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What's your state microbe?
The state of Wisconsin just passed a bill to name the first state microbe, the bacterium Lactococcus lactis. The rationale seems to be that this bacterium plays a large role in the cheese industry in that state and should be adequately recognized. This leads me to wonder what other microbes are best connected with certain states and could be their state microbes (tongue planted firmly in cheek, appropriate prior to a cheek swab for donating my own microbial flora).
Many of these suggested state microbes were merely the first hit that arose on a google search of the state name and "bacteria", "virus", or "protozoa". Most (well, nearly all) of these microbe selections are not flattering, so if you are offended by how your state is portrayed, then I challenge you to offer a better suggestion in the commentary section below. (Yes there are some repeats – oh well.) Let's evolve this list until we condense to an appropriate microbe for each state. No fighting over those eminently useful or particularly diabolical microbes. We'll start off with the favorite for many of us (after Wisconsin, of course).
1 Wisconsin has already laid claim to Lactococcus lactis as its state microbe.
2 Saccharomyces cerevisae is one of the first that comes to mind as this yeast is used to make bread and beer. The best fit is Missouri (due to the breweries located in and around St. Louis).
3 New Jersey has a large pharmaceutical industry which owes much of its production to the workhorse E. coli used to generate pharmaceutical intermediate compounds.
4 Utah – Halobacterium halobium a halophyte or salt tolerant microbe as found in the Great Salt Lake.
5 Bacillus chitinovorus breaks down chitin and should be the state microbe of Maryland, if not, the state would be covered in crustacean carapaces.
6 North Carolina has a large biotechnology development industry, especially in the Research Triangle Park area. Lentivirus is a viral vector is a widely used vehicle to bring genetic material inside eukaryotic cells and serves as a workhorse for that industry.
7 Ohio is the home to the Cleveland Clinic (located in Cleveland, if you couldn't guess) and is one of the best cancer diagnostic and treatment facilities. We now know that the cause of some cancers can be due to viral infections such as the Epstein-Barr Virus – the microbe for Ohio.
8 For much of the 19th century, Arizona's population growth was in part due to people who had been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis with them moving to Arizona so that the dry and warm climate reduced symptoms of the disease.
9 Microcoleus and some species of cyanobacteria degrade petroleum – good choices for Alaska and Texas; they can determine which goes where.
10 Since Microcoleus works under sunlight while cyanobacteria breaks down petroleum best at night, this suggests that latter as the state microbe for Alaska.
11 Massachusetts has some of the best medical research in the country and so HIV would be a reasonable choice for its state microbe as this scourge has brought many research dollars to Massachusetts.
12 Saccharomyces degredans makes bioplastics similar to the many many products made by 3M (previously known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company).
13 Lactobacillus acidophilus used to produce Yogurt – needs to be the microbe for California.
14 Poria incrassata, called dry rot or the water-conducting fungus, will decay wood which would not be attacked by typical decay fungi, certainly a concern for the timber industry in Oregon.
15 Citrobacter freundii was first identified as a citrus-decaying organism to be avoided in Florida.
16 Amanita strobiliformis, a macrofungal species, was the first eukaryotic organisms known to hyperaccumulate silver, such as that found in New Mexico both in the ground and in seemingly every corner store.
17 Montana is the home to a well known institute for study of biofilms and so should name Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a strong biofilm-forming bacterium, as its state microbe.
18 Phytophthora infestans, a water mold, causes potato blight and was believed to be the cause of the Irish potato famine of 1845; Idaho, as home to more of the US's potato production than anywhere else, should name this as its state's microbe as a preventative measure.
19 Helicobacter pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers: and fits as the microbe of choice for the hoagie loving populace of Pennsylvania.
20 Geobacter metallireducens bacteria "eat" metal ions and were first isolated from the Potomac River on the banks of Virginia. Geobacter species provide a model for iron transformations on modern earth and may explain the massive accumulation of magnetite in ancient iron formations.
21 Kansas, known as America's bread basket, should name the bread mold fungus, Rhizopus stolonifer.
22 Listeria ivanovii is an uncommon food-borne pathogen of ice cream such as the very delicious frozen treat from Ben and Jerry's in Vermont.
23 Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans participates in microbial-influenced corrosion of ferrous and copper alloys, appropriate for the rust belt state of Indiana.
24 Species of Geobacter bacteria can eliminate petroleum contamination in polluted water and convert waste organic matter; good reasons to name this the microbe for Louisiana.
25 Leptospirosis is found worldwide but is more common in tropical areas like Hawaii. Leptospira bacteria can live for long periods in fresh water and mud.
26 Bacterial spot is caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas campestris, which can be a contaminant on tomato seed and has been problematic to agriculture in North Dakota.
27 A cellulose-degrading bacteria, Brevibacillus, was found in the deep subsurface of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota.
28 Enterococcus faecalis and other enterobacteria (that normally inhabit vertebrate intestines that can sometimes be found in bodies of water) have been a frequent problem on the beaches of lakes in Iowa.
29 Cladosporium resinae is commonly present in jet fuel, living at the water-fuel interface and causing corrosion to plastic and rubber parts – Atlanta is one of the country's busiest airports thus leading Georgia to name this microbe as its state enemy.
