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BLM Illegally Sold Thousands Of Wild Horses For Slaughter
Under the authority of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the BLM is responsible for protecting and managing wild horses and burros to ensure that healthy herds thrive on healthy rangelands.
Per the BLM website, "The mid-20th century harvesting of wild horses for commercial purposes induced a Reno, Nevada, secretary -- Velma Johnston -- to begin a campaign that led to passage of a 1959 law to protect these iconic animals.
While driving to work one day in 1950, Ms. Johnston noticed blood leaking from a livestock truck. She followed it and discovered that horses were being delivered to a slaughterhouse. Ms. Johnston responded with a massive letter-writing campaign by students to prevent other wild horses from meeting a similar end. The campaign became known as the 'Pencil War' and Ms. Johnston was affectionately dubbed 'Wild Horse Annie.'"
Legislation that followed resulted in the enactment of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the landmark law that directs Federal management of wild horses and burros on our public lands, Federal property. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 declares wild horses and burros to be "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West."
Under that law, the Interior Department is responsible to care for our wild horse herds. The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service manage the herds in their respective jurisdictions.
To help carry out its assignment, the BLM established the Wild Horse and Burro Program which the agency uses to manages and protects wild horses and burros, both on and off the range, while striving to maintain rangeland health.
Environmentalist groups, who care more about the flora and the fauna and less about wild horses, burros, cattle, and the American people, have consistently tried to rid the rangelands of wild horses, burros, cattle, and people like ranchers and farmers.
In reality, Environmentalists have used all sorts of political influence, from bribes and lawsuits to lobbing and huge campaign donations, to get their way. And yes, many top Federal government officials are in the pockets of wealthy Environmentalist groups.
On October 24, 2015, the Washington Times reported that the Bureau of Land Management, the agency responsible for protecting America's wild horses on public grazing lands, broke the law by selling 1,794 federally-protected wild horses to a Colorado rancher who sent them to slaughter.
According to the report from the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General, between 2009 and 2012, rancher Tom Davis purchased the horses through the agency's Wild Horse and Burro Program and knowingly illegally sent them to slaughter.
According to the allegations and news reports, rancher Davis also had farming and trucking connections with former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. Salazar resigned his Senate seat on January 20, 2009, upon his confirmation by the Senate to become Secretary of the Interior under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013.
Interior Department's Office of Inspector General Investigators wrote in the report, "We determined that BLM did not follow current law while managing WH&B. BLM also failed to follow its own policy of limiting horse sales and ensuring that the horses sold went to good homes and were not slaughtered,"
Davis admitted that most of the horses that he purchased through the BLM went to slaughter. He told investigators that "in selling so many loads of horses, BLM had to know that the horses would end up at the slaughterhouse."
According to the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General report, the wrongful sale also cost taxpayers $140,000 to deliver truckloads of horses to Davis. He paid $10 a piece for the horses, or less than $18,000 total, and made as much as $154,000 in profits by selling them for slaughter.
The report also states that no one BLM representative tried to stop the sale or the slaughter. Speculation ranges from someone in the BLM simply giving their approval by looking the other way, to BLM employees being bribed to disregard the unusually large purchases.
The report does state that BLM employees never attempted to verify the information that Davis provided regarding his intentions for the horses he bought, despite the unusually large number of horses being sold to him.
Investigators also wrote that the BLM also did not stop selling horses to Davis after receiving reports that he was sending the horses to slaughter. Why, since he and they were clearly breaking the law? Who knows. But it must be nice to have friends in high places.
And yes, if you are wondering, the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General declined to investigate ties between Davis and former Secretary of the Interior Salazar who still has connections in the department he managed while being a part of the Obama administration.
According to the report, the investigation was referred to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado as well as the State of Colorado Conejos County District Attorney's Office. Frankly, it is not a surprise that both declined to seek civil and criminal prosecution, prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Ken Salazar served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005
Suzanne Roy, Director of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) stated, "It took more than three years for the OIG (Office of Inspector General) to confirm what we've always known -- that the BLM sold 1,795 federally-protected wild horses to a known kill buyer who sold them to slaughter. Unfortunately, there will be no justice for these mustangs, who suffered a brutal death in Mexican slaughter plants. No one at the BLM is being held accountable for this betrayal, and Tom Davis is not being prosecuted for violating his contractual obligation to not sell the horses for slaughter."
No one was surprised to hear the response to the report when BLM officials said they are "taking the matter very seriously and have taken preventative measures to ensure horses sold by the agency do not end up at slaughterhouses in the future."
While not a single BLM employee has been charged for illegal activities relating to the sale of those 1,794 wild horses that were slaughtered, neither has the Colorado rancher Davis.
While that should piss most people off, BLM officials tried to make it sound like Davis was getting punished when they said, "the agency no longer has any business relationship with Tom Davis and will not in the future."
Frankly that's not much of a penalty for anyone who knowingly kills 1,794 "federally-protected" wild horses. In fact, I'd bet a few bucks that the Colorado rancher who sent them to slaughter, and made well over $100,000 in that sale, is probably very happy that his illegal activities won't even warrant a slap on the wrist.
Friends, my opinion is that if he is close to BLM officials, then that Colorado rancher found out that the term "federally protected" means absolutely nothing if you have friends in high places. As illegal as his activity was, the government gave him a pass -- most likely because who his friends are.
And yes, "illegal" activity not being prosecuted is why we have the society we have today. The term "illegal" means very little because we have people in government who pick and chose what laws are truly "illegal" and what laws mean nothing even when violated to its fullest.
From Illegal Aliens killing innocent people in Sanctuary Cities that see nothing wrong with that being done, to doing businesses illegally because no one cares if they do or no; from illegal behavior like that of Hillary Clinton with her breach of national security by putting her e-mail on a non-secure computer server, to Democrats like California's Governor Jerry Brown giving "Illegal" Aliens rights reserved for "legal" citizens; we live in an era when the term "illegal" means less and less.
And frankly, that is especially true when it comes to how the law is applied to some groups over others. Today, Republicans, Conservatives, Gun Owners, and Christians, are all held to a higher standard to where even the smallest infraction of the law could amount to huge fines, lawsuits, criminal charges, arrest, and prison.
And yes, that's just the way I see it.
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Liz Truss on the brink after day of unprecedented chaos
LONDON — She began the day hoping for a solid performance at prime minister's questions to steady her ailing ship.
But Liz Truss entered Wednesday evening with her government in unprecedented chaos after one of her most senior ministers resigned, a top Downing Street aide was suspended and the mutiny in her party descended into open physical warfare.
In a day of bodyblows to her authority Truss was also forced to appoint an arch-critic to her Cabinet and compelled into two further U-turns — one on pensions and one on party management — after multiple MPs threatened to rebel in a crunch vote on fracking.
Labour MPs are now calling for an inquiry after accusing a group of senior Truss ministers of physically "manhandling" Tory MPs — at least one of whom was reportedly in tears — into voting lobbies to support the government's position. Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg denied any "bullying," insisting conversations with backbench MPs had been "perfectly normal."
But as Tory discipline collapsed entirely, a visibly-shaken Charles Walker, Tory MP for Broxbourne, told the BBC in an extraordinary interview: "This whole affair is inexcusable.
