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Tutorial: WordPress: Getting Started
IntroductionPhoto by Eric Martin Though known originally as a blogging platform, WordPress has evolved to become a very capable content management system for many kinds of sites, including small publications, blogs, magazines, FAQs and handbooks, events directories, hyperlocal news organizations and more. WordPress now powers almost 10% of the web. is also used by many big-name publishers looking for a simple way to manage content. This tutorial is aimed primarily at WordPress authors and editors. You'll learn how to use WordPress to post articles, to manage your growing collection of content, navigate the myriad publishing options in the Post/Page editing screen, upload media (images, video, etc.), and more. Other tutorials on this site cover WordPress system management and settings, installation, plugins and themes, and theme modification. For now, we'll assume you have a basic WordPress installation to work with, and permission to publish content.
Logging InEvery WordPress site has two faces: One that the public sees, and a private view called "The Dashboard" for authors and editors. Your site's theme (design) may or may not include a link to the Dashboard on the public-facing site, looking something like this: This login link is present to make things easy for new users, but take a look at "professional" news sites – you'll never see an administrative login link visible to the world. We recommend removing this link from your site – it's easy to do, makes your site look more professional, and doesn't encourage ne'er-do-wells to try logging in to your Dashboard (see the Widgets section of our WordPress: Beyond the Basics tutorial for instructions.) So, assuming that the Dashboard login link isn't present, you just need to commit one thing to memory:
Append that to the end of your site's URL, i.e.:
to be greeted by the familiar WordPress login screen.
Bookmark the login URL for future reference! If you're not sure of your username or password, click the "Forgot Password" link circled above. Then check your email for password reset instructions (your username will also be in the email you receive).
Clicking the Remember Me checkbox will cause your browser to remember your login session for 14 days. Once a login session expires, WordPress will require you to log in again to continue using the Dashboard.
Set Your Byline and PasswordBefore doing anything else in the Dashboard, take a look at your personal "profile" page, which you can get to by clicking your name or username at the top right of the WordPress interface: We can ignore most of what's on the profile editing page for now, but there are three important things to take care of right away: 1) Most WordPress installers only ask for a username. But you're a journalist, and want your full name to appear on the stories you write. Scroll down to the Name section and enter your first and last name. 2) Once those have been entered, click on the dropdown labeled "Display name publicly as" and select your full name: Most WordPress themes will use this as your byline — if it's not present, they'll fall back to your username, which is not very professional looking. 3) At the bottom of the Profile editor you'll find two fields where you can enter a new password. If you've been assigned a password you can't remember, enter the password you want to use, twice. It goes without saying that passwords should not be re-used between sites, and should not include words that could be found in any dictionary.
Your First PostLet's dive in! First, take a quick look at the vertical sidebar along the left side of the Dashboard. Roll your mouse over a section, and a downward-facing arrow will appear (#1, pictured above). Clicking that arrow will expand that section of the navigation, allowing access to more options. Try doing that with all of the downward-facing arrows in the sidebar, just to get oriented – we'll revisit all of these sections in other Berkeley Advanced Media Institute WordPress tutorials. With the Posts section expanded, you'll see an "Add New" link (#2 left, pictured above). Note that you'll also see a big New Post button near the top right while you're in most sections of the Dashboard. The main aspects of the New Post screen are fairly self-explanatory. Your headline or post title goes in first main field, and your story goes in the second. Across the top of the main field is a row of formatting icons. The first nine should look familiar if you've ever used a word processor – select some text then click these buttons to control the appearance of your text. The lone exception is the icon that looks like a pair of quotation marks – this is used for setting off a chunk of text as an HTML "blockquote," which you'll generally use when quoting some external source at length. The appearance of a blockquote on the public site will be controlled by your theme. The chainlink icons are used for linking words or images to other pages on the web (or on your own site). Copy a URL from your browser to the clipboard, select some text, click the chain link icon, and paste in the URL. Click OK and those words will become a hyperlink. Use the "broken chainlink" icon to un-do an existing link. Pay special attention to the icon that looks like a pair of stacked rectangles – it's used for creating a "More" break in your text. Clicking it produces the horizontal dotted line seen in the image above. On your homepage or category pages, only the text above the "More" break will appear, while the whole story will be displayed when a user clicks through to read the full content. It's important to use this whenever a post is longer than, say, a paragraph – you don't want to overwhelm your homepage with full-text stories! Also note the small diagonal lines at the bottom right of the post window – grab these and drag to make your text editing field larger. If you really want a large editing area free of distractions, click the small blue icon circled on the toolbar above to go full-screen, then click it again to exit full-screen mode. Finally, note the last icon on the toolbar, dubbed "kitchen sink." Click this to enable another row of icons, with less common purposes. The purpose of all of the toolbar icons is explained in Appendix A of this tutorial. A second row of formatting icons is revealed by clicking the "Kitchen Sink" icon.
Editing the slugOnce the post has been saved in the database, you'll see a Permalink field under the title field: Clicking the Edit button on this line lets you alter the URL of the completed post, and can be useful if you want to make sure the keywords you need for good SEO are present.
Publish!When you're done writing, look to the right of the post editing field for the Publish section. You've got choices! Clicking Preview will let you see how your post will appear, but without actually making it live on the site. Clicking Save Draft will save your post to the database, but without actually publishing it – use this if you're not done writing. Clicking Publish will cause your post to go live on the site immediately. If you click the "Edit" link next to Visibility, you'll have the option either to password-protect your post, or to mark it as "Private." Private posts can only be seen by you – not by the public and not by any non-administrative editors of the site. It's also possible to modify the publication date for a post by clicking "Edit" next to the words Publish Immediately. This is useful in two circumstances: 1) You may need to back-fill a site with older content, while preserving the old article datelines. 2) You may want to set a "drip date" by setting the publication date in the future. When you do this, the post will become visible on the site as soon as that date and time comes around – a great way to have posts go live in the middle of the night, or while you're on vacation!
TrashClicking Move to Trash works as expected – the post will be kept in the database, but removed from the public site. We'll explain how to retrieve trashed posts later on.
Take a Look! (and keep tabs)Once your post is live, you probably want to see how it looks on your public-facing site. You can click the new View Post link, but if you do that, you'll lose your place in the Dashboard. It's easy for users to get confused, trying to navigate between the Dashboard and the public site constantly. Any time you're working in a content management system (like WordPress), we recommend using the "Tabs" feature in your web browser to keep both views open at the same time. Then you can use browser tabs to toggle back and forth between the Dashboard and the public site without losing your place in either. In most browsers, you can pull down File | New Tab, or hit Cmd-T (Mac) or Ctrl-T (Windows) to open a new tab. Most browsers also let you open a link in a new tab by holding down the Cmd, Ctrl, or Alt key while clicking the link. So try Cmd-clicking that "View Post" link instead.