30 Researchers have used Geobacter sulfurreducens to reduce uranium in the groundwater at Rifle Mill – nearby aquifers are heavily polluted by U(VI) leaching from this uranium mine in Western Colorado.
31 Wyoming has more cows than people; imagine what that does to the amount of E. coli 0157:H7 per person.
32 Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus sakei and Pediococcus cerevisiae are sausage fermenting bacteria which has helped to make Hamtramck (and it's high concentration Polish descendants) a favored spot in Michigan.
33 Nitrosobacteria and nitrobacteria are in part responsible for the richness of soils in Nebraska (originally identified in a 1913 thesis by Putnam).
34 In 2004, Alabama was found out of compliance with the Clean Water Act due to presence of E. coli and enterococci at beaches.
35 In May 2006, a patient from a small city in Oklahoma was diagnosed with vancomycin-intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) associated bloodstream and surgical site infections. This was Oklahoma's second confirmed case of VISA. The first documented VISA case occurred in Japan in 1996 and 18 cases have now been documented in the United States.
36 One of the "Leading Factors for Bad Breath in Connecticut" (yes this was the first hit on a google search) is the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori.
37 An abundant seed population in bottom sediments has set the stage for a significant bloom of the toxic alga Alexandrium fundyense in the gulf of Maine.
38 An outbreak of H1N1 influenza virus spread through schools in Chicago, Illinois in 2009.
39 Flavobacterium acidurans has been found as part of hetrotrophic bacteria in acid coal mine water in West Virginia.
40 Arkansas, the home to more than a few chickens, should name Salmonella as its state microbe.
41 The Cytophaga-Flavobacterium bacterial group is known to be abundant in aquatic ecosystems in Delaware and to have a potentially unique role in the utilization of organic material.
42 New Hampshire lays claim to Largemouth Bass Virus, one of more than 100 naturally occurring viruses in fish.
43 Coccidia are intestinal protozoans that invade and infect the lining cells of the small intestine found in cats in Rhode Island.
44 Algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico are caused by microscopic marine algae called Karenia brevis; much of the nutrients are believed to be brought by the River that bears the name, Mississippi.
45 West Nile Virus, now found throughout the US, was first seen in the U.S. in 1999, in the New York City area of Queens and so garners the state microbe claim.
46 Giardia has worldwide distribution and is not uncommon in South Carolina.
47 Legionella is a concern for hot tubs in Tennessee.
48 In the 1990s, there were several reported cases of food-borne illness and death from tainted Washington apple cider linked to E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria.
49 Probiotic microbes, such as Bifidobacterium bifidum, are used in Kentucky to reduce the incidence of colic in horses due to their delicate digestive systems.
50 Nevada, home to legal brothels, regrettably should name Neisseria gonorrhoeae as its state microbe.


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Heck yes, as far as the shadow vulnerability buff goes I have never seen a problem with that. What I am looking forward to though is no longer having my curse of doom knocked off by a hunters poison. Yeah the hunters 400ish damage is nice but I just lost 3300 damage. makes me cry like a baby bird.

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|Buddy Valastro
Buddy Valastro (right), General Raymond T. Odierno and other members of the United States Army cut a cake to celebrate the Army's 237th birthday in 2012.
|Bartolo Valastro, Jr.
March 3, 1977
Hoboken, New Jersey[1]
|Owner of Carlos Bakery
|Lisa Valastro (m. 2001)
|This biographical article needs additional citations for verification, as it includes attribution to IMDb. (January 2014)
|Buddy Valastro
Buddy Valastro (right), General Raymond T. Odierno and other members of the United States Army cut a cake to celebrate the Army's 237th birthday in 2012.
|Bartolo Valastro, Jr.
March 3, 1977
Hoboken, New Jersey[1]
|Owner of Carlos Bakery
|Lisa Valastro (m. 2001)
Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro, Jr.[1] (born March 3, 1977) is an Italian American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and reality television personality. He serves as head baker at Carlo's Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, which has built a new factory at Lackawanna Center, a mixed industrial/retail complex in Jersey City, and opened multiple branch locations.
He is perhaps best known as the star of the reality television series Cake Boss, which premiered in April 2009. He is also the host of the show's spin-off, Kitchen Boss, as well as the competitive reality television series Next Great Baker and his new show Bakery Boss, which airs new episodes on TLC.
Valastro was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Buddy Valastro, Sr., and Mary Valastro on March 3, 1977. He was raised in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2] Valastro began working at his family's business, Carlo's Bakery at age 11, alongside his father. Valastro's father died when he was 17 in 1994, and he succeeded him as the new "Cake Boss."
He began running the bakery; it has come to fame due to the reality television series "Cake Boss", which follows the operation of the business. The series premiered on TLC in April 2009. Due to the success of the show, the business has built a factory at Lackawanna Center in nearby Jersey City, which is used as additional space to construct specialty cakes, as well as the ability to make baked goods for shipment across the country. Due to the limited amount of space at the Hoboken location, the business was unable to deliver cakes beyond normal driving distance from the bakery. The bakery had conducted a limited trial internet sale of pies in October 2009, to test the viability of selling products on the internet. However, the team could not convince Valastro to make pies as he stated, "Pies are made of people. Cake Boss does not make-a pies!"
