a small under-luminous star a little hotter than the Sun, to a highly-luminous, cool supergiant star undergoing rapid and complex brightness changes. The transformation defies the conventional understanding of stellar life cycles."
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Book at NASA: Star by NASA (United States).
- ↑ Speedy star changes baffle long-agers Creation 19(4):7–9. September 1997
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Star: Determining stellar distances." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Accessed 21 Apr. 2008
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Right Ascension." Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy, 2007. Accessed April 21, 2008.
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Declination." Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy, 2007. Accessed April 21, 2008.
- ↑ Haworth, David. "Star Magnitudes." Observational Astronomy, 2003. Accessed April 21, 2008.
- ↑ Some cosmological models call for an expansion of space itself, not merely the matter in it. According to these models, a redshifted star is in a part of space that was still expanding as the incident light was generated.
- ↑ "Life Cycles of Stars." Goddard Space Flight Center, November 21, 2002. Accessed April 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Harvard Spectral Classification." Study Astronomy Online at Swinburne University. Accessed April 22, 2008.
- ↑ Irizarry, David. "The Secrets of the Harvard Classification Revealed." The Webfooted Astronomer, Seattle Astronomical Society, February 2000. Accessed April 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram." Study Astronomy Online at Swinburne University. Accessed April 22, 2008.
- ↑ The Role of Stellar Population Types in the Discussion of Stellar Evolution by Danny Faulkner. CRSQ 30(1):8-11, June, 1993.
- ↑ Star cluster's triple baby boom puzzles astronomers by David Shiga. NewScientist news service. 02 May 2007
- ↑ Rogue hot stars discovered in 'boring' clusters New Scientist magazine. Sep. 2006. issue 2567 p.15
- ↑ CNO cycle by Wikipedia
- ↑ Von Weizsäcker, Carl F. Physik. Zeitsch. 39:633, 1938.
- ↑ Bethe, Hans A. "Energy Production in Stars." Physics Review 55(5):434-456, 1939. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.55.434 Accessed June 27, 2008.
- ↑ Krane, Kenneth S. Introductory Nuclear Physics. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1988, p. 537. ISBN 9780471805533
External links
- Evolution of Stars Cartage
- The First Stars, by Volker Bromm and Richard Larson. Ann Rev Astron Astrophysics 2004: 42


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- Virgin flight bound for Florida returned because of technical problem
- Reports say smoke was in cabin, and all passengers were evacuated
- Standby runway was opened at 2 p.m. to allow some flights in and out
- Passenger evacuation suggests serious incident, CNN's Richard Quest says
All flights into and out of London's Gatwick Airport were temporarily suspended Monday after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing amid reports of smoke in the cabin.
A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for Orlando, Florida, left Gatwick Airport at 10:48 a.m. BST but returned to make an emergency landing due to a technical problem at 12:30 p.m. Emergency services were on the scene, and all passengers were evacuated from the plane, according to an airport statement.
Virgin would not confirm or deny media reports that the cause for the landing was smoke in the airplane's cabin, but a spokeswoman for the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said it sent six pieces of fire equipment to deal with an incident at the airport.
The plane's emergency chutes were deployed to allow passengers to escape the aircraft, and four passengers sustained minor injuries, according to the airline.
"Due to a technical problem on board the aircraft, the captain decided as a precautionary measure to immediately evacuate the aircraft," Virgin said in a statement.
"Our teams at Gatwick are now looking after our passengers and assisting with their immediate requirements. Virgin Atlantic is working closely with the authorities to establish the cause of this incident."
Gatwick Airport's standby runway has been open since 2 p.m. BST to allow some flights to depart and arrive, but normal service has yet to resume, according to a spokeswoman.
CNN's Richard Quest said the evacuation of passengers after an emergency landing is an unusual procedure suggesting that the incident was of a serious nature.
"The pilot must have feared there was a fire onboard or a potential of flames in order to order a full evacuation," he said. "Otherwise you would just taxi in."
Virgin Atlantic said the Airbus A330-300 aircraft had 304 passengers, including three infants, and 10 crew members.
