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In Waning Winter, An 'Above Par' Snow-Kayaking Adventure
With snow cover stubbornly lingering and whitewater kayaking season still more than a month away, what's an impatient paddler to do? Easy: Snow-kayaking.
After a fun-filled season of swimming, biking, kayaking and otherwise cavorting in warm sunshine, it's time to get cracking on all the chores I've been too busy to attend.
Actually, I've delayed tackling these tasks not so much because I've been preoccupied by recreation but mostly because I vastly prefer working outside in cool conditions without a plague of mosquitoes, gnats, bees and other flying pests so vexatious during an insufferably incendiary summer.
Coinciding with the first frost the other day, I harvested my final pepper, and because last spring I didn't plant any late vegetables such as brussels sprouts or butternut squash it was time to rip out the desiccated squash vines, remove the tomato cages, turn over the garden and begin dumping a layer of compost over the asparagus.
It's always a shock to see bare soil again after months of so much lushness.
While busy in the garden I noticed the netting over the blueberries needs mending, and the bushes require pruning. I added this to my mental list of chores.
A couple of weeks ago I described a new enclosure I'm building for table grapes I plan to plant in the spring. I'm happy to report the work is nearly complete.
I've also almost finished transplanting about 200 spruce and pine seedlings that had to be moved to make room for the grape vines.
For someone who heats with wood, cutting and splitting is pretty much a year-round activity, but from now until late spring is primetime logging season. Not only is this winter's supply cut, split and stacked in one woodshed, but next year's as well in a separate shed. If I had a third shed I'd have it loaded as well.
As far as I'm concerned, you can't set in too much firewood – as long as you keep it dry.
I'll have even more cordwood when I cut down – or arrange to fell – seven large oaks along the driveway. Ordinarily I cut my own trees, but these are too close to the wires and I don't trust my aim.
I also don't on principle like to bring down centuries-old trees, but these behemoths have been dropping enormous limbs with alarmingly increased regularity. It's only a matter of time before one takes out a car, or worse, turns me into guacamole when I innocently stroll out to get the mail. Sorry, oaks, you left me no choice.
The other day I cleared a new path from the garden to my network of hiking/logging trails, and to keep it in character with all my other woodland avenues I plan to line its borders with rocks. The only problem is I've exhausted my readily available supply of stone when filling in holes around new fence posts for the grapevine enclosure, so I've got to roll some over by wheelbarrow from a hundred yards away or more.
Last week, by the way, the tire burst under a heavy load of posts, and so I replaced it with a solid wheel. It's always something.
The leaves are finally starting to turn, and while most people look forward to the fall foliage the change in season means one more labor-intensive task: raking. I don't have a lawn, but I do keep all my trails clear of leaves and other debris because I don't want to trip or slip when I'm lugging firewood, rocks and other heavy objects.
The easiest procedure would be to rake everything to the sides – but that would waste so much excellent mulch. So I rake the leaves into piles and then stuff them into 35-gallon garbage pails to dump among my seedlings. This takes about a week.
Even though I'll be busy with so many cool-weather chores I won't pass up all fun and adventure.
Fall, of course, is a favorite time for hiking, and as far as I'm concerned kayaking is always in season – you simply have to adjust your apparel.
Same goes for running, though one component may be short-lived.
My buddy Bob and I always finish our daily rambles with a plunge in the pond, but with dropping temperatures these dips have become more abbreviated. I'm hoping to make it to December, but we'll see.
Oh well, better get back outside with the tools. Daylight is shrinking, and there's still plenty to do before dark.
With snow cover stubbornly lingering and whitewater kayaking season still more than a month away, what's an impatient paddler to do? Easy: Snow-kayaking.
Every year about this time, after having spent the past few months shoveling tons of snow from the driveway, lugging tons of firewood from the shed, getting out of bed dozens of times at 3 a.m. to stoke the stove, hauling countless buckets of...
Just when we winter worshipers had resigned ourselves to another snowless season, and only a day after the temperature climbed ridiculously into the 60s, our prayers have been answered not just by an ordinary storm but by a meteorological...
If you thought most forest animals hibernated in winter, or at least slept through the night, take a stroll through the woods the morning after a snowfall.
While I lugged logs from the woodshed the other morning a yip-yip-yip! pierced the still air. First reaction: Did the neighbors get a dog? No, they were out of town for a few days. Yip-yip-yip!
Large, wild animals belong in the wild, not in a circus, aquarium or zoo – a point reinforced by events involving three prominent, unrelated institutions in the last couple weeks.
As we prepare to inaugurate a president who has repeatedly called climate change a "hoax," appointed as Environmental Protection Agency administrator an Oklahoma attorney general who is suing that agency, named the CEO of ExxonMobil as secretary...
