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Thug 0.4.0 was released on June, 8th 2012 and a huge number of really important features were added since then. During the last two years I had a lot of fun thinking and designing the future of the project and I'm really proud of what Thug is now. I have to thank a lot of persons who contributed with their suggestions, ideas, bug reports and sometimes patches. You know who you are. Really thanks! Read more »
Folks, I am very pleased to announce the publication of our Know Your Tools paper: Glastopf - A dynamic, low-interaction web application honeypot authored by Lukas Rist of the Chicago Honeynet Project Chaper and Sven Vetsch, Marcel Kossin, and Michael Mauer.
The paper is available from http://honeynet.org/papers/KYT_glastopf.
Paper abstract
Currently, attacks against web applications make up more than 60% of the total number of attempted attacks on the Internet. Organizations cannot afford to allow their websites be compromised, as this can result in serving malicious content to customers, or leaking customer's data. Whether the particular web application is part of a company's website, or a personal web page, there are certain characteristics common to all web applications. Most people trust in the reliability of web applications and they are often hosted on powerful servers with high bandwidth connections to the Internet. Considering the large number of attacks and knowing the potential consequences of successful break-ins, we decided to put a bit more effort into the development of honeypots to better understand these attacks.
In this paper, we introduce Glastopf, a low-interaction web application honeypot capable of emulating thousands of vulnerabilities to gather data from attacks that target web applications. The principle behind it is very simple: reply to the attack using the response the attacker is expecting from his attempt to exploit the web application. We provide an overview of the attacks on web applications, describe examples collected with Glastopf, and discuss possible usages of data collected.
Glastopf can be downloaded from http://glastopf.org/ and a mailing list for help/suggestions and advice is available at https://public.honeynet.org/mailman/listinfo/glastopf. Read more »
Christian Seifert (CPRO of The Honeynet Project) has just announced publication of our Know Your Tools series: Qebek - Conceal the Monitoring, authored by Chengyu Song and Jianwei Zhuge from the Chinese Chapter and Brian Hay from the Alaskan Chapter. The paper is based on Chengyu's hard work during the GSoC 2009, Brian Hay and me acted as his mentors for the Qebek GSoC Project. Congrats to Chengyu and Chinese Chapter.
The paper is available from http://honeynet.org/papers/KYT_qebek.
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I am very pleased to announce another publication of our Know Your Tools series: Qebek - Conceal the Monitoring authored by Chengyu Song and Jianwei Zhuge from the Chinese Chapter and Brian Hay from the Alaskan Chapter.
The paper is available from http://honeynet.org/papers/KYT_qebek.
Paper abstract
For the last few years, while low-interaction (LI) honeypot systems like Nepenthes and PHoneyC are getting more and more powerful, the progress of high-interaction (HI) honeypot technology has been somewhat slower. This is especially true for Sebek, the de-facto HI honeypot monitoring tool. In this KYT paper, we introduce Qebek, a QEMU based HI honeypot monitoring tool which aims at improving the invisibility of monitoring the attackers' activities in HI honeypots. Read more »
We are very excited to announce the publication of our first paper in the new Know Your Tools paper series: "KYT: use Picviz to find attacks" authored by Sebastien Tricaud from the French Chapter and Victor Amaducci from the University of Campinas.
The paper can be downloaded at Know Your Tools: use Picviz to find attacks.
Paper Abstract
Picviz is a parallel coordinates plotter which enables easy scripting from various input (tcpdump, syslog, iptables logs, apache logs, etc..) to visualize data and discover interesting aspects of that data quickly. Picviz uncovers previously hidden data that is difficult to identify with traditional analysis methods.
In the first paper of our new Know Your Tools series, Sebastien Tricaud from the French Honeynet Project Chapter and Victor Amaducci from the University of Campinas, focus on Picviz. After a brief overview on parallel coordinates, Picviz architecture, and installation procedure, three real-world examples are presented that illustrate how to identify attacks from large amounts of data: Picviz is used to analyze SSH logs, Apache access logs and network traffic. With these examples, it is demonstrated how Picviz can find attacks that previously have been hidden.
Recent additions to Picviz GUI have been made by Victor Amaducci under the mentorship of Sebastien Tricaud as part of the Google Summer of Code program 2009. The most recent version of Picviz is freely available for download from its project site at http://www.wallinfire.net/picviz and support can be sought from the Picviz mailing list at http://www.wallinfire.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/picviz..


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The hottest MP3 mixing tool that provides pitch control, full karaoke support and many other features
VirtualDJ is the best MP3 mixing tool, targeting every DJ from bedroom DJs to professional superstars like Carl Cox.
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The visual representation and the cues allow you to clearly see the song's structure, and never be surprised by a break anymore.
The vinyl controls will let you scratch like on a real turntable, except that with the beatlock engine your scratches will never end out of the beat.
Add to that an infinite number of cue points you can save for each songs, a bunch of wonderful effects automatically beat-synchronised.
Add also several interfaces to suit everybody from the beginner to the professional DJ, the possibility to record your mixes to burn them on CDs, to broadcast on the Internet and have your own radio station, to save your CDs directly in MP3, to use a headphone to preview the songs or an external mixtable to perform in a club.
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· Twin independent zero-latency players with:
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· CD to MP3 encoder
· Optional 3D sound card, 2 sound cards or Y-splitter for real-time monitoring or external mixtable use
· ASIO soundcard compatibility
· Fully customisable (skin engine and shortcut macro enngine)
· External MIDI keyboard compatibility for shortcuts
· Compatibility with most external controllers (DMC2, DAC3, iCDX, TotalControl, BCD2000, DJConsole, etc...)
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17th June 2012, 04:16 AM
Today I saw a woman walking a 7-8 week old (by my estimation) Cavalier pup outside. Of course I had to stop and cuddle the pup and ask her which breeder she got her from in the area since I know everyone by now! She said that she got the pup from a major puppy website online based out of Ohio that sells Cavaliers among many other breeders and that the dog was shipped to her. Of course my heart sank, but I didn't say anything. What would you have done in the situation? Should I have advised her that she made a horrible mistake or was I right to just move on? Perhaps I wish I had told her to get the dog insured with Pet Plan ASAP. I feel slightly guilty now!


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NEW ORLEANS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Scoring summary from Sunday's Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens, won by the AFC champion Ravens 34-29 at the Superdome:
1st quarter
10:36 - Baltimore Ravens touchdown. Anquan Boldin, 13-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco. Justin Tucker converted.
Ravens 7 49ers 0
3:58 - San Francisco field goal. David Akers kicked a 36-yard field.