"As a Tory MP for 17 years … who's gone on with it loyally most of the time, I think it's a shambles and a disgrace." And he told his "talentless" Tory colleagues who had backed Truss for the leadership: "I hope it was worth it to sit around the Cabinet table — because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary."
One minister predicted the situation was terminal for Truss, and that letters of no confidence in her leadership would now "pile in" from Tory MPs.
Although officially Truss is safe from a leadership challenge until next September, most Tories believe that should half the Parliamentary party call for her resignation, she would have no choice but to bow out.
"It feels like death by a thousand cuts.," the minister said. "This is where Boris [Johnson] was at the end — but we've got there very quickly.
"Truss won't resign. But letters will now pile in next week. Anyone who hasn't written one already will be writing one."
Day of chaos
Truss had endured a difficult start to Wednesday, with new stats showing the U.K. inflation hitting a 40-year high of 10.1 percent.
Her exchanges with Labour leader Keir Starmer at PMQs at noon had been bruising — unsurprisingly, given the economic chaos triggered by her 'mini-budget' last month, the sacking last week of her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and the subsequent abandonment of her entire economic program — but appeared not to have been fatal for the prime minister.
But a further blow came with reports that one of Truss' longest-serving aides, Jason Stein, had been suspended from his Downing Street job. No reason was given, but it followed anger from Tory MPs over anonymous briefings to the press from one of her supposed allies. Stein has yet to comment but faces an investigation by No. 10.
And several hours later Truss' government was back in full-blown crisis mode as another of her most senior ministers was forced to quit — and did so with a searing broadside at the prime minister.
Suella Braverman, a darling of the Tory right who became Liz Truss' home secretary — one of the four top posts in the British government — after a failed run for the party leadership, resigned Wednesday afternoon after admitting a "mistake" in the handling of official documents.
Braverman blamed a "technical infringement," having reportedly passed on government information about immigration stats to a fellow MP from her personal email.
But her allies were swift to accuse No. 10 of an over-zealous enforcement of the ministerial code, and stressed the "absurd" resignation was forced upon Braverman just hours after a bitter row with Truss over liberalizing immigration rules.
Two officials with knowledge of Braverman's resignation blamed Tory MP Andrew Percy for reporting her to the party whips. An ally of Braverman accused the PM of favoring a backbench MP over the home secretary, and said: "I don't know what message that sends to other Cabinet ministers."
In a resignation letter peppered with thinly veiled criticism of the government, Braverman delivered a coded attack on Truss' own refusal to quit after the disastrous start to her premiership.
"The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes," Braverman wrote. "Pretending we haven't made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can't see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility: I resign."
Braverman hinted she may now cause trouble from the backbenches, warning that she had "concerns about the direction of this government" and noting Truss had "broken key pledges that were promised to our voters."
In a sign of her desperately weakened position, Truss replaced Braverman at the Home Office with Grant Shapps — a close ally of her defeated leadership rival Rishi Sunak, who she had sacked from government only last month and who had been widely accused in Westminster of plotting her downfall. Tory MPs have been demanding she offer ministerial positions to all wings of the party.
"It's obviously been a turbulent time for the government," Shapps said as he arrived at the Home Office. "The most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they've got security."
"It just goes from worse to worse," sighed one former Cabinet minister, who supported Sunak for the leadership.
"The prime minister is in a very, very difficult position, and this resignation doesn't help at all. I don't think [Truss' premiership] is over yet … but she still remains precarious, and I can't see her leading us into a general election."
'Tofu-eating wokerati'
The exit of Braverman comes after Truss appointed Jeremy Hunt — a centrist within the Conservative Party, and another Sunak supporter — as her top finance minister and jettisoned the libertarian economic policies that had helped her win the Tory leadership but roiled markets.
While winning over backers on the right of the Tory party, Braverman — a former attorney general — has alienated others with spiky interventions in the so-called culture wars, just this week lashing out at "Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati" amid road-blocking environmental protests in the U.K.
She has spoken about "her dream" and "obsession" of ensuring controversial flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda go ahead — a position that saw her openly mocked on Twitter by former Conservative chair Sayeeda Warsi in the wake of her exit from government Wednesday night.
The opposition Labour Party seized on another major change in personnel in a government that is barely six weeks old, with Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper saying the Truss administration was "falling apart at the seams."
A former aide to Rishi Sunak was equally pithy. "Truss has written off the Conservative Party battle bus," they said, via WhatsApp. "It's over."
Emilio Casalicchio, Eleni Courea, Cristina Gallardo and Esther Webber all contributed reporting.
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Reyhaneh Fathieh has joined the Mergermarket and Dealreporter editorial team in Los Angeles, where she will be covering key industries in the region, including digital media and aerospace.
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During her undergraduate years at the University of Virginia, she interned at the Washington Post where she gained experience breaking news. She then spent more than two years as an entertainment and lifestyle reporter for USA Today.
From there, Fathieh achieved a master's degree in international finance and economic policy at Columbia University, before spending 19 months as an investment banking associate at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in Los Angeles. After Mitsubishi UFJ, she continued her banking career as a strategic consultant at Houlihan Lokey.
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Hitachi Construction Machinery received an honorable mention at the 3rd Carbon Offset Award, which is sponsored by the Carbon Offset Network (CO‒Net)∗1. The award was presented on March 4, at the Carbon Market EXPO 2014, which was held at the Tokyo International Forum.
This award is given to organizations that implement particularly advanced carbon offset initiatives, with the aim of achieving a low‒carbon society. Hitachi Construction Machinery and Hitachi Construction Machinery Japan, which handles rental, sales, and services in Japan, have been promoting carbon offset measures since FY2008. The company was recognized for working with its customers to prevent global warming and to raise public awareness. The initiatives were introduced at Carbon Market EXPO 2014, and many visitors came to the Hitachi Construction Machinery booth.
The Hitachi Construction Machinery Group is working to promote environmental management and environment activities.
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Saints First Cap Casualties
February 12, 2014 by Garrett Ohlmeyer
Cap Casualties began for the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday, February 12, as four prominent players on the 2009 Super Bowl roster will no longer play in a Saints' uniform. Jabari Greer, Roman Harper, and Will Smith have all been cut while Jonathan Vilma will not be re-signed. While most or all of these cuts were expected to happen within the coming weeks, we now know the future of these four players will not be with the Saints.
With New Orleans already over the cap, some changes were going to have to be made, especially if they wanted to re-sign players such as Jimmy Graham and Zach Strief. The four players have been vital to the Saints' success for many years, but the NFL is a business and the money owed to these four players was far too much.
After suffering a gruesome ACL injury at the end of last season, Jabari Greer's future was questionable at the age of 32. While Greer has been one of the Saints more productive cornerbacks in recent years, an injury at his age may bring questions of his ability to return.
Will Smith has been a fan favorite since his arrival in 2004. He was the longest tenured Saint on last season's roster, but his time with New Orleans will finally come to an end. He was due close to $10 million this season which the Saints could no longer afford.
