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I have just completed a TEFL certificate course and I have always prided myself on speaking the Queen's English - I believe it is called RP (Receptive Pronunciation). However, I was appalled to find that I had answered one of the grammar questions in my exam with an incorrect answer. I need to clarify whether or not it is possible in good English to say "Tom will be going to play tennis tomorrow" I am not intending to use the "be going to" grammatical form. I am simply saying that Tom will be going somewhere tomorrow. Where will he be going? He will be going to play tennis. If you tell me that I can't say that I will have to (reluctantly) agree with you but I am sure that I say it all the time! My teacher (who is Polish) tells me that it is grammatically incorrect. Is she right?
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One bright spot was continued momentum exhibited by Walmart U.S. In the fourth quarter, the company's core business unit saw a 1.4% increase in customer traffic and generated a 1.8% same-store sales gain, the 10th straight quarter of improved results by that measure. Walmart's Neighborhood Market format performed even better, turning in a comparable-store sales increase of 5.3%. The improvements reflect stepped-up investment by the company in its stores, including lower prices and higher wages for associates.
Perhaps the biggest news contained in the earnings report was the ongoing emergence of Walmart as a force in e-commerce. Sales in the segment, including Jet.com and online grocery, surged 29% in the fourth quarter, eclipsing the 22% increase generated by e-commerce leader Amazon.
"We're moving with speed to become more of a digital enterprise and better serve our customers," says Doug McMillon, the dynamic young executive who has greatly accelerated Walmart's push into the online realm since becoming CEO three years ago. "We have more work to do, but I'm pleased with our progress."
McMillon's decision in 2016 to buy Jet.com for $3.3 billion in cash and stock signaled his determination to make Walmart a more potent force in online retailing. The appointment of Jet.com founder Marc Lore to head Walmart eCommerce U.S., together with the rapid progress the company subsequently made in that sector, portend a titanic battle between Walmart and Amazon for dominance in online sales and the broader retail marketplace.
Make no mistake: Amazon is the proven master of e-commerce, and it is headed by an innovator who can legitimately be compared to Walmart founder Sam Walton for his impact on the retailing business. As a result of Jeff Bezos' refusal to let Amazon stand pat, the company continues to test and implement new concepts, including a small but growing number of stores in the brick-and-mortar realm.
Walmart is the undisputed king of traditional retailing, with annual global sales more than four times those of its nearest rival, Costco, and more than five times those of Amazon. If deployed wisely, Walmart clearly has the resources necessary to augment its e-commerce capabilities and compete with Amazon on its own terms.
More important, McMillon and his colleagues recognize that retailing is changing at an unprecedented rate. The strategy that fueled Walmart's rise in the late 20th century is, in some respects, out of sync with the needs of today's consumers, who expect a greater degree of convenience and personalization than ever before from the companies with whom they do business. Unlike dominant retailers of the past — A&P, Kmart and Sears come readily to mind — Walmart is adapting to the new realities. A reoriented and reenergized Walmart, one that seamlessly combines the strengths of its brick-and-mortar stores with new digital capabilities, should be able to maintain its position in the forefront of mass market retailing.
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Well nobody, and I mean NOBODY, makes Deputy Sheriff Thomas Bachik look like a possum's pecker
So since that time, his union buds have been doing their best to demean the judges on this blog. They're also demanding a Home Rule Charter change so they can elect a Sheriff and install a union bud. They even have Lamont McClure, aka Junior, making a pitch for them.
That sombitch.
Well, that pile a' monkey nuts at The Express Times has just given Deputy Sheriff Thomas Bachik a turkey, saying this:
"Northampton County sheriff's deputy Tom Bachik and other members of the deputies' union sent letters to county judges and County Executive John Stoffa, grumbling that some judges are playing favorites with assignments of deputies, and that in at least one case, a judge compromised security by ordering a high-risk prisoner be transferred to state custody on a specific day. There must be better ways for deputies to address their grievances — through appropriate channels — than calling out the judges. And they should remember who is working for whom."What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law.


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I talked before about not wanting to get on the roof of the Arctic Fox and move my solar panels up and down. So as I walked around the neighborhood today I took a couple of pictures that show what I'm talking about. Now putting the panels up and down is not all that difficult to do, but is not something you would want to do every few days. Putting the panels up and down makes sense if you're going to be someplace for a while, but if you're moving often then it becomes more of a problem. And it's also not much fun to do, and possibly even dangerous if the weather is not cooperating. Some days you might have to put them up or down when the roof is wet, or worse when the wind is blowing hard. And Let's face it as we get older our ladder climbing skills do not increase.
There's a couple of people on the Internet that are experts in solar installations and I listened to them a great deal when I decided that solar was the way for me to go. One of those people was HandyBob he made a lot of sense in the things that he suggests, and one of the things that he suggests is that, if you have the extra money, and you have the room on your roof, put a couple of extra panels up there and just leave them all flat. His theory being that if you need four panels but they have to be tilted in the winter to provide the power that you require, why not put six up there and leave them flat all the time and not expose yourself to all the tilting problems. I was at one of the Quartzsite solar installer companies the other day and was looking at their tilt kits, and for the price of 4 tilt kits you could darn near buy another Solar panel.
So I will give it this year to see how that's going to work for me. That way I'll have a full winter and a full summer to see if the panels will do the job while laying flat. I guess the good thing is, if they don't work all I have to do is buy a couple of tilt kits and tilt a couple of them.


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Several New Jersey counties have the Early Intervention Support Services program to provide treatment to patients in mental health crisis. Human Services Committee Chair Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-37) told NJTV News Managing Editor Mike Schneider that about 11 counties statewide currently provide those services and she hopes they can be offered statewide.
The services have not extended to more counties because of a lack of funding, according to Huttle. The early intervention program allows for patients to receive service in a home-like atmosphere. In areas without the program, patients are taken to a hospital emergency room and, according to Huttle, there are no specialists available to treat mental health patients.