Ravens 7 49ers 3
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2nd quarter
7:10 - Baltimore touchdown. Dennis Pitta, one-yard touchdown pass from Flacco. Tucker converted.
Ravens 14 49ers 3
1:45 - Baltimore touchdown. Jacoby Jones caught 56-yard touchdown pass from Flacco. Tucker converted.
Ravens 21 49ers 3
0:00 - San Francisco field goal. Akers 27-yard field goal.
Ravens 21 49ers 6
Halftime - Ravens 21 49ers 6
3rd quarter
14:49 Baltimore touchdown. Jacoby Jones runs back kickoff 108 yards. Tucker converted.
Ravens 28 49ers 6
7:20 San Francisco touchdown. Michael Crabtree 31-yard touchdown pass from Colin Kaepernick. Akers converted.
Ravens 28 49ers 13
4:59 San Francisco touchdown. Frank Gore runs for six-yard touchdown. Akers converted.
Ravens 28 49ers 20
3:10 San Francisco field goal. Akers makes a 34-yard field goal.
Ravens 28 49ers 23
4th quarter
12:54 Baltimore field goal. Tucker makes 19-yard field goal.
Ravens 31 49ers 23
9:57 San Francisco touchdown. Kaepernick scores touchdown on 15-yard run. Two-point conversion fails.
Ravens 31 49ers 29
4:19 Baltimore field goal. Tucker makes a 38-yard field goal.
Ravens 34 49ers 29
0:04 San Francisco scores a safety. Punter Sam Koch runs out of the end zone for a safety that gives the 49ers two points.
Ravens 34 49ers 31
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FINAL: Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31 (Reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Frank Pingue)


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I wave my arms a lot. Maybe too much, given how often chalk flies out of my hands. Fortunately, that might be a good thing pedagogically, according to a recent column in the Journal of Geoscience Education (Kastens et al., 2008).
Because structural geology is, at its core, a spatial discipline, I'm constantly using my hands to try to help students see what I'm seeing in a rock, or on a map, or in a thin section. Sometimes that means pointing at things when I name them. (Those are "deictic gestures" to people who study them, and they're useful for helping students understand what I'm talking about, even if I'm using words that are new to them.) And sometimes I use my hands to mimic a shape: a fold, a tilted rock layer, a pair of offset sides of a fault. (Those are "iconic gestures.")
It's good to hear that the hand-waving is useful, but I worry a little about applying some of the advice for instructors. It makes sense – point at things, keep the gestures consistent with the words, use gestures to show shape or movement, act out instructions, make sure students can see the gestures. But I wonder whether some of my gestures are just too weird or confusing, especially because I have a bad habit of confusing left and right (or east and west, and it doesn't help to have lived on both coasts of North America). I also worry, sometimes, that I'm asking awkward things of students when I enlist their help in modeling some shapes. (It's hard to show multiple planes and the lines that are perpendicular to them with only two hands, and for better or worse, I am not Kali.)
The advice about instructor gestures made sense, but it was the advice about student gestures that I found most thought-provoking. The authors suggest paying attention to the gestures students make – when students make gestures that don't match their words, they're at a point where they could learn. Forcing students to gesture apparently doesn't work (which is too bad for me – I frequently ask students to show me the orientation of a layer with their hands). But setting up situations where students are more likely to gesture – making them explain a map, or show one another the reasons why they think a rock formed in a certain way, can be good. (It sounds like I need to keep doing some of the time-consuming activities in my intro class – discussions in which the students work with one another on confusing samples or diagrams.)
But I probably should avoid dropping the chalk, or falling over the garbage can – at least, unless I'm acting out the experience of an earthquake.
Reference: Kastens, K.A., Agrawal, S., and Liben, L.S., 2008, Research in Science Education: the role of gestures in geoscience teaching and learning: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 54, p. 362-368. (Although many columns in this series are available online, this one is not, at least as of January, 2009.)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Arm-waving in class is good
I wave my arms a lot. Maybe too much, given how often chalk flies out of my hands. Fortunately, that might be a good thing pedagogically, according to a recent column in the Journal of Geoscience Education (Kastens et al., 2008).
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- MJC Rocks said...
Actually I break my chalk continuously, to the extent that my students sometimes count chalk fatalities. On the other hand, I like your point. I use hands most prominently for plate boundaries, and I often have the students do the same motions...a separate tactile learning experience. I haven't quite danced on the desktop yet....
- January 25, 2009 at 10:42 PM
- Michael said...
As another inveterate arm-waver (and someone who has difficulty giving a presentation while standing still), I sympathise and will try to track down the journal article (as future ammunition).
An anecdote on this topic, showing that it seems to be a widespread habit: some years ago, when I was working for a mid-size British oil company, they commissioned an artist (these were the good old days)to put together three paintings for the new lobby of the office. Since one painting was to illustrate the work of geologists, the artist came and spent some time simply sitting in on discussions and meetings to observe who we were and what we did. He told me afterwards that the single compelling impression was the extent to which we all used our hands - and it was hands that featured in the finished work.
- January 26, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
There's just no way to consistently handle vector cross products in Euclidean geometry applications (e.g., electromagnetic waves, Poynting vector, pretty much any cross product in a Euclidean space) properly without using your right hand to visualize, not until AFTER you already understand cross-products. So I praise my students when i can see them using their right hand.
It's so powerful a visualization that to not use it is to hamstring yourself.
- January 31, 2009 at 6:37 PM


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Tennessee RB Lane back with team; missed much of spring practice for disciplinary reasons
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee running back Marlin Lane is back with the team after missing much of spring practice for disciplinary reasons.
Tennessee coach Butch Jones confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday morning that Lane has been reinstated. The Knoxville News-Sentinel and Chattanooga Times Free Press had reported that Jones said during a Friday night appearance in Cleveland, Tenn., that Lane was working out with the team again.
Lane missed the last four spring practice sessions along with the Orange & White Game for disciplinary reasons.
The Volunteers are counting on Lane and Rajion Neal to lead their running game this season. Lane rushed for 658 yards and two touchdowns on 120 carries last season. Neal ran for 708 yards and five touchdowns on 156 carries.


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Saturday, November 25, 2006
Best Of Season…..Emmanuelle Alt of Paris Vogue
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Were you stalking this woman? Her expression in the second to last doesn't appear too pleasing.
She was actually very happy to see me because someone had just recently shown her some of the photos I had taken of her during the shows and she was very happy with them.
I'm sure we will be seeing more of Emmanuelle during the next round of shows.
I like her clothes more than her demure. She has that "I'm bored" attitude, that is supposed to be a honest reaction to the mundane in some places or circles -blasé style, perhaps-.
