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10 Fall Door Decorations That Aren't Wreaths
Break the wreath mold this season with creative door decor ideas that are sure to stun.
Now don't get me wrong, I love a gorgeous fall wreath. But sometimes it's nice to take a break from the norm and try something new. So this year, I've decided to swap out my usual grapevine wreath for a front door decoration that's equally as beautiful but totally unexpected. Who knew there were so many gorgeous non-wreath options out there? Check out a few of my faves below.
DIY Door Tags
Simple and chic, these fall-themed door tags from DIY blogger Jaime Costiglio are a fun, elegant way to add a touch of seasonality to your outdoor decor.
Make This: DIY Giant Wood Door Tags
Dried Florals
Get a long-lasting fresh flower look by filling a vintage hanging container with dried hydrangea, cotton stems and curly willow branches. When it's time to switch out your fall door decor, simply rearrange all materials in a vase to be enjoyed indoors.
Garden Rake Welcome
Is last year's rake looking a little worse for the wear? Instead of tossing it, give it new life as a cheery fall welcome arrangement.
Make This: DIY Garden Rake Door Decor
Basket of Flowers
A woven hanging basket is a simple, pretty way to display potted, dried or faux seasonal blooms.
Decorative Corn
Nothing says "fall" quite like a bundle of dried flint corn. For an elegant presentation, choose three large ears, spray paint in varying metallic colors and braid together before hanging.
Wow With Wheat
This quintessential fall door decoration from lifestyle blogger Julie Blanner is as pretty to look at as it is easy to make. All you need is a handful of wheat, a rubberband and some ribbon.
Make This: DIY Fall Wheat Sheaf Wreath
Pretty Paper Dahlias
If you're feeling particularly crafty, throw together a few of these large DIY paper dahlias for a fun, youthful fall look.
Make This: Easy DIY Craft Paper Dahlias
Chalk It Up
I'm in love with the way DIY blogger Sarah Syrett upcycled this old silver tray with a little chalkboard paint and some eye-catching fall florals.
Make This: DIY Chalkboard Door Decor
Framed Spider Web
Caught in the Web
Picture frames as wreaths? Sure, why not! Grab an old picture frame from a flea market or garage sale and update it with spray paint in a bold color. Next, remove the glass and artwork. Use string or yarn to create the spiraling look of a spider web then attach the web to the frame's back side with double-sided tape.
Add a touch of chic, ghoulish charm to your front porch with a DIY yarn spider web set in an upcycled vintage picture frame.
Pumpkins Aren't Just for Carving
A rustic metal basket lined with wheat straw creates the perfect base for displaying pumpkins, apples or other decorative seasonal produce. Opt for high quality faux varieties instead of the real thing to keep the basket from getting too heavy and to ensure your decor will last throughout the season.
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Freshen Up the Front Door
Piles of pumpkins and gourds along with potted croton and mums give this cheery front porch, featured in HGTV Magazine, maximum curb appeal. Copy a few of their clever ideas — like adding vinyl house numbers to a tall pumpkin — for a similarly festive look for your home's entry.
(Safely) Fire Up the Fireplace
Honestly, who doesn't love to curl up next to a roaring fire on a chilly day? As inviting as it is, put safety first. Before lighting the season's first log, have the chimney and fire box inspected and cleaned by a professional chimney sweep. Get 15 more fireplace safety tips. Design by Sarah Richardson
Add a Farmhouse Feel
Freshen up your front porch for fall with our 11 ideas for making it a cozy, welcoming place to hang out and enjoy autumn's cooler weather and colorful scenery.
Warm Things Up
Take a cue from designer Sarah Richardson and give an open, soaring space (even one as massive as her living room) a snug, welcoming feel by swapping out pillows in lightweight summer fabrics, like linen and cotton, for luxe velvet ones in rich, fall shades. Add a few coordinating throws and get ready to cozy up by the fire.
Make a Ribbon Rose Wreath
Craft a cheery touch of fall for your front door with a moss-covered wreath form and autumnal ribbon roses that look complicated but are actually a snap to make. Learn how to make your own.
Add Woodsy Charm With Firewood
That's right, firewood isn't just functional, it's also decorative, as Fixer Upper designer and host Joanna Gaines proved in this rustic living room. Be sure to remove any leaves or small twigs and give the cut branches a quick brush-off with a broom to eliminate any bugs or spiders before bringing the firewood indoors.
Glitz Up Your Pumpkins
Pretty enough to display from Halloween until Thanksgiving, these glitzy pumpkins are a snap to make using just leaves from the backyard, glue and metallic glitter.
Easily Craft a Rustic Tray
Air-dry clay and paint are all you need to make a rustic tray that's perfect for corraling candles and fall accents or as part of your Thanksgiving table setting. It's an easy and inexpensive craft project for adults and kids alike. Learn how to make your own.
Boost Curb Appeal With Seasonal Color
Fall is the time to fill window boxes and gardens with showy white, purple or fuchsia ornamental cabbages, pansies and English ivy to add a cheery pop of color that will endure winter's frosty temps and beautify your landscape into the early spring.
Add Fresh Flowers
Nothing brightens up your home for the season like vases filled with fall flowers. Sunflowers and alstromeria are great choices because they'll remain beautiful for up to a week. The trick to keeping blooms fresh is to remove all leaves below the water line and change out the water every few days.
Create a Grand Entrance
Fall marks the start of the holiday entertaining season making it a great time to spruce up areas of your home where guests gather, like the foyer. Touch-up scuffs on stair risers and add an entry table large enough to display a few decorative accessories. A pair of occasional chairs or long bench provides a spot for guests to remove boots or just sit for a chat. Image courtesy of Thibaut.
Stack a Chic Topiary
Hit the craft store for faux white pumpkins and greenery to craft this stunning topiary that'll brighten up your front porch from the start of fall till it's time to swap it out for holiday decorations. Best of all: the faux materials ensure that this topiary will keep its good looks for many falls to come. DIY Network shares the step-by-step instructions.
Put Memories on Display
With the imminent arrival of friends and family for the holidays, fall is the perfect time to root through boxes of old family photos, pop them in a frame and create a gallery wall so everyone can enjoy a sentimental stroll down memory lane. See more images of this home, featured in HGTV Magazine.
Cozy Up Dining Chairs
Sometimes style wins out over comfort when selecting dining chairs. With Thanksgiving (and then Christmas) entertaining on the horizon, fall is a great time to tackle that uncomfortable chair issue once and for all by adding a comfy pad and coordinating pillow. If your chair seats are a standard size, check online decor sites and catalogs for readymade cushions that match your decor. If your seats are an unusual size, DIY or having them custom-made are your best bets.
Spice Up the Guest Room
If cooler fall weather also means hosting weekend guests, swap out lightweight summer bedding for heavier linens in rich fall shades, like pumpkin, russet or gold, as design diva Candice Olsen did here. Changing just a few key pieces is an easy way to refresh a bedroom's look, plus your guests will appreciate bunking in such a well-appointed and cozy room. Get more tips for readying a guest bedroom for company.
Warm Up to New Hues
Don't limit bright colors to spring and summer, fall's hues can be playful too — rely on Mother Nature's shifting shades to help you pick your palette. Try a splash of pumpkin orange, mellowed gourd green or the saturated blue evident in fall's clear skies. No need to swap out (or repaint) your furniture for the season, just work in a few colorful accessories to get the look. Image courtesy of HGTV Magazine.
Skirt the Issue
Your dining room is ground central for Thanksgiving celebrations. Help it look its best by upgrading your existing dining chairs with charming skirted slipcovers. Wide ribbon ties ensure they're removable so keeping them clean is a breeze. Learn how to stitch up your own slipcovers.
Cozy Up the Outdoors
Make the most of fall's crisp evenings by creating a small conversation area around a fire pit and add lots of pillows and throws to really boost the coziness factor. Keep a large basket handy so you can easily transport the linens indoors when inclement weather threatens.
Add Some Layers
Fall's crisp weather calls for layering up your wardrobe — put the same idea to work in your home and toss cozy wool, cotton, chenille or even luxurious cashmere throws over furniture in rooms where your family or guests gather. Design by Sarah Richardson.
Create a Wall Grouping With Fall Flair
Shop thrift stores and garage sales for assorted small frames then fill them with fall sentiments, black-and-white photos and pressed leaves. Design by Layla Palmer.
Dress Up Any Space With a Wreath
An inexpensive wreath form, moss and our free printable templates are all you need to create this rustic fall wreath.
Give It a White Wash
Scandinavian decor, which predominantly features the color white in both furniture and accessories, continues to be a trendy look worth trying. White pumpkins and mums are a natural; pair them with a thrifted chair painted bright white for a crisp, clean grouping for your indoor or outdoor space.
Bring the Outdoors In
For most of us, fall is the last hoorah before winter's blustery weather truly sets in; enjoy a walk in the crisp air to gather clippings of flowering plants and colorful foliage. Fill small vases with your finds and place them throughout the house. If you're expecting overnight visitors, don't forget the guest room. Image courtesy of Blackberry Farm; Photography by beall + thomas
Make Your Own Marquee Letters
Theater-style marquee letters are trending (read: expensive) but using a few craft-store supplies and globe string lights, you can make your own. Get crafting with our step-by-step instructions.
Fall for Trendy Fabrics
Menswear fabrics, like this tone-on-tone houndstooth, are hot for fall. Reupholstering your antique dining chairs to keep pace with trends may sound a little extreme but you can always bring in touches of fashionable fabrics with toss pillows or slipcovers. Image courtesy of Thibaut
No Centerpiece Necessary
A few of our easy-to-create fall leaf streamers are all you need to decorate your Thanksgiving table. Best of all, skipping the centerpiece means there's nothing at eye level to block your view of the other guests. Get crafting to make your own.
