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Transfer News: AC Milan need to sell before buying Carlos Tevez
Adriano Galliani admits that Milan cannot make any move for Carlos Tevez unless they sell one of their current forwards.
Last Updated: 21/06/13 4:15am
Galliani has already confirmed Milan's interest in the Argentine, who they failed to sign last year after his public falling out with Manchester City.
29-year-old Tevez is being strongly linked with a move away from City, as he just one-year left on his current deal.
Paris Saint Germain, Monaco and Juventus have all been linked, whilst Milan confirmed their interest earlier this month.
But Galliani admits their failure to sell players, such as Robinho, is hampering their attempts to bring players in.
"Tevez is a Manchester City player and we will not be doing anything unless someone else leaves first," Galliani told Sky Sports Italia.
"If another club wants to come forward for Tevez, then they are welcome to do so.
"If we do not sell one of our players, then we cannot make any other moves."
He admitted that Robinho's possible move back to Brazil with Santos was not moving on.
"Robinho, the negotiations with Santos are static. We are in talks, but have not reached any agreement on the figures," he said.
He also spoke about the futures of Kevin Prince Boateng and Stephan El Shaarawy - but he insisted there were no offers for either.
On El Shaarawy he said: "We never thought about sell him, there are no particular offers for him and at the moment everything is calm.
"There are no offers for Boateng. The player has not requested a move, nor have any other clubs made enquiries.
"I met with Monaco, but it was purely a courtesy visit. Nobody believes me!"
He did confirm that they have an interest in Sampdoria midfielder Andrea Poli, with M'Baye Niang linked in exchange
"Poli could be of interest to us, but only if someone else leaves. There are no Sampdoria requests for Niang," he said.
"We believe that the squad is competitive, so if we do not sell anyone then we won't bring anyone else in."

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Under the tent were the 50% off items. There was some of everything. We didn't get there until about noon. We heard that the line had been long prior to the opening and it was crowded. When we arrived, it was fairly empty but there was a ton of merchandise. I was good; I left some stuff there and only purchased three dolls and three fashions.
One of the three dolls I purchased was a re-imagined Tin Man character called "Heart on My Sleeve." When I originally saw the Ladies of Oz, I thought they were so creative.
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The Cartoon Art Museum is pleased to present Sam and Max: A Look Back with Steve Purcell, celebrating 26-ish years with the intrepid Freelance Police on Saturday, February 1, 2014 with a series of special events from 4:00-9:00pm.
The first event will be a booksigning from 4:00-5:00pm at the Cartoon Art Museum bookstore. Purcell will sign copies of The Collected Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway at the Cartoon Art Museum bookstore. This event is free and open to the public.
The second event will be a guided tour of the exhibition from 6:00-7:00pm. Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell will conduct a private tour of his Cartoon Art Museum retrospective Swift and Mirthful Justice for a limited number of guests. This ticketed event is $20; CAM members will receive two-for-one admission to this event.
The third event is a reception celebrating Sam & Max from 7:00-9:00pm. Guests can meet Steve Purcell and discuss his work, view the Sam & Max exhibition, and check out the Cartoon Art Museum's other current exhibitions, Grains of Sand: 25 Years of The Sandman and Searle In America, featuring the phenomenal illustrations of famed British cartoonist Ronald Searle. Admission to this reception is $5; CAM members will receive two-for-one admission for this event. Purcell will sign additional books and prints throughout the reception. Please note that the ticket for the guided tour also includes access to the reception that follows.
Tickets for the guided tour and the reception are available through this link, and will also be sold at the Cartoon Art Museum's admissions desk.
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Another great figure JB. I really like this one. If i didnt think they would make her as soon as i finihed, i would have made her a long time ago.Great use of homestead padme.
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Valerie and Paul have a wedding coming up and would like a custom logo made out of their two initals. V and P. In turn this will become a life long symbol for the two of them. Please read our desription of what we are looking for, thanks!
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Hundreds expected at American Cancer Society 5K walk in Fayetteville
Event is one of 300 breast cancer walks around U.S. this year
Volunteers and organizers were up before the sun Saturday preparing for hundreds of people to attend the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk.
The event is being held at the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville.
The noncompetitive event is one of more than 300 breast cancer walks being held around the country this year.
The 2013 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event will also hold special meaning as the American Cancer Society celebrates its 100th birthday.
In 2013, it is estimated that over 232,340 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
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A white supremacist yelled, "Heil Hitler," after he was taken into custody in connection with the Passover Eve fatal shooting of three at two Jewish-related sites in the Kansas City area.
A 14-year-old boy and his grandfather were killed outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. They were apparently inside a car. A female was killed a few minutes later in the parking lot at Village Shalom, an assisted living facility.
The suspect shot at two other people, but the bullets did not hit them, said Overland Park police Chief John Douglass.
A dozen or more shots may have been fired based on evidence at the scenes.
The victims apparently did not know their killer, Douglass said.
Glenn Frazier Cross, 73, was arrested at 1:28 p.m. He is being held by Overland Park police on multiple charges including premeditated first-degree murder, according to online jail records.
Cross, who also goes by Glenn Miller, is a known white supremacist and known for his anti-Semitic thoughts. He is a former Grand Dragon of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He is a perennial candidate for office, including running in 2006 against then-U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO). He ran against Blunt in 2010 when Blunt was elected to the Senate.
Cross made headlines in the 2010 campaign for his racist and anti-Semitic campaign ads. Federal law required broadcast stations to air the ads even though they did not want to put such vile rantings on their airwaves.
Miller quit high school as a senior to join the U.S. Army. In 1979, he retired from the Army as a master sergeant after 20 years of active duty, including two tours in Vietnam and 13 years as a member of the elite Green Berets.
Douglass said the suspect wasn't known to Overland Park authorities before Sunday.
The suspect's vehicle had Missouri plates.
Douglass also wouldn't say whether the shootings were anti-Semitic hate crimes. He said authorities are evaluating comments that the suspect made after he was arrested.
It is a joint federal-state investigation with the offices of U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom and Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe involved.
The 14-year-old boy, Reat Underwood, was a freshman at Blue Valley High School. His grandfather, Dr. William Lewis Corporon, had moved to the Kansas City area a decade ago to be closer to his grandchildren.
"I'm in shock but I want you to know that I appreciate all of you being here. My name is Mindy Corporon and I'm the daughter of the gentleman who was killed and the mother of the son who was killed," said the grieving family member of the two victims at Sunday night's interfaith vigil at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church.
Mindy Corporon remained stoic as she spoke about her son and father.
"I want you to know that I came upon the scene very, very quickly. I was with police and an ambulance and I knew immediately that they were in heaven and I know that they're in heaven together," she said.
The mother and daughter told listeners that she was the last person in her family who saw both victims and she takes solace in the fact that she got to tell them both that she loved them. Despite the horrible tragedy, she told those in attendance to take this moment, but keep pushing on.
"We were in life, we were having life. And I want you all to know that we're going to have more life and I want you all to have more life and just know that he'll (Reat) be remembered and my dad will be remembered," Mindy Corporon said to a sobbing group in attendance at the church.
The two attended the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. Prayers were held during the church's evening Palm Sunday service.
The woman who lost her son and her father in a matter of moments was stoic as she thanked everyone for their support. Others sobbed as she described seeing the two prone bloody bodies and knowing immediately that her beloved father and her son were now in heaven together.
