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Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.
Princess Alicia Acorn, formerly known as Anti-Sally, is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. She is the Anti-Mobius counterpart of Sally Acorn. Originally a member of the Anti-Freedom Fighters and the girlfriend of Scourge the Hedgehog (aka Evil Sonic). Alicia left him when the group believed Evil Sonic lacked effective leadership skills. When Evil Sonic, partially transformed and now going by the name of Scourge, returned to Anti-Mobius, Alicia once again became subservient to him, joining the new Suppression Squad. She participated in the invasion of Mobius Prime along with the rest of the Suppression Squad.
While on Mobius Prime, it was Dr. Robotnik who threw Sally's father King Max into the Void, Anti-Sally and Evil Sonic did this to their version of King Max (Anti-Max) themselves, which, in the course of their relationship, regard this ghastly deed as "good times". From this point, Anti-Sally and Evil Sonic led their gang of Anti-Freedom Fighters against the kindly Dr. Julian Kintobor, taking over and effectively trashing their version of Mobotropolis and constantly trying to find a way to breach Kintobor's shielded HQ.
Encounters with Mobius Prime
The encounters between Alicia and their Mobius Prime counterparts began originally when, following Sonic the Hedgehog's first encounter with Evil Sonic, Anti-Sally and the other Anti-Freedom Fighters journeyed to Mobius Prime in a plot to discredit their counterparts by impersonating them and making trouble in Knothole. While the plan initially proceeded well, their counterparts, the Knothole Freedom Fighters, soon realized what was going on and battled with the Anti-Freedom Fighters, ultimately defeating them and sending them back to their dimension.
Shifting Alliance
For failing to defeat the Knothole Freedom Fighters during their incursion, Anti-Sally and the others believed Evil Sonic's failure was due to the fact that he was no longer able to properly lead. Tired of failure, and Anti-Sally unable to tolerate his laziness, she broke up with him and the group abandoned Evil Sonic, with the Anti-Freedom Fighters having Anti-Geoffrey St. John become their new leader and Anti-Sally's new boyfriend. Shortly thereafter, when his own plans failed miserably, Anti-Sally cast aside her relationship with him and took direct command of the Anti-Freedom Fighters herself. Apart from battling Kintobor, Anti-Sally was also eager to try and kill Evil Sonic, but an attempt to do so got herself thrown into toxic waters inhabited by dangerous creatures called "Octopods", along with Anti-Bunnie Rabbot.
The Suppresion Squad
Anti-Sally survived, however, and remained with the group until Scourge the Hedgehog (no longer called Evil Sonic) and his new girlfriend Fiona Fox arrived on Anti-Mobius via Warp Ring. Scourge conquered the planet, on his own, in a matter of days, subverting royal leadership and crowning himself king of Anti-Mobius (or "Moebius" as he now called it) and Fiona his queen. Alicia and the group were then taken over by Scourge, reformed and restyled into the Suppression Squad. While the others were loyal to Scourge, Anti-Sally, renaming herself as Alicia, bitter at not being leader, held utter contempt for him leading once again and especially Fiona, refusing to take orders from her unless forced. Nevertheless, Alicia took part in the daring invasion of Freedom HQ, where she brought her counterpart up to speed while battling her, before the Freedom Fighters were forced to retreat, leaving Alicia and the Squad (temporarily) victorious.
Afterward, Alicia and the others followed through on Miles' plan to get rid of Scourge with the help of the Freedom Fighters. Despite this, she was kicked by Scourge and defeated. It was only until Sonic's arrival that their true plan was revealed: To send both Sonic and Scourge to Moebius, and to seal their escape, at least until Scourge was beaten.
However, the Suppression Squad and the Freedom Fighters went to Moebius and found Scourge in his super form. During the battle, Scourge grabbed Alicia and told her if she wanted her throne so badly she could have it, tossing her forcefully into the throne chair. Following Super Scourge's eventual defeat by Sonic, Alicia and Miles wandered through the halls of Castle Acorn discussing their potential plans for the future. When Miles mentioned her right to be ruler, Alicia responded that while she may be the figurehead ruler, they both knew who held the real power, to which Miles grinned.
Like her counterpart, Alicia possesses a talent for leadership, but uses ruthlessness and other negative aspects to maintain her position as leader. While Sally is compassionate, Alicia is a sadist in every way, and is an especially vicious member of the Anti-Freedom Fighters, though became much more calm and controlled when part of the Suppression Squad, focusing her emotions in combat.
- Her name is Sally's middle name.


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October 24, 2013
Naturemost Laboratories Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Allergens in Product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information that NatureMost Laboratories of Middletown, Conn., is recalling Vanilla Almond Whey Power because it may contain undeclared milk, almond and soy allergens, and Strawberry Banana Whey Power because it may contain undeclared milk and soy allergens. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk, almond and soy allergens run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
The product was distributed in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Texas through retail stores and mail order.
The product was sold between 2009 and 2013. It was sold in 3 pound, 3000cc white plastic jars. The product can be identified by product codes:
NatureMost Whey Power Vanilla Almond Lot Numbers: 9950/3491, 9950/3636, 9950/3766, 9950/4011, 9950/4374, 9950/5025, 9950/5559
NatureMost Whey Power Strawberry Banana Lot Numbers: 9954/3793, 9954/4043, 9954/4205, 9954/4861
No illnesses have been reported to date.
The full recall can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm372004.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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Remote offices: Keep them working well and keep them safe
Arun Taneja addresses the revolution of remote offices and how and why you should keep a close eye on them.
Pretty much since the birth of computers, remote offices have been a pain in the butt for IT. Before the client/server style of computing became a standard, the mainframes did all the crunching at the data center and presented the results on a terminal. If that terminal happened to be in the HQ, one got a response in a reasonable amount of time. If one happened to be far away, then you got what you got. Yes, all kinds of terminal server software was created to serve the remote users better but, all in all, the performance stunk. At least a few of you out there remember 1,400 bits per second modems. (Yes, you read it right. There is no K in it. One could almost carry the bits to the other side faster on foot with sneakers on.)
Then we went to client/server computing and basically pushed additional computing loads to the client machine. Things got better, granted, but for remote users performance was still miserable. IT did what it needed to in order to maintain some level of peace. They implemented application servers, files servers, NAS, print servers, Web servers and email servers locally in the remote offices, albeit in smaller configurations than in the data centers. Then, to make data sharable they replicated what they needed to between offices. Data spread out and multiple copies existed but at least the job got done and the users didn't revolt.
But since valuable data was not only created in the remote offices but data from HQ was also modified and sent back from time to time, data needed to be protected in the remote offices. Lo and behold, we had to add a media server, backup software and perhaps a tape autoloader to each branch office. The backed-up data then needed to be sent somewhere for protection from disasters.
A number of schemes became popular over the years but the most common ones included shipping of tapes daily to the HQ, replicating backup data electronically to the HQ or to another third-party vault. It is hard to believe, but that is the state-of-the-art today. Most remote offices today look like mini-data centers but with one key ingredient missing: local IT expertise. Little surprise that the remote user is up-in-arms and feels neglected. Good, or bad, that is how we have managed so far.
But not anymore! There are three reasons that the status quo is unacceptable moving forward. One, the amount of data being created is putting a lot of pressure on this methodology. Secondly, in this day and age when even the design and testing of data is outsourced to places like India and China, remote offices are no longer the shadow of the HQ. They are creators of large amounts of extremely valuable data that needs the same care and feeding as the most critical data being generated in the HQ. Thirdly, and probably the most critical, is the fact that the regulatory bodies have basically said, "We don't care where you create or manipulate data, all data must be treated in such a way as to meet the regulation." That means you can't say you lost the SS#s for 10,000 customers because the person in the branch office backed up the data that night, took it home for shipping it to the HQ the next day and lost his briefcase in the bar where the poor guy, after a hard day's work, stopped just for one beer. No, that is not acceptable anymore. Yes, someone can possibly go to jail for losing that data, but it may not be the person who lost it. It may be the CIO… or the CEO.