Roman Harper may have had his most successful seasons under former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. When Kenny Vaccaro was drafted last season, Roman Harper remaining with the Saints seemed like a distant idea. The Saints decided to give him one more year, but will move on with Vaccaro occupying one of the safety spots from here on out.
After coming over from the New York Jets, Vilma established his leadership role immediately. He was a pivotal part of New Orleans 2009 Super Bowl team's defense. Coming off an injury plagued season, the Saints seem to have moved on, as they do not plan on re-signing Vilma for this coming season.
With these cuts, the Saints have freed up some cap room allowing them to be a bit more involved in the upcoming free agency period. This may just be the beginning of cuts as the Saints will be looking to lock up All-Star tight end Jimmy Graham. Both Jimmy Graham and the Saints front office would much rather get a deal done than use the franchise tag, so expect this to be in the first line of business following these cuts. For now though, these former impact players will be missed.
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With Easter upon us, today seemed like the perfect day to share our family recipe for perfectly hard-boiled eggs. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to peel an egg when the shell is all stubbornly stuck. Or how about when the yolks turn green. Ewww! That is all a distant memory to me because my husband has mastered the trick to perfectly hard-boiled eggs. I haven't had a stuck-on shell or green yolk in years.
Step 1: Fill any large pot with water only and bring it to a boil. Be sure to use enough water to cover your eggs.
Step 2: While the water in the pan is heating, place eggs in a bowl. Fill the bowl with hot tap water. Let the eggs sit in this hot tap water until your pan is ready with boiling water. Empty the bowl of water.
Step 3: Using a slotted spoon, carefully place the eggs, one-by-one, into the pot of boiling water.
Step 4: Set the timer for 10 minutes.
Step 5: After 10 minutes, remove the pan from heat and let the eggs sit in the pan for 1-2 minutes.
Step 6: Using the slotted spoon, remove eggs, one-by-one from the pan and place them back in your now-empty bowl.
Step 7: Place the bowl in the sink. Run cold water over the eggs for 1 minute. Let the eggs sit in the water for 5 minutes to cool down. (Note: This step is critical for shells that will peel easily).
Step 8: Remove eggs from water. Store in refrigerator.
This method is fail proof. This has been a science experiment of sorts for my husband, who was very determined to figuring out the best way to ensure the very best egg results. He insists that the combination of soaking the eggs first in hot tap water before boiling them – and then soaking them again in cold tap water after boiling the eggs – causes the membrane to adhere to the shell and not to the egg white. I just know that it I get the satisfaction of perfect eggs every time.
Whether it's for Easter – or for every day – you have to try this!


God owns the entire universe, above and below, seen and unseen. Some people think that the devil will own hell and rule there. Not so. The devil will be imprisoned there just like anyone else who rejects Jesus Christ. In fact, he was why it was built, and he will just be another inmate.
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the money in our pocket came from Him, as well as the shirt on our back. What can we give God that He does not already have? Praise and thanksgiving from your heart.
That is something that is truly ours, completely under our control, and we can give it to whomever we want. So simple in theory, yet so difficult in practice. Stump your toe and see what comes out. 'God thank you for not letting me break it' would be a good response, yet sometimes I do something else.
Be thankful for what God has already given you. If you are reading this, you evidently are still breathing, so be thankful. Tell God 'Thank You for what you have already done for me'. Praise is right along those lines. 'God, You are AWESOME! I could have never done that without You!' It is the one thing that God does not have.
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank You today for all that You have blessed me with. You have been good to me and I so appreciate it. Draw me to You, teach me about You, make me stedfast, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
Dear Father in Heaven, Thank you for allowing me to see another day! The days filled with beauty because you make them so! How blessed I am truly am to have your Son Jesus as my very best friend! I am thankful to you for loving me and showing such compassion and for chastising me when I know I've done wrong. I praise your ALWAYS and thank you for loving me! Amen!
Amen, Father I Thank You for All your Blessings. You Are an Awesome God!!!
Amen! Thank you Father God!
Amen! All God has ever desired is that we are greatful to Him. Jesus called Him Father, is there anything a child can give to his earthly father better than love and admiration?
Praise You Lord for all You have done for me! Thank you for the improvement in my health, please continue healing me and help me through ym work day today. In Christ Jesus' name, amen.
Thank You Father for all You have given me and all that You do for me. I love You, Amen!
Thank you Father God for making your self known to me and that I know you personally. Thank you for showing me once again this morning that you know my thoughts and know me inside an out. Also, that you hear me when I pray and confirm and answer like you did through Pastor Dion's devotional this morning. People I tell you that I was asking Father Yahweh this morning for financial needs and I said,(Abba Yahweh,I know that all things belong to You and that the cattle on a thousand hills belong to you). What a confirmation! Father Yahweh,Adoni Yeshua and Holy Spirit are all totally awesome! Praise Them! Praise Them! Praise and thanks to Them!
Amen. Praise God! Thanks Pastor Todd, God Bless! Heavenly Father I thank You today for all that You have blessed me with. You have been good to me and I so appreciate it. Draw me to You, teach me about You, make me stedfast, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Amen! Thank you for everything!
Lord I want to thank you for waking me up after my surgery yesterday, I have never encountered anything like this ever, but I know You were there the whole time, Thank you Father.


With all the building shows on TV, homebuyers are more particular about what they want their home to look like, be it a starter home, a home for a growing family or a one-story retirement home. MGM Builders in Windham designs and builds custom homes and has since 1987.
"We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of our first house in Raymond," said general contractor and founder, Mike Manning.
"We are family run." Mike's wife, Anne, and sons Taylor and Ben are all involved in the business. Taylor has a degree in building and is the project manager as well as a finish carpenter. Ben will end his job in the Navy in May and will join the company brushing off his degree in construction management. Tessa Manning, Mike's daughter-in-law, runs the publicity and online arms of the business. Co-founder Anne Manning is a home design specialist as well as a Realtor®.
The majority of homes built by MGM Builders are in the greater Windham area, Gorham, Falmouth, Cumberland and Raymond. Close to 100 of the 200 houses built by MGM Builders over the years were built in Windham. They've built homes for repeat customers who outgrew their home or wanted to build a retirement home. They have also done major remodels of houses for clients.
"What we enjoy the most is new construction," said Mike. The company's latest project is off Windham Center Road at Green Acres, where MGM Builders is developing land. They bought the land from the late Earl Green. His children wanted to keep the land in his father's name and Green Acres was born.
Over the 30 years Manning has been building homes, the technology and the equipment have changed making turnaround times faster, with the convenience of being able to call a subcontractor at a moment's notice.
"To build houses and do it with little problems, you have to have a passion," said Mike. "I've always had a passion." The first house he built came from a drawing he did at 16 years old. He worked as an electrician in the Coast Guard before he was able to build that house at 24.
MGM Builders works with real estate professionals all over the area looking for building packages. "We make it pretty painless to the customers. They show up at closings," said Mike. MGM Builders purchases the land and builds the home before turning the entire project over to the new owners.
They have built some commercial projects like the North Windham Veterinary Hospital, which was very challenging, but fun to build, Mike said.
Mike has preached to his sons that "your name is valuable." MGM Builders stands for quality and integrity. "Our company is about what our customer is asking for and giving it to them," he said.
