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ASHLAND — When Jud Parsons took over management of the family's forestland on the flanks of Mount Ashland in the 1950s, Southern Oregon was in the midst of a timber boom that saw clear-cuts on large swaths of private and industrial forestland with few reforestation successes.
Parsons saw this cut-and-run mentality of the time and he wanted no part of it for a simple reason.
"We didn't want to run," Parsons says.
Six decades later, the family's Mountcrest Forest remains a working piece of land where selective logging without clear-cuts allows for sustained timber production, with a light hand and an eye toward more than just the bottom line.
The family's approach has created healthy habitat for rare threatened and endangered animals, as well as clean water for wild salmon, in 1,771 acres smack-dab within the land bridge between the Klamath, Siskiyou and Cascade mountains.
And it's going to stay that way.
A new and unique $2.5 million conservation easement arranged by The Pacific Forest Trust and funded primarily with public money ensures the forest will remain in timber production but that it won't be broken up or developed and that the Parsons family ethic will govern here in perpetuity.
Selective logging will be done to enhance stands, leaving trees for rare Pacific fishers to snooze their days away on mistletoe brooms normally removed as parasites and a light touch on the ground to continue delivering clean, cold water that has become a rarity for wild salmon and steelhead, particularly in the Bear Creek Basin.
"It doesn't mean we can't harvest, but it'll be a lighter harvest," says Parsons, 82. "It'll have all those benefits, no matter who owns it."
Five years in the making, the easement creates a model for how private, working forests can simultaneously be managed for the public benefits of better wildlife habitat and watershed health — stewardship values largely left to public lands.
"Wildlife don't care about property lines," says Constance Best, the San Francisco-based trust's co-chief executive officer. "It's where the habitat is, and Mountcrest has a lot of great habitat because of the way it's managed. But there was no guarantee it would be around tomorrow. That's how conservation easements can help preserve habitat and reward (landowners) for doing good things for wildlife and watersheds."
The easement was funded by $1 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund money through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, as well as $900,000 from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, Best says. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust each contributed $300,000, she says.
The easement's appraised value was more than $3.4 million, with the difference listed as a gift from the Parsons corporation, Best says.
Most conservation easements are to keep lands "forever wild" or to strip off development rights, Best says. This is the first time in Oregon a publicly funded easement has gone to land that will remain in forest production.
"In this case, it's used to keep the land in excellent management," Best says.
The Parsons family bought the first piece of Mountcrest in 1919, with a consortium of family members eventually adding more parcels. However, several clear-cuts on the property in the 1940s didn't fare well in their eyes.
Gophers, deer, drought and weeds all conspired to cause setback after setback in replanting efforts, Parsons says.
"We saw all the problems with reforestation on the work done back in the 1940s," Parsons says. "It was difficult."
Eventually the forest was leased for grazing, in part to reduce wildfire threats in grass and brush areas within the old clear-cuts, Parsons says.
In the 1970s, the forest moved more toward timber production — all selective logging, Parsons says. Last year, the family logged 223,000 board-feet of mostly Douglas and white fir, Parsons says.
"That was a fairly light year, but we've probably never taken more than 500,000 (board-feet) in a year," he says.
Marty Main, who is the Parsons family's consulting forester, says the logging focuses on removing trees that compete with older, larger trees that create forest conditions that promote rare species like fishers and foster cold, clean runoff to streams.
That's the opposite of conditions during the cut-and-run 1950s.
"(Parsons) and his family didn't do that and that's to their credit," Main says. "His choice not to liquidate it is the story. That's why this conservation easement means so much."
In 2013, Parsons as well as three other family members bought out the forest's remaining shareholders and began negotiating the easement with the trust.
"We bought it with the intention of having a conservation easement to protect it," Parsons says.
The land historically had been a land bridge for everyone from Native Americans to Hudson Bay trappers crossing between the Siskiyou, Cascade and Klamath mountains. Today, Pacific Crest Trail hikers traverse the southern corner of Mountcrest Forest.
It remains an important bridge for wildlife, connecting the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to the flanks of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
Those aspects will remain for current and future imperiled wildlife seeking habitats like a still-productive Mountcrest, Main says.
"Jud and his family from the inception have managed for a host of values, including wildlife," Main says. "He has a long history of attachment to his land and the critters there, and he's sincere about it. It's pretty cool."
