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Most families have many storytellers but not as many who take on the job of listening and recording. Local historical societies and other organizations make an effort to record and save stories. During the Depression the Works Progress Administration sent people out to collect stories from the older people of the community. Many of these have been published in book form.
This is my Grandmother who passed on many of our family stories. She is surrounded
by just a few of her grandchildren.
Another generation has been added. Grandma, Mother, my sister and her
daughter; the first of that generation.
Sadly I haven't identified all the people in this photo. I am sure it is my Thompson family. How I wish I knew the stories told around that table.
As much as I tried to identify people in photographs and record the family stories there are many I missed.
Yesterday a friend and I were browsing around the bookstore and she found a journal with prompts for mothers to answer for her children. I've been working on one for my daughter for far too long. Some of the prompts don't fit my life so I write in other stories or add a copy of a photograph from my childhood.
We all have stories to tell. Some of them can become the basis for a novel.
Others just need to be recorded for the future.
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|Need to loose weight - stribild
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Can you recommend a weightloss supplement thr will not interact with stribild. I eat clean, walk 4,5 miles 4-5times aweek and YET I get fatter :( I am also looking for a good pre work out energy supp/drink to help me pysh harder, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I only take Stribildt, multivitamin and add B vit daily. T.I.A
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Stribld is a very good one pill a day regimen that contains an integrase inhibitor, a booster and two nucleosides. It is well tolerated but decreases in kidney function have been observed in some patients. So keep that in mind when choosing supplements that may load up your kidneys.
Like it is the case with all other HIV medications, some people gain weight while their immune system is getting better. Although no scientist has proven it yet, the hypothesis is that certain inflammatory proteins that our immune system produces while regenerating (TNF-alpha and others) increase and they can signal the body to conserve energy and fat. Usually this "return to health" phenomenon stabilizes during the first year of treatment.
Avoid any workout supplements with creatine since they can load up the kidneys. Stick with a diet low in sugars and high in fiber and protein.
Besides caffeine (coffee and green tea), I would not suggest anything else to give you more energy at the gym. Most of the energy booster supplements not only have caffeine but other products that can dramatically increase blood pressure and heart rate, and also increase dehydration. They are also loaded with sugar and high fructose corn syrup, known offenders that increase fat and triglycerides. Stay hydrated and drink at least 8 glasses of water a day specially if you are exercising daily.
I have written an article about how to lose weight/fat that you may find useful.
Nelson's Top 10 Tricks for Fat Loss
I hope this information helps you in your goal to stay in shape. Please let me know about your progress!
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(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY- Section 401(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking `The Secretary shall, during the period beginning July 1, 1972, and ending September 30, 1998,' and inserting `For each fiscal year through fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall'; and
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting `until such time as the Secretary determines and publishes in the Federal Register with an opportunity for comment, an alternative payment system that provides payments to institutions in an accurate and timely manner,' after `pay eligible students'.
(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT- Paragraph (2)(A) of section 401(b) is amended to read as follows:
`(2)(A) The amount of the Federal Pell Grant for a student eligible under this part shall be--
`(i) $4,500 for academic year 1999-2000;
`(ii) $4,800 for academic year 2000-2001;
`(iii) $5,100 for academic year 2001-2002;
`(iv) $5,400 for academic year 2002-2003; and
`(v) $5,800 for academic year 2003-2004,
less an amount equal to the amount determined to be the expected family contribution with respect to that student for that year.'.
(c) RELATION OF MAXIMUM GRANT TO TUITION AND EXPENSES- Paragraph (3) of section 401(b) is amended to read as follows:
`(3)(A) For any academic year for which an appropriation Act provides a maximum basic grant in an amount in excess of $2,700, the amount of a student's basic grant shall equal $2,700 plus--
`(i) one-half of the amount by which such maximum basic grant exceeds $2,700; plus
`(ii) the lesser of--
`(I) the remaining one-half of such excess; or
`(II) the sum of the student's tuition and, if the student has dependent care expenses (as described in section 472(8)) or disability-related expenses (as described in section 472(9)), an allowance determined by the institution for such expenses.
`(B) An institution that charged only fees in lieu of tuition as of October 1, 1998, may include in the institution's determination of tuition charged, fees that would normally constitute tuition.'.
(d) REGULATIONS FOR MULTIPLE AWARDS- Section 401(b)(6) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
(2) by inserting `(A)' after the paragraph designation; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
`(B) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations implementing this paragraph.'.
(e) TIME LIMIT TO RECEIVE GRANTS- Section 401(c) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may allow, on a case-by-case basis, a student to receive a basic grant if the student--
`(A) is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time work load for the course of study the student is pursuing, as determined by the institution of higher education; and
`(B) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a postbaccalaureate program that does not lead to a graduate degree, and in courses required by a State in order for the student to receive a professional certification or licensing credential that is required for employment as a teacher in an elementary school or secondary school in that State,
except that this paragraph shall not apply to a student who is enrolled in an institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree in education.'.
(f) INSTITUTIONAL INELIGIBILITY BASED ON DEFAULT RATES- Section 401 is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(j) INSTITUTIONAL INELIGIBILITY BASED ON DEFAULT RATES-
`(1) IN GENERAL- No institution of higher education shall be an eligible institution for purposes of this subpart if such institution of higher education is ineligible to participate in a loan program under part B or D as a result of a final default rate determination made by the Secretary under part B or D after the final publication of cohort default rates for fiscal year 1996 or a succeeding fiscal year.
`(2) SANCTIONS SUBJECT TO APPEAL OPPORTUNITY- No institution may be subject to the terms of this subsection unless the institution has had the opportunity to appeal the institution's default rate determination under regulations issued by the Secretary for the loan program authorized under part B or D, as applicable. This subsection shall not apply to an institution that was not participating in the loan program authorized under part B or D on the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, unless the institution subsequently participates in the loan programs.'.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-
(1) Section 400(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1070(a)(1)) is amended by striking `basic educational opportunity grants' and inserting `Federal Pell Grants'.
(2) The heading of subpart 1 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
`Subpart 1--Federal Pell Grants'.
(3) Section 401 is amended--
(A) in the heading of the section, by striking `basic educational opportunity' and inserting `federal pell';
(B) in subsection (a)(3), by striking `Basic grants' and inserting `Grants';
(C) by striking `basic grant' each place the term appears and inserting `Federal Pell Grant'; and
(D) by striking `basic grants' each place the term appears and inserting `Federal Pell Grants'.
(4) Section 401(f)(3) is amended by striking `Education and Labor' and inserting `Education and the Workforce'.
(5) Section 452(c) (20 U.S.C. 1087b(c)) is amended by striking `basic grants' and inserting `Federal Pell Grants'.
(6) Subsections (j)(2) and (k)(3) of section 455 (20 U.S.C. 1087e) are each amended by striking `basic grants' and inserting `Federal Pell Grants'.
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Monday 30th December 2013
It's been a bumper year for everyone's favourite lyrical badman, Stylo G. He was nominated for a MOBO award and "Soundbwoy" his first single with 3 Beat reached number 18 on the UK chart. He totally smashed it on the festival circuit with massive performances at Glastonbury, Wireless, Reading and Leeds.
And with the brilliant new single "Move Back" due for release in March you can expect even bigger things of this man in 2014.
Here's his Best of 2013
1. Stylo G "Soundbwoy"
2. Mavado Ft. Nicki Minaj "Give It All To Me"
3. Rudimental Ft. Ella Eyre "Waiting All Night"
4. Fuse ODG "Antenna"
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Jesi, Ryan & Aaron's Bright Industrial Office
Jesi Haack — a creative stylist for weddings and photoshoots — has an incredibly fresh office. She shares this large space with her husband, photographer Ryan Haack and wedding photographer Aaron Shintaku. Together they've put their DIY skills to good use in creating an organized and welcoming industrial-inspired office with swap meet finds and raw materials.