The Rev. Adam Hamilton said he met with the family Sunday and at their urging they went ahead with the Palm Sunday evening church services. He will again minister to the family on Sunday during their grief.
Reat was rushed to Overland Park Regional Medical Center for surgery but died from his injuries.
Corporon, who was a family doctor, leaves behind a wife of 49 years. Reat was an Eagle Scout who loved camping and hunting with his grandfather, father and brother, the family said.
The Kansas City Star says that the third victim is 53-year-old Terri LaManno, a mother who worked at the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired.
The center released the following statement following her death:
"The Children's Center for the Visually Impaired and the Kansas City community has experienced a great loss. Terri LaManno, occupational therapist at CCVI for eight years, was a victim of the senseless shooting yesterday at Village Shalom. Our deepest sympathies go out to Terri's husband, Jim, and their two children, Alissa and Gian. Terri was a gracious, generous, skilled, and deeply caring individual who made a great difference in the lives of so many children and their families with whom she worked at CCVI. She will forever be missed by all of us in the CCVI family."
Cross was arrested at the Valley Park Elementary School, which is a mile away from Village Shalom. The suspect appeared to yell "Heil Hitler" as he was being led away in handcuffs by Overland Park police.
The suspect made "several statements" when he was put into the back of a police patrol car, Douglass acknowledged.
"We are sifting through and vetting those for accuracy, No. 1, and No. 2, we're looking at them for their evidentiary value," the police chief said. "It is too early to tell you what he may or may not have said. We're trying to determine that at this time."
Douglass said Sunday evening that it is being investigated as a hate crime but said it's too soon to know whether it's a hate crime or not.
"We know it was a vicious act of violence, and we know obviously it was at two Jewish facilities," he said. "So one might make that assumption, but we're going to have to know more about it before we'll label it."
The suspect used a shotgun in the fatal shootings, Douglass said. The suspect may have also used a handgun in firing the shots that didn't strike the two. In addition, Douglass said the suspect may have had an assault rifle.
Douglass said the first 911 call about the JCC shooting came at 1:03 p.m. This happened outside the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre, which was packed for performance-related events.
Teens were auditioning for KC SuperStar and parents were frantically trying to get to their children.
In addition, a performance of To Kill a Mockingbird was to start at 2 p.m. when the shots rang out at the theater. The back door to the theater suffered damage that may have been from gunshots.
Jenessa Watkins, a dance instructor, said she was with a group of children when they were rushed to the theater. She said when she learned about the shootings that she tried to stay composed, but she couldn't help but think of the 2012 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
"I kind of couldn't help but think about Sandy Hook, looking around at these young children," she said. "I was really scared. ... People were calling their loved ones, and I thought I was fine and under control, but when I called my mom and she started crying, I started crying."
A second shooting was reported a few minutes later at Village Shalom, which is an assisted living center at 5500 W. 123rd St.
Brian Brookbank was running errands when he saw chest compressions being performed on the injured person.
"We saw a large quantity of blood flowing down the slope of the parking lot," Brookbank said. "We then went around the corner and saw a white male ... being handcuffed with multiple assault rifles and a couple of handguns pointed at him. He was laying in the grass and did not appear to be resisting."
Worried relatives of residents told KCTV5 that Village Shalom was placed on lockdown.
Phyllis Cantor, who is undergoing rehabilitation at Village Shalom, said she heard the sound of sirens. She said many police officers are at the scene and their focus appeared to be on a white car in the parking lot.
Sophia Porter was at the Jewish Community Center for the SuperStar auditions. She said contestants helped lighten the mood by performing as they were forced to stay holed up inside a safe area.
"The sense of community in that room," Porter said. "I felt very comforted by the presence of the other people and by the performances that were going on."
The Jewish Community Center will be closed Monday. The JCCC said that "our hearts go out to all those affected and touched" by the tragedy.
"Our hearts go out to the families who have suffered loss on this tragic day. Our heartfelt gratitude as well to all those in Kansas City and around the world who have expressed sympathy, concern and support," the JCC said in its statement. "Everyone participating in JCC programming has been released to their homes."
In a statement, Blue Valley School District's Tom Trigg said Reat sang the national anthem earlier this year at an educational breakfast.
"His talents were on full display that morning. I found Reat to be an engaging and exceptional young man," he said. "Our hearts go out to the families who are dealing with this senseless tragedy."
Trigg said other Blue Valley students were at the Jewish Community Center. Classes were already scheduled to be off Monday, but counselors will be at the school to speak with grieving students.
"As a community, we will come together to support each other. We encourage you to be especially sensitive and offer supports to your child during this time," Trigg said. "We are a strong community and will do everything possible to support each other and our students. Our thoughts and prayers are with all families who have been impacted by this tragedy."
Temple Israel and St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church held a vigil at 8 p.m. Sunday. About 200 people came together in their grief and devastation. Christian pastors and Jewish rabbis stood shoulder to shoulder in offering words of comfort.
"As we pray Gold's comfort for those who grieve and for our wounded community, let us also resolve to be the hands and feet and very heart of God," said Bishop Dean Wolfe of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, who represents the district, expressed his sorrow in a statement.
"I'm heartbroken to learn of the senseless shootings this afternoon at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom," he said. "Brooke and I send our prayers and thoughts to the families and victims of this tragedy and our office stands ready to provide any needed assistance."
He attends the church where the boy and his grandfather also attended.
President Barack Obama issued the following statement:
"This afternoon we heard reports of a horrific shooting in Overland Park, KS. Michelle and I offer our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends who lost a loved one and everyone affected by this tragedy. I have asked my team to stay in close touch with our federal, state and local partners and provide the necessary resources to support the ongoing investigation. While we do not know all of the details surrounding today's shooting, the initial reports are heartbreaking. I want to offer my condolences to all the families trying to make sense of this difficult situation and pledge the full support from the federal government as we heal and cope during this trying time."
Rabbi Mark Levin of Congregation Beth Torah offered prayers.
"May God bring comfort and hope to the victims and their families. This is a very difficult time, and our best response is to support those who have suffered a loss and be alert for those who are feeling threatened and grieving. This is a time for this community to come together," Levin said.
Blunt, the Republican senator from Missouri, said the Jewish community in the Kansas City area is doing good work to help the community.
"My thoughts are with the victims and their families who have been impacted by this tragedy," Blunt said in a statement.
Worried relatives of residents told KCTV5 that Village Shalom was placed on lockdown.
Refresh this page for updates and watch KCTV5 News.
KCTV5's Bonyen Lee, Ken Ullery, Jamie Oberg, Jeanene Kiesling, Nathan Vickers and Dave Jordan contributed to this report.
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With more than 110 million manuscript items housed in the collections of the Library of Virginia, there are an abundance of resources documenting the collective story of Virginia. From the momentous to the mundane, these records chronicle Virginia's history through an amazing assortment of primary sources that are waiting to be explored. Virginia Memory presents digital versions of our collections in a variety of ways, creating many features that make excellent classroom resources. The descriptions provided on this page can guide you to an assemblage of important digital resources all of which can be used to assist students in exploring critical topics in Virginia's past.
For quick list of Online Educational Resources from the Library of Virginia, download this short guide.
Virginia Standards of Learning Correlations
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- Virginia & US History
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Use our Virginia Chronology to explore the hallmarks of over 400 years of Virginia's past, while putting national events in a Virginia context as you study history, social studies, or literature. Compiled by members of the Library's staff, it is designed to give users a brief overview of the key events and turning points, whether political, economic, cultural, or social, that make Virginia what it is today.