So what is IT to do? Very fortunately, a few technologies that we describe as wide area file services (WAFS) or wide area data services (WDS) have come to the rescue just in time. Basically, all these technologies do one thing: They let you eliminate IT infrastructure drastically in the remote location and consolidate all computing in the data center(s) and yet deliver LAN-like performance to the users in the remote offices. There are three segments within these. One, WAFS products only focus on the elimination of file servers or NAS boxes in the branch offices. Two, WAN optimization products fundamentally attack each layer in the OSI stack so as to optimize their performance. Techniques vary but making TCP/IP more efficient by reducing their "chattiness" is a common trick. Some products add quality of service (QoS) by giving preferential treatment to certain data that is considered more important by the company. Yet others increase the TCP "window size" so they can send more data in a gulp.
The third segment is application acceleration. In a way, WAFS products belong to this segment. In effect, they attack the application layer and make it more efficient for long distance transmission. In the case of WAFS, they attack the NFS and the CIFS layers. Some products do this by caching data in a remote office appliance. Others do it by eliminating the chattiness of NFS and CIFS. Outside of WAFS, they attack the MAPI layer, for instance, and improve the performance for centralized Exchange servers. Others attack the HTTP layer. Or FTP. Or SAP. Or Peoplesoft. Or whatever. The idea is to eliminate the application servers in the remote office, centralize them all in the HQ and yet deliver LAN-like performance to the remote users.
The question you must be asking is, "Why couldn't I do this yesterday and why now?" The answer lies in the difficulty in dealing with the issues of latency. Think of this as having to do with the speed of light. While 186,000 miles per second sounds faster than anything one can imagine, it is super slow within the context of computer science. Also, think of it this way: It takes 16 milliseconds (msec) for light to travel from NYC to San Francisco (3,000 miles), as the crow flies. As a packet flies over a typical WAN it takes more like 50 to 60 msec. A round trip doubles this time. Without going too deep into the details here, that means even if the bandwidth of the WAN pipe was OC-48 (2.5 gigabits per sec), the application throughput will still be limited by the speed of light. If you quadrupled the WAN bandwidth the throughput of the application will still be limited by the speed of light. IT has always had the tendency to add bandwidth every time an application performance declined. More often than not, adding bandwidth makes little or no difference to application performance due to this latency.
No, we have not found a way to increase the speed of light. What we have found is a way to cleverly reduce the number of trips required to complete a task. We have also found a way to cleverly send pieces of data to the other side in advance of being asked for it. The same is true with other techniques. These as a discipline have created the concept of WDS and WAFS and these products are here today from several companies. While there are too many to mention here, a very partial list includes Availl, Cisco, DiskSites (now Expand), F5, Juniper, Orbital, Riverbed, Silver Peak and Tacit Networks (now Packeteer). You can write to me at email@example.com for more details on these and others if you like.
So my advice to IT: If you haven't started to evaluate these products, do so now before the inevitable happens… you lose a customer's sensitive data and the long arm of the law reaches over to you. At the speed of light.
About the author: Arun Taneja is the founder and consulting analyst for the Taneja Group. Taneja writes columns and answers questions about data management and related topics.


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Freemont-Winema Travel Management Plan
Here is the official posting from the Forest Service (our comments are posted below):
The Fremont-Winema National Forests invite you to comment on the Travel Management Proposed Action. The Proposed Action identifies designated routes, vehicle class and season of use, motorized access to dispersed camp sites and designated areas for use by motorized vehicles.
The Forest's Travel Management Planning effort embraces a collaborative approach to involve the public, including user groups and adjacent landowners. In order to accomplish this task, a multi-phased approach was developed. Phase I will meet the intent of the Travel Management Rule by publishing the first Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). The intent of Phase II is to continue the ongoing collaborative process to resolve outstanding needs and issues. In the spring of 2010, available information will be used to publish the first MVUM. Regular revisions to this map will occur, integrating additional information like localized Ranger District planning efforts.
Submitting Comments:
Written, faxed, hand-delivered and electronic comments will be accepted until August 28, 2009.
Written comments can be faxed to 541-883-6709 or mailed to:
Glen Westlund, Forest Environmental Coordinator
2819 Dahlia Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Hand delivered comments should be brought to any of the Fremont-Winema National Forests' offices. Office hours for submitting hand-delivered comments are: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
Electronic comments should be submitted as part of the actual e-mail message or as an attachment in Microsoft Word, rich text format (RTF), or portable document format (PDF) and sent to
For electronically mailed comments, the sender should normally receive an automated electronic acknowledgement from the agency as confirmation of receipt. If the sender does not receive an automated acknowledgement of the receipt of the comments, it is the sender's responsibility to ensure timely receipt by other means.
All materials sent in mailings along with information about public meetings will be posted on the Fremont-Winema National Forests Travel Management website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/travel-mgmt/index.shtml
If you have any questions concerning the project, please phone either Robert Wetherell or Glen Westlund at (541) 883-6714.
Thank you for taking time to review this project. Your comments, concerns and observations are important to the development of the final project.
Our comments:
This is a bad plan for sure!!!!!!!!! Please comment!!! Some concerns the Deschutes County 4-Wheelers and the Klamath Falls Four Runners have brought to the table are listed below. (If you copy please re-word.)
1. The TMP has no Class II trails designated.
2. No consideration has been given to the comments and suggestions made by the Class II community during the comment period. In particular, the Klamath Falls Four Runners time, energy, GPSed maps and monies spent have been ignored.
3. Unmarked Level I roads have been used historically in this area under the old plan which allowed cross country travel if no damage was done to the area traversed. The new plan is a blanket closure of all of these Level I roads called trails, two tracks or ways used by the public for decades.
4. Class II use is a legitimate use of public lands. The Travel Management Plan has been mandated since 2005. This is not a Plan this is a closure. Unwarranted closures to pacify a mandate are poor planning or no planning. Closing all Level I roads and trails will limit the use of the forest unduly. However, designation of the Level I roads as Class II Trails will generate monies for the Fremont-Winema National Forest from state and federal ATV funding grants.
5. The mandate to manage recreation will be difficult if not impossible. The Class II user, whether they be hunting, fishing or sightseeing, will find no opportunity for a fulfilling Class II opportunity available.
6. Phase II has no time line and is not an option that is acceptable. Class II use should be included and planned for in the initial TMP. Forest ways should not be closed without their actual replacements being initiated.
Patti Pyland
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers
Oregon Executive Director Staff
PNW Forum Leader Team Member
Region 6 Delegate
Bend, Oregon
Help!! We need everyone to email comments to the Freemont-Winema National Forest immediately!! As stated above, the F-W NF plans to close all Level I roads, close all user created trails, close all undesignated two-tracks, ignore all trail suggestions made by the Klamath Four Runners and omit all Class II users from its Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). Their plan is to address these issues sometime in the undefined future instead of now. The Travel Management Rule states:
§ 212.50 Purpose, scope, and definitions.
(a)Purpose. This subpart provides for a system of National Forest System roads, National Forest System trails, and areas on National Forest System lands that are designated for motor vehicle use. After these roads, trails, and areas are designated, motor vehicle use, including the class of vehicle and time of year, not in accordance with these designations is prohibited by 36 CFR 261.13. Motor vehicle use off designated roads and trails and outside designated areas is prohibited by 36 CFR 261.13. (Emphasis added)Notice the word AFTER. The rule does not state that the purpose is to close everything first and then think about trails. The rule says to designate first, then close the rest. The whole purpose of Travel Management was to identify roads, trails and areas BEFORE publishing the MVUM, not after!!!!
Unfortunately, we have some users who do not understand this concept and are writing in favor of this plan. This only makes our job tougher. The following article was published in the local paper. It is in direct opposition to the opinions of the local club, hinders efforts to make the Forest Service designate trails, and does not hold the Forest Service accountable to their own rules.
Blanket closure without designated trails is NOT management and does not do what Travel Management was intended to do. Please write today and encourage the Freemont-Winema National Forest to listen to the local users group and provide adequate Class II trails BEFORE closing all Level I roads, user-created trails and two-tracks.
