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Chapter 1
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
What is the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and What Do I Need to Know about It?
Post-diarrheal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is a severe, life-threatening complication that occurs in about 10% of those infected with Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 or other Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
Post-diarrheal HUS is usually signified as "D+ HUS," while HUS not preceded by diarrhea is signified as "D- HUS." (For the ease of reference, we will use HUS throughout this site unless some more specific terminology is needed.)
HUS was first described in 1955, but was not known to be secondary to E. coli infections until 1982. It is now recognized as the most common cause of acute kidney failure in infants and young children. Adolescents and adults are also susceptible, as are the elderly, who often die as a result of the disease.
How did these otherwise harmless E. coli become such killers? It seems likely that DNA from a Shiga toxin producing bacterium known as Shigella dysenteriae type 1 was transferred by a bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria) to harmless E. coli bacteria, thereby providing them with the genes to produce one of the most potent toxins known to man—so potent, in fact, that the Department of Homeland Security lists Shiga toxin as a potential bioterrorist agent. Although E. coli O157:H7 are responsible for the majority of cases in America, there are many additional Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains that can cause HUS.
From Diarrhea to Dialysis
The chain of events leading to HUS begins with the ingestion of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli—for example, E. coli O157: H7—in contaminated food or beverages, or as a result of exposure to animals carrying the bacteria, or from person-to-person transmission.
These E. coli rapidly multiply in the intestine, causing colitis (diarrhea), and tightly bind to cells that line the large intestine. This snug attachment facilitates absorption of the toxin into the intestinal capillaries and into the systemic circulation where it becomes attached to weak receptors on white blood cells, thus allowing the toxin to "ride piggyback" to the kidneys where it is transferred to numerous avid (strong) Gb3 receptors that grasp and then hold on to the toxin.
Organ injury is primarily a function of receptor location and density. The receptors are probably diversely distributed in the major body organs, and this may explain why some patients develop injury in different organs—for example, the brain or pancreas.
Once the Shiga toxins attach to receptors, they move into the interior of the cell (cytoplasm), where the toxins shut down the protein machinery, resulting in cellular injury or death. Injury activates blood platelets and the "coagulation cascade." This coagulation causes the formation of clots in the very small vessels of the kidney, resulting in acute kidney injury and failure.
The red blood cells are either destroyed by the Shiga toxin (hemolytic destruction), or they are damaged as the cells attempt to pass through partially obstructed microvessels. Blood platelets, which are required for normal blood clotting, become trapped in the tiny blood clots, or they are damaged and destroyed by the spleen.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A total of five players from the NCAA Finalist Penn State Women's Soccer team (21-4-2) have been named to NSCAA Great Lakes All-Region teams. Junior Maya Hayes (West Orange, N.J.), senior Christine Nairn (Arnold, Md.) and sophomore Whitney Church (Ashburn, Va.) were named first teamers. Goalkeeper Erin McNulty (Winnipeg, Manitoba) was named to the second team while freshman Raquel Rodriguez (San Jose, Costa Rica) was a third team selection.
Hayes, who earned her second-straight Big Ten Forward of the Year honor, is also a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. The junior was a big offensive addition to the Nittany Lion lineup once she returned from the U-20 World Cup where she scored four goals in helping USA to a gold medal. Joining Hayes on the MAC Hermann semifinalist is Nairn, who also earned her first ever Big Ten Midfielder of the Year and first team NSCAA All-American honor. Nairn finished her career second on the all-time assists list in program history and doubled her career goal total this season. The senior scored the emotional golden goal against Florida State in the national semifinals.
Church earns her first ever NSCAA All-Region honor after also earning her first All-Big Ten recognition as she picked up Defender of the Year honors. The sophomore had big shoes to fill when senior defenders Lexi Marton (Aurora, Ontario) and Jackie Molinda (Pittsburgh, Pa.) went down early in the season to ACL injuries. Acting as the center back, Church did a stellar job anchoring a Nittany Lion defense that has posted nine shutouts this season, including two in the NCAA Tournament against LIU Brooklyn and Duke.
McNulty played a huge role in leading the Nittany Lions to the College Cup title game in San Diego, Calif. In the Sweet Sixteen against Michigan and down 2-0 in PKs, the graduate keeper made three-straight saves and Penn State converted on its next three kicks to stun the Wolverines and advance. McNulty followed with a shutout against Duke and a remarkable performance against her former squad, Florida State, in the national semifinals.
A unanimous Big Ten Freshman of the Year selection, Rodriguez finished tied for fifth in the conference in assists. Taking the majority of the Nittany Lion corner kicks this season, Rodriguez's seven assists in Big Ten play led the conference. Winners of 15-straight Big Ten titles, Penn State posted its second-straight 20-win season and advanced to the College Cup Title for the first time in program history. The Nittany Lions appearance in the championship game was just the second appearance by a Big Ten school in the national championship. Wisconsin reached it in 1991.
For complete coverage of Penn State women's soccer, please visit http://www.GoPSUsports.com/sports/w-soccer.
Follow Penn State women's soccer on Twitter: @PennStateWSOC.

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"salsarow" wrote:Hello Gronvik,
Love the list...my only problem is you missed the most important one...A GAME THAT DOESN'T CRASH!
A bit necroed I think, but I like the list. I would like to make one addition though. When you click on a citizen only make him complain if there is something to complain about. To complain about hunger pains, when every house have over 400 food and I have over 1 year worth of food in my granaries is just stupid.
I would also like a way to have more control over distribution and good/food transportation on big maps. Like if your farms are far away from your food production, you could have the option to f.eks double the amount of workers in the graneries so there would be twice as many guys going to the farms to collect the food. Now you have to build loads of them if you have to bring your food a long way.


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Various writing topics break communications barrier
Today's there are so many discoveries has been explored to solve many problems and any barriers. Everything directed to the good approach and smooth. As we know writing communications is a good approach that can solve many problems that might cause of any hard situation and misunderstanding. Through this way each side can break the ice of harsh conversation, it can bring some fresh air too which is both side don't have to meet but they still can talk directly.
In any way now this activities become so famous to be one of the solution for any barrier. It means this way had lead to various writing topics which is compromised to the moment or issue that we want to adopt as the discussion. In many activities this way already applied as the most choice from many option offered. Because this way more effective and efficient if we analyzed and examine the result from any point of view. This way can very helpful for everyone involved in the situation. You can use this way on your business negotiation, problem solving, college, products review, any consultation, etc and mostly it used the facility of internet. It is the fastest and cheapest way to get to the point of achievement and any discussion. No need any transportation or a great place to prepare just to arrive at your main purpose of discussion. You don't have to spend a lot of money too just to solve the problem between you. Easy way problem solving that can break down any barrier. You just need to practice and create your skillful better than usually to reach a good achievement.
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Before it begins! #crossposted #willsolvethisproblemsoon
I know, I know, I just drafted a massive complaint of those bitches of the MSM yanking my pony. I didn't say I didn't enjoy the drama, though! Here's some recent work:
At the behest of Salon, I Kindle'd Stephenie Meyer's latest and concluded that, by the third novel-to-movie, the bubble's off the champagne:
Mega-popular writers today have a hard row to hoe. Fame that, in the old days, would have crested with a spot on morning television has morphed into a sort of media free-for-all. Hollywood and TV attack fresh young authors like tasty kill. Fans treat their works and the authors themselves like some massive World of Storycraft, spinning off reams of their own fan fiction and commentary and pestering the author for updates. It's not surprising that even the most gracious scribe might do the narrative equivalent of heading off to a cabin in the woods...
