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Spain's woes deepen as region seeks financial aid
MADRID Spain's financial woes deepened ominously Friday after a heavily indebted region asked Madrid for help and the government predicted more recession next year, prompting investors to dump stocks and government bonds.
Just as European ministers approved a rescue of Spain's troubled banks, the region of Valencia revealed it would become the first to tap a new, week-old fund designed to provide liquidity to the country's 17 semi-autonomous regions.
The yield on Spanish 10-year bonds shot up 0.25 percentage points to 7.22 percent on the news, while the Ibex stock index fell 5.8 percent.
Many Spanish regions are so heavily in debt - due to the recession and a burst real estate bubble - that they cannot raise money at affordable rates. As a result, they are struggling to repay creditors and settle contract bills. Like the central government, many have enacted stinging austerity measures with cuts in health care and other services.
Valencia's Vice President Jose Ciscar declined to say how much the eastern coastal region is asking for. He and Treasury Minister Cristobal Montoro refused to call it a bailout, however.
"Just as other regions are, Valencia is suffering from the consequences of liquidity restrictions in the markets as a result of the current economic crisis," Ciscar told reporters.
Investors fear the central government, which is also strapped for cash and faces high borrowing rates on bond markets, could come under increasing financial pressure if the regions need more help. That adds to existing worries about saving the ailing banks, which the central government will rescue with up to (EURO)100 billion in eurozone loans.
These troubles have intensified fears that Spain will be the next eurozone country after Greece, Ireland and Portugal to need a sovereign bailout. The problem is Spain's economy is bigger than those three combined and financing its debt could prove too expensive for the rest of the eurozone.
The aid request by the region of Valencia, if approved, would come at a cost: it will have to abide by strict budgetary conditions set by the central government.
For many in Spain, Valencia is a symbol of all that went wrong in the boom years: rampant spending to build row after row of beachside condos that are now empty, or repossessed by banks and being sold at fire-sale prices.
The fund for the regions was created only last Friday and will have (EURO)18 billion ($22 billion) in capital. A third of that is a loan from the state-owned company that runs Spain's many lotteries.
Parliament approved on Thursday parts of a (EURO)65 billion austerity package that includes VAT tax hikes and cuts in pay for civil servants. They already saw their wages reduced in 2010 as Spain first started dealing with its deficit woes. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated Thursday night in the streets of Madrid and dozens of other cities to protest against the austerity package.
Montoro on Friday forecast Spain's recession will drag on into 2013, although the economy will not be quite as weak as it now.


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in young individuals. Coinciding with the changes in the TNFRs was an increase in TNFR-associated death domain protein (TRADD) and a decrease in TNFR-associated factor 2 (TRAF-2). These changes mirror those previously reported by Ware et al. (1991) following T-cell activation. However, in the case of lymphocytes from aged individuals, there was no increase in the expression of activation antigens, thus indicating that the T-cells were not in an activated state but rather reflect changes associated with an aging immune system. The potential importance of the change in the ratio of the two TNF receptors becomes obvious when one considers that the TNFRI contains a death domain and, when oligomerized by TNFα binding, recruits TRADD and FADD, resulting in the activation one of the initiator caspases, caspase-8. The TNFRII and TRAF-2 are involved in activation of NFkB and JNK, which are believed to mediate the anti-apoptotic effects of TNFα (Baker and Reddy, 1996, 1998). Based on these observations, Gupta and colleagues have proposed that the cellular and subcellular basis of this age-related immuno-senescence appears to at least partially involve increases in receptors linked with apoptosis and decreases in related compensatory receptors (Aggarwal and Gupta, 1998, 1999; Aggarwal et al., 1999).
Age-related changes may extend to other organs and may be displayed in the ratio of gene expression patterns. The recent introduction of gene chip technology into the field may have particular application to the field of aging. Thus, for example, the gene expression profile of aging in muscle tissue and the influence of caloric restriction have been described (Lee et al., 1999). In essence, using high-density oligonucleotide arrays representing 6,347 genes, it was shown that aging resulted in a differential gene expression pattern that reflected increased cellular stress and lower expression of metabolic and bio-synthetic genes. Some of these, such as DNA repair enzymes, are the same as those induced in the nervous system with age and degeneration. An example of an up-regulated gene found in the muscle is GADD45, which as discussed above, we have found is also induced in Alzheimer's disease.
