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Have the cold, inclement weather and shorter wintry days customary in the East right now put you in a seasonal funk? If you're among the many people who suffer from the blahs at about this time of the year — yours truly included — I suggest taking advantage of an oasis of warmth and summertime beauty graciously offered to the public by Boston's Museum of Science (Science Park, Boston, 617-723-2500).
The museum's Butterfly Garden overlooking the Charles River is unlike any other exhibit and as such, it provides a true respite for visitors seeking some natural relief from the artificial climates we're subjected to while staying indoors so much. A 1,000-square-foot conservatory featuring 400 free-flying butterflies and moths, the tropical garden filled with exotic plants allows visitors to leisurely experience one of the few species of insects that many individuals actually like due to their colorful beauty and eye-catching forms.
The Butterfly Garden houses butterflies and moths native to New England and other regions worldwide. Various displays permit a firsthand view of butterfly and moth behavior at different stages of their development. For instance, the emergence box contains hanging chrysalids — protective coverings or cocoons that enclose butterflies during their earliest developmental stage — that lucky and observant viewers may be able to see transform into adult butterflies.
Additional displays spotlight the insects' special ability to protect themselves in the wild through the unique color properties of their wings. And, others clarify the four stages of development that butterflies go through in a life cycle as they advance from an egg to a caterpillar to a chrysalis and finally to an adult.
Although tickets are required for the Butterfly Garden, the exhibit is one of the most well-priced activities available at the Museum of Science. Full-price admission for non-members to the garden alone (and not the other museum exhibits) is just $4.00 for adults, $3.50 for seniors, and $3.00 for children. If you're a member, subtract two dollars from the full price that applies.
The Butterfly Garden is open during normal museum hours, with entry granted for 25-minute sessions every 15 minutes from opening to closing time. Take a look at a PDF copy of the Butterfly Garden Take-Home Guide to learn more about what the exhibit entails.
Note: The Museum of Science recommends advance reservations for the Butterfly Garden, and strollers are not permitted inside the exhibit.
Author bostonPosted on November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019 Categories Attractions
You want fascinating? Boston's got it — in the form of the ever-popular Museum of Science, a Boston landmark and member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums that is home to the Charles Hayden Planetarium, the Mugar Omni IMAX Theater, and dozens of animals. The museum is situated steps from the Boston-East Cambridge border, right at the Science Park stop on the Green Line subway.
With a stated mission "to stimulate interest in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance for individuals and for society," the museum hosts a number of intriguing interactive exhibits each year, ranging from IMAX movies to displays of live insects and animals to instructional sessions on diverse science-related topics. It even offers a series of virtual exhibits available to everyone, free of charge and around the clock, conveniently via their computer.
The current Museum of Science began as the Boston Society of Natural History in 1830 and later became the New England Museum of Natural History in 1864 after a move to Back Bay. The land was purchased at what is now called Science Park in 1948, and three years later the museum reopened at its new address as the Museum of Science.
The museum's lengthy list of longtime draws includes the aforementioned Charles Hayden Planetarium and Mugar Omni IMAX Theater, the Theater of Electricity, the Science Live! Stage, Mathematica, and the Children's Discovery Center. Present exhibits are equally impressive, such as Beyond the X-ray, Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic, Earth: Inside Out, and the Live Animal Exhibit.
Take a quick video tour of the Museum of Science after the jump and visit the museum's official website to learn more about its offerings and prices.
Author bostonPosted on November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019 Categories Attractions, Museums
Let's take a quick trip to Back Bay's Newbury Street, one of the most popular shopping, eating, and people-watching destinations in Boston for locals and tourists alike.
Located in the Back Bay area of Boston the 25 feet Newbury Street is a favorite visiting spot of the tourists and the residents of Boston for its decorated shops, famous restaurants, and exotic boutiques. Newbury Street, Boston is regarded as one of the most expensive shopping areas in the globe. With it is associated with the famous battle of Newbury
Newbury Street is an eight-block, mixed-use thoroughfare, lined on both sides by many dozens of retail and restaurant businesses housed in gorgeous, historic, renovated 19th-century brownstones. The intricate architecture alone is enough to make one stop and stare before taking scores of pictures and then moving on to the numerous additional stores and businesses on surrounding streets.
Bound on one side by the Boston Public Garden (Arlington T Station) and by Massachusetts Avenue (Hynes T Station) on the opposite side, Newbury Street has a distinct hierarchy of shops. The closer you get to Mass Avenue, as we call the state-named street for short, the quirkier and less expensive the stores become. As a result, the shopping district can accommodate just about anyone, whether a person has upscale or downscale tastes.
On Newbury Street, Boston there are world-famous stores in a row that sings with ease the anthem of economically prosperous urban sprawl. Different items ranging from garments to flowers are available here.
In the past, Newbury Street was a notable residential are. Here lived the rich people in furnished apartments. Now the street exclusive limited to the marketing zone. On Newbury Street, Boston there is the famous Museum of Natural History, now a famous garment house.
There are a lot of bookstalls on Newbury Street, with scores of rare and valuable manuscripts of famous writers. Students like this area and frequently visit in quest of a rare piece of literary creation or famous collection of stories and rare songs. The 'Trident Booksellers' is the notable seller of books in the latest period and still is the favorite haunt of the young students.
One of the notable landmarks of Newbury Street is the Ritz-Carlton hotel brandishing its glamour all the while. Once there was the famous cinema hall the Exeter Street Theater which has now turned into an office building.
The emergence of The Newbury Street as a posh shopping paradise to the youths came into being in the late 70s when students frequented for compact discs. On this street stands another famous building, 360 Newbury Street, which is called the most wonderful specimen of modern architecture in Boston.
Newbury Street is also home to popular attractions that are historic in their own right, such as the original branch of the music chain Newbury Comics. But keep in mind that during peak times — for instance, the warmer months, when school is out and more people are on vacation — the wide and normally comfortable sidewalks can get very crowded.
I personally only visit the location at downtimes, when I know congestion will be limited. If you enjoy experiencing the sights and sounds of thriving, active neighborhoods, however, then peak time is probably the prime time for you to go.
Take a look at a brief video tour of Newbury Street, courtesy of Travelistic, after the jump and visit the shopping district's official website to learn more about what it offers.
Hotels Near Newbury Street
Close to Newbury Street, close to Boston's most enchanting street! With eight blocks filled with salons, boutiques, and all the fashion shops, you just won't get enough of them. The Boston hotels near Newbury Street ranging from budget hotels to luxury ones provide you decent accommodations and initiative services.
To choose the most satisfying hotel near Newbury Street, admire a mix of architectural styles and dine in the fabulous restaurants nearby, you really need to read our carefully collected reviews and comments from previous guests. Don't let our kindness go in vain! Be sure to book with us soon!
Benefits of Hotels Near Newbury Street
Next to Boston's most enchanting street
A mix of architectural styles nearby
Fabulous dining options
Various hotels with different characters
Especially for fashionistas hitting the best shopping
Welcome to Newbury Street, Boston's most enchanting street filled with salons, boutiques, and specialty shops. It runs roughly east-to-west, from the Boston Public Garden to Massachusetts Avenue. A mix of renovated brownstone buildings house hundreds of shops on clothing, beauty, food & dining and etc. Everyone has something to do here. You only have to find a proper hotel nearby and indulge yourself into the next happy shopping time. There is a wide range of hotels with different characters near Newbury Street, from economical budget hotels to luxury 4-star hotels. We list two typical ones just to give you an idea.
Charlesmark Hotel is a three-star historic European-style boutique one, offering a great location and personal services. Nestled in the Back Bay neighborhood, it's just 100 yards from Newbury Street, Copley Subway Station, The Shops at Prudential Center and Copley Place. Stay in this hotel and you will enjoy complimentary continental breakfasts, newspapers and wireless internet access. Only step away from all the fashionable boutiques and restaurants of Newbury Street, we have the luxury 4 stars Eliot Suite Hotel. Built in 1925, this hotel features 79 suites and 16 guest rooms decorated with dark-wood furnishings and French doors separate living and sleeping areas. It's pet-friendly and kids of 18 years and under can stay free. So, bring all your family for a nice holiday here.
Hotels Near Newbury Street & Official Site Links
1. The Charlesmark Hotel
655 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116
E-Mail: CharlesmarkHotel@AOL.com
http://www.charlesmarkhotel.com/
I know — some people avoid traveling long distances by bus as if the vehicles were carriers of the bubonic plague. Yet, there's really no reason to fear or loathe the mode of transportation, especially now that it's gotten cheaper than ever.
Just about everyone who travels in the East has probably heard about the ridiculously low $1 fares some companies, such as Bolt Bus and Mega Bus here in Boston, charge for a one-way trip to a major destination, most often New York City. Compared to what that old standby Greyhound charges — currently $30–$57 one way — the new kids on the block might as well be letting people ride for free.
After I first starting traveling between New York City and Boston on a regular basis years ago, my original mode of transportation was the Delta Shuttle out of LaGuardia and Logan airports. When getting home from the airports became a major hassle, I moved on to Amtrak, which remains my favorite way to commute between the two cities, despite the company's numerous ongoing problems.
Greyhound entered the picture when my trips between New York and Boston became more frequent, even as Amtrak simultaneously grew increasingly less reliable and more costly, destroying its status as a worthwhile expense. If the company ever manages to reclaim its value, however, I'll return in an instant. But back when I first switched, Greyhound was the fastest yet least expensive game in town for travelers seeking a familiar brand name they could trust.
At the moment, those who are naturally thrifty, short on cash, willing to try something new, or born bus lovers are in luck if they need to get from Boston to New York City fairly quickly. The three companies below will not only do the job for a negligible amount of money, but each will provide a little something extra, too … at no additional charge, of course. Just keep in mind that when you opt for the convenience of purchasing a ticket via the Internet, all three charge a 50¢ online booking fee on top of the fare.
Bolt Bus
One-Way Fare: $1–$20
Route: South Station Bus Terminal, Gate 21 (Boston) to West 34th Street and 8th Avenue, across the street from Pennsylvania Station (New York)
Website: www.boltbus.com
Extra: Free WiFi and power outlets
Lucky Star Bus
Route: South Station Bus Terminal, Gate 13 (Boston) to 59 Chrystie Street in Chinatown (New York)
Website: www.luckystarbus.com
Extra: Rewards from a free frequent-rider program; a $25 2 am bus departing Boston
Mega Bus
Route: South Station Bus Terminal, Gate 12 (Boston) to West 31st Street and 8th Avenue, outside Pennsylvania Station (New York)
Website: www.megabus.com
Extra: Free WiFi (but no power outlets)
Cheap Boston Flights
Just because of travel tourism and other industries, the city of Boston has a busy airport. That is why coming and going from Boston can be a dicey affair at times in terms of expensive flight tickets. The passengers can find cheap air tickets for Boston by some basic ways.
One of the key means of getting cheap airfare for Boston is by avoiding the festival times of the city. For example, Boston International Film Festival attracts tourists from around the world, so venturing in these times might be expensive. Therefore, the trick is to avoid it, if it can be avoided or reach the city well before the festival to get the best prices.
Booking flights to Boston during the springtime is highly recommended.
Spring usually signals the ball game season, during which many airlines lets out special offers. However, the best time to book flights tickets to Boston is during the winter months because of the snow cover and bitter cold. You can also get best deals if you plan your trip ahead of the summer months. Some of the cities you can get flights from to Boston are – Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and almost 40 other cities national and international.
The tourists are advised to check Boston websites for special offers. They are also encouraged to get in touch with the Boston travel agents during the spring or the winter months for best deals. Planning and before the festival may save you valuable dollars. Try the Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau for authentic information relating to hotels and cheap airfares. Checking with the airlines is also not a bad idea.
Author bostonPosted on November 25, 2019 November 25, 2019 Categories Blog
If you've ever traveled to Boston from out of town and lacked the ability to stay with friends or family, then you probably already know — Boston is just one of those places where a good, safe night's sleep costs a pretty penny … or much more.
What can you do, then, when you don't have a lot of money to spend on hotel accommodations? One option that travelers to the city have been taking advantage of for ages is a reservation at a local hostel.
Although most commonly identified with young people wandering from place to place on extended group vacations, hostels are actually for adults — and sometimes children accompanied by adult guardians — of any age.
Two excellent hostel options for the budget-conscious right here in Boston are managed by the well-known non-profit organization Hostelling International (HI). Travelers can select from either the Back Bay or the Fenway location, both of which offer private rooms, in addition to the traditional shared rooms, at a higher but still bargain price.
As of this writing, members of HI who stay at the Back Bay hostel can reserve a single bed in a six-bedroom for $27.99–$44.99 per night, while HI members who choose the Fenway hostel can reserve a single bed in a three-bedroom for $36–$45 per night.
For those who can't tolerate or don't want communal sleeping arrangements, private rooms are available for HI members at a cost of $69.99–$99.99 per night at the Back Bay location and for $96–$119 per night at Fenway. Non-HI members pay just $3 more per night for both types of accommodations if they prefer not to join the organization for a very reasonable and nominal fee.
To learn more about the unique traits of HI hostels in Boston — for example, identification requirements, reservation procedures, check-in and check-out policies, limitations on visits, sharing of common areas, storage and laundry options, perks such as complimentary breakfasts included in the bed prices, and getting the most out of the travel benefits offered to guests — visit the HI Boston Hostels website.
Incidentally, on the one occasion long ago that I had to travel to Boston and secure well-priced sleeping arrangements, I used craigslist and lucked out with spectacular, cheap accommodations by subletting a room for a few weeks. It was in the two-bedroom condo of a woman I didn't know who was never home — she had gone to work every morning when I got up and came home late each night and went straight to bed — and was about to move out after her former roommate had already left.
The arrangement didn't bother me because Boston and surrounding areas truly comprise a college environment filled with lots of people renting and subletting housing via the craigslist website. I was traveling with someone then, however, and I also had the benefits of planning far in advance and being extremely familiar with the area beforehand.
If the absence of funds forces you to go the craigslist route, tread very, very carefully. While I've never heard of anything horrible happening, it never hurts to be hyper-cautious and super aware. Hostels managed by Hostelling International seem like a better, safer, more reliable, and less stressful bet.
On August 4th, 1892, wealthy businessmen Andrew Borden, and his wife Abby were discovered brutally murdered. In reality, Abby was killed with nine blows of an ax and Andrew with 11. Their youngest daughter, Lizzie, stood trial for the brutal slayings and was found not guilty. The crime, however, continues to draw speculation as to Lizzie's actual guilt or innocence, and ranks at the top of unsolved crimes: If not Lizzie, who?
"Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one."
The Borden's Greek revival home, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, has been beautifully restored into a bed and breakfast. You can stay in Lizzie's bedroom (in photo), explore the house, and see if you become convinced of Lizzie's guilt or innocence. Don't worry, the blood is all gone!
Special tours of the Borden house run daily, on the hour, from 11 am to 3 pm. Prices are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $5 for children ages 7-12. Crime scene reenactments are scheduled on occasion, as well.
The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast is located at 92 Second Street, Fall River, Massachusetts. (508) 675-7333. Fall River is approximately 25 minutes from Providence (Rhode Island) and about one hour from Boston.
The Lizzie Home is a Greek Revival House which has been a city landmark since the infamous ax murders of Andrew and his second wife Abby Borden on August 4, 1892.
Erected in 1845 the home was originally a two-family and was later made into a single-family by Andrew J. Borden.
Andrew J. Borden bought the house at 92 Second Street to be close to his bank and various downtown businesses. The Bed & Breakfast is named after Andrew J. Borden's youngest daughter, Lizzie. Although she was tried and acquitted of the crimes she was ostracized by the community of Fall River.
Since the murders on August 4, 1892, the house has been a private residence. Now for the first time, the public is allowed not only to view the murder scene but is given an opportunity to spend a night (if you dare) in the actual house where the murders took place.
We offer two two-bedroom suites, Lizzie & Emma's Bedrooms, and Abby & Andrew's Bedrooms (this suite has a private bath); the John Morse Guest Room, Bridget's Attic Room and two additional spacious attic bedrooms (the Jennings & Knowlton Rooms), each of which offer a double bed in a room with Victorian appointments.
Guests are treated to a breakfast similar to the one the Bordens ate on the morning of the murders, which includes bananas, johnnycakes, sugar cookies, and coffee in the addition to a delicious meal of breakfast staples.
The interior and exterior of the home have been restored to its original Victorian splendor, with careful attention to making it as close to the Borden home of August 1892 as is possible.
The owners of the home invite all to view their collection of both Fall River and Borden memorabilia at 92 Second Street.
Located just fifty miles south of Boston, minutes from Providence or Newport, R.I. and the gateway to Cape Cod, this landmark home is accessible from all major highways.
Tours Daily 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. on the hour
Last Tour begins promptly at 3:00 p.m.
Tour prices are $10.00 for adults, $8.00 for Senior Citizens,
and $5.00 for children ages 7 to 12. Children under 6 are admitted free.
Photos are allowed in the house.
Closed major holidays.
Special arrangements can be made for group tours of 10 or more people through contacting the inn at
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Vaněk Černohorský mladší z Boskovic († 1465 nebo 1466) byl moravský šlechtic z rodu pánů z Boskovic.