It drives me nuts that people don't get that SATC is kitsch. I'm also interested in how, though we have a zillion shows about marriage, no men are allowed to be in them. This is being interpreted by commenters as some reactionary critique of womankind, which it is not — but vale! Here's my piece for Politics Daily, my favorite place to commentararize:
Yes, you critics mildly confused by the dramatic headgear, vast apartments and frequent jettings-about of the ladies of the "Sex and the City" franchise can put down your poison pens. It's an hommage to "The Women" — not an embrace of the fruits of Wall Street. Still, what passed for a witty take on marriage in 1939 makes slightly less sense nowadays. While the gay community is scrambling to get the state benefits that are supposed to accompany a lifelong commitment, heedless beneficiaries of them are fleeing the institution in droves. If that two-year run of sex scandals didn't make the point, Al and Tipper's breakup, and now their eldest daughter Karenna's, too, should have prepared us at last to revisit the idea of till death do us part. The problem is, the husband still doesn't seem to be part of the equation…
Also, this month I am in O! I love O. I can't tell you how much I love O; I am a subscriber and everything; I gain vast knowledge from that advice column; I skip Suzy because I'm scared to think about my money. I love O!
And the one thing I do not love about O is that they do not make an effort to be online any more than my Grandma Sally. Actually, if I had a Grandma Sally, even she would be way more online, O. Click here for my contribution. This is illegal but you can subscribe and should, too.
Also, when you subscribe, you'll see on the facing page an interview with Mary Murphy, who's collected a passel of reactions to "To Kill a Mockingbird" entitled "Scout, Atticus and Boo: A Celebration of 50 Years of "To Kill a Mockingbird." I am in this book! It will be a documentary! It's so weird. Dan Rather is in it too, and many others. By which I mean: OPRAH IS IN THIS BOOK.


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Knowing the right time to buy
Experts say the right time to buy a home is when you feel right about purchasing. That means being financially and emotionally ready, of course. And this could be the best time of year to buy a home and hit both of those goals.
But truth is, certain times of the year can be better for buying than others, based on the market. Many believe we're heading into a friendly season for home shopping. That's due to many factors.
One is that colder weather may bring out fewer buyers competing with you for houses.
In addition, new research suggests buyer confidence is up. Current favorable conditions may make this an ideal time to hunt for a home and score a deal.
So explore your market. Take advantage of factors in your favor. And, when you're ready, commit to buy. Your timing could be perfect.
Findings from Fannie Mae's 2017 Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) should give buyers cause for optimism:
"The biggest driver for the increase in the HPSI is the rebound in the good time to buy sentiment," said Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae, in a prepared statement. This was especially true of renters surveyed.
"Perceptions of easing inventory helped boost the net share saying that now is a good time to buy," Duncan added. He said this corresponds with less bullish home price appreciation sentiment during the month.
Mark Lee Levine, professor at the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Denver, isn't surprised by Fannie Mae's findings.
"Things have been positive in our country. The stock market is up. Job security is strong. Unemployment is down. And mortgage interest rates continue to be low. When things are positive around them, people tend to have a positive reaction," says Levine.
Mark Stapp, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at Arizona State University, agrees. "We've now got enough distance away from the last recession," says Stapp.
"Increased buyer sentiment emanates from people feeling secure. That makes them feel confident. And that makes them more willing to make a big decision like buy a home."
Levine says now's a better time to buy in many locations, pricing wise, than just a few months ago. That's because the winter usually results in lower prices than is true with a summer purchase.
"As we get closer to the end of the year, the weather gets colder in many areas. As a result, you'll see less competition from other buyers in key markets," says Levine.
"Plus, many families have already purchased to get their kids settled in before the start of the school year. Others will wait until next spring to start looking."
"The best month to buy can vary by location," says Baker. "But many factors can change with economic or other conditions. And that can change the best month or day to purchase a home over time."
Stapp cautions that late fall and early winter can actually be a pullback time for sellers.
"Many agents advise their clients not to list their homes for sale until the spring. So you may have less housing supply to choose from right now," says Stapp.
Still, he says, "If you're ready to pull the trigger, there's no better time than the present to buy a home." "You'll be getting a head start on other buyers who tend to wait until after the holidays to start looking."
Levine says purchase sentiment and buyer confidence matter.
"If you feel like your job prospects are positive, you're getting wage increases, the economy is in a good place, and interest rates are low, that can boost your morale and interest to buy," he says.
Positive sentiment is a big part of the decision-making process for shoppers.
"Buyers need to feel good," says Stapp. "Owning a home is an emotional decision. A lot of times you're willing to make the financial commitment because of your emotions. So yes, these metrics matter."
You may have the winter wardrobe and the will to house hunt in the colder months. But are you truly prepared? Follow these tips:


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Paradise Auto Glass – What Should I know?
Simply put, this is glass that you would find in an automobile. Not too many know that in Paradise there are two major forms of auto glass. Each one is used on certain windows in the automobile. Both types of auto glass are more impact resistant and stronger than regular glass.
What Are the Different Kinds Of Windshield Replacement Paradise Services that are Available?
Laminated safety glass-this glass is generally used on a car's windshield. It is comprised of a couple of pieces of glass that has a slim layer of vinyl. The glass is then heated and pressed together in an autoclave, which is a type of oven. When this glass receives a tough impact it will shatter also but usually the shattered pieces will stick to the vinyl and not fall on the ground.
If the windshield just has a tiny vein or nick, the auto glass professional may be able to repair the tiny vein or nick to keep it from spreading further. The repair will generally take fewer than thirty minutes in Paradise. The vein or nick is cleaned thoroughly and dried. Resin is injected and a material like Mylar is used to hold it in place. The professional cures the resin by using an ultraviolet light.
What Are Windshield Replacement Cost Factors?
Despite what the kids might think, cars were around when their parents were young. Glass had been invented by then and was even around during their grandparent's time. Sometimes it comes as a shock that anything cool existed before video games and cell phones, but classic cars are definitely cool. When windows need to be replaced, lovers of classic vehicles cannot always turn to the regular auto body repair shop where they get their 2011 Ford windows fixed. The right pieces of glass are not typically in stock, and not all windows fit every make and model of car.
Patterns for auto glass were different forty, fifty, and sixty years ago. There are special patterns for each type of vehicle which specialist auto glass replacement and repair shops have access to. Although tools used to cut this glass are more technically advanced compared to those which cut glass 50 and more years ago, the glass is cut precisely to fit into the windshield of an old-fashioned Desoto, Hudson, Studebaker, or other pre-1960 model. A number of auto body shops specializing in repairing old automobiles possess a library of patterns. If the one a customer wants is not available on-site, they will order the pattern. These professionals appreciate the beauty of an older vehicle and the history around its creation.
If you are still uncertain about which company to give your business to, websites often post pictures of cars they have helped to restore. Use these to find out if a company seems to know what it is doing. Although there are specialist auto body outfits all over the country, finding exactly the right professional for the job is worth a road trip if you needed an excuse for one.