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Assalam aleykoum warathmatullah wabarakatuh sisters !
Well I am quite busy with packing as we are going to move out of London but I am going to be more busy… we had the best news and gift on Eid's day !
I am expecting a new baby Al hamdulilah!
That explains why I was so tired and I forgot so many things 😂 (like my blog's posts for Ramadan !!!!)
Here is how my husband found out coming back from the mosque, with a gift from his 1 year old daughter inside a card.
I hope you had a nice Eid celebration with your family and loved ones and I wish that Allah's mercy & blessings shine on you.
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Good display can make this a grand success. but the ppi is disappointing.
Mskumar, 23 Jan 2013Can anyone suggest any mobile betterthan this at the price around this..No this is not quit good ....micromax A90 is better thn all kinds of mobiles.......i love it a90.....just use it...thn see
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grand specification compare canvas 2, canvas hd,
so price is high, but grand is branded phone,
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i have galaxy y it have Broadcom processors and videocore iv Gpu and its does not support many games. my question is does this problem appear in this phone..?
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there is slight difference in specifications between grand duos and s3 . but much difference in price
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
A lightbulb. It has gone off.
Since starting the programme here, I feel like I've been flailing around a bit trying to figure out what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. (in regards to my actual work, not career path) It's sooo easy just to stay in the historically-accurate-clothing comfort zone, but I didn't come all this way just to do what I already know. Of course, leaving the comfort zone is much easier said than done, and for the last month or so I feel like I've been just spinning my wheels and not really getting anywhere.
Then today I began really thinking about projects and drawings I've done in the past where I feel like I was actually achieving a level of originality, and I realised that in all of those cases I was pretending the characters were all for a video game. This seems rather strange considering how much of a gamer I am not... in fact the only video game I've ever played all the way through was Fable. The first one. When it first came out years ago.
Here's a little compare and contrast...
This sketch is one I did a weeks or two ago of ideas for the main character's wedding scene. Pretty much straight up historical.
Then this evening I decided to approach the same character's costume in the same scene with the 'Video Game as influenced by History' approach, and ended up with this:
(and in a not-very-well-lit phone pic) it's hard to properly tell what it is I see in my head, but I think this is definitely an approach I should try out. Whether it works well in the long run or not I have no idea, but for now it seems to be worth exploring.
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Good for you; I am so happy for you! Both of your costume renderings are BEAUTIFUL (as is everything else you create) and I absolutely love the result of your new approach! Keep inspiring us
Best wishes,
Anneliese :)
Gwendolyn, these drawings are so beautiful, you are so talented! It's Jill, I met you at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News awhile back. I'm excited about your course of study and I think the result of your 'video game through the lens of the history' approach is stunning. It reminds me of the kind of unexpected touches I see in Colleen Atwood's costumes and she is one of my favorites! Keep up the great work and keep us posted on it all! XO, JillReplyDelete
Yay for introspection and self-realization! Also, I would totally play that video game.ReplyDelete
Critical, creative breakthroughs--lightbulbs--are great, no? Your sketch is stupendous!ReplyDelete
I think it's wonderful that you are expanding your art. Will your skill as a historical dressmaker combined with your creative mind, there is no end to what you can createReplyDelete


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I have been at a bit of a loss lately creatively. I have reached a point in my novelette that is possibly the most pivotal scene of all and it's just not coming to me. In an attempt to climb back on the horse, so to speak, I have been going back to my writing roots...poetry. One of the many authors that I have read and loved since childhood is Rudyard Kipling. I have always been drawn to his simple crisp rhymes and possibly to his palpable disdain for pomp and authority. So, my offering today is my attempt at an homage to the man's indisputable skill. I suppose I should include a disclaimer to the effect that I have had and continue to have many Brit friends. My poem, in no way, is intended to impugn, insult, judge or mock any or all things British. That being said, enjoy!
T'was winter in the year of Our Lord 1853,
I signed my soul away to join the fookin' Infantry.
I didn't want no soldiers' life or even soldiers' pay.
They bought me stock and barrel for the three square feeds a day.
An' it's Right Turn March and Left Turn March an' kiss Sar Major's bum.
Another meal of gristly beef and half a pint of rum.
