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One of the tea party's 2010 'dream picks': Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Just what our country needs: more 'Palin celebritards' in political office. Steve Benen reports on a freshman Senator with no desire to actually work:
Two years later, Roll Call reports that Johnson is poised to "purge nearly his entire Washington, D.C.-based legislative team," in large part because they expect the senator to work on legislation — and he doesn't want to.
"He's an interesting case study of someone who has talked more than he has listened, lectured more than he has developed relationships with his colleagues, and now he's having a tough time because of that behavior in advancing his policy goals," one senior GOP aide said. "It's kind of like watching a temper tantrum by a 2-year-old in the middle of the grocery store." [...]
Sources indicated that when Johnson came to Washington, he put a staff together like "any other Senator" but quickly realized that the day-to-day grind of legislating was not his forte. Johnson said last week that he wanted more of his office's focus to be on building an effective messaging operation.
Yes, Johnson, like all freshmen, was supposed to do the grunt work of learning how to become a real senator, but according to Republicans on the Hill, he's decided it's more fun to give speeches and come up with soundbites.
"Messaging" is fun; governing is hard.
This seems entirely too common in contemporary Republican politics — the challenging work of crafting legislation, assembling coalitions, trudging through the committee process, making concessions, and agreeing to compromises requires a real commitment, and for those who just want to appear on Fox News, parade around CPAC with an entourage, and feel important, there appears to be no desire to actually legislate.
Thanks, tea party. Your movement will be the marker for COMPLETE FAILURE in the history books. Republican celibritards instead of legislators: your tax dollars at "work." It's not like our country has any real problems that might need to be actually fixed by honest people with a brain or anything. It's more important for you to hate Obama and the Democrats and to choose your candidates by their hatred of the same things.
Maybe Johnson is just looking ahead to his own reality show, Fox "News" contract, or the many books that could be written for him one day.
Some attitudes never change, they merely solidify: Harry S. Truman on 'the Republicans'
"Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home—but not for housing. They are strong for labor—but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wage—the smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all—but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine—for people who can afford them. They consider electrical power a great blessing—but only when the private power companies get their rake-off. They think American standard of living is a fine thing—so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire of Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it." — Harry S. Truman
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Today the "bulls-eye" states are Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa says CNN & MSNBC…
100 years later, 'we remain divided and valued by the ticket we can afford'
TITANIC SURVIVORS: a breakdown by class
- First Class Passengers: 63% survived (200 out of 319 lived).
- Second Class Passengers: 43% survived (117 out of 269 lived).
- Third Class Passengers: 25% survived (172 out of 699 lived).
Any death, regardless of class, is a horrible and tragic thing, but on the anniversary of the Titanic's sinking it's important to remember one of the things that night symbolizes: that, even in moments of terrible crisis and great collective peril, we remain divided and valued by the ticket we can afford.
Data via John Henderson of Ithaca College | via: thepoliticalnotebook
100 years ago today, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. The Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40pm (April 14, 1912) and sank two hours later at 2:20 am. 2,200 souls aboard, more than 1,500 perished and only 675 survivors mostly women and children.
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Meanwhile in the Midwest: tornadoes forecast in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin today
Stay safe out there.
Via CNN:
While severe weather could continue to hammer much of the region, the states in the "bull's-eye" for the most dangerous conditions Sunday will likely be Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, said CNN Meteorologist Alexandra Steele.
Authorities call on everyone in the region to follow weather reports and make emergency preparations.
About 5 million residents from Wisconsin to Texas "need to be on guard," Steele said.
"Some of the bigger cities that could see isolated tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds are: Green Bay, Chicago, St. Louis, Little Rock, and Houston."
Five people, including two children, died from injuries related to a suspected tornado in the northwest Oklahoma town of Woodward early Sunday morning, said Amy Elliott of the state Medical Examiner's Office.
Via MSNBC:
The areas "most likely" to see tornadoes by Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said, are northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin.
"Severe storms are also possible in a band from Illinois and Missouri southward into Arkansas, northwest Louisiana and east Texas," the service added.
Saturday saw 122 reports of tornadoes in the central plains, the Storm Prediction Center noted. Not all have been confirmed, and some might be the same twister reported in a nearby area, but the number of reports is unusually high.
The GOP's idea of Robin Hood, illustrated
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Morning Bunker Report: Sunday 4.15.2012
In case it wasn't already clear that last week's controversy over stay at home moms was entirely manufactured, this should put the question to bed. [Mitt Romney] told a New Hampshire audience: "I wanted to increase the work requirement," said Romney. "I said, for instance, that even if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work. And people said, 'Well that's heartless.' And I said, 'No, no, I'm willing to spend more giving day care to allow those parents to go back to work. It'll cost the state more providing that daycare, but I want the individuals to have the dignity of work." [ThinkProgress]
Mitt Romney and Ann: the students "struggling" so much that they had to sell stock — Her idea of her and Mitt facing "not easy years," having "no income," "living on the edge" as "struggling students," was that the couple had had to face college with only sale of stock to sustain them. By Ann's own account, the stock amounted to "a few thousand" dollars when bought, but it had gone up by a factor of sixteen. So let's conservatively say that they got through five years as students—neither one of them working—only by "chipping away at" assets of $60,000 in 1969 dollars (about $377,000 today). Look. I don't begrudge Romney's having had his college tuition and living expenses paid for with family money. Mine were too. My background, though not as fancy as Mitt or Ann Romney's, was privileged enough. But the guy should just come out and admit it: "I was a child of privilege and have my parents' wealth to thank for my education. That said, I worked very very hard in business, and the vast majority of my fortune I earned myself." But there is of course a reason he can't say that: such a statement is customarily followed by an expression of gratitude and a willingness to give something back to society. And gratitude and a willingness to give something back are precisely what Romney lacks—in common with the party he's aspiring to represent. [via: yobaba]
While some in media don't even know what the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is, some Republicans remain actively hostile towards it. Former Republican congressman Pete Hoekstra, who is now running to unseat Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), weighed in on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on Thursday, saying the law was a "nuisance" that shouldn't be in place. [...] "Will, you know, will repealing it be a priority? If you came back and said, you know, that's really the thing that's hurting my business the most. My guess is there are other things that we can do that have a higher priority in terms of what I, what I believe might need to be done. I think you know we need to create — that thing is a nuisance. It shouldn't be the law," replied Hoekstra. The Fair Pay Act may seem obvious and noncontroversial, but let's not forget that when the bill came to the House floor in 2009, 172 out of 175 House Republicans rejected it. And one of them, Hoekstra, wants to go to the Senate next year to help repeal this "nuisance." Incidentally, Mitt Romney, who doesn't want to say whether he supports the Ledbetter law or not, is quite friendly with Pete Hoekstra. [Maddow Blog]
A video comparing Presidents Obama and Reagan talking about tax loopholes for the wealthy, as compared to the tax rate paid by average Americans:
Bill Moyers: Wall Street's Massive Freak Out When Asked to Pay Their Fair Share — April 12, 2012 | So what do these big moneyed nabobs have to complain about? Why are they whining about reform? And why are they funneling cash to super PACs aimed at bringing down Barack Obama, who many of them supported four years ago? Because, writes Alec MacGillis in The New Republic — the President wants to raise their taxes. That's right — while ordinary Americans are taxed at a top rate of 35% on their income, Congress allows hedge fund and private equity tycoons to pay only pay 15% of their compensation. The President wants them to pay more; still at a rate below what you might pay, and for that he's being accused of – hold onto your combat helmets – "class warfare." One Wall Street Midas, once an Obama fan, now his foe, told MacGillis that by making the rich a primary target, Obama is "[expletive deleted] on people who are successful."