His philosophy is "perfection within reason; not production no matter what." He tells his eight employees to do it the right way the first time or they'll have to redo it the way he wanted it in the first place.
MGM Builders has built eight houses for the Mannings over the last 30 years. They've raised three children in those homes and are proud of what they have built with their company. "We have a really close family," Mike said, mentioning that his oldest child Whitney raises two little kids, but doesn't work for the company, yet.
The company keeps up with what popular trends are, like sliding barn doors. "We are in tune with what the Millennials want," said Mike.
Customers are looking for open floor plans, mudrooms with built-ins, three bedrooms, and two and a half baths with one being a master bath. They are looking for amenities in the homes, according to Mike.
MGM Builders is always looking to buy new land to develop. Landowners can contact Mike directly at: 650-2050.
Find MGM Builders on www.Houzz.com, Instagram and Facebook, or visit www.MGMBuilders.com, call 892-1019 or email Mike@MGMBuilders.com. They are located at 8 Turning Leaf Drive next to Buck's Naked BBQ.
With the warmer weather and lawns turning green, Evan Blakeney and his father Tom are gearing up for a busy spring season at Xtreme Performance Power Equipment and Motorsports. Xtreme Performance has everything a professional landscaper and a homeowner could want to spruce up his or her yard.
Evan opened Xtreme Performance because, "it's in our blood." His grandfather opened two lawn and garden and power sports locations as Evan was growing up. "I was selling snow blowers when I was six or seven years old in Maryland," he said.
Tom and Evan were traveling a lot for work in the construction industry and decided they wanted to be home more, so they opened the store on Route 302 in Windham.
"I always liked this area," Tom said. "We interviewed landscapers and determined it was an under-served area." The company caters to the commercial side of the industry although they also serve residential customers as well. They know that professional landscapers have different priorities than residential customers, especially when it comes to service after the sale.
Xtreme Performance sells Ferris Commercial Mowers, eXmark, Simplicity residential lawn and garden machines that are top of the line, Snapper walk behind mowers that are using the same deck design they were forty years ago and Shindaiwa handheld products.
In the zero-turn mowers, eXmark has been the fastest growing product in the store. Ferris is the fastest growing commercial line, Tom said.
Zero-turn mowers are hot in the market, but they are not right for everyone. Evan and Tom can help determine the right kind of mower for the job, whether it's a soccer field or a home on a hill. They want to be the ones customers turn to for information. Products can be demoed before buying to make sure it's the right machine for the job.
The Shindaiwa line is a commercial line of handheld tools like leaf blowers and hedge trimmers that come with a five year warranty.
"You know you're getting at least five years out of that equipment," said Tom.
Price differences between Xtreme Performance and a box stores are comparable. Box stores may seem cheaper at the outset, but when quality is figured in, the machines at Xtreme Performance are priced the same or less. When it comes to parts, they also have better prices on things like chainsaw blades or full synthetic oil for chainsaws.
Customers have the choice of three types of tractors at Xtreme Performance. Lawn tractors, which are great for moving, hauling a dump cart or snow blowing. The garden tractors can take all of the other uses, as well as a rototiller. It's also heavier and can take more attachments.
A subcompact tractor is a mini farm tractor with a three point hitch and can take a backhoe. Xtreme Performance also has a full service department for every brand, even those they don't sell, including snowmobiles, ATVs and dirt bikes. The technicians strive for a quick turn around, but admit that May is challenging because everyone wants to start mowing. They have free pick- up and delivery within a 10 mile radius of the store. For business customers they have a loner program and lockers for after-hours pick up.
"If there's a way we can help you out, we will. We don't want to nickel and dime you," said Evan. The biggest issue they see in the service department is not treating engines for ethanol in the gas, which accounts for 80 percent of repairs on power equipment, said Evan. Xtreme Performance is the only authorized service center for Briggs & Stratton engines.
For more information, call: 207-892-4141, visit: www.XPMaine.com, email: info@XPMaine.com or visit them on Facebook. The best way to see the store is to visit when they're open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. They are closed on Saturdays, but are open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Don't miss the open house on April 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for instant rebates, giveaways and a BBQ with activities for kids. No purchase required.
Fresh ingredients, historic atmosphere and friendly staff are the major ingredients at O. Dans Public House located at 1 Ossipee Trail East in Standish. The large three-story building has been remodeled and is open for business.
Owners Dan Ellingwood, Jim Yates and Steve Burgess bought the building as a second location for O. Dans; the first is located in Sebago on the back side of Sebago Lake. With friends and family helping as well as Yates' construction company, it took five months for the remodel. "We're a little crazy. We thought two months," said Ellingwood. They redid the kitchen, the bar on the second floor, which was made by Yates, and brought the floors back to life. The work brought to life the historic charm of the building.
"This gave us the opportunity to be a part of a nice, small community," said Ellingwood.
The food is described as southern style with a French twist. Culinary trained, Ellingwood, the head chef, worked in southern kitchens for years as well as interned in kitchens in France, after growing up in New Hampshire. At O. Dans he goes back to his training to provide food that is unparalleled in the area. One of the unique starters is the egg rolls, created with Pineland Farms grass fed prime rib, gorgonzola cheese and fresh horseradish mayo. Ellingwood offers chicken and waffles and fried chicken with mashed potatoes like a southern grandma would make.
"We shop every day. What we see at the market we use," Ellingwood said. "We have to be better than what you can do at home." For those looking for the special of the day, come in early, Yates suggests, or the items might be gone.
Everything from wings to corned beef, risotto to blackened haddock is made at the restaurant. His self-proclaimed best dish is the risotto, which he made every day for two years while in France. As a vegetarian entrée, it is served with crispy sprouts and shaved parmesan cheese. O. Dans has no microwaves, no freezers, and everything is made from scratch, except the ketchup.
Ellingwood and Yates are childhood friends. "We've been running together since we were in diapers," Ellingwood said. The first location they opened together has 35 seats and is described as homey. The new location is neighborhood friendly and has 120 seats.
"We're working on becoming a destination," Ellingwood said.
O. Dans has been open for six weeks and the reception has been outstanding, Ellingwood said.
"It was overwhelming at first. Even with a two hour wait, they keep coming back," Yates said. "Getting them to come once is easy. Getting them to come back is hard." People do return.
At the bar, there are 10 revolving taps and on the specials board they have listed what's coming up next for beer. "They try to finish a tap to get to the next kind," said Yates. "We're not a night club. Grandma and their granddaughters can come in together," Yates said.
"The highest compliment is when folks bring their kids in because they're comfortable enough to bring their kids here. That's humbling," Ellingwood added.
O. Dans serves dinner nightly after 4 p.m. and lunch on Saturdays and Sundays. After Easter weekend, starting April 23, O. Dans will be open for Sunday brunch starting at 10 a.m. with a build-your-own bloody Mary and mimosa bar. There is live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Open mic music is the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Reservations are encouraged. They are always hiring new staff to add to the 25 they have now.
For more information or to make a reservation, call: 648-4239 or visit them online on Facebook.
Most dealers—and some banks—offer some type of gap insurance as part of the vehicle loan, but rates and coverage can vary considerably. Be sure to figure out the total cost and read the fine print, as it can add a significant amount to your monthly payment.