Luxe Meets Lodge
The rustic lodge look is a perfect fit fot fall. Blending rustic textures with sophisticated finishes, it's the best of both worlds and can be as formal or informal as you like. This cottage at celebrity hideaway Blackberry Farm perfectly exemplifies the style with a custom-painted wall treatment that resembles sun-bleached pine and luxurious fabrics throughout. Image courtesy of Blackberry Farm; Photography by beall + thomas
Prep for Cold-Weather Guests
For many of us, autumn means both the beginning of wintry weather and a rotating door of holiday guests. Protect your foyer's floors from muddy or snowy boots with an easy-to-clean area rug. Position an umbrella stand near the door so guests know where to stash wet rain gear as soon as they come in. Design by Sarah Richardson Get more tips for hosting holiday guests.
Freshen Up Your Front Door
Variegated croton in saturated shades of green, gold and red surrounded by vibrant mums and pumpkins give HGTV fan gdiveris' front entry a colorful fall pick-me-up. Both plants are perennials and can either be brought indoors to weather the winter or, if you live in a warm climate, planted to add color to your landscape.
Warmly Welcome Guests
Welcome guests to holiday gatherings with a beautifully decorated entry table. HGTV fan Patrick created this autumnal display by placing golden gingko and bittersweet branches in a large sculptural vase. Pears piled in a rustic stoneware bowl, a ready bottle of wine and low dish of nuts are all reminders of the harvest.
Take the Celebration Outside
Weather permitting, move Thanksgiving dinner outdoors. A backdrop of fall-colored leaves and crisp air will provide the perfect setting for the feast. Image courtesy of Stanley Furniture.
Turn an Empty Frame Into a Menu Board
With just a few supplies from the hardware and craft stores, you can upcycle an unused frame into an elegant chalkboard to display wherever holiday guests gather. Use your finished chalkboard to display a Thanksgiving or holiday dinner menu or just to jot down notes to family. Get crafting with our step-by-step instructions.
Slipcover Past-Their-Prime Chairs
If you're handy with a sewing machine, "new" dining chairs could be yours with just the cost of a few yards of natural linen. A flirty skirt adds a stylish finishing touch. This project is a great way to unify mismatched chairs or give dated chairs a quick update. Get step-by-step instructions.
Use Containers to Spread Fall Color
Container gardening is a great way to add interest to all areas of your landscape any time of the year but is especially beautiful in fall when Mother Nature puts on her last hurrah. Pairing a hardy perennial, like this ornamental grass, with a show-stopping annual like calibrachoa is a sure recipe for container gardening success.
Company's Coming
Thanksgiving means gathering with your nearest and dearest to enjoy time together lingering over a well-set table. Ready your dining room for fall festivities by polishing the silver and breaking out the good china and crystal. Design by Sarah Richardson.
Create Outdoor Living Space
Turn an underused porch or patio into a welcoming spot to kick back and enjoy the outdoors. Add a weather-resistant rug for comfort underfoot and to visually define the living area. Plants bring any indoor or outdoor space to life so mix in a few containers planted with a mix of hardy perennials and annuals for a splash of color.
Craft a Rustic Woven Runner
Turn trendy upholstery webbing into an oversized table runner than can be rolled up, stored away and used to add an organic touch to your Thanksgiving table year after year. Get crafting with our step-by-step instructions.
Prep for Cold-Weather Guests
The holiday season means lots of visiting family and friends; providing dedicated space to store their cold-weather gear is key. Designer Sarah Richardson added bumpout closets for stashing big items, like coats and boots, and an antique press for gloves and hats.
Incorporate Candles
Fill lanterns or tall glass hurricanes with pillar candles surrounded by coffee beans, acorns or candy corn to easily create a charming display for your entryway or front porch. Note: Be sure to keep an eye on the burning candles to ensure the wick doesn't burn below the level of the filler.
Accessorize With Autumn's Hues
A tall vase filled with scarlet maple branches creates a show-stopping fall arrangement in this Manhattan living room. Hints of burnished gold in the leather occasional chair, lamp and pillow warm up this cozy corner. Design by HGTV fan Patrick.
Make It Easy for Guests to Get Comfy
In the living room or den, fill a deep woven basket with plush pillows and cozy throws so guests can grab one if an achy back or chill strikes.
Make-Over Your Mantel
Get crafty to give your living room's focal point a fresh update. For this look, the editors at HGTV Magazine put paint and paper to work to create kicky lanterns and decoupaged pumpkins. For the colorful centerpiece, they simply glued card stock leaves to (free!) bare branches.
Try a New Twist on Tradition
Shake up your front door with a square wreath featuring colorful ears of Indian corn. Head to your local craft store for materials then assemble this harvest-themed outdoor decoration in just a few hours. Learn how to make your own.
Craft a Mini "Pumpkin" Wreath
Although the tiny orange shapes covering this wreath look like diminutive pumpkins, they're actually putka pods. A great stand-in for mini pumpkins, the dried organic seed pods don't deteriorate, so your wreath can be displayed year after year. Make your own with our step-by-step instructions.
Give Your Front Porch a Cheery Update
Mounds of bright yellow mums bring a happy touch of fall color to any outdoor space. These hanging baskets were created by lining the wire frames with sheets of coco mat, which allows the plants to properly drain between waterings. Mums require plenty of direct sunlight; their location hanging from this front porch provides the minimum three hours a day they need to look their best.
Craft a Glittery Banner
Remind friends and family how lucky they are with this easy, do-it-yourself decoration. Pick up chipboard letters at your local craft store, then cover them in copper glitter. Attach letters to twine with hot glue and hang above a buffet, mantel, entry table or anywhere your home could use a bit of seasonal sparkle.
Decorate With Fall Foliage
Give bookshelves, a mantel or any flat surface a quick fall fix with a sprinkling of autumn leaves. Gather pretty specimens from your own backyard or pick up a pack of the silk variety at your local craft store. Design by Layla Palmer.
Opt for Saturated Shades
This trio of small glass votives filled with bright orange ranunculus and rich red pomegranate seeds adds a cheery pop of fall color to an otherwise dark mantel. Small arrangements, like these, are a great way to spread fall color throughout your home.
Make a Magnolia Leaf Wreath
Wrap freshly cut magnolia leaves around an inexpensive foam wreath form to craft a streamlined, modern take on a traditional fall wreath. The leaves will dry in place and turn a gorgeous coppery hue. No need to take this wreath down when you swap out your Thanksgiving decorations for Christmas — just change the ribbon to match your holiday decor. Get step-by-step instructions.
Add Traditional Touches
A gracious dining room is the ideal setting for an unforgettable Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends. HGTV fan BelleInteriors sets the stage with rich colors, antique furnishings and a roaring fireplace.
Whip Up a Felt Acorn Pillow
Basic sewing skills are all you need to turn linen, felt and jute twine into a cute throw pillow for fall. Get crafting with our step-by-step instructions.
All in the Details
NYC-based designer Patrick gives this reading nook a sophisticated, seasonal update with fall-color accessories. Pumpkin-orange roses, richly colored tapestry pillow and chocolate-brown drapes warm up the space but can easily be swapped for icy winter tones or bright hues for spring.
Decoupage Faux Pumpkins
Give faux pumpkins, leftover from Halloween, a fashion-forward makeover by covering them with strips of trendy fabric. Large decoupage pumpkins are a stylish addition to front porch fall displays while small pumpkins will add a graphic pop to your Thanksgiving centerpiece. Get crafting to make your own.
Opt for Earthy Elegance
HGTV fan Tetbury created this chic table setting using all organic elements for a look that's both sophisticated and simple. A linen tablecloth and napkins, tied with humble garden string, pair beautifully with weathered terra cotta urns topped with moss and tiny ghost pumpkins. A single artichoke at each place setting is a charming additon.
Fall for Autumn's Hues
With its rusty palette and laid-back look, this dining room is dressed for casual fall entertaining. Designer Lauren Liess created the layered tablecloth by topping a linen drapery panel with a vintage russet and orange quilt. Gourds, candles, fresh herbs and a stoneware urn filled with vermillion branches create a fuss-free centerpiece that works equally well for Thanksgiving dinner or any fall get-together.
Craft a Gorgeous Wreath
Add pinecones and assorted faux berries and greenery to an inexpensive grapevine wreath to create a gorgeous fall decoration for your front door. Best of all, you can just add a red ribbon to transition this wreath from fall to holiday. Learn how to make your own with our step-by-step instructions.
Sometimes Less is More
In a monochromatic space, just a few pops of fall color are all you need. Design by Melissa Smith
Glam Up Plain Lanterns
Give plain glass hurricanes a glitzy makeover with sheets of copper leaf you can pick up at your local craft store. Get crafting with our step-by-step instructions.
Make a Rectangular Rustic Wreath
Add an earthy touch indoors or out with this twist on a traditional round fall wreath. Dried mushrooms, moss, seed pods and grasses form the base while russet fresh or faux pears add a pop of fall color. Learn how to make your own.
Craft a Monogrammed Wreath
Give your front door a personalized touch by turning inexpensive craft-store materials into a rustic monogram to take the place of a standard fall wreath. Make your own with our step-by-step instructions.
Create a Rustic Tableau
An oversize primitive tray adds a textural backdrop to this collection of natural elements and European finds in HGTV fan Tetbury's breakfast room. The jugs are Hungarian antiques while the buffet and basket are French finds dating to the 19th Century. A single large sunflower head is a beautiful addition and adds a sculptural, organic touch.
Seasonalize Your Decor
Give a plain lampshade autumnal appeal by stenciling it with fall leaves. Our free printable template makes this project is a snap, even for beginning crafters.


