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Croatia will decide if it wants to be in or out of the EU on Sunday in a referendum to join the club.
Polls point to a 'Yes', with around 55 to 60 percent of those questioned saying they would vote in favour. Even so, support appears to have ebbed recently.
Analysts have said that is less to do with the eurozone's debt crisis but more to do with losing sovereignty and scant details from leaders on what EU membership will mean.
'No' campaigner Roko Šikić from the group 'I love Croatia' agrees: "Senior officials in this country speak to us via the TV. They don't put forward any arguments. Instead they simply say, 'I am the president, I promise you that this is good for our country.'"
Like much of the rest of Europe, Croatia has had a hard time economically over the last two years. Deep in recession, national debt remains high though living standards are still low compared to countries in the EU.
Some feel membership will change that. One woman in Zagreb said: "I think that Croatia could gain a lot from EU membership. For example, if we look at Poland, it's taken full advantage of the benefits of being inside the EU.''
The Roman Catholic church has given the 'Yes' camp a major boost, advising believers to support membership. But not everyone is on message.
"I think there's been too much talk about how it would be great and how everything will be lovely and nice for everyone once we join. Things won't be much better,'' one man said.
If the referendum passes, Croatia will be the second ex-Yugoslav republic to join the EU, after Slovenia in 2004.


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Lesser goddess
Pantheon: Olympian Pantheon
Home Plane: Olympus
Portfolio: Home, hearth, family
Alignment: Neutral Good
Worshippers: Commoners
Cleric Alignments: CG, LG, NG
Domains: Community, Good, Protection
Holy Symbols: Hearth
Favoured Weapons: Dagger
"In all the temples of the gods she has her share of honor and for all mortals she is of all the gods the most venerated."
- The Homeric Hymns
This illustrious position belongs to an unassuming deity, Hestia. Though she is Zeus's sister and a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, Hestia is for the most part uninvolved in the quarrels, politics, and escapades of the other Olympian deities. Instead, she is content with her position as a house deity, worshiped with simple sacrifices by simple people on tiny home altars. Hestia appears as a young woman with a gleam in her eyes like dancing firelight. She is the firstborn daughter of Cronus and Rhea, but was the last to emerge from her father's stomach when Zeus liberated his swallowed siblings. Poseidon and Apollo both courted her, but she spurned them both and swore an oath to remain a virgin for ever.
Hestia's faith is a simple one. She teaches the virtues of home and family life, the sweet rewards of labor, and the blessings of food and rest. She encourages common people to take pleasure in the gifts of life as they come, giving thanks to the gods for every earthly blessing.
Hestia's clerics are usually common people, and often farm the land or carry on a trade in addition to organizing worship of Hestia. Her clerics bless new homes, consecrate the hearth altars found in nearly every home, and share in family celebrations such as births, birthdays, and other rites of passage.
Hestia has no temples of her own, but she has a place of honor in every Olympian temple. Every hearth fire that burns in temples and in homes is an altar to Hestia, and so her honor is high indeed despite her low rank in the pantheon.
Avatars: Hestia rarely uses her avatar.

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Because I love booze in desserts (I am not going to lie) Mint Baileys Brownie Bites shared by Just Call Me Maria.
Inspired by one of my favorite songs, lucky printable shared by The Brown Eyes Have It.
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Date: June 2 to July 2, 2020 (Postponed until further notice)
Country: France
Held annually in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, the festival is a major musical celebration featuring performances of classical music, rock, Irish folk, gospel and jazz. It is renowned for blending classical music programme with contemporary musical styles. Most of the concerts take place in the grand Légion d'Honneur or the famous Royal Cathedral Basilica, one of the city's first Gothic buildings and the burial place of all but three of the Kings of France.


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I have been very negligent about blogging of late, but I am gradually getting back to normal after a super-stressful week last week. I'd posted last Wednesday that both doggies were home and doing fine. Unfortunately, Sebastian didn't stay that way.
Sebastian began having diarrhea over the course of the evening and then vomited early Thursday morning. To make a long story short, he had to go back to the vet's on Thursday for more testing (he had labwork and a modified barium swallow), and the vet feared he might have gastrointestinal bleeding or a perforated ulcer.
I was in tears on Thursday morning, and not just because of the huge vet bill. I was genuinely afraid that Sebastian might die. He was very much not himself: he lay down on the floor of the exam room with his head on his paws while the vet was in the room simply because he was too weak and tired not to. (Usually he is pacing around or nudging the vet for petting.)
I don't mean to overdramatize, but Sebastian is my boy. If Hunter were to die, I would be sad, but I have not yet bonded with Hunter in the same way that I have with Sebastian. If Sebastian died--especially if his death were due in part to my own carelessness--I would be devastated. (Maybe one of the perils of being 38 and childless is that I've transferred all my maternal energies to my golden retriever.) So I was a wreck most of Thursday.
All's well that ends well, though. All Sebastian's tests came back normal, and though he had more diarrhea when I picked up him Thursday afternoon and continued to be not-quite-himself through Friday, he is now 100% back to normal. He's no worse for wear except that he is still on a bland diet for another week or so, taking an antibiotic to help restore his normal intestinal flora, and has a bald spot on his leg from where his IV was. Here he is tonight post-walk, with a close-up shot of his bald spot:
Hunter is fit as a fiddle and has been since coming home Wednesday. I could almost believe that Hunter ate no Rimadyl tablets while Sebastian ate all 25 himself. To give equal time, here are a couple of shots of Hunter from when CP was visiting:
Hunter also went to his first basic obedience class with MM last Saturday while I was in Tucson visiting my CASA child M. He is the only non-puppy in the class but did very well!
Eating has been so-so. MM and I have agreed to only eat out two nights a week until the vet bills are paid off, and I haven't been eating out for lunches either, so I'm probably eating a little healthier just by virtue of eating at home. Fruits & veggies still haven't been as abundant as they should be. . . . my usual failing eating-wise.
I went to the gym tonight and felt good about it. I plan to go at least four times this week. My arm still hurts some while walking or using the elliptical trainer, but I'm dealing with it.
Oh, and about my arm: it is slightly improved but still far from 100% normal. I have an MRI scheduled for August 4th.
