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The suffering caused by years of endosulfan use on cashew plantations in Kerala's Kasaragod district is well known: birth defects, high rates of mental retardation, and delayed puberty, in addition to the hundreds of deaths directly attributed to the antiquated insecticide. Now, the Indian press is reporting another cluster of endosulfan-induced disease a couple hundred miles away in Muthalamada district, also part of the state of Kerala.
So far 46 "suspected endosulfan victims" have been officially identified, but NGOs working in the area say there are hundreds more. The situation is eerily similar to that in Kasaragod, with large numbers of hydrocephalic children. According to one article:
Researchers found members of 174 families had serious health problems. Many children were found suffering from birth deformities, cancer, cerebral palsy, mental disorders, skin diseases, vision loss; many women were found infertile. The recent government survey also mentions the same disorders, but admits lower incidence.
In Muthalamada the insecticide is used on Mango trees and is sprayed by hand rather than by helicopter, as was the case in Kasaragod. Despite a statewide ban on endosulfan, its use continues since authorities have been unable to curtail smuggling from neighboring states.
But this may soon change. Pressure continues to mount within India for national ban, and in April the 173 countries that are parties to the Stockholm Convention will meet to decide on whether to impose a global ban. Hopefully the suffering in Kasaragod and Muthalamada will catalyze the action that is so desperately needed on endosulfan.
I understand that pesticides have to be poisonous as it is meant to kill pests. But doesn't that mean that we should use them with all possible precautions to prove a boon to mankind. Endosulfan has been used for decades but we have not heard anything wrong about it from any other parts of India. Why only Kerala?
I have my farm in South India. We too use endosulfan on our farms but we have never encountered any such mishaps. If Endosulfan is banned what is the guarantee that other alternatives wouldn't cause any problems. After all they too are chemicals used with a sole motive of killing pests.
As an end user I would not suggest the ban on Endosulfan as it is cost effective as well as effective on farms if used with proper precautions.
Thanks for your comment. Endosulfan has already been banned in more than 70 countries around the world, including countries very similar to India in terms of climate, agricultural practices, and socioeconomic status. And it's been banned in areas within India itself (i.e. Kerala state) for some time. This suggests that Indian agriculture could make due without it.
On the other hand endosulfan's harms are manifold. It's not just these pockets in Kerala where endosulfan has caused such problems. Endosulfan has taken hundreds of lives in Africa (before being banned by many countries there), Sri Lanka, and elsewhere. Even in the US, where farmers have much better access to personal protective equipment and safety training than in India, endosulfan has caused many injuries, a few of them fatal. Indeed the EPA is phasing out endosulfan here in the US because of risks to end uses (as well as environmental risks).
Endosulfan has done enough harm already. India shouldn't wait until this poison starts harming people outside of Kerala, too. It should act now to prevent such harm. (And I suspect it already is killing outside of Kerala, it's just not being reported or identified as such.)
But most of these 70 countries are not even agrarian economies. And many of them have not even banned them. They seem to have put a regulation for stopping the usage of Endosulfan out of pressure created by the Europian Union.
If Endosulfan has caused so much of problems why has the USEPA approved to use it as a ear plug for lactating cattles and beefs. Moroever, the whole of India has been using it for so many years. There have been no such cases from any part of India other than Kerala.
I see a clear trade interest of Europian Union in banning Endosulfan. Otherwise, Why after manufacturing, using and trading endosulfan for 55 years, they now realise it to be hazardous to health??
Sridhar, you are playing fast loose with the facts. Many of the 70+ countries to have banned endosulfan are huge agricultural producers: Brazil, the US, Australia, the EU, etc. Other countries, which due to their small size aren't huge exporters but nonetheless have significant portions of their populations engaged in ag have also banned it: Sri Lanka, Thailand, many West African countries, etc. Besides India, Argentina and China are the only major agricultural producers that are still using endosulfan, and neither of these countries objected to the proposal to list endosulfan in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention. The USEPA just announced that it is phasing out all uses of endosulfan including its use in cattle ear tags, i.e. it's reversing its 2006 decision to allow the use of endusulfan in ear tags. And with regard to the situation in India: it's not just the state of Kerala where endosulfan-related deaths have been reported but also Karnataka, as I stated in my previous comment. And these are just the cases that have made it into the media--surely there are others.
But what troubles me the most about your logic is the implication that India should wait until more people die before taking action.
Finally, I don't see a "trade interest" motivating the EU in seeking a global ban on endosulfan; instead I see a human interest. The EU allowed endosulfan to be used within its borders until scientific evidence accumulated showing that it was harming human health and the environment. So they banned it. Now, in the interest of protecting people around the world, they have proposed a global ban under the Stockholm Convention. These are the motives I see. Also note that until recently, Bayer--an EU-based company--was a major supplier of endosulfan both in Europe and around the world. So EU actions to ban endosulfan hurt EU-based companies too.
I speculated in my previous reply that endosulfan-induced misery was probably not confined to just Kerala state. An article in the January issue of Down to Earth (url: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/32919) confirms it, reporting on similar conditions in the state of Karnataka. Here too it was sprayed in cashew plantations.
"Like Kerala's Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition."
- Endosulfan was used for 5 decades by America, Germre any deaths reported out of these countries?
- Withdrawal out of USA is a result of a commercial decision taken by the only registrant of Endosulfan Makteshim Agan North America. USEPA needs all pesticide manufacturers to undertake new studies to study endocrine disrupting aspects of any agro chemical that will be used inside USA. The new study would cost over 6 million over few years and under the mounting pressure from the European Commission
- In the current circumstances, EC has proposed endosulfan as a POP and at UNEP forums the EU has steered working groups, violated the rules, jumped procedures to drag endosulfan from annexure to annexure - inspite of data gaps and lacking any scientific certainity - MANA only registrant is USA for endosulfan would certainly be unwilling to invest in further studies related to health and effects on Endosulfan in the present situation. There was a commercial motive to MANA's decision to avoid further study and merely settle for a 'VOLUNTARY PHASE OUT' - hence there was no ban in USA. The fact still is that Endosulfan is continued to be used inside USA as we discuss this matter.
- It is important that already there has been millions of dollars spent in understanding the health related aspects of Endosulfan, there has been enough evidence across the world as Endosulfan is used by millions of farmers effectively and in very safely for over 55 years.
- In 2006, WHO/FAO in their joint meeting have studied and certitified Endosulfan to be safe and not cause cancer, not cause gene mutation, cause birth defect.
- There are millions of users of Endosulfan - not one death in any user countries, It has been used across 60 percent of the world's agricultural land.
- Why now? after 55 years suddenly, there is reports of death and devastation but no evidences to prove it. Even the artic studies, or the model projecting the drift of endosulfan are not good enough as these are projection and not sound science or valid facts. The UNEP forums such as Stockholm Convention has been discussing long range transport of endosulfan however, they have ignored that half life of Endosulfan in less than 20 days.. the convention has failed to look at the short range transport - from the user countries that are closer to the artic such as Canada. The UNEP forums have conveniently focused on use of tropical countries and ignored that the transport is possible from other source.
- eNGos consistent demand for a ban on Endosulfan has resulted the governments into loss of time in studying endosulfan which has already been studied and verified by Central Insecticide Board of India for its safe use in India farms.
- eNGOs can effectively use their time to push media and authorities for checking the real reason for the suffering amongst people of Kasargod, kerala. There has been no demand for checking the cause of the ailments that are found in the few villages inside Kerala.
Over 8 years 6 committees have investigated and have returned with no link between the ailments and the endosulfan - in fact Endosulfan was used insignificantly in Kerala. Not a single study that is being done was pointing towards the used of Endosulfan. There is a need to check the cause rather than make convenient conclusion that are not plausible.
- Human rights are violated by eNGOs who have misused the sufferings by merely linking it to endosulfan - understanding that the eNGOs are conducting only random surveys and all cases of cancer, birth defects or any gene mutation cannot be linked to Endosulfan by mere survey.
- The eNGOs do not have any logical explainations as to how can the rest of India be healthy while using Endosulfan for over 30 years.
