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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Big orange spider
"What spider? Where? I don't see .... HOLY SHIT! That's a big spider!"
Vicki's post about her own mystery spider reminded me that the Sergeant spotted this humongous one on Sunday.
It's the biggest spider I've ever seen in Colorado (not including Rosie). Its body was maybe the size of a quarter. I guess I should have held a coin up to see.
I've been poking around online, and I think it might be an orb weaver. And maybe that's what all those baby spiders became. Do you know spiders enough to say?
22 comments:
- Lisa said...
I don't, although I've been Googling them because we've had some really big spiders weaving enormous webs on the back porch lately. I came up with Orb Weaver for ours too, although she didn't look that much like yours... maybe that's the go-to spider definition and there are different varieties?
Anyway, she's very pretty.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 10:28:00 AM MDT
- Deneph said...
We had a large similar spider on our balconey a few years ago and it ended up laying a huge egg and then shrunk a bit. Ours may have been a bit more striped but this spider could just be expecting.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 11:00:00 AM MDT
- ambrosia ananas said...
Looks like a cat-face spider to me.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 11:33:00 AM MDT
- Kitt said...
Aha! That's exactly it. I googled the name and found a few more examples that look just like this one. Thanks, Ambrosia!
It does appear to be harmless unless severely provoked, and even then its bite is like a mild wasp sting. So best to leave it alone to eat more garden pests.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 12:14:00 PM MDT
- Miss T said...
Too, too creepy!
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 1:14:00 PM MDT
- Jonathan W said...
I really dont like spiders and that one would of sent me running, no way I would fo gotten a photo even with a telephoto !
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 1:29:00 PM MDT
- Zoomie said...
I applaud you for finding out what kind and deciding to leave him/her be - most spiders are harmless and do help by eating other insects.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 3:19:00 PM MDT
- Mom Taxi Julie said...
Eeekkkkkk ::::runs away screaming like a girl:::::
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 3:42:00 PM MDT
- Vicki said...
Ack! Much scarier than mine.
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 7:15:00 PM MDT
- Blue Sandals said...
Whoa.... that's big...
I'm running away.....
- Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 7:36:00 AM MDT
- Kitt said...
Well, it didn't look like the jumping type, so I wasn't too scared of it! As long as it stays outside.
Even inside, I'd be more likely to just catch it with a cup and piece of paper than try to kill it. I don't like to think of the mess that would make.
- Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1:07:00 PM MDT
- ambrosia ananas said...
Welcome. : ) I don't like spiders, but I kinda have a thing for cat-faces.
- Friday, September 12, 2008 at 3:58:00 PM MDT
- WendyB said...
- Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 12:39:00 PM MDT
- Titus said...
Kitt, this fascination with bug things has me totally intrigued.
I've started taking pics of the wee wild creatures out at the Ranch but I'll tell you - these small critters are hard to photograph! I was much better when I was dealing with real film.
- Monday, September 15, 2008 at 11:49:00 PM MDT
- jato791 said...
We have these in New Mexico and I'm always seeing them hanging upside down in their webs. They act like orb weavers in that respect and they do eat a LOT of bugs! Yours looks to have the "points" on the body too! We've never had any problems with them bothering us, the dogs or the cats.
Thanks Ambrosia for solving our mystery!
- Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 10:48:00 AM MDT
- Kitt said...
Titus, the secret is the macro setting on your camera. And a subject that keeps still.
Glad you found your answer, Jato!
It's funny, this post has turned out to be very popular. You'd be amazed how many people are out there Googling "orange spider."
- Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 11:09:00 AM MDT
- Turtuga Blanku said...
Hi Kitt,
I am one of those googling for orange spider ;^)
Yesterday, in my garden, I found a (not so big) orange spider and am looking to identify it:
I'm thinking it must be -like yours- of the genus Araneus. However, my garden in not in Colorado, but on a small island in the southern Caribbean.
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- Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 7:41:00 AM MDT
- Debbie said...
My grandson Dawson and I just found one of these on our front porch. It looks a lot like a crab. Since most seem to think it's harmless we decided to keep her ( at a distance) and have named her Charlotte.
- Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 5:15:00 PM MDT
- Colton said...
Hey, I found this post looking to identify a spider that's been hanging out on my porch - turns out it's the same kind! It's been seriously freaking me out, so it's good to hear that it's harmless.
- Friday, August 27, 2010 at 12:29:00 AM MDT
- Alden said...
I found one of these two and ran across your blog when trying to figure out what species it is. While a lot of the other araneus spiders look similar, the picture you have is exactly right.
Really cool looking spider.
- Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 3:27:00 PM MDT
- Brett Suydam said...
It's been raining a lot here in denver, hence I found one of these in my house. When I captured it to release it outside, it made a hissing/growling noise at me! Glad to know what kind it is!
- Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 11:46:00 PM MDT
We saw one of these this morning--looks like it's a "Spotted Orb Weaver." http://www.spiders.us/species/neoscona-crucifera/
- Friday, August 14, 2015 at 11:31:00 AM MDT


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Fair has special bond to Escanaba
It's that time of year again. Summer is starting to wind down, but not before the U.P. State Fair takes center stage.
Like other years, the 2013 U.P. State Fair is offering a wide variety of attractions that should peak the interest of just about anyone. Grandstand acts feature bands, racing, wrestling and more. Midway attractions boast animals, chainsaw carving and even a circus.
There are many new attractions, along with some old favorites like the Growing UP Foresters exhibit, Miracle of Life Birthing Pavilion, and the Steam and Gas Engine Village.
The thrill rides, exhibits, and that delicious fair food are all back, too.
The U.P. State Fair has been around a long time – it will be marking its 86th anniversary this year. Even though the event is called the U.P. State Fair, it is part of the fabric of Escanaba. It is one of the things that defines the city and Delta County. It is the site of what is now Michigan's only state fair.
During Fair Week, we should all take a moment to remember just how close the U.P. State Fair came to not existing at all. This year marks the fourth year that the U.P. State Fair has not been operated by the State of Michigan. If you recall, the state wanted to get out of the fair business as part of its cost saving measures. The state quit funding both the Michigan State Fair and Upper Peninsula State Fair.
The downstate Michigan State Fair has since disappeared.
When faced with the U.P. State Fair ending, local residents took up the cause and continued the operation of the U.P. State Fair. Today, it is Michigan's only state fair because of their continued hard work.
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (Feb. 28, 2014) - Jeremy W. Whichard returned from the 2014 HBCU Kings' Leadership Conference and Competition earlier this month with two honors – runner-up in the 10th annual event and winner of its oratorical competition.
He bested 15 other entrants in the speech-making competition and came home with a $1,000 prize as runner-up in the Mr. HBCU event at Lincoln University in Missouri.
"I had a good feeling going into it, that I would do well," Whichard said. "When they announced I had won, it was a numbing but humbling feeling."
The 16 competitors were given three minutes to give their perspective on "HBCUs (as) the cornerstones for black history and culture" and whether "black men (are) the catalysts at HBCUs."