I had a good, focused, productive day at work today and am hoping for another one tomorrow. And that's about all that's new here.
Monday, July 27, 2009
I'm alive
I have been very negligent about blogging of late, but I am gradually getting back to normal after a super-stressful week last week. I'd posted last Wednesday that both doggies were home and doing fine. Unfortunately, Sebastian didn't stay that way.
Posted by S at 10:06 PM
5 comments:
- Flying Monkeys said...
Your poor baby! Do dogs get the flu? I lay there with my head down too.
Are you still doing your challenge? I'm still waiting for my P90X to come, we filed a complaint with eBay so we shall see what happens.
- Valerie said...
Sebastian's leg looks so funny with the shaved spot! It's way more obvious than Cora's (she got her teeth cleaned yesterday). I guess it's because Goldens are so much fluffier. Glad to hear everyone is on the mend. Good luck getting your veggies in!
- TUWABVB said...
Oh honey - I'm so sorry I didn't see this as soon as it was posted. My poor baby! I know how scared you were and I wish I had been there to lend a shoulder to cry on - but I'm so, so, so, so happy that he ended up fine!!!!
I hope things are looking up in Doggytown for you soon.
And I'm happy to hear you have an MRI scheduled...I hope your arm is doing better.
- The GVZs said...
I am so sorry you had to go through that stress, but am glad Sebastian is on the mend. SO stressful.
- Nicole said...
Hello. I found you by doing a google search on rimadyl overdose. My babies just did the exact same thing and I feel the SAME way as you do. I am beside myself. They (well, we're suspecting it is just one) ate the pills on Wednesday of last week. One was on IV for 48 hours the other for 36. Both home for a week and then back at vet to do check up. Both are acting normal but one has high kidney and liver levels so he had to stay at the vets today. It is just awful. Please keep us updated on how they are doing... also what were they taking the Rimadyl for and what was the dose? (My lab has hip dysplasia and takes it on occasion. He took 10-15 100mg tablets)


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How many open source conferences have you attended?
It's time for a confession: I have never been to an open source conference.
I've been an open source and free culture advocate for more than half a decade. I've used open source operating systems and applications on my computers and mobile devices for nearly as long. I've contributed to open source documentation efforts. I've organized a university event to promote the principles of open source in college. And I've been writing for opensource.com.
But I've never been to an honest-to-goodness, full-blown conference.
That will change this week, when the opensouce.com team and I head to SouthEast LinuxFest in Charlotte, NC, from June 8-10. To say that I'm excited would be an understatement.
But I'm also overwhelmed. Just look at this presentation schedule. It's packed. In order to decide how I'm going to handle it all, I'll do what I've learned I can always do: ask the open source community for help.
So tell me: What's the best way to experience a Linux conference?
SouthEast LinuxFest (or SELF, as the veterans, I'm told, will call it) begins Friday at 9 a.m. While many attendes will likely be snaking their way across the program grid, hopping between sessions on various open souce technologies like MySQL and FreeNAS, I'll try to confine myself to a speaker track rife with engaging talks on diverse topics like spam control and open source education (by the way, don't miss our own Jason Hibbets speaking on "The Making of an Open Source City" at 4 p.m. that day).
Saturday is bookended by the conference's dual keynotes—one by Robin "Roblimo" Miller, former editor of Slashdot, and another by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, veteran technology journalist who has written about Linux and other open source projects for Computerworld and ZDNet.
Sandwiched between these two powerhouse presentations on Saturday are too many sessions to list (though I must take a moment to mention that opensource.com correspondent Ruth Suehle will be speaking on open source in popular culture at 10:15 a.m.).
No doubt my head will be spinning as I drift between talks on accessibility in free software, open source cloud technologies, and copyleft licensing. And then there's the 1:30 p.m. talk on Qtractor by Klaatu—yes, the Klaatu—which forces me into another newbie connundrum: How does a timid first-timer work up the courage to get a hero's autograph—and more importantly: what does he have that hero sign?
Between all that, I'll have to figure out how to hold down the fort at the opensource.com table on the conference's expo floor. If you're headed to Charlotte, be sure to visit, pick up some buttons and stickers, meet other members of our community, and star in a video that we want to create during the weekend.
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After a last minute success of Hey Big Spender (14-1) I managed to recoup a few loses. It also was the first winner on the blog for a while and the frustrations of tipping horses that were not getting a sniff was starting to grate!
So, we head into this week with renewed confidence and vigour. I have decided to op for two Lucky 15's this week, but have indicated my top three as normal.
FINIAN'S RAINBOW 3.10 ASCOT (NAP)(2nd)
The way the horse recovered from a bad blunder last time out and still get up and beat Wishful Thinking shows this horse has class and is also brave. His jumping is a little suspect, yet I reckon with a clear round will have too much for the rest today. It'll be interesting to see how good AL FEROF is.
NOLAND 3.45 ASCOT (NB) (6th)
An encouraging return in the Lexus last time should have sharpened him up. A horse with bags of class and if he can reproduce his old form will wipe the floor with his rivals today.
PEARLYSTEPS 3.30 HAYDOCK (TREBLE)(2nd)
Was well in contention with CANNINGTON BROOK last time at Haydock. He was just getting into the race when tipping up. He has the ground in his favour again and I think he will travel well into contention and stay on up the demanding Haydock run in.
BILLY MERRIOT 2.45 WINCANTON (Fell)
Running of what appears to be a decent mark, and has the potential to run well and take this class of race.
PATEESE 2.35 ASCOT – (6th)willing to give him another go to bounce back to the form of his first run this year.
OUR GIRL SALLEY 2.05 ASCOT – (3rd)has a good record with Geraghty on board and will win nicely
TIPPERING 2.20 HAYDOCK (Last!!!)– has been knocking on the door recently and just got pipped here last time, likes the ground and today could be his day.
MIAS BOY 3.35 LINGFIELD –(5th) returned back to form last time at Wolves and should go close again!
If you're having a bet good luck, and remember these are my selections for today and I'm not suggesting anyone takes my advice. If you are betting, do so within your means!
Good luck and here's to a cracking days racing.