They shipped us off to Burma for to keep the paynim down,
Since no man can be proper if his skin is coloured brown.
A filthy lot of pagans all who gibber when they speak,
And rarely wash their filthy hides to stifle down the reek.
An' it's Right Turn March and Left Turn March and troop the bloody line.
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We played a lot of cards and dice and sometimes stood for muster,
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The locals weren't no proper threat, them bein' barely men
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Me pension buys a tiny croft and things no dog would eat
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An' it's "Spare change Sir?" and "Coppers please? An' "Help a Fellow eh?"
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Too Much of a Good Thing May 7, 2009Posted by cbuchanan in Uncategorized.
Have you noticed just how busy this spring has been in Birmingham? There's so much going on every weekend–and it's spilling over into weekdays as well. I can't recall the spring being quite *this* full of cool stuff to do in past years–and while it's frustrating that I can't be in three places at once, it's very exciting to see the increase and enjoy how lively the city has become.
As an example, here's just scratch on the surface of what you can choose from this weekend:
–Naked Art and Forest Park are hosting a Spring Fling on Friday evening and Saturday. Art! Food! Music!
-Continental Bakery and English Village get in on the action with a carnivalesque Spring-a-Ling-a-Ding-Dong on Saturday. Apparently there will be a parade, hula hooping, and a beheading of Marie Antoinette!
–Bare Hands Gallery invites you to its Garden Party with a City View at the wonderful oasis that is downtown's Jones Valley Urban Farm. The food will be fantastic, there will be music and dancing, and the setting is unbeatable.
—Vulcan Park and Museum is conducting another historical walking tour, this time on the streets of downtown Birmingham, on Saturday.
–And Avondale Park is the setting for an "Art Feast" (which looks like a springtime version of the Art in Avondale Park festival that takes place each fall) on Saturday.
Get out and enjoy this season in this city!
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Citroen driver Mikko Hirvonen looks ahead to Rally Argentina as the WRC's Latin American round quickly approaches. The Finn is excited about contesting Argentina in the DS3 and remains upbeat despite being excluded from Rally Portugal despite winning the event earlier this month. Here's what Hirvonen had to say:
Do you feel that your control over the Citroën DS3 WRC reached new heights at Rally Portugal?
"It was a very unusual rally. We found ourselves clear at the front quite quickly and the pace we then adopted was more about surviving than anything else. At the same time, our lead over the other guys just kept getting bigger! Jarmo joked that at that level of performance we'd be fit for the Finnish Championship...But we didn't need show a real turn of speed, we just had to control the race to the end, which is what we did. Preliminary testing in Argentina has given me the chance to get back to driving at a pace more in keeping with the WRC."
Citroën has achieved a lot of success in Argentina in the past. Are you pleased to be competing in this event with the "Reds"?
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Sep. 28--A top Farmers Insurance Group official said Friday that the company would resume selling homeowners insurance in Texas if it could negotiate 'some kind of reasonable settlement' of its dispute with state officials.
But after losing $1.3 billion on homeowners insurance in the past 21/2 years, Farmers' definition of reasonable does not include paying refunds or slashing rates, said John Hageman, Texas executive director for Farmers.
Farmers, the state's second-largest home insurer, announced Wednesday that it would stop renewing policies as of Nov. 11. The company said it took the action because of its losses and the Texas Insurance Department's unreasonable regulatory demands.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the House Insurance Committee said that if Farmers cannot be persuaded to remain in the homeowners insurance market, Gov. Rick Perry should summon lawmakers back to Austin for an emergency legislative session after the Nov. 5 election.
'I do not believe that we have the capacity in the market to pick up 700,000 displaced Farmers customers,' said Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo. 'I think a special session after the election will let us get a jump on the problem to see what we can do in the short term to help those customers.'
Perry has said that he will not call a special session but that he would designate homeowners insurance an emergency item when the Legislature convenes in January. Emergency action taken by the Legislature goes into effect as soon it is signed by the governor.
But outside observers say Farmers and Texas insurance regulators should negotiate a solution to their dispute before Farmers' decision to discontinue homeowners insurance in Texas leaves tens of thousands of people without insurance or paying much higher rates.
'I'd think the pressure is going to be mounting on both groups to sit down and get something done,' said Joe Woods, regional manager of the Alliance of American Insurers.
