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Back to School: A Turtle's Head Start
It's that time of year once again! As summer adventures come to a close, students begin shifting gears and buckling down for the year of learning ahead. For students in 22 lucky schools throughout Massachusetts, they'll be sharing their classrooms with some tiny turtles who are looking to get a little head-start on their year too.
For Blanding's turtles in Massachusetts, a head-start in schools can have a huge impact on their future. Biologists from the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex and their partners across the state have discovered that allowing the hatchling turtles to grow a bit bigger and stronger in captivity for their first nine months of life can greatly improve their chances of survival in the wild.
The Blanding's turtle is a semi-aquatic freshwater turtle that typically uses vernal pools, marshes, and slow-flowing wetlands for breeding and feeding. They can be identified by their highly-domed top shell, or carapace, and their unique bright yellow chin and throat that creates a turtley cheerful grin. Unlike some other freshwater turtle species, Blanding's turtles cover a lot of ground, up to a mile, while searching for wetlands and suitable nesting habitat.
A Blanding's turtle crossing a road. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
A smiling head-start turtle that was released at Assabet NWR in 2011. Photo by Keith Shannon/USFWS
When Blanding's turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, only around 1 in 5 of the quarter-sized, defenseless (their shells are actually soft after hatching) turtles avoid becoming a snack-sized bite for lurking predators in their first year. While low survival of hatchlings is common in many turtle species, Blanding's turtle populations are in particularly serious decline due to a number of factors. This decline is partly because the long-lived turtle doesn't reach sexual maturity until 15-20 years of age, making it very important for turtles to reach adulthood and reproduce. This can be especially challenging for adult Blanding's turtles who frequently cross roads and other hazardous landscapes. Currently, the species is under review to determine if federal protection under the Endangered Species Act is warranted.
A Blanding's turtle hatchling Photo by Rob Bowers/ USFWS
A portion of the hatchlings from each nest are randomly chosen for the head-start program and the remaining turtles enter their habitat as they naturally would. Raising the turtles in captivity during their first year before releasing them into the wild helps them grow to a larger size more quickly, decreasing their chances of being predated. During head-starting, the newly-hatched turtles are fed daily and kept in warm water, allowing them to grow three to four times faster than they would in the wild. Once they've grown for nine months, the turtles are released back into the wild. With this extra growing time, their first-year survival rate jumps to close to 80%, with an even higher chance of survival in subsequent years as they get even larger.
Blanding's turtles aren't the only ones benefiting! Students play a huge role in the growth and development of the turtles, while also gaining hands-on experience with scientific techniques and wildlife management. Students also learn about the challenges facing the turtles and their own environmental impacts.
Biologists measure the length of the hatchling's carapace. Photo by Rob Bowers/ USFWS
Brian Bastarache, Natural Resources Program Coordinator at Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton, MA, has been one of the leading advocates for the use of head-starting to combat declining turtle populations. Brian and his students have been raising the majority of the program's Blanding's turtle head-starts every year since 2009 as well as working to head-start the federally endangered northern red-bellied cooters. He thinks the experience students gain from working with the turtles is more beneficial than any worksheet.
"Real-world work is real. Classroom lessons are simply trivia without an understanding of its application, and turtles happen to be well suited for this lesson. Students also foster a positive appreciation for their own capacity to engage in their work and contribute to a larger conservation effort."
For Bristol County Agricultural High School Alumnus Kourtnie Bouley, the message of wildlife conservation inspired her to pursue a two-year internship with the Service, where she helped protect the nests, gather the hatchlings from the field, and process the turtle hatchlings at the refuge after helping to raise them as a student.
"Helping to head-start the turtles really helped connect what we were learning in the classroom to a real life conservation strategies. The overall satisfaction of being able to make a difference in the long term survival of this species was very rewarding. My experience with the Blanding's turtles came full circle once working with the Service."
Bristol Aggie hatchling dropoff
Kournie during her intership.
Currently, the largest population of Blanding's turtles in the Northeast resides within Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The population is so healthy and stable that it allows a portion of the head-started turtles to be introduced into new areas within their historic range. With numerous wetlands and upland nesting habitat, Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts (also within the Eastern Massachusetts NWR Complex) provides an ideal location for reintroduction. Since the program began in 2006, over 900 Blanding's turtle head-starts have been released to the refuge. With another good season of hatching success this summer, the one-thousandth Blanding's turtle head-start could be released next spring.
The long-term success of this program will not be known for several years, but if successful, it could result in the third or fourth largest population of Blanding's turtles in the northeastern United States. And to the dedicated biologists, partners, teachers, and students involved with the head-starting project, it has already provided unforgettable experiences and long-lasting memories.
This entry was posted in Blog entries, National wildlife refuges, Youth and tagged at-risk species, back to school, Blanding's turtle, bristol aggie, eastern massachusetts national wildlife refuge, head-start, Massachuesetts on September 4, 2018 by leahahawthorn.
The Slow Race to Save Three Turtle Species
You may have heard the timeless saying, "slow but steady wins the race," the moral of the fable The Tortoise and the Hare. In many ways, that's true for the biologists, researchers, conservationists, and landowners who hope to reverse the decline of three rare turtle species. A major mile marker looms ahead in 2023—when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to determine if spotted, Blanding's, or wood turtles need to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Blanding's turtle (left) and a wood turtle (right) at the Robert Moses Nature Center in Massena, NY (Photo: Justin Dalaba/USFWS).
"While wood turtles, spotted turtles, and Blanding's turtles are considered species at risk of needing Endangered Species Act protection, we have the opportunity to change that," says Julie Slacum, a biologist at the Service's Chesapeake Bay Field Office. She explains that if the threats to these at-risk species can be addressed now, they may not need to be listed in the future.
Meet the problem:
Some researchers have estimated that these turtles' populations are on average about half of what they once were. While definitive population figures aren't available, it's clear these rare turtles are becoming even rarer. Why? It's complicated.
First, they are slow to mature. They wait until they're upwards of 20 years old (as is the case for Blanding's turtles) to have young. Dr. Glenn Johnson, a professor of biology at SUNY Potsdam, explains how an 83 year old Blanding's turtle was recently documented by the "dean of Blanding's turtle research." This impressive discovery is rare, especially because many turtles are hit by vehicles before they reach maturity.
"The older they are, the better they are at producing more babies," Dr. Johnson says. "It's the old females that are most important, but they're the ones that are crossing roads many more times in their lifetime."
Since these parents don't have pedestrian-crossings, Dr. Johnson posts seasonal turtle crossing signs on town and county roadways in northern New York to get motorists to slow down along roads with heavy turtle traffic.
These turtles use large tracts of land, crossing roads and agricultural operations to reach their favorite spots year after year. "They develop a mental map of their landscape and they want to do the same thing more or less every year," says Lori Erb, a herpetologist at the Mid-Atlantic Center for Herpetology and Conservation.
Lori Erb documents and ages a spotted turtle found during a survey (Photo: Justin Dalaba/USFWS).
While roads turn their home ranges in to a dangerous maze, landscape changes for agriculture and housing further degrade and divide wetlands and natural areas.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation biologist Mike Morgan explains what the trouble is: "It's the dry upland where turtles nest that is also highly desirable for farmers, builders and everyone else that wants to develop land." Over time, large farms and forests in the Northeast have become divided and re-divided into parcels, breaking up the once-connected landscape.
Dr. Glenn Johnson (left) and Mike Morgan (right) at an old crop field that's been restored as Blanding's turtle nesting habitat (Photo: Justin Dalaba/USFWS).
"Just hitting a single turtle as it crosses the road or taking one home as a pet has ripple effects on their slow-growing population," says Julie Slacum, the Service's endangered species biologist.
Roads—as well as trails and boat launches—make spotted and wood turtles even more vulnerable for illegal collection. The species are highly desired for the illegal pet trade.
Dr. Johnson agrees that each impact adds up to one big problem. "It's like anything—you take one brick out and another brick over here—eventually the whole system collapses," he says. "We can't let that happen."
Meet the partners:
The response is under way, with partnerships and funding developing to set the stage for the future of these rare turtles.
In 2004, Mike Marchand, a New Hampshire Fish & Game biologist, attended a meeting to discuss Blanding's turtle conservation, recognizing "immediately that this is a species that moves wide distances and requires inter-state communication and coordination."
And so began the Northeast Blanding's Turtle Working Group. Today, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, the Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and several universities work together to restore habitat. So far, they've received a Science Support Partnership Program award (a USGS and Service partnership) and two Service-awarded competitive state wildlife grants – an accomplishment that speaks to the importance of collaboration.
Some conservation planning is farther along than others. Wood turtles are just a few years behind Blanding's turtles in terms of what's been accomplished, "and the spotted turtle is farther behind," Marchand says. But that soon will be changing.
A spotted turtle found during survey work (Photo: Justin Dalaba/USFWS).
In 2009, the Wood Turtle Working Group was formed under the Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NEPARC), which has received a Service-awarded regional conservation needs grant and competitive state wildlife grant. "NEPARC is great in that it provides a forum for region-wide collaboration between various partners and the public regarding a number of species, not just turtles," says Noelle Rayman-Metcalf from the Service's New York Field Office who is also on the NEPARC steering committee.
Benefiting both turtles and people
When it comes down to it, the same goal is shared across their range: to avoid the need to list these three species under the Endangered Species Act. The turtles' ranges expand into the Midwest and southern Canada, with the spotted turtle found as far south as Florida. With around 75% of remaining wetlands being privately owned, private landowners have a lot of influence over the larger effort.
There are two federal programs in particular that offer technical and monetary assistance to private landowners. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program works with landowners to protect and restore wetlands, as well as streams and grasslands, for the greater benefit of the people and wildlife that live on them. Many of these restoration projects provide benefits to Blanding's, spotted, and wood turtles, where they occur. In New York State alone, the Partners program has protected, restored and enhanced over 15,000 acres of wetlands and partnered with over 675 landowners and 60 partners.
Another way that landowners and wildlife are benefiting from proactive conservation measures is through the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) ongoing Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) initiative. Just this year, spotted, Blanding's, and wood turtles were added to the list of target species for the WLFW.
So how exactly does WLFW work? People who have rare turtles in their yards, pastures, or crop fields receive assistance to improve or expand habitat for turtles. This might include cover crop planting to better deal with high rain events and nutrient containment, or replanting riparian buffers and wetlands to improve water quality.
For a private landowner in Dutchess County, prescribed grazing with livestock such as goats and cows is a more eco-friendly way to maintain encroaching shrubs and weeds while providing ideal habitat for nesting turtles. The landowner, who has participated with NRCS since 2005 to restore 9 acres of habitat, was equally as happy with the work as the turtles.
"I would encourage people [private landowers] to get involved as I did," the landowner said. An added benefit for him was that "the project was able to clear a substantial amount of invasive [plant] species from the area," which are a threat to both agriculture and turtles. This has also turned into a valuable educational experience for him and his daughter, as biologists provided updates on the turtles and progress being made.
Spotted turtles in particular seem to be benefiting. Jason Tesauro, the consulting biologist for this project, says they've documented spotted turtle nests in areas that were completely forested prior to the restoration work.
But it's more than just turtles that benefit, says herpetologist Lori Erb. "You can think of a lot of these turtle species as umbrella species – when you're protecting their habitat, you're protecting all of the other species that use the area," Erb says. From frogs and salamanders to other charismatic species like New England cottontail, wood duck, American woodcock, brook trout, bobcat, even moose, and (depending on the area) the list goes on.
A Blanding's turtle nesting site in St. Lawrence County, New York (Photo: Justin Dalaba/USFWS).
At a restored Blanding's turtle nesting site in St. Lawrence County, New York, it's the grasshopper sparrow that's benefiting. DEC biologist Mike Morgan pauses the conversation as he excitedly listens to the sparrow, later explaining that we're witnessing "a species of real concern here in New York State right now." For sites like this, "there are a lot of initiatives that all come together and overlap in the same spot, so it's a great opportunity to work with the Service and other partners," he says.
It's a slow race to 2023, but the collaborative work between agencies and private landowners to secure and restore habitat for these turtle species is what's needed to determine the future of these rare turtle species.
This entry was posted in Blog entries, Endangered Species, Habitat restoration, Partnerships, Science and research and tagged Blanding's turtle, endangered species act, habitat restoration, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, partnership, private landowners, spotted turtle, strategic habitat conservation, wood turtle, working lands for wildlife on July 12, 2017 by Justin Dalaba.
Oh, the Places They'll Go! Students' Turtles "Graduate" to the Great Outdoors
Reading, writing, arithmetic and…turtles! Jared Green, our Biological Science Technician at Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex, reports that the refuge and students from Peter W. Reilly Elementary School in Lowell, Massachusetts, concluded a successful partnership earlier this summer when they released into the wild a pair of Blanding's turtles raised by the students in their classroom. And now the school is awaiting a new pair of Blanding's turtle hatchlings to raise in the classroom this school year!
The 2nd grade class visited the refuge in June to release the Blanding's turtles they raised in their classroom. (Photo credit: J. Green/USFWS.)
The Blanding's turtle is a medium-sized, semi-aquatic freshwater turtle and a threatened species in Massachusetts. The turtles travel seasonally over land and require a variety of wetland habitats. They are threatened by wetland loss and habitat fragmentation due to development.
Two of the largest populations of Blanding's turtles in the northeast exist at refuges within the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex, comprised of eight ecologically diverse refuges situated along a migratory corridor for birds and other wildlife. You can access a brochure for the refuge complex here.
Biologists are attempting to establish a population of Blanding's turtles within the complex, which offers protection from habitat loss and road mortality, two of the main threats faced by the species.
Raising the turtles in captivity during their first year ("head-starting") before releasing them into the wild increases their chances of survival by helping them grow to a larger size more quickly, decreasing their chances of predation. During head-starting, the newly-hatched turtles are fed and kept in warm water, allowing them to grow three to four times faster than they would in the wild.
That's where the second grade students from Reilly Elementary School came in.
A young Blanding's turtle from the head-start program is ready to be released into the wild. (Photo credit: K. Buhlmann/Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.)
Jared reached out to a teacher at Reilly Elementary School, one of the schools involved in the urban education program run by the refuge complex.
Teacher Alison Bilodeau and her class offered to head-start a pair of Blanding's turtle hatchlings during the 2014-15 school year. Jared provided an educational presentation for the class at the beginning of the year to help the second graders understand why they were raising the turtles, and the class was off and running.
Jared reports that the students had a lot of fun raising the turtles in their classroom.
Then in June, the students traveled to Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge to release their turtles. The students were very enthusiastic about being on the refuge, Jared says, and had remembered quite a bit from the presentation he gave at the start of the school year.
Since the students at Reilly Elementary School did such a great job raising their turtle hatchlings, Jared will be bringing them another pair in September to head-start during the 2015-16 school year. He also plans to reach out to other schools involved in the urban education program to see if they'd like to raise Blanding's turtle hatchlings in their classrooms.
Biological Technician Jared Green releases a Blanding's turtle raised in the head-start program. (Photo credit: K. Buhlmann/Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.)
Jared reports that the Blanding's turtle head-start project reached a milestone during another release this past spring, when refuge staff released their 500th Blanding's head-start raised turtle to the refuge since the project began in 2006. Including the non-head-started hatchlings that have been released at the site, over 1,000 Blanding's turtles have now been released to the Assabet River refuge.
For the students from Reilly Elementary School, many of whom live in urban areas, the head-start program presents an exciting opportunity to connect with nature in new and rewarding ways. The program is important not just for the turtles, but for the youth who guide them on their journey from the classroom to the great outdoors.
If you would like more information on the Blanding's turtle head-start project, contact Jared_Green at jared_green@fws.gov, or Dr. Stephanie Koch at stephanie_koch@fws.gov.
This entry was posted in Blog entries, National wildlife refuges, Partnerships, Youth and tagged assabet river national wildlife refuge, Blanding's turtle, eastern massachusetts national wildlife refuge, hatchlings, head-start, Jared Green, Lowell, MA, Reilly Elementary School, Stephanie Koch, urban, urban initiative, youth on September 3, 2015 by kathrynwhitacre.


