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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Why Liberals Should Vote for Marco Rubio — Marco Rubio would be a terrible president. His tax proposals make George W. Bush look fiscally prudent. He acts as if America can use sanctions, war, or the threat of war to bludgeon its adversaries into submission despite the devastating failure of that approach since 9/11.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog and Human Events
George Will / Human Events: The Albatross of a Trump Endorsement
Trump, Clinton dominant as Super Tuesday looms — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised to lead the nation's two major parties in this fall's presidential election — (CNN)Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised to lead the nation's two major parties in this fall's presidential election …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post: How Donald Trump is already impacting Republican candidates, in one ad
Sundance / The Last Refuge: CNN/ORC National Poll - Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Suffer Stunning Drops, Trump and Carson Gain...
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch: On Eve Of Super Tuesday Religious Right Continues To Split
Jim O'Sullivan GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com: Clinton leads Sanders in new Mass. poll
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: New National Poll Finds No Evidence That Attacks From Rubio & Cruz Have Hurt Trump
Casey Harper / The Daily Caller: Poll Shows Donald Trump Is Doing Better Than Ever
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog: Donald Trump nears the 50% mark in a nationwide CNN poll of GOP voters
Jeva Lange / The Week: Hillary Clinton has a big national lead over Bernie Sanders heading into Super Tuesday
David Sherfinski / Washington Times: Donald Trump dominating GOP field ahead of Super Tuesday: poll
Mark Murray / NBC News: Polls: Trump, Clinton Ahead in Super Tuesday States
Bloomberg Business:
Super Tuesday Predictions Point to Trump, Clinton Rout — Statistical models, betting markets, and the Internet weigh in. — andretartar — On Tuesday, more delegates will be awarded than on any other day of the presidential race. About half of the delegates needed for a Republican candidate …
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider and Guardian
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico: Bing forecasts Super Tuesday near-sweep for Trump, Clinton
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight: Super Guide to Super Tuesday — Republican Edition
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: Microsoft Bing correctly guessed almost every Oscar winner last year — but it didn't do as well this year
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Plouffe to Clinton: Stop micromanaging
Plouffe to Clinton: Stop micromanaging
Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo Politics and Taylor Marsh
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Thunderdome: Gone Savage For Trump
Thunderdome: Gone Savage For Trump
Discussion: RedState and ProfessorBainbridge.com
Morning Consult:
Trump Grows Stronger Ahead of Super Tuesday, Poll Shows — Real estate mogul and Republican front-runner for president Donald Trump increased his lead over Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ahead of Super Tuesday, according to a new Morning Consult national survey. — If Rubio hoped that going negative …
Discussion: Daily Oklahoman, Washington Post, CNN, Hullabaloo, Infowars and American Prospect
Chris Casteel / Daily Oklahoman: Coburn endorses Rubio, slams Trump
Paul Waldman / Washington Post: Happy Hour Roundup
Tal Kopan / CNN: Are there enough late-deciders to save Marco Rubio?
Kit Daniels / Infowars: Trump's Lead Exploding Ahead of Super Tuesday
Paul Waldman / American Prospect: Marco Rubio Is Right: Donald Trump Is a Con Man
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's feigned ignorance about the KKK raises disturbing questions
Trump's feigned ignorance about the KKK raises disturbing questions
Discussion: Politico, TODAY.com, Breitbart, CNN, Slate, Talking Points Memo, Fusion, New York Times, Betsy's Page, RedState, addictinginfo.org, Mother Jones, The Hill and No More Mister Nice Blog
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com: Donald Trump on KKK non-answer: A 'very bad earpiece' made it tough to hear
Jordan Schachtel / Breitbart: Donald Trump Condemned Klansman David Duke in 2000, But Now Claims To 'Know Nothing About' Him
Daniel Politi / Slate: Republican Presidential Frontrunner Repeatedly Refuses to Condemn Ku Klux Klan
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo: JoeScar After Trump's KKK Comments: Is This How Party Of Lincoln Dies?
David Matthews / Fusion: Everything you need to know about David Duke, the former KKK leader causing trouble for Donald Trump
Toni Monkovic / New York Times: Why Liberal Massachusetts Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Big Victory
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web
John Prager / addictinginfo.org: Even Trump's Best Friend Joe Scarborough Can't Handle His 'Disqualifying' KKK Support (VIDEO)
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Joe Scarborough Finally Turns on Donald Trump
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill: Trump dodges on David Duke question: ' I know nothing about white supremacists'
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump blames 'lousy earpiece' for KKK flap
Trump blames 'lousy earpiece' for KKK flap
Discussion: ABC News, The Moderate Voice, Vox, NBC News, Washington Blade, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, The Week, ThinkProgressPage Array, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Towleroad, Business Insider, Shakesville, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, USA Today, Althouse, Mashable, fox13now.com, The Gateway Pundit, CBS New York, Guardian, The Times of Israel, Boing Boing and Talking Points Memo
Candace Smith / ABC News: Donald Trump Asks Protester If She's From Mexico
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Trump blames refusal to disavow Duke KKK support on "lousy earpiece"
Jeff Stein / Vox: Map: more than half of states have an active KKK chapter
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade: Gay groups condemn Trump over KKK flap
Arnold Steinberg / The Huffington Post: Trump, the KKK, David Duke and SuperTuesday
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine: Donald Trump Says a Bad Earpiece Prevented Him From Condemning the KKK
Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array: Trump Says He Couldn't Denounce Notorious White Supremacist Because Of A Bad Earpiece
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Donald Trump blames 'lousy earpiece' for his refusal to condemn KKK leader
Andy Towle / Towleroad: Monday Morning News: Leonardo DiCaprio, Trump's Earpiece, Charlie Sheen, Italy, Leap Day Lather
Pamela Engel / Business Insider: Donald Trump blames 'very bad earpiece' for interview in which he did not denounce KKK leader
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: This Fu@#ing Guy and His Whole Fu@#king Party
Heather Hunter / The Daily Caller: Romney, Scarborough: Trump's KKK Reaction 'Disqualifying' [VIDEO]
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Scarborough: Trump's comments on Duke are disqualifying
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Why wouldn't Donald Trump "unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that [he doesn't] …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: NY Times Smears Trump - Says He Did Not Disavow David Duke Endorsement=> Here's the Video
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Is Donald Trump becoming forgetful?
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter
Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Why the Winner of Marco Rubio Versus Donald Trump Might Be John Kasich
Scott Shackford / Hit & Run: Rubio Is Saying Nasty Things About Trump, but Let's Not Pretend This Isn't Politics as Usual
Pamela Engel / Business Insider: Donald Trump is constantly using this insult to diminish Marco Rubio
Esther Goldberg / American Spectator: Eine Kleine Nachtinsult
Nancy Zdunkewicz / Democracy Corps:
Explaining Trump: GOP Civil War & its Opportunities
Explaining Trump: GOP Civil War & its Opportunities
Discussion: Washington Post
Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee: 'Does anybody think Donald Trump is a racist?'
Huckabee: 'Does anybody think Donald Trump is a racist?'
Discussion: ABC News, Washington Monthly, RedState, The Jawa Report, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Balloon Juice and Associated Press
John Parkinson / ABC News: White House Hits Donald Trump for Response to Ex-KKK Grand Wizard David Duke
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly: Quick Takes — * After Trump refused to disavow the support …
Carter Eskew / Washington Post: Chris Rock and Donald Trump spark conversations about racism in the United States
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Never Forget the Classics!
Anne Laurie / Balloon Juice: Monday Morning Open Thread: Schadenfreude Special
Alex Jaffe / NBC News:
Donald Trump Has 'Small Hands,' Marco Rubio Says
Donald Trump Has 'Small Hands,' Marco Rubio Says
Discussion: Washington Monthly, BuzzFeed, Washington Post and Towleroad
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly: Rubio Lurches Into the Gutter to Join Trump
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed: Marco Rubio Joked That Donald Trump Has Small Hands
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post: What the presidential candidates could learn from watching Chris Rock
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration — The New York Times is sitting on an audio recording that some of its staff believes could deal a serious blow to Donald Trump, who, in an off-the-record meeting with the newspaper, called into question whether …
Discussion: Townhall.com, New York Times, Politico, RedState, JustOneMinute, Mediaite, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, The Right Scoop and The Week
Gail Collins / New York Times: Trump Meets the Mean Boys
Eliza Collins / Politico: Cruz calls on Trump to release NYT recordings
Streiff / RedState: WHAT? Are You Telling Me Donald Trump Doesn't Believe He Can Actually Deport 11 Million People??
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Bluff And Counterbluff — WTF is it now? From Ben Smith and Buzzfeed (I know...)
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite: NYT's 'Secret Tapes' Aren't News: Trump Copped to Hiding Compassionate Side for Polls In Oct.
Allahpundit / Hot Air: BuzzFeed: There's secret audio of Trump telling the NYT off-the-record that he's not really a border hawk or something
Maegan Vazquez / Independent Journal Review: Donald Trump Faces Heat to 'Release the Tape' of Him Telling the NYTimes His Immigration Position
The Right Scoop: UH OH: There's a SECRET Trump interview at NY Times on what he REALLY thinks about immigration
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clarence Thomas Breaks 10 Years of Silence at Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — Breaking a decade-long silence, Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked several questions from the Supreme Court bench. He spoke just weeks after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose empty seat next to Justice Thomas's remains draped in black.
Discussion: Townhall.com, Vox, Slate, Washington Post, Boing Boing, BuzzFeed and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com: SCOTUS: Justice Thomas Breaks 10-Year Silence
Dylan Matthews / Vox: Clarence Thomas just asked his first question as a Supreme Court justice in 10 years
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate: Clarence Thomas Just Asked His First Question in a Decade on the Supreme Court
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post: Get ready for Justice Thomas's next question on the Supreme Court
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Clarence Thomas stuns courtroom by asking his first question in a decade
Chris McDaniel / BuzzFeed: Justice Clarence Thomas Just Asked His First Question In A Decade
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: He Speaks!
Yahoo Politics:
Justice Thomas poses questions, stuns Supreme Court crowd
Justice Thomas poses questions, stuns Supreme Court crowd
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Shakesville
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
For first time in 10 years, Justice Clarence Thomas asks questions during an argument
For first time in 10 years, Justice Clarence Thomas asks questions during an argument
Discussion: Althouse
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Scalia showdown is opening round of long fight over Supreme Court's future
Scalia showdown is opening round of long fight over Supreme Court's future
Discussion: Hit & Run
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Hit & Run: Abortion Rights Back Before the U.S. Supreme Court This Week
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Guard choke-slams photographer at Trump rally in Va. — A photographer was slammed down on a table by someone who appears to be a security guard during a Donald Trump — rally Monday in Virginia. — A short video of the encounter was posted on Twitter by Independent Journal reporter Joe Perticone and other repoters.
Discussion: Mother Jones, KTLA, ABC News, Little Green Footballs, Raw Story, Jezebel, Death and Taxes, addictinginfo.org and KFOR-TV
Johnmorenoktla / KTLA: Video Shows Altercation Involving Secret Service Agent and Photographer At Trump Rally in Virginia
Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Time Magazine Photographer Choked and Kicked by Trump Security at Rally
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story: WATCH: Reporter at Trump rally gets slammed to the ground by a Secret Service agent
Joanna Rothkopf / Jezebel: Reports: Security Guard 'Choke Slams' Reporter at Donald Trump Rally
Drew Salisbury / Death and Taxes: Trump's Secret Service detail choke-slams photographer
Sarah / addictinginfo.org: Donald Trump's Security Agents Just Brutally Choke Slammed Reporter To Ground (VIDEO)
John Nolte / Breitbart:
VIDEO: Time Reporter Grabs Secret Service Agent's Throat at Trump Rally — According to The Independent Journal's congressional reporter Joe Perticone, the man holding the camera in the video below is a journalist. Perticone writes, "Secret Service agent choke slams reporter. "
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event
Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event
Discussion: Yahoo Politics, WGN-TV, The Jawa Report and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV: Photographer covering Donald Trump rally choked, slammed to ground by Secret Service
Pamela Engel / Business Insider: Protest-filled Donald Trump rally gets ugly when a photographer is thrown to the ground
Stacey Dash:
Who is Stacey Dash and why did she just walk across the #Oscar stage? — You might be watching the Oscars and wondering why someone named Stacey Dash just walked across the stage. (Why was that funny anyway?) — Well, I'm Stacey - with an "e" - and it's nice to meet you.
Discussion: Slantpoint, KLFY-TV, Towleroad, Mashable, addictinginfo.org, New York's PIX11, Refinery29, Independent Journal Review, The Verge, USA Today and theGrio
Andrew Markle / Slantpoint: Stacey Dash Breaks Down Her Oscars Surprise With Equally Out Of Touch Statement
Marion Kirkpatrick / KLFY-TV: OscarsSoWhite: What attendees of color had to say about Hollywood's diversity problem
Andy Towle / Towleroad: Stacey Dash Wins the Prize for Most 'WTF' Moment of the Oscars, Then Explains It: WATCH
Shannon Barber / addictinginfo.org: Chris Rock Perfectly ROASTS Lily White Oscars: 'You're Damn Right Hollywood Is Racist' (VIDEO)
Molly Horan / Refinery29: Stacey Dash Explained Her Oscars Appearance
Virginia Kruta / Independent Journal Review: After Leaving Oscars Crowd Speechless, Stacey Dash Answers Anyone Who Thinks She's Not 'Black Enough'
Maeve McDermott / USA Today: Stacey Dash explains her WTF Oscars appearance
Shaun King / New York Daily News:
KING: Chris Rock Oscars opener dropped the ball and lynching jokes went over the line no matter how tough a spot it was
KING: Chris Rock Oscars opener dropped the ball and lynching jokes went over the line no matter how tough a spot it was
Discussion: Hit & Run, New York Times, Vox, The Federalist, mediacomtoday.com and Los Angeles Times
Robby Soave / Hit & Run: Would Chris Rock's Edgy Oscars Monologue Get Him Banned from a College Campus?
German Lopez / Vox: Shaun King suggested police killings are at a historical high. The data says otherwise.
Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist: Chris Rock Used The Oscars To Slap Down Outrage, Teach America To Chill
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke?
If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke?
Discussion: USA Today, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, The Week, NBC News and BizPac Review
Gabe Friedman / Jewish Telegraphic Agency: 5 unexpected Jewish moments from the Oscars
Joe Concha / Mediaite: As Oscar Cameo Reaction Proves, Unrepentant Stacey Dash Worth Every Penny Fox Pays Her
Scott Meslow / The Week: The 5 best Oscar moments
Mohamed Hassan / NBC News: The Highs & Lows From Chris Rock's Oscars Performance
Daily Mail:
Horror in Moscow as burka-clad babysitter 'decapitates four-year-old girl in her care' - then walks through streets carrying her severed head and shouting 'Allahu Akbar' — A burka-clad babysitter decapitated the little girl in her care before walking through Moscow carrying the child's severed head, police say.
Discussion: RedState, Walid Shoebat, Pamela Geller and Vox Popoli
Andrew Bieszad / Walid Shoebat: Muslim Nanny Beheads Handicapped Four Year Old Girl She Is Taking Care Of, Sets Residence On Fire …
Pamela Geller: VIDEO: Russian Muslim WAVES A CHILD'S SEVERED HEAD on Moscow street shouting "ALLAHU AKBAR," while making bomb threats
Woman in black holding severed child's head near Moscow metro station detained (GRAPHIC)
Woman in black holding severed child's head near Moscow metro station detained (GRAPHIC)
Discussion: Telegraph, Guardian, Breitbart, Vlad Tepes, Independent Journal Review, New York's PIX11, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Eeyore / Vlad Tepes: Four items which well summarize the state of much of Europe now: Links 1 on Feb. 29 - 2016
Conor Swanberg / Independent Journal Review: What This Woman Chanted While Carrying a Child's Severed Head Is Horrifying
Jeremy Tanner / New York's PIX11: Woman carries severed child's head into Moscow metro station, officials say
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Horrific! Muslim Woman Beheads Child, Walks in Street with Head Screaming "Allahu Akbar" (VIDEO)
Manu Raju / CNN:
Leading GOP senator: Trump an 'albatross' to party — Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn raised serious concerns Monday about Donald Trump's surging presidential bid …
Discussion: U.S. News and Political Wire
David Catanese / U.S. News: Trump, Clinton Poised for Strong Super Tuesday
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire: Cornyn Calls Trump an 'Albatross' to Republicans
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg Business:
Heroin Crisis Puts Vulnerable U.S. Senate Republicans in a Bind
Heroin Crisis Puts Vulnerable U.S. Senate Republicans in a Bind
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP hits new low on court
GOP hits new low on court
Discussion: Politico
Anna Palmer / Politico: GOP group launches Supreme Court ads vs. Dems
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Don't Assume Conservatives Will Rally Behind Trump — If Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, he'll have undermined a lot of assumptions we once held about the GOP. He'll have become the nominee despite neither being reliably conservative nor being very electable …
Discussion: Infowars, Hot Air, Mashable, Washington Monthly, Crooks and Liars and Boing Boing
Steve Watson / Infowars: MITT ROMNEY TO ENTER THE RACE? THE ESTABLISHMENT'S SECRET PLAN B TO STEAL THE NOMINATION FROM TRUMP
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Trump warns Republicans threatening not to support him: They're gonna have a big problem if I go third-party
Emily Cahn / Mashable: Texas is Ted Cruz's lone hope
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly: Kicking Over the Ant Hill
Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing: Nate Silver warns that Trump could become president
WATCH LIVE: 4 injured in Madison High School shooting — MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Four students were injured and tensions among parents and community members were high after a shooting incident at Madison High School. — Butler County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer told reporters …
Maureen Hagrman / WLWT-TV: Madison Jr/Sr High School shooting: 4 injured, 14-year-old student in custody
Jeva Lange / The Week: Ohio gunman injures 4 in high school lunchroom
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Sheriff: 4 Injured, 14-Year-Old Suspect In Custody After High School Shooting
Sheriff: 4 Injured, 14-Year-Old Suspect In Custody After High School Shooting
Discussion: WHIO, The Week and Madison Jr
Ben Carson, M.D. / Fox News:
Ben Carson: Why I intend to stay in the GOP presidential race — It seems like the only thing that's guaranteed in this year's election is the litany of punditry after every primary. This undiscussed industry has helped make politics more blood sport than democratic exercise.
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Talking Points Memo, Allen B. West, RedState, Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jon Green / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News: Ben Carson isn't done wandering around the country taking people's money
The Analytical Economist / Allen B. West: Ben Carson reveals the ONLY reason he'll drop out...
Eliza Collins / Politico: Ben Carson: I'm staying in the race
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining attention online — OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City teacher's powerful open letter about the struggles of teaching is gaining a lot of attention online. — Steven Wedel's brutally honest blog post …
Discussion: WGN-TV and FOX31 Denver
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV: Man's brutally honest letter about the struggles of being a teacher getting a lot of attention
Ben Sasse / Facebook:
AN OPEN LETTER TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS — To my friends supporting Donald Trump: — The Trump coalition is broad and complicated, but I believe many Trump fans are well-meaning. I have spoken at length with many of you, both inside and outside Nebraska. You are rightly worried about our national direction.
Kyle Cheney / Politico: Democrats draw plan to shatter the GOP
Alan Rappeport / New York Times: Ad Tars John McCain's Pledge to Back the Republican Nominee
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: GOP Senator on Trump: 'I Can't Vote for That Guy'
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Can Trump Divide and Conquer the Republican Establishment?
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Why conservatives are excited about Rubio insulting Trump
Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos: The GOP's first Senate defection: Nebraska's Ben Sasse says he won't vote for Donald Trump
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton / John Hawkins' Right …: This Republican Senator Now Says He Won't Vote For Trump in a General Election
Jon Green / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News: Anti-Trump conservatives' shallow outrage over KKK endorsements
Philip Rucker / Washington Post: The Republican Party's implosion over Donald Trump's candidacy has arrived
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Sen. Ben Sasse Dumps Trump
Leon H. Wolf / RedState: BREAKING: Ben Sasse Becomes the First Elected Republican to Declare He'll Never Vote for Trump
David Sherfinski / Washington Times: Ben Sasse says he cannot support Donald Trump
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent: My friend Ben Sasse, who represents Nebraska in the United States Senate …
Joe Perticone / Independent Journal Review: Republican Senator Lays Down the Law with Message on 'Neither' Trump Nor Hillary
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.'s Chagrin — Memo to Republican leaders: Be careful what you wish for. — Hoping to avoid a repeat of the messy fight for the Republican nomination in 2012, the party drew up a calendar and delegate-selection rules intended …
Discussion: Vox, Refinery29 and National Review
Michelle Hackman / Vox: Poll: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have huge, commanding leads over their fields
Meghan DeMaria / Refinery29: Everything You Need To Know About Super Tuesday
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: No, Super Tuesday Is Not the End of the Process
Maria Sacchetti / BostonGlobe.com:
Federal files leave questions about Marathon bomber, friend — Government says it handled their immigration cases properly; files are heavily edited
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Infowars, The Daily Caller, CBS Boston and Associated Press
Robert Spencer / Jihad Watch: Boston Marathon jihad murderer passed US citizenship test and denied terror links 3 months before bombing
Toni Ann Booras / The Daily Caller: Boston Bomber Passed Citizenship Test Three Months Before Attack


