text: Red Pill News Videos Video of 70 US/EU backed Ukrainian troops surrendering in Debaltsevo cauldron. Poroshenko may be planning to leave Kiev Russian sources are reporting that NAF commanders estimate that Debaltsevo will be taken by the end of the day. Ukraine 's refusal to believe in their own impeding defeat within the boiling cauldron is a classic case of a putsch government buying into the west's propaganda campaign. Published 4 years ago on February 17, 2015 By alexrpt 7 Views Share Tweet Ukraine President, Petro Poroshenko, had the chance to resolve the situation in Debaltsevo during the marathon Minsk 2 talks, but be refused to accept the clear reality of acknowledging his forces were trapped by the thousands. A clear case of believing your own propaganda. The Novorussian army offered safe passage to troops out of the Debaltsevo cauldron if they surrendered their weapons and heavy artillery. The US/EU backed Ukraine command opted to have the army continue fighting and try to break out of a tightly closed lid. Now it's only a matter of time before the troops are forced to surrender or are wiped up an encircled Novorussian advance. Via the Fort Russ blog… Ukrainian punitive troops are surrendering in large numbers. Journalists have filmed the surrender of one of the punitive units in the Debaltsevo cauldron. More than 70 men laid down their arms to save their lives and surrendered to LPR People's Militia. All punitive troops who lay down their arms and cease resistance will receive hot food and warm clothing, as well as medical aid if they are wounded. The main reward for their conscience and their refusal to continue the war is that their lives will be spared. The Ukrainian General Staff now confirms losing control over Debaltsevo forces, as reported by Fort Russ… It's only a matter of how many troops make it out alive. But the loss of equipment, combined with earlier losses here and everywhere, put into question the UAF's ability to conduct large-scale operations for a long time to come. The days of "Victory" have come to an end. The days of "Treason" are only beginning… Poroshenko and others were able to avoid reckoning for the earlier Ilovaysk debacle apparently only by promising a rematch. They seem to have lost that one too, and Round 3 does not seem in the cards. But Round 2 is the only thing kept all the different factions of the very fragile "pro-European" junta together. Also lots of chatter, but still unconfirmed reports that Poroshenko's family has fleed Kiev after Right Sector issued an ultimatum. This has not appeared in any english media outlets yet, including RT and Sputnik, but was breaking news on RT-Deutsch, as well as in some Russian media. Via RT Deutsch… According to reports of several Ukrainian and Russian newspapers the entire family of Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenk have allegedly left Ukraine. The background to this is an ultimatum of the Right Sector to Porsohenko, that he "would suffer the same fate as Gaddafi" if the situation in the Debalstsevo cauldron did not improve before the 23 February. At present 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers and voluntary brigades are surrounded in the cauldron. Is Porky planning his exit out of Kiev before Maidan 3. Also, and still unconfirmed, reports are coming out that the US is planning a massive false flag with a possible suitcase nuke within the Debaltsevo encirclement, from where Russia is primed to be blamed. There are a variety of reports stating that the US and NATO have flown in the bombs in anticipation of such an event as the one playing out right now in the Debaltsevo cauldron. References: http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/02/ukrainian-troops-surrender-by-hundreds.html http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/02/ukrainian-general-staff-confirms.html http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2015/02/breaking-poroshenkos-family-flee-kiev.html?spref=tw http://www.rtdeutsch.com/12083/headline/poroschenkos-familie-aus-kiew-geflohen-hintergrund-ultimatum-des-rechten-sektors-wegen-kessel-von-debaltsevo/ Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Their anger and alarm over this idea is such that the media networks through much of the US are alive with the idea of impeaching the President or bringing 25th Amendment proceedings against him for insanity! Take a look: Tucker Carlson, as usual, nailed it. NATO was formed to make Western Europe secure in the face of a perceived Soviet threat. In 1991, the USSR collapsed and the threat of Ivan the Communist bad guy collapsed with it. But 28 years later, NATO is still here. And, why? Well, many "experts" continue to point at Russia as a threat, though after that statement no one seems honestly able to elucidate precisely how Russia would, in fact, threaten any nation, take over it, or conquer the world. Indeed, if anyone seems to understand the perversity of being in charge of the whole world, it seems to be Russia, as expressed by politician and LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky (see how this is so here). Zhironovsky observed that China is the other nation that is running at full force, but viewing the problems the US is having with being the leader of the world, China stops short of trying to attain this position itself. The question becomes "What does a nation that rules the world actually do then?" President Trump appears to be seeing the same question, or some similar variant based on the same theme. NATO serves no constructive purpose anymore. Despite the conflicts in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Israel and Syria, there simply are no great threats in the world as it stands today. While there are certainly still wars, none of these wars represents an existential threat to the United States. Why wouldn't a US leader want out? In fact, there is further no existential threat to Europe from any present war, nor is there a threat from Russia itself. In fact, Russia has been entering into business relations with many European countries who wish to buy cheap and easily available Russian natural gas. Turkey purchased an S-400 antimissile system in addition to its US made Patriot battery. There would seem to be very little in the way of concrete and reliable reasoning for the alliance to continue. But the American Deep State and liberal establishment have come together to resist the US President in a truly furious manner, and it is revelatory of the hypocrisy of anti-Trump politics that American liberals, typically the "sing Kum-ba-yah peacenik" crowd, displays paroxysms of outrage and horror that NATO might be disbanded. As the result of that, the American media is determined to choke off any possibility of one thinking, "well, what if we were to disband NATO?" Why is this? Simple. A lot of people make their living by preparing for the Russian "threat", and it would mean the end of their work, the end of their money, and a great disruption in life. It does not matter that while this is true, these same people could conceivably apply their considerable skill sets to deal with real problems that face a world that no longer has a dipolar alignment, or to help prevent a real problem from arising from real situations, such as the recent and current Islamization of many European cities. One of the great afflictions of American politics and policy has been that so much of it appears to be focused on "short term" or "no term" matters. We see this with the problems related to border security, the coming advent of AI-based automated processes that may furlough low-skilled workers in tremendous amounts in a short period of time. Rather than solve real problems, the elected representatives and media seem more content to oppose Donald Trump when he, as a businessman ought to do, makes a federal case out of what he sees on the horizon. The Border Wall, for example, is a highly logical part of a properly handled set of immigration policies. But the very direct behavior of President Trump helped amplify the resentment the Democrats still hold against him for defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016, and so, the Democrats have effectively said "nuts!" to the needs of the nation and they take out their resentment on the nation by refusing to negotiate with the President about how to close the border. NATO is another example. The alliance served its purpose. It is time for the alliance to end, or to be radically restructured in terms of new goals based in real, and not just flimsy rhetorical, needs. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest A dispassionate case for the American border wall All the arguing on both sides is a rhetorical war that prevents action from happening. Here are simple reasons the border wall should go up. Published 6 days ago on January 11, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch One of the hottest news stories in the American press has been that over the border wall, proposed by President Trump during his campaign, and now resting at the center of a debate that has about one-quarter of the US governmental services in a state of shutdown. We have observed fiery, passionate, and even disgusting levels of rancor and bitterness in the political rhetoric concerning the wall. This debate goes on in the news media, and many of the Americans who watch and listen to this take on the fire of these arguments to even more passionate levels. However, the passion has largely obscured the actual issue of border security, perhaps by design. As long as people keep fighting over it, it still is not getting done. And while thankfully the American government is designed to work very slowly in determining important matters, here, that trait is being exploited, mostly by Democrats, but also by Republicans and even possibly, President Trump himself. The motives each side has vary. President Trump wants Congress to pass wall funding because then it is a legislative act that the Legislative and Executive branches of government agree on. It is unlikely that the Supreme Court will be called upon to test such a resolution for its legality. This is one very significant reason why the President is trying every way possible to get this through Congress. If he goes the route of declaring a "National Emergency" then, according to a number of sources, the first thing that is likely to happen after the build order is a lawsuit that stops the process in its tracks – probably a land-use lawsuit regarding eminent domain and damage to the properties of private citizens, who for various reasons do not want a barrier built through their lands. This is a problem that the American government has sadly created for itself with a very poor reputation of proper reparations for the invocation of Eminent Domain land claims. This is the simplest way to explain the raison d'être behind the President's hesitation to invoke executive emergency powers. For the Democrats, the motive is interesting. The rhetoric from conservatives, including the President, is that the Dems do not want the wall simply because the "imposter" President wants one. For anyone who thinks that this is an utterly insane, and indeed, childish, argument, well, you would be exactly right. It is. It also appears to be true. Evidence for this is shown by the fact that almost every critic quoted by the mainstream press is a Democrat. How is it possible that Democrats have a unique hold on facts that other people just don't? Even when a Republican expresses a concern about the wall, there is still actual logistical information backing the claim: Republican and Democratic lawmakers raised immediate concerns over shifting funds that have already been approved by Congress for projects in states across the nation. Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho, a top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, said he has been hearing from lawmakers in recent days concerned that Army Corps projects in their states could be canceled or postponed. (This is a concrete situation that is based on normal concerns about money and not about ideological political views.) "If they drag the money out of here," Simpson said in an interview late Thursday, "a lot of members will have problem with it." (But now in come the Democrats, and observe as logic leaves and is replaced by fiery language.) Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., the incoming chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said in an interview that rebuilding the disaster areas is "a way higher priority benefiting the American people than a wasteful wall." He said the Army Corps works on dams, levees and other projects across the nation and has an enormous backlog of unfunded needs. "It would be an incredible disservice to the American people and the economy" to divert the money to the border wall, he said. And Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., said in a statement that it would be "beyond appalling for the president to take money from places like Puerto Rico that have suffered enormous catastrophes, costing thousands of American citizens' lives, in order to pay for Donald Trump's foolish, offensive and hateful wall." "Siphoning funding from real disasters to pay for a crisis manufactured by the president is wholly unacceptable and the American people won't fall for it," she said. The Republican here spoke without passion, simply saying there is concern about shifting funds for the wall. But the Democrats used incendiary language like "wasteful" and "foolish, offensive and hateful" as adjectives to describe the border wall. Very passionate expressions, which are being repeated ad nauseam by the mainstream press and all of the Democrat party. The bias most notably and publicly showed in the accusatory language of the Democrat kingpins themselves, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. There is little true "debate" about the border wall. Most discussion on the news media or social media is verbal rock-throwing rather than respectful, honest and fair discussion. As noted before, this may be part of the design to prevent action on the wall. However there are dispassionate and reasonable arguments that support the construction of this project. Here are some of those reasons: A 30-35 foot tall wall running the entire length of the border is probably the cheapest and most cost effective single deterrent to illegal border crossings. Whoever wants to cross the border has to make some provision for dealing with the wall. If that provision is rather difficult, it will dissuade most people from trying it. A wall reduces the need for manpower along the border. While it is absurd to assume that the wall alone would keep every illegal immigrant out, it also facilitates efficient deployment of manpower and other means for active border control. Even if the wall is not continuous along the entire length of the border (which is likely to wind up as the case), where it isn't is easier to monitor. This is another aspect of the manpower issue. There are likely to be gaps and open spaces for a variety of reasons. But right now, there are about over 1,200 miles of the 1,954 mile long border that have no barrier present. That is a lot of space to monitor actively. These three reasons are really so close as to be almost the same exact reason. But the arguments for and against the border wall are being conducted in an apparent context that in order to secure a border, this is all anyone needs to do. This is an absurd idea and is being used to try to deflect action. The best border security systems in the world are systems of walls, fences and monitoring facilities. Even the Great Wall of China did not stop all invaders. It deterred a lot of probable attempts though. The wall was also manned so that active attempts to get through it could be stopped in active manners. The North – South Korean DMZ and the Berlin Wall are also particularly effective as parts of an overall border crossing deterrent system. The fences, trenches and watchtowers along the length of these two borders create an extremely effective measure to deter illegal crossings. For example, the Berlin Wall stood from 1961 to 1989, a total of 28 years. During that period, only five thousand people crossed that border. The US Border Patrol conducted over 300,000 apprehensions of illegal immigrants crossing the border in 2018 alone. The imagery of walls like North Korea's and East Berlin's are part of the reason why the border wall comes across as an unsavory idea. There is probably no American that does not know this image, and no one in the country like the idea of such a barrier being associated with the United States. However, that is simply not the issue. The US is not a police state trying to keep people inside. It is dealing with a decades-long stretch of bad policy regarding immigration which will not be stopped except by radical means. Many families made a very long journey this year in the migrant caravans to try to game the American system. It is understandable that many of these people are trying to get away from bad conditions in the countries they left. But taking advantage of the United States is wrong, and the wrong is shared equally by the actions of the illegals and by the weak posture of the United States herself. The simplest fact is that only strength assures freedom. A strong border reinforces safe immigration. A strong and effective immigration policy relies on having a tightly controlled border AND an asylum and entry facilitation process that is thorough, lawful and dispassionate. The USA has had this in place in other points of entry, such as Ellis Island. Leaving the Mexican frontier open now is just stupid policy. An integrated, careful process to process would be immigrants as quickly and carefully as possible needs to become part of the new American way of doing things. There is no swifter way to guarantee overall immigration policy change than the construction of the physical barrier along the US-Mexican border. It does not matter how anyone feels or thinks. Walls work when used rightly. President Trump's plan satisfies all the required needs for a good US immigration policy as regards the Mexican border. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest US Women's March implodes upon itself [Video] This year's Women's March collapses due to not being politically woke enough, in a truly astounding fashion. Published 2 weeks ago on January 7, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch If this doesn't make your head spin, perhaps you are either dead, or sufficiently "woke." The Humboldt County Annual Women's March, set for January 19th of this year got canceled because it was "too white." Yes. Too white. This is a county in Northern California, 270 miles north of San Francisco. According to the Wikipedia entry, on this locale, the 2016 census gave this demographic result. 84.7% White 0.9% Black or African American 5.7% Native American 1.7% Asian 0.2% Pacific Islander 2.5% from other races 4.4% from two or more races. In other words, the county's own demographics are very white. So, does this make sense? No? Well, maybe the interview will clear it up. Still no? It seems that Jesse Watters was just as stunned as anyone else. The expression on his face is priceless. Should I laugh now, or later? How does this woman actually believe her own rhetoric? But the woman, Kelsey Reedy, seems to have the logic worked out in her mind. Maybe that is because she is a woman. A liberal woman. Fantasy turned inside out. But wait! 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Argentina has recently initiated a ban that prohibited the sale of all BlackBerry smartphones. Apple is also not allowed to sell phones, while Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and LG can all continue distribution. The reasoning behind this is that both RIM and Apple do not have factories or partners in the country. Two ways around this issue would obviously be to build a factory to produce BlackBerrys (or iPhones) or find a partner in the country that is already established to sell the phones for them.
One major factor though that the companies really need to take further into consideration is that both BlackBerrys and iPhones are 60% of the smartphone sales in the country. Currently RIM is in the process of locating a distribution partner to continue the sale of BlackBerrys in Argentina, however Apple is sitting tight and riding out the ban. The reasoning behind the ban is supposedly to stabilize the economy, and once that happens, the ban should be lifted. I reckon the influx of foreign products, such as phones, reduces the amount of money spent on Argentina made goods. For all Argentinians' sake, I hope this ban is lifted as soon as possible.