DCCC billboards hit Republicans on Ryan budget in 14 states – As House Republicans drive around their districts during the April recess, 14 of them will see billboards attacking them on Medicare and tax cuts for millionaires, courtesy of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). The billboards will remain up for all of April, and target Republicans facing difficult reelection campaigns. GOP Reps. Charlie Bass (N.H.), Sean Duffy (Wis.) and Steve King (Iowa) are on the list, as are Dan Lungren (Calif.) and Steve Southerland (Fla.). The billboards show a concerned-looking elderly man next to the House member's name and the phrase "protecting millionaires instead of Medicare." Voters are directed to a website, www.millionairesovermedicare.com, where a video shows footage of the targeted Republicans. In the video, a banner pops up as each Republican is speaking to say that he "voted to end Medicare." The fine print sources the 2011 roll call vote for House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget proposal.
Average working women vs Ann Romney: 'getting your ass out the door at 7am when it's cold'
Mitt Romney in January: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits — Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme umbrage he showed when Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen quipped last week that Ann Romney had not "worked a day in her life."
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"The language here was, perhaps, inartful, or perhaps America is a society that lives to fight stupid, non-consequential, meaningless controversies and this is the new one. But what she meant to say, I think, was that Ann Romney has never gotten her ass out of the house to work. No one is denying that being a mother is a tough job, I remember that I was a handful. Okay, but there is a big difference in being a mother, and that tough job, and getting your ass out of the door at 7am when it's cold, having to deal with the boss, being in a workplace, and even if you're unhappy you can't show it for 8 hours, that is a different kind of tough thing." — Bill Maher, on the Ann Romney hissy fit (see link for video)
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And from The Rude Pundit (warning: language!),
Are we really doing this again? Are we really having some worthless fucking debate over how hard it is to be a stay-at-home parent? President Obama said, "There's no tougher job than being a mom." Really? Ask a coal miner. Ask a sweatshop worker. It's fucking stupid. Are we just back to Hillary Clinton and the motherfucking cookies? Oh, wait, Michelle Malkin's quoting that 1992 remark, so the Rude Pundit supposes that we are.
The Rude Pundit's sick of bowing down at the altar of the homemaker. Sure, sure, it's hard work raising children. Ask the people who run day care centers and preschools. It's hard work whether you work a full-time job or not. But let's be honest here: Choosing to be a stay-at-home parent (and that includes the increasing number of dads that do it) for the last generation or so is a bourgeois indulgence that's primarily available to the financially privileged. Even those who "sacrifice" to stay home with the kids get to do so only because they have an amount of security that's simply not available to the vast majority of Americans (and let's leave out the long-term unemployed who have decided, "Well, fuck it. May as well stay home"). It's a choice that's available only to a select minority of the people of this country that does so little to actually help parents.
[...] But, you know, sure, raising kids is work, a lot of work, constant work. That's something we can't deny. Still, it's work that parents chose to do by having children, so, you know, don't fucking complain. And when someone says it's not a job, suck it up. It's not a fucking job. It's a privilege, one that millions of parents would love to be able to have but can't because they don't have the means of Ann Romney.
Mitt Romney in 1994: "This is a different world than it was in the 1960s when I was growing up. When you used to be able to have mom at home and dad at work. Now mom and day both have to work."
I guess he could have added: Well, MY children's mom doesn't have to work but YOURS probably does… heheh!
Jessica Valenti at The Nation agrees with Rosen,
There's no doubt that Rosen, a CNN contributor and Democratic political consultant, made a gaffe in providing such a juicy sound bite. But her message—in context—was right on. Rosen was responding to Mitt Romney's constant trotting out of Ann when he gets a question on women's issues:
What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. And when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.
Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we—why do we worry about their future?
There's nothing there about stay-at-home moms, or the idea that that raising children isn't work. Rosen was referring to the fact that Ann Romney—an incredibly rich and elite woman—likely does not understand the economic concerns of most American women. Again, it was unfortunate choice of words—but she wasn't wrong.
[...] Focusing on this slip-up just brings more attention to the way in which a Romney presidency wouldn't support mothers. Because empty platitudes about motherhood "being the hardest job in the world" doesn't change the reality of most moms' lives, or make their job any easier.
But it's not just that Romney is bad for women (whether they work outside the home or not). What's being lost in this conversation is the incredibly facile and insulting notion that just because a woman made the decision to marry Romney and occasionally talk to him about other women, that he is somehow well-informed on women's issues. Ann Romney is not an expert on women's issues just because she happens to be one. And she's not an expert in what mothers need just because she has children. Believing otherwise is infantilizing and reduces women's very important and complex concerns to beauty parlor chitchat.
Unfortunately, female conservative base voters will take their party's empty platitudes and tell themselves to be grateful they're given that much. Politics above all. Gay people might get married.
I said this to a commenter yesterday,
Money can't buy health or happiness, but it can at least buy medical care and some measure of comfort for the pain and suffering. And at a certain level of wealth, naturally you're going to get the best medical care that money can buy.
So I have difficulty understanding how Ann Romney — a breast cancer survivor and diagnosed with MS — could support her husband's position to 'get rid of' Planned Parenthood clinics and do away with Obamacare, especially with its provision that insurance companies can't reject women with pre-existing conditions, like breast cancer or Multiple Sclerosis. There are American women with little or no means who utilized PP for early breast cancer screening. There are women (and men, and children) who can't get insured or can't afford the premiums because of pre-existing conditions. I wonder where is Ann's empathy for other people, who aren't married to a vastly wealthy man, but who suffer from health issues just as serious as her own.
And THAT'S another reason why Ann Romney as no idea (nor will she ever) about the concerns of average working women. More importantly, that's why her husband is completely clueless if Ann and her "ladies who lunch" crew are going to be Mitt's standard for American women and what he knows about them in general.
Comedy relief: Eddie Murphy from 20 years ago in his concert film "Raw," on the work that goes into being a wealthy stay at home mom (Warning: language!):
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Chapter 9:
COMMERCIAL FISH AND SHELLFISH HARVESTING (continued)
Statehood and Its Ramifications, 1960-1963
The relative continuity of fisheries management along the Kenai Peninsula's outer coast, and fisheries management throughout Alaska, was abruptly changed by statehood. A statehood bill passed Congress in June 1958, but Alaska did not enter the Union until January 1959, and the new state did not assume responsibility for fisheries management until 1960. Therefore, fisheries management for the first year after statehood continued much as it had during territorial days.
