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Has anyone here ever tried producing triacetin (Glycerol triacetate) from glycerol. Ive been doing some research on the subject and the process seems to be with in the scope of a home brew outfit.
Triacetin is a valuable fuel additive that improves the cold performance of diesel and also improves the antiknock quality of petrol.
Its has a lot of other uses including a sweet food additive for animal feed.
The process involves reacting glycerol with acetic acid (vinegar) in the presence of a catalyst made from sulphated silica gel.
I would like to have a go at making some but dont want to have to reinvent the wheel so if some one else has already done it and is willing to share please post here.
An old formula for making aspirin was, salicylic acid+acetic anhydride+ concentrated sulfuric acid catalyst plus heat yields the ester. I think that was the formula. So; maybe glycerine+acetic anhydride+sulfuric acid catalyst plus heat might make your desired chemical on a small scale. But it sounds expensive to me. I didn't find the glycerine + acetic anhydride + H2SO4 catalyst in a book. You might be able to verify it. But there may be a steric hinderance problem with three R-O-H reaction sites close to each other. Thanks
Thanks Wesley, the reaction is certainly not easy to initiate. The temperature has to be 110C and the catalyst has to be strongly acid.
My idea is to incorporate a reflux still into the design so that methanol can be removed at about 70C first. Then the temp is turned up to 110C and the catalyst introduced. The still would continue to work removing any water produced as a side reaction.
I have several catalyst in mind to try, sulphated charcoal, sulphated silica gel and zeolite. There are several others but I can prepare these 3 myself without any investment in equipment.
Here is a sketch of the reactor based on a stainless steel oildrum with steel pipework.
What do you think?
Triacetin is sold here and in the UK as a cold flow improver for diesel and biodiesel at 14.5GBP per litre so there is no problem about it being expensive to make.
In your proceedure, when is the acetic acid added to the glycerine + catalyst mix?
This will depend on how pure the acetic acid is. If it contains water it will have to be dried off before the catalyst is introduced. So my idea is at the moment..
1 dry off methanol from glycerol
2 add acetic acid
3 dry off water from both glycerol and acid.
4 divert circulation flow through the catalyst.
5 continue to dry while reacting.
A light vacuum might speed up the early drying stages and save some energy.
If acetic anhydride is available at a realistic cost then the glycerol would be dried first and then the acetic would be added. We shall see.
I make small quantities, less than a litre. I make biodiesel in laboratory glassware. I took organic chemistry in college, with some organic research in a university. Anyway, I would suggest making a litre or so of your chemical to be sure your proceedure works, before up-sizing to multiple gallon batches. The lower glycerine layer from biodiesel production also has soap in it , which is a basic pH. If you put a base with an acid(the catalyst) it might be a problem. I was assuming you were starting the proceedure with pure glycerine.
One point that I noticed, is the purity of the glycerol. If you simply demeth the glycerine layer obtained from biodiesel production, then there's soap in the glycerine. I put potassium soap that I made into vinegar in a small beaker and heated it with a cigarette lighter. I obtained some free fatty acids floating on the surface of the reaction liquid. Acetic acid is a stronger acid than the fatty acids we make biodiesel and soap from. So adding acetic acid to the demethed impure glycerine layer will produce some free fatty acids. I think you should first figure out how to purify the glycerine that you're going to use to make the anti-knock chemical.
I take your point about doing experiments on a small scale before constructing a full size reactor.
The point of this venture is to make use of the crude glycerol from biodiesel production so that is what we will have to work with. Triacetin made from crude glycerol would probably never be pure enough for the more demanding uses , food supplements,pharma and cosmetics but may be good enough for fuel additives. I do have access to gas chromatography and a mass spectrometer but I want to save that for a possible finished product.
I had thought that we could do a soap titration to the glycerol and then add extra acetic acid to compensate for the soap and residual KOH, in the same ( but opposite) way we do for making biodiesel. That way the correct proportions would be present when the mixture was diverted through the catalyst vessel.
It might complicate the proceedure to use the impure glycerol. Which brings up a question can we purify the glycerine by product some, in a cost effective manner? Vacuum distillation of the glycerol might be one energy expensive method that would work. Thanks
imakebiodiesel; You might look at "glycerol data page" on the internet. It looks like at really low pressure that glycerol can be distilled to purify it at a reasonably low temperature. My best vacuum pump only pulls down to about 100 millimeters Hg above zero pressure. A vacuum pump that would pull a vacuum to say 10 millimeters Hg above zero allows glycerol to boil at around/about 167.2 degrees centigrade.
A vacuum pump and boiler that could withstand such low pressure would probably be very expensive. And distilled glycerine has probably as much value as triacetin. The triacetin I have seen here as fuel additive has a deep yellow colour and may have been made from crude glycerol. I believe pure (pharma grade) triacetin is perfectly clear.
If we can work out what contaminants will cause problems and neutralize them we might be able to avoid expensive purification.
Soap and KOH/NaOH are obvious ones and titration plus additional acetic acid should deal with those.
Water can be boiled off via the still. Is water really a contaminant? Will it interfere with the reaction or simply dilute the end product?
FFAs are likely to be present, how do we deal with them? Would a strongly acidic catalyst convert FFAs into biodiesel in the same way as sulphuric acid does?
There are three possible catalysts that I am considering, sulphated carbon, sulphated silica gel and finally zeolite. It would be great if zeolite worked because it requires no preparation.
I have some journal articles on the subject. Some of them are copyright so I would have to email them to you privately.
