George Gershwin - The Great British Dance Bands Play George Gershwin 1920-1928 FLAC album
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Queen's Dance Orchestra - Please Do It Again 02:39. Max Darewski's Band - Somebody Loves Me 03:00. Cabaret Novelty Orchestra - That Certain Feeling 03:21. Savoy Havana Band - I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise 03:08. The Rhythm Band - The Man I Love 03:10. Queen's Dance Orchestra - Drifting Along With The Tide 03:21. Jack Hylton And His Orchestra - 'S Wonderful 03:11. The Savoy Orpheans - So Am I 03:15.
1. Swanee - The Savoy Quartet. 2. Drifting Along With The Tide - Queen's Dance Orchestra. 3. Please Do It Again - Queen's Dance Orchestra.
The Great British Dance Bands Play the Great American Songbook. 2017 British Dance Bands - Original Recordings 1932 - 1933. 2017 British Dance Bands - Original Recordings 1928 - 1932. Two Cigarettes In The Dark. 2017 British Dance Bands - Original Recordings 1933 - 1935. Home Again Jazz & Blues. Carroll Gibbons, The Savoy Hotel Orpheans. 2015 The Music of George Gershwin 1928 - 1937. 2015 The Music of George Gershwin 1920 - 1926. Great British Dance Band Vocalists. Geraldo & His Orchestra. Begin the Beguine - Great British Dance Bands Play Cole. The Very Best Roaring 20s Swing Party Hits Album! Various artists.
This is a list of compositions by George Gershwin, a Broadway songwriter and a classical composer. Note: All orchestral/operatic pieces are orchestrated by Gershwin unless otherwise specified. Originally, a class assignment from his music theory teacher.
George Gershwin was amongst one of the most significant and popular music composers for Broadway musicals. He wrote music for both Broadway and classical pieces that connected him to the wider public. With a major influence of jazz standards, Gershwin wrote compositions for films and for televisions. Gershwin never regained consciousness and he died during surgery two days later. He died on July 11, 1937 at the age of 38 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. It was such shocking news for the industry that John O'Hara remarked: "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want t.
George Gershwin: George Gershwin, one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time. He wrote primarily for the Broadway musical theatre, but his orchestral and piano compositions were also important. His notable works included the composition Rhapsody in Blue and the opera Porgy and Bess. Early career and influences. Gershwin was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. Although his family and friends were not musically inclined, Gershwin developed an early interest in music through his exposure to the popular and classical compositions he heard at school and in penny arcades. He began his musical education at age 11, when his family bought a second-hand upright piano, ostensibly so that George’s older sibling, Ira, could learn the instrument.
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|A3||Please Do It Again|
|A4||The Yankee Doodle Blues|
|A5||I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise|
|A6||Sweetheart (I'm So Glad That I Met You)|
|A7||Innocent Lonesome Blue Baby|
|B2||Wait A Bit, Susie|
|B3||Somebody Loves Me|
|B4||Why Do I Love You?|
|B5||Tell Me More|
|B6||My Fair Lady|
|B7||Hang On To Me|
|B8||So Am I|
|C2||Oh, Lady Be Good|
|C3||I'd Rather Charleston|
|C4||The Half Of It Dearie Blues|
|C5||That Certain Feeling|
|C6||Looking For A Boy|
|C7||When Do We Dance?|
|D1||Someone To Watch Over Me|
|D2||Clap Yo' Hands|
|D4||The Man I Love|
|D6||My One And Only|
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Since that time, scientists at the center and USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have grown its flagship genetics program and its germ plasm evaluation project, which has evolved to be the largest breed comparison study over the last 35 to 40 years, said John Pollak, the center’s director.
The project also has information on how various breed crosses worked as composites.
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U.S. Meat Animal Research Center houses both University of Nebraska-Lincoln and federal employees and also is the home to the Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center.
During the last 15 years, capitalizing on its wealth of genetic diversity information, scientists began working in genomics and have been developing and refining genomic tools for use in selection by the industry, Pollak said.
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“Today, the center is sequencing their discovery population to better learn about the underlying mutation causing variation in economically relevant beef traits,” Pollak said.
In the late 1990s, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center scientists began a focus on food safety and developed mitigation strategies for management of E. coli through the production cycle from the feedlot to harvest.
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Since the main focus of the Beef Improvement Federation’s annual meeting is genetics, it is fitting that the meeting will be held in Nebraska this year in conjunction with the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center’s 50th anniversary.
Many of the center’s faculty and scientists have been involved in BIF through research presentations since its beginning.
A June 21 post conference tour following the 2014 Beef Improvement Federation’s annual meeting and research symposium will bring participants to the center, where they will visit two sites — the center’s feedlot and pasture.
Participants will view the large feed efficiency facility and hear from nutritionists and geneticists about what is going on in the facility and what scientists have learned form it. Participants also will hear from one of the scientists from the environmental management area that works on heat stress.
At the pasture, participants will see a wide array of different animals in the germ plasm evaluation project and hear about its results.
Co-hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center and the Nebraska Cattlemen, the 2014 Beef Improvement Federation’s annual meeting will start at noon June 18, with registration.