I love how she was wearing the same pair of shoes in the 1st 3 pix, but cleverly giving it different takes with the change of clothes. Sart, were Pix #1 & 3 taken on the same day sans the trench coat??
In 3rd photo from the top, the legs of the person on the right takes the focus off the real subject of the photo..the lady on the left.
Can her legs BE any longer? (so jealous…)
I'm a big fan of her work and I must say – her style is equally amazing.
Carine's girls are her magazine personified.
Simple the best!
Love the Fendi shoes.
she's fabulous. are you using a filter or does her neck really look that good? it's so unfair…
also, as to her demeanor, i think she simply looks like someone who is frequently photographed but doesn't think of herself as a celebrity. posing for the camera and smiling from ear to ear is not her thing, which is true of many journalists, and perhaps she feels a bit uncomfortable in spite of the fact that she knows and likes sart. she looks to me like she's working and has her mind on that, which is also evident in the way she dresses.
the first woman is gorgeus… the others peoples too, but her shoes are wanderfull
She has this wonderful insoucient quality – combined with de luxe hipness. And long legs.
When are you going to launch a magazine or a book Mr Sartorialist?
Sart, … another wonderful set of photos. Paris Vogue is obviously a fashion pinacle! But the last photo is a little dark. Is she in skinny jeans and ankle boots? … and I don't see the "I'm bored" attitude that maria sensed. I think her attitude is just fine.
She looks fabulous, especially in the first pic – love the leggings/laced shoes combo.
And most importantly – she looks effortlessly chic. The 'try-hard look' brigade take note!
Great pair of pins too ;-)
I'm somewhat bored with her style and moreso, her presentation. The clothes are nice, yes, but they are not worn with any type of sophistication.
I've worked with women like this at Vogue and GQ who are just stylish by osmosis- they were what comes into their office- not what they go out and put together themselves.
"Best of Season" – I couldn't agree more! From seeing your photos of her from Paris Fashion Week, I've become a fan of her style. Thank you for the pictures!
Possibly Maria is simply jealous.
I find E.A. to be very chic…that effortless French style with a twist of quirk. I do however, find it hard to get past the naked face. I never truly understand it. Just a sweep to conceal the dark circles and a flash of mouth would be fabulous. Something so miniscule yet makes a world of difference.
Looking beyong the clothes (which are great), the third picture is a beautiful portrait.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
I am an Emmanuellite.
Very French style, almost iconic. And her legs are endlessly long!
Allow me to go against the stream and am ready to be hit with adverse comments, but the shoes remind me of a witch and I find the black willow look too gaunt and dark to be attractive.
BRAVO! Belt on waist.
I love that 2nd photo from the top!
Anna Wintour has nothing on her.
I have to disagree with you
Emmanuelle is one of Vogue's top stylist – her style is one of the main reasons Paris Vogue looks so good.
She puts it on the page
black and grey is everything.
Too much black and leggings are not pants.
Sorry even if you are french there are some looks only for young girls.
She is cool personified.
Sartorialist, dios mio!
I love all the pictures you take of the women of Paris Vogue.
Great Job – Keep it up!
The man in the barbour jacket is the most fashionable!
I lover the man in the barbour jacket…
I´m argentine.I like this people but I think that are very thin.The clothes for thin people many times is seen good.
huge patti smith resemblence, not sensual yet still attractive, i am also an emmanualite
Love the shoes! She's got a great sense of style. great shots Sart!
She could be a model too!
LOVE these photos! She is the epitome of Parisian chic. She's beautiful.
she's fabulous. are you using a filter or does her neck really,Love the shoes! She's got a great sense of style


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This page will summarize ideas about creating MathML rendering and editing widget for KDE. There are several approaches to create such widget:
From #webkit: "making WebKit do some minimal MathML rendering is probably a rather quick project, making a complete MathML renderer is probably not. building an editor on top of WebKit (or any other rendering engine which can display mathml) is probably not a very short project either. fixing up WebKit so that when it's in editing mode it knows how to edit mathML is also not a short project"
Rendering code in KFormula does not heavily depend on KOffice libs and can be separated from it.
GtkMathView has clear backend/engine/frontend separation, backend for QT and frontend for QT DOM can be easily implemented. Dependency on GTK is optional so it won't be a problem.


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Miley Cyrus Has Long Hair [PHOTOS]
Miley Cyrus said she wanted to have short hair forever and then she said something about wanting her hair to grow out so she could change her style since everyone copies off her.
We think she has a love-hate relationship with her chop. She has kept her look close-cropped, and we applaud her for not quickly donning extensions or wigs – hi, Beyonce—until now.
Cyrus tweeted two pics of herself with long hair, but alas, they were simply wigs.
The first snap reminded us of Miley of old, with her honey brown locks. Now that we see her with long hair again, after getting used to her bright blonde short 'do, we sorta feel she blends in too much with longer locks. Her shorn look is edgier and makes her stand out. It appears she made the right choice with her snip snip.
She also went the former Katy Perry route with her purple, heavy bangs wig! It's a bit of an Amanda Bynes homage, albeit unintentional.


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Southwest Wake News
Wake County students don't need to make up last week's snow days
Wake County students won't have to make up any of the three snow days they enjoyed last week – avoiding for now painful options such as cutting further into spring break and more Saturday makeup days.
Wake school administrators said Tuesday that they have enough cushion built into their school schedule that converting one half day into a full day will allow them to meet state requirements without adding more makeup days. School board members welcomed the information.
"Spring break is saved," school board Chairwoman Christine Kushner said after the presentation from staff.
Under state law, school districts are required to have either 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction per year.
For many years, school districts had the requirement of both 180 days and 1,000 hours. But when the law was changed, districts were given the option of adding more hours or more days. Wake, like most districts, opted for 1,025 hours.
Wake faces more problems than most districts this year. Students have lost seven days of classes because of inclement weather both in late January and last week.
Wake administrators have been trying to spare traditional-calendar students, who make up the majority of the system's 153,000 students, from losing more days scheduled for spring break. The originally planned first day of the break, a Friday, is now a makeup day. After last month's storm, administrators deviated from the posted schedule to extend the school year for one day rather than take the Monday from spring break, which now starts March 31.
But Cathy Moore, Wake's deputy superintendent for school performance, said that last week's snow days left options such as taking more spring break time, as well as adding more Saturday makeup days for year-round schools. Other options included adding more time to the school day and extending the school year to June 13.
Moore said they decided to explore another option and see how many hours above the required 1,025 they were likely to have students attending schools. After a lengthy review of individual schools, she said, planning staff determined that they had "banked" the equivalent of 2.5 school days of extra hours.