Gatwick Airport is the UK's second largest airport and the busiest single-runway airport in the world. It serves more than 200 destinations in 90 countries for about 34 million passengers a year.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Former Yale football and baseball coach Sam Burrell will be given the Polly Sweeten "Excellence In Sports" Award at the third annual Farnam Neighborhood House Sports Celebrity Breakfast on May 6, at 7:15 AM at Amarante's Sea Cliff.
Burrell served as an assistant under Yale football head coach Carm Cozza and assisted numerous Bulldog baseball mentors for parts of three decades. He currently works part-time for Yale Athletics as the liaison to the New Haven schools and helps assist with all programs that bring Yale coaches and student-athletes into the New Haven Community as part of the Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program. He was also honored by the department of athletics in 2009 at the annual Yale Golf Classic.
Rich Marazzi, a local radio talk show host and Major League Baseball rules expert, is the master of ceremonies for the breakfast.
The Farnam Neighborhood House is a non-profit organization that serves families, teenagers and children from every neighborhood in New Haven and welcomes everyone from all surrounding towns. The Farnam Neighborhood House is New Haven's oldest neighborhood center, tracing its roots to the "Settlement House" movement of the turn of the century. Through a rich and storied tradition of service and support for over 95 years, Farnam Neighborhood House has been a "home away from home" for thousands of individuals and families.
For more information on the breakfast or the Farnam Neighborhood House, please call 203- 562-9194.


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Next Tuesday (26 March) Royal Ballet First Soloist Yuhui Choe will be joining us for a live Q&A via Twitter ahead of her debut in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
What we'll be asking Yuhui is up to you, so send us your questions via the comments area below or using the hashtag #askthedancer.
You might want to ask her about how she prepares for dancing in front of thousands each night or the differences between performing with The Royal Ballet compared to dancing in her native Japan.
In the remaining 2012/13 Season productions, Yuhui will dance in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, La Bayadère, Mayerling and Symphony in C.
We'll ask Yuhui a selection of the questions from 9am GMT (6pm JST/KST) on 26 March, so make sure you follow us on Twitter before then. We'll publish the full Q&A online after the event.
We look forward to reading your questions!
What would you like to ask Yuhui?
Read our previous Q&As with The Royal Ballet's Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares, Gary Avis, and Roberta Marquez; The Royal Opera's John Tomlinson and Royal Opera House Apprentices.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be relayed live to cinemas around the world on 28 March with Sarah Lamb in the lead role. Find out where your nearest cinema is.


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NBA sports agent from S.A. accused of dodging taxes
A San Antonio sports agent has been indicted on charges of dodging taxes by failing to report more than $2 million in income.
A federal indictment said LaPoe Smith Jr. evaded taxes by transferring the $2 million, which included money allegedly embezzled from at least one client and gambling winnings, to an annuity account. The indictment also accuses Smith of giving his tax return preparer false information.
The indictment said Smith reported earning only $27,256 in 2005; $21,939 in 2006; $44,765 in 2007; $21,498 in 2008; and $58,759 in 2009.
He is charged with tax evasion, punishable by a maximum of five years in prison, and four counts of making a false tax return, with each count carrying up to three years in prison.
In a separate investigation in 2011, former NBA player Antoine Walker told Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators that Smith did not report $600,000 in gambling winnings from 2005 through 2009. The indictment, however, does not specify how much in gambling winnings Smith is accused of not reporting.
Court records also allege Smith embezzled some money from at least one of his clients, Charles "Bo" Outlaw, who played at John Jay High School in San Antonio before embarking on a career in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies.
The federal charges are the latest legal woes for Smith, who in 2011 became embroiled in a court battle with federal authorities who tried to take away property he bought in California because they say they saw marijuana on it.
No drugs have been seized on the land in northeastern California, and Smith told federal agents he bought the land — sight unseen — for an associate who did not have the money.
The California battle, and an investigation, reached into San Antonio because the federal government contends that Smith sent, or had someone send, numerous money orders, bank checks and cashier's checks to buy the five parcels of property, which cost a total of more than $161,000.