Automotive Glass Replacement - How to Replace Car Glass
There is a general consensus that windshield replacement can actually be performed by almost anyone. The glass pieces that replace it in your car are specifically shaped, and sized, to fit the make, and model of car that you drive. Almost anyone can remove the old piece and install a new one. It would be nice if auto glass replacement was that easy to do, but the truth is that you need a professional to replace any broken panels in your vehicle.
If the glass that is replaced in your car is not replaced correctly, using the proper glass pieces designed for your car, then you are in danger of them breaking at any time. When the weather heats the panels and cools the panels if they are not properly installed they can break, or fall out of the vehicle. If this happens while you are driving the car, you, or your passengers could be injured.
When you are looking for someone to do this glass replacement, or windshield replacement, you need to ask the following questions.
• How much experience do they have?
• Do they accept my insurance?
• What types of glass can they replace?
• Where is their shop located?
• Will they come to my location to replace my glass?
• How soon can they do the work?


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Between six and eight gunshots were fired on the south side of Frank Ogawa Plaza near the Occupy Oakland encampment, followed by screaming from people in the area at 4:59 p.m. One man was shot outside the Tully's Coffee Shop at 14th Street and Broadway.
Police were not in the area at the time.
An ambulance arrived at the scene within a few minutes to treat the victim of the shooting who was already getting treatment from medics at the nearby Occupy camp. The injury appeared to be serious from the beginning with emergency workers performing CPR on the man before he was taken away to the hospital. That man did not survive. The unidentified man in his 20s was declared dead after arriving at the hospital.
The mood prior to the gunshots was festive, adding people at the campground were getting ready to have a birthday cake to mark the one month anniversary of the encampment, according to NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez.
That changed dramatically after the shooting as it turned from calm to chaos. Police swarmed Frank Ogawa Plaza and closed off some streets in the area.
Hernandez reported that two Bay Area photographers covering the story were injured in the melee that followed the shooting. One of the photographers worked at KGO and suffered a cut to his head. He was apparently attacked by members of the occupy movement who did not want him to videotape the victim. The second photographer who was hurt was from KTVU. Witnesses said Occupiers wrestled him to the ground.
Occupy Oakland protesters told reporters the man who was shot was not part of their camp. They said they didn't recognize him and said the shooting was not occupy related. In fact, some people on the scene said the man was coming to the area for help and/or protection.
"The person on the ground was not part of the occupation. I canverify that," Shake Anderson, an Occupy Oakland organizer told AP. "This is a street incident. It happens all the time."
BART closed the 12th Street station for a time following the shooting because there were reports of two people running on to the trains. BART said while they were inititally thought to be suspects, they were probably people frightened by the shooting and running to the train to get away. Riders were told they needed to walk to the next station. KCBS said dozens of people walked down Broadway to get to that next stop.
Oakland city council member Desley Brooks told NBC Bay Area that she was praying for the victim. She said she is extremely saddened by the shooting and added this kind of thing is why she has been trying to press the mayor to move the campers out. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan also asked for the campers to leave during a late night news conference,
Protesters said they have been fearing for days that police will eventually move in with another early morning raid to remove them. A tear gas-filled clash between demonstrators and police on Oct. 25 resulted in more than100 arrests.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan allowed the protesters to return to the encampment the day after that raid. The camp has since grown to about 180 tents, according to Oakland officials.
Several city officials, including Brooks, City Council President Larry Reid and Police Chief Howard Jordan came to the scene of the shooting Thursday night.
After learning that Occupy Oakland medics had helped the person who was shot, Reid said, "I appreciate their efforts to help save the life of the victim in this situation."
Reid said although many at the scene insisted the shooting wasn't related to the encampment, it should be part of the larger conversation about the camp. "I think it puts us in a position of having to look at this problem in a more comprehensive manner," Reid said.
There was also an issue with lights in the area where the man was shot and the Occupy camp. Protesters claim the city turned off lights in the area. The city said that the lights were off because the campers tripped a breaker and then refused the city access to fix the breaker.
Thursday night the lack of lights hindered police as they tried to collect evidence following the shooting.
A number of protesters at the crime scene chanted, "Turn the lights on," saying that the darkness leads to more crime. Others lit candles all around the scene of the shooting, and one man sat cross-legged and meditating near the police tape, according to Bay City News.


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Anglican Benedictine Nuns
We are a community of women who have been drawn to respond to God's love by living a life of prayer, work, study and hospitality based on the Rule of St. Benedict. In our corporate worship we pray in fellowship with the whole church; in times of solitude and silence each sister responds in her own way to the call to 'Pray constantly'. Through simplicity of lifestyle we express our reverence for God's creation, and our concern and responsibility for the future.
We welcome enquiries from women who feel drawn to the Benedictine way of life. For some, this interest may lead to a life commitment as a nun; for others, to a time of living as an alongsider within our community. Both vocations are an expression of our Christian commitment to seek and serve God.


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Tech Carnival @ Candlestick Park
Silicon Valley Sports League
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM (PDT)
Get to know a few thousand of Silicon Valley's best and brightest while enjoying unparalleled access to Candlestick Park, games, food, music and more.
We'll have carnival games you haven't played since you were ten, giant inflatable obstacle courses, sumo wrestling, jousting, cash machines, cornhole tournaments and a half-dozen food trucks. We'll also have live performances from Randi Zuckerberg's Feedbomb and the notorious Coverflow.
Tickets include unlimited rides/activities & free parking, and proceeds go to the Special Olympics of Northern California.
Live in SF and concerned about getting to Candlestick and back? Two of our participating comapnies, Lyft & Uber, have pitched in to help you out. If you are a new Lyft or Uber user, use the code "SVSL" for a $20 credit. With Lyft, this will get you from SOMA to Candlestick with money to spare. With uberX, the total trip from Candlestick to SOMA will cost ~$5. Not a bad deal. Also use the code "TechCarnivalSF" for a 20% discount on all Uber rides to & from the TechCarnival.
The best companies in Silicon Valley are participating. Including:
10gen, 99designs, 500 Startups, AccountingSuite, ApartmentList, AppDirect, AppDynamics, Box, DFJ, eMinutes, Evernote, Facebook, Founder Institute, Google, GoPro, Intuit, Jawbone, LinkedIn, Lumosity, Lyft, Marketo, NestGSV, Nitro, oPower, Palantir, Quixey, Reputation, RocketFuel, Runway, Sandbox Suites, Scoop.it, Seagate, Sendgrid, Spotify, Square, Startup Weekend, Silicon Valley Bank, Tango, TriNet, Tokbox, Uber, Vungle, WellnessFX, WSGR, Yahoo, Y-Combinator, Zazzle, Zozi and Zoosk
Activities include:
Basketball, Bouncy Boxing, Bull Ride, Bungee Run, Cash Blowing Machines, Dart Balloons, Roller Ball, Dual Ladder Climb, Dunk Tank, First Down Extreme Football Challenge, Velcro Walls, Giant Twister, Gladiator Pedestal Joust, Mini Golf, Hi-Striker, Human Bowling, Human Foosball, Quarterback Attack, Ring Toss, Rock Wall, Skeeball, Speed Cage, Sumo Wrestling, Survivor Obstacle Course, and Trampolines.