Te Taura Whiri (the Māori Language Commission), known affectionately to many as the "language police", has dutifully promoted the use of Te Reo Māori for nearly 30 years.
But, after an announcement this week that it is expected to lose nearly two thirds of its budget, opposition MPs say the writing is on the wall: Te Taura Whiri is gone.
Jobs could be on the line as a result of the proposed funding cut at the organisation, which developed catch phrases such as "it's cool to kōrero" and "arohatia te reo".
Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell plans to reallocate $7 million of its funding as part of the Māori Party's new Māori Language Bill, which is before Parliament.
The bill will set up a new body, Te Mātawai, which will lead and direct the Māori Language Commission and Te Māngai Pāho, and will absorb the role of Te Pūtahi Paoho.
It passed its first reading in Parliament in July 2014 but has been delayed so it can be translated into Māori.
Mr Flavell would not say if the proposed cuts would mean job losses.
"I can't tell you whether there will be or won't be but that's not the focus. The focus is to be able to distribute that money and get to the communities," he said.
When asked whether he accepted that it may well be a focus for the commission's staff, he said: "Yeah, sure, but that's the nature of employment."
Opposition MP and Te Reo speaker Peeni Henare said the writing was on the wall.
"I think it's pretty clear, when you take that chunk out, a budget that Te Taura Whiri has been operating on, then that's just the nature of the beast and I think it's a sad thing given the work that Te Taura Whiri has been doing."
The money which will be left in the commission's operational budget is the funding allocated to communities for Te Reo-based initiatives such as community play groups or language lessons.
The Te Mātāwai members had not yet been selected but Mr Henare said he was concerned that, whoever they were, they would not be able to fairly represent all Māori.
"How can a disproportionate amount of money be allocated to the likes of Tāmaki where the majority of the population live?"
One of the central roles of Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori is to monitor te reo and report back to the government.
"No, I disagree that it's going to be downsized. That's still a decision to be considered into the future - the bill hasn't gone through the processes yet [and] there are still discussions to be had with Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori, and no decisions have been made."
But Mr Henare said he was not buying the line "that Te Taura Whiri will essentially be gone, and the mana will be given back to the people to revitalise Te Reo Māori".
"I consider the argument of Timoti Kāretu, who says 'why would you give it back to the people who are responsible for it falling into the state that it already has'?"
If the bill to set up Te Mātāwai is passed by Parliament, the new body will eventually have seven iwi and hapū representatives - four from the community and two appointed by the Minister of Māori Development.
The public submissions period for the bill has closed and a report is due in December.
The Māori Language Advisory Group is proposing changes to parts of the Te Reo Māori Bill to address the concerns of tāngata whenua.