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Baladin SPUMA NERA SODA Younger drinkers will certainly find "unusual" the taste of this drink and may wonder what it reminds them of. If they know that Spuma Nera, or "dark" as it was once called, could be considered the "mother" of chinotto, then they would know where they have already tasted it. In making this drink, we have gone back to the traditional recipe, which forsees – as the basis for the mertyle-leaf orange drink chinotto – the use of the pink part of the rhubarb root as well as an orange zest infususion. Of course, no colorings or preservatives are added.
Baladin Spuma Nera reminds me most of a non-alcoholic Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and soda, aka a non-alcoholic Americano. Quite tasty, with a light sweetness and bitterness. If I were in the business of making soft drinks, this is the type of thing I would aim for.
Had these first at the Mario Batali Italian food Wonderland, Eataly, in New York. Have since discovered that Avedano's carries it.


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ARKive is proud to partner with the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), an organization dedicated to connecting kids and adults alike with environmental knowledge that can improve the quality of their lives and the health of the planet. Every year, NEEF spearheads Environmental Education (EE) Week – the largest celebration of environmental education in the US. This year's theme is 'Taking Technology Outdoors' which is a perfect opportunity to explore all the ways that the ARKive collection can be used to inspire and enhance connections with the natural world.
The ARKive team has come up with a few fun, extension activities to our free classroom lessons for any adult to use to lead kids on outdoor explorations in their own backyards or local green spaces. The activities can be done with or without the accompanying lesson.
Web of Wildlife (7-11 year olds)
Photograph your local food chain. In this activity, kids spend time outdoors trying to locate different types of food sources. They take a picture of each food item they find including grass, acorns and even small critters that are food for birds and other animals. Kids then create a poster using print-outs of the food source pictures and drawings of other species that rely on those food sources. Using lessons learned in the Web of Wildlife activity and using ARKive as a resource, kids can draw lines between food sources and species to illustrate the local food web.
Biodiversity Hospital (11-14 year olds)
Be a conservation photographer. A conservation photographer has the ability to capture an environmental story in a single image. In this activity, kids play the role of conservation photographers and try to capture, in one image, any conservation threats in their hometown. The photograph should speak for itself and taking on the role of a 'doctor', the kids should try to prescribe a solution to the problem. They then take turns showing their picture to friends and family who try to identify the conservation threat and potential remedies.
Species Discovery (7-11 & 11-14 year olds)
Catch new-to-you species on film. Using a smartphone with a video recording feature, trek outdoors and help kids to capture any species that are new to them on camera. From city-dwelling birds to local flower species they may have never noticed before, kids log their findings on camera and then explore the ARKive site to find a species that closely matches their discoveries. Kids should try to identify the features that are similar whether its color, beak shape, etc. Choosing one of the species they caught on camera, kids can get creative by thinking of their own scientific name for it.
NEEF guest bloggers
We also have an exciting line-up of guest bloggers who will be appearing on the ARKive blog during EE Week to share their adventures with the activities above and other ways they've used ARKive and technology to get kids outside. Our friends from NEEF will be kicking things off for us next Monday!
If you are interested in joining in the ARKive/EE Week celebrations by doing one of the above activities, feel free to share a short paragraph on your experience and a picture with us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll in turn publish your story in an ARKive blog at the end of EE Week sharing it with thousands of readers in the US and beyond.
Happy Outdoor Exploration!
Liana Vitali, ARKive Education & Outreach Manager, Wildscreen USA


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Years ago I heard someone say that if you can write the problem on the board, it is half solved. Several times I have found it to be true. Letter writer John Brown did not correctly address the Republican's problem or the nation's ("The GOP lost because it's out of touch," Nov. 28).
Too many people are jobless and living at poverty level with inadequate medical care while our nation is rapidly increasing its debt. But that is not the problem. That is the situation. And no one disagrees with it — not Democrats, not liberals, not journalists, not even Republicans.
The problem is: How do we correct that situation? That is where the two parties disagree.
The Democrats want to tax the rich and give the proceeds to the poor. That would be quick and easy, and it appeals to a lot of citizens. However, many centuries of many nations trying this method have proven it does not work. Even our own experience of the big give-away during the past four years has proven it doesn't work.
Republicans believe that jobs are the solution. They want to leave the money with those who can use it effectively and efficiently to provide jobs and to do whatever else they can to encourage this effort. One of these would be to reduce the ever increasing regulations that are delaying any hope of a recovery.
But we must understand what the problem is before we can solve it.
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Photo, Print, DrawingBird's eye view of New-York & Brooklyn Bird's-eye view of New York City and Brooklyn showing Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground; prominent features numbered with key below image.
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- Date: 1851
Photo, Print, DrawingNew York Bird's-eye view of New York showing the waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, with Battery Park and Governors Island in the foreground.
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The brave Royal Knight sir Johnny has set off into the woods to seek out and kill a dragon that has been terrorizing the local poulace. As he nears the heart of the forest, he finds his target...
Sir Johnny and his squires:
The dragon:
Overwatch of the battlefield:
The battle begins
The dragon leaps out of its nest and breathes fire on the intruders, but misses:
Sir Johnny charges the dragon, but fails to harm it. The dragon counterattacks and accidentally cuts off its own arm on Johnny's sword!
The dragon attacks and sir Johnny loses his shield. His counterattack do some damage to the dragon though.
Sir Johnny hurts the dragon some more. One of his squires pick up his shield for him. The other squire seems to have other interests...
Disarmed, sir Johnny makes a hasty retreat.
The greedy squire begins to loot the dragon's treasure.
...which proves to be an unwise action.
Sir Johnny makes a comeback, dealing a fearsome blow to the dragon!
But the game ends in tears (and blood)...


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Ammonia emissions from fertilizer applications in California's Central Valley can be measured and are less than estimated by air quality regulators, according to a researcher at California State University, Fresno.
Charles Krauter, coordinator of air quality programs at the Center for Irrigation Technology, says his observations show ammonia emissions from farming to be about 2.5 percent of the total, not the 5 to 10 percent previously estimated by the State Air Resources Board.
Krauter, who is also a professor of soils and irrigation at CSU, Fresno, presented the findings at a recent conference in Salinas held by the Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP), which funded part of the research.
The air resources board's assumption several years ago, Krauter said, was that all the ammonia in the atmosphere of the region was due to fertilizer applications and reductions in ammonia would have to come from lowering fertilizers use.
"We think we have developed some good information," he said. "We started this project because the state board realized it had a very tenuous estimate of ammonia coming from fertilizer applications. This had many in the agricultural industry understandably spooked."
The board, he added, probably knew the estimate of 5 to 10 percent was too high, but it had very little science — and basically none done in California — to quantify the level and show how to reduce it.
The board funded a project by scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center at Palo Alto, who in turn asked Krauter to lead the field research on fertilizer use in Central Valley counties from 1999 to 2002.
Field data input
Field data from Tulare County to southern portions of Merced County were put through a statewide atmospheric computer model at Ames to reach the figure of 2.5 percent.
The database, Krauter explained, included crop acreage and locations by counties, soil information, and fertilizer application amounts and methods. Crop acreage data came from the California Department of Water Resources.
"Fertilizer applications were not available from any public source, so data was estimated by questioning farmers, fertilizer industry members, county farm advisors, and other crop specialists," he said.
Although practices varied across the state, they could be correlated with the county-based crop acreage data. The database was used to estimate the application of various types of nitrogen fertilizers to the crops of the state.
Finally, these estimates were checked, Krauter added, by comparing them with the public records of fertilizer sales from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
SJV emissions
The study found that the San Joaquin Valley accounts for just over one-half of the state's total annual emissions of ammonia directly traced to agricultural application of fertilizers.
"On the basis of DWR crop types, it appears that the generalized categories of field crops and truck crops each account for about one-third of the state's total annual emissions of ammonia, directly from chemical fertilizer sources.
"Grain, pasture grass, and rice crop categories also contribute large fractions of the state's total annual emissions of ammonia, directly from chemical fertilizer sources," Krauter reported.
He said ammonia is the dominant gaseous base in the atmosphere and may control, when combined with alkaline soil dust, the acidity of rain. It may also react with other chemicals in the air to contribute to airborne particulate matter.
Variable rate product
His studies measured the ammonia from fertilizer applications, taking into account the effects of time of day, crop type, and other environmental factors. As an added step, the project attempted to measure the effects of variable rate nitrogen applications on ammonia emissions.
"Variable rate fertilizer decreases the net loss of ammonia volatilized, as less fertilizer is applied when compared to a blanket application at a high rate," he said.
Use of variable rate applications reduces both input costs and the environmental impact of the possible over-application of fertilizers.
"New applications of variable rate technology must be investigated for benefits such as those observed in this study," he said.
The research team for the ammonia emissions project included Dave Goorahoo, Matt Beene and Barry Goodrich of the Center for Irrigation Technology at CSU, Fresno and Christopher Potter and Steven Klooster of the Ames Research Center.
Krauter is continuing research with FREP funding on follow-up ammonia measurements and is also involved with studies of dairy emissions.
Runoff challenges
In another FREP project detailed at the Salinas conference, William R. Horwath of the Department of Air, Land and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis, concluded there are challenges with the use of conservation tillage and cover crops to reduce agricultural runoff and decrease nutrient losses.
His studies were done at UC, Davis and in fields of grower-cooperators in the Sacramento Valley.
"Adherence to strict conservation tillage practices can immediately reduce fuel costs, but the potential benefits to water quality may take years to realize," he reported.
He went on to say "in the short term, growers may have other water conservation options, including reconfiguring fields to reduce runoff velocity, and thus erosion."
Horwath said, on a farm scale, cover crops significantly reduce winter runoff but also may affect subsoil water recharge and soil moisture content at the time of planting.
Noting that additional research is necessary, he said, "The potential for winter cover crops to alter the water budget of subsequent crops under furrow irrigation systems poses important questions, considering future water supply concerns."
Created in 1990 under the California Food and Agriculture Code, FREP uses the mill tax on fertilizers sold in the state to provide grants for studies to minimize environmental impacts by finding cost-effective ways to improve the efficient use of fertilizers.