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|01-14-2008, 01:15 PM||#2 (permalink)|
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I tried to post this comment on your blog but I kept getting an error so I'm posting it here instead
I agree that having an expansive vocabulary and being well-read makes a difference but there are lots of sources of reading material other than books. Why bother going to a library when you've got Wikipedia and blogs and websites galore on all manner of topics and mostly for free? The Gutenberg project even has copywrite expired e-books of all the major classics (and a growing number of obscure titles) for free! Statistics for book reading alone don't reveal levels of reading overall - especially in today's wired world.
Books are just an ancient form of communication. A form that is now being replaced by much better forms of communication. The important thing is that people are communicating like never before and much of it through the medium of writing.
I've written a post about a favorite author of mine who has given up writing books and the reasons why I find that a tragedy in today's digital world where publishing has never been easier. It illustrates how easily people get distracted by symptoms of a problem and often miss out on solving the real problem at the heart of everything.
Benjamin Hoff - The Real Problem
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-waiting in line at the <insert any place with long lines>
-flights, especially short ones for which it doesn't make sense to rustle your neighbor to get your laptop out after takeoff. By the time you get everything out an ready, you're on your way down to land. And if the guy in front of you decides to recline, forget about using it.
-baths - reading in a hot bath is one of the great joys in my life
-using the loo. have you tried balancing a laptop while you're trying to... well, you get my point.
-perfect, not too hot summer and not too cold winter mornings outside in my backyard with a cup of coffee. It just doesn't seem right staring at a screen in this setting.
In fairness, there are a few times it just makes good sense to use technology as a medium:
-late at night when the lights are off
-relaxing at work
-researching while reading
I just don't think that books are going anywhere. The written word has been around for thousands of years, and the books of today do not look that different than books did when they were first printed (by hand or otherwise).
|01-14-2008, 02:17 PM||#4 (permalink)|
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It would have been more prudent if I had used the word 'complemented' rather than 'replaced' as that's more accurate and realistic!
I too still enjoy the feel and utility of a book in the places that you mention.
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I like that article. Since it is about reading, I feel obligated to point out that I found two grammatical errors. I won't point them out here.
Before I came to college, I was an avid reader. College just kind of sucked the fun out of it, I guess. With the amount of conflicting viewpoints in books, I wouldn't assume that reading automatically imparts valuable knowledge, but it helps to 'move' parts of your brain that might otherwise be motionless.
And I agree with Jippy. I love eBooks, audiobooks, internet articles, and other more 'progressive' forms of information, but it's frustrating that I can't just pick them up and start reading. I'll wonder where I left off, I'll have to stare at a glaring computer screen, and stay in my room for hours. I think we need all of these different forms.
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I too tried to post to your site and got an error message. Thought I might be doing something wrong. Hope you don't mind if I post this here. I wrote it and would hate to see it go to waste..
|01-16-2008, 07:33 AM||#9 (permalink)|
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Although I prefer reading internet material and shorter articles, I can see huge advantages in reading books. These days everything is made to be fast - I can get fast food in 1 minute, read a Steve Pavlina article in 5 minutes and reach anyone I want almost instantly on my mobile. Reading books is one of those rare things that requires commitment - you actually have to set aside a few hourse to make good progress. That being said I use books to help me fall asleep more than to educate me.
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What's your favorite book for curing insomnia? For me it's probably "The A to Z of Numbers"
What keeps me up at night is "Russian Torture" by Wrenchya Ballsov
When I'm snuggled up in bed with my girlfriend we greatly enjoy the adventure story, "Spunk on the Wall" by Mister Completely
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|01-16-2008, 10:15 AM||#11 (permalink)|
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I really hope books stick around! I love to go to the library and just wander round looking in all different sections grabbing books that get my attention. Then I go to one of the comfy reading areas and settle down with them for a couple of hours. I always leave the library inspired about something.
|01-16-2008, 03:44 PM||#12 (permalink)|
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On the fun side, this discussion turned out to be e-reading vs book reading..
I too was thinking about this for a while and my opinion is a book gives deep perspective (could be a e-book ) of a single author.vs internet reading ,or googling gives several perspectives of various authors...It depends on what your problem at hand is, if you are trying to solve a straight problem at hand then all you need is google it find it and fix it, if you are trying to master something or get indepth realization of something, get couple of good books in that area and all your senses will thank you...
but as already pointed out reading a good book in a lovely atmosphere (be it a cozy room or on a beach) ,resting book on your chest giving a deep thought, sigh and resuming it..is the magic and power of books.
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I need to know if the activity of Freight Forwarding on export is taxable under Service Tax laws. If so under which category and on what basis.
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Please note there is "no service tax" on air or ocean frieght amount. However service tax is applicable for other charges which collect by freight forwader for both export freight or import freight.
export Freight : 100 US$ ( Converted in to Rupees @45.5, then it is Rupees 45500
Other charges like Airway bill / Bill of Lading issuing charges : Rupees 500
Cartage charges : Rupees 1000
Sevice tax on business auxillary services (@ 10.26% on 1500 Rupees )
This is only an example to give an idea.
Service tax @ 10.30% will be applicable on all charges, duly charged by Freight Forwarding except on Airfreight and Oceanfreight.