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El disc rebrà puntuacions mixtes: els crítics remarcaren la producció de les cançons, que incloïen una gran varietat de ritmes del hip-hop clàssic i de diversos estils de rap, però criticaren el lirisme pedestre i tòpic que tractà temes superficials com l'autoproclamada superioritat de B.o.B o els seus actes sexuals.

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I was looking in my hall closet when I spotted a book stacked in the corner on the floor. This was the stack of books I was intending to take to Good Will, but had yet to get around to it. I saw the sweet picture of a popular teen on the front cover. It was Miley Cyrus's autobiography, Miles To Go, and it had belonged to one of my girls. I remember taking the girls to her concerts at the rodeo here in Houston. I confess I actually watched her show sometimes with the girls on Disney.
I only had a little bit of time before the ladies were coming over for our weekly Bible Study. I sat down and started at the end of the book on page 240. Sixteen year old Miley pours out her heart and shares her faith in God. The road she chooses to take that is equipped with a purity ring and the standards she wants to set. She says and I quote, "I want to be a good role model." on page 242. I skim through the book and see scripture verses scattered all through out the book. She gives examples of how God uses His Word to guide her and her family through their lives. It was obvious that she had a relationship with Jesus and she placed value on Him and was making a difference in this world through her fame and influence.
My heart immediately grew heavy with sadness. The enemy had sifted and stolen this beautiful young lady down a dark path of destruction. A "Wrecking Ball" so prolifically describes her years to come. I take notice that the book was only written 5 years ago.
If someone would have showed Miley her Ghost of Christmas Future she would not have even recognized herself and probably would not believe what she would be shown. It's not her. She wasn't created to be where she is now. A wrecked soul looking for acceptance from anyone who will give her attention and worth.
Miley is no different than any of us. She was created to make a difference in this world for good. Her real name is Destiny. Her destiny got stolen, stepped on and spit out.
I challenge you to read her book and see what her thoughts and plans were before she started taking little steps that led her into a big step of disaster.
Better yet I challenge you to read God's plans for all His creation before we chew, chomp and spit all those who make poor choices out.
I was reminded by God today to remember He needs us….His saints to pray and go after in love those that are hurting and turning their backs on Him.
Miley Smiley and all those who have temporarily stepped out of their true callings and require our prayers for a new story yet to be told.
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It is so sad to see someone's life change so drastically, but unfortunately this is not an isolated story. It seems that when many people experience fame, the enemy goes after them in full force! I wonder if they realize that they are headed down that path of destruction, or are their eyes and ears closed to the reality of the situation. I truly believe that God is still in control and pray that they find their way back to his love, grace and mercy. We need to pray for all celebrities and people who have fame and fortune, and most of all our leaders that they will keep their eyes focused on Jesus!
thank you for your grace-filled post. we indeed need to pray, for her and others who DO know Jesus but are distracted by what this world offers. and for ourselves, as we are also prone to wander.


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The course is set up into two parts, the 'set up' stage and the 'project' stage.
We shall then take a short break for a drink/toilet break where you can prepare for the next stage by selecting your project.
As we come back from our mini break we shall then head straight into the project of your choice, creating a project that you can take home with you. Choices include cushions, tote bags and more.
All materials are included, tea/coffee and biscuits and lunch can be provided for an extra £5.