The Admin BarWordPress 3.1 makes it a bit easier to keep track of your place without using browser tabs by displaying an "Admin Bar" above the content on the public site. Note that this bar is only visible to you while logged in, not to the general public. The Admin Bar will let you quickly edit the post you're currently viewing, or create new posts or pages, or jump directly to your Dashboard. We'll cover other features in the Admin Bar later.
HTML vs. Visual ModesWhen editing a post or page, you can select either Visual or HTML mode at the top right of the editing area. Visual mode operates much like a word processor, and lets you work without seeing or touching any HTML code whatsoever. But note that the Visual mode does not completely reflect how things will appear on your live site, since your final design is controlled by the CSS stylesheets in your theme, while the Dashboard focuses on the structure of your content. HTML mode offers advanced users an added level of control when formatting media and text (i.e. there are many more HTML tags in existence than are represented by the toolbar icons). HTML mode is also used when you need to insert "embed" code in your posts, such as the code provided by YouTube for embedding videos in other sites. We'll come back to that. If you prefer to stay in HTML mode permanently, you can disable the Visual mode from your Dashboard Profile page (click your name at the top right of the Dashboard). You'll notice that the formatting toolbar icons also change when you switch to HTML mode. The purpose of most of them should be fairly clear, but see the toolbars appendix for full descriptions.
Posts vs. PagesSo far, you've been creating Posts exclusively. But take a look under "Pages" in the Dashboard navigation and you'll see that you can create a new Page just as easily. While Pages and Posts may look superficially the same, their behavior in a WordPress site is very different. A Post is your basic story unit. A Post has a timestamp, and can be sorted chronologically alongside other items. Posts can also belong to categories, and can have tags (more on those later). A Page, in contrast, is used for "permanent" content, such as your About page, or Contact page, or Company History, etc. Pages do not have timestamps and thus can't be sorted chronologically. Typically, the pages you create will be visible in your site's main navigation, while Posts will not. Pages can also be stored in a hierarchy, so that, for example, both History and Brochure could be subordinate to About. When you store pages in a hierarchy (which is done by setting the "Parent" for a Page), the resulting URLs reflect that hierarchy, e.g.:
You can also set up your navigation menu to automatically reflect the hierarchy of pages, so that rolling over About would reveal a submenu containing History and Brochure, for example. However, this ability has been superseded by the new Menus system in WordPress 3.1.
Screen OptionsAt the top right of the post editing screen, you'll see a "Screen Options" link, giving access to a bunch of less-common post writing options. We cover these in detail in the Screen Options appendix of this tutorial.
Categories and TagsThere are two main ways to organize content on a WordPress site – by "Category" or by "Tag." In most cases, you'll want to do both.
CategoriesThink of Categories like the "beats" in a newspaper – you have the Sports section, the Health section, the Science section, the Politics section, etc. Those big "topic" buckets become the main taxonomy of your site. Typically, your site's list of categories will appear in the main navigation menu. Therefore, it's best to not create too many of them – keep your list of categories relatively confined. On this site's navigation system, the menu is built from a combination of Pages and Categories (the Categories are in the red box). You can place a post in more than one category. A story about socialized medicine might appear in both the Health and Politics sections of the site. By default, all stories will appear on the homepage. But they'll also show up on any relevant category pages, as well as any "date index" pages, if your site uses them (e.g. in a listing of all posts from March 2011). Not all themes use the default WordPress behavior, however. To place stories in categories, simply check the boxes for all relevant categories in the Post editor: If you have administrative permissions on the site, you can also create additional categories at any time, either from the "Add new category" link you see here, or by clicking the Categories link in the left sidebar of the Dashboard. That interface lets you create, edit, or delete categories. It also lets you "nest" categories within categories, which is useful for special purposes not covered in this tutorial.
TagsOn the surface, Tags work similarly to Categories – they let you group related content together. But Tags are meant to be used in a more "ad-hoc" fashion, and can be much more granular than categories. An author might put a story in the Health category but give it the tags "Nutrition," "Diet," and "Exercise." Tags can be added to a Post by typing them directly into the Tags field while editing a Post. If you don't see the Tags field, enable it from the Screen Options tool at the top of the page. You can manage your site's entire collection of tags by clicking "Post Tags" in the Dashboard sidebar, within the Posts section. Because tags are much more granular than categories, you generally won't be putting them in your navigation menu. Instead, you might use them to show a list of "Related Stories" at the end of every story, where "related" is defined as "other stories sharing one or more of the same tags." Another popular use is to build a "tag cloud," which is a list of all tags used on the site, with their font sizes automatically changed to reflect how commonly they're used, like this: However, most usability experts now agree that tag clouds are of questionable value to readers. Your best bet is to use tags for tracking related content.
Managing ContentWordPress includes a very nice interface for quickly searching for stories to edit (or delete). You can also use this interface to filter content by category or date. Click the Posts link in the Dashboard sidebar to see all of your content listed by date. Use the status section (1) above to filter by posts that have been published, in draft mode, in the trash, or all posts. Use the Search feature (2) to find posts by keywords in the title or body of the post. Click column headers (3) to sort the results by Title, Author, or Date. Click a post title to edit just that post. This interface also provides some very powerful batch-management capabilities, letting you change the categories, tags, authors, or publish status for hundreds of posts at once. See our Beyond the Basics tutorial for more on that.
Deleting Posts and PagesIf you want to delete a post, click on the checkbox for the post you want to delete. From the Bulk Actions dropdown, select "move to trash". There's also a "move to trash" link on each post-editing view. The Trash link is to the right, at the bottom of the Publish section. To restore items from the Trash, view Trash from the Posts manager, then roll your mouse over the item you want to restore. You'll see options to Restore or to Delete Permanently.
Adding MediaThere are many ways to add images, video, audio, or PDFs to posts or pages in WordPress. Media can either be uploaded directly to your site through the WordPress media manager, or hosted on an external site such as YouTube or Vimeo (for video) or Flickr or Picasa (for images). In general, we recommend hosting video on external services, for several reasons:
- Videos will probably be much larger than the max upload size allowed by your host.
- Video can be tricky to compress correctly (with a good size/quality ratio).
- Video can consume a lot of disk space to store and a lot of bandwidth to serve. Many hosts have quotas on these resources, and you can exhaust them quickly.
