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The results of last week's mid-term elections have been described as a Tea Party "tidal wave" by pundits and Republican supporters. Yet, author, social critic, and environmental activist Derrick Jensen sees the rise of the movement as a predictable phenomenon that happens when capitalism comes up against it's ecological limits. WMNF's Kelly Benjamin spoke with Derrick Jensen on how scapegoating and fear came to dominate the national dialogue rather than deep analysis of the US's economic and environmental problems.
"So far as the current ascendancy of the right among some working class people, among a lot of working class people, I think that's pretty predictable too. In fact I've written about that in terms of exactly what happened in the 1920's and early 1930's and it's exactly what happened in Germany what led to the rise of Nazi Germany. It's a very, very big danger that when some groups of people have their privilege threatened they respond by turning to hatred of various out groups and that was exactly what happened in the 1920's, 1910's and 1920's with the rise of the KKK at that point.
"What I'm saying is the Tea Party is, in great measure, made up of people who are, because of ecological, in this case, because of draw down of ecological resources. I hate the word, because of the destruction of the natural world, capitalism is running up against it's natural limit and they are finding they're privilege threatened because of that. And when a group of people who have been previously privileged in one sense or another find that privilege threatened, they often times turn to scapegoating out groups.
"And so, instead of recognizing that one reason that the economy is tanking is because it has exceeded ecological limits, and we've passed peak oil, and so on, instead it's those, in their perspective, it's those damn illegal immigrants. Or it's because we've turned away from God, or it's because of, whatever, which is why, once again, why I keep stressing that we need to simply tell the truth and say that it has to do with ecological limits.
"So, I think that it's been, and the best part of it, another part of it has been, frankly, has been a very successful organizing campaign, going back to the 60's of working class people who vote against their own interests based on, so-called 'cultural ideas.' This was a conscious plan by the right wing starting, once again, in the 60's, 'how are we going to get working class people to vote against their interests'. Well, at the time a lot of them were Catholic and so the right wing chose to make a big, big, big, issue of abortion because that's how they could get the Catholic people working class members, at least, to vote against their economic interests. And, by the way I want to be really clear, I'm not suggesting that the Catholic working class people were, or are, Tea Party members. Or were, and/or are, racists. I'm simply saying that that was one tack that they chose at that time, and today the same sort of organizing, successful organizing is taking place.
"When you get people like the Koch brothers who have boatloads of money who use it to propagandize all sorts of scapegoating that will keep people from attending to the fact that the Koch brothers make their money through energy extraction."
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Derrick⦠Iâm confused⦠you say that in the 60âs the right wing started to co-opt the Catholics??? Are those the same JFK (the 1st Catholic President) democrat Catholics Iâve heard so much about??? And it took 50 years to do it⦠with the 2 year old âTEA PARTYâ⦠all in one fell swoop??? DUDE⦠even California said âNOâ!!! Step away from the pipeâ¦
Glenn, Derrick is saying that abortion was an issue that resonated with working class Catholics and could get them voting against thier interests. He is not saying it took 50 years to do it, merely that it is an example of one the strategies right wing puppet masters have used to dupe the working class. Today, it's immigration and taxes playing on people's xenophobia and fears. Yet, when it comes to Bush's tax break for the rich, which ultimatly hurts poor people, the tea party is all for it.
Dude⦠thanks for helping me get my head on straight. Why would anyone put their faith above their voting interests??? And those tax cuts truly did hurt poor people⦠especially that 15% bracket that was lowered to 10%... the 28% bracket that was lowered to 25%... the 31% bracket lowered to 28%... the 36% bracket lowered to 33%... and definitely that 39.6% bracket that was lowered to 35%. Those rich folk need to pay their fair share!!! And why would anyone in America have a second thought about 12 Million, taxpaying, healthcare receiving, illegal immigrants?? ? But dude⦠âxenophobiaâ⦠every conservative and liberal Iâve ever talked to about the subject⦠thinks that the âWarrior Princessâ is totally HOT!!! And nobody had an irrational fear that babe⦠except maybe Callisto. Thanks for squaring me away.
Maybe I missed the point, I thought it was kind of interesting that someone could look through the framework of their own agenda and come to the conclusion that the cultural swing of the late 1960's was due to 'ecological limits'? Maybe the Roman Catholic swing began with the end of the requirement that women needed a doctor's moral approval to be prescribed birth control, and maybe it continued when women were able to take contol of their own bodies with the legalization of abortion. Mr. Jensen made some important points regarding the reaction to diminished priveleges, but the lack of historic perspective on the 1960's makes me doubt some of his other conclusions. And I could kind of say the same about the 'dude' conversation previous to this comment.
I can't believe anyone considers Derrick Jenson an authority on anything. Germany ran out of resources in the 30s which caused the rise of the Nazi party? That's silly. Do resources disappear into thin air? Why is Germany doing so well now? Have their natural resources been restored? The prosecution of certain groups of people is not the result of blaming them for deteriorating conditions. It's the result of a collapsing society and the law and order that previously held us in check. We have always disliked certain groups but can't act on our impulses because of the law. But if conditions deteriorate to the point that we can't rely on the police for protection, we can do as we like. That's why gun sales are on the rise. People fear our current circumstances may not last. And the intrusive laws that allowed ceratin people to live where they weren't wanted will no longer be valid. Hence balkanization.
