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Natura 2000–Naturschutzgebiet in der unteren Haseniederung bezeichnet ein Naturschutzgebiet in den niedersächsischen Städten Meppen und Haselünne im Landkreis Emsland.

Das Naturschutzgebiet mit dem Kennzeichen NSG WE 294 ist 893,2 Hektar groß. Es ist Bestandteil des rund 2.119 Hektar großen FFH-Gebietes "Untere Haseniederung". Das Gebiet steht seit dem 1. Juli 2017 unter Naturschutz. Zuständige untere Naturschutzbehörde ist der Landkreis Emsland.

Das Naturschutzgebiet setzt sich aus 13 Teilgebieten zusammen. Diese liegen in der Haseniederung östlich von Meppen sowie westlich, südlich und östlich von Haselünne. Die Teilgebiete sind durch das ebenfalls zum 1. Juli 2017 ausgewiesene, 1.199,18 Hektar große Landschaftsschutzgebiet "Natura 2000–Untere Haseniederung" vernetzt.

Hintergrund
In den Jahren 1995 bis 2002 wurde die Haseniederung zwischen Haselünne und Meppen im Rahmen des Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben Hasetal naturnah umgestaltet. Ziel war es, die natürliche Flussdynamik wiederherzustellen und den Flusslauf und die Aue wieder in einen guten ökologischen Zustand zu versetzen. Dafür wurden auf rund 450 Hektar Fläche Deiche zurückgebaut oder zurückverlegt, Altarme, die im Zuge von Begradigungen der Hase vom Flusslauf abgetrennt worden waren, wieder an den Flusslauf angeschlossen sowie Altläufe des Flusses reaktiviert. Durch die Maßnahmen entstanden Überschwemmungsflächen, die wieder der natürlichen Flussdynamik unterliegen. Außerdem wurde der Flusslauf so verlängert.

Neben den wasserbaulichen Maßnahmen wurden auch ökologische Maßnahmen in der Flussaue ergriffen. So wurden standortfremde Gehölzbestände entfernt und durch standorttypische Laubgehölze der Flussaue ersetzt. Ackerflächen in den Überschwemmungsgebieten wurden zu Grünland und Wald umgewandelt.

Teilgebiete des Naturschutzgebietes

Haseschleife Wekenborg
Das Teilgebiet "Haseschleife Wekenborg" () ist 7,64 Hektar groß. Es liegt östlich von Meppen und stellt eine artenreiche, extensiv genutzte Grünlandfläche unter Schutz. Die Grünlandfläche wird nach Westen von der Hase und nach Süden von einem Altarm der Hase begrenzt. Nach Osten grenzt sie an eine bewaldete Fläche, nach Nordosten schließen sich weitere Grünlandflächen an. Das Gebiet war seit dem 22. April 2004 als gesetzlich geschütztes Biotop gem. Bundesnaturschutzgesetz ausgewiesen.

Hier kommen Silbergras und Straußgras vor. Gewöhnliche Schafgarbe, Echtes Labkraut und Heidenelke sind zum Teil großflächig vorhanden. Daneben wachsen Weißdorngebüsche und einige alleinstehende Eichen.

Heide im Haseknie
Das Teilgebiet "Heide im Haseknie" () ist 5,09 Hektar groß. Es liegt südlich des Meppener Ortsteils Bokeloh und stellt einen Sandmagerrasen als Relikt einer Hutweide unter Schutz. Die Teilfläche grenzt nach Osten und Süden an die hier von Gehölzen begleitete Hase. Nach Norden schließt eine bewaldete Fläche, nach Westen eine landwirtschaftliche Nutzfläche an. Das Gebiet war seit dem 15. Januar 2004 als gesetzlich geschütztes Biotop gem. Bundesnaturschutzgesetz ausgewiesen.

Im Bereich des Sandmagerrasens siedeln Silbergras und Straußgras sowie Heidenelke und Ähriger Ehrenpreis. Teile der Fläche sind auch als Sandheide mit Besenheide und Ginster ausgeprägt.

Haseinsel und Hasealtarme
Das Teilgebiet "Haseinsel und Hasealtarme" ( und ) ist 40,18 Hektar groß. Es besteht aus zwei östlich des Meppener Ortsteils Bokeloh liegenden Teilflächen und stellt zwei Altarme der Hase und angrenzende Flächen unter Schutz. Die Teilflächen liegen überwiegend in bewaldeten Bereichen und grenzen an weitere bewaldete Flächen. Die östlich liegende Teilfläche beinhaltet auch eine Grünlandfläche und bildete teilweise das zum 13. Januar 1940 ausgewiesene Naturschutzgebiet "Hase-Insel und Hase-Altarm".

Entlang beider Altarme sind nach Norden Prallufer ausgeprägt, die zum Teil sehr steil ansteigen und in ein Dünengelände übergehen. Die Waldgesellschaften sind strukturreich und als bodensaure Eichenwälder mit Stieleiche ausgeprägt. In den Altarmen hat sich artenreiche Vegetation mit Froschkraut, Krebsschere und Froschbiss ausgebildet.

Huteweiden bei Groß Dörgen
Das Teilgebiet "Huteweiden bei Groß Dörgen" ( und ) ist 60,04 Hektar groß. Es liegt in etwa zwischen den Meppener Ortsteil Bokeloh und dem Haselünner Ortsteil Lehrte und besteht aus zwei Teilflächen. Sie bestehen aus weitläufigen Sandmagerrasenflächen als Relikt von Hutweiden, teilweise mit Übergängen zu mesophilem Grünland. Die Flächen grenzen teilweise an die Hase bzw. bewaldete Flächen, stellenweise schließen sich landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen an. An den Übergängen zu den landwirtschaftlichen Nutzflächen sind vielfach Gehölze bzw. Gehölzinseln zu finden. Das Gebiet war seit dem 24. Januar 2002 als gesetzlich geschütztes Biotop gem. Bundesnaturschutzgesetz ausgewiesen.

Im Bereich der Sandmagerrasen siedeln Silbergras und Straußgras. Teilweise findet sich Gehölzaufwuchs. Weiterhin sind nährstoffarme Kleingewässer zu finden, in denen Froschkraut siedelt. Die Waldbereiche sind als bodensaure Eichenwälder mit Stieleiche ausgeprägt.

E+E-Gebiet Hasetal
Das Teilgebiet "E+E-Gebiet Hasetal" () ist mit 322,38 Hektar das größte Teilgebiet des Naturschutzgebietes. Es erstreckt sich entlang der Hase zwischen den westlich von Haselünne liegenden Ortsteilen Huden und Bückelte bis etwas unterhalb der Mündung der Mittelradde in die Hase sowie entlang der Mittelradde bis etwas unterhalb der Straßenbrücke der B 402. Neben den Flussläufen beinhaltet das Naturschutzgebiet die angrenzenden Grünländer sowie weitere Flächen. Die Grünländer werden extensiv als Wiese und Weide genutzt. Sie sind teilweise durch Gehölze gegliedert bzw. begrenzt. Teile des Schutzgebietes werden von feuchten Hochstaudenfluren sowie Auwaldbereichen eingenommen. Stellenweise sind Altarme und Stillgewässer zu finden. Zwei frühere Altarme wurden wieder an den Lauf der Hase angeschlossen und bilden zwei neue Flussschleifen. In diesem Bereich ist der früher begradigte Flusslauf zu Altarmen geworden. Das Teilgebiet des Naturschutzgebietes grenzt überwiegend an landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen. Im Nordosten grenzt es an das frühere Naturschutzgebiet "Lahrer Moor".

