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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has acquired approximately 462,000 acres of land since 1959. The extensive clearing of forestlands, especially bottomlands, for agricultural production was a key factor that promoted the Department to purchase these lands, thereby insuring the continued existence of these valuable ecosystems.
Forest management on these timbered tracts prior to purchase by the Department was non-existent, as evidence indicates the timber on most lands was severely high-graded. Each time timber was cut, only the best trees were removed resulting in many stands of poor quality and cull trees. Additionally, a change in the natural hydrology, due to the demand of urbanization and agriculture, has affected the historic productive capacity of the ecosystem to accommodate wildlife populations on the remnant isolated tracts of bottomland hardwoods. The Department now has the task of recuperating these lands to improve wildlife habitat, maintain habitat diversity within the WMA, provide recreational opportunity for our various user groups, and at the same time grow quality timber.
The objectives of the forest management program on these areas are to design and implement a plan to enhance wildlife production while maintaining the native flora and fauna characteristic of the areas; to provide quality wildlife oriented recreational opportunities for the public; to develop timber stands consisting of a wide variety of species, mast-producing bottomland hardwoods of all ages, habitat diversity, and areas comparable to earlier forests in structure, composition, and diversity. Aesthetic qualities of the areas will be considered in forest management prescriptions. Educational and research opportunities will be promoted to further a better understanding of the ecological/environmental factors associated with the diverse habitats represented. Additionally, production of timber products will be maintained, consistent with other objectives, as it plays an important role in the environmental and sociological atmosphere of the areas.
Plan development requires an initial data base relative to the objectives of the plan. Working knowledge of the various areas indicates the presence of at least sixteen (16) timber types as recognized by the Society of American Foresters publication "Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada". However, certain forest variables that are associated with wildlife habitat quality are usually not accounted for in a normal forest inventory. Forestry Program staff have classified 58 different forest cover types that we recognize on our WMAs.
Since the approval and adoption of the WMA General Forest Management Plan by the LWF Commission in 1995, forest inventory data has been accumulated and utilized on the WMAs to prescribe habitat improvement plans (prescriptions). These forest inventories have been standard systematic plot cruises, based on a 5% sample of the management compartment being inventoried. These inventories provide sufficient data to determine forest management needs for sustaining forest product production. However, as we have learned over the past years of managing these resources for sustaining wildlife populations, sampling of additional wildlife habitat forest variables is necessary to better analyze the overall forest/habitat conditions. This Plan Revision will alter the methodology of forest inventory on the WMAs as well as the schedule of forest inventory.
The new inventory method will involve obtaining a complete inventory of one or several WMAs each year, based upon a goal of 50-60,000 acres inventoried each year. However, the sampling method will be less intense than the standard 5% systematic cruise, and will involve collecting data on more specific "secondary forest variables", directly related to discerning wildlife habitat quality of the existing forest structure. Standard forest product measurements will still be obtained as well to allow managers to evaluate the sustainability and growth of our forests.
With some exception, each Department-owned WMA has had growth monitoring plots established to determine baseline information concerning general forest composition of the area, affects of past, present, and future management practices on vegetational diversity, and quality of wildlife habitat variables. These are permanent plots from which data is being collected at 10-year intervals. Continued acquisition of this data is important to understanding the development of these forest resources and the temporal benefits from associated management and non-management activities.
Each WMA has been subdivided into compartments based on an entry schedule ranging from 10-20 years. A new entry schedule will be developed for each WMA as it is inventoried in the new method. The entry schedule will be based on analysis of the WMA inventory data and knowledge/experience of the Wildlife Forester, Wildlife Division Program Managers and other Wildlife Division Regional personnel. A prescription (compartment plan) will be prepared for each compartment upon its scheduled entry that depicts the management activities (if any) necessary to achieve compliance with the plan objective(s). Desired Forest Conditions developed by the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture's Forest Resource Conservation Working Group (2007) will be used to guide forest management decisions. Timber market conditions may cause a delay in implementation of annual plans.
Maps of each WMA will show management units or compartments, locations of natural areas, scenic streams, unique areas, greentree reservoirs, and any areas known to be occupied by endangered species.
Establishment of Natural Areas (NAs) on the WMAs was approved, as presented, by the LWF Commission on 3 January 2002. NAs will provide that niche of habitat which is currently regarded/addressed with many uncertainties relative to the effects of man's manipulations in "managed" habitats. The NAs will also serve as control areas, allowing appropriate monitoring of management activities to be compared against the unmanaged habitats represented in the NAs. Unique areas will be preserved in their natural state. A Streamside Management Zone (SMZ) will be maintained along streams and lake perimeters. Timber removal in these buffers will be limited to 25% of total volume, but in no instance should the remaining basal area be less than a minimum of 60 sq. ft. Streams in the Scenic Rivers System will be managed in compliance with the Scenic River's Act. Best Management Practices for forest management in Louisiana will be followed.
Prescribed burning will be practiced to improve and promote habitat quality. All burning practices should follow a burn plan developed by the Region Biologist or Wildlife Division Forester. All firelanes shall be established in a manner to prevent soil erosion problems (water bars and turn outs placed appropriately). Dormant and growing season burning will be practiced as site requirements dictate.
Roads will be managed to provide habitat diversity as well as reasonable access to the WMAs. All roads except primary thoroughfares will be managed and treated as openings, resulting in less maintenance cost and better wildlife habitat conditions. Additionally, when a timber harvest prescription requires volume removal of over 75% in a stand adjacent to a primary thoroughfare, an appropriate buffer will be maintained following the harvest limitations for streamside buffers. However, if long-term habitat benefits are deemed greater than the short-term aesthetic disruption, the buffer may not be maintained.
Greentree reservoirs or any specific areas which can be managed for waterfowl will be managed accordingly with emphasis on increasing waterfowl food supplies. This will entail maintenance of quality cavity trees, thinning of non-preferred (by waterfowl) mast trees in order to increase desirable mast species along with other duck foods such as smartweed, millets, sedges and panicums, while maintaining leaf litter and herbaceous accumulations for invertebrate populations. The artificial flooding regime will be adjusted periodically to maintain vigor in the mast producing overstory, and/or promote regeneration of the stand. All artificial flooding periods should reflect the historical overflow occurrence as much as possible to avoid negative effects on tree growth and mast production.
Management plans will be coordinated with the Louisiana Natural Heritage Program to provide suitable habitat maintenance for endangered, threatened or state rare species occurring on the area.
In gathering data and developing plans, the Wildlife Division Forester will keep the Regional Biologist Manager, Regional Biologists, Area Supervisor, and Louisiana Natural Heritage Program Coordinator informed as to the progress of the plan. Upon plan completion, the Wildlife Division Forestry Program Manager will submit the prescriptions for posting on the Department website for in-house and outside public review. The period of review will be 45 days from initial posting. Comments received will be reviewed by the Program Manager and prescriptions adjusted as appropriate, after review with the Assistant Administrator and Administrator of the Wildlife Division.
Commercial timber harvest is the most economical and only practical method of manipulating the vast acreages of forest habitat under Department ownership. However, some habitat work will be accomplished by Department personnel in commercially inoperative or prohibitive areas.