Whichard, an English major from Upper Marlboro, focused his message on "how black men conduct themselves now versus how they used to. We have potential to be catalysts, but we're not. I'd describe it as an observation in frustration."
UMES homecoming organizers asked Whichard to deliver his speech to alumni, who gave him a standing ovation during the annual presidential breakfast held in their honor.
The recognition for Whichard at a conference of HBCU peer-leaders was capped by participants presenting him with a cake and wishing him a happy 22nd birthday.
Whichard already knew some competitors he previously met at other conferences, but "I really enjoyed the bond we created that weekend. It solidified the bond. I'd call it a brotherhood."
Whichard said the experience has reinforced his belief he picked the right university and came under the tutelage of the right mentors.
He credits former Mr. UMES, Drake Winkey, with showing him the path to being a campus leader. "He took me under his wing when I was a freshman. He saw something in me that I didn't see in myself," Whichard said.
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Over at LWN there is an article on GCC plugins. It touches onto how it would be useful to implement static analysis tools as GCC plugins.
It does not mention that certain optimizations are not feasible without interfacing with the compiler and that there could be a very significant decrease in errors if we the compiler were pluggable with API-specific checks. Wouldn't it be nice if less developer time had to be spent hunting for common bugs and more implementing awesome new features?
Typically safety is accomplished by executing code in a Virtual Machine that does extra runtime checks with Just In Time compilation to make up for performance losses. This approach has many known performance and footprint disadvantages. It is used by languages like Java and Scheme.
Applications in these languages are slow and/or ship with a JIT compiler to optimize them during their runtime. C++ is compiled ahead of run time and has a reputation for running faster than these dynamic languages. However it also makes it a lot easier to make mistakes such as leak memory and buffer overflows. One can use the C++ OO system to perform extra-runtime checks to avoid some of these issues but that tends to cancel out any performance advantages of writing code in C++.
Another approach is to enforce various safety-related properties through the compiler. Awesome existing languages such as OCaml come with a strict type system that ensures that once code compiles it will run fast and have a lower bug percentages than comparable code in other languages. EcmaScript4 will feature a rocking type system similar to OCaml.
C++ does not have such an awesome typesystem. However, there are many C++ errors that occur frequently and should be detected by the compiler, however long as there is no way to specify Mozilla-specific type system restrictions the compiler has no way of getting that information. Such plugins provide a certain piece of mind that once code complies with whatever rules we set for it, it is more likely to run correctly. Furthermore, some optimizations that we have in mind for Mozilla 2 (such as incremental garbage collection) will be much easier to work with if the compiler flags memory misuse at compile time.
Currently we can use dehydra to scan the codebase, but it would be much more efficient to be able to plug such verification abilities into every developer's GCC. I sincerely hope that whoever is in charge of the plugin decision at GCC will realize the massive advantage this would give to GCC over other compilers.
ps. Another use for plugins is to enable more aggressive optimizations. Small changes in the sourcecode can affect how conservative the generated code this. A clever plugin could warn whenever gcc cancels an optimization due to misbehaving source.


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'Let's all pull together'
To the editor:
I'm sure that I am not the only one from our Fort Dodge community who would like to express a sincere thank you to Kevin and Karen Alstott for their generous contribution toward the fireworks for all of us to enjoy. It was truly appreciated. We thank you again. Also, to Joe Gilbert for his leadership for this project since 2006. Also, to the city officials, staff and workers for their preparation and coordination of this event. I realize that it wasn't easy, but it was completed. Thank you all.
I have wondered, and I'm sure others have too, how these smaller communities surrounding Fort Dodge can afford to have fireworks each year. What do they do that we might learn from to ensure we too can have a successful event? Think about it. If everyone would donate $1 per year, it would be a successful event. I realize some will, some will give more and some won't. I also realize what I'm saying isn't anything new, but if we challenge our creative fundraising groups such as service stations, service clubs, restaurants, grocery stores, youth groups, lounges and others, we will meet the challenge. Maybe we should start the fundraiser earlier.
Let's all pull together and show that we all are "Up On Fort Dodge." Let's go for it.
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Tomato-Tortilla Soup
Recipe courtesy of Ellie Krieger
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- 2 (6-inch) corn tortillas
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 small onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans no salt added diced tomatoes. with juice
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Brush both sides of each tortilla with oil, using 1 tablespoon of the oil. Cut the tortillas in half, then cut each half into 1/4-inch wide strips. Arrange the strips on a baking sheet, sprinkle with the salt, and bake until crisp and golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
Heat the remaining 1 teaspoons of oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft and translucent. Add the garlic, jalapeno, cumin, and oregano and cook for 1 minute more. Add the broth and tomatoes, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir in lime juice.
Remove the pan from the heat and puree with an immersion blender or in 2 batches in a regular blender until the soup lightens in color but chunks of tomato remain, about 30 seconds. Serve the soup topped with the tortilla strips, a dollop of sour cream, and a sprinkle of cilantro.
Per Serving:
Calories: 199; Total Fat: 9 grams; Saturated Fat: 2 grams; Protein: 8 grams; Total carbohydrates: 22 grams; Sugar: 8 grams; Fiber: 3 grams; Cholesterol: 8 milligrams; Sodium: 298 milligrams
Excellent Source of: Vitamin A, Vitamin C
Good Source of: Fiber, Niacin, Phosphorus, Iron, Vitamin K, Protein
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Chicken Teriyaki with Ginger Rice
- 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 (1-inch) piece peeled, fresh ginger, divided use, 1/2 grated the other half thinly sliced
- 2 pounds skin-on boneless chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 cups conventional white rice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 1/2 cups water
- 2 bunches scallions, ends removed
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In a large plastic resealable bag, add the soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and grated ginger and mix until the sugar is dissolved. Put the chicken thighs into the bag with the marinade. Seal and refrigerate at least 2 hours or as long as overnight.
Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium heat.
Remove the chicken from the marinade and set aside. Put the marinade in a pot over medium heat and reduce by half. Oil the grill grates with canola oil, arrange the chicken on the grill, skin-side down and cook for 8 minutes per side. Brush the chicken liberally with the reduced marinade before turning. (Reserve 1 piece of chicken for the Round 2 Recipe. Chicken Pot Stickers.)
In a medium pot combine the rice, sliced ginger, salt and 3 1/2 cups of water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and cover. Let cook until the rice has absorbed all the water and is fluffy, about 15 to 20 minutes.
While the chicken is cooking, put the scallions on the grill, reserve 1 uncooked scallion for Round 2 Recipe "Chicken Pot Stickers". Cook until wilted, about 2 minutes per side. (Reserve 2 grilled scallions for Round 2 Recipe "Chicken Pot Stickers")
Transfer the rice to a serving platter, discarding the sliced ginger. Top with the cooked chicken, garnish with grilled scallions and serve.
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Yes. There is something very special about flying into some of the most majestic mountains and river scenery in the country, then tying down, and being a five iron away from the first hole, or a bike ride away from a luxury spa, or a hop and a skip from four star dining.