Lahrer Moor

Das Teilgebiet "Lahrer Moor" () ist 20,82 Hektar groß. Es entspricht dem bisherigen, 1932 ausgewiesenen Naturschutzgebiet "Lahrer Moor". Das Teilgebiet liegt nordwestlich von Haselünne und stellt einen verlandenden See mit umgebenden Niedermoorflächen unter Schutz. In dem Teilgebiet sind zwei offene Wasserflächen vorhanden, die größtenteils von Bruchwald umgeben sind. Das Naturschutzgebiet wird nach Westen von Entwässerungsgräben begrenzt, über die es zur Mittelradde entwässert wurde. In den 1990er-Jahren wanderte der Biber von der Hase kommend in das Gebiet ein. Durch seine Bautätigkeit wurden Gräben, die das Gebiet entwässerten, verschlossen, woraufhin in der Folge der Wasserstand wieder anstieg und das Gebiet zunehmend vernässte. Das Niedermoorgebiet entwickelt sich zunehmend naturnah. Neben anderen Pflanzen sind Krebsschere und Sumpfcalla hier heimisch. In den 2010er-Jahren kehrte auch die Rohrdommel in das Gebiet zurück.

Das Gebiet grenzt im Norden und Süden an bewaldete Flächen und ist ansonsten von landwirtschaftlich genutzten Flächen umgeben. Im Süden grenzt es auch direkt an die Wohnbebauung des Haselünner Ortsteils Lahre.

Hammer und Wester Schleife
Das Teilgebiet "Hammer und Wester Schleife" () ist 98,28 Hektar groß. Es liegt südwestlich von Haselünne am rechten Ufer der Hase. Es wird großflächig von extensiv genutztem Grünland geprägt. Stellenweise sind flache Stillgewässer und kleine Gehölzinseln zu finden. Teile der Flächen, die der natürlichen Flussdynamik unterliegen, wurden im Rahmen des Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsprojektes in der Haseniederung zu Sandmagerrasen entwickelt. Nach Norden schließen sich landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen an das Teilgebiet an. Im Osten grenzt es an das Teilgebiet "Muhne", das sich auf der linken Seite der Hase befindet. Die Hammer Schleife war zuvor als Landschaftsschutzgebiet ausgewiesen.

Hasealtarm Wester
Das Teilgebiet "Hasealtarm Wester" () ist 2,58 Hektar groß. Es entspricht dem bisherigen, 1937 ausgewiesenen Naturschutzgebiet "Hasealtarm bei Wester" und stellt einen verlandenden Altarm mit offenen Wasserflächen, Verlandungszonen und Bruchwald unter Schutz. Im Süden des Altarms ist ein Prallhang ausgeprägt. Das Teilgebiet grenzt an bewaldete Flächen und umschließt eine Grünlandfläche.

Muhne
Das Teilgebiet "Muhne" () ist 45,02 Hektar groß. Es entspricht dem bisherigen, 1940 ausgewiesenen Landschaftsschutzgebiet. Das Gebiet liegt südwestlich von Haselünne am linken Ufer der Hase. Es stellt Auwaldbereiche und Eichenwälder mit eingestreuten Grünlandflächen, einem Altarm der Hase sowie kleinen Stillgewässern unter Schutz. Im Norden quert die Kreisstraße 270 als Teil der westlich von Haselünne liegenden Umgehungsstraße das Schutzgebiet. Der nördlich der Kreisstraße liegende Teil wird von einem Trockenrasen mit Silbergras, Straußgras und Wacholderbüschen geprägt.

Koppelwiesen
Das Teilgebiet "Koppelwiesen" () ist 119,7 Hektar groß. Es entspricht dem zum 2. Dezember 1989 ausgewiesenen, bisherigen Naturschutzgebiet "Koppelwiesen". Das Teilgebiet liegt direkt westlich von Haselünne und stellt einen Feuchtwiesenkomplex unter Schutz, an den sich Sumpf- und Moorflächen mit Bruchwald anschließen. Die Wiesen werden überwiegend als Mähwiese genutzt. Im Südwesten schließt mit dem "Hammer Sand" eine überwiegend bewaldete Dünenlandschaft an das Gebiet an. Nach Osten grenzt es an die Kreisstraße 223 als Teil der westlichen Ortsumgehung von Haselünne.

Die Feuchtwiesen werden von Sumpfstaudenfluren mit Binsen und Röhrichten dominiert. Hier siedeln u. a. Fadenbinse und Fadensegge. Das Gebiet ist Lebensraum von Wiesenvögeln, darunter Bekassine und Uferschnepfe.

Haselünner Kuhweide

Das Teilgebiet "Haselünner Kuhweide" () ist 71,45 Hektar groß. Es entspricht dem zum 13. November 1999 ausgewiesenen, gleichnamigen Naturschutzgebiet. Das Gebiet liegt südlich von Haselünne in einer Haseschleife und stellt großflächige Magerrasenbestände, Wacholderheiden und Feuchtgrünländer unter Schutz. Teile des Gebietes sind Relikte einer früheren Hutweide. Heute wird das Gebiet zur Pflege mit Schottischen Hochlandrindern und Tarpanpferden beweidet.

Die Magerrasenbestände sind teilweise als artenreiche Borstgrasrasen ausgeprägt. Daneben sind Grasflächen mit Silbergras und Straußgras und Sandheiden mit Besenheide und Ginster zu finden, außerdem u. a. Heidenelke und Echtes Labkraut. Im Gebiet sind auch Reste von Altarmen der Haase zu finden, die als Stillgewässer mit Laichkraut- und Froschbissgesellschaften ausgeprägt sind. Stellenweise wurde Froschkraut nachgewiesen.

Der Bereich um einen Altarm im Osten des Teilgebietes ist bewaldet. Direkt östliche des Schutzgebietes befindet sich ein Campingplatz.

Negengehren
Das Teilgebiet "Negengehren" () ist 50,43 Hektar groß. Es liegt südöstlich von Haselünne im Niederungsbereich der Hase und stellt ein Feuchtwiesengebiet unter Schutz. Das Gebiet, das zuvor zum 12. März 1988 als gleichnamiges Naturschutzgebiet ausgewiesen war, ist durch zahlreiche Hecken gegliedert. Das Gebiet grenzt überwiegend an landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen, von denen es durch Wirtschaftswege getrennt ist.

Hasewiesen bei Eltern
Das Teilgebiet "Hasewiesen bei Eltern" () ist 49,83 Hektar groß. Es liegt südöstlich des Haselünner Ortsteils Eltern am rechten Ufer der Hase und stellt einen großen, extensiv genutzten Grünlandkomplex unter Schutz. Teile des Gebietes liegt im Überflutungsbereich der Hase. Die Grünlandflächen werden überwiegend als Mähwiesen genutzt. Teilweise dienen sie auch als Weide. In den Grünlandflächen sind mehrere Stillgewässer angelegt, die sich naturnah entwickeln können. Das Gebiet grenzt im Norden an einen Altarm der Hase und wird im Westen von einer öffentlichen Straße begrenzt.