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Jeho otcem byl Vaněk Černohorský z Boskovic, sourozenci Vaňka ml. byli Beneš Černohorský z Boskovic, Oldřich, Veronika a Machna. První písemná zmínka o něm pochází z roku 1454.

Vaněk se pohyboval ve vysoké politice, dosáhl funkce nejvyššího komorníka moravského zemského soudu a působil v blízkosti českého krále Ladislava Pohrobka. Doprovázel jeho sestru Alžbětu ke sňatku s polským králem Kazimírem.

Vaněk se též účastnil bojů proti Turkům, kteří ohrožovali Evropu. Po nástupu Jiřího z Poděbrad a Kunštátu na český trůn nebyly vztahy Boskoviců a pánů z Kunštátu nikterak přátelské, avšak postupně se zlepšily. Důkazem toho bylo, že král Jiří vrátil Vaňkovi Černohorskému jejich rodový hrad Boskovice, i když se to dělo též z důvodu úhrady korunních dluhů. Vaněk Černohorský z Boskovic byl už v této době moravským zemským hejtmanem. Vlastnil a rozmnožoval značné majetky, ke kterým patřily kromě Černé Hory či Boskovic např. panství Cimburk, Louka či polovina Letovic.

Vaněk Černohorský ml. měl za manželku Johanku z Vlašimi, s kterou měl syna Václava z Boskovic. Zemřel roku 1465 nebo 1466.

Literatura
 Alois Vojtěch Šembera, Historie pánů z Bozkowic hradu Bozkowa w Morawě: s popsánjm panstwj města, 1836

Externí odkazy
 Rodokmen pánů z Boskovic

Vaněk Černohorský
Čeští šlechtici
Moravští šlechtici
Moravští zemští hejtmani
Moravští komorníci
Úmrtí v 15. století
Muži

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Early 2024 Senate, House Candidates, Endorsements Flood California 22 Months Ahead of 2024 Election
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VW faces lawsuit in Italy as Bosch is investigated over further diesel claims
German vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) is facing court action in Italy over its role in the emissions scandal, following a court's decision to take on a consumer group class action.
Altroconsumo has been calling for drivers of VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT to join their campaign to file a class action against the manufacturer and has brought its case to a court in Venice. The Italian group has been vocal about bringing action and justice for consumers caught up in the scandal, where VW vehicles were found to be fitted with software that could detect test conditions and adjust emissions to optimum levels.
While in the US the manufacturer is facing a large lawsuit and compensation claims, in Europe VW has denied any wrongdoing and is not setting aside any money for further compensation, instead relying on a recall to fix affected vehicles. However, the German approval body KBA is yet to officially approve the resolutions put forward by VW and the company has refused to make public a report into the scandal.
The consumer group is not a newcomer to bringing group actions against VW, having done so in 2016, a Venice appeals court had accepted another class action suit from Altroconsumo over allegations the German carmaker had understated the fuel consumption of its Golf model. That suit was filed in September 2014 before the dieselgate scandal broke.
The Italian courts may feel pressure to 'do the right thing' following criticism of the country's handling of similar accusations made against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). In a carefully-worded statement issued in March 2017, the Italian transport ministry said: 'Based on the tests, no defeat devices not permitted under emissions regulations in force in the European Union were found.'
However, EU regulators have not been convinced by Italy that FCA's use of defeat devices to modulate the emissions of its vehicles, which include results under the conditions of the EU emissions lab test, is defendable. The country's stance hasn't been helped by a lawsuit filed against FCA in the US.
Other group actions are pending in other EU countries, including the UK where a lawyers firm is trying to gather as many drivers together as possible to take the company to court.
Meanwhile, following reports concerning Daimler's involvement in its own emissions software probe, German prosecutors are also investigating employees of automotive supplier Bosch. This is separate from investigations into the company's links with the VW dieselgate scandal, however the company has been implicated in this, agreeing to pay $327.5 million (€293 million) to VW diesel owners for its role in developing engines affected by the emissions cheating. It admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.
Bosch supplies a number of vehicle manufacturers and there has been no news as to whether the latest investigation is due to evidence found, or whether it is routine, based on links to previous accusations.
General Motors (GM) is also under scrutiny in the US following accusations that 700,000 of its trucks use illegal devices to cheat emissions tests. A lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, covers models including Chevrolet Silverado Duramax diesel and GMC Sierra Duramax diesel trucks
GM has denied the allegations. In a short statement, the company says: 'These claims are baseless and we will vigorously defend ourselves. The Duramax Diesel Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra comply with all US EPA and CARB emissions regulations.'
Photograph courtesy of Volkswagen Group
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The Beacon is the largest mixed-use development in San Francisco with 595 residential units with a gourmet grocery store, bank, spa and everything you may possibly need. Coffee shops, restaurants, wine bars and clubs surround this building. At the center of SOMA's hottest neighborhood, moments from the city's best attractions: Mission Bay, U.C.S.F. campus, South Beach harbor, Ferry Building, Union Square and the Metreon. Major bay area public transit options and freeways are only a block away. A sense of community makes the Beacon your home.


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Lost & Found Tombstone
An elderly woman in Okemos, MI moved to a nursing home, and an auction company was hired to clear out her home and sell the contents.
One of the items found by the auctioneers was a 5 foot tall marble tombstone with the name of Peter J. Weller on the front. Apparently, the woman's family didn't know the origin of the stone, saying they used the back side of the stone to make fudge.
With some encouragement from a former Okemos, MI resident, now living in California, that saw the stone on the auctioneers online photos, the stone was donated to a local Lansing, MI Historic Cemetery Society.
With a bit of research they learned that Mr. Weller was originally buried in Lansing's Oak Park Cemetery. Oak Park outgrew their land and in 1875 disinterred everyone in the cemetery and relocated them to the new Mt. Hope Cemetery. During this move is when Mr. Weller's stone went missing. It was also determined that because there was no surviving descendants the Historic Society was allowed to take responsibility for the stone.
The Historic Society found where Peter's unmarked grave was located, cleaned the stone, and placed it on his grave next to his two daughters.
172 years after his death and 146 years after Peter Weller's headstone went missing, a dedication ceremony, with fudge, was held September 26, 2021 at the Mt. Hope Cemetery.