"Yeah, I'm standing on the summit now! … The view is incredible – I can't believe I'm getting a signal up here!"
Look, I'm not going to lie: While some longtime participants in one of southeastern Connecticut's most enduring, challenging and madcap traditions insist that plunging into icy water after a run on Jan. 1 is a refreshing and...
When it comes to adventurous fun my philosophy has always been too much is never enough, so when I look back at the highlights of the past 12 months, as I typically do when the calendar is about to flip, I can honestly say that 2016 was a...
I guess I first realized the temperature had dropped a few degrees when I went out for a 5-mile run this morning and noticed that my eyelids had started to freeze shut, which loyal readers will recognize as Level IV on the Fagin Frigidity Index,...
The first time friends and I trudged up New Hampshire's Mount Washington in winter the frozen peak might as well have been Antarctica – hurricane-force winds and blinding snow battered us, the only climbers that day atop the highest...
I realized long ago that you're never really finished building a stone wall, even after you've dragged and hefted into place what seemed like the final boulder, exhaled mightily and stepped back to admire your work.
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this was so nice to see, and its well written. i love the morganville vampire series! and ive never seen any fanfic for it, so thank you. im sad that shane cheated though :( ive always been really into their relationship so thats kind hard to see, but you wrote it well and id like to read more. :)
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I'll never forget a quote by a guy who joined Gateway's recovery group. He had just found faith earlier that year and had been growing to experience this moment-by-moment life with God.
When asked what he hoped to get out of the group, he said, "I'm here because this thing I'm experiencing with God right now is so good, I just don't want to do anything to screw it up!"
Too often we focus on not doing this or that—it doesn't work. The more long-term, successful approach is to focus on staying connected and responsive to God, and when we stick with it long enough, we start to experience something better that replaces the old behavior until it's not such a struggle.
Paul put it this way: "Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the [old nature]." (Gal. 5:16, NASB) Frank Laubach wrote this in his journal after the first five months he spent seeking moment-by-moment life with God:
"Oh, this thing of keeping in constant touch with God, of making Him the object of my thought and the companion of my conversations, is the most amazing thing I ever ran across. It is working. I cannot do it even half of a day—not yet, but I believe I shall be doing it some day for the entire day. It is a matter of acquiring a new habit of thought. Now I like the Lord's presence so much that when for a half hour or so He slips out of mind—as He does many times a day—I feel as though I deserted Him, and as though I had lost something very precious in my life."
I can now believe him, but this was not always the case for me. For many years, my spiritual life felt dutiful. I would say it was the right way to live or a good way to live but not amazing, life-giving, exciting, thrilling and fulfilling like nothing else.
Now I can say that because that's been my experience as I'm staying more and more connected in a daily, hourly, sometimes even moment-to-moment way. When we learn to stay connected and responsive, sin begins to lose its appeal.
We sin (go against God's will or ways) because we think it will get us something we want or need, but the more you stay connected and experience the fulfilling inner life God's Spirit produces, you selfishly don't want to sin because you don't want to ruin something much better with something less satisfying. That's when lasting change takes root.
John Burke is lead pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas, and the author of No Perfect People Allowed. Click here for more from John Burke or visit John at johnburkeonline.com.
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Baylor nabs No. 2-ranked center Dominic Woodson
|Top-50 prospect Dominic Woodson is a skilled big man who will make an impact on the offensive end. (Davide DePas)
Despite going to the East coast for high school, Texas native Dominic Woodson still had a pull to the Lonestar State.
On Thursday, the No. 2-ranked center in the class of 2013 committed to Baylor, a source confirmed to CBSSports.com.
Woodson, a 6-foot-9 big man who plays at Huntington Prep (W.Va.), chose the Bears over North Carolina State. Earlier this week, it became apparent that Indiana had pulled out of the BeeJay Anya sweepstakes, meaning the fellow top-50 big man had only North Carolina State remaining on his list.
Woodson's decision could be directly related to Anya and NC State getting closer. Woodson took official visits to both schools, but the recent success of the Bears was too much to pass up.
Baylor has pursued Woodson for a long time, and has been near the top of his list for much of his recruitment.
"Their big men get the ball a lot," Woodson told me in June.
Woodson is a strong body who can score in different ways, with the ability to finish effectively at the rim and also consistently knock down face-up jumpers from the mid-range. In fact, we've seen him knock down 3-pointers with ease. He rebounds well and distributes once double-teamed.
He joins a very solid Baylor recruiting class that also includes No. 41 Ishmail Wainright and three-star center Jonathan Motley.


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The higher quality gas with extra detergents leaves fewer deposits, and is worth the premium.
