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WASHINGTON - The response was unprecedented in the history of conservation programs. The Natural Resources Conservation Service received more than 60,000 specific comments on the proposed rule for the Conservation Security Program during its 60-day comment period.
CSP is the latest in an arsenal of conservation tools designed to support and encourage voluntary conservation practices by private land-owners across the nation. CSP will identify and reward those farmers and ranchers who are meeting the highest standards of conservation and environmental management on their operations
The unprecedented number of public comments we've received on CSP is indicative of both the interest in this innovative program, and the heart-felt commitment to natural resource conservation on America's working lands by so many groups and individuals. From my perspective as Chief of the NRCS, I find it gratifying to receive such thoughtful input - input that is helping us craft a program capable of living up to CSP's enormous potential and the intent of congressional authors.
The comments will be extremely helpful in our daunting task of implementing CSP. We have reviewed and considered every comment and the final rule will reflect some of this creative input. Thanks to this overwhelming feedback we are now closer to the first sign-up for CSP.
However, one area in which we received many comments and yet found no fairer or more scientific way to proceed in implementing CSP is the issue of using a staged, watershed approach.
After reviewing the comments we still believe that a watershed approach offers the best option – economically, practically and administratively. Here's why:
Watersheds are Nature's Boundaries Watersheds are nature's boundaries. They are a common sense way to group together producers working on environmental issues and to measure environmental success – something state or county lines couldn't be expected to do. Plus, everyone lives in a watershed, and within the next eight years, every farmer and rancher will have an opportunity to participate in the program – so no qualifying producer will be left out.
More funding means more watersheds—or all watersheds The watershed approach allows NRCS all the flexibility needed to expand the program as Congress makes more funds available. The watershed approach provides the necessary opening or narrowing of the gate as funding rises or falls.
The bottom line on the bottom line: Those following CSP closely will notice that our estimate of CSP contracts for 2004 has increased tenfold since December. Thanks to the administration's dedication to the program, and its resourceful approach to contracting, funding for some 3,000 contracts will now be possible this year. Even so, with 1.8 million potentially eligible applicants - and 3,000-plus contracts available, the need to focus the CSP effort is the common sense conclusion of simple arithmetic. Furthermore, the law requires that NRCS not incur more than 15 percent technical assistance costs associated with CSP. And whether help comes from an employee or a private technical service provider, that same 15 percent applies. Given this scenario, a nationwide program is inconceivable. A watershed rotation offers a fair, scientific alternative.
Do it right, do it in stages:Additionally, focusing on high priority watersheds will allow NRCS to reduce the administrative burden on applicants, and to reduce the technical assistance costs of processing a large number of applications that cannot be funded.
The watershed approach will allow landowners to assess the resources on their farms and ranches now and prepare early for participation in the program as their watersheds rotate into the program. To do so, producers can select from a portfolio of USDA conservation programs to make the necessary natural resource improvements on their operations.
The staged implementation will allow agency personnel to refine, streamline, and perfect application procedures, as well as self-assessment and self-screening processes. It will also allow existing agency staff and private technical service providers to more thoroughly assist landowners who apply during the CSP sign-up, and provide technical assistance to those landowners who will be readying their farms and ranches for subsequent signups.
The opening act of a multi-staged program While much of the concern has been focused on the first year, it's important to remember that this is just the first year of a long-term program. Over seven years the administration is committing $13.4 billion in funding toward CSP - $2 billion more than the latest Congressional Budget Office ten-year score. With this level of funding, we expect to enroll more than 90,000 contracts into CSP in seven years. This will undoubtedly supply the program with the foundation it needs to "reward the best and motivate the rest" toward our collective goal of achieving exemplary stewardship.
With increasing participation by producers, and increasing support by producers, Congress and the administration, conservation has made great strides in recent years. Soon, CSP will take its first step into the countryside, and in so doing, make one giant leap for conservation.