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Comfort & safety in the BMW 2 Series Convertible.
Enjoy the freedom of open-top driving pleasure and let the numerous assistance systems in the BMW 2 Series Convertible take care of the rest. They guarantee optimum visibility and the best-possible support. Ingenious loading and storage functions provide help in stowing even the bulkiest of objects. And thanks to the comprehensive range of offers from BMW Service, you remain worry-free even when maintenance and repairs are necessary.
Thanks to their sophisticated ability to adapt, adaptive headlights with variable city and motorway light distribution, including cornering lights and adjustable Bi-Xenon headlights, ensure the optimal illumination of the road ahead. The driver can see deep into the bend ahead as soon as they turn the steering wheel, especially during night-time driving. To improve short-range visibility, the cornering lights are automatically activated as soon as the indicator is switched on or the steering wheel is turned – even when the vehicle is at a standstill. Adaptive headlights ensure optimum road illumination in every driving situation, significantly increasing active safety.
When the entire rear-seat backrest is folded down, a large practical through-loading gap, which is 450 mm wide and 246 mm high, becomes available for the easy transportation of longer objects, such as sport equipment. The back of the rear-seat backrest then acts as a storage surface. When the softtop is closed, for example, two golf bags can be transported, and when open, long objects can be accommodated thanks to the large through-loading gap.
BMW Selective Beam makes driving at night more comfortable and safer. It provides excellent visibility in the dark without dazzling other drivers. The system detects other road users and selectively excludes them from the high-beam headlight distribution. A headlight range of 400 m ensures early detection of risks and improved directional tracking.
Enjoy optimal power steering support in every driving situation with Servotronic. It adjusts the power steering to suit the current speed and delivers a direct and precise steering response at high speeds. It also ensures supreme comfort by minimising the physical effort required for steering, as well as maximising agility when parking, manoeuvring or navigating narrow or twisting roads.
A control unit uses electronic speed measurements to determine the necessary power steering support for every driving situation. An electromagnetically controlled valve in the steering hydraulics allows fine power steering adjustments to be made that are far more precise than with conventional power steering systems, which are guided by the engine speed.
This means that less physical effort is necessary for steering at lower speeds. As speed increases, however, the steering support required is reduced continuously so as to ensure more direct contact with the road and therefore optimum directional stability.
The inconspicuously integrated and fully recessed roll-over protection system effectively enhances the vehicle's passive safety. Should the vehicle ever overturn, the roll bars, which then automatically extend, protect the vehicle occupants in conjunction with the reinforced windscreen frame.
The system's special roll-over sensors cause the two roll bars, which are flush-mounted behind the rear headrests, to extend within fractions of a second and snap into place in a form-fitting manner. They also trigger the belt tensioners via the airbag control unit, offering the vehicle occupants state-of-the-art safety.
The fully recessed way in which the roll-over protection modules have integrated into the vehicle ensures that car's elegantly dynamic design is in no way impacted by unaesthetic elements.
Innovative and easy to operate – the comfort access system makes it possible to open the vehicle doors and start the engine without having to use the car key. The key, which may be in a trouser pocket or briefcase, is automatically recognised upon approaching the car. Once the door has been automatically unlocked, the driver can get in and start the engine by pressing the Start/Stop button.
The comfort access system relies on key authentication to ensure security.