Generally, when water is one of the products of a reaction, then the presence of water in the starting materials can be a problem that hinders production of products. It can shift the equilibrium to the left (the starting materials side of the equation). Aspirin can be made from acetic acid, salicylic acid and concentrated sulfuric acid as catalyst. One of the products of the reaction is water. I put aspirin in distilled water added sulfuric acid heated a while, let cool, filtered out hydrolysed aspirin which is salicylic acid. I hydrolysed the aspirin (ester) on purpose to get some salicylic acid, which I then used to make methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen). The presence of water in your glycerine will probably hinder and diminish production of triacetin. Adding acetic acid to soap and heating appeared to me to make free fatty acids and potassium acetate. I think the potassium atom moves from the soap molecule to acetic acid a stronger acid than the long chain free fatty acids. So you've got free fatty acids and sodium acetate in your glycerine. I don't know if you can make the triacetin from that mixture as starting material, even if all the water is removed. In my chemical dictionary it says industrially, distillation and Ion Exchange are used to purify glycerine. Maybe there's another way though. Thanks
I have a very good article examining the kinetics of various different versions of the reaction. The simplest method is to mix glycerol and acetic acid in a 1:8 molar ratio. heat to 120C , add sulphuric acid and mix for 4 hours. This yeilded about 90% triacetin. Of course this was using high purity, anhydrous reactants. Im afraid my organic chemistry is very patchy, how would 1:8 molar ratio translate into volume measurements assuming 100% purity.
Glycerol to acetic acetic acid in a 1 to 8 molar ratio would be 73 millilitres glycerine to 458 millilitres acetic acid. Which would produce about 188.7 millilitres of triacetin if the reaction went 100%. A small problem after the reaction is you've still got your sulfuric acid catalyst in the mix which you wouldn't want to run through an engine. So how do you remove the sulfuric acid, prior to adding the triacetin to the biodiesel fuel? When doing research it helps to know all the names of the chemical I'm trying to make. In the 1975-1976 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Triacetin is listed under Glycerol Triacetate, another place it was called 1,2,3-triacetoxypropane. If I'm looking in old or foreign literature for information on a chemical, they might list it under another name, causing me to repeat research that was already done. In making banana oil (ester) the sulfuric acid catalyst was neutralised with sodium bicarbonate. I tried to make benzyl acetate with benzyl alcohol and acetic acid+sulfuric acid catalyst then neutralized the sulfuric acid with sodium bicarbonate. When I was distilling it to purify it, the bicarbonate or carbonate ion in the mix exploded, in a low power explosion, It didn't shatter the apparatus but it made a very nice polymer of some kind that I couldn't get out of my boiling flask, the experiment didn't turn out as I thought it might. Your acetic acid+glycerol + sulfuric acid catalyst reaction also produces 3 moles of water if it goes 100%. 3 moles of water weighs about 54 grams or is 54 millilitres.This message has been edited. Last edited by: WesleyB,
I mentioned using acetic anhydride to make triacetin. Later I looked up acetic anhydride toxicity, and the tolerance of it in the air was 5 parts per million. It is nasty stuff. If you use it, avoid breathing the fumes. Thanks
imakebiodiesel;So I think I can make the triacetin by reacting acetic acid + glycerol + sulfuric acid catalyst + Heat. Does the paper you found saying they got 90% reaction product say how they purified it? I am wondering how they got the sulfuric acid catalyst out of the triacetin product. In the USA ultra low sulfur diesel fuel is sold. I wouldn't want the sulfuric acid in a biodiesel anti-knock additive. There is probably an inexpensive simple way to get it out.
Water is mentioned as a secondary product of the reaction and I assume this water would be acidic from the sulphuric acid. This may be why solid acid catalysts are preferred by some authors. With these catalysts the triacetin would not be contaminated with sulphuric acid. If you send me your email address I could forward you some articles. They are copyrighted so I dont want to post them on a public forum.
I try not to give out the Email address I receive messages on. Its my father's not mine. I don't have my own Email address. Anyway, my last organic chemistry professor retired. I sent a message to Dr. Turner PhD chemist asking him how to remove the sulfuric acid catalyst from the product. I am awaiting his reply. He does not always answer. Thanks
I remember in organic chemistry class the professor said, acetic acid + sulfuric acid + heat produces acetic anhydride plus water. If fractional distillation is used on the reaction solution, I think the water can be removed. Also glycerol + acetic acid + sulfuric acid catalyst + heat makes triacetin + water, fractional distillation might remove most of the water. Acetic acid boils at 117.9 degrees centigrade. Acetic anhydride boils at 139.8 degrees centigrade. Also acetic anhydride + glycerol + sulfuric acid catalyst probably makes triacetin + acetic acid + sulfuric acid catalyst. I've applied for a permit to buy a proper size boiling flask to try to make it (triacetin). The state government is slow to issue permits to buy "precursor apparatus".
That makes sense, the optimum temperature for the reaction seems to be 120C, just above the boiling temp of acetic acid but well below the boiling temp of acetic anhydride. Seveal of the articles mention that the reaction is exothermic so care must be taken to control the temperature.
I quite understand about your email address. I will try to post it to my drop box and you could access it that way.
It sounds as if it is easier to buy a gun than a boiling flask where you come from. Mind you, I suppose you could do more harm with a boiling flask. "Breaking Bad" is shown here as well.
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RENO, Nev. One picture shows a 12-year-old boy in a yellow jump suit staring at the wall of a tiny, windowless cell at a Mississippi detention center. Another zooms in on the bruised and blackened eye of a 14-year-old Oklahoma girl locked up for running away from a group home.
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Whilst researching various house histories during November and December, I have been noting interesting facts relating to Clarendon Park where they emerge. For example, whilst looking at the burial records for St Mary Magdalene, Knighton, I discovered lots of Clarendon Park residents – which is obvious really, but somehow I always imagined most of them spending their eternal rest at Welford Road Cemetery. Amongst the dearly departed were Neville Thomas Hind, son of the Queens Road chemist William Tom Hind (aged just 21 months, in 1897) and William Tom himself in February 1944. Also his son Frederick Leonard Hind (aged 77, in January 1978). But now I am getting sidetracked.
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wasted time did some valuable research using the 1894 Electoral Register. In 1894 suffrage (or the right to vote) was still not universal, and one of the qualifying factors – apart from needing a Y chromosome – was property ownership. A separate register was kept of property owners. I looked at the register for Knighton Ward and made a list of all the Clarendon Park residents who both owned a property and lived in it. The numbers were tiny in relation to the total number of properties in Clarendon Park. Most people rented their properties, even those living in the posher houses. It would be very interesting to know what the proportion of owner-occupiers is today. Much larger, I suspect.