Unique view of realityâ¦
Dude⦠even with my unique view of reality⦠I can see how some would come to the conclusion that the cultural swing of the 1960's was due to reaching our 'ecological limits'. The big green oblique âeâ was making its appearance everywhere. Terms like tree huggers, grass roots, and endangered species were being coined and plastics were the manufactures âgod-sendâ. The industrialization of plastics became one of the first publicly recognized mega-polluters of land, sea, sky⦠and animals with the creation and use of highly carcinogenic compounds. The clothes being worn carried fire hazard warnings in them. People joked about standing to close to the grill or smoking because their fashionable plastic clothing may burst into flames. One of the biggest insults of the late 60âs was to call someone âplasticâ. So yeah⦠head kinda tilted⦠I can see it. And Jensonâs theological take of the time⦠he took the easy way out. Ask the clergy of any mainstream religion and they will agree that âManâ was born of sin⦠and therefore⦠oneâs self interest should be suspect. How hard is it to make that work for you⦠in any language??? Itâs the basis of our current theo-political problems today. As for the decline of German resources in the 1930âs⦠I would venture to guess that the âTreaty of Versaillesâ⦠with its redistribution of both Germans and German resources (Balkanization), and the severe restrictions on how those remaining resources could be used⦠would come closer to the actual reality. However, I do believe that the Arian religion of the National Socialists would have found the âWarrior Princessâ totally HOT also.
Add 10 years and you might be closer to the truth regarding ecological issues, but the reference to plastic people is coincidental. Nixon's silent majority was a theme of the 70's and that concept of considering himself a moral paragon representing a middle America is closer to the Tea Party message. Corporate America didn't engage the voting public directly until the early 80's when the Kock brothers and others decided to start funding the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation.


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WASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 Four thousand miles is a long distance to travel, especially if the mode of transportation is a bicycle.
The riders of Soldier Ride 2005 intend to trek 4,200 miles from Marina Del Ray, Calif., to Montauk, N.Y., on the eastern tip of Long Island to raise money for injured servicemembers.
The riders began their journey May 21 and are scheduled to conclude July 19.
Chris Carney, a bartender at Stephen Talkhouse music club in East Hampton, N.Y., founded the nonprofit Soldier Ride after he visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center here with his friend and boss Peter Honerkamp. Carney was so moved by what he saw at Walter Reed that he came up with the idea for a cross-country bicycle ride to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project, he said.
"Once we visited with these incredibly brave men and women, we were totally committed to do whatever it takes to help them," Carney said.
The Wounded Warrior Project provides free services and counseling for severely wounded troops from the time they arrive at the hospital through their recovery and rehabilitation stages. John Melia, a former Marine who was injured in a 1992 helicopter crash off the coast of Somalia, is a WWP founder.
"We at Wounded Warrior Project feel Soldier Ride is an amazing initiative, and it fits perfectly with our mission of assisting severely wounded servicemembers, and honoring the courage of these men and women," Melia said.
In 2004 Carney raised more than $2 million for WWP by cycling in the opposite direction, from Montauk to San Diego.
This year Carney has enlisted Heath Calhoun and Ryan Kelly as riding partners with the goal of raising $5 million.
Both Calhoun and Kelly lost limbs in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Calhoun is a double leg amputee and Kelly lost his right leg just below the knee.
Calhoun served as a squad leader with the Army's 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry, from the 101st Airborne Division. A rocket-propelled grenade hit his truck on Nov. 7, 2003, causing such severe damage that both of his legs had to be amputated above the knee.
Calhoun rides a special handcycle that he pedals with his arms.
Kelly was with the Army's 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, out of Abilene, Texas.
"Kelly was on his way to a conference on rebuilding the country's schools and hospitals when his convoy was ambushed. An explosive devise destroyed his right leg," said Nicci Zizelis, lead coordinator for Soldier Ride 2005.
Along the way, the riders will participate in a number of special events. For instance, Calhoun threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium on May 23, and when they arrived in Las Vegas on May 26, the mayor declared it "Soldier Ride Day."
Other amputees from the war in Iraq will also join the ride at various stages, Zizelis said.
According to a press release, "Soldier Ride and Cannondale Bicycle Corp. are outfitting wounded soldiers with bikes and any prosthetic adaptation that's needed. Organizers are working closely with the experts at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to ensure the soldiers get the appropriate equipment, so they're able to not only manage the bike for this venture, but also keep this equipment and enjoy its use for years to come."
Carney said that even though he has never been in the military, he believes it is his duty to serve the nation by helping to care for severely wounded servicemembers, and that he feels great doing it.
"This is by far the most rewarding thing I've done in my life," Carney said.


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World vs World is where three servers have territorial siege battle over a two week period. If you want to avoid all PvP, you won't be interested, but you may find it's worth checking out anyway.
The dungeons are instances. They all have level requirements, but if you enter above the requirement you will be scaled down. The best rewards for any dungeon are actually for players at max level. All of the dungeons are designed for 5 players.
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Sounds like Skyrim is the game for you.
Now: Skyrim
PVE yes if you don't mind running dungeons a fair bit until they add new content. DE's are cool for a while.
Craft, well you can spend time doing it certainly if you max out all the crafting types, but I wouldn't recommended the game to a crafting orientated player per say.
Generally though it is impossible to say it's not good value for money from a pve content point of view.
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Originally posted by Blazer6992
WvWvW are massive PvP zones where 3 servers meet up against eachothers for 2 weeks. Guilds can hold places there and so on. Fun but a bit zergy.
Dungeons are instances (there are some things you could call open world dungeons or minidungeons as well as jumping puzzles in the open world too).
A dungeon is a 5 player instance. All dungeons have 4 paths, 1 storymode that is easier and tells the story of the game and 3 explorable which is harder. Storymode will give you token which you can use to buy gear specific for the dungeon. The 3 explorable paths all have different bosses as well.
Ascalonian catacombs are the first dungeon, the storymode starts at lvl 30 and explorable at lvl 35. When completing it you will getone of the first pieces of rare gear in the game (crafted rare gear starts at lvl 35, crafted exotic at 80 but exo can drop from lvl 60 or so).