Naturerlebnis- und Informationspfade
In den Teilgebieten des Naturschutzgebietes gibt es mehrere Naturerlebnis- und Informationspfade.

Durch das Teilgebiet "E+E-Gebiet Hasetal" verläuft ein überwiegend die Hase begleitender Weg, der als Rad- und Wanderweg ausgebaut ist. Entlang des Weges wurden mehrere Informationstafeln über das Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben Hasetal aufgestellt. Weiterhin befindet sich hier ein Aussichtsturm, von dem aus dieser Abschnitt der Haseniederung überblickt werden kann.

Durch das Teilgebiet "Haselünner Kuhweide" verläuft ein etwa 3,6 Kilometer langer Naturerlebnispfad, der über eine Querverbindung auch abgekürzt werden kann. Entlang des Weges befinden sich mehrere Informationstafeln.

Am Rand des Teilgebietes "Hasewiesen bei Eltern" befindet sich ein Natur- und Gewässererlebnispfad, der u. a. den Biber zum Thema hat. Ein Teil des Weges verläuft über den zurückverlegten Deich. Von hier kann der wieder der natürlichen Gewässerdynamik unterliegende Grünlandbereich in der Haseniederung überblickt werden. Außerdem gibt es an dem Erlebnispfad eine Aussichtsplattform.

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The Receipt–Truth or Fiction Story 6
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Seventeen dollars and thirty-two cents. That's how much Naira had to her name before she deposited her weekly paycheck of eleven hundred. Now, according to her ATM receipt, her balance was just over twenty million. She rechecked her account number and the eight figures beneath, then slid the sweaty paper across to her boyfriend Jacob, who was busy wolfing down his second bowl of Mongolian barbecue.
One glance almost choked him.
"Wow. You weren't joking."
"Why would I joke about something like this?" Naira drummed her fingers on the laminate tabletop, pausing often to tug at her short, kinky curls and glance around the noisy restaurant. Her bowl, which reeked of garlic and Kung Pao, remained untouched.
"Well, you are quite the prankster, dear. I thought you were just pulling my leg." He polished off another mouthful, then asked in his slight accent, "So what are you going to do?"
Shouldn't he answer that question? Wasn't he the voice of reason in this outfit? Never mind her student loans, tapped out credit cards, and dead-end job at the phone company, the money wasn't hers. She cleared her throat and leaned in. "Give it back…right?"
"I don't know. The bank's going to take it back as soon as they realize their mistake. That doesn't mean you shouldn't grab some of it before they do."
"You're not serious?" The thought had crossed her mind of course. But coming from Jacob–the guy who'd once revisited a drive-thru and waited twenty minutes to return extra hamburgers–it sounded just plain wrong.
"Take enough to quit your job and hide." He pushed away his empty bowl. "Then you can focus on painting."
"That sounds like a great plan. Go on the lam for grand theft, spend years painting my masterpiece, then go to prison after I've surfaced to unveil it. Why didn't I think of that?"
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Naira frowned. He'd been many things in their two years of dating–on call handyman, karaoke partner, art critic–he was hardly unworthy. With him she had learned to appreciate simple things, especially the love they shared. Was money worth risking that?
"I can't do it." She snatched up the receipt and crumpled it.
"Wait, you sure?"
She nodded. "I'll call the bank first thing in the morning."
"But have you thought of the possibilities?"
"Jacob! I can't believe you're trying to talk me into something I was sure you'd be talking me out of. So I don't have a lot of money?" She twisted spikes into the balled up receipt and lowered her voice. "I'm happy with you. I can't jeopardize that."
Jacob stared, wordless, making Naira wonder if her choice upset him. When he pushed his chair back and stood, she felt a rush of panic.
"Well," he said slowly, reaching into his pocket, "since you won't steal it from me…will you share it with me?" He knelt in front of her and placed a small felt box in her palm. "And will you take my name with it?"
"What?" Words failed her as he lifted the lid and pulled out a thick band with small white stones spiraling in a staircase to a large canary diamond. "Jacob!"
Women in the restaurant, who had popped up like moles when Jacob knelt, gasped as one at the ring.
"Marry me, Naira?"
"Wh-wh-what?"
"The money? Half of my inheritance. Wired from Dubai a week ago. I get the other half when I finish med school. Do you think that'll be enough to carry a pro bono physician and his artist wife to their graying years?" He touched her cheek. "Will you be my wife, Naira?"
She fought past the tears in her throat, threw her arms around him and squeezed until he grunted a laugh.
The tattered receipt fell to the floor.
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The breeze blew by her with a carefree lilt in it. She tipped her face to the sky and smiled in response to the sun's gentle warmth on her cheek. It was a welcome change to the ruthless desert heat which had lingered beyond its season.
She took the book she'd been trying to read for the past month and cracked it open. The marker had been on page seven so long it would probably leave a permanent crease–thanks to her three children who now dashed through the deserted park like a band of pirates. After another glance at them, she found her spot and tried again to conquer page eight.
She reached chapter two when a shadow interrupted her focus. Its owner was a pedaling teenager, presumably coming from school. She smiled and started to look away, but met his gaze before he moved from her line of vision.
Her internal alarm screeched like a siren.
His bike stopped behind the chunky blue dinosaur where she sat, and her body went stiff. She calculated how long it would take to gather her kids and cross to where her truck sat like an orphan on the street. If his intentions were evil, they didn't have a chance.
"Mommy! Mommy, watch me!" Three-year-old Maya plopped down on the slide, her chubby cheeks flushed and glistening. "But don't catch me, okay."
"Okay, baby." She walked over to where Maya would land in the woodchips, then braved a look at the boy. Maya could have flown at her like a superhero and she wouldn't have noticed.
He was watching her.
She couldn't place what she saw in his eyes–anxiety, determination maybe–but it reinforced her initial sense of foreboding, and filled her mind with terrible scenes made for movies.
Get a grip, Lorraine. She was just being paranoid. She knew from experience that her imagination was boundless when it came to her children's safety. Surely this was one of those times.
But he didn't look away. Lorraine forced herself to stare back and size him up. He was average height, maybe just an inch or two taller than she, with a solid, muscular build. When she was younger–nothing but lank, limbs, and attitude–his height alone would've convinced her she could take him. She didn't dare make such an assumption now, especially with her whole world running about the park on three pairs of short, vulnerable legs.
She appraised his cropped blonde hair, baggy shirt, and skater shorts. He also wore an earbud in one ear, with the other dangling from the front of his shirt. Apart from the hardness of his features and his constant fidgeting, he appeared normal. And, as she continued to stare, he gave a slight smile and finally looked away.
So it was paranoia.
Then why couldn't she shake the dark feeling that defied the beauty of the day? It kept her from rounding up her children, for fear that something terrible would happen if they were huddled together with their backs to him in retreat.
It also kept her thinking of ways to fight and stay alive long enough to save them. She didn't think like that. Why was she thinking like that? Why could he possibly want to hurt them? They didn't know each other. In her many trips to this same park over the years, she'd never even seen him.
She couldn't figure him out, or the ominous vibe that tickled her senses. As she puzzled over it, he mounted his bike, rode to the other side of the playground, got off, and began to pace. He pulled out his MP3 player for a brief look, then shoved it back in his pocket, all the while stealing unsettling glances at her. He repeated this ritual, including the bike trek, several times.
The pacing reminded Lorraine of an agitated tiger, tense and ready to pounce on the first thing within its reach. Coldness spread over her as intuition told her she had made the connection.
She and her little family were within his reach.
She began to pray wordlessly, ignoring the complaints of her older daughter Ria that Nate was throwing woodchips in her hair. Desperate for God to intervene, Lorraine threw up every solution she could think of, including striking the boy dead on the spot if needed–anything to keep him from hurting her babies.
She scanned his oversized clothes again, looking for the bulge of a weapon. She had to get close enough so that she could at least fight him for it. That was their only chance, if God let him live.
All of a sudden he stopped and faced her. Lorraine opened her mouth to scream for help. What came out was a controlled, "Hello."
He blinked and pulled his brows together, confusion replacing the rigid set of his face.
"Hello," Lorraine said again with a weak smile.
"Hi," he said.
"Are you waiting for someone?"
He paused as if he had to think about it, then shook his head. "No."
"Just get out of school?"
"Kinda."
"Oh yeah? What grade are you in?"
"I'm a junior." He walked with an unsure step and stopped close enough to touch her. Lorraine struggled to appear relaxed. "I would be a senior but I got held back," he said.
"That's terrible." What a dumb thing to say. "The last years of high school are rough, though. You can't give up. What's your name?"
"Miguel. Or Mike. Either one."
Lorraine searched his face again. "Miguel? You don't look Hispanic."
"I'm not. I'm adopted. My real mom left me when I was one. My dad left when I was four. I was adopted by a Mexican family, so I named myself Miguel. But you can call me Mike."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Mike–about your first parents I mean. Are you and your adopted family new to the area?"
"No, just me." His attention was momentarily arrested by a yellow-winged butterfly. "I got in trouble a few years ago, so I've been in foster homes ever since. I've been in this new one about a week."
She chose to forego the obvious question and asked, "How do you like it so far?"
He searched her with plain brown eyes that seemed expert at reading people. "It's okay, I guess. I don't like the school. They're real strict, with metal detectors everywhere. The family seems alright, though. I miss my other family, but I'm not allowed back there."
Once he got going he didn't stop. He proceeded to tell her about his brother going to the army, and how he wanted to follow in his footsteps, or maybe become a Marine. Though Lorraine picked up on the awkward slant to his social skills, she couldn't help being touched by the soft earnest in his voice and how his hostile exterior seemed to drip away as he unloaded his burdens.
He wasn't a dangerous teen after all, just a troubled one.
"Do you like music?" he asked without prelude.
When he rattled off a list of artist names she'd never heard before, he frowned and asked, "Well what do you listen to?"
She laughed. "Christian music mostly. Anything else you probably wouldn't know. I'm about twice your age, Mike."
He looked skeptical for a moment then shrugged. "Well, you might like this then." His thumb whipped around the dial on his MP3 and he offered her the earbud resting on his chest.
Lorraine suppressed her inner germophobe and took it. He needed love, not her ridiculous hang-ups. The song, Stand By Me, was in English but infused with a Latin sound. Lorraine smiled and sang a few lines before handing it back to him.
The sprinklers came on and drew the kids like magnets. Lorraine and Mike talked more, mostly about his dreams and how with hard work he could achieve them, and she relaxed as he soaked up her attention like a happy sponge. He was handsome when he smiled.
A truck drove by, and Mike sagged when he saw it. "That's my foster dad," he said. "Guess I better go."
"Okay," Lorraine was sad to have him leave so soon. She almost forgot she'd been praying for his destruction earlier. The memory made her feel silly.
"See you around," he said. He hesitated, then dropped his heavy arms over her shoulders in a loose hug, and touched her cheek with the quick kiss young boys give their mothers. It broke her heart.
"Be good, Mike," she said. "Work hard."
"I will." He jogged to his bike and tripped just as he reached it.
He recovered quickly, pulling the bike up with him as he stood. He adjusted his shirt, which had lifted during the fall, and Lorraine caught sight of a gun lodged in his waistband.
Her mouth dropped open. Mike, however, didn't notice. He flashed her one last smile–radiant and beautiful–threw his leg over the seat, and pedaled off in the direction he'd come from.