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BOSTON, Mass. – In perhaps some of the most hazardous conditions that they will play in all season lacrosse and the Saints of Emmanuel College faced-off at the Boston College High School Stadium Wednesday afternoon. With winds reaching over 40 mph combined with rain, sleet, ice, and some snow the two teams went head-to-head in a non-conference tilt which eventually saw the Saints walk away with a 9-4 decision.
The victory improved Emmanuel's overall record to 2-0 in only its second year as a Division III men's lacrosse program. The Beacons fell to 1-2 on the year as they played their third game in seven days.
Emmanuel used a 5-1 run the first half and added four more goals over the final 30 minutes of play, while only allowed three goals by the Beacons to earn the non-conference victory. On top of battling the harsh conditions the two teams goalies played some of their best lacrosse so far this season. For the Saints, Austin Lauzier combined for 10 saves and stopped numerous point-blank shots by the Beacons attack all afternoon.
In the Beacons cage Henry Bristol (South Hadley, Mass.) was just as solid, especially in the final two quarters as the senior made 11 stops, including a five save performance in the third. The senior netminder also recorded his first assist of the year when he connected with Pete McNichols (Norwalk, Conn.) on a long clearing pass, which McNichols quickly turned into the Beacons third goal of the day.
Proving to be the biggest factor for the Saints when in the Beacons end was Kaile MacLean-Daley who finished with game-best three goals. Wednesday's performance marked the second-straight team-leading showing by MacLean-Daley as he recorded five goals and one assist in the 14-7 season opening win against SUNY Maritime on Sunday.
For the Beacons four different players found the back of the cage with Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.) striking first at the 2:08 mark in the first quarter to make it a 3-1 contest. That goal would be the only tally for UMass as Emmanuel fired off two more goals, both from MacLean-Daley, prior to the end of the first half. The Saints would get one more goal early in the third before UMB was able to score again.
Thomas Petitti (Quincy, Mass.) sparked a little UMB rally in the third quarter with his fourth score of the season. McNichols then cut the lead to three with only seven seconds left in the third frame (6-3). Unfortunately that late push by the Beacons would see only one more goal in the final quarter, which came from Ryan McGoff (Charlestown, Mass.). Emmanuel drove home three more goals to clinch the victory.
McNichols and Delpha would each record a team-best three groundballs, while Lauzier finished with a game-best four. In the face-off circle Jake Pickett led the Saints with nine face-off wins on 14 attempts. Defensively Jeremiah Treanor caused four Beacons turnovers, while the Beacons backline was led by Delpha's two forced turnovers.
Neither team was able capitalize on their man-up attempts, but Emmanuel did manage a man-down goal at 2:39 in the second.
The Saints held the advantage in groundballs collecting 28, while the Beacons were able to collect 18. On clear attempts the Beacons went 16-for-25 and Emmanuel 13-for-16.
Lacrosse returns to action on Saturday when they host Thomas College (Maine) at 1 p.m. at Boston College High School.


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Midsomer Murders "Dark Autumn, Part 2" After the bodies of two husbands of women who had been involved with the postman are found, Barnaby and his team realize they are searching for a twisted murderer, who may have been scarred by childhood memories. Part 2 of 2G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S3 E2)" The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a health crisis. Part 2 of 7G
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New Tricks "Buried Treasure" Brian's dog digs up a skeleton during a walk on the common. A local youth worker shows an unusual amount of interest in the remains. Investigation shows he was interviewed in connection with the disappearance of a Member of Parliament.G
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DCI Banks "Aftermath" When DCI Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his estranged younger brother Roy, he drops everything to find him. Meanwhile, new recruit DI Helen Morton finds evidence at a murder scene linking Banks to the victim.G
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Lark Rise to Candleford A homeless family takes advantage of Robert's charity, leaving their little daughter, Polly, behind when they leave town. Lady Adelaide, who wants a child, falls in love with Polly; Sir Timothy takes the child to the Post Office where Zillah bonds with her. Dorcas regrets playing Cupid between Thomas and Miss Ellison.G


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Cassadaga man charged with aggravated DWI
A Cassadaga man was charged with driving while intoxicated after vehicle car rolled over in a crash on Bard Road in Awkright, state police reported.
Robert Francis was traveling east on Bard when his vehicle left the road on the north shoulder, hit a ditch and rolled over. He suffered minor injuries.
After failing field sobriety tests, he was arrested and taken to the state police station in Fredonia where a breath sample showed his blood alcohol content to be .18 percent.
Francis, 47, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.
being an unlicensed operator, having no insurance, driving an unregistered motor vehicle and traveling at an unsafe speed.