Thank you for your replies and clarifications. Service tax is to be charged on all charges other than the freight. But just to make it clear, If a freight forwarder marks up the freight is Service tax applicable on the marked up value or the difference?
Most of the time freight forwarder marks up the freight and some times he may be at negative side just to fulfill the target reaching based on quantities committed with shipping line or airlines.
As per my knowledge, what ever the difference due to markup in freight, it will be considered as profit and similar to a manufacturer where he will not show how much profit he is earning out of selling his product to distributor/retailer. So, here also, at the end of the year, while calculating the earnings, the income is paid on profits or show losses in balance sheet and not mixed with services as services are governed by service tax and profits are govened by income tax.
It is my opinion.
I agree with mr gangadhar ... trading is not a taxable activity in service tax.
Mr gangadhar Can you forward me any case laws in this regard?
As mentioned in my previous posting, it is my opinion.
I request our other colleagues like CAs,Legal professionals may quote the case laws.
Is ther any notification if freight forwarding agent marks up the Air / Ocean freight there is no service tax. As the full industry is not charging service tax on Air / Ocean Freight for Export of shipment.
Just two days before service tax audit team came and they are saying mark up export freight is taxble we need to charge the same to shipper.
Is it corret...
Because shipper don't want this liability they are charging freight to their foreing supplier and receing the same in convertable foreign currency.
Dear all... Please point our view to as per law to make them aware of the same
Thanks And Kind Regards,
2. Air Travel Agent, Rail Travel Agents, CHA, etc. liable under separate categories – Air Cargo Agents cannot be taxed under Business Auxiliary Service :
2.1 Merely because the assessee are agents of the airlines, it cannot be said they are liable to service tax. All agents are not liable to service tax, except those otherwise made liable to service tax under specific category of taxable service.
2.2 Travel Agents liable to service tax under specific category :
The air travel agents are liable to service tax under Section 65(105)(4) read with Section 65(105)(1) of the Act. The rail travel agents are liable to service tax under Section 65(87) read with section Section 65(105)(zz) of the Act. Other travel agents are liable to service tax under section 65(115a) read with Section 65(105)(zzx) of the Act.
2.3 Other Travel Agents made taxable w.e.f. 10-9-2004, while Business Auxiliary Services existed w.e.f. 1-7-2003 :
The charge of service tax on Other Travel Agents under Section 65(115a) read with Section 65(105)(zzx) of the Act was imposed vide Finance Act, 2004 w.e.f. 10-9-2004. The Business Auxiliary Services stood w.e.f. 1-7-2003. While introducing the “Other Travel Agents Services”, the Letter F. No. B2/8/2004-TRU, dated 10-9-2004 declared thus (para 15):BVC-C.No.V(H)/Adj-I/ST/39/2012/4296 dtd. 22-03-2012-Reply Page 7 of 33
“15. Extension of service tax on air travel agents and rail travel agents to other travel agents :
At present, service tax is leviable on air travel agents and rail travel agents. Travel agents of other modes of transport (road, water) are not covered under service tax.The scope of service tax has been extended to include all travel agents. The taxable service is the service provided by travel agent in relation to the booking of passage for travel by modes other than air and road. The value of taxable service would be the commission/fee charged by the travel agent from the customer.”
2.4 Thus, the legislature didn’t conceive of ‘Other Travel Agents’ being liable to tax under Business Auxiliary Service or any other service and, accordingly, made them liable to service tax under separate category of taxable service.
2.5 It is to be noted that only travel agents have been made liable to service tax as above, and the cargo agents of railway/airlines have not been made liable to service under any category of service tax. Thus, no service tax can be charged upon the air cargo agents under ‘Business Auxiliary’, when the Legislature didn’t think it covering even the other travel agents.
2.6 Moreover, Transport of goods by road and Transport of goods by air are liable to service tax as a separate service, but, transport of passengers/goods by rail is not liable to service tax (exemption in respect of non-containerised transport of goods by rail) and transport of passengers by air and transport of passengers by road are liable to service tax under separate service. Customs House Agents are liable to service tax under separate category.
2.7 ALL THIS SHOWS THAT WHENEVER LEGISLATURE WANTED TO TAX AIR/RAIL/ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS OR PASSENGERS AND/OR THE AGENTS INVOLVED IN THESE ACTIVITIES, A SEPARATE CATEGORY OF TAXABLE SERVICE WAS CREATED.
2.8 THUS, RESORT TO BUSINESS AUXILIARY SERVICES IN RESPECT OF AIR CARGO AGENTS IS WHOLLY MISCONCEIVED AND AGAINST THE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE.
Business Actvity if Air Cargo Agent
(i) Assessee buys space in airlines :
The assessee is given a quote for air cargo transportation charges, i.e. tonnage/space rates on a pallet basis by an Airline. Such quotes are usually offered by airlines for bulk cargo or large quantity basis. As per industry nomenclature, this quote is referred to as the “buy rate”.
(ii) Airlines issues Master Air Way Bill (Master AWB) at buy rate :
The airline issues a Master AWB to the assessee based, on this buy rate. A Master AWB is basically a contract of carriage between the airline and the assessee. The Master AWB covers consolidated shipment of goods and LISTS THE ASSESSEE AS THE SHIPPER.