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A room filled with CDs
The secret formula for CDs.
Whoops! Maybe you were looking for DVD?
The modern Compact Disc (also known as a CD) was first invented by Atlantian priest/scientists prior to Noah's flood. Due to their super advanced mumbo jumbo no one was able to understand the significance of CDs until the mid 1430's when the Evil Ming the Merciless used his secret decoder ring to translate certain Egyptian texts found inside the Great Pyramid (rumored to be a primitive fast food restaurant built by the Atlantians, but in fact the Great Pyramid was originally constructed by aliens from planet Paris25 as a way to keep their razor blades sharp, the Atlantians later modified it for fast food purposes, thus allowing the first ninja to deliver burgers to the ancient Babylonians. The secrets of the ninja/Atlantian alliance have yet to be fully probed).
However, in the evolution of the modern CD, scientists increased the loudness of sounds on CD in order to keep the public stupid and ignorant.
2 Increasing the Capacity
3 DualDisc
4 CD also
Usage[edit]
Nero likes to make coasters for all of his friends.
In modern times the Mexican electronics giant Sony Inc. has started using CDs for their own nefarious purposes. The media portrays CDs as nothing more than a way to store music, but in fact they react with fluoride in the drinking water to allow the Soviet mind control rays to force us to watch Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" over and over and over again.
CD's (Castable Disks, named after their first uses as frisbees invented by AOL) were a really expensive way to store music and porn until Bill Gates invented the MP3 (Music Player) players and Pv1.0 (porn viewer v. 1.0). In 1999 RIAA (a Really Irritating Acronym Again) abandoned the CD format and started to offer music freely - thanks to the MP3 format which cut the production expenses - in p2p (phree 2 people) networks. The Pv1.0 no longer in use, as it has been replaced by a sony rip off.
When a CD is acquired, it is packaged in a wrapping designed for no mortal man to access. Only god-like powers or a chainsaw will grant you access to the CD.
Increasing the Capacity[edit]
In 1899, scientists discovered that the capacity of a standard writeable CD could be increased to 12Gb, eclipsing that of the ancient DVD. By placing a small funnel over the lens of the drive, the laser is condensed when striking the plate, thus allowing a greater density of data to be written. Following this exciting discovery, enthusiasts began selling the minuscule funnels also in year 2000 the scare of Y2K they put magical dead pixie body layer as protection from electric based gremlin attacks and ground dead pixie cleener is now a key item of merchandise for The Simpsons.
DualDisc[edit]
Behold the power of human triumph!
In 2004, a vexing conundrum was solved, thus making 2004 the coolest year in the history of ever!
Ever since the advent of CDs, there has been one problem experienced by all; the fact that you could only play one at a time. Purchasers of CDs called out in unison, crying "We want to play more music simultaneously! We're all very busy here!"
Scientists worked diligently for many years, and finally created the answer to everyone's prayers: The DualDisc!
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God bless American ingenuity!
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Gentoo LiveCD
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Manga & Light Novels Throwback Thursday
Review – Uzumaki Vol 1 by Junji Ito
Uzumaki Vol. 1
By: Junji Ito
Translator: Yuji Oniki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Series: Uzumaki
There is nothing quite like reading a great horror story, and with Junji Ito a reader can never go wrong. Uzumaki Volume 1 by Junji Ito is an utterly fantastic horror tale set in a city beset by something rather innocent appearing at first, but quickly grows to epidemic proportions.
In Uzumaki the town of Kuozu-cho is haunted by spirals. The patterns can be found in nature – plants, water, within the human body. All of these are innocent enough. But spirals begin appearing in other places such as the crazed obsessions of Suichi Saito's father and slowly spreads.
The story follows Suichi Saito and his girlfriend Kirie Goshima. Everything begins with Suichi's father who makes ceramics. Spirals begin to appear in his work. But the change in style is far from benign, and definitely not the only thing that changes about him. Spirals seem to be infecting everything. People are changing, affected by the spiral patterns that seem to be found everywhere. The changes are slow sometimes, creeping up on people until things can no longer be ignored.
The manga is rather episodic. Though it follows two main characters, the events surrounding them change nearly every chapter. They struggle through living in their town as one incident after another occurs. Sometimes it effects them directly. Sometimes the events are stumbled upon. Without fail, one thing after another attacks the town, horrific, malicious, and terrifying.
I do have to say, though, that Kirie was just a little annoying in the beginning of the volume. After the first arc is completed, she doesn't seem to believe that the spirals are doing anything malicious to the town. I can understand not wanting to believe that anything is wrong, or that it is something so arbitrary, so mundane as spirals affecting the human brain. But after witnessing firsthand the things that have happened to her boyfriend's family, it simply felt like Kirie was burying her head in the sand and ignoring everything she'd experienced. Still, I can understand not wanting to believe that something is real, that you are in danger, and that the thing that must be protected against is something that cannot really be protected against at all.
The end of Volume 1 doesn't necessarily end with the conclusion of an arc. The somewhat episodic nature of this is manga is surely part of the reason, but it is also due in no small part to the fact that the entire series is only three volumes long. There was a decent amount of character development, though. Kirie grew quite a bit throughout the course of the volume, changing from a character I was slightly annoyed with to one who I genuinely wanted to see succeed.
Junji Ito's art is always something to behold. The art is detailed, becoming more so as horrors creep closer. Characters start out as soft looking, a bit simplistic, perhaps, but beautiful. The toll of the events unfolding is very obvious upon them. Suichi's father begins to look more crazed. Suichi's stress and fear is evident in the shadows and lines on his face. The transformation of characters is very stark, making the stress and fear of the situation feel all the more real.
This is only the first volume of three. I will be reading the rest eventually. Unfortunately, my local library only has the first volume, so I will be searching for the rest of the soon enough. (I foresee myself buying the beautiful thee in one hardcover edition sometime soon). I can't wait to see how this series ends. Though based on the short stories of Junji Ito's I've read, I won't be holding my breath for a happily ending. If you are a fan of horror this is a series you should absolutely pick up.
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' The light beckoned leading me
to find new stories.' Evewright
Evewright Blog. The school attic in Nagykata-Erdoszolo, Hungary.
I did not know what to expect when I arrived at a remote village school in Nagykata Hungary. A two-week residency that offered the opportunity
to discover new spaces is an important part of my art practice. So, on arrival
I immediately began exploring the building to see what I could find. I entered from the front and the ground floor had separate rooms. On the floor in
the first room, neatly aligned mattresses were ready to be occupied. Walking west along the building was a third door, on entering I was presented with three other doors and interconnected rooms. Like a child's game I was drawn to the locked door in the middle closed by a tiny metal hook. Opening the door, a ladder-like staircase led me to a forgotten attic loft space full of debris and dust. Not just dust, but rubble, soil and dust, layered upon dust. It was a treasure trove of abandoned forgotten artworks, children's drawings and
used and discarded exercise books. I waded through upturned and
abandoned desks and chairs like a forgotten classroom frozen in time but in the roof space. The attic spoke to me of a bygone age of communist learning and teachings of a now rejected worldwide ideology.