Moore said that using the banked days and turning the planned March 7 early release day into a full day will allow Wake to stay at 1,025 hours. Students are dismissed 2.5 hours early on early release days.
"I'm really pleased to say we can make up all three (days)," Moore said.
Moore assured school board members that principals support using this option instead of scheduling the makeup days.
The four makeup days scheduled because of last month's snow days will still take place as scheduled.
Moore said that families should hope there are no more snow days.
"If we have additional inclement days, we're going to have to look at adding additional instructional days or instructional hours," she said.
Also on Tuesday, the school board postponed until March a vote on placing enrollment caps at 20 schools for this fall.


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Tennessee knocked off No. 8 Florida 64-58, sending the Gators to their third loss in their last seven games.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the shots kept rimming out, all that frustrated Florida coach Billy Donovan could do was watch and wonder.
The short-handed Gators put themselves in position to rally for a rare road win at Tennessee. But No. 8 Florida simply couldn't hit enough shots down the stretch against a smothering Tennessee defense, falling 64-58 to the Vols at Thompson-Boling Arena.
To make matters worse, Florida's pencil-thin bench could get even thinner heading into Saturday's matchup against Alabama. Florida junior forward Casey Prather left the game with blood running down his forehead after taking a blow to the head while fighting for a rebound late in the second half. Donovan said that Prather "may" have a concussion, which would be his third of the season.
Florida shot just 42.1 percent from the field and a season-low 23.5 percent (4 of 17) from 3-point range to fall to 1-7 in its last eight games at Thompson-Boling Arena.
"Defensively, I thought we played well enough to win the game," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "We just didn't make enough shots." The Gators were just 1 of 10 from 3-point range in the second half, and many came on wide-open looks. The toughest miss came with 1:12 left. Florida trailed 58-54 when point guard Scottie Wilbekin found Kenny Boynton on the right wing for a wide-open 3-point attempt in transition. But the shot clanked off the iron, completing a 1 of 7 night from the field and 0 of 4 night from 3-point range. "Their team, guys were stepping up to the plate," Florida junior center Patric Young said. "We had good looks that just didn't go down." On the next possession, Tennessee center Jarnell Stokes muscled his way for an inside rebound and putback as he was fouled by Florida senior forward Erik Murphy. Stokes completed the 3-point play with a free throw, putting the Gators up 61-54 while fouling Murphy out of the game. With Prather already out, Florida was forced to use freshman DeVon Walker in the closing seconds. The Gators had no answers to stop Jordan McRae, who scored 27 points on 9-of-20 shooting. Stokes added eight points and 14 rebounds. "He made shots, and being 6-6, he had the ability to shoot over Scottie," Rosario said. "I thought Scottie did a good job forcing him to take some tough 2s. He's just a very, very good player." Mike Rosario led Florida with 16 points, while Young added 15 points. Florida's last-gasp attempt came down 61-56, after Rosario came up with a steal on a trap. But on a breakaway layup attempt, Rosario was called for a questionable charge. Tennessee forward Josh Richardson appeared to be close to the block-charge circle on the play. "I didn't know what was going to happen, because the refs were up and down all game," Rosario said. "I made the drive and saw the two guys and felt like I could get them back into the circle." Said Donovan: 'It's a judgment call and the officials do the best job they can in that situation. I was looking more to see if the floor was balanced and thought that there were a couple of players open on the wing that Mike could have dished the ball to for a 3-point shot. But Mike felt like he could make a play." Down 35-32 at halftime, Florida scored the first five points of the second half, taking a 37-35 lead on a pair of Rosario free throws. But the Vols answered with an 8-0 run, going ahead 43-37 on a dunk from senior Kenny Hall. Down to six regular players in its rotation, Florida started the game with energy, jumping to a quick 9-2 lead. With Will Yeguete and Michael Frazier II out, Braxton Ogbueze was the first player off the bench for the Gators. Walker also saw time in the first half for Florida. Florida did a good job inside on Stokes in the first half, double-teaming the 6-foot-8, 270-pound big man at times while getting him into foul trouble. Stokes picked up his second foul with 6:03 remaining and Florida up 24-19. Young took advantage inside, getting a tip-in on an offensive rebound to put Florida up 29-23. But Tennessee closed the half strong. The Vols went on a 12-3 run, sparked by a pair of 3-pointers from McRae. The second McRae 3-pointer cut Florida's lead to 32-31. Off a Rosario turnover, Skylar McBee then drained an open 3-pointer to put Tennessee ahead 34-32. Rosario then made another critical mistake, getting whistled for a foul with 0.2 seconds left on a rebound attempt. Yemi Makanjuola made 1 of 2 free throws for Tennessee to put the Vols up 35-32 at halftime. McRae scored 17 points in the first half for Florida, while Young had 11 for the Gators in the first 20 minutes. Tennessee outscored Florida 20-14 in the paint. After the game, Florida players and coaches refused to use fatigue as an excuse for the poor shooting day. Wilbekin played 39 minutes, while Boynton played 37 minutes. "I'm a big believer in, you lace them up and you go out there and play," Donovan said. "You have to deal with the hand that you're dealt."


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1. 1 - 3 Light Air. Ripples but without foam crests
2. 4 - 6 Light Breeze. Small wavelets. Crests do not break
3. 7 - 10 Gentle Breeze. Large wavelets. Perhaps scattered white horses
4. 11 - 16 Moderate Breeze. Small waves. Fairly frequent white horses.
5. 17 - 21 Fresh Breeze. Moderate waves, many white horses
6. 22 - 27 Strong Breeze. Large waves begin to form; white foam crests, probably spray
7. 28 - 33 Near Gale. Sea heaps up and white foam blown in streaks along the direction of the wind
8. 34 - 40 Gale. Moderately high waves, crests begin to break into spindrift
9. 41 - 47 Strong Gale. High waves. Dense foam along the direction of the wind. Crests of waves begin to roll over. Spray may affect visibility
10. 48 - 55 Storm. Very high waves with long overhanging crests. The surface of the sea takes a white appearance. The tumbling of the sea becomes heavy and shock like. Visibility affected
11. 56 - 63 Violent Storm. Exceptionally high waves. The sea is completely covered with long white patches of foam lying in the direction of the wind. Visibility affected
12. 64+ Hurricane. The air is filled with foam and spray. Sea completely white with driving spray. Visibility very seriously affected.