Gasoline Prices
19With Chevy Silverado, GM promotes low cost-of-ownership instead of high MPG
- Jon LeSage
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General Motors has a couple of problems to deal with: a glut of pickups on dealer lots and the inability to claim best-in-class fuel economy for its usually strong-selling Chevrolet Silverado pickup. In light of the situation, GM's marketing message has transmuted into something else: "hey, at least they're cheap to own."
13EIA: 2012 monthly average shows U.S. using less gas than at any time since 2007
- Sebastian Blanco
- Aug 14, 2012
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124,000 barrels of oil a day sure sounds like a lot, doesn't it?
62011 U.S. demand for gasoline below 2010 level for 29th consecutive week
- Eric Loveday
- Oct 14, 2011
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U.S. gasoline consumption declined 2.5 percent last week, compared to the same time frame in 2010, with motorist buying only (?) 8.79 million barrels a day during the week ending October 7, according to data collected by MasterCard. That's down from 9.01 million barrels a day back in October of 2010 and a bit below the 8.82-million-barrel mark set in late September.
35Barron's says oil likely to hit $150 a barrel next spring, gas $4.50 a gallon
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- Jul 6, 2011
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In early May of 2011, the national average price of gasoline in the United States hit exactly $4 a gallon before falling to the current level of $3.56. However, if predictions from Barron's hold true, then prices will shoot back up in early 2012, hitting $4.50 by next spring.
16Gas prices not scaring car buyers as much this time around
- Jonas Dalidd
- Jun 30, 2011
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With gasoline prices soaring this year, one might assume, justifiably, that hybrid and fuel-efficient small vehicle demand must also be on the rise, mimicking the market situation in 2008. However, history may not be repeating itself this time around. AutoPacific President George Peterson says, based on a study by the consulting group, that "small car and hybrid consideration is not tracking anywhere near the rate of the price of fuel as it did in 2008." Of the 68,000 people surveyed, only 21 pe
7Report: Prices of fuel-efficient used vehicles have peaked
- Eric Loveday
- Jun 15, 2011
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As gasoline prices start to dip, so too are the values of fuel-efficient used vehicles. According to Kelley Blue Book, prices on fuel-sipping used autos increased by roughly 25 percent throughout the first 20 weeks of 2011, but that, "values for fuel-efficient used vehicles have now peaked." If you're out shopping for new used wheels, KBB has good news for you in that prices for used compact, subcompact and hybrid vehicles have "started to decline." Some KBB analysts even see these values dippin
29Ups and downs of unpredictable gas prices defy logic
- Eric Loveday
- Jun 2, 2011
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Surprisingly, gas prices dropped prior to Memorial Day weekend and have seemed to defy logic throughout much of the first half of 2011. Luckily, pump prices have dipped below their 2011 peak of $4, down to a nationwide average of approximately $3.80. However, analysts warn that we're not out of the woods just yet.
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51Consumer Reports says now's not the time to buy a hybrid vehicle
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- May 17, 2011
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119It's Official: National average gas price hits $4
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The national average price of gasoline has hit exactly $4 a gallon, approximately a dime below its all-time high. According to a Lundberg Survey of fueling stations released on Sunday, pump prices rose 12 cents over the past two weeks. On July 7, 2008, the national average price of gas soared to $4.114 a gallon, a record-setting high, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.
33It's official: National average gas price hits $4
- Eric Loveday
- May 11, 2011
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The national average price of gasoline has hit exactly $4 a gallon, approximately a dime below its all-time high. According to a Lundberg Survey of fueling stations released on Sunday, pump prices rose 12 cents over the past two weeks. On July 7, 2008, the national average price of gas soared to $4.114 a gallon, a record-setting high, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.
1722% of Americans "extremely confident" gas will soon be too expensive to drive normally
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- May 9, 2011
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15RFA says ethanol saved Americans 89 cents at the pump in 2010
- Eric Loveday
- May 6, 2011
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In early May, Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin released a study indicating that in 2010, the blending of ethanol with gasoline reduced pump prices by an average of $0.89 per gallon. This is a $0.25 increase in savings thanks to the extra ethanol produced last year. In addition, the study, sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), found that in 2010 alone, ethanol reduced the average American household's gasoline bill by more than $800. RFA president, Bob Dinneen, w
5Rising gas prices hike up hybrid, diesel, subcompact vehicle sales in first quarter of 2011
- Eric Loveday
- Apr 28, 2011
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U.S. sales of hybrid, diesel and subcompact vehicles outpaced the automotive industry's overall growth in the first quarter of 2011, according to a report released by Baum and Associates, a firm that specializes in forecasting and market research related to the auto industry. Sales of hybrid vehicles soared upwards by 33.9 percent in the first quarter of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010. Likewise, sales of diesel-engined vehicles shot up by 42.9 percent and sales of subcompact cars rose
29WTF? Gas prices around the world range from $11 to 12 cents a gallon
- Sebastian Blanco
- Apr 12, 2011
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Here's a frightening number (to anyone without a plug-in car, anyway): the average cost of 50 liters of gasoline reached €75 this month. As you can probably tell from the metric system usage there, we're not talking about fuel prices in the U.S. Instead, this is the situation in France, where the cost is expected to jump to €2 a liter soon. According to Autoblog France, the CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie, said there is "no doubt" that €2 fuel is coming soon, adding that "Hop
23Report: Sales of fuel-efficient vehicles too low to meet 2016 CAFE standards
- Eric Loveday
- Apr 4, 2011
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25Study: $5/gallon gas could overload public transit system in U.S.