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A More Perfect Union: Testaments of Freedom, Peace, and Equality
A MORE PERFECT UNION: TESTAMENTS OF FREEDOM, PEACE & EQUALITY was an ECMC concert CD recorded live on Friday, May 16th at 8:00pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York.
Contemporary men's choral works celebrating freedom, peace, and equality, including settings of inspiring texts by Presidents Lincoln and Jefferson, a setting of speeches and letters by Susan B. Anthony composed by Rebekah Driscoll, and a world premiere of Rumi's One Song by composer John Conahan.
One Song (World Premiere)
John Conahan (b. 1974)
Text by Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273)
What Do You Think I Fought For at Omaha Beach?
Melissa Dunphy (b. 1980)
Text taken from testimony before the Maine State Congress by Phillip Spooner (1922-2013), April 22, 2009
Edward Angelo Enrique, soloist
Out of Her Place
Rebekah Driscoll (b. 1980)
Texts excerpted from speeches and letters penned by Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Ariel Estrada, soloist
The Gettysburg Address
Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
Speech by President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), November 19, 1863
"We Do Enact"
David Avshamolov (b. 1946)
From Principles Text from the Statute of Virginia
for religious freedom, penned by President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), introduced in 1779, enacted in 1786
The Testament of Freedom
Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Texts excerpted from essays and letters penned by President Thomas Jefferson
I. The God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty
II. We Have Counted the Cost of this Contest
III. We Fight Not for Glory nor for Conquest
IV. I Shall Not Die Without a Hope


