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|Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Leatherback Turtle
|Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Sea Turtles are ancient creatures. Some scientists say they are over 110 million years old, while others claim their lineage goes back 140 million years. They were here before the dinosaurs roamed the planet; and yet today, all species are on the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List meaning they are facing a high risk of global extinction. The United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) also places sea turtles species as endangered. In addition and unfortunately, scientists believe that leatherback sea turtles could be facing extinction in as little as ten years. Save the Turtles, Inc, stands humbled by these gentle creatures and works towards their survival.
About Sea Turtles
- Air breathing reptiles, but can spend hours submerged in the ocean.
- Adult females must return to land in order to lay their eggs. Many species return to the same beach where they were born to lay their eggs.
- Are found in oceans all over the world, except the Arctic Ocean.
- May migrate hundreds or thousands of miles. It is believed that they use the earth's magnetic forces to navigate throughout the oceans.
- Most prefer open water, but they are also encountered in coastal waters near reefs and estuaries.
- Are sensitive to smells and sound. They hear through eardrums below their skin.
- The adult green turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they are herbivorous, feeding primarily on seagrasses and algae. Most sea turtles are mainly carnivores and feed on jellyfish, tunicates (ascidians, sea squirts), sponges (one of a few animals that eat them), soft corals, crabs, squids and fishes.
- All 7 species of marine turtles are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Sea Turtles & Taxonomy: the scientific classification system
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (includes turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles)
Order: Testudines (includes turtles, tortoises and terrapins). See additional notes below that explain the difference between these categories.
Family: Dermochelyidae: The Leatherback is the only non-extinct species remaining in this family and is distinguished from all other turtles by the semi-flexible "leathery" skin on its outer shell
Cheloniidae: Most scientists group remaining sea turtle species under the family Cheloniidae. These species have shells covered with hard bony plates or scutes
How to Distinguish the Seven Different Species
The outer shell or carapace is the primary feature used in the identification of sea turtle species. The number of scutes on the carapace, their shape, coloring and patterning is specific to each species. Another anatomical feature utilized to distinguish between sea turtles are the prefrontal scales located on the turtle's head.
There are seven living species of sea turtles (the first name listed is based on their physical characteristics and this common name varies in different counties). The name in parenthesis refers to their scientific taxonomy of species and genus:
Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)Leatherbacks are the largest of all sea turtles, the only sea turtle with a leathery soft shell, and unfortunately are the specie that is most in danger of extinction.
Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)The beak-like mouth gives the Hawksbill turtle its name. Unfortunately for the hawksbill, their shell is so beautiful that this turtle is often hunted for its shell.
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Named for their large heads. Known to migrate from Japan to Mexico.
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)Largest of all the hard-shelled sea turtles and as an adult, are the only species that are herbivorous.
Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)This species is the smallest of the sea turtles. The name Kemp is used because of the man, Richard M. Kemp, who first described these turtles.
Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)Most abundant sea turtle and derives its name from the olive coloration of its heart-shaped shell.
Flatback (Natator depressa)Only sea turtle that exclusively nests in just one country, Australia. They are so named because of their flat shell.
Sea Turtles are Global:
Although each species has their own preference for nesting grounds, migration patterns and diet, they also have similar characteristics and unfortunately share the same threats.
Migration & Navigation
There has been extensive research conducted regarding the sea turtles' abilities to return to their nesting regions. They may migrate hundreds or even thousands of miles. In the water, their path is greatly affected by powerful currents. Despite their limited vision, and lack of landmarks in the open water, turtles are able to retrace their migratory paths. One explanation of this phenomenon is that sea turtles use the earth's magnetic fields to navigate.
General Behavior
Sea turtles are generally solitary and usually interact with one another only for courting and mating. Sexual maturity varies with species, ranging early with the hawksbill at three years and age twenty to fifty for the leatherback. During mating season, two or more males may court a female and the male attaches himself to the back of the female's shell and then folds his long tail under her shell to copulate. Fertilization is internal and copulation takes place on the surface or underwater, often close to shore. Females may mate with several males just prior to nesting season and store the sperm for several months. When she finally lays her eggs, they will have been fertilized by a variety of males. This behavior may help keep genetic diversity high in the population.
Nesting & Reproduction
Sea turtles usually nest in intervals of two to three years although some nest yearly. Depending on the species, females may nest from one to ten times during a nesting season. Only the females come ashore to the beach to lay their eggs a few weeks after mating.
When the female Leatherback is ready to nest, she will choose a beach without a coral reef, one close to the deep water, such as 's Beach. Crawling up from the ocean, she will locate a dry area and begin the arduous task of nest excavation. Using her flippers and the rotation of her body, she will dig an egg cavity that is approximately 70 centimeters deep. She will then lay 80 to 100 eggs, a process that can take over two hours. Eggs are often referred to as the size of billiard balls: she lays an average of 80 fertilized eggs and 30 smaller, unfertilized eggs in each nest. After she is finished, she will carefully cover and camouflage the clutch, and may even construct false nests to fool predators. Her role now complete, she will depart to the ocean, leaving her eggs to their fate.
Remarkably, most female turtles share a nesting instinct that drives them to return to the beach of their birth, or natal beach, in order to lay eggs. In fact, her ability to successfully reproduce depends on the ecological health of this original habitat. However, recent satellite tracking data indicates that the Leatherback, unique among turtles in many ways, may return to a range area or region, rather than a natal beach. The Caribbean coastline of Costa Rica is an example of one of the most important Leatherback nesting regions in the world.
When the female turtle comes ashore at night to lay her eggs, she will first dig a body cavity with her front flippers, and then use her back flippers to dig out the nest. Depending upon the species, 80-120 eggs will be deposited in the cavity. Afterwards the female will laboriously cover the nest with sand and often even create another false nest to confuse predators, before she finally crawls back to the sea. Incubation varies with species, clutch size (number of eggs) and temperature, but averages from 45-70 days.
Hatchlings use a caruncle, a temporary egg tooth to break open their shells. It may take several days for a group of hatchlings to dig their way up out of the nest cavity. Although they usually emerge at night, coolness of sand temperature and other factors influence their emergence. The hatchlings crawl towards the ocean in small groups. They must make it to the ocean quickly so they don't die from dehydration or predators. When a hatchling reaches the surf, it swims continuously for 24-48 hours to get to deeper water away from predators. The turtles must survive several years in a relatively protected area away from predators and one with ample food supply. Juveniles will spend time eating and growing in habitats near the shore. Once they reach adulthood, they migrate to find a primary feeding ground. During mating season, the sea turtles will migrate closer to their nesting beach.
Why Sea Turtles Are Endangered
Unfortunately, there are many reasons why sea turtles are now at risk
- Human harvesting of turtles and their eggs.
- Destruction of nesting habitats.
- Commercial fisheries who use longline fishing practices or gill nets and do not use Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDS),
- Pollution affecting nesting habitats and/or species: such as entanglement in marine debris; plastic debris, and commercial and industrial ocean water pollution from oil spills and chemical waste.
- Global Warming.
Vital to the Eco-system
Sea turtles contribute to the delicate balance of ecosystems in our oceans and on the beaches where they nest. Their presence helps replenish both sea and beach nutrients and helps maintain the equilibrium of marine vegetation. For example, without Green turtles to feed on sea grass, the grasses would become overgrown and diseased which would have a negative impact on the many species that rely on this vegetation for sustenance. Sea turtles also play a significant role in balancing the oceans' food chain. Leatherbacks for instance, consume large quantities of jellyfish, which feed on fish larvae. Some scientists are now looking at the possibility that the severe decline of Leatherback turtles over recent decades may have allowed for a proliferation of jellyfish, thus contributing to the drop in fish populations in the world's oceans.
Sea turtles also support the health of our terrestrial ecosystem. The nutrients from their eggs bring food energy to species on beaches and sand dunes, which has an out-rippling effect to species in surrounding areas. The truth is that our planetary ecosystems are so intricately intertwined that it is difficult to predict just how far ranging the implications are when a global species such as the sea turtle, declines or is lost forever.