Interested in sponsoring a game/ride? Please email email@example.com
Want to bring the whole company (at a greatly reduced price)? Please email email@example.com
The Silicon Valley Sports League is an 8-week competition started by Russ Klusas and Misha Chellam. 24 teams in SF and 18 teams in PA compete in a different sport every week. Winner gets a billboard on the 101.
In order to purchase these tickets in installments, you'll need an Eventbrite account. Log in or sign up for a free account to continue.


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Delaware gets artistic with man-made wetlands
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Nestled in a rural stretch of Kent County is a uniquely shaped body of water.
From the ground it looks like any other small pond, with thickets of high grass, small trees just starting to embrace spring's warmth and fresh water teeming with fish and wildlife.
But from a bird's-eye view, or a plane for that matter, this pond looks exactly like a map of Delaware. Its top is curved, the left edge has a 90-degree angle and its right edge snakes haphazardly top to bottom, shaped by the waters of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean.
The pond contains three small islands. One each where Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown would be.
It's no accident.
The First State pond, along with six other distinctly shaped ponds scattered across Kent and Sussex counties, are man-made wetlands designed and built by federal, state and local environmental officials and used to replicate and replace wetlands lost during the development of farmlands.
The other ponds look like spaceships, frogs, roosters, stumps and pigs. Call them Delaware's environmentally friendly crop circles of sorts placed on land mostly owned by the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Richard Gorlich, an agricultural engineer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service and the pond's designer, said he came up with the idea around 1990.
A lot of wetland mitigation at the time involved rectangular ditches filled with water, he said.
"I was young and out of school and said, 'Why don't we make them out of shapes,' " Gorlich said. "So I did one in the shape of Delaware and another in the shape of a spaceship."
At the time, people thought that such an intricate design was going to be difficult to make. The guys staking out the land had a bit of a rough go of it because of the unorthodox shape, he said.
The whole thing didn't take more than a few weeks to build, he said. The pond covers close to 2 acres, is about 3-feet deep at most and is home to a variety of wildlife.
"The shape doesn't matter," Gorlich said. "The birds and the fish don't care. It looks neat from the air and was kind of fun to do."
Little did he know, but his Delaware-shaped pond kicked off a trend of uniquely shaped wetlands after Thomas Barthelmeh, a project manager and longtime Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control employee, started designing his own.
Barthelmeh started to focus on wetland restoration and mitigation after Gov. Michael Castle signed an executive order in 1988 calling on state agencies to engage in projects with no net loss of wetlands.
Rather than building bland wetlands and ponds, he studied what real wetlands look like and the sorts of vegetation that populated the natural filters for stormwater, agricultural and development runoff.
The most recognizable pond is that of Wetland Willie, which was born from a random exchange at a farm in Blackiston.
While on site, a friend handed Barthelmeh a document that included in the upper right-hand corner the Department of Water Resource's mascot: Water Willie.
"I said, 'That's pretty cool, I'm going to build me a wetland like that,'" he said.
So he did, adding galoshes, hands and feet.
"I didn't tell anybody what we were doing," he said. "The surveyors and equipment operator … just us. Nobody needs to know this, we're just going to do it. We built it, filled it up with water and flew over it and took a picture of it."
"Man, this is cool," he remembers saying. "I showed it to my boss, and he said, 'Looks to me like you have too much time on your hands.'"
Two weeks later, his boss came back wanting an 8-by-10 photo to frame.


text: Streamed live every Sunday from Nashville, TN, this is the traditional-style Anglican service, following the Book of Common Prayer. Rite II is 10:00am. St. George's also offers a contemporary Episcopal service, "The Table", Sunday at 9am in Johnson Hall, also streamed on our other channel named 'The-Table' Whether you prefer the traditional style or a contemporary approach, St. George's Episcopal Church in Nashville TN has a worship service for you.


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Abstract types
A Duration represents a signed, fixed-length span of time represented as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution. It is independent of any calendar and concepts like "day" or "month". It is related to Timestamp in that the difference between two Timestamp values is a Duration and it can be added or subtracted from a Timestamp. Range is approximately +-10,000 years.
Example 1: Compute Duration from two Timestamps in pseudo code.
Timestamp start = ...;
Timestamp end = ...;
Duration duration = ...;
duration.seconds = end.seconds - start.seconds;
duration.nanos = end.nanos - start.nanos;
if (duration.seconds < 0 && duration.nanos > 0) {
duration.seconds += 1;
duration.nanos -= 1000000000;
} else if (durations.seconds > 0 && duration.nanos < 0) {
duration.seconds -= 1;
duration.nanos += 1000000000;
Example 2: Compute Timestamp from Timestamp + Duration in pseudo code.
Timestamp start = ...;
Duration duration = ...;
Timestamp end = ...;
end.seconds = start.seconds + duration.seconds;
end.nanos = start.nanos + duration.nanos;
if (end.nanos < 0) {
end.seconds -= 1;
end.nanos += 1000000000;
} else if (end.nanos >= 1000000000) {
end.seconds += 1;
end.nanos -= 1000000000;
Example 3: Compute Duration from datetime.timedelta in Python.
td = datetime.timedelta(days=3, minutes=10)
duration = Duration()
JSON Mapping
In JSON format, the Duration type is encoded as a string rather than an object, where the string ends in the suffix "s" (indicating seconds) and is preceded by the number of seconds, with nanoseconds expressed as fractional seconds. For example, 3 seconds with 0 nanoseconds should be encoded in JSON format as "3s", while 3 seconds and 1 nanosecond should be expressed in JSON format as "3.000000001s", and 3 seconds and 1 microsecond should be expressed in JSON format as "3.000001s".
Signed seconds of the span of time. Must be from -315,576,000,000 to +315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min 60 min/hr 24 hr/day 365.25 days/year 10000 years
Signed fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution of the span of time. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0
A generic empty message that you can re-use to avoid defining duplicated empty messages in your APIs. A typical example is to use it as the request or the response type of an API method. For instance:
service Foo {
rpc Bar(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
The JSON representation for
Empty is empty JSON object
FieldMask represents a set of symbolic field paths, for example:
paths: "f.a"
paths: "f.b.d"
f represents a field in some root message,
a and
b fields in the message found in
f, and
d a field found in the message in
Field masks are used to specify a subset of fields that should be returned by a get operation or modified by an update operation. Field masks also have a custom JSON encoding (see below).
Field Masks in Projections
When used in the context of a projection, a response message or sub-message is filtered by the API to only contain those fields as specified in the mask. For example, if the mask in the previous example is applied to a response message as follows:
f {
a : 22
b {
d : 1
x : 2
y : 13
z: 8
The result will not contain specific values for fields x,y and z (their value will be set to the default, and omitted in proto text output):
f {
a : 22
b {
d : 1
A repeated field is not allowed except at the last position of a paths string.
If a FieldMask object is not present in a get operation, the operation applies to all fields (as if a FieldMask of all fields had been specified).
Note that a field mask does not necessarily apply to the top-level response message. In case of a REST get operation, the field mask applies directly to the response, but in case of a REST list operation, the mask instead applies to each individual message in the returned resource list. In case of a REST custom method, other definitions may be used. Where the mask applies will be clearly documented together with its declaration in the API. In any case, the effect on the returned resource/resources is required behavior for APIs.