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Erdenstern - Into the Grey
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Into The Grey is a story about a future world. Technology has outrun most of the people, and everyone has to take care of themselves. You live from job to job, you meet creatures so upgraded with machinery that they are only vaguely human anymore. You come places you usually wouldnÕt think of setting foot in. You are forced to defend your life. And yet - this is your world, here you and your skills are still of some value at least. Here, if you are lucky enough, you could make it.
Sometimes, you share a drink wih other lost souls, and together you look to the stars. Dream of joining those heading off to the stars one day. That is where the answer lies, they say, if the future still has a future.
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The men and women in the military are protecting our country. However, while they are on active duty, they often have problems meeting certain financial obligations here at home, such as keeping current on their rent or mortgage obligations. In August of this year, President Obama signed a law that added greater protections to the existing laws affecting those military personnel who are now on active duty.
In December, 2003, President Bush signed into law the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), which was a complete revision and update of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief that was first enacted during World War 2. The new SCRA law protected those in military service in such areas as mortgage relief, termination of leases, protection from eviction, a 6 percent cap on interest rates, and the right to reopen any default judgments obtained while in the military.
However, that law applied only to obligations that originated before the servicemember's military service, and for which those obligations still were applicable. The new law, entitled "Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejune Families Act of 2012, amended SCRA by extending the period of time for some of the earlier protections.
Here is a summary of the protections afforded to our nation's servicemen:
"Servicemembers" are defined as persons on active duty in the military, but also includes National Guard members who have been called up for active duty for more than 30 days.
If you - or a family member - are on active duty, all of your lenders should be immediately notified, and you must send them a copy of the military orders. Once the lender has been put on notice, it must reduce all interest payments down to six percent, and - most importantly - must forgive all pre-service debts which exceeded this six percent cap. It should be noted that this protection applies only to debts incurred before the borrower went into active military service; debts incurred while on active duty are not similarly protected.
The stated purpose of SCRA is:
to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense, defense through protection extended by this Act to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.
It should be noted that the reduction in the interest rate must be accompanied by a reduction of the monthly payment. The lender cannot require you to continue to pay your same payment each month, and credit more toward principal.
- Leases: if a lease was entered into prior to the tenant's entry into the armed services, the tenant has the right to terminate it, even before the term has expired. Members of the military who receive orders for a permanent change of station or to deploy with a military unit for a period of not less than 90 days also have the right to terminate leases, even if the leases were entered into while they were on active duty. The landlord must be given thirty days advance notice of the termination, and rent must be paid up to the date the lease ends. There is no longer a requirement that the lease contain a military termination clause.
- Rent: military personnel - as their civilian counterparts - must continue to pay rent if the lease is not terminated. However, the Act does provide some protection from eviction. Only a court can order the eviction of the tenant.(Note: this is the law in many States anyway. A landlord generally cannot exercise self-help by evicting a tenant without first obtaining Court approval.) If the Judge determines that the military service has materially affected the ability to pay, the Court must stay (stop) the eviction The new law now allows the Judge to stay the proceedings or adjust the obligation to preserve the interests of all parties at any time during the period of military service or within one year thereafter. Since this is a complex issue, tenants who are on active military service must consult with the legal assistance attorney assigned to their unit.
- insurance: the private life insurance policy cannot lapse, terminate or be forfeited for nonpayment of premiums for a period while the insured in on active duty, plus one year.
- garnishments and attachments: On the request by the military person - or the Court on its own - may stay or vacate any attachments or garnishments against the debtor during the period of active duty plus up to one year after that duty ends.
- legal representation: under certain circumstances, when a lawsuit is brought and the Court determines that the Defendant is on active military duty, the Court cannot enter a judgment until after the Court appoints an attorney to represent the interests of the servicemember.
Thus, the new law extends - and expands upon - the protections which Congress initially provided to the men and women who served during World War II. Our servicemembers should devote their energies to their military tasks and not have to worry about their creditors.
The Supreme Court, in a case involving SCRA, has ruled that the law must be read with "an eye friendly to those who dropped their affairs to answer their country's call."
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Daily Horoscope: August 8, 2018
Chinese calendar:
Day of the Water Monkey
Month of the Earth Goat
Year of the Earth Dog 2018
Polarity of the Day: Yang
Polarity of the Month: Yin
Polarity of the Year: Yang
Lucky directions: West-South-West
Lucky colors: Green
The Water Monkey is the most cunning of Monkeys.
His curiosity and talent are as well developed as his sensibility is extreme. Indeed, if the Water Monkey is funny, charming and manipulative as all monkeys can be, his intense emotions also allow him to work with instinct, for better or for worse. On a day of the Water Monkey, creative crafts as well as inspiration and new ideas are favored. Remember, however, that if creativity and dreams are connected, the world of production, marketing and sales of a new product depends on reality, with its ungrateful work and challenging failures, must never discourage you from always starting again. Success always comes to those who persevere against the winds and tides.
Today more than ever, you feel the soul of a conqueror of the impossible, a Christopher Columbus in search of gold and glory, whom no one seems to take seriously, for the time being… If you're single, you feel perfectly capable of seducing a movie star. Who does not try anything has nothing, but be prepared to suffer disappointments. To conclude, during a Water Monkey's day, it is above all to oneself that one must avoid lying.
Daily Energetic chart: Weak in Wood element
Birth's character and destiny (BaGua): The Great Possession


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Ultimate Stag Weekends
A responsive events website offering stag weekends around Europe. Launching in 2015.
The Brief
Ultimate Stag Weekends is a new events and activities website who are specifically targeting stag parties. They wanted a website where users could book events and request information on holiday packages as well as learn tips and ideas for their trip.
Our Solution
We built a custom, responsive website with the added functionality of WordPress to handle the content management. One of the issues we had initially was the amount of complexity due to the many countries and events on the website that needed to be populated. We used advanced custom fields with relationships between post types in order to extend the functionality and make things as easy as possible for the client. We designed booking forms with a package builder and integrated a payment gateway so that customers could order and buy straight from the website.


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4 Signs You Need a Well Repair
As a well owner, you most likely already know the benefits of having a well. After all, a well supplies clean and fresh natural water to your home. Unfortunately, your well won't last forever. It's important to be aware of damages to your well when they occur. If you're not, you put yourself and others at risk of drinking and using unsafe and unclean well water. That being said, here are the top four signs you need a well pump repair.
Typically, wells last eight to ten years. While age isn't necessarily an overwhelming indicator that it's time to get a well repair, you should be mindful of it. After all, an older well won't work as well as a newer one. If your well is nearing eight to ten years, you should definitely consider replacing it. But, if your well is near the half-way mark, you should consider hiring a plumber to inspect the function and quality of your well. After all, five to six years is usually when wells start losing function and showing damage.
Lack of Water Flow
This is one of the most obvious signs that you need a well repair. After all, if no water is coming from your well, then something is obviously wrong. Before hiring a plumber, be sure to check your circuit breaker. Sometimes, all your well needs is a reset to start flowing again.
Low Water Pressure
Water pressure issues occur for numerous reasons, such as pipe damage and pressure tank problems. Regardless of the exact reason why your well has low water pressure, you most likely need a well repair if the water pressure is low because that's usually an indicator there's some underlying damage.
Continuously Running Pump
Obviously, a constantly running pump isn't normal. A pump that constantly runs doesn't mean that water continuously flows through it. In fact, it means the exact opposite. Your well pump constantly runs when it has issues taking water from your well. That being said, it's important to hire a plumber to assess what the issue is and fix it, so you can continue utilizing your well water.


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A versatile composer and prolific songwriter, Alcheh began playing the piano at age seven, and was seriously pursuing the path of a composer by his teens. He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in composition at The Music Academy at Tel-Aviv University, completing his thesis as a visiting scholar at Chicago's Northwestern University, by invitation of the Music Technology Department. While still a student, Alcheh began his career in film music as a soundtrack producer for Dover Kosashvili's feature Late Marriage, one of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Films of 2002 and Newsweek's Top 15 Films of 2002. His score for the award-winning horror-comedy The Man Who Collected Food was named 'The Discovery of 2011′ by AmericanMusicPreservation.com and selected among the 'Top 10 Film Scores of 2011′ by industry insider AintItCoolNews.com. Other recent feature films and television programs include the feature documentary Together In Guangzhou (the official 2010 Asian Olympic Games film); HDNet's comedy series, Svetlana, and the feature drama Son of Stars. Along with his passion for film scoring, Alcheh is an accomplished concert composer who is currently working on several American and European commissions for 2012. He was recently named composer in residence in the Concerti in San Martino festival in Sqitzerland, where a new septet will premiere in May, along with the Beethoven septet op. 20.
Tune in live at 5PM PST on trigg.la/live!
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Bored? Game Night!
We can all remember game nights as kids, where the entire family would sit around and play monopoly, or where snakes and ladders was the highlight of a children's birthday party, but board games aren't just for kids any more.
Adult board games are becoming more popular
Couples and friends who have become tired of the usual dinner party routine or who don't feel like another visit to a pub or restaurant are increasingly deciding to socialize at home or at their friends' places. Board games can add a great deal of excitement to a night spend indoors.
Some recent examples of the more popular board games that adults are turning their hand to are:
- Cards against Humanity: A cheeky card game that rewards the funniest and most inappropriate answers to seemingly simple questions.
- Diplomacy: A game of alliances and military strategy in which players try to conquer enemy territory. Although not a new game (it was released in 1959), it is enjoying a surge in popularity.
- Settlers of Catan: This game of luck as well as skill sees players try and control the resources of the fictional island of Catan by trading and negotiating with each other.
- Scrabble: This famous word game has always been popular, and a great game that's stood the test of time. Recent mobile phone apps have also helped to reignite the popularity for this challenging game that can test your vocabulary as well as your strategic abilities.
- Pictionary: A very similar cousin to the ever-popular charades, this gamehas several versions, the most challenging of which requires players to draw abstract ideas in a set period of time for their fellow players to guess what they might be. It can be as frustrating as it is fun!
Hosting a party
Whilst deciding what game to play is only half the fun of any party, the real talking point is usually the food and drink. Key things to remember when serving food and drink during a board game night is that you want to avoid messy foods such as those with sauces or any greasy food that needs to be eaten with your hands. Drinks are pretty self-explanatory, but a good way to spice things up is to introduce forfeits involving the drinks, for example whoever loses the first round, has to serve the drinks of everyone else in the room…how mean or creative you want to be with the forfeits is up to you!
Cleaning up
Of course after the fun of games night there is clean-up to deal with. Luckily, the real winner on games night is the host, as (for the most part) dirty dishes or glasses are confined to one area, and once in the dishwasher are a button away from being fully cleaned.
One of the great things about socializing at home, is that you can usually ask your guests to bring any last minute supplies themselves, such as ice or snacks…but you'll probably have to provide the dishwasher tablets yourself.
Every dish. Every time.


