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HOW white, how white and dazzling, that road upon the hillside lay!
All day she sat at the window, watching it. In the dusk, when no other eye could mark it, she saw it winding in the dimness. All night in her dreams it lay before her, in its white aching emptiness.
How slowly the chill weeks crawled over her—two, four, six, eight. Still she watched it till the colour faded from her cheeks and the bright restless light grew strong in her eyes. Her old grandmother would lay her work aside and, standing behind her, would stroke her hair softly with her old withered hands and say, "You are not well my child; you are lonely; the place is too quiet for you; a young life like yours should not be buried away here."
And Undine would answer nothing, and sit watching, only she knew for what.
The snow had vanished and the road lay, a white chalky line between the brown fields; only now and then a farmer's cart or a labourer from the next village would pass along it.page: 156
"Why do you never sit by the fire? It is so cold and cheerless at the window, and there is nothing to be seen," the old woman would say. But still she sat there, looking out and stitching away always at delicate white muslins with pink bows and dreamy blue and white stuffs, which the old woman thought made her look like an angel when she tried them on.
"The child has changed," she would say to herself, as she sat knitting and dozing in the firelight. "She never reads now and thinks only of dress and music; but I suppose it is natural; the young will be young."
The winter went early that year, and the first signs of spring were showing themselves. Undine did not count the days any more; she did not reason or ask herself any questions; she only waited, waited.
One day she saw a boy coming down the road. It was quite midday and the sun was shining with an almost summer-like warmth. She sat there with her hands folded in her lap, looking at him yet not seeing him till he came up to the open window and put a letter in her hand.
She started up and passed out through the next room, where her grandmother sat knitting in the sunshine of the opened door.
"What is it? What has happened?" asked the old woman; but Undine only hurried past her with the letter pressed tight in both hands against her breast.
Through the long leafless garden she passed, page: 157 where the soft buds were just beginning to swell under the brown bark, through the rough uneven meadow beyond, and sat down at the side of the little cozy river that crept slowly between its muddy reedy banks. She sat long looking at the paper in her hands, with its great red seal; then she tore it open.
What that letter said she never could remember; but she knew, when she had read it, that the dream of her life had vanished, to return no more.
She put the letter whole into her mouth and chewed it fine between her grinding teeth; then she sat still and watched a tiny white feather that lay upon the muddy water bobbing up and down, up and down. Her mind seemed a perfect vacancy but for the thought of that little white feather. She wondered if it would be caught by nodding leaves of the reeds that dipped into the water, or whether it would be stranded on the oozy bank—looked at the little white feather and wondered, and ground the letter fine, fine, between her teeth.
Then, a sudden wild impulse seized her. She must rise—she must run—she must flee—she must go—somewhere, anywhere.
With nothing on her head, sinking ankle deep in the soft mud, she broke through the reeds and bushes and climbed up the steep bank with hands and feet. She did not pause an instant, but ran on to the rugged hill with its winding sheep tracks and sharp page: 158 stones, climbed it, and ran on among the trees and rocks that lay scattered on its summit. She did not seem able to get further; again and yet again she thought she found herself in the same place; and every time she looked up at the great red sun it seemed a great, laughing, cruel human eye, looking down at her from the clear blue sky.
It was on her, on her, wherever she went, that great blood-red eye, and the great brown hill opposite with its white chalk road was like a leering human face that laughed at her, jeered at her, mocked at her; and the stones, and the trees—they had all a hidden sneer about them. "Fool! fool! fool!" they cried. And the blue cloudless sky overhead was so hard and pitiless, like a righteous human soul which has no mercy for the erring. "O sky, blue cloudless sky, have pity, have pity on me!" she cried in her madness; and she threw herself down and lay on a great flat stone in the footpath. Gazing up into the sky's blue depths, she looked straight at the dazzling sun with an unnatural strength of sight.
They drove her madder, madder, the sky, the sun, the earth; till she writhed in her pain, like a trodden worm, on the ground and stones. Then the old feeling came over her again, and she rose up and ran. Her sight seemed to grow dim and blurred at last, and she stumbled and fell again and yet again over the stones and stumps. Bruised, bleeding, she felt nothing, only knew she must run on, on.page: 159
Her grandmother looked out anxiously for her all day, and when it was growing dark that evening, saw her walking slowly up the little garden path, with her head drooping on her breast and her arms hanging heavily at either side.
"Where have you been, my child?" she said, coming out to meet her. "Are you not bitterly cold?"
"No," said Undine, wearily; and when they entered the little parlour with its cheerful lamp and firelight her grandmother noticed that the bright anxious light she was accustomed to see in her eyes had vanished.
"You look ill, my child," she said, resting her nervous old hand softly on her arm.
"I am not ill," Undine said, "only tired. No, I am not hungry; I only want to rest. I am tired, very tired. I want no light, thank you. Good-night."


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Here's my first attempt at deep fried turkey chunks: I cut the turkey breast and thighs into 1" turkey chunks. Then I mixes some eggs with milk. I also mixed some seasoning into a cup of flour. I dipped the chunks into the eggs, and then dredged them through the seasoning and flour. (I used Old Bay seasoning plus another seasoning that I don't remember the name of -- it's what we had on hand.)
Then into the fryer it went. I probably used a little too much seasoning because most pieces were on the salty side. Be careful because no matter how much seasoning you put into the flour, it doesn't look like there's much there.
Very good eating -- as good as turkey gets, and extremely tender.

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The television appearance: It's the sort of thing that can turn out good or bad. Too dressy, and the actress looks like she's trying too hard. Not dressy enough, and she can look like a slob. I thought Stella McCartney's cocktail dress, with its long sleeves and flirty flip, was the perfect mix for Cameron Diaz when she was a guest on Jay Leno's show this week. But then again, Cameron's body has been looking rocking lately. So I'd probably vote for anything that shows off those gams.
Reese Witherspoon is an American institution, the sweet Southern girl we've showered with affection for being so damn likable. And relatable. The same goes for her style. She never gets too crazy and she can be relied on for always looking chic — and classic — on the red carpet. The black Monique Lhuillier gown she wore to the White House Correspondents Dinner was the right combination of wholesome and a little bit of drama. And I loved the pop of color with the earrings. It reminded me of another of my favorite fashion memories: Nicole Kidman's Jean Paul Gaultier moment at the 2003 Academy Awards, when she won the Best Actress award for The Hours.
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Congress's failure to reach a fiscal "grand bargain" last summer manifested the deep economic-policy divide separating Democrats and Republicans. Fortunately, the so-called fiscal cliff will soon create an extraordinary second opportunity for a breakthrough compromise.
Washington's continued failure to get our fiscal house in order poses five basic risks. One, government borrowing risks crowding out private investment. Two, our unsustainable fiscal outlook undermines business confidence by creating uncertainty about future policy, economic conditions and our ability to govern, which in turn dampens investment and hiring.
Three, deficits constrain our capacity to make the public investment critical to competitiveness, growth and widespread income gains. Four, deficits hamper our financial ability to cope with economic weakness or geopolitical events. And five, our fiscal position creates a strong potential for some form of severe macroeconomic distress at an unpredictable time: high inflation, high interest rates and low confidence in the future that produce an extended period of slow or negative growth, or a harsh financial crisis.