Field Masks in Update Operations
A field mask in update operations specifies which fields of the targeted resource are going to be updated. The API is required to only change the values of the fields as specified in the mask and leave the others untouched. If a resource is passed in to describe the updated values, the API ignores the values of all fields not covered by the mask.
If a repeated field is specified for an update operation, the existing repeated values in the target resource will be overwritten by the new values. Note that a repeated field is only allowed in the last position of a
paths string.
If a sub-message is specified in the last position of the field mask for an update operation, then the existing sub-message in the target resource is overwritten. Given the target message:
f {
b {
d : 1
x : 2
c : 1
And an update message:
f {
b {
d : 10
then if the field mask is:
paths: "f.b"
then the result will be:
f {
b {
d : 10
c : 1
However, if the update mask was:
paths: "f.b.d"
then the result would be:
f {
b {
d : 10
x : 2
c : 1
In order to reset a field's value to the default, the field must be in the mask and set to the default value in the provided resource. Hence, in order to reset all fields of a resource, provide a default instance of the resource and set all fields in the mask, or do not provide a mask as described below.
If a field mask is not present on update, the operation applies to all fields (as if a field mask of all fields has been specified). Note that in the presence of schema evolution, this may mean that fields the client does not know and has therefore not filled into the request will be reset to their default. If this is unwanted behavior, a specific service may require a client to always specify a field mask, producing an error if not.
As with get operations, the location of the resource which describes the updated values in the request message depends on the operation kind. In any case, the effect of the field mask is required to be honored by the API.
Considerations for HTTP REST
The HTTP kind of an update operation which uses a field mask must be set to PATCH instead of PUT in order to satisfy HTTP semantics (PUT must only be used for full updates).
JSON Encoding of Field Masks
In JSON, a field mask is encoded as a single string where paths are separated by a comma. Fields name in each path are converted to/from lower-camel naming conventions.
As an example, consider the following message declarations:
message Profile {
User user = 1;
Photo photo = 2;
message User {
string display_name = 1;
string address = 2;
In proto a field mask for
Profile may look as such:
mask {
paths: "user.display_name"
paths: "photo"
In JSON, the same mask is represented as below:
mask: "user.displayName,photo"
Field Masks and Oneof Fields
Field masks treat fields in oneofs just as regular fields. Consider the following message:
message SampleMessage {
oneof test_oneof {
string name = 4;
SubMessage sub_message = 9;
The field mask can be:
mask {
paths: "name"
mask {
paths: "sub_message"
Note that oneof type names ("test_oneof" in this case) cannot be used in paths.
Field Mask Verification
The implementation of any API method which has a FieldMask type field in the request should verify the included field paths, and return an
INVALID_ARGUMENT error if any path is duplicated or unmappable.
Array of string
The set of field mask paths.
A Timestamp represents a point in time independent of any time zone or calendar, represented as seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution in UTC Epoch time. It is encoded using the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar which extends the Gregorian calendar backwards to year one. It is encoded assuming all minutes are 60 seconds long, i.e. leap seconds are "smeared" so that no leap second table is needed for interpretation. Range is from 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z. By restricting to that range, we ensure that we can convert to and from RFC 3339 date strings. See https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
Example 1: Compute Timestamp from POSIX
Timestamp timestamp;
Example 2: Compute Timestamp from POSIX
struct timeval tv;
gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
Timestamp timestamp;
timestamp.set_nanos(tv.tv_usec 1000);
Example 3: Compute Timestamp from Win32
FILETIME ft;
UINT64 ticks = (((UINT64)ft.dwHighDateTime) << 32) | ft.dwLowDateTime;
// A Windows tick is 100 nanoseconds. Windows epoch 1601-01-01T00:00:00Z
// is 11644473600 seconds before Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.
Timestamp timestamp;
timestamp.set_seconds((INT64) ((ticks / 10000000) - 11644473600LL));
timestamp.set_nanos((INT32) ((ticks % 10000000) 100));
Example 4: Compute Timestamp from Java
long millis = System.currentTimeMillis();
Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.newBuilder().setSeconds(millis / 1000)
.setNanos((int) ((millis % 1000) * 1000000)).build();
Example 5: Compute Timestamp from current time in Python.
timestamp = Timestamp()
JSON Mapping
In JSON format, the Timestamp type is encoded as a string in the RFC 3339 format. That is, the format is "{year}-{month}-{day}T{hour}:{min}:{sec}[.{frac_sec}]Z" where {year} is always expressed using four digits while {month}, {day}, {hour}, {min}, and {sec} are zero-padded to two digits each. The fractional seconds, which can go up to 9 digits (i.e. up to 1 nanosecond resolution), are optional. The "Z" suffix indicates the timezone ("UTC"); the timezone is required. A proto3 JSON serializer should always use UTC (as indicated by "Z") when printing the Timestamp type and a proto3 JSON parser should be able to accept both UTC and other timezones (as indicated by an offset).
For example, "2017-01-15T01:30:15.01Z" encodes 15.01 seconds past 01:30 UTC on January 15, 2017.
In JavaScript, one can convert a Date object to this format using the standard toISOString() method. In Python, a standard
datetime.datetime object can be converted to this format using
strftime with the time format spec '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'. Likewise, in Java, one can use the Joda Time's
ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime() to obtain a formatter capable of generating timestamps in this format.
Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be from 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z inclusive.
Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.


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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bone density and quality are reduced. As bones become more porous and fragile, the risk of fractures greatly increases. Bone loss occurs "silently" and progressively – often there are no symptoms until the first fracture occurs. For these reasons, osteoporosis is often referred to as the "silent epidemic". Read more about osteoporosis.
2. What are the risk factors for osteoporosis?
The hormonal changes that take place at menopause are one reason why women are at greater risk of osteoporosis than men. Bone tissue loss generally begins after the age of about 40 years, when we are no longer able to replace bone tissue as quickly as we lose it. In women, however, the rate of bone tissue loss increases after menopause, when estrogen production stops and bones no longer benefit from its protective effect.
There are a number of other risk factors associated with osteoporosis:
- A close family member diagnosed with osteoporosis
- A family history of fractures resulting from minor bumps and falls
- Frequent falls
- A previous fracture
- Long-term enforced bed rest
- Little physical activity
- Low body weight
- Loss in height
- Periods stop for more than 12 months
- A diet low in calcium and vitamin D
- High alcohol intake
- Smoking
- Certain medications in long-term use such as corticosteroids
- Age 60+
- Chronic disorders such as anorexia nervosa, malabsorption syndromes including coeliac disease and Crohn's disease, chronic liver disease, primary hyperparathyroidism, post-transplantation, chronic renal failure, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, arthritis
3. How common is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is one of the most common and debilitating chronic diseases, and a global healthcare problem. Around the world, one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 will suffer an osteoporotic fracture. Although more common in older people, osteoporosis can also affect younger people. Read more about epidemiology.