Combinations of single-tree, group selection and clearcut harvest systems will be used to address maintenance and development of desired forest conditions considered necessary for sustaining general wildlife populations. A combination of selective thinning and clearcutting will maintain the species diversity of each area by not allowing domination of a single tree species or association of species that create conditions unfavorable to normal plant succession and species diversity.
Shelterwood and clearcutting systems will be used as necessary in managing stands of limited species composition, with minimum desirable regeneration stocking, or as required to improve habitat conditions of specific wildlife. Shelterwood cutting will promote establishment of oak regeneration and allow it to develop (when given a suitable length of time between cuttings, dependent on site quality) to a competitive size that is proper for final release and ensure representation in future stand. Clearcutting will be used after establishment of advanced reproduction of hard mast producers has been ascertained. Without sufficient advance oak reproduction, this harvest practice may not foster the component of oak regeneration desired.
Group selection involves the removal of several trees in a group which leaves a larger canopy opening than single-tree selection but not as much canopy opening as a clearcut method. Potential cavity trees will be retained within cluster formations as necessary to provide and protect the den/nest sites and escape cover.
Productive forest management as described above will increase vertical and horizontal diversity, browse and mast (hard and soft) production. The increase of these important food supplies will benefit deer, squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, wild turkey, waterfowl and many species of non-game wildlife, including Neotropical migratory birds. The increased ground cover resulting from timber cuttings will benefit rabbits and deer, and provide improved nesting and brooding habitat for the Wild turkey. In addition to enhancing the establishment and growth of desirable mast producing trees, the described forest management will greatly improve the tree quality from a timber standpoint. Retention of dead wood components (standing snags, tree top, unmerchantable logs, etc.) will be promoted to provide that habitat component where it is lacking.
Timber Sales
Before a timber sale is made, total volume will be determined for pulpwood and sawlogs. Reproduction counts, when necessary, will also be conducted and included in pre-harvest planning. Timber marking operations, following prescription recommendations prepared by the Wildlife Division Forester, will be carried out by the Wildlife Division Forester with assistance from Region personnel.
After all timber to be sold has been tabulated, the Wildlife Division Forestry Program Manager will prepare a timber sale proposal. The Wildlife Division Forester will discuss all aspects of the proposed timber sale with Regional Biologist Managers. The proposal will then be submitted, along with a list of potential bidders, to the Wildlife Division Assistant Administrator and Administrator for approval and advertisement for bids. The Region Biologist Manager and WMA Supervisor will be furnished a copy of the timber sale proposal.
If acceptable bids are received and a contract awarded, the Wildlife Division Forestry Program Manager will contact the buyer to discuss aspects of the contract and request payment. The Wildlife Division Forester or his designee will visit the site periodically during timber harvest operations but, WMA personnel will be responsible for daily monitoring of the timber harvest operations.
The contractor will be instructed to contact the Wildlife Division Forester concerning problems which may arise during the contract period. If for some reason the cutting has to be terminated, the Wildlife Division Forester, or appropriate Region personnel will contact the buyer or his agent.
Requests for contract extensions and performance deposit returns must first be approved by the Wildlife Division Forester with a written request made to the Wildlife Division Forestry Program Manager for final approval.
Revenue Use
Although revenue generation is not the principal goal of the timber management on these department lands, it certainly is a secondary goal. The Wildlife Division Forester can not manage the timber stands for wildlife without making the timber sales, wherein the purchaser and his logging contractor are the tool to achieve the habitat manipulation. If the prescribed treatment is not economically feasible, it will not sell. Additionally, In-kind Services may be a part of the bid proposal as needed. It is important to put some proceeds back into improving the timber stands and the management ability of those stands. These In-kind Service projects may include, but are not limited to; improving roads, bridges, culverts, soil stabilization, site preparation, chemical and mechanical treatments, tree plantings and other forest management related activities.
The revenues derived as a result of the sale of the timber shall be used in the following manner: They may be deposited in the Wildlife Habitat and Natural Heritage Trust Fund for the purpose of purchasing additional timber / recreational lands and stewardship of those lands; they may be deposited in the Conservation Fund and earmarked as Federal Aid Program Income, to be used on Federal Aid projects administered by the Wildlife Division.
Insects, Diseases and Natural Disasters
Division personnel should immediately alert the Wildlife Division Forester of any suspected insect or disease problem associated with the WMA forest resources. The Wildlife Division Forester will contact appropriate USDA Forest Insect and Disease Specialists to help investigate the occurrence.
Timber damage due to forest insect infestation or natural disaster (tornado, ice storm, etc.) should be reported to the Wildlife Division Forester for immediate action. The Wildlife Division Forester will, based upon inspection of the site, determine appropriate action to take regarding salvage of the damaged timber.
Continuing Education
All Division personnel assigned to Department-owned WMAs will be involved with a combination in-house and extension oriented continuing education program covering all associated aspects of forest management relative to our WMA program. The Wildlife Division Forester will pursue available courses and development of specific courses to address concerns addressed by Division personnel.
Many habitat situations exist on Department owned lands, providing enormous opportunity for research to add to the scientific knowledge required for proper management of the diverse habitats represented. The Department will readily accept for review and possible establishment any research proposals for projects on WMAs. Forestry Section and Region personnel will participate in all research activities as a means of continuing education.
Periodic reviews (every 10-15 years) of WMA entry schedules will allow an update of plans to utilize new research findings relative to the proper management of Department lands and continued adherence to meeting the general WMA plan objectives.


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Peter Sebben trial begins, man facing charges for alleged homicide 12 years after victim's death
LITCHFIELD >> It's been over 12 years since 27-year-old Tanya McKay's death was ruled a homicide by the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner's Office -- a ruling which came nearly five months after the New Hartford woman was found unconscious at her home and brought to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, where she never regained consciousness.
The Medical Examiner's Office said McKay's death was the result of a blunt traumatic head injury for an incident that occurred New Year's Day in 2000. McKay was brought to the hospital by "a male friend" at 5:30 a.m. that day.
McKay's estranged boyfriend at the time, Peter J. Sebbin, now 53, initially declined commenting to police about the investigation, and wasn't arrested until Dec. 29, 2004 -- close to five years after McKay's death.
Upon arrest, Sebben was charged with first-degree manslaughter and tampering with physical evidence, for which he has been at liberty on a $125,000 bond. The two felonies Sebben is facing will now go before Judge James P. Ginocchio and a jury Wednesday, with the trial slated to begin 12 years after the woman's death.
Attorney Hubert J. Santos, Sebben's appointed lawyer, previously argued for the trial to be moved out of the Litchfield Judicial District, but Ginocchio denied the motion. Santos' grounds included the comment section of the Register Citizen's website, which he called "inflammatory" and would sway potential jurors.
Ginocchio said the comments weren't in the news outlet's print edition and were limited to a minimum group of people. Since 2009, Ginocchio said, there's been "very little coverage of the case."
Sebben and McKay had a domestic violence history, with both being arrested once in a four-month span in 1999. Sebben was charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree assault for an incident with McKay in February 1999. McKay was arrested on July 6, 1999 for third-degree assault for an alleged incident on Sebben.