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|Dan Lynch at Rootstech - Feb 2011
I had been in contact with Dan via Linkedin and Facebook and we arranged to catch up at the conference in Salt Lake City. Dan kindly agreed to tell me a little about himself. As I had heard Dan speak in Sydney I did not attend his sessions in Salt Lake City but I hear that they were well received by participants.
Dan is the first person to have completed a Genimates Profile .
GeniMates Profile - Dan Lynch
Date 11 February 2011 Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist Professional
Hometown Connecticut
What is your day job? Internet marketing plus involvement in family history space. Travelled a lot in 2010 doing lectures including a tour to Australia. Dan was away working on 22 weekends in 2010.
How long have you been chasing ancestors? Since 1977
How did you get hooked on genealogy? When he was 14 Dan watched Alex Haley's Roots on TV. It really struck Dan as he watched the story of three generations. In the following springtime he went to the cemetery and started writing stuff down from headstones. He also went to a vital records office and wasn't allowed in because he was in too young. He had to return in the company of an adult. That is what hooked him!
Areas of Expertise in Genealogy Technology, Good generalist
Genealogy Society and Group Memberships APG - Life Member, Connecticut Society of Genealogists - Life Member
Lands of your Ancestors Southern Italy, Ireland
What Family Names are you Researching? Orsadi, Lynch, Ditota
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blaming, making the person feel that there is no way out.
Sexual abuse - Sexual abuse is closely linked to
physical abuse and may occur together or after physical
abuse by forcing someone to participate in unwanted, unsafe,
or degrading sexual activity, ridiculing another person to
try to limit their sexuality or reproductive choices,
forcing someone to look at pornography, or forcing someone
to participate in pornographic film-making.
Stalking or cyber-stalking
- Stalking is
unpredictable and should always be considered dangerous.
It is harassment through repeated phone calls, following,
tracking, searching for someone, suddenly showing up where
the person is, sending emails, communicating in chat rooms,
text-messaging, monitoring phone calls, contacting family
and friends, damaging someone's home, car, or other
Economic abuse or financial abuse
- Economic or
financial abuse is used to control someone by withholding
money and credit cards, stealing from the person,
withholding resources such as food, clothes, medication, or
shelter, or preventing the person from working.
Spiritual abuse - Spiritual abuse is used to
manipulate someone by preventing the person from practicing
their religious or spiritual beliefs, ridiculing the person's beliefs, or forcing the children to reared in a
faith that the person has not agreed to.
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Can I Get Help for Domestic Violence?
If you
need help immediately, call 911.
If you
want to talk to someone or learn more about how you can stop
the cycle of violence, call:
Casa de Esperanza
at 530-674-5400 or
National Domestic Violence
at 800-799-SAFE (7233)
Safe At Home
at 877-322-5227
If you
want to talk to someone or learn more about how you can stop
the cycle of violence, call:
Casa de Esperanza
at 530-674-5400 or
National Domestic Violence
at 800-799-SAFE (7233)
Safe At Home
at 877-322-5227
you take a drink, then the drink takes you."
- F. Scott
to the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), a
project of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA):
million Americans (7.9%) aged 12 and older currently are
current illicit drug users
million people aged 12 or older received treatment for
substance or alcohol use
million Americans (50.3%) aged 12 and older are
current alcohol drinkers
million (22.8%) are classified as binge drinkers (five or
more drinks on one occasion)
million were under-age drinkers (aged 12
- 20)
million aged 12 and older drove under the influence at least
once in the 12 months prior to the interview
Yes, these
are alarming statistics. This phenomenon is prevalent in
our society today and you may be one of the millions in America
who are faced with or live with someone who is abusing drugs
and/or alcohol. There is hope - if drugs or alcohol are
preventing you from participating in activities in your Welfare
to Work Plan we can provide you with treatment and counseling
services free of charge.
understand this is an awesome undertaking for you and we may
allow participation in a drug and alcohol treatment program to
be your only activity for six months while you get clean and
sober. After that we can introduce other Welfare to Work
activities in conjunction with your ongoing maintenance program
that will continue to move you toward recovery.
Where Can I Get Help for Substance Use?
You are not
alone - we have highly qualified and licensed counselors and
therapists on-site who can help you on your road to recovery.
Call your WTW worker for a referral today.
There are also many government and community resources that can
help you regain control of your life:
For Our Recovering Families
(FOR Families) at 530-749-6798
Substance Abuse Hotline
at 800-547-4615
Crisis Hotline at 800-448-4663
Directory at 530-673-9380
Methadone Clinic at 530-742-7747
Other options may be found at
Treatment 4 Addiction at
Mental Health
Good mental health is key to success in the workplace and life
in general. Most families are not equipped or prepared to
deal with mental health problems and it can be emotionally and
physically draining to the entire family. That is why we
have made it a priority to offer you the counseling and support
you and your family needs to cope and recover from a mental
illness. We also feel it is equally important to practice
good mental health techniques. Our distinguished team of
licensed counselors and therapists are qualified and dedicated
to helping on your road to good mental health.
What's Your Mental Health I.Q.?
this short true/false quiz compiled by the National Mental
Health Association and have some fun challenging your mental
health knowledge.
Regular exercise can greatly reduce symptoms of depression and
anxiety disorders.
- People who have schizophrenia don't usually
recover from the disorder.
- Depression is a normal part of aging.
- People who have mental disorders are more
dangerous than people in the general population.
- One in five Americans experiences a mental
health disorder in any given year, but only one-third seek care
due to the stigma and misperceptions surrounding mental
disorders and their treatment.
1. True -
Believe it or not, 60% of people with such disorders
significantly reduced their symptoms with regular exercise
so get out there and start walking, biking, golfing or
anything else you like
2. False -
Up to two-thirds of people who are diagnosed with
schizophrenia actually recover significantly and some
completely recover.
3. False -
Depression is not a normal part of aging. You don't have to
"grin and bear it".
4. False -
This misperception is commonly distorted by the
media. People who have mental disorders are no more
likely to be dangerous than people without disorders.
5. True -
Sadly, people often let shame prevent them from
seeking help. Mental illness is real and treatable.
No one should let stigma stand in the way of getting help.