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There's really going to be no middle ground here. Either you're going to think this app is brilliant, or you're going to think it's stupid.
Google Maps Gallery Is Like an Interactive Map Database
Google today announced the launch of its new Google Maps Gallery, an effort to take interesting historical maps, data overlays and other unique views of our world and make them explorable through the Google Maps interface.
Dark Souls II Preorders Already 50% Higher than Dark Souls
Publisher planning a $1.7 million marketing blitz in the U.K. alone.
Quick Tech Trick: Use the iPhone's Built-in Flashlight Feature
This might be the easiest trick yet.
The Final Fantasy XIV PS4 Beta Is Live, and Anyone Can Join
Beta testing is live for phase one.
MAKE IT REAL: Hack Auto-Pauses Netflix When You Fall Asleep
Did SpongeBob finally get his drivers license?!!! You'll never know. You fell asleep.
Scam Reportedly Targeting Verizon Wireless Customers
Using a customer service number to get personal information
The Best Apps for Managing Your Inbox
Sure, the mail app on your smartphone or tablet works fine, but plenty of third-party apps can make handling email easier.
Learnist's iPhone App Now Lets You Learn from Celebs as Well as Everybody
The platform for educational curation evolves further from its Pinterest-like roots.
Moov Claims to Be a Fitness Tracker with Smarts
All the subtle contempt of a personal trainer without the humiliation.
Bill Legalizing Phone Unlocking Moves Forward
The House of Representatives passed a bill this week to once again legalize the unlocking of cell phones for use with multiple carriers — but the bill's future is far from certain.
Google Now Launcher: Google Brings Its Own Android Home Screen to the Play Store, Sort Of
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Maryellen wrote:i agree with babyreba,i couldnt have said it better then her.. and, another scary part, what if the losers see these dogs doing this type of work, and decide to try to train their pit bulls to do it?? they saw how the dogs used to fight in a pit, and started having their own ideas of pit fighting.... while i understand that it takes a special dog to to this type of work, i truly feel that the pit bull shouldnt be doing it ... any other breed, fine. no problem. but a pit bull? no. i dont like the idea of them doing it, and especially i dont like the idea of average owners now wanting to get into it with their pit bull..
mnp13 wrote:Unfortunately the losers will abuse ANY breed of dog in the name of making it a 'protection' dog. It only takes a few minutes of searching the web to see that.
and it scares the crap out of me to think about PP or bitework as becoming popular enough that people out there in the world--my neighbors, your neighbors--will see pit bulls doing it and think of them as dangerous dogs.
Red wrote:AMEN. What's the point of having a pit bull protection trained anyway? Does it make someone feel "cool", in control..what?Is it so cool to have a dog of this breed who won't hesitate to bite human beings?
There are breeds that are made for this sport, leave it at them.They don't suffer what this breed is suffering.Nobody asks for a ban on Malinois or GSDs and they do bite people.
A pit bull doing agility, obedience, search and rescue , even the silly parade in a local town, and a protection trained pit bull in a trial...which one leave the more positive impression? To the general public anyway.
I was at a pet store last saturday and a lady asked to pet one of my fosters because she felt comfortable around this breed, her kids were only allowed to pet Jack while they knew not to touch other dogs in the store.It was almost a miracle to hear that but this is what I like people to think.If I had told her that the dog was trained to bite people I am quite sure she would have stayed away.
What scares me also, actually disappoint me, is to see folks who are in the position to guide others into seeing what this breed is about and spit on this opportunity.
mnp13 wrote:Unfortunately the losers will abuse ANY breed of dog in the name of making it a 'protection' dog. It only takes a few minutes of searching the web to see that.
Red wrote:There are breeds that are made for this sport, leave it at them.They don't suffer what this breed is suffering.Nobody asks for a ban on Malinois or GSDs and they do bite people.
Red wrote:If I had told her that the dog was trained to bite people I am quite sure she would have stayed away.No matter how well behaved the dog was, nobody likes to be near a dog who can cripple them for life and has no problem doing it.
Personal protection work is just high-level obedience.
dogcrazyjen wrote:OK, I do not think pit bulls should be used for bitework. These are my reasons.
1) Image. The average non-dog sport person ie over 95% of people out there, do not understand bitework and have no interest in understanding it. You cannot convince them, because they do not care to change their opinions. However, they do have an opinion on dogs trained in it, and that is that they are man stoppers. Every average person who sees a pit bull doing bitework is likely a person who has just been reinforced that pit bulls are man stoppers.
This has nothing to do with training or personal talent, or responsibility to good training, or solidness of temperment; it has to do with the average Joe Head-up-his-a$$ and how that voting citizen will view these dogs.
2) This breed has been trained and bred from day one to NEVER bite people. There is just something I dislike about seeing that one extremely positive trait weeded out of bloodlines. It may not happen right away, but you are going to be selecting for dogs who do not see that as a line never to cross. I realize that the bite suit is what they are going after, and that it is the equivilant of a giant tug toy, but I have a hard time believing that there is not some line crossed for the dog. Especially since part of the play acting for the decoys is yelling, and swatting the dog defensively. There is a desensitization process going on there, however subtle.
3)*My main reason!* I think as reba said, the inclination of inexperienced dog owners to try new trends is a real danger. There are people out there who will train their dogs to do bitework without having the solid obedience or checking for temperment.
Now if those dogs are GSDs, or Mals, quite frankly that is not my problem, as I do not own them nor plan on it. I will leave it for those afficinados to handle. However, when those dogs are pits or other bull breeds, it IS my problem. I could lose my dogs. As it is we officially have a lab/boxer cross because our insurance would not cover a pit bull.
Second, the pits (and other bull/terrier breeds) do have a switch in them that they do not stop for pain, or noise, or anything. A pit could do a huge amount of damage to someone, and then to anyone trying to break up the attack if it has no human bite inhibition. I realize any dog could be like this, but bull and terrier breeds are different than working breeds. The combination of traits that makes us love them so is what also can make them so dangerous. We in fact DO love them BECAUSE despite their ability, stubborness, gameness and drive, that they are such lovemonkeys and so solid with people.
Add in that these same people will breed dogs for 'temperment', which at that point will mean no bite inhibition.
The average Joe Head- up -his -a$$ will not understand or care that the pit who mauls the local child or old lady was bred by an idiot who has no knowledge nor acceptance into serious breeding programs. Joe Head up his a$$ will only care that it was a pit, and in keeping his missus Judy Head -up -his -a$$ and the little Heads -up -his- a$$ safe from harm.
Before I get lynched, let me say that the last paragraph is talking about inexpirienced people training and breeding, NOT ones like Chris who are obviously very responsible. The problem is that not everyone IS like Chris, and those are the ones who will screw the breed over. Anyhoo, that is my 2 cents worth.
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Heh...I would have to say no one is going to argua a call with this official ever again....
A South African soccer referee pulled a gun and shot dead a coach who questioned one of his rulings, police said.
Inspector Mali Govender of the Grahamstown police in the Eastern Cape province said a fight broke out after the referee gave a yellow warning card to a player in a local match on Saturday.
"There was an altercation... and the referee became threatened when the other team approached him because they were angry," Govender said. "So he pulled out a gun and killed the coach of the visiting team."
Govender said the coach died on the pitch while the referee fled the scene. Police were confident of making an arrest soon, she added.
South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates with an alarming 47.4 murders per 100,000 people, or eight times the figure for the United States.


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Cambridge, MA. I was pleased to receive a copy the other day of a new book by Roger Haight, our esteemed and ever-creative fellow Jesuit, educator, theologian, and in recent years, insightful writer in the field of spirituality: Christian Spirituality for Seekers: Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola (Orbis Books, 2012) I will leave the project of a review to review writers – or wait until someone asks me to review it – but I wish to call your attention to this most interesting book.
Christian Spirituality for Seekers is both a thoughtful study of the Exercises and how they came to be, and – in the distinctive dimension of the book – a forward-looking reflection on how the Exercises are a resource for the wider community of those seeking after God, wisdom, and spiritual wholeness. While it is at every point Christ-centered, with much of the text of the Exercises woven into the chapters, Fr. Haight also shows how the genius of Ignatius' spiritual vision can be a guide for a broader spiritual community as well.
Interreligious understanding comes in many varieties and from many starting points, and this book, deeply grounded in the Exercises, deserves attention and will be appreciated by those who are thinking about our mission and witness to Christ in today's religiously diverse world. I know that it resonates well with my own early efforts to draw on the Exercises with Hindu and Buddhist students in Kathmandu in the early 1970s. In this space several years back I recalled that Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, our then new Jesuit General, mentioned favorably the use of the Exercises in adapted form in Japan today, in some of his first public comments as General. Fr. Haight is in a sense doing the same, closer to home, bringing the Exercises to the men and women right around us in our own cities.
Fr. Haight shared a version of the book with us at the Center for the Study of World Religions in the fall of 2011, and the video is here.
Most of the attempts to bring light to the exercises strike me as being weak and maybe serving the author's ideology than anything else.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
This article is quite interesting.It has all of the central characters fighting over who Jesus was.Ratzinger,Martini, O Collins etc.
It may be beyond your doubt, but in truth there is a wide variety of opinion about Roger Haight's work in the Society of Jesus. I, and many of my Jesuit contemporaries, applaud what he is attempting in his Christology, for example, but are troubled by what he proposes. Similarly, I have been critical about some things he has written about the Exercises in the past, and will thus approach his current book with some skepticism. Nonetheless, I will read it because I have immense respect for him and admire his theological insight, even if I don't always agree with his conclusions. That said, I may have just contradicted myself, because that seems pretty "hospitable" to me.
I forgot to put those words in commas as they were taken from the article above.
My interest is if the Exercises can truly be made relevant to modern people or are just a relic of the past requiring a certain societal framework that no longer exists in the Western World to have an effect.
Will be interesting to follow.
Here's a nice little bit from it:
Another critic of Haight's positions is himself a Jesuit, who also teaches at a university of the Society of Jesus, the most important one in the world. He is Gerald O'Collins, a professor of systematic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, a specialist in Christology.
O'Collins made a memorable quip after news came of Haight's first condemnation: ''I wouldn't give my life for Roger Haight's Jesus. It's a triumph of relevance over orthodoxy.''
You are very welcome.I find that website one of the most disturbing of all the catholic sites as the writer is pathologically political(italian trait!).But as you are learning Italian it would be good to read as they have most articles in both languages.
The comment about relevancy over orthodoxy could be inverted.Jesus is no longer relevant to people but the Church prides itself on maintaining orthodoxy.If St Paul or St Peter were alive today they would be utterly baffled at what theologians and the magisterium had done to the faith, Jesus Himself no doubt is stroking his beard with a look of bewilderment.