This office oozes creativity and has an inspired vision of bright walls and fun handmade accessories. Most of the furniture is bright white or made of raw wood material and it all shines under the skylights. They added many features to complete the look: a coffee bar, wood flooring to section off a desk area and — most recently — added a tin wall that separates the entry way from the conference space and desks.
Ryan notes that they discovered the office for rent because they were eating breakfast across the street and that most of the decor/design came from the street, Home Depot, IKEA, or was handmade by Jesi. Aaron states that his favorite thing is the handmade coffee table made of pallets.
It was nice to see three separate meeting areas which could accomodate several groups; a conference table, a "living room" type couch setting and a little waiting nook. I noticed right away the lamp in the entry nook, made of small round wood peices — Jesi said she created it after seeing something similar at Anthropologie. I thought they really honed in on a warm and friendly environment that would be welcoming for any client but inspiring to work in every day.
• Jesi Haack
• Ryan Haack
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NTP Creates Alliance With Generator Builder
May 18, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on NTP Creates Alliance With Generator Builder
Wilsonville, Ore.-based NTP Distribution and Wuxi Kipor Power Co. Ltd., have entered an exclusive partnership for the RV Industry developing quality generators with high-end features at a very competitive price to dealerships.
"The Wuxi Kipor Power Co. generator line is well respected all over the world for continuous quality improvement learned in servicing high demand clients such as military, regional governments, and large corporations in several countries," Greg Boyd, CEO for NTP, said in a press release. "This continuous quality improvement from Wuxi Kipor Power Co. will provide NTP's customers high-end features, such as parallel power, at a very competitive price point."
NTP said it has worked the greater part of a year with China-based Wuxi Kipor Power Co. to create an infrastructure to completely support NTP's customers in the sales and service efforts with the Wuxi Kipor Power Co., Ltd generators.
"As we were developing the contract with Wuxi Kipor Power Company, we were looking for the best product and services for our dealerships and warranty protection," said Boyd. "Kipor represents that quality and we know that together we are going to market with a superior product."
As NTP gets ready to launch this new relationship they have also set up training classes that will be held throughout the United States. These classes will train customers on the benefits and servicing requirements of the Kipor generators.
"It is critical that when we bring on a line as comprehensive as this one that we are providing our dealer partners with the highest in education and training," said Mark Jenson, vice president of sales and marketing. "NTP's goal has always been to partner with our customers and we can achieve this through integrated training on this line."
As a distributor, NTP has partnered with many exclusive lines to provide exceptional service, products and price to their dealer partners, said Boyd. This relationship with Wuxi Kipor Power Co. will further NTP's commitment to provide the right products, and the right price for the RV industry, he added.


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Cord blood bank starts at Mercy
The stem cells are important because they are the same type as those found in bone marrow and can be used in transplants and to treat 90 deadly diseases that affect thousands of Americans each year, including certain types of cancers and blood disorders.Yet few people donate to cord blood banks now. Many people don't know they can donate; others may balk at the thousands of dollars in fees for private programs. There are only about 20 free public banks around the country, according to the National Marrow Donor Program, a nonprofit registry for bone marrow and cord blood patients and donors.
"This a big step for cord blood donations," said Frances Verter, founder and director of the Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Banking. "So many people will be helped by this. This will help treat more people with life-threatening illnesses."


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Technical Newsletter From Your Ballistic TechniciansVolume 6, Issue 2
by Paul Box
With more and more factory rifles having long throats today, a common question is "How can I get any accuracy, I can't get seated close to the rifling?" While a high percentage of rifles will give very good accuracy with bullets seated near the rifling, some will group as well, sometimes even better with a long jump. When working up loads for top accuracy I usually start with the bullet seated up close to the rifling, but once a promising load has been found, try seating back in .010" increments to as much as .060" off the rifling. Some rifles will deliver as good or better accuracy seated this far back. Naturally the magazine will have to be considered on long seated rounds if it is to be used. Sneaking in the back door can be even more accurate sometimes.
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by Rich Machholz
Since the introduction of the Sierra BlitzKing bullets we have received hundreds of calls inquiring about load data specific to these bullets. We are always happy to help with any question but the BlitzKings don't require any special data other than making sure you use the appropriate bullet weight. The one exception to this is the new 6mm 55 grain BlitzKing. This particular bullet responds quite well to our current 60 grain data and will give excellent velocity and accuracy. The BlitzKing bullets are no different from other Sierra bullets other than being real eye-openers terminally. Give them a try, we think you will like them.
Sierra Bullets Tech Talk
The first ever Sierra "Live Forum" was conducted on February 23. The transcript is available for your viewing on the Sierra web site. Thank you to all who participated. Although this first effort was far from flawless, we are encouraged by the participation and plan to conduct another Tech Talk Forum on Thursday, May 13 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. central time. To participate, you need to log onto the Sierra Bullets web site and download the JAVA Client to your computer. Then simply follow the instructions on the site to participate.
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Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" and David O. Russell's "American Hustle" dominated the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s 19th Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations on Monday morning.
Both films, which also tied for the most Golden Globe nods last week, received 13 Critics' Choice nominations each, including best film, director and for lead and supporting performances.
"Gravity" followed with 10 nominations, including best picture and lead actress for Sandra Bullock, who also was nominated for actress in an action movie, and director for Alfonso Cuaron.
VIDEO: Watch '12 Years a Slave' cast and crew discuss the movie
Vying with these films in the best picture category are "Captain Phillips"; "Dallas Buyers Club"; "Her"; "Inside Llewyn Davis"; "Nebraska"; "Saving Mr. Banks"; and "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Best actor nominations went to Christian Bale for "American Hustle"; Bruce Dern for "Nebraska"; Chiwetel Ejiofor for "12 Years a Slave"; Tom Hanks for "Captain Phillips"; Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas Buyers Club"; and Robert Redford for "All is Lost."
Besides Bullock, lead actress nominations went to Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine"; Judi Dench for "Philomena"; Brie Larson for "Short Term 12"; Meryl Streep for "August: Osage County"; and Emma Thompson for "Saving Mr Banks."
Competing in the supporting actor category are Barkhad Abdi for "Captain Phillips"; Daniel Bruhl for "Rush"; Bradley Cooper for "American Hustle"; Michael Fassbender for "12 Years a Slave"; the late James Gandolfini for "Enough Said"; and Jared Leto for "Dallas Buyers Club."
Vying for supporting actress are Scarlett Johansson for her voice-only performance in "Her"; Jennifer Lawrence for "American Hustle"; Lupita Nyong'o for "12 Years a Slave"; Julia Roberts for "August: Osage County"; June Squibb for "Nebraska"; and Oprah Winfrey for "Lee Daniels' The Butler."
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Rounding out the director category are Paul Greengrass for "Captain Phillips"; Spike Jonze for "Her"; and Martin Scorsese for "The Wolf of Wall Street."
Nominations for animated film went to "The Croods"; "Despicable Me 2"; "Frozen"; "Monsters University" and "The Wind Rises." Foreign language film nominations went to "Blue Is the Warmest Color"; "The Great Beauty"; "The Hunt"; "The Past" and "Wadjda."
Competing for best action movie are "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"; "Iron Man 3"; "Lone Survivor"; "Rush"; and "Star Trek Into Darkness." Vying in the comedy category are "American Hustle"; "Enough Said"; "The Heat"; "This Is the End"; "The Way Way Back" and "The World's End."