Patti Pyland
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers
Oregon Executive Director Staff
PNW Forum Leader Team Member
Region 6 Delegate
Bend, Oregon
I quote Art:
Wallowa-Whitman TMP (OR-WA-ID)
Again, we need to ask for "class II" "TRAILS". All we have been getting from USFS so far is roads that you can drive down in your vette or porsche. If that is what you want for recreation (a gravel driveway) more power to you, don't bother to work for your sport. But when you have nowhere to run, I don't want to hear about it.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/w-w/projects...an/index.shtml. un quote
The belated TMP's are afterthoughts of USFS planning, Phase II is not going to be anyone's front burner priority. Comment on these two TMP's the Wallowa-Whitman TMP (OR-WA-ID) it is extended to the middle of September and this one the Fremont Winema is due Aug 28th, but he will entertain late entries. Please be a voice behind a steering wheel. Ask for trails!!! Mona Drake of High Desert 4X4
Thank you for keeping the Fremont- Winema, on the radar. There are many 4 wheeling opportunities there. I've been going there with my Dad for MANY years.
Alan Paulson
Umpqua Valley Timber Cruisers 4 Wheel Drive Club
My letter has been sent, acknowledging the work that Klamath had done proactively to map trails and get them recorded in their area.
Patti, I am grateful that you came up with talking points on the subject. However, I really am sorry that you have chosen to include in your posting the editorial and pointing a finger at Tom Harris and his views. He has been at this a long time and has been successful in working with a wide range of land mangers and their personalities. Just because he does not espouse your way of accomplishing a goal does not make him wrong. It means he has another viewpoint and a way of going about solving a problem and it should be respected every bit as your own. The Harris's no longer belong to PNW4WDA and do not visit this website to provide their take on your use of the article. I wish that you could delete the article as a part of your posting. Your post stood alone without it and it has opened up old wounds for folks that have stopped being active members of the region because of the level of acrimony between certain members of the region and the Harris's. Myself included.
Beth Ayer
Wolf Pack 4x4
The ox is slow but the earth is patient
Beth, I am sorry that you feel this way. You are correct that the Harris no longer belong to the PNW, but have in fact joined the California association. They are no longer members of the local Klamath Four Runners, nor are they members of Region 6. I do not know if they belong to any local quad or motorcycle club.
However, I do not feel that settling for nothing with the empty promise of trails in the future is an acceptable response. The Freemont-Winema has known for several years that Travel Management was going to happen and they chose to do nothing, chose to close everything and chose to put off until sometime in the future their responsibility of providing trails.
Mr. Harris states that, To its credit the U.S. Forest Service has taken extra time with the Scoping Document to identify where we are at this time, how we got here and propose what we can do to identify, qualify and quantify sustainable access to our chosen recreational disciplines. They have spent four years on the where we are and how we got here. He also states that opportunities to evaluate user-created or new routes and acquisition of easements will be considered in Phase II. However, the whole purpose of Travel Management for these past four years was to identify, qualify and quantify as well as evaluate user-created and new routes!! It is simply unacceptable that this key part of Travel Management is being put on the back burner.
Mr. Harris also states that the, MVUM is the vehicle for the start of Phase II. In reality, the MVUM is supposed to be the result of what they call Phase II.
Like Art said, We need to ask for class II TRAILS. All we have been getting from USFS so far is roads that you can drive down in your vette or porsche. If that is what you want for recreation (a gravel driveway) more power to you, don't bother to work for your sport. But when you have nowhere to run, I don't want to hear about it.
We, as the PNW, have spent years encouraging the Forest Service to work with the local users groups to get input, insight, and information. It is these users groups that will be key in maintaining and sustaining the trails. I find it to be an outrage that someone would allude to represent the local clubs, yet would publish a lengthy opinion in the local paper that is in direct contradiction to the opinions of these clubs. Mr. Harris did not contact the Klamath Four Runners or the Deschutes 4-Wheelers for input, insight or information, nor is he a member of these local 4x4 clubs. Yet he published an opinion in a public paper for all to see that could significantly hinder any chances of getting trails.
If Mr. Harris did not want people to see his views he would not have published them. I therefore do not want to remove his article from my post. The people who visit this sight can read both opinions and make up their own minds.
Patti Pyland
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers
Oregon Executive Director Staff
PNW Forum Leader Team Member
Region 6 Delegate
Bend, Oregon
Sorry, but Tom did not allude to any affiliation with the Four Runners or PNW4WDA. He is belongs to clubs that do frequent the area that are not PNW4WDA members. All I am saying, is that I do not see where he is not advocating for the class II system, I don't see that anything he has said is against what we are fighting for. If you will recall, he was one of the first to advocate that we do GPS trails and submit them to our land managers. He has also advocated that we as a 4x4 community need to stand with other user groups to make head way with state and federal managers. Again, it is not the way you believe something should be done and you are allowed to have your opinion about that. It would have been enough to just state the fact as you have frequently that not all share your belief on how to get things done. I however, still think it was a cheap shot at someone who is well respected and been at this a long time.
Beth Ayer
Wolf Pack 4x4
The ox is slow but the earth is patient
Beth, I am not going to get into a pissing match with you and I don't understand why you are so angry. My intent was not to take a "cheap shot" at Mr. Harris but to explain how the positions of the local 4x4 clubs differ. The local 4x4 clubs want trails designated BEFORE the MVUM is published and Mr. Harris has publicly stated that it is good to wait until sometime in the future. Both opinions have been posted. People can now compare both opinions and make up their own minds what is best for our sport. I think if you have any further anger on this, you ought to post it in the private section.
Patti Pyland
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers
Oregon Executive Director Staff
PNW Forum Leader Team Member
Region 6 Delegate
Bend, Oregon
Due to the recent (past couple of years) history with the two clubs mentioned, I for one, would be in total awe if Mr. Harris did ask or solicit any comments or information from the two clubs mentioned. I talked to Mrs. Harris earlier this afternoon, and she said that he had talked to an unidentifed member of the KF club, who had no problem with the article.
It appears that anyone who does not kowtow to your line is not working for the betterment of this form of recreation. I happen to know better, and as I have known Mr. Harris for the better part of 30 years, he is one of the best at working for 4 wheeling. My nickle and done......
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Lets put aside all of the he said, she said and who hates who crap and talk about the real issue here.
I think it would be a big mistake to just accept the Forest Service's proposal to close all level 1 roads and user created trails. If they don't take the time to evaluate them now, during a required analysis, why would we believe they will make the time in the near future to evaluate them in separate projects?
We all know that it is easier to keep an existing trail open than it is to get a new trail open. The longer the existing trails are closed, the more the anti-motorized groups will be able to argue that opening them back up will create new impacts and the less the motorized groups will be able to argue in favor of historic use.
At the very least, the Forest Service should do a high-level analysis and close only those routes that have obvious problems, such as running down the middle of a fish-bearing stream.
Alan Dragoo
Spokane 4 Wheelers
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HSLDA of Canada Involved in Victory for Parental Rights
On January 30, 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to criminalize spanking as a form of parental discipline.
Justice Louise Arbour, the UN's former chief prosecutor in the International War Criminal Tribunal, was adamant that spanking should be criminalized, but fortunately the court disagreed. The court stated that family disruption is far more harmful to children than corporal punishment.
This case first began in 1999 when the Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law argued before an Ontario court to criminalize spanking. Their arguments failed at the trial level and the appellate level and have now been rejected by the Canadian Supreme Court.
"The decision to uphold Section 43 is grounded in the recognition that to criminalize the actions of parents who provide loving guidance and correction to their children would result in ruined lives and broken families. As the court noted, this burden is often borne by the children involved," commented Dallas Miller, Senior Counsel and Executive Director of HSLDA of Canada, and a member of the Coalition for Family Autonomy (CFA).
The four groups comprising the Coalition For Family Autonomy who largely handled the case are Home School Legal Defence Association of Canada, Focus on the Family (Canada), REAL Women of Canada, and Canada Family Action Coalition.


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Workshop Proceeding
National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds: Proceedings of a Symposium (2012)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Since their introduction in the 1940s, herbicides have helped farmers control the spread of weeds in their fields, saving them the money and time it would take to remove weeds using labor-intensive manual methods. Over this time, some weeds have evolved herbicide resistance--the naturally occurring ability to survive treatment at a normal field dosage of the herbicide. But now, with tens of thousands of farmers using herbicides for weed control over millions of acres of farmland, herbicide resistant weeds are emerging at increasing rates and are becoming a significant problem that threatens farm sustainability. A recent summit convened by the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources helped bring this issue to the attention of important stakeholders, including federal and state agencies, private sector technology developers, universities, and farmer organizations. The summit provided an opportunity for experts from diverse disciplines to explore the options now that herbicide resistant weeds have emerged?as well as what to do in parts of the country where the problem is not yet full blown.