On May 24, 2011, the bakery opened its first branch location, called "Cake Boss Café", at the Discovery Times Square Exposition at 226 West 44th Street in Times Square,in New York City. This location sells smaller Carlo's Bakery goods, as well as Carlo's Bakery and Cake Boss merchandise. On February 10, 2013, the bakery opened its first full-range branch location in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
In January 2012, as a result of the attention that the shop and the TV series had brought to the city of Hoboken, the Hudson Reporter named Valastro as an honorable mention in its list of Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County's 50 most influential people.
Comedian Paul F. Tompkins has imitated Valastro several times on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, as well as in the associated television series of the same name.
Buddy Valastro resides in East Hanover, New Jersey, with his wife, Lisa, and four kids, Sofia (born April 2003), Buddy (born September 2004), Marco (born February 26 2007), and Carlo (born 14 February 2011). Buddy has four sisters who all work at Carlo's Bakery, Grace, Mary, Madeline and Lisa.


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SPOKANE, Wash. - Monday marked day two of the Clay Starbuck trial. Several witnesses took to the stand.Prosecutors called several witnesses to the stand to try and prove Clay Starbuck murdered his ex-wife Chanin. Detectives testified on Monday that when they found the body of Chanin in her bedroom, she was laying in a position that would "dis-credit her," leaving investigators to believe her death was no accident.Detectives testified Clay showed up at a neighbor's home while investigators were on scene and asked, "why are you at my ex wife's house," and told detectives that he was "concerned because of the lifestyle" Chanin was living.
Detectives testified they believe Clay was trying to point their investigation in a "different direction." Starbuck's defense attorneys cross examined the detectives as they testified.
Clay has also told authorities that Chanin would meet men online and dropped hints of Chanin's alleged "sexual proclivity."
SPOKANE, Wash. Opening statements began Thursday in the trial of
Clay Starbuck, who is accused of murdering his ex-wife and sexually
violating human remains. Chanin Starbuck was found dead in her deer
park home in December of 2011. Not long after the murder deputies
arrested her ex-husband Clay and said he was the man responsible for
the crime.
PARK, Wash – The trial for Clay Starbuck, 48, is now underway at the
Spokane County Courthouse, beginning with jury selection.
is charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the December 2011
death of his ex-wife, Chanin Starbuck, at her Deer Park home, and
sexually violating her remains.
Monday, KHQ learned the defense
plans to call Chanin's own mother as a witness in the case, meaning
she can not sit in on the proceedings against her own daughter's
accused killer. As a result, she was not able to comment to KHQ
This case began back in late 2011, when Chanin
Starbuck's out-of-town relatives reported to police they hadn't heard
from her in a while, her phone was off, and they were concerned about
potential domestic violence involving her ex-husband, Clay.
had filed four police reports with the Spokane County Sheriff's
Office in the months before her death, concerned that Clay Starbuck
had been entering her home and stealing property without her
Through the course of the investigation, police
began to believe Starbuck planned to kill his ex-wife, asked her to
take their kids to school on the morning of December 1, 2011, then
came into her home while she was away, hid, and attacked her upon her
Chanin Starbuck was found strangled on a bed, and
police believe her body was positioned after her death so as to
humiliate her.
In court Monday, a family friend told KHQ his
wife was a supervisor in the dental program at Spokane Community
College, which Chanin Starbuck had just graduated from a few months
before her death. Chanin reportedly told her, "Clay's going to kill
Monday, Clay Starbuck's defense attorney, Derek Reid,
stood by the innocence of his client, telling KHQ, "I can't believe
they arrested the wrong man."
Opening arguments are expected to begin later this week, and the trial is expected to last a month.


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Even the Guardian's obituary of Dame Joan Sutherland observed that Richard Bonynge was not just the late, great soprano's husband and teacher but also, "some would say, her svengali". Such an attitude towards Mr Bonynge was at one time extremely common. From the 1960s onwards, in order to hire Sutherland in her prime, an opera house also had to hire her husband as conductor. The package deal, plus the fact that Mr Bonynge had such a big say over her repertoire and fellow singers, undoubtedly caused resentment. In this country, there was some anti-Australian snobbery about it too. Yet Mr Bonynge stuck to his guns and, in the end, he won through. He did so, in part, because La Stupenda so obviously needed him to sustain her long career and, in part, because, as a conductor, he was so considerate of singers' needs. Above all, though, Mr Bonynge was shown to have been right all along about his wife's voice and repertoire. He was way ahead of his time in his knowledge of the rarities, and concern for the performing practice, of bel canto opera. He also understood that his wife's extraordinary voice was ultimately better suited to the more lyrical repertoire than to the more dramatic roles which broke so many sopranos' careers too soon. This week of all weeks is one in which the anti-Bonynge brigade should reflect on their decades of misjudgment. Mr Bonynge was no svengali. He was a true life-partner in a revelatory career which those who were fortunate enough to experience it will never forget.
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As I mentioned, I am very very busy, but if you want to book a session with me, there might still be available spots in November. (Just sayin'….)
In any case, if you want to be part of this series, you know what to do…
As promised, here is a sneak peek of Caelyx's EKTA photo shoot.
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If you are around Vancouver and want to be part of EKTA, let me know and I will make it happen.