When the Alaska Department of Fish and Game assumed control of the new state's fisheries, the health of Alaska's salmon stocks had been declining for years. A major reason for the declining stocks was the strong bond between the canneries and the Fish and Wildlife Service, both being based outside Alaska. Jim Rearden, a longtime Fish and Game biologist, has remarked that "all the agency cared about was the canneries," and the canneries had a near-total influence over territorial fishing regulations. Independent fishermen, and Alaskans in general, strongly resented their own lack of influence over fisheries regulations. One manifestation of that resentment was that some Alaska fishers robbed fish along creeks and at stream mouths. [60] As noted above, many Alaskans equated federal fisheries management with the fish trap. While the number of fish traps slowly declined during the years that preceded statehood, the widely hated traps were not eliminated until Congress passed the statehood bill.
Another reason that Alaska's salmon stocks were in relatively poor shape was because of the nature of fisheries regulation. Jim Rearden has noted that
The transfer to state management, however, made the adoption of fisheries rules far easier; rule changes, via "emergency orders," could be made by field announcement and implemented within hours. [61] Those regulations, moreover, were generated by an Alaskan, not Federal, bureaucracy. Fisheries policy was set by a statewide board appointed by Alaskans and subject to a public hearing process. Because of the changes in fisheries management that followed statehood, local antagonism against fisheries regulations lessened. The resentment did not, however, evaporate. Some fishers continued to fish out of season, at stream mouths, and in other ways contrary to the newly constituted regulations.
Other changes that followed statehood were easily visible on the fishing grounds. The placing of stream guards continued after statehood, but the unpopular stakeout program was eliminated. The number of Alaska stream guards, moreover, shrank considerably. In park waters, stream guards continued at Home Cove on Nuka Island and in the Delight-Desire Creek area, [62] but apparently no guards were deployed to Aialik Bay after statehood. The guards' survey duties, to an increasing degree, were taken over by a Fish and Game biologist who periodically flew over the areaeither from Port Dick to Resurrection Bay, or from the head of Kachemak Bay to Nuka Bay and on to Resurrection Bayin a Super Cub. (The small, maneuverable Cub had a distinct advantage over the Grumman Goose used by federal fisheries managers. The Cub could fly as slowly as 65 or 70 miles per hour without stallingslow enough that biologists could count the spawners from the airwhile the Goose's stall speed was 140 or 150 miles per hour.) Stream guards returned to the area in the summer of 1961, and perhaps again in 1962; they then left the Outer Coast, never to return. [63]
By the time the State of Alaska began managing the park area fishery, the southern coast's salmon runs had become sufficiently well knownand its harvest statistics had become sufficiently reliablethat its contribution to the overall Cook Inlet regional fishery could be assessed (see Table 9-4). Fish and Game personnel recognized that Nuka Bay (i.e., the stretch of coastline between Gore Point and the Pye Islands) had a fairly strong run of pink, chum and sockeye salmon; the Aialik Bay area had a sizable sockeye run; and Resurrection Bay had distinctive pink, chum, and sockeye runs. For those reasons, historical statistics are provided in the following paragraphs for three of the five salmon species. (Relatively small numbers of coho and king salmon are harvested in park waters, or elsewhere in the Outer District, so no specific statistics are provided for those species.)
Table 9-4. Salmon Harvest, by Number of Fish (in thousands) and Percentage of Total Harvest for Selected Periods, 1954-1994
Source: Tables 9-2 and 9-8.
Statistics collected during the 1960-1963 period show that in regard to pink salmon (see Table 9-5), Nuka Bay had fairly strong harvests during even-numbered years. These harvests numbered more than 25,000 fish per year, and comprised between 4% and 6% of the total Lower Cook Inlet harvest. Its odd-year harvests, however, were so small that they comprised less than 1% of the Lower Cook Inlet harvest. During all four of these years, the Resurrection Bay harvest was far less than that in Nuka Bay; in 1961 and 1963, in fact, the harvest was nonexistent. But the Port Dick harvestjust west of Nuka Baywas far greater than in any park area.
Table 9-5. Commercial Pink Salmon Harvest for Selected Lower Cook Inlet Bays, 1959-1995
Figures given are in numbers of fish (in thousands), while percentages are those of the entire Lower Cook Inlet catch. (Lower Cook Inlet includes all Kenai Peninsula Streams between Anchor Point and Cape Fairfield, plus all west-side waters between Cape Douglas and the Iniskin Peninsula.) Source: ADF&G, 1995 Lower Cook Inlet Annual Finfish Management Report, Appendix Tables 19 and 20. T = trace (i.e., fewer than 50 fish), * = percentage less than 0.1%.
Regarding chum salmon (see Table 9-6), the Nuka Bay harvest was fairly strong in both 1960 and 1961; the bay yielded more than 3% of the Lower Cook Inlet harvest in both years. During the following two years, however, the chum runs there slid into insignificance. As with pink salmon, the Nuka Bay harvests were consistently greater than in Resurrection Bay, which had almost no harvest activity, while the Port Dick harvest was many times greater than in Nuka Bay.
Table 9-6. Commercial Chum Salmon Harvest for Selected Lower Cook Inlet Bays, 1959-1995
Figures given are in numbers of fish (in thousands), while percentages are those of the entire Lower Cook Inlet catch. (Lower Cook Inlet includes all Kenai Peninsula Streams between Anchor Point and Cape Fairfield, plus all west-side waters between Cape Douglas and the Iniskin Peninsula.) Source: ADF&G, 1995 Lower Cook Inlet Annual Finfish Management Report, Appendix Table 22. T = trace (i.e., fewer than 50 fish), * - less than 0.1%.
As to the sockeye run (see Table 9-7), the number of fish caught in both Aialik Bay and Nuka Bay was no larger, in general, than either the pink or chum harvest. But because the Lower Cook Inlet is not normally considered a significant sockeye region, these two bays often contributed more than 10% of the region's total harvest. More important, sockeye salmon's relatively high value (more than twice the price, on a per-pound basis, than either pinks or chums) ensured that both fishers and agency officials paid especial attention to the health of those runs. The Nuka Bay and Aialik Bay runs were far greater than were those in adjacent districts along Kenai Peninsula's southern coast.
Table 9-7. Commercial Sockeye Salmon Harvest for Selected Lower Cook Inlet Bays, 1959-1995
Figures given are in numbers of fish (in thousands), while percentages are those of the entire Lower Cook Inlet catch. (Lower Cook Inlet includes all Kenai Peninsula Streams between Anchor Point and Cape Fairfield, plus all west-side waters between Cape Douglas and the Iniskin Peninsula.) Source: ADF&G, 1995 Lower Cook Inlet Annual Finfish Management Report, Appendix Table 14. T = trace (i.e., fewer than 50 fish), * - less than 0.1%.