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By Jocelyn VerVelde, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Tech volleyball team opens Ohio Valley Conference play at home this weekend as it looks to take on West Division opponents Murray State and Austin Peay. The Golden Eagles will face the Racers Friday night at 7 p.m., and will take on the Lady Govs on Saturday at 2 p.m. prior to the TTU vs Indiana State football game at 7 p.m.
Admission is free for all regular season home matches.
"With us not having matches this past weekend some of our older players are little more rested," said head coach Dave Zelenock. "We had some aches that are starting to heal up a little bit, everyone seems to be moving a little better. It was helpful for us.
"We are looking to improve on our results from our non-conference schedule. If you look at the RPIs for those teams they are only going to get better, like Coastal Carolina when we played them they were two hundred something and they have already dropped a lot of points with some nice wins. A few of the teams we have played would really do well in the OVC, it's done a good job of getting us ready for conference."
OVC Digital Network
Both matches this weekend will be aired on the OVC Digital Network. The OVC Digital Network is official network of the Ohio Valley Conference. Broadcasts are free to watch, and can be viewed on personal computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Fans can find the games by visiting OVCDigitalNetwork.com and looking for Tennessee Tech on the Live Events page. All broadcasts are produced by the Tennessee Tech Sports Information Department. Some Tech road games may also be aired, as a handful of other OVC schools are also streaming fall sports. During home broadcasts, play-by-play commentary will be provided by Dylan Vazzano.
What's In Store This Weekend
"For both matches we have looked at these teams a lot," said Zelenock of Murray State and Austin Peay. "If we play our style, our speed, everything the way we have been than things look good, but those two teams have good coaches and they are going to throw something at us that we are not expecting so it's about how fast we adjust. We have to put it back on them and make them adjust. How fast we can adjust and force the other teams to change."
Versus Murray State (Live Stats / Video Stream)
Murray State enters the match with Tech with a 10-4 record following pre-season tournament play. The Racers are led by sophomore middle blocker Alyssa Lelm. Lelm is averaging a team-high 3.25 kills per set, which ranks fifth in the OVC. She also leads the Racers in blocking. Murray State, a team who finished bottom of the west division in 2012, is looking to continue their improved play through OVC play as they have already improved on their 6-20 finish from last year. Murray State leads Tech in all-time head-to-head competition 29-26.
Versus Austin Peay (Live Stats / Video Stream)
The Lady Govs have started 3-12 against stiff non-conference competition. Offensively, Austin Peay is lead by senior outside hitter Calyn Hull who is averaging 3.04 kills per set and is adding 2.17 digs per set as well. As a team that returns 10 letterwinners, the Lady Govs will be looking to improve upon their second-place finish in the west division with experience and motivation. Tech leads Austin Peay 48-27 in all-time match-ups.
Things You Should Know
Ace Cold
The Golden Eagles lead the Ohio Valley Conference in aces per set (1.62 aps) as they head into conference play. Their mark of 1.62 currently has them ranked 33rd in the nation as well. The TTU aces per set record was set in 1997 at 2.05 ace per set.
All-Tourney Honors
During the preseason three different Golden Eagles were honored for their play during tournament play. At the Winthrop Invitational, junior libero Courtney Smith and sophomore Cody Dodd earned all-tournament recognition. Following the Akron Invitational, senior Elise Robertson was honored for her excellent performances in the three matches.
Career-Highs…so far!
Though it is early in the 2013 season, the Tennessee Tech volleyball team has seen many players put up impressive personal career-high's in different statistical categories. Senior setter Ashleigh Hancock put up an impressive 44 assists for a new career-best in a 3-2 victory over Stony Brook. Robertson put down a career-high 17 kills in that same match. Robertson also has improved her career-high in blocks by roofing Kennesaw State 10 times in a 2-3 loss. Junior middle blocker Madison Keyes also has been dominate at the net as she tallied a career-best 11 blocks in the Stony Brook match. Sophomore Cody Dodd has been a threat everywhere on the court, but her newest weapon is her serve. Dodd registered a career-high six aces versus Milwaukee.
Diving Right In
Head coach Dave Zelenock is featured in the cover story of the most recent Unlimited magazine. The story tells of Zelenock's journey to Tech and how he has jumped right into the opportunities he has been presented with. You can read a digital copy of Unlimited here.
Quotes from Coach
"Cody (6th) and Elise (8th) are ranked in the top ten in hitting percentage for the conference. That's really nice when you look at last year's hitting stats those two weren't incredibly high and now they are pretty high up there. Serving, same thing. Cody is ranked in the country and is number one in the conference; Courtney (9th) is in the top ten for the conference as well. Those players have really stepped up their production from last year but as a whole, everyone is upping their numbers."


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Q Several weeks ago several of us wrote to you asking if the lane striping on Highway 101 north was temporary. You assured us that it was. But the essence of the question was missed. We were writing so that a permanent error was not made. Based on the lane tags that have been placed on the road, it appears that the intent is to persist with the error.
I am referring to the stretch between the San Antonio and Oregon/Embarcadero exits. It appears as if they intend to have a very wide left shoulder, a nonexistent right shoulder and no turnoff lane. Though not evident yet, I suspect there will be similar issues on the southbound lane. Poor lane striping will NEGATE much of the potential benefit of this 3-plus-year project.
Bob Greene
Mountain View
A The current striping is temporary. Starting Thursday, Caltrans will begin re-striping the road for the final lane configuration. When done next month, the wide median shoulder will be transformed into a second carpool lane, with an auxiliary lane between the San Antonio and Oregon/Embarcadero exits.
Q When will the metering lights be working on Highway 101 in San Mateo County between Highway 92 and the San Francisco County line? The work to install them was completed some time ago.
Ryan Tobin
San Francisco
A The northbound meters could be turned on at the end of October, while the southbound meters won't be working until February.
Q I live near the intersection of Winchester Boulevard and I-280 and have seen the same lettering difference that another reader saw on the overhead street signs. At first I too thought it was a different font, but on closer inspection one can see that it is just the paint on the letters peeling off in a very aesthetically pleasing way. … The gothic-looking sign on Winchester is a result of poor workmanship when the sign was made. There are several signs in that area that look like this. The paint has cracked and is slightly peeling, causing little spikes at the tops and bottoms of the letters, thus the appearance of gothic-like letters. … I like this look on the signs at Winchester.
Greg Finley, Diane Hughes, Deb A. and more
A I like it, too. There's a similar gothic look to a sign on Saddle Rack Street off Race Street in San Jose.
Q I recently got a Nissan Leaf, and my HOV lane stickers came, and now I'm wondering: Can I use the carpool lane on onramps while driving solo?
Berry Kercheval
San Jose
A You sure can.
Q Why are there BART trains wrapped in promotions for the Monterey Bay Aquarium? Does BART have a partnership with the aquarium, when the trains do not go anyway near there?
Kristen Steve
A While it is true BART doesn't serve the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the aquarium is funding a program to provide free rides for school field trips to Bay Area students during the upcoming school year at sites BART serves. There is no cost to BART or taxpayers.
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As a gm, looking up guild members with special character codes is a pain and isn't possible without knowing the code.
With a partial match search we could choose the name from the result set.
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No way did I miss that. He wasn't there, and the hunter's list is tiny, so I didn't overlook him. How long must a character be on server before it gets picked up in the query? Maybe that was it.
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BCA diluent and standard curve - (Feb/14/2011 )
Hello everyone,
I have a problem understanding something about the BCA assay. I've tried to read as much as I can online about this, have gone through this forum's archives as well as another bio/methods forum's archives, as well as other people's posted protocols, but I just can't seem to find a concrete answer to one specific thing.