According to the original developer, John Gray, construction of the airstrip happened after much discussion between the original investors. "We had quite a debate over the airstrip, especially whether or not the hangers should be visible from the lodge. Some wanted to keep the land as an open meadow with an uninterrupted view, while others thought an airstrip would be handy." Ultimately, the airstrip was constructed.
The airport is 100% privately owned so the operation receives no federal funding, unlike the majority of other airports which serve resort destinations. But the cost of maintaining the facilities are well worth it.
"We are looking at the airport's intrinsic value to the resort and the Sunriver community and can't imagine Sunriver Resort without it" says Hartung. Last May Sunriver finished a runway expansion and repaving project just in time for the JELD-WEN Tradition which brings golfers from around the world to Sunriver. Having the airport available factored into the decision to hold the tournament here. Also the US Forest Service bases a team of firefighters at the airport during the summer months. That means Sunriver residents have a first response team right in the neighborhood. According to Stephanie, "We can land and park a variety of airplanes here; The Golf Stream 5, Lear Jet, Global Express, and Challenger. We have something to offer, most other resorts do not".
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On casting stones at same-sex couples
Over at RedState, Erick Erickson promoted a post in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage by "mjdaniels," a Christian conservative and long-time lurker there. It's a long post that makes a number of good points, but he ultimately makes a number of rhetorical errors that give his fellow Christian conservatives an easy way out, and they did fix on those errors. So it is that the people I see praising his argumentation with the fewest reservations are mostly not currently practicing Christians or self-identified conservatives.
Among those errors, the biggest was probably when he said, "Is Homosexuality a Sin? I. Do. Not. Care." Christians are supposed to care whether others sin. The proper question is the duty others have to sinners. And behold all the RedState regular commenters saying that they're called to rebuke sin and lead sinners away from sin, out of love. Many deny that enshrining these rebukes in legal exclusivity is tantamount to "hunting down sinful people," and they claim that it isn't them but same-sex marriage activists who are trying to "wield the power of the government to enforce my convictions on others."
I'd sorely like to see how his fellow Christian conservatives would respond if they couldn't focus on those errors. In particular, I wished "mjdaniels" had better focused on something he only said in passing at the end of his post: that opponents of same-sex marriage were essentially calling for "casting the first stone at" this set of sinners.
It seems to me that when persuading Christian conservatives, one should be absolutely clear that the status quo is coercion – discriminatory taxes and inheritance rules, and denying the right to contract, all of which conservatives agree is state coercion when it's applied to them – and that when Jesus was challenged to support such coercion (stoning a woman caught in the act of adultery, according to Mosaic Law), he in turn challenged the teachers of law and Pharisees that the first stone should be cast by one who is without sin. When no one would stone her, he said he would not condemn her that way either, and he simply told her to leave her life of sin.
If even Jesus doesn't think it's humans' place to punish violations of one of the Ten Commandments dealing with marriage, then it's an uphill climb for a Christian conservative to argue that it's their duty to uphold the use of such force based on moral strictures that are much less clear.
I find it baffling that conservatives think the government is capable of making a compact sacred by calling it a marriage, but there I see it in the RedState comments. Do they teach their children that the state's refraining from coercion is an indication of societal approval of a behavior? No; what is not prohibited is merely left to be governed by the other aspects of civil society (the family, the market, churches, social pressure, etc.) and, if Christians are correct, God's ultimate judgment.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 2013) – U.S. women's beach volleyball teams had a good day at the FIVB Rome Grand Slam on Wednesday while Sean Rosenthal celebrated his birthday with a victory as well.
On the women's side, the U.S. team of April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Jennifer Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), seeded No. 7, went undefeated in Wednesday's main draw pool play, defeating Canada's No. 26 Jamie Lynn Broder and Kristina Valjas (21-12, 16-21, 15-12 in 55 minutes) and then Finland's No. 23 Emilia and Erika Nystrom (18-21, 21-17, 15-12 in 52 minutes).
The No. 24 seeded team of Jennifer Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.), who had to qualify for the main draw, upset local favorites Gioria Daniela and Laura Giombini of Italy, seeded No. 8, 17-21, 21-7, 15-12 in 45 minutes. Fopma and Sweat went 1-1 on the day, falling to Brazil's No. 9 Maria Clara Salgado Rufino and Carolina Solberg Salgado (21-16, 16-21, 15-8 in 48 minutes).
No. 19 seeded Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) also got an upset, defeating Czech Republic's No. 14 Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova (21-17, 21-13 in 38 minutes) before falling to No. 3 Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel of Netherlands (21-13, 15-21, 15-11 in 48 minutes).
Although the team of Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) went 0-2 in pool play on Wednesday, both their matches went three sets, including a 17-21, 21-11, 17-15 loss in 52 minutes to Brazil's No. 5 Talita Da Rocha Antunes and Taiana Lima.
In the men's bracket, No. 3 Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) defeated Spain's No. 30 Pablo Herrera and Adrián Gavira, 21-19, 21-14 on Rosenthal's birthday.
It was a tough opening match for the U.S. pair, as Herrera, an Olympic silver medalist, and Gavira are one of the most experienced teams on the World Tour. The Spaniards slipped in the rankings after Herrera had to take time off due to a knee injury.
"That's the best fourth seed I've seen in a pool and it's happened because Pablo hasn't played much because of injury; when you see them you know you're in a tough pool," Rosenthal said. "They're a great team and it's good to get out of this heat with a win."
The temperature in the Eternal City topped 86 degrees.
Rosenthal and Dalhausser are in their first season together after teaming up at the end of 2012 and Rome is their fourth FIVB beach event together.
"It's good. I'm excited for the future and I know if we play our game we can be a good team," Rosenthal added. "It's just about getting used to each other and how each other sets.
"We have lot of kinks to work out, but so far we're close to happy with how we've started. We started with a win and we've fallen down every time since, but there are a lot of great teams out here and you can't take anyone for granted."
Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.), seeded No. 4 in the main draw, defeated Spain's No. 29 Francisco Alfredo Marco and Christian García on Wednesday, 21-15, 21-14.
Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.), seeded No. 18, fell to Kazakhstan's No. 15 Alexey Sidorenko and Alexandr Dyachenko, 21-15, 21-19.
Pool play for both men and women will continue on Thursday.
For more information about the FIVB Rome Grand Slam, click here.


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This heart healthy, one-dish meal is made with lean top round beef, lots of vegetables, and a spicy, herb mixture.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 7 oz
Calories 342
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 45 mg
Sodium 101 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
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Top round beef 1 pound
Paprika 1 tablespoon
Oregano 1 ½ teaspoon
Chili powder ½ teaspoon
Garlic powder ¼ teaspoon
Black pepper ¼ teaspoon
Red pepper 1/8 teaspoon
Dry mustard 1/8 teaspoon
Red-skinned potatoes, halved 8
Onion, finely chopped 3 cups
Beef broth 2 cups
Garlic cloves, minced 2 large
Carrots, peeled, cut into very thin 2 ½ inch strips 2 large
Mustard greens, kale, or turnip greens, stems removed, coarsely torn 2 bunches (½ pound each)
Nonstick spray coating, as needed
- Partially freeze beef. Thinly slice across the grain into long strips 1/8 inch thick and 3 inches wide.
