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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [ Additional Contacts: Robert Ramirez, Hunter Education Specialist, (972) 263-1219; firstname.lastname@example.com ] March 8, 2012 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop March 24, 2012 in Waco, Texas. Workshop will begin at 8:00am - 5:00pm at the Bledsoe-Miller Community Center located at 300 MLK Blvd. "We will be training new applicants and currently certified instructors in skills trail, live firing exercises and home study procedures," said Robert Ramirez, hunter education specialist with TPWD. "The training puts fun and exciting activities into the learning experience. Students will benefit by going through actual hunting simulations and by making their own decisions regarding responsible actions using 'shoot-don't-shoot' scenarios." Before you attend this workshop, you must go to the following web site and prepare yourself by going over the Introduction and the first 4 chapters of the instructor training manual. You will sign an acknowledgement and release that you have done this pre-workshop assignment as part of your training. The site is as follows: tpwd.texas.gov/learning/hunter_education/instruct.phtml. Every Texas hunter born on or after September 2, 1971, must successfully complete a hunter education course. The hunter education program's goals are to reduce hunting-related accidents and violations; promote safe, responsible and knowledgeable hunting; and enhance hunting traditions and values. Hunter education provides instruction in Texas hunting regulations, wildlife management and identification, conservation, ethics, firearm and hunting safety and responsibility and outdoor skills. "By understanding hunting through education, hunters and non-hunters alike will help make a bright future for the sport. Now is the time to become involved, so let us know if you are interested in becoming an instructor," Ramirez said. To register, contact Brent Heath, TPWD Hunter Education Area Chief, at (254-722-5660) -30- [ Note: This item is more than seven years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [RM] March 8, 2012 Springtime in Full Bloom at Texas State Parks AUSTIN - What looks to be a promising wildflower season has started early this year and Texas State Parks remain some of the best and safest places to see and photograph a dazzling array of bluebonnets, mountain laurels and other blooming flora. This comes as good news for wildflower fans on the heels of last year's record-setting heat wave and drought that make wildflower season a bust throughout most of a state that boasts more than 5,000 wildflower species. Most parts of Texas as of late, however, are benefiting from the late fall and winter rains and warmer-than-normal January and February temperatures. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists and state park natural resources specialists concur with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's prediction of an impressive wildflower season thanks to well-timed moisture in central, eastern and northern parts of Texas. Even in drought-stricken West Texas, state park field reports show exceptions to the rule of a poor wildflower showing. "The rains and snow, coupled with recent suitable temperatures have proven to be the perfect combination for a beautiful and prolific Mexican gold poppy blooming season," reports Adrianna Weickhardt, interpretive ranger for Franklin Mountains State Park in El Paso. "We'll be celebrating with the Poppies Festival at nearby Castner Range on March 31." "It's a great spring in East Texas," says TPWD botanist Jason Singhurst, who has been seeing lots of sandyland bluebonnets (Lupinus subcarnous) that are expected to reach full bloom in coming weeks. Singhurst also looks for good crops of Texas groundsel, bluets, white trout lily, mayapples and other flowering flora in the piney woods and post oak savannah of East Texas. He recommends Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway, and Tyler and Purtis Creek state parks as good wildflower-viewing locations in East Texas. TPWD botanist Jackie Poole concurs with her fellow botanist about a promising wildflower season and notes "some weird things happening" where spring bloomers are concerned around Austin. "Texas mountain laurels already have bloomed ahead of agarita and Mexican buckeye that usually come first," Poole says. "The drought may be causing some species to flower earlier or later than normal, but I've got a great crop of bluebonnets, as well as many other species, in my yard. Give us some sunny, warm days and things will really start to pop." Sandy soils typically produce some of the better wildflower displays, according to Poole, so wildflower lovers in central Texas should consider visiting Palmetto and Inks Lake state parks, as well Enchanted Rock State Natural Area north of Fredericksburg. Just outside Bandera, park staff report "Hill Country State Natural Area has put on her spring bonnet with purple mountain laurel, hot pink redbuds and bright yellow agarita bushes all ablaze. The fragrances are fabulous and the wildflowers are just starting up and promise to be in full bloom after early spring rains and sunny days." A healthy crop of bluebonnet rosettes spotted in mid-February are now starting to bloom in Goliad State Park, where spring arrived early, and park ranger Tammy Zellner promises "somewhat of a bumper crop this year." In addition, she reports pink evening primrose, winecup, blue-curls and