The contractual arrangement is therefore only between the airline and the assessee.
(iii) Assessee sells space to the consignors/ultimate shippers :
The assessee quotes its customer (the ultimate shipper) consignors a higher or lower rate for transportation of goods on such bulk cargo space purchased from airlines based on the commercial factors. This rate quoted by the assessee to the consignor is called “sell rate” as per industry nomenclature.
(iv) Assessee issues House AWB under Master AWB :
The assessee issues a House AWB to the ultimate shipper. The rate charged in this contract of carriage is the “sell rate”.
(v) Margin of Trading/Rebate :
The difference between the buy-rate and sellrate is the assessee’s margin on trading in such cargo space. The aforesaid is not at all related to any service.
The same represents profits from the
selling of cargo space. Such rebate generated by trading in cargo space cannot by any stretch of imagination can be said to be a consideration for rendering services. A copy of invoices is enclosed in
service tax on freight is exempted if its on account of export

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People who swim, drink and use water from area lakes are being reminded to be on the lookout for blue-green algae (BGA), and to change their habits accordingly if they detect it.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is encouraging residents, cottagers and visitors who use area lakes and waterways to educate themselves about BGA to reduce their potential health risk. In the past few summers, BGA has surfaced in local lakes, particularly in shallow, still water and during extremely warm temperatures.
“Reports of blue-green algae in our region have been more common in the summer months, so it is important to beware of the risks associated with BGA and be aware of what to look for in the water,” says Richard Ovcharovich, Manager of Environmental Health with the HKPR District Health Unit.
BGA, also known as cyanobacteria, are primitive microscopic organisms that occur naturally in lakes, bays and inlets around the world. Normally, the algae are barely visible, but during warm weather the algae can rapidly increase in shallow, still waters to form a large mass called a bloom. Dense blue-green algae blooms can make the water look like a bluish-green pea soup, or a shiny paint slick. Most algae blooms are short-lived and will break down in a few days or weeks.
While many forms of blue-green algae are harmless, some forms produce toxins that can be harmful to humans and animals. This means that any exposure to the water, be it drinking, swimming, bathing, cooking or washing, can lead to health problems. The extent of how sick people can get depends on the type of BGA and how long they are exposed to the toxins, Ovcharovich says.
“If you see or detect serious signs of blue-green algae in a lake or local waterway, avoid using the water at all costs,” he says. “Boiling the water won’t help either, as this kills the algae resulting in the release of more toxins into the water.”
The Health Unit is helping raise awareness about BGA through an information campaign called Blue-Green Algae: Get to Know Its True Colours. The goal is to help people who use area lakes recognize BGA and take appropriate precautions.


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Patients that have tried and failed conservative measures such as chiropractic treatment, physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, home exercise programs, medication, etc. and who are wanting to avoid surgery. Ask Dr. Alexander if you can benefit from this type of therapy!
Why choose regenerative therapy?
PRFM greatly reduces the need for surgery by treating injured tissues before the damage progresses any further. The goal of regenerative therapy is to heal injured tissue and not just mask the pain. Regenerative therapy has helped many professionals and athletes heal rapidly from an injury and return to full activity. Regenerative therapy procedures are ideal for individuals who face ailments such as back pain, knee arthritis, tendonitis, ligament injuries, arthritis of the knee, hip or shoulder rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, hip bursitis, patellar tendon injury, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendon injuries. Our use and focus of biological material are for orthopedic and musculoskeletal issues, such as osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder, as well as cosmetically for hair regrowth and during facial microneedling.
What is the recovery time?
Although recovery times vary, most patients can expect to see improvement in their pain and mobility within 4 to 6 weeks after treatment. Patients will continue to see improvement in pain and mobility for up to 12 months. Regenerative therapy patients experience rapid recovery and are back to their daily activities very quickly.
What are the benefits of regenerative medicine?
Blood plasmas are not manufactured in a laboratory. The biological material is from your own body. This means that there is no rejection, no allergic reactions, and it does not negatively impact the endocrine system. In fact, current research indicates that cellular therapy has the potential to generate a positive effect on the organs involved in the endocrine system. Long-term use of cortisone is known to have many potential negative effects, such as increasing blood sugar glucose, obesity, osteoporosis, skin changes, and loss of the body’s ability to produce natural cortisone from the adrenal glands. These things do not happen with PRFM. Regenerative medicine solutions work well with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and nitrous oxide oral supplementation. Both help to augment the activation of tissue resident stem cells (these are stem cells that are present throughout the body in various organs).
No surgery, no medication, and no hospital stays are just a few of the reasons why thousands have chosen regenerative therapies over traditional methods. Most procedures are performed in less than an hour with very little post recovery. Many patients can return to work the next day. Because most regenerative procedures use your body’s own platelets and cells for healing, it’s safe and natural!


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For the first time since the park opened back in 1992, a group of designers and Imagineers have gathered together at the Disneyland Paris Resort where a magical reunion photo was taken ahead of a special panel that will be taking place celebrating 30 years of the park.
- Waiting for tomorrow's conference, designers and Imagineers Tony Baxter, Beth Clapperton, Tim Delaney, Tracy Eck, Björn Heerwagen, Sylvie Massara, Tom Morris, David Wilson and Tom Fitzgerald reunited in Disneyland Park today.