- There has been a complete apathy at the European Conventions to understand the users and their local circumstances - Indian farmers. Multi lateral environmental agreements are misused now to steer the trade and business interest of the european agro chemical industry. There are more damaging chemicals used in many parts of the world...there are no nominations for a ban on them inside the UNEP forums at Geneva - why? they are all holding patents. Why should an Indian farmer give up his right to choose?
- It is surprising that all the dirty dozen listed are generics? so is it that the European Commission is wanting to send a message to the world that all generics are "fuddy duddy" molecules and they need a ban as they are unethical? Conventions are ensuring in a 'magical way' to an entry of new patented chemicals which European manufacturing have a bet on. It would not be easy to get a generic and widely used crop protection with a new patented molecule which is also 10 times costlier and not as effective.
- EU's ethical movement to ensure human interest is not clear as they EU continues to be the largest user of pesticides even thought it holds just 8% of the world's agricultural land.
Mr Pillay,
Almost everything in this latest post of yours either wrong, a distortion of the facts, or an outright fabrication. I'm not going to give a point by point rebuttal since I don't have all day and I doubt you'll be swayed, but let me address your first few points:
"Endosulfan was used for 5 decades by America, Germre any deaths reported out of these countries?" Endosulfan was never used as extensively in the US or Europe as it current is used in India, and comprehensive records of pesticide-induced illness and death where not kept until relatively recently. Still, many deaths from endosulfan have been recorded in the US and Europe. See http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/whs/pdf/hs1647.pdf and http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp41.pdf for some examples of case reports. Another important difference between India and the US/EU is conditions of use. In the US and EU endosulfan is/was highly regulated and could only be used by licensed applicators who were required to use (and had access to) personal
protective equipment. In contrast, in India (outside of Kerala) endosulfan can be bought from neighborhood shops by anyone and its use is virtually unregulated. Also most users do not have access to or cannot afford PPE.
"Withdrawal out of USA is a result of a commercial decision taken by the only registrant of Endosulfan Makteshim Agan North America...." Not really. EPA decided that it was "terminating" all endosulfan uses because of risks to farmworkers and the environment. They gave MANA the option of "voluntarily" withdrawing it or facing cancellation proceedings. MANA chose the former.
"In the current circumstances, EC has proposed endosulfan as a POP and at UNEP forums the EU has steered working groups, violated the rules, jumped procedures..." No not really. Other than India and a few endosulfan manufactures, no one thinks there have been procedural irregularities in the Stockholm Convention proceedings on endosulfan. UNEP legal advisers have consistently ruled that India's complaints on these matters are baseless, and their arguments have not received any support from other governments. Likewise, the COP has not taken up any of India's objections or found any fault in the proceedings on endosulfan. What's really happening is this: the Indian government and endosulfan manufactures know they can't win on the facts or the science, so they have resorted to inventing baseless procedural complaints.
What a great article, I do hope that the conclusion that you have ended up this story with would become true and everything is going to be changed for good in the nearest future. Thank you for such educational and informative post that you have provided in here, that was fantastic to read!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. We've been flooded with word from UK readers that Tom Hanks let a little something slip while appearing on BBC's Breakfast Show promoting Larry Crowne regarding the future of the Toy Story series.
He said that he thinks it's happening and when pressed further said they're working on it currently. Interesting, but not exactly surprising. With Cars 2 out this past weekend, a sequel to Monsters Inc in the works and some whispers about a sequel to The Incredibles, Pixar isn't shying away from sequels.
So far every Toy Story film has been fantastic, so I guess Pixar's earned some trust, but I don't know where you can go from Toy Story 3, which to me seemed to be the perfect wrap-up film that gave us a thematic ending where the toys come to peace with their owners growing up and leaving them.
I'd personally be fine with them ending the series there and letting us visit these characters from time to time via Pixar shorts, but if they feel they have more stories to tell I'm down with it.
Thanks to Nabs, CrackerJack and Maverick for the heads up. What do you folks think of this development?
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Twilight Struggle is a board game about the Cold War, between the United States and the USSR. The Cold war basically a geo-political chess match between the two superpowers, struggling to sway other nations to their preferred ideals - sometimes peacefully, sometimes violently. Twilight Struggle sets aside direct military combat for this struggle - exercising influence and pressure on various nations and regions to attempt to gain control.
TS has one notable accomplishment - for many years, it was rated the #1 game on BoardGameGeek.com, only recently being displaced. I have been interested in the game before, but it looks extremely complex at first glance, and so I did not invest too much time into learning it. However, it's more complex in the way Chess is complex - the actions available to you are easy to remember, but the strategy is the hard part of the game. That's Twilight Struggle.
The order of play is relatively simple - There are 10 turns in the game, divided into action rounds (ARs) - 6 ARs for the first three turns, and 7 for the rest of the game. Each AR has the USSR play a single card from their hand, followed by the USA. When you play a card, you may either use it for its event, or use the operations number on the card to either place influence in nations, "realign" nations to remove your opponent's influence (or your own, if the roll goes badly!), or conduct military coups to try and seize power in a country. All the while, the ever-present threat of nuclear war hangs over both players' heads - and if you cause the nukes to fly, you lose! There's also a "headline" phase at the start of each turn, where both players play a single card only for the event. Victory Points are scored by playing score cards that are included in the deck - and there's almost no getting around a scoring card, because if you fail to play it by the end of the turn, you lose the game! So you have to play them when you get them, and points are awarded based on how much of a presence you have in the region.
One of the main features of the game is that both players draw from the same deck of cards - with both US events, USSR events, and neutral events. You will inevitably draw some of your opponent's events during the game, and much of the struggle is trying to handle these events - you can play your opponent's cards for their operations value, but you must trigger the event if you do that! So the US is holding the "Nasser" card, which removed half of all US influence in Egypt, while adding two for USSR when used - you have to decide when to use the card so as to mitigate the damage it will do to you, and also decide if you even want to fight for Egypt, knowing you'll have to play this card sooner or later.
Since scoring cards are also held in hand - and it's difficult to know if your opponent holds one or not - this can lead to a paranoia situation. Perhaps on USSR's first action round, he places some influence in the Middle East to solidify his hold there, and drops an extra he doesn't need into South America since it'll be useful eventually. The US player, acting next, eyes that "innocuous" influence placement in South America suspiciously. "Maybe he has the South America scoring card" he thinks. He also decides to drop a little influence into South America. Suddenly, USSR gets suspicious, and decides to push back a little. And then the entire turn devolves into an influence war for South America, both players sacrificing position elsewhere to fight harder in South America.
In ways like this, the game perfectly encapsulates the entire feel of the Cold War. Nations and regions are important because you think it's important to your opponent. You want to push things all the way to the edge, without going over the edge. You're trying to get in your opponent's head, trying to see what he's thinking, seeing how all the seemingly unconnected moves fit together. The marriage of mechanics and theme in this game is among the best I've ever seen.
The video game version of the game only improves on it. The ominous music in the background is ever-present, keeping a light level of tension. Turns roll over, showing a prominent leader of the period, along with one of their speeches in the background - men like Stalin, Truman, Breznev, and Reagan. A powerful buzzing occurs whenever the DEFCON level changes, along with an unmissable pop-up. The headline phase comes up, with a little newspaper graphic, as black lines come and censor everything on the paper. Everything feels very Cold War the entire game, and the atmosphere is never lacking.
An image of the game-board during pre-game setup.
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This is certainly one of the best board games I've ever played now, despite never owning the physical version. Quill18 has a decent play-through of his own, if you'd like to see the game in action. I highly recommend it to fans of the period and fans of strategy games in general.


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"Also on our farm, I think we should build a plower so in the winter we can plow our riding trails so we can still ride our horses in the winter."
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"And we need to make a better list of jobs, because Synnee says that all she's going to do is take care of the baby kittens, and I have to take care of the baby chicks AND the baby horses."