Soon after November's election several events will put serious pressure on both parties, possibly providing the impetus for a serious fiscal program. The critical decision-making period will be Congress's lame-duck session after the election, and the first two or three months of the new Congress.
These events are already understood: The 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for middle-class and upper-income taxpayers, and the payroll tax holiday, will expire at the end of 2012. The dramatic mandatory reduction in spending ("sequestration") required by last year's debt-ceiling deal will take place in January 2013. And the debt ceiling will need to be raised again in late 2012 or early 2013.
Each of these events is unacceptable for one or both political parties. Sequestration includes deep cuts to nondefense spending that Democrats oppose, and similarly deep cuts to military spending that make Republicans (and many Democrats) recoil. Republicans oppose the expiration of tax cuts on upper-income Americans, Democrats oppose the expiration of the payroll tax holiday, and members of both parties oppose the expiration of middle-class tax cuts.
As for the debt ceiling, the party in the White House will insist that it be raised (because there is no other responsible choice), while the other party may seek to use it as leverage to achieve other policy goals, as we have seen before.
Since some form of divided government after the election is likely, the parties will need to make an accommodation with each other to avoid chaos. Even if one party controls the White House and Congress, it might still seek meaningful bipartisan participation to avoid sole responsibility for difficult decisions. The multitrillion-dollar question is what kind of accommodation it will be.
There is widespread concern about our elected officials' willingness to find common ground on tough issues. When the right choice is the tough choice, it can be all too easy to make the wrong one. Many experienced people think that will happen, with the parties agreeing to kick the hardest choices down the road by extending the tax cuts, canceling the sequester, raising the debt limit and resolving to "study" the problem.
But this time could possibly be different, thanks to five factors combining to create the best political environment for real fiscal action in a long time. The risks of inaction are apparent and will put pressure on all policy makers: Sequestration and expiring tax cuts will have severe consequences and could cost the country 3.5%-4% of gross domestic product in 2013. A political punt would be a striking manifestation of our inability to govern ourselves and could heighten uncertainty and lack of confidence about future economic policy. That could have serious adverse impact on our economy and on markets. And the months right after a presidential election are—since they're the furthest from the next federal elections—the lowest-pressure time in our political system.
Most important, there is no choice available to Congress that does not involve significant changes to taxes and spending that members of each party will oppose. Unlike any situation I remember, Congress cannot simply maintain the status quo by failing to act.
Doing nothing means tax increases and massive cuts in defense and nondefense spending. Kicking the can down the road requires compromising with the other party on taxes and spending. And biting the bullet on the hard choices will necessitate compromises and action as well. The compromises required for constructive action are substantially harder than the compromises necessary to punt, but taking the easy way out requires actions that come with their own set of political costs. And, the longer you avoid tough choices, the deeper the hole gets, the greater the resulting crisis is and the harsher the necessary measures necessary to reestablish confidence and recover.
What's more, most policy analysts agree on the basic framework for establishing sound fiscal conditions, though the specifics would require intense negotiation.
The overarching goal should be a 10-to-12 year track of deficit reduction that stabilizes the ratio of debt to GDP and then begins to bring it down. Within that context, we must create budgetary room for vigorous public investment in education, basic research infrastructure and other areas that are critical for competitiveness and broad increases in standards of living.
Reducing the deficit, increasing public investment, and preserving government's ability to conduct critical activities will require constraints on spending in all areas, including serious entitlement reform, substantial additional revenues, and difficult judgments on priorities and trade-offs. Because the recovery is still relatively fragile, implementation of the deficit-reduction package should be deferred for a time certain—say, two years—to give the recovery additional time to take hold. But that implementation must be made difficult to cancel or delay, so that it is understood as credible.
There will be vigorous debate about how to raise revenues. I believe the three principal criteria should be economic impact, fiscal effect and progressivity. We should increase the top rate, reform the alternative minimum tax to create greater fairness without penalizing the middle class, and increase capital gains and dividend taxes to levels that best satisfy those criteria. There are also opportunities presented by revising tax credits and deductions, but the impacts are complicated and the potential may be limited.
Whatever the outcome of the elections in November, our political leaders will encounter an extraordinary set of circumstances that we are unlikely to see again. Those circumstances will create a historic opportunity to reshape America's long-term economic outlook for the better. Let's hope they take it.
Mr. Rubin, a former U.S. Treasury secretary, is co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Following on from this thread: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...d.php?t=114690 I have decided to keep a journal of progress. Hopefully this will motivate me.
The target: convince my husband I am able to maintain this tank (130L planted community tank) and thus be allowed to upgrade
1. gain control over algae, fix water parameters and learn about light/nutrient balance to achieve healthy plants.
2. make it all look nicer!
One thing at a time. I am a person who needs to understand what I am doing (and doing wrong). It is tempting to rip everything down and start anew, but I am going to do this as a top-down process.
Starting point 15th October: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...d.php?t=114690
New bulbs are on order, good fertiliser is on order, brain has started to become more engaged in the process.
19th October, I took advantage of some free time to do a 50% WC and tidy up. Rounded up the out of control weeds, though they are staying in the tank for now, disposed to the accused houseplant (!) and mowed the lawn. Did a big gravel vacuum along the back areas where I rarely go, about 20% of tank in depth vacuumed.
... and thus it starts!
All advice welcome -
Doing a major water-change and cleaning up the extra plants is what you need to keep doing to maintain a crystal clear tank.
Getting new bulbs will only help keep the algae under control. But knowing how long to keep the lights on for is essential. 8 hours max. if the tank doesn't get any direct sunlight. If the sun does shine on the tank during the day, keep the curtains closed on that window until the sun is shining elsewhere.
Your tank is looking good after all your work. Keep it up and you'll have that bargaining chip well in hand.Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
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Thanks Strider :)
New bulbs in today - a life-Glo to replace the old power-glo and new Arcadia FO18 to replace the old one which may or may not have been reaching the end of its spectrum life. Also installed a timer a few days ago, so we're now on a strict 8 hour light cycle starting at noon. Some ambient light from windows (nothing direct) in morning, but pitch black all night after lights out.
5 young guppies went to their new homes today so stocking is back on track. Neon tetras are starting to look a bit old; how long to they live? I got them "second hand" about a year ago and they were a couple years old at that point according to guy who gave them to me.
Quick positive update
- I cleaned all the algae off one of the decorations so that I could keep an eye on regrowth and so far it has stayed clean. Water looks good, params are good, fish are healthy. Some new plant growth which is looking a bit less yellow ... So far, so good!
Most exciting, however, I won a new tank on Ebay. £60 for a 200L with stand. It's a nice shape than mine, slightly bigger (mine is 130L) and so in the next few weeks I will be starting the upgrade. Plan is to start from scratch, so will be running both tanks for a couple of months while I start growing plants and buying pretty new things for the new one. :)
New lights look different, fish are a nicer colour, so I guess they were no longer pefect!
Glad to read about your progress Soot. A new tank always gets one cranked up with all the possibilities, awesome win.
I have had Neons live for over 6 years in my tanks and I have heard of others who have had them longer. But one never knows how old they really are if you weren't present when the eggs hatched.