The Good Friday Earthquake and Its Aftermath
At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a massive earthquake struck southcentral Alaska. The earthquake measured between 8.2 and 8.4 on the Richter scale; its epicenter was near the north end of College Fjord, approximately 50 miles west of Valdez. The earthquake and the resulting aftershocks, tsumanis and submarine landslides killed 115 people and caused an estimated $380 to $500 million in property damage. [64]
The earthquake devastated Seward, where 11 deaths were recorded and property damage totaled more than $14.6 million. The quake hit Seward, and the park coastline, particularly hard because although the epicenter was more than 100 miles to the northeast, the earthquake's main fault line (and thus its "area of epicenter") paralleled the coast and included most of the park. The park was thus subject to many of the quake's most devastating effects. The earthquake in the park lasted from 2-1/2 to 5 minutes. [65]
One of the earthquake's most substantial impacts was its effect on land elevations. Some areas of southcentral Alaska, in effect, rose from the sea; one site on Montague Island (in Prince William Sound) rose 33 feet. The area within the park, however, was in a zone of subsidence. Maps published as a result of post-earthquake scientific studies show that the quake's "axis of maximum subsidence" went right through the park; it was a sinuous line that wound from the western end of Kenai Lake to the eastern edge of Nuka Island. Areas that were relatively distant from that axis subsided only slightly; the southern tip of Aialik Peninsula, for instance, sank only a foot. But Aialik Bay dropped 4.5 feet, both Two Arm Bay and Shelter Cove (the latter in Nuka Bay) subsided 5.4 feet, and both Beauty Bay (in Nuka Bay) and Chance Cove (just east of McArthur Pass) dropped 6.6 feet. Some areas astride the axis fell as much as 7.5 feet. Near the Sather residence, on the western side of Nuka Island, the water rose and covered part of the warehouse; the quake also destroyed the adjacent boat dock. [66]
The other major impact caused by the March 27 earthquake was a series of tsunamis (large waves) that hit the coast within one-half hour of the quake. The quake generated a large tsunami out in the Gulf of Alaska; the tsunami rose in height as it reached the coast due to the funneling effect of the various fjords. In Resurrection Bay, the tsunami was an estimated 30 to 40 feet high as it neared the bay's northern end; a 30-foot wave slammed into Thumb Cove, on the bay's eastern side, and it was at least that high when it reached Seward. Waves entering Aialik Bay were far higher. [67] Gene Rusnak, a USGS employee, observed that a wave between 90 and 100 feet high hit on either side of Aialik Bay's terminus; spruce trees up to 18 inches in diameter were snapped throughout the area where the wave hit. These waves were particularly devastating because the quake generated submarine landslides that exacerbated the tsunami's effects. Huge waves also hit Port Dick; other bays between there and Aialik Bay were also probably affected, but specific details are lacking. [68]
The lowering of the landmass, in combination with the effects of the tsunami, had devastating consequences on the park's fish population. Both factors, particularly the former, inundated the gravel at stream mouths that was key to pink and chum salmon spawning. (The earthquake had varying impacts on sockeye populations, where spawning took place in upstream lakes; the Aialik Bay population was wiped out for years afterward, probably because of the tsunami's effects, while at Delight and Desire creeks, the impacts were significant but not devastating.) [69] The salmon industry was also crippled because facilities were destroyed. The quake wrecked canneries in Seldovia and elsewhere in lower Cook Inlet. In Seward, four seafood processors were destroyed; of those, Halibut Producers' Co-operative was back on line a year later, but Seward Seafoods and the other processors never reopened. Many fishing boats were destroyed in both locations, and the quake resulted in the death of at least one Seward-area fisherman. [70]
Statistics for the remainder of the decade illustrate the extent of the earthquake's destruction. Nuka Bay pink salmon harvests for 1964 were low, although within a normal range; but for the next three years they were almost nonexistent. The only productive year for the remainder of the decade was 1968, when the Nuka Bay fishery constituted more than 15 percent of the total Lower Cook Inlet pink salmon harvest. Similar impacts were recorded in nearby Resurrection Bay. But in Port Dick, to the west, the quake had few if any impacts on the pink harvest.
Chum salmon harvests followed a similar pattern. In both Nuka Bay and Resurrection Bay, no chum harvest was recorded from 1964 through 1966, inclusively. Both bays recorded a fairly healthy harvest in 1968 but none in 1969. The Port Dick area, meanwhile, saw chum harvest tumble from more than 100,000 per year during the 1962-64 period to just 10,000 fish in 1968 and 5,000 in 1969.
In regard to sockeye harvests, Aialik Bay suffered catastrophic devastation in the earthquake; no harvests of the species were recorded between 1964 and 1969, inclusively. Nuka Bay fared better, but only slightly; harvests during those years were recorded only in 1965, 1967, and 1968, and the harvests that were recorded lagged behind those that predated the earthquake. In Resurrection Bay, where sockeyes had been off-limits to fishermen for years, no harvests were recorded until 1968, when a hatchery program brought huge numbers of sockeyes. They remained high for another year, then dropped back to insignificant levels.
Fishing in Park Waters, 1970 to Present
No sooner had salmon populations begun to rebound from the earthquake's devastation than another hazardcold weatherimpacted the park's fishery. The winters of both 1970-71 and 1971-72 were "extremely cold years" in the words of the Lower Cook Inlet fisheries biologist. As a result of the environmental stress caused by those winters, the salmon runs and harvests were hit hard. As late as 1977, the East Arm of Nuka Bay was "kept closed to build up pink and chum stock depleted by the 1964 earthquake and severe winter conditions in the early 1970s." [71]
This report is intended to trace the major historical developments in the park's fishery. It is not the place to chronicle or explain the annual salmon harvests, particularly since the mid-1970s. The report shall, however, cover some of the major new actions that have affected the park's fishery in recent years (see Table 9-8 and Map 9-4).
Table 9-8. Statistics on Park-Area (Statistical Area 232) Salmon Fishing, 1968-1995
Explanatory Notes to Table 9-8:
Species Identification: Salmon statistics, over the years, have been tabulated for Area 232; the specific stretch of coastline defined within this statistical area is defined in "Area Identification," below. The three-digit numbers following each species name have been assigned by the ADF&G to identify the various species.
Area Identification: There is a line between the 1973 and 1974 figures, and also between the 1975 and 1976 figures, because of changes in the geographical area in Statistical Area 232. From 1968 through 1973, Area 232 included the stretch of coastline between Gore Point and Aialik Cape. After the 1973 season, the statistical areas eastern boundary was moved west from Aialik Cape to Aligo Point; that action moved Statistical Area 231 (which included Resurrection Bay) west to include Aialik Bay. After 1975, the western boundary of Statistical Area 232 was moved west from Gore Point to Point Adam; after that action, Statistical Area 232 included all of former Statistical Area 242). As a result of this action, post-1975 figures for Area 232 are identical with those for the Outer District. In addition, post-1975 figures (and, to a lesser extent, 1974 and 1975 figures) are not as accurate a guide to park fishing activity as are the 1968-1973 figures.
BOLD numbers indicate the most prevalent species for a given year. Numbers in ITALICS, provided in the "total/pounds" column, are less than the total for all salmon species because one or more columns have no data due to confidentiality restrictions.
(CD) confidential data. When fewer than four permittees fished for a given species in a given year, ADF&G censors harvest data in order to protect the privacy of an individual permittees harvest. The term "CD", therefore, shows that there were 1, 2, or 3 active permittees.
Source: Herman Savikko (ADF&G, Juneau) letter, June 12 and July 11, 1997.