Both incidents were dismissed by state prosecutors.
Now, more than a decade later, state prosecutors have targeted Sebben as the prime reason behind McKay's death.
Reach Ricky Campbell at 860-489-3121 x343.

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The remnants of Storm Stella could be heading our way after it dumped snow across much of north-eastern America.
Violent blizzards and high winds left 17cms of snow in New York and up to 90cms in Damascus as spring was delayed by the big freeze. And now weather experts are predicting it is set to make its way across the Atlantic and hit Scotland and parts of the north at some stage on Thursday or Friday.


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31. All naive, busty tavern wenches in my realm will be replaced with surly, world-weary waitresses who will provide no unexpected reinforcement and/or romantic subplot for the hero or his sidekick.
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�A Queen Street Christmas� and Bells are ringing are two of several holiday presentations set for the next few days in the Kinston area
Queen Street United Methodist Church will present �A Queen Street Christmas� Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 6 p.m. each night in the sanctuary.
This concert of choral works is a compilation of familiar, traditional Christmas music, including carols such as �O Come All Ye Faithful,� �Silent Night� and �Angels We Have Heard on High.�
Performing will be the Queen Street Chancel Choir � a group of 52 gifted singers � accompanied by a 30-piece orchestra. The choir and orchestra are under the direction of Jacob Mewborn, director of music ministries for Queen Street Church.
The church members welcome the community to this concert and extend an invitation to stay for a reception which will follow each performance.
There is no admission charge, but guests are encouraged to arrive early to attain seats.
Queen Street UMC is at 500 N. Queen St. in downtown Kinston beside the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library.
The Sanctuary Bells advanced handbell ensemble of Gordon Street Christian Church will be in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday in the library�s Schechter Auditorium.
Sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library, the concert will feature an array of Christmas selections. Arrangements of familiar carols and original compositions for bells will offer a variety that makes the program an enjoyable experience for both the ringers and the audience.
Directed by Joanne M. Heath, minister of music, the Sanctuary Bells is a group of experienced handbell ringers who annually participate in workshops and festivals sponsored by the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. The group performs on a five octave set of Schulmerich handbells, which includes a total of 61 bells, and a three octave set of Schulmerich handchimes.
During the past 30 years, advanced handbell ensembles from Gordon Street have rung at the White House, Kennedy Center, the 200th Anniversary of the Constitution, and Regional and National Assemblies of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. In 2005 and 2009, the ensemble was featured in a stage concert at Epcot Center in Disney World.
Reservations are encouraged by calling the library at 252-527-7066, ext. 120.
A Queen Street Christmas
6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Queen Street United Methodist Church
500 N. Queen St., Kinston
For info, call 252-527-2119
Handbell concert
4 p.m. Sunday
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library Schechter Auditorium
510 N. Queen St., Kinston
Reservations: 252-527-7066, ext. 120.


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It's been nearly a year since the major provisions of the credit card reform law took effect. A lot has changed since then, most of it for the better.
Under the CARD Act, penalty fees have dropped dramatically and interest rate hikes cannot be applied to your unpaid balance, unless you fall way behind in your payments.
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On the downside, it may be harder for someone with a poor credit history to get a card, and interest rates are up. A recently released credit card survey from Consumer Action, a non-profit group, shows the average interest rate on variable rate cards went up nearly 2 percentage points last year, from 13.30 percent in 2009 to 15.06 percent in 2010. The report notes that during that time the prime rate remained steady at 3.25 percent.
"No one wants to see rates rise," says Linda Sherry, Consumer Action's director of national priorities. "But we're better off now that issuers have to price accounts appropriately from the start instead of sneaking profit in on the back end with 'gotcha' penalty fees and rates."
Consumer Action looked at offers for 41 cards from 20 different issuers. Study author Ruth Susswein concludes that as a result of the CARD Act, it is now easier than ever to compare credit card offers.
"Interest rates are more transparent today than they were in the past," Susswein says. "It doesn't mean that rates can't go up or that you can't be penalized. But there's a much better chance that you're going to know up front what you're really going to pay for credit."
The nation's card issuers clearly realize the rules of the game have changed.
"Consumers are squarely in the driver's seat when it comes to their credit cards," says Nessa Feddis, vice president and senior counsel with the American Bankers Association. (I wouldn't go that far, but we certainly can't be jerked around as much as before.)
The ABA lobbied Congress not to pass the CARD Act. The association predicted the law would hit consumers in the pocketbook. And Feddis says, that's exactly what happened.
"Interest rates are up a bit for everybody, and it is more difficult for people to get credit cards, particularly those with weak or short credit histories."
A study released this week by the Center for Responsible Lending says things aren't as bad as they may seem at first glance.
The center analyzed years of data from the Federal Reserve Board. One database tracks the interest rates offered in solicitations. Another follows the interest rates customers actually pay. Comparing that data, the CRL report concludes: The new rules have reduced the difference between the stated rates and actual rates paid on credit cards.
"There had been this widening gap between what people were told they were going to get in solicitations and what they actually ended up paying," says Kathleen Day of the CRL. "Because of credit card reform, that gap was narrowed, not because prices went up, but because the stated price on offers went up to reflect reality."
The Center for Responsible Lending says about $12 billion in "previously obscure yearly charges" are now stated more clearly in credit card offers.
The CRL study also concludes that since credit card reform, more people are getting more credit card offers. The center purchased data from the Mintel Comperemedia, a respected authority on credit card marketing.
By the numbers
In December of last year, Consumer Action conducted an online survey. The questionnaire was completed by 436 people.
67% said the terms for using their credit card were clearer than they had been a year ago.
87% noticed the new minimum payment warning on their monthly statement. This information explains how long it will take to pay off the balance if only the minimum payment is made each month.
25% of these people said the notice had encouraged them to pay more than the minimum.
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This data shows that since the beginning of 2009, the number of U.S. households receiving at least one credit card offer has increased from about 40 percent to about 60 percent. This increased competition, the report says, lowers prices and makes it harder for credit card companies to "manipulate or arbitrarily raise prices."
Some fees up, some fees gone
While the CARD Act limits penalty fees, there are no restrictions on many other fees. Consumer Action found the average balance transfer fee jumped from 2.94 percent in 2009 to 3.53 percent in 2010. And while the highest transfer fee charged in 2009 was 3 percent, some cards now charge 5 percent.
Annual fees are also up a bit, averaging $65.20, but fewer cards now charge them. It was widely assumed credit card companies would institute annual fees across the board to make up for lost penalty revenue. So far that has so not happened.
And two big banks have voluntarily decided not to impose interest rate hikes they could legally make. Bank of America and Wells Fargo have eliminated the "default rate." That's the much higher rate banks are allowed to apply to the current balance when an account is more than 60 days past due.
Lisa Westermann, Wells Fargo's vice president of communications, says the bank did this "to provide credit to as many customers as possible."
At Bank of America, spokeswoman Betty Riess says they recognized that customers who are several payments past due are having financial difficulty. "We want to help customers who are struggling to make their payments," she says, "not make it more difficult to do so."