I think I may have originally invented this game, this What Will We Do on Our Farm Someday? game, one tiresome road trip or other, but my Willow has taken up my own private fantasy full-force and turned it into something that the entire family shares in, now. Ideally, our farm will be in Oregon, near the mountains and the sea. Ideally, we will move there by the time Willow is ten (she says seven, but I'm pretty sure that's pushing it, even for a fantasy). Ideally, Matt will do freelance graphic design and I'll manage the Hands-on Art Barn (see the Hands On Art Studio for where we got that idea); we'll both homeschool the girls and we'll all run the farm. We will have the following animals:
- chickens and chicks
- cats and kittens
- farm dogs and sled dogs
- horses to ride
- llamas to carry things
- pigs and chickens to kill and cut up and eat in the fall (I am clearly the only one in the family who has a problem eating meat)
- ducks
- sheep
- angora rabbits
- peacock and peahen
- bees in a hive
- cow
We will have a gift shop where we'll sell soap and dried herbs and milk and eggs and crafts. We'll have an herb garden, and a flower garden, and fields of crops. We've spent long hours with the girls discussing how many fields of hay we might need for the animals in the winter, and what time of year the bull needs to come to help the cow make a baby so she has milk again in the spring (I'm pretty sure that these days it's a man with a long rubber glove and a hypodermic full of bull, but nevermind that for now). I've got a couple of single friends in mind whom I'm going to try to get to come with us (if Eric can live in a trailer behind the welding barn, I don't know why my friend Mac can't) and help out.
This is among the stuff that Willow thinks about every single day, along with looking through her library books about farms and asking for help making lists of farm animals and vegetables to grow. On my list of things to do this summer is to take the girls to numerous local farms, obviously, but happy us that while we were in Wisconsin we found, perhaps, the best working farm for children to visit: The Farm.
As a living museum of rural America, it had a little of everything, all laid out the way it should be, but smaller, obviously, so that you can walk around and see it. And you're allowed to walk wherever you want, you're allowed to touch stuff and handle it and pick it up, you're allowed to crouch down and get a good look at how the tomato plants are doing this far north--one kid I overheard said, "There aren't any rules here. This is like Europe!"
I was pretty interested in the herb garden and the field crops, obviously (as well as wary that people were permitted to hand-feed the cows and bull. I'm sure they're docile and all--but the bull? Seriously? Uncle Tom Earl would not have wanted me to hand-feed a bull. Cows, sure, but not a bull), but the girls? They were all about the baby animals.
Everybody likes a chick, of course:And Willow liked the goat kids a lot, as well, probably just because they're such a nice armful to pick up and snuggle:
Sydney, however, learned (as I think I might have learned at about the same age--I think it was Uncle Charles who kept some goats?) that goats are MEAN. First an adult goat bit a tiny little chunk out of her finger when she was stupid enough to stick it near the goat's mouth (Lesson #1: A goat will eat anything. Lesson #2: Don't stick your fingers in an animal's mouth)--when I took her inside for antibiotic cream and a bandage, the teen worker is all, "Oh, those goats. They're, like, bipolar." Then, as soon as she's recovered from that, a goat kid ups and butts her (Lesson #3: Goats will butt you.). In all our farm discussions now, Sydney makes sure to mention, "No goats, though. They mean."
Fortunately, it didn't take Syd long to find an animal much more her speed: And I thought we were champions at raising the most docile cats ever with our foster kittens--these kittens behaved like melted butter.
Sydney, of course, was having nothing to do with the goat milking, but Will gave it her best shot, and Matt got it down pretty well, actually, for never having touched his hand to an animal's teat before:
I have to tell, you, though, that I milked very well--that's one thing that nursing constantly since 2004 can do for you (nope, of course the baby hasn't weaned yet, she's barely three!).
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When I open the freezer, out spill industrial-sized bags of spinach, blueberries and chopped bananas from Costco.
Inside the pantry, protein powder and barley and large sacks of organic SuperGreens ("made from the purest probiotic greens grown on high-altitude volcanic rich soil") are blocking access to the cereal and crackers.
My husband, whose idea of a nutritious lunch is goopy grilled American cheese, potato chips and a chaser of gummed spice drops, and whose fantasy fruit juice is Dr Pepper, has experienced a conversion: He is swallowing large green smoothies for his midday meal.
"At least it's not red convertibles and younger women," commented a friend when I voiced my theory that this is Brad's version of an age crisis; he turns 60 in a few months and words like "cancer" and "heart disease" that never used to touch him are suddenly the subject of his breakfast reading material.
Brad is certain I am simmering with jealousy — green with envy, you might in this case say — over his right, at last, to wield nutritional superiority over me with this diet he considers so much healthier than mine.
I am the queen of leafy greens: My daily ceremonial salad occurs in a wooden bowl that serves eight. It brims with organic cabbage, spinach, collards, kale, cilantro, mushrooms and broccoli, and when some seasonal addition appears at the supermarket, not a day passes before it's in my mix. I invest a substantial amount of time in preparing and ingesting the contents of this behemoth bowl.
I must admit that when the first bag of supergreens arrived UPS, I was intrigued. But I don't care to succumb to the trendy. I lifted my nose and continued to triple-wash my organic spinach.
"Oh, Mom — can you really resist such powerful antioxidants?" chided my daughter, who was visiting. I assured her I could.
"She won't be able to stand it; it won't be long before she's dipping into the bag," goaded my husband.
I vowed that I would not.
You see, I like to chew my food; I garner a great sense of satisfaction when I masticate — the more the better. What does that say about me? Oral fixation? Tension release? Grinding to gain power-over?
Brad, on the other hand, would rather swirl the soft and soupy than chomp on the substantial. He claims it's a saliva thing — he produces little, and so most food seems dry. I maintain that it's an outcropping of his calm demeanor. He refuses to succumb to the sort of anxiety that generates the gnashing of teeth.
"I couldn't eat your salad to save my life," he says. "But I can drink it!"
On the bar counter rests the high-powered machine that pulverizes anything that grows. While I roll collards into cigar-shaped tubes and slice them, he blends fistfuls of frozen spinach, blueberries, barley and supergreens — with a splash of flax oil, a heaping tablespoon of barley.
He offers me a sip: Disgusting, albeit with a faint flavor of berry.
He shops for his own ingredients, makes the smoothies and cleans the mixer himself, and his sense of pride reminds me of the day I made my first monster salad.
Shhhh .... Don't tell him that, lately, I've been sprinkling some of his supergreens into that salad.
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PROTECTION AREA STATISTICS* for Reporting Period 0800 thru 0800, 003/31/15 thru 04/01/15
NE Area – 6 Fires Burned 1648 Acres (Cause: 3-Incendiary, 2-Escaped Debris, 1-Escaped Control Burn)
EC Area – 2 Fires Burned 1.1 Acres (Cause: 1-Incendiary, 1-Escaped Debris)
SE Area – 2 Fires Burned 15 Acres (Cause: 2-Incendiary)
Large Fire Activity within the Protection Area:
· Indian House (Cherokee County) – 275 acres, 100% Contained
· Pine Springs (Cherokee County) – 450 acres, 100% Contained
· Rocky Mountain (Cherokee County) – 900 acres, 100% Contained
Large Fire Activity with OFS Response outside the Protection Area: No Activity
OFS Prescribed Fire Activity: No Activity
* Protection Area Statistics do not reflect local fire department's fire run information. Statistics are for the ODAFF-Forestry Services' fifteen county Fire Protection Area in eastern Oklahoma unless otherwise noted in the Discussion section of this report.
FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS** from www.firereporting.ok.gov recorded on 03/31/15 thru 04/01/15
2 Fires Burned 100.5 Acres (Cause: 1-Escaped Debris, 1-Railroad) Tecumseh FD & Orlando FFA Reporting
** - These statistics are from Fire Departments that have recorded their information on the Oklahoma, Forestry Services web-based Fire Reporting System. Totals do not reflect the total acres burned or total number of fires that have occurred in Oklahoma.
Statewide Discussion:
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for seven counties in northwest Oklahoma from 1:00 PM through 8:00 PM including: Cimarron, Texas, Harper, Woods, Ellis, Woodward, and Roger Mills Counties. South winds at 20-25 mph gusting to 35 mph combined with afternoon relative humidity values at 8-20% and temperatures 85°-90° will result in receptive fuels and potential for rapid rates of fire spread. In fine fuels, rate of spread has potential to exceed 300 ft./min.