In the best actor in a comedy category, nominations went to Christian Bale for "American Hustle"; Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Wolf of Wall Street"; the late James Gandolfini for "Enough Said"; Simon Pegg for "The World's End"; and Sam Rockwell for "The Way Way Back." Best actress in a comedy nominations went to Amy Adams for "American Hustle"'; Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy for "The Heat"; Greta Gerwig for "Frances Ha"; and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "Enough Said."
Vying for best young actor/actress are Asa Butterfield for "Enders Game"; Adele Exarchopoulos for "Blue Is the Warmest Color"; Liam James for "The Way Way Back"; Sophie Nelisse for "The Book Thief"; and Tye Sheridan for "Mud."
Nominations in the best acting ensemble went to "American Hustle"; "August: Osage County"; "Lee Daniels' The Butler"; "Nebraska"; "12 Years a Slave"; and "The Wolf of Wall Street."'
The winners will be announced Jan. 16 -- the same day the Academy Award nominations are announced -- at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The show will be telecast on the CW.
For a complete list of nominees, click here.
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Khao Soi Yellow Curry Noodles with Tofu and assorted vegetables
Adapted from the Thai-Burmese style recipe on Veggie Belly and various others, based on my available ingredients and whim. Inspired by the notion of cauliflower + curry, a field trip in deep SE Portland to the Lents International Farmers Market for produce, great pour over-style Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Nectar Coffee Co., and onward adventures to Fubonn. I've had curry noodles on the brain since dining at In the Bowl in Seattle this past Spring.
Khao Soi Yellow Curry Noodles with Tofu
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 clove of minced garlic
- 1/2 cup sliced yellow squash (I did half circles)
- 1/2 cup sliced carrots
- 1/4 head of cauliflower, chopped into florets
- 1/2 cup shredded swiss chard (including stalk)
- 1 diced jalapeno
- 1 tablespoon yellow curry paste
- 1/2 teaspoon Indian curry powder
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon vegetarian fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk or light coconut milk
- 1 cup water
- 3-4 oz dried vermicelli rice noodles (use more or less depending on how soupy you want the finished product)
- 1-1.5 cups of sliced fried or fresh tofu
- handful of torn fresh basil leaves
- Chopped basil or cilantro (look, I'm only typing it because it's traditional in this dish)
- Lime wedges
- Sriracha
- Sauté the garlic in oil over medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the curry powder and paste.
- Add all of the vegetables, and cook for 7-10 minutes. Stir frequently; lower the heat if anything starts to burn.
- Pour in the coconut milk, sauces, brown sugar, tofu and water. Mix in and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat, stir in the noodles, incorporate with tongs, cover with a lid and simmer for an additional 5-10 minutes on low.
- Alternately: Use pre-cooked rice or wheat noodles and add in at this point. Don't cover the pot if you do this.
- Add torn basil or cilantro leaves, incorporate and serve.
- Garnish individual portions and add soy sauce, lime and/or hot sauce as desired.
Just pretend that's cilantro on top…
From the Lents Farmers Market:
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The small Fubonn haul, which most certainly includes a smoked vegan ham tube. Plans forthcoming. Isn't Ota's new package adorable?
Some more from Lents:
I picked up beets and jalapeño peppers at the farm below (currently infusing cayenne and jalapeno tequila at home).
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Sapphire HD5550 Ultimate Review
Are you in the process of building a new system? Well one of the most debated aspects of a build is your video card, mainly because there are so many of them out there. Picking the right video card depends on what you are planning on using your system for. If you are going for a high performance build for gaming and video editing, you should be looking for the top-performing card out on the market. On the other hand, if you are looking for a video card to give you some good looking graphics, lower power consumption and a smaller hit in the piggy bank, you should be looking at the more mainstream cards for your setup. Sapphire has just released their HD5550 Ultimate, a mainstream card that is not only going to offer you DX11 support, but also going to give it to you in a silent package with a completely passive cooling system. I am curious to see exactly how well this card is going to stack up against the other cards out on the market in its class.
Closer Look:
The front of the package for Sapphire's new HD5550 Ultimate video card has a nice large image of a warrior woman dressed in white with a sword, looking like she is ready to go to battle. The top left corner is where you are going to find the Sapphire logo, with the 1GB DDR2 logo off in the top right hand corner. Below the 1GB DDR2 logo, you will find the Ultimate logo that Sapphire has placed on the package with the tag, "Passive Silent cooling" printed below, letting you know that there is no fan on the card and it is going to be fully passive cooling. Radeon HD5550 is printed towards the middle of the box to let you know what model is inside. Below that, you are going to find the ATI Stream GPU Processing, Onboard HDMI and DVI, CrossFireX Ready, and 40nm process badges to give you an idea of some of the features the card has. The back of the package is going to get into more detail, list off some of the features, and give you a description of each of them. The side of the package is where you will find the system requirements of the HD5550, such as the operating system that is required to use the card, as well as a few other hardware related requirements.
When you open up the outer package, you will find a brown box that holds the Sapphire HD5550 card securly and should prevent any damages that may occur during the shipping process, this includes not only an anti-static, bubble-wrap bag, but also piece of gray foam at the top to keep the card from sliding around inside. The card itself is wrapped in cardboard in orderto keep it from being squished and to help keep the heatsink from being damaged. Under the card is where you will find all of the accessories, which only includes the driver installation CD and two installation documents.
Now that we know how the Sapphire HD5550 is packaged and what it comes shipped with, its time to take a closer look at the card and see what sets it apart from its competition.


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HONOLULU, Hawai'i – Tennessee State senior point guard Patrick Miller was named to the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic All-Tournament Team early Tuesday morning.
Miller was the Tigers' leading scorer, pouring in 62 points for an average of 20.7 points during the three games. He made 24 of his 60 attempts (40 percent) from the field and held a 4-for-13 (30.8 percent) line from behind the three-point line.
The Chicago, Ill. product also tallied 10 assists, eight rebounds and two steals for the tournament.
Against New Mexico State, TSU's captain set a new career-high with 30 points. Miller made 12 of his 22 attempts (55 percent) against the Aggies, had four assists and added a pair of rebounds for Tennessee State (0-3).
Miller will lead the Tigers into Wichita, Kan. on Nov. 16 for a matchup with one of last year's Final Four team, Wichita State. Tipoff between TSU and the Shockers is slated for 12 p.m.
All-Tournament Team
David Brown, Western Michigan
Patrick Miller, Tennessee State
Daniel Mullings, New Mexico State
Tshilidzi Nepahwe, New Mexico State
Christian Standhardinger, Hawai'i
MVP: Isaac Fotu, Hawai'i


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Will Green Cars Be Exciting To Drive And Enjoyable To Own?
I am more concerned about the Cap n Trade scam that is making my electric bill the highest in the nation. The very same that has made Tesla LOOK like a viable business model. I guess Finland did not think Fisker was worth the waste like we have. EVs as the article says are DECADES from being a reasonable form of transportation. Borrowing money from China to keep these fatcats afloat makes little sense.0
> the government becomes the venture capitalist on behalf of the nation because private capital (especially now) is very risk averse. Every major industrialized government puts money into winners and sometimes into sink holes.
That's what we would like to think, but data mining shows otherwise:
...them except Solyndra, but we haven't.
Evergreen Solar
Solyndra (received $535 million)
Beacon Power (received $43 million)
AES' subsidiary Eastern Energy
Nevada Geothermal (received $98.5 million)
SunPower (received $1.5 billion)
First Solar (received $1.46 billion)
Babcock & Brown (an Australian company which received $178 million)
Ener1 (subsidiary EnerDel received $118.5 million)
Amonix (received 5.9 million)
The National Renewable Energy Lab
Fisker Automotive
Abound Solar (received $400 million)
Chevy Volt (taxpayers basically own GM)
Solar Trust of America
A123 Systems (received $279 million)
Willard & Kelsey Solar Group (received $6 million)
Johnson Controls (received $299 million)
Schneider Electric (received $86 million)
That's 19 (that we know of so far). We also know that loans went to foreign clean energy companies (Fisker sent money to their overseas plant to develop an electric car), and that 80% of these loans went to President Obama's campaign donors.