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They were seated by the fire in the gathering gloom, with the hearth giving off the only light, save for some guttering candles flickering near heavy velvet drapes that shrouded the room in semi-darkness. …
PARTNERS IN CRIME – Crime solvers (left to right) Sally Schumann, Lois Barry, Royston Nash and Laurie Hadley plot murder and mayhem during a meeting of the Vintage Mystery Book Club at Cotuit Library.And does, at cozy Cotuit book chat
They were seated by the fire in the gathering gloom, with the hearth giving off the only light, save for some guttering candles flickering near heavy velvet drapes that shrouded the room in semi-darkness. …
No, actually the Vintage Mystery Book Club met on a beautiful Sunday in a sunlit room with comfortable chairs, in a wing of the Cotuit Library. Group facilitator and library volunteer Sally Schumann passed around a biography and photo of Ngaio Marsh, whose book Clutch of Constables was the subject of the afternoon meeting. Talk of murder was delayed, however, until after a necessary discussion of the upcoming season finale of Downton Abbey, and what might or might not occur on that addictive series.
Ngaio Marsh, from her Internet photo an elegant rather enigmatic-looking woman, was born right before the turn of the twentieth century and died in 1982. Her first novel was published in 1934 and her last in 1982, placing her squarely in the middle of what's known as the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Marsh herself wrote 32 detective novels, and divided her time between her native New Zealand and Great Britain, where she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Marsh loved art and the theatre, and was involved with numerous productions in New Zealand as well as with a touring repertory acting company. Many of her more dramatic crime plots involve murderous theatrical shenanigans or blood-spattered canvases. Marsh's books, often compared favorably with those of Agatha Christie, are thick with suspects and red herrings, in common with many mysteries of that genre.
In Clutch, main man and CID detective Roderick Alleyn and his sidekick, Sergeant Fox, are absent from much of the book, which instead features Alleyn's wife, artist Agatha Troy. This plot twist led to a zig-zaggy group discussion of the detective/sidekick theme in crime fiction, in which the detective often needs an "opposite number" to lend the plot more zest and often some comic relief. The portly "Br'er Fox" contrasts with the high-born and dignified Alleyn, who's always toeing the correct line. Who isn't grateful for Sherlock's Watson? And where would Margery Allingham's Albert Campion be without the perfectly named Lugg?
The congenial gathering never lacked for deadly deeds to discuss, even on a sunny Cotuit afternoon. Mystery fan Lois Barry aptly characterized a Christie novel as great "comfort food," to enthusiastic agreement. Participant Royston Nash noted that in one book club he attended, the book being discussed had "never meant anything" other than a title until he joined the group to discuss it in depth. He noted that "you need to join a book club to find someone who'll push you" to visit an unfamiliar or as-yet undiscovered work. Library assistant Laurie Hadley said attendees are usually split between those who've never read a mystery and those who consider themselves fans of the genre. Book recommendations were readily exchanged, for a next murderous foray into the subject of crime.
Although the Mystery Book Club sets out to review "vintage" mysteries, members are careful not to set a strict date range for the genre they're discussing. To date, they've read the seminal The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie, 1926); Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey, 1951); The Nine Tailors (Dorothy Sayers, 1934) and Marsh's Clutch of Constables (1968), with The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett, 1930) next up on March 18 at 1 p.m. In April, it's a "bring your own" favorite to share with others. Choose your poison!


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This kind of photo makes me fond of Korean food ! I'm french and I love french "cuisine", the full meal "aperitive-apetizer-main dish-cheese platter-dessert" is my heritage but as long as i can remember i've always been attracted by asian food in general.
Vietnamiese, thai, chinese meals are often composed of many dsihes served on the same time and korean meal seems to be the most deversified one.(and it has kimchi in it !!!!) so it tends to be my favorite.
The french meal i described earlier is made on special occasions or when you have invited guests, everyday we use to have the simple main dish, eventually preceded or followed by one of the other dish i named.
Korean meal sounds to me as a special occasion everyday ;)
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The first set of Group matches are over. We've had a couple of shocks, plenty of top goals and a few controversial decisions.
France 4-0 Korea Republic
The hosts danced their way into their next game with a dominant performance in front of over 45,000 in the tournament opener. Two trademark towering headers from Wendie Renard, a fox-in-the-box" opening goal from Eugenie Le Sommer and a sweet curling effort from player of the match, Amandine Henry saw the French convert 60% possession into a comfortable win.
Norway 3-0 Nigeria
In a game that was close in terms of possession and chances created, Norway put on a clinical display to put three past Nigeria. Guro Reiten opened the scoring with a fine finish but defensive errors then saw Lisa-Marie Utland hammer home before Ohale put the ball in the back of her own net.
Germany 1-0 China PR
Germany squeaked through their first game with a 1-0 win over China. Giulia Gwinn's 66th minute rocket from outside the box sealed the win for the favourites. It was a physical match and the fitness of German captain Dzsenifer Maroszan is a major doubt after she broke her toe.
Spain 3-1 South Africa
Despite the score and the possession stats, Spain can count themselves fairly lucky that they managed to get three points out of their opening game. South Africa, featuring in their first World Cup, put on a spirited performance. Thembi Kgatlana was a constant threat down the left side in the first half and got her rewards with a curling finish before the break. Two penalties from Jennifer Hermoso got the Spanish back into the game – the second was somewhat controversial and resulted in Nothando Vilakazi receiving her marching orders. As Banyana Banyana tired, Spain ensured the victory when Lucia Garcia ran onto a defence-splitting pass to score.
Australia 1-2 Italy
Italy's 95th minute winner sealed one of the shocks of the opening round. The European side had threatened early on and had a goal ruled out by the narrowest of offsides, but the prolific Sam Kerr had sent her team into the lead in the 22nd minute. Italy came back in the second half and a brace from Barbara Bonansea turned the game around in a dramatic fashion.
Brazil 3-0 Jamaica
A hat-trick from Cristiane saw Brazil earn a 3-0 victory against the Reggae Girlz. It wasn't all plain sailing for the favourites as Jamaica competed throughout but couldn't find the target. Brazil jumped to the top of Group C ahead of the second round.