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Yes, it's that time of year. Are you putting together a set of photos to display at a graduation open house, wedding shower, or wedding? Maybe you are doing it in a slide show format. Whichever way, it's time to also make sure those pictures are labeled. Even better, write up a few words that tell the story of the photo and the people in it. Where was it taken? How are the people related? What was the occasion?
You can purchase a special pencil to use in writing on the back of photos. I am not a preservation expert, but there are many websites with this info. A historical society gift shop, good camera store, or one place with scrapbooking supplies may have the correct kind of pencil. You may also find that you need to take better care of your photos
whether they are printed or still on your computer (or camera!). One helpful website for supply and caretaking info is the Northeast Document Conservation Center. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/family.php.
I am putting together some picture boards for my oldest granddaughter's graduation party this weekend. I have done the same thing for other graduations, weddings, showers, and funerals. I wish I had typed a short little story to place beneath some of those pictures. This time I am adding some stories. These will mean a lot to me, Kaylene, and to her Dad who is my son. It will also help the guests to know more about her. Something tells me that she may not remember exactly where certain pictures were taken when she was a toddler!
13 June 2012
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Paula, As you know, my son's graduation party was this past Saturday also. I came across one of his little, soft, first baby shoes recently and I had that on display next to one of his size 12 track spikes at the party. I made sure to take pictures of the decorations and the wonderful food that his grandma and aunt helped make - going to add those into the scrapbooks with the other memories.
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Say hello to my little friend -- we'll call him (or her) Sal, since he (or she) happens to be a salamander, more precisely a longtail salamander (that's Eurycea longicauda longicauda to you Latin buffs). I uncovered little Sal last week while clearing away some backyard brush, a discovery that brought back fond childhood memories of so many lazy, joyful summer days spent exploring the local woods and waters in search of wildlife treasures. These included critters like crayfish, bullfrogs, box turtles, and garter snakes. But near the top of the list were the ol' reliable salamanders so faithfully found huddled in the damp earth beneath overturned rocks and logs, lethargic creatures not quick or agile enough to escape the darting fingers of a fascinated nine-year-old.
Not surprisingly, I discovered Sal when I lifted an old, vine-covered, rotting board in the backyard. He (or she?) was about four inches long and colored bright yellow with dark spots. Typical of this variety, Sal's tail was much longer than her general body. This species of salamander is usually yellow to bright red-orange and marked with contrasting black spots. And then of course, there's that elongated mouth on this amphibian's face that seems to curl into a sly salamander smile stretching from ear to ear.
As a longtail variety, Sal is just one of Pennsylvania's 22 species of salamanders representing five families and 11 genera. When I was a kid, most of the smiling salamanders I encountered were of the redback variety, not quite as impressive as the longtail, but probably more common here in Chester County.
The state agency charged with protecting and managing salamanders, as well as all other amphibians, reptiles, and, of course, fish, is the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). Check the PFBC's website, and you'll find Sal's nutshell profile.
"There are seven different families of salamanders in North America. As a group, salamanders are secretive and nocturnal. All need moisture to survive. Their skin is smooth and must remain moist. Even the so-called terrestrial species can live only in areas that are moist or damp."
The PFBC maintains very extensive regulations when it comes to these creatures. For example, although I set Sal free a few moments after completing my mini photo shoot, my possession of this particular salamander was totally legal since I own a current fishing license and, as the regulations published in the 2013 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary brochure state, there is no closed season on the longtail salamander with an established daily bag limit of one and a possession limit of one as well.
In case you're wondering, these same regulations (no closed season, one per day) apply to most other species of salamanders, along with many frogs and toads like the Spring Peeper and the Eastern American Toad, snakes like the Eastern Garter Snake, and turtles like the Eastern Painted Turtle. There are a host of other reptiles and amphibians that also fall under these regulations. One exception is for collectors of amphibian eggs and tadpoles where there is no closed season and there is a daily limit of 15.
There's also an extensive list of endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles which are totally protected and with no open season allowed. Three salamanders make this list: Eastern Mud Salamander (endangered), Green Salamander (threatened), and Blue-spotted Salamander (endangered). Three species of endangered snakes also make this list as do four species of endangered frogs and toads. Three species of turtles, including the infamously endangered Bog Turtle, are also listed.
Actual hunting seasons on certain targeted species run from July 1 through October 31 and include bullfrogs and Northern Green Frogs with a daily limit of 10, combined species; snapping turtles with a daily limit of 15. Two species of poisonous snakes, the Timber Rattlesnake and the Northern Copperhead, have seasons that opened Saturday and run through July 31 with an annual limit of one each along with a host of other regulations that can be found on page 31 of the PFBC Regulation Digest.
Personally, I'll leave poisonous snake hunts to the so-called experts and stick with the more finger-friendly, fangless salamander.
Unfortunately, but not surprisingly given all the pollutants we continue to dump into our air and water, Sal and her amphibian brethren find themselves in big trouble today. A recent study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE indicates that populations of our amphibians – salamanders, frogs, and toads – continue to decline at an alarming rate. The decade-long study indicated that, in some cases, threatened species were disappearing from their habitats at an alarming rate of almost 12 percent each year. The study analyzed data from 39 sites and included 48 different species, but did not determine the causes of these population crashes.
However, evidence strongly suggests that manmade pollution, contaminants, disease, and drought are the primary culprits in what may portend an amphibian apocalypse in the not-too-distant future. That would be a tragedy of the first degree and, like that proverbial canary in the coal mine, might also forebode a catastrophic future for all of mankind. But beyond that, I'd still like to believe that, for many decades to come, our children and our children's children will continue to roam our woods and waters in search of wildlife treasures and, in overturning a rotting log, might again discover one of Sal's descendents, alive and well, slyly smiling back up at them.
West Chester Fish, Game, and Wildlife members will be joining with the Valley Forge chapter of Trout Unlimited for a picnic and night of fishing on the pond at their nursery on Ravine Rd. starting at 6:00 p.m. tonight. Come out and join these folks for a night of dinner, socializing, and fishing. Fishing is catch and release and licenses are required for fishing on the pond for all those 16 and over. Check with John Dettrey at 610-220-9147 for needed food items. And remember to bring a lawn chair!