Bruce I. Knight is chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation. He wrote this article for Farm Press Publications.


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If you were eagerly anticipating the chance to see "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snookie" Polizzi get punched in the face, don't hold your breath.
MTV announced Friday that they have pulled the clip from the reality show's upcoming episode, according to Us Magazine.
"What happened to 'Snooki' was a crime and obviously extremely disturbing," MTV said in a statement Friday. "After hearing from our viewers, further consulting with experts on the issue of violence, and seeing how the video footage has been taken out of context to not show the severity of this act or the resulting consequences, MTV has decided not to air 'Snooki' being physically punched in next week's episode."
The clip went viral earlier this week after it appeared in a teaser for Thursday night's episode. In the footage viewers saw a quick clip of Snooki, the self-proclaimed "Princess of Poughkeepsie," getting socked right in the face and the subsequent arrest of her attacker.
The network says that the incident will still be addressed in the episode and that a message at the show's end will provide a list of available resources for those in abusive relationships, according to Us.
As for Snooki's attacker, he has been identifed by The New York Post as Brad Ferro, a 24-year-old gym teacher from Deer Park, Long Island.
Ferror was drinking in the Beachcomber Bar & Grill in Seaside Heights, N.J., when he decked the "guidette."
Dept. of Education officials say they've taken Ferro out of his north Queens Community High School and sent to a reassignment center while they investigate.
This is the first time that MTV has backed down amidst the scandal surrounding their newest reality show. Since its premiere, the Italian-American community has pressed for the show's cancellation.
Andre DeMino, the president of Unico, an Italian-American service has repeatedly denounced the behavior of the eight housemates on the Jersey Shore, calling it "reprehensible and demeaning in all respects."
"I don't see any redeeming value in the show," DiMino told the New York Times. "They are an embarrassment to themselves and to their families."
Prior to the "Snooki-punch," programming president at MTV, Tony DiSanto, defended the show saying that it never even crossed his mind that it was offensive.
When he asked whether it bothered him, he said, "To be 100 percent honest, no, even as an Italian American," the president told theHollywood Reporter. "I just wanted to be cautious about toning down the partying."

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charger plate
For those of you that have not dined in a really fancy restaurant lately, a charger plate is a large dish that is on the table when you are seated and other plates and dishes are placed, or loaded, on top of it.
The word first appears as the Middle English chargeour in the c.1305 work Legends of the Holy Rood:
I was that cheef chargeour, I bar flesch for folkes feste.
(I was that chief charger, I bore meat for the people's feast.)
The root in French is uncertain. It is either the Anglo-Norman chargeour meaning that which loads or the Old French chargeoir meaning a serving utensil.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
A chairman is the leader of a committee or parliamentary body. The origin is, as one might guess, a compound of the words chair + man. The chair is a reference to a seat or position of authority and the man is, of course, a reference to the person who occupies it. The word dates to 1654 when it appears in John Trapp's Commentary of the Book of Job:
I sate chief, and was Chair-man.
In more recent times the word has come under criticism for being sexist as not all such leaders are male. A backlash by those who want to preserve the old patterns of speech has resulted in some propagating a false etymology that states the -man is not a reference to a person at all and is, therefore, not sexist. This ill-informed view states that the -man comes from the Latin manus, meaning hand, that the chairman is the hand of the one sitting in the chair guiding the meeting. This is complete bunk.
(Source Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
Caesarean section..
A Caesarean section, also spelled Caesarian or Cesarean and often without the upper case C, is the surgical delivery of a child. It is a term with an interesting etymology and lots of associated folklore.
The term comes from the name of Julius Caesar, who according to legend was delivered by this method. From R. Jonas's 1540 translation of Roesslin's Byrth of Mankynde:
They that are borne after this fashion be called cesares, for because they be cut out of theyr mothers belly, whervpon also the noble Romane cesar the .j. of that name in Rome toke his name.