Scott Eckert's (PhD) testimony to the Ocean Commission provides many examples of the interconnectedness of sea turtles and the eco-system:
Eckert also quotes another scientist, Dr. Nat Frazer, who eloquently describes their importance:
"Envision this with me . . . millions of sea turtles pulsing ashore onto the beaches . . . fertilizing the rims of thousands of islands and two continents. And after this wave of nutrients enters the rims, it is pulsed on up and into the interior lands in successive waves of biological transport. Year after year – tons of nutrients and billions of kilojoules of energy in a predictable, regular cycle – for tens of millions of years.
Envision this with me . . . millions of turtles grazing on seagrass beds, stimulating primary productivity at the base of the ocean's food chain. And this surge of increased productivity works its way up the food chain, nourishing shrimp, mollusks, lobsters, and fish – as well as eventually pulsing onto the shore in the annual ballet of nesting activity.
Envision this with me . . . millions of sea turtles nibbling on sponges – trimming back the invading poriferans that otherwise would overgrow and shut down the coral reef machine. A constant system of checks and balances that also contributes to the gift of energy that sea turtles offer to the land each year in the form of nests and eggs. Year after year, for tens of million of years, the ecosystem engineers, these hawksbill and green and loggerhead and ridley and leatherback turtles, shape and improve and fine-tune the complex and mysterious and marvelous cybernetic machines of the oceans."
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to sea turtle conservation, and we are proud to be a vital link to the international efforts of protecting marine life.
We appreciate gathering some of our data from the resources below. Many of these websites have additional pages with links that will provide more detailed information about sea turtles. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the photographers who have given us permission to use their turtle photos.
Sea Turtle Resources
IUCN – The World Conservation Union: For information on Taxonomy and endangered species
Article by P.Tyson, Impact on Animals involving the Magnetic Field on animals
Amazing turtle information including satellite tracking
Also, see drawings of turtles and taxonomy
Taxonomy of the leatherback sea turtle
Endangered Species Act home page
Great page to see photos of all species
Important Political Action and other valuable information: Sea Turtle Restoration Project
Information on the difference between turtles, tortoises and terrapins


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Microsoft has sold 90 million Windows 7 licenses since its October 2009 launch, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
The announcement came from chief financial officer Peter Klein, who appeared at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.
"We're humbled and excited that people are responding so positively to Windows 7 - our customers have made it the fastest selling operating system in history," a Microsoft spokesman wrote in a blog post.
At the conference, Klein also showed off some Windows 7-based laptops, including the Sony Vaio X, the Dell Adamo XPS, and the HP Envy 13.
At the company's November annual meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 had sold twice as many units as previous Microsoft OSes.
A report that same month from NPD Group said that Microsoft moved more standalone Windows 7 software units in its first week of sales than it did with Vista, but Windows 7-based PC sales were not as high as they were with Vista.
NPD noted, however, that Vista had a slight advantage with a January launch instead of Windows 7's October date. Windows 7 also had to compete with high sales of PCs with older OSes like XP and Vista. Those purchases made up 20 percent of sales during the Win7 launch, compared to 6 percent of OS sales during the Vista launch week.
A January report from NPD, meanwhile, said that while overall software sales saw a bit of a slump in 2009, sales of Windows 7 and Apple's Snow Leopard helped boost the industry.
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Title: The Nova Rate in Galaxies of Different Hubble Type
Abstract: We propose to continue a monthly imaging program at the 0.9m to determine the nova rate in several galaxies of different Hubble type. Ciardullo et al. (1990) claim that the nova rates in galaxies of different Hubble type are very similar when normalized to the total galaxy K-band luminosity. However, Della Valle et al. (1994) claim the rates to be different by up to a factor of four, with early-type galaxies being deficient in novae. Since nova rates depend on several properties of the stellar population they derive from, one might expect some variations. The observations proposed here will provide much better statistics on several Local Group galaxies than presently exists in order to improve the nova rate estimates in a variety of stellar populations, in particular in M33 and the disk of M31. This data will also be used in an NSF-funded research-based science education program (TLRBSE) operated by NOAO, wherein middle- and high- school science students learn astronomy and inquiry-based learning skills by participating in an actual research program. This request represents the continuation of the approved program from 2003A and prior semesters.
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Sunday Sweets Visits Japan
[Note: Before you get confused, today's post is by Sharyn. You can always see who wrote what at the end of each post.]
In my junior year of college I went to school in Osaka, Japan to learn the language. Recently, while giving my hubby a crash course in useful Japanese, I started to feel nostalgic. So today's Sweets are a little cake walk down memory lane:
Here are a few cakes that give a snapshot of what I saw every day.
Hello Kitty was everywhere.
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Since my host family had a black cat named Mimi, of course I had to start with Chococat. At first I was horrible with chopsticks, so Mimiko always sat under my chair and pigged out.
My host mother taught me a lot, including some simple origami.
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There was a big bamboo patch on the way to school.
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This bamboo is hand-rolled fondant, slotted together and hand-painted, while the curly bamboo is gumpaste. She got the squiggly parts just right.
The food in Japan was fantastic. Most restaurants had perfect, plastic replicas of their food on display, so they didn't need menus.
I think they should have made them out of cake, though.
The very first souvenir I bought was a wooden puzzle box for my Dad, and it had this iconic print on it:
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It's called "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Hokusai. Now I really want to nibble on that box...
Since I lived midway between Osaka and Kyoto, I spent a lot of time in Kyoto. It was spectacular, especially during cherry blossom season.
There were days when it just rained pink flowers.
Did you know it's impossible to maintain a bad mood when it's raining pink flowers? Seriously. Try it sometime.
Kyoto had a zillion gorgeous temples.
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I never saw one that was all white, although there was one covered in gold -- and no, they don't make that one in cake. (Really, I looked!) This reminds me of rice paper screen doors.
Most temples had gorgeous gardens, lots of water, and little footbridges.
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Of all the cakes I looked at, this one evoked the strongest memories.
(Ah yes, I remember that Thursday well...)
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(Note from Jen: Yep. Although the top collar is done with a run-in technique, which starts out liquid & then hardens to that perfectly smooth surface.)
Of course, every garden had a Koi pond:
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These guys look better behaved than your average koi, who could get downright obnoxious if they thought you had a handful of koi chow. And I often did.
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Temples were a favorite place for weddings, and the wedding kimonos were stunning. This cake was inspired by a champagne silk kimono:
By Something Sweet by Michelle
Wedding kimonos can cost thousands of dollars. If the kimono that inspired this was even half as gorgeous as the cake, then I'd say it was worth the money.
It was always the most fun when you'd see a happy girl out in a fabulous kimono, enjoying the perfectly-kept grounds.
Not one of them ever offered me cake, though.
Probably because it was (almost) too beautiful to cut.
(Look, if there's a cake, I will cut it.)
Of course, I can't show you everything I saw in Japan with a few cake pictures -- and who really wants to see "creepy subway guy" in cake, anyway? -- but I hope this helped give you all a Sweet little taste. さよなら (Sayonara.)
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Chicago hospitals saw more homicides and victims of gun violence this year than car crash victims, an unusual proportion compared to previous years, new data shows.
Over Memorial Day weekend, a historically busy day for accident trauma, Loyola University Medical Center officials say no one was killed in car accidents, but instead six people were killed and at least 17 others were wounded in gun violence.
Last year, Chicago had 516 homicides, the most the city has seen since 2008.
Data released Wednesday by Loyola shows trauma centers are filling up with more victims of gun violence across the city and the trauma is placing an extra burden on hospitals.
"A number of resources are being taken up by people that have gunshot wounds," said Dr. Tom Esposito, director of the division of trauma and surgical critical care and burn at Loyola University Medical Center. "It puts a greater strain on our ability to care for other patients that are having heart attacks or strokes or asthma attacks."