'If they want to settle this, they need to sit down and have some private negotiations and stop sending out press releases.'
The question may be whether either side is willing to initiate those talks anytime soon.
Robert Black, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Insurance, said Farmers chose to abandon the homeowners market in Texas and it could choose to return.
'We presented Farmers Insurance with a fair and reasonable proposal for a settlement, and Farmers declined to take us up on it,' Black said. 'Our door is open if they want to return to the negotiating table. Of course, the first step in any negotiations would have to be that Farmers agrees to comply with the state laws for doing business in Texas.'
But Hageman repeated his earlier assertions that a lawsuit brought by Attorney General John Cornyn and the regulatory enforcement action by Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor were the products of a 'heated election season' and that the company had not violated state laws.
'Due to the chaos in the homeowners market' and rising rates stemming from huge losses suffered by insurance companies, 'the TDI was a under a lot of pressure to do something,' Hageman said.
Both the lawsuit and the Insurance Department allege that the formula Farmers uses for setting homeowners insurance rates violated state laws.
Farmers is willing to negotiate with state officials, Hageman said, but he added that the state had no basis for the penalties it proposed.
'Our rating system is 100 percent within the law,' Hageman said.
'There is no reason for us to pay refunds, rebates and rollbacks if we're within the law.'
Farmers' decision to stop writing insurance because of a dispute with regulators is hardly unique, said Stefan Holzberger, a senior analyst with the AM Best rating service, which monitors insurance companies' financial health.
State Farm, Holzberger said, is in the process of pulling out of the New Jersey personal auto insurance market because of what company officials say is an unfair regulatory climate.
Holzberger said that Farmers' rate-setting formulas, including the use of credit scoring to grade the loss potential posed by applicants, probably don't differ much from those of other insurers.
'I think that's why they think they're being singled out unfairly,' Holzberger said, 'because they're really not doing anything differently.'
Holzberger said the dispute probably arose because state officials finally became aware of how much insurance rates will have to rise, at least in the short term, to offset the losses insurers have suffered in Texas in recent years.
The state, either through legislation or regulation, will have to come to grips with the 'mold issue,' Holzberger said, which means clearly defining what damages are covered and probably setting a limit on insurance payments.
Gene Acuna, a spokesman for Perry, said the governor still does not see a need for a special legislative session.
Perry's opponent, Democrat Tony Sanchez, said the governor should heed Smithee's advice.
'Rick Perry is closing his eyes to the crisis while lining his pockets with insurance contributions,' Sanchez said. 'The major problems in the insurance industry have been apparent for months, and that's why I first called for a special session 69 days ago.'
Meanwhile, state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, the Senate Finance Committee's chairman, asked the attorney general's office to determine whether the state can legally require Farmers to shelve its plans to stop renewing homeowners policies.
'Farmers' action creates a crisis of availability to match the crisis of affordability it has also engineered,' Ellis said in a letter to Cornyn.
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Over the course of my life, I have embraced a number of hobbies: dancing, piano, art.. just to name a few. But none of them changed my life or brought me into satisfaction as the act of blogging. In almost too many ways to count, it has truly changed me and the way i live my life. In fact so much so that it has become a hobby and I regularly talked to my friends about it. My blog is a compilation of Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle. This blogging route has opened up many path of opportunities for me.
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Woman Sentenced To 6 Months After Pulling Gun On Barber!
A mother who pulled a gun on a barber while he was cutting her child's hair was sentenced to 6 months in jail Tuesday. Andrea Smith, 31, pleaded guilty to charges of carrying a concealed weapon, menacing and endangering children. It happened April 14 at Allstate Barber College on Lorain Avenue. Investigators say she threatened the barber because he was taking too long to cut her child's hair. She then pulled a gun from her purse and said, "I got two clips. I'll pop you." The victim finished the cut, and Smith left with her two children. Posted By PSmooth
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A week and a half of morning sickness has gone by and I'm so grateful to be able to eat again. I just hope that I don't have to go through that again any time soon. Currently, I have been so tired. I go to bed early at night and I have to take a nap in the middle of my day or I'm sluggish. It is kinda hard to do that when I was working two jobs. So, I had to make some changes. Due to my nausea, tiredness, and food aversions, I decided it was time to leave my waitressing job since I couldn't risk getting sick at work. It wasn't a be change since I only took on that job for extra spending cash.