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Chow Tips: I'm on Video!
Like so many other things, I meant to post these on here a while ago. The wonderful people at Chow contacted me about shooting candymaking tip videos for Valentine's Day, and these are the result!
Again, promises of a real blog post soon… 🙂
How to Melt Chocolate in the Microwave
Salted Caramel: Smooth or Crunchy? You Decide


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Thailand Yacht Trip
March 7th - 14th
yacht + seaplane charter from Krabi to Samui
Blue Voyage Thailand Yachts
The mission of this trip will be to create an underwater 360º VR film made possible by Kodak, that showcases the islands and our time exploring Krabi to Koh Samui.
We will arrive at Phuket Intl. Airport and depart for Krabi via Blue Voyage Thailand Yachts who will provide a full crew and charter experience for our team. After spending two days near Krabi, we will fly to Koh Samui to stay for an additional three days before returning to Phuket.
Although the dates are flexible, we would like to confirm availability for ONE of these two weeks: March 7-14 or 14-21
With our combined efforts, our team will be able to produce high quality 360º VR footage for optimization on Facebook and Youtube, behind-the-scenes footage shot on analog Super8mm film, over 300 photographs to be made available for usage with a predetermined licensing agreement, and multiple live broadcasts and/or social media takeover's for each brand involved.
Below are examples of previous video, photo, and live content created for Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and other web use:
Facebook Live audience nearly 1000 active viewers during broadcast
Vertical video content specialized for Snapchat + Instagram Stories
High-quality photo content for social, web, and print usage
Instagram posts + takeovers from our team tagging and sharing each brand's @handle and any #hashtags


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I am writing this post to help a client who has been experiencing overwhelming, unwanted and seemingly uncontrollable frightening and distressing thoughts. I hope that it might be helpful to whoever reads it. I have a great deal of personal and professional experience of escaping this continual negative loop by using a number of tactics based on powerful affirmations, loving self-care and self-acceptance, calming meditation, supportive networks, empowering journalling and knowledge-building bibliotherapy.
In my experience, affirmations can be an incredibly powerful tool to counter painful feelings and negative thoughts when you have to try and put them to one side to get on with your day or, indeed, your life. I learned of the power of affirmations through the work of Louise L. Hay and I have many of her recordings, which I, and the clients who I recommend them to, have found helpful.
Examples of affirmations:
This will pass.
I can handle it.
am dealing with this.
All is well in my world.
I am in control of my life.
I am loving, lovable and loved.
I am confident and competent woman/man.
Every day, in every way, I get stronger and stronger.
It is important to remember that these are affirmations and not truths. If you have a bad day, it doesn't mean they are not true and not working, and that you really are not any of the things you started believing in. The point is that you are acting as if they are true in order to condition yourself to believe them. But we all have bad days and it is helpful to have some acceptance of this fact and concentrate on loving and caring for ourselves instead.
Loving self-care and self-acceptance
Be active in loving yourself and looking after yourself. Put yourself first. We need to love and accept ourselves and have self-empathy before we can truly love, accept and empathise with others. Avoid self-criticism, self-blame, self-reproach – don't put yourself down – there are plenty of others who will do that for you so work hard to build yourself up instead. There are lots of ways to increase self-confidence and self-esteem – beginning with those affirmations. One effective method of self-care to help look after yourself when you've been having a rough time of it and you are in a dark place is to parent yourself. Imagine being both child and parent and the parent in you is charged with looking after the child in you. I find this an extremely loving way to nurture the self by being kind and gentle, by asking what the child inside needs and attending to those needs in a loving and caring way. I work with clients using this type of inner child work, which I learned through training in the Penny Parks method.
Calming meditation
There are a wealth of free and high quality meditations available via the Internet through resources such as YouTube and iTunes. Listening to a meditation can really help calm the stress and anxiety when you get stuck in a negative thought loop and I highly recommend finding out which ones work for you so that you can access one quickly if you are feeling panicky or frightened, and get to know the ones that you really enjoy so that you can plan to spend time in the evening after work meditating and relaxing when you recognise the need for calm and relaxation. There are different types of meditations either with guided (talking), or just music with nature sounds and pictures. I have recently discovered that Tina Turner has now devoted herself to Buddhism and meditation and she has provided many YouTube videos for us to enjoy – quite a few of them with children singing, which seem to have their own healing qualities.
Supportive networks
It is very hard to deal with life's problems all alone – some problems are impossible to manage all by oneself. Building a good support network can be key to looking after ourselves and knowing how to ask for help and who to talk to when we recognise this could help are healthy coping skills. When we get stuck in a negative thought loop, talking can help so it is very useful to have some numbers of appropriate people or agencies to call in an emergency. There are many helplines for general distress such as the Samaritans, which is a wonderful resource for anybody feeling alone and desperate in the small hours when everyone else is asleep.
Empowering journalling
Writing a journal morning and night can really keep us on track when trying to cope through difficult times when we might be faced with many challenges throughout the day.
In the morning you may ask yourself the following questions:
How do I feel this morning?
What challenges do I anticipate today?
What coping methods will I use today to help me manage stress and build resilience?
By asking yourself such questions you may anticipate difficulties and pre-empt unhealthy coping methods by actively engaging in loving self-care, affirmations and meditation. You may recognise the need to talk to someone about your feelings, ask for help or even cancel an engagement if you recognise it as possibly too overwhelming for you. In these ways, you can keep yourself safe.
In the evening, you could ask yourself these questions:
How do I feel this evening?
What did I learn today and how can I put this into practise?
What would I have liked to have done differently?
Drawing on Kolb's experiential learning cycle to think about how we can learn from our experiences we can being to identify what helps or harms us so that we know better how to deal with future situations. This is an effective method of increasing self-awareness, which is fundamental to growth and change. Again, we need to be loving, caring and kind towards ourselves and reflect in an honest but compassionate and forgiving way.
Learning and understanding through reading different types of self-help or other types of relevant books can be hugely therapeutic. I particularly recommend audible books when stuck in a negative thought loop as listening to someone read to us can really take our minds off unwanted thoughts. Audible.co.uk is a great way to download books onto your iPhone or tablet so that you have books to hand when struggling with painful thoughts or challenging situations. Some of my favourites and some titles that others have recommended to me include:
Anything by Louise L. Hay
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Awakening Compassion by Pema Chodron
A Course in Miracles by The Foundation for Inner Peace
The Empathy Instinct by Peter Bazalgette
Humble Enquiry by Edgar H. Schein
It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn
Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Anything by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Any of the Sleep Learning audible books by Anna Thompson
Do comment below if you have a suggestion!
I would like to end with this prayer by Julian of Norwich. Although I am not a religious person, I find her prayer immensely soothing and grounding when sung as a little ditty.
All shall be well, and all shall be well.
All manner of thing shall be well.
Warm wishes, Laura


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PARIS, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The British-Irish team at the Seve Trophy in Paris extended their lead over Continental Europe Saturday.
The Great Britain-and-Ireland squad won three of four matches in the morning session and then split the afternoon session to extend their lead to 11 1/2 points to 6 1/2.
"Things went really well for us," said GB&I captain Paul McGinley. "Our concentration levels were really good, and we were really up for it."
The Brits held a narrow lead heading into Saturday but won three of four matches in the morning greensomes play and then two of four afternoon matches. The victories accounted for six of the eight points up for grabs Saturday.
Lee Westwood and David Horsey led the charge for GB&I with a 4-and-3 win over Raphael Jacquelin and Nicolas Colsaerts.
Sunday's card pits all 10 players in singles play.