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I like that Brain Balance Achievement Center of Danvers has brain-based solutions for children's challenges, not drug based. By integrating physical and cognitive exercises with dietary change, they are able to correct brain imbalance, improve function and reduce/eliminate negative behaviors.
The Brain Balance Achievement Center of Danvers is proud to host a free workshop on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Danvers Center. The event will offer a tour of the Brain Balance Center, followed by an informative presentation and a question and answer discussion lead by Dr. Steven Bromberg, the Executive Director. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvre will be served.
If you have children or if you work with them, this is an informative event not to be missed.
RSVP to Sonya or Laura - Space is limited. To reserve a seat please RSVP before December 3rd by calling Sonya or Laura at 978.705.9570.
Parents and Professionals who want to learn more about Brain Balance are encouraged to attend.
Brain Balance Center in Danvers was established by Dr. Bromberg, for the remediation of children with neurological disorders in the spectrum of ADHD to autism to Tourette's Syndrome by applying the principles of neuroplasticity to correct desynchronization and disconnectivity within the brain.


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Q. I spent the last few months in an intimate relationship with a married man who I work with and have known for many years. We've always gotten along great, and I must admit that I was taken by surprise by his sudden interest in me. I did not see it coming and I reciprocated after some hesitation.
Things then took off. I heard all of the stories about the problems at home. Some I believed and some I didn't. I even caught him in a few lies. Given the circumstances, I was not surprised. It's obvious he lies. . .
I am ashamed to admit that I just went along with it despite my initial objections. My thought then was that if he were truly on his way out of the marriage, it would be OK to spend time together, no strings attached. Besides, at that time I felt like I did not want a relationship. I only wanted a part-time companion.
Now, months later, I feel differently. Spending time with him has made me realize that I am truly ready to be in a "real" relationship. I want to be able to freely go places with a guy without hiding and being worried about being seen.
I don't want him to leave his wife for many reasons, including the fact that I don't feel like going public would be a good thing for either one of our jobs and I honestly don't feel like I am in love with him.
He is a nice guy. We have had a lot of good times together, but I don't know why I feel so guilty breaking it off with someone I know I could never have.
By the way, I know it isn't good enough, but I have apologized to his wife in my head about a million times. . .
Overwhelmed by Guilt,Boston
A. You're not overwhelmed by guilt. At least not about the affair.
Your letter suggests that you feel guilty because you're ending this relationship for selfish reasons, not because it's the right thing to do.
If you liked this man more, would you continue the affair? (I fear the answer is yes.) If you believed that he might be a good long-term companion, would you have serious concerns about him leaving his wife? (I assume the answer is no.) Everything you say in this letter is about what's best for you. You feel bad about leaving him because you're still serving yourself first.
You compartmentalized so many decisions to make this affair seem acceptable that you've lost all perspective. It's time to get back to reality.
My advice is to drop this guy (obviously) and then spend some time asking yourself how you really feel. Talk to friends about your choices. Consider bouncing it off a professional. Write it down — because sometimes it helps to see it all on paper.
It's time to remove yourself from the situation and let the accountability rush in. That's what's missing here.
What do you want us to tell you? That we feel badly that you feel guilty? I don't think so.
I don't believe you feel a whiff of guilt, letter writer. I think you are mimicing the kind of sentiment that you think other people feel, but don't feel yourself. I also think that you were bored and maybe a tad lonely and had nothing else going on in your romantic life so when this lying toad cast his eye in your direction you shrugged and said, "Eh, why not?" You are certainly not ending it because you are guilty. You are considering ending it because you are bored (again) and want something else. I would call you amoral and totally lacking in any emotion that resembles a human being. I believe this may be the nicest thing you will be called all day.
You should feel guilty and ashamed. If any man or woman is unhappy in a relationship, the best thing is to just get out. . . . By yourself.
Don't involve a third party. Home wrecker.
I see no question here. It seems like you are trying to defend your actions in front of this crowd. I have no idea why. I'll put it simply — you screwed up. We all screw up. You screwed up big time and now you want to walk away without consequence. Life rarely works out that way. I think you need a new job to get away from this completely and try not to screw up anybody else's life while you are screwing up your own.
End it now, letter writer. And start working on your resume.
Meh. "Overwhelmed by Guilt"??? I dunno. Sounds more like "Loves the Drama!" would have made a better moniker. Look. You are in a relationship that you know is a dead end (he's married fer cryin' out loud). Stick a fork in it and move on. And next time, don't be a drama queen and stick with people that are actually available to date.
Get into therapy. You seem at best blase about this. Oh, you feel guilty but really, I think Meredith's right. You feel bad that you'll hurt his feelings when you end it. You don't give two hoots about the wife. I don't know what's fueling this. A good therapist will be able to work with you to figure that out.
I think you finally now understand how big of a mistake you made and you need a push in the right direction to get out of a bad situation. Here you go. . . *shove*
I'm thinking you were in a little rut. Everyone hits them every now and then, this guy hits on you and you plunge into the affair. Turns out it was the esteem boost you needed to hike out of the rut and move on in life. Great, thrilled for you. Now, other than you're afraid on jumping into the dating pool again, why did you write in? 'Cause you don't seem to be feeling much guilt.
Nothing prepares one for a "real'' relationship like an affair with a married man. You apologized to the wife, in your head. That's great. And it sounds like you're also ending it, soon, in your head. Isn't that special.
SLIMPICKENSIIIThis column and reader comments are edited and reprinted from www.boston.com/love
letters. Meredith Goldstein can be reached at mgoldstein@
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Willie Mullins dominated the Gras Savoye Pasteurdon Prix Questarabad when Blood Cotil outgunned Diakali in the Grade Two over hurdles.
The latter was always to the fore under Ruby Walsh, but was let down by a wayward leap at the last.
This helped the Paul Townend-ridden Blood Cotil seize the day along the run-in at odds of 8-1.
Le Grand Luce (7-4 favourite) was third, with fellow Mullins inmate Viconte Du Noyer taking fifth spot.
Celestial Halo (10-1) turned in a magnificent display to win the Gras Savoye Corporate Life Prix La Barka.
The nine-year-old, trained by Paul Nicholls and owned by Andy Stewart, shaped best in the torrential rainfall to claim his first victory since January 2012.
Last season's World Hurdle runner-up was a close-up second as Lord Prestige led after the last, but Daryl Jacob's mount showed characteristic bravery to get up at the line.
Thousand Stars, who won this Grade Two 12 months ago, appeared very unhappy early on but stayed on to take fourth spot, with Tidara Angel in third.


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2009 Cross Country
Beavers run at Friendship Invitational
Andrew Chaffee and Heather Smith pace Beavers at Cedarville
September 19, 2009
By: Evan Miller, sports information assistant
Men's Results I Women's Results
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Bluffton University cross country teams traveled to Cedarville University for the 19th annual Friendship Invitational on Saturday, September 19, 2009.
Heather Smith (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) led the women's squad with a time of 21:40 which was good for 93rd place. Alison Janzen (Whitewater, KS/Remington) finished in 115th place with a time of 22:19. Bluffton's three other harriers were Katy Heffner (Troy) with a time of 22:27, Kaitlyn Kelly (Middlefield/Cardinal), putting in a time of 22:28, and Sarah Binkley (Bluffton/Cory-Rawson) who crossed the line in 23:25.
On the men's side, Andy Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich.) put together Bluffton's top time with a run of 28:26, good for 73rd place. Second for Bluffton was Ben Siebert (Celina) who turned in a time of 31:55. Three other Bluffton men participated, including Jeremy Kidder (New Carlisle/Tecumseh) who finished in 34:39, Robert Hooley (Bluffton) in 34:27 and Kevin Hickman (Centerburg)with a time of 34:55.
Bluffton will host the Beaver Invitational on Friday, September 25, 2009, at 5 p.m.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 21st Jul 2012 23:06 UTC
Okay, so this is entirely new to me. Sparrow
is was an email client for Mac OS X and iOS (and Windows), which brought a decent Gmail experience to these platforms - as opposed to Apple's own not-so-good Gmail support and Google's Gmail iOS application which, well, is just a webpage. Google has now acquired Sparrow, and basically all hell has broken loose, to the point of Rian van der Merwe writing that 'we' lost "faith in a philosophy that we thought was a sustainable way to ensure a healthy future for independent software development, where most innovation happens".
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I thought it was a good wc... any wc where no teams forfiet thier games is good this occured in 96 and 03 due to current world events.
I htought the lenght was alittle over the top.
regarding 2015 I understand that that the lower ranked odi teams along with the top ranked associates play a qualifing round so if it was done today it might involve west indies down zimbabwe and bangladesh vs ireland holland canada (afghanstan) .. thats what i herd. its somewhere on cricinfo.