- Eric Loveday
- Mar 17, 2011
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Recently, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) predicted that rising gasoline prices could lead to a savings of $14,376 for commuters in New York City who choose to switch from personal to public transportation. However, keeping that amount of coin in one's bank account may not be as simple as it first seems.
63NADA says $4.50 gas is tipping point in U.S. (well, duh!)
- Eric Loveday
- Mar 8, 2011
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Do you remember 2008, when the cost of gas in the U.S. jumped to levels people just weren't ready for? When gas prices soared to $3.50 an above that year, we saw the U.S. public panic, and some changed their car-buying habits (for a while, at least).
30Report: Gas prices in Finland to soar above $9 per gallon
- Eric Loveday
- Jan 20, 2011
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Us Americans typically complain when gasoline prices begin to rise, but at the current U.S. average of $3.09 per gallon, fuel here is a raging bargain. At least, it is if you compare to what drivers pay over in Finland. Even though some reports suggest gas will go over $5 a gallon in the U.S. in 2012, a liter of E10 gasoline over in Finland is expected to soar to 1.80 euros by the end of the upcoming summer. What does that mean in U.S. measurements? About $9.13 per gallon. Yeah.
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Howard Nelson, chairman of the environmental practice group at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, has experience in environmental and land use law and zoning and regional planning. He represents clients throughout all phases of the development process from site location through permitting and construction, as well as in permit appeals and environmental enforcement matters.
Q: What is the most challenging case you have worked on and what made it challenging?
A: As a field, the most challenging cases I've ever worked on have been environmental inverse condemnation cases. Together with my partners, I have been fortunate to work on three large high-profile environmental inverse condemnation cases over the last 10 years.
The first one, City National Bank v. South Florida Water Management District, involved 1,200 acres in the Pennsuco wetlands mitigation area in northern Miami-Dade County. The second case, Developers of Coral Bay v. Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, involved 18 zoned platted lots lying approximately 4 to 6 feet below the water within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve. The third case, Cutler Properties v. South Florida Water Management District, involved an approximately 140-acre residential project located in the footprint of the Biscayne Bay coastal wetlands element of the comprehensive everglades restoration plan.
While all three of these cases were challenging, I believe the Coral Bay case was, quite possibly, the most challenging. These lots were part of a larger conveyance of sovereign submerged land which had been platted and mostly developed 50 years prior to our case. The 18 lots involved in our case were some of the last remaining lots from a larger subdivision. Because of certain economic constraints faced by one of the prior owners of the property, these lots were never filled, although each paid ad valorem property taxes and special assessments for improvements within the subdivision.
The original development of the property had been embroiled in litigation (Askew v. Gables by the Sea) and led to the adoption of the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve Act. What made this case particularly challenging were the myriad of conflicting and competing permitting concerns related to local zoning codes, Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulations and the restrictions placed within the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve Act.
The case was ultimately settled (as were the two other cases), and the property was turned over to public ownership with just compensation being paid for the taking.
Q: What aspects of your practice area are in need of reform and why?
A: One of the areas in most need of reform is the methodology and regulatory procedure for determining when properties are contaminated and the pathway for bringing contaminated properties to a fruitful end use. Many of the state and local regulations concerning contaminated soil and groundwater ignore ambient background contamination in soil or require property owners or developers to go through arduous and complex analyses to determine that levels of perceived contamination are normal background or anthropogenic background concentrations.
In order for both land development and contamination remediation decisions to be undertaken in a timely manner and to provide an incentive for property owners to undertake them more readily, a streamlined approach for determining the developability of contaminated property needs to be perfected.
Q: What is an important issue or case relevant to your practice area and why?
A: Lost Tree Village Corporation v. United States is a very important case. Lost Tree starts the redefinition, in takings cases, for what constitutes a "single parcel" and, therefore, what constitutes the definition of a parcel of land for the purposes of takings or inverse condemnation law.
Q: Outside your own firm, name an attorney in your field who has impressed you and explain why.