On first appearance, there were two small skylights that failed to threaten the darkness but once my eyes adjusted there was light. Little pools and shards
of intense light penetrated the roof through small gaps and holes. The way the light bounced of the dust in the air reminded me of stars and constellations.
A magical feeling of enchantment set in. In the stillness, it felt like a temple, shrine and church all combined. This was the space I felt I wanted to explore
for my residency. It was a complete contrast to me thinking beforehand, that
I would work with the landscape again. Working with light and dust meant the start of an exploration of how the light interacted with the objects and how the light changed the composition and meaning of the dust and how the light beckoned leading me to find new stories.
Then as I gently tip-toed through the maze I saw something through the darkness. Peeping through the grey dusty matter beneath my feet, I found a small leaflet, brown with age published in 1966 by the then state. It was titled ELET ES TUDOMANY translated in English LIFE AND SCIENCE.
It immediately got my attention and intrigue because on the cover was
a picture of a black woman with an afro who was playing an instrument.
I didn't recognise her or the instrument but now know her to be ODETTA BALZAN an American blues singer and guitarist. It was a long way to travel
to a remote part of Hungary to find a black woman in an abandoned attic.
I had to find out more. However, as I flicked through the dusty booklet, used
as a teaching aid, flicking past articles about Op-Art and Military hardware my
eyes rested on the central article which, from the pictures and later research, talked about tribesmen surviving in South Africa. I was particularly captivated by the images, and the probably now deceased, picture of a man the Hungarian called 'Busman' (Bushman). He had cleverly found water in the
arid and harsh environment he was living in and was sucking it up through
a thin reed of grass. These two newly found cousins from two different
continents coalesced in a European backwater to now form the epicentre
and the base of my new work going forward.
The reason why they both arrived and summoned my attention, I do not know, only the future will tell.
Drawing: Light, Dust, Charcoal and Acrylic by Everton Wright (Evewright) August 2017.
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Accommodation overview: Pleasantly situated overlooking the duck pond in the pretty 'wolds' village of North Dalton these attractive comfortably furnished Georgian cottages provide an ideal base for exploring the area. Together with one other cottage they enjoy shared use of an outdoor swimming pool hard tennis court and a walled orchard garden. Walkers will enjoy the local footpaths including the 'Minster Way' and 'Wolds Way' and dogs are allowed to exercise on designated farm fields. The duck pond opposite the cottages supports a variety of wild life and the surrounding area is home to a wealth of scenic and historic places of interest. The great houses of Sledmere and Burton Agnes are both within 10 miles as is the watersports centre at Brandesburton. Castle Howard the magnificent setting for TV's Brideshead Revisited and Goathland the setting for the TV series Heartbeat are within 1 hour's drive. The Deep in Hull Eden Camp Flamingo Land Pickering with the North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway Bridlington's sandy bay RSPB Bempton Cliffs and the historic city of York with excellent shopping medieval architecture railway museum and the fascinating Jorvik Museum are all about 20 miles. Touring the unspoilt Yorkshire Wolds by car is a pleasure in itself. Golf 7 miles. Shop 3 miles. Pub within walking distance.
Self catering accommodation in Boscastle sleeps 6.
Accommodation overview: A delightful cottage at the end of a short row, tucked into a lane 2 minutes walk from the picturesque National Trust harbour of Boscastle. Completely renovated with slate flooring throughout downstairs and furnished with a restful decor, perfect for a peaceful quiet holiday.
Entered via a glazed front door into a wide hallway, a door leads off to a comfortably furnished, light and airy sitting room with a sheltered pleasant outlook down the valley. On the opposite side of the hall are a cloakroom W.C. with hand basin, and a fully fitted kitchen / dining room with pale coloured units and coordinating dining suite.
Upstairs are three bedrooms, a king-size 6ft double with one easy chair overlooking the river leading down to the harbour mouth, two twin bedded rooms, one with vanity basin, and bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower fitment over the bath. Accessed from the kitchen and living room, French doors open to a charming and spacious walled patio, ideal for evening barbecues.
It is possible to unload outside the property, but parking is in the car park 200 yards away. Shops, pubs and the harbour are all within easy level walking distance, the coastal footpath is close at hand and the beaches of Trebarwith Strand and Crackington Haven are about 5 miles respectively.
Please note: Towels are not available but tea towels are supplied. No dogs upstairs please. A weekly car park ticket currently costs �28.
Self catering accommodation in Thixendale sleeps 6.
In the tiny village of Thixendale, nestled in a valley in the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds, this detached former Methodist chapel dates from 1837. Complete with open fire, it also offers a spacious conservatory ideal for relaxing in and watching the numerous species of birds that regularly visit the garden. The traditional village inn serves good food. A perfect area for walkers and cyclists with an abundance of tracks from the doorstep. York 19 miles. Shop 4 miles, pub 80 yards.
Open-plan beamed living room with open fire. Well-equipped kitchen/dining area with tiled floor. Utility. Three steps down to conservatory. Double bedroom with 5ft bed. Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with TV and en-suite bathroom with separate shower cubicle and toilet. Twin bedroom. Single bedroom with 4ft bed. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet.
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I adore to read my students' poems, and these interactives and poetry collections offer them inspiration and guidance. Nevertheless, contemporary technologies often puts the student at the center of studying procedure, squarely, hence subordinating teaching to learning" as Caleb Gattegno insists as the new model of international education. And, in reality, that represents element of its job to make all public education much less selective, significantly less tracked, and much more consciously democratic. With web connection, anyone can access any on the internet applications from anywhere in the globe, possibly the most essential effect of contemporary technology on education. Right here you'll have the chance to see a variety of distinct lesson types in action – to see what operates in public education. I also swap toys with my sister who has a child of a similar age and then we swap back again. Folks can get all the education they want, but that will not create jobs by itself. Absolutely brilliant lens – my dog would love to get her paws on loads of those toys.
Portugal's TEIP programme for instance (Priority Intervention Education Territories) targets investment in geographical regions exactly where the population is socially disadvantaged and exactly where college dropout rates are higher than the national typical.
It is dialogue among members of the Newcomer and Immigrant Problems Activity Group of the Premier's Advisory Council on Education, Poverty and Citizenship, newcomer serving organizations that operated right after-school or summer season college programs, inner city and EAL educators, and neighborhood members.
As this is a specific style of teaching, aimed at gifted or advanced students, with a degree of flexibility and customization not found in traditional curriculums, teachers will need to find out the very best techniques to perform within the Montessori structure, and apply their educational background to this style of teaching.
Griffith has the highest education graduate success rates in Australia and the School of Education and Professional Research is among the world's major education schools, ranked in the top 100 worldwide. These are some, not all, of the adjustments I would like to see in education in the USA.