You do need 5 players, preferably with good gear or you will die a lot. It wont take any specific classes even though a plateuser or a ranger makes things a bit simpler in my opinion. I also recommend that you at least put a few points in a defensive tree. Good gear and teamwork wins the day.
Just like in almost all MMOs just playing open world content until the next expansion would be somewhat poor so most PvE players will spend a lot of time in the dungeons. PUGing can as usual be a somewhat rough experience since the teamwork takes some learning, trinity combat is for good and bad more predictable which means the basic is easier to learn. So I recommend playing your first dungeon with a few friends or/and guildies so you learn the basics, and that you get skills that helps eachother out.
While you more or less can handle yoursself in the open world a dungeon is the core of teamwork, and combining skills and supporting the other players is what wins or loose the day.
There are still things that can be improved in the dungeons though, I have to say that I still aint impressed of the dungeon DEs (there are some) and some bosses are really tough while others feel a bit too easy (particularly in storymode) and I wish the rares and exo dropped just a little more but dungeons are an part of the game that can be very fun and interesting.
Getting a full set of dungeon gear do take plenty of work.
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Originally posted by Blazer6992
Yes, but keep in mind that GW2 has no hardcore PVE (no Raids). But there are lots of things to do if you are a casual. I never played PVP in GW2 and I am still having fun.
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Originally posted by Loke666
Just a small correction on Lokes great reply:
- you will get dungeon tokens by doing the explorable modes ONLY
The storymode won't give you any.
Just wanted to prevent some confusion. ^_^
Other than that everything the others said is pretty accurate.
PvEwise you also have your personal story depending on the story, race and character type you selected when you created your character.
You can still bring in a full team into your personal story if you want to so they can experience your characters story and help you in the process aswell.
Another notable thing is that every race has its own main city and starting area so depending on which race you select, you will start the game on a different part of the world. :)
Every main city however has a teleporter to the new Lions Arch(the old one from GW1 is only ruins and can be found underwater), which is connected with all the main citys of the 5 races.
The world is wonderful and rich when it comes to the atmosphere, scaling and environment.
You always have the feeling you are in a alive world and you can even stop for a second and listen to what npcs are talking with each other to find out backgrounds and things that have taken place or are about to happen sometimes.
There is no need to run back and forth to get or to deliver a quest and the heart quests are the only classical type of quests while the dynamic events happen from time to time depending if a npc that runs to you for help gets the help needed or if you turn them down.
Outcomes differ and have chained events depending if the first event was a success or a failure (you will get rewards for your participation anyway).
Many little things if you take the time to explore and look around every single corner (also underwater) cause there are hidden areas in every zone that lead to treasure chests with goodies and sometimes even more than one chest depending on the difficulty of the mini dungeon you might find or the jumping puzzle you might solve.
Also a sidenote about the WvsWvsW:
they are areas with PvE content aswell like points of interest, vistas (viewable areas that give you xp and make for a nice desktop background if you take a screenie), skill challenges, jumping puzzles, crafting materials you can gather and events.
So these areas are a good mix of PvP and PvE and your enemies are not only the people from the other servers but also npcs, animals and monsters that are living in these areas.
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Originally posted by Derros
What are these "Legendary Weapons" and is there any other way to get the 500 "Badges of honor"? Can you keep going past 500 or are you limited to just one legendary weapon? What is the difference between these and the dungeon tokens? What can you get with the dungeon tokens if they are different?
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Originally posted by Blazer6992
I don't PvP and I am having fun in GW2. The crafting is the same old same old, but it will keep you somewhat entertained.
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You can play ANY game ANY way you want it! It's your money and your time, so you are the only one deciding what's worthy and what is not!
There are WoW players that played just enough PvE to get to PvP(10 levels). Then again, there are players who enjoyed WAR more for it's stories/IP/PvE than for it's PvP department.
Someone taught me that in WAR(idk who)...
The only things that I loathe are MMOs that outright don't have PvE/PvP department. Sort of Like LoTR:O in the first six months(and more or less-to this day :O). GW 1 had pretty good PvE as did WAR(it was bugged here and there tho)...
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Originally posted by Blazer6992
badges of honor you get from WvW... http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Badge_of_Honor
lots of good info on the wiki:)
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Originally posted by Blazer6992
It does.
I 90% play it only as PvE, but I must say I also play it 80% of that as a solo RPG. I personally don't enjoy the dungeons that much.
BUT, I do have a lot of love for the single player (and I do count playing alongside others, as opposed to playing with them, to be solo play) portion of the game. The world is beautifully realised, the micro stories of a lot of the events are great, the personal story can be good, and I love the exploring and secret area aspect (I'm a big fan of the vistas and jumping puzzles). It has delivered me hours of enjoyment and has been well worth the asking price so far.
I haven't played with others much though, so I am not sure how well it would support a PvE guild that wants to play heavily in groups. I would imagine it would be lacking to an extent.


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The All-Academic team began in the 2010-2011 season to honor additional student-athletes who excel both on and off the field. To be eligible the athlete has to have at least a 3.20 total grade point average. The athlete must be a starter or a key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor. The team is voted on by women's rowing sports information directors around the conference who could not vote for their own student-athletes.
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The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Katahdin in Maine. It is approximately long. The path is maintained by thirty trail clubs and multiple partnerships. The majority of the trail is in wilderness, although some portions do traverse towns and roads, and cross rivers.
The Appalachian Trail is famous for its many hikers, some of whom, called thru-hikers, attempt to hike it in its entirety in a single season. Earl Shaffer was the first to do so. Many books, memoirs, web sites and fan organizations are dedicated to this pursuit.
Along the way, the trail passes through the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. An extension, the International Appalachian Trail, continues north into Canada and to the end of the range, where it enters the North Atlantic Ocean.