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Lance effectively counsels a wide range of real estate clients, including real estate developers, lenders, sellers and buyers.
His extensive experience includes real property acquisition, development, leasing, sales and financing.
Lance has represented both owners and lenders involving residential, commercial and industrial real estate developments, financing transactions, real property sales and purchases, general property matters, including easements and leases. He has taught seminars and prepared written materials on various real estate issues.
Practice Areas
- Corporate
- Eminent Domain
- Real Estate
- Brigham Young University, J.D.
- Brigham Young University, B.A.
- Nevada
- Clark County Bar Association
- State Bar of Nevada
- Nevada Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Opportunity Village Foundation - Board Member
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America list (Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, 2013-2019; Commercial Finance Law, 2016-2019)
- Mountain States Super Lawyers, Real Estate (2012, 2013, 2019)
- Nevada Business Journal, Nevada Legal Elite (2009)


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Elementary and highschool immediately doesn't bear much resemblance to the elementary and excessive colleges of fifty and sixty years ago. Individual members cannot act on behalf of the Board unless particularly licensed by the Board to do so. All actions of the Board of Education require affirmative vote of at the very least 4 of its members, notwithstanding the number current at anybody meeting. The Board's opaque and byzantine adjustments " improve accreditation scores by methods and in amounts that the Board does not confide in the public. Superintendent Yvonne W. Brandon is due to present her finances for the following fiscal 12 months to the School Board during its assembly immediately.
Yvonne Brandon, Mayor Dwight Jones, the Legislative Black Caucus and the Crusade for Voters are all absolutely against constitution colleges – which signifies that as long as this mindset prevails, Richmonders can't ever hope to share within the success that these college students in Chicago lately experienced. State board members and proponents argued that the charter college laws were enacted within the 1990s, before lawmakers may have anticipated the growth of know-how that makes a digital college attainable.
That is why it is imperative for us to have fun this Black History Month and proceed the battle for equality, as the ghosts of so many died for a merely principle; schooling is the only most necessary ingredient necessary to neutralize these forces that breed poverty and despair". By legislation, it's the Board's job to incorporate the philosophy, objectives, and aims of public schooling in Virginia" into its regulation. It permits time for the schooling of the board members on varied subjects all year long, including insurance policies, finances and curriculum.
I hope those of you who care about lecturers and our children's education will come to the meeting and be willing to talk in support of Dr. Collins during public remark. The board meets month-to-month to find out the tutorial policies of the elementary and secondary colleges and to establish the rules that carry into impact state legislation regarding education. In 1954, slightly girl named Linda Brown in Topeka, Kansas had to stroll 5 miles to school. I even have a number of tales about Scott Fisher and they're going to come out since he is tied to choosing a brand new college board member.
Written comments on proposed guidelines are accepted 30 to 60 days following publication within the Register and may be despatched to the State Board workplace on the Department of Education. The budget is based upon the targets and insurance policies of the Board, is developed by the Superintendent and different appropriate college personnel, and is considered and adopted by the Board.


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Some Wednesdays we challenge you to pick up your pen and indulge your budding author self with our writing activity. See where your imagination takes you, and feel free to share your ideas in the Comment section!
Here's one to try:
Sometimes writing is a great place to keep secrets you can't tell anybody--for example, a lie. Write about a time you've lied. Why did you lie? What was the truth? Here's a start: "I only lied this one time…"


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Imagination, patience, luck
How the track is going to play is the first major area of concern. How much swing will there be in the air and off the track? Then there's the new ball, which rarely gives a batsman a clue as to which way it's going to swing. To add to it, all countries do not use the same brand of ball. The Kookaburra balls (used everywhere except in India and England) tends to move a lot when it's new; the Dukes ball (used in England) doesn't move alarmingly at the start but does enough all through the day; and the SG ball (used in India) doesn't swing at all when it is new but moves quite a bit when it gets a little old. So you have to prepare and adjust your game accordingly. There are a few fundamentals that hold true in all conditions, though.
Put that way, opening in a Test may sound bloody tough, but while it isn't the most difficult job in the world, it is far from the easiest. And that's the reason we have three specialist openers in most Test squads, and no specialist Nos. 4, 5 and 6, who are all picked as middle-order batsmen. I've left out No. 3 here because that happens to be something of a specialist's job as well - in technique and temperament, he should be suited to play the new ball.
Traditional openers are quickly becoming an endangered species, but since there's a job to be done when the ball is moving - like it does in England - they're still around. Playing the new ball is a lot about imagination, backing your instincts, and buying time to get used to the conditions. Also, with the new ball, often even the bowler does not know for certain how it is going to behave initially, so a batsman does require a certain amount of luck to guess it correctly every time.
Most conventional openers prefer to take the safe route: stick to the basics to start with, and pray that it's your lucky day. Try to play only the balls you absolutely need to, and let the rest go to the keeper. This helps you gauge the bounce, the swing in the air, and the movement off the pitch.
The other thing about opening is to try and not face all six balls of an over. Good fast bowlers tend to set a dismissal up, and bowling an entire over to one batsman gives them the opportunity to do so. Having said that, taking singles and rotating the strike is not easy, since the attacking field placement doesn't allow for singles; so mostly it's either a dot-ball or more than a single if you get past the infield.
An experienced opener knows how to use the pace of the ball, so the theoretical basics are: play with soft hands, so if you edge it, there is less likelihood of it going to the slips; and stay away from expansive drives, since the pace takes it to the fence if its sweetly timed anyway.
Yes, all this doesn't always work in practice, even if you follow the basics, but the chances are greater it will if you do. And that brings me back to what I said earlier. In the end, no matter how good you are, how late you play, and how solid and compact your technique is, you need a certain amount of luck to succeed. You will get a few unplayable balls with the new ball (at any level of the game) and you need to be lucky to miss those. This is one edge you do not want.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra is currently playing league cricket in Staffordshire, and for the MCC


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The waiting period for the Billabong Pico Alto Invitacional is set for July 12th to August 11th, 2010.
The Pico Alto event will be the second event on this season Big Wave World Tour after the Quiksilver Ceremonial in Chile.
Invited to the event are the top 12 local chargers and the top 12 of the 2009/2010 Big Wave World Tour.
Last year event was held on July 4th and 5th and won by Californian Greg Long in 15 to 18 foot surf on the fame right hander point break.
After a second place finish at the Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos in Chile, Peruvian local Gabreil Villaran is heading to the event with great momentum (he also had the Best Wave Award at the Todos Santos Big Wave Event in February 2010) and as one of the favorites.
With all finalists getting points going toward the Big Wave World Tour ranking, the pressure is high on all invitees to do good, impress the judges and reach the final.
A good results by a local surfer at Pico Alto will give him a chance to be part of the ranked top international surfers and be invited to all the events on the Tour for the 2011/2012 season.


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David Boxley is giving his students the one thing he never had—a devoted teacher.
Boxley, a First Peoples Fund 2013 Cultural Capital grantee, 2012 Community Spirit Award recipient and Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska, spent two months this summer guiding students through a hands-on workshop to learn the Native Northwest Coast design techniques.
The workshop, which ran six hours a day once a week for eight weeks, was held in Washington, where Boxley resides and creates art, including boxes, rattles, masks and prints bearing the traditional Northwest Coast design.
It's an opportunity he never had growing up.
"I'm basically self-taught," he said.
Boxley was raised by his grandparents, who passed along the culture and language of the tribe. After graduating from college, Boxley became a teacher and spent lots of time researching the traditional carving methods of his ancestors through museum collections.
In 1986, Boxley decided to work on the art form full time, and left his teaching job. He has since become an established, nationally recognized Native artist, as well as a voice in his community for the resurgence of the Sm'algyax language and the Tsimshian culture.
"There's a lot of awareness now about the art, culture and language," he said. "It's really important to me. I would very much like to be remembered as a culture bearer, not just an artist."
He also hopes to teach more—and learn more.
"I'm always excited to look at museums and collections," he said. "I've never lost my enthusiasm for creating art in our tribe. I'm still young enough to learn."
One of the dangers for artists is ceasing the desire to be challenged, he said. "The problem is once people start selling, they don't try to improve," he said.
The Northwest Coast design, in particular, is complicated and takes years to learn, he added. "The rules we follow are pretty specific," he said. "You have to learn the style so that knowledge of the art is perpetuated."
Boxley, who said it does get lonely sometimes as a working artist, has been encouraged by the First Peoples Fund.
"It is good to know there is a Native-based organization wanting to further strengthen the aspirations of guys like me," he said.