Adding an ImageBefore you start uploading, place your cursor in the text of the Body field where you want the image to appear. This will save a bit of hassle later on. Just above the formatting toolbar's icons, look for row of small icons labeled "Upload/Insert." The first of these icons is for uploading images – click it. Click Select Files and navigate to the image file you want to upload (you can actually upload multiple files at once, but we'll just work with one for now). Click OK, and you'll be looking at something like this: Take a moment to study this panel. There's a lot you can do here! Clicking the Edit button will reveal a sub-panel that lets you crop, scale, rotate, and otherwise manipulate the image itself (though we recommend doing this kind of image editing in Photoshop or iPhoto before uploading). The Title, Caption, and Description fields are used in different ways by different templates and gallery plugins. You should use these as instructed by documentation or your webmaster. The Alternate Text field is not displayed on the page, but is present in the HTML. This field is critical for handicapped users who have "screen readers" dictate the web page to them. The Alternate field is also used by search engines, so they have some sense of what the image is about. Remember, Google is the web's largest blind user! The Link URL field lets you control whether the user can click the image to go elsewhere, and if so, where. Set it to None to make the image not clickable. Setting it to File URL will cause the image to link to a full-size version of the same image in a raw browser window, without your site's design/theme. Clicking Post URL will cause the link to go to an "Attachment page," which is a special WordPress page that hosts a piece of media associated with a story. This is a good choice for showing larger versions of images without losing the "context" of the site. The Alignment options are pretty straightforward – set this to None, Left, Right or Center to control whether or how text wraps around the image.*
* Note: For these alignment options to work properly, your theme's CSS stylesheet will need to include the following rules. Your web developer can take care of this if your theme isn't aligning images properly:The Size option lets you control the dimensions of the inserted image. When you upload an image, WordPress makes some decisions about whether to also create additional versions of that same image for use in various contexts. If your uploaded image is larger than your theme's content area width, or if you just want to show a small version, select the thumbnail or medium version, with the appropriate linking option as described above. To control the image sizes WordPress will generate, see Settings | Media | Image Sizes. Finally, click Insert Into Post. The image will be inserted wherever the cursor was in the text when you began the upload process. If the image ends up in the wrong place for some reason, you can simply drag it to the right spot. If you upload multiple images into a post, WordPress will give you the option to "Insert as Gallery." If you take this option, your images will appear as a small gallery of thumbnails, each of which links to the full-sized image on a separate page. See our WordPress Galleries tutorial for more on this topic..aligncenter { display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } .alignleft { display:block; margin-right:auto; } .alignright { display:block; margin-left:auto; }
Re-Using ImagesWhen you first clicked the Upload/Insert icon, you may have noticed three "tabs" across the top – From Computer, From URL, and Media Library. You may also see a "Gallery" tab up there. The Gallery tab, if present, gives you quick access to all images that have been previously added to the current post. The Media Library tab gives you access to everything that's been uploaded to the entire site, ever! If you want to re-use an image you've used in the past, don't re-upload it – just use these tabs to pull it back into your post. See also: Our tutorial on working with WordPress photo galleries.
Embedding External MediaMany sites, such as YouTube and Vimeo, let you embed content into other sites (such as into your blog). This is also true of Google Maps and Charts, video services, widget providers, and more. Look for the "Embed" option on those sites. Here's what it looks like on YouTube: After clicking the Embed option, YouTube gives you a bunch of options. The most important one to notice is the Size selector. You should select the size that most closely matches the width of the content area in your site's theme. For example, if your site's content area is 700px wide, select the option that's 640px wide. Notice that you can also embed the content at custom dimensions. Copy the embed code provided to your clipboard, return to your Post, and switch to HTML mode. This is critical – you cannot paste raw HTML into the editor when in Visual mode. In addition, there is a potential limitation – only users who have the role of Administrator on the WordPress site can post embed code without having it stripped out. If you are not an administrator and/or don't want to use HTML mode, there is an alternative for users of WordPress 3.1 and higher. Go to the Settings section of the Dashboard and enable the Auto-embeds option. Set a maximum width and height at which you want embedded media to appear. Now, returning to the example YouTube video, don't grab the embed code. Instead, copy the URL of the page hosting the video to your clipboard: Back in the WordPress post editor, paste the URL on a line by itself, directly into the body of the post. You do not need to be an administrator, and you do not need to be in HTML mode for this to work. If the service you pasted the URL from is a cooperating "oembed" provider, the media embedding will be taken care of for you, automatically. A list of supported providers can be seen here. Notice that this technique does not work with Google Maps or Charts.
Flickr SlideshowsTo embed a Flickr slideshow, try this: On Flickr.com, go to any Set, Album, or Photostream, and click the Slideshow button. Once in the slideshow, click the Share link at the top right. At this point, you can copy the code provided in the embed field, but notice that it defaults to 400px wide, which is probably not wide enough. Instead, click the Customize link and you'll be taken to a new page where you can enter a custom width and grab updated embed code for posting.
Appendix A: Post Toolbar IconsHere is a complete guide to the formatting icons found in the WordPress post/page editor. Since the icons change when you switch between HTML and Visual modes, guides to both modes are shown below.
|Make text bold
|Make text italic
|Strikethrough text
|Create an unordered list
|Create an ordered list
|Convert to blockquote
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|Center text
|Align text right
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iPad And Tablet-Related Injuries On Rise
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy says it has seen an increase in the number of people with upper body pain, which could be related to the use of hand-held devices and tablets.
Businessman Jeremy Asher used to spend around six hours a day switching between his laptop, smartphone and tablet computer, until his body began to protest.
"I woke up one morning with an intensely sharp pain right around the shoulder blade. I thought … perhaps it would go away after a night or two. But it didn't. In fact it seemed to be even worse, and it was starting to even stop me sleeping."
He was treated for a nerve problem and is now pain-free, but cases like his are becoming more common.
Chartered physiotherapist Amanda Stockton says she has seen more patients with symptoms including neck, shoulder and wrist pain, as well as headaches.
"When you're using a tablet, your neck is pointing sharply down, so your joints are getting stiff and your nerves are possibly overworking."
The unofficial term "iPad shoulder" emerged earlier this year after researchers at Harvard University looked into the risks of using tablets.
The study's leader Dr Jack Dennerlein suggests prevention is key.
"A lot of this can lead to chronic neck pain," he said. "And who knows - over the long term, these chronic issues can lead to other chronic health issues such as arthritis."
Apart from sitting upright in a chair, experts recommend keeping the tablet near eye level and taking regular breaks.
Dr Dennerlein added: "Find support in how to hold it up so that you can look at it properly. Don't use your arms if you don't have to. Go hands free. Find a good case."