GREEN SCAM: 80% of Green Energy Loans Went to Obama Donors – 19 Companies Went Bust (Video)
2015 Cruze 2LT, 2014 Malibu 2LT, 2008 Cobalt 2LT0
That report is such nonsense, I won't waste my time responding to it.
If you come across any credible critical data, I'd be happy to discuss it with you. I don't care for skewed politicized rants posing as "news".
First, it's important to note that subsidies for clean energy still lag far behind the public money that goes toward oil, coal and natural gas projects.
Secondly, the failure rate for VCs in the private sector, say Silicon Valley, is probably no better.
Third, some of the investments on your list are loans, not grants. They get paid back.
Last of all, we can no more achieve energy independence and combat global warming using only "private investment" than we could have won World War II using private capital.
LONGTERM---you gotta thing LONGTERM....don't think 2013, think 2050!0
fintail Posts: 46,264Political connections gain money? This is news?!?
No different from the energy and military-industrial supplier crooks who encouraged a lie-based war for profit during the previous regime. Looks like all that stuff adds up to about what is spent on Israel alone. In one year. Year in year out for almost twice as long as I've been alive. We know who profits from that. And aid to similarly petulant and ungrateful places (Pakistan et al) is the same, along with the policeman ideal. It's not just ego, it's profit for some.
IMO, the breaks and subsidies for these vehicles need to be cut off at a certain price point, say 50-70K. Trickle down doesn't really work. It just becomes public subsidization of private gain.0
>That report is such nonsense,
You mean those companies didn't get that money?
>skewed politicized rants posing as "news".
Those "loans" won't be repaid for most of the 19: those are the ones that went "bust." I find it's odd that the Volt is on there. GM did go bust, sort of, but the loan for it likely will be repaid, eventually, long long eventually. Well, maybe never.
2015 Cruze 2LT, 2014 Malibu 2LT, 2008 Cobalt 2LT0
It's not "news"--it's a politically charged propaganda piece that has a conclusion in hand and goes around looking for any fact to tape to it, even backwards. YAWN.
There are so many errors in the article that it becomes a waste of time--it's like correcting somebody's homework.
There are plenty of politically-neutral "actual" news articles on this subject that we could explore together.0
There are plenty of politically-neutral "actual" news articles on this subject that we could explore together.
That would be nice to see. I don't know of a single politically neutral news source in this country. At least no major news source.
This seems to show little bias.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/08/new-report-lists-more-stimulus-waste-0- /0
Saw these getting rolled out today. People are wondering if it's going to work or if they're all going to disappear or get trashed in a month.
Citi Bike has been quite successful in other places. New York is not very bike friendly however. You really need to be on your toes to ride there.0
that "little bias" comment was a joke, right? ....right?
Pretty funny...
reminds me of the "When did you stop beating your children?" headline......
I think there must be some dignified economic journals where we could get solid, sane information, with all the various nuances needed to help us fully understand a complex issue. The "government is evil" routine is tiresome to me.0
fintail Posts: 46,264The Economist, having gone a little mainstream over the past decade, is a fairly credible source IMO. I don't read it diligently, but I haven't noticed any analysis of green cars published there yet.
For bias in news coverage, you'll probably find less via Al Jazeera than through ANY domestic news source. American news channels, major and minor, are just corporate and/or political mouthpieces. Many sources out of Germany, France, and Sweden are similar.0
that "little bias" comment was a joke, right? ....right?
Taken in the light that you have not brought forth any source that addresses where our tax dollars are going.
I think there must be some dignified economic journals where we could get solid, sane information
They may steer clear of any kind of controversial subject matter. A person would have to have their head in the sand to not believe the waste on the green agenda is not controversial.0
that's not the point. The point is that any article that starts out as a partisan witch-hunt immediately loses all credibility, regardless of which party is witch hunting which other party. The very headline demotes the article to trash level journalism.
Words can have emotional sway.
Consider the difference between:
"government waste"
"government spending"
"billions lost" vs. "billions spent on"
OR -- the classic "begging the question" E. G.
"Why is the (fill in your president here) administration such a lousy venture capitalist?"
Calling 2013 the "information age" is an insult to information IMO.0
You have given a lot of reasons not to accept partisan sources. Just none to use those sources along with sources from the other points of view. Refusing to accept anything that seems to be partisan IMO is tantamount to sticking your head in the sand.
So far you have failed to offer a source on the money spent on the green agenda that is impartial. Even your own opinions were very partisan IMO.0
I still think you are still missing the point. A head-hunting article has an agenda and is immediately suspect. Once I spotted 3 or 4 obvious bonehead mistakes in the article I decided it was a waste of time. It's not the "partisan" nature of it, it's just how bad it is and how emotionally wrought. It is not intelligently presented. Basically, it stinks. :P
I suppose one *could* argue that somewhere in that article is a sustainable fact, but really, why does a reader have to pick through the oceans of debris to find a morsel?
Why would a person go to say a website called "10 Hateful Things About American Cars", and expect to find anything about how good American cars are?
But to be honest, I never read anything from known propaganda outlets. These aren't news sources. it's just biased "churn". Same old crap. I don't regard them as serious sources of information. (see fictitious example above)
Here's an article from FORBES, which generally does not have an agenda dictated to it by its owners, that it pretty interesting, on green energy:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mindylubber/2012/03/20/investors-are-making-money-on- - - - - -renewable-energy/
What the article suggests is that the government spending in this area was, in fact, a very good kickstart, even with its hits and misses.
I also read THE WEEK quite a bit, as it presents a news article and then lists commentary excerpts from various counter-balancing sources, pro and con.
Great mag that I think you would really like!0
Here's an article from FORBES, which generally does not have an agenda dictated to it by its owners, that it pretty interesting, on green energy:
I also consider Forbes a reasonable source of information. Difference is you read something entirely different between the lines than I did. I see how GE made bundles on solar energy after getting gigantic gifts from US the tax payers. I also remember right after they got the cash they closed their solar factory in Colorado. So much for green energy creating jobs. Just cash for the fatcats.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomkonrad/2012/07/03/breaking-ge-solar-laying-off-em- ployees-in-colorado/
Then I read this little tidbit in your article:
Across the spectrum of clean energy opportunities, investment reached a record $260 billion worldwide in 2011 and for the first time since 2008, the U.S. surpassed China in clean energy investment.
Hmm, so we passed up China spending on Green energy. Of course they did not point out we had to borrow the money from China to beat them.
What I see as wasted tax dollars you see as a good way to spend OPM. It pinpoints our differences, and the polarization of our nation.
I have never said investors were not getting rich off of the Green Agenda. The Stock market is at an all time high. So is our lack of decent jobs in this country. The Green Agenda was and is a LIE. Most of the jobs created are already history.0
Actually we don't borrow that much from China. China owns less than 10% of our debt and Japan owns almost as much.
Again, you aren't thinking longterm here. The very idea of government investment in green energy is to kickstart it into commercialization.
Which is what is happening. Government VC is like private VC..it's a wave, an idea, and it goes rolling on and on.
For an aticle to pick out one or two rotten apples and condemning the tree is, again, just witch-hunting. It's like saying "The DotCom Bust!".
Well in fact, dot.com is very much with us.