Although this is where the term Caesarean comes from, this legend about Julius's birth is almost certainly false. While surgical deliveries were known in ancient Rome, they invariably resulted in the death of the mother and Julius's mother, Aurelia, lived well into her son's adulthood. It is possible that one of Julius' ancestors was delivered in this fashion and bequeathed the name to the family. Although Pliny reports that the name comes from caesaries, or hair, as the future dictator of Rome was born with a full head of hair.
The term Caesarian section dates to 1615, first appearing in Helkiah Crooke's A Description of the Body of Man.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; National Library of Medicine, Cesarean Section: A Brief History)
This phrase, meaning a situation where two bureaucratic regulations frustrate one another, comes from the 1961 novel of that name by Joseph Heller:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.
Within ten years of the novel's publication, the term was being used generally. From the March 1971 Atlantic Monthly:
In the opinion of many sociologists, the "combination of diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and classification" so highly rated by Dr. Karl Menninger is in fact the Catch-22 of modern prison life.
Heller originally titled his novel Catch-18, but at the request of his publisher changed it. Leon Uris had just published Mila-18 and the publisher did not want confusion between the two books.
(Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
capital / capitol
The words capitol and capital seem to be very similar, but they are from different Latin roots.
The more general term, capital, has various senses, meaning punishable by death, principal, a seat of government, and wealth used in an investment. It first appears in Middle English in the 13th century and comes, via Old French, from the Latin capit?lus. The Latin root, caput, means head or money paid out. (This Latin root is unrelated to the German kaputt, meaning broken.)
Antedating: General For Attorney General
Back in the issue of 31 March, I stated that the practice of addressing the US attorney general as general dated to the Clinton administration. Hugh Rawson has written me with an antedating of the term to the Nixon administration and Attorney General John Mitchell. In his book Blind Ambition, John Dean quotes G. Gordon Liddy as saying to Mitchell on 27 January 1972, "Now, General, this operation will be equipped with its own operational arm."
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Good Words For Good Friday
This Good Friday we take a look at some of the words associated with Easter and Lent. There are a lot of good, old words in the names of various holidays of this season that survive as relics from the language of yore.
The period preceding Easter on the church calendar is Lent. It's a period of fasting and penitence that encompasses the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter. Lent, or as it was known earlier, Lenten, is from the Old English lencten, which was the name of the season we now call spring. Lencten dates to around 1000 with the religious sense appearing around 1290. Today, only the religious sense survives.
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call a spade a spade
The spade in question here is a shovel, not a black person. The phrase means to speak bluntly, without euphemism or delicacy.
The phrase comes to us from Plutarch (c.46-c.120 A.D.), the Greek biographer and essayist, although not in its current form. Plutarch used the phrase to call a bowl a bowl in his Apophthegmata. The Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1467-1536) translated Plutarch and made an error when he came to this phrase. He confused the Greek word for bowl with that for a shovel; in Greek they are very similar, coming from the same root. This was carried into English by Nicholas Udall's 1542 translation of Erasmus' work:
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Philippus aunswered, that the Macedonians wer feloes of no fyne witte in their termes but altogether grosse, clubbyshe, and rusticall, as they whiche had not the witte to calle a spade by any other name then a spade.
Cabal is most often used to denote a conspiracy, particularly one which controls an organization or government. The word entered the English language from the French cabale and ultimately comes from the Hebrew qabbalah, the medieval body of arcane and mystical Jewish teachings. The earliest use of cabal cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1616, cited in John Bullokar's An English Expositor:
Cabal, the tradition of the Jewes doctrine of religion.
Within a few years, the word had generalized to mean any secret tradition or teaching, not just the particular Jewish tradition. David Person, in his Varieties of 1635, writes:
An insight in the Cabals and secrets of Nature.