- Everyone listed played a key role in the development, creation and/or construction of Euro Disney, later known as Disneyland Paris.
- The group is on scene together to participate in a special panel that celebrates the 30 years of history of the Disneyland Paris resort, taking place on April 12, 2022. This will mark the first time many of these individuals have been on stage together since the park opened back in 1992.
- The panel discussion is set to take place on stage at Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel’s convention center, sharing stories and anecdotes about the creation and development of the park in front of a live audience of fans, enthusiasts, annual passholders, and cast members.
- For those who can’t attend in person, Disneyland Paris will be hosting a live broadcast of the event that viewers will be able to find on the Disneyland Paris YouTube Channel.

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CALIFORNIA / Climate change seen hurting national parks
America's beauty spots of Yosemite National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area won't escape the consequences of global warming over the next decades, according to a report released Tuesday by a national environmental group and a Colorado climate coalition.
Rising waters of the Pacific Ocean, due to melting glaciers and other events caused by the warming atmosphere and oceans, could inundate and erode coastal parks. That includes 59 miles of Golden Gate National Recreation Area beaches such as Ocean, Baker, Muir and Stinson.
Records already show that the Western United States is warming twice as fast as the rest of the country. And based on widely accepted computer models, national parks in the West and Southwest face climate disruptions leading to prolonged drought, severe wildfires and melting snow, the report said.
"If we continue to increase our emissions of heat-trapping gases, a disrupted climate will cause the greatest damage to our national parks ever," said Stephen Saunders, a principal author.
Saunders is president of Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, a collaboration of local governments; businesses; a farmers' union; and Denver Water, the urban area's largest water provider. The group prepared the report with experts from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group.
"The popular beaches of the San Francisco area may well get flooded by rising sea levels and take away an important recreational area for people in the Bay Area," said Saunders, who served as a deputy assistant Interior Department secretary over the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Clinton administration.
All beaches on the west side of Point Reyes National Seashore are vulnerable, he said. And Yosemite may be the national park most in danger of overcrowding from a large, rapidly growing population trying to escape summer heat by going into the cool mountains.
"We may lose the glaciers in Glacier National Park," where scientists have projected a total melt in 25 years, Saunders said. Already scientists note signs that may indicate that the tree line is moving upward in elevation, he said.
Snow-covered mountain peaks would disappear in Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Teton, Mount Rainier and Rocky Mountain national parks, robbing lakes and streams of water and affecting everything from drinking water to kayaking and rafting, the report said.
Joshua trees could be eradicated from Joshua Tree National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park could lose the continental United States' largest expanse of tundra to encroaching trees, the scientists reported.
In Yellowstone, grizzly bears could lose the important fall seed diet from the whitebark pine trees, according to the report. Beetles that can now survive warmer winters have been moving to higher elevations and attacking the pines. An increased number of wildfires would lead to more summertime park closings.
The dire predictions of wildlife and ecosystem damage, based on previous models and analyses completed by international scientists as well as the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, come as the country wallows in a dramatic summer heat wave.
The first six months of 2006 were the hottest on record since 1895, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, N.C. Over the past century, the Western United States has warmed 3 degrees, while the rest of the country warmed 1.5 degrees, according to studies.
Two weeks ago, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography study based on 34 years of data found that warmer winters and earlier snowmelt have contributed to a rise in the number and severity of wildfires in the West. It could get worse if the longer seasons without moisture continue.
He called the report "well-documented" with peer-reviewed studies that "focused on matters where there was a relatively high degree of confidence such as temperatures, sea level rise and snowfall and snowmelt patterns.
"To the authors' credit, they didn't discuss changing rainfall, which is an uncertainty, particularly at a regional level," said Gleick, a MacArthur Fellow who in April was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gleick agreed that the projected 3-foot sea level rise by 2100 "would basically eliminate Baker Beach and Muir Beach" and other beaches in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
At a news conference Tuesday, Theo Spencer, project coordinator for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that the groups wanted the report to help win support for state and federal legislation to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars, power plants and factories.
The measures face strong opposition in Congress, in the California Legislature, and by industry groups.
Spencer cited the estimates of James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who has said the nation has 10 years to greatly reduce its emissions before it will be impossible to stave off future high temperatures.
"We have the technology and know-how to reduce global warming pollution," Spencer said. "The window is closing to protect these places for our kids."
The report may be found at www.nrdc.org.


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A Birthday Surprise!
This past Monday was my girl's 8th birthday! I have been so busy with VBS and other things that I have not had a chance to blog about my special girl. She is growing SOO much and I am so proud of the progress she is making!
She is on some meds that have really seemed to help her calm down some and she is just maturing right now... as a matter of fact she is in her room reading to herself as I type! Just growing and settling down is such a praise because it has been a long time coming.
Well, she did turn 8 on June 1st so we met my family for lunch on Sunday the day before the big day.
He really doesn't know what to do with her...it's hilarious! We give him assignments like walking her to the women's bathroom and standing outside to wait on her. He just looks at us like "really!?" Hee hee! Oh! It's good for him. He's so shy and he's single and he needs a challenge.
