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- What We Do
- Midwest Endangered Species
- Candidate Conservation
- Listing
- Recovery
- Section 7 Consultation
- Permits
- Habitat Conservation Plans
- Grants
- Endangered Species Act
- Glossary
- Listed Plants and Animals
- Featured Species
- All Midwest Listed Species
- State and County Lists
- Species of Concern
- Extinct Species
- Fact Sheets
Endangered Species Program
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species program is conserving and restoring threatened and endangered species and their ecosystems.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in the Midwest
The Midwest Region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Find a location near you »
Mitchell's Satyr
Fact Sheet
The Mitchell's satyr is an endangered species. Endangered species are animals and plants that are in danger of becoming extinct. Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species is the primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program.
What is the Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly?
Scientific Name - Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii
Appearance - This butterfly is medium sized (1 3/4inch wingspan) butterfly with an overall rich brown color. A distinctive series of orange-ringed black circular eyespots with silvery centers are located on the lower surfaces of both pairs of wings.
Range - The Mitchell's satyr butterfly is one of the most geographically restricted eastern butterflies. Historically, the Mitchell's satyr was found in New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and possibly Maryland. Today, the butterfly can be found in only 13 locations in Michigan and 2 locations in Indiana.
Habitat - The Mitchell's satyr is restricted to rare wetlands called fens which are low nutrient systems that receive carbonate-rich ground water from seeps and springs.
Reproduction - Little is known about the Mitchell's satyr's three life stages. The eggs are probably laid on the young leaves of low, tender plants. Eggs hatch into caterpillars (larvae) in about a week. The caterpillar grows throughout the year, shedding its skin many times. The fourth stage caterpillar hibernates under the snow to later emerge in the spring and resume its development. The caterpillar finally makes a cocoon and then emerges as an adult butterfly. The adults live only two weeks.
Feeding Habits - Caterpillars feed on one or more species of grass-like plants called sedges. Adults may never eat or drink.
Why Is The Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly Endangered?
Habitat Loss and Degradation - The greatest threat to the Mitchell's satyr is habitat destruction. Most of the wetland habitat that this butterfly depends on for survival has been drained and filled to make way for urban and agricultural development. Also, invasion from exotic weeds threaten the fens on which the butterflies depend.
Pesticides and other Pollutants - Contamination of fen wetlands by pesticides, fertilizer, and nutrient runoff from adjacent agriculture, including livestock production, poses a threat to the butterfly's habitat.
Butterfly Collectors - It is believed that some populations of the Mitchell's satyr were eliminated by butterfly collectors. Because butterfly numbers are so low, the collection of even a few individuals could harm the butterfly population. Collection is illegal without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
What Is Being Done to Prevent Extinction Of The Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly?
Listing - The Mitchell's satyr was added to the U.S. List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants on June 25, 1991. It is illegal to harm, harass, collect, or kill the butterfly without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Recovery Plan - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has created a recovery plan that describes actions needed to help the butterfly survive, and enable it to be taken off the Endangered Species List.
Research - Researchers are studying the Mitchell's satyr to find the best way to manage for the butterfly and its habitat.
Habitat Protection - On State, County, and private lands, the butterfly's habitat is being managed and protected. Many other kinds of plants and animals will also benefit from protection of the butterfly's habitat.
Public Education - Public education programs are being developed to raise awareness of the butterfly's plight.
What Can I Do to Help Prevent the Extinction of Species?
Learn - Learn more about the Mitchell's satyr and other endangered and threatened species. Understand how the destruction of habitat leads to loss of endangered and threatened species and our nation's plant and animal diversity. Tell others about what you have learned.
Write - Write to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or your state fish and game agency to learn more about endangered and threatened species.
Join - Join a conservation group; many have local chapters.
Protect - Ensure your actions protect endangered species and their habitat, in the places you visit and live.
Fact Sheet Updated January 22, 1999
- What We Do
- Midwest Endangered Species
- Candidate Conservation
- Listing
- Recovery
- Section 7 Consultation
- Permits
- Habitat Conservation Plans
- Grants
- Endangered Species Act
- Glossary
- Listed Plants and Animals
- Featured Species
- All Midwest Listed Species
- State and County Lists
- Species of Concern
- Extinct Species
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Roasted greek lamb
Photo by Elizabeth Clarkson
Be transported to the Mediterranean with this simple yet delicious lamb roast.
|Racks of lamb
|3 Tbsp
|Red wine vinegar
|3 Tbsp
|Coriander seeds
|2 Tbsp
|Fresh rosemary
|½ Tbsp
|Ground black pepper
|1 to taste
|Sea salt
|4 Tbsp
|Extra virgin olive oil
|100 ml
|Red wine
- Use 2 small racks of lamb (or lamb shoulder or top rump enough to serve 4-6 people). Trim surplus fat from the lamb and pierce the skin with a series of little holes. Rub the lamb all over with the vinegar.
- Crush the coriander seeds in a mortar and pestle. Make a marinade by whisking together the crushed seeds, chopped rosemary, pepper, salt, and the zest and juice of 1 lemon. Rub the marinade over the lamb, then refrigerate overnight or stand at room temperature for 3-4 hours.
- Heat the oven to 200C. Take the lamb from the marinade, pat dry and coat with the oil. Place the lamb and the remaining marinade in an oven dish to cook. After 15 minutes, turn, reduce the temperature to 180C and roast for 15-20 minutes, basting the lamb occasionally with the pan juices.
- Remove the lamb from the dish, then cover with foil for up to 15 minutes while you make a sauce.
- Loosen the pan residues, then stir in the wine while rubbing the scrapings on the bottom of the pan so they dissolve. Let the sauce bubble up a little, then leave it to simmer gently while you slice the lamb.
- To serve, place the sliced lamb on a heated serving plate, squeeze the juice of the remaining lemon over, drizzle with sauce and decorate with extra sprigs of rosemary.

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NWChem is a computational quantum chemistry package that is designed to run on high-performance parallel supercomputers as well as conventional workstation clusters. It aims to be scalable both in its ability to treat large problems efficiently, and in its usage of available parallel computing resources.
Versions and Availability
Softenv Keys for nwchem on supermike2
|Softenv Key
▶ Softenv FAQ?
The information here is applicable to LSU HPC and LONI systems.
A user may choose between using /bin/bash and /bin/tcsh. Details about each shell follows.
System resource file: /etc/profile
When one access the shell, the following user files are read in if they exist (in order):
- ~/.bash_profile (anything sent to STDOUT or STDERR will cause things like rsync to break)
- ~/.bashrc (interactive login only)
- ~/.profile
When a user logs out of an interactive session, the file ~/.bash_logout is executed if it exists.
The default value of the environmental variable, PATH, is set automatically using SoftEnv. See below for more information.
The file ~/.cshrc is used to customize the user's environment if his login shell is /bin/tcsh.
SoftEnv is a utility that is supposed to help users manage complex user environments with potentially conflicting application versions and libraries.
System Default Path
When a user logs in, the system /etc/profile or /etc/csh.cshrc (depending on login shell, and mirrored from csm:/cfmroot/etc/profile) calls /usr/local/packages/softenv-1.6.2/bin/use.softenv.sh to set up the default path via the SoftEnv database.
SoftEnv looks for a user's ~/.soft file and updates the variables and paths accordingly.
Viewing Available Packages
The command softenv will provide a list of available packages. The listing will look something like:
$ softenv These are the macros available: * @default These are the keywords explicitly available: +amber-8 Applications: 'Amber', version: 8 Amber is a +apache-ant-1.6.5 Ant, Java based XML make system version: 1.6. +charm-5.9 Applications: 'Charm++', version: 5.9 Charm++ +default this is the default environment...nukes /etc/ +essl-4.2 Libraries: 'ESSL', version: 4.2 ESSL is a sta +gaussian-03 Applications: 'Gaussian', version: 03 Gaussia ... some stuff deleted ...
Managing SoftEnv
The file ~/.soft in the user's home directory is where the different packages are managed. Add the +keyword into your .soft file. For instance, ff one wants to add the Amber Molecular Dynamics package into their environment, the end of the .soft file should look like this:
To update the environment after modifying this file, one simply uses the resoft command:
% resoft
The command soft can be used to manipulate the environment from the command line. It takes the form:
$ soft add/delete +keyword
Using this method of adding or removing keywords requires the user to pay attention to possible order dependencies. That is, best results require the user to remove keywords in the reverse order in which they were added. It is handy to test out individual keys, but can lead to trouble if changing multiple keys. Changing the .soft file and issuing the resoft is the recommended way of dealing with multiple changes.