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Bloody is a British swear word that until recent decades was considered highly offensive. This is a bit strange to most Americans, who do not see it as particularly offensive, and to Australians who use it is a staple of their dialect, sort of an all-purpose adjective. The word was so scandalous that the 1914 London opening of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion will be forever remembered because of the uproar over Eliza Doolittle line "not bloody likely" in the third act. (The 1938 film version of the play was the first British film to use the word.) Like many swear words, the origin is a bit mysterious. No one is certain exactly to what the blood refers.
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that it derives from a reference to the aristocratic rowdies of the Restoration (i.e., those of noble or aristocratic blood). This is supported by early uses as an intensifier, which are in the form bloody drunk. From G. Etherege's 1676 Man of Mode:
Not without he will promise to be bloody drunk.
And the poet John Dryden wrote in 1684:
The doughty Bullies enter bloody drunk.
Popular derivations include the belief that it comes from the oath God's Blood or is a corruption of the phrase By our Lady. Alternately, some suggest it is a reference to menstruation. None of these have any real evidence to support them.
Lexicographer Eric Partridge disagreed with all the above, stating, Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, "there is no need for ingenious etymologies: the idea of blood suffices."
(Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th Edition.)
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Here are the winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for March 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in March and voted in April. The sponsor ATP (Mike Chean) will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
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First Prize of Heritage category
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First Prize of Travel category
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The following is a timely article by David Lazarus, a regular contributor to Israel Today and pastor of the Messianic congregation Beit Immanuel in Tel Aviv.
This has been another hard week for Israel. With barely time to mourn the loss of our 3 murdered teenagers, war drums are pounding again – both within and beyond our tiny borders.
How should we pray for Jerusalem in this terrible hour? One of Judaism's oldest prayers, recited more than any other blessing, gives us guidance to face the unique challenges of these difficult times.
The Aaronic Blessing is packed with beauty and meaning for such a time as this.
The first section - "May the Lord bless you and Keep you" asks G-d to prosper us with material and physical well-being. Here we are commanded to recall that He is our ultimate protection, and not only our own efforts.
May we turn our faces to the Lord in this difficult hour to the "Keeper of Israel and the Shield of Abraham."
Let us not allow the stones thrown at us become a stumbling block, but may they become footsteps drawing us closer to Him.
The second section – "The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you" asks the Almighty to grant us wisdom ("Ya'er" is related to the word "Or" – light, a metaphor for wisdom). We cannot live by gut reactions alone. When in trouble, it is time to fall on our faces before G-d and allow His face to shine on us. It is in the midst of uncertainty and danger that we must pray, "Your will be done, and not mine…"
This is also a plea that we should find favor (gracious in the Hebrew) with G-d so that others should be built up with our teachings. His wisdom does not make us so arrogant that people resent us. This is especially true when we are angry and hurt and want to lash out at others, and our nation is seething right now. Let us ask the Lord to be gracious to Israel so that we might find favor with Him especially as we face of such turmoil.
The third section - "The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace" calls us to look at our Lord right in the eye. When a person does not conduct himself properly and knows that he is wrong, even in the face of danger, he cannot face his Lord, nor can he face others with integrity. But when we do the right thing, we can lift up our heads in the sight of G-d, and this, in turn, evokes a similar response from the Lord.
When our gaze meets our Maker, we are at Peace, and there is no greater strength than to walk in the light and be in fellowship with the will of G-d.
These are the blessings we should have in mind as we pray for Israel. Security, wisdom, humility, favor with G-d and the peace that comes from knowing that we are doing the right thing. When we live like this "in the image of G-d," we will bring Shalom not only to ourselves, but to the entire world.
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WHS risk management steps
A key requirement of the work health health and safety legislation is for the employer to systematically manage risks arising from workplace hazards. There must also be effective consultation and communication with the workers involved about these risks and how they are to be managed.
The University's risk management system has been developed to assist the University to achieve compliance with the legislation.
The system has particular relevance for managers, supervisors and staff members who have responsibility for overseeing the activities of other staff or students.