Indian paintbrush are starting to put on blooms. In parts of central and north Texas, Texans are already being treated to the colorful blooms of such flowering trees as redbuds, peach, pear and Mexican plum. Judging from the profusion of pink blooms on peach trees recently spied around Fredericksburg and Stonewall, barring an unpredictable late spring freeze, peach lovers are in for a mouth-watering season. Wildflower season at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site takes on special meaning this year during Texas' year-long celebration of the 100th birthday of one of the state's biggest wildflower champions, Lady Bird Johnson, who would have turned 100 years old this December. LBJ Park Superintendent Iris Neffendorf expects showy displays of bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and other along park trails and roads. In honor of Mrs. Johnson, the park has installed a new wildflower display inside the Visitors Center to help with wildflower identification along the park's nature trail that Lady Bird helped get developed and frequently strolled. On May 5 and 12, park will host a guided nature walk to highlight its flora, fauna and history. Some of the most eye-popping wildflower crops to be viewed year-in, year-out are found in rolling, verdant Washington County. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site between Brenham and Navasota offers great wildflower diversity among 293 acres of natural riverside beauty, as well as an informative primer on early Republic of Texas history. Rewarding patches also can be seen near Houston at Brazos Bend and Galveston state parks. For updated statewide wildflower reports, visit the Texas Department of Transportation's Web site or call 1-800-452-9292 that details where noteworthy stands of wildflowers have been sighted along the state's highways. Additional field reports this week from park staff: WEST TEXAS San Angelo State Park - Fairly decent rainfall as well as some snow have resulted in blankets of bladderpods, small patches of plains yellow daisy, Dutchman breeches, windflower and fringed puccoon. Smaller flowering plants, such as peppergrass, cranesbill and henbit are becoming abundant as well. GULF COAST Mustang Island State Park - We have some beach evening primrose lighting up the dunes. Goose Island State Park - We should have somewhat of a bumper crop this year. The field behind the Rec Hall is covered in bluebonnets and wildflowers are sprouting all over the Lamar Peninsula. HILL COUNTRY Colorado Bend State Natural Area - There are some serious mountain laurel displays and we're expecting the bluebonnet crop to be great. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area - Bluebonnets are coming out and should be in full bloom within the next couple of weeks, and the Mexican redbud and mountain laurels are blooming. Government Canyon State Natural Area - Wildflower season is in full swing. Currently, the hills and savannah are covered in a mix of golden-eye phlox and prolific displays of low bladderpod. Bluebonnets are just beginning to open and will be in full bloom within the next week or two. Lost Maples State Natural Area - Mountain laurels are putting on blooms. McKinney Falls State Park - Bluebonnets starting to bloom. South Llano River State Park - The wildflowers are just getting started, but right now, we have prairie verbena and agarita blooming. In the next few weeks, redbuds should be blooming and shortly thereafter the mountain laurels should join the verbena in an awesome show. SOUTHEAST TEXAS Wildflowers appear to be abundant in most parks in this region, but peaking about two weeks earlier than normal. Right now, flatwoods plums and redbuds are in full bloom at Huntsville and Stephen F. Austin state parks. NORTH TEXAS Dinosaur Valley State Park - Bluebonnets will be the major flower here. Cedar Hill State Park - We have done several prescribed burns of Blackland Prairie remnants at the sound end of the park. Typically, this results in an extra special mix of wildflowers, including wild foxglove, prairie celestials, wild hyacinth and Engelmann's daisy, lasting through spring months. Ray Roberts Lake State Park and Greenbelt - At this time, visitors are seeing oft-overlooked, but lovely early spring wildflowers such as small bluets, spring beauty, vetch and crow poison, as well as blooming Mexican plum trees. Soon to show their blooms will be bluebonnets, Indian blanket, fire wheels, pink evening primrose, prairie spiderwort, dotted blue-eyed grass, Drummonds wild onion, lemon bee balm, brown-eyed Susan and green wild indigo . EAST TEXAS Purtis Creek State Park - We should have bluebonnets in bloom this month. There's a large patch at the office, should be blooming sporadically throughout the park, along with Indian paintbrush and other species. --- On the Net: http://www.txdot.gov/travel/flora_conditions.htm http://www.texasstateparks.org -30- [ Note: This item is more than seven years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] March 8, 2012 Texas Parks & Wildlife offers 10 good reason to get outside this spring AUSTIN - With the redbuds and bluebonnets blooming, it's time to get outside and enjoy spring in Texas. "Much of Texas is still way behind its average annual rainfall, but it looks like winter rains in many areas of the state will make for an excellent spring," says Texas Parks and Wildlife Executive Director Carter Smith. "Weather forecasters say we may still be in for more drought, so it's a good idea to make the most of spring while