Storms moved across Oklahoma yesterday evening and through the night delivering rainfall amounts of around 1.0" (locally higher amounts) to areas in central Oklahoma and some scattered parts of southwest Oklahoma. Other areas received minimal precipitation - not classified as a wetting rain. Strong south winds will quickly dry fine fuels, especially in western Oklahoma and northern tier counties prompting elevated fire danger today as a dry line pushes into western Oklahoma. In counties northwest of the I-44 corridor and northeast counties in the vicinity of Hwy. 412, temperatures in the mid-80°'s and afternoon relative humidity settling into the 25-35% range will promote receptive fuels. South winds around 20 mph with gusts 25-30 mph will accelerate drying and enhance potential for rapid rates of fire spread.
Remember… ONLY YOU can prevent wildfires! Enjoy Oklahoma's wildlands responsibly.
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Cook the Book: Cornmeal-Crusted Pan-Fried Trout
After a week of labor-intensive recipes from New Classic Family Dinners by Mark Peel, I was ready for something that required a little less work. I had originally picked up some trout to make Peel's take on matelote, a fish stew braised in red wine. But after the two-day bolognese project, I was ready for a meal that came together in under an hour.
In Peel's recipe for Cornmeal-Crusted Pan-Fried Trout, the trout is fileted with the skin left intact. The flesh side of the fish is dredged in a cornmeal and flour mixture while the skin side is left naked, aside from some salt and pepper. Pan-frying both sides leaves you with a duo of distinctly crunchy textures: the crispy skin and the toothsome cornmeal-coated crust.
The fish fried up golden brown in a matter of minutes and I used the rest of the ingredients for the matelote to improvise some sides. I sauteed the wild mushrooms with the butter, chicken stock, pearl onions, and herbs called for in the recipe, and served the bottle of wine meant for braising the fish along with the meal. I'm still intrigued by a red wine braised fish stew but these cornmeal-crusted trout filets were just what I needed after a week of serious cooking.
- Yield:4 servings
- 4 small trout, scaled, heads removed, boned, and butterflied, pinbones removed (The fish department should do this. Make sure that the tail and skins are intact, and the two filets are joined at the tail.)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6 tablespoons fine cornmeal (if you only have polenta or coarse cornmeal, you can grind it to a fine powder in a clean spice mill)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon butter
- Lemon wedges, for serving
Heat a large, heavy cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
Open up the trout, pat dry, and season with salt and pepper. Mix together the cornmeal, flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and the parsley in a wide bowl.
Dip the trout into the cornmeal mix on the cut side only. Make sure it is thoroughly coated. If not cooking right away, place the fish on a platter in one layer, uncovered, in the refrigerator.
Add 2 tablespoons of canola oil to the hot pan and when it is just below smoking, carefully add 1 or 2 trout-however many will fit in your pan-skin side up. After 1 minute, add 2 teaspoons of butter to the pan. Watch the skin, and when you see it begin to dimple and curl (this will take about 2 minutes), turn the fish. Cook on the skin side for 30 seconds to a minute, just until the fish begins to curl. Remove from the pan and keep warm in a low oven while you repeat with the remaining oil, butter, and fish. Serve hot, with lemon wedges.


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Ok. I guess this isn't the most inspiring photo to launch this discussion. Maybe I should have picked this one:
Now do you feel better about the idea of wearing pantyhose stockings?
Sigh. When I first raised the issue of nylons vs. bare legs for a special occasion, it was doing the chilly months of winter. And I was seriously interested. Did anyone else besides me feel a tad awkward about going out into weather cold enough to require my thick-thermal coat, yet leaving my own legs naked and shivering and-I-might-add, never looking more pale and unsexy?
Well the results to my post have been astonishing. That one little post continues to bring in hits from all over the world, and remains one of my most popular posts ever. Just yesterday, I had a visitor from Rome, Italy. Several from France. And one from Switzerland. And here we are, already into the warm weather month of May.
Is Kate Middleton changing your view of nude-colored pantyhose?
This past month, these are some of the most common Google searches that landed folks on my blog:
- bare legs in winter?
- kate middleton in nylons
- ice cold legs in winter
- bare legged in winter
- Jennifer Aniston's legs
- Pippa Middleton's legs
- ladies how do bare legs make you feel
- are nylons in fashion
Apparently, women are still interested in this topic. So today, I thought I'd do a follow-up post and share some of the feedback that I received through my emails. Believe me, this is nothing resembling a credible poll and I know very little about my respondents however, there were enough comments to form some consensus. And interestingly, the comments seemed to reflect some of the same statistics I've read on this subject.
What most women are thinking: Women who consider themselves fashionable and current about trends are not wearing nude colored nylons for evenings out. Black pantyhose are one exception. Women who would not wear nude colored nylons would still consider wearing black ones. This seems to support the trend reported in Forbes which stated that the sales of sheer nylons in the $6.98 billion legwear business dropped 4.4% last year.
The cast of Mad Men where pantyhose are totally "in."
However, the legwear industry is working hard to make pantyhose cool again.
Do you remember L'eggs? It's the ubiquitous brand that everyone associates with women's hosiery and they have now launched a 2012 marketing campaign aimed at the 18-34 year old crowd. They are calling it the "Lucky in L'eggs" campaign and they've begun running their first television ads in more than 14 years. In addition, they're aggressively pursuing this new generation of shoppers through the L'eggs Facebook page and Twitter feed. Considering that today's 18-year-old was just four or five years old during their L'eggs last TV campaign, it's a necessary marketing strategy
Is it working? Are pantyhose making a comeback? Sally Kay, president of the Hosiery Association believes so, thanks to such pop culture influences like Mad Men. And they hope that the television ads now airing on national cable networks such as E!, Nick at Nite, Oxygen, SoapNet, and TV One, will help modernize the image of pantyhose for all ages.
Marketers are hoping that young shoppers will experiment with colored sheers. Doesn't Jen look great in anything?
Age: Age does seem to matter in terms of opinions and behavior. Younger women in general have absolutely no qualms about having bare legs in winter and at special events. (I personally noted this on a snowy December evening in Utah when we flew to my husband's Christmas party. Not one woman under the age of thirty wore pantyhose, despite the icy conditions and the winter-white legs. This California gal was shocked --and cold-- but it was a clear message about fashion).
Some of my older readers simply felt uncomfortable with bare legs and heels, especially at special events. Going with bare legs to a dressy affair seemed too casual and somehow, wrong.
And self perception matters. If a woman believed her legs looked good, she was more willing to shun nylons, regardless of her age. However, the women who felt self-conscious going without stockings, often made observations about other women, especially those women in their fifties who went with bare legs. One email asked, "don't they know what their legs look like without stockings?"
What men like: Sorry I only got a few male responses. And these two comments reflected other anecdotal comments I've read and heard from men. Men think sheer stockings are sexy. What about your husband, do you know what he thinks?
I wonder. Will astute marketers be able to create a new image for pantyhose that entices our daughters?
It remains to be seen, but look what happened to the old girdle. Today, Sara Blakeley's Spanx have reached sales upward of $5 million each year. (Forbes,November 2011) And this is one accessory that I don't hear women complain about, what about you?
And what about those women who work in conventional offices, where going with bare legs is simply not viewed as professional? What are they wearing and how are they feeling?
Looks like this topic is still open for discussion. To be continued….
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What about you? When you're heading out to an evening event, a formal wedding or a fancy restaurant…do you ever struggle with the nylons vs. bare legs question?


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Skip to comments.Egypt crisis: Mansour appoints ElBaradei as interim PM
Posted on 07/06/2013 12:02:34 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Leading liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei has been named interim prime minister.
He was appointed following crisis talks led by President Adly Mahmud Mansour - three days after the army removed Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi amid growing nationwide unrest.
The move has in turn triggered mass unrest by supporters of Mr Morsi.
Mr ElBaradei - a former head of the UN's nuclear watchdog - is expected to be sworn in later on Saturday.
He and other party leaders attended a meeting called by Mr Mansour on Saturday.
Mr ElBaradei leads an alliance of liberal and left-wing parties, the National Salvation Front.
In a BBC interview on Thursday, he defended the army's intervention, saying: "We were between a rock and a hard place."
"It is a painful measure, nobody wanted that," he said. "But Mr Morsi unfortunately undermined his own legitimacy by declaring himself a few months ago as a pharaoh and then we got into a fist fight, and not a democratic process."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
When Mubarak stepped down El Baradei was the popular choice on American news programs. I always figured it was because he was the only Egyptian they knew.