We have the great fortune of having some extremely talented wood workers represented in our gallery. Gary Bird makes our lighted bases for our lighted floats and LED bases for other items. Gary Bradley makes a variety of wood bowls, candles and spheres, and Tim Melton makes ornaments, winestoppers, float stands and pens.


We've been going through this book, "Using Your Spiritual Gifts", by Eddie Rasnake at our men's Bible study lately. I've been surprised by how much I've enjoyed it and been challenged by it.
The body of Christ was God's idea.
The earthly ministry of Jesus did not end when He ascended.
…On Pentecost …the Spirit of God too up residence in the people of God, so God could still be seen. This new entity, called the Church, would be the way God would manifest Himself to the unbelieving world.
Who Jesus was as an individual — teaching, encouraging, confronting, and manifesting the power of God — the Church now is as an entity.
God… manifests some of God through each of us so that through all of us God can be seen and glorified. The net result of all of us put together is one picture — God.
Without a doubt, job one for church leaders is equipping the saints to serve.
This direct focus should result in the body being edified and everyone moving toward maturity. Much like an athletic coach, church leaders can't measure their success by what they do, but by what others do as a result of their efforts. If the saints aren't engaged in serving, and the members of the body aren't maturing, then the leaders are not succeeding, no matter how dynamic they are.
Jesus chooses how I am gifted and He chooses to what extent I am gifted.


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Q: Set view of figure in MATLAB from the command line How do you rotate a figure to X-Y, X-Z or Y-Z in MATLAB from the command line?

A: You can use the function view
view([0 90]) % X-Y
view([0 0]); % X-Z
view([90 0]) % Y-Z

A: The position of the viewer (the viewpoint) determines the orientation of the axes. You specify the viewpoint in terms of azimuth and elevation, or by a point in three-dimensional space.
view(2) sets the default two-dimensional view, az = 0, el = 90.
view(3) sets the default three-dimensional view, az = –37.5, el = 30.

For eg if you want to see the x-z plane
Set the view along the y-axis, with the x-axis extending horizontally and the z-axis     extending vertically in the figure.
view([0 0]);