A Role Playing Game Told Entirely Through Haiku?
For Christmas this year I received a few games, as did some of my friends. Naturally, we deiced to give one of them a spin during one of our (mostly) weekly get-togethers. This time we chose to play Haiku Warrior, a game created by Jason Anarchy, who has also created other party-style games, most notably Drinking Quest. Claiming to be a role playing game told entirely through haiku, does Haiku Warrior deliver, and most importantly, is it fun?
The goal of Haiku Warrior is to complete six quests and gather as many souls as possible. You are doing this to stop discord from being sown into the land via an ancient spell that will awaken an extra syllable, which would obviously be disastrous in a world where everything is a haiku! Along the way you will find money, equipment, and fruit (even chicken legs, and yes, that is apparently a fruit in this game) which will aid you on your journey.
To play you are going to need to gather up to three friends, or you can play by yourself (the rules are a little different, but not too much, I won't be going over them here). You'll need to separate the cards into the respectively labeled decks: Quests 1-6, Hats, and Boots. After that set aside the reference card that also acts as the shop and distribute a character card to each player. The game comes with small sheets to record all the relevant game information on, so each player should receive one of those as well or you could just use a piece of paper.
Each character has a few different stats that are used for a few checks and combat. If you've played any table-top role playing game (TRPG) before, then this should all feel very familiar. If not, then don't worry, it is all very simple. Compared to some TRPG's one semi-unique aspect of this game is that you want to roll low for checks but high for combat. This may take some getting used to for some players, but it is really not that challenging to remember.
In the box you'll find a D4, D6, and D8. You'll use one or more of these dice for nearly everything in Haiku Warrior. When fighting a monster you'll use the die stated from whatever equipment you have and for checks you'll roll all three dice hoping to roll under or meet your respective rating for whatever stat you're checking against.
Sometimes you'll need a slight push to accomplish a task. Each character may spend luck points to add or subtract from any die rolls made. This is something I found myself, or any of the characters really, using much but the few times luck points were spent they were useful.
For characters, it is also important to note that each one has a special ability. Some are clearly better than others but they may only be used one per quest, so the playing field is still fairly level for each player. These are a critical component of the game and should be used.
Since you need to do quests to win, how exactly do you do that? On your turn you may first go shopping, but after that you draw one quest card from the respective quest deck that you are on (i.e. for quest 1 you'd draw from the quest 1 deck, for quest 2, deck 2, and so on). You'll either have to fight a monster or make a skill check, referred to as a save in this game. Defeating monsters will grant you souls and money while succeeding a save will typically get you items or equipment.
Fighting monsters is done in a fairly interesting manner by having another player act as the monster as you fight it. You make an attack against it, and if it is still alive, it then makes an attack against you. It always rolls a D4 to determine what action it takes by giving a number which is referenced from the reference card. This keeps the gameplay varied while adding an element of mystery since you'll likely not have each number memorized. Upon defeat you get the stated gold and souls from the creature and your turn will end.
You may fail during your journey and die, but don't worry! The game is actually fairly forgiving and you are never permanently removed from the game. Instead, if you have a healing item you may eat it to instantly keep going or spend 2 souls to do the same. However, if you can't do either, you must end your turn and completely start over from quest one with the starting equipment/stats for your character.
The big thing Haiku Warrior promises its players is that this is a role playing game that tells its story entirely through haiku. While I would not call this a role playing game at all, it just doesn't encourage the right atmosphere or play for that, it does come through on the haiku side of things. Each card has a printed haiku that the player reads and that's pretty fun. Some are just plain bad, but most were decent.
In terms of positives aspects, the game is fairly quick, playing in an hour or less depending on your player count, and the rules are very simple. This is a game you could literally open blind, skim the rules, and be playing correctly in a matter of minutes. Dice are a nice vibrant color and are easy to read, with the exception of the D4 which puts the rolled number on the bottom vs the top, but that is merely personal preference and not really a mark against the game itself.
Unfortunately, there are a fair number of flaws with the game itself that may prevent most people from playing it more than once or twice. While some of the complaints here are partially personal taste, most of them are more systemic issues with the game's actual design.
The first problem is the game just ins't balanced well. Some characters are clearly stronger than others, equipment hardly seems to matter, and quest 1 cards can be harder than quest 6 cards. It never feels outright unfair but it also doesn't feel great to be stuck on quest one while everybody else is on quest 4.
When it comes to equipment, I don't have any idea why you would ever spend gold on it. Just buy healing items. Your characters are squishy and you'll likely die and have to restart, or at least loose several souls, if you don't. Who cares if you do 1D6 of damage versus 1D8 if you are dead? Most people tried getting better gear but I had a very easy time playing with just starting stuff and finding hats/boots from quests. I only bought fruit to heal with, and as a result, never once died (I'd heal before questing).
This also leads me to talking about the hats and boots. Some hats are bonkers while others are totally worthless. Same goes for boots. Since these are items you find in place of fighting a monster, which you gives you victory points and money, this can feel pretty bad. If you already have a high treasure hunting stat, that hat that lets you raise your stat by 1 doesn't do anything for you. Not only that, but you may have only one hat and set of boots at any time, so once you have a good one, those events literally become worthless.
Since you don't get gold or souls from events requiring you to make saves, they can really put you at a disadvantage. In our game I fought hardly any monsters. I still won because I never had to spend souls to revive, but most of the game was me just sitting there doing nothing. The few times I did fight, I just used my player ability to make a previously defeated monster attack in my stead. It felt far too passive despite how active Haiku Warrior is supposed to be.
A more minor issue is the art. The box is stunning but the game art on the cards is lack luster, and kind of lazy in some cases. It really pulls you out of any semblance of immersion you could have, and for a, "role playing" game, that is not good at all. The card quality is alright, but each of the cards have the same back (which does look good), but outside of the text, there isn't an at-a-glance way to distinguish the several decks from each other in the event the cards ever get mixed up.
Lastly, and my biggest complaint, is the game lacks diversity. Monsters don't feel distinct from each other, there are like 3 events that don't really change at all, and worst of all, they don't even scale in difficulty. There isn't a sense that you are actually accomplishing anything. It feels good when you succeed a roll and beat the odds, but that can only carry a game so far.
Apparently this game is boxed with an expansion but I legitimately couldn't tell. This seems to be a cooperative version of the game where you try and fight lots of monsters without losing. Might be good but since I haven't tried it I can't offer much in the way of thoughts on that.
In a lot of ways this game feels like Munchkin but with much less variety. Haiku Warrior is faster and easier to learn, for a lot of folks Munchkin is just going to be the better game. A lot of people really dislike that game though, and in that way, this may be a suitable alternative because the theme is interesting at the very least.
Despite how harsh I've been towards Haiku Warrior, I did enjoy the game. It's light and fast, just on the edge of outstaying its welcome, but sometimes that's enough. While I wouldn't want to play this regularly, on a night where folks still want to roll some dice and beat some baddies but mostly just chat and have a nice time, this will satisfy.
If you received this game as a gift, or could pick it up on sale/for a cheap price, you wouldn't feel like you got a bad deal. You can purchase the game on Amazon for about $20 bucks. Some brick and mortar stores may sell Haiku Warrior in your area as well, but it will probably be more expensive in that case.
Have you played Haiku Warrior? What are your thoughts on the game? Will you be trying this out if you haven't played before? Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Want to support my content? You can help me out by clicking on my donation button below, I'd really appreciate it. As always, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read and I hope to see you back here at Jon Spencer Reviews again soon!
Definitely an interesting premise. As someone who enjoys card games, I might check it out even if it only sounds meh.


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Live Feed Spoilers: HoH's plan ignites a war of words
MARCH 11, 2022 | Posted By: jpowell
John Powell – Global TV
As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
HoH Kyle thought he was softening the blow when he chose to warn Stephanie that he was putting her on the block. What he did though was spark a confrontation between two houseguests.
"You're doing it? Why? Are you serious? Why are you doing it?" Stephanie asked Kyle in the HoH room when he broke the news.
"In terms of numbers right now and in terms of the stuff that I've heard, in terms of negatives towards my safety in this game," Kyle replied bumbling over his words.
"I have not said anything negative about your game. All I've said is that you are going to be a mastermind when it comes to memory, which you are. I've not said anything negative at all," said an incredulous Stephanie.
"I've been fed a load of nonsense but I'm being fed by the entire house. There is a place where this early in the game with as many people coming to me and saying that there are threats within people that you trust and that your name is always coming up," explained Kyle, sort of.
"That's nuts! And you're not going to tell me names?" asked Stephanie.
"There was four or five people," said Kyle his voice quivering.
"That's wild! I bet I can list off those four to five. That's wild because I would never have targeted you," said a disappointed Stephanie.
"Why would we be an alliance if I would be targeting you?" asked Stephanie. "We've literally had this conversation. I played this game with nothing but honesty. The only people that I have talked about is Betty and Kevin a little bit. Summer and Tynesa, that's it. I can tell you verbatim what I said."
Stephanie asked who Kyle was putting on the block beside her. Kyle told her it was Betty.
"So, I'm basically staying. But that's still f—-d up. Pardon my language," replied Stephanie.
"No, it is f—-d up. It is because I've made promises to you," Kyle admitted.
"So, is our alliance done?" asked Stephanie.
Kyle went off on a tangent about trust.
"You literally looked me in the eyes yesterday and you said we're going to be here next week," said Stephanie. "I would never have thought to put you up. I would never have done it."
Stephanie asked Kyle if she was his target. He told her that he doesn't know where she stands.
"I trust you! We are in a f—–g alliance! I'm telling you are not my target! I've told you my targets. You don't create a five with people you don't trust. So, why in the hell would I do that?" asked a frustrated Stephanie.
"I don't blame you at all for being angry. I'd be saying the same s—t," said Kyle.
"You wouldn't though because I wouldn't do that to you! None of us would!" Stephanie fired back.
Stephanie guessed that Moose was one of the people who told Kyle she was after him.
"Moose is spreading so much s—t about me," said Stephanie her anger rising to the surface.
"I will say that Moose is definitely one of them," Kyle confirmed.
"That's wild! He has talked so much trash about other people in this game!" said a furious Stephanie.
Stephanie stormed out of the HoH room looking for Moose.
She found him downstairs in the kitchen.
"You are talking so much s—t about my name!" Stephanie yelled telling him to come to the HoH room to talk.
"There is food being made," said a flustered Moose standing over the stove.
"I don't give a s—t about the food! Come!" she said heading back upstairs. Moose followed obediently.
"I'm incredibly nervous," Moose admitted as he entered the HoH room.
"Everyone in this house has come to me saying that you are the reason that my name is being tossed around," said Stephanie.
Moose asked her for names. Stephanie refused to give any.
"All I said was that there have been people who have came to me this week. Lots of people who have come to me this week floating her name," said Kyle trying to explain the situation of why Moose's name came up.
Moose denied saying that Kyle shouldn't trust Stephanie.
"I said it was a name he should consider for his game. That is what I said," Moose clarified.
"This is a complete blindside to me! This should not be happening right now and I am going to f—–g stay this week! I am being put on the block because of all of this s—t!" said Stephanie.
Moose denied he ever said that Stephanie was going to take a shot at Kyle and there would be no reason for him to do so.
"Do you know how stupid that would be for my game?" asked Moose.
"That is why I am so hurt by it! I never thought it would come out of your mouth!" said Stephanie.
"I asked Kyle where his relationships were. He told me who he is close to. I told him, based on his game and the people he was closest with, these are the people he should consider. I never said you were going to take a shot at him," said Moose.
After going round and round a bit more, Stephanie apologized for getting so angry and promised that if she ever heard something odd she will always grab the person and talk with them before assuming anything.
"I think what you did was good. Now you can reevaluate who told you what. I think they are trying to manipulate you. I am leaving here with zero animosity, anger or anything like that. I am not upset at all," said Moose as he left the room.
"Well, he certainly knows how to talk himself out of a confrontation," said Kyle.
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It's one thing to know how to work with colors and it's another to find color profiles that work together. In this lecture we will talk about the easiest way to create color profiles and adding a brand meaning to colors. By the end of this lesson you will be a lot more comfortable with colors as you figure out your own designs.