A: Michael R. Goldstein, of the Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, is one of the practitioners in my field who impresses me the most. Michael has become the clearest proponent for brownfields developments that I know and is a constant speaker, advocate and marketer for the enlargement of brownfields redevelopment.
Q: What is a mistake you made early in your career and what did you learn from it?
A: Early in my career, I made the mistake of not returning a call quickly enough to a client. I learned very quickly that no matter how busy you are, returning phone calls is not something to be deferred. It's an integral part of building strong relationships with clients.
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Orin S. Kerr
The George Washington University Law School
March 28, 2011
The Political Heart of Criminal Procedure: Essays on Themes of William J. Stuntz (Klarman, Skeel, and Steiker, eds), pages 131-43 (2012),
GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 543
Probable cause is one of the fundamental concepts of Fourth Amendment law, but the Supreme Court has refused to quantify it. The Court has described probable cause as a "fair probability," but it has declined to explain just how likely a "fair" probability might be. Does a "fair probability" mean a 50% likelihood? A 40% likelihood? And why won't the Justices say? Are they just afraid of math?
This essay argues that courts should not quantify probable cause because quantification would produce less accurate probable cause determinations. The core problem is that information critical to probable cause is often left out of affidavits in support of warrants: Although affidavits say what techniques police tried that added to cause, they generally leave out both what the police tried that did not add to cause and what techniques the police never tried. Determining probable cause accurately often requires this information, however. By leaving probable cause unquantified, current law enables judges to use their intuition and situation-sense to recognize when missing information is likely important to assessing probable cause. Quantification would lead to less accurate probable cause determinations by disabling those intuitions, creating the false impression that the information provided in the affidavit is the only relevant information. Cognitive biases such as the representativeness heuristic and anchoring effects would allow the government to create the false impression that a low-probability event was actually a high-probability event. To ensure accurate probable cause determinations, then, probable cause should remain unquantified. The result is counter-intuitive but true: Knowing less about probable cause improves how the standard is applied.
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XIAOGAN, China The nighttime cry sounded like a stray cat. The cold morning light revealed a stray baby instead, wrapped in a quilt beside a bag of diapers and a packet of milk powder.
"Don't blame us for our cruelty, it's because we can't afford to raise you," read an anonymous note.
The baby girl, perhaps 1 month old, had a severely disabled left foot.
Such a deformity in China is considered an enormous burden, and up until recently there were no privately run homes for the disabled in the entire country. One such home is where the child was left, established in January by Chen Fuqiao.
"I want to teach them how to help themselves, more or less, and give the better ones a chance to work," Chen says.
The hurdles are high for people such as Chen who are trying to help the disabled live more normal lives. The Communist Party in control of China remains suspicious of group efforts that are independent of the state, says Meng Weina, a pioneer in caring for China's disabled.
Not so in the West, where institutions have largely given way to group homes or apartments in neighborhood settings that allow people with mental and physical disabilities to be part of the community. Much of the housing is run by community-based organizations.
In China, all decisions regarding its disabled are made by the Communist Party, which prefers traditional institutional care. When individuals such as Chen try to do things differently, they run into a system that distrusts civic action.
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Chen has been refused official registration and funding even though he is providing for 27 children and young adults in his hometown of Xiaogan, in eastern China.
This month, Beijing further limited the amount of money an organization not controlled by the government can take from foreign donors.
More than 13 million of China's estimated 83 million physically handicapped people also have learning disabilities, says Yang Xiang, head of the juvenile research institute at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.
Wealthier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai fund special education programs, but about 60% of those 13 million remain "stuck at home," in the poorer countryside with little access to help, Yang says.
Chen, whose 20-year-old son has suffered learning disabilities since birth, left his job at a fertilizer factory to set up a small supermarket in the 1990s. The joy Chen experienced training his son to run for the Special Olympics convinced him he could help others.
Since 2007, he has ridden his old motorbike around Xiaogan and nearby villages looking for families like his own while still managing his grocery.
The response was overwhelming. In a city of 5 million, Chen says he discovered at least 1,000 families struggling to raise children with disabilities. Municipal statistics from 2006 say that 28,000 of Xiaogan's 309,000 disabled people are mentally handicapped.
Most of the children spend all day at home, looked after by their mothers, Chen says.
The Chinese sense of duty to care for one's parents, popularized by Confucius, runs deep in Xiaogan city, named after a famous legend of filial piety. At Chen's center, that tradition is reversed.
"My aim is to let the parents of families like mine leave the world without worry," explains Chen, 46, a soft-spoken Buddhist. "There is a place they can trust, and make their children happier."
After just two months, Shi Biyu is already convinced.
"She never said 'good morning' before, but she did it all day after joining Mr. Chen's center," Shi says of daughter Zhou Mei, a baby-faced 36-year-old who was clutching a Mickey Mouse doll. "I can't die with my eyes closed if Meimei doesn't have a good place to go. Now I set my mind at rest."