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This is another I wrote some time ago, but the point still remains..... Discuss
Remember back to the days when we could afford to be a season ticket holder, you know, the days of muddy pitches, terraces, and teams with no sponsors on their shirts?
They were they glory days of the past people so often harp on about. Players used to turn up on a Saturday morning, still hungover from the night before, cigarette in hand, and waiting for the pay packet almost comparable with the average working man.
What ever happened? Well money is the obvious answer. Suddenly people other than the average kid and Dad discovered that money could be made out of football. Suddenly, teams were offered vast amounts of money to carry the name of a company on the shirts of the teams, as opposed to just a little advert on a hoarding at pitchside. The football authorities around The Globe loved the idea, because more money for the clubs meant more money with which to line their own pockets. The players loved it, because more money in football meant higher wages, and let us face a fact, who is going to turn down money?
Players were now more important than the clubs they represented, transfer fees went through the roof, and suddenly a new route for money was needed by both the clubs, and football in general. Television companies suddenly became more involved in the game, and the fight for that prime slot on Saturday night began. From being a tradition of Match Of The Day on Saturday night, and The Big Match on a Sunday afternoon, the BBC and ITV were squabbling for the rights to host prime time slots, and the big winner was the football authorities. They owned all the rights to any footage shown, and must have rubbed their hands with glee as the "Big Two" fought it out, and bidded more and more money for the rights.
The point where it all became silly, was arguably the introduction of all-seater stadia, where despite the ready money available to the clubs and authorities on tap, prices were hiked to incorporate the new style of seeing the glorious game. Sky had come along and offered huge amounts of money for the rights, and BBC/ITV were fighting for the scraps. Players were demanding more and more money, sponsors were paying more and more money, terraces were being outlawed, seats brought in bigger revenue, and the greed continued.
So I bring myself to a point in time where to see my beloved Arsenal now costs a whopping fourtyfive English pounds, the players earn more a week than I do in years, and yet I see players demanding more and more, yet perfectly happy to turn their backs on the supporters by moving to rivals in the need for more cash. I think back only fifteen years, where a "Grade A" game was eight quid to see, and weep. Nowadays, I would be lucky to see a non-league encounter at that price, but I can...... Just!
Those "little" teams that used to supply the big teams with players are long gone, and in a desperate attempt to stay afloat financially, hammer the average supporter. Those little teams that used to be so prominent years ago giving us a proper cup upset in January on a filthy, dirty, freezing cold afternoon. Those little clubs that are so starved of money that they actually put buckets out for supporters to throw a few coppers into. Those little clubs that once were our near neighbours are now our forgotten relatives. All in the name of money.


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text: Hello everyone, We just ran into a hairy problem with diversions, and I want to get the general advice of the project on how to handle it. (This is a reason why there's not yet been a new upload of the non-free NVIDIA legacy drivers, although mostly it's because I've been juggling too many balls.) Background for those who aren't familiar with how the proprietary NVIDIA drivers work: using the NVIDIA X driver requires both having loaded a kernel module and replacing your libGL library used by running GL applications. The normal libgl1-mesa will not work with the NVIDIA driver. Currently, this is handled by having the nvidia-glx package install the X driver, divert libGL.so.1 and install its own copy, and depend on either the appropriate kernel module package or on the DKMS package. We have a long-standing request (#369316) to allow installation of the NVIDIA libGL library without depending on the kernel module or installing the X driver. A common example is running GL programs from a chroot (possibly because it's an older or newer version of Debian than the base system or a different architecture). It doesn't make sense to install all of nvidia-glx in the chroot because the X driver and the corresponding kernel module dependency are only needed in the main system where the X server is running. We're attempting to solve this problem by splitting out just the libGL library into a separate package (libgl1-nvidia) that can be independently installed. However, that means the diversions of libGL have to move from nvidia-glx to this new package. And that's where we ran into problems. The problem is this: the new libgl1-nvidia package needs to take over the diversions from the nvidia-glx package in its preinst so that its files will be unpacked in the correct places. It also needs to conflict with the old version of nvidia-glx since they're both providing the same diversions and the same files. But the sequence of actions when installing a new package that conflicts with another is: old-package prerm deconfigure old-package prerm remove new-package preinst install <unpack> <remove old files> old-package postrm remove new-package postinst configure This means that libgl1-nvidia takes over the diversions, and then the old nvidia-glx package's postrm remove attempts to remove the diversions and fails. Because this is removal of a conflicting package, not an upgrade case, we can't catch the maintainer script failure and dpkg terminates the installation with an error. You only see this behavior when using dpkg to install the new libgl1-nvidia package directly with dpkg. If you use a package manager such as apt-get or aptitude, they will prefer upgrading nvidia-glx to the new package version (which knows it doesn't own the diversions) over removing nvidia-glx due to the conflict, and this sequence works fine. You also of course don't see this problem if you upgrade nvidia-glx before installing libgl1-nvidia. So, the question is: what should we do about this? I think we have the following options: 1. Ignore the problem. apt-get and aptitude both do the right thing, so most users are never going to see the problem. If we do take this route (which is what is in Subversion right now), we'll have the libgl1-nvidia preinst script exit with an error telling the user to upgrade nvidia-glx first so that the installation fails cleanly early on with an error. 2. Add a temporary circular dependency by making libgl1-nvidia depend on the new version of nvidia-glx as well as conflict with the old version. This means the package won't immediately address the problem we're trying to solve, but it might help with this scenario. Breaking the dependency loop by installing libgl1-nvidia first would violate both a Depends and a Conflicts, whereas breaking the loop by upgrading nvidia-glx first would only violate a Depends, so presumably there's enough information there to figure out how to break the loop in the way we want. But I don't know if dpkg would actually do that reliably, and I'm not sure when it would then be safe to remove that dependency. 3. Stop using diversions entirely and just have libgl1-nvidia Provide and Conflict with libgl1. I'd love to do this, since it would make the packages much simpler, but this runs into a serious problem: this means that nvidia-glx would effectively conflit with libgl1-mesa-dev, which means one could not build GL packages for Debian on a system using the proprietary drivers. Right now, we take special care to point the *.so link at the diverted libgl1-mesa package if it is installed so that this will work correctly. I'm an "always build in a chroot" person, but we know that we have people who want to build Debian packages that use GL even though the NVIDIA drivers are installed. 4. Do something else to move the diversions that I haven't thought of and that would wonderfully solve all of our problems. I'd love to get opinions on what we should do here. It seems like moving diversions between packages is something that we would have run into in the past and should have a good answer for. In the absence of (4), I'm currently leaning towards option (1), but I don't know if I'm missing something that makes that even less robust than I think it is. -- Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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I'd like to start off with something I think left and right can both laugh hysterically over, because whether we're for U.S. occupation/liberation or against it, we ALL think Saddam is a monster. From Saturday Night Live transcripts:
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Hello, and welcome back to continuing coverage of the 2002 Iraqi Presidential Election. Whooo! We have a wild one on our hands tonight, and so far it shows few signs of settling down.
Let us go now to the map. So, it is still early, but with thirty-two percent of the precincts reporting it looks as though the provinces in red will be going to Saddam Hussein, Glorious Liberator and Defender of the Revolution. And in blue, you see the areas going to the opposition... And in green you see the villages that will be razed to the ground [blue province changes to green, accompanied by a chime sound].
Anyway, as of 10:25 Iraqi Standard Time, with thirty-four percent of the precincts reporting an estimated 99.97% of the electorate belongs to Saddam Hussein, Luminous Warrior and Scourge To The Yankee Running Dogs. And 0.03% of the electorate... go with God.
Here to help me explain the situation is esteemed presidential historian and commentator Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh. Daljit, nice to have you back.
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: Pervez, a pleasure as always.
Wow, what a roller-coaster ride. First of all, let me say that in all my years of watching Iraqi elections I have never *not* seen an election like this one.
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Here, here... But the 0.03, what is *that*?
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: Well, first Pervez, you have to remember that for Saddam Hussein -- may his name be whispered with lasting reverence -- this is a new election, the political landscape has changed a lot since 1995. Look at the opposition: I mean, Saddam is running against, well, nobody, but the Nobody he faces this year is much a tougher Nobody than the Nobody he faced in '95.
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Oh man, oh my gosh, so this is a real camel-derby here, and that accounts for all the blue on the map?
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: Well, Pervez, here is my suspicion: the ballots being used this year are a little confusing.
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Okay, okay, walk us through it.
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: Okay, see, here is the box for Saddam...
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: ...He Whose Benevolence Spreads Like a Milk Through the Tigris Valley...
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: ...yes, the Sturdy Bridegroom of the Iraqi State, yes, the one and only -- ah, but there is a box marked 'No' here...
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Okay, okay... see, already you have *lost* me.
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: Okay, okay... I'll explain it in more detail. See, marking this box is a vote *for* Saddam, and marking *this* box means, 'No, I am *not* voting for Saddam.'
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: Once again, [waving hand over head] whoosh! I am *very* confused, I do not envy those voters out there at the polls. Actually, I am just getting word that earlier today that two of these 'No' votes were cast by secret ballot.
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: That's right, Pervez, cast by secret ballot in Saddam's home village of Tikrit by Omar Bakeesh and Tariq Al-Darwesh.
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: We go now to Rasheed Al-Mulakh in Tikrit, who's trying to get an interview with the two 'No' voters. Rasheed?
Rasheed Al-Mulakh: Yes, Pervez! I'm here in the village of Tikrit, where two men have realy gotten things "shaken up!"
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: So, Rasheed, can we get an interview with the two 'No' voters?
Rasheed Al-Mulakh: No, no! Hahaha, they are [making air-quotes] *unavailable*! Hahaha...
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: [chuckling] Fantastic! And with those latest developments in Tikrit, I am now receiveing word that Saddam Hussein, He Whose Loins Yeild Unto Us a Legion, has secured 100 percent of the electorate.
Daljit Kalakh Galanlaneesh: [makes trilling vocalizations]
Pervez Al-Huwayeh: We go now live to the Mosul Palace for the acceptance speech.
Saddam Hussein: [laughing] Yay! HAHAHAHA! Thank you! Thank you so much, YEAH! We did it, ahhhhhh! [shoots rifle in air, then hands it to subordinate] Whoooooooo! Alright... Thank you to the guys in Starship -- oh, my God, what a great campaign song, whooo-boy!
This... whoa, this is unexpected, this is a *real* surprise. Oh man, I should have *prepared* something. Okay... Oh, I have so many people to thank... My Death Squads, where are you guys? Heyyyyyy, hahahaha... Ahhh, I couldn't have done it without you guys.
Y'know, a lot of people said we couldn't win this, and to them I say: LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!