Here is the long part about me, Enjoy reading I guess.
I'm Panther. You may know me as McIntyre or Rollins as those being my recent usernames. Although I have had many other Usernames with very horrible stories and things I have done in the past that I have regret. I'm from a very vast country that is hard to spell. Here it is, Canada. I like Wrestling, WWE in fact. I know tons of facts. I started playing Total Miner in 2013. I just joined the forum 2 Years ago. If you want to talk to me or play games you can find me on my Platforms listed below.
Description: My name is Brian. I am a very chill guy who enjoys other people's company and talk. I'm often hard to get along with but, tries his best to change that. I'm often sad however, due to many things that have happened in my personal past life and use the Internet and my love or video games to forget it. I hope we can be friends in the future.
Favorite Game At The Moment: MW3.
Favorite Song: Judas - Fozzy.
Platform: Xbox One and 360.
Saying of the month: "SHUT UP MCINTYRE"
Hey, yeah i've been really busy lately developing games of my own lol. How are you?
Hey man, it's alright. No reason to leave ends loose like that. I've changed as well, I'm not as stuck up and selfish as I used to be. Still a loose wire, but not a total push over. But yeah everything is cool. And I appreciate your respect for my return. I'm just glad to be back in this community.


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unhoodwinked	in Pneumococcus, Vaccines and the Viruses	 December 8, 2014 April 2, 2015 Gallery
Pneumococcal Disease & the Vaccines
"Pneumococcus is the most common cause of bloodstream infections, pneumonia, meningitis, and middle ear infections in young children." – CDC, 2013
Pneumococcus can cause types of infections:
Pneumonia – an infection of the lungs that is a common bacterial complication of influenza and measles. The case-fatality rate is 5%–7% and may be much higher among elderly persons. Complications of pneumococcal pneumonia include empyema (i.e., infection of the pleural space), pericarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart), and endobronchial obstruction, with atelectasis and lung abscess formation.
Bacteremia – blood stream infection
Meningitis – the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
Bacterial Meningitis – can be contagious but most is not, and some bacteria can spread through the exchange (e.g., by kissing) of respiratory and throat secretions (e.g., saliva or mucus)
Viral Meningitis – the most common type and is less severe than bacterial meningitis, and most people usually get better on their own. Can be spread by coming in close contact with someone who is infected
Parasitic Meningitis – a very rare form where the parasite enters the body through the nose and is caused by the microscopic ameba that causes a brain infection that is usually fatal
Fungal Meningitis – rare and usually the result of spread of a fungus through blood to the spinal cord. Those with HIV infection or cancer, are at higher risk
Non–infectious Meningitis – not spread from person to person; instead, it's caused by cancers, systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus), certain drugs, head injury, and brain surgery
Source: USA Today, 2014
It's Effect
"The major types of pneumococcal disease are pneumonia (lung infection), bacteremia (blood infection), and meningitis (infection of the covering of the brain and spinal cord). Less severe clinical diseases include ear and sinus infections." – CDC, 2013
"In the United States, about 90% of invasive pneumococcal disease cases are in adults." – CDC, 2013
Annual U.S. Mortality Rate for Pneumococcus
Between 45,000 – 65,000 deaths per year
Pneumococcal pneumonia kills between 45,000 – 63,000 people in the U.S. or about 1 out of 20 people who get it – CDC, 2013 & CDC, 2014
Pneumococcal meningitis kills nearly 1800 people in the U.S. or about 3 people in 10 who get it. – CDC, 2013 & CDC, 2014
Pneumococcal bacteremia kills nearly 300 people in the U.S or about 1 person in 5 who get it. – CDC, 2013 & CDC, 2014
The Vaccines, PCV13 & PSV23
PCV13 (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine)
"There are more than 90 types of pneumococcal bacteria. PCV13 protects against 13 of them. These 13 strains cause most severe infections in children and about half of infections in adults." – CDC, 2014
"PCV13 is routinely given to children at 2, 4, 6, and 12–15 months of age." – CDC, 2014
One of the many admitted side effects is that "about 1 out of 3 had a mild fever, and about 1 in 20 had a higher fever (over 102.2°F)." – CDC, 2014
PPSV23 (Pneumococcal Polysaccharide)
"Pneumococcal disease is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV) protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria, including those most likely to cause serious disease.." – CDC, 2014
Recommended by CDC for everyone over 65 and those under 65 who have severe cancers and disease
Meningococcal Vaccine Side Effects
"The committee concluded the evidence convincingly supports 14 specific vaccine–adverse event relationships. In all but one of these relationships, the conclusion was based on strong mechanistic evidence with the epidemiologic evidence rated as either limited confidence or insufficient." Of these "14 specific vaccine-adverse event relationships," 1 of them are from the Meningococcal vaccine. The symptom that have been confirmed to be convincingly supportive of causal is "Anaphylaxis." – Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines; Institute of Medicine, TABLE S-2 – Summary of Causality Conclusions, 2011
Princeton University Outbreak
In 2013, Princeton University suffered a serogroup B meningococcal outbreak that was "so serious in fact, the CDC is taking the unprecedented move of importing emergency doses of Bexsero, a meningitis vaccine not yet approved for use in this country" according ABC News' Good Morning America. As stated in the story, this sets an extraordinary precedent to inoculate people during an emergency before our FDA has had a chance to approve its safety.
Nationwide Contaminated Steroid Vaccine Outbreak
"As many as 13,000 people received steroid shots suspected in a national meningitis outbreak, health officials said Monday… Officials don't know how many of the shots may have been contaminated with meningitis-causing fungus." – USA Today, 2012
The 17,000 contaminated steroid vials shipped lead to an outbreak totaled 751 reported cases including 64 deaths. – CDC, 2013
ABC News does early reporting of the manufacturer of the vaccine, New England Compound Center, and health concerns of the outbreak.
In response to these two outbreaks, the FDA and Pfizer saw a tremendous opportunity so they "accelerated the approval of Trumenba, completing the approval process in "well under six months," the typical time frame for completing even a priority review of a new drug." – The Washington Post, 2014
13000 people received steroid shots
Bexsero meningitis vaccine
New England Compound Center meningitis
Pneumococcal bacteremia kills
Pneumococcal meningitis kills
Pneumococcal pneumonia kills
Princeton University meningococcal outbreak
Annual U.S. Mortality Rates of the Vaccinated Diseases
Rotavirus & the Vaccines