Importantly, caloric restriction, which is the only really true intervention known to retard aging in mammals, almost completely prevented the gene expression pattern changes that occur with aging. This is a technology that should find particular use in the study of brain aging and cognition but will probably be difficult to get funded through peer review panels because it will be considered just a ''fishing expedition." These gene patterns summarize in one experiment the literature for the past 10 years of individual gene expression patterns. These expression patterns can be envisioned in essence as a fingerprint of homeostasis versus dyshomeostasis. In fact, this pattern of gene expression can be looked at as a view of the cells to engage homeostasis and plasticity mechanisms to compensate for age-related change.

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Vans Triple Crown Of Surfing Will Be Decided At Honolua Bay In The Contest Season Finale
Maui, HI – The Billabong Pro Maui presented by Hawaiian Airlines may be a race to the wire when it opens just two weeks from today. The final contest on the 2009 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women's World Tour, the Billabong Pro runs from December 8-20 at Honolua Bay, Maui and is considered the crown jewel of women's elite-level competition.
Held at one of the world's best right-hand reef waves, the event offers a $90,000 purse while the competitors are housed in the luxury of the Kapalua Villas. Not only does the Billabong Pro Maui crown the Van's Triple Crown Winner, may also decide the 2009 Women's World Champion as well. This year that honor will have a nice bonus as the Triple Crown has added a $25,000 bonus to the women's Triple Crown champion.
"There is still a wide open race for the title this year," says Candy Harris, Brand Director for Billabong Girls. "It's always exciting to Crown the Champion and to see the progression of women's surfing showcased at this spectacular break each year."
Billabong athletes from around the world will be coming to compete at the final stop of the ASP Women's World Tour: Brazil's Silvana Lima (who is vying for the World Title) Australia's Rebecca Woods and Paige Hareb from New Zealand. Hot Hawaiian local Billabong team rider Alessa Quizon will compete in the Billabong Pro Maui Trials to hopefully secure the lone wildcard into the ASP Women's World Tour event. One main event wild card will be awarded to the winner of the Trials which features six local Hawaiian competitors.
To kick off the event Billabong will be hosting a live concert with Donovan Frankenreiter at The Ritz Carlton, Kapalua on December 7th. Tickets are $10 presale or $5 with a food donation. They will also be available at the door for $15 or $10 with a food donation. All donations will be made to the Maui Food Bank.
As an additional prize at the event, Nixon will be giving a "Winner-Takes-All" award: a custom, limited edition Nixon valued at over $10,000. This one-of-a-kind watch will be awarded to the woman with the highest heat score during The Billabong Pro and also marks the first time this award has been available at a women's ASP contest. The prize is open to any surfer from trials to finals, meaning it is up for grabs to anyone regardless if they advance.
As part of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing the Billabong Pro Maui showcases the world's top female pro surfers in three Hawaiian tournaments that run concurrently with the men's series. The women's events at Haleiwa and Sunset Beach and the Billabong Pro Maui will collectively determine the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing champion. The Billabong Pro Maui would like to thank our sponsors Hawaiian Airlines (Presenting Sponsor), G's One Casio, Nixon, Verizon Wireless, Kapalua Villas, Dollar Rent-A-Car, Surfing Magazine and Smart Water.
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It seems like ages ago when gamers were asked to place their votes to help determine which gaming titles would most likely be included in a Smithsonian American Art Museum display. The new exhibit would honor the most influential games from history. The list is an enigma no longer. Voting ended on April 17 of 2011 and they have been tallied.
You can view the complete list here, but a quick summary will reveal some really awesome golden oldies on the that made it. The voting was done by eras featuring everything from the Atari VCS and Colecovision in Era 1 to Next Gen gaming consoles in Era 5, such as the Wii and the most modern adaptation of Windows. Each system had four categories of gaming: action, adventure, target, and combat/strategy.
Of course, the Super Mario Brothers, Pac-Man and the Legend of Zelda are all going to be there. But the nostalgia bleeds from this list as retro gamers absorb the many golden titles upon it. Attack of the Mutant Camels…classic. Zaxxon…priceless. Pitfall, Star Fox, Sid Meiers' Pirates and Sim City. DOOM. Even the notable nominations are great, like Nobunaga's Ambition, ActRaiser, Metroid and Heroes of the Lance.