- Have students compare national events to events which took place in Virginia at the same time.
- Have students track changes in Virginia and national politics over time.
- Use entries from the Virginia Chronology to create an ordering activity for your students.
- Identify topics for further research as a part of written reports or poster presentations using items in the Virginia Chronology.
This Day in Virginia History
Members of the staff have identified one document — whether a letter, petition, diary entry, photograph, or engraving — for each day of the year and are making them available in This Day in Virginia History. Every item includes a digital image of the featured record, brief description, citation, and transcription when necessary. Sign up for our This Day RSS feed and become more familiar with the Library's holdings while learning more about the fascinating stories of people from Virginia's past.
- Share these items with your students to expose them to the tools historians use to write history and to excite them about unique perspectives that historical documents offer.
- Start your class sessions with an analysis activity based on an item from This Day in Virginia History.
- Use entries from This Day in Virginia History to supplement your lessons.
- Assign students a day and an item from This Day in Virginia History as the basis of a research project.
Digital Collections
The Library of Virginia has been digitizing collections since the mid-1990s. Virginia Memory provides access to a variety of digital versions of our most unique collections, including Civil War maps, Virginia military service records, early governors' letters, and more than a dozen photographic collections. Browse the alphabetical listing or the topic list of the available digital collections to a search in our catalog for the resources you need. Come back often to see "What's New" in our digital collections or to rediscover a "Featured Collection" that's been around for a while. You can also explore the Virginia Digital Newspaper Project, a part of the National Digital Newspaper Project, to find digital versions of Virginia's historic newspapers.
Use our Digital Collections to find instructional resources for your classroom, or refer students to the collections to begin or support their own research projects.
Virginia Newspapers
Historic newspapers are wonderful teaching tools that offer a direct glimpse into the past. They offer snapshots of everyday life in a community, from elections, political ideas, crimes, and natural disasters to weddings, entertainment, and commerce.
The Library of Virginia's Virginia Digital Newspaper Project (VaDNP) is part of an ongoing initiative to provide free access to text-searchable digital images of historical newspapers. Many Virginia papers, covering the years 1860–1922, are hosted with many other states' papers at the Chronicling America site at the Library of Congress.
The Chronicling America repository and database is text searchable and provides full-page images with crop, zoom, and print features. The Chronicling America repository has more than one million pages of digitized U.S. imprint newspapers.
Some Uses:
- Have students research famous Virginians or events in newspapers.
- Have students "report" on an event for a historical paper after browsing newspapers from the era under study. If possible, compare real reports covering that event with the students' writings. Also pay attention to how the reporting of particular events changes over the coverage period.
- Read advertisements in papers over several decades or longer. Discuss what is offered and how much it costs; compare the ads with ads from today. Perhaps have students figure out how much money a family would need to live at a certain time.
- Compare a front page from the past with a front page from your local newspaper today. What is important in each?
A few of the Virginia papers offered at Chronicling America:
- Richmond Planet (Richmond, Va.)
- The Daily Times (Richmond, Va.)
- Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
- Tazewell Republican (Tazewell, Va.)
- Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, Va.)
- The Abingdon Virginian (Abingdon [Va.])
- Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Virginia Citizen (Irvington, Va.)
- The Mathews Journal (Mathews C.H. [Court House])
- Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland County, Va.)
- Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
- Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.)
The Library of Virginia offers exhibitions that explore a wide variety the commonwealth's political, social, and cultural history. Based in the Library's collections, the exhibition program also incorporates materials from the larger library and museum community. Consider bringing your students for a tour of the Library of Virginia's exhibitions, as well as its facilities. We also offer children's activity booklets for each exhibition to provide age-appropriate interpretation for our youngest visitors.
While we rotate exhibitions in our galleries several times throughout the year, the web pages supporting these exhibitions continue to live online and offer a wealth of readily-accessible information on Virginia's history. Online versions include key themes and artifacts from past exhibitions that can be mined for primary source documents and educational materials to use in your classroom.
Check out these Web exhibitions for more resources and information to use in your classroom. To see a full list of Web exhibitions at the Library of Virginia see Past Exhibitions.
African American History
Death or Liberty: Gabriel, Nat Turner, and John Brown
Explore three dramatic events in Virginia that focused America's attention on the problem of slavery: Gabriel's Conspiracy in 1800, Nat Turner's Rebellion in Southampton County in 1831, and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. Short descriptive essays about the events are paired with images of documents from the incidents as well as transcripts.
Brown v. Board of Education: Virginia Responds
Investigate Virginia's reaction to the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education including the adoption of the policy of "Massive Resistance" through photographs, radio recordings, and the letters and petitions of individual citizens and organizations sent to elected officials.
Mapping and Surveying
Based on a large collection of maps that focus on the exploration of the Chesapeake Bay area and the development of Virginia within the context of both European and American history, this Web exhibition displays the cultural perceptions, political aspirations, and extent of geographical knowledge of those who created these maps and atlases. Explore more than fifty maps of Virginia created in the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.
From Williamsburg to Wills's Creek: The Fry-Jefferson Map
This exhibition focuses on the sources and sequels of the Fry-Jefferson map, created by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's father) in 1755. The exhibition examines the role of surveyors in colonial Virginia, the importance of the surveying experience for Fry and Jefferson in creating their important map, and the influence of their map on later cartographic representations of Virginia.
Notable Virginians
An instantly recognizable American author and historical figure, Edgar Allan Poe's name calls to mind spine-chilling stories and melancholy poetry. He evokes the image of the tragic romantic poet, misunderstood and rejected by society. Learn more on this site, which includes plenty of primary sources related to Poe, little known facts about his life, and even an interactive hosted by "Little Edgar."
Marking the 200th anniversary of his becoming the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the exhibition John Marshall highlighted the life of Marshall (1755-1838).
Popular Culture
Virginia Roots Music: Creating and Conserving Tradition
Listen to sound files of early recordings of Virginia's music. Explore the collecting and recording of Virginia music in the two decades before World War II. That music formed the bedrock of the country, blues, and gospel music traditions that exist today.
Explore the rise of radio in the Commonwealth through the WRVA collection. Established in 1925, WRVA was one of the earliest radio stations in Virginia. Listen to sample recordings from the Library's WRVA collection.
Women's History
Working Out Her Destiny: Women's History in Virginia
Take a fresh look at the history of Virginia's women and the history of Virginia based on the Virginia women's history book, "A Share of Honour," Virginia Women 1600-1945. Browse themes in women's history; see images associated with those themes and full transcriptions of documents. Also included are biographies of important Virginia women, an extensive list of further resources, and a timeline of events in Virginia women's history.
Additional Resources
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In addition to what's available on Virginia Memory, our Educational Outreach program offers many resources for you and your students that will develop greater understanding of the Library, our collections, and how both complement and enhance the study of Virginia history and the social sciences. Please visit the Library's Web site at www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/education to learn more, or schedule a tour online.
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Returning for its third summer season, Norte Maar's Dance at Socrates announces its 2015 choreographer residencies and free public performance schedule.
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Spy photos of the new generation Renault Logan have spread via the Internet. The novelty first appeared on-road tests
Renault said that in 2021, sales of the Arkana coupe-crossover would begin in Europe.
The Renault designers are planning to release a new sedan, whose length is 4 meters.
The French edition AutomobileMagazine recognized the specific technical parameters of the second-generation Renault Captur hybrid variant.
The first real photos of the new generation of Renault Kangoo hit the Web.