On October 7, 1923, the first section of the trail, from Bear Mountain west through Harriman State Park to Arden, New York, was opened. MacKaye then called for a two-day Appalachian Trail conference to be held in March 1925 in Washington, D.C. This resulted in the formation of the Appalachian Trail Conference organization, though little progress was made on the trail for several years.
At the end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s, a retired judge named Arthur Perkins and his younger associate Myron Avery took up the cause. Avery, who soon took over the ATC, adopted the more practical goal of building a simple hiking trail. He and MacKaye clashed over the ATC's response to a major commercial development along the trail's path; MacKaye left the organization, while Avery was willing to simply reroute the trail.
Avery became the first to walk the trail end-to-end, though not as a thru-hike, in 1936. In August 1937, the trail was completed to Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine, and the ATC shifted its focus toward protecting the trail lands and mapping the trail for hikers. From 1938 to the end of World War II, the trail suffered a series of natural and man-made setbacks. At the end of the war, the damage to the trail was repaired.
In 1948, Earl Shaffer of York, Pennsylvania, brought a great deal of attention to the project by completing the first documented thru-hike. (In 1994, a story appeared in the Appalachian Trailway News describing a 121-day Maine to Georgia thru-hike in 1936 by six Boy Scouts from the Bronx. The story has been accepted by some individual members of ALDHA, though a great deal of doubt has also been expressed; this earlier thru-hike has never been verified or accepted by any responsible hiking organization or group; therefore, Shaffer's 1948 journey is still universally recognized as the first A.T. thru-hike. )
In the 1960s, the ATC made progress toward protecting the trail from development, thanks to many sympathetic politicians and officials. The National Trails System Act of 1968 paved the way for a series of National Scenic Trails within the National Park and National Forest systems. Trail volunteers worked with the National Park Service to map a permanent route for the trail, and by 1971 a permanent route had been marked (though minor changes continue to this day). By the close of the 20th century, the Park Service had completed the purchase of all but a few miles of the trail's span.
The Appalachian Trail should not be confused with the International Appalachian Trail, a extension, running north from Maine into New Brunswick and Quebec, that is a separate trail, not an official extension of the Appalachian Trail. An extension of the International Appalachian Trail, to Newfoundland, is still under construction.
In 2008, the Pinhoti Trail in Alabama was connected to the southern terminum of the Appalachian Trail.
Other hazards include venomous snakes, including the Eastern timber rattlesnake and copperhead, which are common along the trail. Both snakes are generally found in drier, rockier sections of the trail; the copperhead's range extends north to around the New Jersey-New York state line, while rattlesnakes are commonly found along the trail in Connecticut and have been reported, although rarely, as far north as New Hampshire. Other large fauna include deer; elk, reintroduced in the Smoky Mountains; and moose, which live as far south as Massachusetts but are more commonly seen in Maine.
For most hikers, the most persistent pests along the trail are mice and bugs. Mice inhabit shelters and are a greater threat to hiker food than bears. The bugs are a persistent hazard, but are particularly bad in the northern stretches of the trail. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York have notoriously bad mosquitoes, but the worst section of the trail for bugs is in the lowlands of Maine. The northern hardwood and boreal forest of Maine is perfect for mosquitoes and tiny, pesky black flies to breed. Numerous lakes, rivers, and streams provide the perfect habitat for biting insects to breed and hatch, especially in late spring and early summer.
There is a drastic change between the lowland and subalpine, evergreen forest, as well as another, higher break, at treeline, above which only hardy alpine plants grow. The sub-alpine region is far more prevalent along the trail than true alpine conditions. While it mainly exists in the north, a few mountains in the south have subalpine environments. These include the Great Smoky Mountains, where sub-alpine environments only begin around in elevation, the Unaka and Roan Ranges on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, where sub-alpine growth descends below , and Mount Rogers and the Grayson Highlands in Virginia, where there is some alpine growth above . Some high mountains in the south are also balds, due to fires or grazing in recent centuries, or perhaps due to thin, sandy soils. Several balds are sprouting trees, and on some, the National Forest service actually mows the grasses periodically in order to keep the bald open. Mostly in the mid summer to late fall.
In Maine, the trail extends in to even harsher environments, and sub-alpine and alpine growth descends to lower elevations. Alpine growth in the state ranges from around in the Mahoosuc Range to below in parts of the 100-Mile Wilderness, where nearly every area higher than is evergreen forest. These forests include more species of evergreen, as well. In addition to the white pine, spruce and hemlock prevalent further south, Maine has many cedar trees along the trail. Near the northern terminus, there are even some tamarack, a coniferous, pine-needled deciduous tree, which provides displays of yellow in the late fall after the birches and maples have gone bare. The hemlocks in Maine are also notable, as the woolly adelgid, which has ravaged populations further south, has not come into the state yet, and may be unable to make it so far north due to the cold climate.
Maine also has several alpine regions. In addition to several areas of the Mahoosuc range, the Baldpates, and Old Blue in southern Maine have alpine characteristics despite elevations below . Saddleback Mountain and Mount Bigelow, further north, each only extend a bit above , but have long alpine areas, with no tree growth on the summits and unobstructed views on clear days. From Mount Bigelow, the trail extends for with only a small area of alpine growth around on the summit of White Cap Mountain. Mount Katahdin, the second largest alpine environment in the eastern United States, has several square miles of alpine area on the flat "table land" summit as well as the cliffs and aretes leading up to it. Treeline on Katahdin is only around . This elevation in Massachusetts would barely be a sub-alpine region, and, south of Virginia, consists of lowland forest. This illustrates the drastic change in climate over .
In past years, some sections of the trail also used metal diamond markers with the AT logo, few of which survive.