Five classics from the list will be available for people to play, allowing them a chance to get a feel for the evolution of gaming from era to era. Currently slated for play/display are: Pac-Man, Super Mario Brothers, The Secret of Monkey Island, Myst and World of Warcraft.
Check out the entire list and keep tabs on the display by heading over to its site.
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Geographic Range
Oryx leucoryx were originally found in Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Sinai, and the Arabian Peninsula (Nowak, 1999; Wilson and Reeder, 1993).
Usually O. leucoryx are found in arid plains and deserts, however they have also been found to inhabit rocky hillsides and thick brush. Their habitat according to Nowak (1999) consists of "flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions and the dunes edging sand deserts with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, and grasses."
- Terrestrial Biomes
- desert or dune
- savanna or grassland
- chaparral
Physical Description
Head and body length of O. leucoryx varies from 1,530 to 2,350 mm. Tail length is 450-900 mm, and shoulder height is 900-1,400 mm. A mane extends from the head to the shoulders and the tail is tufted. Males also have a tuft of hair on the throat. Both sexes have horns ranging from 600-1,500 mm in length. They are fairly straight and are directed backwards from the eyes. The horns of females are usually longer and thinner than the horns of males. In general, the coloration of adults varies from cream to grays and browns and they may have striking markings of black and brown as well. The young are shades of brown and have markings only on their tails and knees (Nowak, 1999).
- Other Physical Features
- endothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Range mass
- 100 to 210 kg
- 220.26 to 462.56 lb
Reproductive timing in O.leucoryx varies. However, in favorable conditions, a female can produce a calf once a year during any month. Most births among introduced herds in Oman and Jordan occur from October to May. Gestation period in this species is about 240 days. Young are weaned by 4.5 months, and captive females initially give birth at age 2.5-3.5 years. The potential longevity of these animals seems to be about 20 years (Nowak, 1999).
- Key Reproductive Features
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- Range number of offspring
- 1 (low)
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- Average number of offspring
- 1
- AnAge
- Range gestation period
- 8 (low) months
- Average gestation period
- 8 months
- Range weaning age
- 4.5 (high) months
- Average weaning age
- 4.5 months
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
Sex: female
- 794 days
- AnAge
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- Parental Investment
- post-independence association with parents
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity
- 20.8 years
- AnAge
- Average lifespan
When O. leucoryx are not eating or wandering their habitat, they dig shallow depressions in the soft ground under shrubs and trees for resting. They are able to detect rainfall from a great distance and move in the direction of fresh plant growth. Since rainfall is irregular they must travel over hundreds of square kilometers in no set pattern.
An introduced herd of O. leucoryx in Oman was reported, in 1983, to use a range of about 3,000 sq. km, compromising a series of separate suitable areas about 100-300 sq. km in size, which were occupied for 1-18 months at a time. The population density was 0.35/sq. km.
In 1993, it was noted that the occupied area of Oman had grown to 14,121 sq. km and contained 18 breeding herds, with a mean size of 5.8 individuals and a mean range of 57 sq. km. In addition, there were 10 solitary bulls with largely separate territories of 44-453 sq. km and a small bachelor herd.
Oryx are gregarious. Their normal group size is 10 animals or fewer, but as many as 100 individuals have been seen in one herd. Captive O. leucoryx have been maintained in herds consisting of a single dominant adult male and several adult females and young. Groups of bachelors are kept separately and establish a hierarchy amongst themselves through fighting and chases.
Oryx have been described as alert, wary, and keen sighted. They defend themselves by lowering their head so that their sharp horns point forward.
- Key Behaviors
- motile
- solitary
- social
- dominance hierarchies
Communication and Perception
Food Habits
O. leucoryx feed on diverse types of grasses and shrubs found in their arid habitat. They go to streams and water holes to drink. When free water is not available, they can obtain moisture from sources such as melons and succulent bulbs which is sufficient for lengthy periods of time.
An introduced herd of O. leucoryx in Jordan was observed to have become active just after dawn, they grazed until about 1000hrs, rested from 1400hrs to 1500hrs, grazed again, then began to move toward a sleeping area around sunset (Nowak, 1999).