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This is a reading strategy guide in a series of guides that utilizes articles from the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) program. These strategy guides provide teachers of middle school students with a reading strategy (in this case,... (View More) Roundtable Discussions) and supplemental resources, background information on that strategy, connections to standards, classroom implementation techniques, tips for utilizing this strategy with students with dyslexia, and a two-page reading based on a particular space science concept. The reading incorporated into this strategy guide, "Seasons on Mars," introduces students to key concepts about seasons on other planets by comparing the seasons on Earth to those on Mars. This text includes two illustrations and a data table. This strategy guide is also mapped to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects, Grades 6-8. (View Less)


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Sure two out of three against any team on the road is considered a success, but a sweep is what the Cubs really wanted. It was hard to tell Wednesday night however based on the Cubs performance. We've seen it too often this year, games practically over before they start because the Cubs have no approach at the plate and it happened again last night. The Cubs were shut out once again, this time on four measly hits, and least two of the four were of the extra base variety. The Sox found their bats after being shut down for two nights in a row. They pounded out 10 hits on their way to scoring seven runs in the rout.
Randy Wells was, well, Randy Wells. Wells only lasted 3.2 innings giving up three runs on five hits while walking FOUR with no strike outs. It's a shame how far Wells has fallen after a promising debut season with the Cubs, his command and confidence have gone out the window. As I mentioned the Cubs were no better at the plate against Gaving Floyd and company, the same Gaving Floyd that has an ERA north of five. The only offensive highlights were a double by David DeJesus and another triple by Starlin Castro. The Cubs are off today before they start a weekend series in Arizona. Full box score and highlights after the jump.
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From Across the Universe, where Amy wakes up from a cryogenic sleep too early only to find that life aboard the Godspeed has changed to a bizarre society nothing like expected, to A Million Suns where she and Elder discover that the Godspeed may already be orbiting their destination (and has been for decades or even centuries), we finally arrive at Shades of Earth and the possible conclusion of the journey and the series.
Having been forced at the end of the previous book to evacuate and land despite warnings that the planet iss swarming with monsters, our crew successfully lands the shuttle and wakes the remaining cryogenically frozen crew members. Facing this strange turn of events, Amy's militarily-minded father and the scientists don't trust the shipborn Godspeed residents and immediately clash. This tension is only made worse by a mysterious force murdering folks. Is it aliens? It must be aliens.
Reading this series is reading a genuine classic sci-fi story. One can find more than a few social critiques in this, the same way the the stories of old did. Despite initial impressions (and those old covers) there is no more romance in here than there is in any other sci-fi series. I only wish that it hadn't been written in first-person present tense. Even with that in mind, I still recommend it. I quite enjoyed it. Just make sure to get the ones with the newest covers.


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Scientists say the reintroduction of grey wolves to Yellowstone National Park is not enough to enable a full recovery of the ecosystem.
Trophic cascade
When grey wolves all but vanished from Yellowstone National Park in the early 1900s, the absence of this keystone predator had a marked effect on the park's ecosystem. Elk, the wolves' natural prey, rapidly increased in numbers, escalating grazing pressure on willow trees that grow by the sides of streams. As a result, the decline in willow led to a severe decrease in the beaver population. Beavers rely heavily on willow to provide food and materials with which to build their dams. Beavers and willows have a mutual relationship whereby the willow also benefits from the beavers' presence, due to the raised water tables caused by their dams. The loss of Yellowstone's wolves led to a cascade of dramatic changes in the ecosystem's structure, known as a trophic cascade.
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When wolves returned to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, elk numbers fell and shrub recovery became evident through increased plant height and berry production. This led some scientists to predict ecosystem recovery following the return of the park's top predator. Authors of a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B have revealed a 'recovery test', explaining that if the ecosystem is indeed in recovery, willow trees must be at least two metres tall in order to escape being eaten by elk and to provide the beavers with necessary food and material to build dams.
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In the study concerned, researchers measured willow trees at four sites in Yellowstone from 2001 to 2010. Some willow tree plots were fenced to prevent the elk from grazing, whereas some had simulated dams. Regardless of fencing and growth time, the researchers found that only the willows that grew in the plots with simulated dams reached heights of more than two metres. The outcome of this study suggests that riparian ecosystems are unable to recover fully due to the presence of wolves alone; tall willows cannot return without the beaver, yet the absence of tall willows inhibits the beaver's much-needed return. It is clear that the co-existence of beavers and willow trees is able to drive the structure of riparian ecosystems, and that for the Yellowstone ecosystem to continue to recover, beavers will need to enter the equation.
Read more on this story at The Guardian – The return of grey wolves 'not enough to restore Yellowstone's ecosystem'.
View photos and videos of grey wolves, North American elk and the American beaver on ARKive.
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Stocks closed at session highs Wednesday, with the Dow up 200 points and S&P within 1 percent of hitting its record, after Senate leaders announced a long-awaited compromise to raise the debt ceiling and put an end to the government shutdown.
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The agreement came just one day before the Treasury was expected to exhaust its ability to borrow more money.
"There's some potential for 'sell the news'—when we resolve the issue in Washington, we're going to have to focus on the fundamentals and earnings season, and those haven't been a resounding success to this point," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank. "And the Beige Book suggests that people have become somewhat cautious in spending and investing because of the debt crisis."
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Julia Cumings' front door is ornamented with a vibrantly colored paper pinwheel she made from leftover scraps of paper. The 33-year-old Cumings, wife, mother of two young children and owner of Red Otter Creative, which specializes in handcrafted wedding guest books, photo albums and journals, not only possesses a flair for paper filigree; she has been exploring the artistic possibilities of paper since she was a child. "I'm drawn to the versatility and beauty of paper," she said. "I hardly know when my love of paper began. Hasn't it always been there, in my splotchy construction paper projects as a child or glueing up mini-magazines with my sisters in high school?"
The scrap paper for the pinwheel came from her studio, which doubles as the kitchen table in the two-bedroom Chestnut Hill apartment she shares with her husband, Andrew, and their two children, William, 2, and 8-month-old Madeleine. It is in that confined space, where for three hours a day, between straddling motherhood, with its play dates, feeding times, bathing and carriage rolls up and down Germantown Avenue, she seeks to imbue form, beauty and function into each piece she creates. After all, Cumings considers herself an Artist with a capital A.
Creating books has been a hobby of Cumings for years. When she wanted to journal, an activity she finds particularly cathartic, or a place to hold photos, she made her own journals and photo albums. Beyond its utility, the act also offered a creative outlet for her. But through those years, she began to amass a large number of creations she was unsure what to do with until a friend introduced her to Etsy, a commerce website specializing in the sale of handcrafted items, among other things, where Cumings' books are now sold.
Cumings established Red Otter Creative in 2007, near the time she and Andrew married. She began to post her items, selling just enough to pay for the materials used to create her books. It wasn't until last year, after she gave birth to William, moved to Chestnut Hill and gave birth to Madeleine that Red Otter Creative burgeoned into a legitimate home business. "It was really a hobby for many, many years until last tax season that it pretty much solidified into a small business," Cumings said.