Today I decided to use the technique I used for EKTA and apply it to a portrait.
I think the result is kinda neat and I wanted to share it with you all.
What do you think?
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But rest assured that I haven't given it up and it will be back shortly.
By the way, I am still looking for models to collaborate, so if you're interested, give me a shout.
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Hills and distance were only two of the challenges runners doing the Boston Marathon on Monday had to contend with — unseasonable heat threw another hurdle into the mix. Temperatures reached 87(!) degrees, scaring away more than 4,000 runners who had registered for the race, and causing 2,100 who did run to be treated for dehydration and exhaustion.
Which begs the question — how prepared are you to run in extreme weather? The temps for last year's Peachtree Road Race were 74 degrees at the 7:30 a.m. starting time, and it only got hotter. For PRR first-timers who haven't run in humidity, make no mistake — it was sock-drenching, T-shirt soaking humidity. I don't say that to scare you, but to prepare you.
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COLUMBIA -- For a state which does not have pari-mutuel wagering or major flat track racing, South Carolina made the Thoroughbred world take notice of horses which were sent from its sandy soil during the spring.
Winter Memories, a 3-year-old El Prado- Memories of Silver by Silver Hawk filly scored her second win in as many starts this year by taking Monday's $150,000-added Sands Point Stakes (Gr. 2) at Belmont Park.
Walker's Landing, a 3-year-old colt prepared by Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine in Camden is proving to be a horse for all courses.
High Hopes Stables' Baltic Shore broke his maiden over fences with a 13-length romp in a $15,000 maiden steeplechase at Saturday's Strawberry Hill Races contested at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va.
Mede Cahaba Stable's Complete Zen stalked front-runner Triplekin through the early stages of the $50,000 National Hunt Cup, easily took over on the final circuit, and turned back All Together for a narrow victory in the featured hurdle race at the 81st Radnor Hunt Races on Saturday, May 21.
Camden resident and Peachtree Racing president John Fort will try for a second Grade I victory in 15 days when Flashpoint takes to the race track in Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Irvin S. Naylor's Tax Ruling set almost all the pace in Saturday's $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1), fended off a challenge by Eclipse Award champion Slip Away, and drew away his second consecutive victory in the richest race on the National Steeplechase Association spring schedule.
There were Camden-related fingerprints all over the most prized hardware possessions at Churchill Downs last weekend.
While there may not be a horse with Camden connections in Saturday's 137th running of the Kentucky Derby that hardly means there will not be a local presence on the grounds of Churchill Downs this weekend.
Sportsmans Hall's Private Attack, always prominent in the $75,000 Maryland Hunt Cup, drew away to a 60-length victory in the historic timber race in Glyndon on Saturday.
Irvin S. Naylor's Decoy Daddy set almost all the pace in the $50,000 Temple Gwathmey (Gr. 3) and pulled away to a 3 1/2-length victory over Riverdee Stable's Dictina's Boy at the 90th annual Middleburg Spring Races on Saturday, April 23.
Keeneland's Polytrack and grass racing surfaces continued to be good to horses with Camden's connections as the Kirkwood Stables-prepared Winter Memories took last Thursday's $100,000 Appalachian Stakes (Gr. III).
Last summer, Get Stormy won both the Fourstardave Handicap and the Bernard Baruch, a pair of Grade 2 races on the turf at Saratoga. He then came home fourth and third, respectively, in his first two Grade I starts for trainer Tom Bush.
All but having come into Camden under wraps in early December, Eblouissante has gone about her daily business for the better part of the past five months under the watchful eye of trainer Mickey Preger Jr. at the Camden Training Center.
The Boykin Spring Fling Untimed Trail Ride will return May 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Red Bank Farm in the Boykin community.
The Cassatt Fire Department will host a high school rodeo on Oct. 10 and 11 on the grounds of the Mid-Carolina Field Trial Club. The club is located at 925 Field Trial Rd. in Camden.
A sure sign that fall and cooler weather is around the corner occurred last Friday with the mailing out of invitations to those on the mailing list for the 45th annual Marion duPont Scott International Colonial Cup Steeplechase Races.
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— Mantra said before unleashing some serious ass-kicking. (English dub).
"I am invicible. No one can defeat my Shadow Skill. My one single blow is invicible!" (Japanese sub).Shadow Skill is an Anime series that aired first in Japan in 1998 and was dubbed by ADV Films in 2005. It tells the story of the first-ever female Kuruda Sevaar Elle Ragu and her adopted brother Gau Ban and their adventures as they fight in a world of honour, magic, and fearsome enemies.Elle Ragu is a Sevalle, one of the elite warriors of the kingdom of Kuruda. She uses her martial arts language, the Kuruda Annihilation Techniques known as "Shadow Skills", in combat in a manner which is legendary. She is the 59th Sevalle and the only female in living history. Elle, however, drinks like a fish and rarely pays rent. The only thing she seems to be good at is fighting, which she does well enough to somewhat overcome these deficiencies. She is also not the most intellectual sort, a fact frequently lampshaded by other characters.Her adopted brother, Gau Ban, is another fighter using the Kuruda Annihilation Techniques, and seeks to surpass Elle. Also along for the ride are Faurink Maya, called Folli, a Sui Reme talisman user who acts as a sort of watchdog for Elle, providing the brains to her brawn, and Kyou Ryu, a Septia (those who catch demon beasts) who has a crush on Gau.