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
O. leucoryx have many positive benefits for humans. The meat is greatly appreciated, their hides are valued for leather, and other parts have alleged medicinal uses. The head is also highly valued as a trophy (Nowak, 1999).
- Positive Impacts
- food
- body parts are source of valuable material
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
These animals could cause a negative effect on humans if their habitats overlap as oryx may consume crop plants. However, historically this has not been the case (Nowak, 1999).
Conservation Status
O. leucoryx is also classified as endangered by the USDI.
The last known individuals in the wild were killed in 1972, and there are unconfirmed reports from as late as 1979. However, in the 1950's efforts were made in several Arabian countries to establish captive herds. In 1962, some Arabian oryx were taken from the wild and were brought to the U.S. These animals served as the foundation of an international breeding effort and for reintroductions into the wild in Oman in 1982, Jordan in 1983, and central Saudi Arabia in 1990. There are now approximately 500 individuals in the wild, 300 in captivity on the Arabian Peninsula, and 2,000 held elsewhere (such as the Phoenix and San Diego zoos). Despite the former severe reduction of the species, its current genetic variability is considered normal (Nowak, 1999; Wilson and Reeder, 1993; Burton, 1987).
- IUCN Red List
More information
- US Federal List
- Endangered
- Appendix I
Other Comments
Oryx leucoryx are also known as Arabian oryx (Nowak, 1999).
Heather Leu (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Phil Myers (editor), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
- Ethiopian
living in sub-Saharan Africa (south of 30 degrees north) and Madagascar.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- chaparral
Found in coastal areas between 30 and 40 degrees latitude, in areas with a Mediterranean climate. Vegetation is dominated by stands of dense, spiny shrubs with tough (hard or waxy) evergreen leaves. May be maintained by periodic fire. In South America it includes the scrub ecotone between forest and paramo.
- chemical
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
- desert or dunes
in deserts low (less than 30 cm per year) and unpredictable rainfall results in landscapes dominated by plants and animals adapted to aridity. Vegetation is typically sparse, though spectacular blooms may occur following rain. Deserts can be cold or warm and daily temperates typically fluctuate. In dune areas vegetation is also sparse and conditions are dry. This is because sand does not hold water well so little is available to plants. In dunes near seas and oceans this is compounded by the influence of salt in the air and soil. Salt limits the ability of plants to take up water through their roots.
- dominance hierarchies
ranking system or pecking order among members of a long-term social group, where dominance status affects access to resources or mates
- endothermic
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
- food
A substance that provides both nutrients and energy to a living thing.
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- social
associates with others of its species; forms social groups.
- solitary
lives alone
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- tropical savanna and grassland
A terrestrial biome. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees that do not form a closed canopy. Extensive savannas are found in parts of subtropical and tropical Africa and South America, and in Australia.
- savanna
A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest. See also Tropical savanna and grassland biome.
- temperate grassland
A terrestrial biome found in temperate latitudes (>23.5° N or S latitude). Vegetation is made up mostly of grasses, the height and species diversity of which depend largely on the amount of moisture available. Fire and grazing are important in the long-term maintenance of grasslands.
Burton, J. 1987. The Collins Guide to the Rare Mammals of the World. Massachusetts: The Stephen Greene Press.
Nowak, R. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, Vol II, 6th edition.
Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2nd edition.


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On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 07:02:42AM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 2-How do I obtain a super to use FTP
> program for Linux?
Client, or server? I can answer for clients.
I'm a KDE user, and have found Konqueror has been plenty for my FTP
download needs, and regular old "ftp" command-line/text-based app for
uploading (e.g., to SourceForge.net).
"ncftp" is a fairly nice text-based FTP client, with [Tab]-completion,
bookmarks, and all that good stuff.
Briefly searching what's available on Ubuntu, I found:
atftp - advanced TFTP client
cftp - A full-screen ftp client
ftp - The FTP client
ftp-ssl - The FTP client with SSL or TLS encryption
ftp.app - File transfer protocol application for GNUStep
ftpgrab - file mirroring utility
gftp - X/GTK+ FTP client
gftp-gtk - X/GTK+ FTP client
gftp-text - colored FTP client using GLib
kftpgrabber - ftp client for KDE
lftp - Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client
ncftp - A user-friendly and well-featured FTP client
ncftp2 - A user-friendly and well-featured FTP client
tftp - Trivial file transfer protocol client
tnftp - The enhanced ftp client
I'm guessing for 100% desktop integration, Ubuntu (GNOME desktop) users
would want "gftk-gtk", and Kubuntu (KDE desktop) users would want
Additionally, there's your favorite browser -- like I mentioned, I use
Konqueror on KDE, and there's Iceweasel/Firefox. Finally, KDE also has
a 'download manager' that you can use (separate from Konqueror, or whatever
browser you choose) called "kget". (Think of it as a GUI alternative to
"wget", I guess.)