For clusters using softenv, you will need to add the keys to your software environment for
both NWChem, and the MPI library used with it. For instance, if
you use
+nwchem-6.1-intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1, make sure
you also include
+mvapich-1.1-intel-11.1 in your
.soft file.
▶ Open Example?
#!/bin/sh # #PBS -A <your allocation> #PBS -q checkpt #PBS -M <your email> #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=8 #PBS -l walltime=HH:MM:SS #PBS -V #PBS -o <standard output filename> #PBS -e <standard error filename> #PBS -N NAME export EXEC=nwchem export EXEC_DIR=/usr/local/packages/nwchem/6.1/intel-11.1-mvapich-1.1/bin/LINUX64 export WORK_DIR=$PBS_O_WORKDIR export INPUT=$WORK_DIR/h2o.nw export OUTPUT=$WORK_DIR/h2o.nwo export NPROCS=`wc -l $PBS_NODEFILE |gawk '//{print $1}'` cd $WORK_DIR mpirun -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE -np $NPROCS $EXEC_DIR/$EXEC $INPUT > $OUTPUT
For clusters using module, you will need to load the module key to your software environment. For instance,
module load nwchem/6.3/INTEL-140-MVAPICH2-2.0, you will also need to create a ~/.nwchemrc file in
your home directory for nwchem to load the necessary environmental variables,
you can simply copy example nwchemrc file from nwchem installation directory(e.g.
▶ Open Example?
#!/bin/sh # #PBS -A <your allocation> #PBS -q checkpt #PBS -M <your email> #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=20 #PBS -l walltime=HH:MM:SS #PBS -V #PBS -o <standard output filename> #PBS -e <standard error filename> #PBS -N NAME export EXEC=nwchem export EXEC_DIR=/usr/local/packages/nwchem/6.3/INTEL-140-MVAPICH2-2.0/bin export WORK_DIR=$PBS_O_WORKDIR export INPUT=$WORK_DIR/h2o.nw export OUTPUT=$WORK_DIR/h2o.nwo export NPROCS=`wc -l $PBS_NODEFILE |gawk '//{print $1}'` cd $WORK_DIR mpirun -machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE -np $NPROCS $EXEC_DIR/$EXEC $INPUT > $OUTPUT
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PARIS — Europe's Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rocket on Wednesday successfully launched telecommunications satellites for use by the British and Mexican governments in the rocket's seventh and final campaign for 2012.
It was the 53rd consecutive success for Ariane 5, which has now gone 10 years without a failure.
The operators of the two satellites — the British Skynet 5D and the Mexsat Bicentenario — reported that both were sending signals and healthy in geostationary transfer orbit after separating from the Ariane 5 ECA upper stage.
The launch enabled the Evry, France-based Arianespace launch consortium to meet its goal of conducting 10 flights in 2012 — seven Ariane 5s, two Europeanized Soyuz vehicles and the inaugural flight of Europe's Vega small-satellite launcher — from Europe's Guiana Space Center spaceport on the northeast coast of South America.
Arianespace and European government officials hope that spreading the fixed spaceport costs over three vehicles in the coming years, coupled with upgrades expected for both Ariane 5 and Vega, will enable Arianespace to eke out a profit with a diminishing amount of annual government operating-cost support payments. [ Photos: Amazing Night Launch of Ariane 5 ]
Ariane 5 ECA's inability to generate a steady profit despite its decade of success and the fact that its direct competitors in the global commercial market have struggled in the past couple of years speaks volumes about the market's business model, European government and industry officials say.
The Wednesday launch carried satellites ordered by commercial companies acting on behalf of government customers.
The Skynet 5D, built by Astrium Satellites under a contract with sister company Astrium Services, will be tested in orbit at 25 degrees east before moving to its operating slot at 53 degrees east in geostationary orbit.
The 4,800-kilogram Skynet 5D is the fourth, and likely the last, Skynet 5 satellite ordered under a 20-year partnership between the British Defense Ministry and Astrium Services. The contract runs to 2022, after which the ownership of the Skynet satellites will transfer to the British government, which will then likely organize a fresh competition for satellite services.
Astrium Services provides Skynet bandwidth to NATO and individual NATO governments in addition to its guaranteed service to British defense forces.
Riding in the lower position on the Ariane 5 ECA rocket was the Mexsat Bicentenario satellite, which will be used by the Mexican government to provide fixed telecommunications and Internet services to Mexican communications that are not attached to the country's communications grid.
The 3,000-kilogram Mexsat, carrying eight Ku- and eight C-band transponders, was built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., under contract to Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems of El Segundo, Calif.
The Mexican government in 2010 selected Boeing to provide the three-satellite Mexsat system under a $1 billion contract that includes two large Boeing-built mobile communications satellites, set for launch in 2013 and 2014, and the smaller Bicentenario spacecraft.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
The U.S. Export-Import Bank provided $922 million in loans to support the financing of the three satellites' construction by the two U.S. manufacturers.
Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico's secretary of communications and transport, which manages the Mexsat program, said the total Mexsat budget is around $1.6 billion. He said after the launch that the Mexican government is committed to delivering Internet access to all its citizens, and that Mexsat is central to that effort.
This story was provided bySpace News, dedicated to covering all aspects of the space industry.
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|July 21, 2009 05:30 PM EDT
Bernie Borges' new book: Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyers through Social Media Marketing. Bernie's book aims to give a macro view of social media marketing with a focus on "what it is" and "how" small and medium size businesses (SMB) can develop a strategy, implement it and measure results.
Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyers through Social Media Marketing covers these topics:
- Marketing 2.0
What is Web 2.0 and Social Media?
Think Like a Publisher: Content Marketing
The Lifecycle of Interaction in Social Media Marketing
Measuring Results in Social Media Marketing
Risks in Social Media Marketing
Benefits of Social Media Marketing
Case Studies - SMBs Succeding with Social Media
We have invited Bernie Borges, the author of Marketing 2.0: Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyers through Social Media Marketing to discuss his book. Bernie Borges is the Chief Find Officer of Find and Convert, an Inbound Marketing agency serving clients nationwide. Find and Convert helps companies get found on the web and build profitable relationships through search marketing and social media marketing strategies.
Bernie is a podcaster, blogger and frequent speaker on social media trends in business. Bernie is a native of New York, N.Y, and resides in Palm Harbor, Florida with family.
Bernie Borges
Blog Find and Convert Twitter BernieBay
Buyers learn to trust the sellers who engage in authentic relationships
Ambal Balakrishnan: Bernie, it is a great pleasure to discuss your Marketing 2.0 Social Media Book. Thanx for finding time out of your very busy schedule to provide your valuable insights to our readers. Tell us about what Find and Convert does?
Bernie Borges: Find and Convert is an inbound marketing agency. We create winning marketing strategies on the web for our clients through search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), social media, content marketing and web analytics. Our clients are mostly SMBs marketing on a national and some international scale. We are meticulous about measuring results that matter for our clients.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What prompted you to embark on writing Marketing 2.0 Social Media Book?
Bernie Borges: I started Find and Convert in 2002. In 2006 I started to hear about "Web 2.0." As I got involved in social networking I began to recognize the opportunities for business. But, I observed that most SMBs are very conservative in their thinking. Most clients and audiences I spoke to had interest in learning about social media but were not acting on it. I wrote this book to communicate that marketing on the social web is a mindset. Business owners and executive must first understand the mindset before they embrace the tactics comprised of blogs, social networks, Twitter, video, photos, etc. The mindset must come before the tactics.
Ambal Balakrishnan: Give us the background of how you gained an interest in Social Media Marketing?
Bernie Borges: I have been speaking on Internet marketing strategies for about five years. I enjoy speaking and use it as part of my marketing strategy to gain awareness and capture business opportunities. Around 2006 as Web 2.0 topics began to gain popularity I began speaking on them. Around 2007 the Web 2.0 topic evolved to social media. As I embraced social media, I began to speak more on it, which eventually gave me the inspiration to write a book for SMBs to help them develop a strategy for social media.