Are you going to add another filter to the old tank? The reason I mention that is; adding a filter to an existing cycled aquarium will start a colony of beneficial bacteria in that filters media. That being said, you will be able to transfer that filter to your new set-up (when it's ready), and add a few fish right away. Be careful not to over stock the new tank immediately though as the BB colony in that filter may not be able to handle too much waste all at once.
I'm glad the new lights are working their magic. Nothing nicer then new tires on your car or bulbs for your tank.Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
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Tyres for the car .. that's not bad idea ...
I have two filters in the old tank already. I also own a tiny internal one. Was thinking about popping that into the new tank when it arrives, just to keep water circulating/etc, while the plants start to grow. Then move my trusty old neons + guppies + old filter when the plants have started looking good ... And then move the rest of the livestock + the second filter over a few weeks after if everything is looking positive.
will be using new substrate so a lot of BB will be lost so am going to take my time. There is no rush, don't mind running two tanks for a couple of months :)
Soooo my new tank has been up and running for a week. New lights, newly sealed, it's all functional TOUCH WOOD!
... but only with about 10cm of water and no filter/etc ... I have the new substrate down - ended up treating myself to a black substrate. Would have gone with the sand as recommended here, but my heart just went for the black and could only find fine gravel for that. Some of the gravel from the old tank is underneath at the back as well to bulk it up a bit. Also got some white sand in the middle. It's very art deco at the moment, though a bit Fail on the Aquascape side.
Have transferred over the healthiest sags and some moss ... waiting on some java fern to make bogwood decor + some other plantsplants, then will begin the mass planting of the far corner. I want a JUNGLE. Probably another Aquascape Fail, but I like the wilderness. Just need to learn to have controlled wilderness like some people here seem to achieve!
.... Will see what the next few weeks bring. Got a slight problem at the moment = not enough electric near the tanks, so lights are an issue. Can't run anything together as it trips the fuse ... ugh, more to think about until the changeover!
Thanks for reading :)
Thanks for the update Soot.
Be very careful not to overload your electrical circuits. I hate it when there is only one outlet for my tank. I ran another circuit from the breaker box up near the tank before I started with it just for that type of reason. A pain at the time but it paid off.Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
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Good tip ... unfortunately bit stuck at the moment. One tank is fine, but two is not a good idea ...
When we have a new kitchen done in a few years I will ensure that we have a lot more outlets as I do have "space" on my fuseboard. But with concrete floors and on the "wrong" side of some doors it won't be easy to just add outlets.
After nearly losing my fish overnight yesterday due to the fuse blowing again, I made the decision to transfer everything today. I moved the bogwood decorations, slates, some plants + both filters. Then all the fish and shrimp.
Not how I had it all planned :( but I just had not anticipated the plug overload problems and due to the tank location, there was no way to get additional corner into that corner. 36 hours later, so far, so good. I haven't fed in the new tank yet, nothing has died (yet), everything is exploring the new hidey holes ... Parameters were good today but did a 50%WC change just in case. Same again tomorrow. The only thing that didn't move over was the gravel from the old tank. Am expecting mini-cycle and hoping it's something we can ride out.
Changed my photoperiods to 3 hours morning + 3 hours evening following advice in Planted Tank. Also means I will be able to see my tank when I'm home. Need darker curtains now for the window but as it's winter it's not a big problem yet!
I guess I should really have this journal deleted. It's not much of a journal!!!


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Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood.
GFR; Estimated GFR; eGFR
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Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Levels below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for 3 or more months are a sign of chronic kidney disease. GFR result lower than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 is a sign of kidney failure and requires immediate medical attention.
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Israni AK, Kasiske BL. Laboratory assessment of kidney disease: glomerular filtration rate, urinalysis, and proteinuria. In: Taal MW, Chertow GM, Marsden PA, et al., eds. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 25.
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The appointment on Sunday afternoon of a new superintendent of education for the Okolona Public School District makes, it is hoped, a major step toward sufficiency and achievement after a more than two-year conservatorship by the state Department of Education.
Conservatorship – takeover of a local district by the state Department of Education because of failure – can have several components, most visibly academic but also managerial and financial.
Trustees selected Dr. Jerry Woods, a longtime superintendent in Arkansas and Tennessee school districts. He holds a doctorate in curriculum from the University of Mississippi. Woods takes the reins in Okolona on April 1.
Woods' appointment was made following a search process noteworthy for its even-handedness and the absence of attempts by factions within the school district to bend the selection to reflect goals narrower than restoring credibility and success.
Conservatorship is the state's ultimate sanction of a school district, reflecting prolonged inadequacy and academic failure. The tentacles of such situations often involve poor financial and institutional management as well as the grades and achievements of students in the classroom.
Okolona citizens were understandably and visibly upset and angered when the conservatorship decision was made, but it was based on the actual criteria used for similar decisions in other districts, including Aberdeen, which remains in conservatorship.
Okolona's school community extends far beyond the classrooms and campuses. The primary support source is the whole community, and the support requires hard assessment and evaluation and sometimes tough decisions. It is virtually meaningless to have control of a school district if it fails in its primary responsibility of adequately educating children. Decisions must be made for the whole school system, never for the interests of individuals or families who imagine they are in some way entitled to exceptions, employment and separate rules.
Okolona's schools face greater pressures and expectations coming out of conservatorship than going in.
Woods is enthusiastic about identifying the parents, teachers, students and other members of the Okolona schools as a first priority. It's important to forge the partnership on the front end of an administration and all board the bus together.
In a school system there's no turning back. Past successes provide inspiration, but they cannot be a full program moving forward.
Some people who have influence over education would say further another failure should mean no schools in Okolona.
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
Two old friends will meet in Columbia, S.C., tonight, and one needs this game a lot more than the other.
After a successful run at Kansas State, South Carolina coach Frank Martin is in his first year of a rebuilding job with the Gamecocks.
Martin and Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy are close friends who were both assistants at Cincinnati under Bob Huggins. Martin was an assistant to Kennedy in 2005-2006 when Kennedy was interim head coach. Later in the spring of 2006 Kennedy accepted the Ole Miss job.
Tipoff tonight at Colonial Life Arena is 6 p.m., and the game will be televised by CSS.
"I'm getting ready to face a dear friend of mind, Frank Martin, and I know it will be a tremendous challenge," Kennedy said. "Frank is a very good basketball coach, and his team is always going to be fundamentally sound."
South Carolina is just 2-10 in conference play, 12-13 overall, and doesn't have the pressure of postseason hanging around down the stretch. That isn't the case for Ole Miss (19-6, 8-4 SEC) which won its first six SEC games only to lose four of the next five. The Rebels are trying to earn an NCAA tournament at-large bid for the first time since 2002. Some analysts say it that could require as many as 13 wins in a weakened SEC.
An upset win by South Carolina tonight would be a real drag on the Rebels' RPI. Ole Miss enters the game at 52, South Carolina at 209.
Though two freshmen are in the Gamecocks' starting five, it's not an inexperienced bunch as two juniors and a senior round out the lineup.
Martin called out all his players last week – virtually all except junior guard Bruce Ellington – after a 64-46 loss at home against LSU.
"If you take Bruce Ellington off our team, you'd probably have the 12 leading candidates for starring roles in … 'The Return of the Living Dead,' the zombie movie," Martin said.