A major management change, inaugurated in 1975, altered the system by which Alaska's salmon have been harvested. The Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, for the first time, began issuing limited entry permits to potential fishers. That system limited the number of fishers active in any given fishery and thus exerted greater management control. The average annual harvest volume, both on a per-boat and total yield basis, rose after the new system was implemented; increases were seen both in park waters and elsewhere in Lower Cook Inlet. Total harvest volumes in park waters remained relatively high for more than a decade after the limited entry system was implemented. There is no evidence that harvest volumes increased due to the new system; instead, salmon productivity probably rose due to improved stream and harvest management techniques. [72]
Another significant change in the park fishery took place in 1987. Prior to that year, the only approved salmon harvesting methods along the outer coast were by hand purse seines (or "pocket seines") and beach seines; these seines could only be used near the coastline or in shallow waters. In 1987, however, a group of seiners prevailed on the Board of Fisheries to modify the regulations in order to allow the use of power purse seines. These seines were attached to larger boats; they allowed fishers to harvest the resource more efficiently and gave fishers from other areas (where power purse seines had been legalized years before) the flexibility to fish the outer coast's waters. [73]
Changes were also taking place in the Delight and Desire lakes area of Nuka Bay. In 1972, fishers harvested the creek system's first major sockeye run; it totaled 26,100 fish, which was more than three times any previous harvest. After a lull, harvest levels shot up again in 1976. To gain more data about the area's salmon resource, Fish and Game personnel spent the following two summers maintaining a counting weir in the area. [74]
Meanwhile, a new salmon-bearing stream was emerging from the retreating ice of McCarty Fjord. North of Desire Lake, a new lake began to be seen which, as late as 1974, had been covered by a glacier. The lake, variously called Delectable, Delusion, or Ecstacy Lake, first appeared in 1985 or 1986; it has been contributing to Nuka Bay's salmon harvest since the late 1980s, if not before.
In 1985, the Delight-Desire area supported a substantial coho (silver) salmon harvest for the first time. Coho salmon, historically, had never been numerous along the Kenai's southern coast; since 1954, harvest levels had never exceeded 2,000 and had exceeded 500 only three times. But in each of the three years from 1985 through 1987, more than 2,000 salmon were harvested in the Outer District, many of them from the Delight-Desire lake system. [75]
As a final note pertaining to the park's salmon fishery, the creation of a limited entry permit system under the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (and the statistical data bases that were a by-product of that commission) allowed park managers to accurately recognize, for the first time, the residence of park fishers. As noted above, anecdotal evidence has suggested that the first commercial salmon fishers in the fjords hailed from Seward. Cook Inlet fishers did not sail east of Gore Point; as one longtime Homer fisherman phrased it, there was "kind of a gentlemen's agreement in the early days not to invade each other's territory." [76] As early as the late 1940s, however, Fish and Wildlife Service records were noting that a Port Graham fisherman was active in Nuka Bay. Fisheries personnel stationed in park waters during the mid-1950s suggested that most Nuka Bay salmon fishers were either from Lower Cook Inlet or from locations away from the Kenai Peninsula, while most Aialik Bay fishermen were based in Seward. Biologists were also quick to note that many salmon fishers passed through the area and had valid permits to fish in park waters; some of those people, however, did not fish there. [77] No statistical evidence to prove or disprove these generalities was available until 1975 (see Table 9-9).
Table 9-9. Residence of Commercial Salmon Fishers Active in Kenai Fjords National Park, 1975-1995
The following chart shows the residence of permit holders who actively fished all species of salmon, for commercial purposes only, in the waters of Kenai Fjords National Park (Statistical Area 232) from 1975 to 1995. Note: In 1975 and 1976, Statistical Area 232 extended east to Aialik Cape (and thus included Aialik Bay), but from 1977 through 1995, the coast east of Aligo Point (including Aialik Bay) was in another statistical area.
The areas of residence are defined as follows:
Source: State of Alaska, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, "Salmon Seine Statistics by Residence City Areas, 1975-1995" (Project Number 97146), September 8, 1997. n.d.=no data.
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission statistics suggest, fairly conclusively, that a majority of the salmon fishers active in Statistical Unit 232 (which includes most of the park's waters) during the 1975-1995 period have been Lower Cook Inlet residents. Not surprisingly, those fishers have been responsible for a majority of the salmon harvested. In 1977, for example, 76.4% of the fishers harvested in Statistical Area 232 hailed from Lower Cook Inlet communities; these fishers were responsible for 86.4% of the fish harvest. In 1980, Lower Cook Inlet fishers comprised 74% of all park fishers and brought in 75.0% of the area's salmon harvest; and in 1983, Lower Cook Inlet residents accounted for 63.6% of all park fishers and 61.4% of the salmon harvest. The only years in which Lower Cook Inlet fishers did not account for a majority of park-area fishers and a majority of the salmon harvested in the park was in 1975 (when few statistics were available) and in 1987. Seward-area fishers have generally accounted for between 10 and 35 percent of all park-area fishers, and 10 to 35 percent of the total salmon harvest. Fishers residing away from the Kenai Peninsula have usually accounted for 5 to 25 percent of all park fishers, and 5 to 25 percent of the total salmon harvest.
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A highly anticipated welterweight bout between Demian Maia and Jake Shields now has a home.
The fight is reportedly set to headline UFC Fight Night 29 on Oct. 9 in Brazil, according to a report from MMAFighting.com. The venue is targeted to be the Jose Correa Gymnasium in Barueri, São Paulo, according to Combate.com.
Maia was supposed to be fighting on the recent UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie fight card in Rio de Janeiro, but had the fight yanked out from under him when Josh Koscheck withdrew due to injury.
Following a roller coaster ride during his last couple of years at middleweight, Maia (18-4) dropped to welterweight last year and hasn't looked back. He is currently 3-0 at 170 pounds, racking up victories over Dong Hyun Kim, Rick Story and Jon Fitch.
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Maia hasn't fought since defeating Fitch at UFC 156 in February.
Shields (28-6-1, 1 NC) has also bounced around weight classes. He left Strikeforce as the promotion's middleweight champion, but dropped to welterweight upon entering the Octagon.
He defeated Martin Kampmann in his UFC debut, but then lost back-to-back bouts to Georges St-Pierre and Jake Ellenberger.
Shields then jumped up to middleweight where he defeated Yoshiro Akiyama, but had a victory over Ed Herman turned to a no contest after Shields failed his post-fight drug test.
He returned to welterweight at UFC 161 in May, winning a split decision victory over Tyron Woodley.
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Obviously Demian Maia by Sub
Obviously?! Shields hasn't lost by sub before ever! I say it's going to be a decision, probably a repeat of what happened to Fitch
jake has never fought a Damian Maia before… Maia by sub
Maia by Sub
Or Maia by KO.
Either way Maia wins
Maia is a little better at submissions, but honestly, this is mma…..
Yes! I have been asking for this when they were both at MW. I know this is an MMA bout but these guys have a chance to put in a great show if they go to the ground. I really hope they don't try to due another in the striking area because honestly that would be a horrible fight. They need to stick with their strongest point and grapple with each other. I just hope it doesn't turn out like Maia and Fitch, that fight was boring.
It's going to be Maia/Fitch 2.
I really hope not. I was very upset with that fight. I expected a beautiful ground fight where Fitch would use his wrestling and submission defense and roll with Maia aggressively. Maia just hugged Fitch the whole time.
It was some dominate, technical hugging. Would have been over in the first if it wasn't for Fitch's submission defense.