At the present time, I continue to work on a case by case basis as a school psychologist (which I hope I will be able to continue till the end of the school year). In the meantime, I'm applying for full-time school psychologist positions as they are posted by local school districts but I am faced with the dilemma of knowing I may not even get hired due to me needing maternity leave or the fact that I rather not work during the first two years of my child's development. It's something I struggle with everyday. I've been in school my whole life and I would really love to finally have a permanent position in a school. I think have a full-time job with a really nice salary would make my husband, but mainly myself, feel secure. Don't get me wrong, my husband is doing a great job supporting me now and paying all our bills but he also spends carelessly and I feel if I had a great paying job I wouldn't care about his purchases (i.e. new dvd's, sports cards, etc.) as much.
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That Monday, we had our first ultrasound. I don't know which was more exciting looking at my baby for the first time on the screen or watching my husband's face light up like never before (well, at least this type of delight was different). According to the ultrasound measurement, I was 7 weeks and 2 days along. They estimated my due date to be August 28th (which is Gary's father's B-day). Well, at least I can be fat during the summer and have an excuse right? The ultrasound lady tried to tell me she wouldn't be able to give a photo at first because her printer was down. Maybe that would be okay for other mothers but for this JERSEY GIRL that was not an option. I made her turn it on and try again and magically it decided to work. That machine knew not to mess with me, lol.
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I've changed the name of my blog to reflect a new multidisciplinary research centre that I'm planning, called the Simplification Centre. It will help government departments, businesses, and regulators to simplify communications about complex topics such as tax, financial services, and health. I'm moving to the University of Reading to set it up this September.
One problem with the word 'simplification' is that it's not simple. That's why my temporary logo leaves out a syllable. Who knows, it could catch on. After all, there is a precedent. So many people find 'quantitative' such a mouthful that it's only a matter of time before 'quantative' gets into the dictionary through usage.
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Like many others of my generation, I'm struggling to recall a period in our lives with a more sustained amount of pain, hurt and suffering in a relatively small space of time.
The terrorist attacks at Westminster, Manchester, London Bridge and Finsbury Park, along with the horrific events at Grenfell Tower, have shocked and saddened the entire nation.
With the death toll still rising, what happened in West London was truly horrendous, although I'm buoyed by the way whole groups of people have come together as a result of this devastating event for the right reasons.
I hope a full open and honest public inquiry will get to the bottom of everything and whatever the outcome I hope it brings some sense of closure for all those involved, fully accepting that nothing will bring back the poor victims.
It seems to me that Prime Minister Theresa May is getting the blame for Grenfell Tower, the terror attacks and any other negative situation that currently befalls the nation. This witch-hunt, with some horrendous biased reporting from sections of the media, is all getting a bit tiresome now.
Like the rest of us, like any human, she has her flaws. But regardless of her politics, I think she's a decent, honest person, and that's something we should be grateful to have in Number 10.
Modern society rightly goes to great lengths to wage war on bullying, or is that when it suits them?
Is some of the treatment currently being inflicted on our under-fire PM tantamount to bullying or victimisation?
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Judge Tierra Jones sentenced Eric Bell to 16 to 45 years behind bars.
Before sentencing, Bell apologized to the mother of the victim, Roland Pleasant.Pleasant's mom likewise took the stand throughout the sentencing hearing.
North Las Vegas police stated in 2014 Pleasant was in his automobile with a 16-year-old and 17-year-old. They had actually organized to pick up a 4th individual, thought to be Bell. Cops think Bell entered into the vehicle, pulled out a weapon, robbed one of the passengers and attempted to rob the other. Cops believe Bell then shot Pleasant.
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Cops discovered Pleasant near a lorry in the area of Tropical Parkway and Shark Water Bay Street, near Losee Roadway.