Ambal Balakrishnan: Please walk us through the book writing life-cycle. How did it evolve and its journey from concept to launch?
Bernie Borges: In December 2007 I was the keynote speaker at a breakfast event in Tampa. I spoke on Web 2.0/Social Media Marketing to an audience of about 130 executives, many of whom were CEO of SMBs. After the event I was overwhelmed by the reaction. The interest level in learning more about "social media marketing" was very high. Several people in the audience suggested I write a book. After a couple of weeks I decided to do it. I wrote the book over ten months. I conducted research to find interesting case studies. I didn't take any time off from running my agency. All the while, I shared with my social network about my book writing mostly through my blog and Twitter. Now, I'm podcasting, blogging, Tweeting and releasing a series of releases around the book. I'm also doing short videos. I'm giving away the entire book in PDF format to anyone who listens to my podcast introduction on my blog.
Recommended Resources for Marketers
Blogs & Websites
Inbound Marketing, SEO best practices by Bernie Borges
TopRank Online Marketing blog by Lee Odden
HubSpot blog by HubSpot
World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott
Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
Trust Agents by Chris Brogan
Inbound Marketing strategies by Bernie Borges
DishyMix by Susan Bratton
Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch
Ambal Balakrishnan: Who is 'Marketing 2.0 Social Media Book' addressed towards?
Bernie Borges: Good question. The primary target audience is the SMB (small/medium size business) owner and their management staff. The target reader is someone who knows something about social media, but not much about how to use it productively in his/her business. People in larger businesses who have not yet embraced social media marketing will also benefit from the book. Anyone who doesn't yet understand how we got here and where we are, and the risks of not adopting a mindset for social media marketing will benefit from the book.
Ambal Balakrishnan: How is the marketing landscape different than what it was a decade back?
Bernie Borges: The marketing landscape a decade ago is different today but not as different than it will be in another decade. I believe we are in a transition period. I reference this in the book. In the past several decades sellers have marketed to buyers using interruptive techniques. Buyers had no choice but to deal with unwanted cold calls and advertisements. Now, buyers have filters. Even the commuter on a busy train or bus can tune into her iPod and tune out all the billboard ads. My caller ID blocks unwanted calls. My satellite radio has no ads. My Tivo allows me to skip all the commercials Etc. The buyer is in control now. In another decade sellers will realize that few of these traditional marketing techniques work anymore. Delivering great content to buyers and engaging buyers collaboratively is the new marketing. But, we are still in the early stages of this transition. It will take another five or ten years for sellers to fully grasp this paradigm shift.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What are the benefits and risks of Social Media Marketing?
Bernie Borges: The benefits are that buyers learn to trust the sellers who engage in authentic relationships. The influence of people in a community is very valuable. Sellers can compete against anyone even if they are small compared to larger competitors. The wisdom of the community is so strong that the playing field is level. The risks are not doing it right or not doing it at all. Sellers who don't understand the importance of being authentic and building relationships can misuse social platforms and get negative results. Expecting quick results is risky. Measuring the wrong metrics is risky. Not measuring the value of relationships is risky. The biggest risk is what I call social media abstinence.
Bernie Borges talks about his book Marketing 2.0
Ambal Balakrishnan: Give us few examples of businesses that are great at Social Media Marketing?
Bernie Borges: My favorite SMB story is Indium Corp. They are a manufacturing company with a very technical product. About five years ago their Marcom director, Rick Short, began blogging. He recruited an engineer to start blogging. Eventually other engineers started blogging. Today they have ten blogs staffed by fifteen engineers. They also shoot video, most of which are entertaining. They produce so much great content that engages their buyer. As a result they have global awareness, great trust, great sales leads and great ROI. They've also eliminated many of their outdated marketing strategies like direct mail and cold calling. Another example is Epic Change, a charity focused on building schools in Tanzania for economically deprived children. They Tweet, blog and generally promote their cause on the social web. I learned of them during their Tweetsgiving fundraiser in Thanksgiving 2008. They raised $10,000 two days before Thanksgiving through Twitter. Their marketing budget is zero. It's 100% social media marketing. It's awesome! My book has several other inspiring stories of SMBs succeeding with social media marketing strategies.
Ambal Balakrishnan: How can a firm measure the ROI on dollars and time invested in Social Media Marketing?
Bernie Borges: Any business can measure social media marketing results in several ways. Some of the metrics include RSS subscribers, website visitors from social media platforms, landing pages with calls to action that are uniquely tied to certain social media. Another way to measure is the increase in incoming traffic to a website for the company name. If the sales process becomes shorter, that's a sign of increased trust. Another metric is the sentiment of the brand, the industry, their products, their staff, etc. Software tools are required to measure results coupled with logic and common sense. Some of the success metrics are qualitative too, which some businesses struggle with.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What is one change you recommend for businesses to do better in their Social Media Marketing initiatives?
Bernie Borges: To focus on building relationships. Don't expect to get sales results quickly. It's like becoming a member of an exclusive club. If you join a club and expect to get results quickly its members won't accept you. You must be authentic and engage members of the club. You must offer them reasons to trust you and want to get to know you. This is exactly the mindset that is needed to be successful in marketing on the social web. It's a mindset paradigm shift.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What are the 3 key lessons you want readers to take away from your book?
Bernie Borges: 1. Find communities on the web that you should engage. 2. Provide these communities consistently good content. 3. Focus on building relationships and trust with these communities.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What one "get started on right way" change do you recommend to the reader of your book?
Bernie Borges: Commit to spending time on the social web every day, even if you start with five minutes per day. Eventually, as comfort increases and community engagement increases more time will be spent each day. The amount of time varies for everyone. The key is to do it consistently every day and you'll start to see results.
Ambal Balakrishnan: What kind of projects are you involved in when you are not writing, blogging, speaking, or consulting with marketers?
Bernie Borges: I run my inbound marketing agency. We work with SMBs every day helping them achieve their marketing goals through the web and integrating these plans into all their marketing activities.
Ambal Balakrishnan: Bernie, thanks for taking the time to discuss your book and sharing your insights with us.
Bernie Borges: Thanks Ambal.
Bernie discusses his new book at Marketing 2.0: My New Social Media Marketing Book. Bernie warns that the biggest risk is not taking the risk at all and staying away from social media. Read his post on The Risk of Social Media Abstinence. Check out great list of Podcasts and Videos on Inbound Marketing Strategies, SEO, Social Media Marketing and more from Bernie Borges .
Over to you...
What is the one lesson from Bernie Borges' Marketing 2.0 Social Media Book you will put to use in your Content Marketing?
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United States presidential election, 1960
"I am not a crook... yet."
"If I win this thing, I want the new presidential automobile to be a convertible that will conveniently leave my head exposed and make me an easy target to any snipers we might pass by."
The United States presidential election of 1960 marked the end of the eight years of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. It pitted Republican Richard M. Nixon, who had transformed the office of Vice President from its former status as "the most boring, insignificant[1] job in the universe" into a national political base simply by giving a speech about his kids' dog, against Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, whose nomination was most certainly not the result of his father pulling strings within the Democratic Party.[2]
The Republicans nominated Richard Nixon, who had served as Vice President for eight years under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He faced little opposition; the only other person suggested was Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, and he was so far to the right that not even Barry Goldwater would trust him with the presidency.
The Democrats nominated John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a Senator from Massachusetts whose rise to power was due entirely to his political skill and personal charisma, and not, as bitter Republicans would later claim, due to the myriad connections his father, Joseph P. Kennedy had forged within the Democratic party.[3] There was much concern over Kennedy's status as a practicing Roman Catholic, because as everyone knows, all Catholics fanatically and unquestioningly follow the Pope's proclamations down to the tiniest detail. Many believed that if Kennedy were elected, America would become a puppet state of the Vatican, which meant that the Pope could then order that all the Protestants in the world be subsequently nuked.[4]
The big issue for many voters was the War on Communism. Kennedy claimed that the U.S. was losing the Cold War, because the Soviet Union's economy appeared to be growing by leaps and bounds.[5] This was summed up in the famous campaign slogan "Communism Sucks." He also reached out to the African-American community with his "Equal Rights for the Negroes (No, Really, We Mean It This Time)" campaign. He countered claims that he was "too damn liberal" to really be anti-communist by pointing out that he and Joseph McCarthy had publicly pinky-sworn to be "best friends forever."