Esposito said the hospital staff is prepared to handle injuries of all sorts but that they are spending increasing amounts of time taking care of patients whose wounds could have been prevented.
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Esposito estimated that 80 percent of trauma victims arrive due to blunt trauma, which ranges from falls, car accidents and head injuries. He said the other 20 percent is made up of penetrating injuries like stabbings and gun shots, which he attributes to be mostly from violent incidents.
Loyola is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in Illinois verified by the American College of Surgeons, and Esposito notes the economic impact violent injuries have is growing.
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The Chicago area, where Esposito is a trauma surgeon, continues to lead the country in gun violence, the hospital said.


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For my 41st birthday I thought I'd break out of a rut and try something quite random - two random bottles of Cahors, that is. Not entirely random, as these bottles offered two entirely different takes on Cahors and held the promise of something very different from Argentine Malbec.
The 2006 Chateau de Gaudou sported a traditional label and a Decanter silver medal, so I had no idea what to expect. Very austere, Bordeaux-like, so green and earthy with gobs of leather and spicy new oak, late hints of vanilla. Crisp, fresh, and lengthy - far to light and elegant to be a Malbec!
cork. 13.5% alcohol
Score: 17/20
Price: C$23.25 (SAQ)
The 2007 Un Jour sur Terre intrigued me, as the back label spoke to this wine's aging in clay, not oak. That's right, malbec with NO oak. What that gives you is a big nose of ripe blueberries, (much fruitier than the Gaudou above) with intriguing notes of wet stones, mint and oregano, liquorice, and hint of vanilla. Much crisper and lighter than the fruity nose suggested, feeling hotter and just slightly less balanced on the palate. So very different from every Malbec you've ever tasted...
Cork. 13.5% alcohol
Score: 16.5/20
Price: C$25.50 (SAQ)
Friday, March 12, 2010
3 comments:
- Edward said...
The years just seem to slip by, ever faster! Best wishes for the year ahead.
- March 25, 2010 2:05 AM
Hi Joe,
Believe it or not,I have a 2001 Chateau de Gaudou in my wine collection. Think it will still be good? You'll have to drink it with me.
Peter N
- March 31, 2010 1:31 PM
- Joe said...
oh, Ed - see what happens when I get older and crazier...thanks Dr. 40-something.
Peter - it IS good and we WILL share it.
- September 20, 2010 10:42 PM
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Conference to Feature Food from D.C. Restaurant
JAMESTOWN—Women who attend a leadership development conference in September will have a rare opportunity to taste food from the Washington, D.C.-based Founding Farmers restaurant.
The first annual Women in Leadership Development (WILD) conference kicks off in Jamestown on Sept. 21-22. The conference is one of a variety of educational programs hosted by the Farmers Union for its members.
Carla Edinger, member operations coordinator for North Dakota Farmers Union, said in recent years the Farmers Union has really developed its women development programs.
The North Dakota Farmers Union and Agraria, LLC own Founding Farmers restaurant, which opened in 2008, just blocks away from the White House. Its purpose is to bring fresh farm-to-table American cuisine to customers from products sourced to family farms and ranches.
Chefs from Jamestown College are working closely with the restaurant's culinary staff to replicate food from the popular eatery. A live webcast also will allow conference participants to interact with chefs in a cooking demonstration and virtual tour of the restaurant.
North Dakota Farmers Union built its first restaurant in 2006, called Agraria, in the District's Georgetown neighborhood. Major flooding destroyed the restaurant in 2011, but rebuilding is underway
Due to the success of Founding Farmers, a third farmer-branded restaurant opened in Potomac, Md in November 2011.
All three restaurants are committed to using family farm-based ingredients from U.S. producers, including those in North Dakota.
"The menu for lunch is just as enticing as our packed conference program," said Edinger.
Along with a gourmet lunch, a professional trainer from Fred Pryor Seminars will give valuable communication tips for women to build their speaking confidence. Motivational speakers and breakout sessions will cover parliamentary procedure, precision agriculture, farm programs, ND 2.0: The Next Chapter, women and cooperative boards, and running for elected positions.
"This is an opportunity for women of all walks of life to learn from one another and enhance their leadership skills, and we're going to mix it up with a batch of fun," said Edinger. "The event theme, Find Your Voice, Tell Your Story, is designed to empower women to become more involved in their communities and organizations."
The conference begins Friday at 6 p.m. with a pre-conference party at the Quality Inn. Free appetizers and wine will be provided until 9 p.m.
The conference continues Saturday at 8 a.m. with a welcoming, and keynote speaker, Jessie Veeder, gives her address at 8:30. Lunch featuring menu items from Founding Fathers will be served at 11:30, and the remainder of the afternoon will feature speakers and sessions, ending at 5 p.m. A speech by North Dakota Congressional candidate Pam Gulleson ends the day's activities.
Veeder, of western North Dakota, will speak to participants of the WILD conference about her success as a musician, writer and rancher. Her ability to advocate for her passions, agriculture and music, is the focus of her keynote address.
Rhonda Lura, of Carrington, plans to attend the conference for the workshop and also as a vendor. She sells Wild Tree products, which is an all-natural food line, containing products without msg, preservatives and chemicals.
She is also excited to hear inspirational speakers and socialize with other women.
"I'm always looking for ways to improve my speaking skills and ways I can be stronger as a woman," she said.
Lura attended a WILD supper in January and was inspired by hearing stories of other women being stronger and having better leadership skills.
She said she wants to run for a position on the Foster County Famers Union Board, and feels the WILD events will help her succeed at that.
Lura encourages all women to attend the conference.
"This might give (women) the strength to speak up," she said. "I think we have a lot to bring to the table. I think there's probably some women out there, who, once they hear that one inspirational story, it might be a life changing thing to them."
The conference is open to all women. Conference partners include the Farm Service Agency, Red River Valley Research Corridor, Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, and USDA Rural Development.
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Europe's in crisis. Unemployment is at a fifteen-year high after climbing for ten straight months, thanks to the austerity measures imposed on it by conservative leaders in France, Germany, and the international financial community.
But if you think things are bad over there, imagine what they'll be like if Republican budget measures are imposed here. The GOP budget makes European austerity look like summer camp.
Ever wonder why lemmings jump off cliffs?
While England Slept
Great Britain blazed the trail for Europe with a series of steep cuts to government spending – and it soon led the continent in economic misfortune. Unemployment skyrocketed, consumer confidence plummeted, and growth stagnated.
That's what austerity economics does to struggling economies. When you ask already-beleaguered middle class and lower-income people to bear the burden for the mistakes that made other rich the results are predictable: real income falls, demand for goods and services drops, and the entire economy drops back into a death spiral.
You'd think that Europe and the world would have learned from Britain's mistakes, but they haven't. In fact, even Britain hasn't learned from its mistakes. As the New York Times reports, the UK is doubling down on the madness.
In its latest round of budget announcements the government announced that it's continuing to push for additional spending reductions but wants to cut taxes for the wealthiest citizens, including those who got rich from the bank speculation that broke the economy! As critics have correctly observed, the UK government is paying for this rich person's tax cut through a 'stealth tax' on low-income retirees.
Britain's misplaced emphasis on reducing government deficits is even backfiring where deficits are concerned. From the Times: "The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that Britain's budget deficit almost doubled in February, to £15.2 billion, far exceeding economists' expectations of about £8 billion. "
Kamikaze Europe
Now the rest of Europe is following Great Britain's lead. Unemployment is officially 10.8 percent and expected to reach 11 percent soon. Seventeen million people are out of work.
Austerity mania spread through Europe like a plague. Unemployment's now at 23.6 percent in Spain and 21 percent in Greece. How is a country expected to lower its deficits when a quarter of its working population isn't paying taxes and doesn't have disposable income? Apparently the financial geniuses running things there didn't think about that.
Ireland was once touted as austerity's success story. They're not bragging on Old Eire much now that it's officially back in a recession. Spain's problems disprove the theory that government debt is the source of all economic woes since, as Paul Krugman notes, Spain has been a much more thrifty government spender than Germany. Further austerity measures there are going to be disastrous.