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NC Voters for Clean Elections is out with a new and, sadly, not terribly surprising report on the big campaign money flowing from the pro-fracking crowd. This is from the release that accompanied the report:
RALEIGH, N.C. – As North Carolina lawmakers take up a new bill on hydraulic fracturing, the much-debated energy drilling method commonly known as "fracking," a new report finds that energy interests tied to fracking gave campaign contributions to more than 100 state legislators between 2009 and 2011.
The report by N.C. Voters for Clean Elections, a state coalition focused on the role of money in politics, also finds that legislators who supported a pro-fracking bill in 2011 received more than triple the amount of campaign money from energy interests than did opponents of the legislation.
The study focuses on campaign contributions from 10 energy-related companies involved in the fracking debate. In 2011, a bill to study allowing fracking in North Carolina passed the N.C. House by a vote of 69-42 and the N.C. Senate by a 35-10 majority; however, the House failed to reach the three-fifths needed to override the veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue.
This session, lawmakers are again considering a bill that could open the door to fracking in the state.
Other key findings of the report:
- Between 2009 and 2011, the 10 fracking-related firms donated $299,900 to the campaign committees of N.C. House members who voted for SB 709 last year, and just $91,400 to those who voted against it.
- In the N.C. Senate, these companies gave $208,700 to those who voted for SB 709, and $50,150 to those who voted against in the N.C. Senate.
- N.C. House Speaker Rep. Thom Tillis (although did not vote on the bill but helped move it along for floor vote) received $43,650 in contributions from the companies, nearly half (48.3%) of what all 42 Representatives who voted against the bill received combined. President Pro Tempore Sen. Phil Berger (only voted once during 2nd reading) received $46,700, 93.1% of what all 10 Senators who voted against received as a unit.
- Senator Bob Rucho introduced SB 709 in the Senate and is a strong proponent of fracking. He also received a total of $20,500 from the fracking industry participants included in the study, 40.9% of what all 10 Senators who voted against received as a unit.
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Lincoln County Sheriff's Department released information concerning a recent statutory sodomy investigation.
Joshua Lawrence Westfall, 34, of Silex, was charged Tuesday for Felony Statutory Sodomy of a female child.
According to Lincoln County Sheriff's Office detectives, the child initially refused the demand to perform oral sex and was told by Westfall, "she had to learn soon or later." Westfall eventually forced the child until he told her to stop.
During a forensic interview, the child provided graphic details of Westfall's genital area which was confirmed by investigators.
In an interview with Westfall, he asked investigators how could he prove himself innocent when he wasn't.
Westfall is charged with Felony Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree and is currently housed at the Lincoln County Jail under a $100,000 cash only bond.
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The season-finale ... can you believe it?
The Colts beat the Houston Texans today so if the Patriots win, they can secure a first-round bye. That means they are unlikely to rest their starters. With the Bills beating the Jets, the Dolphins will finish second in the AFC East.
The inactives for the Dolphins against the Patriots today are Pat Devlin, Davone Bess, Nolan Carroll, Josh Kaddu, Patrick Brown, Kyle Miller and Kheeston Randall.
Koa Misi is back in his starting job. The starting corners are Dimitri Patterson and Sean Smith.
The Patriots are activating TE Rob Gronkowski today and planning to play him some. Their inactives are Markus Zusevics, Alfronzo Dennard, Nate Ebner, Jake Bequette, Nick McDonald, Kamar Aiken, and Marquice Cole.
We have a live blog brewing today. It begins in the comments section below. See you there soon.


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About BigValueIncThey are indeed a legit seller on eBay. We have received one complaint in the past, and BigValueInc corrected the issue in a timely manner. They sold hundreds of these cameras on "Black Friday" for $2499, so this deal is indeed real and one you should hop on if you're in the market for a 5D Mark III.
I bought a camera for 2499$ from BVI. It took two weeks to get here but It was indeed a USA camera.
you get what you pay for?
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Location – Iowa City, Iowa. It's the sixth largest city in Iowa, and was the first state capitol until 1857. The Old Capitol building remains and is a centerpiece of the Iowa campus. It's tied with Stamford, Connecticut as the U.S. Metropolitan area with the highest percentage of adult's holding a bachelor degree (44%). Much like so many of the locales that are home to Big Ten schools, Iowa City is a stereotypical college town. There's a pedestrian mall that includes many of the town's restaurants and bars, with a lively music scene. And it's been ranked as the eighth most enlightened town by Utne Reader, and the tenth smartest place to live by Kiplinger's. It's also the home to the ACT, so if you don't "test well" and your ACT score kept you out of the school you really wanted to go to, you have someone in Iowa City to blame. Because KYF is sure that your 18 had nothing to do with you getting drunk the night before the exam.
Nickname/Mascot – Hawkeyes, named for the state of Iowa which is known as the Hawkeye state - the same way that U of M is known as the Wolverines. But how did the state - and thus the university's sports teams - get the name Hawkeyes? Well, that's subject to a bit of debate. There's no questioning that the efforts of two men, Judge David Rorer and James G. Edwards, were the driving force behind the adoption of the name. But the origin is still unclear. Wikipedia claims it's a tribute to Chief Black Hawk, following the Black Hawk War of 1832. But the Iowa Athletics site maintains that it originally came from the novel, The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper. In the book, Hawkeye was the name bestowed on a white scout who hunted and lived with the Delaware Indians.
The university has a costumed Hawkeye, known as Herky, who has been a symbol of the university since 1948. The university had had gone through a number of mascots, including Burch, a black bear cub who lived under the football bleachers until he was found drowned in the Iowa River in 1910 (thankfully, KYF had an alibi). Herky was conceived by a journalism instructor and his name was selected based on a statewide contest and is supposed to be a shortened version of Hercules (so much for all that creative writing stuff). His first appearance at a football game came in 1959.
Colors/Logo/Fight Song – Black and Gold. But is it really gold? If I remember my Crayolas correctly, gold is what Purdue or Notre Dame wears. The "gold" on Iowa's helmet is more of a corn yellow or, dare I say, maize. The colors have always been the same for Iowa, but the football uniforms purposely mimic those of the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Hayden Fry came to coach the Hawkeyes in 1979, his main task was to eradicate the atmosphere of suckness in the program – Iowa hadn't had a winning season since 1960 before he arrived. Since Iowa had the same colors as the most dominant NFL team of the day, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Fry copied the wide stripe on the pants, and the black helmet with single yellow stripe. Whether it was the uniforms, or more likely his coaching ability and getting better players at Iowa, Fry turned around the Iowa program quickly and made it into one of the Big Ten's best during his tenure.
The Iowa logo showed up at the same time as Fry, and the football team's success since then has ensured that the logo will be around for a while. It's actually a very clever design, consisting of four separate pieces to make up a hawk's head. It's not only the helmet logo, but is a symbol of all of the sports teams and the university itself. Just about any piece of Iowa memorabilia contains the logo. Although we always kinda thought it looked like a certain cartoon character...
The Iowa Fight Song is rather generic, especially when compared to many of its Big Ten counterparts. The song only has 61 words, yet the word "Fight!" appears nine times. Even "Iowa" only shows up four times. Even the word "Rafters" shows up once, but that's not surprising – this is a farming state.
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Athletics – As mentioned above, Hayden Fry breathed life into the moribund football program starting in the early '80s. Though only appearing in three Rose bowls since then (and losing them all), the Hawkeyes are a consistently tough Big Ten opponent (at least for Michigan of late). But wrestling is where Iowa really shines. Under legendary coach Dan Gable, the Hawkweyes won 20 national and 31 Big Ten titles. This included nine straight national titles from '78 through '86. So even though the basketball team has had some success, and the trampoline was invented by university members George Nissen and Larry Griswold around 1935, when you're talking Iowa athletics, you're talking wrestling.
Famous alums – While not a super-impressive list, they pick up points for being able to claim Tom Brokaw, John Irving, Tennessee Williams, Eddie Robinson and Gene Wilder (who was married to Michigan alum Gilda Radner). But they have to lose some points for having Tom Arnold, Ashton Kutcher, and Lou Holtz as alumni. And though she didn't attend school in Iowa City, current U of M President Mary Sue Coleman held the same post and the University of Iowa prior to moving to Ann Arbor.
The Game – Saturday will be the last time Michigan great Denard Robinson suits up in the Big House. He likely won't play, but the Michigan fans (who show up on time) will be able to give him the tremendous send off he deserves. It's likely to be the only real exciting part of the day. Michigan should roll a truly bad Iowa team that's fortunate to even have the four wins on their record.


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Dalia Al Buhairi refused to be Saddam Hussein's wife
Egyptian actress Dalia Al Buhairi stated that she considers herself different from other actresses and never gets herself involved in disputes over roles and does not seek competition with others. She added that she may be jealous if another actress that may have presented a good role and hopes to present something similar.
According to the London based Elaph, recently, Dalia was held guest on the show 'The Dictator' with host Ibrahim Issa and had talked about when she won the title of Miss Egypt. Dalia stated that many of her friends feared that her new title would create a distance between and she would change her ways and friends, but the actress stressed that regardless of any title she may be given, she is who she is and would not ever change. She added that a woman's beauty does not give one power and only gives self confidence.
Dalia revealed that she was recently offered a role to star in a new film about the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Dalia stated that the role she was offered was to play the part of Saddam's wife, but she strongly turned down the offer due to the fact that she did not feel confident about the script of the film or that it would add anything to her career.