So... I can't say how 'super' most of these are, since I haven't used all
of them, but Ubuntu apparently has a ton of choices. :)
> 3-I have been looking over "Audacity"
> for a while and am having trouble understanding
> how to get just the "exe" files for the program.
> Care to help?
I'm not sure if you're looking for a newer/different version than what comes
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Therefore, you cannot edit the network adapter settings even if you are a member of the Network Configuration Operators group.
You do not have sufficient privileges for configuring connection properties. Contact your administrator.
This issue occurs because UAC does not add the user access control entry (ACE) to the security descriptor of the access token for the thread. This behavior causes the access denied error when the access check is performed before you can open the Properties dialog box of a network connection.
Hotfix informationA supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
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SCSD2 announces early release Fri.
Date posted: April 14, 2014
SHERIDAN — Sheridan County School District 2 has announced early release times for Friday.
Kindergarten will release at 11:25 a.m.
Elementary schools will release at 12:35 p.m.
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NFL Muncie dead at 60 Chuck Muncie, a Pro Bowl running back with the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers, has died at age 60, the NFL clubs and a family spokesman said Tuesday. Muncie family spokesman Vintage Foster said Muncie died at his Los Angeles-area home Monday from heart failure. Muncie was the Saints' first-round pick, third overall, out of California in 1976. He played 4½ seasons in New Orleans before being traded in 1980 to San Diego, where he finished his nine-year NFL career. In 1979, Muncie became the first Saint to rush for 1,000 yards, finishing with 1,198 and 11 touchdowns, and his 1,506 total yards from scrimmage earned him the first of his three Pro Bowl selections. The 6-3 Muncie, who played at 227 pounds, and fellow Saints running back Tony Galbreath formed what then-coach Hank Stram dubbed the "Thunder and Lightning" combination in the New Orleans backfield. Muncie's photo is among those featured on the Saints' Hall of Honor inside the club's training facility. Muncie was traded by
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Thank your local organic farmer: help keep our food close to home
Sound Consumer | November 2002
by Jody Aliesan, PCC Farmland Fund President and Operating Officer
(November 2002) — In this season of gratitude we thank our Washington organic farmers. They do the work and take the risks to provide us with sustainable sources of fresh, clean, local produce.
Send a gift to the Farmland Fund and we'll mail this card to the farmer of your choice or choose a farmer for you from the Washington Tilth Producers Directory. Let us know what you'd like to say. All contributions will be used to protect the Shipley Fields.
Last year local organic farmers opened 180 cards with our messages written on them.
After Scott Leach lost 30 percent of his pears and apples to a disastrous hailstorm in June of 2001, our thank you notes were part of the support that helped him recover. He said that every few days, his wife, Lupe, would read one at the kitchen table with tears in her eyes.
Farmer JoanE McIntyre of Rent's Due Ranch wrote to say there are times when their work is piled so high that "We wonder why we are doing this. When the overwhelming feeling came over me," she said, "I looked down at the corner of my desk to this incredible stack of thank you cards and well wishes from so many grateful customers. There it is, the inspiration to get up and do it again. To be soldiers for a healthier tomorrow."
The card's image of harvest bounty was contributed by artist Marion Keen. She lives in Sequim near the Shipley Fields and our Delta Farm. Colors are green and brown on cream woven card stock with matching envelope.
Protection shares make meaningful gifts
"Protection shares" provide a way to dedicate a gift to our Delta Farm: the land itself, the farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, orchard, and even individual fruit trees. Stake-holders receive certificates on fine paper with a green ribbon and gold seal. Your name and the names of those you wish to honor or remember are inscribed on permanent plaques. This spring the first series of these plaques were installed on the barn. Look for the brochure "Become a stakeholder in the Delta Farm" in the Farmland Fund display in PCC stores, or find a donation form online.