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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2013, Article ID 231560, 1 page
Recent Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Processing and Application
1Department of Information Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha , Hunan 410073, China
2Key Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
3Laboratório de Computação Científica e Análise Numérica (LaCCAN), Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Avendia Lourival de Melo Mota s/n, 57072-900 Maceió, AL, Brazil
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text: Oh now, baby, this is good: the Tree of Life Web Project (beta). Tree view at each level (as a Java applet), copious links to more information and papers, doesn't use the taxonomy I learnt at school but a more flexible groups and leaves system. Man oh man. The technical description hints at open sourcing the whole thing in the future (the data too? Please!), but the coolest thing is navigating the tree to find, say, Homo sapiens -- start from the Root of all Life and work your way along. Brilliant.


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When you are given two different charts, the overview paragraph is quite easy: just write one sentence about each chart, describing a main feature of each.
Here's the two chart task that we've been looking at in recent lessons:
The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009.
And here's my 2-sentence overview paragraph:
It is clear that the principal reason why Americans travelled in 2009 was to commute to and from work. In the same year, the primary concern of Americans, with regard to the trips they made, was the cost of travelling.
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It's been months and today is my first REAL post…sad, yes, but it's time for me to get started. I am writing this as the Colts and Steelers play in the week 3 Sunday night football game. The Steelers O is looking kind of…bad, while the Colts D is showing up. Roethlisberger has thrown a pick and fumbled twice, one of which was returned for a TD. Freeney and Mathis are both getting to Big Ben. Meendenhall hasn't done much, which leads me to point in one major direction for the falter of the Steelers so far: The o-line. Look for the Steelers to come out shaky, leading to a close win for Pittsburgh.
UPDATE: Never mentioned how bad Kerry Collins was playing..he's been very inaccurate, missing most of his receivers


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National Board of Trial Advocacy
New Specialty Division Board for Complex Litigation
NBTA recently appointed and seated the National Board of Complex Litigation Lawyers (NBCLL), a division of NBTA. NBCLL brings together exceptional experience and expertise of judges, attorneys and law professors – all national leaders in complex litigation.
The purpose of NBCLL will be threefold:
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3. To advocate and promote excellence in the field of complex litigation
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On the Stanley Subaru Stage
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DIY flower hair clip
DIY flower hair clip
Geneviève Bouchard Thursday, June 04, 2015 4 comments
I've seen lots for floral hair accessories lately, and I'm sure you did too. It's been a trend for a couple of years now and, of course, with summer right around the corner, it's more present than ever.
It's the kind of trend I love, but I'm never sure I would really wear it. So I though a DIY was required.
I had a few fake flowers lying around and a bunch of hair clip I would never wear on their own. It ended up being a really simple project.
What you will need:
Fake flowers
Hair clips
I started by cutting the flowers off of the bouquet. Then I applied glue to the hair clip (I used crazy glue, but I think a hot gun glue would work even better) and clued it to the green plastic part for the flower. And then I waited for it to dry.
It's as simple as that. Now it time to play around with those flowery hair clips!
Do you like this floral trend and are you wearing any? I'm always a little self couscous about wearing statements like time, but I think it looks great!
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This looks stunning! I love it! I'll have to make one of these with my daughter next weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
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What a cute idea! Looks pretty easy for us non crafty (me!) types as well! Also, I love your curls! Do you use a curling wand or flat iron to get them? Thanks for linking up with us at the Best of the Blogosphere!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! For my hair, I just braided them overnight! That trick never used to work on me before, but somehow now it doesDelete


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So the other scrap yarn project that I'm working on is a the Log Cabin Moderne baby blanket from Mason-Dixon Knitting. Which is not to say that I've actually read the pattern (I should do that some time), but I've adopted the concept as a way to use a bunch of odd skeins of baby blanket yarn.
Here we are at about a foot square. I've doubled some of the finer yarns to get a more consistent thickness. (I had intended for Woats to model it, but she wasn't in a mood to be photographed.)
All of these are skeins from yard sale box lots or boxes of yarn given to me or my mom. The few that had enough to do anything useful with have long since been used- a log cabin blanket in two colors last year, a baby sweater some years before that.
This isn't for anyone in particular at the moment- but it's a sure thing that if you knit a baby item, soon enough a baby will show up to claim it!


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Recognising the role of forests in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is important. A growing forest stores carbon. Furthermore, raw material from the forest is a viable replacement for fossil-based products and services.
In 2014, the EU agreed on a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to at least 40 per cent of the EU's emissions in 1990. This undertaking was also the EU's joint contribution to the 2015 climate convention conference in Paris.