I am extracting protein from mouse brain using a 0.5% SDS lysis buffer (with 150mM NaCl, 50mM Tris, 2mM EDTA, protease & phosphatase inhibitors) and quantifying protein quantity via BCA kit from Pierce, on a microplate. Previously I had been diluting the BSA standard the kit comes with (2mg/mL) in distilled/deionized water for the standard curve, as well as diluting the protein samples to 1:10 in distilled/deionized water. I load 10uL of standards and diluted samples into the wells and combine with 200uL of working reagent.
Pierce's instructions (as well as other people's) say to dilute the standards in the same diluent as the samples. Obviously the character of the diluent can change the absorbance of the sample, but does this diluent need to be the lysis buffer that was used on the samples being measured? To get my unknown samples within the standard curve range I dilute them 1:10, and I imagine that the effect of the 0.5% SDS lysis buffer on absorbance is somewhat diminished by being diluted in water, but is it reduced enough to be negligible? I understand that the diluent of the BSA standards should be the same as the samples (whether it be water, lysis buffer, etc), but does it necessarily need to be the lysis buffer that was used to extract the protein (if I am diluting out the unknown protein samples 1:10)? And does everyone actually do this – I mean dilute their standards and protein samples in the lysis buffer they used to get that extract? If I loaded 10uL of standards made with water and 10uL of straight undiluted protein sample there would be a problem, since the unknown protein sample would be 10uL of lysis buffer. But if diluted in water, it is really only 1uL of lysis buffer going into the well.
There was a thread on this in November 2010 where bob1 explained that if you use different diluents you could possibly get different slopes on the standard curves and this is where the problem would be. This is what got me questioning my previous method. I ran standard curves (picture attached) with water, 0.9% NaCl (what the BSA from the kit is diluted in), 0.5% SDS lysis buffer with protease and phosphatase inhibitors, and 0.5% SDS lysis buffer without protease and phosphatase inhibitors (to see if there is an effect). I made both the SDS standards myself (weighing out the BSA); the water and NaCl standards started with the BSA that came with the kit. The water and NaCl curves were very similar, but the SDS slopes were different, and the inhibitors did have an effect. So then it makes sense to use the SDS lysis buffer as the diluent (although I can see a potential flaw with comparing the curves to samples, though won't get into that otherwise this post will get way too long), but I guess another question is – what do people actually do? The BSA that the kit comes with is not in lysis buffer, so if you used that one of your dilution points would be different. You could of course make up your own solution of BSA in lysis buffer, but then why would the kit come with its own ampule of 2mg/mL BSA?
Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading. Thanks in advance for any insight provided : )
yes, you should include the lysis buffer with your standards, at the same final concentration as your samples. if you can't make the highest standard with buffer then omit it and try to make one as close as possible if you need it.


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Dear Antivirus: A Pretty Face Is Not Enough
I've reviewed more antivirus utilities than I can count. I used to see a lot of products that did the job but looked like a train wreck. Clearly all the development budget went into protection, none into user interface. That's becoming less common, as vendors realize that modern users demand ease of use and an attractive interface along with effective malware protection.
In my recent evaluation of Anvi Smart Defender I may have discovered the other extreme. With this product, it looks like all of the budget went into appearance, none into protection. I hope this isn't a trend!
All Style
Anvi's main window is sleek, in shades of grey with bits of glowing blue for decoration. Mousing over controls lights them up. You can click buttons at the top to move between the five tabs, or click arrows at left and right to slide back and forth.
At the end of a scan it doesn't blast you with a list of found threats. It just reports how many problems it found and offers to remove them. That's nice for most users. Me, I always dig into the details, but I'm not a normal user.
No Substance
When I went to tally up the results, I was amazed, and not in a good way. I use an Excel spreadsheet that displays different colors to represent different degrees of cleanup success. A perfect cleanup job is green, shading to yellow as more and more non-executable traces are left behind. If the software detected a threat but left behind executable files, that's orange; if any of the files are running despite detection, it's a deeper orange. And if it totally failed to detect the threat, that cell displays bright red.
Anvi's row (the top row in the compressed image above) had two green cells and one yellow. All the rest were danger colors – orange and red. And indeed, Anvi earned a new low score for malware cleanup.
Most products do a lot better when I install them on a clean system and test their ability block new malware attacks. It totally makes sense that fending off a new attack with security protection in place will be easier than digging out malware that's put down roots already. Some of the products wipe out the vast majority of my malware samples the minute I open the sample folder in Windows Explorer.
Here again the colors tell a story. Some of the rows in the compressed image above are almost entirely green, meaning the product blocked almost every attack. Anvi, at the top, is 40 percent red, meaning it totally missed 40 percent of the threats.
Bonus: Destruction!
Anvi may have missed some malicious files, but that didn't stop it from identifying perfectly valid files as malware. Notepad, MineSweeper, and a number of Windows components were among the victims. I submitted each to the VirusTotal website, which reports results from 42 distinct antivirus engines. Every file got a clean bill of health from every engine.
The people at AnviSoft seem quite nice, and quite enthusiastic. I don't take any pleasure in slamming their product. But given my testing experience, and given that none of the big labs have run the product through their tests, I had to conclude that using this free product could cost you plenty. For details, read my full review.
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African Immigration
The Waves of Migration
The Numbers
The Brain Drain
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Religious Communities
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Sylviane A. Diouf, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965
Marilyn Halter
University of Illinois Press
South African Nationalism in Brooklyn: John L. Dube's Activities in New York State, 1887-1899
from Afro-Americans in New York Life and History (January 1979)
Manning Marable
Chapter 7
My Odyssey: An Autobiography
Nnamdi Azikiwe
C. Hurst (London, 1970)
Chapter 3 - "America"
Ghana, The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah
International Publishers (New York, 1971)
A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States
Phelps-Stokes Fund (New York, 1949)
African Students in the United States: A Handbook of Information and Orientation
Phelps-Stokes Fund (New York, 1957)
The African Interpreter, vol. 1, no. 4 (Summer 1943)
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African Students and Study Programs in the United States
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Recent Migration from West Africa and the West Indies to the United Kingdom
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Recent African Immigrants to the United States: A Historical Perspective
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The New Diaspora: African Immigration to The United States
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The Displacement of the Nigerian Academic Community
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Ibrahim M. Jumare
Africa's Loss in the Brain Drain
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Kyle Brown
Liberian to Head a U.S. University
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Earnings of African Foreign-Born Workers 16 Years and Over
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African Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States
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Muslims' Place in the American Public Square: Hopes, Fears, and Aspirations
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Recreating Cultural Memory: The Notion of Tradition in Ghanaian-American Performance
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Africa: Looking for a Job?
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Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States
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Now is the Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Are
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Africa-The World's Comfort Zone
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Reporting Africa: Nothing Has Changed
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Kinship: A Family's Journey in Africa and America
Philippe Wamba
Dutton (New York, 1999)
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE GADGETVisit the ancestors of your gear
Many of us are thrilled to ditch last year's tech for the latest must-have gizmo. But Gordon Bell, an early employee of the computer maker Digital Equipment Corporation, hated to see obsolete computers sent to the scrap heap. Bell's personal collection—which includes a World War II–era Enigma encryption machine and a century-old hand-crank calculator—now forms the core of the most comprehensive trove of computer artifacts in the world, with more than 100,000 items and counting. Today you can visit this archive of our technological past at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which reopened this past January following a two-year, $19 million makeover that resulted in the 19-gallery exhibition "Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing."
The exhibit tracks milestones in the progress of computational technology from the abacus to your smart phone. Check out a preserved chunk of Walker's Wagon Wheel Bar, the legendary Silicon Valley hangout where engineers and investors once mingled as they launched the semiconductor industry; peek into unlabeled drawers for surprises related to the theme of each gallery; and try your hand at historic video games, including the 1972 classic Pong. Other gems include an Apple 1 computer (complete with wooden casing), an original Google server, and the first disk drive, IBM's 1956 Ramac: Bigger than a refrigerator, it boasts just enough memory to store a single MP3.—Shannon Palus
Albert EinsteinThe "Einstein at Home" exhibition at the Princeton Historical Society showcases a selection of the iconic physicist's rarely seen furnishings, photos, and personal memorabilia including his pipe. On display through January 2012.