It's always a good idea to save some cash for a "rainy day." An Edward Jones financial advisor can help make sure your savings support your overall financial strategy. After all, you've worked hard to keep your financial strategy on track, right? An unexpected expense could easily derail that strategy.
If you're still working - between three and six months' worth of living expenses.
If you are retired - up to three months of living expenses for emergencies, as well as about 12 months' worth of living expenses (after accounting for outside sources of income) to provide for your everyday spending.
Why the ranges? If you're employed, these guidelines factor in the average length of unemployment – four months – as well as the potential for other needs. If you're retired, you face many of the same potential emergencies (excluding a job loss) – except you are now also responsible for creating your own "paycheck" for your everyday expenses.
Regardless of whether you're working or not, you may also want to look into your access to a personal line of credit. It can help you supplement your emergency savings if the need arises.
How much should I have in cash for other USES?
While you might think "the more, the better," that isn't necessarily the case. Having too much of your savings sitting in cash can be an issue, especially when you're investing for long-term goals such as retirement. Ultimately, your cash strategy can be a key factor in your long-term financial success.
Unexpected expenses and emergencies – cash used for situations such as a job loss, a home repair or an unplanned medical expense.
Specific short-term savings goals – cash dedicated for a goal that will occur within the next year or so, such as a wedding or vacation.
Everyday spending – cash used for your lifestyle and day-to-day spending needs, such as groceries, utilities, mortgage and debt payments, and entertainment.


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If you want to get it done, call a woman! Well, that's what my guest Tope Oshin Ogun, director and producer extraordinaire does…she gets the job done on many of our favourite and most loved TV programmes such as Tinsel. We spoke about thriving in a male dominated industry.
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is the most common in British models. The history behind this is complex but is related to the size of British loading gauge which was significantly smaller than continental European and American prototypes. As a result of this size difference, the British toymakers enlarged the models to fit the early electric motors into the body of the locomotives. They maintained the 16.5 mm track gauge or 5/8 of an inch for compatibility with other models. This compromise continues to this day, although for the true scale modeller EM gauge at 18.83 mm has become the standard for those who do not wish to compromise on anything. However, 00 continues to be the predominant and most popular method of modelling British prototype
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These were generally of a similar size to scale models. However, the scale could vary considerably from the early Trix models to the more accurate Hornby Dublo Wrenn and Triang models. As time passed many of these brands became more accurate and would now fall into the scale category. Initially, a lot of the passenger carriages, in particular, were foreshortened to enable them to run around the fairly tight radius train set curves both Hornby Dublo and Trix Twin use the three rail contacts system that this gradually became obsolete. For collectors today, however, the nostalgia of this system remains.
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Calling all local Brisbane Sporting clubs and associations! Are you in the need for a better lighting solution for your court, field or track? Brisbane City Council's grants program is NOW OPEN to all local NFP organisations, to develop and improve facilities and services in Brisbane. Information workshops are also now open to gain tips and advice on how to best complete your submission. JASSTECH can also assist. Funding is available for up to $100,000 for Community Facility Maintenance or Development grants.


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Ready to up your food game at home, by the beach, or on the grill? We can help with that: Today Food teamed up with Well+Good to not just give you advice, but to show you how it's done. (Because recipes are nice, but step-by-step videos are even better.) Each week, we'll be unveiling new videos highlighting a super-easy, delish recipe that's sure to become a go-to all year long.
Last week we kicked things off with a game changing kale destemming trick (no knife needed), and this week is all about keeping skin glowing—and not burnt to a crisp. After months of being cooped up inside, summer days are meant to be spent outside. But a bad sunburn can totally kill your beach vibes. Instead of reaching for the aloe vera when it's too late, save your skin, nourishing it from the inside out by sipping on a smoothie that hydrates and features some surprising sun-fighting ingredients.
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Addressing the Battlefield Communications Power Gap
Shaun Cummins, Nujira Limited, Cambridge, UK
Power density of the new communications systems supporting the networked battlefield can be four times lower than that of the AM/FM radios they replace due to the use of advanced modulation techniques to improve data throughput of Net-Centric communications systems. These software-defined radios must operate over wide transmit bandwidths, which combined with the newer waveforms compound the already challenging task of making these radios lighter and last longer on fewer batteries. A power management technique described by Bell Labs in 1937, but only recently successfully implemented in commercial cellular and broadcast communication systems, is attracting interest. This article examines the latest developments in military communications technology.
Upgrading Military Communications
To put the current situation into context, it is believed that military communications systems will go through a dramatic upgrade cycle over the next five to ten years. The upgrade, which has already started, will create a Net-Centric communication system where voice, data and video information can flow securely and rapidly throughout all theatre elements in the battlefield.
The USA's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program is the vanguard of this change in how the military communicates in the battlefield. New Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Factor (HMS) radios under the JTRS program offer tactical vehicles and dismounted units with reliable, good quality connectivity over a wide bandwidth even in rugged and urban environments.
Such secure, reliable high bandwidth voice, data and video communications technology is essential to deliver the required speed of command in today's conflict environment. It is the two-way backbone that connects the whole chain of command from the top down to the lowest level, giving critical and immediate situational awareness and maximizing combat effectiveness.
These new standards derive their higher throughput by using more complex modulation schemes, but these reduce the efficiency of the RF power transmitters. The 2 MHz to 2 GHz bandwidth specification for JTRS radios imposes further challenges to the designer of the RF transmission circuits. Power density of the new radios can be worse than the established frequency hopping AM/FM technology by a factor of four, with a negative impact on the Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) envelope of the communications systems a vehicle-borne or dismounted unit needs to carry.
These considerations are driving a major push to improve the efficiency of battlefield communications technologies. A major area of focus is the RF amplifier, which can end up consuming as much as half the power in a high speed modem. Power amplifier designers are faced with a difficult optimization challenge that must balance size and efficiency yet work over the demanded transmit bandwidth.
Advances in power transistor technologies have allowed designers to meet their size goals by addressing the wide transmit bandwidth in only one or two power amps; however, the efficiency has suffered accordingly. It is time to take a fresh look at the design of the RF transmission amplifier chain.
RF Power Amplifier Efficiency
The waveforms used in the new networked battlefield communications protocols are usually OFDM- or QAM-based and support frequency hopping and adaptive signal to noise encoding schemes. For example, the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) specified by JTRS for ground to ground and ground to air communications and the Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) used for airborne sensor, shooter and ordnance communication is based on the OFDM modulation scheme.
The Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) for soldier to soldier communications is based on QAM modulation. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for satellite to ground, sea or air communication uses both OFDM and QAM, and leverages the W-CDMA technology developed commercially for existing mobile phone networks.
Figure 1 Conventional Class AB power amplifier configuration.
Channel coding and modulation techniques like QAM and OFDM require faithful reproduction of the amplitude of the transmitted RF signal. RF PAs are classic Class AB amplifiers (see Figure 1), which offer the most efficient operation when the RF envelope waveform is closest to peak power.