P.S, why move from a 5770 to 460.. negligible performance difference.
I was getting fed up with the ATI drivers to be honest, since I had an 8800GT prior to the 5770 and had no issues.
I just picked up a 660 Ti since I bought a new monitor and figured the 460 would have trouble at 1920 resolution and all the eye candy enabled. Almost bought at 7870 to save a little money, but I had to firmly remind myself of the headaches of the past.
Considering just 10 days after this write-up, Egg has the SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100352VXSR 7950 - Boost State (850/950MHz) for $330 No Rebate $8.50 shipping.
I think SKYMTL basic contention with this release is mute. Face it the GTX660Ti is satisfactory if only considering a for 1920x/1080P, so saving $30-40 right today is an exception not completely lost. Although, to add 10% for a card with an excellent cooler, along with 3GB GDDR5 with 384-bit, dual bios, ... it a great boon. Verse some gelding silicone, many running a smurf board, with a simple H-S radial fan, 2GB GDDR5 on 192-bit …really!
Right today I would reward AMD with the 10% as they deliver a particularly stout and value load package. To me Nvidia ends up way late to the party with de-contented offering and their customer base swoon over being gouged.
Maybe, but revisionist history never works in cases like this.
I've been reading the GTX 660 Ti, 7950 Boost & GTX 670 reviews and am a little torn as to what card to go with.
I have a Dell U2711 monitor running at 2560x1440 and looking at spending around the $350 mark (I'm in Australia, so paying a bit more that you guys in Canada ). It look as though the 7950 Boost is the way to go at the higher resolution I'll be playing at, but would like others opinions.
Games that I play include Batman: Arkham (Asylum & City), Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, The Witcher (1 & 2), Dragon Age II (and III next year), Crysis (all of them), Borderlands 2 and many more.
From local suppliers I can get the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Boost 3GB - $339, Gigabyte GTX 660 Ti 2GB OC - $339, ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCu II 2GB - $359 & Gigabyte GTX 670 2GB OC - $419.
With those prices and your resolution I would go for the 7950 boost. Also remember than AMD cards have just got a driver update that had a fairly substantial improvement on performance. HWC did a review of the new driver on a 7970, and found it to be a 7% increase in FPS (if I recall correctly). So that improved performance will not be in older reviews. Just found a techpowerup review that did most AMD cards and it found 7% on 7950...quote to follow.
"Improvements start with 4% for the HD 7750 and reach an amazing 10% for the HD 7870. The HD 7950, HD 7970 and HD 7970 GHz Edition settle in at 7%."
In Canada a 660Ti can currently be had for a few $ less than a 7950, so if you can get a boost version for the same price as a 660Ti I would go for it.
Well before at that resolution I would have recommended the 7950 even though some of these games used to run much better on nvidia I think after the new 12.11 driver release from AMD I would say AMD is the winner here.
Also I don't know where you are from both both the 7950 and 660ti can be had for under $300.
Yeah, with the latest drivers, I've even noticed my current 5770 has perked up a little bit.
My only issues with the 7950 Boost are the noise/power usage hikes over any of the 660 Ti's. Hoping to see another review with some other manufacturers for a better rounded comparison.
To be honest if noise and power consumption are a major factors for you (noise doesn't bother me because I always have headphones on or the speakers up loud and the Hydro will only make a huge difference if you are folding and or gaming constantly). Either card will serve you well, the difference at 2560x1440 is still only 10% max which doesn't equate to many frames.
i dare say that baby is faster than my old Asus X850. like by 1000.


Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) dunks against the Los Angeles Lakers during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team have thrashed the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 119-103, thanks to their point guard Russell Westbrook, who became just the second player in NBA history to score an absurd triple double with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists.
After opening up a 6-point lead in the first quarter, OKC closed the first half 59-55 on Tuesday. The hosts then rallied to a 16-point lead going into the fourth quarter and they managed to hold on to their advantage to post a commanding win.
Westbrook clinched the milestone with a rebound in the final minute. This was also his 31st triple-double of the season. Wilt Chamberlain had been the only other player to accomplish what can be called double- triple- double, back in 1968.


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Lunch-Colloquium
The keys to our sexual and reproductive behavior
Thursday, 10 December 13.30h
* Private and exclusive events for members of the Círculo del Liceo
The Círculo del Liceo hosted the Lunch-Colloquium "The keys to our sexual and reproductive behavior" with Dr. Josep Maria Pomerol, specialist in urology and andrology.
The colloquium focused on the anthropological perspective, also addressing the challenges of the current era: gender equality, infidelity, harassment, couple crisis as well as other physical and mental disorders that affect the couple.
Dr. Pomerol is a specialist in Urology and Andrology. Fellow of the Texas Health Science Center in Houston and the Medical Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology. He has worked at the Dexeus University Institute and has been director of the Andrology Service of the Puigvert Foundation. He has also held the position of president of the Spanish Association of Andrology, Sexual and Reproductive Medicine, has also served as co-director of the Institute of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, and has been Head of the Andrology Unit of the Valencian Institute of Infertility in Barcelona, as well. He has participated as a guest in 450 scientific events, has written 190 scientific articles and book chapters, and has served as principal investigator in 19 clinical trials.


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Not so stimulating
By Cosmo Garvin
So much for President-elect Barack Obama's promise to give our national infrastructure a 21st-century overhaul. His $1 trillion stimulus plan is more likely to result in a binge of warmed-over 20th-century highway-building boondoggles.
That's the worry for Erin Steva, with the California Public Interest Research Group. Her group just released a study that they say shows Obama's $1 trillion stimulus plan will likely "undermine efforts to repair and modernize our deteriorating infrastructure and reduce U.S. dependence on oil."
That's because most of the would-be recipients of that money, the 50 states including California, plan on spending most of the money they get building new highway capacity.
Back in early December, Obama asked the states for a list of "shovel ready" projects that would bolster transportation infrastructure and put people to work. California's wish list to Obama was loaded with 61 percent road spending. And California is one of the more forward-thinking states. Florida would spend 98.9 percent of its funds on roads, almost all of it for new construction.
California wants to spend a whopping 31 percent of its road money on new highway projects, like the expansion of Highway 50 in Sacramento County. Only 37 percent of that list is for public transit—though that's really the system that needs to be built up the most, and the system that will be the foundation of our future economic growth. That's about the same percentage as Tennessee and considerably less than the 43 and 47 percent that Wisconsin and Massachusetts, respectively, want to spend on transit. In fact, nationwide, states would only spend about 16 percent of their infrastructure money on transit. "That fact that there's record ridership, even with gas prices going down, indicates that there's a greater need for funding mass transit," said Steva.
She's not kidding. Sacramento Regional Transit has had great ridership numbers over the last year, and is in the middle of an important long-range master-plan process that could—if some money materializes down the road—result in fundamental overhaul of our public-transportation system. But in the immediate future, RT is going to be decimated by the state budget.
Instead of the business-as-usual approach of giving the lion's share of infrastructure money to roads, CalPIRG proposes future funding be split 50-50 between roads and transit. And the group argues that road money should go first to repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure; new road projects would be last on the on list.
So that's half the money for the keeping up the old outmoded way of doing things, and half for the future? It doesn't sound that radical, does it? And yet.
Here's the bonus, at least according to Steva and other green stimulus advocates: Public-transportation projects create 20 percent more jobs than road-building projects. Just fixing existing roads and bridges creates 9 percent more jobs than new road capacity.
Time will tell. But does anybody really think an Obama administration—including his nominee for transportation secretary, Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood—will demand more innovative and more forward-looking projects from the states? LaHood's been called "Caterpillar's bag man," by some environmentalists. He has a lifetime voting record from the League of Conservation Voters of just 27 percent, but a 66 percent approval record from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Sure, the guy broke party ranks to vote to expand Amtrak funding, but also thinks we ought to drill for oil offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
As a sign of things to come, Bites finds it less than stimulating.
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Exit strategy on K Street
Blight at the end of the tunnel.
Question port authority
West Sac PD strikes again!
They speak for the trees
Sacramento City Hall vs. the trees.
Democracy diluted
What California needs is more politicians.
Bites sells out
Merry Christmas! Pay raises for everybody!