England 2-1 Scotland
A Nikita Parris penalty and Ellen White strike put England comfortably ahead at the break with a sparkling first half performance. However, Scotland came back in the second period as the Lionesses sat deeper and deeper. Claire Emslie made it a nervy finish, scoring with 11 minutes left to play but Scotland couldn't find an equaliser in the late stages.
Argentina 0-0 Japan
Another shock of the first round saw 37th ranked Argentina hold Japan to a goalless draw. In a result that blew Group D wide open, Japan predictably controlled possession but couldn't find their way through an Argentinian defence that allowed them no space on the ball.
Canada 1-0 Cameroon
The Canadians ensured their strong run of form continued as they edged past Cameroon. A solitary goal on half time from defender, Kadeisha Buchanan, saw them seal the 3 points
New Zealand 0-1 Netherlands
New Zealand can count themselves very unlucky to have come away from their opener with nothing. In an entertaining game, both sides had several chances across the 90 minutes. The European Champions left it late, scoring the winner in the 92nd winner through substitute Jill Roord.
Chile 0-2 Sweden
A weather impeded match saw Sweden nab two late goals against a resolute Chile in their first World Cup game. Kosovare Asllani pounced in the 83rd minute to give her side the lead before Madelen Janogy doubled the score deep into injury time.
USA 13-0 Thailand
It was a miserable World Cup debut for Thailand as the USA cruised to victory and to the top of Group F. Alex Morgan made herself favourite for the Golden Boot with 5 while there were braces for Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis and goals for Lindsay Horan, Megan Rapinoe, Mallory Pugh and Carli Lloyd.
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Why Trees Bend
I grew up in Denver. To get to our family doctor, we traveled a long stretch down Monaco Boulevard. On both sides of the boulevard stood gigantic Oak trees bearing huge, thick branches that leaned towards the road. In the summer, it felt like traveling through one green tunnel. In the winter, it felt like moving through the human body; all veins and arteries.
"Why do they lean this way?" I asked my father.
"It's the wind," he told me. "How would you like to be blown all year round for sixty years?"
"But…it's only windy in the winter. And anyway, both sides are leaning in."
My father shook his head. "Not that wind," he said. "Wind from the speeding vehicles. They create a kind of a current."
From early childhood, all of us adapt to the various "winds" in our environment. Some of us are "blown" to hunch forward — perhaps in an effort to become smaller or avoid a fuller blow. Some of us are "blown" outward, puffing up our chest or lifting the chin to express an always-winning disposition as expectations may have required. And some of us have been "blown" to appear collapsed — in an effort to just go unnoticed…or disappear.
Noticing how you hold your body, how you walk, how you sit — all provide clues to your adaptation to life; your response to the specific set of circumstances in which you've found yourself. Does your body flow or become rigid and stiff? Do you tend to use lots of space? Or try hard to limit whatever space you have?
Gestures and postures are neither right nor wrong. They simply represent our best attempts to adjust and thrive. Often, however, what worked for us in the past may not be necessary or useful today. A child who learns that keeping silent and hidden is safer than being seen may have a difficult time reaching out or speaking up today as an adult. She may continue to hold her body with a submissive, withdrawn attitude that prevents others from knowing her as an individual with opinions and perspective. Even when she wants to reach out to others, she may have a hard time doing so, as her body remains stuck in the mode that says: I must remain unnoticed.
Try this: Sit in a chair for a few moments. Notice what is most natural for you: A slouch, a straight back, one leg over the other, head tilted to one side.
Now experiment. Change just one gesture at a time and notice if you experience any difference. Is it threatening to sit up straight? is it a relief to finally slouch? Is it uncomfortable to hold your head center? What does this mean to you?
Pay attention to any thoughts, feelings, or even images that come to mind. The more awareness you gather about why you hold your body the way you do, the more capacity you'll have to explore a different way, should you choose.
On Monaco Boulevard, the trees still bend inward because they have to.
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Summer's here! The kids are out of school, the sun is shining brightly, and nature beckons us to come outside and PLAY! Lest we fill our summer schedules with too much working in the clinic, mowing lawns, watering flowers, grocery shopping, hauling kids to practices, reading work-related blogs, and buying the perfect graduation or wedding gifts for our nieces and nephews, it would behoove us all to take a step back and make sure we have intentionally carved out plenty of time to PLAY!
Have you ever thought of play through a neuroscience lens?
If you work with pediatric patients, you are likely thinking, "Well, duh, play is crucial to development. It's the cornerstone of how we do therapy with kiddos too!" But for those of us who may be a little out of touch with pediatrics, neurodevelopment, etc. consider it: During our years of greatest neuroplasticity, what do humans spend the majority of our time doing? We play!
Play helps brain development on many levels, and it's not just important for kids. According to Dr. David Whitebread of Cambridge University, "Play in all its rich variety is one of the highest achievements of the human species, alongside language, culture and technology. Indeed, without play, none of these other achievements would be possible. The value of play is increasingly recognised, by researchers and within the policy arena, for adults as well as children, as the evidence mounts of its relationship with intellectual achievement and emotional well-being." Dr. Whitebread's report, The Importance of Play, highlights much of this fascinating research and also describes the negative consequences of play deprivation, including criminal violence, decreased social competence, emotional deficits, and deficient growth and functioning in a number of key brain regions.
Play is important not only in humans, but has been demonstrated in animals as well. Whitebread shares the work of researchers Pellis and Pellis (2009), noting "playful rats have been shown to have significantly elevated levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is recognised to have a central role in developing and maintaining neural plasticity (or, the ability to learn). They have also demonstrated that play supports novel neural connections and changes the architectural structure of significant brain regions. Play deprived rats became more aggressive to other rats, were less able to mate successfully, and showed heightened levels of fear and uncertainty in novel environments."
While it's quite clear that play is essential for normal growth and development, work by Michael Merzenich and other neuroscientists promotes the application of play for sustained mental acuity throughout the aging process. In his book, Soft Wired, Merzenich advocates lifelong learning of new skills, rather than simply mastering skills we already have acquired. This creates new neural pathways, promoting neurogenesis and sustaining problem-solving skills despite age-related changes. He notes that learning to play a new musical instrument, for example, yields many benefits: "Focus on accurate listening and performance precision as you play. Musical performance exercises reading, listening, fine and high-speed manual control, and often, other special oral skills. If you play with spirit, and why wouldn't you?, you're engaging emotion control brain hardware as well" (p. 204).