Efficiency is a function of the RF signal crest factor (peak-to-average power ratio or PAPR) where the higher the peak power with respect to the mean power, the lower the efficiency. This in turn is determined by the type of modulation and coding scheme. There is no single formula that defines that relationship, but a good rule of thumb is that every dB of crest factor reduction provides a 2 to 2.5 percent efficiency change.
In a W-CDMA transmitter, the PA peak power is usually 4 to 6.5 dB above the mean power. OFDM signals are composed of a large number of individual components, the power of each varying with time. The resultant amplitude of the composite signal over time is therefore not constant, but 'peaky' in nature and results in even higher crest factors—up to 9.5 dB—and even lower PA efficiencies.
In general, the higher the data rates, the higher the PAPR and the more difficult the amplification design process becomes. This non constant amplitude modulation means that a typical amplifier rarely runs up to its saturated output power capability resulting in lower efficiency.
High PAPR signals make the design of PAs difficult for two reasons: Firstly, the amplifier must be linear over a wide dynamic range to preserve modulation accuracy and spurious performance. It is possible to use a technique called Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) to allow the PA to operate closer to peak power for most of the time by limiting the peaks of the signal using DSP techniques. However, this needs to be done with care to minimize distortion and maintain adequate signal Error Vector Magnitude (EVM). Typical CFR will reduce the PAPR to around 8.0 to 8.5 dB.
Figure 2 Drain efficiency vs. power output and probability distribution of the instantaneous output power value.
Secondly, the variation with time of the PA output power results in poor overall power efficiency. The reason for this is shown in Figure 2. A Class AB (linear) PA is at its most efficient at peak power, but the drain (power conversion) efficiency, as shown by the solid line, drops off rapidly as the output power decreases. The probability distribution of instantaneous output power for a typical OFDM signal (dashed curve [not to a specific scale]) shows that for much of the time the signal power lies well below the peak power and hence the device is operating at low (average) efficiency. Note that the PAPR value shown in this diagram assumes that CFR has been used to reduce the PAPR of the transmitted signal; without this, overall efficiency would be even lower.
Improving PA Efficiency
A number of techniques are now being used to improve PA efficiency. The majority of these have found their first use in the cellular industry, where the problems of high network power consumption and environmental impact have already caused many network operators to force the pace of change and demand significantly improved equipment efficiency from their suppliers.
The three major techniques are:
Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) and Linearization
Doherty
Envelope Tracking
DPD and Linearization
As already noted, CFR can make a useful contribution to improving PA efficiency by allowing controlled compression of peak signals, effectively allowing the PA to operate nearer peak power and hence at a higher efficiency. DPD and Linearization techniques build on this by compensating for nonlinearities in the final RF output stage. In the process they also improve adjacent channel and EVM performance, and by allowing some compensation for the distortion caused by nonlinearities near compression, the PA can be driven harder, resulting in an improvement in power efficiency.
The best improvements result when DPD and Linearization are used as part of a system architecture incorporating active sampling of the output signal as part of a feedback loop. Only then can the system fully compensate for changes in amplifier characteristics with time, temperature and signal characteristics.
The Doherty PA configuration uses two amplifying devices driven in parallel, with their outputs combined. One amplifier (the 'carrier', typically a Class AB amplifier) provides all the output power (with the second device turned off) until the power required causes it to enter its nonlinear region, at which point the second ('peaking') amplifier (typically operating in Class C) is switched on and provides additional power. While several academic papers have quoted impressively high efficiency capabilities for Doherty amplifiers, in practice the typical efficiency being achieved with these designs is around 25 to 30 percent. However, this improved efficiency comes with a number of drawbacks, including the difficulty in maintaining matching and linearity over time and with temperature and device variations.
The most important limitation, however, is the limited PA bandwidth due to the complicated and essentially narrow-band matching required between the two amplifiers. Whilst the bandwidth available is adequate for cellular systems, it does not address all battlefield communications requirements.
Envelope Tracking, as a technique for improving power efficiency of RF power amplifiers, was first described by Bell Labs in 1937. Instead of optimizing a final RF stage power transistor supplied by constant voltage, the supply voltage to the power amplifier output transistor is adjusted dynamically, in synchronism with the envelope of the modulated RF signal passing through the device.
Figure 3 Envelope tracking (right) reduces the voltage difference between the supply voltage and the signal envelope significantly reducing the energy dissipated as heat.
This ensures that the output device remains in its most efficient operating region (i.e. in saturation), dramatically reducing the energy dissipated. Figure 3 shows envelope tracking in operation. Without envelope tracking, the difference between the constant power into the RF amplifier and the RF output waveform is dissipated in the RF power transistor as heat. With envelope tracking, the supply voltage tracks the signal envelope, dramatically reducing the energy dissipated.
Figure 4 Efficiency of a power amplifier driven by variable voltage.
Figure 4 demonstrates the high efficiency of an envelope tracking amplifier throughout the high-probability region of continuous output power. It is essentially a superposition of Figure 2, showing a series of drain efficiency versus RF power output curves as the supply voltage is varied. The locus of these curves represents the efficiency of a power amplifier driven by variable voltage.
Implementation of Envelope Tracking
Although the principles of envelope tracking have been known for some time, the practical difficulties of implementing a working system have prevented the concept from being employed until recently. The challenge is to make a power supply modulator capable of achieving the accuracy, bandwidth and noise specifications necessary at a level of conversion efficiency that delivers significant energy saving for the system as a whole. Critical performance issues include tracking accuracy, modulator efficiency, stability, compliance with spurious-signal and noise specifications, and bandwidth for multi-carrier support.
However, an evolution of this principle, High Accuracy Tracking (HAT™), is showing an improvement in efficiency, going from typically 30 percent for a standard Class AB amplifier to beyond 60 percent with HAT. Japanese cellular infrastructure vendor Sumitomo has recently launched a product based on the HAT principle, and multiple other base station and Digital TV transmitter manufacturers are at an advanced stage of adopting this new technology in their products. A solution for handsets is in development.
HAT technology has been demonstrated on a GaN PA. With QAM-based waveforms similar to SRW, they have shown a potential for 30 percent less power consumption and 42 percent more battery life for a manpack radio based on SRW. This was achieved over a wide frequency range and across multiple modulation modes. The power dissipation of the PA transistor itself is reduced by two-thirds, leading to a significant reduction in device thermal management requirements. Significant reduction in device temperature also leads to increased PA device reliability. Also, for handset applications, demonstrations have shown an improvement in linearity with HAT, eliminating the requirement for DPD altogether.
Figure 5 Application of a HAT power modulator to a standard power amplifier.
HAT implementation is relatively straightforward (see Figure 5), involving the addition of a HAT modulator module. The only addition required to the standard PA architecture is an output from the DPD/Linearization function to drive the HAT Power Modulator with a digital representation of the modulation envelope. The module can be a small box (70 mm × 70 mm × 18 mm for the commercial units supporting 40 W cellular base station transmitters, as shown in Figure 6), or can be a silicon chip for lower power handheld transmitters. In the future, the HAT algorithm may be integrated into power management chips already used in a radio transmitter. In addition, some minor redesign of the PA layout is needed to ensure optimal matching and hence efficiency.
Figure 6 Nujira HAT power modulator integrated with a typical PA.