Flash! WDFW deal closes
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has completed purchase of 23 acres of wetlands on our Delta Farm and a conservation easement protecting wildlife on the remaining 76 acres. The $241,000 received was used to retire debt on the Delta Farm and towards protection of the Shipley Fields. The mortgage papers were stamped "Paid" by many hands, shredded, and then folded into the Delta Farm's compost pile.
Farmland Fund Highlights
Ruth Pickering writes, "Here is the equivalent of my first Social Security check. What could be more important to our social security than local farms?"
Dr. Janette Sherman, author of Life's Delicate Balance: Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer and Chemical Exposure and Disease, was honored on her 73rd birthday by a gift to the Farmland Fund made by her daughters and son-in-law. Visit her website at www.janettesherman.com.
Farmland Fund t-shirts are on sale for $9.95 through the end of the year! They're available in all PCC stores.
Contribute $100 or more to the Fund and receive a free print. Original illustrations in color pencil and watercolor by Northwest artists are printed on high quality recycled paper and are donated by Good Nature Publishing. Sunset Magazine calls these illustrations "Horticultural Fine Art!"
Donor Roster (September 1 -30, 2002)
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Chad Aschtgen
Connie Ball
Michael Dilazzaro
Leslie Geller
Esther Hazelet
Ed Irwin
David and Ellen Jenner
Carlo Levy
Mary Jane Helmann
Candace and Ted Hoffman
Virginia Kelley
Ronald Long
Leonard and Emily Mandelbaum
Robert Messina
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Kenneth Pfluger and Kay Planting
Ruth Pickering
Joan Ritzenthaler
Rollie and Susan C. Roberts
Joel Schlekewey
Jeanette Stiles
P.Stimac and Kent Buttars
Mark and Nancy Tucker
Jeffrey Vaughan
Duane and Bertha White
PCC Staff:
More than 100 PCC staff members make voluntary payroll deductions twice a month. Marianne Gibbs increased her deduction, Leola Mullins contributed her PCC Anniversary gift, and Gwen Belsvik made an additional donation.
Businesses and Organizations:
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Good Nature Publishing Company
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The PCC Farmland Fund works to secure and preserve threatened farmland in Washington State and move it into organic production. For more information, see the PCC Farmland Fund.


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Doesn't Robin Hood Theory go for bad politics as well as bad energy? And would not be limited to only one area of life.
Take the money from those lousy, good for nothing, bad politicians in office, and all kinds of good can be done!
Why limit yourselves to only fixing energy? Get those ignorant, self-serving, A#%holes out of office! The rest will fall into line at the same time.


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Nicole Allen's request that her no contest plea be withdrawn will push her murder case back at least a few months.
Allen, 28, was scheduled to appear in court Monday to be sentenced on one count of principal to third-degree murder and 10 counts of child neglect. She faced 65 years in prison after pleading no contest May 17, just days before her trial was scheduled.
"If you ask me, she's jerking the system," Assistant State Attorney Bobby Elmore, who is prosecuting the case, said Tuesday. "We were prepared to go to trial. Witnesses were scheduled to be here and then she entered a plea. Now she's written a letter to the judge. To me, it seems like she just thought about it and said, 'I just don't like it. I'm going to try and get out of it.' "
Allen was arrested after her fiancé's son, 2-year-old Logan Sherwin, died Dec. 29, 2011, after he was found unresponsive in his bed.
First responders found the boy malnourished and with bruising all over his body and a large bump on his head. His 3-year-old sister, Olivia, also had bruising and appeared to have been abused.
Grant Sherwin, Allen's fiancé and Logan's biological father, told police the boy was being potty trained and had fallen off the toilet and hit his head.
Sherwin was convicted of one count of cruelty toward a child and 10 counts of child neglect. He was sentenced in late May to 20 years in prison, the maximum allowed under state law.
Elmore said Allen sent a letter to Okaloosa County Circuit Judge Michael Flowers asking that her plea be withdrawn. Ryan Mynard, Allen's attorney, also has asked that he be removed from representing her.
Flowers will hear Mynard's motion to withdraw as Allen's attorney Aug. 28.