The money orders and checks were bought in increments under $10,000, the feds allege, adding that it has the hallmarks of money laundering.
But Smith, a sports agent who represents, or has represented, NBA and NFL players, denies the allegations and says the government tarnished his name and reputation by issuing a news release and statement making untrue allegations.
He is not charged with any drug-related crimes or money laundering.
Smith also filed a response to the government's forfeiture lawsuit in California and called Walker's claim that Smith did not report the $600,000 false.
In February 2012, the government agreed to let Smith sell the land for $160,000, which went into an escrow account as the forfeiture lawsuit heads to trial later this year.
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With the exception of the LF-A when you think Lexus, you think conservative, understated luxury car. Lexus has always been the "safe" choice when you wanted a luxury car, but didn't want something from Germany.
The IS range from Lexus tends to fly under the radar. Most people tend to focus on three models in it's lineup. The top end LS, the mid level ES and the RX crossover. While there is nothing wrong with those vehicles, they don't come within a solar system of what you might consider engaging drivers cars, but that's not what they were designed to be either.
The IS is the exception to that rule. Even in it's standard IS 350 guise, the IS does not feel "blandtastic" it does have strong elements that at times make you scratch your head and wonder how did this one make it through. That's before we get to the IS-F.
If you like fun and engaging cars to drive, then the Lexus IS-F is for you. It starts under the hood with a 416 horsepower 5.0 liter V8 which sends power to the rear wheels via an eight speed automatic gear box. It should be required in owning or driving this car that you either (a) have a radar detector, (b) have an attorney on retainer, or (c) be on good terms with your local police department.
Why you ask? Because once you hit about 3500 rpms the exhaust note is so glorious, that you want to keep hearing it! We hope which ever engineers were responsible for tuning the exhaust note got a large bonus because this is one of THE GREAT V8 exhaust notes of all time!
The suspension also gets an upgrade over the standard IS 350. The ride is firmer, but it is also not harsh, it is something that is very livable in everyday driving. The IS-F does corner flatter and is quicker to change directions when called on to do so quickly.
As fantastic as the engine is, the brakes on the IS-F are equally as good. The pure stopping power can generate enough negative g-forces to make you think your eyeballs will come out of their sockets. Yet unlike many big brake systems, it doesn't feel light a light switch which is either on or off, there is a nice linear travel, with excellent feedback. The brake system is sourced from Brembo and have 14.2 inch discs up front with six piston calipers and 13.6 out back with two piston calipers.
Inside the car has all the luxury touches one would expect in a $60,000 car. The leather is of good quality and the micro-fiber inserts in the seats give it an even more upscale touch. In hot or cold clients the micro-fiber is much more comfortable than leather, while waiting for the cabin to come up or down to temperature. It also offers better traction for your backside when you decide to push the car hard.
Looking onto the instrument cluster, a 9000 rpm tachometer is dead center and dominates your view. While the tach may go to 9,000 shift are handled closer to 7,000. There are a series of lights that change from yellow to red as you close in on the redline helping you if you are choosing to shift up manually in the gearbox.
Best be quick with those shifts as the engine revs very quickly! In first or second gear it is not difficult to bounce the engine off the rev limiter because the engine revs so quickly. There is a digital readout on the tach to tell you your speed, to go along with a smaller speedometer to the right of the tach.
The IS-F has an optional Mark Levinson audio package that comes with navigation. If you are familiar with the system in other Lexus models, it's features are similar. To our ear, it could use a little more base, and a little more "presence" in delivering the audio, and that is true in listening to several different genres of music, from classical, to jazz, rock and trip hop.
Fuel economy is not unreasonable for the IS-F, the EPA rates the car at 16 city/23 highway/18 combined. Our experience with the car says those numbers are very close, and that is when were were not shy with the right foot! Take it a little easier on the loud peddle and you will see the number increase. We saw fuel economy at almost 20 in the city and 24 on the highway driving in a more restrained manner.