International Crisis Group
ElBaradei served on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, a non-governmental organization that enjoys an annual budget of over $15 million and is bankrolled by the Carnegie, the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as George Soros Open Society Institute. Soros himself serves as a member of the organizations Executive Committee.
Crisis group board of trustees. A real rogues gallery of leftists.
"One world order" nazi.
Thanks Pan_Yan.
Sandy Berger Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC; Former U.S. National Security Adviser
Gee, a secular internationalist UN type. Who would have thought?
Sort of like appointing Zbigniew Brzezinski "interim president" of the US, if the election was overturned because by accident, a conservative Republican had been elected.
It all comes clear. The money and organizing muscle behind the 'protests' and the lack of outcry by the global elites. My joy at the fall of the MB is now tempered with dismay. I'm now expecting similar outcomes in Tunisia, Jordan etc. It also explains the 'protests' in Turkey.
I have always
harboured an exaggerated view of my self-
importance, he wrote. To put it bluntly, I
fancied myself as some kind of god or an
economic reformer like Keynes, or, even better,
like Einstein.'-The Alchemy of Finance (quoting Soros)
This Story is being denied by the Egyptian Army.
With this group, what could possibly go wrong? /s
From bad to worse.
Well, as they say in Egypt- Hecky Durn.
This is like that old bit Dennis Miller did about german reunification back in 89:
"I view this in much the same way I view a possible Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis reconciliation: I never really enjoyed their old sh!t,...... and I'm not sure I need to see any of their new sh!t either
Left wing? Eh. Beats the terrorists though.
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I'm hoping to go to the north of Brazil in January and complete a CELTA course (either Recife, Joao Pessoa, or Natal -whichever is actually offering the program. It's been two weeks and so far none of them has responded). I wanted to do CELTA specifically because I want to open up possibilities incase I want to continue to teach abroad in other countries. I've saved up some money since I've read on here that teaching in Brazil is more about breaking even than making money. Primarily I want to go to Brazil to get the certificate, work on my porguese skills (I took two courses 7 years ago in college but was never anywhere near fluent), and work on my capoeira skills. But I have some questions/concerns, of course. 1.) How easy is it to find work (either in schools or tutoring) in the north? 2.) All of the programs that offer CELTA are cultura inglesa. Does anyone know how good they are with helping graduates find work? 3.) As far as booking a ticket, do I have to book a return for 3 months, or can I assume that I'll be able to get the visa extension (and can I get the extension in the north or do I have to go to Rio)? 4.) What sites/sources do Brazilian usually use to find cheap housing? 5.) Is it ok to bring more expensive electronics, or is that kind of asking for theft? (I have a netbook but I was thinking about buying a nice laptop to be able to watch videos and do photo editing, maybe video editing) any feedback is appreciated, thanks! Back to top cisnedoraizesJoined: 22 Sep 2012Posts: 3 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject: I also just found out today that CELTA won't be offered until July - so if I want to get going by January/February, I would have to take a 2 week TEFL from Cultura Inglesa. Not sure how valid that would be internationally... Back to top ShadowCat17Joined: 30 Nov 2010Posts: 12Location: Salvador-BA, Brasil Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:49 am Post subject: Hi Cisne! I've been living and teaching Salvador, Bahia for a few years, so hopefully I can answer some of your questions. 1. Native speaking teachers are in high demand in the north/northeast, but it may take some time and persistence. You really need to market yourself and put out the word that you're a teacher offering classes. I arrived in June, sent out applications, interviewed and was hired in July, and started the semester in August. 2. I have no experience with Cultura Inglesa, sorry! All I know is that they're a large and pretty respected school. Not sure how they treat their teachers; I don't know anyone who works there, unfortunately. 3. I've always booked a ticket for 3 months and then extended it, to be on the safe side. You won't need to travel to another city to extend it; you can do it at the Policia Federal unit in your city. 4. Word of mouth I know sites exist (just try googling something like apartamentos para alugar + [name of city]) but I've always found places through another person. Once you're here, looking in the newspaper classifieds is also a good bet. There are a number of people who rent out inexpensive rooms to college students, for example. 5. You can bring 'em. I have a laptop, netbook, and iPhone. The first two stay in my house and the iPhone I bring everywhere. As long as your living situation is reasonably secure, and you're not, for example, watching movies on your netbook while on public transportation (I can't get over the fact that people in NYC do this!) it's not a huge risk. If you really want to be conscientious, you could store your electronics in a hidden place every time you leave the house, but my impression is that most theft happens on the street as opposed to break-ins. 6. I suspect Cultura Inglesa's TEFL is probably pretty specific to Cultura Inglesa's methodology, so you're probably right, it may not count for much internationally. 7. Small world, I'm also a capoeirista To be honest, making a decent living teaching can make training tough. Most English students work 9-5 jobs and will want class either before work or (more commonly) in the evenings. If you teach for 3 hours every weekday night, you'll make R$1500/month (assuming R$25/hour) which is okay but not great for living in a city. Luckily my capo academy had some classes at noon, but I still got frustrated by having all my nights taken up by teaching. If you're able to take on extra work in the U.S., save up money, and just come to Brazil for a few months to live, learn Portuguese, and train, it's less stressful. 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Thousands pilgrimage to Chimayó today.
Las Vegas, N.M., fights fracking and bans oil and gas drilling.
Why Canada should be cheered for ditching the penny.
Menacing Easter bunnies.
Kid sells his kidney for an iPhone.
Marine Corps pilot says he played tag with a UFO in the '70s.
Guy gets naked for Opposite Day.
Jesus appears in duct tape in Albuquerque.
Coast Guard sinks a ghost ship with a cannon.
Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson says making Gov. Susana Martinez the veep pick would be Sarah Palin, Part Deux.
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Radiation levels inside Fukushima's reactor 2 have reached fatally high levels, and levels of water are far lower than previously thought, experts say today.
The current radiation levels are so high that even robots cannot enter. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) says that new robots and equipment will need to be developed to deal with the lethal levels of radiation.
TEPCO spokesperson Junichi Matsumoto told the Associated Press, "We have to develop equipment that can tolerate high radiation" when locating and removing melted fuel during the decommissioning.
At ten times the lethal dose, the radiation levels are at their highest point yet.
At the current level of 73 sieverts, the data gathering robots can only stand two to three hours of exposure. But, Tsuyoshi Misawa, a reactor physics and engineering professor at Kyoto University's Research Reactor Institute, told The Japan Times, "Two or three hours would be too short. At least five or six hours would be necessary." He added that "the shallowness of the water level is a surprise, and the radiation level is awfully high."
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The Japan Times: Reactor 2 radiation too high for access
73 sieverts laid to low water; dose too high even for robots
Radiation inside the reactor 2 containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has reached a lethal 73 sieverts per hour and any attempt to send robots in will require them to have greater resistance than currently available, experts said Wednesday.
Exposure to 73 sieverts for a minute would cause nausea and seven minutes would cause death within a month , Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
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The experts said the high radiation level is due to the shallow level of coolant water — 60 cm — in the containment vessel, which Tepco said in January was believed to be 4 meters deep. Tepco has only peeked inside the reactor 2 containment vessel. It has few clues as to the status of reactors 1 and 3, which also suffered meltdowns, because there is no access to their insides.
The utility said the radiation level in the reactor 2 containment vessel is too high for robots, endoscopes and other devices to function properly.
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BBC News: Probe finds high radiation in damaged Fukushima reactor
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has said damage to one of the reactors is much worse than previously thought. [...]
On Tuesday workers managed to insert a probe into reactor number two for only the second time and found damage worse than expected.
Radiation was up to 10 times the fatal dose, the highest yet recorded at the plant. The level of water cooling the melted-down nuclear fuel was also far lower than expected.
The other two melted-down reactors, which are yet to be examined closely, could be in an even worse state, our correspondent adds.


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Teens, parents charged after drive-by squirting in New Castle
Woman, brother sprayed with chlorinated water
Four western Pennsylvania teens have been charged in a drive-by squirt gun attack, and police say the parents of one teen will also be charged with disorderly conduct for yelling at officers who were investigating the incident.
The New Castle News (http://bit.ly/KZ6mXx ) reports Friday that the incident happened just after midnight early Wednesday.