Julia and her husband discovered Chestnut Hill in a guidebook they read while sitting together in a café in Madison, Wisconsin, where her husband had recently graduated from law school. He had found a job in the Philadelphia area, and he and Julia, then nine months pregnant, needed to find a place to live. "We flipped open to this urban village, Chestnut Hill, and it had a great shot of the avenue (Germantown), Starbucks and the clock and everything. and I thought this looks like a great idea."
Cumings likens Chestnut Hill to the Victorian era, with its cobblestoned avenue and uneven slate stone sidewalks, a time long before mass-produced mediocrity and the paperless movement had taken hold. Chestnut Hill, Cumings said, complements her affinity for a bygone era where much of her art lives. "Chestnut Hill helps inspire my love of the past, paper and books," Cumings insisted. "I love vintage ephemera: letters, journals, prints and lithographs."
Cumings was raised in the Midwest and south central west and spent her formative years in Oklahoma, where her father worked as a computer programmer. He recognized her artistic acumen early on and nurtured it by giving her drawing assignments with the books she was reading at the time, including "Chronicles of Narnia" and "A Wrinkle in Time."
By the age of 13, when her father's job took them to Michigan, she began training with an art teacher. Rather than go into teaching, Cumings' father encouraged her to market and earn money with her art, solidifying her decision to study graphic design and art at the University of Minnesota Duluth, a degree she completed in 2003.
After graduation, having very little money did not permit her to eat much more than oatmeal or purchase the kind of journal she wanted, so she made her own by cutting up cereal boxes and sewing them together with fishing wire. She adorned it with ribbon and decorative sheet paper sold at the boutique where she worked and rather swiftly created an aesthetically pleasing and useful object that was both free and enjoyable to write in. It prefigured the making of books and the business, Red Otter Creative, that was to come.
For the next several years, while working as a graphic artist for a few small firms, Julia continued to make the books she would ultimately begin to sell. Some can be found on www.etsy.com/listing/91101222/wedding-guest-book-turquoise-golden-mums. Cumings also maintains a blog, which features some of her musings on motherhood as well as her art work, including her photography and painting. Check it out at redotter580.blogspot.com/2013/04/still-life-no-4.html. Or she can be reached at email@example.com


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evening auction of Masterpieces Formerly in The Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi realised £19,842,600/ $31,887,058/ 23,022,285. The sale was 95% sold by value. The top price was paid for a magnificent ormolu-mounted Japanese lacquer secretaire-à-abattant, circa 1755 by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB) - which is believed to have been in the collection of Mme de Pompadour, Royal Mistress to King Louis XV of France - it sold for £3,177,250/ $5,105,841/ 3,911,195 setting a world record price for a work by BVRB at auction.
Jussi Pylkkanen, President of Christies EMERI and auctioneer for the sale: Christie"s has always believed that decorative arts are the DNA of the art market, and we reiterated this belief in 2008 by pioneering the innovative platform of The Exceptional Sale". Once again we have convened both new and established clients with exceptional works of art which will now go on to inspire the next generation of collectors.
Charles Cator, Chairman, Furniture & Decorative Arts Department, Christies International: The response to this collection further highlights exciting developments in the vibrant market for European decorative arts which, since Christie"s introduction of The Exceptional Sale format in 2008, has continued to attract a new global following. The best works draw out old and new buyers and, as well as traditional American and European collectors, this sale welcomed bidders who are new to this field, with works bought by clients from growth markets including Russia, the Middle East and South America. The significance of this museum quality collection was complimented by Christie"s in-depth research, which revealed important new discoveries, and our world class presentation via the catalogue, international tour and pre-sale exhibition. The result pays tribute to Djahanguir Riahi, a passionate connoisseur who assembled this extraordinary collection over 50 years. The Riahi collection will always hold a legendary position among the greatest collections of French furniture sold by Christie"s, including the Givenchy, Lagerfeld, Ojjeh, Rothschild, Wildenstein and Champalimaud collections.
The top price was paid for a magnificent ormolu-mounted Japanese lacquer secretaire-à-abattant, circa 1755 by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB) which sold for £3,177,250/ $5,105,841/ 3,911,195 setting a world record price for a work by BVRB at auction (estimate: £3,000,000 5,000,000). It is believed to have formerly been in the renowned collection of Mme de Pompadour, as recorded in Lazare Duvauxs journal of 19 February 1757, and was, until 1993, part of the collection of Dukes of Richmond at Goodwood House, Sussex, which it entered in 1765. Though one of a small group of secretaires made by BVRB with the same dimensions, overall form, mounts and marble top, the majority were executed in marquetry, as the use of lacquer panels was extremely expensive and thus extremely rare, and reserved only for the most prestigious clients. The only comparable secretaire is in the Royal Collection, in the Queens private apartments at Windsor.
Highlights of the auction:
A rare late Louis XV ormolu-mounted amaranth and burr-walnut, maple and bois satine commode en bibliotheque, by Jean-Henri Riesener, executed in the workshop of Jean-Francois Oeben circa 1763-68, sold for £2,505,250/ $4,025,937/ 3,083,963 having been offered with new Viennese Rothschild provenance which was discovered by Christies (estimate: £1,500,000 2,500,000). Only two such examples are known to exist: the current piece stamped by Oeben and its counterpart by Riesener who took over the Oeben workshop after his death. Oeben was one of the greatest ébénistes in the reign of Louis XV and 'Ébéniste du Roi from 1754 until his death in 1763. His distinctive individual style is characterised by the unparalleled pictorial marquetry and transitional forms.
An exquisite and delicate ormolu-mounted Japanese lacquer and vernis martin bureau en pente, attributed to Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB), circa 1756, sold for £2,057,250/ $3,306,001/ 2,532,475 (estimate: £2,000,000-4,000,000).
A near pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Japanese and Chinese lacquer commodes attributed to Bernard II van Risen Burgh or Jean Desforges, circa 1740-50, possibly supplied by Charles Darnault sold for £2,057,250/ $3,306,001/ 2,532,475 (estimate: £2,000,000 - 4,000,000).
A superb bureau plat by Joseph Baumhauer, circa 1765, combining panels of Japanese lacquer with tulipwood - its sinuous lines a triumph of the Rococo realised £1,721,250/ $2,766,049/ 2,118,859 (estimate: £2,000,000 - 3,000,000). One of the earliest acquisitions of the collection, having been bought in 1963, this bureau is extremely rare and possibly unique. Joseph Baumhauer, known simply as Joseph to his contemporaries, specialised in the use of the richest materials in his creations including delicate plaques of Sèvres porcelain, rich inlay of hardstones (pietra dura) and exotic panels of lacquer from China and Japan. He created a small number of bureaux, almost all of which incorporate porcelain plaques; the only other example known to include lacquer panels, as with the present example, is in the Louvre, though the panels are set against an ebonised ground.