"These early interventions systems or support services that are in about 10 to 11 counties right now take that vicious cycle away," Huttle said. "To me, not everyone may need to go to a hospital or a center. The crisis is growing among young people today. Unfortunately depression, anxiety pushes people, young people, over the edge to fatalities and to suicide. They're in a point of crisis where they may need that help immediately and that help may not be necessarily from an emergency room."
Huttle began supporting the Early Intervention Support Services program after an experience in her own district. A woman came to Huttle's office needing mental health services. The district had a county support service, which Huttle called. The service sent a specialist to treat the patient.
Huttle says that funding needs to be in place in order for people to get the treatment that they need and that a hospital emergency room may not be the best treatment for someone with a mental illness crisis.
According to Huttle, New Jersey may not be able to afford to expand the program throughout the state until costs are minimized. It would cost about $10 million to extend the services statewide, she said.


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Kang So Ra Throws a Birthday Party with 200 Fans
Sensitive Artist, Feb. 10, 2015, 10:15 a.m.
Kang So Ra threw a huge celebration for her upcoming 26th birthday (international age 25) by inviting 200 fans to her birthday bash! Kang So Ra threw her birthday party in Times Square, Yeongdeungpo on February 8th well ahead of her actual birthday which is on February 18th. The actress walked onto the stage amidst fans singing "Happy Birthday".
The actress blew out the candles on her birthday cake on stage, and then held a Q&A session with her fans. She was asked, "What do you think whenever you see your fans?" Kang So Ra answered, "I do my best to try to remember their names and faces."
The actress re-enacted a few of her more memorable scenes with her fans, and provided them with gifts from her productions. The fans surprised her with a video message which played the track "It's Fortunate" by Lee Juk, which brought the actress to tears. Kang So Ra completed the 3-hour fanmeeting by taking a group picture and greeting them one by one.
Kang So Ra is currently entertaining multiple offers for her next production. You heard it here at Koogle.tv!


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Have you ever pulled out of the driveway, and realized you had the emergency brake on? The car goes alright, and maybe even quite a distance before you notice it, but it's slow and sluggish.
Well, that's how I think I've been approaching my athletic endeavors. Yes, I've been pulling out of the driveway, and even getting onto the road pretty often, but not doing everything I can to achieve. So I decided this is the year that I take the brake off. I finished my 3rd 1/2 marathon in late February, and am moving on to a goal of one triathlon a month for the next 6 months. Instead of ignoring the orthotics with a hole, and the IT band pain that has been with me off and on for the last couple of years, I have sought out professional help for each issue (no, not that kind...at least not yet :) ). I replaced my mountain bike with a road bike that is more appropriate for triathlons. I've joined an online mentor group, and ask lots of questions. Oh, and yes, I am training consistently, and hopefully getting a little smarter about it along the way. I've dropped 8 lbs since mid December, and it's gotten easier instead of harder to eat well.
I don't know why I have not done these things before, but there is just been this underlying fear of really going all in, or that I somehow don't deserve the resources to help me along the way. I'm sure there will be bumps along this road, but it's just a different attitude of tackling them instead of hoping they will go away. So no more burning up the emergency brake!
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Special Agent Kelly Jones has dealt with some real creepy cases in her time with the FBI. But the case coming up will be one that will have sleepless nights and a loss of appetite. There are killings being done in the tunnels underneath an Ivy League college. Yet it will only get worse as she is led down a perilous route that will only have one come out alive. Being that it is her alma mater, she is determined to figure out who is behind the horrible scenes.
Ms. Gagnon builds a world that is completely twisted. I found myself falling underneath the spell and being completely horrified which what was being unfolded in this book. The research she had to do was phenomenal. I was thoroughly pleased with how well she was able to present the things she had to study with mythologies. It was certainly a daunting task that she lived up to with every page turned.
Kelly had a past that she was trying to keep from meeting her present. I truly felt for this character. The pressure she was under did not help matters. When solving a crime, time truly is of the essence. She wanted to see justice done and put herself into the case fully. I was impressed! I also liked the minor characters of her partner Roger Morrow and the former FBI Agent Jake Riley. They brought so much more to the story than I thought possible. It really rounded out the characters.
This book is definitely creepy and scary! I was taking in by this book and could not put it down. Great read if you love scary! I hope to see more by this author whether with these characters or not. She is a wonderful author!
New Author/Scary Book Challenge for AN2R/ Michelle Gagnon/ 299 pages/ 4 out of 5
This was a good one! I hope she writes more. :) Off to read a review e-book and then One for the Money by Janet Evenovich.


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Eddie Long's New Birth academy closes with students in the lurch
Baptist Bishop Eddie Long of the the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church was hit by lawsuits, settled, dumped and now his church's school is closing:
Dozens of parents said they are left scrambling to find a school for their children after leaders at New Birth Christian Academy said the campus will not reopen next week.
School officials told Channel 2 Action News that money and not enough students are the main issues, but some parents said they believe it's more than that.
How much more than that?
The academy is housed inside the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. A spokesperson made it clear that the school closure has nothing to do with the sex abuse allegations against Bishop Eddie Long.
"I don't believe that. I believe that this last straw with the divorce, the sealed settlement, it just does not look good," said the parent.
Parents received the letter on Dec. 22. School reopens there on Jan. 4. The DeKalb County, Ga., school system has said it will help place the refugee students.
Eddie Long files responses denying guilt: Resignation called for
In responses to the four lawsuits filed against him and New Birth Baptist Church, Bishop Eddie Long denied coercing the young men into sexual relationships, but admitted other key aspects of their accounts. The responses were filed in DeKalb County (Georgia) State Court on Monday.