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A five-year-old boy killed while walking to kindergarten with his mother had apparently asked if they could drive to school instead of walking, his godfather says.
The little boy was with his mother and two siblings when he was struck by a black Audi four-wheel-drive as he crossed the road in Sydney's south-west at about 8.40am on Tuesday morning.
He was just 300 metres from the school gates.
Paramedics treated him at the scene and he was taken to St George Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A pram containing a Bob the Builder backpack was left on the side of Kingsgrove Road, two metres from where police were examining the Audi.
The female driver, who was understood to have also had at least one child in the vehicle, was taken to hospital to be treated for shock.
She has also undergone mandatory blood and urine tests.
The boy's godfather, Angello De Felice, said the family is "such a beautiful family; they are so quiet, so peaceful".
"It's such a bad time of the year," he told one TV network.
"I feel that it's my fault, that somehow I could have prevented this ... the little boy wanted to drive to school today but the mother decided to walk and this is what's happened."
Kingsgrove Public School released a statement confirming that the boy killed was a kindergarten student at the school.
"The school has extended its sympathy to friends and family following this tragic accident," the school said in a statement.
I came out and saw him on the ground. The kid was on the ground with blood
"Counselling has been made available at the school for students and staff."
A note also would be sent home today reminding parents and students of the importance of road safety.
Chief Inspector Mark Cook, operations manager of the Traffic & Highway Patrol Command, said the tragedy was a warning for everyone.
"This type of thing is very distressing at any time, even more so as we are getting near Christmas. It affects everybody," Chief Inspector Cook said.
A resident, Michael, who lives directly opposite the crash scene, said he heard a woman scream.
"I came out and saw him on the ground," Michael said.
"The kid was on the ground with blood.
"I could have seen this so many times with four-wheel-drives and school zones in the morning."
An Ambulance NSW spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Kingsgrove Road after reports a small child had been hit by a car.
"On arrival they found a five-year-old boy in a serious condition," the spokeswoman said. However, she said the boy's condition quickly deteriorated.
One parent who contacted Fairfax Media said she had started walking her 13-year-old son to Kingsgrove High School this year because the roads in the area were too busy and dangerous.
She said more than 2000 students attended Kingsgrove High School and the neighbouring Kingsgrove Public School, which was split into two campuses.
"It is just so dangerous there, I don't know where to start," said the mother, who did not want to be identified.
"They have teachers at the lights every afternoon but children, no matter what age, aren't going to listen.
"It's so busy, and parents double park around there too."
She said the State Government should consider building a pedestrian overpass at the site.
A resident who lives on Kingsgrove Street said police had blocked the road near the intersection with Vivienne Street, and a black vehicle that appeared to have been involved in the crash was parked at the accident site.
The woman, who did not wish to be named but who had lived there since she was a child, said Kingsgrove Road was busy and many children walked along it each morning to attend Kingsgrove Public School and Kingsgrove High School.
"The traffic is better now that the M5 [has been built] but there is still a fair bit of traffic," she said.
- with Emma Partridge, St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
Megan Levy is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, after previous stints at The Age in Melbourne and London's The Daily Telegraph. Email or tweet Megan with your news tips.


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Bad weather in Iceland is good news for whales
Nature has its way.
Many things helped make this whaling season in Iceland miserable for the whalers and better than expected for whales.
Still 35 minke whales were killed this season, but that is half the number of minke whales killed three years ago and considerably less then last year when 52 whales were killed.
By focusing on informing tourists about the reality of whaling, the demand for whale meat in Iceland steadily goes down. A big contributor to this has also been the weather this year. A windy summer has made whaling an extraordinarily bad business.
Alarmingly though, 128 endangered fin whales have been killed this summer off the west of Iceland after a pause of two years. Still, that is 26 less then the quota issued by the Icelandic government.
The main owner of the Hvalur inc. whaling company made bold statements at the beginning of the season, saying he would at least kill the full quota of 154 whales, but hopefully the remaining 26 will escape his explosive harpoons this year. Any single whale killed is of course too much though.
What is the point?
IFAW posed this question publicly on several occasions in Iceland this summer. Along with whale watching operators we sailed with a cargo ship going into Reykjavík harbour carrying three containers with 150 tonnes of fin whale meat.
The Icelandic cargo ship company Samskip was stopped in both Rotterdam and Hamburg before it had to bring the bloody cargo back to Iceland. This was the first time Reykjavík whale watching operators participated in public demonstrations against the fin whaling.
Our message: What is the point of whaling? Both minke whaling and fin whaling activities are in the red. The Minke Whaling Association went bust last year and Mr Loftsson is heavily subsidising his cruel fin whaling hobby. IFAW demonstrated twice in front of Hvalfjörður whaling station as workers were flensing (cutting up) the second biggest animal on the planet.
Whales are not dog food!
In June it became public knowledge that fin whale meat from Iceland was being sold as dog food in Japan. At least three pet food companies there advertised it online.
IFAW went with banners to protest as the first fin whale of the season was dragged from the whaling boat and into the station. Some Icelanders were also there and brought their children to watch. Our banners caught their attention. From the hill above the whaling station there is a remarkably good view over the activities in the station.
The experience is surreal, seeing those amazingly big animals being tossed just like enormous black garbage bags from the sea and into the station and the workers running around them like colourful ants. The waste and disrespect to nature is obvious to anyone who cares to think about it.
The senselessness of this activity is shocking. As the huge knives dug into the fin´s flesh the sky got darker at the horizon and soon strong winds embraced the mountains in this beautiful fjord. Within a few days the whalers started complaining about the weather disrupting their whaling. They are still complaining.


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MickeyP needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
SaluteRecruit .com
We're a new innovative start-up company with a new solution, not yet launched, for people who need job vacancies filled, we bring together candidates, employers and recruitment agencies. A simply yet effective solution. We're a company of IT experience, not design, though we like advanced technologies.
Our audience is extremely mixed and varied, clients shall range anything from large corporate companies to small companies of a few employees. Then they'll be candidates who are aged anything between say 18 and 65 using the system. Also recruitment agencies so a mixed audience.
We would like a logo to represent our company. We'd like a contemporary, artistic look and we like the Web 2.0 theme look.
Please do not use stock images or clip art or any other images subject to copyright. We are an online solution that brings the parties involved in Recruitment together whilst adding a quality service hence wording of Salute, please add a mix of designs that may include the ".com" as in SaluteRecruit .com though not essential.
Also we may have a slogan of "bringing recruitment together" so would like to see designs with this in and also not included. We don't mind a mascot to the logo though leave this discretional. Some ideas attached though think we could do better.
We will need high quality designs in digital format to be used on websites and in printing business cards, letterheads and direct mail leaflets etc.
I shall rate regularly to help with design ideas. Thank you
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RuPaul & Lady Gaga Perform 'Fashion' On Thanksgiving Special
Nigel Campbell | November 29, 2013
Add this to the list of things we're grateful for!
This 'Fashion' duet between RuPaul and Lady Gaga during last night's Muppets Thanksgiving special was the only thing that could awaken us from our tryptophan coma!
Yep. We're thankful for them both.
Hopefully ABC is in a giving mood and doesn't yank the video!
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Breaking NewsComedy Central is censoring Jeff Ross ... refusing to air the jokes he made about the "Dark Knight Rises" massacre during this weekend's taping of the "Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne."
Ross -- who came to the event dressed like Joe Paterno, accompanied by two young topless boys -- has been under fire for cracking the following zinger, directed at Seth Green:
"Seth, congratulations. This is actually a great night for you ... you haven't gotten this much attention since you shot all those people in Aurora. ... I'm kidding. You are not like James Holmes. At least he did something in a movie theater that people remember!"
After the taping, one of the producers announced that the joke would be cut from the August 12 broadcast.
Ross later admitted he crossed the line -- but told NBC News, "That is what Roasts are about."