Similarly for x-y: view([0 90) and y-z: view([90 0])
For detailed Info:
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26 Best Board Games for Teens and Tweens 2021
January 7, 2021 By Hilary
Game night is an important part of any household. Board games especially can bring families together in laughter or create a competitive spirit that lasts until the next game night when revenge is sought. Either way, board games can be a great way to connect with your family, especially teens and tweens.
With video games, cell phones, tablets, and other screens taking up so much attention, a good board game is a fun way for teens and tweens to develop critical thinking, social, and strategic skills. It can be a challenge to find a board game that is appropriate for the whole family. With many families spending more time together at home, finding games everyone can enjoy is important.
This list contains the best board games for teens and tweens. Most can also be played with kids as young as 8 and adults as old as 108! With a little imagination, a whole lot of a skill, and a friendly dose of competition, these board games will help your family create memories every night of the week.
How to Choose a Board Game for Teens and Tweens
1. Consider the age and abilities of the players. In my family of five, we have three kids who are 11, 9, and 1. Obviously, the one-year-old isn't playing many board games with us, but I do have to consider the 9 and 11-year-old when choosing new board games to try. There are some games that say 13+ on the box that both of my boys have been able to learn and favor over other games. Consider your players' ages, but also abilities, when choosing board games.
2. Look at the number of players. Some games require only two people to play, while others may require a minimum of six. Other games may also be designed for only four or less players. It is important to have a variety of options in your game closet so that you are able to fit the number of players you have in your house at any given time.
3. Think about the setting of the game. If you are planning to travel with your board games or play them in a different setting such as a church, consider the setting and choose appropriately. Some games are great for ice breakers if you are playing with a new crowd. Other games are perfect for parties and other large gatherings that require multiple players.
4. Keep in mind the time required. Teen and tween games can take anywhere from a few minutes to a couple hours to play. Different lengths of games are good in different situations. Think about your child's (and his friends') attention span when it comes to games as well as the attention span of your family when choosing games.
Now that you know what to consider, here are some of the best board games for teens and tweens!
Fun Board Games for Teens and Tweens
Telestrations
Tons of laughs
Great for non gamers
Drawing based
Not Parent Approved
4-10 players
Fun interactions
Watch Ya' Mouth Ultimate Edition
Tongue twisting fun
Great ice breaker game
Kids Against Maturity
Good ice breaker game
Simple 2 sided cards
Tons of variations
Spontuneous
Song knowledge
Great for music lovers
Good for parties
60-120 minutes
Trade and build game
Tons of simple strategy
Game of the Year winner
Teaches geography
Simple game play
Fun train game pieces
Some strategy
Co-operative game
Many expansions
Spiel des Jahres winner
Tile playing game
Medieval themed
City resource building game
Little downtime
Concurrent turn-taking
Beautiful tiles
Spanish themed
Advanced card playing
Fast game turns
Card shuffle mechanic
Many variations, game options
Multiple expansions
Spy Alley
Each players has a secret identity
Bluff your way to victory
Fun to play again and again
Story telling game
Plays best with 5 or 6
Exit: The Secret Lab
Solve riddles and clues
Team game
Unstable Unicorns Card Game
Exploding Kittens Card Game
Quirky fun
Great illustrations
Cover Your A$$ets
Fun competition
Fun theme
Dragonwood
Fantasy theme
Even fun for adults
Strategy and luck
Classic look and feel
Mostly luck
Monopoly Cheaters Edition
Fun twist on classic
Fun classic
Party Games for Teens and Tweens
1. Telestrations
Telestrations is a hilarious game that is perfect for parties, ice breakers, or a regular game night. Teens and Tweens will love this game, as it showcases everyone's drawing and guessing skills.
In Telestrations, each player is provided with a dry-erase sketch book and a word that must be drawn. When the timer starts, the players attempt to draw a picture of their word. When the timer stops, the books is passed to the left, where that player must guess what the picture is. They write their guess down in words, then pass the sketchbook to the left again. The next player has to then draw the guess in a picture, and the next person guesses what it is. This game is similar to telephone and the end-result in the big reveal is guaranteed to make everyone laugh!
While the manufacturer recommends Telestrations for 12 and older, we find it's a great game for kids as young as 8.
Our Recommended Ages: 8 and up
2. Not Parent Approved
Not Parent Approved is one of my 11-year-old's favorite games in our home. The game begins with a belching contest, so you know it's going to be a hit with tweens and teens. The premise of the game is to best complete a set of sentences by guessing which answer the "judge" thinks is the funniest. The more your card is chosen as the winning completion to a sentence, the better your chances of winning the game! Judges are rotated, so that each player gets a chance to pick their favorite (and funniest) cards.
With an appropriate amount of bathroom humor, this game is specially designed with kids' laughter in mind. If you are uncomfortable with your kids engaging in bathroom humor, go through the cards ahead of time to make the game more appropriate for your kiddos. While the manufacturer recommends this game for ages 8 and up, we find that due to the nature of the subject matter, it's better for 11 and up.
Our Recommended Ages: 11 and up
Number of Players: 4-10
3. Watch Ya' Mouth Ultimate Edition
Watch Ya' Mouth is a popular game that is guaranteed to have your family and friends rolling with laughter.
Dental guard mouthpieces are used to keep players' mouths open as they attempt to read a card chosen from the deck. Their team mate must guess what they are saying to win! Imagine trying to say "the floor is lava" without closing your mouth! Each of the sayings in this version of the game are family-friendly, making it perfect for teens and tweens. For a fun board game for 10-year-olds, this is perfect!
Recommended Ages: 8 and up
4. Kids Against Maturity
Kids Against Maturity is a lighthearted, card-based game that is sure to bring laughs to the tweens and teens who play it. The premise is simple and easy to start in seconds. Each player takes turns being the judge of who can best complete the sentence on their blue card. The blue card is displayed, and each player puts their choice of white card face down. The judge determines which card completes the sentence in the funniest way and whoever matched the cards wins that hand.
The player with the most hands at the end of the game wins! This set comes with 500 question and answers cards, ensuring hours of play that doesn't repeat. You might want to go through the cards before playing to make sure they are suitable for your children.
5. Codenames
Rival spies. Secret agents. Undercover names. These are all elements of the Codenames game that will be a hit with any teen or tween who likes to solve puzzles! The premise of the game are two rival spymasters have the identities of 25 secret agents. The other players only know the codenames and must guess the real identities. Using clues and reasoning, each team tries to guess the correct names that goes with their assigned color. The team that guesses all the names first wins!
There are different ways to play Codenames so it will stay interesting each time. This is a great game for competitive teens and tweens! There are many different themed Codenames versions (including Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, The Simpsons, and more) so think about which one your teen or tween might love.
Recommended Ages: 10 and up
Number of Players: 2-8+
6. Spontuneous
Spontuneous is a game that is perfect for music enthusiasts, no matter the age. Teens and tweens especially enjoy music, so this board game is sure to be a hit! As words are drawn from a deck of cards, players must sing a song containing that word. The players to think of a song first and sings at least five words of the song wins the points for that round.
The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. Spontuneous is perfect for parties and large groups since taste in music can vary. If your teen likes taking pictures or videos of herself on her road to stardom, this is a great choice!
7. Catan
Catan is a popular board game for teens and tweens that involves settling new lands by trading and building resources. Players work on a hexagonal board to collect enough resources (such as lumber, grain, wool, etc.) to build a settlement. Resources are traded among players for what they need, but watch out for thieves stealing key pieces, blocking roads, or creating a monopoly where you're trying to build!
This is a favorite board game in our house and is great for a big group! Teens and tweens will develop strategic thinking in building out their settlements. Expansion packs are also available to keep the game going!
Playing Time: 60-120 minutes
8. Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is without a doubt my family's favorite board game right now. If they have a new friend over to our house, it's the first game that is suggested to be played.
The premise of this game is to build as many train routes on the game board map as you can in order to amass the most amount of points at the end of the game. Players choose different routes from a deck of cards, and then must build the routes using color-coded spaces that correspond to cards that are collected throughout the game. It takes strategy, and a little bit of luck, to win the game. With several expansion packs available, this game never gets old!
One of the side benefits to this game is it teaches geography without kids realizing it!
9. Pandemic
Pandemic (created in 2008) is a board game rising in popularity thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this board game, players must work to eradicate four diseases that are threatening to wipe out humanity. Each player is part of a team with roles as a medic, quarantine specialist, researcher, dispatcher, and scientist. As each disease is cured by collecting cards, the easier it is to cure the next disease.
This game involves a race against time, so players have to work fast to defeat the pandemic and win the game. This relevant board game is fast paced and involves lots of critical thinking and strategic skills. Teens and tweens will love the premise of the game and is a fun way to spend a quarantine night in!
10. Carcassonne
Carcassonne is an expansion-type game that involves building out tile pieces to create a medieval inspired fortress. Modeled after an actual fortress in France by the same name, this game is perfect for the teen or tween who likes building puzzles while developing strategy.
Players take on many different roles, including knights, monks, farmers, and thieves, depending on which tile they are placing. Players then build followers while continuing to build the fortress. Those with the most followers on their tiles as they are completed wins the game. Carcassonne takes some imagine, as well as planning to win, which make it great for a teen or tween game night!
11. 7 Wonders
7 Wonders is a game in which each player becomes a leader of one of the 7 ancient cities of the world. The player then has to build the city and architectural structures that will stand the test of time and war. Cards and game pieces are used to build the cities over three ages of history. At the end of the game, the player with the most points, amassed by their cards and battle conflicts, wins!
This game is easy to learn and the skills develop further each time it is played. Teens and tweens will love the complexity and challenge of building ancient cities in this game. The history learned will help connect them with the past as well!
12. Azul