Merzenich goes on to advocate physical play, stating "Tennis or other games with the same ball-in-motion challenges (badminton, ping pong, catch, certain Wii games, basketball and volleyball among many others) put your visual reception machinery and action-control machinery in motion simultaneously. Games that require fast visual tracking, that drive your brain to rapidly move your eyes, and that lead to fast and highly flexible motor responses are very beneficial for both the brain and body! The exercise they provide for your neurological control of balance and posture is an important second benefit. One way to slowly progress inability at a new game like these examples is to find a matched, competitive partner to learn with" (p. 206). As PTs, we know this stuff, but do you ever just step back and appreciate the complexity and wonder of what we get to do when we help patients engage (or re-engage) with play?
Soft Wired is one of my all-time favorite books on neuroplasticity, because it reminds me that the aging process doesn't have to be one of inevitable decline.
As I've watched my sweet and spunky grandmother slowly grow dim with Alzheimer's disease, I will admit I can get a little nervous about my own future, but the fact that we are genetically coded and environmentally sculpted offers so much hope! A little intentional action now and throughout the rest of my life can yield tremendous rewards. And what great homework to combat neurologic decline: play!
I am forever thankful for the privilege of seeing a wide variety of patients in all stages of life. Like you, I see "old-old" patients and "young-old" patients, who inspire me to journey well. One of the most inspirational characters I have come across as I've explored neuroplasticity through the aging process is Stephen Jepson, who gives me great hope for not only myself, but my patients as well. I've shared his video, Never Leave the Playground, with many seniors, along with strong encouragement to get out learn pickle ball! If you want to see a champion for play, his video is eight minutes of must-watch, energetic fun.
So this brings me to the point of my little "U-rah-rah, Go! Play!" cheer-blog. Let's not ever get too busy or too serious to forget to play. Seasons of play-deprivation can easily turn us into big rat-like critters, with heightened aggression, fear, and heaven-forbid, impaired mating ability! Play is such a fundamental need for us, and it has protective and restorative power.
Let's also see what we can do to remind our patients to play. I know many of them are knee-deep in a world of pain: physical, emotional, and mental. But maybe a little levity can spark something new, shifting their attention off of the well-worn pathways of their pain-neuro-matrix and onto fledgling "fun neuro-pathways" that trigger positive emotions and stir up a bit of serotonin or dopamine. A little play may go a long way!
I'd love to hear our readers' suggestions for therapeutic play in the clinic. Also, what kind of play do you plan on engaging in this summer? Let's encourage one another to keep ourselves balanced, sharp, and playful!


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Who will speak if we don't?
I can be an instrument of justice and peace. I am a person free to do that.
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This reflection was written by Sr. Margaret Hoffman, SNDdeN, Justice & Peace Coordinator. Sr. Joan Krimm, SNDdeN, selected the Dorothy Stang quotation.


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Between progress and regression
We have a clear-cut idea of what the words "progress" and "regression" point to: a student's marks are showing academic progress, or they indicate that he is regressing in his class ranking; economic indexes measure how much a country is growing or if it is entering recession; after a certain age, our physical and intellectual abilities are regressing… And so, we grade ourselves as we move up or down the ladder, and we measure accordingly other people, institutions and societies.
Grades, indexes and measurements are certainly useful tools. Still, they cut into reality in ways that sometimes make us blind to the complexity of the phenomena we try to assess. The very fact that my abilities are regressing can actually be a factor of maturation, of reconciliation with my personal history, my limits and my achievements if I peacefully come to terms with the transformations that age or illness impose on me. A country's economic growth often goes with cultural and humane regression when it destroys social structure and community values. Academic tests are rarely able to assess the whole process of intellectual, moral and emotional growth that a student is undergoing. Life mixes into a whole progress and regression, as the chaff and the wheat grow together on the field. Better not to try to separate them before the time of the harvest…
Progress and regression only make sense within dynamic processes that change the one into the other - and conversely. A short-time regression often triggers long-term progress. This is the case when it comes to affective and emotional maturation: an affective setback often comes with a period of regression - the mind closes on itself, closes on its wounds. However, when and if subsumed, setbacks become a force for greater self-understanding as well as for nurturing empathy. The one who ignores setbacks and does not experience regressions runs the risk of seeing one's success end up as one's ultimate failure, as he has most probably lived an existence estranged from his true self.
Does it mean that progress and regression just equate? No. Ultimately, we are meant to strive for success. But the texture of success is much richer and subtler than we usually imagine. It is interwoven with the threads of our setbacks, failures and regressions, which also serve to compose the shades and nuances of one's personal achievement. When life seems to be going downhill, let us take solace in the fact that we progress towards the realization of our true self in a way that is uniquely ours – and our ultimate triumph is the uniqueness we achieve throughout the struggles that will have shaped our life.
Illustration by Bendu
Identity and Self-Realization 認同感與自我實現
Studying or working: a choice always to be renewed
Is it better to further one's study or to immerse oneself in a job? This question often haunts the new graduate. On the one hand, they are thrilled by the opportunities that their freshly acquired diploma brings with it: entering adulthood, earning an income, testing their skills at something concrete, exercising responsibilities, even if such responsibilities are modest in scope… On the other hand, they realize that they do not know much yet, that they may earn a bigger salary within a few years if they master extra knowledge and become more competent, that holding a job might soon appear to her more boring or stressful than remaining a student… Deciding between Present and Future, between different kinds of gains and losses, and between different lifestyles is never easy, and can generate a lot of anxiety.
The new graduate may be comforted by a few thoughts:
- First, this choice is much less final and binding than was the case in the past. Today, there are a variety of bridges that allow one to go from study to work and from work to throughout one's professional path. Therefore, it is practical and beneficial to keep one's intellectual curiosity always intact, and to remain ready to sacrifice one's immediate interest at some point in order to re-enter the path of study and research.