Nixon, on the other hand, argued that the U.S. could easily win the War on Communism by getting its military-industrial complex on, and that Kennedy's scare tactics were comprised of bovine fecal matter. Furthermore, Nixon pointed while Kennedy was hanging out with McCarthy in a desperate attempt to get anti-Commie credibility, he was busy making Alger Hiss his bitch. These ideas were conveniently summed up in his campaign slogan, "Communism Blows." On the issue of race relations, Nixon had no comment, as he had never met any black people due to the fact that he was a Republican. The organizers of Nixon's campaign initially hoped to repeat the overwhelming success of Eisenhower's famous "I Like Ike" campaign, but for some reason, focus groups did not respond well to "I Lick Dick." At one point, one of Nixon's staffers suggested that the Vice President authorize the break-in of Kennedy's campaign headquarters to retrieve information that would no doubt be useful in such a close presidential race. The man was fired on the spot by a morally outraged Nixon who said, "As much as I want to win, I simply refuse to taint the office of the Presidency with such sneaky, underhanded, and downright unethical tactics."
The presidential debates held that year were simulcast on both radio and television, and the results said a great deal about how politicians would use each medium in the future. For the debates, Kennedy allowed himself to be made up for the telecast, while Nixon refused to do so, saying that Kennedy looked like "a gay clown." Also, he believed that the makeup wouldn't draw enough attention to his dignified jowls.
The opinions about who won the debates were divided. Those who saw the televised debates saw John F. Kennedy looking healthy and dynamic and oh-so-presidential, while Nixon, on the other hand, looked pale, sickly and nervous as he lost about 10% of his body weight in sweat under the klieg lights that had been set up for the television cameras; as a result, most people thought he looked like a dumbass. Those who heard it on the radio, though, heard Nixon command the debates like the badass that he is; these persons believed that Nixon won. This had major ramifications for the future of presidential debates: namely, American politicians unanimously agreed that debates would only be carried on television in the future.[6]
Election night
JFK won the popular vote by only 112,827, or 0.2% of the total votes. But that doesn't really matter, because when the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they kept several important ideas in mind, particularly that the greatest weakness of majority rule is that the majority has a tendency to be made up of stupid people.[7] That's why they created the electoral college — so that the election of the world's most powerful ruler could be done in an orderly, civilized manner.
Unfortunately for the Founding Fathers' good intentions, the electoral college in 1960 was, to put it simply, totally fucked up. The 1960 electoral college was so dysfunctional that it makes the 2000 electoral college look like nothing more than an attention-seeking drama queen by comparison.
Many Democrats in the South weren't very happy with Kennedy's controversial "Black people are human beings who should be allowed to keep their dignity" platform. As a result, Mississippi's Democratic electors decided to cast their vote for Senator Henry Flood Byrd of Virginia, who was presumably racist like sensible politicians were supposed to be. Alabama, in turn, allowed 6 of its Democratic electors to vote for Byrd as well, presumably because they wanted Mississippi to think they were cool. And for some reason a Republican elector in Oklahoma cast his vote for Byrd, too — to this day, political scientists have no idea what that guy was smoking.[8]
Thanks in part to the Southern states behaving like spoiled children, it became clear that whoever won the state of Illinois would win the electoral vote, and thus, the presidency. The vote in Illinois was particularly close, and both parties scrambled to do some eleventh-hour cheating for their respective candidates. But in the end, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's skill at corruption prevailed as he managed to scrounge up 450,000 votes from his city from... somewhere. The Republicans were forced to admit defeat. In his concession speech, Nixon congratulated his opponent: "There's really nothing much to say. Both Senator Kennedy and I cheated as best we could, and on this day, he was the better cheater. However, I solemnly vow to the American people that I will learn from my mistakes and do a much better job of cheating next time."
The 1960 election exposed a plethora of problems with the electoral college, and in subsequent years there were many talks of abolishing it in favor of having the President election be decided based solely on the popular vote. Eventually, however, these calls for reform quieted down. After all, what were the chances that an election between a popular second-term president's vice president who had a tendency to make bad decisions regarding makeup during presidential debates and an up-and-coming politician whose successes to that point were widely attributed to be due almost entirely to his father's connections would ever be this closely contended again? The scholarly opinion was unanimous: "not a chance."
- ↑ Unless you're John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, or Gerald Ford.
- ↑ Nope. Not at all.
- ↑ Also insignificant was the fact that Joe Kennedy had also
forgedlegitimately secured photographs which depicted someone who may or may not have been Adlai Stevenson enjoying "the company of men," if you catch my drift.
- ↑ In retrospect, these views appear to have been slightly exaggerated.
- ↑ It was later discovered that the U.S.S.R. had been lying, and that life there really sucked ass because Stalin's much-ballyhooed "Great Leap Forward" had essentially bound the economy of Soviet Russia, creating massive poverty.
- ↑ Because it's way easier to make somebody look pretty than to try and pull off that "logic" stuff.
- ↑ For example, in 2004, George W. Bush won the majority of the total votes, becoming the first candidate in more than a decade to do so.
- ↑ They do, however, agree that he should have shared.
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"The Switch" is currently tanking at the box office, but if you think Jennifer Aniston is done starring in tepid romantic comedies, you would be wrong. She's already finished filming "Just Go With It," a romantic comedy in which she teams up with Adam Sandler, because Adam Sandler is the pretty much the last actor on Earth with whom she hasn't done a romantic comedy. I do believe Jay Mohr is up for his second round with Aniston now in the batting order.
Here's the thing about romantic comedies: If you're an actress, you only get a finite number of them before audiences finally wear down and never want to see you in one again. Ask Kate Hudson, who seemed invulnerable to this rule before unleashing "Bride Wars" upon the world. Any actress who has made more than, say, four romantic comedies has essentially made the same movie four times over. That's the wearout point. That's when I believe America finally holds up its hand and says, "Stop. No more. YOU HAVE MET CUTE FOR THE LAST TIME." Here now are five actresses who, while talented, have sailed past that point and desperately need to recalibrate where their careers are headed:
1. Jennifer Aniston. Aniston has already starred in eleven romantic comedies. ELEVEN! That's more than twice the amount of cute stammering this nation needs out of her. This is why paparazzi chase her from coast to coast, because her actual life has more variation than her films. The only somewhat memorable movie she's made is "The Good Girl," and I only remember that one because she had a ponytail. In Aniston's world, that represents a huge creative risk.
2. Jennifer Lopez. "The Backup Plan" was Lopez' seventh romantic comedy, a ridiculous number for someone whose very best performance came in "Out Of Sight," a movie that makes the very idea of romantic comedy look pointless and stupid. One of her next projects is a remake of "Overboard." "Overboard"! Is she crazy? Can someone please give this poor woman a fake badge again?
3. Kate Hudson. This serial offender has starred in at least seven romantic comedies, and seems to star in nothing but. While that was a good move for a while (Hudson's romcoms have made good money), her last two ("My Best Friend's Girl" and "Bride Wars") have tanked, sending her a clear signal that it's time to hop off the gravy train.
4. Katherine Heigl. She's only done four romcoms, all of them aggressively bad, but you know darn well that fifth is coming somewhere down the pike. DON'T DO IT, LADY. FOUR WAS PLENTY FOR YOU.
5. Sandra Bullock. The Oscar winner has ten romcoms on her resume and would appear impervious to this rule. But here's my thing: Bullock is already filthy rich and an Oscar winner. So why keep making romcoms? What's the point? Why not go out on top with "The Proposal" and be done with it?


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I flew into Vegas on Saturday afternoon with a massive head cold. I blame the air travel, but another culprit was all the loud sounds and flashy lights that overwhelmed me as I stepped off the plane. Head cold or not, I was in Vegas for a reason: to crew, pace and photograph Alisa Springman during her second running of the Badwater Ultramarathon.
For those not "in the know", Badwater is known as the toughest footrace on Earth. It's a 135 mile run through Death Valley in the middle of the summer, with temperatures in the 120's and so hot that runners need to run on the white line so the rubber of their shoes doesn't melt. Sounds like a blast, no? Well guess what - it was.
As a crewmember and pacer on Team Alisa (there were 4 of us total: Me, David, Sue and Will), our job was to meet Alisa with the crew vehicles every mile or so and re-up everything she needed. New water bottle, ice cold hat, a cooldown with the water mister, ice cold sponge on the neck, food, salt pills, etc. (and those are just the basics at each stop, more complicated matters like blister treatment, shoe changes, etc. also needed to be done, just not as frequently). Whatever she needed, we were there to make it happen.