Megan Matteucci of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote:
In September, four young men — Maurice Robinson, Anthony Flagg, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande — filed suits against Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. The young men claimed Long coerced them into having sex with him in exchange for lavish gifts, trips and jobs. In the filings, Long said it has been a practice of his to occasionally share a room with members of his congregation. However, he said "the plaintiff's claims of sexual misconduct are not true.
He admitted that he took the men on trips, but he denied the complaints of sexual contact. He did admit to hugging some of the men.
Long also admitted to giving the plaintiffs gifts, including cars, and helping them financially, but he denied that it was in exchange for sex. He said he has "provided sporadic financial assistance," and he routinely pays for rent and other expenses for New Birth members, according to the filings.
Almost 75 people led by Bishop "Prophet" H. Walker of True Light Pentecost Church in Spartanburg, S.C., called for Long's resignation in a ralliy "on the steps of the Georgia state Capitol" Sunday,
'Baptist' Bishop Eddie Long's before-the-scandal $candal
When Independent Baptist Bishop Eddie Long declared "spiritual warfare" was at the center of his scandal, he inadvertently summarized arguments against his ministry and the ministries of others like him.
In Charisma magazine, J. Lee Grady wrote that a even before the Long scandal, he had noticed a "sinister spirit of perversion has invaded the ranks of charismatic churches." While careful not to pre-convict Long, Grady offered examples:
- The leader of one supposedly Christian ministry encouraged the wives of two men to have adulterous affairs, and then asked the women to provide detailed descriptions of their activities
- A group of traveling ministers routinely met for weekend getaways that included wife-swapping
- The male leader of a "prophetic" church on the West Coast seduced several men in his core leadership team. (The church shut down after the sin was exposed.)
- A pastor learned that members of his staff were having sexual affairs in the sanctuary of his church, and he did nothing to stop the debauchery.
- A church in the Southeast hosted a marriage seminar in which Christian couples were encouraged to install poles in their bedrooms so wives could engage in pole dancing prior to sex. (Question: Didn't pole dancing originate in strip clubs? Did someone visit a strip club to get this idea?)
But such power also has its financial uses.
Keith Burton, director of the Bradford-Cleveland-Brooks Leadership Center at Oakwood University, said there is an undeniably "spiritual warfare" swirling around Long:
Like many other mega-church moguls, Eddie Long's empire was built like a massive pyramid scheme maintained by a host of tithe paying downliners – many of whom give sacrificially with the hope that next Sunday morning their spiritual lottery number would be called. This scandalous gospel of wealth with its "name it and claim it" heresy has the masses so mesmerized that – even now – they fail to hold their leader accountable. Together with the millions of gullible who contribute to similar clergy greed, they allowed him to build his kingdom on their unquestioned loyalty. They defended the right of the "man of God" to have a $350,000 Bentley, multiple items of jewelry, six to seven figure salary, and expensive suits; and gave no thought to the fact that excessive materialism has long been successful in transforming "men of God" into "men of gods." This, my friends, is the undisputed scandal – a scandal for which neither the Bishop nor New Birth have a defense.
David A. Love, executive editor of BlackCommentator.com, wrote at Salon about Long's homophobia, as well as his materialistic gospel:
And as Wall Street bankers, megachurch preachers and other prosperity pimps live like lottery winners, people in America are suffering. The Census Bureau recently reported that poverty is higher than it was 10 years ago, with nearly 15 percent of Americans in poverty. The gap between rich and poor has tripled in three decades, and is the highest it has been since the 1920s. Meanwhile, unemployment is entrenched and not going anywhere anytime soon.
Surely, Bishop Long and his supporters would maintain that his reputation is being dragged through the mud. But his reputation was already muddied via his homophobia and corrupt bling theology. Rather, Long should worry far more about what Dr. King would say about him.
lthough King fought against and even disobeyed unjust laws, Long supports them. Dr. King decried the triple evils of racism, materialism and militarism, and called for a radical revolution of values, from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. Figures such as King and Malcolm X walked the talk by fighting for the people — and for causes greater than their personal bank account — through great personal sacrifice and a modest existence. Remember that Dr. King donated all of his $54,000 Nobel Peace Prize money to the civil rights movement.
Weigh Dr. King's philanthropy against Rachel Tabachnick's detailed account of how Long's ministry is apparently structured to make him wealthy. It may indeed be a "pyramid scheme," accumulating revenue from perhaps 275 churches in 38 states.
That self-serving corporate structure appears to be what the conundrum of being a Baptist bishop means to Long.
YouTube video admonishes Eddie Long to 'tell the truth'
Openly gay and bisexual Rev. Dennis A. Meredith, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta, has posted a YouTube video admonishing scandal besieged Lithonia Eddie Long to "tell the truth:"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Shelia M. Poole wrote:
The nearly four-minute video was posted on YouTube on Monday, the day after Long made his first public comments about the scandal in which four young men sued the pastor, accusing him of coercing them into sexual relations.
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Meredith said he decided to make the video because he was "saddened and disappointed" that there seemed to be little concern for the four men by Long and members of the 25,000-member church, who were interviewed later by the media. Meredith, who describes himself as openly gay and bisexual, said he called on a film crew, that's also making a documentary about himself and his church, to shoot the video with downtown Atlanta as a backdrop.
Meredith said his congregation is about 85 percent gay, lesbian and bisexual. Meredith said he has lost some members to New Birth because they disagreed of his views about welcoming gays in the church.
Words still unspoken by Independent Baptist Eddie Long
For Eddie Long, whatever remains in his metaphoric sack of rocks, important words remain unspoken. Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes:
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Sexually abusive pastor profile and technique
Yet, after days of awkward silence, Long could not look the members of that family in the face and tell them plainly that he was innocent, that he had not engaged in sex with four young male church members who looked to him for guidance.
Other pastors at the church have things to say:
In the latest news update, the Chief Minister Elder Darius Wise at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, told WSBTV that they got pictures of Bishop Eddie Long over the past week and he doesn't know that guy being portrayed. Wise stated that the man that he knows wouldn't do what he is being accused of in the lawsuits.