Shelters are generally maintained by local volunteers. Almost all shelters have one or more pre-hung food hangers (generally consisting of a short nylon cord with an upside-down tuna can suspended halfway down its length) where hikers can hang their food bags to keep them out of the reach of rodents. In hiker lingo, these are sometimes called "mouse trapezes.
In addition to official shelters, many persons offer their homes, places of business, or inns to accommodate AT hikers. One example is the Little Lyford Pond camps maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club. Inns are more common in sections of the trail that coincide with national parks, most notably Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.
The trail crosses many roads, thus providing ample opportunity for hikers to hitchhike into town for food and other supplies. Many trail towns are accustomed to hikers passing through, and thus many have hotels and hiker-oriented accommodations. Some of the most well-known trail towns are Monson, Maine; Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Damascus, Virginia; Hot Springs, North Carolina; Erwin, Tennessee; Duncannon, Pennsylvania; Port Clinton, Pennsylvania; and Hanover, New Hampshire. In the areas of the trail closer to trail towns, many hikers have experienced what is sometimes called "trail magic," or assistance from strangers through kind actions, gifts, and other forms of encouragement. Trail magic is sometimes done anonymously. In other instances, persons have provided food and cooked for hikers at a campsite.
Many animals live around the trail, with bears, snakes, and wild boars posing the greatest threat to human safety. Several rodent- and bug-borne illnesses are also a potential hazard. Ticks are carriers for Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and other diseases, and are in higher abundance in northern states. Being thoroughly covered and wearing DEET can greatly reduce the chances of getting infected.
In scattered instances, foxes, raccoons, and other small animals may bite hikers, posing risk of rabies and other diseases. There has been one reported case (in 1993) of hantavirus (HPS), a rare but dangerous rodent-borne disease affecting the lungs. The afflicted hiker recovered and hiked the trail the following year.
Plant life can create its own brand of problems. Poison ivy is common the length of the trail, and more plentiful in the South. Flare-ups can be treated with calamine lotion or Solarcaine.
Drinking untreated surface water can cause diarrhea. Springs are less risky. The various methods of water treatment are filtering, chemical disinfectants, a portable ultraviolet light device, and boiling.
Hiking season of the trail generally starts in mid to late spring, when conditions are much more favorable in the South. However, this time may also be characterized by extreme heat, sometimes in excess of . Under such conditions, hydration is imperative. Light clothing and sunscreens are a must at high elevations and areas without foliage, even in relatively cool weather.
Further north and at higher elevations, the weather can be intensely cold, characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, hail or snow storms and reduced visibility. Prolonged rain, though not typically life-threatening, can undermine stamina and ruin supplies. Typical electrical storm precautions should be followed.
Violent crime, including murder, has occurred on the trail in a few instances. Most have been crimes by non-hikers who crossed paths relatively randomly with the AT hiker-victims.
In May 1996, two women were abducted, bound and murdered near the trail in Shenandoah National Park. The primary suspect was later discovered harassing a female biker in the vicinity but charges against him were dropped, and the case remains unsolved. The 1996 Williams/Winans murders are the 8th an 9th murders on the trail since the first reported homicide in Georgia in 1974. These include the notorious Ramsey/Mountford murder in 1981. On May 6, 2008, two fisherman from Virginia were shot, but survived near the trail in Giles County, Virginia, by the man behind the Ramsey/Mountford murders, Randall Lee Smith, who had recently met them not far from the 1981 murder site. Smith died four days later in jail of unknown causes. The Roanoke Times reported that an autopsy attributed Smith's death to acute pulmonary thromboembolism, probably caused by injuries suffered by Smith when he crashed the pickup truck that he stole from one of the men he shot near the trail.
Still, the number of violent crimes is extremely low when compared against the number of people (3 to 4 million) who hike on the trail every year (be it a day hike, weekend hike or longer).
The current unofficial speed record for through-hiking the AT was set by trail runner Andrew Thompson in 2005, at 47 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes. Thompson made the trip southbound, from late June to early August.
Thru-hikers are classified into many informal groups. "Purists" are hikers who stick to the official AT trail except for side trips to shelters and camp sites. "Blue Blazers" cut miles from the full route by taking side trails marked by blue blazes. The generally pejorative name "Yellow Blazers," a reference to yellow road stripes, is given to those who hitchhike to move down the trail. There are also those who hike the trail in sections known as "sectioners" as opposed to those who hike the whole trail as one course.
Most thru-hikers walk northward from Georgia to Maine, and generally start out in early spring and follow the warm weather as it moves north. These "north-bounders" are also called NOBO (NOrthBOund) or GAME (Georgia(GA)-to-Maine(ME)), while those heading in the opposite direction are termed "south-bounders" (also SOBO or MEGA).
Part of hiker subculture includes making colorful entries in logbooks at trail shelters, signed using trail names.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy gives the name "2000 Miler" to anyone who completes the entire Trail. The ATC's recognition policy for "2000 Milers" gives equal recognition to thru-hikers and section-hikers, operates on the honor system, and recognizes blue-blazed trails or officially required roadwalks as substitutes for the official, white-blazed route during an emergency such as a flood, forest fire, or impending storm on an exposed, high-elevation stretch.
Most of the trail is also open to local use.
In the course of its journey, the trail follows the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains, crossing many of its highest peaks, and running, with only a few exceptions, almost continuously through wilderness. The trail used to traverse many hundreds of miles of private property; currently 99% of the trail is on Public land.
Georgia has 75 miles (120 km) of the trail, including the southern terminus at Springer Mountain at an elevation of 3,280 feet (992 m). At 4,461 feet (1360 m), Blood Mountain is the highest point on the trail in Georgia. The AT and approach trail are managed and maintained by the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club. See also: Georgia Peaks on the Appalachian Trail.
North Carolina has 88 miles (142 km) of the trail, not including more than 200 miles (325 km) along the Tennessee Border. Altitude ranges from 1,725 to 5,498 feet (525 m to 1676 m).