Another story line will be Murphy Holloway's return to South Carolina. He transferred away from Ole Miss after his sophomore year to South Carolina – a short drive from his home in Irmo – only to transfer back after sitting out the 2010-2011 season.
Martin, though, is more focused on Marshall Henderson.
"We've got to defend a young man scoring 20 points a game," Martin said. "Andy Kennedy is another one of my dear friends in the business, and he's doing a great job. He wins 20 every year at Ole Miss, and that's not going to be different this year."


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Homeland Security has a video on how to survive shootings in the work place.
They apparently advise to use scissors to defend yourself
How many of us would feel comfortable taking on an armed gunman with scissors?
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Sam I Am. Yeah.
Sam I Am. Yeah.
Kee Kee. You were saying?
Spoke too soon, maybe they heard me?
Man I called them both out by name and back to back they trade off sacks WOW~!
Lets try this again. Man Boone is really sucking. Can he catch a deep ball?
Can Les Miles NOT play too conservative here and cost us to punt?
ugh...should have known we had MORE game to play.
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BOOM! Been Waiting on it! That's what I was hoping for against Bama
I hate it when I am right, especially about Alabama losing a football game.
Hats off to A&M. They beat our tail every way it could be beat.
We will take LSU, Bama, K-State, Oregon or Notre Dame or whoever. Spurrier and his boys again included.
If the Dawgs continue to show up, ....... lets roll......GO DAWGS!
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My 18 month old injured her toe nail pretty bad Tuesday afternoon, it bled but not real bad. I took her home and I've been soaking her foot in epsome salts in the evening. I took a close look at at lastnight and it appears that she may have separated the keratin from the qick.
She's obviously limping and in pain, I want to get a vets opinon on if it would be better to remove the keratin completely to promote the healing process and enable the new nail to grow back normally or maybe with rest the keratin will re-attach.
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The Dougy Center was founded in 1982 by Beverly Chappell in tribute to Dougy Turno, a young boy who died of an inoperable brain tumor at age 13. Before meeting Dougy, Bev was a registered nurse who had worked in the area of death and dying since 1974. Through her work, she found most people were uncomfortable when faced with death and grief and that doctors, clergy, hospital staff, and school personnel often did not have the training to support children in their grief. This reality inspired Bev to attend the first of many seminars and lectures by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, pioneer and author in the field of death and dying.
In August 1981, Dougy wrote a poignant letter to Dr. Kubler-Ross, asking why no one would speak to him of dying, even when he was facing his own death. Dr. Kubler-Ross corresponded with Dougy, and encouraged Beverly Chappell to meet him and his family when they visited Oregon Health & Science University for experimental treatment. Bev clearly saw in Dougy a thirst for life and deep compassion for others, which many never attain, even in their older years. After Dougy's death later that year, his wisdom and inspiration stayed with Bev and led her to start support groups for grieving children. Those first families in need of grief support met in Bev's basement family room in her Southeast Portland home. Soon a board of directors was recruited, volunteer facilitators were trained, and The Dougy Center entered a phenomenal period of growth.
Today, The Dougy Center serves 500 children and their 350 adult family members each month. Our 27, open-ended peer support groups meet every other week and are divided by age, type of death (illness, sudden death, murder, suicide) and who died (parent, sibling). The concurrent 27 adult support groups meet at the same time for the caregiver of the child or teen who is attending group. Since our founding, The Dougy Center has served over 40,000 children, teens and their families and has received national and international acclaim for our pioneering peer support model for helping children cope with the death of a family member. Through our National Training Program and training materials, thousands have learned how to help grieving children and more than 500 programs modeled after The Dougy Center have been established worldwide.
The Dougy Center relies on the generosity of individuals, businesses and foundations. We receive no government funding and are supported entirely by private donations and professional training fees. We never charge families for our services.
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Through the generosity of the Walker L. Bean Foundation, The Dougy Center opened our first permanent satellite location in Canby, OR in April 2005. The Foundation purchased a historic house for use by The Dougy Center to provide peer support groups for grieving children and their families from Oregon City, Wilsonville, Woodburn, Canby and other neighboring communities. Ongoing funding for operations is provided by Willamette Falls Hospital.
The Walker L. Bean Foundation was established by Warren and Bernice Bean after their son, Walker, died by suicide at the age of 15 in 1997. In the early days after Walker's death, his parents and their son Wally, visited The Dougy Center. They were impressed by our mission of providing a safe place for children and families to express their grief. The Bean family decided to establish a foundation in Walker's name with a mission of promoting education and counseling to prevent teen suicide and to provide support for families grieving a child's death.


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U.S. Plunge in Gas Drilling Means $1 Billion Lost Profit
David Wethe, Bloomberg
The overall U.S. onshore rig count has dropped 9 percent this year, seeing the most sustained declines since the recession-led plunge in 2009. Those declines, caused in part by the gas industry's shift to oil production, are eating away demand for drilling services and worsening a shale-equipment glut that's pushing down prices.
Four of the biggest service companies, including Halliburton Co. (HAL) and Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), will see their collective third quarter operating profit drop by more than $1 billion in North America compared to a year earlier, according to estimates from Houston-based Tudor Pickering Holt & Co...
Once-surging profits from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are fading as oil and gas producers became more cautious about spending amid lower energy prices and global economic troubles that are damping demand.
(15 October 2012)
Germany Balks on Natural Gas Bonanza
Christian Wüst, Der Spiegel
The fuel of civilization is usually found in unattractive places. Geologists discovered the biggest oil and natural gas reserves in the deserts of the Middle East and beneath the permafrost of Siberia. Countries in temperate Central Europe, on the other hand, have only modest reserves. One of them lies some 5,000 meters (16,000 feet) beneath the surface in Rotenburg/Wümme, an administrative district in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony.
The most recent well that was drilled into the natural gas field there is called "Bötersen Z11." The site, located next to a federal highway near the port city of Bremen, occupies about a hectare (2.5 acres) of asphalt-covered land surrounded by a green wire fence. A pipe about as thick as a tree trunk is protruding from the middle of the site, but nothing is coming out of it.
There isn't enough pressure in the field the pipe is sticking out of, and ExxonMobil, which operates the well, isn't surprised. Even during the planning stages, "Bötersen Z11" was a candidate for a process that engineering geologists refer to as "induced hydraulic fracturing," or "fracking" for short.
ExxonMobil plans to inject about 350,000 liters (92,500 gallons) of water, mixed with a cocktail of chemicals, into the well under high pressure. The liquid is supposed to penetrate into the rock at the bottom of the pipe and trigger a long-term loosening effect. Hair-line fractures will create a network of tiny channels from which natural gas can escape for at least 15 years, according to ExxonMobil estimates.
But what ExxonMobil still lacks is official permission to do this. The state mining agency has been sitting on the company's application for the last year, hesitant to move forward with its approval...
(5 October 2012)
Shale Gas Industry Brings PSYOPs and Spy Ops to Poland
Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog
Roughly a year ago today in Houston, the shale gas industry was caught red-handed discussing its use of military tactics and personnel on U.S. soil to intimidate and divide communities in order to continue its fracking bonanza...