University staff with supervisory authority are required to ensure that the system is effectively implemented in their designated areas of responsibility.
There are five steps in the system used to manage work health and safety risks at the University:
- identify hazards and hazardous jobs
- assign priority for each hazard and hazardous job
- assess the risk to find out exactly what makes it hazardous
- control the risk(s) or fix the problem(s)
- evaluate periodically to check that work health and safety risks are being effectively managed.


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It was 100 years ago this month that a Michigan entrepreneur, equipped with little more than a vision, decided to step out on his own. In 1905, Frederick Stevens Jr. bought a single horse and wagon from a drayman for whom he had worked, and began Stevens Van Lines in Saginaw. A century later, the Stevens family still owns and operates the company, which conducts business internationally. Five generations of dedicated and visionary Stevens have made the business a success in spite of immense changes in the moving industry. Their story contains lessons that every Michiganian should learn.
Stevens had a vision to create a business that would provide for his family and supply a fair and honest service to the community. He used the horse and wagon to haul luggage to and from the Saginaw train depot, soon adding a storage service as well. His brother, father and son helped him run the operation, building it into a successful moving and storage business.
Hard times lay ahead, though. During the Great Depression, the Stevens family suffered along with the rest of the nation. Innovative thinking kept the business afloat. Though the company lost much of its warehouse storage business, Fred's oldest son, Frederick Morrison Stevens, purchased furniture at auctions in Detroit and used the company's moving vans to transport them for resale at a retail furniture store they opened in Saginaw. The furniture operation was probably the most important business division at that time and sustained the family through the decade-long economic catastrophe.
Diversification has been a key to success for each generation of the Stevens family. Early on, the family operated a fur storage business and sold a franchised mothproofing service, in addition to moving and selling furniture. Archie Stevens, one of Fred's sons, added a trailer rental business and a commercial agency program, which would secure agents to book and haul household goods all over the country.He also added the hauling of heavy machinery to the company's growing services. Morrie Stevens, current owner and company president, expanded from just household goods relocation to international relocation and freight forwarding services, becoming increasingly involved in military and other government moves. In 1993, Stevens Van Lines became its own van line, with other agents working under them. Many of the side branches were later sold, but they all contributed to the success of the company.
A distinctive feature of the Stevens' company is the centrality of the family. Five generations of Stevenses have worked together to make their company profitable. Fred Stevens Jr. hired his father and brother to assist him when he first started the business; Archie Stevens partnered with his brother; and Morrie Stevens' three brothers all held equal shares of the business when they bought it from their father. Working with their fathers equipped subsequent generations with a unique knowledge of the business. As Morrie Stevens said, "My brothers and I had been going to moving conventions since childhood. We'd worked in the business from the bottom up, so we understood it." They appreciated the work of their forefathers and worked hard to build on their success.
It's unlikely that Fred Stevens Jr. could have imagined the extent to which his business would grow. From a single horse and wagon, the company has developed into a diversified transportation company with 500 employees, 400 drivers, nine branch offices and more than 1,200 domestic and international agents. Last year, they handled 18,250 relocations, 2,700 of which were international. Stevens owns and operates 10 affiliated carriers and forwarders for the Department of Defense. But the family is not content to rest on past achievements: Morrie Stevens hopes to add 250 to 300 agents in the next 10 years. The Stevens' company has stood the test of time and risen to the top of the relocation industry.
The real pillar of the Stevens' success has been their devotion to quality. Their motto is "adapt to change, adopt innovations and improve services." According to Morrie Stevens, "It's holding a strong commitment to quality that remains our core principle." Stevens Worldwide Van Lines was the first van line to receive the International Quality ISO 9001: 2000 Certification. The company strives to keep a high employee tenure, which brings more experience and helps maintain quality. Stevens is one of only two van lines in America to offer their employees a stock ownership program to encourage and reward longevity.