Renault presented a restyled Koleos. The crossover changed its appearance a bit, provided the rear row of seats with 2-position adjustable backrest, comfortable front seats and new diesel engines of the Blue dCi family.
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Bird lovers trying to establish a migrating colony of whooping cranes east of the Mississippi River say they will dedicate at least three to five more years to the project.
CHASSAHOWITZKA Bird lovers trying to establish a migrating colony of whooping cranes east of the Mississippi River say they will dedicate at least three to five more years to the project.
That's how long it will take to reach their goal of having 125 cranes, including 25 breeding pairs, in the colony, said Heather Ray, of Operation Migration.
Her group is joined by the International Crane Foundation, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and state agencies such as Florida's Department of Environmental Regulation in annual, human-guided flights that may help get the birds off the endangered species list.
"The partnership has been remarkable considering all of the agencies and nonprofits involved," said Joan Garland, of the crane foundation. "We've really been clicking."
Once relatively common in North America, whooping cranes were nearly extinct by 1941, when only about 20 remained in the wild.
They've rebuilt their numbers slowly, including 270 in a flock that migrates from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
There also is a 100-bird nonmigrating colony near Kissimmee.
The eastern experiment began in 2001 when seven fledglings were taught to identify ultralights as surrogate mothers. The tiny planes emit a sound similar to a whooping crane mom, and the pilots dress in costumes that look like cranes.
Fifty-three young birds have made the human-led flights from their summer home at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in rural Wisconsin to their wintering grounds at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge on the Citrus-Hernando county line.
The 1,250-mile journey has taken from 48 days in 2001 to 64 days in 2004, their slowest pace thanks to bad weather.
Six of the original 53 have been killed by predators, including two by bobcats their first year at Chassahowitzka.
Since then, the pens that serve as their home have been stabilized against predators.
This year's 13 whoopers have been joined at Chassahowitzka by three earlier graduates.
"We don't want the others here," Ray said. "We want them to winter where they want, whether it's Florida or South Georgia. That will help strengthen the colony. If there are too many adult birds [at Chassahowitzka], they pick on the little ones."
In the fall, the young birds return north by following their elders or their cousins, sandhill cranes. Getting the colony to breeding age means having birds that are at least 5 years old. "So we're looking at another year before we begin having breeding pairs," Garland said.
This year the team hopes to add a new wrinkle.
"We hope to begin supplemental releases" such as what happened this year with a fledgling called No. 18, Garland said.
Its feathers didn't develop early enough to fly with its 13 ultralight-led friends. So it was released with and followed older birds.
"It's doing well at another location in Florida," Garland said, not revealing where for fear of human intrusion.
Source: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News


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Sergio Tacchini
Sergio Tacchini, Italian Tennis Champion and Davis Cup team player from 1959 to 1966
50 years of victories, but also of timeless products that have made the history of the brand. From the Young Line worn by McEnroe, to the Ghibli designed for the United States Davis Cup Team, Sergio Tacchini's garments are the synthesis of a success story. A tennis player who creates, with Italian style and innovation, a brand that evokes a whole world.
Sergio Tacchini, Italian Tennis Champion and Davis Cup team player from 1959 to 1966
It all began in 1966 when Sergio Tacchini retired from competitive tennis and founded Sandys, a company manufacturing and distributing sportswear and sports shoes.
Tacchini started with kits for his former tennis colleagues with the first tennis wear collections created by the former champion.
He introduced colour to tennis kits for the very first time, impacting a world which, up until then, had only ever allowed white.
The new Sergio Tacchini logo was launched, where the initials S and T intertwine to reproduce the court baselines and resemble the shape of a tennis ball.
The year when the sponsorships of world class tennis players started, with Connors and Gerulaitis helping to boost the Italian brand within the top rankings of the tennis world and gain recognition on the international market.
1978 - the year of amazing intuition: an 8 year contract was signed with the new world class tennis star John McEnroe, who went on to become the key icon of the brand.
At the beginning of the 80s, Tacchini launched the Young Line polo shirt on the market: a double contrast colour stripe front&back on the polo shirt. This double stripe became the iconic symbol of the brand, used at a corporate level with a series of different versions throughout the yearly collections. In fact, the Young Line Polo and Tamarindo track suit are still among the current best sellers.
This was the decade that saw the Sergio Tacchini collections branch out to embrace new sportswear lines designed for other kinds of sports. First and foremost the GOLF line, which led to the sponsorship of champion players such as Jan Woosnam.
Then came the skiiing line for men, women and kids. A collection for skiing enthusiasts, but also technical lines designed for world class champions such as Pirmin Zurbriggen and Marc Girardelli
True to its mission based on extending its lines, shoe collections were introduced in the mid 90s, focusing particularly on technical shoes for champion players, but also launching a leisure wear range.
The 90s also witnessed the brand advertising campaigns of different subjects taken to a whole new level, covering both tennis and the champions of the moment, and also the new sports lines produced by Sergio Tacchini.
It was during this period that the Italian brand developed a total look leisure collection. The collections are for both men and women, and range from outerwear to trousers and shoes.
The total look collection led to the launch of the first flagship stores. The very first store was opened in Turin in 1991, inaugurating a new form of distribution on the sportswear retail channel.
In 2001 the brand's own 60 foot trimaran was launched, competing under the command of the competent French skipper Fauconnier. The investment was deemed essential for the design and fine-tuning of the new Sailing collection technical gear.
A fundamental collaboration based strategy was drawn up to manage the non-core business products; it was during this period that fragrances and bags were introduced to the Sergio Tacchini portfolio. Underwear, socks, watches, homewear and beachwear soon followed suit.
The brand celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016. A dedicated logo was designed for the occasion, a Young Line Polo Special Edition and the celebrations were held at the Yacht Club de Monaco, featuring a photographic exhibition and a lavish party in the presence of a long list of friends of the brand, especially from the tennis world.
In celebration of its anniversary, the brand commenced a number of partnerships with designers from the fashion world, creating a range of capsules that are the ultimate blend between the sporting and fashion worlds. The first was with Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy, closely followed by Andrea Crews, Eleven Paris, and Le Bon Marché in Paris.


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Ready at Dawn, the development studio behind two of the most popular titles for the Playstation Portable, may be returning to PSP development.
The studio famously got out of the PSP-development business last year, returning their development kits to Sony and moving on to other things. But John Koller, director of hardware marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment of America, says that Sony Computer Entertainment have been in talks with the studio about returning to the PSP.
"Ready at Dawn is a fantastic developer, they did God of War: Chains of Olympus and Daxter," he said. "The conversations with them continue.
"Don't give up on Ready at Dawn yet."
Koller said that a lot of studios who were reluctant to develop for the Playstation Portable in 2006 have noticed the surge in PSP sales with the release of the PSP 2000 model. That, he says, explains the impressive slate of games announced this week for the portable.
"In mid 2006 the hardware had seen a bit of a bottoming out, a lot of publishers decided to reallocate their resources," he said. "In 2007 the PSP 2000 came out and we saw a big increase in sales. When we met with developers in 2008 they said, 'How can we get back into the PSP?'"
With the long development window, those games are just now starting to hit the console.
Sony also sat down with developers and talked to them about stream lining costs to make game development and marketing for the PSP more cost effective.
"We went in with a number of ideas and really laid it out," he said. "We had recommendations about franchises that made a lot of sense for the PSP."