A year later, we're learning that the oil industry is taking its aggressive military-style approach global. According to a press release published by Food and Water Europe, the industry is spying on fracking critics in Poland...
(10 October 2012)
Shale gas report rules out moratorium
CBC News
The provincial government must address the "very serious concerns" that people have over the development of the shale gas industry, according to a new report...
LaPierre's report contains 14 recommendations for the provincial government.
In his report, he rules out a provincial moratorium on the shale gas industry. He said that would stop all research and "would not benefit New Brunswick or its people."
"While there is a belief that New Brunswick does possess large scale shale gas deposits, the potential still needs to be calibrated through more exploration and testing," LaPierre said in his report.
(15 October 2012)
Collectively Photographing Fracking
Jess Newman, New York Times
The most basic thing that photography does is visually describe what can be seen. The problem facing photographers of the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project is that what they wish to describe cannot be seen — an invisible gas buried deep underground. They have struggled to document the effect of the natural gas drilling commonly known as fracking...
View images here
(11 October 2012)
[1] http://energybulletin.net
[2] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-14/u-s-plunge-in-gas-drilling-means-1-billion-lost-profit.html
[3] http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/safety-worries-lead-germany-to-shun-fracking-for-natural-gas-a-859446.html
[4] http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/10/10/shale-gas-industry-brings-psyops-and-spy-ops-poland
[5] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/10/12/nb-shale-gas-reports-health-environment.html
[6] http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/collectively-photographing-fracking/


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In a campaign called "Electric Holiday," set to begin on November 14th, Barneys Madison Avenue flagship store will unveil a Disney-themed display.
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By Ben Levisohn
All that's been missing in the long battle for control of Turkcell (TKC) is a flying, furry creature to cement the feeling that this story would never end. Today, however, a British court ruling brings the long wait closer to an end.
Reuters explains:
A British court has set the terms for Turkish conglomerate Cukurova Group to buy back a stake in telecoms group Turkcell, opening the way to ending an eight-year dispute which has paralyzed decision-making at the company…
…Russian group Altimo had seized the shares when Cukurova defaulted on a $1.35 billion loan, but the British court has now ruled Cukurova must pay $1.57 billion – a sum which includes interest payments – to Altimo within 60 days if it wants to recover the stake.
Turkcell has gained 2.2% to $14.74 on the news in U.S. trading. Cukurova may or may not be able to pay, but shareholders should at least have an answer to who will control the Turkish telecom one way or the other.
Investors aren't the only one pleased with the ruling. TeliaSonera, which is also involved in a dispute with Cukurova, also took a favorable view of the decision:
TeliaSonera welcomes today's decision by the Privy Council stating the terms under which Çukurova can recover the disputed shares in Turkcell Holding from Altimo, as it is expected to be another important step towards a long overdue resolution of the deadlock between the shareholders in Turkcell. At the same time, before any redemption of shares can be made, TeliaSonera expects Çukurova to meet its obligations under the 2011 ICC arbitration award.
Despite the dispute, shares of Turkcell have dropped 8.9% this year, far better than the iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index ETF's (TUR) 17% plunge and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM) 15% fall.


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Join me in the chatroom this evening at 6 PM MT for a Mischief Days desktop chat. Because I'd like you to actually enjoy your desktop LO, we won't make them too crazy. I'd like you to include one item in your desktop LO that's funny or full of mischief. Please upload your layouts to the Mischief Days 2012 gallery, and post a link in this thread explaining your Mischief Days twist. I'll be posting mine when I get back from a doctor's appointment. Hope to see you in the chat - there may be a prize!
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I agree with John the landowner determines the rules when giving permission to hunt his property and if they are not acceptable then dont hunt there.
I have permission to hunt on a couple properties limited to turkey hunting only and stated as such when asking permission as I was aware that the owners were deer hunters.
Without stating that upon asking permission the answer would have been no, and I would never set foot on those propertys in deer season. In the overlapping fall archery season it is ok to hunt turkeys but I do so with care as their sons hunt early mornings and late evenings and I will only hunt mid day.
So in essence if Sunday hunting was approved and was frowned upon by the landowners I
would not hunt and respect their wishes. It would not upset me in the least.
I hunt on a lease that does not allow rifles in deer season, shotguns with slugs only and no hand guns at any time, its there rules. No early muzzel loader hunting as not to interfere with the archery hunters and all hunters must park in a designated area.
If the owners would frown on Sunday hunting I would still stay in the lease. I cannot see property owners closing their land to hunting if this law is passed but with due respect for whatever their reasoning is I can see some landowners not allowing it.
I will respect their decision either way it is something to be worked out between the hunter and the property owner since you should have there permission to enter their property in the first place. As John stated It is a political thing in Pa. and not a main concern of land owners.


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RIC and Israeli Educators Present Full Day of Forums
Clockwise, from right to left: Gerri August, RIC associate professor of educational studies; Orly Haim of Beit Berl College, Israel; Elizabeth Henshaw, RIC associate professor of elementary education; Lilach Lev Ari of Oranim Academic College, Israel; and Andrés Ramirez, RIC assistant professor of educational studies.
How is multiculturalism defined in Israel and the U.S., and what are the challenges of meeting the educational needs of multicultural populations?
Education experts from Israel, along with RIC professors of education, held a full day of forums on issues ranging from academic success among multilingual immigrant students to cross-cultural perspectives on early childhood education as part of the World View Lecture Series.
The keynote was delivered by Jack Pastor, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Oranim Academic College in Israel. It was titled "The Israeli Educational System: Frameworks, Challenges and Opportunities."
Following Pastor's address, a panel discussion titled "Preparing Teachers for a Diverse Society: A Conversation with Israeli and U.S. Teacher Educators" was held by two Israeli faculty from Beit Berl Academic College and Oranim Academic College, and two RIC faculty members from the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development. Special lectures were presented by faculty from the three colleges on multiculturalism in Israel and the U.S., science education, informal education, Holocaust studies, early childhood education, and special education and counseling psychology.
The World View Lecture Series is offered by the Project Rhode Island–Israel College Consortium (RIICC) and is sponsored by Rhode Island College's Feinstein School of Education and Human Development in association with the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island.
RIC President Nancy Carriuolo initiated the collaboration between RIC and the Israeli institutions during a trade mission to Israel in 2011. She was the only college president in the state to take part in this mission sponsored by Governor Chafee and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. At that time, Carriuolo fostered and developed ties with Beit Berl Academic College and Oranim Academic College.
Upon her return, she asked faculty to begin to develop ties with the faculty of the two colleges. In response to her request, Ezra Stieglitz, RIC professor of elementary education, led a delegation of nine RIC faculty to Israel to visit the institutions in January 2013. Since then, the three colleges have developed activities to strengthen the ties between their faculties.


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It's Showtime May 21st Preview: Evgeniy Kurovskoy vs. Giga Chikadze
- Written by Rian Scalia
Opening up the main card just a week after It's Showtime's Lyon event, Russian Evgeniy Kurovskoy takes on Georgian Giga Chikadze.