In addition
to mental health staff, there are many other resources for you. To learn more about mental illness or to seek
help, call your WTW worker or visit:
Sutter-Yuba Mental Health
at 530-822-7200
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
at 800-273-TALK (8255)
Sutter-Yuba Mental Health
Children's Services
at 530-822-7513
Yuba County Employment Services
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA — A USDA food distribution will be held Sunday afternoon at Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, 11376 Fifth St., Rancho Cucamonga.
Each family will receive about 35 pounds of federally provided food from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The food pickup is in the northeast corner of the building. The distributions are held on the last Sunday of each month.
Information: 909-945-5333 or www.ccflive.com.


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BREWSTER Three Rivers Hospital is paying its next CEO, J. Scott Graham, $3,461 per week as a transition adviser before the commissioners can approve his employment contract next month.
The employment contract, which notes an$180,000 annual salary, was introduced at Monday's board meeting.
Board Chairwoman Vicki Orford said the hospital was advised by the Municipal Research and Services Center that the contract can't be ratified until the next meeting, set for 4 p.m. May 12 at the Hillcrest Administration Building, 415 Hospital Way.
Graham's transition adviser contract is effective until May 12.
He told The Chronicle "it feels great" to be at Three Rivers Hospital.
"I'm really happy to be here," he said Monday. "I'm thrilled with the opportunity to work with this board and the employees … It's been a wonderful experience so far."
Orford said the proposed contract doesn't include incentive bonuses.
Commissioner Tracy Shrable said Graham will have regular benefits offered to other hospital employees.
At Coulee Medical Center, Graham's most recent employer, his salary was about $201,000.
Current CEO O.E. "Bud" Hufnagel, who resigned, is paid $175,000. His starting salary in 2011 was $150,000 per year, and the board gave him a raise last year.
"I was directed by the board to go in and help negotiate the beginnings of a contract, then turn it over to a lawyer to actually do the contract with Scott," Orford said, noting that
she arrived at the figure by "pulling up the Department of Health compensation report, the latest figures they have on it."
Of the 87 listed hospitals, Orford said 77 percent of those CEOs will be making more money than Graham.
"I think we negotiated the best we could do, and we welcome Scott aboard," she said. "In trying to get Scott established and Bud out the door, we ran across some things with MRSC and we needed to have where they could both be here at the same time, but we can only have one CEO at a time."
Graham confirmed he has accepted the CEO contract and thanked the board.
As transition adviser, Graham's pay was determined by dividing his current salary by week, Orford said.
"So far, everything's going pretty well," Hufnagel said of the transition, noting Graham's familiarity with the area and physicians.
Hufnagel's resignation was initially intended to be effective April 30, but he has offered to stay on through May 16, hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Meadows previously told The Chronicle.
Graham resigned at Coulee Medical Center on April 10, and that hospital's commissioners voted to waive his 90-day notice in their April 14 meeting and terminated his employment effective immediately.
In his resignation letter, Graham cited controversy over the hospital's attempt to renegotiate physician contracts and indicated his intention to sue Coulee Medical Center.
Although the board had given Graham direction to renegotiate physician compensation in his 2013 performance review, bringing salaries more in line with market value, he said he was met with "retaliatory conduct" from the board since the process began.
"To be clear, my separation from the hospital is effectively a constructive discharge, and not a voluntary resignation," Graham wrote. "The board has engaged in a pattern of retaliatory conduct against me since I properly raised the important issue of physician compensation being out of compliance with federal law."
Graham also accused the physicians of "tortiously" interfering with his employment relationship with the hospital.
"I do intend to pursue liability claims against the hospital district and the physicians over these issues. My attorney will be in contact with hospital counsel in the near future with respect to these claims."
When asked Monday about the issues with his previous employer, Graham declined to comment.
In the resolution to accept Graham's resignation, the board said it did not agree with Graham's claims.
The Coulee Medical Center board launched an investigation last month into whether there was cause to fire him after physicians announced a vote of no confidence and called for his resignation with the backing of some other hospital employees and community members.
After witnessing his first official Three Rivers Hospital board meeting Monday, Graham said of the commissioners, "It's obvious they want the hospital to succeed.
"I think they do a great job trying to manage the complexities of hospital governance."
Graham was selected from a pool of 26 candidates. After The Chronicle took Three Rivers to task for violating the Open Public Meetings Act, the board took a step back and re-selected four finalists in a public process. That field was winnowed to the Top 2, Graham and Eugene Suksi of Crescent City, Calif.
The board named Graham as its top choice after public interviews with both finalists March 25.
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2011-12-21 / Columnists
Pets, Pets, Pets
Post- "Franklin, WV: No Shelter, Dana Suffers the Cold"
Whether or not you are religious, the birth at Bethlehem opens our collective consciousness at Christmas time. Tales of individuals left homeless, hungry and cold are particularly poignant around this time of year. Thus, a plea for "Dana", a starved mother Shepherd mix abandoned on a West Virginia mountain, and then enduring sub-freezing nights chained to a wooden box too small to fit her frigid frame was hard to ignore. The dog's predicament was reminiscent of a shivering infant in a manger.
No sacrilege is intended by this canine Christmas comparison. Even St. Patrick's Cathedral has added a yellow Lab statue to the crèche this year; plus the breath of the animals in the stable was the only source of warmth that first Noel. Historically, the whole concept of displaying a manger came from St. Francis of Assisi.
A "manger" is symbolic of the Nativity. Mary and Joseph sought refuge in a stable when there was no room at the inn. Actually a "manger" is merely a wooden trough or box used to feed livestock. Mary placed the baby Jesus in the manger as a cradle but the term "manger" is commonly confused with the stable. A manger is just a small wooden box.
However, the box shelter of the starving dog Dana was useless. All she had to protect her from the elements was this tiny box with no floor so she was forced to sleep on the frozen mud. Dana was one of many dogs abandoned on this WV mountain top, and then taken in by a man that tries to be kind but has little to support stray dogs. He can't offer them shelter or vet care; he barely can afford dog food so most, like Dana, are tied outside on his property and become emaciated. Walking skeletons cannot weather the WV winter.
The "Mountain Man" hands the dogs over unspayed to anyone who wants them. Most impoverished homes in the Appalachians will continue this cycle of neglect and pet overpopulation. Dana, an absolute doll, is only about 18 months old, but it is apparent she has already had several litters. If she survived there, she would have continued to have more, because even dogs on a chain can get pregnant.