I can't even pick a winner on this. I know Mais credentials are incredible but Sheilds is not at all a slouch on the ground and has never been submitted in MMA. I don't know if he's been submitted in any grappling competitions. I was going to say Shields by tko but the beating Maia put on Rick Story really impressed me, I did not see that one coming.
Pick Maia, he's should have an advantage on the ground and his striking has been improving. I don't see an advantage for Shields anywhere. Anything can happen but Maia should have this.
I think your right ThaiFood. I'll go with Maia on this one. He has been way more impressive then Shields in the UFC and when he beat down Story liked that I was in somewhat shock b/c Story is a durable guy.
This could either be a really good technical fight, or a really boring decision… Either way, I'm just glad it's free
I hope it's technical. I don't want either guy trying to show his "improved" striking game. I really hope this fight is aggressive and can really showcase the talent they both posses as world class grapplers. It's actually very important they are active on the ground because MMA is still gaining new fans every fight card and guys need to show that ground fighting is just as technical and aggressive as stand up and it's a beautiful art.
I think that's exactly what'll happen. Shields isn't crazy to pull his infamous guard against someone of Maia's caliber, I think he'll try to take the fight standing.
Clinch is also dangerous, as Maia's judo throws are not exactly something you see everyday on the MMA scenario
What I hope for and what I think are two different things. I think this fight will go everywhere to be honest. Then somebody shoots in and we get it on with submission offense and defense. Honestly everyone, the key to this being a good fight is up the ref. I hope Herb Dean refs this fight.
I think Shields'll win a boring jabbing decision
youre not very good at predictions
I hope so. Shields has the most boring game ever! He's a BJJ/wrestler guy with soft hands.
Maias dealt with better guys on the feet minus Nate The Great. I think he can close the gab and at least get a takedown or sweep. I don't want to be harsh before the fight but this sounds like a way better match up in grappling then in MMA. Not to state the obvious.
honestly im one of those guys that just loves a stand up war but i cant wait for shields and maia, should be an insane display of grappling going on and i wouldnt be surprised if shields gets the better of it.
Maia has improved so much I would like to see him get
a title shot
"A highly anticipated welterweight bout…" I stopped reading right there, as I now know this article is not based on a reality that I am familiar with.
This fight might turn into a grappling FOTY
There's some great fights coming up soon that I'm highly anticipating & this is definitely one of them.
I'm totally late to this story, but I cannot understand this fight. Maia is way ahead of Shields right now. The only loss Maia has had since the UFC 130s is Weidman, and in retrospect, we didn't know how good Weidman was at that point. It's pretty impressive that Maia took him to a decision.
Shields' only wins have been unimpressive. I think Shields is getting KO'd. Even if I thought these guys were equally matched on the ground (and I do not), Maia is way ahead of Shields on the feet.
I think Maia can win any way he wants to win this fight.
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Baby and child proofing your home is an important task because it's where most baby and kid-related accidents will occur as s/he spends most of the early years in the home, learning and playing.
Before your baby gets mobile, make sure that you do a safety check on every room in your house and garden. Once your child is older, you need to maintain a safe home by doing regular safety checks.
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After struggling with a knee injury, the Raptors have officially shut him down for the season; sending him to surgery to repair his right knee.
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Summer Entertaining Idea: Skip The Plate and Opt For Parchment Paper Instead
Looking for a fun summer food presentation idea? Switch up your entertaining style and serve meals on brown parchment paper instead of plates. It's unusual, remarkably pretty, and (bonus!) easy to clean up!
This idea works best when spread on big picnic tables, or when the paper is wrapped directly around burgers or other no-sauce dishes like meats and vegetables fresh off the grill (nothing too messy). Its finger-food feeling makes it well-suited to informal backyard barbeques, outdoor picnics, and other relaxed family events. Parchment paper is also recyclable and, depending on the brand you have, biodegradable, which means it can go straight into the compost, and there's no water to run and no plates to wash at the end of the night. Score!
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Biodegradeable has zero legal meaning. DDT and most types of nuclear waste are biodegradeable too. Compostable at least means it will turn into harmless chemicals (H20, O2 and hydrogen peroxide) within 100 days. Worse, it does nothing to address the resources depleted to make the product. This isn't rocket science. Use real dishware.
I do like creative table settings though, don't get me wrong. It is pretty but just not eco friendly.
Here in Toronto, we have a city-wide compostables collection, alongside our recyclables and garbage collection; the parchment paper, shrimp shells and squeezed-out limes would all go into the compost (known here as the "green bin") and in the spring, we can go to the local parks (or other designated pickup points) and bring containers to collect fabulous compost for our gardens. So I have no problem with using parchment paper for serving a shrimp boil ... great idea that I'll probably use later this summer!
So, I don't usually engage on this topic, but hey, why not, today! I just want to say that I do find assumptions in this space a little difficult, intellectually-speaking. I want to see a side-by-side study of a) how dishware is made b) how soap is made c) how much energy, water, and sewer impact comes from washing a set of dinner dishes. Then compare that data rigorously to that of a) making paper b) composting it or recycling it.
I am NOT making an argument that one or the other is more eco-friendly at all. My point is just that there are lots of assumptions in all of our statements about what's better for the earth, and until you look at an entire ecosystem and production flow, it's hard for me to make dramatic statements one way or the other.
Who knows - maybe someone will do a study showing that it would be more ecofriendly to eat off of recyclable bamboo dishes for every meal and throw them away in the compost pile than to buy dishes made of painted porcelain that have to be washed with hot water. I'm not saying that's the case (and I doubt it) but this whole line of thinking is one of my bugaboos (obviously).
There are just some really non-intuitive aspects of living lighter - like, for instance, how a dishwasher is much more efficient than washing dishes by hand. (But that does not of course allow for the resource cost of producing a dishwasher.)
We shouldn't have included the word "ecofriendly" in this post at all, but I also want to point out that the whole space is pretty hard to make sweeping statements about without lots more data and better definitions.
@Faith, thanks for the response. Please don't think my "tone of voice" is sanctimonious. I consider my comments to be about sharing information that we may have. Unless you're having 20 people at your entertainment table, you should be able to slide those flat dishes right into the dishwasher that you would run anyway for your weekly wash. No study needed, you're just filling up the dishwasher even fuller than you normally would have thus wasting less water, soap and energy. However I REALLY applaud the ideas of posting studies-evidence of what we're saying. I shall find some and post them, both for and against my statement. :)
Not weekly, sorry. I admit we run the dishwasher much more often than that, LOL
@Emmi oh no! Not at all. I hope I didn't come back and sound crabby at all either! I just think it's SUCH an interesting topic and I totally appreciated you opening it up!
I just think overall there are tons of opinions on this topic, and I'd really love to see more large-scale study and science on what is effective and truly helpful long-term. I'm sure those studies are difficult to do, but I hope people look to data more and more in their process of making good decisions.
And yes to dishwasher point - that's great!
Thanks, @Faith this blog is my favorite for green and home growing plus teaching myself how to cook, so I'm grateful for the community and our exchange of ideas. Maybe someday soon the rainwater barrel idea will get going to save more water!
If you're having a big casual party, it's probably not about this idea vs. real dinnerware, it's this idea vs. paper plates and plastic silverware. (At least for me it would be because I don't have enough real plates for entertaining a large group.) So yeah, I'd probably give it a try.