Evgeniy Kurovskoy is a -70kg fighter from Russia who now trains out of the Chakuriki Gym under legendary trainer Thom Harinck. Holding just one loss to his name, Kurovskoy looks to move up the ranks in It's Showtime's 70MAX division and inch closer to a title shot. He's still a long ways off but a win over Chikadze will move him to a 2-0 record in It's Showtime. Kurovskoy won his last fight in It's Showtime with a decision victory over Andre Grigorian in Brussels on March 26.
His opponent, Giga Chikadze is a fighter from Georgia who now trains and fights out of Mike's Gym alongside Badr Hari and Melvin Manhoef. Chikadze will look to get his name out there with a win. A convincing win over Kurovskoy would definitely make the division take notice as Kurovskoy was originally slated to be in the monster -70kg tournament.
Both fighters like to move forward but Kurovskoy will relentlessly come forward for the whole fight. While the level of technique between these two isn't that high, they both could make up for it with their aggression. Kurovskoy will throw a counter lead hook while his opponent makes a move which could be a key factor in this fight. I'd probably give the edge in technique to Kurovskoy as Chikadze can get wild with his punches. Both like to counter off exchanges but Kurovskoy's lead hook will likely land better than Chikadze's more wild punches.
Both fighters aren't too worried about defense, sacrificing a lot of it in favor of offense. Expect a lot of flush shots landing in exchanges when they decide to trade in the pocket. Chikadze will likely be the one backing up and coming out worse in the exchanges.
The lack of strong technique in some areas could lead to this fight being a good old fashioned brawl. This could be the sleeper fight of the card as both guys won't hesitate to throw down.
Kurovskoy will likely dictate the fight and back Chikadze up. Expect Kurovskoy's pressure to take over the fight while Chikadze covers up without any offense at times. Kurovskoy will move forward and get the unanimous decision.


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Anthony Green, prolific madman, plays Tricky Falls sans Circa Survive
Interviewed: Late January, 2012 . Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 @10:18 am
By: Michelle Messick
If you're a lover of music there's a chance you've run into Anthony Green before. He's a musician and workaholic that, luckily for us, recognized his musical talent at an early age and hasn't stopped since. Green is credited for his work in early projects like Audience of One, High and Driving and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer.
Keeping up with the curve of popular music, he fronted Saosin at the height of screamo popularity, then moved on to found experimental indie-rock band Circa Survive while working on a side project with members of Chiodos and RX Bandits under the alias Skunk.
"I really just took every opportunity I had that I liked, that felt good," said Green in a phone interview last week.
Green remains the mastermind of Circa Survive but has since begun writing and touring his solo material as a stripped-down singer/songwriter.
He released his first solo album in 2008 including revived High and Driving songs and old demos. A long-awaited follow-up, "Beautiful Things," was released this January.
"I feel like I'm more proud of it that almost anything I've ever done, and that's where I get my gratification from," Green said. "No matter what anybody says about it ... in my opinion it's like one of the best things I've ever done."
He credits family and positivity for keeping him consistently pumping out quality music since high school.
"I'm too sensitive and too affected by negativity to let it into my creative light 'cause once it gets in there in a harmful way, then it affects your music," Green said. "I think that the quality of music just has to do with the fact that I've always loved it, you know, I've never done anything just for f*ck's sake."
"Whenever I'm gonna release anything with anybody it's always something that I'm really passionate about, so I don't think you can ever go wrong when you're releasing or producing anything that you're really happy about," he said.
In true Anthony Green fashion, he won't soon be letting up. With his last record only out for a month, he already has a new solo record, "Young Legs," well underway.
"It sounds like a mixture between like Dr. Dre and Animal Collective," Green said. "God knows what it's gonna end up actually sounding like."
That's not to mention yet another musical endeavor with tourmate Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter.
"Yeah, right now we're working on a side project that I think we're gonna call Casey Anthony. There's no better name for this project, I don't think," Green said. "I think that it's unfortunate that that girl that killed her baby - or didn't kill her baby, or whatever - her name was Casey Anthony but ... You know, we have to call this project that. It sucks, but we have to. No one asked us. The gods came down and said, 'Listen, this chick just killed her baby you need to spin it in a positive way.' And that's the best we can do and we're working on that."
You can catch him onstage this Saturday at Tricky Falls, and he's just as excited to see you as you are to see him. Green was emphatic in expressing his gratitude to our El Paso fans.
"Let them know how much I appreciate them and thank them for me," he said.
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Youth Orchestras of San Antonio members choose UTSA to continue training
By Kris Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist
(June 29, 2009)--For more than 30 years, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) has provided opportunities for top students to perform with their peers for the community. Over those three decades, the UTSA Department of Music also has benefited as many of the YOSA performers chose to continue their musical training at UTSA. Associate Professor Eugene Dowdy is one of the faculty members who has worked closely with the students.
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From 1984 to 1993, Dowdy conducted the YOSA Youth Preparatory Orchestra and based his dissertation at the University of Iowa on the history of the organization.
"I've always loved that group because they are well run and successful as a nonprofit organization," said Dowdy. "They are a passionate group of individuals that reach out into the community so broadly."
According to Dowdy, approximately 25 percent of the 60 UTSA Orchestra students come through the YOSA program each year.
This fall, four YOSA members, Cesar Gonzales, John Mireles, Julian Tello Jr. and Tyler Valadez, will enroll in the UTSA music program.
"Tyler is literally one of the best bass players in the state of Texas, and he's staying here in San Antonio because there is a music department of high quality," said Dowdy. "We're very proud of that and the relationship is very strong between YOSA and UTSA."
In recognition of his efforts, YOSA awarded Dowdy the honorary title of resident conductor. As in the past, he is conducting at their camps this summer. Led by executive director Steven Payne, YOSA consists of five ensemble groups that rehearse every Sunday in the Arts Building Recital Hall at the UTSA Main Campus.
For more information, contact Nicte Hayes at (210) 737-0097 ext. 16 or visit the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio Web site.


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Political scientist Robert Putnam will speak on "Community Engagement in a Changing America" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, in 101 Friend Center.
His lecture will be the keynote address for "Civic Education and Engagement: Toward a Political Science of Citizenship," a working conference of the American Political Science Association's Standing Committee on Civic Education and Engagement.
Putnam, the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the founder of the "Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America." The program brings together leading practitioners and thinkers for a multiyear discussion to develop ideas to fortify the nation's civic connectedness. Putnam is the author of many books and scholarly works, including "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" (2000) and "Better Together: Restoring the American Community" (2003).
The public is invited to attend the lecture, which will be followed by a reception. The lecture and conference are sponsored by the University Center for Human Values , the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, the Department of Politics and the American Political Science Association.
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Tips for maintaining resolutions
• Avoid perfectionist thinking. Think positively, and avoid focusing on setbacks.
• View setbacks or mistakes as lessons for growth. Reflect on what kept you from achieving your goals, and try to make corrections.
• Be realistic, and don't make absolute resolutions. Instead of resolving to stop eating sweets completely, just try to eat fewer sweets.
• Don't keep resolutions to yourself. Share goals with friends who can provide encouragement and help keep you on track.
• Give resolutions meaning. Your goals should be things you really want to change or achieve, not things others would like to see you do.
• Take baby steps. Set attainable goals and take small steps that are likely to be met with success.
Source: University of Maryland Medical Center.