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The Phoenix 19 Fire Hall, located at the airport, was notified of the incident around 8 a.m., Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller said in a statement.
The man landed on the tarmac and made his way to the fire station, entered the building and locked himself in a dormitory, Keller said.
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Samford University students who are enrolled in January Term classes have access to a variety of topics not offered during the traditional fall and spring semesters. About 1,000 of Samford's undergraduate students are spending the three-week term studying dozens of topics that run the gamut from standard-issue, required courses to out-of-the box electives.
While a sports marketing class explores various aspects of the multi-million dollar industry, an art class is learning to use letterpress printmaking processes.
In another course, students use a Christian perspective and social entrepreneurial understanding to consider the myths, beliefs and facts related to poverty in Birmingham. The 15 students in the business and local poverty management course hear daily from speakers who serve the poor as a career or ministry, or who represent agencies such as the Alabama Poverty Project.
Hopefully, says course instructor Barbara Cartledge, the students "will be able to discover their interest and vocation as an outcome" of the class.
Field trips are being taken to area non-profit arenas that serve the poor. Required reading includes Robert Lupton's Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor, and Ron Hall and Denver Moore's Same Kind of Different As Me.
The 25 sports marketing students also have reading assignments and an off-campus travel agenda.
The Wall Street Journal is a source for daily discussion of current events that connect sports and business, says course instructor Dr. Darin White. Recent topics have included whether or not University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is worth his salary, and the impact of the firing of Texas Tech coach Mike Leach.
The field trip schedule includes visits to Talladega Super Speedway, Birmingham Barons baseball offices and University of Alabama football facilities and Paul Bryant Museum. Guest speakers include marketing directors and executives representing a variety of sports-related enterprises.
About 90 percent of the class members are athletes, with almost equal distribution between business and exercise science majors, says White, a marketing professor who once coached a Union University men's soccer team to a national championship.
A major class project involves creating a promotional campaign to increase attendance at three Samford home basketball games by 20 percent over usual attendance in January, when most Samford students are still at home awaiting spring semester classes.
The letterpress class members are creating cards, posters and books using the centuries-old method taught by graphic design faculty member Dr. Scott Fisk.
There is a renewed interest by graphic designers in the process, says Fisk. "Due to its tactile and hand printed quality, many artists are revisiting and utilizing letter press printmaking," he said, adding that each print produced by letterpress printing varies slightly, making each design and print unique and special.
"Most designers feel that too much time is spent creating behind a computer screen," says Fisk, who travels the state to speak about the art through a National Endowment of Humanities grant.
While most January Term courses are based on campus, many Samford students are exploring the world in a variety of international travel study opportunities this month.