Big rectangular flags start flying straight enough, catamarans start going upwind on one hull 7-10 knots. If you face the wind you can hear it calling you in your ears
1 white cap 10-12 knots
2 white caps not too close, flags are flying straight, 12-14 knots, some chop and small waves after a while
Many white caps but no spray from the waves or too much sand flying across the beach 14-20 knots, after a while you can get big waves
Foamy waves breaking everywhere, spray flying off the tips of the waves, a lot of sand flying in the air and across the beach, + 20 knots
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Directions to DCA
DCA Building
101 South Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
From North or South Jersey via the NJ Turnpike
- Take the NJ Turnpike South to Exit 7A
- Take Rt. 195 West Towards Trenton
- Follow signs for 29 North, this will take you through the tunnel.
- After the tunnel, go through two traffic lights, then start moving over to the right.
- Take the exit for Market Street.
- Make a left at the second light onto South Warren Street.
- At the second light, make a right onto Lafayette St.
- DCA is at the end of the block on the left (tall, white building)
From North Jersey via Route 1 South
- Take the Market Street exit. (First exit after the Perry Street exit).
- Turn right at the first light onto Stockton Street.
- Once on Stockton, turn Left at the second light onto Front Street.
- At the second light (intersection of Front and Broad)
- DCA will be across the street on the left (tall, white building)
From the East (the shore) via Route 195
- Take 195 West towards Trenton
- Refer to first set of directions listed above, # 3.
From South Jersey via 295
- Take 295 North.
- Take exit #60, the sign will read "Trenton, 129 and 29 North."
- Refer to first set of directions listed above, #3.
From South Jersey via Route 206
- Take Route 206 Northbound.
- Approximately 1.5 miles after Route 206 splits with Route 130, there will be a sign for Route 295 on the right.
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Transnational Legal Process after September 11 with Harold Hongju Koh
Date: 3/8/2004; 51 minutes
How has September 11 transformed the global legal landscape? Professor Harold Hongju Koh of Yale Law School, and a leader in the field of international law, argues that common themes unite many seemingly disparate events, and signal the need for the United States to resume its leadership in international law. A Jefferson Memorial Lecture presented by the UC Berkeley Graduate Council. (#7862)
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (October 6, 2011) – The ETSU volleyball team returns home for two key Atlantic Sun Conference matches against Jacksonville and North Florida this weekend inside Brooks Gym. The Bucs welcome in Jacksonville on Friday at 7 p.m. and North Florida on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Heading into the weekend, ETSU sits at 7-10 overall and 1-2 in Atlantic Sun Conference play. The Bucs are coming off two losses on the road against Belmont and Lipscomb over the weekend. Belmont and Lipscomb remain atop the Atlantic Sun standings with perfect 4-0 conference marks.
The Bucs are a perfect 1-0 at home thus far after defeating USC Upstate in the conference opener back on September 20. ETSU has also won its last six home matches dating back to October 8 of last season.
ETSU continues to be dominant across the frontline as they lead the Atlantic Sun in blocks with 2.36 per set. The Bucs recorded 2.65 blocks per set last season – the fifth best total in school history and the highest total since rally scoring was put in effect during the 2001 season.
Individually, senior Jamie Stancliff (Advance, N.C.) continues to lead the league in blocks at 1.27 per contest. Helping her cause are three matches of double-digit block totals, which is the most by an A-Sun student-athlete since Jacksonville's Melissa Merchant tallied three double-digit matches in 2007 - two of which came in league play. Stancliff is the only student-athlete in the league to post a single double-digit block match so far this season. In addition, sophomore Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) ranks second in the A-Sun in both kills (4.08) and points (4.49).
Friday's match will be a "Faculty Spotlight" where players invite their favorite professor to be recognized. In addition, it will also be "Facebook Friday" – look for the coupon on our official Facebook page for a free popcorn. Saturday's match is "Fan Appreciation" – where popcorn and soda are just $1. There will also be free t-shirts to the first 50 fans and a signed volleyball for a lucky fan.
For fans unable to attend the matches this weekend, live video and live stats will be available for both matches. Live video for each match will be shown on ASun.TV for a fee. Meanwhile, free live stats will be available at ETSUBucs.com.
Scouting the Opponents
Jacksonville enters Friday's match with a 9-10 overall record on the season, including a 2-2 mark in A-Sun play. The Dolphins most recently split two matches against Mercer and Kennesaw State over the weekend. JU defeated Mercer 3-2 before falling to Kennesaw State 3-1. The Dolphins are led by the duo of Alliya Drzewiecki and Alison Loeppky as both average more than 2.25 kills per set. In addition, Loeppky leads the team in blocks at .79 per set. Meanwhile, sophomore Kylie Jacob leads the league in hitting percentage (.353) and Kendall Courtney ranks second in the conference in assists (9.96). ETSU is 5-6 all-time against Jacksonville, but last season the Bucs defeated the Dolphins 3-2 in Jacksonville.
North Florida enters the weekend with an 8-10 overall record on the season, including a 2-2 mark in A-Sun play. The Ospreys are coming off a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Georgia Southern on Wednesday. UNF is led by junior Paige Pridgeon with 3.31 kills per set, while also ranking second on the squad with 2.49 digs per set. Meanwhile, Carolyn Jenkins leads the team and ranks second in the A-Sun with 0.95 blocks per set. Jenkins ranks second to ETSU's Jamie Stancliff in the category. The Ospreys have been solid defensively as they rank second in the league in opponent's hitting percentage at .189. ETSU is 7-3 all-time against North Florida, including a pair of victories last season. The Bucs swept the Ospreys in the opening round of the Atlantic Sun Tournament, while also earning the regular season victory in Jacksonville.
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Bulldogs Visit Bryant, Hofstra
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's lacrosse team plays four of its next five games on the road, and that stretch starts this week with trips to Rhode Island and Long Island. Yale plays another team known as the Bulldogs, Bryant, on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. and then travels to Hofstra for a 1:00 p.m. game Saturday vs. the Pride.
Yale (1-2, 0-1 Ivy League) lost to No. 12 Dartmouth 10-6 this past Saturday at Reese Stadium. This week the Bulldogs will look to regain the form that they showed earlier last week at Quinnipiac, as their 19 goals in the 19-12 win over the Bobcats were the most Yale has scored in a game in five years.
Senior attacker Devon Rhodes (E. Northport, N.Y.) leads the Bulldogs in goals and points (11-3-14). She has had at least three points in every game this year. Rhodes is already more than halfway to her goal total from last season (21), and if she keeps up her torrid pace she would be the first Bulldog to score more than 50 goals in a season since Lauren Taylor '08 scored 65 in 2007.
Junior attacker Jen DeVito (Wading River, N.Y.) is second on the team in goals and points (7-4-11). She needs just eight more goals to tie her season high, and with a shooting percentage of .700 she is the Bulldogs' most accurate shooter.