His ex-wife has joined the fray via divorce documents. Christian Boone and Ty Tagami of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution write:
Dabara S. Houston said she was the victim of "cruel treatment" and was afraid of Long's "violent and vicious temper," according to Fulton County Superior Court records. She and her son "had to flee [the couple's Fairburn home] in order to ensure their safety," the documents say.
The couple was married in 1981 and separated after a couple years, according to the documents. Long's first wife made the abuse allegation in a counterclaim after he petitioned for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
There is an element of combat to it, a sociologist explained:
"There's a lot of theater here, it's a live chess match," says Tulane sociologist Shayne Lee, author of "Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace." "The plaintiffs want to keep the blood flowing, and Bishop Long is trying to figure out how to stop the bleeding. But the longer this goes on in the media, the more [church] members are going to demand cogent responses to the claims instead of vague denials."
Time is not on Long's side. The longer it runs, the more his supporters will understand that as Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post observed, Long has his self-pitying David/Goliath analogy backward:
Let's see, on one side we have one of the most prominent and influential clerics in the country, the pastor of a suburban Atlanta megachurch that claims 25,000 members. On the other, we have four young men who claim in lawsuits that Long abused his clerical authority to lure and coerce them into having sex with him. Unlike the bishop, as far as I know, none of the accusers is driven around in a Bentley. Or is constantly attended by a retinue of aides and bodyguards. Or cultivates and maintains first-name relationships with famous politicians, athletes and entertainers.
His failure to directly and personally confront the accusations with persuasive denial suggests a failure of accountability for his exercise of a trust — a topic Christa addresses well:
The allegations, if proven, involve conduct that is far more troubling that mere hypocrisy. And they involve conduct that is something far different from consensual gay sex. They involve conduct in which faith itself — the faith of trusting teens — is twisted into a weapon so as to serve the sexual ends of a powerful religious leader.
Eddie Long accuser Jamal Parris speaks (you decide)
Read the Parris lawsuit [.pdf].
Er, Bishop Long: Who is David? Who is Goliath?
After speaking to his 10,000-strong congregation Sunday, simple shepherd Eddie "David" Long tossed his weathered leather pouch of five well-selected rocks into his $350,000 Bently and drove to his modest $1.4-million residence to further gird his loins for battle with Goliath (apparently the four young men who have filed suit against him).
Excerpt from a transcript of Eddie Long's sermon
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, key passages are:
There have been allegations and attacks made on me. I have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. But I am not the man that's being portrayed on the television. That's not me. That is not me
By the counsel of my lawyers, they have advised me not to try this case in the media. I am not gon' try this case in the media. It will be tried in the court of justice and dealt with in the court of justice and please understand because that's the only place I think I'll get justice, but being in the hands of God.
Please hear this. Please hear this: I've been accused. I'm under attack. I want you to know, as I said earlier, I am not a perfect man. But this thing I'm gon' fight.
And I want you to to know one other thing. I feel like David against Goliath, but I've got five rocks and I haven't thrown one yet.
Read the entire transcript here.
Fourth lawsuit filed against Bishop Eddie Long
Craig Schneider of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote Friday:
Spencer LeGrande filed suit against Long Friday, marking the fourth such action filed this week. He said in the suit that he met Long when he was 15 at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., where he and his mother were among the founding families. He said he accompanied Long on several trips abroad and later moved to Atlanta.
New Birth Charlotte is a satellite church of Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga.
Three other young men have filed similar suits against Long. All four claim Long, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement," repeatedly coerced them into sex when they were younger.
His father, 55-year-old Greensboro, N.C., furniture store worker Eddie LeGrande said:
He never told me. He never gave me a clue,
But looking back, he said, "There were red flags." The trips, the gifts, the attention, he said.
"I'm very upset about it," he said. "I'm very hurt about it. I'm very hurt for my son."
If the accusations are true, he said, "I think he should be banned from his church. I think he should do jail time, and he should pay the victims for the hurt. He should be used as an example."
Long has thus far denied but nonetheless responded only briefly to the allegations.
Long made a telephone conference call to pastors and supports Friday:
We will arise through this situation, and go forward, and we are moving forward," Long said, according to CNN affiliate WGCL-TV, which monitored the call.
"I have never dealt with anything like this before. I have been under attack before, but everything else has been different levels and different challenges," Long said. He took no questions.
Keith Whitney of Atlanta's 11Alive.com wrote on Friday:
Bishop Long is expected, however, to tell his side on Sunday in the ultimate venue. The pulpit.
Wikipedia's list of mostly American Christian evangelist scandals includes Long's mentor, Earl Paulk, whose career concluded amid scandal.
On his twitter account Thursday, Long tweeted:
Thanks for all your prayers and support! Love you all.
There has been vigorous twitter traffic in discussion of and speculation about the story since it broke. Speculation that Long plans to resign Sunday has been frequent since the fourth suit became public knowledge.
Haggard says Long deserves fair hearing: Pictures released
Mara Gay of AOL News writes:
Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard cautions that no one should rush to judge Atlanta megachurch Bishop Eddie Long, who is accused of coercing three young men into sex.
"Nobody's guilty until the court says he's guilty," Haggard, the former head of a 14,000-member congregation in Colorado, told AOL News in a phone interview Wednesday.
Three young men from Long's 25,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church filed lawsuits this week claiming he exploited his position and used cash, cars and expensive trips to pressure them into sexual relationships.
Of the pictures, one author suggested:
On Thursday, pictures hit the Internet like a whirlwind and no one knows how the photos surfaced which show the Bishop wearing spandex and workout clothes which is stated to have been sent to an accuser in November of 2008. According to attorney B.J. Bernstei who is representing the three men suing Eddie Long, they received dozens of emails from Long, but "they are not overly sexual."