George Washington Carver The George Washington Carver Museum in Tuskegee, Alabama, houses the agricultural scientist's plant specimens and lab apparatus, as well as paintings, crochet, and other handicrafts he created in his spare time. Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri, commemorates the site where he was born.
Thomas Edison
At the Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey, you can tour the lab complex where the inventor developed the phonograph and movie camera, and then take in the 29-room mansion where he lived for more than 40 years.
John Muir
In Martinez, California, visit the Muir family home and see the "scribble den" where the father of national parks formulated his influential arguments for wilderness preservation. During summer, enjoy fresh fruit from the estate's orchards.—Caroline Spivack
The best places to channel your inner rocket scientist
Virgin Galactic's suborbital tourism flights may not make it to the launchpad in time for this year's summer vacation, but there are plenty of places to commune with the cosmos from the comfort of Earth (and for less than $200,000). At the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, check out a real Apollo-era Saturn V test rocket—a behemoth longer than the Statue of Liberty is tall—plus crew capsules, space suits, parachutes, and a moon rock. Would-be astronauts with strong stomachs can try the Space Shot, which simulates a rocket launch complete with 4g acceleration.
To see rocket science in action, take a free tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Watch engineers assemble spacecraft in a clean room or peer down on mission control, where staff guide active missions, including the Mars rovers and the twin Voyager craft. The campus also features a museum, models, and monthly lectures.
In Florida, you can witness space history in the making at the last shuttle launch. Atlantis is slated to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center on July 8. Enter a lottery to purchase tickets for the launch site (kennedyspacecenter.com) or see nasa.gov for a list of free off-site vantage points. Just make sure you arrive hours before countdown to grab a good spot.—Sarah Stanley
"The Romance of Ants," an exhibition at Chicago's Field Museum, traces myrmecologist Corrie Moreau's life among ants through photos and graphic-novel-style illustration. Through Jan. 1, 2012.
Insectropolis: The Bugseum of New Jersey houses 13 kid-friendly exhibits examining insect communication, metamorphosis, and survival tactics. Our favorite resident: a fish-eating beetle.
The Audubon Insectarium offers close encounters in the Butterfly Garden. If you get peckish, try
Bug Appétit, where bug chefs prepare delectable dishes containing
tasty, nutritious insects for your enjoyment.—Will Hunt
With 30-foot limestone spires dotting its shores, 70-square-mile Mono Lake just outside Yosemite National Park could pass for an extraterrestrial landscape. More than twice as salty as the ocean, Mono Lake's arsenic-laced
waters support a vibrant ecosystem that is home to some bizarre earthlings. Bacteria here not only can consume arsenic but—if a hotly debated finding from December holds up—may even be able to incorporate the toxin into their DNA in place of phosphorus.
The neighboring Mono Craters are among the continent's youngest volcanoes, thrust up beginning around 40,000 years ago, while the lake itself may be more than a million years old. A layer of ash buried in the underlying sediment confirms that Mono Lake predates a volcanic blast 760,000 years ago that created the nearby and still-active Long Valley Caldera.
Visitors can kayak or go for an extrabuoyant swim—the trace levels of arsenic are not high enough to pose a health risk, though the state parks department recommends keeping the hypersaline water out of eyes and open wounds. Walk or row up to the otherworldly tufa towers—formed underwater by the mixing of calcium-rich freshwater springs with dissolved carbonates in the lake—or watch thousands of migratory birds feast on flies and brine shrimp. You can also hike the shore, take
naturalist-led tours, and soak up seminars on hydrology. —Sarah Stanley
Grab your fedora and discover hidden history
Dive a ship graveyard
For underwater adventure, head to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Shipwreck Trail, where you can snorkel and dive on the sites of nine wrecks. The subsurface trail takes you past a Spanish treasure ship lost in a 1733 hurricane, a decommissioned Coast Guard cutter intentionally sunk as an artificial reef in 1985, and a transport ship that served in the Spanish-American War. Today the wrecks enjoy a second life as artificial reefs, attracting corals, algae, rays, eels, and tropical fish (including the critically endangered 800-pound goliath grouper).
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron in Michigan offers another impressive collection of doomed vessels. More than 50 shipwrecks—such as an early 19th-century side-wheeler that broke up on a reef and a freighter that sank in a 1907 storm—lie perfectly preserved in the cold freshwater. Kayak, snorkel, or dive the wrecks before heading ashore to the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, where you can test your mettle in a simulated storm aboard a full-scale replica of a schooner's stern. sanctuaries.noaa.gov
Explore an ancient desert city
For 300 years the Chacoan culture of the ancestral Pueblo peoples thrived in the Four Corners region of the Southwest. The main center of the sophisticated civilization was a group of 12 stone complexes that today are preserved in the remote Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. To get to the site, you have to drive over 13 miles of dirt road, but petroglyphs and masonry architecture dating from A.D. 850 to 1150 make it well worth the trip. The park also features a campground and 20 miles of hiking trails.
If the visit inspires your inner archaeologist, piece together the Pueblo past at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in southwestern Colorado. Stop by for a day tour or excavate alongside professional archaeologists during weeklong programs for adults, families (kids 10 and up), and teenagers. crowcanyon.org
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Obama End Run around Congress and Senate
Here are a couple of articles about how our Federal Government is working around the Congress and Senate. These tactics will affect how we will be able to off road in the future. I guess they though nobody would notice since everybody busy with the Holidays.
The News Tribune
Blueribbon Coalitions
It's my understanding the Death Panels are worse under admin fiat versus what would've been ok'd by Congress. Looking forward to some Hope and Change November 2012.
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Interior gives BLM authority to temporarily protect pristine western areas
By BETTINA BOXALL
http://www.latimes.com/ LOS ANGELES -- Restoring a policy abandoned by the Bush administration, the top Interior official Thursday gave the agency that manages 245 million acres of public land the authority to temporarily protect pristine areas of the West.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who issued the order, called it "a new chapter in terms of how we take care of our Bureau of Land Management lands."
Salazar's directive casts aside a Bush policy adopted after an out-of-court settlement between then Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and the State of Utah. Under the Norton agreement, the Bureau lost its ability to manage pristine areas to preserve their wilderness qualities, pending congressional action. The move potentially opened them to energy development and mining.
The Bureau will now compile an inventory of "wild lands" and, as part of their public planning process, have the authority to keep them off bounds to development. But the classification can be modified, meaning the lands will not have the same permanent protection as congressionally designated wilderness areas.
In a Denver news conference, Salazar said the Norton settlement was wrong and "should never have happened."
But he also made a point of saying the new BLM classification would not lock up the areas, adding that "flexibility" was needed in managing them.
Conservation groups, which were highly critical of the Bush administration policy of opening vast swathes of western land to oil and gas leasing, praised Salazar's move.
"Millions of acres of unprotected, wilderness-quality lands exist on BLM lands across the West," Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife, said in a statement. "Today's announcement will allow the broad vistas of Colorado's Vermillion Basin, Utah's Valley of the Gods, and many other unique and irreplaceable landscapes, which provide habitat for wildlife like sage grouse and pronghorn, to be managed to maintain their wildness."
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Wilderness rules restored for public lands
By KRISTEN WYATT
http://tinyurl.com/24lfw58 DENVER -- The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for federal wilderness protection, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday.
The agency will replace the 2003 policy adopted under former Interior Secretary Gale Norton. That policy - derided by some as the "No More Wilderness" policy - stated that new areas could not be recommended for wilderness protection by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and it opened millions of acres to potential commercial development.
That policy "frankly never should have happened and was wrong in the first place," Salazar said Thursday.
Environmental activists have been pushing for the Obama administration to restore protections for potential wilderness areas.
Salazar said the agency will review some 220 million acres of BLM land that's not currently under wilderness protection to see which should be given a new "Wild Lands" designation - a new first step for land awaiting a wilderness decision. Congress would decide whether those lands should be permanently protected, Salazar said.
Congressional Republicans pounced on the "Wild Lands" announcement as an attempt by the Obama administration to close land to development without congressional approval.
"This backdoor approach is intended to circumvent both the people who will be directly affected and Congress," said Washington Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican tapped to lead the House Natural Resources Committee when the GOP takes control of the House in January.