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Carousel ride for mom during Depression
Story takes place during Gothenburg's Harvest Festival
Editor's Note: Gothenburg resident and author Barb Franzen wrote this story for a magazine for Mother's Day. The story was told to her by local resident Ruth Wahlgren (in the story) who has since died.
Although the Great Depression was in full swing, inhabitants of the small prairie town flocked to the annual Harvest Festival.
The activities, though fewer in number, served as a distraction from everyday stagnation.
Lily Aunspaugh and her five children, two boys and three girls, were among those present. Starting that morning, from curb-side seats, they watched the parade on Main Street—marching bands, horses, a fire truck, floats, and a special treat, tossed candy. What a breath of fresh sunshine, considering the hard times.
When the parade ended, Lily and her neighbors picnicked in the park, managing more than a meager amount of fried chicken, rolls, pies, chatter, and laughter.
Next, Lily took her kids for a walk to admire the "drought affected" corn stalks and pumpkins along the streets. The downtown festivities would wait until later. Little Verna, at age 2, needed her nap, and Lily had work to get done. Husband George's job would keep him from joining them.
Later on, towards dusk, Lily's eyes turned to worry. Reaching up to a shelf, she clasped her fingers around a coin, a dime that George had handed her that morning.
"Lily," he'd said, "I saved something. I want the children to have a good time.
Lily frowned. What good was a dime with five kids?
Gathering baby Verna in her arms, Lily and her children made their way downtown to the carnival and displays.
On arriving, Lily said, "Kids, with money as scarce as it is, our enjoyment must come from watching the crowds and viewing the various events. Try to understand."
Nine-year-old Ruth, the second oldest, nodded, while Tot, who was 5, whined, but not for long. Intrigued, he ran off to watch the men banging the hammer down. William, 11 and the oldest, had already taken off. He was over by the eerie diggers, watching as young fellows worked the drag lines in hopes of winning a bronze horse. Shirley, age 7, disappointed about the money, asked for a candy apple. Hoping to distract her little sister, Ruth pointed towards some chalk prizes.
"Look Shirley," Ruth said.
People were lined up, tossing darts in attempts to win the chalk animals.
Lily offered a wan smile. Her precious children did understand, after all. But for land sake, she thought. The way some of them were spending would arouse want and longing in any child. Sighing, Lily fingered the dime. It would be best to keep it hidden. But, if she did, George would be disappointed. Yet, how could he think that a dime would appease five children?
Hugging Verna close, Lily viewed the quilts and the painted china. By then, 8:30 p.m. had rolled around. It was time to head home. However, the coin was still in her pocket. She couldn't give one child a ride over another. Would life ever get easier? And why was she always the one in charge of decisions?
"Five kids and a dime," she muttered, wishing someone had the answer.
Just then, Ruth walked up.
"Mother, do you want me to hold Verna?" she asked.
"No. No I don't. I want something else," Lily said a bit brighter.
On seeing Ruth, an idea had emerged. Pulling her close, Lily explained.
"Ruth, the answer is beyond me. Get the kids and decide how this dime is to be spent. You're going to need a miracle. They're hard to find in these difficult times. "
Undaunted, Ruth called her siblings together. With their arms linked, they stood in a circle talking. Less than a minute later, they looked up.
"Mother," Ruth said, stepping forward. "We want Verna to ride the carousel. It will be her first time. We can hardly wait to see her face. And Mother, we chose you go with her. You deserve this."
While Ruth spoke, the others nodded.
As the colorful horses pumped up and down to the music and tiny Verna laughed, Lily looked out.
There stood her children, their faces exalted. Wiping a tear, Lily realized that George was right. Indeed, a dime was plenty. One never knows, she thought.
Author's note: Before the end of the Depression, another child, Janet, would be born, and George would pass on.
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The valve of a monoraphid pennate diatom lacking a raphe.
pseudoraphe valve
The term pseudoraphe is used in much of the literature, including in Patrick and Reimer (1966).
The abbreviation for pseudoraphe valve, PRV, is used by Kingston in Wehr and Sheath (2003).
central sternum
The pseudoraphe is called the "central sternum" by some authors.
Patrick, R.M. and Reimer, C.W. (1966). The Diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii, V. 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13.
Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990). The Diatoms. Biology and Morphology of the Genera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 747 pp.
Wehr, J. and Sheath, R.G. (2003). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification. Academic Press, 917 pp.
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Psammothidium curtissimum is a monoraphid diatom. Here, the rapheless valve and raphe valve of a single frustule are shown together.
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Many species of Nupela are monoraphid and are commonly confused with other genera, including Achnanthidium. The rapheless valve of N. lapidosa is shown in LM.


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Oakland's popular weekly night market is back for a new year of fun and festivities! Join OMCA and Off the Grid on 10th Street every for a taste of local music, food, art, and culture! Savor California beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages around the Koi Pond at the Blue Oak beer garden. Enjoy half-price admission, live music, hands-on activities for kids, and extended OMCA Store hours. Bring the whole family to OMCA for a sampling of the best in Bay Area curbside cuisine!
What to expect on March 21:
- Local beer and wine specials in the Blue Oak beer garden
- Extended hours in the galleries and special exhibitions
- Gourmet food trucks from Off the Grid featuring the best in local cuisine: get the weekly list here
- March DJ-in-residence DJ Adam Poe spinning the hits from 5 to 7 pm
- Live bands Scrabbel, a Bay Area-based indie pop group, and Won Fu from Taiwan, stopping over in Oakland for one night only fresh from performing at SXSW, as a part of the SuperAwesome Salon: Film
- Family-friendly drop-in art activity, Honey, We Shrunk the Art! creating your own shrinkable wearable art, inspired by landscape art exhibition Inspiration Points, from 5 to 8 pm
- A Snack Size Docent Tour, a fifteen-minute mini-tour led by a talented OMCA Docent to introduce you one of the Galleries—you won't know which until the tour begins!—meeting at the ticketing desk on Level 2 at 7:30 pm
- The first SuperAwesome Salon: Film, where you can get a taste for OMCA's upcoming spring exhibitions, from 7 to 9 pm
- An evening screening of screwball comedy AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS, starting at 9:30 pm (separate ticket required)
Cost: Half-price gallery admission for adults, ages 18 and under are free. Admission for Members is always free. Cash bar. Prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
Transportation: OMCA is located one block from the Lake Merritt BART Station. Event parking is available at the Museum for a $5 flat fee after 5 pm.
Presented in partnership with Off the Grid: Lake Merritt @ OMCA.
Makers and Tasters Series is made possible by generous support from Whole Foods Market.
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ADAMS TWP — While the American Field Services program has dwindled somewhat since a group of World War I ambulance drivers created it in the belief that cross-cultural exposure would end war worldwide, the exchange student concept is doing well at Mars High School.
John Becker, director of the Mars-North Pittsburgh AFS chapter, traveled to Switzerland in 1980 in the AFS program, and sent his own daughter to China when she was a junior at Mars in the 2009-10 school year.
Becker said participating in AFS provides invaluable life lessons to students, especially today.
"We're in an increasingly global economy, and it gives kids an edge," he said.
It allows a young adult living a sheltered, protected life in America to learn to solve problems for himself and to broaden his horizons, in addition to learning about a new language and culture firsthand.
"I think that's very good for kids," Becker said.
He said AFS is the oldest and largest exchange student program, and includes an extensive support network for families.
He said host families are screened and all foreign exchange students meet monthly with an AFS liaison, who checks their progress.
Becker said the Mars AFS program began in 1967, and families have hosted at least one student every year since then.
He said Mars has scholarship money, but no applicants who want to study and live overseas for a year.
"This is the first time in a number of years," Becker said of there not being an applicant.
He said hosting an exchange student is easier than many people think.
"The idea is not that it's a travel program," Becker said, "It's the student living with the family every day."
Requirements include a bed, food, and a welcoming attitude, Becker said. Most students bring spending money with them for incidental purchases.
"Really, it's just being willing to open your family," Becker said.
Maureen Orchard of Adams Township has hosted three girls and three boys the home she shares with her husband, Jim, since the mid 1980s. The students, who she has stayed in touch with and even visited over the years, have been from Finland, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Austria and Turkey.
She said Mars is a great district for host families because there are fundraisers to help them with costs for prom, graduation, yearbook and school lunches.
"You don't have to be wealthy to have a kid," Orchard said. "You treat them like your own kid. If you're going on vacation, you take them with you."
The Orchards make it a point to take their "kids" to professional sports games, museums and flower shows in Pittsburgh and the Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.
"They are always amazed at our backgrounds because of the many countries we're descended from," Orchard said. "They can usually only name one."
She said Christmas is always a special time to be a host parent because foreign students are interested in and excited about celebrating an American Christmas as well as sharing their culture's Christmas celebrations.
She also tries to find out her students' specific interests and take them places relating to that interest. She took a Swiss student to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, where they also toured a castle and took in a performance of "The Phantom of the Opera."
She said the language barrier can be challenging for some students, but most understand and can speak basic English. She said one of her Turkish students spoke little English, and learned best from watching television with the closed caption on.
"He now teaches English to people who speak foreign languages in South Korea," Orchard said proudly.
At first, immersion in constant English at school and home, coupled with learning a new culture, is exhausting for students.
"They sleep a lot at first," Orchard said. "It's a mental strain on them."
She said Mars students in the AFS Club help them assimilate at school and at extracurricular activities and sports.
Orchard remains involved with the Mars AFS Club's largest fundraiser, the annual Holiday Craft Show at the middle and high schools in late fall. Orchard has coordinated the huge craft show for a number of years.
She said proceeds from the event go to families hosting students, to fund ski trips for exchange students, and to the annual International Day celebration each year at Mars.
Craft show funds also pay for one scholarship per year for a Mars student to travel overseas for one school year. She said the scholarship is awarded to a student who is interested in an international career or language.
Carrie Desimone, Mars High School's world cultures teacher, is the sponsor of the school's AFS Club. She said about 50 students join the club each year.
"I think Mars gets involved with exchange students more than other schools," Desimone said.
Students learn important lessons like cultural diversity at AFS chapter meetings, Desimone said, through presentations and events like AFS Day, when AFS exchange students from other districts come to speak in Mars classes.
"I think they get a real sense of how a different part of the world is, rather than just reading it from a textbook," she said.
This year, Mars is hosting a young woman from China.
Desimone said the student finds it strange that teachers and custodians clean up the classrooms and mop the floors.
"In China, the students do it," Desimone said.
She said students from Europe marvel they can't hop on a bus for all their transportation needs because everything is so spread out here. She said the image of Americans portrayed in movies and TV do not jibe with the culture the find when they arrive.
"They think everyone here is obese and lazy," Desimone said. "Then they come here and find out it's not true at all."
Host families are needed in Butler County and Northern Allegheny County. For information, call John Becker at 724-612-3685.