Tennessee has 293 miles (472 km) of the trail, including more than 200 miles (325 km) along or near the North Carolina Border. The section that runs just below the summit of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the highest point on the trail at 6,625 feet (2019 m).
Virginia has 550 miles (885 km) of the trail, including about 20 miles (32 km) along the West Virginia border. Some consider this to be the wettest, most challenging part of the hike for northbound hikers because of the spring thaw. On average, it rains 20 out of 30 days during the spring. Substantial portions closely parallel the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway in Shenandoah National Park. Parts of the trail near the Blue Ridge Parkway are often considered the best for beginner hikers. The trail goes within one half mile of the highest point in Virginia, Mt. Rogers, and is a short side-hike from the AT.
West Virginia has 4 miles (6 km) of the trail, not including about 20 miles (32 km) along the Virginia border. Here the trail passes through the town of Harpers Ferry, headquarters of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Harpers Ferry is considered the "psychological midpoint" of the AT.
Maryland has 41 miles (66 km) of the trail, with elevations ranging from 230 to 1,880 feet (70–570 m). This section, great for three- or four-day trips, is easy by AT standards, and is a good place for hikers to find out if they are ready for more rugged parts of the trail. Hikers are required to stay at designated shelters and campsites.
Pennsylvania has 229 miles (369 km) of the trail. The trail extends from the Pennsylvania - Maryland line at Pen Mar, a tiny town straddling the state line, to the Delaware Water Gap, at the Pennsylvania - New Jersey border. The Susquehanna River is generally considered the dividing line between the northern and southern sections of the Pennsylvania AT.
The AT passes through St. Anthony's Wilderness, which is the second largest roadless area in Pennsylvania and home to several coal mining ghost towns, such as Yellow Springs and Rausch Gap.
New Jersey is home to 72 miles (116 km) of the trail. The trail enters New Jersey from the south on a pedestrian walkway along the Interstate 80 bridge over the Delaware River, ascends from the Delaware Water Gap to the top of Kittatinny Ridge in Worthington State Forest, passes Sunfish Pond (right), continues through Stokes State Forest and eventually reaches High Point State Park, highest peak in New Jersey (a side trail is required to reach the actual peak). It then turns in a southeastern direction along the New York border for about 30 miles (48 km), passing over long sections of boardwalk bridges over marshy land, then entering Wawayanda State Park and then the Abraham Hewitt State Forest just before entering New York near Greenwood Lake.
Black bear activity along the trail in New Jersey increased rapidly starting in 2001. Hence, metal bear-proof trash boxes are in place at all New Jersey shelters.
New York's 88 miles (142 km) of trail contain very little elevation change compared to other states. From south to north, the trail summits many small mountains under 1,400 feet (430 m) in elevation, its highest point in New York being Prospect Rock at 1,433 feet (438 m), and only 3,000 feet (800 m) from the border with New Jersey. The trail continues north, climbing near Fitzgerald Falls, passing through Sterling Forest, and then entering Harriman State Park and Bear Mountain State Park. It crosses the Hudson River on the Bear Mountain Bridge, the lowest point on the entire Appalachian Trail at 124 feet (38 m). It then passes through Fahnestock State Park, and continues northeast until it enters Connecticut via the Pawling Nature Reserve. The section of the trail that passes through Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks is the oldest section of the trail, completed in 1923.
The 52 miles (84 km) of trail in Connecticut lie almost entirely along the ridges to the west above the Housatonic River valley.
The state line is also the western boundary of a 480 acre (190 ha) Connecticut reservation inhabited by 11 Schaghticoke Indians. Inside it, the AT roughly parallels its northern boundary, crossing back outside it after 2,000 feet (640 m).
Massachusetts has 90 miles (145 km) of trail. The entire section of trail is in western Massachusetts' Berkshire County. It summits the highest peak in the Southern Berkshires, Mount Everett (2,602 ft., 793 m), then descends to the Housatonic River Valley and skirts the town of Great Barrington. The trail passes through the towns of Dalton and Cheshire, and summits the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet (1,064 m), Mount Greylock. It then quickly descends to the valley within 2 miles (3 km) of North Adams and Williamstown, before ascending again to the Vermont state line. The trail throughout Massachusetts is maintained by the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club.
Vermont has 150 miles (241 km) of the trail. Upon entering Vermont, the trail coincides with the southernmost sections of the generally north/south-oriented Long Trail (which is subject to a request by its maintainers to protect it in its most vulnerable part of the year by forgoing spring hiking). It follows the ridge of the southern Green Mountains, summitting such notable peaks as Stratton Mountain, Glastenbury Mountain and Killington Peak. After parting ways with the Long Trail at Maine Junction, the AT turns in a more eastward direction, crossing the White River, passing through Norwich, and entering Hanover, New Hampshire, as it crosses the Connecticut River. The Green Mountain Club maintains the AT from the Massachusetts state border to Route 12. The Dartmouth Outing Club maintains the trail from Route 12 to the New Hampshire state line.
New Hampshire has 161 miles (259 km) of the trail. The New Hampshire AT is nearly all within the White Mountain National Forest. For northbound thru-hikers, it is the beginning of the main challenges that go beyond enduring distance and time: in New Hampshire and Maine, rough or steep ground are more frequent and alpine conditions are found near summits and along ridges. The trail reaches more than half of the four-thousand footers of New Hampshire, including Mount Washington, the highest point of the AT north of Tennessee. The Dartmouth Outing Club maintains the AT from the Vermont border past Mount Moosilauke to Kinsman Notch, with the AMC maintaining the remaining miles through the state.
The 281 miles (452 km) of the trail in Maine are particularly difficult. More moose are seen by hikers in this state than any other on the trail. The northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail is on Mount Katahdin's Baxter Peak in Baxter State Park.