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"Young Ronald" is an old song catalogued as Child Ballad 304.

Synopsis
Young Ronald falls in love with the daughter of the King of Linn.  She tells him she's too young, his mother tells him that she's refused many, and Ronald takes to his bed.  His father weeps for his son's illness, and Ronald rouses himself, to ride back to the princess.  She tells him that her father is going against a giant, and she wants him to be among the knights, well-dressed, and to take a magical ring that will stop bleeding among any of his men who are wounded, and keep him from losing blood.  When he tells his father, his father gives him a hundred men.

When the three-headed giant appears, the king promises his daughter and a third of his lands to whoever faces it.  Ronald kills it, marries the daughter, and becomes the king's heir.

See also
 List of the Child Ballads

External links
Young Ronald

Child Ballads
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Music is not Bread
Wilco's most critically acclaimed album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was released only after they were famously cut free from their original label (Reprise Records, now owned by Warner Brothers). Foxtrot found its new home (on Nonesuch Records), says lead singer Jeff Tweedy, because of leaked tracks on the internet. "Music is not a loaf of bread," he says. "When someone steals a loaf of bread from the store, that's it. The loaf of bread is gone." But that's not the case with an mp3. "People who look at music as commerce," he continues, "don't understand that. They are talking about pieces of plastic they want to sell, packages of intellectual property."
The Marina City Building in Chicago was put on the cover of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Picture by the author.
I am an economist and a musician. Does Tweedy's claim mean that that an economic view and the musician's view of music are in conflict? I don't think so. I think Tweedy's claim is exactly right on the economics, that music is not a loaf of bread. I also think that an understanding of the economic properties of music, to which Tweedy hints, can illuminate as set of strategies for musicians today. I describe the economics of "music is not bread," below, and then discuss the strategy that I am pursuing (in my podcast, The Lion in Tweed), which is informed by this perspective.
THE ECONOMICS OF "MUSIC IS NOT BREAD"
Economists study how goods are produced (among other things), and loaves of bread and mp3s are produced in a very different ways. To explain this difference, economists make a distinction between private goods and public goods. Private goods are rivalrous: as others consume the good, there is less is left for you. Public goods are nonrivalrous: as others consume the good, the amount of good left for you is unchanged. Bread is a private good. If I eat the bread, there is no bread for you. Music is a public good. If I listen to the song, there is still a complete song left for you. If bread were a public good like music – no matter how many times you took a loaf of bread from the counter, there would still be a loaf of bread on the counter. You could feed the world with that loaf of bread.
The idea that music is a public good underlies the fundamentally economic claim that copying is not theft. An economist would say that theft is a thing that applies to private goods, to things that one is deprived of, when another takes them. Public goods cannot be stolen: they can only be shared.
Video: "Copying is not Theft" by Nina Paley.
Economists will also say that the reproduction cost of a public good is essentially zero. An idea is a public good: consider the cost of telling someone an idea versus the cost of inventing the idea initially.
"If we are having a conversation about music, we are having a conversation about ideas."
–Devon Powers, At "Sex, Hope, and Rock n' Roll: The Writings of Ellen Willis" Conference,
It is important to note here that when I use terms like "public good," and "private good," I am only describing the economics of that good's production. I am not making a legal or political claim. So, what is the point? What is the value of looking at music as a public good?
Economics can tell us a lot about the supply of public goods; public goods are undersupplied, according to economists. This is a problem. The natural price of a good it its reproduction cost (also called `marginal cost of production'). Consider a private good, like a loaf of bread: the cost of `reproducing' a loaf of bread is that of making a new loaf of bread, so the natural price of bread is the cost of the ingredients and baker's time. The reproduction cost of music is zero: so we would expect the price to go to zero. As the price of music approaches zero, however; there is no money left to cover the costs of recording and songwriting. For this reason, making music becomes a labor of love alone; very few people can afford to be musicians. Hence the conclusion: public goods are undersupplied.
So how can we solve this problem? The traditional corporate response is to transform the public good into a private good by controlling and charging for access. Some examples include: hard to copy CDs, control of who is allowed to sell CDs, digital rights management in music files, and gaming the legal system to punish those who copy music. The CD era was the heyday of the music labels. CDs were sixteen dollar objects that provided access to what is essentially a public good. Today, record labels attempt to reproduce this structure with digital rights management.
To control public goods in this way is an economic tragedy. Once again, imagine the loaf of bread as a public good – it is a single loaf of bread that can be copied costlessly, bringing bread to the multitudes. Such a loaf of bread is considered miraculous. That is exactly how MP3s work. The corporate approach is not to celebrate the miraculous nature of this good, but instead to curb it: to make it costly to reproduce. Therein lies the tragedy.
WHAT STRATEGY AM I PURSUING?
The business model of my podcast, The Lion in Tweed, is to give my music away and ask for memberships – like a public radio station. And, like a public radio station, I will never charge for content or try to restrict access to my product. This ethos acknowledges the nature of music as a public good. I try to appeal to the listener's sense of community, of being part of something. I believe that the public goods problem can be overcome if the podcast is intimate, if the listener feels a kinship with the producer, if the listener has the opportunity to support the producer. Donations are both a way to support producers and a way for listeners to feel more involved, and included.
This is my strategy. I intend to document my downloads and membership carefully. I am hoping to learn more general principles about how these public goods can be produced.
The Lion in Tweed and Peter C. DiCola, a lawyer and economist who works with the Future of Music Coalition
Andreas Duus Pape: is an economist at Binghamton University, a musician, and a regular contributor for Sounding Out!
Post script: Are you a musician? These issues of compensation are very real and very important. You can help scientific and policy research about making music by taking the Future of Music Coalition's "Money for Music" survey. The survey is designed to accommodate the diverse careers of musicians in any genre, full-time or part-time, young or old. The team has worked for the better part of two years refining this set of questions. They have interviewed musicians, talked to groups of musicians, and tested several versions of the survey. Your participation in the survey will help the Future of Music Coalition be able to talk sensibly about how musicians in different genres are faring economically. Here is a short video:
Here is a link to the survey itself: https://www.research.net/s/moneyfrommusic
Tags: Andreas Duus Pape, Business model, CDs, Copying, Future of Music Coalition, internet, jeff tweedy, MP3, Music Industry, podcasting, Public Goods, The Lion in Tweed
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10 responses to "Music is not Bread"
amiv2 says : March 26, 2012 at 4:08 am
It seems like most people use "economics" as a way to justify not moving forward. The digital technology is here to stay. It is also one of the most prominent changes in technology in maybe 10,000 years. What you are saying could have been said about the printing press. After all, should Jefferson not asked for "bread" money every time another country copied the US declaration of independence VERBATIM? But he didn't, because once the cat was out of the bag, the idea was out, it was out. Music, literature, poetry and video are facing the same changes as written material experienced 500 years ago, except today we also have "networking". We don't need printing presses and we don't need libraries. We also don't need bulletin boards and ways to distribute newspapers. What you make of this technology is your own. Oh, remember that the Greatfull Dead ALLOWED (actually encouraged) "tapers" in their concerts when the DAT came out? One solution that worked 🙂 ???
Aaron says : October 18, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Well written. I do think, perhaps pessimistically, that the music industry will treat music as a private good forever. It is what makes them rich. But public radio does work. Many public radio stations play primarily classical and do just fine. Maybe a public radio version strictly for genres other than classical could work too.
Rowan says : October 10, 2011 at 6:22 pm
One alternative I've been keeping my eye on is Pledge Music, where fans donate money towards recording costs of an album etc and are then entitled to the the album when its been released. Seems to have had some success so far- Gang Of Four managed to fund their most recent album this way, but I cant think of any other examples..