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In the ever-escalating arms race of negative political messaging, a new weapon is being wielded against Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Tested during this summer's recall elections, the tactic involves using ethics complaints to impugn the integrity of a political candidate — even when the complaint is found to be without merit.
The move has attracted bipartisan criticism, including from the state's top Republican, Attorney General John Suthers.
Hickenlooper has been hit with two ethics complaints. The first, filed in July, was rejected by the state's Independent Ethics Commission without review as being "frivolous."
The second was filed this month by a conservative group, Compass Colorado, which trumpeted in a news release that Hickenlooper had misused state funds. The group's executive director, Kelly Maher, has since backtracked on that statement, saying it was "poorly worded."
"These allegations are motivated 100 percent by people playing political games and have no basis in fact," said Hickenlooper spokesman Eric Brown.
Others point to Compass Colorado's mailer against Sen. John Morse during his recall. Compass quoted from an ethics complaint filed against the Colorado Springs Democrat over his per diem and called Morse a "corrupt politician" but never mentioned the complaint was unanimously dismissed by a bipartisan legislative committee.
Compass Colorado has accused Hickenlooper of violating the gift-ban provision of the state's ethics law, Amendment 41, by allowing the Democratic Governors Association to pick up costs for a conference this summer in Aspen. The attendance fee was $350 per person, and room rates were $425 per night for two nights.
Compass Colorado's attorney, Alexander Hornaday, initially asked the governor's office for records related to the "expenditure of public funds" in connection with the governor's trip and was told, "The state did not bear any costs related to the DGA."
If Hickenlooper is found to be in violation of the gift-ban provision, Compass Colorado might have unwittingly snared one of its own: The Republican Attorneys General Association picked up some of Suthers' costs when he attended a recent conference in Hawaii.
Critics of the 2006 constitutional amendment have long said Amendment 41 is poorly worded, and experts contend the gift-ban provision is the most difficult to interpret because of its nuances and exemptions.
The governor's office says those exemptions allowed the DGA to cover costs for Hickenlooper, vice chairman of the group, host for the July event and a speaker at the conference.
"The waiver of the attendance fee and the provision of lodging does not qualify as an unlawful gift because the DGA received lawful consideration of equal or greater value in return from the governor for his active role in the DGA conference programming," Jack Finlaw, the governor's chief legal counsel, said in a letter to the commission.
The mission statements of the Republican AG and the Democratic governors groups say that a goal is supporting candidates of their own parties, but Suthers said the experience benefits the state.
"The stuff you learn is invaluable," he said.
Suthers added that his relationships developed at the conferences helped him get 24 Republican attorneys general to sign on to a national mortgage settlement that resulted in $500 million for Colorado.
Among those who believe Hickenlooper did nothing wrong are two top staffers for former Republican Gov. Bill Owens.
"This is really stupid," said Mike Beasley, who is now a lobbyist. "We need to stop this stuff. Not everything should be political football."
And Sean Duffy, a political consultant who is good friends with Maher, said the allegation is "nit-picking."
"You've got to be able to function," he said.
Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, said the complaint against Hickenlooper was filed by "partisan hacks" trying to "mute" a successful 2012 complaint filed against Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who used public money to attend a GOP lawyers conference and the Republican National Convention in Florida that year.
The complaint against Gessler, who is challenging Hickenlooper for governor, was filed by Colorado Ethics Watch, a group that conservatives have accused of being a leftist-attack organization.
The five-member Independent Ethics Commission — made up of two Democrats, two Republicans and an unaffiliated voter who used to be a Republican — unanimously ruled in June that Gessler "breached the public trust for private gain" and fined him $2,794. He already had paid $1,279 to cover his trip, and the balance is on stay while he appeals the commission's ruling to the Denver District Court.
Maher said the Hickenlooper complaint has nothing do with Gessler, but her attorney, Alexander Hornaday, referenced the GOP politician.
"What Hickenlooper did was a violation of 41," Hornaday said. "Scott Gessler also got hit with a violation. Part of me wants to say what's good for the goose is good for the gander, but another part of me wants to say that these are the ethics requirements in the state of Colorado and everybody has to live up to them."
The ethics commission so far this year has reviewed 10 complaints.
Of the 10, seven were dismissed outright as "frivolous," one was found frivolous after further review, one was dismissed after commissioners determined following a hearing there hadn't been a violation, and one was rejected because the commission didn't have jurisdiction.
One of those complaints was filed against Hickenlooper by Hornaday on behalf of another client. Compass Colorado mentioned the earlier complaint when it filed its own grievance.
But Compass, once again, never mentioned it has been dismissed outright as frivolous.
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Most people probably have one, the self-described grammar police ready to correct an error in tense or any participle left dangling.
But Elinor Grusin and Bill Brody are certified, called upon by newspaper editors and university deans, looked up to by college students. With a century of the written word in their arsenal, Grusin and Brody have teamed up to offer guidance and red marks as Watch Your Language LLC, an editing and writing service for the linguistically challenged.
"While the grammar, spelling and punctuation skills got progressively worse, we found that many businesses were having problems for the same reason," Brody said. "We said, 'Why not make a little business of it and we'll see what the demand really is?'"
Longtime journalists and former U of M professors Bill Brody and Elinor Grusin have created Watch Your Language LLC, an editing and writing service.
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The problem with poor grammar and spelling, he continued, has "reached plague proportions" and is cyclical with students going into the workplace without the skills necessary to get their messages across. Those messages, in turn, become public and are read by future students and professionals who see such mistakes as passable work. Newsrooms, too, understaffed as the industry contracts, are putting out stories, whether in print or televised, that are marked by errors.
For these two longtime teachers, such substandard copy is pure heartache.
"The sad part is so many people don't recognize it," Grusin said. "I've had so many students think that something is correct because they've seen it written incorrectly so many times or they've heard it spoken incorrectly. And it's kind of endemic."
Brody and Grusin, though sharing a business name, work independently. Their clients range from individuals to corporate entities, and fees are customized depending on the size and involvement in a project. Those projects are as varied as the clients themselves, ranging from writing company newsletters to ghostwriting manuscripts, editing dissertations or rewriting corporate documents.
Grusin counts International Paper and FedEx among clients and, in addition to typical editing services, has coached workshops for corporate writers.
"Our position is, if you've got something that needs to be written or edited, we're the people who can help you with it," Brody said.
The business was officially launched only weeks ago and the website, watch-your-language.com, is part informational and part educational. Services are listed, but so are resources for those who want to better their communication skills. The message is clear: if you don't choose us to help you, please help yourself.
Brody was schooled at Eastern Illinois State University, California State University and the University of Memphis where he would end up teaching in the Journalism Department for 25 years. He began his career in journalism in 1950, moving from Connecticut to Florida and, eventually, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. After leaving the newspaper, he ran his own public relations firm for a decade, and finished up his Ph.D.
In his long and varied career, Brody has written or edited 15 manuscripts of everything from textbooks to biographies. At 80, and having retired from the academic life five years ago, Brody shows no signs of slowing down, still wanting to make a difference in the way information is disseminated and its quality.
"I want to keep writing, I enjoy writing, and I enjoy getting it right," he said.
Grusin was the first female that venerable Commercial Appeal editor Frank Ahlgren ever hired to report "hard news," she says. It was the early 1960s and she laughs now remembering that she told Ahlgren, when offered the job, "I'll go home and think about it." She ended up accepting the position on the spot and her tenure in the newsroom lasted five years.
Grusin saw herself as a "frustrated law student" and returned to school, not for a juris doctorate, but for a master's degree and, eventually, a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communications from Ohio University. She taught at the University of Mississippi, making her way from there to the University of Memphis in 1988. She retired from the university in 2012, and has since been teaching writing at LeMoyne-Owen College.
In today's race for up-to-the-minute news and facts spewed as if from a fire hose, Grusin and Brody aim to slow the pace. They read thoughtfully and edit according to the most basic rules writers have learned – or should have learned – in school. Words matter, it's often said, and the way that those words are presented to the public will have repercussions on the future teachers, reporters and editors.
"I can't imagine not doing it, quite frankly," Grusin said regarding continuing with work at the age of 73. "I definitely think there's a need."