A suite of twenty-eight Louis XV silver candlesticks, mark of Louis Lenhendrick, Paris, 1747-1770, sold for £1,049,250/ $1,686,145/ 1,291,627 having been chased pair by pair over a 50 year period by Djahanguir Riahi (estimate: £1,000,000 -2,000,000).
A Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese celadon porcelain pot-pourri vase and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), with mounts dating to circa 1740 sold for £802,850/ $1,290,180/ 988,308 (estimate: £250,000 400,000). This unusual and unique little pot-pourri vase has a history that can be traced back to 1756, when it was sold from the collection of Marie Joseph dHostun, duc de Tallard, in a sale of his property that included one of the most important collections of porcelain formed in the 18th century. Many of the pieces in his collection came from the cabinet of the Dauphin, the son of Louis XIV, whose property was sold to different collectors after his death. It was bought at the duc de Tallards sale by Honoré Camille Leonor Grimaldi, duc de Valentinois and Prince of Monaco (d. 1785) and subsequently sold in 1803. Its whereabouts were then unknown until it was sold from the collection of Mme Henry Farman in 1973 in Paris, when it entered the Riahi Collection.
A near pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Chinese celadon porcelain Qianlong (1736-1795) vases, with early Neoclassical tortoise and triton mounts, emblematic of the sea-god Neptune sold for £769,250/ $1,236,185/ 946,947 (estimate: £400,000 600,000). These beautiful vases form part of a small group of eight related vases whose mounts can be attributed to Pierre Gouthière and are possibly the pair that was owned by the painter François Boucher and sold in Paris on 18 February 1771. Separated at some point over the course of two hundred years, they were eventually re-united as a pair by M. and Mme. Riahi, having been bought separately, one in 1971 and the other in the late 1980s.
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Double and Iterated Integrals
Let and be two -finite measure spaces, and let be the product measure on .
If is a function on so that its integral is defined — either is integrable, or its integral diverges definitely — then we write it as any of
and call it the "double integral" of over . We can also consider the sections and . For any given , we set
if the integral exists. If the resulting function is integrable, then we write
The latter notation, with the measure before the integrand is less common, but it can be seen in older texts. I'll usually stick to the other order.
Similarly, we can define the function as the integral of the -section if it exists. If is integrable, we write
where, again, the latter notation is deprecated. These integrals are called the "iterated integrals" of . We can also define double and iterated integrals over a measurable subset , as usual, and write
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"Steve Kelley looked at his column.
He had only one sentence so far, so he hit the "enter" key and described it.
Then he did that for the second sentence, and he was three paragraphs in. Soon, his column-inch target would be met.
But not soon enough for Kelley."
Our thanks to DMZ at U.S.S.Mariner.com for this apt description of this week's subject, Steve Kelley, whose suckiness one cannot appreciate unless one actually lives in the Pacific Northwest and reads the Times every day. Out there they call him The King of the One-Sentence Paragraph, and that's saying something, because, as we've mentioned, a lot of columnists are resorting to that sophomoric gimmick these days. Let's go to the vital statistics:
Name: Steve Kelley
Columnist: Seattle Times
Formerly worked for: Centralia Daily Chronicle, The Olympian.
Attended: University of South Carolina (for two weeks), University of Delaware.
Nicknames: Mr. Sunshine, Captain Obvious. The Guy Who Fixed Our Dryer.
Common phrase responsible for: "As dry as a Steve Kelley column."
Most resembles: John McMartin (character actor best known as Shirley's boyfriend in an episode of "The Partridge Family").
Here's a fun game we like to play. Take a sports column, boil it down to one or two graphs and see if it suffers. For instance, this column by Steve Kelley on Mariners starter Jarrod Washburn. The official version comes in at 34 paragraphs (including 16 one-sentence graphs, and six two-word graphs). We rewrote it, and got this:
If the Mariners are looking for a starting pitcher to lead them out of the cellar of the A.L. West, Jarrod Washburn isn't the guy. At $30 million over the nest four years, he is vastly overpaid.
That's it. Not another sentence in the piece really adds to the central thesis. Or this one, on the college basketball rivalry between Gonzaga and Washington, which can be pared down to:
These two teams play some exciting games. And hey, they're located within the same state!
This is Kelley's style: take an idea (too often a preposterous one, such as Ken Griffey Jr. returning to the Mariners), and beat it to death for 600 words. Be sure to inject as little humor or flair as possible. Repeat. As a columnist, Kelley is a good Sears repairman — which he was before this journalism thing came along. Hey, here's an idea: try to fill out a few of those columns with a cognizant thought or two, Hemingway. Oh, and did you hurt yourself while leaping onto that Seahawks' bandwagon? Next time you should try to get on during a scheduled stop.
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First Lady Michelle Obama was heckled during a Washington D.C. fundraiser Tuesday evening by a lesbian activist demanding that President Obama sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees and job applicants.
Apparently, it got to the point that Mrs. Obama threw down the gauntlet: let me talk or I'm leaving.
According to the pool report (provided by Buzzfeed):
Most notable part of the event was an interruption from a protester about 12 minutes into the 20-minute speech. A pro-LGBT rights individual standing at the front began shouting for an executive order on gay rights. (Pool did not hear exactly what.)
"One of the things I don't do well is this," replied FLOTUS to loud applause. She left the lectern and moved over to the protester, saying they could "listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving. You all decide. You have one choice."
Crowd started shouting that they wanted FLOTUS to stay.
"You need to go!" said one woman near the protester.
The protester was then escorted out, shouting "…lesbian looking for federal equality before I die." (First part of the quote was inaudible.) Pool could not get their name before they were taken out.
"So let me make the point that I was making before," continued FLOTUS. "We are here for our kids. So we must recapture that passion. That same urgency and energy that we felt back in 2008, 2012. Understand this — this is what I want you all to understand. This is not about us. No one back here. It's not about you or you or your issue or your thing. This is about our children."
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A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people.
Hieu Nghia village official Le Van Giang said three children aged four to 11 died at the scene yesterday afternoon and a six-year-old boy died at the hospital.
The blast seriously injured two other children and three men.
Giang said the shell exploded when the children who found the shell from bamboo brush were playing with it. A villager found the shell five years ago when dredging a canal.
The village in Vinh Long province was a communist stronghold during the war.
Vietnamese government figures show ordnance have killed more than 42,000 people since the war ended in 1975.