it lasts." With apologies to a certain late night talk show host, here are the top 10 reasons to head outdoors and enjoy a great spring: --The fish are biting. The white bass, which travel like salmon upstream to lay and fertilize their eggs each spring, are already running in East Texas and in streams with sufficient water. The action should be starting any day now in Central Texas, with Colorado Bend State Park a perennial hot spot. Black bass are also heading into the spring spawning season with several ShareLunkers already on the board at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. Plan a visit to TFFC for an up-close and personal look at these amazing fish. Likewise, conditions along the coast are heating up and a tour of Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson offers a front row view of some impressive saltwater specimens. --The wildflowers are beginning to bloom in all but the most drought-stricken parts of the state. Prime public viewing and photographic opportunities can be found in traditional wildflower havens such as Lyndon B. Johnson and Washington-on-the-Brazos state historic sites, as well as East Texas destinations like Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway, and Tyler and Purtis Creek. Sandy soils typically produce some of the better wildflower displays, so head to Palmetto, Inks Lake and Enchanted Rock State Natural Area to see bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush and other early bloomers. For wildflower sighting updates, starting March 15, call the Texas Department of Transportation Hotline at 1-800-452-9292. --The camping is great. Take advantage of mild days and cool nights for overnight camping in more than 90 parks across Texas. Weekend campsites go early in the spring, so book your reservation now by calling (512) 389-8900 or visiting: http://tpwd.texas.gov. --Go ahead, make some s'mores. In many parks, burn bans that were in place last summer and fall and have been lifted. Depending on the weather and altitude, it's a wonderful time of the year to enjoy a campfire. --Hit the road, Jack. Well, hit the trail. Mild temperatures and relatively low humidity make it a perfect time to go for a hike. Not only will you enjoy the scenery and wildlife, from butterflies to game animals, you'll burn off those s'mores you ate around the campfire. --It's Texas history season. One hundred and seventy-six years ago, the Texas Revolution was underway. State parks at sites that played a role in the brief but sanguinary military campaign that gained Texas its independence from Mexico include Washington-on-the-Brazos, Goliad and the San Jacinto Battle Ground. --Go and park it. If you visit almost any of our state parks on weekdays, you'll find them far less crowded than they are on weekends this time of the year. Try one of the typically less crowded hidden "jewels" such as Copper Breaks, Seminole Canyon, Caprock Canyons, Meridian or Village Creek. --Head to the beach. If you don't like crowds and partying, wait until Spring Break is over, and then pack your fishing gear, surfboards and sunscreen and head to the Gulf sands of Galveston, Goose Island, Mustang Island and Sea Rim state parks. You'll not only enjoy great beaches, but a variety of camping options. --Go turkey hunting. Rio Grande spring turkey hunting season opens in March and Eastern turkey season starts in April. With an abundance of gobblers available, the prospects look good this season. --Spring is for the birds. Spring is one of the best times of year for birding. Discover more than 950 places in Texas to see our feathered friends by picking up a Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail or Great Texas Wildlife Trail map by visiting: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wildlife/wildlife-trails/ -30-


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Report: Derek Boogaard's family sues NHL for wrongful death
New York, NY – The family of the late Derek Boogaard reportedly filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League on Friday.
According to the New York Times, the family feels that the NHL is responsible for the physical trauma and brain damage that Boogaard sustained over his six- year career. The family is also putting the blame on the league for Boogaard's addiction to prescription painkillers.
Boogaard was found dead of an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers and alcohol on May 13, 2011. He was 28.
"To distill this to one sentence, you take a young man, you subject him to trauma, you give him pills for that trauma, he becomes addicted to those pills, you promise to treat him for that addiction, and you fail," William Gibbs, a lawyer for the Boogaards, told the paper.
The lawsuit states that Boogaard fought at least 66 times over the course of his career and, according to the suit, "was provided copious amounts of prescription pain medications, sleeping pills, and painkiller injections by NHL team's physicians, dentists, trainers and staff" to combat the injuries and pain he endured.
In addition, the suit alleges that Boogaard was given at least 13 injections of a masking agent for pain in the last two years of his career, provided by doctors of at least seven NHL teams. He was prescribed over 1,000 pills from numerous doctors during the 2008-09 season with the Minnesota Wild. Following the season, doctors prescribed 150 pills of oxycodone over 16 days after operations on his nose and his shoulder.
A spokesperson for the NHL declined to comment about the lawsuit.