- Combine paprika, oregano, chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper, and dry mustard. Coat strips of meat with the spice mixture.
- Spray a large heavy skillet with nonstick spray coating. Preheat pan over high heat.
- Add meat; cook, stirring for 5 minutes.
- Add potatoes, onion, broth, and garlic. Cook covered, over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Stir in carrots, lay greens over top, and cook, covered, until carrots are tender, about 15 minutes.
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What If Housing Takes a Double-Dip?
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Housing turned the corner in 2012, but what if around the corner there is a giant cliff?
The consensus view is that the market has bottomed and that home prices will continue to rise in 2013. But most positive forecasts rest on assumptions that could easily be upset.
Everyone agrees that all bets are off if Washington fails to reach a deal over a long-term fix to the federal deficit, triggering an automatic expiration of tax breaks and mandatory spending cuts in 2013- a concern commonly referred to as the "fiscal cliff."
Economists fear that if politicians "go over the cliff", the economy will fall back into a recession. It would be the "opposite of the stimulus", says Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia.
"The stimulus in 2009 pumped $800 billion into the economy over a few years. The fiscal cliff could take $600 billion out of the economy in one year," said Kolko. "If nothing in the fiscal cliff is resolved, if we do have big tax hikes and spending cuts persisting through next year that will hurt the economy and the housing market."
Kolko expects the fiscal cliff will be resolved, but other external shocks also remain.
A disorderly break-up of the Eurozone for instance could trigger a credit crunch once again that could see interest rates and unemployment rise.
According to Paul Diggle at Capital Economics, every 0.25% rise in interest rates reduces home price inflation by 1% to 2%. Meanwhile, "as unemployment rises, the mortgage delinquency rate would also increase and banks would be forced to dispose of a growing shadow inventory at a quicker pace. The inventory of homes for sale would increase sharply," says Diggle. "In these circumstances, the housing recovery would falter. Our model suggests that house prices could easily fall by 5% per annum over the next few years."
This is of course a bear-case scenario. Diggle's actual forecast is for a 5% rise in 2013 and a 4% rise in 2014. But the bear-case is not improbable.
Even if we set aside broad, macro concerns, there are still some reasons to be cautious about the housing recovery.
Housing demand in 2012 has been mostly from institutional investors who have seized the opportunity to buy distressed homes at deep discounts and convert them into rentals. While plenty of money is still sitting on the sidelines,that money can disappear if investors determine that the opportunity is no longer attractive.
Hedge Fund Och Ziff Capital (OZM) recently pulled out of the REO(bank-owned foreclosed homes) to rental business .
Institutional investors "may help drive home price appreciation in the short run, but are not likely to do so in the long run," Quinn Eddins, head of research at Radar Logic, a real estate analytics firm, wrote in a recent note."As prices for REO increase, the expected future appreciation must also increase in order for investors to achieve the same return on investment. If prices rise to a point where investors' expectations of future home price appreciation do not support their desired returns, then demand for REO will decline and prices could fall again."


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Exciting news regarding the Great Lakes Marine & Coast Guard Memorial Museum (Ashtabula Marine Museum)!
As of December 31, 2009, our name was officially changed to the Ashtabula Maritime and Surface Transportation Museum
(Aka: Ashtabula Maritime Museum).
Exciting News - We are expanding!
Click a thumbnail to view an enlarged version!We are planning a $5M addition. We are applying for grants / donations from several sources as well as fund raising events. We are a non-profit organization so tax-deductable donations for our building fund should be made payable to the Ashtabula Maritime Museum Building Fund and mailed to:
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Visit the Ashtabula Maritime Museum, the former home of the Ashtabula light keepers and the Coast Guard Chief, built in 1871/1898. We have seven (7) rooms full of displays, models and artifacts.
The museum contains models, paintings, maritime artifacts, photos of early Ashtabula Harbor, ore boats and tugs, miniature hand-made brass tools that actually work, and the world's only working scale model of a Hulett Ore Unloading Machine. Construction has begun in 2010 to build interactive model train layouts of the Ashtabula Harbor circa 1940-50.
Then step inside and imagine sailing away in our authentic pilot house from the lakeboat the Steamer Thomas Walters. Also view our U.S. Navy ship display of the U.S.S Ashtabula, the original Ashtabula Lighthouse's Fourth (4th) Order Fresnel lens built in 1898 and the display of the Ashtabula Car Ferry.
The museum also provides an expansive view of the commercial & recreational Ashtabula Harbor. Watch actual lakeboats loading and unloading coal & iron ore on the commercial dock. Watch the Bascule liftbridge open and close to let power & sailboats pass through.
The gift shop includes nautical items such as: jewelry, maritime and railroad books, mugs, lighthouse slates, wooden model boat kits, miniature boats, "Scaasis" lighthouses, shipwreck charts, post cards, lighthouse writing paper and Ashtabula Lighthouse pictures. We also have "Ashtabula Lighthouse", "Lake Erie Lighthouses", "Lakeboats" and "Edmund Fitzgerald" Tee-shirts along with many other items.
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Interactive Travel Map|Text the Secretary|Trip PageAbout the Author: Melissa Lan serves as a Line Officer in the U.S. Department of State's Executive Secretariat.
My friends and family often ask me what a Line Officer -- someone who works on the State Department's Executive Secretariat staff -- does. My Thursday schedule gives a good sense of what a Line Officer's typical day on the road involves.
4:00 a.m. I woke up in my hotel at the Shanghai Shangri-La, where I've been staying for the past week in preparation for the Secretary's upcoming visit to see the World Expo being held here in Shanghai. I'm still a little tired from yesterday's site visits. We toured 10 possible Expo pavilions for the visit! I checked emails on my Blackberry and got ready for the day.
6:00 a.m. I went over today's scheduled meetings and site visits over breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
8:00 a.m. I did a walk-through of the hotel ballroom where the Secretary will hold a "Meet and Greet" with consulate staff during her visit. I went through the whole program with the site officer for this event and the hotel manager.
8:30 a.m. My car took me to the Expo site, where I went to see the USA Pavilion again.
9:00 a.m. I completed a walk-through of the USA Pavilion presentation with the Shanghai Consulate's Control Officer and Advance Team Liaison Officer for this visit. We walked through the Secretary's movements and viewed the videos that are on display.
11:00 a.m. We took an Expo golf buggy to the other side of the Expo site (twice the size of Monaco) to do a walk-through of the China Pavilion. This is the largest and tallest national pavilion on the site. We met with the pavilion staff, who walked us through their proposed itinerary for the Secretary's visit.
12:30 p.m. We had lunch on the Huang Pu River with Chinese Expo officials.
1:30 p.m. We went to the Expo Center to prepare for the Secretary's bi-lateral meeting that she will hold. We discussed the participants, movements and topics for the meeting.
2:30 p.m. Afterwards, we returned to the U.S. Consulate to hold meetings with consulate staff about the press for the visit, as well as finalizing the Secretary's final schedule. Finally, I prepared for the final countdown meeting that we're holding later tonight with the consulate staff.