Azul is the beautiful tile-placement game developed for all ages. The premise of the game is that players have been tasked with designing the tile ceiling of a Spanish palace. Players are given a choice of tiles to choose to complete their designs. Throughout the game, players can choose tiles specifically to take away from other's designs, pushing them in the lead.
Opportunities for extra points pop up throughout the game and the player with the most points in their tile designs at the end wins. This game not only challenges players to think critically and strategize, but it is also beautiful!
13. Dominion
If your tween or teen is a fan of medeival times or building kingdoms, then Dominion is a game they will want to check out! Dominion begins with each player being a monarch whose purpose is to build and spread their kingdom. Their kingdoms must be built with resources, gold, inhabitants, and other features, which are cards in this game of strategy. Each monarch is building on the same land, however, so a challenge is introduced as each tries to amass more resources.
This competitive card game is perfect for teens and tweens who love strategy games! Although the manufacturer recommends this game for kids 14 and older, we have had fun playing with kids as young as 9.
14. Spy Alley
Any game that has won 12 nationally recognized game awards is one that is worth taking a closer look! Spy Alley combines the best aspects of several popular games (dealing money, cards, and game boards) to create a competitive game in which players bluff, develop strategy, and play to win the world's top spy title.
The game instructions are designed specifically to be quick and easy to understand, so it is a great choice for larger families. The strategy, however, can take months and years to develop. I like these kids of games the most because they never get boring. This is a game that will be brought out for family game night over and over as players vie to improve their Spy Alley skills.
15. Dixit
Does your teen or tween enjoy story telling and writing? Then Dixit would be a perfect game for your next family night! Dixit is a game that involves each player performing as a "narrator" who comes up with a story after drawing one of many beautifully illustrated cards. Other players must then finish the story using one of the cards in their hand.
The narrator chooses which ending to the story they like best after all players have submitted. The player whose card is chosen wins that round! The player who wins the most rounds, wins Dixit! The cards feature detailed illustrations and creatively funny stories that will keep teens and tweens entertained during game night.
16. Exit: The Secret Lab
The Exit series of games is the at-home edition of escape rooms. While these games are one-time use, it is well worth the cost for the memories and experiences it will give your tweens and teens.
In Exit: The Secret Lab, players must use the included riddles and clues to escape a lab in which they have been locked in. Everything needed to solve the challenges and escape the lab is included in the box with no cell phone apps required. This game is for up to four players, making it perfect for a slumber party or small youth group!
17. Unstable Unicorns Card Game
Do not be fooled by the name of this intense card game! Voted the 2019 People's Choice Award for Toy of the Year, this game is perfect for teens and tweens who love strategy games.
Unstable Unicorns is a game in which players must be the first to collect all seven unicorns in the deck to win. Players strategize with magic then upgrade and downgrade cards to gather more unicorns in their play area, or "stable." Just when a player thinks they may be getting ahead, another player can thwart their best efforts with a well-played turn. Be prepared for lots of laughs and some friendly fighting with this game!
The manufacturer recommends Unstable Unicorns for ages 14 and older, but we find it's great for kids 10 and up.
18. Exploding Kittens Card Game
Exploding Kittens is another great card game for teens and tweens. My family loves to play this game, as it requires a little bit of strategy and some luck.
The objective of this game is to avoid drawing an Exploding Kitten card. If this card is drawn, "diffuse" cards can be used to avoid losing. Diffuse cards, such as belly rubs and laser beams, help players stay in the game and create even more competition.
It took my family a couple of times to get the hang of this game, but after we did, it quickly became a game night favorite! And don't worry–no actual kittens were harmed in the making or playing of this game!!
19. Cover Your A$$ets
Cover Your Assets is a game that is rising in popularity. Created for family game night, this card game involves matching asset cards and collecting as many as possible. Assets can be stolen or frozen, so it keeps the game interesting and competitive. The premise of the game is easy to understand and learn, and critical thinking skills will be developed along the way as the game is played. This is a great game for the most competitive teens and tweens!
20. Sushi Go!
Sushi Go is a fast paced card game that requires critical thinking skills to win! Each player must choose cards to create Sushi dishes that accumulate points. As the cards pass between players, additional points are added for things like having the most Maki rolls or a full set of sashimi.
This fun theme is perfect for the sushi-lover and someone who enjoys points-based game play. As sushi is my 11-year-old's favorite food, this game is a must-have for him!
21. Dragonwood
Dragonwood is a fantasy-based card game that involves collecting cards in order to capture the two dragons hidden in the decks. This is a favorite game of my son's and their tween friends, as well as teens! This game is easy to learn and plays quick, so it is perfect for multiple rounds.
Each player collects adventure cards in order to roll dice that can stomp, shriek, or strike opponent character cards. With magical cards available along the way, each player must try their luck to collect creature cards that add up points, and ultimately slay the dragons. The player with the most points at the end wins the game!
22. Clue
There are some board games that stand the test of time, and Clue has proven to be a staying force on family game night. Teens and Tweens that may have forgotten about board games in favor of video screens will love being brought back to traditional board gaming with Clue.
In Clue, one of several cast members has been murdered and it's up to the players to figure out who the murderer is, what they used for a weapon, and where the murder occurred. Having inspired countless other games, Clue is the perfect classic board game for teens and tweens who love to solve mysteries and puzzles!
23. Risk
Risk is a game of world domination, all in the comfort of your home. Using mission cards and strategy, players take over countries by building armies, moving in troops, and winning battles. This board game features updated Mission cards and in-dept map illustrations that will keep teens and tweens interested in the game.
The player who defeats all their opponents and occupies every country wins the game. Risk is a classic board game that will help develop critical thinking and strategic skills. This is a favorite game of my husband's as well as my oldest son!
Playing Time: 120 minutes
24. Game of Life
The Game of Life is another classic board game that may have been pushed to the side in favor of video games and other screens. It has become a favorite in my house, however, and is played all the time! The Game of Life begins with each player choosing a career path or college path. From there, players build wealth and property by buying homes, getting married, having kids, and other familiar life milestones.
There are bumps and set-backs along the way, just as in real life. The player who has the most money by the end of their life (retirement) wins! This game is based mostly on luck, and is a great choice for teens and tweens.
25. Monopoly Cheaters Edition
Most everyone knows the game of Monopoly, but the new Cheaters Edition has become a family favorite. While there are countless versions of Monopoly on the market, Cheaters Edition takes the game to another level and creates laughs and interest along the way.
This game follows the regular Monopoly rules, but has additional "cheats" such as stealing another player's property, not paying rent, breaking out of jail, and other ways to bend the traditional rules. All is fair in love and war in this game! Cheaters Edition has become one of my boy's favorite game, and it's perfect for tweens and teens!
26. Battleship
It's safe to say that parents will enjoy sharing this game they played as a child with their own tween and teen aged children. And I suspected that once they are introduced to Battleship, the kids will like it so much they'll invite their friends to play it with them. Because what's not to love about this classic, strategic game?
As you likely remember, players setup their fleets of ships then announce a strike to their opponent, marking hits and misses with the red and white pegs as they go. This fun version of Battleship even adds planes to the fleets of ships. With portable cases and storage for all the pieces to the side of the ocean grid, this game can be taken anywhere.
Number of Players: 2
Final Thoughts and Recommendations
There are many games on this list that my family currently plays, with Ticket to Ride and Dragonwood being the most popular in my house.
I hope you have found at least a few games on this list to add to your game closet. Family game night is an important part of any household. It helps foster bonding between siblings, as well as parent-child relationships. While it may seem like everyone is just having fun with a little competitive play, the memories that will stay with your tween or teen are worth every penny and hour put into playing board games together.
What do teens like in a board game?
Teen-approved board games typically evoke competition and laughter. And while teens enjoy to be mentally challenged, they also want rules which are logical and simple to understand. Hence, teens like board games which are competitive, humorous, intuitive, and challenging. You can find games which meet all of these criteria in our list!
Why are board games good for tweens?
Since some tweens are beginning to outgrow childhood toys, board games become an excellent way for tweens to pass the time with family and friends. Not only will they have fun, they will also develop important life skills like patience, sportsmanship, and strategy as they play.
What are some good board games for a teen's party?
Board games offer a fun, safe way for teens to socialize at parties. Through playing games, teens will get to know their friends better and make lasting memories. The best board games for a teen party are those that can be played by a large group and don't require a lot of explanation. Telestrations, Watch Ya' Mouth, and Codenames are all good options.
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I dreamed Hollywood was being invaded by giant monsters and tribal peoples.* The city had gone quite wild and was now lush, green, and mountainous, and crossed by fast-flowing rivers. We still had our apartment, but no more electricity or running water; after we'd been cut off from the rest of the nation all those types of conveniences had ceased. Amazingly none of us were looting or fighting each other, for everyone was united (in mind, if not actually organized) against the enemy.
We were roughing it in this new Hollywood: me, Erik, Mommy and Daddo, Shra and Devin, Al, Phyllis, Alex and Angela, Eugene, and Aiyi and Yifu. Really it's quite a good group for living off the land: a whole passel of engineers, several cooks, a doctor and a few other people with good practical medical knowledge. All my dishes came in handy. We were comfortable, though our futures seemed so uncertain.
At first we'd had an unspoken division of labor in our party, in which the men went out daily to do sentry duty and gauge the situation with the enemy. They'd leave the apartment and climb up the newly constructed wooden towers (bound together with vines, no less, like a bad jungle movie) and float up and down the rivers peering through the forest at the enemy tribes. But one morning Erik simply refused to leave my side, so I went with him, and when we got up the towers we found Shra there too, with Devin and Daddo and Yifu. We were very much all in it together.
*As in the way of dreams, it was first one and then the other.