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Alexander recently spoke to The Wall Street Journal about the difference between shooting True Blood and making a short film for Calvin Klein.
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Date: 08/27/2012
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When New Mexico achieved statehood in January of 1912, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was already 50 years old. In May of that year, an executive order signed by President Taft designated a large tract of what had previously been public-domain lands in the Jornada Basin as the Jornada Range Reserve. Now known as the Jornada Experimental Range, or simply "the Jornada," it was established within USDA's Bureau of Plant Industry.
The motivation for this action was widening recognition of, and concern about, rangeland degradation in the region. The reserve was established to demonstrate science-based solutions to address this degradation.
At the time, the parcel of nearly 200,000 acres northeast of Las Cruces was controlled by rancher Charles Turney, who held the water rights and ran livestock on it. According to Kris Havstad, currently the supervisory scientist at the Jornada, Turney was interested in rangeland research and agreed to cooperate in the establishment of the experimental range if he were allowed to continue his grazing,
The other key player in this arrangement was E.O. Wooton, a long-time professor at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now New Mexico State University. He had recently moved to Washington, D.C., to work as an agricultural economist for the USDA. He had been documenting the deteriorating state of rangeland in the area for a number of years, and some of that work had involved Turney and the lands he grazed.
In his new position, Wooton was largely responsible for arranging the creation of the Jornada. He also returned to the area to become the first USDA superintendent of that rangeland research enterprise.
Today, the research mission of the Jornada continues, with staff based on the campus of what is now New Mexico State University - in a USDA Agricultural Research Service building named for E.O. Wooton.
"The first research that was done here was really about how we manage livestock on these landscapes to maintain and sustain them," said Jeff Herrick, a senior soil scientist, speaking about the history of the Jornada.
Havstad concurred: "It was felt that it was really important to try to figure out what the capacity of these lands was in order to produce food and fiber, and that a research program had to be established here in New Mexico to help answer questions about how to utilize these resources for food production and to reverse the problems associated with degradation."
This is what ranchers in the early 1900s needed to know, in order to avoid overgrazing and to have healthy land that could get their herds through periods of drought.
The research at the Jornada still includes a livestock component - a herd of Criollo cattle, a hardy Spanish breed still common in Mexico, is being tested for adaptability to Jornada Basin conditions - but the scope of rangeland research has broadened considerably, as have their research partners and clients.
For one thing, Herrick said, rangeland management practices have changed with technology. Whereas regulating stocking rates was originally the main tool for protecting the land, scientific and technological advances in the middle of the 20th century led to research on to how to protect and restore rangeland through the use of herbicides and machinery in the battle against invasive shrubs. Livestock management research remained important, but the emphasis shifted to controlling undesirable species.
In the latter part of the century, there was recognition of the importance of understanding the processes at work on the rangeland. Scientists sought explanations rather than just evidence that certain possible solutions were more effective than others, and the focus shifted to ecological research.
"We strongly believe that we really can't manage these landscapes without an understanding of how the water, nutrients, seeds, plants, and animals all interact," Herrick said.
In 1982, NMSU's 60,000-acre Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center adjoining the Jornada became the site for the National Science Foundation-funded Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research program. The Jornada Experimental Range later became involved, as well, and the Jornada and NMSU scientists conducting research through the 30-year series of LTER grants are linked into a whole network of researchers at other LTER sites across the U.S.
The latest development, one that is beginning now, is a push to better integrate the long-term ecological research with agricultural research. The USDA/ARS has formalized the Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Research network, and the Jornada has been identified as one site of this LTAR science program. It joins nine other existing long-term research sites around the country in this network.
This news was shared publicly at the recent International Dryland Symposium, "Learning from Legacies, Sustaining the Future," sponsored by USDA/ARS and held in Las Cruces. Among other things, the symposium was a celebration of the Jornada Experimental Range's Centennial.
One of the benefits of a century of research on the Jornada, and its involvement in the 30 years of the LTER project, is the accumulation of a multitude of long-term data sets. These data, and data collected at a few similar sites, offer scientists wonderful opportunities to find answers to problems of long-term land change.
"If you think about it, a lot of things happen not slowly over time, but at particular points in time, maybe every 30 or 40 or 50 years," Havstad said. "If you think about the drought we've been experiencing recently in the United States, people compare it to the drought of the 1950s, or the drought of the 1930s. So we're now able to look back not only at what's been happening the last few years under our current drought conditions, but we have data from the 1950s and from the 1930s, and we can make these kinds of comparisons and get a sense of how things might be similar or how things might be different."
These data sets include climate information, such as temperature, rainfall, rainfall chemistry and evaporation rates, as well as soil information, vegetation dynamics and changes in land cover, erosion and changes in soils, and prevalence of various animals, including small mammals, spiders and birds.
These data sets are now being made available through the Internet to scientists around the world.
One of the most exciting research projects at the Jornada Experimental Range parcel involves the use of small unmanned aircraft for remote sensing. The team on this project is essentially mapping the terrain in great detail, using digital cameras on their GPS-guided low-flying airplanes. The images and video are transmitted to the ground station, where they are processed using special software. This approach offers the promise of much more thorough monitoring of the various elements of rangeland vegetation.
Herrick says he and his colleagues are excited about how the fundamental research they are doing is being integrated into the work of land managers, be they governmental entities like the Bureau of Land Management or nongovernmental groups and individuals.
To facilitate the application of their research findings to specific rangeland management problems, the Jornada is working toward the establishment of "a land management resource center that would allow us to more directly address the needs of the agencies in a timely fashion," Herrick said.
"What we hope to do with the future establishment of a center is to provide an organization that would be based on the latest available research, but would be even more responsive to the immediate needs of land managers."
The global nature of the Jornada enterprise manifests itself in several ways. In addition to worldwide sharing of data and research results through their website, conferences and publications, a number of Jornada scientists and other staff members spend time in other countries, including ones as far away as Africa, China and Mongolia, helping build capacity in rangeland research and management. And the Jornada Experimental Range draws scientists from many nations, particularly ones where similar rangeland ecosystems exist.
"The mission of the Jornada is still about achieving healthy landscapes, but now that mission is global and applicable to many different users and purposes," Havstad said.
For more information about the history, mission and work of the Jornada Experimental Range, go to http://jornada.nmsu.edu/
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Folan and Larentowicz tallies extend unbeaten streak to five straight
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Omar Cummings and Sanna Nyassi have proven over the last month that the Colorado Rapids don't need Conor Casey to succeed.
Saturday night, Caleb Folan and Jeff Larentowicz proved that the Rapids can do just fine without Cummings and Nyassi in the starting lineup as well.
Folan converted his second penalty of the year and Larentowicz scored off a set piece as the Rapids delivered a 2-1 kidney punch to the San Jose Earthquakes' dwindling playoff hopes.
The Rapids extended their unbeaten streak to five consecutive matches, taking advantage of an 11-on-10 advantage for the final 40 minutes after the ejection of San Jose's Sam Cronin.
Larentowicz got the winner in the 72nd minute, walking onto a stationary ball that had been touched dead off a short free kick. Larentowicz's low, driven shot from 25 yards skipped through the legs of San Jose midfielder Simon Dawkins and off the hand of goalkeeper Jon Busch before reaching the net.
Folan had brought Colorado even in the 39th minute when Cronin was whistled for a handball after his arm deflected a cross from Colorado captain Pablo Mastroeni.
Despite Joey Gjertsen's goal in the 22nd minute, San Jose saw its franchise-record winless streak reach 11-straight games.
Gjertsen put San Jose up early when he used a wide-open header to clean up the rebound of Chris Wondolowski's deflected shot. Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens did a great job to parry a left-footed stab by Wondolowski, but Rapids defender Kosuke Kimura allowed Gjertsen to perch unmarked at the back post, where he tallied his first goal since May 8, 2010.
Colorado recovered before the halftime whistle, with Mastroeni forcing the action by tracking down Larentowicz's lead pass along the right wing. Mastroeni cut a low cross over from the end line, and the ball caught the trailing left arm of a sliding Cronin.
Referee Paul Ward, after consultation with assistant Darren Clark, awarded Colorado a penalty kick. Folan, who scored from the spot July 23 against New England, converted again, driving the ball to his right while Busch went the other way.
It was the fourth time during the Quakes' winless streak - which dates back to June 11 - that they've failed to hold onto a lead. And San Jose's chances weren't enhanced when Cronin saw straight red in the 50th minute for a two-footed tackle on Mastroeni.
San Jose almost went back in front despite Cronin's absence when Gjertsen threaded a low pass to Wondolowski at the edge of the 6-yard box in the 55th minute. But Wondolowski, San Jose's leading scorer and the league's Golden Boot winner in 2010, popped his shot over the crossbar.
Colorado's first solid chance with the man advantage came in the 66th minute. Larentowicz delivered a solid header on Wells Thompson's corner kick, but San Jose's Brad Ring, guarding the near post, headed the ball off the end line.
Ring couldn't do anything about Larentowicz's next chance, however.
Colorado opened the match without Cummings and Nyassi after the pair flew halfway around the world for international friendlies.
Nyassi, who went to his home country, The Gambia, to face the Democratic Republic of the Congo, did not travel to the Bay Area at all. Cummings, who joined the Rapids in San Jose after traveling to China with the Jamaican national team, was on the 18-man roster but did not come on until the 60th minute.
The Rapids (10-6-10, 40 points) stay in fourth place in the ultra-competitive Western Conference while San Jose (5-9-10, 25 points) remain just one spot off the bottom in eighth.
Scoring Summary:
SJ -- Joey Gjertsen 1 (unassisted) 22
COL -- Caleb Folan 5 (penalty kick) 39
COL -- Jeff Larentowicz 5 (Wells Thompson 3, Pablo Mastroeni 3) 72
Colorado Rapids -- Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Tyrone Marshall, Marvell Wynne, Drew Moor, Brian Mullan, Ross LaBauex (Omar Cummings 60), Jeff Larentowicz, Pablo Mastroeni (Joseph Nane 89), Wells Thompson, Caleb Folan (Macoumba Kandji 83).
Substitutes Not Used: Andre Akpan, Mike Holody, Scott Palguta, Steward Ceus.
San Jose Earthquakes -- Jon Busch, Steven Beitashour (Jacob Peterson 89), Bobby Burling, Jason Hernandez, Ramiro Corrales, Joey Gjertsen (Ellis McLoughlin 83), Sam Cronin, Brad Ring (Simon Dawkins 70), Bobby Convey, Khari Stephenson, Chris Wondolowski.
Substitutes Not Used: Chris Leitch, Matt Luzunaris, Justin Morrow, David Bingham.
Misconduct Summary:
SJ -- Khari Stephenson (caution; Reckless Tackle) 15
COL -- Wells Thompson (caution; Dissent) 25
SJ -- Chris Wondolowski (caution; Reckless Tackle) 36
SJ -- Sam Cronin (ejection; Serious Foul Play) 50
COL -- Jeff Larentowicz (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 55
COL -- Drew Moor (caution; Reckless Foul) 79
COL -- Caleb Folan (caution; Reckless Foul) 81
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee's Assistants: -Darren Clark; Philippe Briere
4th Official: Yader Reyes
Time of Game: 1:55
Weather: Clear-and-74-degrees
Attendance: 10,525