5:00 p.m. Final Countdown Meeting: Everyone at the consulate who is involved with the Secretary's visit attended this meeting to review the final schedule and talk through all of the movements of all other principals who will be coming for the visit.
7:30 p.m. I had dinner at a local Chinese restaurant to try some of Shanghai's famous soup dumplings.
8:30 p.m. I had several trip calls with decision-makers back in Washington. These calls covered several topics including the Secretary's schedule in Shanghai.
2:00 a.m. Finally went to bed!
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Allan A. in California writes:
Hello Ms. Lan. Thank you for sharing an insight to an important and challenging work that you do. Please tell me the entry-level position in the State for this type of work. Your posting inspired me! All the best to you.
O.C. in U.S.A. writes:
Sounds like a really difficult job. I'd make a terrible line officer.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Melissa Lan,
I shouldn't ask you how you were feeling the next morning on 2 hours sleep, been there, done that in marathon recording sessions in studio.
I could tell you about the time I put in a hundred and one hours (billable) in one week painting a several million dollar home to get it ready for the client's Thanksgiving dinner party.
To which my effort was met with disbelief that such an effort was not humanly possible unless I was on drugs.
I said, "That's right, lots and lots of coffee, and I kept my word. It's done."
(168 hours in a week) I didn't get much sleep.
Nor do I need to remind you of all the university studies done on the adverse health ramifications of not getting your beauty sleep, or simply 6 hours on a regular basis.
But if I was your boss, I would have taken you off the job after 16 hours and ordered you to bed. I'd need you alert in the AM.
Your testimony here is something that Congress should think about when funding the State Dept.
Because that pace you're on dear is not sustainable, will ruin your health, and Congress should provide the funding to get you some help, since you're pulling the hours of two people's work day.
It's one thing to put out "maximum effort" for a short period at the expense of your basic need for sleep, but burning out because of it isn't an option I would allow if I was your boss.
I hope you get some "down time" after the expo and the Secretary's visit is done.
After all your hard work, you deserve that.
John P. in Greece writes:
Extremely nice and powerful post Mrs. Lan.
That's why (a part of) DipNote was born: 2 make us know how serving is.
You are right. It's not exactly a walk in the park.
I wish you the best success madam!
Micah S. in China writes:
8:30 p.m. phone calls
2:00 a.m. bed
That's a lot of phone calls ;)
Russell in USA writes:
@ Ms. Lan:
Wow, just wow! I sincerely hope you're able to get some much needed rest in the near future. You are definitely a shining example against the common, often media-driven, misconception that federal government employees are under-worked and over paid!


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About the Author: Steve Royster serves as the Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs.VIEW PHOTOSCyclone Nargis struck Burma this weekend with winds of 120 miles per hour lasting for 10 hours. The Category 4 storm left over 22,000 dead and widespread devastation in its wake.
When a crisis like this strikes around the world, the Department of State's first thought is for the safety of American citizens. As the storm brewed offshore, colleagues at the American Embassy in Rangoon issued two messages to Americans in country with advice on how to prepare for Nargis.
When the storm hit on May 2, electricity and phone lines went down throughout the country, heightening the challenge of accounting for the hundreds of American citizens living in and visiting Burma. Embassy personnel communicated through radios, since mobile phone service was sporadic and unreliable. They contacted hotels and schools in rain-drenched efforts to locate Americans. Our staff told Americans how to find critical necessities -- food, fuel, water – and also had information on flight availability at the international airport, so citizens who wished to could leave Burma for safer, drier ground.
Colleagues at our Embassy in Rangoon, both American and Burmese, were watching out for Americans even as the cyclone was threatening their own homes. When we're in the field, we all know that helping Americans is part of the job. That is especially clear during a crisis like Cyclone Nargis.
Crises like these are important reminders why Americans should register their travel abroad with the Department of State. When an emergency strikes, Americans in country, whether residents or visitors, who have registered can be contacted swiftly by the Embassy with information and other support for their safety. Registration also means you will receive notices and travel warnings prior to and during your trip.
Michael writes:
Nice job in Myanmar. You're doing a great job doing the things that the U.S. does best, but gets no credit for: Helping third world countries in their time of need. Keep it up.
Caroline in Thailand writes:
My husband, a friend and I were in Rangoon as tourists when Nargis hit. On sunday May 4th we were informed by our hotel that people from the American Embassy had personally stopeed by to find out how many American Citizens were registered at the hotel and to see if the hotel had adequate water and food supplies. We were given a contact number for the embassy should we require any futher information or assistance.
I later called the contact number to see if there was any information regarding the airport re-opening and flights out of the country. The phone was answered immediately and I was given the information and advise I was looking for. As a result we were able to fly out of Rangoon on Monday morning.
Given the extent of the crisis and the challenging logistics of Burma. I was impressed and proud that the U.S. Embassy went to such legnths to ensure safety and comfort of American citizens.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ DipNote Blogger Steve Royster -- I fail to understand why the government of Burma has seemed to be unwilling to allow aid to flow.
In present circumstance, the sovereignty of a nation is secondary to that of a global responsibility to protect populations, if that government cannot or is unwilling to.
Lot of folks (upwards of a million or more) are homeless. 100,000 dead, unknown total injured.
What's the possibility of a visa waiver (visa application - post arrival) for survivors on an international level to get them out of harm's way and provide shelter and the basics? Or how would current U.S. policies approach such a task in this context?
As I see it, the local infrastructure can't cope with the displaced, regardless if the regime were doing back flips to help render assistance.
If the international community is willing to open its doors wide to those willing to leave Burma, upon realizing that Burma has lost over 60% of its cropland for a number of years and the nation can no longer support the surviving population over an extended period of recovery and land reclamation; Then deeds will match words spoken in acceptance of "responsibility to protect" at the 2005 UNGA.
There's no doubt in my mind Steve, that as understaffed as State is to meet a changing world, you've all met it very well. Above and beyond the call...
Joe in Tennessee writes:
This is difficult. I'd like to say we need to be dropping Units- M16a and gear- rather than food so the people can dispose of their leadership and start their own democracy.
These little Hitters continue to ruin lives by the millions all over the world, with or without natures help.
They limited the intake of AID until they could distribute the foodstuffs and medical supplies to show THEY CARE and are in CONTROL which sends the wrong message in actuality as it creates reinforcement of their leadership roles.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Press report below indicates that the U.S. is considering air drop relief regardless of what the regime thinks about it.
I say go for it! Bomb them with food, and send in the Navy for a little humanitarian "gunboat diplomacy".
If the regime has a problem with that, then implement Joe's option...but I think in a week or so the regime will see and understand the fact that mother nature has terminated their ability to govern.
Ronald in New York writes:
Pre-Nargis Plan. The devastating cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) highlights the importance of the establishment of global cooperation PRIOR to humanitarian crises. Providing proactive humanitarian aid can set the stage for a more cooperative and welcoming response by isolated regimes.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
There is also the possibility that all Intel concerning the use of Burma for terrorist training camps and arms holding may be valid.