Back to the story, after a brief stop-over at the off-strip cheapo Vegas hotel, we gathered our things and made the voyage to the one stop shop for all your ultrarunning needs. That's right - Walmart!
Alisa with $425 of food, water, ice, gear, etc.
In retrospect, we purchased more food than we could have ever needed (corndogs and BBQ pork ribs for example), but it was nice to know that when Alisa's stomach was putting up a fight in the desert, chances are we had something to satisfy the beast. After Walmart, we made our way out of Vegas, stopping at every possible Albertson's supermarket we could find in an effort to secure dry ice. After a couple hours, we emerged victorious with $100 of dry ice, enough to keep our supplies cold until Monday afternoon.
After a short two hour drive, we arrived in Furance Creek, a small oasis in Death Valley (aka a general store, gas station, hotel and ice house) that also served as the location of the pre-race activities and mile 17 of the race. Here is where the heat really hits you. Walking through the parking lot felt like a blowdryer to the face. Was this what I had to look forward to for the next few days? Awesome!
After a short two hour drive, we arrived in Furance Creek, a small oasis in Death Valley (aka a general store, gas station, hotel and ice house) that also served as the location of the pre-race activities and mile 17 of the race. Here is where the heat really hits you. Walking through the parking lot felt like a blowdryer to the face. Was this what I had to look forward to for the next few days? Awesome!
At the pre-race briefing Alisa gathered her schwag and bib number, we all filled out the "we know we might die" waivers, we saw some familiar faces and met some new ones, and on we went to prepare the crew vehicles for our impending journey. (Side note: the extremely dry desert air quickly cleared up my head cold once we got to Death Valley. Thanks, desert!)
Monday morning we awoke at 7am for Alisa's 10am start time. She apparently ran so well last year that they put her in the elite start group alongside other notable names like Jamie Donaldson, Charlie Engle, Dean Karnazes, Jorge Pacheco and the guy that wears the pink tutu (you'll see).
Runners and crews gathered at the Badwater Basin (the race start) for some pre-race words by RD Chris Kostman, a singing of the national anthem by a chick wearing a dress and Moeben sleeves, some quick group pictures, and before we knew it the runners were off to embark on a journey of a lifetime (well, maybe 2 days of running through the desert just seems like a lifetime).
Most crews started meeting their runner after a mile or 2. Alisa had made the strategic decision before race start that crewing for the first few miles was pointless since she would not yet be hot and drinking a lot and it would be easier for us to drive a few miles ahead and meet and get ahead of the caravan of crew vehicles.
It was nice seeing all the runners together in the first few miles of the race. Alisa, being as fit as ever, was actually running ahead of Jamie Donaldson (last year's women's champion) for a majority of those first 17 miles. Go Alisa! However, we all knew this would come to an end sooner than later... and it did. Like the good Drymax Team Captain that she was, Jamie went on to finish as first female, again, in a time of 27:20.
As if it wasn't crazy enough seeing a guy dressed in a pink tutu and pink shoes running through the desert, it made me have deja vu of my first ever road race - a small half-marathon in Severna Park, MD. Keep in mind this was only a little more than a year ago, but nonetheless, it was my first race ever, and as I was running along I was passed by... yup... a guy in a pink tutu and pink shoes. I recall his shirt saying something along the lines of "you just got passed by a guy in pink". Now here I am on the opposite side of the country, no longer at a small half-marathon but the toughest footrace on Earth, and here is the same guy in the same pink tutu. I gotta give it to the guy, in a sport where everyone is of questionable sanity and fashion sense, he definitely takes the cake!
We did this about 100 times...
Above is a video from one of our 100+ crew stops. Kinda like a pit crew moving in slow motion, huh? Well most of the first day looked like this. Nothing totally mesmerizing, but we were efficient and we took care of our girl. Oh wait, I almost forgot about happy hour!
"Happy hour?" you might be asking yourself. Hell yeah! After spending a good portion of the day in the sun, we could tell that Alisa's spirits were down and she needed some cheering up. So we broke out the Spongebob Squarepants pinata, hats, wristbands, ribbons and bubble blowers and we had ourselves a little party as Alisa passed on through.
And whattaya know, after a Spongebob happy hour, we decided that once again we should give Alisa some more cheering up (I don't think she needed it, but the heat does things to your brain so we went along with the fun). This time around, Sue, the wonderful ball of energy that she is, decided to dress up in the new Moeben sun-hood *cough*lookslikeaklanhood*cough* and read Alisa some of their favorite teenage vampire romance novel *gag*. Needless to say, Alisa loved it.
So like I was saying, nothing interesting happened the first day. Oh wait, and then at some point in the day Will got hungry and decided to cook up some corndogs on the hood of Sue's truck...
...and Sue did some jumping around, laughing in the face of danger.
But yeah, that's about it for the fun we had during the day. As sunset approached, off came the sunsuits and hats and out came the reflective gear and blinky things. Alisa was holding up pretty well to this point (well, maybe some GI problems here and there but that's not too out of the ordinary). We were a bit past Stovepipe Wells, which is mile 42 and one of the 6 checkpoints, as the sun was going down. We started pacing for her at Stovepipe Wells so that brought about a nice change of pace for both her and us alike. The crew now had one less person to get everything done, but we had been through the routine enough times at this point that we were getting good at multitasking. Besides, less heat at night means less cooling down that needs to be done.
As we got further into the night, Alisa's stomach made a turn for the worse and she was having a tough time taking anything in. While pacing, I got to play the constant guessing game of "what nutrition can I trick Alisa into eating?" and also "what song is Alisa currently listening to based off of her oh-so-wonderful singing?". The singing games were fun, the food... well that was a bit trickier.
At one point she came to the realization that a V8 would totally hit the spot. Bad bad move. The combination of downhill running and V8 brought our running and her stomach to a crashing halt. After a good 20 minute break laying on the side of the road (well, kind of in the road but we had our blinky things so it was cool), the V8 and what looked like everything back to breakfast came out in a wonderful concoction that I'm sure cooked up into a nice looking pancake on the hot pavement once the sun came back out. Disgusting, I know, but guess what? It did the trick and she was back to feeling like a million bucks (or about as good as you can feel running 135 miles through the desert).
A few hours later, probably around 4:00am, she made it into Panamint Springs checkpoint, mile 72 of the race (it was slow going throughout the night if you couldn't tell). With all the crewing and pacing we had been doing, we were all pretty tired. It's safe to say that Alisa was quite tired as well, but this became extremely evident when she came in, requested to lay down for a few minutes, and proceeded to sleep for an hour. This was quite the pleasant surprise to the crew so we all proceeded to rest while we could and we quickly passed out in our camping chairs. An hour later, like clockwork, she woke up, realized where she was, grabbed a water bottle and said let's go. Not expecting to pace that soon after waking (literally about 15 seconds), but knowing that I didn't really have an option, I grabbed a waterbottle and off we went. Within no time we were greeted with gorgeous sunrise views as the sun peaked its head over the peaks in the distance:
The light of day #2 brought new life to Alisa. Hell, she even started running a bit! Temperatures on this second day were slightly cooler than the first. Don't get me wrong it was still a scorcher, but they only reached 110ish from what I recall while the first day easily hit 120+. Nonetheless, Alisa had fooled herself into thinking she was invincible to the sun and she opted for regular running gear instead of the cumbersome sun-suit. What's that I hear? Ooh, another job for the crew: sunscreen application! Eh, who am I kidding it wasn't that bad.
Will, David and myself rotated pacing duties with each of us doing 5-15 miles at a time. My favorite part of the entire trip occurred while pacing so sadly I don't have any photographic evidence. I was told there were usually jet flybys since there was a military base close by. Being a skydiver, I've seen plenty of flybys at the dropzone, so I didn't really think much of it. Well, as Alisa and I were running along on the white line, just over the horizon we start to see and hear a jet hugging the turns of the road and coming directly towards us. I kid you not, the F18 (F16? beats me) came screaming by at Mach Fast-as-Hell, probably only 100 feet off the ground. It was probably the coolest thing I have ever seen. I'm sure Alisa would have joined me if she had the energy to do so, but I was jumping up and down waving my arms and screaming like a little kid on a rollercoaster. When I waved my arms, the pilot dipped the wings to acknowledge us. AWESOME! By the way, this didn't just happen once, nor did it happen twice. We got THREE kick ass flybys! (Can you tell this got me excited? Ok, I'll stop now).