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Saving seahorses, securing shallow seas
As the pre-eminent global expert on seahorses, Professor Amanda Vincent has been leading the science and conservation of these mysterious and important animals for over 30 years. In 1996 she founded Project Seahorse, a marine conservation group committed to the conservation and sustainable use of the world's coastal marine ecosystems. With seahorses as flagship species, Project Seahorse tackles the most urgent threats facing our shallow seas today, from overfishing to habitat destruction to the illegal wildlife trade.
Our innovative and nimble way of working has been very successful, especially in light of the group's small size and limited resources. Prof. Vincent and Project Seahorse have been recognized with the Whitley Award in Animal Conservation (1994), Rolex Award for Enterprise (1998), and Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation (2000).
An interdisciplinary approach
We find marine conservation solutions by understanding interdependencies between marine life and human communities. Concentric pressures bear down on individual animals, making an "onion world" in which each layer affects the others. Biological seahorse research is at the centre and we progress outward from there through marine populations, ecosystems, fishing communities, national and global trade issues, policy and public outreach.
Through our work, we aim to:
15-20 million
Number of seahorses traded globally each year, as uncovered by Prof. Vincent through tough field surveys and detective work
(and counting)
Number of marine protected areas we have established with local communities in the Philippines
Number of small-scale fishing families we brought together in an alliance to protect seahorses and shallow seas in central Philippines
Year we achieved landmark trade protections for seahorses under Appendix II of CITES — the first for any marine fishes since 1975
Shark and ray species we've helped protect through our seahorse trade work
5 million
Number of people we've reached with Expedition: Danajon Bank, our 2013-14 international conservation education campaign
Biological and conservation research
The first biologist to study seahorses underwater and founding chair of the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Stickleback Specialist Group, Prof. Vincent has led biological and trade field research in 34 countries on six continents. Prof. Vincent and the Project Seahorse team study genetics, life history, taxonomy, and population distributions of these species, always with a view to improving seahorse conservation, from IUCN Red List assessments to marine protected areas to management tools. Highlights:
- 200+ primary papers, reports, and policy briefings on seahorses (1989-present), including world's first estimates of seahorse growth and survival rates in the wild and discovery that many species form long-term monogamous pairs
- 130+ IUCN Red List assessments of seahorses and their relatives (1996-present)
- First book on seahorse taxonomy (1999)
- First definitive review of seahorse biology and life history (2004)
Recognizing that the pressures on our oceans are so urgent that we can't afford to do science for its own sake, Project Seahorse gears all of its research toward real-world conservation impact. All of our research is turned into management and policy tools for seahorse and shallow seas conservation. Recent highlights:
- 'Frugal' conservation — developed highly time-efficient, cost-effective methods of tracking changes in habitats and fish populations (2011);
- Showed that MPAs established quickly using local knowledge can be as or more effective than those set up using a slower, more rigorous scientific approach (2012);
- Revealed that women play an essential role in small-scale fisheries and that, to be truly effective, marine conservation must take their contributions into account (2014).
Citizen science and conservation
Since launching in 2013, iSeahorse — our pioneering citizen science program — has increased the number of people studying seahorses and advocating for their protection from fewer than 10 scientists to over 1,000 citizen scientists and conservationists around the world. iSeahorse is a global early warning system for at-risk seahorse populations and habitats. Highlights:
- Recruited 1,000+ seahorse citizen scientists and conservationists;
- Generated new scientific discoveries, including first seahorse sighting in Canadian waters in decades and hundreds of sightings (>15%) outside of species' known geographical range;
- Inspired ten citizen-run seahorse population monitoring projects (and counting) in seven countries around the world;
- Established one brand-new MPA in central Philippines based on iSeahorse data.
Policy and management for sustainable fisheries
From our research Project Seahorse has developed policy recommendations, management briefings, marine protected areas, and other tools to help governments use their coastal marine resources effectively and sustainably. Highlights:
- Developed dozens of management briefings and provided independent technical and scientific advice to governments and other stakeholders (1996-present);
- With local communities, established 35 MPAs (no-take zones) on Danajon Bank, a rare and threatened double-barrier reef in central Philippines (1996-present);
- Initiated creation of KAMADA, an alliance of 1,000 small-scale fishing families in the Philippines dedicated to the sustainable use and conservation of Danajon Bank;
- Through KAMADA, provided academic scholarships of children of seahorse fishers.
Trade and policy work
Our team works tirelessly to strengthen national and international conservation policy, helping governments to ensure their seahorse trade is sustainable. Highlights:
- Uncovered the massive global trade in seahorses — 15-20 million animals per year (1993-96);
- With Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Merchants Association, established a voluntary code of conduct for seahorse imports: no small ones and no pregnant males (2002);
- Drove scientific and policy process that led to landmark Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II listing for seahorses — the first CITES listing for marine fishes since its inception (2002). This listing helped generated listings for other species, notably sharks and rays (2013);
- Motivated Australia to regulate extraction of seahorses and their relatives (1998) and New South Wales (2004);
- Through CITES, generated first global ban on exports of seahorses (or any marine fish) from Vietnam (2013).
Outreach and education
In her role as an academic, Prof. Vincent teaches the University of British Columbia's first course on marine conservation and advises a number of graduate students. Through the media, public outreach in zoos and aquariums, and other activities, Project Seahorse educates the public about the importance of our shallow seas and the urgent need to protect them. Recent highlights:
- Trained over 175 professional conservationists from around the world. Many have gone on to build impressive, difference-making careers as scientists, policymakers, conservation advocates, and more (1990-present);
- Advocated for seahorses and shallow seas conservation in hundreds of newspaper and magazine stories, ranging from National Geographic to the Sunday Times. Prof. Vincent has been the subject of five full-length television documentaries, three of them narrated by David Attenborough.
- Launched Expedition: Danajon Bank, an international conservation education photo exhibition at zoos and aquariums in London, Hong Kong, Chicago, and Manila. Created in partnership with the International League of Conservation Photographers, the exhibition has reached well over five million people to date (2013-present);
- Advised on "Seahorse Symphony" exhibit at John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago (1998-2004), which won the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Award for Best Exhibit.


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The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are docked at St. Helens, Oregon, for Easter weekend. A large group of reenactment folks and pirates came out to meet them on Saturday... and so did four of the Portland Urban Sketchers. We got to St. Helens early in order to spend the entire morning with the ships. Unfortunately, due to a very slow lunch service, the morning was pretty much all we had - we ran out of time for our intended second session and none of us felt at all done with the ships when they pulled out to commence the Battle Sail. I had only just started to figure out the shapes of the ships and the particular problems of drawing complicated vessels like these, with all the copious ropes and lines and their relationship to the masts and sails. I could use a lot more sketching time with the tall ships!
Once the ships left, we switched to sketching the costumed officers, ladies, and pirates. The black line drawings were done with the Noodler's Flex fountain pen, which seemed to be working better for me this weekend - I loved using it for these sketches.
The costumed lady really was dispensing herbal remedy prescriptions.


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The objective of this research is to better understand the fractionation processes of Mg and Sr isotopes and especially: (1) to identify and quantify the causes of 88Sr-enrichment in continental waters; (2) to follow and evaluate the variations of δ26/24Mg along the course of seawater evaporation up to the Mg-K facies.
This study suggests that the oceanic δ88/86Sr may be affected by fractionation-producing processes on the continents (carbonate precipitation) and to a lesser extent by gypsum dissolution. In addition, precipitation of Mg-evaporites results in a complex evolution of the δ26/24Mg value in the residual brine and therefore affects the Mg isotopic composition of closed or semi-enclosed systems. However, on a global scale and over geological times, the precipitation of Mg salts has a limited impact on δ26/24Mg of the ocean.
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