Dad is loving every minute of it!!
AND here she is with Mimi... possibly her favorite person on earth...
Why is Mimi her favorite? Well, she gives her every stinkin' thing the kids wants that's why! And she protects her from me! That mommy that, you know, makes her behave and such!! Yes, it can be quite the battle.
SOOOOO as we were approaching the big day Caroline started saying that she wanted a kitty or a puppy for her birthday. That's no big surprise because she has been saying that for a loooong time. But we have no fence and we didn't want a little dog and my husband wasn't real keen on the cat idea... until....
One afternoon we were doing yard work and the neighbor up the street came walking towards us with this precious little kitten. They said that they had found it and that they were looking for a home for it. My husband did the typical "husband rolling his eyes at the cute kitten" thing but then I reminded him that this kitten would be FREE and it was so totally sweet and cute as a button. I also reminded him that my dad manages a pet store and that we could probably get the things that we needed from him for CHEAP (like FREE!).
Wouldn't you know it? My dad was thrilled to help us and we were to see them the next day for lunch! PERFECT!
My husband thought and thought and decided that it might be good for our girl to learn to love and care for something other than herself so we decided to take it!!
At the time we thought she was a girl, but after a visit to the vet today we found out that HE is a boy!! HA! Good thing we named him Pepper!! :)
He hasn't cried at night and he has been very mild mannered and loving. And we found out that he is very healthy to have been a stray kitten!! YAY!
They had a great time playing and running around!
We also went to dinner with my husband's family and she got some good loot! She also had a cake with the number 8 on top... at her request!
That's a lovely picture of us in front of the bar area with all of the liquor surrounding us isn't it? We know how to celebrate an 8 year old birthday right!! :)
I would say this kid had the best birthday a girl could ask for! Dinner with both sets of grandparents, loot galore and a kitty to top it off! Not sure how we will celebrate 9 years, but I am pretty sure we won't out do ourselves!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE! I love you honey!

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There might be a million photos of Donald Trump. But when you as an employee of a news agency take the time to find and then settle on the photo below to attach to your latest sneering tweet about Donald Trump; for you as a “professional” to abandon any semblance of journalistic neutrality and choose instead to demonstrate your hate in as public a way as humanly possible… you could only have a job at the liberal-left’s state-owned CBC.
Apparently job security is not an issue for the clearly anti-Trump (etc) employees of the state-owned CBC. Any remaining pretense of neutrality is now apparently completely out the window thanks to their Liberal Party victory. It seems demonstrating their anti-conservative, pro-liberal bias is now more an editorial policy, if anything.
That journalistic malfeasance is from the news agency that avoids the use of the term “Islamic terrorist” because it might be seen as “taking sides,” and says “holidays” instead of “Christmas” to avoid “offending someone.”
Let’s compare that to how they carefully chose an ever so neutral picture of their true love, also from today. It has almost exactly the same editorial tone as the Trump one above:
I must be dreaming. I have no words.


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Officials from the NFL will get a chance to work Canadian Football League (CFL) games and vice-versa starting this summer, as part of a new agreement announced by both leagues this week, called the NFL-CFL Officiating Development Program.
This summer, NFL officials will work CFL preseason and early regular season games (the CFL season runs from June through the Grey Cup in November). In turn, CFL officials will get a chance to shadow NFL officials through mini-camps, preseason games and get the chance to be part of the NFL officiating development program.
There is a history of American football officials working in the CFL. In 1993, the CFL expanded into the United States, but the U.S. franchises folded after a few years. But, during that time, future NFL officials Bill Vinovich, Tony Michalek, Boris Cheek, Gary Cavaletto, and Doug Rosenbaum officiated in the CFL (h/t to posters on Behind the Football Stripes).
According to the news release, NFL Senior Vice President of Officiating, Dean Blandino says new officials need experience and the CFL will give them that experience.
“Any time our newer officials can get more reps on the field, during practices or games, that will make them better officials. The collaboration with the CFL will certainly benefit us as we prepare for the 2016 season and we look forward to welcoming our CFL officiating counterparts to our development program later this spring.”
The move is also welcomed north of the border.
“This historic partnership gives officials in both leagues an opportunity to hone their craft and get better through shared development activities and more snaps at the pro level,” said CFL Senior Vice-President, Football Glen Johnson. “We’re excited that a group of our officials will actively participate in the NFL Development Program and now have a formal path forward to be considered as prospects in their league.”
Ever since the demise of NFL Europe, prospective NFL officials have needed a place to audition for the a regular position on the NFL roster. They have needed to enforce pro rules, use pro mechanics, and quite simply, work more games at a post-college level to hone their craft and get used to the speed of the pro game. Blandino and the NFL feels that newer officials will benefit from their time in the CFL.
This will also be a boon for CFL officials. Canadian football officials will get the chance to work with NFL officials in the preseason. And, if I read the quote correctly, current CFL officials could be candidates for the NFL.
I am very interested to see how this will play out. How “true” will the collaboration be? Will American football officials eventually get a full time job in the CFL and will we see CFL officials eventually be hired by the NFL? Will there be any rivalries or resentments if CFL officials come in and become NFL officials and vice versa?