Right around mile 100, we started to get dangerously low on ice so Sue and I took her truck (the designated gopher vehicle) to restock in the town of Lone Pine, about 20 miles ahead on the course. I drove, and with this being the first opportunity to just sit still for any period of time in almost 2 days, I nearly fell asleep at the wheel. Not good! Thankfully we made it Lone Pine alive, as did all the runners we passed/missed, and I was able to re-energize with some Red Bull. We got our ice and headed quickly back to Alisa and the rest of the crew.
Shortly thereafter, we realized that we needed to check into the hostel in Lone Pine for after the race, so Sue and I once again headed back into Lone Pine. Alisa would be running into Lone Pine in the next hour or two, so the two of us (who hadn't slept as much as Dave and Will) took the opportunity to rest and waited for Alisa to come through. While waiting around, I saw Dean Karnazes very slowly, and what looked like very painfully, walk through town. His crew brought him a big ol' milkshake from the local McDonald's, and after cheering on some words of encouragement to the man whose book got me into this whole ultra world, I too made my way to Micky D's for what would be the first "real" meal that didn't consist of PBJ and PowerGel (I know, Micky D's isn't a real meal, but beggars can't be choosers). Let me tell you, that burger and milkshake were deeee-licious!
When Alisa finally made her way into LP (mile 122), Sue took her first steps as a pacer. With their close relationship, Sue's uplifting presence and her disliking of the heat, we had planned all along to save Sue's pacing for the last 13 miles, the final climb up Mt. Whitney, since she would be able to keep Alisa motivated and happy during this most difficult portion of the race.
The rock formations on Whitney Portal Road were unlike anything I had ever seen, absolutely stunning structures with shapes that you can't find on the east coast. My favorite formation was obviously the big rounded rock painted to look like a monster of some sorts.
The sun set for the second time as Alisa ran up Whitney Portal Road. We all donned our required night gear once again, but this time the finish line was so close you could taste it.
With just a few miles to go, we drove the van up to the finish line and walked down to meet Alisa and Sue so we could all walk Alisa in for the last mile or so (let's be honest, not even the leaders are running at this point in the race). All five of us were now together, and just moments remained before Alisa and Team would finish this epic journey. As we rounded the corner and saw the finish line in the distance, we all joined hands and started running. I had put my headlamp and Alisa's flashlight in my shorts pocket, and as I started running the weight pulled my shorts down. Not wanting to cross the finish line with my shorts around my ankles, I threw the lights off into the dark abyss. I again joined hands, and within just a few steps we were screaming with joy as we crossed the finish line of our 135 mile adventure.
Alisa got her awards, we posed for a few pictures, and after a few minutes of sitting we got her up and made our way to the van. As we were walking over, a police car came screaming up the mountain with its sirens. The cop was yelling "Everybody off the mountain! The mountain is on fire! Everybody off the mountain!" Holy crap! We rushed Alisa into the van and sped down the mountain, passing a huge campfire turned forest fire. Badwater was hot enough, we didn't need to get any more burn going! Thankfully we made it back to the hostel with no fire encounters. Others were not so lucky as the finish line was forced to shut down for 9 hours right after we left, so many racers were forced to finish at mile 131. Still, everyone who made it was considered an official finisher and received the credit they rightfully earned.
To sum it all up in one word, wow. A truly unforgettable experience that far exceeded all of my expectations in terms of difficulty, beauty, comradery, fun and heat. Will I ever run Badwater? Well, that depends on if I get in next year...
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In October of last year China's State Grid Company released a new policy encouraging solar grid connections for individual households. With a new warehouse in Shunyi, on the outskirts of Beijing, we here at Greenpeace East Asia decided to take advantage of this policy and have solar panels installed on the warehouse's rooftop. Our hope? To test just how easy (or hard) it is for Chinese individuals and business owners to switch to solar.
After a month and a half application process we were approved by the State Grid and successfully installed 65 square meters of solar panels. When operating to full capacity they will generate around 5 kWh of electricity per hour. By day's end – with clear weather - it will total around 25 kWh. To give you a sense of scale an average urban Chinese family consumes about 10 kWh per day.
Solar panel owners are given options as to whether the energy their panels generate feeds back into the grid. We elected to consume electricity generated on-site with surplus fed back to grid, the most typical model. However the question of payment for this energy has yet to be adequately resolved. The government has said a dedicated price mechanism is in the works, but in its absence the price of every kilowatt hour generated by these solar panels is only on par with a much lower coal power price benchmark - about one third of that currently being offered to large concentrated solar farms (currently at 1 yuan/kWh). Our hopes are that the government will release a specific feed-in tariff as soon as possible to make the price rate of distributed solar at least on the same level as large solar farms.
Our solar panel project became part of the first batch of 119 grid connection applicants in the country and signifies pioneering steps into distributed solar. According to statistics from the Energy Foundation there are 316 million square meters of south-facing rooftops across China. In short, an abundance of solar rooftop resources currently not in use!
In contrast to Chinese coal plants, belching pollutants into the sky and having to deliver electricity over 200 km away to Chinese homes, distributed solar (defined by State Grid policy as projects smaller than 6MW) is an efficient, clean and empowering way for individuals to fulfil their own energy needs. As more and more households sign on for solar, we'll hopefully begin to see the heavily populated Eastern Chinese cities wean off their addiction to the coal power of the country's Northwest.
Living in China and looking to make the switch?
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I was thinking that maybe when Greenpeace does these kind of projects, maybe they should try to raise funding for it on the internet. ..kind of like t...
I was thinking that maybe when Greenpeace does these kind of projects, maybe they should try to raise funding for it on the internet. ..kind of like they did for the new Rainbow Warrior. Might generate extra cash and tell them where their supporters interests lie. (this is only an idea on my part.)
2013-05-08 at 9:12
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Invaluable writing . I was enlightened by the info about the Greenpeace ! Does anyone know where my assistant can get a hold of a fillable NZ INZ 1190 copy to complete ?
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Hello kelleysansom, my business partner pulled a fillable IRS 1040 document with this link http://goo.gl/0c8qoy or www.infoserve.sandia.gov
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Verizon iPhone to become available later this month.
Will Smith to become a judge on the new U.S. X Factor.
Not-so-happy ending: T.I. reprimanded after caught getting hand job from wife in prison visitation room.
Listen/download: Fierce new tracks by Miss Honey Dijon.
Justice Department subpoenas Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks, founder Julian Assange, several supporters and and U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, suspected of leaking "hundreds of thousands" of confidential documents released last year by Wikileaks. Subpoena includes an Iceland MP's Twitter account.
Beefcake: The year in sports.
Madonna banned from Piers Morgans new CNN show.
Chicago: Neo-Nazi convicted of threatening gay jury foreman.
Mark Walberg, Channing Tatum and Tyson Beckford have the most-coveted abs.
Spain: Catholic youth group sells naked calendar to raise funds.
Andrew Christian includes bulges in new "enhacing" underwear.
Texas appeals court upolds divorce of lesbian couple and rules Attorney General Greg Abbott cannot intervene. The ''decision does not affect Texas' ban on gay marriage but lets stand for now the divorce of two women who were married out of state.''
Medicaid cuts become deadly in Arizona. At least two people have died since November when 1000 people were dropped from the organ transplant list. "The state decided it could no longer afford to pay for some transplants which can cost $200,000," reports AMERICABlog.


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The other night, editors swooned over Julian Louie's Ikat print wedges for Aldo.
They capped off a solid outing for spring, so it was disappointing to learn Aldo wouldn't be producing the shoes — they'd be near impossible to get.
Until, that is, our own Joe Zee asked for your help via Twitter and Aldo changed their minds.
Now the brand's decided to produce and sell the colorful wedges afterall. So when you're skipping down the street next May don't forget to thank @mrjoezee!


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The federal government places all fuel tax transportation funding left over from states that don't meet their project deadlines into a pool from which states that have met their federal funding targets can draw. California transit officials say the state relies heavily on federal funding to satisfy its infrastructure needs.