Police say a woman and her brother were squirted with chlorinated water and called police who traced the license plate to one of the suspects.
Police say the four teens in the car acknowledged wetting the others with squirt guns and were charged with harassment and disorderly conduct.
The parents of one of the teens cited will also be charged for allegedly yelling at and insulting officers who were questioning the teens.
Information from New Castle News, http://www.ncnewsonline.com


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Keith Hargis' 1982 Ram
It Isn't What It Seems At First Glance
The art of hot rodding takes on many forms, but it is, at its base level, still an art. The owner takes sheetmetal as raw canvas, transforming it into his or her own vision of performance and design perfection. Though trucks are utilitarian in nature, they often fare quite well when massaged by their owners.
Keith Hargis, who works as a parts counter man at Jim Cogdill Dodge in Knoxville, Tennessee, decided that he would become such an artist when he purchased this '82 Ram 150 back in 1992. The truck had been through some hard times, to say the least, but that often means you can wipe the board clean and start fresh. The fact that it was an uncommon short bed, four-speed vehicle didn't hurt. Rather than slam it or give it the Pro Street treatment, Keith decided to do the modifications in a way that would leave it fairly stock in appearance, yet surprise those who decided to take a closer look.
With those criteria, the primary function was to have something practical that nobody else had. To fund the project, Keith sold a 426 Wedge-powered '65 Belvedere hardtop he was working on to his brother, ensuring the truck was the sole object of his attentions.
First on the list was replacing the tired engine with a 318 Magnum mill found at the hot rodders' art supply center--the local junkyard. The engine was given to friend David Osborne for the rebuild, which consisted of stuffing it with some new internals, including a Mopar Performance cam and lifter outfit. The ignition has been upgraded with an MP Orange Box and a set of MP 8mm wires, while the engine is topped with an MP intake and Edelbrock 650 cfm AFB carb. Making sure everything leaves the engine as efficiently as possible are a set of Hooker Headers coupled to a Flowmaster 3-inch exhaust system. The rest of the driveline was checked and reinstalled, including the Dodge 4-speed trans (now using a Centerforce clutch), and 2.94 highway ratio gear set in the Dana rear.
Next it was time to pay some attention to the body. Knoxville Collision Center did the bodywork and laid down a coat of Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes' Flame Red. Once back home, Keith crawled under the truck to detail the undercarriage himself. Mopar Performance was again called upon for the shocks, while Weld Wheels (15x7 in front, 15x10 in back) using wide BF Goodrich rubber touched down on all four corners. The stock interior was left in place, but a custom shifter made by Machine Products of Karns, Tennessee, now handles the gear changes.
It took a year and a half for the truck to go from the well-worn condition Keith had bought it in to where it is today. It turns heads on the street, is good and reliable, and sounds nice and healthy. While the art critics at the New York Times might not perceive it as such, we Mopar guys know better.


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Legislation, Tracking Applications and XML Plumbing
The eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and databases that store XML, play a significant role in systems for authoring and tracking legislation. XML provides plumbing and XML servers provide an enabling technology for applications that lawmaking bodies use - and for web sites that report on lawmakers and legislation.It's been 13 years since XML 1.0 arrived on the scene and caused us to take a closer look at storing and querying unstructured information. Jonathan Robie, Daniela Florescu and Don Chamberlin (co-inventor of SQL) developed the Quilt query language that soon became the departure point for the W3C XML Query Language Working Group to create XQuery 1.0.
After release of the XML 1.0 specification, there was a wave of XML adoption for data interchange, data integration and messaging. Also after the W3C published XML 1.0, there was a surge of interest in a new class of data stores commonly referred to as 'XML servers' and 'native XML databases' that stored an XML document as a unit.
Amongst the software products that can store XML and query it via XQuery is the MarkLogic Server, which is now in release 4.2. MarkLogic has been on my radar for years because the company's Principal Technologist, Jason Hunter, was a popular speaker at a series of conferences I chaired. I've watched the company emerge as a leader in a space that was populated by dozens of open source and commercial XML data stores, and eventually XQuery engines.
Among the companies that have successfully ridden the XML wave are those building legislative applications. One such company, Propylon, created one of the first XML-based legislative systems for the Irish Parliament. Propylon CTO Sean McGrath was an invited expert of the W3C group that defined the XML specification. Propylon has adopted Legislative Open Document Format (LODF) that applies domain-specific document semantics atop the Open Document Format XML standard (ISO/IEC 26300:2006).
Another important player in the legislative space is CQ Roll Call, a news organization that has built several applications using the MarkLogic Server. CQ Roll Call is an Economist Group news organization that produces several publications, including Roll Call, Congressional Quarterly and Congress.org. It provides facts and analysis about elections and the legislative process, with about 180 staff members covering the US Congress.
The first Roll Call application that used MarkLogic Server was an integration of the Public Laws database and U.S. Code with the ability to track pending legislation. The second application built on MarkLogic provides closed captioned video from the House and Senate floor.
An application rolled out this month enables users to go to the CQ Roll Call website for a variety of unstructured information, including hearing transcripts and videos of Congress in action. This new application supports more than 30 different sources of unstructured information. Besides enabling users to read a daily briefing, news and analysis, it also tracks legislation and the voting record of members of Congress. The web site also offers Knowlegis, an interesting advocacy tool for tracking interactions with Congress.
A decade before 'Big Data' and 'NoSQL' entered the lexicon of the software community, there were developers attacking the problem of storing and serving up massive collections of documents and other unstructured information.After the W3C published XML 1.0, there was a surge of interest in a new class of data stores commonly referred to as 'XML servers' and 'native XML databases' that stored an XML document as a unit.
Amongst the software products that can store XML and query it via XQuery is the MarkLogic Server, which is now in release 4.2.


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ê Pollyanna || ☆ PDF Download by ✓ Eleanor H. Porter
When orphaned 11 year old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other members of the community, somewhat to their surprise.
Eleanor H. Porter
Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter December 19, 1868 May 21, 1920 was an American novelist.She was born as Eleanor Emily Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French n e Woolson and Francis Fletcher Hodgman She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to Massachusetts, after which she began writing and publishing her short stories and later novels She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Written April 2, 20154.2 Stars - Enchanting sweet, loved every single minuteA classics girl-novel by Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920) from 1913. I've been listening to this fantastic $1 audiobook (5:40 hrs - very well) narrated by Rebecca Burns these two last day. Oddly enough, I think I might like this young-girl book even more now as an grownup than as a girl long ago. These characters and especially this sweet sunshine girl Pollyanna made me just smiling in nearly six hours. Absolutely charming [...]
Pollyanna is the story of a young, optimistic girl who is tragically orphaned, sent to live with her grumpy Aunt, and ends up changing a town's point of view through her sunny disposition. It's supposed to be inspiring. In fact, it's probably the idea bud for books like The Power of Positive Thinking.Pollyanna, the eternal optimist, plays the 'glad game' where she always tries to find something to be glad about, no matter how challenging. Also, everyone who comes into contact with Pollya [...]
Eu estava TAO FELIZ de encontrar e leer isso! (Nao, na verdade, eu estava.)
Kristina Horner
I picked this book up because I needed "a book over 100 years old" for my reading challenge this year, and being written in 1913 (making it currently 102 years old) it just fit the bill.I didn't really go into this book with any expectations. I've never seen the movie, I knew nothing of the plot, but I was intrigued to read a book written for young readers so long ago.I am happy to report that this book was delightful. I was smiling the whole time I read it, and was surprised and impressed how m [...]
Sidharth Vardhan
I'm GLAD I read it
Wow! What have I been missing all these years! As a child I grew up on the Disney movie of "Pollyanna" and thought it was just wonderful. I was never introduced to the "classics" or even realized that Pollyanna was a book turned into a movie. When I sat down with my chidlren to read this story I THOUGHT I knew what I was reading to them, but boy was I wrong!! It soon became apparent that this was another true o the test of time classics that takes you through all the emotions of a true clssic! M [...]
Pollyanna, read when I was in elementary school, is one of the books that helped to form my character. The concept of looking for the good in everything, even in events or people that showed no obvious goodness appeared, to my young mind, both a good idea and a challenge. First in imitation and later as habit I began to "look for the good."Recently I received a copy of a college application essay a young friend had written about me, an influential person in her life. The characteristic in me tha [...]