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Includes the aims of the project and a description of the four climate and water resource development scenarios considered and modelled.
Overview of project methods. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)
The project's aims were to:
The four scenarios of climate and water resource development that were considered are broadly defined as follows:
Each of the four scenarios were described by 112 year sequences of modelled daily climate data.
For the historic climate, historic data were used with gaps in the records filled using statistical modelling. For the recent climate scenario these data were statistically generated based on historic data.
For future climate results for high, medium and low emission runs of the global climate models used in the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were analysed and used to estimate future seasonal rainfalls, average temperatures and potential evapotranspiration.
A regional climate model was also run to estimate future statistical distributions of daily rainfall, season by season. The results from the global and regional climate models were then used to adjust the historic climate series to provide simulated future climate series that adhere to the historic sequencing of climate. Maintaining historic sequencing information enables sensible comparisons between scenarios.
The climate data were used to model daily surface runoff on 5 km x 5 km grids across each catchment, and to model daily groundwater recharge at point locations for separate aquifers. The climate and runoff data were used to adjust the inputs to river system models (that include models of agricultural and urban water demand) to determine:
Recharge data were input to groundwater system models to determine water table levels for major aquifers for each scenario.
For minor aquifers simpler assessments were made of likely changes in water levels without undertaking numerical modelling.
Assessments were made of the exchanges between rivers and underlying aquifers. Where these exchanges were large, estimates of flow loss/gain were passed from the river model to the groundwater model, and from the groundwater model back to rerun the river model to adjust the modelled flow losses/gains.
A statistical assessment of the recent drought was made catchment by catchment and for the whole MDB based on rainfall and river flow observations for the previous five, seven and ten years compared to the full historical instrumental record.
An assessment of the uncertainty associated with the results was undertaken by considering the uncertainty of future climate and future water resource development and the uncertainty associated with the climate and hydrologic models used. Independent assessments of catchment water balances were made using remotely sensed estimates of evapotranspiration; typically, 90 per cent of rainfall is evaporated or transpired by plants (forests, grassland and crops), while only around 10 per cent becomes runoff. These estimates were compared to observed and modelled runoff and river flow.
Based on the range of modelling, water availability across each region and under each scenario is reported. This included reporting a range of measures of reservoir storage volumes, water diversion reliability and groundwater use. Measures were reported that indicate the potential for environmental impacts associated with current and future surface and groundwater availability.
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We were waved to a table, our wine order was taken (A rather excellent bottle of Mathieu Cosme vouvray), and a large chalk board was placed on a chair for us to study.
Next we were onto the mains, I went for Oxtail a l'orange with haricots beans and herbs. My GF chose a Fish dish, the subtleties of which we couldn't quite grasp with our limited French skills.
The Bistro was really buzzing now, packed with people. The Bartender was taking his wine serving extremely seriously, decanting the wines into glass vessels, swirling and then taking a sniff before serving, something you don't often see in the UK.


text: Established in 1979, Zambesi has a retail and workroom team of over 40 staff members. With flagship stores in Wellington, Auckland and Melbourne, Zambesi was invited by Mercedes-Benz to create two bespoke looks to celebrate the partnership which was the starting point for creating the men's and women's collections. Showcasing their AW18 collection, a highlight is the collaboration between the Zambesi, the show's producer, music director, make-up and hair artists – all to create this one show. "The runway show is a huge highlight for us and validates our existence." The brand has shown at New Zealand Fashion Week every year except in 2016 and is delighted to be the opening show this year as the Mercedes-Benz Presents designer.


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The Gramene Team is pleased to announce its release #56 with 2,075,925 genes and 53 reference plant genomes. Of these genes, 1,892,629 are protein coding, and 1,703,219 genes are organized in 67,042 gene family trees.
The eigth new genome assemblies in this release are: Cucumis sativus (cucumber), Dioscorea rotundata (white Guinea yam), Gossypium raimondii (cotton), Helianthus annuus (common sunflower), Lupinus angustifolius (blue lupin), Manihot esculenta (cassava), Nicotiana attenuata (coyote tobacco), and Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean). In addition, newer assembly and gene annotation for sorghum NCBIv3 (see Phytozome for more details), soybean V3, and peach V2, as well as updated gene models for Japonica rice, were included in the release. Try our updated assembly converter.
We are grateful to Dr. Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra of the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis for new transposable elements for maize.
As part of the regular Compara gene trees update across all plants, 26 new synteny maps and 33 new whole-genome alignments involving the new and updated genomes (example), as well as updated split gene predictions, are being released in this database build.
This release would not have been possible without a complete Ensembl software update to v91. A complete description of the contents of the release is available in our release notes. The genome databases were built in direct collaboration with Ensembl Plants and the Plant Reactome database was built in collaboration with the Reactome project.
Please let us know if you have questions or suggestions.
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was towed back to her base in Gosport to be repaired. Owner Andrew PINDAR said, 'I am very disappointed. I don't know why it happened. We heard 'Bang! Bang!' and then it seemed like a fast sort of slow motion as the sails came down. I am glad the designer Juan KOUYOUMDJIAN was on board and we are now looking at what could have caused it.'
Meanwhile Estrella Damm, one of the new generation of Open 60s, went on to to take line honours in the Artemis Challenge at Skandia Cowes Week, earning £10,000 for the Spanish Africa Viva charity that had been nominated by the Spanish skipper Guillermo ALTADILL.
Will GREENWOOD, the former England rugby star brought his well-honed muscles to the party to give the brand new Estrella Damm an extra knot of pace while Lady Gabriella WINDSOR, brought some blue blood to Jonny MALBON's (GBR) Artemis Ocean Racing campaign to arrive home in fourth place out of six starters.
Despite having her appendix removed in an emergency operation last week, Britain's Sam DAVIES took the helm of Roxy and completed the circumnavigation in six hours and 34 minutes and 12 minutes behind Estrella.