The bottom line
Thanks to the CARD Act, credit card companies cannot raise the interest rate for new customers during the first year. So banks are being very careful about the initial interest rate they offer.
"The driving factor as to whether or not you get approved for a credit card and what terms you get is still going to be your credit risk," explains John Ulzheimer with SmartCredit.com."So a credit score is still the most important figure that a credit card issuer focuses on."
There are a number of websites that do a good job of letting you compare cards side by side on factors such as interest rates, fees and what type of credit scores are required: bankrate.com, credit.com, lowcards.com, credit.com, mint.com, creditkarma.com and cardratings.com.
Just remember, the results on these commercial sites often favor advertisers, whose cards are put at the top of the list. To get the full picture of what's available, you'll need to sort the list based on APY or annual fee, depending on what is most important to you. And since no site can list all the card offers, check a few before you apply.
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Iconic Utah arch could soon close to rope swinging
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of southern Utah's signature towering arches could soon be closed to daredevil rope-swinging.
Citing frustration from visitors marveling at Corona Arch, federal officials are considering outlawing the stunt made so popular on YouTube that state authorities banned it from commercial outfitters last year. The activity involves taking a running leap and swinging like a pendulum through five-story structures.
"Do we look down on folks who do this activity? No, of course not," said Rock Smith, supervisory outdoor recreation planner at the federal Bureau of Land Management in Moab. "It's a matter of is it appropriate or not" on lands designated for hiking. "The other side is: We know people like to swing, and we're not stopping that everywhere, either."
About 40,000 hikers trek to the sandstone structure each year, and many see it just once, federal officials estimate.
Many of them say they signed up to take in the natural wonder, not an extreme-sports arena filled with daredevil howls.
The plans come amid a recent change in ownership. Last month, the agency gained control of the area in a land swap that dealt state officials oil-rich lands in eastern Utah.
A sign at the trailhead to the 100-foot arch warns thrill-seekers they may swing at their own peril, surrounded by "sheer drops all around." It continues, "There is high potential for serious injury or death even if your equipment works."
The agency is considering similar policies at the smaller Bowtie Arch and on 10 acres surrounding nearby Gemini Bridges. They would also end such activities there as rappelling, zip-lining, slack-lining and high-lining, which includes balancing on a taut rope.
Last year, 22-year-old Kyle Lee Stocking of West Jordan died after leaving too much slack in his rope.
Last month, a young New Yorker repeated the deadly miscalculation, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Jack Davidson, 25, is recovering in a long-term care facility from critical injuries, according to police. He was not wearing a helmet when he swung for a sixth time on May 4, crashing 70 feet below.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in Moab has begun surveying the area, the first step in imposing a new rule.
Viral videos have given rise to the wild swinging from ropes through arches and canyons. One 2012 video titled "World's Largest Rope Swing" has racked up more than 23 million views on YouTube.
It's a relatively new form of recreation in Utah's canyon lands, which log injuries and deaths from rock climbing and BASE jumping, which involves leaping from a ledge with a parachute.
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- Arcanum of the Defender
- Item Level 70
- Binds when picked up
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- Requires Keepers of Time - Revered
- Use: Permanently adds 16 parry rating and 17 dodge rating to a head slot item. Does not stack with other enchantments for the selected equipment slot.
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This item is a reputation reward; you must be Revered with Keepers of Time to purchase it for 100 (before reputation discount) from Alurmi <Keepers of Time Quartermaster> in Tanaris.
Patch changes Edit
/ Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Renamed "Arcanum" (was "Glyph") to not confuse with Inscription glyphs.
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Nebraska Task Force 1 (NETF1) Canine Search Specialist Dallas Fletcher and his dog "Price" were the key to a successful search for a potential suicide victim earlier this week.
Late Monday afternoon, Lincoln Fire & Rescue (LFR) was called to assist in a search for a woman who was attempting suicide under a bridge. LFR responded to the call along with Lincoln Police Department and the Nebraska State Patrol. The woman had fled into some nearby woods, and initial attempts to locate her were unsuccessful.
LFR then dispatched Fletcher and Price of NETF1, the federal Urban Search and Rescue Team based at LFR, along with Lincoln Fire Captain/Search Team Manager Eric Jones. The team quickly located the victim who was unconscious. LFR medical personnel arrived to care for and transport the victim to a local hospital.
"We realized we had to find the person soon," said Jones. "Because of the amount of blood on the scene, we realized it could be a life or death situation."
The type of canine team used in the search is primarily trained to locate victims trapped in a structural collapse. The dogs work by detecting human scent in the air as opposed to scent off the ground. Fletcher and Price, a nationally certified team, also helped locate a missing accident victim who rolled a vehicle near Ashland this week. NETF1 has five certified canine teams.
The City's participation in the federal Urban Search and Rescue program provides LFR with technical resource training and responders to augment the department's capability. NETF1 has been on numerous deployments including Hurricane Katrina, the World Trade Center collapse, the De Bruce Grain Elevator explosion in Kansas and the Greenberg, Kansas tornado. More information is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: fire).


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On February 22 and 23, 2013, North Texas Orthodox Missions hosted a conference on "How to Talk with Your Children and Grandchildren About God." The lectures were presented at both St. Barbara Orthodox Church (OCA) and Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (GOA) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. Speakers included Fr. Daniel Keller, Fr. Nick Hadzellis, Fr. Justin Frederick, Fr. Vasile Tudora, Dn. Athanasios Sharpley, and Fr. Justin Frederick.
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
OMG, online at last!
The Canberra Times is finally posting selected food and wine content on line, including reviews. Here it is. I tremble in anticipation.
5 comments:
- Cath said...
Thanks for making this known! Great link - have added this to my Favourites.
- 6 April 2011 at 18:54
Looking forward to reading the comments on their slamming of milk and honey
- 7 April 2011 at 08:27
You should try going to AXIS again, I went there in Sunday for breakfast - terrible, terrible and so expensive!
- 13 April 2011 at 16:11
One thing that I struggle with when reading reviews is the sarcastic and degrading tone that is often incorporated when trying to use witty writing. This is one of the more positive reviews I have read (granted they werent all yours!) yet it is still tainted with that tone that makes you want to puke.
- 14 April 2011 at 09:53
- Cath said...
See, I knew something bad would happen. What tone? WTF?
- 17 April 2011 at 17:12
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With the tragic passing of Jack Rose last year, virtuoso guitar playing lost one of its most forthright proponents. Rose carried the flame left by John Fahey - the sense of the power and importance of early blues and folk - the 'American primitive' sound that Fahey and his cohorts perfected so eloquently. And yet perhaps the 'new folk' scene was itself already at a crossroads – from the peak of its popularity around 2004/05 its main protagonists have all been carried in different directions. Rose was in the process of delving even further into the roots of the music he loved, recording his own versions of ragtime songs from the Twenties, whilst Ben Chasny (a.k.a. Six Organs of Admittance) had moved into darker and dronier territory since his most concentrated acoustic records – 2003's masterful For Octavio Paz and 2005's School Of The Flower.