Thankfully there are angels in this part of rural West Virginia specifically Carol Hutchison and all the volunteers from Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter (PAWS) in Franklin. You may recall the puppies, Pearl and Porter, both chained in another WV yard, who came to Last Hope on a transport during the October snowstorm after Carol convinced their owner to surrender them. (See online "Pets" Beacon 11/3/11). Both Pearl and Porter found loving homes on LI shortly after arriving at Last Hope.
PAWS is part of a dedicated WV/KY rescue network. Unfortunately, the network has had so much experience rescuing emaciated dogs that they share a strict protocol for safely feeding starved dogs. You cannot give too much food, too fast. When rescued, Dana was rated a #2 (thin) on the #1-5 veterinary body score index. Carol started slowly feeding her a veterinary intestinal diet; then gradually added puppy food as a calorie bonus.
PAWS has only a few, precious foster homes and no shelter of their own. Desperate dogs are waiting in the wings. Volunteers, like Carol, a transplanted vet tech from NJ, do outreach to improve the quality of life for WV dogs and cats by visiting people with outdoor pets and offering to neuter and vet them at no charge. That is how she first ran into the Mountain Man. He trusts her, and she knows not to jeopardize that trust. Dog diplomacy is essential. When the temperature plummeted to 22 degrees one night, Carol got him to part with Dana. She gave him an igloo to ease the suffering of his next foundling until she can fetch that one too.
PAWS also takes in stray and unwanted dogs and cats from their sheriff's department that would have otherwise gone to a kill shelter in the next county. Animals there are only held five days before being put down. When an approved rescue in the Northeast such as Last Hope accepts one of their dogs/cats, PAWS can then save another that was bound for the pound or sentenced to a life on a chain.
Relying completely on donations, PAWS provides veterinary care and works miracles repairing wounded souls. However, this ecomonically challenged area lacks a supply of responsible homes. PAWS crosses state lines to showcase fosters where there is improved pet placement potential, but prospects are still limited. Carol brought two puppies from an unwanted litter to a Virginia Petco. After a screening process, the male got a great home while the applicants for the female (Bindi) forgot to tell her that they changed their mind.
In rescue, there is a "dog domino" effect. One pup in need can unknowingly get others noticed. Carol checked Porter a stray chained in a yard, and saw Pearl the tiny Beagle/ Chihuahua puppy on another chain. This time Carol heard that Tinsel a matted Poodle had been thrown from a car. The Mountain Man had Tinsel tied to his porch. If it hadn't have been for Tinsel, she wouldn't have spotted Suzie, a poor Shihtzu, or Dana tethered to her box.
Although Bindi's home fell through after the transport filled, the coordinator squeezed in passenger #29. We waited briefly for two drivers at the White Plains meeting spot and were able to deliver the duo just as Last Hope's symbolic "Trees of Love" ceremony was ending. Meanwhile, Carol will be going back to the Mountain Man soon in hopes of bringing a Sheltie and Terrier to a better life. This Christmas Dana and Bindi left two foster spaces warm for them.
For Adoption: Dana and Bindi are extremely loving and are at Last Hope Adoption Center at 3300 Beltagh Ave. Wantagh, call 631-946-9528. Our poster kitty "Katie" #20725 is at Babylon Shelter, 51 Lamar St., W. Babylon, call 631-643-9270. Her owner passed away last spring and her family could not drop Katie off at the shelter fast enough. Babylon Shelter will be closed on the Friday and Monday of both Christmas and New Year's weeks, but will be open on both Saturdays.


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The Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts is a county elected official who serves as an officer of the court and the manager of court information. The Clerk administers the official court records for all trial court cases with jurisdiction in Wabash County, prepares the permanent historical records for the courts, and processes and issues various documents for court cases. As a member of the Election Board, the Clerk oversees, conducts and certifies the results for all federal, state, county, township, municipal, special, and school board elections.
What We Do:
•Receipt court costs, fees and fines for all court cases
•Collect and disburse Child Support payments
•Collect costs and disburse judgment monies
•Traffic processing
•Process marriage applications and issues marriage license
•Receive filings and process new cases for Civil, Criminal, Family Relations, Probate and Small Claims
•Issue various court documents including arrest warrants, commitments, protective orders, service of process and writs
•Maintain the Judgment Docket and Record of Judgments and Orders
•Oversee the maintenance and microfilming/scanning of court records
•Prepare certified copies of documents
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Home-made Treats
HC bought a new oven recently, and decided to dig out her old cookbook from "Three Dog Bakery".
After looking through all the recipes, she decided to pick out "Howl-O-Ween Tricking Treats" because she has most of the ingredients (i.e. pumpkin and flour) and it was near to Halloween then.
As she knows we are not fussy dogs, she decided to tweat the recipe and add in ingredients we love.. such as slice cheddar cheese...
She mixed all the ingredients in a large bowl. (HC was so lazy that she didn't even use a measuring cup for all the ingredients!)
The end product does not even remotely resembles the pic on the recipe book - because she was too lazy to roll the dough!
But it tasted good nevertheless. (The uneven burnt stuff on the top are slice cheddar cheese).
She also purchased some duck liver recently and decided to dry it for us.
After a day of drying... this is the end product.


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RIPLEY – The AAA Region 3 host Ripley Vikings navigated their way through the field on Saturday at Ripley Health Center and in the process, racked up 238 points and will be sending 10 wrestlers to Big Sandy Arena next weekend for the 2013 State Wrestling tournament, which begins Thursday, February 21 and concludes on Saturday.
The blue crew notched their seventh straight regional title and guns for taking the next step beyond last years runner up finish to State Champion Parkersburg South.
The AAA No. 4 ranked Vikings qualified six regional champions, two regional champion runners up and two regional third place finishers.
Preston Martin (152), Nate Starkey (170), Austin Hileman (132), Greg medina (195), Freddie Roush (220) and No. 1 ranked heavyweight Daryl Hicks (285) all earned Regional crowns for the Vikings.