Alfa Romeo Out Of The Blocks In A Flash
In their first head to head, Neville CRICHTON's (NZL) 100 ft super maxi Alfa Romeo beat Mike SLADE's (GBR) gleaming new ICAP Leopard to win Class Zero IRC's race around the Island and the RYS Trophy. This three year-old speed machine completed the 50 nm course in 4 hours, 54 minutes and 57 seconds, some 40 minutes ahead of ICAP Leopard but well short of the record set in 2006 by Maximus of 3 hours, 20 minutes and 9 seconds.
These vast maxi boats, with their towering 150 ft masts, flying 1800 sq yds of sail, made for an impressive sight as they powered down the Solent.
For the spectators along the waterfront, it was Alfa Romeo, with Lymington's Ado STEAD (GBR) as navigator and Murray JONES (NZL), strategist on America's Cup winner Alinghi in the afterguard, who left them awestruck when Ellen MACARTHUR (GBR) fired the cannon to send the fleet on their way. Both the big boats immediately hoisted their Code 0s to build up a head of steam and reach speeds of around 16 knots to leave the rest of the fleet in their wake.
The North Wind Doth Blow
Racing started against a backdrop of clear blue skies and a chilly north easterly wind which, according to weather expert Chris TIBBS, would ease from a Force 3 to a Force 2 as lunchtime approached to be replaced by a sea breeze in the afternoon. This, he predicted, would be SE in the eastern Solent and SW in the western, making for some very challenging conditions for the entire fleet.
Racing against the tide made for a textbook starting sequence with just one class, the Darings, bucking the trend. They were subject to a general recall and on the second attempt, three boats Decoy, Devius and Division Belle were disqualified under the Black Flag rule.
The Laser SB3s were the models of good behaviour though the strong tide meant it took the 98-strong fleet more than eight minutes to cross the line. Once again, it was Glenn BOURKE, Jeremy TROUGHTON and Tony KILBY on Musto who slipped away first and, although their speeds dropped off as they headed towards the first mark at North Ryde Middle, they were soon back on the pace.
By the end of the 16 nm course, they had established an emphatic five minute lead over second placed Geoff CARVETH in Earls Court Boat Show, the overall leaders, which put BOURKE in an ebullient mood.
'It was one of the most tactically perfect days I have sailed for a long time,'
'We are starting to sail really well. We are best in light to moderate airs upwind whereas Geoff likes the heavy downwind conditions so we will see what happens tomorrow but either way it will be a fair contest.'
Red Hot Flash Gloves Wins Britannia Cup
In Class 1 IRC, the day belonged once more to the TP52s and to Colm BARRINGTON's Flash Glove in particular who reinforced his position at the top of the leaderboard with a resounding five minute win over Cockburn's Red. Despite missing out on the coveted Britannia Cup, Charles DUNSTONE's second place was his best result of the week so far.
Peter HARRISON's Chernikeeff 2 was forced to retire after getting a spinnaker sheet wrapped around the propeller while the engine was running prior to the start. The boat was hauled out of the water to check for damage and the crew were confident of being back in action tomorrow.he said.


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Commissioner Ken Johnson, left, Mayor Steve Gawron, center and Commissioner Dan Rinsema-Sybenga, right took their oath of office Thursday Jan. 2 to begin four-year terms on the Muskegon City Commission.
(Dave Alexander | Muskegon Chronicle)
MUSKEGON, MI – Muskegon city commissioners seem to agree that the selection of vice mayor is not the most important decision they will make in the next two years, but that doesn't reduce the intrigue on who will be selected Tuesday, Jan. 14.
The Muskegon City Commission deadlocked 3-3 in the reappointment of Commissioner Larry Spataro as the city's vice mayor as the issue turned racial. Spataro was not at the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, but is expected to be at the Tuesday session.
However, Commissioner Willie German Jr. was absent from the Monday, Jan. 13 work session, excused because of illness. German raised the issue of having a vice mayor who is African American to better represent the entire city. Spataro is white.
Mayor Steve Gawron said it is not known whether German will be able to attend the Tuesday meeting. The Tuesday city commission meeting is at 5:30 p.m. at Muskegon City Hall, 933 Terrace St.
Commissioners had a philosophical conversation at their Monday work session about the vice mayoral selection basically down to Spataro based upon experience in office – he is the longest serving commissioner and had has been vice mayor since mid 2012 – and Hood is African American.
The initial 3-3 tally had Gawron and newly elected Commissioners Ken Johnson and Dan Rinsema-Sybenga vote for Spataro and German, Hood and Commissioner Byron Turnquist vote against him, indicating wanting to consider an African American.
"This is not the most important issue that we will be deciding," Rinsema-Sybenga said. "Experience is important, but so is representing the community … we need to keep that in mind."
The work session was attended by former Mayor Steve Warmington, former Commissioner Lea Markowski, unsuccessful 2013 mayoral candidate Zawdie Abiade and Muskegon NAACP Chapter President Phyllis Laudermill. Only Abiade addressed the commissioners.
"I want to ask you as leaders to come to Tuesday's vote with an open mind on who should be vice mayor," Abiade said, suggesting the best selection would be Hood. Abiade is an African American minister in Muskegon who ran unsuccessfully for mayor vs. Gawron in November.
Spataro did not say how he will vote come Tuesday's meeting. He said the vice mayoral selection is not a big issue, but should be decided on who can best run a commission meeting in the mayor's absence.
"I think there are several on this body who can do it as I also can," Spataro said.
Spataro went to give a lengthy statement on integration in the city as it relates to race, age, gender, economic status and ethnicity, calling Muskegon unique among Lakeshore communities. He and others also pointed out that this is the first time in generations that a woman is not seated on the commission.