My teen daughter and I read this on the way to a soccer tournament and it was a great conversation starter on so many topics - one's approach to life and "bad" events or circumstances, communication styles, charitable endeavors, gender roles, and on and on. I'm sorry I didn't pick up Pollyanna until now, but enjoyed it immensely and was glad to have read it and finished it right before Thanksgiving! (pun intended)
Allison Tebo
Absolutely lovely! Such a sweet book. Highly recommended!
Such a sweet story. I really enjoyed this one.
Minh Nhân Nguyễn
4 saoPollyanna có một hoàn cảnh rất giống Heidi, mà quyển Heidi thì mình thích vô cùng, nên khi đọc bối cảnh truyện không được phóng khoáng như vậy và cô bé Pollyanna không giống mình mong đợi ban đầu nên cũng khá là thất vọng.Tuy nhiên khi đã đi được nửa quyển sách rồi, nắm bắt được chủ đề quyển sách hướng đến thì sẽ thấy nó rất hay và hấp dâ� [...]
When did I first read Pollyanna? I couldn't say. This little book is a perennial favorite. It's been a few years since I picked it up and this time I found that my memory had deceived me again. What you remember is a story about a girl who wants everyone to be glad, and who gets a happy ending at last. What you get is a story about an orphaned girl sent to a loveless home who reaches out to the troubled people of a small town, resulting in a wide variety of pathetic tales of woe and loss. Pollya [...]
Sandra Bašić
Slatka draga Pollyanna! To je djevojčica koja uvijek u sebi i u drugima može pronaći nešto zbog čega će joj "biti drago". Svi bismo se trebali povesti za njenim primjerom. Jer za Pollyannu "disati ne znači živjeti". U životu treba učiniti puno više.Hvala Sanja, što si mi ovu krasnu knjigicu posudila na čitanje!
Δεν θυμάμαι πολλά, αλλά θυμάμαι να είχα περάσει καλά κάπου στην ηλικία των 11 (νομίζω) διαβάζοντας Πολυάννα. Το 4 μπαίνει λόγω όμορφης ανάμνησης (σε αυτό και στα υπόλοιπα της ιδίας).
It has taken me a while to get to this book, I distinctly remember watching the movie several times as a child.I thoroughly enjoyed it. It comes with a very strong message, and even some marital advice!!Pollyanna is terribly good. Her ability to play the game of always being so nice, her absolute charm is almost of the Mary Sue type character.However as a lesson, the book is wonderful, it is a gentle reminder that a lot more can be gained by being gracious, nice, etc then by being horrible.
Angie Thompson
It's terrible to admit, but this may be the first time I've ever read Pollyanna straight through (although I've definitely read it in bits and pieces). I feel like people sometimes associate Pollyanna with syrupy sweet, too-good-for-this-world cheerfulness, but she's so much better than that! She's such a real little girl--talking too fast and too much, mixing her thoughts up delightfully, and sometimes being painfully blunt and observant, although of course she never intends to cause pain. Even [...]
What a great story. I love Pollyanna's attitude, her glad game, and her outlook on all things. I would love to know this girl. I would love to be this girl. I read this aloud to my daughter and she greatly enjoyed the story as well. Now we will move on to Pollyanna Grows Up and see if we enjoy that one as well.
After reading the Hunger Games trilogy, followed by somber nonfiction, I felt ready to read something good. Not good as in well-reviewed literature, but something good as in 'happy' literature. Eleanor Porter's Pollyanna did not disappoint.You've probably heard someone called, been called, or possibly (hopefully not) called someone a Pollyanna. It's someone who is considered impossibly optimistic in the worst possible circumstances. Such people are thought to be annoying, naive, even exasperatin [...]
Klaudyna Maciąg
Książka, która ani trochę się nie zestarzała - wciąż dostarcza mi takiej radości, jak w dzieciństwie.Wydanie ze słownikiem bardzo ciekawe, można połączyć przyjemne z pożytecznym.Więcej we wpisie: kreatywa/2017/01/polly
Pollyanna gets a bad rap in this jaded age. Written in 1913, this is the story of an orphaned little girl who makes the best of her life experiences, always looking for something good to be had of a challenging situation. Pollyanna lost her mother at an early age, and then her missionary father a few years later. As a family, they themselves lived a life of privation, while ministering to those less well off.Upon the death of her father, Pollyanna is sent to live with her Aunt Polly, who--as she [...]
Paula Vince
This book deserves its position as a children's classic.The little orphan girl, Pollyanna, is sent to live with her gruff Aunt Polly after the death of her father. What a potential set-up for a sad life outlook, but she manages to transform not only her aunt but many other townspeople with the 'Glad Game' her father taught her. Always look for the silver lining in every cloud and you'll be bound to find it.I've noticed Pollyanna has been given a bit of a bum rap in recent years. She's almost alw [...]
Linda Lipko
There are many classics that I did not read as a child. Treasure Island, Frankenstein, Robinson Crusoe, Around the World in 80 Days, and Little Women are but a few.However, I vow to systematically read these treasures in the next few months. Today I read Pollyanna.Published in 1913, this gem stands the test of time. It is delightfully sappy, corny and wonderfully filled with old fashioned fun.Pollyanna is an orphan whose father left her with the wonderful gift of optimism and the ability to find [...]
I loved the movie and i can't wait to read the book. I loved loved this book. It was so beautifully written. There were moments when I just wanted to cry from happiness. The way Pollyanna touched everyone she met was amazing. There isn't anything better than smiling so much after finishing a book. When I feel bad or sad this will be the book I'm going to read to feel better.
Chicco Padovan
Pollyanna Whittier: ovvero, storia di una piccola santa della letteratura infantile, resa martire per mancanza d'immaginazione dell'autrice e salvata in extremis con prevedibile miracolo finale.La cosa irritante di questo libro non è tanto la protagonista, che in fondo è solo una bambina scema. Il vero dramma sono gli adulti, tutti pronti ad abboccare a questo suo benedetto gioco della contentezza. Salva perfino una mezza prostituta! Cristo con la Maddalena in confronto è 'na schiappa.C [...]
Raevyn Oswald
Inspirational. And, to my surprise, it wasn't that cheesyI wonder why people say that about this book? I have no plans to watch the movie.Recommended to ages nine and up. It's sad, but clean and ultimately uplifting.Discussion questions:1. If the readers haven't read Anne Of Green Gables, skip this question. Compare this book to LM Montgomery's work. Which was better? How did the books differ? Etc.2. Discuss the ending. Was it too pat/happy? Or was it right for the story?3. Was Pollyanna a Mary- [...]
Rafael Meirelles
It was the very first BOOk that I read. At 9 years old. I don't remember it very well, and it took like AGES to finish it. And probably I didn't like it, because it was an obligation, BUT it opened the doors to this very world that I just adore, nowadays. So, it's a 5 stars ;)
Oziel Bispo
Vamos brincar amigos "do jogo do contente", onde fica combinado que veremos beleza e coisas boas em tudo, mesmo que sejam coisas que não nos pareça boas, mas que irá nos ensinar a dar valor nas coisas que temos!!!
The concept of the "Glad Game" was actually interesting to me when I started reading this novella. And really at some points during my everyday life I found myself "playing the game", and it did help sometimes, to my surprise. However I did have a problem with the comparisons that Pollyanna used throughout the story. I am against comparing oneself to others as I see it the ultimate cause of unhappiness. If the author had dealt with this point better I believe it would have been a better [...]
I was thoroughly surprised how much I enjoyed Pollyanna, and to think I was never going to read this book! The fact is Pollyanna has a bit of a bad reputation stemming quite possibly from the general cynicism of today's day and age. It's true that there are some shortcomings to this novel. 1) Quite a big chunk of the book seems to be just like Anne of Green Gables and in parts Anne of Avonlea (the disgruntled neighbour part). It starts off just like the Anne books do, and Pollyanna is just as ex [...]
I have clearly lived under a rock (not that this is news). I have heard my mom reference Pollyanna about a million times but until a couple of weeks ago didn't realize she was a book character. I'm not sure where I thought my mom (and others) got that name, but I'm not too swift on the uptake. I really wanted to hate this book, and frankly there are things to hate. But its impossible to hate it as a whole. It's overly simplistic, ridiculously sweet and still touching. I think you'd have to be de [...]