DeVito is also tied for the team lead in ground balls with six. The other Bulldogs with six ground balls are sophomore midfielder Christina Doherty (Bernardsville, N.J.), who has a team-high 10 draw controls, and junior goalkeeper Erin McMullan (Wading River, N.Y.). McMullan has a .397 save percentage and a 12.67 goals-against average.
The Bulldogs had been 23-for-26 (.884) on clears in their first two games, but were limited to an 11-for-19 (.579) performance against Dartmouth.
Yale beat Bryant 11-10 last year at Reese Stadium, getting the game-winning goal from Doherty with 4:30 to play. Yale had a big edge in draw controls (15-8) thanks to four from Doherty and four from sophomore midfielder Cathryn Avallone (Manhasset, N.Y.).
Bryant (1-2, 0-0 NEC), which is in its fifth season at the Division I level and first season of full postseason eligibility, has a new head coach in Jill DePetris. DePetris is familiar with Yale, having spent the past three seasons in the Ivy League as an assistant coach at Brown. Bryant opened with an 8-7 loss to Holy Cross, then followed up with a 15-12 win over Siena and a 15-4 loss at Albany. Midfielder Kimberley Sniffen leads the team in goals and points (7-1-8), scoring on seven of her 10 shots. Defender Lindsay Langella leads the team in ground balls with six, while midfielder Lisa Vendel leads in draw controls with eight. Brianna Watt has a .470 save percentage and an 11.67 goals-against average.
Hofstra (4-1, 0-0 CAA) suffered its first loss of the season this past Sunday, 16-11 at No. 1 Maryland. The Pride had opened the year with a school record four straight wins -- three by two or fewer goals -- to earn a spot among the teams receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse poll. Attacker Brittain Altomare leads the Pride in goals, assists and points (11-11-22). Midfielder Jill Maier (17) and defender April Iannetta (16) have combined for 33 of the team's 57 draw controls. Iannetta, a CAA all-rookie team selection last year along with Altomare, has a team-best 11 caused turnovers. Defender Shelby Milne, a high school All-American last year, leads the team in ground balls with 12. Kelsey Gregerson has a .413 save percentage and a 10.59 goals-against average.
This will be the first meeting in 10 years between Yale and Hofstra; the Bulldogs have won 18 of 19 in the series. This is one of two trips to Long Island for Yale this year, as the Bulldogs will also play Columbia in a special game at Oceanside High School on Saturday Apr. 13. Thirteen of the 29 players on Yale's roster are from New York.
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- Directions to Hofstra's Shuart Stadium
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SetupBuilder 8.1 Build 4391 Release Announcement
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art's "Rocky Steps," were made famous by Sylvester Stallone's run to the top of the museum entrance in the movie Rocky.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Philadelphia offers excellent suburban options like Fishtown (to the northeast) and Fairmount (to the north and known as the "Art Museum Area"), ideal for young families and new professionals looking for green space and a slower pace outside the bustle of downtown. If being near all the hubbub is more your style, consider the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood in the middle of the city, and bursting with little boutiques, cafes and galleries.
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Outdoor festivals abound in Philly, from the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, one of the largest competitions in the world, to the Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens, featuring spring and summer performances and fountain displays set to music.
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With such a rich history, Philadelphia provides visitors and residents tons of free options for exploring and learning. Check out our list of free things to do:
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Satisfy your love for sports with a trip to Citizens Bank Park, home to the Phillies MLB team, or gather around the gridiron to watch the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Hockey fans can support the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center.
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Treat your children to an outing at the Philadelphia Zoo, where you feel a part of the animals' habitats as they wander behind a see-through mesh trail system throughout the zoo and above pedestrian walkways, or take them for a round of miniature golf or a carousel ride at Franklin Square.
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Can Low Prices Hurt Your Business?
This article is a reprint of Wise Bread's contribution to OPEN Forum from American Express -- where small business owners can get advice from experts and share tips with each other.
Low prices draw customers in, true. But that's not all they do. They can also send a message to your customers that you don't want them to hear.
Consider the Giants
Consider two retail giants: Target and Walmart.
Target is the trendier, hipper, and slightly more expensive store. It has cuter stuff, trendier clothes, and nicer selections. You go to Target when you want to take it up a bit in style and quality, and you don't mind paying a (slightly) higher price to do so.
Walmart is the low-price leader. You go to Walmart when you want one of everything and you want it at the lowest price.
Walmart has obviously done just fine with the low-price retail model. They've done so well, in fact, that their efforts to become trendier and pricier haven't worked. They end up settling back into the low-price leader position. That's where they've established their niche. It's where their customers expect them to be.
And that's the point.
What Your Customers Expect
If you advertise your wares at the lowest possible price, you might draw a crowd. Here's the question, though. Is it the crowd you want to draw?
You've got to take a deep breath and look past the immediate lure of cash coming in the door. Look long-term. What kind of customers do you want? What kind of customers will build your business?
What kind of customers like what you're doing enough to pay full-price?
How Low Prices Can Hurt
- Low prices can end up attracting low-end buyers for your high-end products and services.
- Low prices can scare your high-end buyers away. They're looking for quality and you're offering something that sounds too cheap to be valuable.
- Low prices can tag you as a discount brand when that's not what you want to be.
- Low prices can get you customers that love your initial buy-in (it's so cheap!) but will leave you on the follow-up (full-price) offers.
- Low prices can establish you in a particular market segment, and it might not be the right one for you.
- Low prices can trap you in a loss-leader position you can't afford to maintain.
How Low Should You Go?
Of course low prices aren't all bad. But use low prices wisely. If your entire customer base is built upon the fact that you slash prices to offer the absolute best deal in your market, realize that your customers will leave you when a better deal comes along.
Low prices are a tool that small business can and should use. But you shouldn't plan to build your business on offering low prices... unless you're planning to be the next Walmart.
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One Piece - Chapter 559 (manga)
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Iiiiit's that time of the week again! Summary:
-The ministory focuses on Zoro, but the details are still unknown right now.
-Luffy fights against Smoker. Unfortunately, he's still unable to damage him at this point. An enraged Hancock attacks Smoker for hurting Luffy. Interestingly enough, the commodore notes that she was able to damage him because of her Haki......
-Ivankov is still fighting against Kuma. He tries to reason with the Shichibukai, but it's no use. Doflamingo tells Iva that he doesn't know what connection the two of them have, but the Kuma that he's familiar with is already dead......
-Jinbei's fighting against Moria. It seems that Moria uses Shadows Asgard against him, but the merman simply knocks him out with a single punch (lol ).