"Those federal dollars are hard to come by and when we do get them, we make sure that we prioritize our projects and award our funding accordingly," says Mark Dinger with Caltrans. "That's the reason we're getting this extra money."
California will use the extra money to help fund some current projects around the state like extending car pool lanes in the Central Valley an extra 16 miles, carving out an extra bore to the Caldecott tunnel in Oakland, and easing traffic congestion on I-5 in Los Angeles.


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LOS ANGELES — California has more Hispanics than any other state, by far, but you'd have to look elsewhere for those being talked about as ascending stars on the national political stage.
Florida has U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American once considered a possible running mate to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and who later introduced Romney at the GOP National Convention. Texas is sending its first Hispanic to the U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz, the son of a Cuban immigrant.
Nevada and New Mexico are led by Hispanic governors: Brian Sandoval and Susana Martinez. Spanish-speaking George P. Bush, the grandson of one former president and nephew of another whose mother is from Mexico, is considering a run for office, possibly Texas land commissioner. Texas is also home to the Mexican-American Castro twins: Julian, the San Antonio mayor who delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, and Joaquin, who is headed to Congress.
More than 1,300 Hispanics hold elected office in California. Nine Hispanics were elected to Congress this year from the state, and four of the last seven Assembly speakers are Hispanics.
So, in a state once considered a launching pad for presidents, where is California's Latino Kennedy or Reagan? Or, even, the next Romualdo Pacheco? (Pacheco was the only Latino to serve as governor of the state, in 1875.)
To Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the absence of a homegrown Latino leader mentioned alongside Rubio and the Castro brothers is not coincidental. Despite the state's reputation for diversity, California has elected only a single Hispanic to statewide office in the modern era — a lieutenant governor, Cruz Bustamante. A second Hispanic also held that office during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure — Abel Maldonado, although he was appointed.
"That is the one threshold Latinos in California have yet to surpass," Vargas said.
California's 14 million Hispanics are poised to become the largest ethnic or racial group in the state, surpassing whites, and there are plenty of powerful Hispanic officeholders, including Rep. Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles, chairman to the House Democratic Caucus, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, another Southern Californian.
The trajectory of California's multihued electorate suggests it will be a matter of time before more Hispanics reach the state's loftiest offices . According to the Field Poll, the number of registered voters in the state increased by 3.5 million between 1994 and 2012; Latinos and Asians accounted for 90 percent of the jump.
Despite those numbers, the two state politicians most frequently mentioned as rising political stars in California are not Hispanic: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is white, and Attorney General Kamala Harris is the daughter of a black father from Jamaica and a mother from India.


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Glacier Express Tour
Glacier Express Tour
This tour provides 3 transfers for 2nd class rail travel plus 2 nights in Zermatt and St. Moritz while staying at 3 star hotels.
Package includes:
Swiss Transfer Ticket with 3 transfers and hotel vouchers for 2 nights:
- 3 transfers of rail travel including a ride on the most famous scenic train in Switzerland: the Glacier Express.
- Accommodation in 3 star hotels including breakfast (1 night in Zermatt and 1 night in St. Moritz).
Program includes:
- Day One: Travel from any Swiss airport or border station to St. Moritz.
Overnight St. Moritz.
- Day Two: Ride on the Glacier Express* from St. Moritz to Zermatt.
Overnight in Zermatt.
- Day Three: Departure from Zermatt to any Swiss airport or border station.
- Train options
1st class rail upgrade.
Free rail travel for children under 16: request your Swiss Family card while finalizing the purchase of your package.
- Hotel options
Star hotel upgrade.
Additional nights available.
Special hotel rates apply for children.
- Seat reservation is mandatory in the Glacier Express train. This fee is not included in the package.
- Winter supplement required from Jan 10th to April 25th 2011.
You can enjoy more of Switzerland by booking additional nights in St Moritz and Zermatt:
- Recommended excursions from St. Moritz: Bernina Express.
- Recommended excursions from Zermatt: Gornergrat, Matterhorn Glacier Paradise.
Child Policy:
- Children under 6:
Free rail travel when traveling with parents.
Free nights in the same room as parents (additional bed).
Child is not free if sharing a double room with 1 adult.
- Children 6 to 15:
Free rail travel with Swiss Family Card (available upon request at the end of your purchase). Child must be accompanied by parents.
Special rates available for 1 child sharing parents' room and 2 children sharing one room (see price box).
If 1 adult shares 1 room with 1 child, the adult pays the regular adult rate (no single supplement) plus the child supplement for one child in a double room.
Peak / Off-Peak information:
Peak season: Jan 9 to Apr 16, 2017
Off-Peak season: Apr 17 to Oct 22 & Dec 10 to 24, 2017
Prices are
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|2 Adults
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|4 Star Hotel Upgrade per night and person
|Additional Night 4* Double Room
|Additional Night 4* Single Room
|Additional Night Child in 3*Room with 2 Adults
|Additional Night Child in 4*Room with 2 Adults
|4* Hotel Upgrade 1 Adult for base package
|4* Hotel Upgrade 2 Adults for base package
|4* Hotel Upgrade 3 Adults for base package
|Additional Night 3* Hotel 1 Adult Single Room
|Additional Night 3* Hotel 2 Adults Hotel Double Room
|Additional Night 3* Hotel 3 Adults Triple Room
|Additional Night 4* Hotel 1 Adult Single Room
|Additional Night 4* Hotel 2 Adults Hotel Double Room
|Additional Night 4* Hotel 3 Adults Triple Room
|Off Peak - Basic Package 1 Adult 3* Hotel-single supplement included
|1,019.0 791.0
|Off Peak - Basic Package 2 Adults 3* Hotel sharing Double Room
|1,978.0 1,526.0
|Off Peak - Basic Package 3 Adults 3* Hotel sharing Double Room
|Peak - Basic Package 1 Adult 3* Hotel-single supplement included
|1,184.0 957.0
|Peak - Basic Package 2 Adults 3* Hotel sharing Double Room
|2,284.0 1,832.0
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text: [They played one last regular-season football game at the unlovable old pile in an unlovable corner of America's most overrated city. San Francisco's Candlestick Park—like most sports arenas, with the notable exception of the one replacing it—began life as a million-dollar swindle, and it seems only fitting that a building born of windy public bullshit would be escorted to its death by the likes of Chris Berman. There's an old line that comes to mind now—something about politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all getting respectable if they hang around long enough. The 49ers won last night, and some fireworks went off. Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images.]


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text: Ideas - Spring Ideas - Spring 1. Take your kids, family members, friends and pets outside and take some fun pictures! Now that the weather is cooperating with us we can enjoy some time outside. If you have time, take a pic nic to your favorite spot, set up the cam corder nearby and let the tape roll! You'll be able to film a pic nic and send the tape to your loved one so that he/she can enjoy the event with you. Don't forget to have everyone take a few moments to give a personal video taped message to your loved one. 2. Send a little bit of spring. You and/or your family can take a walk and collect some of the "Signs" of spring. Take a few flower petals, new sprouts of grass, new leaves, blossoms and make a collage for your loved one. No matter where he/she is stationed, they'll love the touch of home. 3. Seeds of Love: Send your loved one an envelope full of heart shaped candy (cinnamon candies, message hearts, sweet tarts) and decorate the outside of the envelope with cute drawings and the words "Seeds of Love". Let them know that you are with them and that your love continues to grow no matter where they are. Remember! Now that the weather is warming up, check in with your loved one to make sure that it's still a good season to mail chocolate and caramel items. With loved ones in Bosnia and Kosovo, the weather will start to warm up extremely fast. And if you are mailing chocolate or caramels, they will arrive in one big gooey mess. For specialty candies such as heart shaped candy, try shopping at a local candy store or novelty shop where you can purchase candy in bulk or by the 1/4 pound. Prev Next


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We're always looking for great food and drink pairings here at 1st Look. Mario Batali likes Friulano and Oysters. Jane Lynch likes decaf espresso and rosemary pine nut cookies. Wine and seafood, coffee and sweets--these pairings are pretty standard. But, what about booze and cupcakes? Have we caught your attention yet? That's the concept of West Village dessert spot Sweet Revenge, founded by Marlo Scott. Appropriately named, Marlo was a fed-up employee at a major corporation who left the industry to start her cupcake, beer and wine bar after being laid off in 2007, the catalyst for bringing her "big dream to life." This "sweet revenge" is sweet indeed. We talked to Marlo about her ingenious pairings, her favorite desserts and what other sweet creations she has up her sleeve.