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February–March 2013
Action Report: February/March 2013
How NWF is Making a Difference
Maintaining Tribal Connections
Native American tribes are important conservation partners for NWF
Throughout the United States, American Indians own and manage some 95 million acres of forest and desert, grassland and mountain—11 million acres more than the U.S. National Park Service administers. These extensive holdings make the tribes important partners in wildlife and habitat protection, and for the past three decades, NWF has worked with several of them on a wide range of projects.
Last winter, for example, NWF helped secure 61 genetically pure Yellowstone National Park bison for release on the Fort Peck Reservation, the northeastern Montana home of Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes. The result of 15 years of work with the InterTribal Bison Cooperative, the release is an important start to restoring a lost part of the tribes' heritage. Other recent efforts in which NWF has collaborated with tribal peoples include:
• Working with the Northern Cheyenne and Crow tribal governments and members, NWF is helping the tribes protect their cultural, environmental and economic interests in southeastern Montana. Presently, the Federation is seeking protection for the Otter Creek and Tongue River valleys, which are important habitat for hundreds of wildlife species and are rich in Northern Cheyenne historical and archaeological resources, including burial sites, earth lodges and medicinal plants. Montana officials recently leased the valley's minerals to Arch Coal, Inc., which plans to develop one of the nation's largest coal strip mines there.
• In 2006, the Federation convened a climate summit with representatives from 55 Native American tribes—the first-ever event of its kind—to explore how their reservations, cultures and lives are being affected by global warming.
• The Federation is working with tribes to organize workshops and training that encourage development of clean energy, including solar, wind and geothermal sources, on Indian lands.
• NWF is enrolling tribal schools, such as the Southern Ute Indian Academy in Colorado and the Tohatchi School in New Mexico, in its Schoolyard Habitats® and Eco-Schools USA programs, which are designed to give students hands-on experience with habitat conservation, healthy living and energy efficiency.
• In collaboration with the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Wildlife Federation, NWF helped protect bighorn sheep threatened by disease transmission from domestic sheep grazing in Idaho's Payette National Forest.
• The Federation worked with tribes, including the Cheyenne River Sioux, to restore endangered black-footed ferrets to prairie habitat.
• NWF partnered with the Cocopah Indian Tribe to restore riparian habitat along 23 miles of the Lower Colorado River, including 12 miles within the Cocopah Reservation.
"Native Americans are important eyewitnesses to our changing planet," says Garrit Voggesser, national director of NWF's Tribal Partnerships Program. "They are critical partners in NWF's most important wildlife priorities."
NWF's work with Native American tribes on wildlife-conservation and clean-energy projects could not succeed without your support. In 2012 alone, Federation members contributed $140,000 to this effort. To learn more, visit www.nwf.org/triballands.
Restoring a Vanishing Paradise
Sportsmen and women reel in support to rebuild Mississippi River Delta
The Mississippi River Delta wetlands host as many as 10 million ducks and geese during winter and year-round are home to many regional species, including the rare mottled duck (right). The wetlands also generate more than $3 billion in recreational and commercial fishing revenue annually.
Yet since the 1930s, Mississippi River levees have cut off fresh water and sediment from reaching the region's coastal marshes and cypress forests. Salt water now inundates the formerly brackish ecosystem and leads to the erosion of an area the size of a football field almost every hour.
The Vanishing Paradise campaign of NWF, its affiliate the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and Ducks Unlimited is stressing the need for state and federal agencies to divert sediment and fresh water of the Mississippi River back into the marsh and "restore the delta to a healthy, functioning ecosystem," says Land Tawney, NWF senior manager for sportsmen leadership.
Vanishing Paradise recently recruited its first Conservation Pro Staff. As delta restoration ambassadors, these volunteer sportsmen and women will help with media outreach, organize events for hunters and anglers in their area and attend trade shows and other events, among other tasks. To find out more, go to vanishingparadise.org.
A Roadmap for Cover Crops
Cover crops, such as annual ryegrass and daikon radishes, are planted on farmland after commodity crops are harvested. They decrease soil erosion, improve yields, store carbon in soil, provide wildlife habitat and reduce fertilizer use, thereby improving water quality. Yet they are planted only on a small amount of U.S. farmland.
NWF is striving to have 10 million acres of cover crops planted in the Mississippi River Basin by 2015 and 100 million acres across the United States by 2025. To help achieve this goal, NWF's new report Roadmap for Increased Cover Crop Adoption recommends: modifying public policies, developing and distributing information about how to effectively use cover crops and providing farmers greater access to needed technology and equipment.
NWF also is cultivating an advisory committee of farmers, academics and extension specialists to help support "cover crop champions," farmers and others who will assist those who wish to plant cover crops.
NWF's Agriculture Program Manager Ryan Stockwell says, "Cover crops provide an opportunity for farmers to improve their bottom line while addressing a range of environmental concerns." Download the report at www.nwf.org/covercrops.
New York Dumps on Water Quality
NWF sues state for permitting ballast-water invaders to enter U.S. waters
NWF has sued the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for taking a u-turn on water protection. The state was going to require ship ballast water to be 100 times cleaner than the standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Instead the state is now permitting ballast water to be released that contains an EPA-sanctioned concentration of living organisms.
While crossing the ocean, ships use ballast water for stability and then release it just prior to arriving in port and loading with cargo. Ships entering the Great Lakes must travel through New York waters and could be transporting invasive species. Aquatic invasives such as quagga and zebra mussels (left) cause more than $200 million per year in damages and control costs in the Great Lake region.
NWF is leading similar lawsuits against weak state ballast laws in Minnesota and Wisconsin. "It's high time that the nation slams the door on ballast-water invaders," said Marc Smith, senior policy manager with the NWF's Great Lakes office. "We will not sit back and let states rubber-stamp the EPA's flawed permit." Go to www.nwf.org/ballastwater for more.
NWF's 77th Annual Meeting
NWF will be holding its 77th annual meeting March 14 to 16 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Visit www.nwf.org/annualmeeting for the latest meeting information or email events@nwf.org.
Getting 10 Million Kids Outside
Park association joins NWF and its affiliates in reversing the indoor-child trend
In 2012, NWF announced a three-year goal to inspire 10 million more children to explore, play and learn outdoors for at least 90 minutes per week. To achieve this unprecedented 10 Million Kids Outdoors goal, NWF is partnering with the major influencers of children's time: parents and caregivers, policymakers and child-serving institutions, including schools and organizations such as the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).
NRPA has joined NWF's efforts by calling upon all park and recreation agencies to pledge their support to the initiative and provide additional resources and materials that foster outdoor play and learning.
"With the largest amount of public green spaces in the nation, parks and recreation areas offer a unique opportunity to connect children to nature," said Patrick Fitzgerald, NWF's senior director of education management. "NRPA will be a valuable partner in helping us let kids know why it's called the great outdoors."
For more information about the 10 Million Kids Outdoors goal or to how to participate, visit www.nwf.org/10millionkids.
Help Youth Plant 75,000 Trees During National Wildlife Week
Spend March 18 to 24 "Branching Out for Wildlife" during NWF's 75th Annual National Wildlife Week. In addition to offering fun educational materials for parents and teachers online, NWF is striving to give 75,000 trees to youth to plant at schools, parks and other public places across the United States. Download free activities and find out how you can sponsor a tree at www.nwf.org/wildlifeweek.
Fostering Future Environmental Journalists
Students between the ages of 13 to 18 who are aspiring to be environmental reporters are invited to participate in the first Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) USA writing competition this spring. YRE is an international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) program NWF is hosting in the United States.
Students individually or as a group are asked to submit: an article up to 1,000 words, a photo, a photo essay featuring up to 12 photos or a documentary video up to 3 minutes long covering an environmental issue in their local community. Entries must connect to a global perspective, include possible solutions and be disseminated to an appropriate target audience. First-place winners of this national competition will progress to the international level. The submission deadline is March 15.
"We hope that many youth will participate in the program, learning the valuable role environmental journalists play in informing the public about critical environmental issues and their solutions," says NWF's Kate Hofmann, coordinator of the YRE program.
Go to www.yre-usa.org for more information or send an e-mail to yre-usa@nwf.org.
Providing a Path to Nature
Delaware Nature Society helps draft state action plan to leave no child inside
As part of the Children in Nature/No Child Left Inside Task Force, the Delaware Nature Society (DNS), an NWF state affiliate, and other partners recently answered the call of Delaware Governor Jack Markell to help draft a state action plan curtailing the growing trend of children spending little time outdoors. "Reconnecting children and their teachers and families to nature is necessary to grow healthy children who are able to achieve academic success," says DNS Associate Director Helen Fischel.
DNS has been a leader in providing environmental education opportunities to families, classrooms and youth groups through several nature centers in the state, including the DuPont Environmental Education Center it manages (above, left). The center borders a wildlife refuge and the city of Wilmington, connecting urban families with hands-on nature experiences.
Download the state action plan www.destateparks.com/CIN and go to www.delawarenaturesociety.org to learn more.
Enjoy Nature All Year Long
Don't forget to renew your NWF membership, or give one as a gift. Each membership includes a one-year subscription to National Wildlife magazine. Go to www.nwf.org/joinnwf.
Support NWF's work protecting America's wildlife. >>
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The head of the nation's environmental agency says that he'll only fly coach in the future, after criticism that the agency was paying for him to fly in first or business class for most flights.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that Administrator Scott Pruitt's security detail flies first class because of an "unprecedented" number of threats against him. Pruitt said his staff and security detail made the decision to upgrade his flights after incidents in airports and other planes that "were not the best" in an interview with New Hampshire ABC affiliate WMUR.
Now Pruitt said he's directed his staff to find another way to deal with possible security threats in a way that he can still get cheaper tickets in coach.
"What I've told them going forward is this: There's a change occurring, you're going to accommodate the security threats as they exist, you're going to accommodate those in all ways, alternate ways, up to and including flying coach. And that is going to happen on my very next flight," Pruitt said on CBS News' "The Takeout" podcast on Wednesday.
ABC News has reached out to the EPA for comment.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2018.
Pruitt was under scrutiny after travel records were released showing that he regularly flew first or business class even on domestic flights while members of his staff had cheaper tickets in coach. The House Oversight Committee asked the EPA last week to provide details and documents on all of Pruitt's travel.
EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox previously said that the administrator had a waiver to fly business or first class on every flight for security reasons. Federal rules say that government employees should consider the least expensive form of travel whenever possible.
Chairman Trey Gowdy wrote that the EPA has to provide that information by March 6.