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There is a ladies collection G6S, and men's collection G6. Both come with interchangeable straps, one made from fine black Italian leather and the other made from Newgate's colourful loom woven canvas. Each watch also includes the new acrylic table stand to display your G6. With the G6 Jim wanted to create a recognisable new style.
The chronograph dials have unique design assets including multi faceted and coloured chapter rings, inner bezels, sub dials and rings. The colour palette featured on most dials includes "Magnetic Blue" and "Pluto Pink", all executed with quality and accuracy. 44 millimetre 316L surgical grade stainless steel engineered lugless cases, designed for Newgate's signature interchangeable underslung straps and Japanese Miyota quartz movements. The back of the hand crafted leather straps include Morse Code as used by Eddie Read, and the canvas straps are loom woven. Well over 100 horologists have crafted and built every G6 watch.
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Stay Awake. This is the teaching of Jesus in the gospel for the first Sunday of Advent – the preparation time for Christmas.
I have been travelling in S America and Asia in the past few weeks and have seen the various effects of the global financial crisis. In retrospect it's obvious that we slept-walked into the crisis, allowing the oscillation between greed and fear that controls the market place to induce a dangerous dream state.
The bubble burst. Reality dawned . And the awakening has been hard; and, as always in financial matters, hardest for those who have least and are the most vulnerable. In personal life also we frequently lurch from sleep-walking to rude awakening. Is there a way that we can stay awake? Can we avoid the extremes that cause so much suffering and confusion? Often when we are at our most inflamed and hyper-active we are in the deepest sleep.
Meditation – morning and evening – is the best antidote known to humanity to keep us awake, clear-minded about the illusions that lure us and the fears that control us. And to keep us attuned to the beauty and freshness of reality as each day invites us to be more awake, more real.
We know when we are awake because we maintain the same clam spirit of attention between all changing activities and sensations.
If your meditation has become lazy or more irregular of late, think of this training time of Advent as an opportunity to restart and renew the practice.
A good lectio practice would be to memorise these words form the Gospel and allow them to clear the mind at stressful times of the day, morning noon or night:
"Stay awake, then for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight or in the morning. And what I say to you I say to all: stay awake. (Mark 13: 34)
____________________ Laurence Freeman OSB Meditatio 17 Pembroke Gardens London W8 6HT UK ___________________ New book by Laurence Freeman now published: First Sight: The Experience of Faith


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Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak diplomat, is the sixth international High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, overseeing the Bosnian peace process. He has the power to impose laws, overrule the Bosnian parliament and sack elected Bosnian officials. Given these wide-ranging powers, the role of the High Representative has become increasingly controversial.
Lajcak has held this post since June 2007 and is simultaneously the EU's Special Representative. He knows South East Europe well, having been the EU's special envoy at the May 2006 independence referendum in Montenegro and Slovakia's ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia. He speaks the local languages fluently.
Lajcak sees his role as being less interventionist than some of his predecessors. Faced with widespread criticism by Bosnians of their political leaders, Lajcak maintains:
"Among these people there may be some who appeal to us more and others less, but they have all been elected legitimately. The institutions in this country function, and we must trust in them and help them."
Miroslav Lajcak in the Bosnian news
However, Lajcak believes that there is still a need for the High Representative:
"There are two things which show this: Firstly, the people do not have sufficient trust in their own politicians and their own institutions and see the High Representative as providing a certain guarantee for their interests. Secondly: many local politicians are not mature enough to make responsible decisions that are clearly difficult, but also important. It is easier for them if they can hide behind the High Representative. Unfortunately, I feel that there is still a great need for this institution."
"Today, almost everything is defined along the lines of either entities or ethnicities. It is therefore difficult for anyone, be they politicians or intellectuals, to rise above this divide. This is why there are few people who have the credibility to speak in the name of the state and be accepted by all sides."
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Harbinger of Cookies wrote:Raziel wrote:Harbinger of Cookies wrote:But golems are a rarity. We don't need to look further than at the Conquest of Machike side story. First see how that fire sorceress got turned into a pin cushion by simple arrows/bolts. Then imagine what would have happened to Quain's army, if there was a single primitive gatling machine gun with well-trained crew on the wall of Machike... Ouchie.
There are more smaller and quicker golums though like the one that attacked the demon messenger in the Sharen fortress, there are also summons and nether summons that could decimate the enemy line.
Hmm, I think any summon would be really weak against firearms. They aren't particularily damageproof, they're just reasonably strong, obey without hesitation, are kinda expendable, and especially the ones in the soul gems are very easy to transport. Sort of like the stream of bullets from an automatic firearm, really
Also the "lighter, quicker" new generation golems would also be vulnerable to smaller caliber guns and smaller explosives. Since invention of practical firearms, this hasn't really worked out for humans, we've needed to go down to the grunt + max 20-30 kilograms combat load, able to crouch and crawl, or alternatively up the armour until it can withstand anything grunts can throw at it at least from the front (from the first dedicated long-barreled large-caliber AT-rifles with AP rounds, to the current state of the art (which does not necessarily mean the best) guided fire-and-forget tandem HEAT warhead AT missiles).
Yulnaggoth wrote:totally possible for technology to just develop in a completely different manner.
As for your question:
1760- double barreled shotgun.
1784- Shrapnel shell is invented.
1853- Rifles replace muskets entirely.
1880- First Boer War. Soldiers no longer shoot in lines. Snipers kill 10 times their number at Majuba hill.
Colonial tech takes this. WW1 would be stupidly overpowered.
blackshade10 wrote:Hrm, I personally would separate 17th and 18th, maybe even early and late 18th, since on Earth, the advancements were very significant. Rifling alone changed much of the battlefield.
Whispering shadows wrote:So I guess with the hermiones (im certain I spelled that wrong) entering the scene I guess this topic is once more relavent?
If that so then eat your hearts out dwarves
Whispering shadows wrote:So I guess with the hermiones (im certain I spelled that wrong) entering the scene I guess this topic is once more relavent?
If that so then eat your hearts out dwarves
Whispering shadows wrote:If defending city against them:
1) place archers on walls and when they start to take walls let then capture both them and the gate house. Once they do so and open main gate for their army I have my previusly concealed units on the wall retake the gatehouse and close the gates on drow as they go through thus dividing their forces. Once that's done I have all my units gang rush the drow on the inside while men on the walls man the artillery on the walls and pummel them while they packed together. (will elaborate more on this plan later)
Meh, it could happen, history is full of examples of weird traps or stratagems that won or lost battles.Whispering shadows wrote:Meh fighting on the walls would hinder the amount of troops I could bring to bear even more then fighting in the open square just inside the gate. As for concealing troops I could either have them stationed in towers a fair distance away or have false walls and other hideout places installed in the gatehouses. Normally I would let only the 1st few squads through the gate before closing it. Once I had the max manegeable number through I would close the gates and proceed to attack from all sides forcing the drow to bunch up where I could bring my artillery to bear. Once the 1st squads had been eliminated I would retreat further into the city and issue my men ranged weapons and proceed to turn it into a sniper hell hole (can't block something if you don't know it's coming). I would use wagons (some on fire) to block off roads and seperate individual units (I.e. roll them down hills). Oh and naturally I would set sections of the city on fire just to add to the confusion they would be suffering from. Basicly I'm going insurgent on them. This would naturally slow their advance down considerably. As for drow having no qualms about killing my civilians I would in turn have no qualms of being brutal in making examples of captive drow (wicker men, severed heads, impalement) I won't give all the details but lets just say I would do my best to turn the city into a living nightmare.