That's not to place James Blackshaw directly into the same category as his American compatriots. Blackshaw's music has always seemed more English somehow, despite the debt it owes to American forbearers - more concentrated, more stately. His playing style is hyperactively intense, a blur of fingers across 12 steel strings that affects the listener as much through sheer force of will as by thematic subtlety. If Fahey's music privileged the simplicity of the primitive, Blackshaw embraces complexity and cross-purposes, something evidenced by the cultural references embedded in his records – his last album's title, borrowed from Herman Hesse's mind-bending 'The Glass Bead Game', or his participation in a compilation named after Jorge Borges's story 'The Garden of Forking Paths', for example.
It's perhaps appropriate then that Blackshaw's fondness for layering, recurring themes and repeating patterns has led him away from the rapid finger-picking of his early work. Indeed, The Glass Bead Game marked a departure for the soloist, moving the focus away from his own virtuosity towards a grander, orchestral vision. The addition of strings, piano and vocals on that album led to Blackshaw's most mature work to date, a careful and moving exploration of simple themes. On All Is Falling Blackshaw's music continues to progress – for the first time we hear him playing electric guitar, a move, the press release suggests, influenced by his work with Current 93.
If his previous, 12 string acoustic records were almost claustrophobic in their intensity (something aggravated by the epic length of Blackshaw's compositions), All Is Falling succeeds in paring back his vision, with only the last two tracks moving far beyond the five minute mark and the song themselves only numbered, rather than named. The orchestration here shifts Blackshaw further towards the territory of Steve Reich with its lilting wind instruments (on 'Part 5') and staccato piano, the whole album consciously presented as a 'movement' rather than a collection of individual tracks. From the understated power of 'Part 2's' considered riff, to the furious e-bow feedback of album closer 'Part 8' there are powerful and beautiful moments here; the sonics of a six-string electric adds an intimacy to Blackshaw's sound that was perhaps missing before. Still, artists like Reich and Fahey imbued their music with a sense of playfulness and humour that you sense is lacking in Blackshaw's work; as the title might hint, some of the music here is slightly too po-faced to bear repeated listening. Nevertheless, you have the real sense of Blackshaw as a musician and composer in a process of constant evolution, and it's a fascinating and melancholy pleasure to hear his journey.
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Slit throats, acid burns, bruises and beatings: magazine glorifies abuse of women
Battered women the new black in fashion spreads
It's been an interesting few weeks for women (read: depressing). Lingerie Football League, yet another hyper-sexualised plus-sized model fashion spread, and a Bollywood star who hasn't lost her pregnancy weight being called a fat elephant (she even got a YouTube clip dedicated to the weight gain, with elephant sound effects accompanying her image). Oh, and let's not forget Cambridge University's "Rear of the Year" competition, where women posted pictures of their behinds online to be rated, and hopefully win the title (what an honour!).
But this one really takes the cake. Bulgarian magazine 12 has released a beauty editorial spread depicting women as victims of physical abuse. The pictorial features glamorous and heavily made up women with an array of gory injuries, including a slit throat, ripped out piercings, acid burns and a woman's mouth cut into a wide smile.
Titled "Victims of Beauty," the so-called beauty spread is a visual slap in the face for women who have encountered this kind of sickening abuse. But what is most disheartening is that it isn't the first time the fashion industry has displayed complete apathy towards violence against women. And it is very unlikely that it will be the last.
Former model, Jenna Sauers, wrote for Jezebel:
These kinds of images are nothing new. Seeing women shown as the victims of implied male violence — or victims of any violence, frankly — in what is an overwhelmingly female industry, in magazines that are overwhelmingly run, written, and edited by women, has always troubled me. It troubled me back when I was a model, and was asked to take part in shoots that had themes of violence and death. It troubles me now that I merely see these images in the fashion media, which are largely the women's media.
It's a given that fashion magazines — like other forms of mass media — often aim to shock. Because they like the attention. Because they like the ad dollars. Because they like the rebellious reputation that shocking us squares confers. But it's still worthwhile to examine the means by which they achieve that shock value. The high-fashion world in general loves to think of itself as contrarian, élite, and boldly at odds with the tastes and mores of the wider public. It likes to think that it, in fact, leads those tastes. But much of the imagery the fashion industry uses to communicate its messages at best echoes and at worst reinforces some of the wider culture's most negative ideas about women and girls.
12 magazine caught wind of the public's disgust and responded to Jezebel, saying:
We believe that images such as ours can be seen from various angles…Where some see a brutal wound, others see a skilful work of an artist, or an exquisite face of a beautiful girl. That being said, we do understand why some accuse us of promoting, in a way, violence, but we do not agree with that, and we think that it is very narrow-minded way of looking at the photographs.
And after all, isn't it true that we see brutally wounded people all the time, in real life – on television, in the news, in movies, videogames, magazines and websites, and they are all very different, but alike in one thing: some are real, some are not. And fashion photography is an imitation of real life, sometimes realistic, sometimes delicate, other times grotesque, or shocking.
They go on to call critics sexist (because if it were men we may not have the same outraged response) and question what our reaction would be if the images were part of a campaign against domestic violence. But here's the thing: these images of battered women were not created to spread awareness of physical abuse. They were not created to invite you to do something about the very real and heartbreaking issue of violence against women. They were designed for the sake of shock value, and shock value only. By publishing it in the beauty section of a magazine – a section that exists to give the reader an aesthetic ideal to aspire to – what kind of message are they sending?
In the last few years we've seen advertisements and magazine editorials glorifying images of women being strangled, as corpses, dead in car boots, with nooses around their necks and in gang rape situations. This usually followed by claims of it being "art" or to "make a statement." Whatever you try to disguise it as, the constant bombardment of violent imagery with women as its main focus is an appalling credit to the fashion and beauty industry; especially as it is an industry that is for the most part, still dominated by women.
But soon they will have exhausted every means possible to shock us and grab our attention, and then what will they be left with? Nothing but an empty jar of eyeshadow and the bad taste of moral redundancy in their mouths.
Jane, 23, is nearing the end of her Media degree at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, and describes herself as "passionate about communicating with teenagers and young women about the importance of self-respect and a healthy body image".
See also: 'Violence against women is endemic to our sick culture', Melinda Tankard Reist


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By Mean Asian Girl
I'm a friend, neighbor and grad-school classmate of Kate's, but while I'm a faithful reader, I'm not much of a commenter. Every once in a while, however, here is a post that resonates with me to the point that I really have to say something. This was one of them.
Me and everybody else, right? So why do I get my own special guest post — a year late, no less? For starters, read that first part again. But secondly, and more importantly, as someone who has spent a lifetime passing for thin-to-average – and I say passing because, for what it's worth, I weigh much more than people think I do — my perspective on the issue of self-acceptance is a little different.
First, a little background: as the name indicates, I am Asian-American, specifically Korean-American, and both my parents were immigrants. I grew up in a small city in the greater Detroit area that for most of my childhood was about 70 percent white, 29 percent black, the Gonzaleses, the Yamauchis and us. The Yamauchi girls each graduated high school in three years – partly because they were smart, but I think mostly because they were not enjoying high school so much that they really needed to stick around for prom. Let's just say that while our community was diverse, it wasn't exactly multicultural.