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Post Up: Pump Up the Volume
by SLAM Staff May 23, 2011
Miami 96, Chicago 85
For the second consecutive game the Miami Heat have seemingly imposed their will on the Chicago Bulls. The Heat's speed on the defensive side of the ball, the fact that they switch everything and the success that they've had in keeping Derrick Rose out of the lane has given them a 2-1 series lead, winning Game 3 with a final score of 95-86, and Chicago's decisive victory in Game 1 has long since been forgotten given their play over the last two games.
Chris Bosh, the proverbial whipping boy in Miami this season, turned in yet another outstanding game with 34 points; LeBron James chipped in 22 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds; and Dwyane Wade contributed 17 points and 9 rebounds. Udonis Haslem, the hero in Game 2, had another solid outing with 8 points and 4 rebounds in 24 minutes of play on the floor, but it was the team defense of the Heat that was the most impressive as they forced Chicago into shooting 41 percent from the field as compared to Miami's blistering 50 percent.
For the Bulls, it was yet another struggle for Derrick Rose. He contributed 20 points on 8-19 shooting and in the fourth quarter he managed to score just 2 points on 2 field goal attempts. Miami's scheme to keep him out of the lane has worked exceptionally well and Chicago still hasn't figured out a way to adjust and make the game easier for him.
Carlos Boozer tuned in his best game of the postseason thus far with 26 points and 17 rebounds, but like Rose, Boozer shot just 8-19 from the field and continued to frustrate fans by missing countless layups at the rim for 3-point play opportunities. It's hard to imagine a player putting up those kinds of numbers and still having virtually no impact on the game, but that was the case for Boozer in Game 3. Joakim Noah, who pulled a Kobe Bryant by making a homophobic slur directed at a fan behind Chicago's bench after drawing his second foul in the 1st quarter, may have been amped up a little too much as he turned in a very disappointing line with just 1 point and 5 rebounds. He did have 6 assists in the game, but his contributions were sorely needed on the offensive and rebounding ends.
The loss Sunday night is only the second time this season that Chicago has lost back-to-back games. They'll be looking to earn a split in Game 4 on Tuesday night in an absolute must-win game. Losing and going down 3-1 in the series to these Miami Heat will effectively mean that their season is over. —Byran Crawford (@_BryanCrawford)
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A rep for the contractor, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., says they'll be monitoring the progress of the demolition of the Mulholland Bridge, and by Sunday afternoon or evening should know if opening back up to traffic ahead of the plan is possible.
Besides getting Angelenos off their case and calling it a day early, though, there's no incentive for the contractors to get the job done early. There won't be any bonuses for an ahead-of-schedule finish, but they will get docked $6000 per every ten minutes they are late past the re-opening deadline.
Of course, if this happens, what will all of us "pussified" Americans panic about for that now-Carmageddon-free time? Bacon, maybe?