As if the holidays weren't stressful enough, then comes along a new year and the pressure to make resolutions.
Some people give up making resolutions all together, refusing to conjure up goals that they're pretty sure they won't take seriously. Others worry they won't have the time or will power to achieve their resolutions and opt not to set themselves up for disappointment.
Disappointment doesn't have to be inevitable, however. By establishing a genuine connection with one's inspirations and hopes, people can head into 2009 with a renewed sense of optimism and excitement for improving their quality of life.
It's Zoe Finnoff's job to help clients identify meaningful goals and pathways in their lives. A life coach at Sacred Spiral Healing Arts Center, Finnoff is particularly busy this time of year as clients look for guidance heading into the new year.
Finnoff usually asks them to write goal "to do" lists which, besides being too long, almost always include too many ought to dos, supposed to dos and have to dos, she said.
"There's nothing in there that is really fun, inspiring or something they are actually looking forward to," Finnoff said.
Establishing inspiring goals involves spending time reflecting on what has happened in the past year and what one wants for the new year in ways that will make those objectives more powerful and present in one's life, she said.
Finnoff starts by helping clients look at eight general categories - career, education, spirituality, relationships, play/fun/adventure, finances, health and community involvement.
For each of those categories, she has clients ask themselves four questions about the past year: What was accomplished, what happened that wasn't planned, what was completed or ended and what did they learn?
Clients may see patterns or themes. For example, a person may have experienced a lot of growth and development in some categories while nothing happened in other categories. This process helps the person identify what they want to happen in each area of their life.
"What I have learned, is if we just sit down and write these things out and are in conversation with someone about it : they just happen," Finnoff said.
Finnoff, who goes through the process each year herself, explained that writing one's hopes and then sharing those with a partner, best friend, coach or group helps a person establish a relationship with their goals. She also encourages clients to make a large collage featuring pictures of things that represent and serve as reminders of what people want in their lives.
"The people that I admire, that have amazing lives, spend time writing (their hopes) up and collaging - they have boxes of collages," she said.
It's helpful to find inspirational books or books on tape relevant to one's goals as well as to connect with people (such as a fitness trainer for someone wanting to be more active) or schedule classes that hold one accountable to their aims.
Perhaps most importantly, people need to have plenty of faith, watch for and be open to inspiration and opportunities for change and spend less energy worrying or being fearful, Finnoff said.
"Everyday opportunities show up for us," she said. "Every day there is an opportunity to say 'yes.'"
In the end, the process of reflecting, sharing and being open to one's goals is about taking an active and less passive role in life while becoming conscious of what makes up one's quality of life, Finnoff said.
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High temperatures across the United States have made this summer the warmest on record. The blistering heat is causing many Americans to seek shade. But there is a bigger issue a hand: drought. According to the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), 63% of the country is in some form of drought and 46% is experiencing severe drought.
"We have only seen two other times when that much area of the U.S. in the lower 48 states is in drought," says Mark Svoboda of the NDMC. "And that was in the 1950s and the 1930s."
A drought happens when there is less rain than usual and water supplies become short. This can lead to crops shortages, increased food prices and restrictions on water use. The state's impacted the most by this year's drought are Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Lack of snowfall this winter and hot temperatures this spring started the drought. Extreme summer temperatures have made the drought severe and fast-paced.
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According to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, last month was the warmest July on record in the U.S. Daytime heat can be intense, but the real problem is the increasing temperatures at night.
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Family: Zamiaceae, Sago-palm view all from this family
Description Low-growing small, tough, woody cycad. Trunk often subterranean, forming a multi-branched cluster, with a large, tuberous root system; an extension of the above-ground stems. Leaves 20-100 cm. long, with 5-30 pairs of linear leaflets having indistinct teeth at the tip. A dioecious plant; male cones cylindrical, 3–15 cm. long; often clustered. Female cones elongated oval 6–15 cm. long, 4–6 cm. in diameter. Seed cones reddish with a distinct acuminate tip.
Dimensions Height: 3-25 cm.
Warning The root of this plant is toxic and may be fatal if eaten raw. Sensitivity to a toxin varies with a persons age, weight, physical condition, and individual susceptibility. Children are most vulnerable because of their curiosity and small size. Toxicity can vary in a plant according to season, the plants different parts, and its stage of growth; and plants can absorb toxic substances, such as herbicides, pesticides, and pollutants from the water, air, and soil.
Habitat Cities, suburbs & towns, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Beaches & shorelines.
Range Southeast, Florida.
Discussion This plant is poisonous, producing a toxin called cycasin that affects the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system. The toxin can however be removed by careful leaching, and the roots and half-buried stems were used by Native American people for their yield of a starch, formerly known as Florida arrowroot. The plant is also fed upon by various insects, including the butterfly Eumaeus atala, which sequesters the toxin inside its body for use in its own defense.
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Women with Infants Begging at Midtown Safeway Tonight
Original post made by Midtown Guy, Midtown, on Aug 1, 2012
a need for recognition) I have automatic deductions to Doctors Without Borders, the Salvation Army, and other good organizations.
Although I am retired and 75, and live on a fixed income,I wish to continue to help make the world, and Palo Alto, a better place.
But seeing two different sets of women with infants (babies) in their arms, and cardboard signs, at 7 p.m. at the Midtown Safeway tonight got me to thinking about so many things. I flashed to what would happen in some European countries--I saw an image of a pair of bobbies (male and female) in England, approaching the women genttly and guiding them away to a social services unit, probably.
I wondered what we do in Palo Alto to spot child endangerment on the public streets? Call a cop? They don't even come for auto accidents. Would they show compassion?
How about all the people rushing in and out of the store, past the women and babies, still locked in the heads at cyberwork? Will they social network about it?
And what about the women and their babies? Obviously they don't live here, so is it believed that kindness and generosity are easily available here? Don't they feel there are social service agencies and religious organizations that can help them better than begging in the streets and damaging their babies?
So, no, I don't think we have the advanced social services of the Europeans, nor do the princes and princesses of startups here have the time or inclination to do much after 12 hour brain drains and accumulation of their own needs (wants).
It also connects with the car campers and homeless living on the streets of Palo Alto, some obviously very mentally ill--almost dangerous-- and totally ignored by us for safety and other reasons. Women and men on University Ave have staked out THEIR habitual begging spots (which they will sometimes fight over as if it their property). You walk past every day, as Maseratis and BMW's and Mercedeses surge by. Do you disconnect? Experience futility and despair at the uselessness of trying to help?
So do you "doublethink," a la Orwell? Hold two simultaneously contradictory thoughts in your mind at the same time, as if that's normal? To stave off the madness?
Comments (14)
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 1, 2012 at 8:54 pm
The only way to motivate your "princes and princesses of startups" as you call them - in my opinion - is to put this kind of assistance into the tax code and make it an item that shows up on their bottom line within those taxes is some way. Because taxes are minimal for these people they don't give a damn how much it costs of what happens, because they don't see it.
These folks are supposed to be the bringers of innovation, and the only innovation we have ended up with is war, encroachment to our privacy, and a society that is inversely proportional socially to the size and number of our so-called social networks.