4. How can I find out if I have osteoporosis?
As osteoporosis has no obvious symptoms other than a fracture when the bone is already significantly weakened, it is important to go to the doctor if any of the risk factors apply to you. The doctor will take a thorough medical history that includes information on any recent fractures and may determine that the next step is to have a bone mineral density (BMD) test. A number of different types of BMD tests are available, but the most accurate is DXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry). DXA is a low radiation X-ray capable of detecting quite low percentages of bone loss. Read more about diagnosis.
5. How can I prevent weak bones?
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1The just have perished,
but no one takes it to heart;
The steadfast are swept away,
while no one understands.
Yet the just are taken away from the presence of evil,
2* and enter into peace;
They rest upon their couches,
the sincere, who walk in integrity.a
3But you, draw near,
you children of a sorceress,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!*
4Against whom do you make sport,
against whom do you open wide your mouth,
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not rebellious children,
deceitful offspring—
5You who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree;
You who immolate children in the wadies,
among the clefts of the rocks?* b
6Among the smooth stones* of the wadi is your portion,
they, they are your allotment;
Indeed, you poured out a drink offering to them,
and brought up grain offerings.
With these things, should I be appeased?
7Upon a towering and lofty mountain
you set up your bed,
and there you went up to offer sacrifice.c
8Behind the door and the doorpost
you set up your symbol.
Yes, deserting me, you carried up your bedding;
and spread it wide.
You entered an agreement with them,
you loved their couch, you gazed upon nakedness.*
9You approached the king* with oil,
and multiplied your perfumes;
You sent your ambassadors far away,
down even to deepest Sheol.
10Though worn out with the length of your journey,
you never said, "It is hopeless";
You found your strength revived,
and so you did not weaken.
11Whom did you dread and fear,
that you told lies,
And me you did not remember
nor take to heart?
Am I to keep silent and conceal,
while you show no fear of me?
12I will proclaim your justice*
and your works;
but they shall not help you.
13* When you cry out,
let your collection of idols save you.
All these the wind shall carry off,
a mere breath shall bear them away;
But whoever takes refuge in me shall inherit the land,
and possess my holy mountain.
14And I say:
Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from my people's way.* d
15* For thus says the high and lofty One,
the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy:
I dwell in a high and holy place,
but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit,
To revive the spirit of the lowly,
to revive the heart of the crushed.
16For I will not accuse forever,
nor always be angry;
For without me their spirit fails,
the life breath that I have given.e
17Because of their wicked avarice I grew angry;
I struck them, hiding myself from them in wrath.
But they turned back, following the way
of their own heart.f
18I saw their ways,
but I will heal them.
I will lead them and restore full comfort to them
and to those who mourn for them,g
19creating words of comfort.*
Peace! Peace to those who are far and near,
says the LORD; and I will heal them.
20But the wicked are like the tossing sea
which cannot be still,
Its waters cast up mire and mud.h
21There is no peace for the wicked!
says my God.i
* [57:2] Despite their sad fate, the just will ultimately attain peace (most likely in this world); cf. v. 13.
* [57:3–13] In this courtroom imagery, the idolaters are summoned before the judge (v. 3), their crimes are graphically described (vv. 4–11), their guilt is established, and condemnation is carried out (vv. 12–13b). In contrast to this, v. 13c describes the inheritance of God's land and holy mountain given to those who place their confidence in God instead of in idols.
* [57:3] Language of sexual infidelity is often used in a figurative way to describe idolatry. Cf. Ez 16:15–22; Hos 2:4–7; Col 3:5.
* [57:5] Child sacrifice is also attested in 2 Kgs 23:10; Jer 7:31; Ez 16:20; 20:28, 31; 23:37–39.
* [57:6] Smooth stones: the Hebrew word for this expression has the same consonants as the word for "portion"; instead of making the Lord their portion (cf. Ps 16:5), the people adored slabs of stone which they took from the streambeds in valleys and set up as idols; cf. Jer 3:9. Therefore, it is implied, they will be swept away as by a sudden torrent of waters carrying them down the rocky-bottomed gorge to destruction and death without burial.
* [57:8] Nakedness: literally in Hebrew, "hand." In this context, it may euphemistically refer to a phallus.
* [57:9] The king: in Hebrew, the word for king is melek, similar in sound to the Canaanite god Molech, to whom children were offered as a sacrifice in pagan ritual. The expression "your ambassadors" could be a figurative expression for the children whose death served as an offering to this deity.
* [57:12] Justice: here used sarcastically. The activity described in these verses is far from the justice which God demands of those who are aligned with the covenant (cf. 56:1, 4, 6). In the larger context of Third Isaiah and the whole of the Isaian tradition, justice is a key theological motif. The justice to which God calls Israel will eventually come to its fulfillment in an act of divine intervention (cf. 60:21; 61:3c). Until then, the people of God must strive to live in the ways of justice and right judgment (56:1).
* [57:13] In v. 6, the smooth stones of the valley are the portion which the unfaithful will receive as their due reward (cf. note on v. 6); while in v. 13c, an inheritance of the land and possession of God's holy mountain will be the portion of the upright.
* [57:14] The way…my people's way: the language and imagery are reminiscent of 40:1–2, but in this context, when the people have already returned, the physical road through the desert is replaced by the spiritual way that leads to redemption.
* [57:15] The God of Israel is presented in both a transcendent and an immanent manner. God's holiness is the transcendent quality; the immanence is shown in the choice of dwelling among the downtrodden and humble.
* [57:19] Creating words of comfort: lit., "fruit of the lips," perhaps referring to praise and thanksgiving for the divine healing; cf. Hos 14:3.
b. [57:5] Dt 12:2; 2 Kgs 17:10; Jer 7:31; 19:5; Ez 20:28, 31.
c. [57:7] Jer 2:20; Ez 6:13; Hos 4:13.
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I've seen a couple references in your postings at GetDPI about an upcoming get-together at Tahoe but have not found anything yet on the CI website. Can you let me know approximately when it will be so I can plan to be there and possibly help out. I live part-time at Tahoe, so I wouldn't want to miss this. Also, have you tried the new IQ back firmware with the Surface Pro? I'm about to load it and test this weekend and wanted to be sure there were no gotcha's. Best regards,
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I didn't want to hijack the thread, but I have been using a new 11" Sony Windows 8.1 tablet for about a month on my IQ180. I had purchased, received and returned an IQ280 as I felt the iPad image was not good enough to make focus decisions. The Sony has a great display, good battery, and runs C1 pretty well. About 10-15 seconds for an image to appear in tethered mode. A little awkward to use in the field, but lots of potential. I plan to attend the Carmel CI get together if you want to give it a try then. Best regards,
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Jake Owen's baby girl may have been born on Thanksgiving Day, but this little lady is not just a turkey -- she's an Easter bunny baby, too. The holiday is still a few weeks off, but the doting is celebrating early by dressing Pearl up, complete with bunny ears, to share this adorable photo with fans on Facebook.
Owen has seemingly been a changed man since his wife, Lacey, gave birth to the healthy baby girl in November. 'The One That Got Away' hitmaker has been warmly sharing a plethora of photos of Olive Pearl, who was named after the country singer's late godmother.
Although being a new papa is a big job for any man, the country singer has a pretty full plate between daddy duties and his music career. Owen is preparing to headline the ACM Fremont Street Experience festival in Las Vegas next month. The event will coincide with the ACM Awards and several other performances that will contribute to making Las Vegas a country music town for a few days in April.