Elmore said Flowers likely will schedule another hearing to determine whether Allen can withdraw her plea. If Flowers accepts Allen's request, she will be appointed a new attorney and likely will face a trial six months to a year later.
"This could go on for a while," Elmore said. "This is not unusual. My guess is she got cold feet."
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A Python library for accessing the Twitter.com API.
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Some parents fear that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) causes autism. Below is a summary of:
The "Wakefield studies" (studies that proposed the notion that MMR causes autism)
Studies showing that MMR vaccine does not cause autism
Other studies on the causes of autism
Two studies have been cited by those claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism. Both studies are critically flawed.
In 1998, Andrew Wakefield and colleagues published a paper in the journal Lancet. Wakefield's hypothesis was that the MMR vaccine caused a series of events that include intestinal inflammation, entrance into the bloodstream of proteins harmful to the brain, and consequent development of autism. In support of his hypothesis, Dr. Wakefield described 12 children with developmental delay - eight had autism. All of these children had intestinal complaints and developed autism within one month of receiving MMR.
The Wakefield paper published in 1998 was flawed for two reasons:
This study was subsequently retracted; in scientific terms, this means that the paper is not part of the scientific record because it was found to be based on scientific misconduct. In this case, the studies were deemed fraudulent and data misprepresented.
In 2002, Wakefield and coworkers published a second paper examining the relationship between measles virus and autism. The authors tested intestinal biopsy samples for the presence of measles virus from children with and without autism. Seventy-five of 91 children with autism were found to have measles virus in intestinal biopsy tissue as compared with only five of 70 patients who didn't have autism. On its surface, this was a concerning result. However, the second Wakefield paper was also critically flawed for the following reasons:
Several studies have been performed that disprove the notion that MMR causes autism.
In 1999, Brent Taylor and co-workers examined the relationship between receipt of MMR and development of autism in an excellent, well-controlled study. Taylor examined the records of 498 children with autism or autism-like disorder. Cases were identified by registers from the North Thames region of England before and after the MMR vaccine was introduced into the United Kingdom in 1988. Taylor then examined the incidence and age at diagnosis of autism in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. He found that:
One of the best studies was performed by Madsen and colleagues in Denmark between 1991 and 1998 and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study included 537,303 children representing 2,129,864 person-years of study. Approximately 82 percent of children had received the MMR vaccine. The group of children was selected from the Danish Civil Registration System, vaccination status was obtained from the Danish National Board of Health, and children with autism were identified from the Danish Central Register. The risk of autism in the group of vaccinated children was the same as that in unvaccinated children. Furthermore, there was no association between the age at the time of vaccination, the time since vaccination, or the date of vaccination and the development of autism.
Subsequent studies have corroborated the findings that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism.
One of the best ways to determine whether a particular disease or syndrome is genetic is to examine the incidence in identical and fraternal twins. Using a strict definition of autism, approximately 60 percent of identical and 0 percent of fraternal twins have autism. Using a broader definition of autism (i.e. autistic spectrum disorder), approximately 92 percent of identical and 10 percent of fraternal twins have autism. Therefore, autism clearly has a genetic basis.
Clues to the causes of autism can be found in studies examining when the symptoms of autism are first evident. Perhaps the best data examining when symptoms of autism are first evident are the "home-movie studies. These studies took advantage of the fact that many parents take movies of their children during their first birthday (before they have received the MMR vaccine). Home movies from children who were eventually diagnosed with autism and those who were not diagnosed with autism were coded and shown to developmental specialists. Investigators were, with a very high degree of accuracy, able to separate autistic from non-autistic children at 1 year of age. These studies found that subtle symptoms of autism were present earlier than some parents had suspected, and that receipt of the MMR vaccine did not precede the first symptoms of autism. Other investigators extended the home-movie studies of 1-year-old children to include videotapes of children taken at 2 to 3 months of age.
Using a sophisticated movement analysis, videos from children eventually diagnosed with autism or not diagnosed with autism were coded and evaluated for their capacity to predict autism. Children who were eventually diagnosed with autism were predicted from movies taken in early infancy. This study supported the hypothesis that very subtle symptoms of autism are present in early infancy and argues strongly against vaccines as a cause of autism.