Also, how steep will the learning curve be between leagues? CFL football is a great game. But officiating NFL games compared to officiating CFL games will be like the difference between umpiring baseball and fast-pitch softball – the games look the same, but they are very different. If you want an example of rules differences, just look at the kicking game.
Starting May 15, the “dark period” will be over and the NFL will start announcing crew assignments and new hires. That will be the first time to see how this new arrangement will work.
Photo: Starting this summer, CFL officials will get the chance to work with their counterparts in the NFL.


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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
– Buckminster Fuller
What good is it to gain control of the economic rudder and have lots of locally controlled capital generated by accountable, sociocratcially operated, employee-owned companies, if we continue to devastate the environment and build more of the same awful subdivisions and sprawl? Surely someone has devised a better plan than hacking land up into small pieces, surrounding it with concrete, building houses and selling them for as much money as possible. In my own town, I’ve seen thousands of acres of good farmland bought, bulldozed, and covered with subdivisions in a single decade. It’s happening everywhere, and it’s only getting worse.
All the democratically controlled, equitable economic development in the world is pointless if we continue to build more of the same ugly, inefficient, unsustainable, sprawling cities and suburbs. One-third of all land in a typical community is covered in concrete in the form of sidewalks, streets and parking lots. We build our cities and towns for and around automobiles instead of people. It’s an incredibly wasteful way to design communities. The long-term sustainability of the land and the community is seldom (if ever) considered. The only concern seems to be the shortsighted, “money-is-all-that-matters” goal of building and selling.
It is apparent that the economic component is only half of the equation. We must account for both economy and ecology.
Fortunately, there are better ways to build communities. Hundreds of new ideas are being generated, tried, and tested by visionary designers, builders, and thinkers around the world.
One possibility is a design developed by Dan Thornton and Shane Olsen called Agrarian Cities. Instead of using a grid system, their plan calls for a community constructed using four rings. Each ring has homes facing each other across a double wide, pedestrian friendly street with a wide, lush green way in the middle. Trees, gardens, flowers, parks, and open spaces abound.
A great alternative to the grid system, their model represents one square mile or 640 acres. (All statistics given are based on the research and data of Dan Thornton.) It has the same population density as the average urban development of similar size. It is estimated that the population could reach about eight thousand, a good size for a small town. There are two thousand homes in this model, the same as in a square mile of most towns. What’s more, the whole thing is designed for mixed use, meaning each home could also be a business. Less than 5% of the land is under concrete for streets, compared to 29% in the average urban area. 28% of the land is available for parks, nature and recreation, compared to less than 3% in most cities. 43% of the land is left open for agriculture (compared to 0% in most cities and towns). (See comparison chart below.)
Each home is three stories, one below ground level and two above. The earth dug to make the hole for the subterranean level can be turned into brick to be used in construction. Depending on the local soil, each hole can produce enough brick for two and a half homes. The average floor plan calls for three stories of twelve hundred square feet each, making a 3600 square foot home – well above the national average. For those that didn’t need or want that much living space, all manner of alternatives are available, from duplexes and apartments to co-housing where several residents share a kitchen, laundry and common area.
All the buildings employ sustainable green design concepts. Every roof is covered in solar panels. All gutters lead to cisterns or to drainage ditches connected to various ponds. Trees provide a buffer against strong north winds and large southern facing windows allow maximum warmth from passive solar design. It’s an entire village of intelligently built homes. Homes that take the environment into account and work in harmony with it to create a healthier place to live and work.
The mixed-use concept allows residents to live and work in the same place, which reduces the need for cars and the need to leave the community. That means more free time saved in commuting and allows more time for neighbors to interact with each other. The whole layout and concept is designed to promote and develop a sense of community.
The subterranean level opens out to a tunnel with an underground transportation system much like a subway. It would be possible to be anywhere in the village in minutes. One could walk, bicycle, take a subway, or a monorail that runs above ground and connects all four rings – a perfect solution to traffic congestion. Large parking garages are located in each corner of the village. These connect to feeder roads and highways. The monorail and subway make stops at the garages, making it easy to get from your car to your home. Moreover, the garages don’t take up any land because they are designed using a terraced structure. The terraces and the roof are planted with vegetation. Thus, there is actually more land available for growing than there would have been if the garage not been there.
As for the rings, the average distance from one side to the other is about four football fields. The interiors of the rings are a patchwork of parks, creeks, ponds, small forests, and agricultural production. However, the space is also utilized for public buildings such as schools, theaters, and an arts center.
Thornton & Olsen’s plan looks and sounds incredible, but it’s just one of many proposed alternatives to the destructive cookie cutter subdivisions sprawling all across the United States. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible for such large-scale green developments to get financing. Banks think it’s too unconventional, and most traditional developers won’t even consider such ideas because they fear the profit margin is too low. All that open land means fewer homes to sell, which means too much untapped profit potential.
These photos provide views of an Agrarian City prototype designed by Dan Thornton and Shane Olsen. This is by no means the only type of design. Each site is designed specific to its ecology and requires its own unique solutions. Circles are used as an archetype, but other alternatives may prove more appropriate for a given location. Agrarian Cities are designed to maximize the use of land and sustain healthy, fully functional, natural ecosystems. Note that over 70% of the land remains available for use as parks, recreation, nature, or agriculture.