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This blog documents Internet developments happening in the Philippines.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Are Philippine search engines still relevant?
Although some of the Filipino diaspora I know uses local search engines like Yehey and various directories to look for basic information about websites and companies, for purposes of immediately narrowing down their queries.
In 1995, when there was an estimated 10,000 Filipino Internet users, the first Philippine search engine surfaced. This was G-Spot (now offline) from Cebu-based GSILink.
In 1997, Yehey was founded and still remains as the most prominent search engine and Philipine Internet directory. During those days, the site competed with EDSA. To survive and grow, Yehey has branched into a general-use portal and provided e-commerce services (PayPlus+).
EDSA, MyPhilippines, and PinoyCentral also entered this market but eventually got out of it.
The only one that remained purest in its form, start to present, is Tanikalang Ginto - Filipino Links, a human-edited directory of Ken Ilio (who also blogs!) that started in 1994.
Is the Philippines search engine market space already dead? If there is still a need for it? What do you think it should have to remain relevant?
Right from the start, I always complained about local search engines not being able to crawl local sites. Until they do that, the eventual obsolescence of a search engine is inevitable.
To survive, it is in their best interest to partner or put in more resources to boost their technology. If crawling is an issue, another option would be to make the existing directory a fully human-edited site where the members can police themselves for abusive content submission of sub-pages.
With RSS, local search engines can start employing RSS aggregation technologies to pick up new content and store it in their databases. If this is done, there would be a surge in content and this would prompt more for local sites to embrace RSS.
10 comments:
- iyah said...
yehey's search capabilities is a far cry from the big 3 namely ygoogle, yahoo, and msn. to me it seems yehey has become a social community and board instead of a search engine...
- Mike Abundo said...
The Web was originally designed to connect scientists doing related research. By extension, the Web is designed to help you find people who think like you, not people who live near you.
- TARUGOMAN said...
True that Yehey's search is a far cry from a google, yahoo or microsoft. But the fact that your search results are targeted and specific, I say the relevance of local search is STILL very relevant. Try searching specifics in google and yahoo and you get irregular results, but if you're looking for something particular to the Philippines more or less you get EXACTLY what you're looking for.
Maybe soon, the improved crawler will come in and finally put an end to having a lackluster search engine. Sana soon para tangkilikin natin ang sariling atin.
- janettetoral.com said...
Iya - I have the same observation.
Mike - In my experience, it depends. I'll be visiting Australia soon and the big 3 search engines are not good enough for me. I had to rely on country based portals and search engines for that purpose.
Tarugoman - My problem with local search engines today is the lack of content depth. Hanggang home page lang sila. That is why I hope they will embrace RSS for that matter and build sub-page content.
- Mers Dalangin said...
I still believe it's not search engine anymore but Philippine sites listings is cool. It's like DMOZ style but only for Philippine Sites. Relevant sites results are very important.
My husband owned http://www.webquartet.com and I like the results and most of his visitors always going back to search because we tracked the visitors IP. We're now revising it to get more visitors.
This is the archive of http://www.webquartet.com in Wayback Machine for more info --> http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://webquartet.com
- Ken said...
You would think that I live in the age of dinosaurs as I still do everything manually, and review each site I list but my filipinolinks.com site is still being visited up to 12,000 page visits a day depending on the season. So, I am not complaining.
- janettetoral.com said...
@Mers and Ken - thank you for sharing your insight. I'm certain that your sites serves a great purpose to those searching for a pure Filipino website listing.
I'm curious though on how do you see your respective websites evolve? Or do they need to evolve at all?
- Ken said...
Right now, because I am a one-man operation, I don't see filipinolinks.com evolving into anything but to remain as a pure links listing of the greater Tribung Pinoy family of sites composed of tribo.org, myislandsphilippines.net, filipinodiaspora.net, carinderia.net, uncommonphotographers.net, chicagoexpat.com and ilio.ph among others. It is working and I don't want to tinker with a working formula.
I do like to do more content-rich sites like my old Tribung Pinoy site (which is drastically toned down in its present incarnation). It is still the site's content that brings people in no matter how much you work on SEO.
Let's see ...
- Mers Dalangin said...
I think it needs to evolve. Actually we're adding some contents like latest news, games, popular quote, comics and channels (our blog). As you can see we are very selective in accepting new link.
- Jasp said...
there is a search engine for flash games try http://canz.net
gawa ito ng pinoy :)


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5 Décor Ideas for a Spring Fling
This month we have focused on getting our yards, patios and decks ready for warmer weather, but that's only half of the equation. How about enjoying the fruits of your labor by throwing an outdoor party? Even if you haven't had time for improvements, these low cost ideas will help spruce up your space for a get together.
1. For a dreamy effect, use streamers or pieces of ribbon to create a ceiling over your space. If draping the entire patio is too labor intensive, choose a specific area to define, like the entrance or over the dining table. The streamer effect seen above was done by Marianne Caldwell of River Oaks and seen on Style Me Pretty.
2. Despite their trendiness, mason jars are a great container for repurposing. They can even be painted, like this one by Little Birdie Secrets, for an added pop of color. Or use mason jars for an evening party by setting tea lights at the bottom, or float them in water for added elegance. Embellish with ribbon or keep it simple.
3. One of the convenient aspects of an outdoor party is that the greenery is usually built in. You don't need to go crazy with flowers, but incorporating a few bright pops of color, like these poppies, will add something special. These shown above were styled by Leslie Shewring for Decor8. She decorated the vase with washi tape. With peonies, ranunculus and so many other lovely florals in bloom it's hard to choose just one. Take a look at The Cutting Garden for some brightly colored seasonal flower options.
4. As tempting as it is to use disposable plates, napkins and utensils, try to be green and use reusable products as much as possible (especially in the spirit of earth week this week!). This bleach-dyed cloth napkin by Liz Stanley is absolutely adorable and perfectly spring-y. Check out the tutorial at Say Yes to Hoboken.
5. The party's not complete without delicious food and beverages! Head on over to the Kitchn to find a Menu for a Spring Housewarming Party.
(Images: 1. Virgil Bunao via Style Me Pretty 2. Emmaline Bride 3. Leslie Shewring for Decor8 4. Say Yes to Hoboken 5. The Kitchn)