"I think our diverse population looks past color, gender and ethnicity," Spataro said. "And that speaks well for this community. I think you cannot get elected to the city commission if you cannot cross all of the community and reach out."
Hood countered Spataro's opinion that to be elected in Muskegon means you have find acceptance by all different kinds of groups.
"A lot of times some neighborhoods and ethnicities come out to vote more than others," Hood said. "The west side votes more than the east side or urban areas. You don't have to be good at reaching out to all communities to be elected as a commissioner."
Turnquist, who is white and voted with the two African Americans against the Spataro appointment in an attempt to "reach out," said he has been torn by the vote and what the commission should do. He said Gawron's request to keep Spataro as vice mayor carries weight with him.
Johnson said his position has been in "flux" since his initial vote for Spataro at the organizational meeting. After the work session, how the vote for vice mayor will go is anybody's guess.
"I will be happy once this issue is behind us and much more important issues come before us over the next two years," Spataro said.
Dave Alexander covers business and local government for MLive/The Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.


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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Shadow Shot Sunday
Be sure to visit other shadow chasers at Hey Harriet!
13 comments:
- Sylvia K said...
What a delightful group of shadow shots, Beverley! Isn't it fun to discover them! Love the bird nest, be fun to see the little ones! Hope you have a great weekend!
- April 10, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- EG CameraGirl said...
This is a neat collection of shadows! Yes, the sun came out...finally!
Over Front Door
- April 10, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Laura said...
- April 10, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Ralph said...
The smallest details around our house can leave great shadows, should we perform our ritual shadow hunting. The robins are crafty birds, they can use anything to make their nests, and will. These birds have been all over the yard looking for the thatch we have lots of. I await the warmer and brighter days when all the birds seem to wake up at 4:30 AM, making wonderful noise!
- April 10, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Sarah said...
I love that birds nest with the Honesty-'silver dollars'-love that name too which I have not heard before!
- April 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Gemma Wiseman said...
I love finding surprise shadows in photos! Often they are the most intriguing ones! The first photo especially creates a beautiful artwork! Almost like a wimdchime or mobile!
- April 10, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Catherine said...
a nice subtle collection - does that mean you have run out of mexican shadows??
- April 10, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- jabblog said...
Wonderful variety of shadows here - thank you for sharing :-)
- April 11, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- A Wild Thing said...
So much fun to be a shadow chaser! Love the bird nest.
- April 11, 2010 at 5:52 AM
a lovely collection of shadow shots!
- April 11, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Magical Mystical Teacher said...
Shadow butterfly,
you may flutter here and there,
but when sun goes down…
Your choice of shadows:
Stony Shadows
Deluge of darkness
- April 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Kim, USA said...
I see butterfly shadow, like it!
SSS-Curved shadow
- April 11, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Trudy Callan said...
I am so thrilled that you are joining The Artistic Mother's Group.
We will be allowing two weeks for each project. But if you get behind, please don't worry. Just keep working a little each day. The whole point of this group is to develop the habit of doing art each day. It is also so we can encourage one another and be an accountability group. I personally need the accountability part of it. Knowing that others are coming to see what I'm up to is very motivational; otherwise, I may not finish it on my own. Some projects may be easier for you than others and may allow you to catch up. But if you don't, don't get discouraged. Just keep on going. This is a low pressure group. I want everyone to have fun and also enjoy visiting one another.
And please do a blog post about your participation in the group inviting others to join. Please give a link to my blog for those who may wish to join so they can come here and get the details and sign in. I am keeping a master list of all participants.
Each week do a post of your progress as you go through the book. When posting each week, please mention the group with a link to my blog. That way people can go to my blog and see the list of the other participants and click around to see their progress as well.
Please check my blog often for tips, notes of encouragement and exciting news. And please go and read my previous posts because they contain resources that will help you get a good start with the group.
Please also go back and read all of the posts I have written about The Artistic Mother group, starting near the end of February because there is a lot of good information in those posts that will help you get a good start with us.
And one last thing. Please come and check the blog list of participants on a regular basis and visit and comment as much as you can. We want to all encourage one another.
Trudy Callan
Be sure and check my blog often for updates and notes of encouragement.
I am signing up as follower and putting you on my blog list so I can know when you post, and I am adding your name to the list right now. Again, I am so glad you could join us.
Note: Due to copyright laws, we are not allowed to do tutorials or step-by-step photos of the projects on our blogs or take photos of the pages in the book and post them. You may post a photo of your version of the project and talk about your experiences and feelings relating to it.
Also, if you are doing this project with a friend, each person must have their book unless you are doing it together under the same roof. No photocopying of the book, please.
- April 12, 2010 at 10:42 AM


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New Orleans is easily one of my favorite cities in the United States. I've visited five times in my life: in 1984 for the World's Fair; in 2009 for the Alpha Phi Alpha General Convention (and a vacation afterwards); in 2011 for the International Bullying Prevention Association conference (where it will be returning in 2016!), in 2013 for Halloween and as a stop on my #BlackVampireProject tour; and finally 2015 for the briefest of vacations.
I venture out a little more each time I visit. Highlights of this trip include the New Orleans Museum of Art, the New Orleans Healing Center, and Congo Square. Enjoy the photos!


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The beautiful Ms Mama Geek tagged me in her 11 Questions meme! Aw man, I properly welled up when I was described as a blogger I see myself more as this. I <3 you Hyperbole and a Half.
So Zoe was given 11 questions to answer, she in turn had to ask 11 bloggers to answer 11 questions she's thought up!
Here goes -
1. What is your favourite possession?
My Bou Bou bunny. She was given to me at birth and has been everywhere with me, school, hospital when I had an operation, University, various house moves. She's been lost and found again, through the washing machine countless times and has no fur or nose left but I love her. I don't care if i'm too 'old' to keep her; we have too much history
I also feel naked without my engagement ring. I take it off when I go to the kennels but I constantly stroke it throughout the day so much that I really miss it when I don't have it on.