I hated myself for being Asian. I hated having a weird name. I hated having parents who ate kimchi and pronounced things funny. I hated my black hair and my bowl haircut.* I, who was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, hated being asked "Where are you from?" or "What are you?" In kindergarten, I drew pictures of myself with blue eyes and blond hair.
Since self-hatred is a pretty difficult concept for a five-year-old to grasp, I boiled down all of these feelings into an intense dislike of one feature: my eyes. They were the problem. If I had different eyes, life would be better. I'd be pretty. I'd be popular. At the very least, I figured, kids on the playground would no longer be able to make fun of me by pulling their eyes into slants and pretending to spout "Chinese" gibberish. What I really meant was, if I had different eyes, kids wouldn't be mean to me.
I was lucky. I got older, I got smarter, I got nicer friends. And unlike the Yamauchis, I had a pretty good time in high school. I got good grades. I participated in various activities I enjoyed. I had male friends – I was especially popular when it came time to study for exams – who would occasionally turn to me for a sympathetic ear about how some girl wasn't interested in them. But I, the weird kid, the "Chinese" girl, was clearly not date material.
I graduated from high school in 1986, well before the archetype of the "hot Asian chick." There was no Lucy Liu. There was no … well, damn. I guess even today there aren't a lot of specific "hot Asian chicks" who capture the collective imagination. But back then it was Farrah Fawcett, Christie Brinkley and the like. Needless to say, I fell very, very far outside that ideal.
And sure, maybe it wasn't all about race. But honestly? I think part of it was. Again, this was long before we had a biracial president. I knew very few black-white couples, let alone white-Asian or black-Asian. It was not for nothing that I had to mark "Other" for the racial-ethnic category on standardized tests.
While I was smart enough to recognize that anyone who would refuse to be my friend simply because I was Asian was a racist asshole not worthy of me, I was incapable of applying the same logic to boys I was interested in. Clearly, it wasn't their attitudes that needed to change. I mean, we all knew Asian girls just weren't as attractive, right? With the eyes and all?
It was around this time that I found out there was surgery to de-slant eyes. Heavenly choirs started singing, people. I'd have this surgery, and I'd be pretty. It was so simple.
But of course, it wasn't. My "Fantasy of Being White" wasn't exactly the same as the "Fantasy of Being Thin." Even if I could change all of my physical features**, I would've had to change my name and my family members and make up an entirely new cultural background for myself. Not that that wasn't tempting at times.
Ultimately, I started to question what my fantasy really was, and what was driving it. Did I really want to be white, or at least non-Asian? Or did I just want people to like me? Was it worth it if they liked a version of me that had been doctored significantly to meet some cultural standard of beauty?
Those of us who are fat, or use a wheelchair, or have teeth that aren't white, or skin that isn't either, or slanted eyes, or hair where we shouldn't, or not enough hair where we should, or a variety of other characteristics or combinations thereof, would have to do a lot of erasing and adding and subtracting to reach some kind of beauty ideal. If we don't, or sometimes even if we do, at some point someone in this society will tell us we're ugly. We hear it enough and we start to believe it. That sucks, and it's hard to overcome. Despite my own efforts, I certainly haven't managed to do it. But self-hatred is a lot of work, too.
What I have managed to do is find friends, a husband, a career – a couple of careers, actually – and some happiness here and there "despite" having slanted eyes. I also have a daughter – she's "Whasian," so her eyes aren't totally slanted – whom I hope to raise with slightly more self-esteem than I had or have.
It would be a great world if we all loved ourselves as we are. But if we don't, or we can't, we can at least be aware that the version of ourselves that we're so eager to change is worth a second look.
*I am willing to embrace the various physical and cultural attributes of my ethnicity, but I draw the line at the bowl cut, which I think to some extent is some westerner's idea of what Asian children should look like. So long as I have control over my daughter's hair, I will have eyelid surgery before I allow her to get a bowl cut.
**Fay Weldon has a great book about a woman – not Asian, but fat, actually – who did exactly that.


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Do you LOVE the little plastic 'break-apart' Easter eggs that are around this time of year? For my Australian blog friends - you can buy the ones I did at The Reject Shop for just a tiny $2!
If you have not seen these eggs, they break in half, so that you can fill them up with Easter treats!
Use them in your classroom math and literacy centers, but putting content cards in them that can be sorted and matched. Put cards in each egg, and then pop all the eggs in a lovely Easter basket, for your students to select from.
The file I have created includes some basic number and letter cards, and some cvc word cards. I have included a worksheet for students to record their findings and also a blank set of cards for you to create some content-appropriate cards for your particular class.
Get some more "egg-cellent" ideas over at the Linky Party of the 'Sharing Kindergarten' blog :)


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Mega-millionaire, 79, admits offshore tax evasion
A Palm Beach heiress and charity benefactor pleaded guilty Tuesday to using foreign bank accounts to hide more than $43 million from the IRS in one of the largest cases in the continuing U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion.
Mary Estelle Curran, 79, will pay nearly $21.7 million in penalties after admitting she filed two years of false tax returns. She failed to disclose her Switzerland and Liechtenstein accounts on federal tax returns from 2001 to 2007, according to a Justice Department announcement.
Curran faces a maximum six-year prison term at a scheduled March 29 sentencing, though a plea agreement filed in court suggested that the applicable guideline level in her case would be 30 months to 37 months.
She must also file amended federal tax returns for 2001 through 2007 and pay $667,716 in overdue taxes, plus interest and penalties.
"U.S. citizens who seek to avoid their tax obligations by hiding income in undeclared bank accounts abroad should by now be fully on notice that they will be held accountable for their actions, both civilly and criminally," said U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer of Florida's Southern District.
The guilty plea and prospect of prison time come in sharp contrast with Curran's life in a five-bedroom, six-bathroom Palm Beach family home, which Realtor.com estimates is worth more than $3 million.
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Additionally, a 2011 report in the Palm Beach Daily News shows Curran has given years of support and service to Opportunity Inc. Early Childhood Center, which provides education to children of needy families. She also has been a supporter of the Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults, a 2010 Palm Beach Daily News report shows.
Curran's attorney, Roy Black, famed for his successful defense of William Kennedy Smith on rape charges in Palm Beach, did not respond to a phone message seeking comment.
Curran is the latest of dozens of offshore banking clients snared in the offshore tax-evasion crackdown launched by the Justice Department and IRS in 2008. She inherited the offshore accounts from her husband, Mortimer. He died in 2000, according to a statement of facts filed Tuesday in her court case.
Court records show some of her assets were held in the names of offshore firms at UBS, a Swiss banking giant that in 2009 agreed to a $780 million settlement of federal criminal charges that it had helped wealthy American clients evade taxes.
In 2008, fiduciaries managing Curran's financial affairs closed the UBS accounts and transferred the assets to a Liechtenstein bank under a corporate name, the court records show.


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Mayor Kevin Johnson and NBA Commissioner David Stern received some of the loudest ovations and fireworks. Johnson looked back to the beginning of the year when the Kings' previous owners accepted a Seattle group's offer to buy the team.