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From one of this year's most anticipated albums, superstar Carrie Underwood will release her new single, "Good Girl," to country radio on February 23.
The five-time Grammy winner's new CD will arrive later this spring.
Underwood wrote the track with Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley, who co-wrote two of Underwood's No. 1 hits: "Don't Forget to Remember Me," and "All-American Girl."
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In Louisiana, at least, it may be true.
This poll from left-leaning Public Policy Polling may prove nothing more than the notion that the present crisis is always the biggest crisis. But the result is nonetheless stunning:
Our new Louisiana poll has a lot of data points to show how unhappy voters in the state are with Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill but one perhaps sums it up better than anything else — a majority of voters there think George W. Bush did a better job with Katrina than Obama's done dealing with the spill.
50% of voters in the state, even including 31% of Democrats, give Bush higher marks on that question compared to 35% who pick Obama.
Overall only 32% of Louisianans approve of how Obama has handled the spill to 62% who disapprove. 34% of those polled say they approved of how Bush dealt with Katrina to 58% who disapproved.
Respondents were quicker to blame BP than Obama, which only makes sense. But quicker to disapprove of Obama's handling of the oil spill than Bush's handling of Katrina?
More bad news for Obama:
The sample of the poll is about what you'd expect in Louisiana: 56 percent who voted for John McCain in 2008 versus 35 percent who went for Obama (McCain won the state 59 to 40). The cross-tabs aren't terribly surprising, either: self-identified Democrats give Obama better marks and Bush worse ones, and the opposite is true for Republicans.
It is, however, eye-opening that almost one-third of Louisiana Democrats favor Bush's response over Obama's.
And the prevailing opinions about the oil spill being worse than Katrina, and the continued support for offshore drilling, hold up across partisan, ideological and racial lines.
Opinion outside Louisiana will dictate the broad effect of the spill, and Obama's response to it, on his presidency. But this poll has to have alarm bells ringing among Democrats.
June 15th, 2010
6:17 pm
Taking nearly two months to go and see the situation on the ground because BP told you they were handling the situation was a major gaffe and showed a lack of Executive experience. After the Katrina debacle with President Bush, I cannot believe no one in the White House thought about immediately going to the Gulf coast.
The President's constant campaigning for Democrats makes his administration look one-sided. I was glad to see him stand next to Republican Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi and declare they would work together to fix the situation in the Gulf. Let's hope this is the "change" he believed in during 2008!!!
June 15th, 2010
6:25 pm
Soooo, other than opinion polls that change on a regular basis, any recommendations on how the president "should" have reacted?
Should he have put on a diving suit and went down with a camera and bandaid to show everyone he is doing something?
What? What else should he have done?
If BP had stopped the spill within a week, none of this would be an issue. It's BP's fault, and they should handle it. If they can't, which it seems has been shown, then the government should intervene, stop the leak, then send the bill to BP, with taxes and fees and penalty kicks. (sorry, World Cup on my mind).
June 15th, 2010
6:29 pm
The same with Bush. He couldn't have done much more than he did, other than increase communication and open up federal funding faster. Otherwise, it always feels like the calls for "he should go down there!" get mixed with the "he's only going down for political points!".
Real solutions, well, they're more complicated.
Bush and states had to deal with a worst-case scenario natural disaster. (made worse by slow upgrades to the dikes around New Orleans)
Obama and states and Big Oil have to deal with a worst-case safety-negligence disaster. (made worse by BP's rather poor safety record)
June 15th, 2010
6:31 pm
No question the oil spill will be worse for Obama than Katrina was for Bush, but the comparison is nonetheless highly misleading, and for two reasons. First, Katrina was more of an event that cemented an impression of Bush that had been building for years, where Obama's oil spill is bound to be the greatest natural catastrophe in the nation's history, if not of mankind. It would have likely engulfed any president. In any case, the president's ham-handed response has ensured that he will most likely be severely damaged — though not necessarily hobbled — by it. So where Bush's Katrina was of merely epochal significance, this oil spill will transcend our epoch and likely be an event with world-historical, perhaps even apocalyptic, significance.
June 15th, 2010
6:42 pm
Bobby Jindal is showing Obama what real leaders do.
June 15th, 2010
6:43 pm
By the way, this incessant focus on the need for the president to "emote" in response to the calamity has got to be the most asinine thing I've ever heard of. The American public doesn't want/need a president' who gets mad and raises his fist to the skies in times of crisis. That's an overly infantilizing view of the public (not that it doesn't deserve to be viewed as immature, however, it's just that its behavior is probably best described in most cases as adolescent more than infantile; see Tea Party). What the media are missing here is that the trauma being experienced by the public is not over an insufficient show of empathy on the part of their leaders, but the collapse of any sense that the society of experts we live in is really capable of addressing the crises that face it. That has nothing to do with emotion per se, and has everything to do with a modern world that cannot deliver on the utopian promises it has – more or less implicitly – made.
June 15th, 2010
6:45 pm
"The American public doesn't want/need a president' who gets mad and raises his fist to the skies in times of crisis."
No kidding, and in 2012 we'll usher in someone who does have leadership and send Obamao packing for Chicago.