Definition of "Witch Hunt" --"a conclusion in search of only those facts which support the conclusion previously arrived at. "
Some new car companies failed (Fisker); some succeeded (Tesla); others are yet to be born.
What's REALLY interesting is that the new breed of hybrid/hybrid electric/electric cars are getting so competent. They are, for the first time, "real cars".0
Which is what is happening. Government VC is like private VC..it's a wave, an idea, and it goes rolling on and on.
That is where you are totally in the dark. Private VC is put up by someone willing to lose their own money if the idea is a failure. Government VC is putting up money that those handing it out have NO vested interest. It is Other People's Money they are spending.
some succeeded (Tesla); others are yet to be born.
Well we have come full circle. You say Tesla has succeeded I say they are a failure without my tax dollars. That is not success. Any business can continue with unlimited funds. How long do we continue to subsidize Tesla so a few fatcats can drive around looking GREEN?
What's REALLY interesting is that the new breed of hybrid/hybrid electric/electric cars are getting so competent.
Are they truly GREEN?0
We may be sharing the "darkness" :P ---many of the firms listed as getting government "grants" (some were in fact loans, not grants) ALSO RAISED PRIVATE CAPITAL along with the other assistance.
So, in fact, many ventures on that list risked private as well as gov'mint monies.
Like I said, junk articles leave out all the really interesting details.
RE: "GREEN" -- that's a good question---the term "green" has been rendered somewhat flippant by the media, because it is, once again, a term with lots of nuance and complexity.
I think the most accurate answer is that unless the primary energy source were renewable, then it really shouldn't be termed "greener"----maybe "green-ER" would be better.
EVs are not 'green' because...what generates the electricity? If that electricity were solar, or wind power, then yeah, that's pretty green. If it were coal, not so green but greener than shoveling coal into the trunk of your car and burning it, yeah.0
EVs are not 'green' because...what generates the electricity? If that electricity were solar, or wind power, then yeah, that's pretty green.
I think we are pretty close on this subject. What I don't like about solar or wind is the devastation in China to produce the REE required to build all these so called green sources of renewable energy. How long will they last? Maybe 25 years until we need to make more. The media and proponents try to push them as truly renewable when the upfront expense to the environment may or may not be mitigated by the energy they produce. There is NO perpetual motion, and NO free lunch. Ethanol from Corn may be the best example of green agenda gone astray.0
Yes ethanol was a boondoggle from the get-go, but we could all see that coming as soon as Big Ag put their toe in the water. That was not only OLD tech, it was BAD OLD tech.
At least the solar, wind and electric tech is very interesting. One has the sense that it has a viable future.
That's why TESLA is a watershed, regardless if it succeeds or not. I mean, the Wright Brothers didn't dominate the aviation industry--they pretty much made some money and bailed out early.
The TESLA proved that EVs needn't be homely, incompetent, short-range backyard inventions. The Tesla was/is as good as a "real car".
It's the old saying---the pioneers get arrows in their backs and the settlers farm the land afterwards.0
The TESLA proved that EVs needn't be homely, incompetent, short-range backyard inventions. The Tesla was/is as good as a "real car".
I agree on those points. I just see it as corporate welfare. I can get behind R&D through Universities and even a few major corps with a proven track record. Just like ethanol and big Ag, I see these money handouts more as pork and paybacks than viable R&D capital. I watched so much waste in Alaska via the Pork brought home by our Senator and Representative that it made me sick. The Green agenda is nothing more than pork IMO. IF we were flush with cash it may not bother me so much. We are floating in debt that will soon bite US in the behind.
Sure Wind and Solar have some merit. If it was a viable energy source it would not need all the subsidies. We went through this in the late 1970s with $billions wasted on Wind farms that are now defunct. Take the money put up the windmill and when it quits file for bankruptcy.
If you happen to get near a Wind Farm walk under neath and smell the dead birds and bats. No small problem.
More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Each death is federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines. No wind energy company has been prosecuted, even those that repeatedly flout the law.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/14/obama-administration-gives-wind-farms- - -pass-on-eagle-deaths-prosecutes-oil/
Not just from Fox.
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cleveland/opinion/wind-farms-are-killing-our-eagl- es/article_f32dd6b3-324d-5f9a-8748-f34b722cc272.html0
Nope, they are both Fox News hatchet-journalism. The second article obviously copied the first, which rather illustrates my complaint against the dismal state of US media---not only is agendized misinformation (or badly researched information) disguised as "news", but then it is copied and disseminated adding to further confusion.
In the old days, in the golden age of journalism, it might take a reporter working on this story perhaps 3 months and 5-6 follow ups to find out exactly what is going on with wind farms, eagles, the government and all the rest of it.
when we have to start politicizing wildlife, we are starting to get ridiculous IMO.
It's like when UAW workers started attacking japanese cars with hammers--remember that?
what the UAW needed to be doing at that time was convincing American automakers to build better cars.0
I guess that would include NPR as well. I first read about wind farms killing raptors in my Audubon magazine. Here is NPR saying the same as Fox etc.
It's like when UAW workers started attacking japanese cars with hammers--remember that?
Now it is the Korean companies they would like to bring down, with complaints about subsidies. Now does that sound like the pot calling the kettle black?
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15046/how_mississippi_lavished_subsidies_o- n_nissan_as_workers_got_the_shaft/#.UaKvJiEj_i8.facebook0
It's not the same story exactly. Well it is just a copy of a copy of a copy, but notice the headline difference:
NPR Headline: "Wind Farms Get Pass On Eagle Deaths"
Fox Headline: "Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies"
Also the Fox story is truncated, leaving out much of the complexity and duality of points of view on the subject that NPR included.
The IN THESE TIMES article is produced by a socialist website, (shame on you, do your friends know you're reading this? ) and here again we have an interesting bias on what's happening in the auto industry:
In These Times Headline reads: " Mississippi Lavishes $1.3 Billion in Subsidies on Nissan as Workers Get the Shaft"
However, the Clarion Ledger (one of the original sources) used THIS headline:
"Report: Nissan job creation lags"
Like I said, unless you go back to original sources, all you're getting is very biased propaganda.0
Like I said, unless you go back to original sources, all you're getting is very biased propaganda.
Unless of course the original source was written with an agenda. I try reading all I can find on any given subject and then I am not always sure I have found the truth. The more information we have access to the more spin is involved. So on the subject of, what will power these millions of Tesla sports EVs? I went to your local rag. I have read interesting pieces in there from time to time. Here it is clear they would like to white wash the facts on wind power to further the agenda. Notice in reporting the decline in bird kills they don't theorize that it could be the wind farm has forced the birds from their native hunting grounds.
For decades, wind turbines straddling the Altamont Pass have generated clean electricity for California - at the cost of killing thousands of birds.
The tall, grassy hills, raked by stiff winds in spring and summer, offer prime hunting territory for owls, hawks and eagles. Focused on spotting prey, many birds soar straight into the spinning blades of turbines.
But efforts to curb the bloodshed may be starting to work.
A new study suggests that the number of eagles, kestrels, burrowing owls and red-tailed hawks killed at Altamont each year has fallen roughly 50 percent since 2005. Reaching that level has been a long-term goal of local environmentalists and government officials, as well as the energy companies running turbines in the pass.
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Altamont-Pass-turbines-kill-fewer-birds-4- 230640.php
Or this long dissertation claims the new generation wind generators are safer for birds more deadly for bats.
The bottom line is we have Corporations all in cahoots with the Federal government that are killing US and the planet. Be it Monsanto, GE, Syngenta or the Eco Nuts pushing for EVs with no thought of the ramifications.0
I remember getting a call when I was in my mid-20s and living in Memphis and a friend got in a four car wreck and her car was getting towed. She needed a ride and had a bunch of junk in the car. So I drove over and the cars were blocking most of the intersection and people were sitting dazed on the curb. I pulled up to her car in my Jeep and unloaded her gear into the CJ-5.