We think you have an incredible story of how you started Sweet Revenge. What was your breaking point when you decided to leave the corporate world and start your own cupcake, beer and wine bar?
My breaking point was more like a breaking path. I was passed over for a promotion in summer 2005, which provided the impetus for the concept. I began writing a business plan and taking business classes related to the restaurant industry. In the beginning of 2007, I was laid off. Impetus + a business plan + being unemployed = right time to finally bring the big dream to life.
It's such a great concept--tell us why you decided to focus on drink and cupcake pairings?
I opened in summer 2008 without the pairings menu, but I was constantly suggesting a specific wine or beer from around the world with a particular cupcake to my patrons. They thought I was bonkers and for the most part asked for milk or coffee. Every once in a while a patron would walk on the wild side and try my recommendation. They'd have their "a-ha" moment and tell me I was genius. I was frustrated I wasn't able to convince more patrons to try my recommendations, so I wrote down all my ideas and put out the pairings menu. From that moment on, patrons ordered wines and beers with my cupcakes. Hallelujah! Focusing on the cupcake, beer & wine pairings menu and positioning my establishment as a cupcake, beer & wine bar makes my establishment unique.
You have some awesome flavors, both savory and sweet. What are the more unique cupcakes you offer?
Well, naturally, I think all my cupcakes are unique with the rustic parchment paper liners and edgy mohawk motif! We have a world-inspired menu and I'd say the top three most unique flavors are: Casablanca (Pistachio Cardamom Cake and Rosewater Buttercream), Bird of Paradise (Lime Chiffon Cake with Mango Buttercream and Fresh Lime Zest) and Ma Cherie (Black Velvet Cake, Cherry Jam Center and Bordeaux Cherry Chocolate Ganache).
What are some of your personal favorite pairings?
I'm a sucker for the Crimson & Cream (raspberry red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting, raspberry drizzle, cinnamon dusting) with the Belhaven beer from Scotland. The Very Strawberry (Mexican vanilla cake with strawberries and strawberry cream cheese frosting) with the Lunetta prosecco from Italy is also fantastic. I'm also a big fan of the German Colada (Valrhona Chocolate Cake, Caramelized Pecan & Shredded Coconut Filling, Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting) with Young's Double Chocolate Stout from England. It's like choosing a favorite child. You know you're not supposed to, but you tell each of them they're the favorite when you're with them. If my brother Matt is reading this… newsflash, I am mom and dad's favorite.
How is the cupcake creation process? How adventurous do you get with your ideas?
It's a very collaborative process, and I involve my front of house staff as well as the chefs. Sometimes a new cupcake is opportunistic, other times seasonal, sometimes one of us just gets a hankerin' for a particular flavor. We make small batches, taste-testing them and critiquing them until I love it. Once the new cupcake recipe is finalized, I then involve the team in the pairings process. We take little nibbles of the cupcake and then do small sips of the wines and beers until we find the perfect pairings. It's a really tough day at the office when I'm making the staff do this with me!
Any cupcakes you're working on now that you can tell us about?
We just debuted our all-new breakfast menu last week, so our efforts have been very focused on its execution. Although we're not working on a new cupcake flavor, we are working on mini pies (individual sized) that will debut next week with flavors including Fleur de Sel (salted caramel pecan pie), Pumpkin Crumble (pumpkin pie with brown sugar and walnut crumble) and Spiced Apple Streusel (Granny Smith apples, Mexican Vanilla and Ginger, topped with sugar butter streusel).
What's the most unique or indulgent dessert you've ever eaten?
My great aunt Martha who is turning 89 big ones this month gets credit for making the world's greatest and most indulgent cheese cakes and cherry pies. She's a legend in my family. I've gotta get her recipes. Note to self, when I go home for turkey day!
What are some of your favorite dessert spots in NYC?
I love the Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes at 10 Downing, the Tangy Goat Milk frozen yogurt at Victory Garden, and all of the pastries and the Toasted Coconut tea at Bosie Tea Parlor. I never need to leave the West Village for fantastic food and dessert. I'm not sure if that's a blessing or a curse!
Sweet Revenge
62 Carmine St.
New York, NY 10014


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Former Denison High School basketball standout T.J. Taylor has agreed to join the North Texas Mean Green, by announcing his decision on Twitter.
Taylor has made several stops since leaving Denison, including Oklahoma, Paris Junior College and Marquette.
Taylor returns to the North Texas area by saying that he will "take his talents to the University of North Texas" via his announcement on Twitter.
Taylor left Denison as the all-time scoring leader by piling up 2,630 points. He averaged 20.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists as a senior in 2009-10, helping the Yellow Jackets to a 16-win season. He led them to a 21-11 record as a junior. Taylor was a three-time district offensive player of the year.


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Is Dion Waiters right that LaMarcus Aldridge can't beat OKC alone?
Oklahoma City guard Dion Waiters is never scared to say anything on his mind.
So, when asked about the Thunder's defensive strategy against San Antonio star LaMarcus Aldridge in the first two games, which has been to not double-team him, he bottom-lined the reason why for everyone.
"One man can't beat you," said Waiters to reporters. "So we're fine with that. If they want to continue to get out of their offense and throw the ball down there to him, we're fine with that. One guy can't beat us, no matter how much he scores."
And yet Aldridge almost did on Monday, scoring 41 points in the Spurs one-point loss to Oklahoma City. He was the only Spurs player to score more than 15 points. Read more…


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When we talk about Multi Sport Adventures we mean something active with plenty of variety. This helps kids – and parents and grandparents too – to try new activities, learn new skills – and maybe discover a new passion to pursue. What have our kids loved best for lots of action to compliment the cultural and wildlife opportunities? In alphabetical order….
1) Baja. A true adventurer's paradise, Baja is ideal for hiking, horseback riding, surfing, snorkeling, kayaking. Get out there with our expert instructors for some exciting action, then replace those calories with some awesome Mexican food.
2) Belize. Mayan ruins for climbing, river caves for tubing (sometimes scary for the younger set!), barrier reef for snorkeling and diving. Paradise!
3) Costa Rica. Not boring! Rainforest, beaches, volcanoes and monkeys. Rafting, zip lines, kayaking, canyoning, SUP (know what that is??), surfing. You can try just about everything here, and meet some of the nicest people ever.
4) Galapagos. Between the highlands of mainland Ecuador and the volcanic Galapagos Islands your family can try horseback riding, hiking, kayaking, biking, snorkeling – and real camping for a couple of nights too! Seeing that Southern hemisphere sky from your beach front campsite is about as awe-inspiring as it gets.
5) Panama. The canal, of course, and the great story that goes with it. But also a fascinating native culture to learn about. Then rafting, zip lines, awesome snorkeling and pristine beaches, birds and wildlife galore, biking … and the thrill of going someplace not many have been before. Come discover Panama!!


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List of Great Books by Author
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Article in Juvenile Fiction category.
- Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? by Avi (United States, Early 1940)
- The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
- Matilda Bone by Cushman (Medieval England)
- The 21 Balloons by Du Bois (1883)
- Bandit's Moon by Fleischman (mid-1800s)
- Nory Ryan's Song by Giff (Ireland, 1845)
- Earthquake at Dawn by Gregory (San Fransisco, 1906)


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Earlier today, our Baltimore facility welcomed loggerhead turtle, Brownie, from Washington, DC! Brownie's transport, in addition to the 17 other animals that successfully made their way to our Animal Care Center, marked the 12th day of animal moves from our DC facility to the Aquarium's main campus in Baltimore.
After transport and a brief observation period, Brownie was introduced into our Maryland: Mountains to the Sea exhibit!
About Brownie:
Named for it's sweet personality and love of food, Brownie is part of the Loggerhead Head Start Program. Run by the North Carolina Aquarium in Pine Knoll, this program gives baby sea turtles a better chance at survival in the wild. Sea turtle hatchlings spend time in aquariums where they can safely grow. After being given a clean bill of health and an extra boost of nutrition, they are tagged and released back to the ocean!
Once Brownie meets the proper weight/size criteria, it will be taken back to North Carolina to be released.