“In 1974 a federally sponsored industry study called The Costs of Sprawl found that on a given land area, a high-density planned development could leave over half its land area as open space, and significantly reduce road and utility investments, compared with traditional suburban layout.”
– Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins
We’ve known for years that the traditional grid system is a dumb idea. Yet, its use continues simply because it’s easy and the long-term viability of the land is never considered. The chart below clearly illustrates the advantages of the Agrarian Cities design over the conventional grid design. Provo, Utah was used as a representative model for comparison because it was named America’s Most Livable City in 1991 by Money magazine (when Thornton & Olsen were developing their design).
The open land within the design is a simple matter of sustainability. The food production system in this country is insane. Food is grown by machines, laden with fertilizers, pesticides, and all manner of other chemicals, picked raw, shipped all over the place, stored in giant warehouses, and eventually winds up at the grocery store where you buy it. When it’s all said and done, the food on your plate has traveled thousands of miles. That’s why the cost of food goes up when prices rise at the gas pump. It takes a lot of gasoline to fuel the tractors that plow the fields, the combines that harvest the crop, the trucks that haul it to the warehouse and the ones that take it from there to the grocer. The system is totally dependent on machines and transportation, and therefore oil. The whole system is completely artificial, sustained only by huge subsidies from all levels of government. There are millions of people going hungry, yet our government often pays farmers not to grow crops – what few farmers there are nowadays. Too many farming operations are now owned by giant corporations whose only goal is making money. So long as the sole reason for producing food is profit, there is no incentive to feed everyone, since greater demand means higher prices. The only reason the system continues to function at all is because millions of tax dollars are poured into it to keep it viable. Take away all that help, all that corporate welfare, and the whole thing would collapse.
It all comes down to sustainability. By growing food locally, we ensure that the ripest, healthiest food is available for consumption by residents. Since it’s growing in their back yards, it’s doubtful they’d allow tons of chemicals to be dumped on it, which means healthier organically grown produce. And, doing it locally provides jobs for many of the residents within the community. Thus, having agricultural space within the development provides food and jobs that contribute to the sustainability of the community. A community that can’t feed itself won’t be around long. That’s the problem with the way we design cities. They’re completely unsustainable. They’re all built to be totally dependent upon the transportation system and nonrenewable fossil fuels. If the oil runs out or becomes outrageously expensive, people can’t get to and from work, commerce can’t be conducted, food can’t be delivered. The whole thing is designed with only one possible long-term result – complete system failure. It’s a house of cards that will eventually collapse.
Sustainable, large-scale, green developments can change the paradigm. They are desperately needed, especially now. But the obstacles are formidable. Such developments will require lots of venture capital and those with the money aren’t likely to go for a plan that mainly appeals to the middle and working class. Even if it can get off the ground, selling the homes will prove difficult, as those who might want to live in such a place may be the least likely to be able to afford a home. Then there is the difficulty inherent in getting people to try an unknown. People have a tendency to choose a bad known over a great unknown. Thus, without some sort of incentive – economic or otherwise – finding people to move to such a place could be difficult at best. It might be possible to build such a place but then not sell a single home.
Every community has two environments that should work in harmony with the other – the physical environment and the working environment. It’s a bit like the yin and the yang of eastern philosophy. The two environments are supposed to compliment each other but almost never do – mainly because most developers get the physical environment totally wrong. How can you possibly create community if you spend all your time in your car? You will never get to know your neighbors, never feel connected to the town. We can’t all work at home, and starting a small business is difficult. Yet, I don’t want a beautiful, sustainable, green development littered with national chains, fast food joints, large signs and billboards. Placing conventional businesses who use conventional business models into such a place would ruin it. It would soon become just like every other place, except with rings instead of a grid, and that’s not much improvement.
The working environment and physical environment have to be brought together harmoniously, so that they compliment, support, nurture and sustain each other.
But how? The government won’t do it. Within the marketplace there is neither substantial supply nor demand. The average American has no control over the economic rudder (either individually or as a group) to enact such a development. What makes such a thing possible? How will we ever be able to have true green communities (not just a few homes or buildings here and there)? What’s to prevent the buying and selling of land for short-term profit and the creation of more sprawling grid-based systems?
To be continued…
Tim Wardell is a deep thinker, gardener, husband, father, would-be science fiction sex comedy novelist, and margarita aficionado. When not doing any of those things, he reads, studies, practices, and blogs about sustainability.


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Geographically the area of Shekhawati is a triangle between Jaipur, Delhi and Bikaner and consists of important towns like Mandawa, Fatehpur, Ramgarh, Nawalgarh, Bissau, Mukundgarh, Jhunjhunu and Surajgarh.
These towns were knit into a kingdom by a Rajput warrior, Rao Shekha.
Rao Shekha was born in 1433 to Mokal Singh, the ruler of Barwada, a small principality (Thikana) of Jaipur. Rao Shekha was crowned King at the age of 12 when his father passed away. After a couple of years he defeated the Sankhalas and the Yadavs to increase his hold over the area, he unlike his precedents displeased the Jaipur (Amber) state by not gifting the best colts from Barwada to them.