Madden Memorial - Induced Polarization, Circuit Elements, and Fences, Phil Nelson, USGS
A symposium to honor the life and work of Professor Theodore "Ted" Madden, who died in November 2013 at age 88, was held March 14, 2014. The event brought to...
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Doubt These Fences Are Worth the Effort Dead Island Riptide w BlameTruth Ep 8 2014 HD
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Now is the time to direct-seed plants like Swiss chard, pictured, bush and pole beans and sunflower seeds. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
Have you ever wondered what the neighbor thought of the person who said, "Good fences make good neighbors?" Nevertheless, there is some wisdom in the thought. Evidently the saying has been mentioned in many countries, cultures and variations from the beginning of time. My favorite is from Benjamin Franklin - "Love thy neighbor, yet don't pull down your hedge."
PLANTS FOR PRIVACY
To gain privacy or block wind, noise or undesirable views, try hedges, trees, fences, walls or berms. Water features often soften the noise of nearby busy streets.
Building or planting for screening near property lines can be tricky. It may seem unfriendly or change sun and shade patterns for surrounding yards (including your own). Use common sense. Don't plant trees or shrubs that will outgrow their space or extend too far into neighbor's yards. Avoid plantings that drop tree fruit or that are weak- wooded like silver maple, tree-of-heaven and willows. Consider mature size and root system; a tall shade tree should be planted 12 feet or more from sidewalks, driveways or walls.
Check with your municipality's building codes for rules regarding privacy fences, trellises or plantings. Special permits may be required; some homeowner associations have ordinances. Make certain you are building on your property line. And always call 811 Utility Notification of Colorado before you dig.
Inform neighbors of planting or building projects close to property lines. They may want to share expenses or coordinate with you by using the same service provider.
Start with a simple drawing of the area that needs screening. Note where the sun travels throughout the year. Think how your screen will look year-round. A combo of evergreens and deciduous plants screens in winter as well as summer.
Consider growth rate. Fast growers such as aspen may be short-lived. On the other hand, if you want screening and want it yesterday (and don't mind pruning in the future), try putting up a trellis or wire structure for climbing vines. For sunny spots consider clematis, grapevines, honeysuckle, trumpet vine, silver lace vine, Virginia creeper, hops, wisteria, and hardy kiwi. For shade to part shade consider euonymus ("Coloratus," "Chollipo" and "Sarcoxie" can be trained to climb), and Boston ivy. Virginia creeper, clematis and honeysuckle can take part shade/sun.
Small-space evergreens for sun include upright junipers "Blue Arrow," "Spartan," "Moonglow" and "Wichita Blue." Compact spruces and pines make excellent live screens for sun locations, but are slower growing. Newer, taller yews for shade are adaptable for screening and their dark green color is a plus.
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Fences (Original)
Here #39;s an original. Written about putting fences up and keeping people out.
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This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, ballet, [Read More...]
Terry's first play, Satchmo at the Waldorf, currently running off Broadway at the Westside Theatre, will closeon June 29 after 18 previews and 136 performances.The production is directed by Gordon Edelstein, with John Douglas Thompson appearing in the triple role of Louis Armstrong, Joe Glaser, [Read More...]
Terry's latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England. He has also published biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of his collected essays called A Terry Teachout Reader and a [Read More...]
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BRASLIA - Liliana Ayalde couldn't have picked a worse time to start her job as U.S. ambassador to Brazil.
Ayalde, a career diplomat who spent most of her 30 years focused on Latin America, was excited about her first opportunity to serve in Brazil, the biggest country - both geographically and economically - in the region. But she arrived in the capital of Braslia on Sept. 16, just days after documents released by Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency had monitored the communications of several heads of state, including Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Ayalde hadn't even left the airport in Braslia when she was confronted by reporters asking about the scandal. The next day, she helped coordinate the phone call between President Obama and Rousseff that ended with the cancellation of Brazil's planned state visit to Washington.
"When I first was offered the opportunity, I was delighted and very honored because we were at the height of our partnership on a broad array of different dialogues - anything from energy, education, commercial matters. Just an amazing variety of common interests," Ayalde said last week. "Little did I know."