In July 2015, the EU commission presented its proposal on how the emissions trading system (ETS) in Europe should be reformed as of 2021. The next proposal came in July 2016, specifying the allocation of responsibilities between the EU member states with regard to emissions outside the ETS. It also includes a number of "flexibility mechanisms" that enable differences in the conditions prevalent in each country to be evened out.
The target proposed for Sweden is a 40 per cent reduction. Sweden and Luxembourg have the highest goals. The report recently presented by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Objectives Committee proposes a 58 per cent reduction for the same period.
As a strategic and ambitious climate policy can drive growth in the global bioeconomy, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation is positive towards the climate goals proposed for the EU and Sweden. It is important that we nurture the role of forests in climate improvement. This role is as a carbon store and as a raw material that replaces fossil-based products and services.
Replacing oil-based products, such as petrol, with renewable fuels reduces emissions. In this context, it is important to point out that the Swedish Forest Industries Federation does not want to see a move towards "carbon forestry" aimed at setting aside forests as carbon sinks. A policy that stimulates both the storing of carbon in products and the replacement of greenhouse gas intensive products is to be preferred.
In general, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation would like the EU's climate policy to promote the measures that are the most cost-efficient from an environmental and financial perspective.


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Jan. 19, 2019
Despite required practice hours, rigorous ensemble rehearsals, and grueling studies for the in-between times, a group of music students have found time and capacity for reaching out with their craft, opening their hearts—and Crowell Hall—to monthly visitors from inner-city Los Angeles.
While they could easily consider themselves too busy for any sort of outreach, junior music education major Lindsay Reed has taken the helm and provided leadership for this significant project, inviting other students along for the ride. "It's an opportunity to get my peers involved in ministry and for them to be able to use their gifts," she said.
The project is a collaboration between Biola's Conservatory of Music and the Los Angeles Dream Center, a ministry focused on meeting both the practical and the spiritual needs of people held back by poverty and limited opportunities for advancing themselves. As Biola is deepening its commitment to return and give back to its roots in downtown Los Angeles, there has been an increasing connection with the Dream Center, which resulted in two Dream Center representatives visiting with Conservatory faculty and brainstorming what bringing music to inner city youth might look like.
Conservatory director George Boespflug explained, "The seed to partner with the Dream Center was planted during a faculty retreat field trip to the downtown Dream Center facilities. After discussions with Jesse Kramer and Ben Kay, members of the Dream Center staff, the vision was cast for regular Biola visits for Dream Center kids who would learn about music and enjoy fellowship with music students. The missing ingredient was a student who had a heart for inner city kids and teaching music—enter Lindsay Reed! Lindsay has gone above and beyond to organize monthly visits. She has worked tirelessly, prayed continuously, and shed many tears of love for these kids. Music and ministry—what could be better?"
The monthly visits to Biola have become so popular with Dream Center kids that the staff now uses them as a reward for good behavior during other Dream Center activities. Those who meet the behavior standard are driven to La Mirada, where they enjoy a morning of fun—starting with breakfast together, followed by private lessons, a group activity centered around music-making, and a performance from a Conservatory ensemble.
In thinking back over the past several months of Dream Center visits, Lindsay reflected on the many ways that the Biola Conservatory has impacted these kids' lives. She told of one boy, "Pete," who brought a variety of behavioral challenges with him from the very first visit to Biola. At the end of the first semester of the program, there was discussion about whether he should even be invited back, since his behavior was disruptive to so many. It was questionable whether Pete was really benefiting in any way from his involvement, so his ongoing involvement with the program was in jeopardy. At a Dream Center winter camp, however, an older boy approached one of the Dream Center staff and asked whether he was a part of the Biola music program. When the Dream Center staff member acknowledged that he was, in fact, involved with the Biola program, this older boy identified himself as Pete's older brother and began to relate just what a difference the music program had made in Pete's life.
Another boy who wouldn't participate and interact has a story similar to Pete's. After experiencing love and acceptance at Biola, culminating in a Christmas party complete with gifts for the Dream Center kids, one boy dropped his hard exterior to thank Lindsay and to even hug her. It was a beautiful demonstration of what God is doing through this wonderful partnership between the Conservatory and the Dream Center.
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