June 15th, 2010
6:46 pm
"More bad news for Obama:"
The news gets worse everyday for the clown in chief. Dropping poll numbers, angry voters, democrats jumping ship……….
June 15th, 2010
6:46 pm
Low ratings: "Bobby Jindal is showing Obama what real leaders do."
Maybe, maybe not.
But how would Jindal's policies – and his adolescent ambivalence (see above post) towards the protective abilities of the government – not lead us into even greater difficulties in the future?
June 15th, 2010
6:48 pm
"Maybe, maybe not. "
Oh he is. Watch and learn.
"not lead us into even greater difficulties in the future?"
1: Allow drilling in areas like ANWR where spills could easily be contained.
2: Nuclear Energy. (France does it so left wing retards should love it)
3: Drill closer to shore. That way spills can be contained easier.
June 15th, 2010
6:48 pm
What is intriguing in these numbers is the demand for the Federal government to do something. And surprisingly it is coming from those who have claimed to be small government people.
After Bush41 was raked over the coals re Hurricane Andrew, Clinton beefed up FEMA to a massive agency reporting directly to the President.
And FEMA performed during the Clinton years setting a standard that will never be matched again. But the result is a new massive agency, FEMA, and expectations that big government is the answer.
Now everyone is at Obama's throat over the oil spill. The result? A massive new Federal agency to handle oil related disasters? Billions more down the drain?
Republicans need to realize that if they have a piece of Obama they will also have a massive new agency.
I am for no more big Federal agencies. If that means telling Obama "nice job" then so be it.
June 15th, 2010
6:49 pm
BP America President and Chairman Lamar McKay: �BP supports an economy-wide price for carbon based on fair and equitable application across all sectors and believes that market based solutions, like a cap and trade or linked-fee, are the best solutions to manage GHG emissions.� (Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, U.S. House Of Representatives, Hearing, 6/15/10)
Shell President Marvin E. Odum: �That is why Shell supports legislating a solution to energy and climate issues as a means to create a secure U.S. energy future, reduce dependence on foreign oil and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. This requires setting a price for carbon, and we recommend cap and trade.� (Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, U.S. House Of Representatives, Hearing, 6/15/10)
ConocoPhillips CEO James J. Mulva: �Another key element of a comprehensive energy policy should be federal action to address global climate change. As you are aware, ConocoPhillips supports passage of a comprehensive federal law establishing a clear and transparent price for carbon.� (Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, U.S. House Of Representatives, Hearing, 6/15/10)
June 15th, 2010
6:54 pm
Gov. Bobby Jindal Orders National Guard to Build Barrier Wall Off Louisiana Shore
Eight weeks into the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of the Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there's no time left to wait for BP, so they're taking matters into their own hands.
June 15th, 2010
6:56 pm
NPR Poll Shows Tough Road Ahead For Democrats
A new public opinion survey for NPR shows just how difficult it will be for Democrats to avoid big losses in the House this November.
Democrat Stan Greenberg and Republican Glen Bolger conducted the first public battleground poll of this election cycle. They chose the 70 House districts experts regard as most likely to oust incumbents this fall. What they found was grim news for Democrats.
June 15th, 2010
7:24 pm
You know after Katrina there were some blacks in New Orleans who said "Bush doesn't like black people" – as if Bush somehow had Katrina to hit New Orleans on purpose and cause the dam to collapse. Maybe some of folks down on the coast ought to start saying "Obama doesn't like our beaches" or "Obama must not like our sea life". Makes just as much sense as those who blamed Bush.
June 15th, 2010
7:32 pm
People died in floods in Tennessee last month and Obama did nothing. People died in Arkansas floods last week and Obama does nothing. Obama has had two months to address the nation on a play for the Gulf. We already know that there were many things that could have happened that didn't because the Obama administration thought it more important to line up lawyers than a disaster recovery plan with that other incompetent, Janet Napolitano.
What will be said tonight will be an excuse to take over "big oil' in the US just like the US auto industry where fascism controls private enterprise. What will also be said is that this disaster is a reason why Cap & Trade needs to be passed (what irony there, huh?). I won't be watching the teleprompter readings from someone who is in WAY over his head in not only national, but international problems.
I'll bet he'll even blame the former Bush administration and will fail to bring up – like all liberal Obamabots fail to do – that it was Bill Clinton in 1995 that signed off on deep water drilling. You won't see the liberals mention this:
Quote: "In 1995, President Clinton signed the Outer Continental Shelf Deepwater Royalty Relief Act which exempted oil wells drilled deep in the Gulf from the normal royalty payments they would normally have owed the government for their oil. Usually, these payments amount to between 12% and 16% of their revenues, so exemption from this requirement did a great deal to catalyze drilling in deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result of the Administration action, deepwater oil production in the Gulf increased rapidly, growing from 42 million barrels annually in 1996 to 348 million in 2004. The latter figure represents about 6% of total United States oil consumption and about 15% of domestic production. Natural gas production from deepwater Gulf drilling increased tenfold during the same period"–Dick Morris, former Clinton White House advisor
June 15th, 2010
7:42 pm
It's also important to note that Karina was a "natural" occurence – with 2+ days of warning.
The spill had zero warning and it was a man-made disaster.