"life-cycle analysis" and "sustainability" are words that were beginning to get thrown around while i was in college studying to be a civil engineer. my hippie water treatment teacher spent 2 weeks on the traditional water treatment system and the rest of the semester on alternative methods of water conservation, use, and treatment. i thought the class was a joke then, but the more i read up on the processes used for water treatment (drinking water AND waste water) and the creative alternative methods, i think she was REALLY on to something.
faith and emmi are right, you must study the ENTIRE system, not just the product you buy and how you dispose of it. that's just a tiny part of how that product affects our precious earth.
thanks emmi for brinking up the topic!
It makes me think of England where fish and chips used to be wrapped in old newspaper. It was a perfect insulation while you took your meal home and a great example of recycling. There would be a small sheet of greaseproof paper in between the newsprint and the fish and chips so it was perfectly sanitary. People would take their old newspapers to the chippy to be recycled as packaging.
Then, the fish and chip newspaper wrappers would go into the coal bucket (yes, I'm going back a long way) and used to light the fire the next morning. So a newspaper was something to read, packaging and insulation, and fuel.
Now we have Styrofoam containers. Progress. As for the idea above, I have plates, I have dish soap. I don't have parchment paper, so no.
@Faith: even if you go the parchment route, you probably would still have porcelain plates, right? So you shouldn't count the energy ect. needed to make the porcelain plates since they will be there anyway, no matter if you it a few casual meals of parchment paper or not. So the only thing you should consider is the hot water/soap for washing dishes vs. the parchment paper. I doubt that the parchment paper would win.
@ fulinlin: you took the words right out of my mouth....
Going on the assumption that the dishes are purchased (new or second hand), the environmental impact of the dishes purchase is a sunk environmental cost and can therefore be left out of the equation.
I don't use hot water to wash my dishes, personally, but even including hot water and soap I think it's pretty easy to do a high-level analysis and see that re-usable dishes win over tossable parchment paper (recyclable or not). We're talking giant pieces of machinery, run on diesel, ripping out trees, transporting said trees, processing said trees, etc etc etc. Most production and processing plants use an insane amount of water just for that step, never mind the diesel for logging and transport, potential ground water and ecosystem impacts from tearing out the trees, and a host of other large scale impacts.
I agree with bringing up the topic for discussion, don't get me wrong! I just think the "IS it really worse?" question is a hard sell on this particular topic.
I know I reacted strongly to this one as I often (at least 1-2x/month) find "eco friendly" claims on AT to be anything but eco friendly. I'm by no means perfect though so probably better for me to worry about my own practices than those of others. :P
While we're on the topic, I would actually like to see a reliable study of the environmental impact of dishwashing vs handwashing. One that includes the resources used to manufacture and run the dishwasher (electricity, etc).
Oops, meant to say 'a dishwasher vs handwashing'.
@Charlie26 So would I! I'm pretty sure that handwashing would win the day though. As you say, there's the manufacturing cost and resources to start with. Then the transportation and packaging. They are usually packed in cardboard boxes with styrofoam at the corners then often encased in plastic. Instruction leaflets and guarantee cards have to be printed (and usually put into plastic bags). Then, because there are many different makes and models, they have to be advertised. There is point-of-sale material such as brochures and stickers on the machine itself.
If I were to get a dishwasher, there'd be the financial outlay. Then the installation costs. There'd probably be a delivery which would involve more fuel and expense.Then I'd have to buy more dishes because with only two people in the household, we wouldn't have to run it every day. (Which I don't like - the thought of dirty pots sitting around for days).
Both need warm water. Both need detergent. But dishwashers seem to always be demanding rinse aids and other chemicals, also specialist detergents. I can use dish soap for many other purposes but not those tablet things that go into dishwashers. I'm sure that it's possible to make your own but that's more time spent.
Dishwashers seem to be more labour intensive too - hand washing dishes doesn't take longer than properly loading a dishwasher. Dishwashers need cleaning, the filters need to be dealt with. If they break down, that's even more expense.
Then, if a child (or husband in my case) has loaded the dishwasher badly, there are still bits of gunge on the 'clean' plates but by now they have been baked on.
Sorry for the rant!
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I've assembled the first of the 2 batches of these chairs that I ordered. I was skeptical thinking these chairs may be flimsy, but they have turned out to be nice and solid!! Here are some additional details about the chairs that might be useful: * the chairs weight about 15lbs a piece and feel very solid when you pick them up. * the frame construction uses pocket screws (hex bolts actually). * there are at least two hex bolts for attaching each leg to the frame -- perpendicular to each other -- so if the chair loosens you can tight up that hex bolt. * the chairs are made of rubberwood, which has about the same density at maple, though it is more porous so not a durable. (over time we'll see if that is the case) http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2011912
Be prepared for an all day, exhausting project if you buy these. Every single part of the chair is a separate piece. Your hands and back will ache by the time you are finished and it indeed takes two people to get this done. After the first chair, we developed a sort of assembly linre process but still it took all day. This puts new meaning to the phrase "assembly required." The end product is sturdy enough, though we ended up with one split leg and partially split lower back. The leg was easy enough to replace but nothing could be done about the back without taking the entire chair apart. I was not about to put together one more of these chairs. This a hard call becauise the end product is a good deal, but I would not have purchased these had I known how hard it would be to assemble them.
Excellent value. Yes, you have to put the chairs together, but the effort/time is worth the savings. These same chairs at a local furniture place would have cost me 6x as much! We boought 2 sets (8 chairs), so it took some time to put together, but with the help of a friend, we had them done in a couple of hours total. Once you get the first one figured out they go together quickly.
So far it meets my needs and about what I'd expect from a relatively cheap set. Although, the wood is pretty soft and thin so when assembling it the wood cracked in a number of places. None that are visible, but it remains to be seen how that will impact the longevity. I just noticed last night (after about a month of very minimal use) that the paint on the top of the table seems to be cracking or at least raising up like the wood underneath is cracked. From what I can tell this will fit the bill for what I need for the near term under light usage. If you're looking for something that will get used daily and not so gently, I might look elsewhere
Great chairs once they're put together. After the first one it is a little less difficult. The manufacturer could have supplied covers for the screw holes as they are quite large and give the chair an unfinished look. The chairs are sturdy though and should last for quite a while. Great value for the price,
To begin with, not only were these chairs incredibly difficult to build because the screw bolts didn't properly fit the holes and nuts. We had to "prep" the the nuts and bolts to fit into each other before even assembling. Luckily we had a power drill to screw in the seat of the chair because those holes were impossible to manually fit the screws into. The instructions weren't particularly difficult, you just have to have extreme attention to detail to properly read them. The chairs did arrive in a timely manner so shipping wasn't an issue. Now here is the real reason I am writing this Jig Saw review! Jig Saw had his way with my chair! One of the chairs came with a back body of the chair leg that was already "broken". When I grabbed the leg out, I said that it looked broken. Under a closer inspection it had this crazy jig saw pattern that had been perfectly cut straight through the chair's leg! the pieces were together as a puzzle but easily taken apart! so now we have to wait for a leg replacement to be shipped out. The quality is questionable since the slice through this leg chair looks machine made and intentional.