Toxic or viral insults to the fetus that cause autism, as well as certain central nervous system disorders associated with autism, support the notion that autism is likely to occur in the womb. For example, children exposed to thalidomide during the first or early second trimester were found to have an increased incidence of autism. However, autism occurred in children with ear, but not arm or leg, abnormalities. Because ears develop before 24 days gestation, and arms and legs develop after 24 days gestation, the risk period for autism following receipt of thalidomide must have been before 24 days gestation. In support of this finding, Rodier and colleagues found evidence for structural abnormalities of the nervous system in children with autism. These abnormalities could only have occurred during development of the nervous system in the womb.
Similarly, children with congenital rubella syndrome are at increased risk for development of autism. Risk is associated with exposure to rubella before birth but not after birth.
The following studies all support the fact that autism occurs during development of the nervous system early in the womb:
Unfortunately, for current and future parents of children with autism, the controversy surrounding vaccines has caused attention and resources to focus away from a number of promising leads.
The Autism Science Foundation is a non-profit organization that follows the developments related to autism; in particular, making sure that the studies are scientifically sound. Their website provides up-to-date information about what is known about the causes of autism.
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Tulsa Drops 3-0 Decision To No. 19 Kansas State
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TULSA, Okla. - Senior outside hitter Tyler Henderson recorded a career high 19 digs and slammed 18 kills, but it wasn't enough as Tulsa dropped a 3-0 (19-25, 22-25, 18-25) decision to No. 19 ranked Kansas State on Thursday night in the first game of the Golden Hurricane Classic.
The Golden Hurricane (7-5) will face No. 20 Dayton tomorrow in a 7 p.m. matchup at the Reynolds Center, while Kansas State (10-0) will face No. 10 Minnesota in a 4:30 p.m. affair. Dayton and Minnesota kick off the second day of competition at the Golden Hurricane Classic with a 10 a.m. tilt.
Henderson tallied her 18 kills on 42 attempts for a .262 attack clip. Her 19 digs were eight more than her previous career high of 11 set against Lamar two years ago, and she earned her second double-double of the season.
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Junior outside hitter Kellie Culbertson recorded her sixth straight double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs. Culbertson has collected double-doubles in nine of the Tulsa's 12 matches this year. Senior setter Jordan Clampitt added 29 assists and eight digs.
In the first frame, the Hurricane was unable to come back after a fast start by Kansas State as the Wildcats won the frame 25- 19. Henderson tallied six of her 18 kills in the initial set.
Tulsa led 12-8 in the second set as Kansas State called its second timeout of the frame. The Golden Hurricane extended its lead to five, but the Wildcats rallied to take a 20-19 lead. TU retook a 21-20 lead, but Kansas State scored five of the next six points to win the set 25-22. The second stanza featured six ties and five lead changes.
After TU took a 4-3 lead in the third thanks to a Henderson kill, Kansas State went on a 5-0 run to hold an 8-4 advantage. The Wildcats won the final set 25-18 as they hit .233 compared to TU's .105. Henderson recorded nine of Tulsa's 14 kills in the third frame.
Kansas State, which has only dropped two sets this year, outhit Tulsa .214-.083.
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A new season will kick into life in Italy this weekend as the highly anticipated and newly titled 2011 SPEA FIM X-Trial World Championship begins in Genoa on 27th November. Round one of the revamped series will share its billing with the FIM Indoor Enduro World Championship in what promises to be an exciting and anxious double-header played out beneath the dazzling lights of the Palasport Fiera di Genoa arena. However while the spectacle of indoor enduro is a welcome addition, all eyes will be on the World's best trial riders as they attempt to wrestle the title away from a diligent Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa.
Having taken top honours for four consecutive seasons Bou is unlikely to give up his crown without a fight. He won all but one round in 2010 and therefore the seemingly untouchable Spaniard starts the season as a firm series favourite. That said, Bou will not be without serious competition, perhaps most notably from last year's runner-up and trial veteran Albert Cabestany - Sherco.
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"A commonly-cited rule of thumb is that 80% of all problems in aikido can be solved with atemi (striking techniques). That's probably not the result of any sort of scientific study – rather, it is an anecdote that serves to emphasize the importance of atemi in aikido – but let me run with that 80% statistic a little.
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Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh AbdulRasaq Adama-Thani while delivering a lecture at the 40th day prayer for the Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki said many people expect the duo to clash but urged them to maintain the affability between them.
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