I don't discount either — they are both disasters with wide-ranging consequences –or the total eff-ups that our leaders showed…but, likewise, apples and oranges are both fruit…
June 15th, 2010
7:51 pm
The difference between Katrina and the oil spill is that the government had the resources and ability to clean up Katrina except for the incompetence of Brownie (Bush's appointee).
The oil spill requires more specialized intelligence that makes it impossible for the government to clean it up on our own. As frustrating as it is, we have to have BP's assist to ultimately be successful.
June 15th, 2010
8:03 pm
Low ratings:
You seem to think that "containing" spill-related damages as "easy". But what I want to ask you is: why haven't companies been able to self-regulate and prevent such accidents as this one from occurring?
The answer: they can't.
June 15th, 2010
8:13 pm
"You seem to think that "containing" spill-related damages as "easy"."
Your words not mine.
"why haven't companies been able to self-regulate and prevent such accidents as this one from occurring?"
Better question: Why did Obama give that BP rig high honors before the spill?
Answer: Because BP gave him a ton of campaign cash.
June 15th, 2010
8:13 pm
This Obama speech is a joke.
June 15th, 2010
8:13 pm
Obana —-really??? nice editing in the headline
June 15th, 2010
8:16 pm
Low Ratings has this all figured out. Perhaps he should tender his resignation at the IHOP, and take over the country! Of course that means it will take a littel longer to get our pancakes this weekend, but I am in!!
June 15th, 2010
8:18 pm
I wonder what god Obama was talking about?
June 15th, 2010
8:19 pm
Maybe you should quit playing on your inbred mom/sisters computer and finish getting that GED you've always wanted.
June 15th, 2010
8:24 pm
To all those with the "It's Working, You're welcome." bumper stickers:
"Ain't nothin working, thank you very much."
June 15th, 2010
8:35 pm
Steel Magnolia …the most sensible post . Katrina was well within the capabilities of the Bush 'regime' to handle it well BUT what did it do ? Only as much to help the moneyed in the area while completely abandoning those who were most needy..Who the h*** cares about a poll by ignorant bigots!!
June 15th, 2010
8:36 pm
fool…come on you dont think low ratings actually got promoted to cook?
June 15th, 2010
8:39 pm
The President of BP should tell Barack to take the proposal to set up an escrow account administered by a third party (obama's buddies) and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Obama doesn't care about what is happening in the gulf or the people it affects, he only cares about power.
He is nothing but a weak, pathetic excuse for a leader.
June 15th, 2010
8:40 pm
"Who the h*** cares about a poll by ignorant bigots!!"
Since when was NPR run by bigots?
June 15th, 2010
8:41 pm
BP owns Obama.
June 15th, 2010
8:42 pm
More bad news for President Dope and Chains
Our new Louisiana poll has a lot of data points to show how unhappy voters in the state are with Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill but one perhaps sums it up better than anything else- a majority of voters there think George W. Bush did a better job with Katrina than Obama's done dealing with the spill.
50% of voters in the state, even including 31% of Democrats, give Bush higher marks on that question compared to 35% who pick Obama.
Overall only 32% of Louisianans approve of how Obama has handled the spill to 62% who disapprove. 34% of those polled say they approved of how Bush dealt with Katrina to 58% who disapproved.
June 15th, 2010
8:43 pm
Maybe Obama can get a job as a short order cook on the south side of Chicago once he's sent packing in 2 years.
June 15th, 2010
8:44 pm
The difference —the media had convinced the intellectually challenged public that Bush was awful and they cooperated and disliked him Katrina peaked his low approval, –the media tries to convince us that Obama is superman/Mother Teresa and the public is realizing he is a total incompetent and their dislike is just starting to rise -the oil spill will speed up that reality
June 15th, 2010
8:44 pm
Obama says BP will pay for the spill.
So when is Obama's awesome government gonna stop the leak?
June 15th, 2010
8:47 pm
My uh er promise to the er Amercan people is uh….BP will pay for the uh er damage. I will eh head back to uh Chicago to watch my uh favorite baseball team the uh er Chicago Blackcubs and their uh er quest for the Stanley Series Bowl. My uh er favorite baseball player is uh er Daryl Griffey Jr.
June 15th, 2010
9:06 pm
Maybe Obama should say to BP "Bring 'em on."
June 15th, 2010
9:08 pm
Low ratings: "Answer: Because BP gave him a ton of campaign cash."
You're right that's what, in part, explains his slowness to respond. But you're wrong if you're cynical enough to think that will determine ultimately what his response is to the crisis.
Another lame speech: "So when is Obama's awesome government gonna stop the leak?"
Wait a sec, pal. You don't get to make these insinuations while one of your own (Jindal) is busy attacking the government for not doing enough. It's' YOUR side, friend, that's got the government problem (and governance problem). That is to say, you don't know how to do it. Now maybe, confronted with a catastrophe of this scope, no one is up to the task, but one thing is for d**** sure and that is that your side has been primarily responsible for bringing us to the point where we are. And that's because your side thinks that markets work just fine by themselves. Well, they don't..
June 15th, 2010
9:13 pm
"Maybe Obama should say to BP "Bring 'em on."'
Nah, a better idea would be to tell Gulf Coast residents to "get in their faces" of BP employees (for you Obamabot voters, that's a reference Obama made to his mindless minion liberals to go "in the face" to Conservatives on the Obamacare disaster-to-be).