Then there's Greece. According to reports, there are no working traffic lights left in the city of Athens. People have taken to bartering for goods and services in a world where many people have little or no sources of currency income while the streets swarm with formerly middle-class Greeks who are now being described as 'the new poor.'
In fact, there are encampments of the working poor throughout Europe. Even the leading European economy, Germany, is losing ground because of Chancellor Merkel's obsession with austerity measures – while France, the other austerity leader, is also struggling.
What do they plan to do, now that they have the benefit of experience? More austerity, according to reports. Merkel even thinks that's the road to her own re-election.
The Home Front
Which gets us to the United States. The Republicans in Congress have just passed a budget that makes Europe's austerity measures seem positively genteel. Rep. Paul Ryan, the Pied Piper of nihilist economics, said when it passed that we're in a "debt-driven crisis, and so we have an obligation — not just a legal obligation but a moral obligation — to do something about it."
That budget's "moral obligation" doesn't extend to our military budget, which the Republicans voted to massively expand – or to tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, whose current historically low tax rates will plunge if their budget ever goes into effect. And, as we now know, the GOP budget would essentially shut down every other function of government that Americans have valued for the last century and a half. 62 percent would come from programs for lower-income people and Pell grants to help young people go to college.
And what a time for austerity: As Matt Stoller notes, one in seven Americans is being pursued by debt collectors. Student loan debt exceeded $1 trillion last year, even as young people face sky-high unemployment. 8.8 percent of student loans defaulted in their first two years of payment last year and more than one-fourth of student loan payments are now delinquent.
Robert Schiller, arguably the world's top economic expert on real estate, says that prices for suburban real estate aren't coming back in our lifetime. Consumer debt is soaring. US growth is expect to turn even more sluggish, which even has Ben Bernanke pushing for more government action.
But while the projected deficit reductions in the GOP budget are a hoax, the cuts to vital programs, including its hidden cuts to Medicare, aren't. As Mike Konczal notes, states like Florida are a preview of a Ryan-budget America. Konczal coauthored an article with Bryce Covert which showed that "Of the eleven states in which Republicans came into power in 2010 -(five) lost more than 2.5 percent of their workforce from December 2010 to December 2011."
Bargain Basement
The budget-cutting rhetoric of the right is too often echoed by Democrats, at a time when they (or someone) should be proposing a more common-sense and more humane approach to the economy. Talking about deficits today is the moral equivalent of lecturing firefighters about water conservation while the town is burning down.
We need to put out the fire first. We urgently need spending to create jobs, especially when the government can borrow money for virtually nothing. Or, to put it another way –
This is your country:
(job recovery after current & previous recessions, United States)
This is your country on austerity:
(Konczal, Covert)
And yet there are still those in the White House and Congress who dream of a "grand bargain" with the Republicans like the one the President nearly finalized last year – the kind of bargain that would send the nation's economy over a cliff.
People used to believe that lemmings committed mass suicide. Scientists now say that they follow migration patterns which sometimes lead them straight into the ocean. Either way, a lot of them drown because they followed the tail of the rodent in front of them.
The US seems determined to cling to Europe's ragged tail as it plunges into the icy waters below. The Republicans would drown our economy in a way that would make Europe's problems seem mild by comparison. (At least they still have working governments over there.) But few Democrats are willing to challenge the austerity fundamentalism that's gripped Washington. Instead they prefer to debate means to an austere end, rather than the end itself.
It's all insane. But this Ryan budget – now the official budget of Republicans in Congress, and warmly embraced by presumptive GOP candidate Mitt Romney – is the biggest sign of insanity yet.
Not that our national leaders are lemmings. Far from it. They're intelligent economic actors behaving in a way that ensures they'll receive future rewards. So if we don't like the way this story ends, we'll have to change it ourselves.
No, politicians aren't the lemmings in this story. Until the time comes when we demand something different from our leaders in Washington …
… we are.


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Oh, snap. CAught on a fib. Also, First!
And also, /faceplam at the last part there. Everyone can see that you are first, there is no need to scream it out….
Who cares who's first to post ? Saying something intelligent that contributes to the discussion is far more important, would'nt you think?
Exactly. It's especially annoying when that's the only thing that they type too. Nothing personal against people who do, I just feel it's a very unnecessary action.
As is pointing it out. Contributes nothing. Ironically, so is pointing out pointing it out.
Guess it gets down to what your'e really here for, huh?
Nothing wrong with a good bit of text. Gives clarity to what has come before. Gives direction to what may yet come.
dang, didn't make first. Also: what a coy snake god. ALSO also: metaphysical beings explained ftw.
That's always a scary thing when the big bad guy is afraid of something. So is this saying that something is only there if you believe in it? Almost like how a rumor can become truth if enough people say it is?
You are so right! The Nazi propaganda minister in WWII, Hermann Goebbels himself sais that if a BIG LIE is spread around widely and often enough, the majority of people, in mindless herdlike fashion, will belive it and follow you. The people of Germany were BS'd into believing they were the master race and would gain greatly from it, while in reality it only served to put and keep Hitler in power. Do you see the parallel here?
Quetzacoatyl doesn't say "believe", he says "remember". Most people with some education or interest in history or lore know about Quetzacoatyl, but few worship him these days. Must a god have followers who invoke his name or beseech him for favors, or is showing up on the History Channel – or a webcomic – enough to keep ya' kickin'?
I think if he is forgotten completely, he as a personification will disappear and be replaced with some other representation. Think about Christianity and how the lumped all of the Gods and Goddess of other races in to one big person.
It seems to be that belief = power, remembrance = existance.
So, since nobody exept a very few people actually believe in Quetzalcoatl and all of the other gods, races, legends, etc, they don't have much in the way of actual power, but since they are remembered at least in some way by a bunch of people (even if it's only through D&D), they still have a firm hold on reality. In Quetzalcoatl's case, since he gets half of his power from nature, but it's a peaceful power, he's more suited to the role of guardian, protector, and patron of knowledge and learning, things that are still (at least somewhat) respected and revered by humankind; therefore his power still exists, but not in a way that would allow him to interfere too directly with humanity.
you know there is a saying that goes " there is no situation so dire that the intervention of the gods cant make it worse…" and since i have yet to read here anything yet that hasnt had them in it somewhere its a wonder Laz is still alive
Laz's own big mouth gets in the way again. He doesn't realise or remember that half the solution to a problem is understanding what the problem is. Don't let the evil child within cloud your eyes and ultimately your judgement. The Devil knows human nature, and a thirteen year old boy on the edge between childhood and maturity is likely to be easily manipulated. This is why Lilith sent him to Quetzacoatyl, who is now helping Laz to mature enough so that the Devil's own weapon (Laz) can be turned against him.
Ha! You call that text? I read subnormality for breakfast!
Lovely comic as always, good sir Emerson.
David, you shouldn't have. No really, you shouldn't have. ¬.¬
Hmm… You stole my idea my friend.. I was going to use that concept in a book I was thinking about possibly writing.
Duuuude, it's amazing how many of the speculations of the people on previous page were right.
But, hey, doesn't that mean that Laz is, like Quetzalcoatl, the best of both worlds, narture spirit and god?
……oh god. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF LAZ HAD FOLLOWERS?!?!?! *shudder*
Hehehe, it would be an amusing experiment to see if the author can be woo'd into breaking the fourth wall if commenters started a worship service in the comment section…. man that's really twisted.
Wait….do the people who read his old blog count as followers?
I regularly follow this comic. Does that count?
(Also, I can't help but wonder if Quetz — can I call him "Quetz"? — is going to become a Trickster Mentor.)
Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the cosmological thought that went into this. It's so interesting because it so clearly links to all of the previous story, and gives it new form. Pulling that off is always a mark of good imagination AND writing. Kudos.
yo, congrats on leveling up on belfry =P
Ohhhh….. evil is like salt to the Devil… too little and he's too bland and cancels poker night… too much and he is turned into a pillar of salt by nuclear war… does this mean aliens have there own hate god?