The IS-F has to rate as the most fun cars to drive in the Lexus lineup outside the $400,000 LF-A. The best part of the LF-A is that it doesn't scream performance car, even though there are some very aggressive styling cues. There will be many a shocked BMW M3 driver when they see the IS-F's taillights disappearing into the distance, and that may be the point, excellence in performance doesn't have to be flashy, just quiet professionalism.


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Last week, we reported that Digg's traffic was plummeting.
According to a forthcoming post called "Some Charts Are Wrong aka An Update on Digg Traffic" written by VP of engineering Ben Folk-Williams, that is not true.
Below, a chart showing six months of internal Google Analytics data:
The figure is small, but it shows Digg's traffic between around 16 million and 19 million unique visitors each month. Traffic is up since the beta launch of Digg Newsrooms.
A couple other stats from the post:
* Digg Newsrooms have been in beta for a month, and seeing great response - In particular page views per visit up 3x versus classic Digg. * We're seeing dramatically higher engagement from our Facebook fans, with users coming from Facebook spending an average of 15 minutes on site as compared to 10 minutes for other logged in users. * On mobile, we've seen a 23% increase in daily users since the launch of our revised iOS app with Newsroom integration. * 51% of our traffic is direct. That metric can be a tricky to measure correctly if you aren't careful - we are. That means 13 million times someone every month someone types digg.com into a browser.


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Eucalyptus Beauty
Los Angeles Arboretum.
Eucalyptus Trees
These special Eucalyptus trees were at the Los Angeles Arboretum. I loved the colors of the bark. They were called Eucalyptus deglupta or Mindanao Gum, native to New Guinea and the Phillipines.
Datura Bloom
At the Lavender Festival, out in the lavender fields there was an occasional Datura plant. This was a flower on one of the plants. I liked the nice purple tinge on the edges of the petals. Also known as Thorn Apple and Jimson Weed. Either way, it is poisonous.
Jimson Weed in Bloom
It's that time of year for the Jimson Weed to be in flower, and I found these purple-tinged blooms at Whitewater Canyon Preserve yesterday. So often they are pure white--very pretty--but the purple ones are my favorite.
Jimson Weed Flower
One of many beautiful flowers of Jimson Weed in Whitewater Canyon Preserve.
California Poppies
The California State Flower, the CA Poppy, is a beautiful golden orange. This shows the buds, flowers and seedpods.
Judith Sparhawk
Texas Bluebonnets ~ Springtime in Texas means fields of beautiful bluebonnets.
Bluebonnets in Texas
No wonder they talk about this flower as being such a favorite in Texas. I have seen many species of lupine in many places, but these are the brightest blue ever!
Free At Last! ~ My new milkweed plant has many seed pods on it. This is the first one to open up, to let out its seeds. They began to lift and fly in the afternoon breeze. I had to grab my camera to capture them before they could fly away.
Pyramid of Seeds ~ Another shot of the milkweed seeds just out of one of the small pods on the plant I just got. Still waiting for a Monarch to happen by and choose it for a home for it's babies!
Me & My Shadow
~ All these seeds came out of a small pod milkweed plant. I liked the way the one on the right showed its shadow. They glistened beautifully in the sunlight.
Milkweed Seeds
~ This is a close-up of some of the milkweed seeds from the plant in my patio. I loved the shine from the sunlight.
Puff Ball ~ This seed head and bud of the Yellow Salsify was photographed at Cherry Creek State Park in Colorado. I loved the pattern and shine in the seeds of this puff ball, which was several inches across.
Matilija Poppy
This beautiful poppy is a wildflower of spring in Southern California. This one was very large--about 6 inches across.
Dogwood in the Sky
Dogwood in the Sky ~ The Pacific Dogwood trees are blooming in the mountains now, with many blossoms covering the boughs. They are a lovely sight.
Pacific Dogwood
~ The Pacific Dogwood trees are blooming in the mountains now, with many blossoms covering the boughs. They are a lovely sight.
Poppies Two ~ More California Poppies from nearby the Antelope Valley poppy preserve.
Poppies Four ~ The California Poppies were lovely among the Goldfields and other wildflowers. This type of poppy tends to have smaller blooms and grow low to the ground. Close-ups like this require hands-and-knees shooting.