Monday marks a key moment toward mending that tattered relationship, when Vice President Biden visits Brazil to watch the U.S. national team's first World Cup match in Natal. Biden will use the trip to meet with Rousseff, marking the highest-level meeting between the two countries since September's NSA revelations.
Given how difficult the past nine months have been, it will take more than one meeting to set things straight.
The United States and Brazil have long had a complicated relationship. As the two biggest economies in the Western Hemisphere, their governments have worked closely on a wide array of economic and political issues. That relationship has been strained frequently in recent years, given Brazil's close relationship with American adversaries Cuba and Venezuela, Brazil's refusal to assist in the U.S. war in Iraq, and other issues.
As Brazil's economy and influence have continued to grow, some think the country has positioned itself as more of a competitor to the U.S., not a close ally.
"It's very clear that they see their influence in the region inversely proportional to U.S. interests," said Frank Mora, who was the Defense Department's assistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere until last year. "In their minds, if U.S. influence in the region is increasing, that means they're decreasing."
That could help explain why Brazil reacted so forcefully to the Snowden disclosures while other countries, such as Mexico, quickly moved past it, said Mora, who's now the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University. Not only did Rousseff call off the state visit to Washington, but she took to the podium at the United Nations and accused the U.S. of a "violation of human rights."
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Red Wings #39; Florimon clears the fences
6/10/14: Rochester #39;s Pedro Florimon hits a solo homer in the Red Wings #39; 7-4 win over the Gwinnett Braves Check out http://www.MiLB.com/video for more! MiLB.com is the official site of Minor...
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METRO VANCOUVER They say good fences may make good neighbours but a decision by Transport Canada isn't making White Rock residents feel very neighbourly.
On Tuesday, work began to install a two-metre locked gate at the west beach boat launch near Bay Street on Marine Drive.
The city received an order from the federal ministry on June 6 to close public access to the boat launch immediately.
"It's what I would term, on my better day, as being a kneejerk bureaucratic reaction," said White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin who is strongly opposed to the decision.
This was the first in a series of safety measures that Transport Canada ordered the city and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., which owns the rail line, to take after a review spurred by the death of 42-year-old Anita Lewis in July 2013. Lewis died after being hit by a train while jogging on east beach near Finlay Street.
In February an elderly man with dementia was also hit and suffered head injuries.
Additional sections of fencing are set to be installed along the rail line at the bottom of Coldicutt Ravine and running east of Finlay Street by the end of June - effectively closing access at these points along the beach.
Trains will also be required to blow their whistles more frequently while passing pedestrian areas.
According to Baldwin, a railroad inspector came to White Rock a few weeks ago to assess the situation. In that assessment the inspector reported seeing huge numbers of people illegally on the tracks, cars parked on the crossing at the boat launch and even a baby carriage left on the rails - claims which Baldwin feels are unfair and inaccurate.
"I cannot see a mother doing that. I've never seen that in my life. I don't know what he's talking about," he said.
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This undated file photo provided by the New Mexico Game and Fish Department shows a New Mexican meadow jumping mouse at a marsh near Espanola, N.M. ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A rare mouse found in New Mexico and two other western states now has protection under the Endangered Species Act, and that's expected to aggravate ongoing battles between the federal government and ranchers over water and property rights in drought-stricken areas.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order Monday listing the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse as endangered.
The tiny mouse lives along streams and in wet areas in parts of New Mexico, southern Colorado and eastern Arizona. Biologists say the biggest threats are grazing and water use and management.
Regional officials with the U.S. Forest Service have acknowledged they will have to put up fences or take other action to protect water sources for the mouse. Ranchers say that could force them to abandon their grazing allotments.
Officials say they will try to consider all options before they set up more fences, CBS affiliate KRQE reported.
The federal government has already installed metal fences and locked gates to keep cattle out of a small spring-fed stream in the mountains of southern New Mexico.
The move has enraged one rural county, where the sheriff has been ordered by the county commission to cut the locks. The U.S. attorney for the district of New Mexico was hoping to ease tensions enough to avoid an escalation like the armed standoff last month over grazing rights in Nevada.
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Luna flat over fences
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