Region 3 runner-ups for Ripley included one-time State Champion Jake Martin (138) and frosh sensation Lucas Simpkins (126), both ranked No.2 in their weight classes.
Antonio Jones (120) and Martin Kuhl (182) snagged Region 3 third place recognition.
The Ripley Health Center was near capacity and the excitement was at fever pitch for six hours as the Vikings took care of business in front of their home crowd.
Team results were as follows: Ripley (238), Shady Spring (222), Greenbrier East (168.50), George Washington (148.50), Woodrow Wilson (127), Oak Hill (110.50), Riverside (65.50), Capital (65), South Charleston (15) and Princeton (14).
Shady Spring, ranked AAA No. 9 provided Ripley with its most serious threat as the Tigers roster is talented from top to bottom.
"We knew how good Shady was coming in," said Viking head coach Matt Smith, last season's Mountain State Athletic Conference Wrestling Coach of the Year.
In the Championship round, the Vikings scored impressive wins over impressive competition. Austin Hileman (132) won by decision over Shady Spring's John Duncan, 7-1. Preston Martin (152), won by fall over Cole Williams of Woodrow Wilson. Nate Starkey (170) was victorious by decision over Greenbrier East's Davis Solak, 8-5. Greg Medina (195) won by fall over Riverside's Chase Hanshaw.
"Although I didn't wrestle my best, I feel blessed to get a win in my last match at Ripley High School, especially against a tough opponent like (Davis) Solak. I think the team is improving everyday and the best is yet to come," said senior Nate Starkey at the end of the afternoon.
Freddy Roush, who has worked hard all season to drop weight and compete at (220) won the most thrilling match of the day in a 4-2 OT finals thriller over Levi Nelson of Greenbrier East.
Coach Smith was pleased with his team's performance and looks forward to the ride to Huntington next week.
"We wrestled well as a team today. We were focused and the intensity was good. I feel like we have had some guys that lost matches earlier in the season that they would win today. You want to improve throughout the season and peak in time for the State tournament and I think we are doing that right now," said Smith. He added," Freddy Roush really stepped up today and did what we knew he could do. He is a great kid and he has worked so hard and I am just thrilled for him, as I am all of our qualifiers."
Daryl Hicks continued his amazing senior campaign with a win by fall over jack Skidmore of George Washington.
Senior Greg Medina feels confident about where the Vikings are going into the big show in Huntington.
"I think my teammates and I are on the right track. We have been working hard all season long in preparation for this weekend and I think we are very capable of bringing the title back to Ripley."
Ripley had three grapplers who narrowly missed getting their ticket punched. Alex Espino (160) and Levi Bryant (145) each finished fifth in their weight class and Brianna Mills, the team's lone female, took a sixth place finish at (106).
Assistant coach Franklin Howerton reflected on a fulfilling day at Ripley Health Center Gymnasium.
"We have to wrestle with no regrets. We have to get the mistakes out of the way now before we get to Huntington. We have to prepare and wrestle to the best of our abilities."
106 Logan Robertson, Shady Spring Dec Jasiel Kinder, Greenbrier East, 5-3
113 Leland Swafford, Woodrow Wilson M-Dec Zach Clark, Shady Spring, 14-0
120 Johnny Forren, Shady Spring Fall David Pancake, George Washington
126 Jensen Lorea, George Washington Dec Lucas Simpkins, Ripley, 7-5 OT
132 Austin Hileman, Ripley Dec John Duncan, Shady Spring, 7-1
138 Nick Farley, Shady Spring Fall Jake Martin, Ripley
145 Brandon Stump, Shady Spring Fall Chris Shumaker, Oak Hill
152 Preston Martin, Ripley Fall Cole Williams, Woodrow Wilson
160 Jake Smith, George Washington T-Fall Cody Richmond, Shady Spring, 15-0
170 Nate Starkey, Ripley Dec Davis Solak, Greenbrier East, 8-5
182 Charles Withrow, Greenbrier East Dec Pat Vance, Capital, 12-5
195 Gregorio Medina, Ripley Fall Chase Hanshaw, Riverside
220 Frederick Roush, Ripley Dec Levi Nelson, Greenbrier East, 4-2 OT
285 Daryl Hicks, Ripley Fall Jack Skidmore, George Washington
106 Sam Moore, George Washington Fall Cody Gillespie, Oak Hill
113 Jared Morgan, Greenbrier East Fall Christian Price, Capital
120 Antonio Jones, Ripley Dec Josh Lilley, Woodrow Wilson, 6-2
126 Tyler Kosut, Shady Spring Dflt Kavin Kincaid, Capital, INJ
132 Marc Williams, Oak Hill Dec Vince Hunt, Riverside, 8-3
138 Dakota Miller, Oak Hill Dec Tyler Gilger, Woodrow Wilson, 6-1
145 Cody Van Dyke, Woodrow Wilson Dec Desean Reed, Capital, 6-4
152 Henry Matos, Shady Spring Dec Fred Crosier, South Charleston, 9-3
160 Josiah Solak, Greenbrier East Fall Justin Burke, Riverside
170 Keeten Asbury, Shady Spring Dec Chris Worley, Woodrow Wilson, 4-0
182 Martin Kuhl, Ripley Fall Hunter Davis, Woodrow Wilson
195 Joe Sampson, Greenbrier East Fall Wesley Legg, Oak Hill
220 Chase Lusk, Shady Spring Dec Kyle Ayers, Woodrow Wilson, 4-3
285 Evan Roberts, Greenbrier East
Vikes take seventh straight regional, send 10 to states
RIPLEY – The AAA Region 3 host Ripley Vikings navigated their way through the field on Saturday at Ripley Health Center and in the process, racked up 238 points and will be sending 10 wrestlers to Big Sandy Arena next weekend for the 2013 State Wrestling tournament, which begins Thursday, February 21 and concludes on Saturday.


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MERIBEL, France (Reuters) - Carolina Ruiz Castillo put Spain back on the alpine skiing map by winning the women's World Cup downhill in Meribel on Saturday, the first victory in the sport's blue riband event by any Spaniard.
At 31, the Chilean-born skier who trains in France outpaced the leading favorites to clinch her first World Cup victory, 13 years after her only podium to date in a giant slalom in Sestriere.