If we did this, and the same with health care, there would be an actual incentive for people, and corporations - ie. fake people, to look at, complain about, criticize and eventually figure out how to minimize these costs while getting the same outcome. This is the way our country ought to work, then with aligned incentives things might actually get better instead of waiting for global austerity to kill off these people.
As it is, these costs, government costs, social costs, environmental costs are all socialized - on the people, who do not have the scope, connections or bandwidth to do anything about it. The people we have depended on to react to social problems are oblivious to the problems. Put a more tax margins and more progressive rate increasing right to the top, and these people will get the message and improve the situation.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Aug 1, 2012 at 11:50 pm
We're they gypsies? Regardless, I suggest subtly calling the police for possible child endangerment. Scam or real need - or some of both - they're putting babies in harm's way & that's unacceptable. It is the job of peace officers to ensure public safety, incl the safety of those who are helpless.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Aug 2, 2012 at 8:24 am
In this country, unlike any other that you mentioned, our ACLU made it part of a person's right to live on the streets and beg, and NOT be forcibly brought to any social services or psychiatric agency. Women have the "right" here to keep their children, regardless of ability to care for them, often in the face of drug abuse,neglect or flat out physical abuse. In other words, we have made it virtually impossible to "help" anyone against their will. Right or wrong, that is why you don't see "bobbies' moving people along. Right or wrong, that is why our police can do nothing in the face of no actual criminal activity occurring. For example, in health care, we MUST discharge a patient to the street, if that be his chosen "address", as it is his "right" to live where and how he wishes, regardless of his mental status or ability to care for himself. We can NOT force him into a shelter.
Anon: good grief. Charitable donations ARE part of the tax deduction code..you are on the wrong side, as the Dem party led by Obama has repeatedly tried to eradicate the tax deduction for charitable giving ( which would drastically reduce charities' funding). And, of course, government has done such a great job with poverty since beginning the War on Poverty 40 years ago, we have more on welfare, food stamps and officially in poverty than since the Great Depression. So, obviously, we need more government to fix it, don't we?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 2, 2012 at 10:56 am
These women with babies is part of a group that have been in Palo Alto and Mountain View before. They are dropped off in Palo Alto in the morning to beg from you for the group.
They are not what they seem. They are hired (or manipulated) by gangs of men from who knows where to play on your sympathies; that's how they are forced to make money for their men. Don't fall for their pathetic storey.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 2, 2012 at 11:00 am
> Women have the "right" here to keep their children, regardless of ability to care for them, often in the face of drug abuse,neglect or flat out physical abuse.
That's not true, lots of women, lots of parents lose their rights to their children when there are serious problems. There are reasons for the way things are, and no system is perfect. The abuses of the past, not the ACLU brought this about.
The reason the poverty programs were cut was that they were effective and ended up giving power and self-determination in areas that affected the balance of what was there before that was helped by the poverty programs. We could get rid of poverty, the power structure in the country does not want that just like they do not want direct democracy.
Perspective, you are really living in a fantasy world ... big Fox News fan are you?
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Aug 2, 2012 at 11:19 am
Anon...PLEASE give me ONE government poverty program that has been "cut"??? In fact, every single one has grown until now we have the largest percentage of people on food stamps, welfare, aid to dependent children, earned-income tax credit, MediCal, subsidized housing..ever.
Now, if you mean that private donations are down to programs..I can believe that. The less employment there is, the less people make, the more government takes, the more insecure people feel..the less they can give.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 2, 2012 at 11:24 am
War against poverty ....
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a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 2, 2012 at 1:55 pm
This is not the appropriate place for these women to seek assistance (if indeed they are doing so) -- more likely, as posted above, they are used by someone powerful and they sure 'aint from around here. The notion of using infants for such manipulation is despicable and I would think child endangerment is a possible charge that should be looked into. I haven't been there and seen this, but I will not engage such persons nor "donate" to them.
Please donate to recognized, accountable, verified, audited charities and nonprofits - thank you.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 2, 2012 at 2:40 pm
It would be nice if we could trust anyone ... but the truth is you cannot trust the people on the street to be what they say they are, nor can you trust the non-profits ... many of which have CEOs getting typical CEO pay ....
I still think the best way is to bite the bullet and make government programs that are transparent and audited, paid for by everyone and open for all to see.
The link I posted above was a link to Sargent Shiver's retrospective, who talked about how when people started to be helped and boosted out of poverty by the anti-poverty programs - THAT WORKED - they started getting kick back by established power bosses who resented anyone getting, having or earning anything that did not make them beholden to them!
The problem with poverty programs is not that they do not work, it is that our corrupt system does not want them BECAUSE THE WORK.
As to these particular people, I think anonymous is right, call the cops and if it is school time report truancy or child abuse. We have a big problem with so many of these kinds of "trash" ( sorry to say that and I could be wrong about this particular group, children) that are a huge cost not only economically but politically.
Unless we have the guts to either help them or prevent them from breeding the problem like all of our big problems - JUST GETS BIGGER AND UGLIER.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Aug 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm
So does Seen It Before or anyone else here have real data on these people running groups of beggars?
a resident of Community Center
on Aug 3, 2012 at 12:23 am
What about the young people who are sitting almost all day on Palo Alto street corners selling strawberries and other produce? Even when it's very hot. Where do they go to use a rest room? How much of the money do they keep? Who is behind this business? Are they licensed? Does the city permit this or look the other way? Los Altos cracked down on this and said 'no".
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 3, 2012 at 8:42 am
These women are probably part of an international Mafia group, the same people who send children out in front of the Colosseum in Rome to pick your pockets and grab your purse. It's worldwide Mafia in action.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Aug 4, 2012 at 6:24 pm
As Seen Before says above, this is a typical trick practiced in many countries in Europe by Gypsies among others. Visit and observe. They are not indigent. This is their work day. The babies are to invoke sympathy and are not endangered.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 16, 2012 at 11:43 am
You guys are delusional. Is this how you justify not sliding poor people a buck or two? Let's all blame the victims of poverty here lest anybody call us out on being cheapskates. International mafia begging ring? That's ridiculous. Have fun rationalizing your largess with your multi- million dollar homes. Try to realize that most people out there are not as fortunate as you, and if you have extra that you will never use, here's a little secret: It feels really really good to give.
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Many of you may have heard by now that starwars.com is going to end hosting fan.sw.com sites in less than a month. Users like r2dee2 and me (yes, I had a nothing site over there) didn't even email members to let them know that LFL was getting out of the free site business, so now they have a few short weeks to bring in all their files, of which ToyForce has a TON.
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OggVorbis in RTVE
The most important public Radio-Television entity in Spain, RTVE, maintains a web portal where they publish a lot of audio material.
Unfortunately, the audio format used in that site is MP3. It is well known that the MP3 format is cumbered with several software patents owned by both the Fraunhofer Institute and Thompson. It is a shame how a public entity like RTVE is harming the fundamental rights of the Spanish citizens by promoting the use of an audio format that imposes restrictions.
Fortunately, there is an initiative to ask RTVE to publish the audio contents in the free OggVorbis format. There is an open thread in the "Suggestions" section of the RTVE forum. We are asking the people to left a comment there asking RTVE to publish their contents using OggVorbis.
Thanks to Guillermo Gonzalez Diez for leading this initiative.