June 15th, 2010
9:19 pm
"And that's because your side thinks that markets work just fine by themselves. Well, they don't.."
Yet another mindless liberal minion who can't comprehend that we Conservatives believe in SOME government. Just not ALL government – like Obamacare, Cap & Trade, bank takeovers, auto manufacturer takeovers, …..
June 15th, 2010
9:20 pm
"Wait a sec, pal."
June 15th, 2010
9:23 pm
Oh and another thing – how's that trillion dollar stimulus to nowhere the Democrats promised would stop and reverse unemployment doing? I'll tell you one thing: if corporations spent money and crony up like the liberals' beloved federal overreaching government under Obama, it would be bankrupt – kinda like where we're headed now. Funny how these same liberals whined about government encroachment in private lives under Bush are all shut up like the environmentalists on the Gulf spill. Oh the irony.
June 15th, 2010
9:23 pm
Low ratings
I MEAN it, man.
June 15th, 2010
9:39 pm
MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared To Carter, "I Don't Sense Executive Command"
Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama's Oval Office Address on the oil spill. Here are the highlights of what the trio said:
Olbermann: "It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days."
Matthews compared Obama to Carter.
Olbermann: "Nothing specific at all was said."
Matthews: "No direction."
Howard Fineman: "He wasn't specific enough."
Olbermann: "I don't think he aimed low, I don't think he aimed at all. It's startling."
Howard Fineman: Obama should be acting like a "commander-in-chief."
Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. "I'll barf if he does it one more time."
Matthews: "A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk."
Matthews: "I don't sense executive command."
June 15th, 2010
11:46 pm
oh how u people forget 9/11, the day OSAMA BIN LADEN made a fool of BUSH….THANK GOD OBAMA isnt stupid enough to get tricked by a terrorist hiding in a cave.
June 15th, 2010
11:48 pm
remember the last president, the doofus who took a surplus and turned it into a deficit…the doofus who let 3000 AMERICANS get murdered on his watch….OBAMA is way better than BUSH ever was
June 15th, 2010
11:51 pm
all the people who dont like OBAMA before the spill wasnt going to vote for him anyway…no matter what he does the angry right wing christian hate mongers will never like him because hes black…
June 15th, 2010
11:54 pm
KYLE WINGFIELD will never like anything about OBAMA…after all hes a white right winger and OBAMA is a progressive black…one long for the "glory" days of yesteryear, while OBAMA looks to the future…but i bet KYLE thinks he wtites these columns without any bias or prejudice..
June 16th, 2010
12:57 am
I find it interesting that President Obama likes to compare our near future ability to rely on green technology to our past history of the race to the moon. He seems so optimistic that we can only succeed with green energy. I only wish that he showed the same optimism for capping the well head and cleaning up the gulf. Instead he tells us he can't plug the hole and he can't suck up the oil with a straw. It seems that the Governor down there in LA got tired of waiting and started sucking up the oil with a 4 inch PVC straw. Plugging the hole and cleaning up the oil, no make that stopping the oil before it reaches land and cleaning it up is a much nearer technology than Wind and Solar. What we need is a President that will suspend the Jones act so that other countries can help us. Temporarily suspend many of the environmental acts so that sand barriers can be built. No way they would be more catastrophic than the oil. On the Energy issues, suspend environmental concerns that hinder building Nuclear power plants. Suspend environmental concerns that stop us from drilling on land and in shallow water. I have seen many former oil well sights that have been totally returned to virgin state. Let's do what we can do while we accept the challenge to do what we can't do today.
June 16th, 2010
2:18 am
Steel Magnolia = you are so full of crap – I bet you don't know your A** from a hole in the ground. Wake-up and smell the roses (or the Sh*T that your hero Obama is sending you)


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Courtenot is situated in the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 24 km from Troyes, the department capital. (General information: Courtenot is 164 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chatillon-sur-Seine at 36 km and Tanlay castle at 37 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courtenot. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
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Champagne-Ardenne (surrounding region)
Local markets
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Courtenot and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Chatillon-sur-Seine (36km)
Regional Natural Parcs Foret-d'Orient (20km)
Churches or other religious monuments Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (51km)
Remarkable gardens Jardin du prieuré (14km); Jardin du château de Barberey-Saint-Sulpice (30km)
Sites of natural beauty Lac d'Orient (15km); Lacs Amance et du Temple (26km)
Amusement park / theme park Nigloland (27km)
Towns of Art and history Troyes (24km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Neuville-sur-Seine (14km); Colombe-le-Sec (39km)
Commune: Courtenot
Canton: Bar-sur-Seine
Arrondissement: Troyes
Department: Aube
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 10260
from Troyes (prefecture): 24 km
from Paris: 164 km
from Calais: 359 km
from Nice: 544 km
from Bordeaux: 524 km
from Strasbourg: 259 km
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courtenot): Bar-sur-Seine, Bourguignons, Chappes, Chauffour-les-Bailly, Foucheres, Fralignes, Jully-sur-Sarce, Marolles-les-Bailly, Poligny, Villemoyenne, Villy-en-Trodes and Virey-sous-Bar.
This page in French: Visitez Courtenot
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