Why would the leadership there want to help anyway? It is simply more mouths to feed they cannot afford as it is. For them, the long this goes on and the more that die, the better.
I would also like to suggest: Why not simply drop some food with banners and leaflets that say: The World Cares. Even if we or the UN has to use escorted flights and actually use military power in Defense. They have no real government per se. What could they do if food was dropped all over Burma?
How is that a violation of law - Violation of Air Space for feeding destitute citizens?
Maybe this is an opportunity for the UN to show it DOES care before there are massive deaths.
Halona in India writes:
UN officials estimated some 1 million people had been left homeless in Myanmar. Some aid workers said heavily flooded areas were accessible only by boat, with helicopters unable to find dry spots for landing relief supplies.Many people are getting sick. The whole place is under salt water and there is nothing to drink. President Bush said the U.S. was ready to deliver aid. I have donated U.S. $ 50 (small for sure ) to the Red Cross collected through sales of digital products through my http://www.edogo.com website. It's really heart rendering to see loss of thousands of innocent lives to this natural disaster.


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"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. "
Eclipse Aviation's Eclipse 500
The challenge faced by Eclipse Aviation reminds me of the old joke: "How can you wind up with a million dollars by investing in aviation? Start with two million."
Over the last two decades, only one U.S. aircraft manufacturer that began from scratch has made a real go of it: Cirrus Design. Cirrus builds four-seat propeller airplanes. In its early days, it survived by borrowing money from the principals' friends and relatives; pooling the executives' credit cards to make payroll; and, finally, attracting offshore investment after practically every American bank and investment house told the company to, well, "go fly a kite." Today Cirrus is profitable and the deficiencies in its early aircraft have been remedied, but it took almost a decade after the FAA certified its first airplane to achieve these successes. Aviation investments require as much patience as money, and we live in impatient times.
Now imagine how much harder it is to start a jet airplane company from scratch-one that relies on new aircraft, new manufacturing technology and mass production to make a profit; and one with a flamboyant CEO whose bold pronouncements turn the faces of his PR people purple and attract critics' disdain and media skepticism.
That's the case with Eclipse Aviation, which began in 1998. The Eclipse 500 twinjet VLJ gained "provisional" certification from the FAA in July 2006 and not-quite full certification in 2007 (flight into known icing conditions was approved just in June, for example). The company has spent the last two years ironing the bugs out of the design and finishing up the avionics software and functionality, well after customer deliveries commenced. Some of these mistakes were of Eclipse's own making and some were the fault of suppliers. But basically Eclipse illustrates the business-school version of Murphy's Law (what can go wrong, will), sort of the story of Job perfumed with jet-A fuel.
The miracle is that the company still exists at all, and that, for the money-a little more than $2 million, fully loaded-the twin-engine Eclipse 500 is a pretty decent airplane. It's small and relatively fast for a VLJ. And it is even less expensive than most single-engine turboprops.
With full fuel (251 gallons), the Eclipse cruises at 370 knots and has a range of 1,125 nautical miles. But full tanks knock the available payload (pilots, passengers and bags) down to 700 pounds. You can get the airplane with six seats, but you'd be hard-pressed to fill them on a trip lasting more than an hour.
Not that you'd want to. The Eclipse's cabin is cramped: four feet two inches tall, four and a half feet wide and just over 12 feet long. It's OK with two adult passengers, maybe even three. But four? No way. You can also forget about bringing a lot of stuff, unless you pile it in the passenger area. The baggage compartment is only 16 cubic feet.
The environmental control system (ECS) features independent zones for cabin and cockpit but the pilots, not the passengers, control the cabin zone. Most people I've talked to who have ridden in the back claim the ventilation blows very cold, especially at higher altitudes. Whether this is a fault of the system or the pilots is unknown. Eclipse claims there is no problem with the ECS. Cabin pressure altitude is 8,000 feet at 41,000 feet.
You can order options that make the cabin more stylish and comfortable, and the company's excellent Web site, www.eclipseaviation.com, lets you use a menu to "build" and fully visualize your airplane with the interior color scheme and exterior striping. You can also add an entertainment package that features XM radio and an MP3 player ($15,000), a refreshment center (a glorified ice drawer for $6,000), an electric-flushing toilet with privacy curtain ($10,000) and metal plating ($10,000). The quality of the fit and finish is acceptable for an airplane at this price point, but nobody is going to confuse it with what you'd find in a Gulfstream.
Power comes from a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofans that produce 900 pounds of thrust each and enable the airplane to take off and land in well under 3,000 feet-paved or not. The engines are more powerful-and suck more fuel-than the Williams EJ-22s that Eclipse initially planned to use. Those engines failed during flight test and caused the switch to Pratt and a rather long delay in bringing the airplane to market. They also caused the 500 to grow wing-tip fuel tanks. Tip tanks were common on early Learjets and on 1950s vintage jet fighters. They are a sure sign that some engineer, somewhere, somehow, has screwed up because the airplane needs more fuel but there's no place else to put it. Fortunately, thanks to modern aerodynamics, the tip tanks on the 500 blend well into the wings and give the airplane a more "muscular" look.
The cockpit features a three-screen Avio NG glass panel system torturously developed by Eclipse and various unindicted coconspirators. Earlier this year, Eclipse announced that it was adding the Garmin GPS 400W unit to the system and would retrofit it to the 160 airplanes produced through March 2008 and make it standard on future production. In my opinion, this hybrid system isn't quite as good or as clean as the integrated Garmin G1000 avionics system on the Citation Mustang and Embraer Phenom, but it will get the job done and allows for instrument approaches with the autopilot engaged-a "coupled approach" in pilot jargon-to even the smallest airports.
Pilots who fly the 500, and the mechanics who work on it, generally like the airplane. They do, however, recognize that it remains a work in progress and mention a few things to watch out for:
THE TIRES. Eclipse designed the 500's tires to land on grass and pavement, so they're soft. Soft tires wear out faster-in the case of the 500, sometimes as soon as after 60 cycles. (A cycle is a landing and a takeoff.) So with average use, you're looking at tire changes two to three times a year. That is a lot more than with other jets. Eclipse is working on getting a more durable tire compound but until then expect to burn some rubber.
THE BRAKES. They are small and you have to baby them, but they are the primary way to slow the airplane down on the ground. The 500 doesn't have anti-skid brakes, unlike most automobiles and some other small jets, such as the Citation Mustang. The good news is that the Eclipse lands slowly and its trailing-link landing gear smoothes out even the most inept landings. "It is a very forgiving aircraft," said pilot Jeff Hultquist.
PARKING. The 500 is a small airplane, but it doesn't have nosewheel steering, so in some circumstances you need lots of space on the ground to maneuver.
MAINTENANCE. Fixing a 500 is computer-intensive. Mechanics do most of the troubleshooting and a lot of the calibrating via a laptop that plugs into the instrument panel. Your mechanic will have to be trained on the airplane and a lot of his course may be new territory.
Most of the operators I spoke with claimed Eclipse provided good product support. "Parts availability has been very, very good," said Dave Hintzke, a line mechanic with Florida-based air-taxi company DayJet.