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Americans, when confronted with test scores showing students in other countries doing better than our own, often comfort ourselves by saying that our country is extraordinarily diverse and that, at the top, our education system is superior.
A new report from researchers at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Munich pokes holes in that theory.
Using data from an international math test used in 57 countries, including most of the world's industrialized nations, the researchers compared each American state against the other countries as if it were a country. The key data point was the percentage of students in the high school graduating class of 2009 that scored at the international equivalent of the advanced level.
If California were a country, it would be 34th on that list -- slightly worse than the middle of the pack. Our record at producing top students in math is akin to that of Portugal, and similar to the record in Israel and Italy. Only 4.5 percent of our students are performing in math at what is considered an advanced level internationally.
Here's are some of the countries that have more than TWICE as many advanced math students, percentage-wise, than California: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, Macao-China, Australia, Germany and Austria.
The researchers used math because, unlike language, it's the same across countries. And because, as they explain, "We give special attention to math performance because math appears to be the subject in which accomplishment in secondary school is particularly significant for both an individual's and a country's economic well-being. Existing research, though not conclusive, indicates that math skills better predict future earnings and other economic outcomes than other skills learned in high school."
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Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems
For most Americans, the name Emma Lazarus is likely to recall at best a brief injunction associated with the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi's statue Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift from the people of France, meant to serve as a monument to a hundred years of friendship between the two nations conceived in Liberté. If the statue was free, the considerable costs associated with its installation were not. Congress agreed to pay for erecting and maintaining it, but balked at paying for the pedestal. Various schemes were launched to raise funds, amid widespread ridicule. Montague Marks, an art critic who later married Lazarus's younger sister Agnes, compared the torch to "an immense double tooth which has just been extracted from some unfortunate mastodon." Friends of the architect Richard Morris Hunt, who had designed the pedestal for the statue for Bedloe's Island (renamed Liberty Island in 1956), decided in May 1883 to organize a benefit exhibition. Emma Lazarus, a close friend of several of the artists involved, was asked by the writer Constance Cary Harrison to write a poem for the catalog.
Lazarus was reluctant at first to write anything "to order." Besides, she was not particularly fond of France or French society. "Take away the Louvre & the pictures & the statues," she wrote of Paris, "& I should never wish to see it again." She had just returned from her first trip abroad, where she had sought to raise funds for a completely different cause: the plight of Russian Jews recently arrived in New York City. It was only when she saw a way to link her concern for Russian refugees with the colossal statue destined for New York Harbor that she managed to fulfill the commission. Borrowing some of the rhymes and key words from Shelley's "Ozymandias," she wrote a sonnet with the title "The New Colossus." The poem dramatically recast the meaning of Bartholdi's statue, which Lazarus viewed not as a symbol of amitié between nations but as an invitation to refugees from the Old World to find sanctuary in the New:
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
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Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
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There is an irony here, and the scholar and poet Esther Schor, in her lively, short, and deftly argued book, is quick to note it. For Emma Lazarus could hardly be considered an immigrant herself. She was at least a fourth-generation American, with as much claim to native descent as any Mayflower descendant. Her refugee status, if one could call it that, dated from 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain and Portugal. Some of these made their way to South America and then, in 1654, to New Amsterdam; their descendants were the "elite Sephardim" of the city that became New York.
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Although the first global-warming bill that ever made it to a floor vote on Capitol Hill was defeated Friday, the legislation is setting a marker for action in a new Congress.
Last week's Senate debate also marks the first time a majority of senators – backed by a broad coalition of business, labor, environmental, and religious groups – publicly endorsed a cap on carbon emissions.
"The big change is the sense of inevitability of climate-change legislation," says Brendan Bell, Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists, a leading nonprofit environmental group. "This is the beginning of the US crafting its climate-change policy, and a lot of the disagreements and the frustrations were based on the mechanisms of the program and not disputes over the science."
Both leading presidential contenders favor mandating reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona favors a 60 percent reduction by 2050, with strong incentives for nuclear power. Sen. Barack Obama (D) of Illinois calls for an 80 percent reduction, but balks at shifting to nuclear power until a solution is found to waste disposal.
The Senate bill split the difference: It proposed reducing greenhouse-gas emissions 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. At the heart of the plan is a system to trade emissions permits to meet the cap and a consumer tax relief fund to ease the impact on American families.
"This is a landmark day," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) of California, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee after the 48-to-36 vote on Friday. In addition to the 48 senators voting to move forward on the global-warming bill, six absent senators sent letters expressing support.
Together, the vote and letters mark the first time a majority of the US Senate has endorsed mandatory action on global warming. "The Clean Air Act took 10 years. This will not take 10 years," Senator Boxer said.
"I think people around the world are going to be greatly encouraged by the fact that 54 members of the United States Senate said they want to support a response to global warming – a real mandatory response," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, who, with Sen. John Warner (R) of Virginia, is a cosponsor of the bill. Sixty votes were needed to ensure a final vote on the bill.
Sponsors say negotiations will continue this week with a handful of senators – some who voted for the bill, some who did not – over compromises needed to advance legislation in the next Congress. Although debate on the floor was truncated by procedural tactics, including reading aloud the text of the nearly 500-page substitute amendment to the climate bill, lawmakers did get into serious discussions on the substance of the bill last week, Boxer said.
Talks with a key group of senators this week will center on targeting more aid to farmers and manufacturers and moving quickly to allot more money for clean coal technology – key concerns of the four Democrats who did not vote with their caucus on the global-warming bill.
Senate GOP leaders said that they did not hold up the climate bill for "any dilatory reasons," but because of the magnitude of the bill, said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky in a June 4 briefing. "This proposes to be the largest restructuring of the American economy since the New Deal."
"The way Americans tackle problems like this is with technology, not with clamping down on the economy. We ought to create the technology to solve the problem and then sell it to the Chinese and the Indians, rather than export American jobs to China and India by clamping down our own economy," he said.
GOP leaders also cite procedural objections to the global-warming bill: The 1990 Clean Air bill was on the Senate floor for five weeks and had 180 amendments, but Senate majority leader Harry Reid limited amendments on the global-warming bill to only those that he approved. "Democrats want to avoid the tough votes," says Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senator McConnell.
On the House side, a bill proposed by Rep. Edward Markey (D) of Massachusetts, who chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, would cut carbon emissions 85 percent below 2005 levels by mid-century. The Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to begin hearings on its own version of a climate bill this month.
In a report released on June 6, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that if governments around the world continue with policies in place, CO2 emissions will rise by 130 percent and oil demand by 70 percent by 2050 – an expansion in oil that is about five times today's production in Saudi Arabia.
To reverse that trend, a "global energy technology revolution" is both necessary and achievable, said Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the IEA in a statement on June 6. "But it will be a tough challenge."