- Work can reactivate one's thirst for knowledge and investigation. Often, students lose interest in knowledge and research because of the way they were taught in high school or in university. Their drive towards practical and intellectual knowledge is reactivated through the problems and challenges they meet in real life: the very fact of being surrounded by technical wonders, complex social mechanisms, injustices and moral dilemmas makes one formulate anew questions that have been agitating the human mind since it undertook to both understand and master the world (while doing so through very diverse knowledge systems…).
- New graduates may also be somehow comforted by the fact of knowing that finding the balance between study and work is a problem that plagues everyone until very late in life – till the end maybe: "Is it better for me to invest my energies into doing what I know I can do, and thus to be of immediate help to the people I care for and my family – or should I challenge myself to once again embark on the road of professional and intellectual improvement? And should I not chose to study and research just out of gratuitousness, whatever the advantages that come out of it?" Fortunately, the choice is not always so drastic, and professional life may offer time and resources for learning the trade and embarking on a progressive program of study.
So, finally, how is one to decide when confronted with such a choice? Basically, ask yourself how you feel about it. Is there in your heart a strong longing to go ahead on the road towards knowledge and research? Or does the idea of becoming someone active in society and receiving recognition for what you do reveal itself to be the most appealing choice for you right now? If you can answer this question peacefully and without too much hesitation, just follow the desire of your heart. If not… let the answer formulate itself within your inner self. It will do so naturally, if you can avoid to be too overtly anguished by it. But always remember: when working, protect and nurture the flame of intellectual curiosity. When studying, do not close yourself in an ivory tower, and remain burnt by the desire to share with others what you are researching. And do remain aware that life will often renew the challenge, and will ask you again and again to come up with your own answer…
Illustration by Bendu
Daring to Take Risks 勇於冒險
Léo or the Letter and the Spirit
This story plays on the challenges for young children when they go to school for the first time. Mister Laflèche tries to help a pupil enjoy learning how to read and write on his first day. The letters are anthropomorphised, so as to exorcise the fear of the child. Each letter represents something meaningful for everybody, even if they are not involved directly in the western biblical culture. We have to go beyond contradictions that separate the living relationship (the spoken language) from the written language. Enjoy together with your mother, father, son or daughter.
Thank you to Nino Rota for the music and to Nick Coulson for the English translation
Identity and Self-Realization 認同感與自我實現
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Say WHAT!?
OK, so during such a potentially HORRID time your MOJO maybe the LAST thing on your mind but perhaps understanding that your MOJO is part of YOU may help put more focus on the topic?
YOU need to be OK, before other things fall into place (least that is my experience). You may be tired of the crying over your situation and the feeling of "I don't know how to move forward" or "how did I get here?". You may be angry about the place you are at because it is NOT what you planned for! BUT if you are at this place (separation), at some point you will need to choose to move on and move forward (hopefully).
MOJO, What is it?!
There are many definitions documented however on Urban Dictionary it is defined as: "Self-confidence, Self-assured. As in basis for belief in ones' self in a situation. "*
We may have lost our MOJO before the "Separation" and maybe it happened during. We can only change the future, so let's start at trying to get it BACK! Let's break it down to the following 3 MOJO areas:
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2. Your "Physical" MOJO
3. "Naughty Intimate" MOJO
*reference: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mojo
1. Your "Inner" MOJO
Beginning with YOU on the inside is what I mean!
One of my most favourite quotes!
During my time of turmoil after the first few months of separation I found that until I made the decision to sink or swim, I wasn't getting far! Whatever I tried to seemed too hard or a major drama, or just plain overwhelming because I felt so alone. So, I took a few days where I dropped the kids to kinder or school and just focused on coming to the decision of swimming. The reality was that I had to two young kids who relied on me while my ex went to find himself and start his new life (so was there really a choice?)
- MAKE the decision to move forward.
- Setup a plan that involves high level steps and priorities so that they are doable. How?
- Listening to music
- YOU time walks on beach
- Spending time with people the refuel your vibe NOT consume
- Learning to be alone after being with someone for a along time may take time, so take it step by step
- Plan time away with friends for something to look forward to remove the monotony of life
2. Your "Physical" MOJO
Your physical vibe may have taken the back seat due to other priorities such as learning how to get out of bed when your world is crashing around you! BUT, refocusing on getting out and exercising may help! SO, begin NEW things.
For someone who had barely left their kids with anyone pre-separation, this is daunting and scary. Staying alone at night for the first few months was scary and lonely. What do you do with the time that you are not prepping for the week ahead when you work full time? When you have finished cooking ahead or completed all the other boring chores? I took up boxing. This gave me a emotional and physical outlet and also provided me with opportunities to make NEW friends!
I had a to fill a WHOLE weekend of lonely kid free time.
- Start something NEW
- Make new friends
- Doing things to make yourself feel in control
- A new hair cut/makeup done/something indulgent
- Revamp your STYLE vibe, consider going SHOPPING?
- Some people cut their hair, some go on diets, so go crazy on ASOS (ME!) but this can be liberating and be in line with 1 +2. I lost A LOT of weight as part of the anxiety I suffered with separation so I had to purchase new clothes! (least that was my excuse!)
3. "Naughty/Intimate" MOJO
OK the timing for this point is so different for each person! But perhaps doing 1+2 may naturally progress you to 3!? Maybe? Dating not only creates a new circle of friends it can also create a distraction while you get thru this upheaval. Dating could also bring on more complications, so the option to consider or dive into this is purely personal!!
Are you READY to date?! (You may want to check out a recent blog about this)
- Dating may re-invigorate another type of MOJO! Enjoy the journey :) You may need to kiss a few frogs to get to a prince or even someone worth spending time with BUT it may be worth it. Or maybe you can just learn how to flirt again!?
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At the Ref Desk (5/12/20): We have entered the Age of Lookups. [more...]
First Seven Jobs
Okay, since everyone's doing it:
- Sales Assistant (Radio Shack, Chicago) - 16 yrs old.
- Print Shop / Mimeograph Machine (Small indy business selling mailing lists on magnetic tape*, Playboy Tower, Chicago) - High School.
- Customer Service, Credit Dept. (Carson, Pirie, Scott, Downtown Chicago) - College.
- English Teacher (Year Abroad Program, Paris) - Post-College.
- Manager, Hot Dog Stand (Fullerton Ave. Beach, Chicago).