I also feel pretty naked admitting to the world that I am a 27 year old woman who has a toy rabbit.
2. Do you like to read? If so, which books do you love best?
One of my online handles is Bookwormbecca – that pretty much sums me up! Reading nourishes me like nothing else. I think the worst form of torture for me would to be trapped somewhere without books or words. I will read everything and anything, fact, fiction, leaflets, posters, books, graphic novels, magazines, textbooks, the list goes on. I was such a bookworm as a child, my grandma would joke that I would get absorbed by the back of a cornflake box. This became such a running joke that she actually once rang me to tell me that the value bags of cornflakes in her Asda now come in plain bags and not boxes.
I'll read anything, highbrow stuff, classics etc., complete trash, fact, fiction, horror (even though I'll have nightmares) but I adore Crime fiction by the likes of Mo Hayder, Karin Slaughter (the gorier the better), anything that involves animals and trashy lady books. I am in love with the Song of Fire and Ice books, late to the party I know but goddamn I am hooked. I also love re-reading all my books from childhood, especially my pony books. At the moment i'm reading The Hunger Games, Little Women, Genesis, Dominance in Dogs: Fact or Fiction, Walking Dead Vol 11 and A Feast for Crows. I can never read just one book at time. God bless you Kindle.
3. Do you have any pets?
I am such an animal lover, living in rented accommodation is like torture for me as we're not currently allowed a dog. Luckily they've been nice enough to let us have our ratties! We (as in myself and Mr Becca) have five fancy rats. They are our babies and we adore them. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea and I get a lot of "eurgh" or "Why do you have those as pets!?" but they are the nicest, friendliest, most misunderstood animal and make fantastic pets. They're clean, sociable, great to handle, trainable and each has their own little personality. I wanted a pet rat since being little but my mum was phobic so we compromised on hamsters. I much prefer rats. My hamsters used to bite and be quite grumpy and unsociable but our ratties are lovely. They're more like really small dogs, they're pleased to see you when you come from work and run to the cage door for a cuddle! We've got a lot of our ratties over the years as rescues. They tend to be described as 'hard to handle' or 'they chew things' and have been given up for adoption. Jess was curled up in the back of Pets at Home, up for adoption and all on her own. Ratties need other rats for company and there was no way I was leaving her there. Even when the staff said she was hard to handle and bit everyone, even when it took ten minutes to get her out of the cage as the staff member didn't want to get her. The minute she was in my arms she calmed down and snuggled into me, I knew she was coming home with us. In the three months we've had her, she is a different rat. She comes to us of her own accord, has never bitten us and when she had to go the vet to have a tumor removed, the vet nurse commented on what a lovely friendly character she was. I love seeing them blossom from shy scared little things to interacting with their new sisters and with us. We're house hunting at the moment for a place of our own to buy so Neil is bracing himself for our moving day when I can start planning the introduction of ex-racing greyhounds, ex battery hens, snakes, more ratties, foster dogs…
4. What was your favourite food as a child? Is it the same now?
Ooh Cheeseburgers but probably anything cheese based! And yes, absolutely it still is! I consider myself to be something of a connoisseur.
5. What is your favourite thing about blogging?
That I get to write loads of random crap informed opinions on subjects I'm passionate about on an open, huge platform that can be found by anyone, anywhere. And connecting with other bloggers is great
6. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
By the sea. I love the sea, I grew up in the Channel Islands and went to Uni in Aberystwyth and was never more than 10 minutes from a beach. There's nothing more calming to me than the sound of waves. I also would love, South Africa or Portland, Oregon (which has nothing to do with my new found obsession with Grimm. Maybe. It has been voted one of the five best places in the world to live!)
7. What is your favourite number?
Number 3. Maybe it's because it's the sum of my birthdate, maybe because like me, it's unassuming, odd and everyone forgets it in favour of 1 & 2. I <3 you 3.
8. Which of these things would you find hardest to give up for a year? Chocolate, reading, coffee or smoking?
Reading. Without question. I like Coffee but don't find it a necessity, never smoked (don't do it kids!), and chocolate, while one of my favorite things, is far easier to give up I've found; see various posts about Lent!
9. If you could make your life into a movie, what would you name it and who would you want to play you?
Curl, Interrupted. (Oh yeah, can't beat the pun master.) Playing me would be Felicia Day, Claire Danes or Zooey Deschanel. But with better hair.
10. If you had £20,000 for a shopping spree, what would you buy?
1. Rescue Greyhound
2. Amazing new collar for rescue greyhound from Holly & Lil
3. Everything off my Amazon wishlist
4. I have some left over? Trip to Disneyland baby:D
11. If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be?
I find it impossible to pick just one so I'll go with a list and if any of them fancy lunch with me, please contact me through this site..
Quentin Tarantino – The only person I am aware of who talks us as fast as I do, unashamedly geeky and probably the coolest man on the planet.
Sarah Fisher – Does so much good work for animals and helps so many that would otherwise be put down. And her partner is Giles from Buffy. Squee.
Ian Dunbar – He doesn't whisper to dogs, he talks to them.
Felicia Day – Geeky, smart, incredibly hard working and motivated. Everything I look for in a role model. And she's been in some of my favourite ever films/programmes.
Questions, I choose you!
1. What's your earliest memory?
2. Who do you idolise?
3. What was your favourite toy growing up
4. What's your biggest regret?
5. What's your favourite film and why do you love it?
6. As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
7. If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you'd buy or do?
8. If you could do one job in the whole world, what would it be?
9. What food/drink item can you not live without?
10. What's the one thing in the world (within reason) that you'd like to own
11. What's your favourite animal?
And in turn, I choose (you'll have to imagine there are 10 other bloggers below. I'm a baby in the blog world and don't know that many ) -
Sarah Hamer – The Waki Way
@NeilCrosby – Neil Crosby