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This 100mm x 75mm rectangular stand magnifier has a 3x 8D lens and a bright white light. Stand magnifiers are also called fixed focus magnifiers, because they have a structure that allows you to lay them flat on the reading material. You do not lift them from the reading material but look down into them. In this position, they have maximum focus. Stand magnifiers have flashlight-stye handles which hold the batteries. This magnifier uses three Double A batteries. The LED light, switches, and battery compartment parts have a lifetime warranty. This is a good magnifier for someone who just needs a little extra light and magnification, as they read mail, newspapers, or look at photo albums. For a small additional price, Contrast Yellow is available as well as an even brighter, Halo LED in White, Yellow, Plum, and Blue.


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Traditional Beauty is a 64×64 version of the default Minecraft texture pack and aims to make the textures look more three dimensional.
The textures for redstone ore and grass blocks are messed up. Fix this, this texture pack is awesome
You ignorant it says use the MCPatcher thast why the textures are messed up. imbecile
when i have no texture
Man It good best texture pack ive seen in a while
This actually looks very nice, the idea is ingenious. My computer isn't strong enough to run 64×64 packs without hicuping, but I'm gonna download it just to see how it would look.
This texture is beautiful, it keeps the original Minecraft but gives it that smooth but delicious look to it! 10/10
are those little blocks of fire supposed to be in the grass blocks?
Did you use Mcpatcher? No. Did you read other comments? No. Did you search on google for the problem? I actually don't know… BUT the solution is for you to use mcpatcher.
ONE WORD…mcpatcher!!!
L.O.V.E This!!!! Only 1 concern i think you should change to make it a bit more nice…Change The GUI its just gray and its really horrible to look at if you changed that i would give this 5/5 but right now its 4.5/5 :P thx for reading and i hope you take this into consideration :D
none of the items are 64×64?
One Small little thing i would like it be fixed that would make thsi the BEST TP ever…The GUI is VERY boring no offence if you make it like the default but with a bit more style it would be better then the gray boxes now :D thx dude
This is the best texture pack I have ever seen.
AWESOME… it dosent change too much
Wait, didn't Craftedmovie use this? Anyways, it brings the Default texture a better look.
wow better than faithful texture!
It's like the default but glossier.
Waaaaaay too much three-dimensional effect on the chest.
Wow Its Like The Original But In 3D!!!
I like it :D
Nicceee! i finally found what i was looking for. Great texture pack! <3
Guys, in the new Minecraft update (1.5.1) you don't really need McPatcher for the HD texture packs you have. So please stop the arguments.
man the baked potato texture is like a potato
This is freaking me out. I've never seen Minecraft is such vivid 3D textures!
This is one of the best alternatives that stays similar to the original. It indeed gives a bit of a 3D-effect to certain items/textures, which gives it a bit more "quality" and "depth" of course.
However, one side-effect that it introduces is that some textures seem like they have a grid over them, as if it's all made out of small mosaic-tiles, which doesn't look that nice. Other than that, it's a great alternative. I'd give it a 4 out 5.
cool one
a 10 would have included clouds
I don't have MCPatcher, but I can't find any bugs.. :) really pretty!
It wouldn't bug me nearly as much if It didn't all look like a stock standard photoshop filter has just been applied to everything.


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In the majority of teams where the members share common work space things tend to get a bit cramped and stale, and there comes a point where work relationships are in need of some freshening up through the introduction of new alternative types of gatherings that aren't necessarily work-related. Virtual teams are no exception, in fact they too are in a setting where things can easily become predictable and repetitive, and what's needed are creative strategies and ideas to motivate the team and work on teambuilding.
This course offers several proposals on creating fun spaces and team building activities where virtual teams can congregate and interact over things that don't have to do with work, and just relax and unwind to rejuvenate the work environment.
The fun space encourages:
- Sharing and strengthening bonds
- Getting to one another better
- Building the commitment to the team
- Cultural interaction
- Promoting teamwork
- Having fun and leaving the routine
- Boosting the well-being and comfort of the team
- Increasing motivation
Through practical exercises adapted to your company's current situation, you will gain valuable ideas for motivating, teambuilding and different ways to implement fun strategies in your virtual team. You will become familiar with existing tools and examples, but at the same time you can design your own strategies for things like:
- Breaking the ice
- Contests that promote team integration
- Multicultural gatherings
- Virtual events
- Virtual activities
- Playful congregations
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Kurt Nimmo
February 14, 2013
Following the incineration of cop killer suspect Chris Dorner by the San Bernardino police, a lobbyist group dedicated to inserting drones in police work used the event to push the wares of their clients.
"Had a [drone] been able to be used in that environment, who knows what could have happened," said Peter Bale, chairman of the board for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
Mr. Bale went on to point a finger at "privacy advocates, which [have] slowed widespread use of drones," according to US News & World Report. "We believe the FAA should focus on their core mission, which is safety," he said.
The unprecedented deployment of military and surveillance drones has been "delayed many months because the FAA is being pulled into the privacy debate," in other words a debate over the Fourth Amendment, which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a warrant supported by probable cause.
Cops all around the country are chomping at the bit to use drones, as this interactive map shows. In addition to tracking down alleged cop killers, police want to use the technology for more mundane and practical purposes in service to the state – for instance, snooping on folks exercising the First Amendment. In January, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said he would be interested in using drones for monitoring crowds and large demonstrations, according to NBC in New York.
But as former Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin notes, the introduction of drones – machines used to kill untried supposed terrorists (and their families and no small number of innocent bystanders) – in the United States means the government is ready to use military force against the American people.
"Your federal government — along with numerous local and State police agencies — is preparing to use instruments of war against the citizens of the United States," Baldwin wrote last year. "And numerous local and State police agencies are standing in line to participate. I ask you, do the US Congress, the FAA, and our local and State authorities plan to arm these drones with more than surveillance cameras (as if that's not bad enough)? Should we expect that the drones that will be flying over our neighborhoods would be armed with machine guns and missiles?"
Add to this chilling prospect the fact that Obama's NDAA is similar to Hitler's 1933 Discriminatory Decrees the SS and Gestapo used to arrest, imprison and execute thousands of political enemies without probable cause. Obama's version was recently justified by a Justice Department memo that states "action" (killing) can be taken against individuals even if there is no clear intelligence indicating they are engaged in active plots against the U.S.
Obama's killing machines operating in America were legalized when he signed in the NDAA at the stroke of midnight, December 31, 2011. In addition to rendition, the NDAA allows for the establishment of six national test sites where drones – including MQ-9 Reaper drones flying out of Hancock Field in New York – will fly through civil air space. The government is busily preparing the groundwork to normalize the use of drones in the United States and the Justice Department has provided the quasi-legal groundwork for their use in assassination (in direct violation of the Constitution).
It was mistakenly reported that a Customs and Border Patrol drone was used in the search for the alleged cop killer Dorner. Despite the denial, the LAPD told the Daily Express cops were "using all the tools at [their] disposal" and admitted they believe "thermal imaging cameras" used by drones are very useful in police work (including police work directed against political enemies, as the NYPD pointed out).
It is only a matter of time before the FAA and the government allow law enforcement to normalize the use of drones – not strictly for manhunts and murder investigations, but for all manner of police work, including police work against official enemies.
It is a thin line separating the extrajudicial murder of "senior operational leaders" working for official enemies in Pakistan and those singled out as national security threats in the United States (who are, according to the Department of Homeland Security, "rightwing extremists" colluding with "returning veterans").
"The police state that J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver North, and Dick Cheney put in place is being fully embraced by Obama, the Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, FBI and CIA, as well as many local police neanderthals all across America – it is as though they are drooling for some action, and for a chance for them to show the rest of the world just how tough they are," writes Scott Lazarowitz.
It is simply foolhardy to believe the police state will not use all the tools at their disposal – including drones equipped not only with thermal imaging cameras but hellfire missiles and Quadrotor Flying Machine Guns designed to take out both al-Qaeda thousands of miles away and future Dorners and other enemies of the state in California, Alabama or anywhere else in the United States.
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