-Buggy is fighting by Whitebeard's side. Newgate figured out Sengoku's plans, and gives orders to the NW captains. Ace has reached a decision: If his crew is able to reach him, he'll take their hands and join them. However, if the execution begins before then, he'll accept his punishment.......
Whoa, this is a damn intense chapter! Looks like we finally got confirmation on Haki being effective against Logias, huh? But I think I found the part about Kuma to be the most interesting. I'm guessing that Doflamingo is implying that Kuma is now a "complete" Pacifista at this point. Seeing as he was still incomplete around the time of Thriller Bark (and most likely Sabaody), I guess the former tyrant has now become a complete slave of the government (perhaps even as punishment for helping Luffy's crew).....
Rather disappointed to learn that Jinbei beat Moria so quickly, but I hope that doesn't mean that he's out of the picture yet! It's also awesome to know that Buggy is fighting alongside Whitebeard with his followers (although it's apparently because Whitebeard didn't want those guys to be a burden). Heh, I wonder if Buggy is going to try to sneak in an opportunity to snuff out ol' Newgate now that he's so close by his side.....?
Anyways, the chapter sounds awesome already. Can't wait for the pics.....
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By the way, I know that she's protective of Luffy and all, but it wasn't exactly smart of Hancock to attack Smoker. She'll just end up putting her Shichibukai status on thin ice like Jinbei did. And if her position gets revoked, she'll put her island in danger, just like Elder Nyon warned her......
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When she was originally introduced she even left Momonga alive and didnt react on Nyons pleas just because she didnt just care about it enough.
Hancock have her own reasons to hate WG and everything it represents for, she is also blinded for his love for Luffy and since she is so much after Luffy she cant see Luffy getting killed here.
Also if Marines suffer decisive defeat here then I really doubt that they have anymore sufficient manpower to spare to execute revenge on Amazon-Lily.
I am personally really happy for Boa's decision, go for it Hebihime-sama
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Go Hancock, kick that old mean Smoker's ass...wait, no, Luffy was supposed to do that...damn. Whatever the case, funny scene. I also like how Whitebeard keeps Buggy by his side simply because he doesn't consider Buggy a threat - it's confirmed then, Buggy will be the next Yonkou, now that he is going to be mistaken for Whitebeard's right hand man .
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Hellz yeah! Buggy's gonna rise to the top of the world, baby!
The funny thing is, Hancock didn't really need to intervene because Whitebeard told Marco to protect Luffy, anyway. There may still be a slight chance that Hancock won't get in too much trouble for attacking Smoker (who's already a loose cannon in the marines to begin with), but if she crosses the line any further then she can kiss Amazon Lily goodbye. Just because the marines may be faced with a lack of manpower after this war doesn't mean that the government can't use other means to attack the women's isle (Pacifistas, Cipher Pol, etc.)......
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Dammit, I been waiting all this time for Zoro's Mini-Story and when its finally out there's details about it. I bet they didn't release info on Zoro's mini-story on purpose.
Boa Hancock stepping in to protect Luffy is interesting, I can't wait to see it in the actual chapter. Can't say I'm surprised, I knew Hancock was going to be on Luffy's side, but I thought it would be against someone stronger than Smoker though.
I wonder if Whitebeard recognized Buggy from the Days when he fought against Gol D. Roger like he did with Red-Haired Shanks.
I am so glad One Piece is this entertaining because if it was failing like some others, I would have probably lost interest in manga/anime.
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And yet Mr. Satan ended up being a huge help to Goku near the end of DBZ, despite being a goofy comedy relief. But he's one of my favorite characters too, so I never found him annoying (I just find the goofier characters more interesting for some reason)......
That being said, I still wouldn't be surprised to see a weakling like Buggy rise to the top of the Pirate's Summit through a string of misunderstandings.
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Well who know what marco was doing we don't have whole chapter yet. Plus i don't think the WG want any more trouble right now, yeah she help luffy but she was call to kill WB not luffy.
They told her to come and fight WB she did , plus i don't think she really care about he warlords status that much. If they attack amazon lily were going have a whole bunch of haki females pirate running about .
Plus if any thing jinbei and BB are much bigger problems right now.
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Smoker is pretty badass even without of his fruit and he has Logia of all of them, I think Smoker should be atleast Vice Admiral if not his attidute problems...
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@Kusa-san Woah, between Vice-Admiral and Admiral, hold on now. Smoker's strong, but it would be a huge stretch to put him on par with Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu. If he were that strong, then there's no way Luffy would've been able to escape from him for that long in Alabasta. IMO, Smoker is closer in strength to a VA
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Luffy got save by his bro, then when he saw him again smoker let him go. Any one with logia power mean people can't hit which is huge in a fight . Smoker power might not be as powerfully like the admirals but there are only about 5 or 6 marines that we see that stronger than him.
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Alcatraz is Not an Island is a powerful documentary (which airs Nov. 7 on PBS) about the American Indian activists and their families who occupied Alcatraz Island in November 1969—an act that came to symbolize Indians' right to self-determination. Although remaining Indians were escorted off the island by armed marshals a year later, the occupation sparked both a revival in Indian culture and legislation by the Nixon administration to improve life for Indians. (Turtle Island Productions)
Watch for a new documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who struggled against the Nazis. Included are highlights from Bonhoeffer's year-long stay in New York, when he was influenced by the social justice preaching of Abyssinian Baptist Church's Adam Clayton Powell Sr. Bonhoeffer, directed by Martin Doblmeier, will hit PBS stations this fall and theaters in early 2003. (Journey Films)
Bombies, an hour-long documentary, depicts the ongoing nightmare of the U.S. "secret war" against Laos. From 1964 to 1973, the United States conducted a major bombing campaign on the tiny country in which an estimated 91 million cluster bombs were dropped. Those that didn't immediately explode have killed more than 12,000 people since the war. Bombies looks at the devastating effects of the bombing and what's being done to disarm those that remain. (Bullfrog Films)


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MAD ISLAND, Texas — Strange things are aloft in the bird world.
Endangered whooping cranes flew 2,500 miles from Canada to Texas, where they usually spend the whole winter. Instead, they pecked around for a short time and flew back. In Nebraska, other cranes never left.
Some ducks just kept flying south — all the way to Belize in Central America. And a snowy owl was spotted near Dallas, only the sixth time that's ever happened.
Throughout the winter, scientists have noticed these and other examples of bizarre bird migrations — a result, they believe, of flocks becoming desperate for food and habitat becoming increasingly scarce because of the stubborn drought in Texas. The unusually mild winter in the Northeast and Midwest has even persuaded some birds they could stay put, fly shorter distances or turn back north earlier than normal.