The next day the paper ran a pic with the note in the story "A fifth car was involved in the accident". Well, I guess parking close to the wreck to transfer junk was being "involved".
And if the paper interviewed the drivers, they likely got four widely differing versions of the wreck.
That was the first time I ever got a call from a "car phone". Ham guy with a repeater site, circa 1977 or so.
Up in Ontario today north of Toronto - seen a few dozen windmills and lots of solar panels. Also the usual complement of Prii and 450h's.0
those are just fringe people--serious ecology people favor a balanced approach to energy resources, with solid science behind it. The wacky gearheads might get the press, but there's a lot of quiet and sane talent working on the problem.
and really, the American people have hardly rushed to buy EVs---they've fallen rather flat if you ask me. People are smart enough to figure out that EVs aren't everything they were pumped up to be.
Most interesting is that lots of young people living in big cities (and cities are growing rapidly in population) don't even WANT cars.
So I see the EV market as a short term rental/car share sort of thing, for the urban environment.
The business model for EVs might not even be outright ownership.0
those are just fringe people--serious ecology people favor a balanced approach to energy resources, with solid science behind it. The wacky gearheads might get the press, but there's a lot of quiet and sane talent working on the problem.
They have a lot more stroke in CA than common sense ecologist.
I do agree that the rush to buy Tesla and high priced EVs, will be very short lived. Only so many people that have the money and garage space for a future museum piece. Did Leno buy one?0
Well northern CAL is the hotbed of environmentalism and you just don't see many EVs here. Hybrids are the big ticket item in Marin, parts of East Bay and Silicon Valley. Central Valley could care less. Different culture.
As for San Francisco, owning a car is brutal. SF makes it as painful and as difficult as possible to use a car. And this is a city where the public transportation pretty much sucks. Worst of both worlds.
I think enterprises like Zipcar are quite popular though.0


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I enjoyed it, only thing is that the chick moans awfully iritating and she has ugly teeth. Nice tattoos tho
But then the guy asks how much the rent is, says no way, and storms out unimpressed.
Right as I get drawn into the story line they start fucking.
I love how he doesn't take his dick out when the bf shows up
So what happened with the apartment? Is there a a scene where they discuss the lease or anything? They had a nice story about a guy being shown an apartment and it never gets resolved because of all this group sex (which to be honest I don't feel added anything to the plot at all).
hot when she brings him into bedroom and spreads her cunt open
Everyones talking about either Kylee Kross or James Deen, but who is the guy with the tats!
Is that the guy from Blink 182?
This is actually funny!
"I don't think this thing was clogged."
jeez she's really one fucking ugly bitch
While he's fucking her in the kitchen she says "My boyfriend's gonna be so mad." Later in the bedroom the guy says "I did not know she had a boyfriend!". Sure you didn't, chief.
Was i the only one who noticed the meth mouth?
looks punk to me
Why do almost all emo/goth girls have discgusting meth mouths :/
the lower class brats soundtrack made my night. she is hot as hell.
What song? I didn't even notic . I tried out for them but since I'm too busy on here I didn't make the band haha
Is that the guy from BMTH?
thats funny now im hungry feed me
BWahaha love the acting....I got stuff...
can i be 3rd?
I like to fuck her while you fuck a black stud darling! Deal?
she is really good actor
Shes not an emo, by the looks of things shes an alt model.
What's the tattoo guys name??
@xldkd i doubt it, their face doesn't look the same and the guy from bmth doesn't have such a tattoo on his left arm
I love college
Is that the guy from good charlotte?
What type of bra do u say that is
and that's why I love emo girls; this could be real
Great video, the humour bit didn' get in the way of the action. Bit of a story I guess, and hot too.
she's actually pretty hot even then thought she's goth
Name of the movie?
Lessig eine tatoowierte Frau.
Love her she hott and I want to last long and harder MEOW
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I know, utterly ridiculous. At least cut back to some discussion about pet-policies. Are utilities included in the price of rent? What's the neighborhood like? Young professionals, families? I don't know. They could have shoe-horned in a lot of this supportive context...post-cum shots, of course.
funny stuff
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I really love it when spreads her beautiful long legs wide - who wouldn't want to fuck her?!
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for one second i tought i was watchin DBZ
I found this more humorous than funny, "Yeah, I mean she's your girlfriend and..yeah.." Lmao! xD I loved it.
Gooby pls.
no im not looking for real sex.
She is so fucking hot
Kylee Kross
I love the spiderweb he throws at her face.
Geile Braut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! awesome
If i was her boyfriend and seen that i would have burned down the house
Lovin it
u think this is emo? its the punkest vid on youporn! and she's a work of art! oh the tatoos, the pussy, the face.. cum, baby, cum marry me! I give u attention! I let u be horny, fuck anyone u want w me
dude her teeth are a turn off
This looks more like a punk girl.
Burning Angel rocks and James Deen is the fuckin man!!! Where's my Hj?? hahahahahahahaha!!!!
Damn Kylee Kross is so fucking sexy.
4:58 omfg
This was actually FUNNY!!! And it made me cum...
shes really pretty! lol at 3:39
Lol she aint emo or goth. Its scene/hardcore
omg this was one of the best porns ive eve seen funny sexy and good acting
her name s kylee james, she s fucking hot!!!!!!!
ahaha 'well, she's your girlfriend... sorry' 'yeah, it's ok'
LOL..,.ewww her mouth :(
idk its pretty much mixed.
this is my dream
lol this is actually pretty funny...
lol best quotes evaa :D
hahaha fuckin funny.. best quote.."what about my HJ?" there's this new app..... :D
Hated the story-line or whatever that was supposed to be, but LOVE James Deen :D
I noticed the meth mouth too...but besides that, it cracked me up lol
i'd like to fuck her, but more if you fuck me? Horny Girl + Lonely man? Contact me and we can talk about a meet
that's Kylee Kross...
Some girls know how to market an apartment...
she is actually amazing..obsessed watching her :D
This girl is fucking amazing
if i was the girl and that happend i would have said come on i have 2 fuck buddies now yaaa
She is definitely emo.
I can't deal with how funny it is when he actually puts the phone on his dick.
its kylee kross from burning angels
I suddenly have the urge to go apartment hunting.
wat the fuck is the guy doing
What's her name??
name please
she is beautiful :D this is like my dream this would happen to me haha she would look so greaaaat with a black cock inside her
She looks like my ex. damn is she hot.
This reminds me of that episode of The Flintstones...
she is goth
brian is the hottest guy ever.... i love this video and i love his dick :D
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i loove james deen
looks like she's really punk
She's fucking amazing. She's not emo; if she was emo, she'd be slicing her wrists instead of being a cum dumpster. What is her name, I'm in love.
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what is her name
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App serial number function added to existing app
Budget $10-2000 USD
hi, we have an existing app for colouring books, we need to have serial number recognition built into it. We would then put a serial number on each book, they input it into our app and the app is activated.
We already have the full app, just need to recognise, buy and host the serial numbers.
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7 Ways to Tell you that you are Compassionate
Reaching Out
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word Compassion as the following, "Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others". In the modern world, the word definitely sounds alien, it is almost an anachronistic idea, because people lack heart, we are an insensitive lot with not an iota of compassion. But, it is a noble thought; it is a virtue that should be practiced in order to be a super human being. At a time when being human means to gain material possession and to succeed, we could do a little kindness by being compassion. It is a super human quality. How compassionate are you?