Ruiz Castillo won in one minute 42.56 seconds to bridge a seven-year gap since the last top spot earned by compatriot Maria Jose Rienda Contreras in a giant slalom in Hafjell seven years ago.
It was almost a home win for popular speed specialist Ruiz Castillo as she regularly trains with the French team and had the chance to practice on the Meribel course, which had not been used on the World Cup circuit for 19 years.
"It's a formidable achievement after all the commitment and hard work for so many years in difficult conditions," she said.
"Fortunately, this year I had the opportunity to train well with the French and I knew I had the potential as I'm really strong in practice.
"It's a great day for me as the conditions suited me ideally," the Spaniard added referring to the smooth technical course.
Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch, the super-combined world champion in Schladming, was second, 0.20 seconds adrift for her third downhill podium of the winter after Lake Louise and her bronze medal at the worlds earlier this month.
"I cannot be disappointed to come second behind Carolina. Everybody's happy for her. It has not been a great season for me so second is a good result.
"Since I don't have a crystal globe to fight for, I'm going to go for race wins without pressure, hoping to do well next week at home in Garmisch," she said.
Local favorite Marie Marchand-Arvier missed the runners-up spot by the slimmest margin, finishing 0.01 behind Hoefl-Riesch.
World Cup leader Tina Maze of Slovenia missed the podium by 0.07 seconds but added 50 points to her overall World Cup tally, taking it to 1,744 points ahead of Hoefl-Riesch on 886.
France's world champion Marion Rolland had to be content with 10th place, 0.80 off the pace.
Maze and Hoefl-Riesch will be clear favorites in Sunday's super-combined on the same Roc de Fer piste, home to the women's races at the 1992 Olympics.
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The commercial aircraft we all are used to flying in could get us to our destinations a lot faster if they were allowed to break the sound barrier. A 747 typically reaches speeds of 550mph, where as a supersonic craft can more than double that. Concorde, for example, used to fly at 1,350mph (Mach 2.04).
The reason we don't all fly at Mach 2 is because of sonic booms: a loud shockwave heard when you break the speed of sound. Hearing them several times an hour is not desirable in our busy skies, especially if you live near an airport.
NASA has been working to solve this problem with the development of new aerodynamics and engines to allow a quiet sonic boom to occur. However, an aerospace engineer from Florida State University has beaten them to it.
Ge-Chen Zha has developed a bi-directional flying wing that is capable of achieving supersonic flight without the sonic boom. The concept looks like a flying ninja star, but in reality it's two wings sat on top of each other.
In one configuration the aircraft is capable of subsonic flight, but in mid-air it can carry out a 5-second rotation to the secondary wing configuration and go supersonic. Apparently anyone on board would hardly notice this rotation happening, but they would enjoy the hours being knocked off their flight time.
If you're skeptical of such a design, don't be. Zha has presented the flying wing to NASA and received $100,000 in funding for his efforts. If NASA scientists think it works, it's likely to make it into some form of production.
Even if this aircraft never becomes a passenger-carrying solution, it will be of great interest to drone manufacturers. Drones capable of silent supersonic flight would certainly be a feature any government would want to have available to them, both for home surveillance or one of the many hostile locations around the world.
Read more at Space.com


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Good Vapors, or Finding the Hearts in Stumptown's Distillery Row
Moving to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, I fully expected to be surrounded by heavenly coffee, fantastic food, killer microbrews, and world-class Pinot noir. Lots of Pinot noir. What I did not expect was to discover a thriving scene of locally produced spirits and liqueurs. A recent trip to Portland's Distillery Row with some friends opened my eyes to a whole new world of hard drinking.


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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1873. Inherited instinct. Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science 7 (13 February): 281.
REVISION HISTORY: Scanned, OCRed, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 2003-8, textual corrections by Sue Asscher 3.2007. RN3
Inherited Instinct
THE following letter seems to me so valuable, and the accuracy of the statements vouched for by so high an authority, that I have obtained permission from Dr. Huggins to send it for publication.1 No one who has attended to animals either in a state of nature or domestication will doubt that many special fears, tastes, &c., which must have been acquired at a remote period, are now strictly inherited. This has been clearly proved to be the case by Mr. Spalding with chickens and turkeys just born, in his admirable article recently published in Macmillan's Magazine.2 It is probable that most inherited or instinctive feelings were originally acquired by slow degrees through habit and the experience of their utility; for instance the fear of man, which as I showed many years ago, is gained very slowly by birds on oceanic islands. It is, however, almost certain that many of the most wonderful instincts have been acquired independently of habit, through the preservation of useful variations of pre-existing instincts. Other instincts may have arisen suddenly in an individual and then been transmitted to its offspring, independently both of selection and serviceable experience, though subsequently strengthened by habit. The tumbler-pigeon is a case in point, for no one would have thought of teaching a pigeon to turn head over heels in the air; and until some bird exhibited a tendency in this direction, there could have been no selection. In the following case we see a specialised feeling of antipathy transmitted through three generations of dogs, as well as to some collateral members of the same family, and which must have been acquired within a very recent period. Unfortunately it is not known how the feeling first arose in the grandfather of Dr. Huggins's dog. We may suspect that it was due to some ill-treatment; but it may have originated without any assignable cause, as with certain animals in the Zoological Gardens, which, as I am assured by Mr. Bartlett,3 have taken a strong hatred to him and others without any provocation. As far as it can be ascertained, the great-grandfather of Dr. Huggins's dog did not evince the feeling of antipathy, described in the following letter.
1 William Huggins (1824-1910), astronomer, his letter was printed on pp. 281-2. Huggins' letter gives an account of three generations of dogs which exhibited fright when in the vicinity of a butcher or butcher's shop. Further letters on the subject appeared in Nature (20 February 1873), pp. 303 and 20 March 1873, pp. 377-8.
2 Douglas Alexander Spalding (1841-1877), comparative psychologist. Spalding 1873.
3 Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812-1897), superintendent of the Zoological Society′s Gardens, Regent's Park, London.
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Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith and Jurisprudence
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A troubling video posted to YouTube this week showed a 10-year-old Palestinian Arab girl trying to provoke a violent response from an Israeli soldier, all while her own mother held the video camera.