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Students combine science and systems engineering to develop a mission to search for life in our solar system. The mission must meet budgetary, mass and power constraints while still producing significant science. An extensive set of "equipment... (View More) playing cards" determines all critical mission factors such as mass limit, cost, weight, scientific instruments, mobility, and all systems- including power, computer, communication, instrumentation, mechanical, as well as entry, descent and landing. The equipment cards, a design mat and student worksheets are included. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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This is the culminating lesson in the MMS Mission Educator's Instructional Guide. Learners will choose and complete three activities about the MMS mission. Activity formats can include creating videos, composing songs, developing written materials,... (View More) constructing models, investigating current events, utilizing mathematics to explain concepts, and more. Depending on the project(s) chosen by a student, the activity may require student access to internet accessible computers. The MMS Mission Educator's Instructional Guide uses examples from the mission to introduce mathematics (focusing on geometry) in a real-world context. The lessons use the 5E instructional cycle. Note: MMS launched March 12, 2015. For the latest science and news, visit the MMS Mission Website under Related & Supplemental Resources (right side of this page). (View Less)
This activity uses an episode of poor air quality over the Midwest and Eastern seaboard to engage students in an exploration of the collection, comparison, analysis and utilization of air quality data. With the aid of a camera, the EPA website and... (View More) Google Earth, students will determine local visibility. Students will also interpret images taken with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard both the Terra and Aqua satellites to distinguish between three aerosols-smoke, dust and haze. Then students will then find online satellite images of the local area to determine aerosol types and possible sources. Four lesson extensions are included. This lesson uses the 5E instructional model. (View Less)
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Users explore data, using My World GIS, that characterize the dynamic Greenland Ice Sheet. By examining photographs, map views, and tabular data, users gain an understanding of how and why scientists are monitoring the ice sheet and what they are... (View More) finding. Users explore map layers that represent ice sheet thickness, weather station locations, and annual melt extents of the ice sheet. They learn about the working conditions that Arctic scientists must endure to collect their data, and how sensors on satellites are used to gather information from an area as large as Greenland. Finally, users learn about scientists' methods for measuring ice flowing downhill from Greenland, and examine that data to learn how fast the ice is moving. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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This activity's storyline is built around the real-life case study of Dr. Walt Meier, a Sea Ice Scientist from Boulder, Colorado. In the fictional story, the students of Churchill become concerned about wildlife in their region because polar bears... (View More) have become a nuisance in the town. According to the local elders, the sea ice patterns have changed. The students turn to Dr. Meier for his expertise in sea ice analysis. Dr. Meier then instructs the students in the use of ImageJ and guides them through the research process. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). Each EET chapter provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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This activity introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and poses questions that help students answer questions that require spatial data. Students examine questions about communities and populations from local to state to national scales. Six... (View More) GIS, math and mapping activities are identified in this resource. This resource is from PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science - a collection of brief examples created by scientists and engineers showing how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes have real world applications. (View Less)
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In this lesson, learners will discover how certain snakes (pit-vipers) can find prey using a natural infrared sensor and will extend their understandings by exploring infrared technology applications. The lesson features background information for... (View More) the teacher, pre-requisite skills and knowledge for the student, a mini-exploration of infrared image technology, multiple image sets, assessment information, student worksheets, extension and transfer activities, and additional resources. This is lesson 2 on the Infrared Zoo website. (View Less)
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African immigrants have come to mark their presence in the national capital, adding to its qualification as an international capital. The numbers and impact of African immigrants was not significant in this city about four decades ago. Almost all African countries were under the colonial yoke until the early 1960s which partly explains the non-existent presence of African immigrants. African diplomats were also unknown in Washington four decades ago. The diplomats' presence tends to open up the flow of immigrants to the Washington DC metro area.
For the last twenty years or so, the African immigrant to the USA has traditionally been a student or a diplomat, the latter being particularly specific to this city.
ASA is pleased to announce the introduction of ASA Online Member Services on the ASA website. The ASA Member Area, accessible at www.asanet.org/memarea, provides the foundation for creating a "virtual community" for ASA members.
During their respective meetings in December 1999 and January 2000, the ASA Committee on Publications recommended, and ASA Council approved, new editors for Contemporary Sociology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociological Methodology, and the Rose Series in Sociology. The new journal editors' official terms will begin in January 2001, with editorial transitions taking place in late summer 2000. For the Rose Series, the new editors will begin immediately.


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L'Auberge Casino Resort today announced the resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana created yet another instant multi-millionaire over the weekend. A guest from Humble, Texas won more than $2.5-million playing a Wheel of Fortune® quarter slot machine.
An early morning visit to L'Auberge paid off big for Wayne Warnders, who called his friends to meet him at L'Auberge for some impromptu play at the casino. At approximately 4:30am on February 13, 2012 he bet all nine lines on a 25-cent Wheel of Fortune® linked progressive machine. All three Wheel of Fortune® symbols lined up on the machine, making him an instant multi-millionaire.
Warnders first celebratory call was to one of his two brothers to say, "I beat you!" The brothers had an ongoing friendly competition about who would achieve the status of millionaire first and Wayne wanted them to know he was the victor in the most memorable and exciting way.
"We are delighted to once again acknowledge a big winner and share in their tremendous excitement," said Keith W. Henson, vice president and general manager of L'Auberge. "We have created a truly unique and total gambling experience at L'Auberge with unmatched guest service conveniently located so that players can win big close to home instead of travelling to Las Vegas."
"The entire staff is excited to celebrate another instant millionaire at L'Auberge. L'Auberge is the place to play; our slot payouts average over 250-million every year," said Vice President of Casino Operations Gary Stella. He adds, "L'Auberge offers its guests winning hospitality and a gambling escape unlike any other in the region."
The Wheel of Fortune® jackpot is paid when a player plays the maximum bet and lines up all three winning symbols on the appropriate pay line. After the jackpot is verified, the Wheel of Fortune® meter is reset at $100,000.
All IGT MegaJackpots® awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots® Instant Winners™ jackpots and Rapid Riches MegaJackpots® awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification. Wheel of Fortune® is a registered trademark of Califon Production Inc.
L'Auberge offers a 70,000 square foot Vegas-style casino with 70 table games and approximately 1,600 slot machines plus a new Poker Room. In addition to the main casino floor, L'Auberge invites guests to play a few hands in the elegantly appointed and recently renovated High Limit Salon featuring a variety of table games, slot machines and a plush VIP Lounge area.