Others must wait for Chen's help.
Every day the parents of Peng Jing, 6, strap him into a "standing shelf," a contraption copied from a hospital device, that they hope will improve his walking. Peng, who has cerebral palsy, cries every time he is strapped in.
"He hates using the equipment," says Lu, who softens the pain by giving Peng treats from KFC.
Beijing may be coming around, however.
At the annual session of parliament last month, Premier Wen Jiabao included for the first time in his government report additional assistance for services for the disabled. Zhang Haidi, head of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, said that China urgently needs more funds for disabled people in remote villages.
Still, "Compared to problems like house prices, corruption and health care, I fear the problem of the mentally disabled is now pretty much near the back," Yang says.
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In Xiaogan, local government officials appreciate Chen's efforts.
"He helps our work, but the financial help we can give him is limited," says Xu Zemin, deputy head of the municipal disabled persons' federation.
Meng Weina, a pioneer in caring for China's disabled, says attitudes have improved from days when people with disabilities were called "cripples" or "idiots."
"The government realizes it can't do everything," Meng says.
Meng's outspokenness on the need to change the way the disabled are treated has cost her official support for her services organization, which are now in 11 cities, she says.
"It's a miracle we have kept going," says Meng, a Catholic inspired by Mother Teresa.
Chen Fuqiao may need a miracle.
All but one of the 17 nurses he took on earlier this year have left because of low salaries, he says. His wife complains he is neglecting the family grocery.
"I pray to Buddha every day," Chen says. "I ask him, 'Am I right or wrong to do this?' "
In the morning he is back at it. He has a sports meet to prepare for, he says, and a lot of hopes riding on his shoulders.
MacLeod reported from Beijing; Yang from Xiaogan.
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Nkunda, who declared a ceasefire late on Wednesday after his forces advanced almost to the limits of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, said UN soldiers had failed to stop civilians there being killed and robbed overnight by government troops in retreat. "We will go into Goma if there is no ceasefire, no security and no advance in the peace process," he said in an interview by satellite phone. He said he was talking from his headquarters at Kirolirwe, eastern Congo.
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana spoke with Rwandan President Paul Kagame yesterday, while EU aid commissioner Louis Michel metCongo's Kabila, hoping to get the two leaders to meet. "That will no doubt help to put in place political processes which are absolutely necessary," Solana told reporters in Paris. Michel meanwhile said: "We urgently need a ceasefire to stop the chaos and thesuffering of the ordinary people."
Several people were killed in looting overnight as gunfire rang out across Goma. Kevin Kennedy, a spokesman for the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said that while the ceasefire was holding in North Kivu, the Congolese army were "running amok" in parts of Goma.
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Well, it's been considerably more than seven minutes since I finished following the instructions, and the e-mail has yet to reach me.
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#31432 Jan 1, 2013
Projections that I have seen indicate that white voters will be down to 49% by the year 2043. Republicans will be less tham 3% if they continue attacking AARP, Girl Scouts of America, hispanics, blacks, gays, the poor, the unemployed, veterans, the disabled, the sick, children, NPR, education, the environment, religious freedom, rape victims,social security,medicare , medicaid,farm subsidies, civil liberties, freedom of speach, clean air, clean water,. and even lenscrafters because they make glasses and that can lead to reading., Profile questionaires need to add a race box for uneducated, ethically challenged republikan.
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#31433 Jan 1, 2013
You are right. Look at their base supporters. They have no clue and will not change any of their elitist philosophies regarding inclusion of all in order to broaden their base.. The Lenscrafters comment was hilarious.
#31434 Jan 1, 2013
Your African culture in spelling, composition and death threats really permeates through your black musky oily skin here, "expereice", will scare "you" a$$ to "death", "Watch your wife. Her danger is greater." A Sambo combo of ebonics and black racist violence, when confusion in your subhuman species is constantly aroused by higher intellect.
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#31435 Jan 1, 2013
You are certainly a great writer of purpose and respected spelling and grammar critic. "experience", "your". Thanks for the corrections as I need to be more aware of that aspect of my posts. Happy New Year, Gail. Your higher intellect is most obvious and does keep me aroused as it has for years.
Since: May 12
#31436 Jan 1, 2013
Why hello there! I seem to have your attention! You don't like Switzerland, Gail?
#31438 Jan 1, 2013
You are so right! They will not change and it is clear to me that they (racist crackers) are scared to death because they know they are now a minority. Oh happy day. I personally believe that maybe not in our life time, but in the future there will be only one race of people world wide. Part of a grand plan.
And as far as increasing spending on defense is concerned....the education, health and welfare of our country as a whole is our #1 defense.