The western section includes a mile-long (1.6 km) stretch of boulders at Mahoosuc Notch, often called the trail's hardest mile. Also, although there are dozens of river and stream fords on the Maine section of the trail, the Kennebec River is the only one on the trail that requires a boat crossing. The most isolated portion in the state (and arguably on the entire trail) is known as the "100-Mile Wilderness." This section heads east-northeast from the town of Monson and ends outside Baxter State Park just south of Abol Bridge.
Park management strongly discourages thru-hiking within the park before May 15 or after October 15.
The AMC maintains the AT from the New Hampshire border to Grafton Notch, with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club responsible for maintaining the remaining miles to Mt. Katahdin.
Scores of books about the trail have been published by thru-hikers and others:
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This royal sarong is a sumptuous textile woven in a checked design which gained popularity with the influence of Islam. It would have been woven in two long, narrow sections, probably on a body tension loom, which was later stitched together. The design utilises the familiar motif of eight-petal lotus and eight-pointed star, a reference to the directions of space and notions of the cosmos influenced by ideas coming from India.
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12:59 PM — In a significant development Pope Francis has said that gay people should not be judged or marginalised and should be integrated into society.
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The problem is that when updates come through the Play Store, Google can verify that the updates are not malicious.....if not, then they can't. For big companies like Facebook it isn't a problem, Facebook probably isn't going to send out a malicious update. But a smaller, independent app company just might. It would be the ultimate trojan, originally a harmless app, but then gradually send out updates which attack the phone. It isn't a far fetched notion at all I don't think.
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Apparently, the folks at GOG.com were playing with us and it has turned out to be (allegedly) a PR stunt. Not cool, but we love GOG.com anyway.Read More
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Mediasphere launches AusGoal - a new direction for the Australian Government
Mediasphere is pleased to launch the new AusGoal website based on Mediuasphere's award-winning web platform.
AusGOAL is funded and developed by the Australian Governments, through the Cross Jurisdictional Chief Information Officers Committee (CJCIOC). AusGOAL builds upon the Queensland Governments Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF). The CJCIOC thanks the Queensland Government for its development and past stewardship of GILF.
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Who do you think would take the X-division title from RVD?
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Has to be Joey Ryan i mean come on!!
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Kenny King!!!!!!!!!! that dude is ready for the big leagues
Zema Ion, in like 6 months. You could change in those months between champions, but I really think the X-Division needs a big name holding the title for a long while, so that Ion will be on the same level as RVD, sort of, when he wins the title back from him. Preferably clean.
After that they can slowly start building up to the Ion vs Sorenson match.
Kenny King was my answer also
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Moshi — THE coffee industry in the country has a role to play in the fulfillment of a wider national policy requirement of protecting the environment, said the Director General of Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB), Engineer Adolph Kumburu.
He explained that the preservation of the environment is an integral part of TCB's strategy. Eng. Kumburu told the 'Sunday News', in an exclusive interview here, that various coffee farmers' organisations in Tanzania were certified in accordance with international standards certification organisations, such as the Fair-trade International, Ultiz, AC, Rainforest Alliance and Café Practice.
"With the support of those international bodies, we comply with their standards requirements, such as protecting the environment - tree planting, protecting water sources and minimum application of synthetic and other offfarm fertilizers and pesticides," he indicated.
According to Eng. Kumburu, Tanzania balances environmental protection and business plans as well as minimizing the use of energy especially from non-renewable sources leading to growing number of Tanzanian farmers beginning to embrace organic practices.
In separate development the global pricing of coffee, has remained one of the major income obstacles to producers leaving them with marginal returns. Eng Kumburu said that Tanzania, with other members in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACPC) are pushing for a fair international agricultural commodity pricing system in a resolve to boost producer incomes, adding that to enhance the marketability and competitiveness of our coffee.
Tanzania continues to cooperate with other countries in the Eastern Africa Fine Coffees Association, which consists of eleven coffee producer countries in the region, with a shared vision of improving the quality of life through production of quality coffee.


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Hospitals are increasingly finding payers unwilling to increase reimbursement without sound reasoning. Hospital systems that are able to clearly articulate their "value" story have had greater success negotiating contracts that maintain current unit rate trends. Conversely, hospitals that haven't been able to back up their rate increase positions with detailed analytics have a much greater likelihood of leaving substantial revenue on the table.
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Payers are investing more resources into their analytic foundation to better benchmark hospital value profiles, including detailed cost comparisons across hospitals. We have observed the following four steps will help you define your "value" story.
Step 1: Benchmark your quality versus the market. As payment systems evolve from volume-based to outcomes-based, providers will need the necessary IT systems and analytic infrastructure to measure and monitor quality trends. It is important to view your data from a payer's standpoint so as to define the quality conversation before your payers define it for you. Risk-based payment models based on quality performance will require integrating managed care and clinical strategies in order to price your performance risk appropriately.
Some key metrics that payers currently use to shape a quality conversation include the following. All of these are based on publicly available data.
Providers that can provide trended quality data to illustrate consistent high performance have had success maintaining or raising current annual rate increases.
The following exhibit illustrates one way to present comparative quality data.
Access exhibit:Trended Quality Scores
Key take-away: If hospitals cannot quantify their quality positions to payers, they will likely not be able to quantify their positions to patients or employers, which would be critical if a contract negotiation went to term.
Step 2: Quantify your cost position. Achieving high quality is important to your value story; however, a national focus is forcing executives to better understand their cost positions. Health plans are investing in the capability to understand the value of the healthcare services that they are purchasing. As such, they are mining data for key cost and quality trends to create "value" positions for providers within their networks. These analytics become the foundation for their network strategy as they attempt to shift volume to high-quality, low-cost facilities.