Other early problems associated with the aircraft, most notably cracking windshields, have been resolved. The few Eclipses that have come onto the used market seem to be holding their value well. Granted, the airplane had a rocky start, but the market seems to be growing more confident and comfortable with it as time progresses.
At a glance
Price (typically equipped): $2.15 million
Passengers: 4
Crew: 2
Range (4 pax, 2 crew): 1,125 nm
Maximum cruising speed: 370 kt
Maximum takeoff weight: 5,995 lb
Fuel capacity: 251 gal
Cabin Width: 4.8 ft
Cabin Height: 4.2 ft
Cabin Length: 12.4 ft
FAA Emergency Directive Targets Eclipse 500
During an encounter with wind shear at Chicago Midway Airport on June 5, the pilot of an Eclipse 500 pushed the thrust levers (throttles) forward with enough force to cause a software error that locked both engines at full power. Unable to slow the airplane for landing, the pilot elected to shut down one engine for the subsequent landing attempt. When he did, the thrust on the working engine dropped to idle and became unresponsive to thrust-lever inputs, resulting in a hard landing that blew out both of the airplane's main tires. No one aboard the airplane was hurt, but the incident prompted an FAA emergency airworthiness directive on June 12 requiring inspections of the thrust levers in more than 200 in-service airplanes. Nearly all of them had completed the checks at press time, with similar anomalies uncovered in two aircraft, according to Eclipse Aviation. The company is working on a software update to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future. --Stephen Pope
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Posted on 07/06/2014 2:11:01 PM PDT by Salvation
Oregon mental hospital to honor 'forgotten souls'
SALEM, Ore. (AP) They were dubbed the "forgotten souls" the cremated remains of thousands of people who came through the doors of Oregon's state mental hospital, died there and whose ashes were abandoned inside 3,500 copper urns.
One of the abandoned wings of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon.
Discovered a decade ago at the decrepit Oregon State Hospital, where "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was filmed, the remains became a symbol of the state's and the nation's dark history of treating the mentally ill. A research effort to unearth the stories of those who moved through the hospital's halls, and to reunite the remains with surviving relatives, takes center stage Monday as officials dedicate a memorial to those once-forgotten patients.
"No one wants to be laid to rest without some kind of acknowledgement that they were here, that they contributed, ... ___ Online: List of unclaimed remains: http://1.usa.gov/1mplzr1
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If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed recently, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you were on the previous list.
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I drive by that hospital every now and then. It looks creepy from the outside, with all the barred windows. My mom had to work there once when the state workers went on strike. It's empty now, all the nuts let loose on the streets but still the huge building stands there for some reason.
Not my favorite place to drive either. Less creepy than the red brick building was, though.
>>became a symbol of the state's and the nation's dark history of treating the mentally ill.
Yeah. Our new method of turning them loose with a bottle of pills so they can become homeless and criminals is so much better.
Ooo, that does look creepy...
It's so much better to give them pills and let them loose on our streets. When some of them subsequently mass murder people, so what? It gives the left a reason to rant about gun control.
In other words, some people probably should be committed. That doesn't mean they should be treated poorly or be committed easily, but some people really do deserve to be institutionalized.
Much better to turn them loose and arm them and let them take out other souls. /sarc
Care for the mentally ill swung from one extreme to the other.
Plain common sense. But the compassionate crowd would rather they starve in the gutter.
Dark history, my butt.
The darkest thing that happened was basically outlawing these hospitals and unleashing the truly impaired on others and leaving them vagrants.
As far as remains, it's nice if they can give them proper respect.
Looks like an old college dorm.
Maybe Oregon could use it to house some of the Illegals coming this way.
I'm surprised none of the ferals have stolen the urns for their copper.
THAT'S how cynical I've become over the last 6 or so years. Tomorrow will tell in Murrieta if I can come back. I hope so.
Where are all the concern trolls who were outraged about the bodies found in the converted septic tank at the Catholic-run home for unwed mothers in Ireland? I'm sure they'll be here any time now, lol.
Indeed, right after my husband worked there. the State of Oregon closed down Fairview — mental home for children. I wonder how many ended up here.
I doubt that would happen for this is between downtown and the big shopping mall.
Good point, I hadn't drawn that parallel. But it's sure there.
Funny you should say it looks like a dorm. Before there was Cal State University Channel Islands, there was Camarillo State Hospital. I have not been there, but the school website has lovely pictures. I wonder if the current students have any idea what the premises used to be.
Three geese in a flock.
One flew east, one flew west,
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
O-U-T spells OUT,
Goose swoops down and plucks you out.
Ah. The Kesey book. Kesey hated the movie and wouldn't watch it after his screen play was squashed. I loved the movie. Liked the book ok too but different. The book was from the perspective of chief Broom.
Oh Well...."You're either on the bus or off it".
Please take me off the list....Oregon Rancher
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On Tuesday, March 26, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng came to Washington, D.C. to discuss efforts for atrocity prevention with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and other senior U.S. officials, briefing on his work internationally and thanking the United States for its establishment of the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) by President Obama.
In my meeting with Special Adviser Dieng, we stressed the importance of working closely with the United Nations, multilateral--as well as bilateral--partners on preventing genocide and mass atrocities, before they occur.
During a full day of consultations, Special Adviser Dieng also met with State and inter-agency participants in the work of the Atrocities Prevention Board--including the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, the Office of Global Criminal Justice, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the Department of Justice, Department of Defense and the Multilateral and Human Rights Directorate of the National Security Staff--and expressed his appreciation for the APB's work both on specific country situations and on bringing attention to the issue from the U.S. government. The Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and the U.S. government share joint interests, including training, early warning and prevention. The visit highlighted areas for increased U.S.-UN cooperation, and areas for strengthening overall capacity in the atrocity prevention realm, such as enhancing the tools available to peacekeeping operations, better cooperation with UN actors, and supporting prevention efforts by regional and sub-regional organizations.
The Atrocities Prevention Board , established by President Obama through Presidential Study Directive 10, August 4, 2011, is a high-level, interagency board that meets monthly to address emerging atrocity threats and develop better tools and policies on atrocity prevention and response strategies for the U.S. government. It is founded upon the principle that "[p]reventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States."
Originally from Senegal, Special Adviser Dieng served as the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda from 2001 until he took up this post in July 2012. He was also the Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists for ten years.
Kurt A. in the United Kingdom writes:
Given several Regions in more recent times have suffered numerous atrocities and also concerns of Genocide may I ask what would be those prioritized under discussions that I accept would be planned for the near future. Given concerns of Christians being senselessly killed by allowing religion based followers to the concerns of the more generalized Burma. Whilst these are duly noted what are the thoughts on future developments relating to Asia and the destabilized condition of on going conflicts.
Why dose the USA hate me so much
Constance Lynne C. in Iceland writes:
Please stop the genocidal atrocities in Syria! It's evil to sit back as the citizens in Syria beg for our and the world's intervention!