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The Indonesian Ambassador's wife, Mrs Nino Riphat, being greeted by Indonesian Embassy and National Gallery staff on arrival
Indonesian Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema (3rd from l) and Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Senator Brett Mason (4th from l) at the exhibition entry signage.
Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Senator Brett Mason and Indonesian Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema discussing the Affandi work on a poster they had just signed as a souvenir
The exhibition entrance signage
Australian National University's Chaitany Sambrani, Sarah Scott and Katie Hayne
Former DFAT Secretary Phillip Flood with his favourite painting at the exhibition, Potret Diri dan Pipanya
Affandi (1907-1990) Potret Diri dan Pipanya, 1971
Artist Willi Himawan with Indonesian National Gallery staffers Sheena and Agi
Guests at the launch
Agus Kamal (b. 1956), Anak Ayam and Patung, 1983
Batara Lubis (1927 – 1986) Pasar, 1962
Sudjojono (b. 1913), Ros Panadanwangi Istriku, 1959
Soedibio (b. 1912) Asti, 1980
Sudjana Kerton (b. 1922) Senja, 1987
Zaini (b. 1926) Potret, 1949
Muhammad Reggie Aquara (b. 1982) Heavy Soul 2, 2013
Wayan Suja (b. 1975), Me and Snobbery Times, 2014
Willy Himawan, (b. 1983), Jamais Vu Series # Portrait, 2014
Teja Astawa, Keluarga Bali Dulu, 2014


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Israel's decision to ease the impact of a three-year blockade on Gaza appears to have relieved diplomatic pressure on the Jewish state following the fatal intercept of a protest flotilla. But critics warn that the partial measure, which does not include lifting the naval blockade, may not be enough to revive Gaza's economy and relieve the distress of the 1.5 million Palestinians living there.
In the coming days, Israel will begin allowing thousands of types of civilian goods into Gaza, including building materials necessary for reconstructing infrastructure after last year's war with Hamas. Previously, Israel only allowed about 100 kinds of goods into Gaza.
The announcement by the Israeli government won praise from the US and Tony Blair, the envoy of the "Quartet" of international sponsors of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
COVER STORY: What drives Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu?
Israel hopes the move will deflate a push for an international investigation of the May 31 storming of the Gaza-bound "Freedom Flotilla" that left nine activists dead. International groups such as the United Nations and the European Union may reserve judgment to see how much the flow of goods increases under the new policy.
"This is significant. It is what the international community has been asking for,'' says a Western-based diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity. At the same time, "the international community doesn't want to get excited about an announcement. Inevitably there's going to be a degree of caution.''
But former Prime Minister Blair, who negotiated the relaxation with Israel, said in a statement that he "strongly" endorsed the decision and that he expected the measure to "radically'' change the flow of goods into Gaza. "Plainly, there are still issues to be addressed and the test, of course, will not be what is said but what is done,'' he said.
'Not the end of the blockade'
Indeed, critics warned that the decision does not address freeing up Gaza's agricultural exports to Europe, or the reopening of Israel's main commercial crossing into Gaza at Karni. The policy change also doesn't mention whether Israel will allow its banks to reestablish ties with Gazan banks, or whether civilians will be permitted to travel between Gaza and the West Bank.
"It is not the end of the blockade,'' says Sari Bashi, the director of the Israeli nongovernmental group Gisha, which has pressed to lift movement restrictions.
"For the first time since June 2007, Israel is talking about the need to allow economic activity in Gaza. The changes announced last night are far from sufficient to make that happen."
An Israeli government official told the Monitor that exports and banking provisions are still being discussed.
Netanyahu under fire for caving to pressure
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under criticism at home for caving to international pressure and strengthening Hamas, which had called for an end to the blockade.
Mr. Netanyahu cast the decision as an effort to undermine Hamas's "main propaganda claim" that Israel is inflicting a humanitarian crisis on Gaza, thus freeing Israel to sharpen the blockade's focus on Israel's main concern: Iranian weapons shipments reaching Hamas by sea.
Proponents of easing the siege said that Netanyahu, who had privately considered easing the blockade before the flotilla episode, forfeited diplomatic benefits by not deciding on the shift sooner.
"Some of the benefits are being overshadowed. He looks like he folded under pressure, and some of the ramifications are not positive. This is a victory for Hamas and Turkey, and it will weaken [the US-backed Palestinian Authority in the West Bank]," says Yossi Alpher, the co-editor of Bitterlemons.org, an online Israeli-Palestinian opinion forum. "Hamas and Turkey can legitimately say that this government only understands force.''
COVER STORY: What drives Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu?


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Eighteenth Century
The replica Godspeed under full sail on the James River. Wind brought colonists to Jamestown on the original ship in 1607, and wind carried migrants, supplies, and goods back and forth on the Atlantic until steam replaced sail in the nineteenth century.
Interpreters attach canvas sails to the windmill on the edge of the Historic Area. Grinding corn, wheat, and other grains, these mills operated with the free energy of the wind.
Gravity, working on the stones loaded at one end of a prize—a levering mechanism—compacts tobacco leaves in a barrel.
Two horsepower were enough engine to pull a wagon, driver, passengers, and luggage along rutted colonial roads.
A wooden yoke shifted the strain of carrying water buckets from arms to shoulders, but human muscle was still the sole source of power.
The physics and chemistry of flint igniting gunpowder shot musket balls from barrels.
Clay turns to bricks in the alchemical heat of a kiln.
Pressure for a fire engine's water cannon depended on simple man power.
In the foundry, a hand-operated bellows intensified a coal fire's heat.
Row on row, slaves tended tobacco in the fields for centuries before the arrival of tractors and harvesters.
Horse muscle quickened a rider's trip.
Oysters reach heights they never imagined atop interpreter Emily James' head.
Leather bellows exhale with more force than lungs ever could at the Geddy Foundry.
Muscle and sinew complete the Herculean task of rolling cannon uphill.
Explosive force, contained in a cannon's cylindrical channel, becomes a battlefield ally.
Wood fuels a fire, which fuels hungry humans in its turn.
The oxman's gentle persuasion yields power in the form of willing beasts.
Man versus inertia in a one way tug-of-war.
The clock-like gears of the spit jack power a rotating spit at hearth-level.
Raw metal realizes its potential under fire's influence.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2007


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Yes, it's a cheap date - but there are worse ways to spend Valentine's Day than on the couch with your sweetheart watching TV.
Television is full of romance, and not just fake-reality shows like 'The Bachelor.' Some of history's most romantic couples have been TV characters.
Here's a list of the TV's 15 top couples. Every show but 'Big Love' is still airing (either in first-run or repeats), and all are available on DVD.
15. Leslie and Ben » (Amy Poehler and Adam Scott) 'Parks and Recreation.' Ben must REALLY love Leslie, because it can't be easy.
14. Rob and Laura » (Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore) 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' Rob was the perfect husband; Laura the perfect wife.
13. Snow White and Prince Charming » (Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas) 'One Upon a Time.' They aren't living happily ever after, but star-crossed lovers are more entertaining.
12. Bill and Barb and Nicki and Margene » (Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny andGinnifer Goodwin) 'Big Love.' One husband, three wives and lots of lovin'.
11. Derek and Meredith » (Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo) 'Grey's Anatomy.' It took forever, but these two finally made the match.
10. Homer and Marge » (Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner) 'The Simpsons.' Sure, Homer is a lout. But he and Marge are still in love after all these years.
9. Sam and Diane » (Ted Danson and Shelley Long) 'Cheers.' Sparks flew whenever they were in the same room.
8. Buffy Summers and Angel » (Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz) 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' He was a vampire, she was a vampire slayer, but their love was undying. Until he got his own show.
7. (tie) Ross and Rachel » (David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston) 'Friends.'