To retain compliance with demanding noise and spurious specification, the power modulator tracks the RF signal envelope with utmost accuracy in both timing and amplitude. It does so by calculating the amplitude from the digital signal (√(I² + Q²)) and applying a simple function to arrive at the optimum instantaneous drain voltage. In parallel, a delay is calculated and applied to the RF signal before it is input to the amplifier, cancelling out the delay in the modulator.
Efficiency Improvement Across UHF Band
Figure 7 Level of energy efficiency improvement obtainable when using an envelope tracking HAT power modulator in a wideband UHF system.
Figure 7 shows the level of energy efficiency improvement that can be obtained when using an envelope tracking HAT power modulator in a wideband UHF system. It can be seen that the efficiency improvement exactly tracks the normal Class AB 'fixed drain' solution across the whole band, whilst maintaining strong linearity and providing some additional benefit in the form of increased power output from the transistor (due to thermal management improvement).
Note that the efficiency enhancement is maintained across a very wide band—a characteristic of envelope tracking. This need to provide adequate linearity with enhanced efficiency over a wide band with high peak to average signals is the type of challenge now facing designers for the next generation of networked battlefield communications systems. It has been shown that with envelope tracking, linearity is intrinsically improved compared to Class AB designs and the result can be achieved without the use of DPD and the added system complexity that this would bring.
To put the above discussion into context, the 40 percent of the 50 to 55 kg kit carried by the 21st century infantryman can be power related, and 30 percent of the load carried by a platoon can now be related to powering the communications and other electronics it carries. There is high level realization that the benefits of new communications standards need to be realized while reducing, rather than adding to this burden.
In consequence, western armed forces are giving focus to the power density of their systems, defined as watt hours per kilogram. The vision is to drive power density upwards from today's 200 Wh/kg through 400 Wh/kg to a goal of 600 Wh/kg by 2011. Though DPD, linearization and Doherty can all make a contribution towards this target, HAT has demonstrated that it is capable of fully compensating for the inherent inefficiencies of transmitting OFDM, QAM and similar signals, and reversing the trend of rising RF transmitter energy use.
Shaun Cummins graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1994 with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is presently the advanced technology director at Nujira looking at new architectures and systems where envelope tracking technology can be applied. Cummins is one of the earliest members of Nujira and has been active in a broad range of envelope tracking technology development. He has also been very active in the area of linearization technology, particularly Digital Pre-Distortion, as it applies to ET systems.


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A list of costs for your photo restoration reprints. We only ship prints to UK addresses.
USEFUL TIP – if ordering a larger size over 10×8 go for the semi-matt finish as it marks less and your less likely to get thumb prints on it when you try to frame it!
Lab or chemical prints are still unsurpassed when it comes to making the best prints for digital restorations. Unsurprisingly the popularity of this type of printing is high.
Print time scales: We post to you around 4-6 working days, from the time you have paid for your order. For speed, you can opt to print yourself with a "digital only" order where you send in a scan to be restored.
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Global Warming and Bad Weather
By Sharon Begley On 6/28/08 at 2:15 PM EDT
It's almost a point of pride with climatologists. Whenever someplace is hit with a heat wave, drought, killer storm or other extreme weather, scientists trip over themselves to absolve global warming. No particular weather event, goes the mantra, can be blamed on something so general. Extreme weather occurred before humans began loading up the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. So this storm or that heat wave could be the result of the same natural forces that prevailed 100 years ago—random movements of air masses, unlucky confluences of high- and low-pressure systems—rather than global warming.
This pretense has worn thin. The frequency of downpours and heat waves, as well as the power of hurricanes, has increased so dramatically that "100-year storms" are striking some areas once every 15 years, and other once rare events keep returning like a bad penny. As a result, some climatologists now say global warming is to blame. Rising temperatures boost the probability of extreme weather, says Tom Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center and lead author of a new report from the Bush administration's Climate Change Science Program; that can "lead to the type of events we are seeing in the Midwest." There, three weeks of downpours have caused rivers to treat their banks as no more than mild suggestions. Think of it this way: if once we experienced one Noachian downpour every 20 years, and now we suffer five, four are likely man-made.
It's been easier to connect global warming to rising temperatures than to extreme weather events—and even the former hasn't been easy. Only in this decade have "attribution" studies managed to finger greenhouse gases as the chief cause of the rising mercury, rather than a hotter sun or cyclical changes. (The last two produce a different pattern of climate change than man-made warming does.) Now the same "whatdunit?" techniques are being applied to droughts, downpours, heat waves and powerful hurricanes. "We can look at climate-model simulations and likely attribute [specific extreme weather] to human activity," says Gerry Meehl of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
The Midwest, for instance, suffered three weeks of intense rain in May and June, with more than five inches falling on some days. That brought a reprise of the area's 1993 flooding, which was thought to be a once-in-500-years event. The proximate cause was the western part of the jet stream dipping toward the Gulf of Mexico, then rising toward Iowa—funneling moisture from the gulf to the Midwest, says meteorologist Bill Gallus of (the very soggy) Iowa State University. The puzzle, he says, is why the trough kept reforming in the west, creating a rain-carrying conveyor belt that, like a nightmarish version of a Charlie Chaplin movie, wouldn't turn off. One clue is that global warming has caused the jet stream to shift north. That has brought, and will continue to bring, more tropical storms to the nation's north, and may push around the jet stream in other ways as well.
Global warming has left its clearest fingerprint on heat waves. Since the record scorcher of 1998, the average annual temperatures in the United States in six of the past 10 years have been among the hottest 10 percent on record. Climatologists predict that days so hot they now arrive only once every 20 years will, by midcentury, hit the continental United States once every three years. Scientists also discern a greenhouse fingerprint in downpours, which in the continental United States have increased 20 percent over the past century. In a warmer world, air holds more water vapor, so when cloud conditions are right for that vapor to form droplets, more precipitation falls. Man-made climate change is also causing more droughts on top of those that occur naturally: attribution studies trace droughts such as that gripping the Southwest to higher sea-surface temperatures, especially in the Pacific. Those can fluctuate naturally, as they did when they caused the severe droughts of the 1930s and 1950s. But they are also rising due to global warming, causing a complicated cascade of changes in air circulation that shuts down rainfall.
Hurricanes have become more powerful due to global warming. For every rise of 1 degree Celsius (most of it man-made) in surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic, rainfall from a tropical storm increases 6 to 18 percent and wind speeds of the strongest hurricanes increase by up to 8 percent. As the new report acknowledged, "the strongest storms are becoming even stronger." Atmospheric conditions that bring severe thunderstorms (with hail two inches across and wind gusts of at least 70 miles an hour) and tornadoes with a force of F2 or greater have been on the rise since the 1970s, occurring about 8 percent more often every decade. Get used to it, and don't blame Mother Nature.


George Lewis Grass [Parents] was born on 10 May 1891 in MOrris Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. He died on 6 Nov 1953 in Quincy, Kanawha Co, WV. He was buried on 8 Nov 1953 in Dickenson Cemetery, Quincy, Kanawha Co, WV. He married Reva Fern Woolwine.