Diversified services, devotion to family, flexibility in the face of change and an emphasis on quality have enabled the Stevens family to build and sustain a successful moving company from the horse-and-buggy age to the computer age. Fred Stevens Jr. had a vision to create a successful business. Through the dedication, innovation and hard work of his descendents, that vision has become a reality. The Stevens model provides a blueprint for Michiganians seeking to excel in business and a testimony to the entrepreneurial spirit in a free and open society.
Monica Rubingh of Ellsworth, Mich., is a student at Patrick Henry College in Virginia and was a 2005 summer intern at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.
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Annual to shrubs, generally glandular, some green root-parasites
Stem generally round
Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Annual, green root-parasites, generally much-branched
Leaves sessile, 011-lobed
Inflorescence: spike (subtended by outer bracts) or flowers solitary (each subtended by outer bracts) but often clustered; outer bracts ± leaf-like; inner bract calyx-like (formerly confused with calyx)
Flower: calyx generally divided to base in front, sheath-like, tip generally entire or shallowly notched; corolla ± club-shaped, upper lip beak-like, enclosing anthers and style, tip closed, lower lip ± = upper, pouched, middle lobe generally tightly rolled under; stamens generally 4, anther sacs 12 per stamen, unequal; style bent near tip, stigma unexpanded, ± exserted downward from closed beak tip
Fruit loculicidal
Seeds generally 1020, attached at side; coat netted or ridged, tight-fitting
Species in genus: 18 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: club-shaped flower)
[Chuang & Heckard, 1986 Syst Bot Monogr 10:1105] Close to Orthocarpus , distinguished by inflorescence and calyx. Generally flowers late summer.
Plant 20120 cm, (gray-)green, generally tinged purple, densely puberulent (partly glandular) and long-soft-hairy
Leaf 1040 mm, linear to lanceolate
Inflorescence: flowers solitary, 13 in loose clusters; outer bracts 14, 1520 mm, linear, entire or 3-lobed, tips > 1.5 mm wide, angled to slightly 3-lobed, often ivory-thickened; inner bract 1522 mm, tip abruptly pointed to notched
Flower: calyx 1520 mm; corolla 1520 mm, whitish, yellow-green-tipped, pouch 58 mm wide, ± lightly marked maroon; stamens 4, anther sacs 2
Seed 1.52.5 mm, ± ovoid, finely wavy-striate, dark brown
Chromosomes: 2n=28 (all subspp.)
Ecology: Open foothill woodland, chaparral, serpentine
Elevation: < 1300 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast Ranges, s Cascade Range, n&c Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Francisco Bay Area.Variable; close to C. tenuis.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The battle between Ralph's Italian Ices and the Village of Mamaroneck has taken a step into the courthouse as owner Scott Rosenberg has sued both the Village and a host of defendants.
The legal action, filed in state Supreme Court by Attorney Andrew Schriever, seeks to allow the store to reopen and asks for at least $300,000 in damages.
Schriever said that although state Supreme Court Judge Anne Minihan denied the shop's emergency request to reopen, the suit will proceed forward and ultimately, if the judge rules in their favor, allow the popular ice cream shop to return to business.
"Shutting down Ralph's at the height of the summer season means there might not be a business to open by the time there is a decision," Schriever said.
The lawyer said the July 14 closure of Ralph's was a violation of his constitutional rights, as the village had granted Rosenberg a business permit and the illegally rescinded it after he has spent more than $300,000 to meet their demands and jumped through hoops to work with the surrounding neighborhood.
The trouble began shortly after the shop opened with certain Mamaroneck residents who were not happy with the long lines and the noise coming from the business. They took their complaints to the Zoning Board.
Rosenberg took action to try and help ease any issues by hiring extra staff, realigning the parking and expanding to the building next door.
But his efforts fell on deaf ears with the zoning board who revoked Ralph's certificate of occupancy and adopted a resolution that denied his application for a special use permit.