A health system was recently able to demonstrate its high-quality, low-cost position using the following graphic, which defined the system's importance to the payer early in negotiations.
Access exhibit:Defining Your Cost and Quality Position
Key take-away: If a hospital has low costs, high quality, and low margins, an increase to rates is justifiable.
Step 3: Identify your rate position versus the market. The most difficult and complex step relates to quantifying your rate position versus the market. While payers have rate information for their networks, providers are often left to benchmarking their rates by comparing their discounts versus the market. Such analysis assumes similar charge positions, yet our research indicates tremendous charge variances within markets.
A more detailed and accurate benchmarking can help you quantify your rate position for inpatient and outpatient services-down to DRG and CPT detail levels.
Triangulating your market position can be achieved by benchmarking your rates to different data sets, including:
Identifying specific areas where rates fall below the market has helped providers negotiate better terms that can be implemented immediately or through a phased-in approach over time.
Knowing where you need to defend a premium price versus where you should achieve mar-ket parity is a negotiating advantage, especially if you can integrate your quality and cost story into your rate benchmarks. Recently, we helped one community hospital benchmark its rates versus market and Medicare by service line, using a single graphic to illustrate markups versus both market and Medicare by service line (see the exhibit below). This visual representation helped communicate rate opportunities and vulnerabilities to executives in order to integrate unit reimbursement rates into a larger strategic margin plan.
Access exhibit:Service Line Rate Benchmark
Key take-away: Hospitals need to understand their market positions. Justification for increased rates is related but separate from determining if the market will bare a rate increase. Hospitals can start by benchmarking their own payer rates against each other.
Step 4: Define how your services are differentiated. Through your first three steps, you've already benchmarked your cost, quality, and rates versus the market. So you're on your way to showing how you are differentiated. But asking yourself these additional questions will round out your story:
Summarizing your analysis into a single graphic quickly tells your story. For example, in the following exhibit, cardiac services have a rate, cost, and quality advantage. However, the service has seen volumes decline over recent years. Pushing rate increases to a service with volume losses may not maximize future revenue. In contrast, orthopedics has both a quality and cost advantage as well as volume growth with rates below market averages. Negotiating rate increases for orthopedics will maximize future reimbursement given the strong volume growth in this service line.
Hospitals can use this service line differentiation tool to identify and analyze how service lines compare to the market. In this example, the hospital's cardiac services have a rate, cost, and quality advantage. However, the service has seen volumes decline over recent years. Pushing rate increases to a service with volume losses may not maximize future revenue. In contrast, orthopedics has both a quality and cost advantage as well as volume growth with rates below market averages. Negotiating rate increases for orthopedics will maximize future reimbursement given the strong volume growth in this service line.
Access exhibit:Summary Service Line Differentiation
Providers with an organized approach to quantifying their value propositions and being able to effectively communicate that value to key stakeholders, including payers, physicians, patients, and employers, are in a much stronger negotiating position. Failing to do this prior to the negotiation creates risk of reduced hospitalwide margins and reduced credibility of the negotiators.
Richard Bajner is managing consultant, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Chicago, and a member of HFMA's Florida chapter (email@example.com).
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Dion Sheidy, a partner in KPMG's Healthcare Advisory practice, discusses healthcare's changing landscape and how having the right advisor can help organizations navigate challenges and opportunities.
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Tom O'Neill, CEO of Xtend Healthcare Advanced Revenue Solutions, discusses key areas where organizations risk revenue leakage and ways they can use outsourcing to better protect cash flow and support accurate payment.
Victoria Terekhova, senior strategist for Enterprise Healthcare at KeyBank, discusses key challenges when developing long-term strategy in a rapidly changing industry, and the role the right banking partner can play in helping healthcare providers navigate the opportunities before them.
Victoria Terekhova, senior strategist for Enterprise Healthcare at KeyBank, discusses key challenges when developing long-term strategy in a rapidly changing industry, and the role the right banking partner can play in helping healthcare providers navigate the opportunities before them.
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THE secret of being a good mathematician or physicist might be a more feminine brain. Men in these disciplines appear to have been exposed to a female pattern of oestrogen and testosterone in the womb. "It's unnerving to think the profession I'm in was determined by the hormones I was exposed to in the womb," says psychologist Mark Brosnan of the University of Bath, UK.
His team looked at the ratio of the length of people's index finger to their ring fingers. There is evidence that this ratio is determined by the prenatal levels of the sex hormones, which also influence brain development. An index-to-ring ratio of 1, typical of women, suggests exposure to equal levels of oestrogen and testosterone in the womb, while 0.98, typical of men, indicates more testosterone.
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Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics.
Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a fall or a fainting spell in early December while recovering from a nasty flu that had left her dehydrated, and doctors said she had sustained a concussion as a result.


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Browning meat in the oven, grill or frying pan produces chemicals which may increase the risk of developing dementia, US researchers suggest.
Advanced glycation end (AGE) products have been linked to diseases such as type-2 diabetes.
Mice fed a high-AGEs diet had a build-up of dangerous proteins in the brain and impaired cognitive function.
Experts said the results were "compelling" but did not provide "definitive answers".
AGEs are formed when proteins or fats react with sugar. This can happen naturally and during the cooking process.
Researchers at the Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York, tested the effect of AGEs on mice and people.
The animal experiments, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that a diet rich in AGEs affects the chemistry of the brain.
It leads to a build-up of defective beta amyloid protein - a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The mice eating a low-AGEs diet were able to prevent the production of damaged amyloid.
The mice performed less well in physical and thinking tasks after their AGEs-rich diet.
A short-term analysis of people over 60 suggested a link between high levels of AGEs in the blood and cognitive decline.
"This paper adds to the body of evidence suggesting that using preventative strategies might reduce the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in society and that could have very positive impact on us all."


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