Andreas Duus Pape says : October 16, 2011 at 9:44 am
That's right, that's a good alternative example. Kickstarter, for that matter. Thanks.
Andreas Duus Pape says : October 10, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Some conversation about this piece at reddit's Academic Economics subreddit.
DJ Henderson says : October 10, 2011 at 12:49 pm
I'm not sure what the answer is, but I believe that it is clearly headed in the direction of free downloads.
Here is a nice record which is entitled Breakin' Bread (Hi-Tek, one of my favorite producers).
I don't know what the answer is, either. I'm not convinced that my economic experiment is going to succeed. But I hope if I keep downloads data and eventually revenue/membership data, I think I could maybe do some interesting events analysis and see what economic picture emerges.
And: nice song pick!
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In my experience, Android tablets may not start out running slowly, but they soon get there. iPads run at the same speed, for better or worse, from the time you turn them on to the time they are set aside for newer equipment. Android tablets go dead in three days of idle time. An iPad can stay alive for couple of weeks.
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'Black Panther,' Steeped in African Imagery and Mythology, Will Be Box Office King
Posted By Sam Allard on Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 4:23 PM
Chadwick Bozeman as T'Challa, King of Wakanda
Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Bozeman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita N'yongo, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya and others, will triumph at the box office when it opens this weekend. And that's not up for debate: It has already set the record for highest advance ticket sales among all the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Like other blockbusters screened early for critics, the studio has politely asked that we refrain from revealing spoilers or detailed plot points. But those familiar with the Marvel films will recall that the T'chaka, King of the (fictional) African nation of Wakanda, was assassinated in Captain America: Civil War.
In Black Panther, the throne falls to his son, T'Challa (Bozeman), to whom we were introduced in Civil War via a heart-thumping chase scene. His reign is immediately beset by complications, among them the prospect of vengeance and the rise of a usurper. Underscoring the action-packed threats to T'Challa's leadership are sweeping moral and political questions: What responsibility does Wakanda, home to the world's rarest and most advanced metal, have to share its technologies with struggling peoples — specifically black peoples — the world over?
Answers to those questions, and to other important questions related to the film (including, I expect, what it says about colonialism and patriotism), will be answered in the coming weeks. By others: certainly not by me. It's enough to say that Black Panther is instantly recognizable as an important cultural milestone, directed by and starring young, vibrant black artists, portraying an African nation steeped not only in myth and tradition but extremely high technology.
Other than that, I'll take a cue from the film's Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), a CIA tag-along. Without spoiling anything, in one scene, Ross attempts to explain a situation to a Wakandan tribal leader but is interrupted, literally barked at, first by the chief and then by everyone in the room. It's a hilarious and striking moment. "Say one more word," the chieftain advises, "and I'll feed you to my children.
So I'll let the writer Carvell Wallace conclude: In a New York Times Magazine essay, Wallace argues eloquently that Black Panther is a defining moment for black America.
"In a video posted to Twitter in December, which has since gone viral, three young men are seen fawning over the "Black Panther" poster at a movie theater," Wallace writes. "One jokingly embraces the poster while another asks, rhetorically: "This is what white people get to feel all the time?" There is laughter before someone says, as though delivering the punch line to the most painful joke ever told: "I would love this country, too.""
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Compromise frac sand deal nixes effort to put trout stream areas off limits to mining
Mining won't be banned near trout streams, but DNR permitting procedure is put in play.
By Tony Kennedy Star Tribune
May 15, 2013 — 5:35am
In a retreat from tough language that would have put much of southeastern Minnesota off limits to frac sand mining, state officials have reached a compromise that will allow mines near the region's trout streams, but only if companies follow new permitting rules.
As part of a deal announced Tuesday, Sen. Matt Schmit, DFL-Red Wing, said he'll drop his effort to ban frac sand mining within a mile of any trout stream in the southeast corner of the state. The ban was embraced by Gov. Mark Dayton until a compromise emerged at a recent meeting with Schmit, industry lobbyists, three state agency heads and organized labor.
If the deal goes as expected, the 2013 legislative session will end without sweeping statewide environmental protections sought by a throng of "fractivists" from areas around Red Wing, Wabasha, Winona and other parts of the bluff country known as Minnesota's Paleozoic Plateau.
"Senator Schmit fought as hard as he could, but there is just nothing comprehensive that will come out of it," said Bobby King of the Land Stewardship Project.
But Schmit and others say the proposed Department of Natural Resources (DNR) permitting procedure, coupled with an assortment of other new checks on the fast-growing industry, will help protect Minnesota tourism, trout streams and rural life against the spread of open-pit sand excavations and processing plants. Like Wisconsin, where sand mining has exploded in the last four years, Minnesota has vast deposits of crush-resistant sand needed for the oil and gas drilling technique known as "fracking."
"I'm not thrilled with it, but it's a good start. It's progress," said John Lenczewski, executive director of Minnesota Trout Unlimited.
Under the compromise, any company proposing to dig within a mile of a trout stream within the Paleozoic Plateau would need a special DNR permit. Site-specific studies of hydrogeological impacts also would be required, and the agency will have new power to limit where and how deep a mine can go.
"It's a clear win in protecting trout streams," Schmit said.
Jason George, legislative and political director for Local 49 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said the deal worked out in Dayton's office last week strikes a good balance.
The "49ers" joined frac sand companies in defeating three core changes sought by environmentalists: a temporary statewide ban on new frac sand projects, an intensive study of the industry's cumulative effects, and binding new statewide standards to protect public health and the environment.
What remains is a system where sand mining, processing and transport are largely controlled by local units of government. Lobbyists argued successfully that the status quo is stringent enough to protect Minnesotans and the environment. "We're going to have an industry in Minnesota, and it will be done the right way," George said.
But King said the state lacks rules to address concerns about water depletion, water pollution, air quality and transportation raised by hundreds of citizens and dozens of local officials from southeastern Minnesota.
Dayton's spokeswoman, Katharine Tinucci, wouldn't say why the governor softened his position but said, "The governor remains committed to protecting our natural resources, especially in this sensitive area."
Schmit said the new permitting requirement is the next-best thing to a hard setback. In addition, he said, the Legislature is expected to adopt a provision mandating an environmental study for any proposed new frac sand mine of 20 or more acres; the current threshold is 40 or more acres. In addition, the state will update environmental review rules, give local governments authority to extend sand moratoriums and require the state Pollution Control Agency to create air quality rules.
Schmit said the state will also assemble a silica sand technical assistance team to provide local governments with help in regulating and monitoring sand mining and processing.
"We have not left with an empty bag, that's for sure," Schmit said.
Tony Kennedy is an outdoors writer covering Minnesota news about fishing, hunting, wildlife, conservation, camping, natural resource management, public land, forests and water.
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Q: Change Google Chrome's default incognito page without using external extensions On my computer, Google Chrome opens in incognito automatically (I forced this using Group policy). This is mainly because I hate targeted ads (when I browse something on amazon, all ads suddenly show that product).
Now, what I hate about this setup is the basic "You have gone Incognito" page whenever I open my browser or a new tab page. Thus, I would like to change this to google.com or even a completely blank page is fine. I do not want to use external extensions to do this.
So, my questions are, Where does Google Chrome store its incognito page? and Is this default behavior changeable, or should I replace the default incognito page with a blank one?
I run Google Chrome Version 61.0.3163.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) on a Windows 10 PC.

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