"I think all of us thought it might be a done deal," said Johnson. "But the tenacity of this community, the fighting spirit, we went back down. We went into the back room and came up with a game plan. We called it "Play to Win" and we believed and here we are."
Stern received a key to the city.
"We've had the best fans in the NBA here," Stern said. "They've been supporting us for 28 years. And I was here at the opening in 1985 and I'm glad to be here for, in effect, a new beginning."
Once inside, Stern, fans and politicians got to see a lot of changes.
Kings President Chris Granger says the team is just getting started.
"We created a new media lounge," Granger said. "We created a new room for the players' families to relax in during the game, we've installed new wi-fi antennas throughout the building, we have new cellular antennas, and then finally, we've partnered with the Disney Institute to help from a customer service standpoint."
There is also a new smart phone app. New owner Vivek Ranadive's son, Andre says one of the minority owners had a request that's sure to cause flashbacks for fellow minority owner Shaquille O'Neal.
"He wanted to have a cowbell inside of the app," said the younger Ranadive. "Cowbells were huge especially in 2002. I'm sure Shaq heard a couple of them. And, so you can actually wave it with the motion of your hand."
A sellout crowd was greeted with a purple shirt at each seat. Down on the floor, there's a new logo. There are also fewer courtside tables and more seats for all of the new minority owners. The visiting Denver Nuggets likely noticed the new visitor's locker room which now has actual lockers instead of hooks on the wall.
Out in the concourse, Arek Firman wore a blue and white wig to the game and liked the new touches including fresh paint and a new scoreboard.
"Oh it means a lot," said Firman. "It means the ownership group -they want to actually improve this instead of keeping it on a shoestring budget until they can pass on, move on to better things. This ownership group is here to stay. And the people know. You can feel it in the air. "
He also liked the new selection of beer, located near the new farm to fork vendors. The new chicken sandwiches were so popular, one vendor ran out of chicken before the game even started. Michael Petersen didn't seem to mind substituting pulled pork.
"Beats a hot dog, that's for sure," said Petersen.
As fans took their seats, usher Ophie Garcia thought about how different it is working for the team's new owners.
"To me it's like you're ready to go at it when you get here -before you even get here," Garcia said. "I looked forward to it. I got ready earlier today just to be here early."
The elder Ranadive took to the court with a microphone shortly before the game began. "I have just one thing to say to all of you," said Ranadive. "And lets never forget that one thing. This is your team and it's here to stay!"
The ushers and security guards received new uniforms this year to replace the ones with holes some of them wore last year.
But the most obvious "new" thing was the vibe at Sleep Train Arena. The threat of losing the team is gone. And the fans made no effort to contain themselves as Kings Center Demarcus Cousins welcomed the crowd.
"I just wanted to say on behalf of myself and the Kings organization, welcome to a new era of Kings basketball," said Cousins.
The new era was witnessed by a sellout crowd in Sacramento and for the first time on TV in India, by many who heard some familiar music during the game.
The game itself was nail-biter. After seven straight losing seasons, the Kings started this one with a win, 90-88.


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boondoggle / woggle
This term meaning a useless task or wasteful endeavor is of uncertain origin, although it is probably related to the word woggle, a term for a Boy Scout's neckerchief fastener. Boondoggle shares this meaning of a neckerchief fastener or slide in Boy Scout circles and this is likely the original sense of the word.
Woggle makes its appearance in 1923 among scouts in Britain. From The Scout, 9 June 1923:
Wear a scarf woggle.
Robert Baden-Powell uses woggle in his 1929 edition of Scouting for Boys, where the 1928 edition had used ring. Some claim that woggle was coined in imitation of the American boondoggle, although the American term is not attested to until a few years later.1 An alternative explanation is that woggle is related to toggle, the original meaning of which is a pin used to keep a rope in place on shipboard. This sense of toggle dates to the mid-18th century.2
American scoutmaster, Robert Link of Rochester, NY, claimed to have coined boondoggle as a nickname for his son c.1925. Link said he applied the word boondoggle to a neckerchief slide in 1929. Link's claim, however, is not substantiated by evidence other than the dates being consistent with known usage. While it may be true, we cannot know for sure. He first made the claim of coinage in 1935, after the term had gained widespread use.
The earliest known appearance of boondoggle in print is from Punch, 14 August 1929:
THE CHIEF SCOUT has recently been presented by the University of Liverpool with a Degree, and by the scouts of America with a boondoggle. Of the two, I think I should prefer the boondoggle. Great as is the honour conferred by the Seat of Learning, there is a homely flavour about the other gift which touches the heart even more.
"Boondoggle." It is a word to conjure with, to roll around the tongue; an expressive word to set the fancy moving in strange and comforting channels; and it rhymes with "goggle," "boggle," and "woggle." three of the most lighthearted words in the English language.
It sounds like the crooning of a mother to her child; like the bubbling of a brook to a thirsty traveller [sic]; above all, it sounds like forty-two nations extracting fifty thousand brace of cheerful feet from the particular brand of mud enjoyed at Arrow Park.
When you ask the American Scouts about the boondoggle they slowly move their gum from one cheek to the other before they answer. And it is like that too.3
The word first appears in the American Press in the New York Times on 4 April 1935:
"Boon doggles" is simply a term applied back in the pioneer days to what we call gadgets today.
A 4 October 1935 citation from the Chicago Tribune explains how the sense shifted from gadget to wasteful effort:
To the cowboy it meant the making of saddle trappings out of odds and ends of leather, and they boondoggled when there was nothing else to do on the ranch.4
Despite what these citations say, there is no evidence that boondoggle had any currency among cowboys or on the American frontier. The term's origin is probably in Boy Scout circles in the 1920s and the cowboy explanation was invented to explain the term and give it some panache.
1935 saw an explosion in use of the term and the modern senses, both noun and verb, to mean a wasteful effort. That year also saw the appearance of variant forms like boondoogler and boondoogling. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes wrote in his diary in that year:
I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works, while Hopkins is for what has come to be known as boondoggling.5
It is likely that the rapid growth of the federal government during the New Deal years, along with the waste that attends such government projects, created a need that this word filled nicely.
1"The Origins of the Woggle,"Feb 2008, Scout Information Centre, accessed 29 Dec 2008 <http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145003.pdf>.
2Oxford English Dictionary, toggle, n., 2nd Edition, 1989, Oxford University Press, accessed 29 Dec 2008 <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50253864>.
3Stephen Goranson, "Boondoggle (1929)," American Dialect Society Mailing List, 1 Sep 2007.
4Historical Dictionary of American Slang, v. 1, A-G, edited by Jonathan Lighter (New York: Random House, 1994), 240.
5OED2, boondoggle, n. and v., <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50025134>.
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The Trailblazer Transit Joint Powers Board had a look at the preliminary 2013 budget Thursday morning, but with a caution from Director Gary Ludwig — it could change based on the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) own budget.
"Trailblazer will finalize its budget after MnDOT establishes its funding levels," said Ludwig.
MnDOT provides funding of up to 80 percent for two of Trailblazer's programs.
The Glencoe Planning and Industrial Commission met last Thursday and swore in its newest member, Wes Olson.