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You Identify Common Grounds
If you are finding a common ground with another person and feeling for that person then you are practicing compassion. You know how it feels to be in that situation and therefore you would feel and understand a person who has had the same fate. It may seem to be the only natural thing to do, but many people do not identify another person with them. They forget that they have been through the same situation once.
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You aren't Money Minded
Being money minded is a sign of a pathetic human being, and if you aren't so then you are lucky. Money cannot buy happiness and money cannot buy compassion. According to studies, growing up in a social class has been found to be a factor that could reduce your sense of compassion. A higher social class in fact had an effect on a person's ability to interact with other people. So no compassion found here.
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If you are Generous
The hedonistic way of chasing happiness does not really help much, and therefore if you act upon generosity and empathy you will be a more compassion person. A compassionate person is he or she who likes to make others happy by giving, the act of giving is a great way to be compassion. It could solve someone's troubles and you could make that person smile.
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You Preach the Same
People who are compassionate will not keep this special gift to themselves, but instead they will preach and teach the same. If you find yourself lecturing people and teaching them to do the right thing and to be compassionate to feelow human beings then you are doing it right, and you are definitely a compassionate human being. True compassion is then when you give strength, guidance and wisdom to others.
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You have High Emotional Intelligence
A person with a high emotional intelligence is often that person who has a greater sense of morality, and such a person is one who would genuinely be glad in helping other people. It is important to understand what is going on in someone's mind and then to identify your own thoughts and ideas. This will lead you to be more compassion towards others.
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You say Thank you
It is very important to express gratitude, this is one way in which you can express to someone aptly. Individuals who are emphathetic tend to acknowledge acts of kindness done to them, and they express gratitude for them. That is very important and it is a virtue. If just by thinking about gratitude for other people makes you happy then you are a compassionate being.
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You are a Mindful Being
People who are compassionate tend to have their mind working in the moment. If you are mindful, you will not be using your smart phone and listening to someone open his or her heart to you. You will be giving your full attention to that moment and would be of the utmost help. Being mindful is a great way to be compassionate, it is very important to listen to someone.
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As Barack Obama continues to flounder, flip-flop and act like a fumbling fool on the issue of health care, Our Girl is doing what she always does: blooming where she's planted. Aren't you glad that SOMEONE in the Obama Administraiton is acting like a Democrat?!
Barely six months into her tenure as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has already made the State Department her own, setting its direction with her usual firmness and clarity.
Clinton's just-concluded 11-day trip to Africa has sent the clearest signal yet that she intends to make women's rights one of her signature issues and a higher priority than ever before in American diplomacy.
She plans to press governments on abuses of women's rights and make women more central in U.S. aid programs.
But her efforts go beyond the marble halls of government and show how she is redefining the role of secretary of state. Her trips are packed with town hall meetings and visits to micro-credit projects and women's dinners. Ever the politician, she is using her star power to boost women who could be her allies.
"It's just a constant effort to elevate people who, in their societies, may not even be known by their own leaders," Clinton said in an interview. "My coming gives them a platform, which then gives us the chance to try and change the priorities of the governments."


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Large propane terminal proposed for Portland
A Canadian company wants to build a major rail-based propane storage and export terminal in Portland that could receive approximately 37,000 barrels a year by 2018, the Port of Portland announced Tuesday.
"This is great news," Mayor Charlie Hales said in a prepared statement. "We welcome this investment and these jobs in Portland. The city is committed to growing our economy on the land we already have, and holding industry to very high environmental and public safety standards. This proposal meets these goals."
The project is still in the planning stage and will likely require a number of permits from regulatory agencies. If approved and constructed, most of the propane would be exported to Asian markets, where it is used for various residential and industrial purposes.
"We have been extremely discerning when considering recent energy sector cargo opportunities, and after saying 'no' to coal and 'not now' to crude by rail, we are confident that we are saying 'yes' to the right partner at the right time," Port of Portland Executive Director Bill Wyatt said in the statement. "Propane has an excellent track record as a clean and safe alternative fuel, and I am impressed by the level of experience, expertise and commitment to safety that Pembina brings to the table."
According to the port, the Pembrian Pipeline Corporation is planning to construct and operate the facility on land adjacent to the east end of the Port's marine Terminal 6 in Rivergate Industrial District. The company, which is based in Calgary, Alberta, is one of Canada's leading providers of transportation and logistics for the North American energy sector.
"Signing an agreement with the Port of Portland is a tremendous start to making this project real. It marks the beginning of consulting with government and stakeholders," Mick Dilger, Pembina's President and CEO, said in the statement. "Building trust with the communities where we operate is a top priority for Pembina. Over the last 60 years, we've developed a reputation for honesty, transparency and treating our stakeholders with respect."
The port says the company will invest over $500 million in the facility, making it one of the largest single private capital investments in the city's history. The project will create between 600 and 800 temporary construction jobs and approximately 35 to 40 new, permanent positions to operate the terminal. This employment is valued at approximately $7.2 million in wages and benefits annually.
In addition, an estimated $3.3 million in annual tax revenues would go to the City of Portland, as well as $2.4 million to Multnomah County and $3.1 million to Portland Public Schools annually.
"It is not an overstatement to say this would be transformative not only for the Port's bottom line, but for the significant influx of city, county and state tax revenue supporting our region," Wyatt said. "We already handle exports of potash and wheat from Canada, and we're excited to serve as the gateway for this new cargo type from our neighbors to the north."


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A year ago this week, bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs passed away at the age of 88.
A year ago this week, bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs passed away at the age of 88.
Work continues on a regional history museum in uptown Shelby that will bear his name.
The Scruggs name has already attracted widespread attention to the museum, for which plans were first announced by Destination Cleveland County in 2007.
The opening date was originally set for 2011 -- but that date has been postponed multiple times as DCC secures funding for the museum and naming rights for its artifacts.
Now, DCC board chairwoman Brownie Plaster says the Scruggs Center will open by the end of 2013.
But once the ribbon is cut, the celebration doesn�t end there. Plaster said the grand opening events could last a whole year.
�The grand opening will be multi-layered and will go on for several months,� she said.
Musical performances, programs and special guests will be part of the celebration for the man who influenced celebrities such as Sting, Alison Krauss and Steve Martin. Plaster has a list of celebrities she has been contacting for the grand opening, but she would not release any specific names.
Widespread interest
People from all over the country have also been contacting Plaster, DCC and other local officials about the opening of the center.
�One day we had a man from Boulder, Colo., who was asking where the Earl Scruggs museum was,� Plaster said. �When we told him it wasn�t opened yet, he said he would come back when it was open. We have people from 20 or 30 countries that are all interested in Earl Scruggs and are eager for the center to open."
The concept of the center was created in 2006.
In 2007, DCC researched how to run a successful museum and has been fundraising ever since.
The center won�t just discuss Earl Scruggs and his influence but also topics related to Cleveland County, such as cotton mills and integration, Plaster said.
Though few have seen the renovations of the old Shelby Courthouse, travel writers and musicians such as Travis Tritt have toured the building.
The total cost of the project has been $6 million, but the economic impact is expected to more than make up for that, according to Jackie Sibley, Cleveland County travel-tourism director. A bus tour visiting the Scruggs Center could bring a minimum of $3,000 into the county, and at least 12 bus tours a year are expected, Sibley said.
While researching the museum, DCC opened the Don Gibson Theatre to help boost uptown and local spending.
�The Don Gibson has brought economic vitality and vibrancy to uptown,� Plaster said. �On nights of shows, downtown restaurants thank the Don Gibson for the business they are brought.�
'He would be proud of this'
The day after Earl Scruggs passed away in March 2012, the Earl Scruggs Center Facebook Page was launched.