I'll tell you where the true welfare is.... With those in Washington getting paid to do nothing more than compromise and can't even show up to work. These are the ones who should be lowered to digging our road side ditches.
#31439 Jan 1, 2013
I assure you negro, although there may be a "Gail" lurking in your mindless burr head somewhere, I'm not her. I'm retired military and I, along with many others, had to tolerate pseudo-intellectual black parasite racist lifeforms like you for our full duration. And you're all the same, lazy, mouthy, stupid, hateful and always hiding when the words "work" and "intelligence" came up. The military would only promote blacks just to get them out of the way, via Affirmative Action, in order to accomplish the mission and avoid their whining and playing the race card. My comrades and I know who the real enemies of this country really are, and they're not foreigners, black boy.
Since: May 12
#31440 Jan 1, 2013
Gail really wants a race war.Can you believe how pathetic the girl is folks? Assuming multiple identities, all with racial overtones, pretending to be both white and black! With a vendetta against AZ......Y'all may not know it, but old Gail is black...hey Gail....meet me at the wal-mart in Huntsville Texas....next Friday at high noon...I'll be standing at the south entrance....for real.....we can talk about anything you like....you DO have enough money to get here? This is just an invite to a friendly discussion...
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#31441 Jan 1, 2013
Allen, you actually think one race of people worldwide would be a good thing? Hitler actually felt the same way. Hope you meant it's not a good thing to have one race of people. I think one race of people would take away from diversity. People from all ethnic backgrounds are proud of their heritage, what would be so good about everybody being "branch kin" to every Tom, Dick and Harry? Inbreeding is never a good thing. The only good I can see from everyone being of one race is that we won't hear all this pissing and moaning about discrimination.
Since: May 12
#31442 Jan 1, 2013
"Comrades"? Sound like a damn Russian to me there pinhead...another North Carolina halfwit talking smack...while safe and snug....in moms basement...I hate Topix"badasses"who run their fat mouths off..just like you....
#31443 Jan 1, 2013
Military, lmao. You are a disgrace to the USM and furthermore to humanity in general. Did you join the military in part for health care and an education? If you did then it certainly did not serve you well. Retired, again lmao.....you will be forever fighting a war. The one in your bigot head, that you will never win. Your only enemy is yourself.
#31444 Jan 1, 2013
Another ignorant dependent dopehead wigger n***er wannabe coward crybaby wearing his soiled baggy diaper below his knees, never had a job, doesn't know how to work, collecting an SSI "nut check", food stamps and Medicaid, living at home with his alcoholic pill-popping mother, sponging off the hardworking white taxpayers.
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#31445 Jan 1, 2013
God, How I wish you would write a book and I could get you to autograph it for me, Hawkeye. By the way, if I am not mistaken didn't you had a lead role in MASH? What a jokster! Hilarious! I think I am going to start a 'Colored' fan club for you. Is that OK?
Since: May 12
#31446 Jan 1, 2013
Gosh"hawk"....you mad at old Waco? I'm 58 you little swish...mom been gone a long time..they started giving me a"nut"check after I stabbed a punk like you...can you beat that? Worked full time from the age of 15...to 48...got me a VA card...sure would like to meet you...you sound so"interesting"....b ut I doubt a dirty screwball like you...wants to meet....someone...."face- to face"..hmmm?
Since: May 12
#31447 Jan 1, 2013
Arnold..."hawk"sure writes like Gail....her venom is easily identifiable...she lives on adrenalin! Haaaa haaaa!!
#31448 Jan 1, 2013
A typical n**ger response. Again, when confused with the slightest amount of intellect, the n**gers will respond with their primordial violence, i.e., chest pounding, innate wild and loud vocalizations, typical of these sub-primate black inbreeds.
#31449 Jan 1, 2013
Yes, one race would be better. A brown race, not an all white race like the one Hitler wanted. Diversity, I beg your pardon. Was it not you that personally spoke out about interacial marriage and was it not Silver the racist, who believes in segragation and walking on HIS side of the street? "branch kin" Do you not believe that we all came from one? Or was there more than one set of Adam and Eves, red, yellow, black and white, etc. My post was more about the mixing of he races until there is only one race. Inbreeding is when one procreates with an immediate or close family member, therefore giving the definition of "branch kin"
#31450 Jan 1, 2013
Another tall Texas tale. What's your mother's street address? I'll pay you a visit. Oh, you don't know, I thought so.:)
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Racist much?
Only when it is applicable or when you find it convienent to identify yourself with, right?
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Our home is located off 6A on the Cape Cod Bay side on a quiet road, with a large shaded backyard. It's a short 5 minute walk to Chapin's Restaurant (great food & sports bar). A longer walk (or short drive) is the picturesque and historic village of Dennis. Many restaurants, shops, live theater, and attractions are only minutes away.