Olson replaces Robert Senst, who resigned earlier this summer.
The only other item on the agenda was a variance request by Jason and Alicia Zehnder to build a garage on their property on Vernon Lane in Glenview Woods.
The variance is for a 26-by-26-foot garage that juts too far into the sideyard setback, which by ordinance is five feet. The request is for a three-foot variance from the ordinance requirement.
Justin and Brittney Wawrzyniak of Silver Lake announce the birth of their daughter, Macie Lynn, on Sept. 18, 2012, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Macie weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Her older brother is Jeremiah. Grandparents are Kyle and Jeanna Wawrzyniak of Silver Lake, Lisa Wawrzyniak of Hutchinson and Myron and Sherrie Kimber of Bertha.
Jason and Jodi Kuehn of Howard Lake announce the birth of their son, Bennett Gregory, on Sept. 7, 2012, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. Bennett weighed 8 pounds and was 19 inches long. His older brother is Cooper. Grandparents are Greg and Michele Miller of Plato and Dave and Allyson Kuehn of Waconia. Great-grandparents are Bernice Breyer of Glencoe and Ken and Mary Kuehn of Underwood.
A memorial service for Timothy T. Straub, 71, of Black Hawk, S.D., will be held Saturday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m., at the Ney Nature Center east of Henderson.
Visitation will be at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur on Friday, Oct. 5, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and one hour prior to the services at the Ney Nature Center.
Mr. Straub died unexpectedly Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, in Navarre Province, Spain, while on an archaeological dig.
Mr. Straub was born Nov. 16, 1940, in St. Peter, to Harold and Catherine-Lynch Straub. He graduated from Le Sueur High School in 1958.
Will passing the marriage amendment, or the voter ID amendment for that matter, improve the economy, create more jobs or get more people back to work in Minnesota? Will passing either of these amendments make the state's budget balance? Will it improve our roads, bridges and highways? Will it make our schools better and our children better educated?
If the answer is no, perhaps you should seriously consider rejecting both of these amendments this fall.
Glencoe City Council has spoken, and as of Nov. 1 there will be no on-street parking in the community between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. until April 1. And there will be no on-street parking on city streets during snow removal until the streets are cleared curb-to-curb, even if that comes after 6 a.m.
You have been warned. No excuses.
City Council gave its third and final reading to the "snowbird" ordinance amendment last week, but on a 3-2 vote. So not all were in agreement on this cantankerous issue.
Teddy Roosevelt said: "Speak softly, but carry a big stick."
Ronald Reagan sent bombers over Libya to let them know that if they killed Americans, there were consequences.
From our days on the school playgrounds, we knew the best way to deal with a bully was to hit him in the belly — hard —and that got his attention.
In 1938, Britain and France attempted to give in to the Nazis and Socialists. They sought "peace in our time," but instead ended up in the greatest war of all time.
To the Editor:
Noting the silence of Collin Peterson on his support for abortion in America, Craig Bishop, Congressional District 7 chairman, issued the following statement:
When considering the pro-life issue in the November election, please vote for Lee Byberg instead of U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., for the following reasons.
Gerald Nutter, 49, of Stewart, died on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Funeral Service will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stewart.
Visitation will be Wednesday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stewart.
Arrangements are with the Hughes-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Stewart.
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Final Fantasy XIII, which was previously an PS3 exclusive in Japan, is coming to the country's Xbox 360 console. Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has been catching all kinds of hell from Japanese gamers for the decision.
Square Enix and the game's staffers had been saying definitively for years that Final Fantasy XIII was only going to be released on the PS3 in Japan.
Some Japanese Twitter users have been expressing disbelief via messages sent to Wada's account, @yoichiw. Others have been far more vicious, calling him a liar, a money grubber and treacherous.
While some said they would not buy the Xbox 360 version, others have been questioning how Square Enix runs its business.
Square Enix did say over and over again that Final Fantasy XIII would only be available on the PS3 in Japan. That doesn't seem to be the case any more.
Update: While the vast majority of tweets seem relatively innocuous, there are a couple in which people are saying that they hope Wada gets injured, stabbed or, even, killed.
【裏切りましたね?】Xbox360版『FF13』発売決定で非難の声が殺到!? [オレ的ゲーム速報@刃]


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Four gang members have been charged with beating a Cicero man to death after one accused him of breaking a bottle on the floor at a party they were all attending, authorities said.
Peter Ocampo, 28, of the 3500 block of South 57th Court in the west suburb, was declared dead outside an apartment building in the 2500 block of South Central Avenue at 5:07 a.m. on Saturday, according to Cicero police.
Erik Noriega, 29, Jose Escobar, 20, Erik Naves, 23 and Juan Galvez, 19, were all ordered held without bail today in a hearing before Cook County Maybrook Court Judge Thomas Tucker, said Cook County state's attorney's spokesman Andrew Conklin.
The evening started with Ocampo attending a birthday party for a gang member he knew at the apartment building, prosecutors said. He had been invited, brought a bottle of alcohol and was there for a few hours and was sitting at a kitchen table with Noriega and the three others when Noriega began arguing with Ocampo about his breaking a bottle on the floor, prosecutors said.
Noriega began beating Ocampo in the head with a bottle, and the four dragged Ocampo outside, where all of them beat him, while they "chastised and belittled him," Conklin said. At least one of the four men took Ocampo's wallet, phone and cash, prosecutors said.
Ocampo was left bleeding in the apartment building's parking lot, Conklin said.
Police were called to the apartment building about 4:45 a.m. Saturday after a resident of the apartment building noticed a man lying in the parking lot.
Police cordoned off the scene and took Noriega, of the 1000 block of Leawood Drive in Joliet, and Galvez, of the 5500 block of West 22nd Place in Cicero, into custody at the apartment where the party took place, about two hours after Ocampo was declared dead at 5:07 a.m., according to arrest records.
Police arrested Naves, of the 2200 block of South Austin Avenue in Cicero, and Escobar, of the 2500 block of Kenilworth Avenue in Berwyn, about 12 hours after the beating took place.
The Cook County medical examiner's office determined Ocampo died from injuries suffered in a beating in a homicide. Charges were approved by the Cook County state's attorney's office late Monday.
"The Cicero police worked hard as they always do to identify the suspects involved in this attack," said Cicero spokesman Ray Hanania. "In this case, they were able to quickly identify four individuals who are associated with a street gang and who have now each been charged with … the tragic killing."
The four were scheduled to appear again in court on Dec. 4.
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Budget hearing Thursday at Greendale High School
On the eve of a crucial public hearing on the state budget, Milwaukee's police chief attacked the governor's plans to lift residency requirements for city workers.
Gov. Scott Walker has proposed lifting the residency rules statewide in his budget.
Chief Ed Flynn said the measure would hurt the middle class in Milwaukee and said the measure has nothing to do with the budget and everything to do with the last election.
"This has nothing to do with state budget. It is not a budgetary issue. It's a local governance issue. There is no compelling state interest at stake. It's foolish to impose this on," Flynn said. "There are other ways to pay back the mayor for having the temerity to run for governor. You don't have to attack the viability of your central city."
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