"We have birds scattered all over the place looking for habitat right now," said Richard Kostecke, a bird expert and associate director of conservation, research and planning at the Nature Conservancy in Texas.
The concerns go beyond a few lost flocks. Migratory birds often use the winter months to rest, eat and gain energy for the long journey back to their nesting grounds, so biologists can only guess at the effects of this season's peculiar movements.
What will happen if the birds' diets are altered or if they expend too much energy? What if they fail to migrate at all? Will they still be able to breed after a stressful winter?
"You may see a cascade of impacts," Kostecke said. "We don't know exactly where things will end up."
In a typical winter, the Texas Gulf Coast is packed with tens of thousands of birds — songbirds, waterfowl, catbirds, gnatcatchers, warblers and other migrants. But this year, an annual count done just before Christmas found the population had dropped steeply.
The number of water-dwelling birds was down significantly. Geese, for example, were 61 percent below their 19-year average. Dabbling ducks dropped 43 percent, diving ducks 60 percent and spoonbills 74 percent.
Part of the problem is lack of food. The drought — the worst one-year dry spell in Texas history — parched thousands of acres of wetlands along the coast, a habitat that is normally rich with fish, seafood, berries and insects.
At the Nature Conservancy's Mad Island preserve alone, wetlands have been depleted from 1,100 acres to a mere 200 acres. Habitat provided by rice paddies will also probably decline because many farmers are not expected to get water for irrigation. And with so little rain, freshwater is scarce.
Lucky for the birds, they can fly.
"God gave birds wings for a reason: to pick up and find what they need," said Dave Morrison, the small game director at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
A mid-winter population survey revealed that overall numbers were down about 3 percent compared with last year. In the rain-starved Panhandle, where ducks typically rely on water-filled natural basins as habitat, there were 15,000 birds this year, compared with 36,000 last winter.
But many apparently sought refuge in the state's prairie areas, where biologists spotted 1.2 million ducks this year compared with about 885,000 last year.
The unexpected population shifts weren't limited to waterfowl on the coast. Surveys show inland species are on the move, too. They were observed in greater numbers near the Gulf, probably because their usual homes offered little food. So they kept flying — all the way to the coast, where they hoped to find more mice, snakes and other small prey.
The disruption in natural migration comes with risks, even for the birds who survive into the spring. Birds that switch migratory paths may be fine for a couple years, but they could die later if they follow the same path only to find that their destination has become much warmer or colder than expected.
One of the biggest concerns is for the whooping crane. There are only about 300 of these majestic, 5-foot birds left in the wild. This endangered flock, which scientists and the federal government have been working to revitalize for decades, flies every year from its nesting grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
In 2009, the year of the last major drought, an estimated 23 birds died, probably because they were unable to find enough of the high-protein blue crabs and wolf berries to eat in Texas. Scientists were concerned the same thing could happen again.
But the first census found many of the birds weren't even on the coast. Only about two-thirds of the cranes were spotted. One family, or about a half-dozen cranes, reached the Gulf, then turned around to spend the winter at Granger Lake about 225 miles north.
A few others were seen in unusually mild Nebraska. The rest are missing.
"They may show up on later censuses, or they may be scattered out in different places where they're finding good resources," Kostecke said.
Scientists plan to monitor the bird population to study the long-term consequences of this season's migratory patterns. Experts in Belize are sharing notes with counterparts in Texas, who are talking to other specialists in the northern United States and Canada.
Next year, they will watch whether water birds again migrate farther south or if more snowy owls appear in Dallas — an unusually urban setting for the fluffy white bird. But they hope migration returns to normal, along with weather patterns.
Just because the birds "have not parked in the place people are accustomed to this year, doesn't mean they aren't going to come back there," Morrison said.
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President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom—the nation's highest civilian award—to 16 highly accomplished individuals including openly gay tennis superstar Billie Jean King and iconic gay activist and politician Harvey Milk.
Remarking on King, who became one of the first openly gay sports figures when she came out in 1981, the President said: "With Billie Jean King pushing us, the road ahead will be smoother for women, the future will be brighter for LGBT Americans, and our nation's commitment to equality will be stronger for all."
Presenting the posthumous award to Milk, which was accepted by his nephew Stuart Milk, the President remarked: "Harvey Bernard Milk dedicated his life to shattering boundaries and challenging assumptions. As one of the first openly gay elected officials in this country, he changed the landscape of opportunity for the nation's gay community."
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What is a trousseau, I hear you ask. Well, this is what it says in the dictionary:
"trous•seau, n. [French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse, bundle. See truss.] The possessions, such as clothing and linens, that a bride assembles for her marriage."
Apparently, in days of old, young women would excitedly put together a trousseau. They would gather stuff for their new married life in something called a "hope chest".
The booty would include jewellery, lingerie, toiletries and makeup, and bed lines and bath towels for their new homes.
And since Victorian times, this bride-to-be treasure chest would include new outfits to wear on the honeymoon and during the first days of newly-wedded bliss.
It was a big deal for some. Victorian writer James D McCabe wrote the following about high society trousseaus in his 1872 guidebook Lights and Shadows of New York Life:
"The society woman must have one or two velvet dresses which cannot cost less than $500 each. She must possess thousands of dollars worth of laces, in the shape of flounces, to loop up over the skirts of dresses… Walking dresses cost from $50 to $300; ball dresses are frequently imported from Paris at a cost of from $500 to $1,000."
It all seems a bit over the top if you ask me.
Why am I telling you all this? Because I've been gathering together my own trousseau, in preparation for my honeymoon.
It's mainly just clothes and shoes, though – since me and J already live together I don't need bed linen or bath towels.
As far as I was concerned I was just shopping for honeymoon stuff – till my friend Mulenga pointed out there was this fancy term for it. I didn't realise it was this big tradition.
We are lucky enough to be having a lovely beach honeymoon. (And more on that later) So at first I just thought I would make do with last season's summer wear.
But then my lovely mother-in-law Linda offered to take me shopping. What did I do to deserve her?
I'm not massively into labels so I stuck to the High Street – H&M, Zara, Mango etc. Your money goes so much further that way. No $500 velvet dresses for me.
And I'm certainly not keeping my new purchases in a hope box. But I'm thrilled with them just the same. All I need to do now is sort out some good books to read on the ebach and I'm all sorted.
Above I'm wearing: Left picture: Culottes (approx €25.00), top (€4.99) and scarf (€7.99) H&M, Shoes (approx €20) Musgo
Centre (Maxi dress, €24.99 Oysho, shoes: £35.00 Kurt Geiger
Right: Playsuit: €29.99, H&M, Shoes approx €30, Zara
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