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A new investor survey by Mortgages for Business has revealed that around 44% of UK landlords are keen to make further investments in the buy-to-let market. Many are looking to do so in the coming months before the middle of 2018. However, many are still to fully get to grips with the new tax and regulatory changes, with 54% having taken no advice about the tax changes.
Around three-quarters of those who said they were keen to invest more money would do so in standard buy-to-let properties. Others said that high yield HMOs (which can sometimes bring in as much as 10% a year) would also be an option. But not everyone said they were going to build their portfolio. Between 9% and 15% said they would be reducing the size of their property investments in 2018. Around 41% said they would do nothing, instead waiting to see how the changes affect the market before making their next move.
Many of those looking to further their investments would be doing so largely through limited borrowing companies as borrowing vehicles. Others said they would be making personal investments or using other corporate structures.
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Discover more about the history of our region online.
Archives and photographs of the people, places, culture and heritage of Nelson and Tasman. You can add your own material, too.
An A-Z index to the street and place names of the Tasman District.
Discover the history and culture of the Top of the South Island - Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough.
The following websites are also great sources of local history information.
Browse local engagement, wedding and event photos from 1960 to 1972. Photo News was a monthly magazine published by Logan Publishing between 1960 and 1974. Issues published from 1960 to December 1972 are reproduced on this site.
Search the archives of the Nelson Historical Society Journal, including Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Societies and Journal of the Nelson Historical Society. Published between 1955 and 2009.
Search for more local history on the New Zealand e-resources page.


It's Boston. The year is 1959. The cast of a new musical is rehearsing in preparation to take their show to New York. But on opening night, the leading lady is murdered. This is the plot of Canby High School Theater's new production, "Curtains."
After the murder, Boston Police Detective Frank Cioffi, played by CHS student Jonah Schiewe, steps in and quarantines the whole cast, crew and audience while he conducts his investigation into what happened while simultaneously insisting on continuing rehearsals with the remaining cast. Of course, others go down in the meantime.
"Motives abound everywhere with people, and so he's got to get to the bottom of it," said Director Craig Holbrook.
Holbrook describes the who-dunnit musical comedy as having "layers." It's a show within a show.
"It asks our actors to play the actor they're playing and then the character the actor is playing," Holbrook said. "So it's a lot of fun."
Along with Director Holbrook, other members of the crew are Musical Director Becky Stager, Choreographer Maddie Brockman and Costumers Chris Keady and Kim Villemyer. Holbrook, Stager, Brockman and Keady are all CHS alumni.
"So you've got alumni in there working with the program, and I think that's kind of fun," Holbrook said.
The cast is of course made up of current Canby High students. The leads are Schiewe as Detective Frank Cioffi, Tatum Pierson as Niki Harris, Cadence Moore as Georgia Hendricks, Ben Wing as Georgia's ex Aaron Fox, Susan Nash as show producer Carmen Bernstein, Josiah Keen as show financier Oscar Shapiro, and Aiden Rockwood as the British director of the show Christopher Belling.
Other principals include Zander Laitinen as Sidney Bernstein, Jessica Beaver as Jessica Cranshaw, Emi Gunnarson as Bambi Bernét, Lee Hepler as Daryl Grady, Laela Wood as Joanie Harmon, Sean Sheveland as Bobby Pepper, Matthew Lennon as Randy Dexter, Jason McKeon as Harv Fremont, and Drew Pierson as Detective O'Farrel.
"I am most excited about working with the kids and getting them to be better actors," Holbrook said, "just watching them grow as performers and pushing and challenging them to do more."
Canby High School Theater is using the more appropriate school edition of the musical, rather than the Broadway edition. Holbrook noted that the show still does contain some violence, including an onstage shooting murder, which may not be appropriate for younger audience members. He recommends the show for persons age 10 and up.
The show debuts at Richard R. Brown Fine Arts Center in Canby on Thursday, Nov. 1, continues on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, and then round two happens Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-10. All shows are at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $12 for general admission, $5 for children 10 and under and free for students and staff with school identification.
"I just really, really, really want people to come see it," Holbrook said. "I think they're going to be very proud of the kids and they're going to have a good time."