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CHICAGO - Chipper Jones was down to the final few games of his distinguished career when the Atlanta Braves opened a series at Pittsburgh last month. The Pirates, who play in one of the majors' most picturesque ballparks, were closing out their best season in 15 years.
And a few hours before Michael Bourn stepped into the batter's box for Jeff Locke's first pitch, there were 23 tickets listed on StubHub.com for 15 cents or less.
There were lots more bargains on that Oct. 1 slate of games. Two seats at Wrigley Field were available for six quarters, but you had to watch the Chicago Cubs take on the lowly Houston Astros. Miami's new ballpark had 881 tickets listed on StubHub for less than $5 apiece.
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media and StubHub are in negotiations over the website's role as the official secondary ticket market for MLB after their first deal expired following this season. The NBA partnered with Ticketmaster to create a website which went live last month and is both a primary and secondary ticket outlet.
"The secondary market isn't going away," Minnesota Twins President Dave St. Peter said. "It's always going to be a significant part of the ticket procurement process and an option for fans. As we focus on the primary market, we also have to look for ways to make sure the secondary market will not be a hindrance to the primary market."
Baseball's agreement with StubHub essentially means the website provides a secondary online platform for any team that wants one. Both sides seem to want to continue the partnership, but have yet to announce a new deal.
Matthew Gould, a spokesman for MLBAM, said talks are ongoing and detailed some of the positives of the partnership to date.
"We have seen benefits," he said. "While some of those are economic, the most important benefits have come from the amount of data that we have been able to have both on the buying and selling side, which will be very important as we formulate our future plans for the secondary ticket market."
StubHub spokesman Glenn Lehrman said Wednesday the San Francisco-based company has enjoyed a "great relationship" with Major League Baseball and is "cautiously optimistic about continuing that relationship moving forward."
One of StubHub's central tenets is a free market, with no ceilings and floors, and baseball could be pushing for more control over ticket prices, possibly complicating the discussions between the sides.
"It's been talked about, some type of a floor," St. Peter said. "Whether that will be a reality, I don't know. Some of the timings of offerings as well, maybe establish a window by which offerings for game tickets at certain levels are taken down. A lot of this is a promotional issue."
"We don't have a relationship with Ticketmaster because Major League Baseball's preferred ticketing method is through tickets.com, which it owns. So we wouldn't likely do a deal with Ticketmaster. We'd be more likely do a deal with StubHub."
StubHub struck one of its first major sports deals with the Seattle Mariners in 2001 and has separate partnership agreements with about half of the 30 major league teams, covering everything from signage to promotions. It signed a five-year deal to become the "Official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace" for MLB.com in 2007.
John Davis, the vice-president for ticket sales for the Cincinnati Reds, said the relationship with StubHub "provides valuable insight and data into the secondary market that we wouldn't have otherwise."
"Teams are provided a clear picture as to nuances of the secondary buyer by pricing categories, proximity to the ballpark, and timing in regards to time of purchase and the actual game," Davis said. "All these factors are extremely helpful in understanding our fan base, how best to message to them, and how to properly price our tickets."
Any new deal between the sides could have a much different feel without one of baseball's most popular franchises.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the New York Yankees are planning to opt out if baseball signs another deal with StubHub. The person said the Yankees would announce their own arrangement at some point soon.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing contract negotiations.
The Yankees groused about StubHub when they had some empty seats for some of their home games in the playoffs. The actual effect of their absence from any new arrangement is uncertain, since fans still would be able to buy and sell Yankees tickets on the site — the consumer may not notice much of a difference.
StubHub.com declined to release team-specific ticket sales, but acknowledged the big-market clubs generate the most business.
The NBA announced its partnership with Ticketmaster in August, and they opened their new website before the season started. Billed as the official ticket marketplace for the league, NBATickets.com provides access to tickets sold by the team and by other fans. The league says teams can set minimum ticket prices on the site.
"I think that you're going to see it move more toward where the NBA is," said Bill Sutton, who is the director of the sport and entertainment management program at the University of South Florida and spent four years as the NBA's vice-president for team marketing and business operations, "where it's going to be instead of rivals you've got to be partners, because neither seller is going away, so you've got to figure out a way to partner."
AP Baseball Writer Joe Kay in Cincinnati and AP Sports Writer Jon Krawczynski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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Update: Christoph Müller reports in January 2015 that this restaurant is no longer active, but there are plans to move it to Bobo, Burkina Faso
The first solar kiosk is in operation in the capital Ouagadougou of Burkina Faso. Significantly, it has the name Chez Tantie Solaire (The Solar-aunt). Equipped with a locally produced-Papillon solar stove and a box cooker the customers' meals are cooked with solar energy. The owner and excellent cook, Mariam Kone (41), manages the kiosk, making a living for herself and three children.
Miriam lost her husband a few years ago in a traffic accident. Afterwards Mariam lived in the street and couldn't even send her children to school. Now she has an independent life. Meanwhile, her oldest daughter Amsetu is back in school. The two other siblings do their lessons and help evenings at the kiosk.
The kiosk stands on the western outskirts of Ouagadougou (Pissi). Due to the secluded location of the property, rent is 5,000 CFA (~ 8 Euro). This disadvantage is offset by the adjacent cinema, and elementary and high school. The widely visible solar cookers are viewed by passers-by and students with considerable interest and attract a crowd.
Mariam fries fritters (beignets) in the morning sunshine for the students of the adjacent schools. Furthermore, there is a daily soup and simple dishes such as rice with sauce, noodles and Tô on the menu. She also has a futuristic-looking box cooker for cooking bananas and Njam root.
She suppliments whene needed with a gas stove to keep pace. The box cooker also allows Mariam to bake cakes. Due to their tight finances, Mariam uses the solar cooker regularly. She would have otherwise a monthly cost of firewood up to 15,000 CFA (23 euros) to pay. This corresponds to the half a school year for one of her children. Only in the rainy season, when the sunshine is so unreliable, does the cooker remain mostly in the house.
She was set up with her solar kiosk cook by a generous donation from a German foundation and from private donations from Germany. It is hoped that the daily presence of this new technology will cause many others to copy her.


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Here's Stephanie Benoit with her response to my coaching about gaining confidence by using a "fake it till you make it" strategy. In the video, she highlights four tips that stood out for her, and in the post below, she does one part of her homework, which involved writing down the things she fears might go wrong, along with a possible solution for each one--an exercise that moves the speaker from just worrying about what might go wrong to actually envisioning a solution. That plan-ahead process allows you to have that solution in mind when you face the actual situation. Feel free to add tips or advice for Stephanie from your own experience in the comments!
This week's video is about confidence with the focus being "faking it till you make it!" I was given the task of brainstorming a few possible things that may go wrong when speaking publicly and my ideas for solving those problems. Here is my list:
- PROBLEM: Losing my train of thought: It's so easy to do this. You may get so wrapped up in a previous point and have gone so far beyond what you initially meant to say, that you don't know how to successfully transition your way back without sounding so choppy. Then you're stuck standing there in silence while you try to figure it out. SOLUTION: it's best that you have 3 solid points that follow some sort of pattern or rhythm, so that it is easier for you remember. I would come up with a rhyme or jingle that only I knew in order to help me remember quickly in case I forgot.