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High cholesterol isn't as common as it used to be across the U.S., according to federal researchers, but it's still a "significant public health problem."
The National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a report on Thursday that said the prevalence of high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol – which health providers often refer to as "bad cholesterol" – dropped over the past four decades, from 59 percent to 27 percent.
Alexis Gomez, a family nurse practitioner at St. John's Well Child and Family Center in South Los Angeles, said that trend isn't so apparent on the southside.
"We are getting more patients with high cholesterol," he said.
He's referring to "bad cholesterol," which earned its distinction because when too much of it circulates through the bloodstream, it can build up on the walls of the arteries, which carry blood to the brain and the heart. That can, in turn, form plaque, which can result in clots and cause strokes or heart attacks.
But there's also good cholesterol. The American Heart Association says high-density lipoprotein (HPL) cholesterol, as opposed to low-density, appears to protect people against heart attacks.
High cholesterol in South L.A.
Gomez says South L.A. patients with high levels of bad cholesterol can attribute it to two things:
"Most of the time it's diet and a lack of exercise or physical activity," he said. (Foods like eggs, chicken and beef are high in cholesterol, for example.)
Other chronic conditions can also exacerbate high cholesterol counts. The insulin regimens that people use to manage their diabetes can increase cholesterol levels, said Gomez, because the insulin causes a certain hormone to kick into overdrive ands "overmetabolize fat," which increases cholesterol. And high blood pressure damages blood vessel tissue, which makes it easier for cholesterol to attach to those blood vessels and harden, which ups a person's risk for heart disease.
About 1 in 8 South L.A. adults has diabetes and local health providers, including Gomez, say high blood pressure is rampant in the area.
The CDC authors also wrote that they found a trend of decline in the number of Americans who were eating a lot of saturated fat, some major sources of which are pizza, ice cream and ribs. Between the 1970s and 1994, the percentage of adults eating a diet low in saturated fats increased substantially, from 25 percent to 41 percent. It plateaued for the next decade-plus, though.
"Fat that isn't saturated is really easy for the body to get rid of and use it like energy," said Gomez. "Saturated fat is really hard for the body to use." Which is why eating too much of contributes to obesity – because the body doesn't know what to do with all that extra, unusable fat.
Cutting back on the fat intake would help with the cholesterol – while the CDC said the number of people who took medication to lower their cholesterol rose 18 percent over the last 30 years, Gomez said in South L.A., it's often not as simple as writing a prescription for high-cholesterol patients.
"Most of the medication we use for cholesterol can also affect the liver," he said – and in many of the patients, excess fat has already caused problems in the liver. About 1 in 3 adults in South L.A. are obese.
Diet, exercise and good management of any chronic diseases are key to keeping cholesterol down, said Gomez. "If your diet is really high in glucose or carbs, you'll store fat really easily," he said.


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THL Toolbox > Developers' Zone > Ruby On Rails Development > Using the Mail Server
Using the Mail Server
Contributor(s): Andres Montano, Heiser Mazariegos
The mail server for thlib.org using gmail is complete and works. This is the info:
|Incoming Mail (POP3) Server - requires SSL
Use SSL: Yes
Port: 995
|Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS3 or SSL
|smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587
Port for SSL: 465
|Account Name:
|Email Address:
|Same as sds-deployer
The plan is to use the mailer to send e-mails FROM this account and when sending to the administrators also TO this account. From within gmail, all e-mail received by email@example.com will be automatically forwarded to email@example.com . This way, the whole mail server stuff is outsourced and we don't use our own resources to manage it, there is impersonification involved (what appears in the header of the e-mail as the FROM is the actual account where stuff is being sent from) so it shouldn't look suspicious, and if people hit reply, it will make it to email@example.com anyways. An added plus is that firstname.lastname@example.com looks nicer, shorter and more professional! To make it clear, nobody actually needs to log into firstname.lastname@example.com to check for mail. We are just using it as a "forwarding service".
Steve, David, and Heiser, if you would like to have @thlib.org e-mail accounts (for actual e-mail, or as administrator accounts to do other stuff within google apps through thlib.org) I can create them.


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Matthew Paul Ruffner, 34
Matthew Paul Ruffner, 34, Chief Warrant Officer 3, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, formerly of Level Green, Pa., died Tuesday April 9, 2013, as the result of injuries sustained while serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.
Born Nov. 18, 1978, in Punxsutawney, Matthew was the son of Charles and Diane (Gardner) Ruffner of Glen Campbell.
Matthew was a 1997 graduate of London High School in London, Ohio. He graduated in 2003 from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in criminology. Matthew was a full-time AH-64D Apache helicopter instructor pilot for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Matthew joined the military in 1997, serving initially in the Army Reserve's 705th Transportation Company in Dayton, Ohio, before transferring to the Army National Guard's 1-110th Infantry in Indiana, Pa., where he served as an infantry platoon leader. Matthew completed warrant officer training in 2005 and subsequently transferred to the aviation career field in which he served as an aviation life support equipment officer, tactical operations officer and instructor pilot.
Some of his awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (posthumous), the Air Medal (posthumous), two Army Achievement Medals, the Combat Action Badge, five Army Reserve Component Achievement Medals, the Senior Army Aviator Badge, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star and the Parachutist Badge.
Matthew touched many lives as he attended schools in Punxsutawney, Millersburg, Pa. and London, Ohio, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania; and he continued to do so throughout his professional life with the U.S. Army.
He was a gifted athlete, excelling on his high school baseball and football teams, and he enjoyed slalom water skiing, kayaking with his family, weightlifting and hunting. Matthew was a talented musician, playing guitar — which he played by ear — in numerous bands.
Matthew will most fondly be remembered by his family and friends for his great humor and memorable practical jokes, his caring and sensitive nature, his strong convictions and his great capacity to connect with others, from which he developed countless lifelong friendships.
In addition to his parents, Charles and Diane, surviving are his brother Jeffrey (Mary); nieces Caitlin and Cara Ruffner; three aunts; two uncles; numerous cousins; his long-time sweetheart Jackeline Bignardi and their beloved Hector; and many friends.
Matthew was preceded in death by his uncle and maternal and paternal grandparents.
The family will receive family and friends at the Rairigh Funeral Home, Ltd., 18944 Route 286 Hwy East, Hillsdale, Pa., on Friday, April 19, 2013, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
The funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Ss. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church in Punxsutawney.
Afterwards, the family and funeral cortege will proceed from the church to Burnside Cemetery in Burnside, Pa., where Matthew will be buried with full military honors.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168 or at www.fisherhouse.org.


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An anonymous reader writes "The ongoing poitical turmoil in Thailand has inspired the country's Ministry of Information, Computers, and Telecommunications to issue a stern warning that all users of the Internet in Thailand must 'use the internet in the right way or with appropriate purpose and avoid disseminating information that could create misunderstanding or instigate violent actions among the public', that 'all popular websites and social networks such as facebook, twitter, hi5 and my space [sic] will be under thorough watch,' and that 'Violators will be prosecuted by law with no compromise.' Thailand has draconian anti-lèse majesté laws which are routinely abused in order to settle political scores and silence dissent, and recently implemented a so-called 'Computer Crimes Act' which appears to be almost solely focused on thoughtcrimes and censorship, rather than dealing with, you know, actual crime. Several Web forums have recently been shut down, their operators charged because they failed to delete 'harmful posts' quickly enough to suit the Thai authorities."


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The Honorable C.W. Bill Young
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Dear Conferee:
On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, we wish to offer a number of considerations on matters of vital interest to the world's poor as the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill proceeds to conference.
We are very pleased with the direction of the Senate bill which provides $18.4 billion for foreign aid, including $2.4 billion to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and $1 billion for the Millennium Challenge Account. The House bill contains significantly less funding for the critical HIV/AIDS and MCA programs and falls well short of the Senate bill in many other areas.
Consequently, we urge you to do all you can to assure that the conference report includes the Senate-approved amounts for HIV/AIDS and at least $1 billion for the MCA. We hope that it is still possible to increase the MCA to the $1.3 billion that the President has requested. We also urge that the conference report include the Senate-approved amounts for the World Bank's International Development Association ($976 million), Development Assistance ($1.4 billion) and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance ($40 million).
Funding for each of the above initiatives should be in addition to, not a substitute for, current funding levels for other health, development and humanitarian assistance programs. Meeting these national commitments to the poor in our world is not just a matter of dollars, but one of moral responsibility.
With respect to HIV/AIDS, we urge you to seek a more effective and morally responsible global health program by:
With respect to the MCA, we ask your leadership in assuring that the authorizing language in the conference report emphasizes poverty reduction, particularly for Africa, and supports national development strategies designed and implemented with the participation of organizations that give voice to the needs of the poor. We thus recommend:
We also recommend including civil society on the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and establishing an advisory council as provided in the House bill (Sections 303 and 308 of HR 1950).
We thank you for your leadership in addressing these matters of great urgency to the world's poor, especially in Africa.
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