If you don't mind spending a couple of hours assembling the chairs then this is a good deal....There are a lot of pieces to assemble. Having said that I am pleased with my purchase. I removed the hard plastic pads on the chairs and replaced with felt pads which give a better "feel" when moving the chairs and will also better protect the floor.
Good luck putting these chairs together! The angle that you have to be at to join the legs to rest of the body is close to impossible. To top it off when you do get them together a good majority of the screws will be stripped. We've had these in use for less than two months and we are constantly having to try (stress try) to tighten them. Not only that, five have gone in the trash from having broken legs or backs.
Such a great value! Love my chairs! It did take a minute to put them together but WELL worth it!
Once the chairs were finally together, we could appreciate the clean lines and easy-to-work-with size. HOWEVER! Each individual back slat and chair leg needs to be attached to the seat. The dowels, screws, pins, etc all come in one big bag, with nothing sorted or labeled. The first chair took over an hour to assemble because the instructions skip a step about putting in a piece to hold the slat in place. The next three chairs took about 45 minutes each. Not sure it was worth it to order these from Overstock and spend time (time is money) to get them all assembled.
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Kevin Nealon, the cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986 to 1995 and character on the Showtime series "Weeds" is 59 years old (!) but still touring clubs around the country as he develops a TV pilot with his wife.
In a phone interview, Nealon (known as one-half of "Hans and Franz," Subliminal Man, Mr. No Depth Perception, and the anchor of "Weekend Update" when he was on "SNL") said that his potential show will, like "Weeds," not have a laugh track, though, like "Weeds," it could have a "munchie track."
Since departing "SNL," The Connecticut native and California resident has been busy over the last 15 years, having written a book about having a wife who is pregnant called Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? and his advice to expectant father is, "You're not alone."
He said he is considering writing another book as he continues to perform stand-up, hoping never to draw hecklers, though Nealon said that when he does encounter them, he does the same thing he does at the dinner table when he can't get a word in edgewise: "I start speaking very softly."
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Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak expects running back Ben Tate to have a "really good year."
Tate is averaging 5.73 yards per carry so far this pre-season. Tate's role during the 2013 regular season will likely increase due to concerns over Arian Foster's 2010-2012 workloads and problems with recovering quickly from minor injuries.
"I think Ben is ready. I think he's going to have a really good year. I've been impressed with his camp." Gary Kubiak told HoustonTexans.com
Tate had 74 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown in Houston's 31-23 loss against the New Orleans Saints.
"The big emphasis was on running the ball and getting back to that. I felt we definitely had to step up as a unit, and we did that tonight." Tate told HoustonTexans.com after the loss against the Saints.
Last season Tate played in 11 games and rushes for 279 yards on 65 attempts with two touchdowns. He averaged 4.3 yards a carry. His numbers dropped compared to the 2011 seasons where he played 15 games and rushed for 942 yards on 175 attempts with four touchdowns.
I think Tate rushes for anywhere between 400-550 yards and five touchdowns this season.
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JONESVILLE Ś A Wine and Food Pairing benefit for the Grosvenor House Museum combined society with history in Jonesville Saturday.
The first-ever event was deemed a success by board members and those attending the evening social affair. Board member Laura Nevins said 75 tickets were printed for the event and 50 had been purchased already halfway through the evening.
ōWeÆve had a great turnout,ö Nevins said.
Co-organizer Theresa Walker said the food pairings with five different wines were a hit. The food included selections of meats, cheeses and more prepared by caterer Marti Rice.
ōThis is the first time IÆve done something like this,ö Rice said. ōI called my daughter who does this all the time in Cleveland and she was very helpful.ö
Yvonne Fedrick, manager of DavidÆs Dolce Vida, said she was happy to be invited to serve the various varieties of wine for the event.
ōThis is very successful and weÆre glad to be a part of this,ö Fedrick said. ōIt was a great idea not only for our business, but for the Grosvenor House and getting people more aware about its history.ö
History was highlighted by John Walker, who wore a reproduction of a Civil War musicianÆs uniform as he played the Estey reed organ recently donated to the museum.
ōThe uniform is authentic right down to the belt buckle,ö John Walker said. ōThe cap shows the Fourth Infantry Company that Mr. Grosvenor served as a guardĀŚ he was on the draft board.ö
The outfit was hand-made in Pennsylvania and was something Walker said he researched to find the direct tie to the Grosvenor name.
Tim Walker, JohnÆs father, who also volunteers at the museum said the benefit will aid with maintenance and upkeep of the home. He named numerous projects to be done including window repair to help with efficiency, chimney repairs and gutter system and foundation work.
ōWith a home with as much history as this one, there are always things that need to be worked on,ö Tim Walker said. ōEverything has to be genuine to keep in line with the historical features to maintain the homeÆs credibility.ö
Raising awareness as well as funds for these projects is exciting, he said.
ōWhat better way than to socialize, because when folks start talking things can get accomplished,ö he said.
Attending the event, Jessica LaRue of Montgomery said her grandfather, Wayne VanPatten, made an endowment to the museum and her familyÆs involvement on the board shows their continued commitment to the museum. She and herĀfriend Elizabeth Dilyard said the evening was enjoyable and a way of bringing the community together for a worthy cause.


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QUITO, Ecuador--Combined profit for Ecuador's private banks fell 35% in January, to $20.16 million, from $30.99 million registered one year earlier, the country's banking regulator said Monday.
The data includes profits for 25 private banks operating in Ecuador, plus state-run Banco del Pacifico.
Banco del Pacifico, Banco de Guayaquil (BGYQY) and Banco del Pichincha (PCH.GU) topped the list, with $4.09 million, $3.02 million and $2.24 million in profits, respectively, according to the report.
The three banks accounted for 46% of the reported combined income and 53% of Ecuador's banking assets.
About 10% of the profits in January came from foreign banks operating in Ecuador, which includes the U.S.-based Citigroup Inc. (C), Dutch-German Procredit Bank and Panama's Promerica.
According to official data, assets in the banking system totaled $27.29 billion in January, while liabilities were $24.50 billion.
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Shades: c/o ModCloth (2009?)
Blouse: Vintage, Maven Haven Vintage
Necklace: Cactus Flower
Jacket: Azalea Boutique
Cords: J. Brand
Boots: LL Bean Signature
Watch: Timex
Belt: Goodwill
I'm calling this Love Story I, because I have a feeling a lot of my outfits this season are going to have that collegiate 1970s vibe. I love the way Adam took these photos - they have such a vintage feel to them.
These pants are a fine wale corduroy which are comfy and cozy for a chilly fall morning. The length is tricky. They're perfectly long when you're standing still in front of the mirror, but when you're out and walking around they sneak up higher for your photos! I swear they are long enough!
I like partnering high waisted pants with a jacket that shows the high rise in front, but breaks up the lines a little and keeps the torso balanced. I love this blouse - it came with a neck scarf, but I didn't want to look too similar to my Little Bee outfit last week. Instead, I'm excited to finally wear this wooden necklace I bought months ago.
Another day, another experiment. There's more I want to say about this, but I'll include it in a movie review post I'm working on for later this week. Hope everyone is off to a great Monday!