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Prince Charles accepted £1m from Osama Bin Laden's family – report
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The Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports.
Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden's half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader was killed, it adds.
The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF) received the donation.
Clarence House said it had been assured by PWCF that "thorough due diligence" had been conducted, and the decision to accept the money lay with the trustees.
"Any attempt to characterise it otherwise is false," it told the BBC.
Clarence House also said it disputed a number of points made in the newspaper's article.
Bin Laden was disowned by his family in 1994 and there is no suggestion that his half-brothers had links to his activities.
According to the report, Prince Charles accepted the money from Bakr Bin Laden, who heads the wealthy Saudi family, and Bakr's brother Shafiq, following a meeting with Bakr at Clarence House.
The heir to the throne took the money despite objections from advisers at Clarence House and PWCF, the Sunday Times reports, citing multiple sources.
However, Sir Ian Cheshire, chairman of PWCF, told the newspaper that the 2013 donation was agreed "carefully considered" by the five trustees at the time.
"Due diligence was conducted, with information sought from a wide range of sources, including government," Sir Ian added.
"The decision to accept the donation was taken wholly by the trustees. Any attempt to suggest otherwise is misleading and inaccurate."
The PWCF awards grants to UK-registered non-profit organisations to deliver projects in the UK, Commonwealth and overseas.
No rule has been broken, no law has been broken. All appropriate checks were carried out and even the Foreign Office was called upon to give its opinion – it cleared the donation.
So how is this front page news?
A source at the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund told the BBC that "the sins of the father" – that's Osama Bin Laden – should not disqualify other members of the family from making a donation. Which makes sense.
But equally, did Prince Charles or his inner circle really think it was a good idea to take money from the Bin Ladens? Or did they think it was fine so long as it was never made public?
Because once it was public – however many checks were made and rules were followed – it was always going to look horrible.
Just like the enormous cash donation from a former Qatari Prime Minister or the letter from Prince Charles's close friend and aide promising a knighthood to a Saudi citizen who had promised and made substantial donations.
Ministers and members of parliament are, in the end, governed by the ballot box. The Royal Family derives its position and authority from a different place, from a settled acceptance by the public that overall they bring credit to the country.
Does a donation from the Bin Ladens – however remote from the evildoing of a disowned son – fit into this model of monarchy?
Osama Bin Laden was top of the US' "most wanted" list. He is believed to have ordered the terror attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001 – which killed almost 3,000 people – including 67 Britons.
He was killed by US forces in 2011.
A PWCF source told the BBC that "though the name [Bin Laden] has very unhappy history, the sins of the father should not be visited on the rest of the family, which is an eminent one in the region."
The source added that the donation had been cleared by the Foreign Office.
This is not the first time that Prince Charles or his charity have been scrutinised over its donations.
It was reported last month that Prince Charles accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former Qatari prime minister – one of three cash donations totalling around £2.5m.
Clarence House said at the time that donations from the sheikh were passed immediately to one of the prince's charities and all the correct processes were followed.
The Charity Commission later decided against launching an investigation into the donation.
In February, the Metropolitan Police began an investigation into claims the charity offered honours help to a Saudi citizen.
Clarence House said the prince had "no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours or British citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities".
To millions of Saudis, the name Bin Laden is totally innocuous. In the West and much of the rest of the world, it will forever be associated with the 9/11 terror attacks of 2001.
But in Saudi Arabia, it is a byword for the Jeddah-based construction firm that used newfound oil wealth to fund mosques, palaces and other buildings by royal decree.
The family were not originally Saudi: they came from a part of southern Yemen, the Hadhramaut, that has produced many of Jeddah's most successful and wealthy entrepreneurial families.
Osama, one of the many sons of the company's founder, who emigrated from Yemen in the early 20th century, was long known as the "black sheep of the family".
He spent much of the 1980s in Afghanistan helping the mujahideen fight the invading Soviet army, so essentially he was on the same side then as the CIA and Pakistan.
But by the 1990s, he had become a radical Islamic extremist and the family disowned him in 1994. Osama Bin Laden then moved first to Sudan, and soon after to Afghanistan. The rest is history.
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Western Kentucky University awards assistantships to select graduate students. Educational goals at WKU are met in at least two important ways by the Graduate Assistantship program. Graduate assistantship stipends serve as the primary means of support for many graduate students enabling them to pursue higher degrees and grow professionally through the development and application of discipline-based knowledge. At the same time, the University gains the benefit of assistant-provided, high quality services at reasonable cost. Thus, the graduate assistantship program is mutually beneficial to both the student and the University.
Please contact the department of interest for information on the availability and application process for graduate assistantships. Departmental contact information can be found here.
Note: graduate assistantship scholarships cannot be awarded during the Winter term.
Appointment to an assistantship is contingent upon admission into a degree program, academic eligibility (3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale), the programmatic needs of the hiring department and/or the allocation of funds for the position. Specific assignment of duties is made by the hiring department.
In order to be eligible for a graduate assistantship, you must be enrolled in at least 6 credits per semester in a graduate degree program, maintain satisfactory academic progress in that program, and remain in good standing. Any semester in which you are enrolled less than 6 credits will be treated as your last semester for the purpose of graduate assistantship appointments. Students who are in their last semester may enroll part-time and receive full benefits as a GA. Academic programs or hiring units may also impose their own eligibility requirements.
Graduate Assistants work during the Winter term (the three-week term in January immediately prior to the Spring term) is governed by this policy: Winter Term and Graduate Assistants.
If you have applied for federal financial aid assistance, federal law requires these additional awards be considered as part of your total financial aid package. Any tuition scholarship may reduce the total amount of financial aid available to you. Please direct any inquires to the Student Financial Assistance office.
A criminal background check is a prerequisite for employment as a graduate assistant. Appointment as a graduate assistant may be denied on the basis of prior criminal convictions that would compromise your ability to perform your assigned tasks or compromise the safety of others.
Additional required informaiton on these processes is available from Human Resources. Please visit this page to ensure you are ready to begin your assistantship!
International students should report to International Enrollment Management Office with their immigration documents. For further information, please contact iso@wku.edu, phone number: 270-745-4857.
There are additional language requirements and tax implications for international students participating in the program. Please read this section carefully if you are an international student interested in becoming a graduate assistant at WKU.
Professional development and support for students in assistantships that involve teaching is available from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL).
The Graduate Catalog provides definitions for determining full-time status of a graduate student. In any given term, graduate students are considered full-time when they are registered for 9 hours in Fall and Spring terms, and 6 hours in Summer terms.
In order to be exempt from FICA tax, students must be (1) enrolled in at least ½ time status, (2) regularly attending classes in the semester and (3) working as a graduate assistant.
*A schedule is determined by the employing department and submitted to Graduate School office via an EPAF. If an EPAF is submitted to Graduate School with an incorrect schedule, the EPAF will not be approved.
Failure to meet the above criteria will result in the student paying Social Security (6.20%) and Medicare (1.45%) tax on the taxable gross paid for the pay period. Each department is responsible for the employer-matching portion of the tax and it will come out of the same funding department being charged for the student's salary.
Keep in mind that graduate students are limited in the number of hours they may work. If the student works 30 or more hours, they will become subject to FICA taxes.
You are a graduate student who performs teaching or research activities for the educational institution.
You must include in income any other tuition reductions for graduate education that you receive.
Please note: all graduate assistants are charged in-state tuition rates (regardless of residency) for all terms except Winter.
A Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) is employed by the university to perform duties related to a scholarly project or program of research under the guidance and direction of faculty members. The duties of a research assistant involve applying and mastering conceptual and theoretical ideas, practices, or methods of scholarship. Research Assistants may be employed outside their academic department in a capacity in which the assistant brings knowledge or skills related to their program of study.
A Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) is employed by the university to provide direct support for the teaching mission of the unit. Teaching Assistants do not have primary responsibility for a course, but they may serve as discussion leaders, graders, leaders of laboratory sections,or may assist in capacities such as preparation of assignments, and other administrative duties necessary for a course.
A Graduate Assistant Instructor (GAI) supports the teaching mission of the unit in a more advanced capacity than a teaching assistant by serving as instructor of record for a lower division course or courses (numbered 100-299). Graduate Assistant Instructors must complete additional training prior to serving as an instructor of record.
The combined load of teaching responsibilities and graduate course enrollment may not exceed 15 hours per semester.
The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) mentors graduate students via the Graduate Assistant Teaching Institute (GATI) training program. The Graduate School encourages all graduate students who have an interest and passion for teaching to complete the GATI training program. The GATI training program must be completed if a graduate student wishes to serve as an instructor of record under the Graduate Assistant Instructor (GI) designation. If you are interested in completing the GATI training program, please contact the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
A General Graduate Assistant (GGA) is employed by the university in a capacity related to their program of study, but they are not engaged in activities directly related to research or teaching. Note: General Graduate Assistantships are not eligible for tuition waivers.
WKU offers an excellent subsidized health insurance plan which graduate assistants may opt-in to at minimal cost. Students with a 20-hour/week assistantship are eligible to receive a partial scholarship towards the Graduate Assistant Health Insurance program. Upon processing of the Graduate Assistantship Agreement, you will receive an email with instructions as to how to enroll. You must opt-in to this program each semester you wish to participate.
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Ein Kabelbruch in einem Kabel tritt ein, wenn durch physische Belastung der Metall- oder Glasfaserleiter teilweise oder ganz durchtrennt wird und somit die elektrische beziehungsweise optische Verbindung unterbrochen ist. Das Kabel muss in Folge ersetzt oder repariert werden. Ursache sind unter anderem zu starke mechanische Belastungen oder Verschleiß.

Ein Bruch des Trag- oder Zugseils einer Seilbahn wird auch als Kabelbruch bezeichnet.

Auftreten eines Kabelbruches

Kabelbrüche ereignen sich häufig an den Stellen wo hohe mechanische Spannungen oder unzulässig starke Biegungen auftreten, da dort in der Regel die höchste mechanische Beanspruchung herrscht. In Fällen mit hinreichend hoher Strombelastung kann an der Bruchstelle entstandene Hitze, so der elektrische Leiter beispielsweise entlang der neutralen Faser nicht gänzlich durchbrochen ist, zu einem Kabelbrand führen.

In Energieführungsketten eingesetzte Kabel mit erhöhter Biegsamkeit, sogenannte Schleppkettenleitungen, weisen am Ende der Lebensdauer durch Verschleiß ebenfalls Kabelbrüche auf, dies betrifft zwar oft nur wenige Drähte der Litze, aber insgesamt werden die elektrischen Werte durch Erhöhung des Widerstandswertes nachteilig beeinflusst. Daher müssen diese Leitungen dann ausgetauscht werden.

Kabelbruch kann auch schon im Rahmen der Produktion des Kabels auftreten, wenn während der Produktion einer Leitung beim Extrudieren oder Verseilen ein Bedienungsfehler oder technischer Defekt auftritt, bei dem die Litze oder der Draht zu stark gedehnt oder durch Schlaufenbildung zerschnitten wird. Diese Stellen werden entsprechend gekennzeichnet und je nach Anwendungszweck wird die Leitung dort geschnitten oder repariert, meist durch Schweißen oder Löten an der Schadstelle.

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Suspect208 Vocalist Noah Weiland Is No Longer With The Band Due To Alleged Drug Use
Suspect208 are the second generation of some legendary musicians. The band is comprised of Tye Trujillo (son of Robert Trujillo), London Hudson (son of Slash), Noah Weiland (son of the late Scott Weiland) and Niko Tsangaris.
Earlier today the band took to Instagram to advise fans that they have parted ways with vocalist Noah Weiland.
"As many of you know, we let our singer, Noah, go. We were really close to him and it is the last thing we would've ever wanted to do, but it had to be done for his safety, as well as the longevity of the band. This decision was made by the band because it was the last thing we could do to keep going.
"Noah was not writing lyrics or lifting his weight in the band for two months before we let him go. He was heading down a dark path of drug use that got in the way of our friendship as well as the band. Lastly, there were many instances of blow-ups over very small issues we'd confront him with. We wish him the best, and we deeply care about him. However, we did as much as we could to help him. Thank you to those who stick with us on this journey, we are very grateful."
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