- PROBLEM: Sounding Silly or Inexperienced: It's very easy to end up sounding ridiculous when you go above and beyond to impress people. The nerves take over and you make references to things you don't truly know or haven't ever experienced, hoping that this is what they want to hear or will be impressed by. SOLUTION: My advice would be to "go for what you know." You can't anticipate what a bunch of people you don't know want to hear, because, you simply don't know. You have to be confident in the information that you can genuinely provide and hope that it reaches someone. It may not be rocket science, but being able to fully stand behind the things that you say will make you more credible in the long run.
- PROBLEM: The reaction you were hoping for is not what you received: We've all been there. Where you say a joke that you think is hilarious, but it takes you much longer to realize no one is lauging because the sound of your loud, not-so-infectious laughter is clouding reality and it's pretty embarrassing. We've also been to the place where you share what, to you, appears to be the secret to life, but no one is moved. This is the part where you wish to sink into the floor and seriously think of ways to do so. SOLUTION: The fact of the matter is everyone isn't going to get your joke, think you're funny, or be earth-shatteringly moved by what you say. You have to be able to bounce back from that by simply moving on. I haven't had that happen to me, but my advice would be to stick to things that the general population is privy to. Stay away from things that only affect a certain culture, class, or demographic. This way, for the most part, everyone will be on the same page.
- PROBLEM: Someone interrupts your speech: This is another place I'm sure many of us have been. You've been in a crowd where some very bold person decides to yell something or do something inappropriate to throw the person speaking and/or performing off. If you're really experienced, you may be able to answer back, or make light of it, and move on, but for many, that would stall your speech/presentation. SOLUTION: I'm not sure if there is one solution to this one. I think it depends on exactly what the interruption is. If it's something minute, then you may be able to brush it off, but it's it more disruptive, then other steps would have to be taken. I also think the way to handle it depends on your experience. I'm sure a seasoned speaker would be less baffled and more prepared to deal with that, than a newer speaker.
I hope you enjoyed my list and please feel free to share your own comments, questions, concerns, and experiences. Thanks for the continued support!
--Stephanie Benoit
Related posts: Confidence: How to fake it until you make it
The 15 Weeks to Step Up Your Speaking contest and program


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The Flame Princess has been a tutorial that's been requested here an awful lot. She was pretty fun to work on, considering the fiery color scheme is the most interesting and vivid of all color schemes. In this fun lesson, I'll be showing you "how to draw Flame Princess From Adventure Time", step by step. If you're going to draw her digitally, I recommend getting yourself a graphics tablet first, so you'll have a better shot at drawing her proportions easily, without the hassle of being unable to 'undo' a mistake. With that being said, make sure you have various references of her by your side, so you can sketch up creative poses. I hope you guys will enjoy this tut, let me know what other Adventure Time tutorials you'd like to see next. Thanks for viewing, and good luck!
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"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released its Candidate Notice of Review, a yearly appraisal of the current status of plants and animals considered candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)," the USFWS announced in a November 20, 2012 press release. "There are now 192 species recognized by the Service as candidates for ESA protection, the lowest number in more than 12 years," the agency release stated.
Those opening sentences in the press release might have caused many farmers, ranchers, businesses and property owners to heave a sigh of relief, hoping that they might be spared prosecution and persecution due to the reduced ESA candidate list. That could be a false hope, as the Obama administration gives every sign of utilizing all the tools and opportunities at its disposal to stop energy projects, block economic development, and lock up federal lands. As reported here recently ("Specious Endangerment: Obama Awards Spotted Owls 9.6 Million Acres"), the administration has nearly doubled the critical habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl, locking up 9.6 million acres of forestland in Washington, Oregon, and California.
Will a chipmunk or snail darter be used next as a pretext to wreak havoc on an industry, State, or region? The same USFWS press release states: "Today's notice identifies two new candidate species: Peñasco least chipmunk (Sacramento and White Mountains, New Mexico) and Cumberland arrow darter (Kentucky and Tennessee)."
But the new candidates have competition for ESA priority from many other contenders: weeds, bugs, fish, birds, frogs, flies, toads, snakes, etc. Federal agencies and their allies in environmental activist organizations are constantly presenting cases for adding new candidates and expanding the habitat and protection of those already listed as threatened or endangered. Once the proposed ESA rules are published in the Federal Register, it is anyone's guess as to how long before the mayhem begins.
On September 11, 2012 the USFWS published this ESA listing in the Federal Register:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list two Texas plants, Leavenworthia texana (Texas golden gladecress) as an endangered species and Hibiscus dasycalyx (Neches River rose-mallow) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) and propose to designate critical habitat for both species.
Property owners will not be comforted to read in the proposed listing that "the majority of lands being proposed for critical habitat designation are owned by private landowners, although the Federal Government and the State of Texas own small portions."
Will the listing of the newly protected weeds end up meaning that Texans will lose many of their property rights to the edicts of federal agencies and federal courts responding to the lawsuits of environmental activist groups? Very likely, unless the ESA is rewritten or abolished.
A month later on October 10, the USFWS struck again, announcing the designation of eight freshwater mussels in Alabama and Florida waterways for EDSA listing. The entry in the Federal Register states:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, determine endangered species status for the Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), round ebonyshell (Fusconaia rotulata), southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), and Choctaw bean (Villosa choctawensis), and threatened species status for the tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia escambia), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis), and fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act); and designate critical habitat for the eight mussel species.
In this case, the USFWS says the impact on private land owners will be "insignificant," which, if true, might be a first. But few people familiar with the USFWS and the ESA believe the "insignificant" assessment. "The majority of the designation occurs in navigable waterways whose stream bottoms are owned by the States of Alabama and Florida," says the Service. The Federal Register entry continues:
Impacts of this designation could occur on non-Federal riparian lands adjacent to the designated streams where there is Federal involvement (e.g., Federal funding or permitting) subject to section 7 of the Act, or where a decision on a proposed action on federally owned land could affect economic activity on adjoining non-Federal land. However, in general, we believe that the takings implications associated with this critical habitat designation will be insignificant. The takings implications assessment concludes that this designation of critical habitat for these eight mussels does not pose significant takings implications for lands within or affected by the designation.
Even if the listing does not result in the federal government's "taking" of private property, it is almost certain to have significant impacts on commercial and recreational fishing, boating, farming, livestock grazing, irrigation, home building, mining, dredging, oil and gas drilling, and many other uses.
''Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kind of cool.''
As we reported recently ("Regulators R Us: Feds Crank Up Regulations — on Everything"), the Obama administration is resorting more and more regularly to executive usurpation of legislative powers to advance a radical agenda that Congress has blocked. We noted:
In 2011, Congress passed 81 bills into law. During the same period, federal agencies promulgated 3,807 regulations — rules that are treated as if they are binding law. These agencies are under the executive branch, which means they are under the president. However, under the U.S. Constitution, the president has no authority whatsoever to make laws. Neither do any of his subordinates. The president's role is to faithfully execute (i.e., administer) the laws passed by Congress, provided of course, that said laws comport with the Constitution.
The very first sentence of Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states: "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States." It is difficult to get plainer and more definitive than that: "All legislative powers." Congress is the legislative branch, and it possesses "all legislative powers." The executive and judicial branches have their own peculiar jurisdictions and purviews, but their powers do not include lawmaking. Nor does the Constitution allow the Congress to sublet or delegate its lawmaking authority to the president, bureaucrats, or judges.
U.S. Presidents since FDR — both Republican and Democrat — have been resorting increasingly to the use of executive orders and rule-by-regulation, but it was Paul Begala, counselor to President Bill Clinton, who infamously celebrated this illegal arrogation of power with a cavalier quip.
''Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kind of cool,'' said White House counsel Begala, in a self-satisfied endorsement of Clinton's abuse of executive orders.
Leaders of the Big Green lobby are urging President Obama to ignore the Constitution and Congress and stroke the pen for all its worth to enact all their pet projects by presidential fiat. In a November 7 post on EcoWatch.org, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune congratulated President Obama for his election victory and challenged him to deliver on his "green" agenda promises. "During his first term, Barack Obama was the first American president to clearly articulate a vision of America leading the world toward a clean-energy future that can meet the challenge of a changing climate," said Brune. "Now, he has four more years to deliver on that promise."
Among the priority items targeted by Brune for President Obama's action:
• Use the EPA to shut down coal mining and "dirty power plants."
• Stop the Keystone Pipeline and "toxic tar sands oil."
• Use the Antiquities Act to establish national monuments by presidential decree.
• "Boldly elevate the issue of climate disruption and climate solutions" and support "clean" wind and solar energy.
President Obama, of course, is already sailing that port tack. As The New American has reported in numerous articles over the past four years, the Obama administration's EPA has been attacking the coal industry and power generating plants without letup, guaranteeing that electrical bills will continue to skyrocket and that our future will contain power brownouts and blackouts. (See "Related Articles" below.)
In January of this year, President Obama gave a thumbs down to the Keystone pipeline. TransCanada Corporation announced that it would reapply for a permit for the pipeline, but President Obama will not likely approve it.
Regarding use of the Antiquities Act, President Obama has shown he is already on that page. On September 21, 2012 he signed a proclamation establishing Chimney Rock, located in the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado, as a National Monument.
Chimney Rock is the third National Monument designated by President Obama using the Antiquities Act. At 4,726 acres, it is miniscule compared to the Spotted Owl's domain, and many other national parks, monuments, and forests, but it is another tool that the president can wield, albeit, unconstitutionally, to limit or deny access of "the people" to the peoples' "public lands."
EPA — Nixon's Monster Keeps Getting Bigger and Badder
As problematic and dangerous as the ESA is, however, the biggest, baddest bully in the federal stable is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has arrogated unto itself the power to regulate and control virtually everything, including CO2, the stuff we exhale with every breath.
Created in 1970 by an executive order of President Richard Nixon, the EPA has morphed into a lethal Leviathan that regularly issues edicts that can bankrupt towns and cities, as well as businesses and individuals. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has provided a detailed indictment of the EPA's regulatory abuses.
Sen. Inhofe highlights, for instance, these horrendously costly and disruptive EPA regulations:
Ozone rule — The EPA has proposed tightening the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. The compliance cost could range from $19 to $90 billion, making them the most expensive EPA regulations ever proposed. If these rules go into effect, many towns and cities across the nation not currently in violation of EPA ozone standards will suddenly find themselves on the agencies "dirty air list" and will be subject to costly fines and mitigation mandates.
Utility MACT — EPA's Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rules will force the retirement of 30 to 100 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity. That's the potential elimination of 20 percent of America's coal plants, along with hundreds of thousands of jobs. The impact will be felt hardest in these states: West Virginia, 90 percent coal-fired; Ohio, 80 percent coal-fired; Michigan, 60 percent coal-fired; Minnesota, 60 percent coal-fired; and Wisconsin, 66 percent coal-fired.
Boiler MACT — Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) would impose stringent emission limits and monitoring requirements for industrial boilers used in manufacturing, processing, mining, refining, as well as commercial boilers used in malls, laundries, apartments, restaurants, and hotels. IHS-Global Insight concluded that the proposal could put up to 798,250 jobs at risk. Moreover, they said every $1 billion spent on upgrade and compliance costs will put 16,000 jobs at risk and reduce US GDP by as much as $1.2 billion.
Portland Cement MACT — According to EPA, "A projected 181 Portland cement kilns will be operating at approximately 100 facilities in the United States in the year 2013." EPA's new emissions standards under will apply to 158 of those kilns. According to the Portland Cement Association, EPA's rule puts up to 18 cement plants at risk of shutting down, threatening nearly 1,800 direct jobs and 9,000 indirect jobs. With cement being crucially important to construction, the costs of building will escalate and more jobs will be jeopardized in the construction trades as well.
Farm Dust rule — The EPA, which has been regulating farm dust for decades, indicates it may tighten the standards as part its review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This could very likely put the standard below the amount of dust created during normal farming operations, making it impossible to meet. The effect will be to drive many already struggling family farms into insolvency — and to drive up food prices even higher.
Obama EPA's "Crucifixion" Strategy
The onerous and staggeringly expensive regulations outlined above barely scratch the surface of the punitive burdens the Obama administration's EPA intends to fasten upon us. Is punitive too strong a characterization? Hardly. In fact, additional adjectives, such as brutally and ferociously may need to be appended to punitive, in order to do justice to the nature of the EPA regulatory regime.
Consider EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz. Although some Americans have heard of him, Al Armendariz should be universally known and despised as the kind of bureaucratic tyrant not to be tolerated in this Republic. But President Obama's friends in the establishment-controlled media assured that Armendariz's shocking Al Capone enforcement style would not blow back on the president. Armendariz said that his philosophy of enforcement "was kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean. They'd go into a little Turkish town somewhere, they'd find the first five guys they saw, and they would crucify them. And then you know that town was really easy to manage for the next few years."
According to Armendariz, you find folks who are not in compliance with the EPA's constantly changing, draconian edicts, and "you hit them as hard as you can, make examples of them. There's a deterrent there." For those who have already felt the dread blows of the EPA, Armendariz's comments are not surprising. What is surprising is that they were caught on video (embedded at the end of this article).
Even the pro-Obama, left-tilted Washington Post found Armendariz's attitude chilling and welcomed his resignation. In an editorial entitled "The EPA is earning a reputation for abuse," the Post editorial board noted that the Armendariz statement followed soon on the heels of a smack-down of the EPA by the Supreme Court for the Agency's despotic treatment of the Sackett family, who have been dragged through years of regulatory hell in their attempt to build their home. By accepting Al Armendariz's resignation, Obama and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson may have solved one of their election year political problems, but they did nothing to change the EPA's ongoing crucifixion strategy.
Photo at top: AP Images
Related Articles:
Specious Endangerment: Obama Awards Spotted Owls 9.6 Million Acres
Regulators R Us: Feds Crank Up Regulations — on Everything
Inhofe: Obama Stalls EPA Regulations Until After Election
Sky-high Electric Bills Courtesy of Obama EPA's War on Coal
The EPA's Property Wrongs in America
Obama Eyes "Executive Orders" to Circumvent Congress


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John Marden Scorup was born December 3, 1935 in Moab, UT to James Marden Scorup and Dixie Perkins. John passed away August 24, 2013.
John was raised in Monticello, UT, where he graduated from high school in 1954. John went to Fort Lewis for a year before he was drafted into the Army, where he served two years.
John worked as a Government Trapper, Forest Ranger and a BLM Federal Marshall. He married Deana C. Cole in 1966.
John is survived by his wife Deana, and daughters Debbie Klemp of Los Angeles, CA and Michelle Comstock of Midland, TX.
John dearly loved his three granddaughters, Samantha Covert, Melissa Klemp and Sydney Comstock, as well as his great-grandchildren, Alexxa, Tristyn, Trinity and Lila Jade.
'The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears'.
We love you papa!