In addition to the Village, the lawsuit, which alleges the village's decision was maliciously motivated, also names the Zoning Board of Appeals, Building Inspector Dan Gray and village residents who have opposed the store.
Schriever says once the initial suit is decided upon, there is a separate complaint dealing with damages for the money Rosenberg has put into the business.
"The owner continues to appreciate the outpouring of community support and looks forward to returning," said Schriever.
The two sides have until Aug. 31 to file paperwork with the court dealing Ralph's request for an eventual reopening of the shop and financial damages.
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Olive oil
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I Red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 Large garlic clove, crushed
2 Limes
A handful of basil leaves
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Jeffrey D. Ansel, Burrton, Sept. 18, over weight limits on wheels and axles, $348.
Johanna Beras, Doral, Fla., June 8, speeding, deferred adjudication, $185.
Alexa K. Boyd, Marion, Sept. 20, failure to wear seatbelt, $108.
Shawn Curtis Britton, Marion, Sept. 2, failure to dim headlights, $173.
Jennifer L. Cox, Overland Park, Oct. 2, speeding, $173.
Benjamin Dale Dick, McPherson, Aug. 4, speeding and failure to wear seatbelt, $159.
Toni K. Downs, Augusta, Aug. 30, speeding, deferred adjudication, $197.
Adam M. Earnest, Claremore, Okla., Sept. 14, speeding, $191.
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Scott E. Smyth, Enterprise, Ala., Aug. 17, speeding, deferred adjudication, $143.
Joy R. Waldbauer, Durham, Aug. 26, failure to yield at stop or yield sign, $173.
Tenise R.N. Wedel, Newton, Aug. 26, speeding, deferred adjudication, $248.
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Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 33: Alloy Disorder in Bulk
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This presentation discusses disorder in AlGaAs unstrained systems in bulk.
- Bandstructure of an ideal simple unit cell
- What happens when there is disorder?
- Concept of a supercell
- Band folding in a supercell
- Band extraction from the concept of approximate bandstructure
- Comparison of alloy disorder with the virtual crystal approximation
- Configuration noise, concentration noise
- How large does an alloy supercell have to be? When does the "bulk" condition occur?
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- Bandedges and bandgaps are influenced by:
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- Concentration noise
- Clustering
- System size is very important
- "bulk" starts at 100,000 atoms
- => Nanostructures are not "bulk"
=> like quantum dots, nanowires, and quantum wells vary locally
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There are very few tourist attractions on Isla Mujeres, the `Island of Women', which is just a 15-minute boat ride from Cancún. But that is precisely the point. Visitors come here to laze around, relax in a hammock under swaying palm trees and sip ice cold margaritas. It is also wonderful to swim in the turquoise Caribbean Sea or sit on the beach and watch the sunset while eating fresh fish.
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Please note that check-in is only possible between the hours of 0730 and 2000. No exceptions.Our cosy, family run guesthouse is strategically located (not in the old city) near two markets – Warorrot Market in Chinatown (the local day market) and the night market. We're within walking distance to the night market (10 - 15 minutes), and to the old city it only takes 15-20 minutes. In our neighbourhood you'll find art and handicraft galleries, bars, restaurants, coffee shops and the convenience of a Lotus Tesco Express mini mart.Our Guesthouse is in a traditional Thai teak wooden house which is over a hundred years old. It's surrounded with a private tropical garden, perfect for chilling out in a hammock.Our rooms are simple but tidy and functionally furnished; depending on the room you book there is an option of a fan or air conditioning. Rooms from Baht 350 - 400 are fan cooled and from 580 - 620 Baht are aircon cooled. At our tours desk you can book excursions like trekking or sightseeing tours, mountain biking, white water rafting and zip line trips, cooking courses and many other activities. We're authorized to sell tours by the Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) with the License No. 23-1176.To stay in contact with your friends and family you can use our Internet and Wi-Fi facilities for free!If you'd like to pamper yourself with a traditional massage, just check out our massage and nail studio.Our aim is to give you a lot of fun, a memorable experience and unforgettable moments in the land of smiles.We have Swiss/Thai management so we speak English, Spanish and Thai!