The girl is seen verbally abusing the soldier, threatening to hit and spitting on him.
Aware that he is being set up, the soldier remains calm and does not provide the reaction hoped for by the girl, her mother or the press photographers who had somehow known just when and where to come for their next prize-winning shot.
Nor do the others soldiers present when the girl returns with several of her young friends.
The scene took place in the Palestinian Arab town of Nabi Saleh in the so-called "West Bank." Sadly, it is not an unheard of scenario. Such provocations take place on a regular basis, as local children are trained from the youngest ages to hate and seek violent confrontation with Israelis.
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Emilie Munroe may technically be a designer, but she considers herself something of a translator, channeling clients' personalities and lifestyles into physical realities through her work at Studio Munroe. Cultivating her design and architecture skills under the mentorship of Jay Jeffers, Munroe has since racked up 15 years of experience working on luxury interior design projects ranging from urban high-rise apartments to suburban homes to rural estates. With a focus on collaboration and attention to detail, Munroe works with a curated team of craftsmen, artists and installers to create personal and luxurious spaces that embody her belief that a home should be the perfect backdrop for the life lived inside. Learn more in our Q&A below.
1. How did you first get into the world of design?
I fell into this dream career by complete serendipity. My father worked in marketing, and my mom was an avid reader and very crafty. I did 10 years of youth theatre, and always had a fun decorative project in the works, but never associated this with a future in the arts. During college I thought I'd end up in graduate school for law or journalism. However a chance summer position at an interior design studio led to a design assistant position and then a love affair with the wildly artistic, yet completely grounded in rules of proportion and scale, career of designing interiors.
2. How did working under the mentorship of Jay Jeffers influence your career?
Jay is a dream mentor: Bright, driven, talented, gorgeous and very fun at a party. Best of all, he empowers his team to be collaborative, detail-oriented and organized. My experience working with Jay not shaped my design aesthetic but also my desire to cultivate a positive, project-management driven studio team.
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With each project we work to transform a client's lifestyle and aesthetic into a functioning physical environment. Along with using a client's fashion choices as clues when creating our design direction, we often use fashion as a way to describe interior choices. One example is a bachelor who came into the project feeling that in order for a space to be masculine, it had to be black and grey. We presented images of men's suiting and leisurewear to show that navy, olive and camel are all masculine shades of color. An ability to translate furnishing styles and color schemes into descriptions that resonate with the client is essential and has allowed us to open the door to more unique selections -- ideas that clients may not have originally pursued.
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Creating each project's aesthetic is a mix of both the literal and intuitive. We always review Pinterest or Houzz image boards and talk about room function and lifestyle, however these tangibles are balanced by unspoken clues in personality, fashion and existing furnishings.
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In 2017 we dove into commercial design on two different office spaces here in San Francisco. Working with companies to define their visual style has been a dynamic extension to the work we already do with individuals and families. It is such an exciting time in the development of a company when they are ready to prioritize integrating their corporate vision statement into a physical environment for employees and clients. We've loved being along for that ride.
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Correct, clean, medium weight, bone-dry Savenièrres that keeps me coming back for more. Excellent with smoked trout. Lovely juice. About $20; I'd pay that again.
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Fleshing out with less emphasis on the earthy accents and more on a supple core of syrah fruit; still complex and bright but smoother, fuller and longer. A tip of the hat to Claude Kolm who, when this was released, counseled patience. (Of course, I have not been but I bought a lot of this so it looks like I'll be able to follow its development, in spite of myself.) About $9 on sale; worth multiples of that.
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Probably, as authentic and character driven a village Chablis as I have tasted; beautiful mix of lemon drop and stone on the nose and palate, excellent depth, good cut, great balance and a very long finish. 'Killer with tuna and white bean salad. About $25; I'd pay that again.
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More reserved than the regular bottling from the same vintage but no less impressive; stony, citric, broader than expected, nice balance and good sustain. $13 and worth at least that.
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That's a lot like what is unfolding in the David and Goliath battle over Colorado River water in the Southern California desert. For years the metropolitan water purveyors for the sprawling cities of Southern California have been taking more than their share of Colorado River water. They knew at some point that they'd be forced to live within their means. When that day began drawing near, they figured they'd just sash shay into the poor, political impotent agricultural valleys of Palo Verde and Imperial and take Colorado River water from the farms and small cities.
The mousetrap went off when the Imperial Valley Irrigation District voted 3-2 in mid-December in saying no thanks to the latest proposal to sell water to San Diego for a pittance. How dare David let go that slingshot!
The rejection vote came within days of a federal government-imposed deadline of Dec. 31, 2002 when "California" had to show that it had in place agreements to live within the 4.4 million acre-feet annual Colorado River allotment. To set the record straight, California cities have been taking that excess Colorado River — not the farmers who have long been living within their long-held water rights.
The most economically viable places for cities to find replacement water for what they had swiping from the Colorado are from Imperial and Palo Verde valley irrigation districts.
Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) farmers have struck a deal with the Metropolitan District of Southern California. MWD is ballyhooing that deal, throwing it up to IID, which is balking at a similar pact. However, the PVID will only be done if landowners individually sign up for a pact that will force them to idle from 7 up to almost 30 percent of their farms annually over the next 35 years to sell Colorado River water to Southern California. It is not a done deal at this point.
It is a bit more complicated with IID. Unlike Palo Verde where farmers control the water, cities and elected officials are involved in IID. Plus the money offered for the water will be filtered down through more entities than just farmers. And there is the environmental freak of nature called the Salton Sea that has become a political nightmare muddling the IID picture even more.
The Southern California urban political power brokers were sent packing by the audacious folks of Imperial Valley with that 3-2 vote, but make no mistake, the water from the Palo Verde and Imperial will eventually flow north. The powerful MWD and other Southland water agencies cannot afford to tell their constituents they'll not be able to fill their swimming pools.
The only question is at what price? Imperial and Palo Verde are holding out for the best deal they can get. It's a high stakes five-card stud poker game with one side rolling in cash and the other holding a facedown ace. The people of those two valleys own the water and for now no song and dance man is taking it away.
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