About L'Auberge Lake Charles
L'Auberge Casino Resort is located on 242 acres of land in Lake Charles, La., two hours from the Houston metropolitan area. This premier facility is ideal for the business traveler or guest looking for the ultimate in hospitality and dining experiences, plus non-stop gaming action. The property includes a 26-story hotel complex with approximately 1,000 spacious rooms and suites; an 18-hole golf course designed by Tom Fazio; 26,000 gross square feet of meeting space, including a full-service business center and landscaped terrace space plus outdoor poolside lawn; two resort swimming pools, lazy river and private cabana courtyard; full-service barber shop, salon, spa and cardio fitness center; retail stores; ten innovative dining outlets; beachside bar, grill and marina; and top-name entertainment. The expansive 70,000 square foot casino features Vegas-like gaming action with 70 table games and approximately 1,600 slot machines, including a luxurious 7-table Poker Room, VIP Lounge and elegant High Limit Salon. To learn more about L'Auberge, call reservations at (866) 580-7444; visit www.ldlcasino.com; or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/laubergedulac; or follow us on Twitter: @LAubergeLC .


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I'm here visiting my brother-in-law, great nephew, great niece and her son. We haven't done anything but eat, visit and be together.
One morning Liz, her toddler and I went to breakfast at a nearby Village Inn. When I got out of the car I saw this sign and memories of my mother came flashing through my mind.
My mother was notorious for getting lost. When I was about 12 we were still living in Kansas and we decided to visit my sister and other relatives in Denver. My Aunt Marie and Cousin KayLee were with us. We crossed the Kansas/Colorado border below Pueblo and headed North.
When we reached Colorado Springs we stopped at a Holiday Inn for dinner. It was really nice. I had trout. Mom pulled out of the parking lot and headed South. Besides getting lost Mom tended to not believe me. She was Very headstrong. I told her we were going the wrong way and she answered with an abrupt "No we aren't."
I could tell by her tone to keep my mouth shut, mostly. I did try one more time with the same result.
When we reached the northern limits of Pueblo Mom said, "We're going the wrong way!" and turned around.
I did NOT tell her I told her so.
One of the things I've been doing while here is copy the photos in my sister's box. Here's one of my Mom on one of our many trips to Colorado.
I have many stories of Mom getting lost.
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When I was growing up on a farm in Arkansas, I looked forward to Christmas all year. My parents didn't have a lot of money, but I knew I could count on Santa to leave something under the tree.
My three brothers and I usually woke up around 4 on Christmas morning. My parents would spend the next two hours trying to keep us corralled until my grandparents could walk across the road from their house and watch the excitement.
(When my grandparents arrived, they always said, "Christmas Eve gift," which I learned years later was an expression dating back before the Civil War when slaves would gather outside the plantation manor on Christmas Eve and ask the owner for their gift. But I digress.)
Since then, I've learned it really is better to give than receive. In that spirit, I offer the following "gifts" to some folks in agriculture who deserve special "recognition" for their work in 2007.
For Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, a Web site that lists contributors and the amounts they gave to the EWG so farmers could see how many tax-exempt dollars it received to lobby against farm programs.
While he's at it, Santa could give Cook and other environmentalist policy wonks a crystal ball so they could see how the Dorgan-Grassley payment limits would devastate medium-sized farms.
For acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner — and his predecessor Mike Johanns — a T-shirt that says "USDA: The People's Department," to remind them of the sign on the Jamie L. Whitten USDA Headquarters Building in Washington.
For members of the ag media, a mute button for killing the sound the next time Conner or his successor starts telling them what farmers said at the 48 farm bill forums USDA conducted.
On a serious note, Santa could give Conner a job as a CEO in recognition of the talent the Bush administration obviously overlooked when it tabbed yet another Republican governor that nobody in agriculture ever heard of to be the next secretary.
For Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, a T-shirt reading, "Did he really say that?" after Grassley opined "land values would likely decline by perhaps as much as 25 percent" if the Senate passed his payment limit amendment.
Grassley said it and seemed to be oblivious to the impact such a drop would have on farm lending and on farmer retirement plans. But, then, Grassley has his congressional retirement to fall back on.
For corn farmers, a John D. Rockefeller "clone" who could do for the ethanol industry what the tycoon did at the end of the 19th century, creating a distribution system for oil that ushered in the modern transportation age.
And for House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairmen Collin Peterson and Tom Harkin, a round of cheer for giving farmers hope they may yet have a farm bill they can show their lenders in time for the 2008 crops.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 2, 2010) - Just like the weather outside the ETSU men's tennis team stayed hot on the courts against Atlantic Sun Conference rival Jacksonville Friday afternoon as the 55th-ranked Bucs downed a pesky Dolphin squad 6-1 at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center in Johnson City.
With the win the Bucs improved to 12-7 overall with 8-1 mark in A-Sun play, while JU dropped to 8-10 and 4-5. More importantly ETSU wrapped up a first-round bye in the upcoming league tournament with their victory over Jacksonville.
"It was really warm today and Jacksonville kept fighting so I'm proud of the guys and how they stayed focused and kept battling the entire match," said head coach Yaser Zaatini.
ETSU opened play sweeping the doubles point, giving the Bucs the quick 1-0 lead.
After ETSU's fast start in doubles sophomore Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) kept the momentum going as individual matches got underway with a strong 6-0, 6-0 victory over Logan Shalmi at No. 6. Bonnevalle's European teammate junior Charles Bottoni (Bois Guillaume, France) then extended ETSU's lead to 3-0 after he dropped Hector Fantova Sicne in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.
Needing only one point to clinch second-place in the A-Sun regular season standings senior Daniel Isaza (Medellin, Colombia) capped off the victory at the No. 4 position with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Jaime Esteban.
"We had a lot of guys play well today, but the thing I'm most proud of is how hard these players battle for points, when their ahead or if they are behind," said Zaatini. "That shows so much determination and that's the type of grit and character we are going to need as we play UNF tomorrow and in the conference tournament in a couple of weeks."
Also picking up singles wins for ETSU was sophomore Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) and freshman Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela).
Jacksonville's lone victory came as Victor Vaz fought off a valiant effort from junior Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) defeating the Buc upperclassman 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).
ETSU returns to action for the final time in the regular season as the Bucs host North Florida with a 11 a.m. contest Saturday at the Buddy Hartsell Tennis Center.
Attached above are final results from today's match.
For more information of the ETSU men's tennis team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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I received an email tonight telling me that the semi-finalists were posted on their website. I went and started at the top with the 'A's'. Fyi, my last name is White. I scrolled slowly down recognizing names such as Fallert, Caryl Bryer and Hansen, Gloria. By the 'R's' I couldn't take it anymore and had to zoom right to the 'W's'. Do you know what I saw?
White, Jackie
Yeppers, my name! My little ol' name on the list for acceptances into Paducah with all those hot shot quilters!
The quilt is 'Let the Vines Shine Thru'. It uses my original 3D technique, stamping,Shiva paintstiks, my hand dyed fabrics and a ton of free motion quilting, none of it stippling.
This quilt was inspired by the border fabric. A fellow church member had found this vintage polyester fabric in her attic. Yes, I did say polyester. And yes, it was not near as nice as cotton to work with.