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Wake County North Carolina
College Undergrads, High School Seniors Encouraged to Apply for Conservation Scholarship
Wake County North Carolina - December 21, 2022
Students across Wake County majoring in natural resource fields are invited to apply for a 2023–2024 Careers in Conservation Scholarship by NC Foundation for Soil & Water Conservation. This merit-based scholarship awards $1,000 per student per school year. Those awarded a scholarship can re-apply for another $1,000 the next year.
NCDHHSNC Department of Health and Human Services - January 31, 2023
NCDHHS Announces New Online Bed Registry
Hundreds of people in North Carolina each day are waiting inside hospital emergency departments for behavioral health care. One reason is that a real-time list of operational beds isn't available, which makes it difficult to connect people in emergency departments to care in more appropriate settings. To address the growing behavioral health crisis, the NC Department of Health and Human Services is today launching a new tool to help hospitals and other providers quickly find an open bed where people can get the behavioral health treatment they deserve.
Those black birds
Wilson Rogelio Enciso - January 31, 2023
Children in the NC Health Choice Program Moving to NC Medicaid April 1
NC Department of Health and Human Services - January 30, 2023
The legal dispute is over
NCDOI - January 30, 2023
NCDHHS Livestream Cafecito and Tele-Town Hall: Navigating Mental Wellness, Aging, Caregiving and the Impacts of COVID-19
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What's the purpose of birds?
New research led by the American Museum of Natural History suggests that there are about 18,000 bird species in the world. Each of these species has a specific role in the environment. Some help pollinate flowers & spread their seeds. Others keep the insect populations down. They all have jobs!
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Here are some idioms we use to express the concept of help.
Helping, assisting someone with something, is a nice thing to do, and giving someone a hand means to help them.
We can help someone out financially or try to get him out of a jam (a difficult or problematic situation).
At a party the host may tell us to help ourselves (serve ourselves) to the buffet.
But help isn't always meant in a positivie way.
The word help does not always mean to help someone (ajuda, assistir).
If someone says, "Get some help" in an unfriendly tone, they are implying that you need psychiatric help. It is an assertion that you are so imbalanced that you need to see a psychiatrist. Usually,they don't really intend to objectively assess your actual mental state, but they are trying to insult you.
Speaking of not being crazy, the phrase "like crazy" does not refer to anyone's mental state. The sentence,"The new software is selling like crazy," means it is selling furiously, very much, fast.
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Soviet Union (former) Frontal Aviation
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Frontal Aviation was the Soviet Union's tactical air force assigned to the military districts and the groups of forces. Its mission was to provide air support to Ground Forces units. Frontal Aviation cooperated closely with the Air Defense Aviation arm of the Air Defense Forces. Protected by the latter's fighterinterceptors , Frontal Aviation in wartime would deliver conventional, nuclear, or chemical ordnance on the enemy's supply lines and troop concentrations to interdict its combat operations. It would be under the operational control of Ground Forces field commanders. In 1989 Frontal Aviation was divided into sixteen air armies composed of fighter, fighter-bomber, tactical reconnaissance, and electronic warfare aircraft.
In 1989 Frontal Aviation operated about 5,000 fixed- and rotary-wing combat and reconnaissance aircraft, which included 270 Su-25, 650 Su-17, and 1,050 MiG-27 ground attack aircraft. It also operated 450 MiG-29 and 350 Su-24 deep interdiction fighterbombers , in addition to the 450 that belonged to the Strategic Air Armies. The Air Forces used the heavily armed Su-25, first deployed in 1979, effectively during the early years of the war in Afghanistan when mujahidin forces lacked modern air defense systems.
During the 1980s, the Soviet Union doubled the size of its force of helicopters. Helicopter regiments and squadrons were attached to Frontal Aviation's air armies to provide tactical mobility for, and additional fire support to, the Ground Forces. The Mi-6, Mi-8, and Mi-26 helicopters would transport motorized rifle units and equipment into battle or land assault units behind enemy lines. The Mi-24, often referred to as the Hind, was the most heavily armed helicopter in the world. It was used extensively in both fire support and air assault roles in Afghanistan. In 1989 the Soviet Union was testing a new helicopter, the Mi-28, designed to be an antitank helicopter.
NOTE: The information regarding Soviet Union (former) on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Soviet Union (former) Frontal Aviation information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Soviet Union (former) Frontal Aviation should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.


Just. Michael Gallagher (Ret.) - Mediator & Arbitrator based in Chicago, Illinois.
Education	 Justice Gallagher is an Honors graduate of both the University of Illinois at Chicago where he received his B.A. and the Chicago-Kent College of Law where he was awarded his J.D. Justice Gallagher was also awarded a Master's Degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Chicago in 2010.
Biography	 Judge Gallagher served on the Circuit Court for 8 years, 6 of them in Law Division. He also served 15 years in the Appellate Court. He was Presiding Justice of his Division multiple times and served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the First District Appellate Court from September 1, 2009 until August 31, 2010.
During his tenure on the Circuit Court he successfully mediated many complex cases in diverse areas of law, including mediated settlements of over $100 Million. He also served on the Mediation Committee of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District. Justice Gallagher is a Certified Mediator through his participation in the Cook County Mediation Training Program.
Since retiring in April 2011, Justice Gallagher has been the principal of Michael J. Gallagher Mediation Services. He is a mediator, arbitrator and also conducts appellate consultations.


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Melbourne pro punter Trevor Lawson looks at the last 4 races on the Moonee Valley card.
Not 100% sure yet how the track will play, but at this stage I'd expect it to be similar to the last meeting when the inside 5m was the best part of the track. Might be hard to run on.
Will have it walked at lunchtime today.
Went back from barrier last start which gave it virtually no chance. Drawn wie again but shojld be able to roll forward.
Resumes. Produced good figures in late autumn. Should be forward enough to run well here.
Led all the way 1st up at Sandown running quick sectionals. Drawn positively here.
Got too far back 1st up off a short break. Previous run on debut was good. Maps slightly awkward but has claims.
Even luck it just wins. Arguably it should have beaten Vega Magic first start in Australia. VM easily won Group 1 race last week. Only needs clear running.
Well backed in this race when 1st up last year. Had 3 runs in the autumn winning 2nd up over 2000m. Has good claims if fit enough.
Got back in on-pace dominated race last start. Better suited here 2nd up.
Came through the same race as Star Exhibit. Battled away well. Good record at 1600m.
Doesn't have the class of some others here but is the hard/fit horse and has a good record at the trip.
Just held ground 1st up. Did produce big peak figure when 2nd up last prep. Can improve dramatically here.
Quality mare resuming. Won a trial in NZ impressively prior to coming here. Unbeaten in 2 preps 1st up.
Ran well 1st up making good ground. Should be improved here 2nd up.
Another won ran well 1st up on a leader biased track. Has sound record 2nd up.
Resumed off long spell, made good ground in straight. Can improve dramatically here.
Hard fit and consistent horse who will get the run of the race.
Engimatic type who needs things its own way but has ability. Blow-out chance.
Returned to form last start unfortunatel Only needs to hold its rating to be a good chance here.
Ran soundly 1st up off a long spell. Should be fitter for the run. Will be strong late.


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