7. Chandler and Monica » (Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox) 'Friends.' We knew Ross and Rachel would end up together; but Chandler and Monica falling in love was a surprise.
6. Jim and Pam » (John Krasinkski and Jenna Fischer) 'The Office.' We rooted for them to get together; now we're rooting for them to stay together.
5. Morticia and Gomez » (Carolyn Jones and John Astin) 'The Addams Family.' Arguably TV's most passionate couple.
4. Marshall and Lily » (Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan) 'How I Met Your Mother.' These two are perfect for each other.
3. Maddie and David » (Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis) 'Moonlighting.' Their love-hate relationship was great - until they got together. Sigh.
2. J.D. and Turk » (Zach Braff and Donald Faison) 'Scrubs.' J.D. and Turk's bromance was a thing of beauty.
1. Lucy and Ricky » (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) 'I Love Lucy.' The characters' romance still works half a century later.


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I came up with the perfect birthday cupcake, it combined all her favorite flavors and was delish! Did you realize that you can make Zucchini Cupcakes anytime?? You really do not have to have a huge zucchini begging to be used!I remember Martha's moist spicy zucchini cupcakes we made last fall. They have a good amount of lemon zest in them, this provided the springboard for my birthday cupcakes.
The Perfect Party Cake! Has it really been a year? Stay tuned for a little blog candy! Coming soon. Check out our MSCC and see what S'mores Cupcakes really look like.
7 comments:
- jill said...
you weren't kidding mom, Those DO look delicious!
The frosting looks so fluffy!
- February 16, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- Candise said...
I tried REALLY hard to share the last one with Jarom today. Somehow it just didn't make it until he arrived home from work...
- February 16, 2010 at 11:36 PM
- Clivia said...
These cupcakes look great! Very pretty and a delicious-sounding recipe.
- February 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Megan said...
Those zucchini cupcakes were terrific - and the frosting you used really made them extra special!
- February 17, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Nina said...
These look amazing!
- February 17, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- TeaLady said...
Be glad you didn't make the MSCC. They really weren't that good. dense, rubbery icing. Not a keeper. Yours, on the other hand, look delish.
- February 18, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Grandma Scott said...
They were perfect and such a nice thing to do for a Mother in Law.
You are the best !!!!
- February 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM
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By Carlo Klemm
This was taken from the organizing committee on Facebook for Parade of Lights in Edmonton
Santa's Parade of Lights
March 13, 2019 @ 10:07 AM ·
Edmonton, Alberta
"With sad hearts we announce that RWE Events will no longer produce Santa's Parade of Lights.
Thanks to all the sponsors, participants and most importantly, people of Edmonton for their support.
We're proud of our little parade and the joy it brought to so many people."
I have been the Santa in this Outdoor Parade since it started in 2015. Of course I feel sad about
#1, Edmonton losing a parade (Calgary has not had a parade for 6+ years)
#2, That a big emotional thrill is now gone from this Santa's life. (Anyone who does a major parade in a large city, especially a Capital City, can attest to the emotions involved in getting ready for and actually partaking in the annual parade.)
I got this email back from the people who have staged this parade in the last 4 years...
Hi Carlo,
We share your disappointment, believe me. Unfortunately, though, we just couldn't get the financial commitment we need to keep it going.
As you know, Canadian Tire dropped out as title sponsor last year (we don't know why), and there just isn't anyone else stepping up. Plus, we applied for a grant from the City and didn't get it.
It is very discouraging that there wasn't enough support overall in Edmonton for this parade.
However, we loved doing it and especially loved working with you every year! We really will miss that!
Anyway, I enjoyed our experience last year and at the same time, anything is possible! Someone might step forward and make this happen. But for now, so long!
Enjoy your Santa duties elsewhere this year. And remember – if we ever do resurrect the parade, you will be first Santa we call!
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The post-Christmas blues are a very real thing. Once the date of December 25th has passed the specter of December 26th is an ominous marker to many. It sits there on the calendar like the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come. Silent and foreboding, the very image of the hooded Angel of Death it seems to be. And why not?
Just about anywhere you look Americans are tossing trees to the curb, ripping down lights from rooftops and radio stations are flipping back to everyday music. What took months to build gets deconstructed in a matter of a couple of days.
It does not have to be like this.
You do not have to take down your tree.
You do not have to kill your lights.
You do not have to turn off your music.
You can, instead, stand up to the madness around you and let Christmas linger a little longer.
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This 1950s Eames style aqua plastic retro walnut DSB bar stool is inspired by the original and classic Eames design. It is very comfortable with its deep seat and curved edging in a moulded plastic. It sits on walnut legs and has a steel frame. A real stunning piece that works well anywhere. Great for the home as well as restaurants, work and offices, hair and beauty salons and much more. This bar stool is great for any look.
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Los Angeles may be about to lose its title as the US porn capital.
The L.A. City Council voted Tuesday to make condom use mandatory in adult films. And adult studios are already planning how to minimize the effects of that law.
Technically, the legislation, which will tie mandatory condom use on set to city film permit approvals for porn shoots, needs to first be approved by the city's mayor — and won't go into effect until police officials, the city attorney and others figure out how it might be enforced. That gives adult entertainment companies time to adapt. And some of the biggest studios say the first option is to relocate production to other areas.
"[Studios] will move out of the city of L.A. and they'll stop shooting here," says Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment, the industry's largest studio. "There's no question of that. … I'm not sure what they're going to accomplish aside from kicking the industry outside of the city "
Hirsch estimates porn studios have shot over 300,000 scenes in the past six years, with the majority of those being filmed in the L.A. area. (The San Fernando Valley is nicknamed "Porn Valley" because of the industry's tight concentration there.)
A filming permit in L.A. carries a basic application fee of $625 and usually comes with additional costs, depending on location and the activities filmed. That makes the porn industry a notable source of revenue for the city.
Scott Taylor, founder of New Sensations, says his company will comply with the law for L.A. shoots, but he, too, expects to move filming outside the city.
"L.A. County does have borders and if we need to adapt, we will," he says. "It's a real pain to do so, but we will have to find off-the-beaten-path locations."
One location that could become a new favorite is Las Vegas. The town that bills itself "Sin City" is already a second home to the porn industry, playing host to its annual convention each year. Additionally, there are tax savings to be had by shooting there that could cover some of the expenses of moving production to the area.
Ultimately, say studio executives, the decision on where to focus shooting if they do move productions outside of L.A. will depend on where the performers settle.
The decision to make condom use mandatory for adult actors is a notable winfor the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been lobbying for it for some time. The Free Speech Coalition, the porn industry's trade association, criticized the vote. A legal challenge is possible, though isn't certain, say insiders.
And the porn exodus might not stop at filming locations. Hirsch says Vivid hasn't made any final decisions but is not opposed to relocating to another city if performers begin to settle in a new territory.
That's a move of last resort, of course. Moving a company to another state carries a lot of expense — and for a studio as diversified as Vivid or New Sensations, it's not always practical.
Taylor, for instance, says he has no plans to leave L.A.
"I have a multitude of businesses," he says. "I have a distribution facility that puts the products in stores and an Internet division that handles a lot of digital sites, so uprooting that core and moving it really isn't realistic."
Smaller studios, though, might be more willing to uproot. Or, alternatively, they might simply ignore the regulations or film without permits — as many currently do.
"There will be many smaller companies that will go ahead and shoot anyway," notes Hirsch. "Some people will shoot their movies regardless."
Some porn studios, meanwhile, won't be affected at all by the law. Girlfriend Films, which specializes in lesbian movies, won't have to change its practices. And Wicked Pictures has maintained a condoms-only policy since 2004, putting it in compliance with the new legislation.


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MGH celebrates first babies of bicentennial year
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The Jones family with Slavin
She's less than a week old, but Mary Meredith Jones is already making history. In addition to being one of Boston's first babies of the new year, she also is the first baby born during MGH's third century.