- English Teacher (Rome, later West Berlin).
- Construction/Rehab Worker (West Berlin).
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Sign an online petition President Obama to do all that he can to seek climate justice for all of God's children and God's Creation during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa in December 2011.
As people of faith, we are called to protect the most vulnerable among us as well as God's great gift of Creation. The meeting in Durban is a critical moment in developing steps for a fair, ambitious and binding agreement that sets forth a truly moral response to climate change. Moving forward we must protect the most vulnerable through prevention and adaptation assistance.
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Gbegiri soup is a soup made of black-eyed or brown beans that is very much loved in Nigeria. This tasty dish is ridiculously easy to cook. It's normally eaten with Tuwo Shinkafa or Amala and Ewedu soup.
Today we'll tell you how to make Gbegiri soup step-by-step. Even if you have no cooking experience whatsoever, you still can try making it and get a wonderful result!
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1. How to cook Gbegiri soup: the ingredients
- Half a cup of Black Eyed or Brown Beans
- 1 medium-sized smoked Mackerel
- 1 spoonful of minced crayfish
- 1 large bouillon cube
- 1 cooking spoon of palm oil
- Seasoning to your taste.
2. Gbegiri with beans flour: general preparations
- Make sure you have some beef left from the stew because the meat for the Gbegiri Soup should come from Beef and Chicken stew.
- Peel the beans and leave them in water for at least 3 hours to make them soft and reduce the cooking time. Soaking also helps to avoid using potash in cooking the beans.
- Get other ingredients ready: grind the pepper and mince the crayfish.
3. How to make Nigerian Gbegiri soup: the process
- Place the prepared beans into an appropriate pot. Cover the beans with water and cook over medium heat.
- While the beans are boiling, make some Ewedu Soup to be eaten with the Gbegiri Soup.
- Boil the beans for about an hour until they are almost melting during the mashing. Add more water if needed in the process of boiling.
- Mash the cooked beans with a special potato masher or a regular kitchen blender.
- When the beans are perfectly smooth, add the smoked fish, salt, pepper, crayfish, bouillon cube and palm oil.
- Put the lid on the pot and cook for about 5 minutes stirring it all the time until the oil changes color from red to yellow.
- And your yummy Gbegiri Soup is done!
Serve the Nigerian Gbegiri soup with Ewedu Soup and the beef from your meat. You can also eat it with Amala or other Nigerian fufu meal.
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Universal's 1932 Boris Karloff vehicle gets a thorough makeover in this, the first of four 1940s B-movies to feature what is now the popular conception of the mummy. Trading dialogue for screen time, the newly-christened Kharis shuffles silently through the film like a one-handed Nemesis, while around him the human characters make speeches to the gods, dig for treasure, flirt, practice magic tricks and crack bad jokes. Endless, endless bad jokes…
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This is the creation of designer hannah bureau, along with her sisters rebeccah and sarah, run three sisters ink, a amazing pattern-design firm based in massachusetts.
SCOTT BARRY's work combines illustration, animation, collage, photography and installation. I like the way he combines the elements in his works, it's simple but makes a instantaneous connection with the audience, it's like skipping all the useless words. It has a bit of mysticism combined with humor sometimes even sarcasm. It seems that the artist is mainly preoccupied by space and how we integrate in it, sexuality, life and death, the beauty of chaos and the simple relation between people like in the piece Naked high five.


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The law, passed in 1999, allowed California to go back to a daily overtime schedule instead of the weekly rules most states follow, and ordered the state Industrial Welfare Commission to examine all overtime exemptions, including the one applying to truck drivers. Gov. Gray Davis signed what is known as the "Eight Hour Day" Bill in July of last year.
To protect the long-standing exemption, the representatives from the California Trucking Association stayed on top of the issue by participating in each of the IWC's public hearings, which were held once a month since November. "Our General Counsel went to every hearing," said Warren Hoemann, CTA vice president. "We had to make our presence known."


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G&E's environmental litigation group also represents public entities. The Firm represents a number of states and municipalities in litigation against Monsanto arising out of its production, marketing, distribution, and sale of PCBs, resulting in widespread environmental contamination, including substantial impairment of major waterbodies. These cases seek monetary damages for injury to natural resources and an abatement plan to be funded by Monsanto. G&E also represents states seeking recovery for injuries to groundwater and other natural resources caused by the manufacturers of toxic firefighting foam, including 3M.
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Skye Loneragan
Skye Loneragan is an award-winning writer/performer and poet.
Her most recent solo work, Though This Be Madness was performed as part of Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival in 2018. Though This Be Madness is a piece which examines the stigma attached to mental health, particularly in relationship to women, through the sleep-deprived frame of new motherhood.
Solo pieces include the verse piece drawn live called The Line We Draw for Flint & Pitch (following The Arches) and the 60-minute verse piece, This Impossible Rim, as Wigtown Book Festival's 2016 Writer-in-Residence. Solo plays include Unsex Me Here (The Pleasance, The Arches) and
She created the spoken word project, Word of Mouth which focuses on young writer/performers. Devised work includes directing Ignite Theatre's Under Pressure with children of refugees, and A Little Laugh I Lost Somewhere (Arches Theatre Young Directors Award).
As a published performance poet, she has toured her abroad to Asia-Pacific as featured poet with the Sydney Morning Herald online app & Sydney Poetry Prize winner. Her poem Glasgow (We've All Been Here Before) was commissioned for Whatever Gets You Through the Night (directed by Cora Bissett).
Online publications include film poems made for Q-Poetics, Cultural Programme Creative Scotland. Published contributions: Buying Into The Property Market (GRIST Anthology UK, editor Simon Armitage), The Grin Of Our Choices, Under House Arrest and A Little Laugh I Lost Somewhere (for Abridged Magazine, UK) and Rushcutters Bay for Melbourne Books and the monologue I Confess with Capercaille Books.


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Am in a beautiful spot tonight starring at the setting sun. Even yesterday's tumult has not shaken the contentment I feel here. Quite remarkable, actually. The turn of phrase, "home is where the heart is" is my reality. You can't make this stuff up. You can't pretend you feel something like this when you do not. And, you cannot know what it feels like until experienced. It's that simple.