Field of Gold ~ I went to the Antelope Valley to visit the California Poppy Preserve. Despite our rainy winter, it wasn't one of the best poppy flowering years. Still, I found some wonderful pockets of blooming poppies. The little yellow flowers around the poppies are called Goldfields, and can blanket whole hillsides in yellow.
White Starburst ~ I'm not sure what this plant is, but I liked the look of these star-like clusters. This is actually the seed cluster, which disperses the seeds similarly to a thistle seed head. I photographed both the full cluster and a partial one. This was out at the poppy preserve, which is considered high desert, in the Antelope Valley, California.
California Gold ~ It was very windy out at the poppy preserve (which is common), so shots of poppies were taken quickly whenever the wind let up for a second or two.
The Burst Starburst ~ This photo shows the partial seed clusters of the as yet unidentified plant.
Blue Columbine
Columbine Beauty ~ This blue columbine bloom was the largest I had ever seen and was very pretty. I fell in love with the blue version of this plant when I lived in Colorado, where it grows in the wild, and is the state flower.
Lotsa Baby Blues
~ One section of Descanso Gardens is called the California Garden, and is planted with only native plants of this state. One of the wildflower sections had these beautiful Baby Blue Eyes. They were one of my favorite wildflowers as a child, and I enjoyed seeing them there.
Desert Jewel
~ This beautiful flower was the only bloom on a Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed plant at Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National Park. It was the largest flower of this type I''seen--about 8 inches across. I loved the purple edges on the petals.
Wild Fuchsias
These delicate fuchsias were growing in the wild in northern California. I am assuming they are a wildflower there, though I may be wrong and they are several generations away from a cultivated plant.
Wild Roses Galore ~ These large and beautiful wild roses were covering a trailside in Pt. Reyes National Seashore, along the California Coast. Their scent filled the early morning air.
Wild Roses Three ~ My love affair with Wild Roses began as a three or four year old child, reaching up to smell their sweet spicy scent during Alaskan summers. Today, more than 60 years later, stooping to smell wild roses, their scent takes me back to Alaska in the summer.
White on White
This pretty white flower was photographed at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden in Claremont, CA. I don't recall the name of this flower, but this garden specializes in growing only native California plants.
Judith Sarhawk
The Honeymaker
This honey bee was buzzing around these beautiful white wildflowers.
Yellow Lupine
Although I always think of purple or blue lupine, this type of yellow is real, it does exist.
Morning Glory
I liked the subtle coloring of this morning glory at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, CA.
Lavender Bells
Tree Poppy
Photographed at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont, CA.
Wild White Iris
These delicate white iris are a wild variety that grow in California. The Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens in Claremont is a wonderful garden of all native California plants.
These pretty poppies were photographed at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont, CA. This garden grows only native California plants, and is a great stop for wildflowers in spring.
These pretty flowers are Tree Poppies, and were photographed at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens in Claremont.
Blue-eyed Grass
This wildflower was photographed at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont, CA.
Indian Pond Lily
~ This interesting flowering water plant was photographed at Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden in Claremont, CA. This wonderful garden grows only native plants of California, and is fun to hike in and explore.


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Meaning name Marietta
Names › M › Ma › Mar › Marietta
Mara - Hebrew name meaning "bitter." In the bible, this is the name that Naomi gave herself after the death of her husband and sons.
Meaning name Marietta
Marajha - Esperanto name meaning "made of the sea."
Maral - Armenian name meaning "deer."
Maralyn - Variant spelling of English Marilyn, a compound name meaning "rebel-lake."
Maram - Arabic unisex name meaning "desire, wish."
Marama - Polynesian myth name of a moon goddess, meaning "moon."
Marcela - Feminine form of Spanish Marcelo, meaning "defense" or "of the sea."
Marcelina - Feminine form of Polish Marceli, meaning "defense" or "of the sea."
Marcella - Feminine form of Italian Marcello, meaning "defense" or "of the sea."
Marcellette - Pet form of French Marcelle, meaning "defense" or "of the sea."


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