While Mary is her official first name, parents Jennifer and Christopher Jones of Woburn, Mass., plan to call her by her middle name, Meredith. They are delighted at the birth of their second child, and their first child, 2-year-old Margaret, is just as excited to be a big sister.
Meredith was delivered Jan. 1 at 5:03 am by Sean Pocock, MD, MPH, a physician for MGH Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology, and weighed 7 pounds and 11.5 ounces. In celebration of Meredith's important part of hospital history, Peter L. Slavin, MD, MGH president, presented the Jones family with a $200 savings bond and a gift basket of bicentennial-themed baby goods.
"We are so pleased that Meredith and her family were able to provide us with such a happy start to our 200th year," says Slavin.
The first baby boy born at the MGH in 2011 is Justin Leeds, who was born at 6:45 am weighing 7 pounds and 5.6 ounces. He is the third child of Scott and Taryn Leeds of Tewksbury, Mass. Stacey Kabat, RN, Vincent Obstetrics nurse, presented the family with a gift basket in honor of his being the first bicentennial boy born at the MGH. The Leeds family has had a close relationship with the hospital over the years, as their daughter Olivia was once a patient at MassGeneral Hospital for Children's Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Unit. Her cancer is now in remission.
The acknowledgement of the MGH's bicentennial babies is the first of many bicentennial activities and events planned for 2011. For more information about the MGH's 200th anniversary, visit www.massgeneral.org/bicentennial.
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There's a new king of the mountain when it comes to brand power, with Coca Cola being demoted for the first time in 13 years. The replacement; Apple, of course. According to the annual Interbrand Best Global Brands report:
The 2013 report begins: "Every so often, a company changes our lives, not just with its products, but with its ethos. This is why, following Coca-Cola's 13-year run at the top of Best Global Brands, Interbrand has a new No. 1 — Apple."
The top 100 is littered with top brands from the technology world, with Google at number 2, Microsoft number 5, Samsung number 8, and many more further down. A successful brand is a key aspect to a successful business, and no-one can deny the power of the Apple brand the world over. I mean, which other company gets thousands of people lining up outside its stores for the release of new products?
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Ohio State reserve forward LaQuinton Ross' buzzer-beating three-point shot drove the second-seed Buckeyes past Arizona and into the Elite Eight, the single moment of high drama on a Thursday night otherwise marked by blowouts.
One of those routs was also a significant upset: fourth-seed Syracuse crushed top-ranked Indiana, 61-50, limiting the Hoosiers to their lowest point total of the season. The Orangemen advanced to an all-Big East showdown in the East Regional against third-seeded Marquette, who toppled Miami, 71-61.
The comfortable margin came as a relief for Marquette, which narrowly won its previous games against Davidson and Butler. The upset of Miami ended Marquette's recent drought of Sweet Sixteen wins, a point that wasn't lost on Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, who led the Golden Eagles to the Final Four in 2003. "We finally figured it out," Wade tweeted.
In the evening's final game, La Salle's Cinderella run came to a crushing halt against Wichita State, 72-58. The ninth-seeded Shockers, Cinderellas in their own right, had previously beaten Pittsburgh and top-ranked Gonzaga to reach the Sweet Sixteen. They were perhaps inspired Thursday by an impromptu pep talk from Tim Tebow. They'll be underdogs again against Ohio State in the West Regional.
Thursday night's clear hero was Ross, a once-promising recruit who has struggled to stay in the Buckeye's lineup. After Arizona tied the game at 70 with 21 seconds to go, Ross took a pass at the top of the key and coolly drilled a three-pointer, ending the game with 17 points and completing a second-half rally that erased an 11-point deficit.
LeBron James, an Ohio native, tweeted in celebration: "i see you Q! Big time shot. Way to go guys. O..H..I..O"
"I think this is what every player grows up looking at on TV, wanting to hit that big shot for an NCAA tournament team," Ross said. "It just feels great right now."
The remaining four Sweet Sixteen games will be played Friday night. In the Midwest Regional, top-ranked Louisville takes on twelfth-seed Oregon, and second-seed Duke faces third-seed Michigan State. In the South Regional, first-seed Kansas plays eighth-seed North Carolina, and third-seed Florida faces the tournament's other remaining Cinderella, Florida Gulf Coast University.


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Mathew Tyler, 2020 Presidential candidate. Independent in everyway
Independence with an independent
Whilst adhering to our ethos1 and global goals1, I envision a better, imperfect world333 with a more equitable society1113311, that is: sustainable, less ignorant1, less incorrect213, and "less idiotic;" an imperfect world where "feces"1 is handled correctly; a world not enslaved to Petroleum nor mired by "Global warming"13. A world where the United States of America irrefutably leads the world across the board in every major area2 and is the greatest country in the world.
Iff3 willing; consider, fathom, and ponder the fact that my presidential diligence including without limitation to my vision for the world is not even the surface scratched of my abilities and potential2; then attempt to imagine if I cared to do more.
One thing he had learned from the project was that human drivers needed to be 'less idiotic' .
— Dmitri Dolgov
Mathew Tyler. President. 2020.
Will you help by sharing this with another person, because I need help with the getting into office part?
Unite with me, together we can make and become part of history together!
United we stand, divided we fall.
— John Dickinson
Mathew Tyler, the man with the plans for a more equitable and sustainable society; #RightToLove #FutureForAll:
- Women's rights ratified, ratification of "CEDAW" and "ERA" More; and
- Deliverance of Mathew Tyler's cure/vaccine for cancerǂ; what can I say? I am and get bored...; and
- Veterans more than adequately taken care of More; and
- Job opportunities, gainful employment for U.S.A. citizens More; and
- Minimum wage increased by 60% nationally More; and
- Reoccurring money just for being a U.S.A. citizen More; and
- Free modernized education More; and
- Free modernized preventative healthcare More; and
- Staunch defender and proponent of the U.S.A. Constitution; and
- Excluding all and any form of law enforcement whilst prohibiting enhanced penalties for crimes1 against any aspect of law enforcement; mandate allowing enhanced penalties for crimes against first responders More; acting wanton and willfully, sentiments for the exclusion should be directed exclusively towards: Mike O'Brien "Chief" of "Chico 'Police' 'Department'", Butte County "Superior" "Court," Leonard Goldkind, Butte County District Attorney's Office, Butte County "District Attorney" Michael L. Ramsey, Butte County "Chief" "Deputy" "District Attorney" Mark B. Murphy, "Captain" Baxter of CHP Chico, and "Officer" Michael T. Warner #016360 of CHP Chico.
- Delayed until further notice Polar ice caps11 retardation and/or preservation and/or restoration More; and
- An open Internet, with productive commons, where creativity and innovation can flourish More; and
- Faster, modernized Internet for the entire U.S.A. More; and
- Global goals More; and
- Restoration of genuine: law, order, and justice More; and
- 13% flat income tax with low- to moderate-income individuals and couples receiving earned income credit More; and
- And More!
Out of all of the people and creatures in existence, how many people and creatures are you willing to let needlessly be afflicted and/or die from cancer? How many of your loved ones or will you do something about it? #FutureForAll.
ǂ Whilst currently Mathew Tyler knows and has the aforementioned cure, presently Mathew Tyler lacks: the ability, desire to release it other than as "P.O.T.U.S.," and the means to manufacture the aforementioned cure himself; which is and will ever be kept in Mathew Tyler's own brain, never anywhere else. The aforementioned cure will also act as a vaccination against possible future cancer(s). Deliverance of the aforementioned cure is one thing Mathew Tyler is unwilling to compromise nor negotiate.
Mathew Tyler is well aware of how the world works; e.g., Alphabet's Google using Mathew Tyler's plan to eliminate ISIS without giving any kind of attribution nor credit to Mathew Tyler; which is why Mathew Tyler will only deliver the aforementioned cure upon being POTUS; a cure of such value has to be protected from monopolies, from Corporations that would otherwise not use the aforementioned cure for the greater good, rather for their own self interest(s).
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
— Albert Einstein
The simple-complexity.