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Q: Vector Spaces expressions When a vector space is just a set of vectors just like any other linear space . Then why is it that you always need a basis to express vectors ?
For example , you don't generally need a basis to express the elements of the set of real numbers , like you don't see someone expressing (4) as '4' x (1) always. Where (1) is the basis and '4' is the scalar and (4) is the element of linear  space of real numbers .
but for vectors you need to resolve the vector into components of the basis . Why ?
And why is this thing called a " Space " ?
And I think I understand what a number is , but what is a vector ? Or in fact what is even a number ?

A: You don't have to use bases, they just make your life easier when dealing with vector spaces. Since $\mathbb{R}$ is one dimensional, the notion of basis is not that useful. As you pointed out, you don't gain much from writing $4$ as $4\cdot 1$, taking $1$ as a basis of $\mathbb{R}$. More generally, when dealing with some sort of structure or collection of objects it is useful to decompose the structure or collection of objects into smaller more fundamental components (or "building blocks"), such that all the elements of your structure or collection are just certain combinations of these more fundamental building blocks (for a non-mathematical analogy think of say the periodic table of elements in chemistry). So even though finite dimensional vector spaces over the real or complex numbers have uncountably many elements, the situation is simplified dramatically once we can identify a linearly independent set of vectors which span the space, then we know that all other vectors are just certain combinations of these fundamental "building blocks".
As for why vector spaces are called spaces, it's just because once a basis is chosen we can think of them in a geometric way just as we do with $\mathbb{R}^n$ or $\mathbb{C}^n$. You don't have to think of vector spacers as spaces if you don't want, but if you like to use your visual sense at all when thinking of mathematical structures (as I do) then thinking of vector spaces as actual "spaces" enables one to use their geometric intuition along with the algebraic formalism.

A: You think you always need a basis because you do not know enough examples. Perhaps the definition of a vector space over $\mathbb R$ would make things clearer.
A set $V$ together with operations $+ : V \times V \to V$ and $\cdot : \mathbb R \times V \to V$ is called a vector space over $\mathbb R$ if they satisfy these properties :
$$
\forall a,b,c \in V, \quad  a+b = b+a, \quad a+(b+c) = (a+b)+c,
$$
and there exists $0 \in V$ such that $\forall a \in V, a+0 = a$. Furthermore, for each $v \in V$, there exists another vector called $-v$ such that $v+(-v) = 0$. For the scalar multiplication, we require
$$
1 \cdot v = v, \qquad r \cdot (s \cdot v) = (rs) \cdot v,
$$
and distributivity from both sides :
$$
r \cdot (v_1 + v_2) = r \cdot v_1 + r \cdot v_2, \qquad (r_1 + r_2) \cdot v = r_1 \cdot v + r_2 \cdot v.
$$
If you have something like this, it's called a vector space. You don't need a basis to express its elements. For instance, if you take the space of all functions from $\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$, they can be added ($(f+g)(x) = f(x) + g(x)$ is the definition of the sum of two functions), they all have inverses (the zero of this space would be the $0$ function) and multiplication by scalar is defined as $(\lambda f)(x) = \lambda (f(x))$. The properties are all satisfied, hence you have a vector space.
Note that this example is infinite dimensional (in the simple sense that it doesn't admit a finite basis). In infinite dimension, the discussion of bases is less trivial than in finite dimension.
A number usually stands for an element of $\mathbb R$, but for some people a number can also mean a complex number (i.e. an element of $\mathbb C$), so you need to notice the context. A vector stands for an element of a vector space, so saying that something is a vector refers to the vector space it lives in.
Hope that helps,