To meet the goal of a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, the world would need to build 32 new nuclear plants and 17,500 wind turbines each year and fit some 35 coal and 20 gas-fired power plants a year with CO2 capture and storage technology at a cost of $1.5 billion each.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 31, 2011) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team fought back from a difficult first-set loss to defeat Cuba, 24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 25-17 on Wednesday at the 2011 Men's NORCECA Continental Championship in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
The United States (3-0) wins Group B and will have Thursday off while the quarterfinals are played. It will play again in Friday's semifinals (3 p.m. or 5 p.m. PT). Cuba (2-1) will play in Thursday's quarterfinals. The top two finishers at NORCECA will qualify for the 2011 FIVB World Cup, which is the first qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Men looked to have the first set well in hand when they took a 20-11 lead and reached set point at 24-15. However Cuba came back to score 11 straight points, on four blocks, three attacks, two aces and two U.S. errors, to win, 26-24. The United State pushed the loss aside and won the next two sets in tight matches. They won the fourth set more easily, although Cuba did not give up at the end.
"At this stage every team is invested in the match and that's what we saw today," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said. "You must finish a set and not lose the momentum. Cubans resolved to win the first set and I believe it's a good lesson for both teams."
The U.S. Men got eight points (seven kills and one ace) from Team Captain Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii), who came back from an ankle injury suffered on Monday to start the third and fourth sets at opposite.
"Both teams are competing this summer and the next to qualify for the Olympics head-to-head and we both tried to win tonight," Stanley said. "It is a lesson for us to know how to close a set as the Cubans do."
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) led all scorers with 23 points on a match-high 22 kills (0.529 hitting efficiency) and one ace. Anderson led the U.S. Men's comeback with nine points in the second set and nine more in the third.
Outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) added 13 points on 10 attacks, one block and two aces.
The U.S. Men led in successful attacks 56-51. They had a hitting efficiency of 0.384 and completed 50 percent of their attack attempts. Cuba's hitting efficiency was 0.299 and its kill percent was 43.6.
The U.S. led in blocks (10-7) and in aces (8-5). The U.S. scored on 25 Cuban errors while committing 26.
Cuba was led by 18-year-old Team Captain Wilfredo Leon, who had 19 points on 17 attacks and two blocks.
Among other U.S. scorers, middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished with 11 points on six kills, three blocks and two aces. Middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) had 10 points on seven attacks and three aces.
Opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) finished with seven points on three kills, two blocks and two aces and setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) had two points on one block and one ace. Hansen was also credited with 21 assists.
Libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin Calif.) led the United States in digs with seven and was also credited with 10 receptions. Anderson led the team in receptions with 20.
U.S. Men's Head Coach Alan Knipe started Anderson and Lotman at outside hitter, Lee and Holt at middle blocker, Patak at opposite, Hansen at setter and Lambourne at libero.
Stanley played as a substitute in the first two sets and replace Patak to start at opposite in the third and fourth. Middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) also played as a substitute.
The U.S. Men took an 8-3 lead at the first technical timeout (TTO) of the first set, scoring on three Lotman kills, two Patak aces and a Lee block along with two errors from Cuba. Cuba came back with a point out of the break, but the U.S. scored three more straight points on a Lotman attack and blocks from Patak and Holt. The U.S. extended its lead to 16-7 at the second TTO, getting three points from Holt on two blocks and a kill along with a block from Patak and attacks from Lotman and Anderson. With the U.S. leading 17-8, Cuba went on a three-point run to pull to within five at 17-12. Anderson ended the threat with an attack, followed by a Holt block. The U.S. Men reached set point at 24-14 on a block by Patak. However, Cuba came back to score 11 straight points, on four blocks, three attacks, two aces and two U.S. errors, and win the set. Raydel Hierrezuelo scored four points for Cuba in the run. Holt and Patak led the U.S. with five points each.
The second set was a back-and-forth battle. Cuba took an 8-7 lead at the first TTO while the U.S. led 16-15 at the second. The score was tied at 22-22 when the U.S. got two points on kills from Lee and Anderson to reach 24-22. Cuba scored once more on a kill by before the U.S. won the set on a Holt strike..
With Stanley in as the starting opposite, the third set was again close. The score was tied at 5-5 when Cuba scored twice on a kill and U.S. error to lead 7-5. The U.S. Men came back to score twice on attacks from Stanley and Holt to tie the score. But a U.S. error gave Cuba an 8-7 lead at the first TTO. The teams traded points until the score was tied at 14-14 and Cuba had two straight errors to give the U.S. the 16-14 lead at the second TTO. Cuba came back to tie the score on an ace and kill and battle continued until the score was tied at 23-23. Two straight attacks from Lotman and Holt gave the U.S. the set victory.
In the fourth set, The U.S. led 8-7 at the first TTO and used a Lotman kill to increase the lead to 9-7. Cuba scored on a U.S. error, but a Stanley attack sparked a four-point run and the U.S. Men led 13-8. Cuba scored on a U.S. error, but the United States came back with three more straight points on a Cuban error, Hansen attack and Lee block to lead 16-9. The U.S. led 23-14 when Cuba scored three straight points on two kills and a U.S. error and it looked like their might be another comeback. But at 23-17, the U.S. Men scored the final two points on Cuba's hitting errors for the victory.
2011 NORCECA Men's Continental Championship
Aug. 29-Sept. 3
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
U.S. Men's Roster
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 Matt Anderson (OH, 6-7, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Utah, BYU)
10 Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
13 Clay Stanley (Opp, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
16 Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
17 Max Holt (MB, 6-8, Cincinnati, Ohio, Penn State)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Therapist/Trainer: Frank Ciarelli
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Team Doctor: David Dyck
Schedule (All times PT) and Results
Group A
Aug. 29: Canada def. Mexico, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 25-22
Aug. 29: Puerto Rico def. St. Lucia, 25-11, 25-17, 25-11
Aug. 30: Canada def. St. Lucia, 25-18, 25-14, 25-13
Aug. 30: Mexico vs. Puerto Rico, 27-25, 25-19, 25-17
Aug. 31: Mexico def. St. Lucia, 25-16, 25-14, 25-22
Aug. 31: Puerto Rico vs. Canada at 5 p.m.
Group B
Aug. 29: USA def. Trinidad and Tobago, 25-15, 25-7, 25-12
Aug. 29: Cuba def. Costa Rica, 25-16, 25-13, 25-15
Aug. 30: Cuba def. Trinidad and Tobago, 25-14, 25-15, 25-13
Aug. 30: USA def. Costa Rica vs. USA, 25-16, 25-12, 25-9
Aug. 31: Trinidad and Tobago def. Costa Rica, 26-24, 25-17, 28-26
Aug. 31: USA def. Cuba, 24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 25-17
Sept. 1: 2nd B vs. 3rd A at 3 p.m.
Sept. 1: 2nd A vs. 3rd B at 5 p.m.
Classifications 5-8
Sept. 2: 4th A vs. Loser of M14* (or M13) at 11 a.m.
Sept. 2: 4th B vs. Loser of M13* (or M14) at 1 p.m.
Sept. 2: 1st B vs. Winner of M14* (or M13) at 3 p.m.
Sept. 2: 1st A vs. Winner of M13* (or M14) at 5 p.m.
Final Classification 7-8
Sept. 3: Loser of M15 vs. Loser of M16 at 11 a.m.
Final Classification 5-6
Sept. 3: Winner of M15 vs. Winner of M16 at 1 p.m.
Sept. 3: Loser of M17 vs. Loser of M18 at 3 p.m.
Sept. 3: Winner of M17 vs. Winner of M18 at 5 p.m.