The Congressional Western Caucus, an all-Republican group, also blasted the decision. "This is little more than an early Christmas present to the far left extremists who oppose the multiple use of our nation's public lands," Utah Rep. Rob Bishop said in a statement.
BLM Director Bob Abbey said it hasn't been decided how many acres are expected to be designated as "Wild Lands" and whether those acres will be off-limits to motorized recreation or commercial development while under congressional review. It's also unclear whether there will be a time limit on how long acres can be managed as "Wild Lands" before a decision is made on their future.
The BLM has six months to submit a plan for those new wilderness evaluations.
These "Wild Lands" would be separate from Wilderness Study Areas that must be authorized by Congress. Wild Lands can be designated by the BLM after a public planning process and would be managed with protective measures detailed in a land use plan.
Ranchers, oil men and others have been suspicious of federal plans to lock up land in the West, worrying that taking the BLM land out of production would kill rural economies that rely on ranchers and the oil and gas business.
Their suspicions have been heightened since memos leaked in February revealed the Obama administration was considering 14 sites in nine states for possible presidential monument declarations.
That included 2.5 million acres of northeastern Montana prairie land proposed as a possible bison range, along with sites in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington.
The 2003 policy was an out-of-court deal struck between Norton and then-Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to remove protections for some 2.6 million acres of public land in that state.
The policy allowed drilling, mining and other commercial uses on land under consideration as wilderness areas.
Salazar's reversal doesn't affect about 8.7 million acres already designated as wilderness areas.
Conservationists praised the reversal, though there has been grumbling that it took the Obama administration nearly two years to overturn the Bush-era policy.
"Washington D.C. always takes longer than you want, but we're glad we've gotten here," said Suzanne Jones, regional director for The Wilderness Society.
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Salazar, Abbey Restore Protections for America's Wild Lands
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C. Dec 23, 2010
A secretarial order issued today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar restores balance and clarity to the management of public lands by establishing common-sense policy for the protection of backcountry areas where Americans recreate, find solitude, and enjoy the wild.
Secretarial Order 3310 directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), based on the input of the public and local communities through its existing land management planning process, to designate appropriate areas with wilderness characteristics under its jurisdiction as "Wild Lands" and to manage them to protect their wilderness values.
"Americans love the wild places where they hunt, fish, hike, and get away from it all, and they expect these lands to be protected wisely on their behalf," said Salazar. "This policy ensures that the lands of the American public are protected for current and future generations to come."
The BLM, which manages more land than any other federal agency, has not had any comprehensive national wilderness policy since 2003, when the wilderness management guidance in the agency's handbook was revoked as part of a controversial out-of-court settlement between then-Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, the State of Utah, and other parties.
"The new Wild Lands policy affirms the BLM's authorities under the law - and our responsibility to the American people - to protect the wilderness characteristics of the lands we oversee as part of our multiple use mission," said BLM Director Bob Abbey.
Abbey said that Secretarial Order 3310 fills an important land management need for the public and the agency. "Wild Lands," which will be designated through a public process, will be managed to protect wilderness characteristics unless or until such time as a new public planning process modifies the designation. Because the "Wild Lands" designation can be made and later modified through a public administrative process, it differs from "Wilderness Areas," which are designated by Congress and cannot be modified except by legislation, and "Wilderness Study Areas," which BLM typically must manage to protect wilderness characteristics until Congress determines whether to permanently protect them as Wilderness Areas or modify their management.
Secretarial Order 3310 also directs the BLM to maintain a current inventory of public lands with wilderness characteristics, which will contribute to the agencys ability to make balanced, informed land management decisions, consistent with its multiple-use mission.
"Simple principles guide this common-sense policy," said Salazar. "First: the protection of wild lands is important to the American people and should therefore be a high priority in BLM's management policies. Second: the public should have a say in designating certain public lands as 'Wild Lands' and expanding those areas or modifying their management over time. And third: we should know more about which American lands remain wild, so we can make wise choices, informed by science, for our children, grandchildren and future generations."
"We are charting a new course for balanced land management which allows the BLM to take into account all of the resources for which it is responsible through a transparent, public land use planning process," said Abbey.
The Secretarial Order does not change the management of existing Wilderness Study Areas pending before Congress or congressionally designated units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. BLM may also still develop recommendations, with public involvement, regarding possible Congressional designation of lands into the National Wilderness Preservation System.
The BLM manages 245 million acres in the United States, including iconic American landscapes like Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado, the Headwaters Forest Reserve's ancient redwood forest in California, and the Iditarod National Historic Trail in Alaska. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 11 western states and Alaska. The bureau also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes its mission by managing activities such as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
To read Secretarial Order 3310, click here.
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Help Us Stop the Secretary that Would Steal Christmas!
Dear BRC Members and Supporters,
Just one day before Christmas Eve 2010, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar announced that he had signed an Order that seeks to embed a Wilderness review in every component of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning, creating a unique status for Wilderness different from other multiple uses in BLM management. Secretarial Order No. 3310 and Draft Wilderness Inventory Manual
The order appears to be one of the best Christmas gifts any Wilderness activist could hope for. The timing was no accident. Secretary Salazar's new order came just after the Lame Duck Congress adjourned, having failed to pass the massive Public Lands Omnibus Bill--a package that would have created millions of acres of new Wilderness, openly supported by the Secretary. It was no accident the Order was announced after legislators had gone home for the holiday. It was no accident that none but Wilderness insiders and their media outlets knew about it until the last minute. And, it was certainly no accident that at the ceremony, the Secretary was standing right next to peolple like Peter Metcalf, CEO of Black Diamond Equipment, and that the ceremony itself took place at the REI Building in Denver - a virtual altar scene for Wilderness worshippers.
You have every reason to fear under-handed tactics even more suspicious than those attempted by some of their lame duck legislative allies. Wilderness activists will likely try to use Secretary Salazar's Order to further paralyze meaningful BLM travel management and to create millions of acres of new Wilderness.
For decades, Wilderness activist groups have applied constrictor-like pressure on the BLM regarding Wilderness issues. Some of BRC Legal's finest moments have come in rejecting those efforts, most notably the dismissal of the infamous SUWA case in Utah District Court on BRC-USA All's motion, eventually upheld by a 9-0 thumping in the U.S. Supreme Court. Sadly, this looks like another inside job in the offing, through which anti-access interests seek to seize a window of political opportunity to again squeeze BLM into a never-ending, ongoing Wilderness inventory and management scheme.
The Order is as complex and convoluted as any validly promulgated law or regulation. Its meaning is not readily apparent and will likely be determined by the courts. Our staff has conducted an initial review, which is summarized at http://www.sharetrails.org/public-lands ... azar_order.
We are not naïve enough to proclaim what Secretary Salazar's Order will ultimately mean. However, we can fairly predict what Wilderness activists outside and within BLM will say it means. They will try to use it as a landmark tool to close long-traveled routes on BLM land, not unlike they did with the Clinton-Gore Roadless Rule. History also teaches that, while all other users of BLM lands and the economies supported by them will be affected, the trail users and advocacy groups like BRC are likely to be at the point of attack (if not standing alone) in meaningful opposition.
This opposition will require a lot of time, effort, coordination and skill. It will require BRC, partners and stakeholders to be at their best. And it will cost money. I would love to wax eloquent about skinny David slaying wealthy Goliath, but I hope over the years you've learned better. You know Secretary Salazar's friends did.
We hope you will consider an end of year donation to help us fund this important fight. If you've completed your giving for tax year 2010, please put this issue on your list of campaigns to consider supporting in 2011 - and beyond.
Greg Mumm
Executive Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 101
PS: Currying political favor through public lands policy is not what Congress intended when it established the agencies that manage our public lands.
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By Steven Sandberg
January 31, 2011
MEDFORD, Ore. - A proposed national monument on the Siskiyou Crest is facing some opposition, including from Oregon Rep. Greg Walden (R- Dist. 2).
At a news conference in Medford Monday, Walden said the primary issue over the monument involves the government's ability to change access to public lands. He says taking them out of the public's hands without input can negatively impact the economy.