I still plan to speak about The Crone this weekend, on my birthday which is Sunday. Wow. It's been a year since this blog began under a different name with a different woman writing and vlogging, in fact. Different because the redoing has peeled and prodded, exposed and required a fessing up. A year of change, of facing fears, of swallowing pride and of taking responsibility. And one thing I would never have been able to do had I not done the work this year, would be to dance into The Crone. Who wants to get old? Well, I'm not old. NO. I am a wise woman, an archetypal seer. That is who Crone is, not a haggard, withered human, feared and reviled.
We are who we believe ourselves to be so be the leading lady, okay? Your story is yours and yours alone. No one else can write it. Truly. Trying to create a life based on another's plan will likely make you miserable. So write your own story. Blame no one, not even yourself. Forgive everyone, including yourself. Take a deep breathe, and move into the real you. Boogie on.
Wishing tonight for sunsets that make you smile. Hugs that leave you safe and warm. Now, just for a second, embrace the world, all those who are lost, alone, struggling, and in need. Hold them in the shadow of that setting sun, in your arms that offer safety and warmth. We are one writing an astonishing saga.
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Judge allows Knoller to argue for new trial
SAN FRANCISCO — The woman convicted of second-degree murder in the dog mauling death of her neighbor has a new set of defense attorneys and a chance to convince a San Francisco judge she deserves a new trial.
Superior Court Judge James Warren acknowledged the prosecution's request for a speedy resolution but granted Marjorie Knoller's requests Friday because of the case's "unprecedented" nature. He delayed her sentencing date from May 10 to June 7.
Knoller was convicted in the January 2001 mauling death of Diane Whipple, a college lacrosse coach who lived next door to Knoller in a San Francisco apartment building. Knoller faces 15 years to life in prison after becoming the first Californian convicted of second-degree murder in such as case.
The same Los Angeles jury also convicted Knoller and her husband, Robert Noel, of manslaughter. He faces up to four years in prison.
On Friday, Warren also granted Noel's request to argue for a new trial.
Warren said by June 7 he will either sentence the two, or grant them a new trial. San Francisco attorney Dennis Riordan, who with two other lawyers will replace Nedra Ruiz as Knoller's defense team, said the evidence against Knoller was insufficient.
Ruiz said Friday she was "totally on board" with Riordan taking over.
During the trial, Ruiz's dramatic style got her into trouble with the judge. Legal experts questioned her courtroom antics — at one point she got on her hands and knees to imitate a dog.
"If I made mistakes I'm happy to admit them," Ruiz told reporters. "I look forward to having Marjorie have a new and fair trial."
Prosecutor Jim Hammer said the conviction will stand because the jury carefully considered its decision. "It's unfortunate Ms. Ruiz attacked the jury and their verdict," he said.


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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday shelved a Bush-era rule that critics say weakened protections for animals and plants protected by the Endangered Species Act.
"We should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it," Obama said of the Endangered Species Act. He spoke at an Interior Department ceremony to mark the department's 160th anniversary.
In December, the Bush administration finalized regulations that allow agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm animals and plants listed under the Endangered Species Act.
The Bush-era rule reduces the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have performed for 35 years. It also prohibits federal agencies from assessing a project's contribution to global warming when they evaluate its effect on species.
The Bush administration argued its rule would streamline development requests without harming wildlife.
Presidential memorandum
Obama signed a presidential memorandum to put on hold the regulation until the Interior and Commerce departments complete a review of it.
At least for now, the two agencies will resume full scientific reviews of projects that might harm endangered wildlife and plants.
A conservation group that had sued to overturn the Bush-era rule welcomed the news.
"Obama has swiftly delivered on his campaign promise to reverse Bush's anti-endangered species regulations," Kieran Suckling, director of the Center for Biological Diversity, told msnbc.com. "He has restored independent, scientific oversight to the heart of the Endangered Species Act."
Other activists praised the move as well. "Undoing the last administration's damage to the Endangered Species Act will enable scientists to work with federal agencies and ensure that new projects do not harm threatened wildlife," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's endangered species program.
Those threats extend offshore, noted Vicki Cornish of Ocean Conservancy. "Dozens of marine animals are on the brink of extinction," she said. "Only about 400 North Atlantic right whales, 350 Cook Inlet beluga whales and 1200 Hawaiian monk seals remain, and there is a severe decline in numbers of nesting leatherbacks in the Pacific."
Congressional action
Democrats in Congress are attempting to reverse the rule via legislation. House Democrats wrote a provision into a spending bill that passed last month, leading Republicans to cry foul.
"This is a backdoor maneuver to create vast new climate change powers without any public comment or involvement of the American people," said Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Washington, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
Hastings on Tuesday also criticized Obama. "Our country is in the midst of a terrible economic recession and the federal government should not be taking actions that could stall vital transportation, infrastructure and energy projects that create new jobs."
The Senate has yet to act on the issue.
Since taking office six weeks ago, Obama has directed his Cabinet to reverse or review four Bush-era environmental and energy rules. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has shelved drilling plans off the East and West coasts , as well as on federal land in Utah . He also shelved a plan to open up areas to oil-shale development . Those plans will be reviewed, he said.
And Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, last month agreed to review whether it should regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants , portending a major reversal of the Bush administration's policy on global warming.
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China's three-time world hammer bronze medallist reportedly due to get her Asian Games gold medal back after being stripped of it following a positive test in 2014
Zhang Wenxiu is set to have her 2014 Asian Games hammer gold medal returned by the Olympic Council of Asia, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
The three-time world hammer bronze medallist, who also won Olympic bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, had been stripped of the Incheon 2014 medal after a presence of banned substance zeranol was detected in a pre-competition sample but The Associated Press reports that she lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, "saying her positive case resulted from contaminated food", and her doping case has been overturned.
The Associated Press report continued: "The OCA issued a statement Wednesday saying that based on further tests, it recognized that Zhang did not commit a doping violation and planned to return the medal."
Zhang had thrown a personal best and Games record of 77.33m when winning her third consecutive Asian Games title ahead of her compatriot Wang Zheng and India's Manju Bala last year. That throw places her sixth on the world all-time list.