— Mathew L. Tyler
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- "Google's Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers," nytimes.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/technology/personaltech/google-says-its-not-the-driverless-cars-fault-its-other-drivers.html?_r=1
- "Global warming - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
- "Climate change - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
- "Ethos," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/ethos
- "Global Goals," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/globalgoals
- "Blueprints for USA," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/blueprints_for_usa
- "Blinkist.com: A Bigger Prize," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/blogs/blinkist.com/A-Bigger-Prize.pdf
- "Shocking Aerial Views Of Hong Kongs Tiny Cage Apartments," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/problems/Shocking-Aerial-Views-Of-Hong-Kongs-Tiny-Cage-Apartments.pdf
- "Hong Kongs High-Density Housing and Cramped Living Conditions," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/problems/Hong-Kongs-High-Density-Housing-and-Cramped-Living-Conditions.pdf
- "Emergence of a Peaceful Culture in Wild Baboons," journals.plos.orghttp://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020124
- "A Pacific Culture among Wild Baboons: Its Emergence and Transmission," journals.plos.orghttp://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020106
- "Equity (law) - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(law)
- "Equity (economics) - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(economics)
- "Blinkist.com: Irrationality," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/blogs/blinkist.com/Irrationality.pdf
- "Blinkist.com: Excellent Daughters," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/blogs/blinkist.com/Excellent-Daughters.pdf
- "Police, firefighters called in after flat Earth debate turns heated," cbc.cahttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/flat-earth-debate-leads-to-fire-police-call-1.3634692
- "Wiktionary.org: Correct," wiktionary.orghttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/correct
- "Blinkist.com: The Big Necessity," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/resources/blogs/blinkist.com/The-Big-Necessity.pdf
- "Words of wisdom I try to live by," pageshot.nethttps://pageshot.net/images/71d6f2e6-9939-4c18-a8f1-5cadf07919c0
- "iff - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iff
- "GWH burning paper value," youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMO6npAT8Ug&t=1m27s
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- "USA Veterans - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/rights?eid=USA_Veterans#USA_Veterans
- "Economics - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/economy?eid=adequateJobOpportunities#adequateJobOpportunities
- "Economics - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/economy?eid=modernWages#modernWages
- "Economics - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/economy?eid=citizenDividends#citizenDividends
- "Education - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/education?eid=freeEducation#freeEducation
- "Healthcare - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/health?eid=USA_Healthcare#USA_Healthcare
- "Hate crime - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime
- "Rights - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/rights?eid=firstresponders#firstresponders
- "Polar ice cap - Wikipedia," wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_ice_cap
- "Ice Caps at Record Low, Not High - FactCheck.org," factcheck.orghttps://www.factcheck.org/2018/01/ice-caps-record-low-not-high/
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- " - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/economy?eid=InternetForAll#InternetForAll
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- "Global goals - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/globalgoals?eid=globalgoals#globalgoals
- "Law, order, and justice - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/rights?eid=LawOrderJustice#LawOrderJustice
- "Income tax - Policy - Presidential," mathewtyler.cohttp://mathewtyler.co/policy/economy?eid=USA_Income_Tax#USA_Income_Tax
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G-Fit needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
First of all I am a 30 year old Personal trainer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Training is my life. I am also a mixed martial arts fighter. When I am not in the gym training others, I'm training myself. I feel that I am unique in my field because I work with such a wide variety of clients and am genuinely interested in their results. Right now G-Fit is just me. I do personal training on an individual basis, but also teach some boot camps and other group-type classes. I envision G-Fit growing into a group of very dedicated trainers teaching a wide variety of classes that all focus on getting real results for our clients. We won't be doing cookie-cutter classes that are all about getting a check. We will get as involved with our clients as our customers will allow. Aside from the training aspect, we also work closely to form nutritional habits that will move our clients even closer to their goals. We are going to change the fitness scene in this city!
G-Fit focuses on people wanting to get real results in their lives. My ideal client is willing to put in the work necessary to achieve their fitness goals. I am not interested in clients who see the gym as a social club. If people are willing to commit to themselves, G-Fit will help them achieve more than they ever thought possible.
We work with both men and women of varying ages. Ranging from young to middle-aged adults, G-Fit clients are looking to achieve a wide array of fitness goals. Some people are looking to drop serious weight, while others are looking to add muscle mass to a smaller frame. I also work with a lot of athletes to help them achieve their sports performance goals. This includes high school and college athletes looking to make a team or improve their place on their current teams, as well as people looking to improve results in individual sports (cycling, running, triathlons, raquet sports, etc).
Be creative...I'll give great feedback quickly.
Need full color and black & white version, along with Icon for favicon, etc
Need delivery in raw photoshop file as well as .png jpg etc
Must have transparent background.
Please see template I just selected: http://gfit.ourmatters.com/ - I'd love to see a logo that pops on this kind of site.
Think of G-Fit of a brand that has energy & excitement associated with it. We're not a bunch of muscle-bound block heads. We're intense, energetic and focused on results.
I like the colors of Black & Red
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Hi folks,
I'd better jump in with a coding question while I await my first post answer (er.. I might be waiting)..
Being a noob is never easy!
I've a page that has an image viewer and a series of scrolling thumbnails (it's actually part of a Lightroom gallery generator)
I'm using the following code to create an image swap with a loading GIF.
Code:function showNewImage(img) { var element = document.getElementById("theImage"); element.src = "resources/loading.gif"; element.alt = "loading..."; var image = new Image(); image.onload = function() { document.getElementById("theImage").src = this.src; document.getElementById("theImage").alt = ""; } image.src = img.getAttribute("imgsrc"); image.value = img.getAttribute("imagetitle"); image.width = img.getAttribute("imagewidth"); image.height = img.getAttribute("imageheight"); }
And my HTML looks like this (ignore the <% %> codes, that's lua for the generator):
This works fine for what I initially envisioned, but of course now that I've got it working I think it looks crap. Instead, I'd like to have the loading GIF show over the current image as the new image loads and then have the GIF go when the new image is loaded.Code:

<% for iNumber=1, math.max(model.nonCSS.numIm) do %> <a class="thumbnail" onclick="showNewImage(this);" imgsrc="bin/images/photos/<%= getImage(iNumber).exportFilename %>.jpg" id="<%= getImage(iNumber).imageID %>" ><img src="bin/images/thumbs/<%= getImage(iNumber).exportFilename %>.jpg" title="<%= getImage(iNumber).exportFilename %>" /><% end %>

Any direction would be much appreciated.


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The Panorama vhf/uhf diplexer is housed in a compact, robust die cast case for reliability and easy mounting. It allows Panorama dual band or tri-band antennas to be used with two single band radios . The diplexer uses a stripline design to provide low insertion loss with high port to port isolation and high power handling capability
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1. Who do you think was in the right in the collision?Let it be known I am not a big "fan" of Dan "the big whining baby of the show " aka "where's the camera so I don't make an ass of myself again". Sam seems pretty levelheaded(gorgeous eyes) . I don't think anyone was at fault.2. Do you think Sam & Dan or Flight Time & Big Easy will stop focusing on each other, and start looking at the race itself? yes3. We haven't seen the U-Turn (though they have had one) do we see it today? yes4. Do Brian & Ericka ever get out of 4th place? unfortunately, no
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Mother Hubbard's Cupboard serves those who are hungry in the Wilmington area through distribution of emergency food. This service is provided by volunteers in partnership with the community, without regard to race or religion and with care to preserve the dignity of the individuals being served.
Once a month, any needy individual or family may come to Mother Hubbard's Cupboard to receive a 3-5 day supply of groceries. People without stoves receive a smaller bag and are served weekly. Those requesting food are asked to self-declare their need.
As an all-volunteer organization, we are grateful for the support of groups and individuals in the community. View our wish list here. Donations of non-perishable food, money, and volunteer time are greatly appreciated.
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Tentative Date for 2020 Empty Bowls Event: March 2020. Time and ticket information will be posted later!