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Rev. Dennis' saltbox home, the Josiah Dennis Manse, is open to the public with rooms decorated in the style of the minister's day. Further along Route 6A on Scargo Lake is Scargo Hill Tower, built on the highest spot in the area at 160 feet above sea level. From the top of the 38-step tower, you can see from Barnstable Harbor to the west to Provincetown in the east.
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Other activities in and around Dennis include bike-riding on the old Cape Cod Railway, two outstanding public golf courses, many great restaurants, unique shopping and, of course, beautiful sand dune beaches!
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Reviews for this vacation home rental in Dennis, Massachusetts
Amazing location!
Moira Dowd
Seekonk, MA
Amazing location!
August 1, 2016
The location of this home is amazing! It was great for our family because, with two small kids, we were able to send one person home with them if they needed a nap and not ruin everyone else's beach day. Our proximity to the beach made it possible to go back each night to watch the sunset as well! The house had everything we needed and the yard was nice as well. We loved the outdoor shower! I'd recommend this property to anyone looking for a relaxing beach week with family or friends.
great location
monica phillips
Hopedale, MA
great location
July 10, 2014
We like this area and love that we can walk to the beach anytime (especially low tide for the kids) the parking lot gets full by 10am sometimes. The street is nice and quiet with recently renovated homes. The house has a great open floor plan and the a/c units were great when it got humid at the end of the week. We also loved going to the Dennis Public Market for breakfast sandwiches and groceries. Ice-cream Smuggler was a hit with the kids too.
Great Vacation
Jane Willard DiMauro
Middletown, CT
Great Vacation
June 10, 2013
Once again we really enjoyed our stay in your comfortable home. We were lucky enough to have a few beautiful days. The kids really enjoyed the beach and even went in the water. We were lucky enough to find Sand Dollars which the kids from Texas are taking home with them. Thank you again letting us tay in your home.
Perfect beach house!
Jeannine Peters
Devon, PA
Perfect beach house!
July 10, 2012
HI Tony, We had a wonderful time at "The Cape House." It was a much needed break from a very busy year. The house was perfect and felt so much a home! The kids, who normally get a little freaked not being in their own home, especially at night, loved it and felt very comfortable. And we loved the short walk to the beach!
Westfield, MA
June 23, 2011
Loved the location! House is clean, comfortable, and has all the amentities we wanted and needed. Would highly recommend this property, especially to a family with children.
Another great vacation!
Melissa Cushing
Boston, MA
Another great vacation!
August 16, 2010
This was our second year renting and our trip was even better than last year! We were lucky to have fabulous weather and got to enjoy Mayflower EVERY day!!! It is always so hard to leave when our week comes to end... Thanks for the updates to the house, too!!!
"Love this house!"
Sue Harrison
Danvers, MA
"Love this house!"
August 5, 2010
We love this beach house! This was our second year renting. The location is perfect!! We walk to the beach and to Chapin's, a local restuarant and bar. This house is exceptionally clean and well maintained. Would definitely recommend this place to spend a great vacation on Cape Cod!!!!
Great trip!
Boston, MA
Great trip!
September 1, 2009
The house was great for our family of four and the walk is indeed only a few short minutes from the beach. This was perfect for us with little ones!
Sharon Houle
Methuen, MA
October 11, 2007
I stayed here July 2006 - GREAT house lots of room and a short walk to the beach - which was good because I had a small guy with us. Plenty of room 3 bedrooms upstairs on the main floor and a room downstairs with two full size beds - where the teenagers stayed they got their privacy and we got quite! Close to lots of good restaurants and the Playhouse. Can't wait to go back!
Hi Tony and Judy, Back home from a great week at the Cape House!!! Everything was great! The house looked awesome! We would like to hold our week for next year if that's ok. Thanks, again for the use of your home! We just love it!!!!! Susan July 2013
Home from another great week on the Cape! Thank you, again!! We would like you to keep our $300 to hold the same week next year, July 21 - 28 if that is ok with you. Thanks, again, we LOVE your Cape House!!!!! Sue H., Danvers, MA July 2011
THANK YOU for the use of your great house in Dennis! We had PERFECT weather and just a terrific time! We liked the fact that the house was on a quiet street with a beautiful backyard and a simple walk to the beach! Perfect location! We will keep you posted for next year!!! Thanks! Christine O. Denver, CO; August 2009
Hi Tony, Thank you so much for the use of your "Cape House". It is a lovely place and we had a great week! We would like to do it again next year, so if it is possible could we put the deposit towards a hold for the same week? Then when you start your rentals we could send a deposit? Thanks again, your Cape home was awesome!!!! Susan H. Danvers, MA; July 2009
We had a great time. Your cottage was perfect. Thank you!
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