Vinaiooki in Italy writes:
Please stop organized Tamil genocide by Sri Lankan oppressive regime.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Well, if the internationmal community wants to prevent genocide, there's a sure-fire way to do that.
Just ban dictatorships, and prevent dictators from coming into power in the first place.
You'll find that there will be a lot less mental ilness present on the world stage, as well as a lot less conflict, political stupidity, human suffering, and folks threatening nuclear war whenever they want attention.
And if the international community and/or the US gov. is not willing to physicly remove the dictators now in power that are making war on their people, starving them, and committing atrocities in violation of their population's human rights;
Then be prepared to ask yourselves why folks didn't act sooner to take the action (military and otherwise) to remove them before so many people died needlessly, simply because the international community couldn't come to grips with the fact that diplomacy harly ever changes a dictator's calculus.
Don't just take my word for this as fact, you can check this statement with the State dept's chief historian if you'all need a reality check.
And I look at this following quote and while it is true...
"[p]reventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States.â€
...it rings just a bit hollow while so many atrocities are committed across this planet on a daily basis by dictators with WMD's hell bent on causing the US to intervene in order to prevent genocide, and this government hasn't yet made the decision to put a stop to it, by every means, with every option available on and off "the table".
The President implied the other day basicly that "we're damed if we do and damned if we don't" in the eyes of public opinion when we intervene for humanitarian purposes or not...militarily.
Well, when did public opinion ever prevent this nation and its President from doing right by the people, regardless of nationality or how hard it may be to assure their right to live in peace and prosperity?
Or does genocide happen because it's politicly expedient to not take action militarily in time to prevent it, because some think maybe somehow more folks will be killed if folks act to intervene militarily to remove dictators from power, rather than if we don't (and not intervening is an action unto itself), and simply hope and pray dictators listen to diplomatic reason, all the while they are killing their people?
Well, nothing worthwile was ever achieved without some risk involved, but the risk involved in allowing these situations to continue is far greater than folks dare to imagine at the moment.
And you know darn well treating the symptoms of genocide with a humanitarian aid band-aid is not going to stop the slaughter of innocents. Nor does it in any way represent "doing enough", regardless of how many millions of dollars governments donate for relief or profess to place "pressure" on dictators to step aside from power.
Please, I'd really love it if the State dept spokesperson or any senior official with enough guts to answer these questions would post their response here, publicly.
As a US citizen, my job is to inspire my government to think and occasionally remind you'all that you work for us, the American people. But in the 21st century,this gov. has an admitted publicly stated obligation to all people on this planet, and as it regards ever allowing genocide to take place...this government must answer to all people...as must every government ultimately.
So the least you folks can do is try and answer a rather complicated question of moral certitude directly and uniquivocably, when so many lives are at stake in the world.
History will not tolerate excuses why folks have failed to act when the evidence has been before them for some time now, I hope you'all understand this and work to pre-empt a greater tragedy to come, involving the use of WMD's in the hands of dictators.
And if not now, when?
Abrahams in Uganda writes:
Atrocities prevention is a very wise strategy to combat and ensure that human rights are proactively prevented. I wish to focus my views on Syria and what is happening there. It is pretty obvious that several atrocities have been committed against the Syrian people. Why is the US on one hand and the rest of the world hesitant to intervene in this conflict. Do we surely need to wait for for example the use of chemical weapons like some world leaders have appeared to suggest, in order to justify intervention in this conflict? Its pretty clear that the government of the day is determined to use force to force its continuity and sustainability. What sort of precedent is being set in this particular case? No government should ever be allowed to act criminally towards its citizens. And if the world minds about peace and human rights, isn't it contradictory that our position regarding the conflict in Syria suggests otherwise.
Let the world led by Countries like the US and others take a more responsible position regarding the events in Syria. The sooner the intervention, the better for especially the Syrians who continue to suffer at the hands of Assad who is legally obligated to protect the Syrian people.
Mahmood in Bangladesh writes:
Power hunkers goes for genocide to hold power illegally... peoples sentiment and emotions should never be over rulled....Created Leaders make Protracted funs with the fate of the people.....Restore peoples right,,,,,,,,,,


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The Eastern oyster, Atlantic oyster, or the Virginia oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is a species of oyster that is native to the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of North America. It is also farmed in Puget Sound, Washington, where it is known as the Totten Inlet Virginica. [1] Eastern oysters are and have been very popular commercially. Today it is thought that less than 1% of the original population that existed in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries when the original colonists arrived in the seventeenth century remains[2], although population estimates from any era are uncertain. The Eastern oyster is the state shellfish of Connecticut,[3] and its shell is the state shell of Virginia and Mississippi.
Like all oysters, Crassostrea virginica is a bivalve mollusk with a hard calcium-carbonaceous shell. Its shell provides protection from predation.
This particular type of oyster has an important environmental value. Like all oysters, Crassostrea virginica is a filter feeder. They suck in water and filter out the plankton and detritus to swallow, then spit the water back out, thus cleaning the water around them. One oyster can filter up to 48 gallons of water in 24 hours.
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The Eastern oyster used to be of great commercial value. Due to the steep decline in the number of oysters in various traditionally harvested areas primarily because of overfishing and diseases[4], the annual catch has declined significantly. In Maryland, the 2006-2007 catch was 165,059 bushels (~7600 m³) of oysters [5]. Other regions of the east coast of the United States have successful oyster farms, including most notably Cotuit and Wellfleet on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.
"Dermo" (Perkinsus marinus) is a marine disease of oysters, caused by a protozoan parasite. It is a prevalent pathogen of oysters, causing massive mortality in oyster populations and poses a significant economic threat to the oyster industry.
"MSX" (Haplosporidium nelsoni) was first described along the mid-Atlantic coast in 1957[6]. Mortalities can reach 90% to 95% of the oyster population within 2 to 3 years of being seeded[7]. MSX slows the feeding rates of infected oysters leading to a reduction in the amount of stored carbohydrates. The reduction in stored carbohydrates inhibits normal gametogenesis during spawning, resulting in reduced fecundity.
See also
- ^ Apple Jr., R.W. (2006-04-26). "The Oyster Is His World". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/dining/26oyst.html. Retrieved 2006-04-27.
- ^ Newell, R.I.E. 1988. Ecological changes in Chesapeake Bay: are they the results of overharvesting the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica? In: M. Lynch and E.C. Krome (eds.) Understanding the estuary: advances in Chesapeake Bay research, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Solomons MD pp.536-546.
- ^ STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols; Connecticut State Register & Manual; retrieved on January 4, 2007
- ^ 4. Jordan, S.J. and J.M. Coakley. 2004. Long-term projections of eastern oyster populations under various management scenarios. Journal of Shellfish Research 23:63-72.
- ^ Tarnowski, M. (ed.). 2008. Maryland Oyster Population Status Report, 2007 Fall Survey. Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, Publ. No. 17-7302008-328, 36pp.
- ^ [1]; Increased Virulence in an Introduced Pathogen: Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) in the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica ; retrieved on November 16, 1999
- ^ [2]; Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) of Oysters ; retrieved on October 3, 2007


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