Boogaard had three goals and 13 assists to go along with 589 penalty minutes in 277 career games with the Wild and Rangers.


text: Hi, Andy It might be that case that it works for your card too. I think the best is to give it a try ;-) Best regards Hartmut Andy wrote: > Cool, nice job Nick! > > Do you (or someone else) know if this little mod will work for T200 cards > (placed under the T200 'case' statement of course though)? I'd have thought > they are fairly similar and would therefore use the same key masks...? > > Thanks, > > Andy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <nick at sydcruise.com> > To: <linux-dvb at linuxtv.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:31 AM > Subject: [linux-dvb] RE: Compro DVB-T300 Remote > > > >>After much trial and error I've managed to get the remote to work. >> >>I don't know how to create patches etc... just yet so I've included the >>mod's I've made to the saa7134-cards.c and the saa7134-input.c files to >>get this to work. >> >> >>saa7134-cards.c >>Below the switch (dev->board) { line I added the following >> >> case SAA7134_BOARD_VIDEOMATE_DVBT_300: >> >>saa7134-input.c >>Below the switch (dev->board) { line I added the following >> >> case SAA7134_BOARD_VIDEOMATE_DVBT_300: >> ir_codes = videomate_tv_pvr_codes; >> mask_keycode = 0x003F00; >> mask_keyup = 0x040000; >> break; >> >>Once I loaded the saa7134 module I was able to use evdev to see that the >>keypresses were corresponding to the correct buttons. >> >>I then grabbed the lirc.conf file from bytesex and created a lircrc file. >> >>Changed lirc to use --driver=dev/input --device=/dev/input/event1 (or what >>ever your IR points to) and then started irxevent. Ran Myth and everything >>is now working beautifully. >> >>I'm not sure if this is 100% because I basically used trial and error to >>get the result but it does work for me :) >> >>Cheers >> >>Nick >> >>_______________________________________________ >>linux-dvb mailing list >>linux-dvb at linuxtv.org >>http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb at linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >


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It's time for a Pirate Party tutorial!
Doodlebop's 3rd birthday is fast approaching. One of the activities we will be doing is some sort of treasure hunt (I don't quite have it all sorted out yet, but I know that 6-year-old Mr. P. would like nothing more than to lead a bunch of 3-year-olds on a treasure hunt.)
I thought that at each step along the way, they could discover something pirate-themed that could be added to their "costume".
So I made a bunch of pirate patches.
These were really quite easy to make.
Pirate Eye Patch Tutorial
Materials Needed:
black elastic (1/4 inch or smaller)
black felt
1. Cut felt into the shape of an eye patch.
or in my case, cut 20!
2. Cut elastic to about 18 or 19 inches (or measure child's head for more accuracy.)
3. sew elastic to the eye patch. Make sure elastic doesn't twist. It's best to sew elastic in two places (see very blurry picture below.
And there you have it!


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Hi Friends from Den Haag!
Aparently I will be traveling near Arhnem for a buisness trip around April 1st when you play away match with RKC Waalwijk. I would like to support you!
Please help me out how to arrange that... where buy tickets, when/where you gather before match etc...
Take care,


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The Sigma Chi International Fraternity offers two separate internship opportunities throughout the summer months. One is with Sigma Chi International Headquarters supporting the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, while the other is affiliated with the Horizons leadership development program.
Please read the descriptions below for more information about each opportunity. The applications for each internship are separate, but undergraduates are allowed to apply for both opportunities. Traditionally, undergraduate members can only be accepted into one program each year.
Headquarters Summer Internship
Sigma Chi Fraternity International Headquarters is an excellent place to learn and hone your professional skills while advancing the interests of our Order. Here you will find brotherhood, opportunity, responsibility, challenge and reward. This year, the Fraternity is offering the opportunity for exceptional brothers to work as summer interns at Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters in Evanston, Ill. These internships will run for just over 8 weeks, starting at the beginning of June and ending with Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) in August. Additional interns will be asked to join the Leadership Programs team at Headquarters just two weeks prior to Balfour LTW and assist while on-site at Bowling Green State University. Interns will have the opportunity to be involved with almost every aspect of the Fraternity's operations and will receive travel, housing and eating allowances, as well as ample time to enjoy the sights and sounds of Chicago. In addition, each intern will receive a scholarship for his services.
Horizons Summer Internship
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity has taken great strides in continually providing leadership development opportunities for each of its undergraduate members. In addition to participating in the Horizons leadership development program, undergraduates are also eligible to serve the Fraternity as an intern on the logistics team and member of the Horizons operating board after attending the program as a participant.