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
simple summer fruit desserts
Vanilla creme brulee with fresh raspberries
Rhubarb frangipane tart
Apricot frangipane tart
Cherries being pitted
Classic cherry clarfouti
9 comments:
- Bonnie said...
Picture say a thousand words. All gorgeous! Love the "cherry pitter" as well :D
- Thu. Aug. 17, 05:24:00 a.m. EDT
We missed you!
Anyway, thanks for the update, the pictures are awsome!
- Thu. Aug. 17, 03:22:00 p.m. EDT
- Anita said...
That rhubarb tart looks out of this world! All of them look great actually, glad to see you've been productive while you were away!
- Thu. Aug. 17, 06:26:00 p.m. EDT
- Ivonne said...
Where have you been?! I've missed your brilliant creations. I'll take a helping of each thank you very much.
- Fri. Aug. 18, 02:27:00 p.m. EDT
- Dianka said...
Welcome back! All of your desserts look divine! I love rhubarb!
- Mon. Aug. 21, 08:06:00 p.m. EDT
- Jasmine said...
Sam, m'dear, I've missed you!
Your desserts look lovely...
I hope you are having a wonderful summer on the west coast.
- Mon. Aug. 21, 09:15:00 p.m. EDT
- jenjen said...
wow, you have been busy!
You truly are the king of baking.
- Thu. Aug. 24, 10:37:00 a.m. EDT
- sam said...
Hi All,
Thanks for all your support and encouragement. I have been baking, but as you all know, blogging takes time... Now that the summer is coming to an end, I plan to devote more time to my blog and to reading all of yours. Cheers, Sam.
- Mon. Aug. 28, 02:57:00 a.m. EDT
- Kristina said...
That cherry clafouti looks so lovely and puffy! I loooove clafouti!
- Tue. Aug. 29, 11:40:00 a.m. EDT


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International Conference of Young Chemists (ICYC) Fatima Mustafa | added on Jan 27, 2012 | Jordan The main aim of this conference is to "encourage interest in chemistry among young people, and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry" which is one of the IYC goals.
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 1, 2013) - As a result of plummeting natural gas prices and new carbon emission limits many U.S. utilities increased the use of natural gas for electricity in 2012. For the 12 months ended September 30th, data from the Energy Information Administration has shown that natural gas accounted for approximately 30 percent of all electricity generated in the U.S., while coal accounted for 37 percent. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Utilities Industry and provides equity research on TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) and Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL).
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In comparison, a decade ago electricity generated from coal and natural gas was 50 percent and 18 percent, respectively. Despite cheap natural gas prices utilities have begun to diversify their energy portfolios to help protect themselves from future uncertainties. Natural gas's surge between 2002 and 2008, which saw prices nearly triple, forced power companies to raise electricity prices abruptly.
Southern Co. has begun building a coal-gasification power plant and a nuclear power plant, which are expected to be in use between 40 years and 60 years. American Electric Power's Chief Executive Nick Akins is targeting an electricity generating portfolio consisting of 35% coal, 30% natural gas, and the remaining from "mixed sources and conservation" according to the Wall Street Journal.
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TECO Energy is an energy-related holding company. Its principal subsidiary, Tampa Electric Company, is a regulated utility in Florida with both electric and gas divisions. The company currently offers investors an annual dividend of $0.88 per share for a dividend yield of approximately 5.0 percent. Teco Energy is scheduled to release its fourth quarter and year end 2012 results on Tuesday, February 5th.
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company, with operations in 8 Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers. The company offers investors an annual dividend of $1.08 per share for a dividend yield of approximately 3.9 percent.
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