Walden says the move to designate about 600,000 acres of the Siskiyou Crest as a national monument is being done without consulting the public. Walden says he is proposing a bill that would prevent this from being done without congressional approval. The Siskiyou Crest runs east to west and connects the Cascades to the Coast Range. It is an important corridor for habitat migration. The monument would be created using the 1906 Antiquities Act, which allows the president to protect lands for archaeological purposes.
Walden says the move would prevent public access to the forest. As a result, he says it would put timber workers out of work.
"Our focus in the federal government should be: What obstacles should we remove to get people back to work? Not, what obstacles we can put in place, and new restrictions, to deny people access to the public's land," Walden said.
Walden is also concerned that a lack of management would increase the risk of wildfires or bug infested timber.
He says the new bill before congress would establish concrete guidelines that involve public involvement before creating a national monument.
Rep. Walden opposes Siskiyou Crest national monument | KDRV
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14th Street open to through traffic; "Big T " overpass construction to begin
The City Public Works and Utilities Department today provided an update on street and road projects that have been under construction. In addition to work on major arterial streets, 71 blocks of residential street rehabilitation will be completed by November 1."Lincoln drivers have faced some challenges these past few months with so many streets under construction across the City, " said Mayor Seng. "Many of those projects are nearing completion. I want to thank the residents and visitors for their patience and cooperation. "
South 14th Street is now open to through traffic in both directions from Old Cheney Road to Pine Lake Road. All intersections are open, but some temporary lane closures will continue as work is completed on turn lanes, retaining walls, sidewalks and street lighting. The project is projected to finish in late October. The speed limit will continue to be lowered between Aberdeen and Mockingbird Lane until then. Left turns are now permitted at the intersection of Old Cheney and Rolling Hills.
The South 14th project included the widening of the street to four lanes, with left-turn and right- turn lanes at the major intersections; the addition of sidewalks and bike paths; and the installation of a pedestrian bridge over South 14th to connect the Rock Island Trail to Densmore Park.
Construction of the "Big T " overpass south of the Devaney Center near Holdrege and 16th Street is scheduled to begin immediately. The "Big T " is a major part of the Antelope Valley Project and will eliminate traffic delays caused by the current railroad crossing. The new "Y " Street bridge and roadway connecting 17th Street to "Y " Street is scheduled to open by the end of October. Construction continues on the new Vine Street bridge. One-half of the Vine Street roadway project from 17th to 28th streets was completed this year along with improvements to the intersection of 27th and Vine. The remainder of the project will be finished by the fall of 2005. The project includes paving, utility installation, left-turn lanes, sidewalks, retaining walls, landscaping and ornamental lighting.
Work continues on the South 84th Street water main and roadway project. South 84th from Highway 2 to Old Cheney is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, October 16.
South 84th is currently closed to all traffic from Pioneers Boulevard north to Montello Road. Construction in this section has been delayed by property right of way acquisition requiring eminent domain and delays by private firms in relocating their cable and fiber optics. Weather permitting, two-lane traffic on 84th Street for local access is scheduled to open October 16 from the St. Mark's Church entrance north to Montello Road. Four lanes will continue to Van Dorn Street. At that time, Pioneers Boulevard will close for construction from Pagoda Lane to 86th Street, including the intersection of 84th and Pioneers, until the end of November. If bad weather prevents the completion of the work on Pioneers, a temporary surface will be installed, and Pioneers will reopen at the end of November for the winter.
Once Pioneers is reopened (with either the permanent or temporary surface), 84th Street will close from Old Cheney to Augusta Drive. Also, Old Cheney will close from east of the 84th Street intersection to 88th Street. About 60 to 90 days of soil settlement is required in these two areas where Antelope Creek crosses the roadways before the water line and permanent pavement can be installed. The soil settling gives the appearance that no progress on the road is occurring in this area. The pavement is scheduled to be completed in late summer 2005.
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The day the world changed
Twelve years later and while we may still remember 9-11 as the day the world changed, those memories may no longer be quite as strong.
Now we don't always greet a September sky and perfect late summer weather with the crisp anticipation of impending doom, just only some of the time.
There isn't always the sudden clench of breath as we find ourselves writing "911" for any reason: a time, an address, a game score, though it still feels strange.
These are not signs that the day is no longer important to us, that we are forgetting. These are important steps in the process of grieving, and healing.
September 11 is now celebrated as Patriot Day. Children who are entering sixth grade have never been through a school year without one, and while it may still seem ludicrous that anyone would celebrate such a day, we realize at the same time there is a lot to celebrate.
Heroism, sacrifice, community, humanity: these are the values that came through on that day, and that have united us since in ways that even our little differences cannot tear apart.
Today, we bring you a handful of Pinterest boards about 9-11, and hope that you can find something to share with your loved ones about the day of American patriots.
9/11 Activites - Lots of links for children (and teachers) for activities and lessons about Patriot Day and the events of 911.
Dog Heroes of 9/11 - A poignant tribute to the nearly 100 dogs who worked at the Trade Center, all of whom have passed on.
9/11 - Educational links and activities for older students.
9/11 - Photos of the memorial and news photos from the day - for older teens and adults, curated by U-High Library, University High School, Normal, Ill.
9/11 - Chilling collection of photos of the day, of survivors, and of the missing.


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Hand Music-Playing Chores Back to Windows Media Player
Microsoft hopes that the Music app and its online store will be a big moneymaker; accordingly, Windows 8 tries to shoehorn you into using the Music app. Open a music file from your desktop's Music library, for example, and the Start screen's Music app butts in to play the file.
To complicate matters, the desktop doesn't offer any icon to start the more full-featured Windows Media Player.
You can fix those quirks fairly easily, however. Follow the steps in this section to hand your music-playing chores back to Windows Media Player.
Note: The Windows RT version of Windows 8 doesn't include Windows Media Player. If you don't like the built-in Music app, you can probably find one more to your liking in the Store app.
Right-click the Start screen and choose All Apps from the App bar along the screen's bottom.
The Start screen lists all of your installed apps and programs.
On a touchscreen, slide your finger up from the screen's bottom to see the App bar and its All Apps icon.
Right-click the Windows Media Player tile and choose Pin to Taskbar from the bottom menu.
That places Windows Media Player's icon on your desktop's taskbar for easy access.
If you're using a touchscreen, briefly slide the Windows Media Player icon downward and then lift your finger. Then choose Pin to Taskbar from the bottom menu.
Load the Desktop app's Control Panel.
You can find the Desktop app's Control Panel's icon, shown in the margin, on the All Apps screen, a little to the right of the Windows Media Player icon.
When the Control Panel opens, click the Programs category. Click Default Programs and then click Set Your Default Programs.
In the left pane, click Windows Media Player. Then click the Set This Program As Default option and click OK.
This step tells Windows Media Player to play all of your media, bypassing the Start screen's Music app.
After you follow these steps, Windows Media Player jumps into action whenever you double-click a music file on the desktop. You can also launch Windows Media Player directly by clicking its icon on your taskbar.
These steps don't permanently disable or uninstall the Start screen's Music app. To use the Music app, just click its tile from the Start screen; all the music listed in the app still plays through the Music app.
Windows Media Player can open more than 50 types of music and video files. To pick and choose which files it can open, select Choose Defaults for This Program in Step 5 of the preceding step list. When the Set Associations For a Program window appears, you can pick and choose exactly which files you want Windows Media Player to open.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Formation Attack StrategiesProduct Code: B0063OB
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The much awaited sequel to the best selling book, "Formation Attacks", has arrived. "Formation Attack Strategies" is another 500 page book, full of great attack information with 579 fabulous attack games from all openings and all eras. The games provided in the book came from an in-depth global search for unique, inspirational, and original attacks from some of the world's greatest attackers. Many of the them toil in remote areas of the planet and have only a local following. Let me introduce you to attacking players like Guy West of New Zealand, Marc Esserman of Boston, MA, Liu Wenzhe of China, Kevin Seidler of Denver, CO, Manuel Bosboom of The Netherlands, Dharshan Kumaran of India, Padre Murphy of Ireland, to name a few.
The book also contains discussions about many attack philosophies, attack strategy and planning, identification and exploitation of weaknesses, and so much more.
If you are one of the many people who love my last book, you will be ecstatic about "Formation Attack Strategies".
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|May 1, 2012
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