Scruggs�s death gave the community and fans a deeper understanding of why he was important to the area, said Emily Epley, executive director of the Scruggs Center.
�His death has built awareness with other people about our project,� Epley said. �It�s shone a new light on Earl�s value to music. We are hearing individual stories and memories across the world. It has shown a new value to this man and it�s an honor that he came from a place where we live.�
Along with helping raise money for the center, J.T. Scruggs, Earl's nephew and a DCC representative, has been working with the family on the project.
�The center is going to be good quality, like the Don Gibson Theatre has honored the late Don Gibson,� J.T. Scruggs said. �People will leave with a good understanding of Earl and our area.
�The family has been very cooperative and I think everyone is happy with the project,� he said. �My main regret is that we weren�t able to open before he passed away. He would be proud of this.�
Reach Jessica Pickens at 704-669-3332 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow on Twitter at @StarJPickens.
Timeline of Earl Scruggs Center
* The Earl Scruggs Center has drawn national and international interest, including groups planning bus tours to Cleveland County to visit the history center, according to county tourism officials.
* Some visitors for the American Legion World Series in August 2012 asked about the opening of the center.
* A few people have gained a sneak peek inside, but media outlets, including The Star, have been denied access until all interior development is complete.
Here�s a look back at some key dates in the development of the center:
-2006: Destination Cleveland County begins discussing idea of Earl Scruggs Center in uptown Shelby
-2007: DCC takes a year off on the project to research what makes a successful museum
-2008: DCC sets goal to raise $6 million for new history center
-March 28, 2012: Earl Scruggs dies at the age of 88
-January 2013: DCC receives financial assistance from the county to extend the opening date
- Sometime 2013: DCC plans to complete museum, begin grand opening celebration


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G2007, Reviewed September 1995
Six to 10 percent of all calves born in beef cow herds in the U.S. die at or soon after birth. About half of those deaths are due to calving difficulty (dystocia). This multi-million dollar annual loss is second only to losses from failing to conceive.
Calving difficulty has received much more attention in recent years, primarily because of the mating of larger European breeds of bulls to British breeds of cow. Increased calving problems are also being encountered within purebred breeds, as genetically large bulls are often mated to cows of only average size.
The purpose of this guide is to acquaint cattle producers with calving management principles that will help minimize calf loss in their herds.
About 80 percent of all calves lost at birth are anatomically normal. Most of them die because of injuries or suffocation resulting from difficult or delayed parturition (calving). Factors contributing to calving problems fall into three main categories — calf effects, cow effects and fetal position at birth.
Calf effects
Heavy birth weights account for most of the problems related to the calf. Birth weights are influenced by breed of the sire, bull within a breed, sex of the calf, age of the cow and, to a slight degree, nutrition of the cow. Shape of the calf may also have a small effect on calving problems.
Cow effects
Several factors associated with the cow influence dystocia, the major ones being her age and pelvic size.
First-calf heifers require more assistance in calving than do cows, because they are usually structurally smaller.
Pelvic area
Pelvic area (birth canal) increases as the female develops to maturity. Thus, a higher proportion of calving difficulty in 2- or 3-year-old cows is due to smaller pelvic openings. Heifers and cows with small pelvic areas are likely to require assistance at calving. However, even heifers with a large pelvic area may need help delivering large calves.
The calf's birth weight and cow's pelvic area have a combined effect on dystocia. Many heifers giving birth to calves weighing more than 80 pounds will have difficulty, even if they have large pelvic areas. Two-year-old heifers tend to have either a pelvis too small or a calf too large to allow them to deliver without assistance. Therefore, calving problems could be reduced by decreasing birth weight through bull selection and/or increasing pelvic area by selecting the larger, more growthy heifers.
Fetal position at birth
About 5 percent of the calves at birth are in abnormal positions, such as forelegs or head turned back, breech, rear end position, sideways or rotated, etc. (Figure 1). This requires the assistance of a veterinarian or an experienced herdsman to position the fetus correctly prior to delivery. If fetal position cannot be corrected, the veterinarian may have to perform a caesarean section.
Figure 1
Abnormal positions of the calf for delivery
Normal calving can be divided into three general stages — preparatory, fetal expulsion and expulsion of the placenta or afterbirth. The time interval of each stage varies among types and breeds of cattle and among individuals of the same breed. Although the exact stimulus that initiates parturition is unknown, it does involve hormonal changes in both the cow and fetus as well as mechanical and neural stimulation in the uterus.
A general understanding of the birth process is important to proper calving assistance and, therefore, is presented here and summarized in Table 1.
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Stages of calving
Stage 1
Preparatory (2 to 6 hours). During pregnancy, the fetal calf is normally on its back. Just prior to labor, it rotates to an upright position with its forelegs and head pointed toward the birth canal (Figure 2). This position provides the least resistance during birth. Toward the end of gestation, the muscular lining of the dam's uterus increases in size, which aids in delivery.
Figure 2
Normal positions of the calf just prior to delivery
In the preparatory stage, the cervix dilates and rhythmic contractions of the uterus begin. Initially, contractions occur at about 15-minute intervals. As labor progresses, they become more frequent until they occur every few minutes. These contractions begin at the back of the uterine horn and continue toward the cervix, forcing the fetus outward. Any unusual disturbance or stress during this period, such as excitement, may inhibit the contractions and delay calving.
At the end of the preparatory stage the cervix expands, allowing the uterus and vagina to become a continuous canal. A portion of the placenta (water sac) is forced into the pelvis and aids in the dilation of the cervix. This water sac usually ruptures and the membranes hang from the vulva until Stage 2.
Stage 2
Delivery (1 to 2 hours, may be longer in heifer). This stage begins when the fetus enters the birth canal and usually occurs while the cow is lying down. Uterine contractions are now about every 2 minutes and are accompanied by voluntary contractions of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles.
Surrounded by membranes, the calf's forelegs and nose now protrude from the vulva. After the nose is exposed, the dam exerts maximum straining to push the shoulders and chest through the pelvic girdle. Once the shoulders have passed, the abdominal muscles of the calf relax and its hips and hind legs extend back to permit easier passage of the hip region.
The calf is normally born free of fetal membranes (placenta), because they remain attached to the cotyledons or "buttons" of the uterus. This ensures an oxygen supply for the calf during birth. Upon passage through the vulva, the umbilical cord generally breaks, respiration begins, filling the lungs with air and causing the lungs to become functional.
Delivery normally is completed in one hour or less in mature cows. Special assistance is warranted if this stage goes beyond 2 to 3 hours. First-calf heifers can take 1 to 2 hours, or longer. Proper judgement should be used so that assistance is neither too hasty, nor too slow.
Stage 3
Cleaning (2 to 8 hours). The caruncleocotyledon, or button attachment between the uterus and placenta, relaxes and separates after parturition. The placenta is then expelled by continued uterine contractions. Cows normally expel the placenta within 2 to 8 hours.
Normal delivery in cattle should be completed within 2 hours after the water sac appears. If prolonged, the calf may be born dead or in a weakened condition. Since timing is vital to providing proper assistance, frequent observations are a must. Assisted deliveries should not be attempted without proper preparation of facilities and equipment. A clean, well-lighted maternity pen and clean pulling chains and equipment are desirable to reduce bacterial contamination.
Check with your veterinarian for advice on when to assist the cow alone and when to call him. Since cervical dilation is completed in Stage 2, assistance can be given too early. However, since final dilation is quite rapid, assistance is often given too late, which is much more serious.
Cleanliness cannot be overemphasized. Introduction of bacteria by equipment or arms of the person assisting with the calving may reduce fertility of the cow by delaying return to estrus and lowering conception. Equipment needs are two clean buckets, soap (for cleaning the cow), disinfectant, obstetrical lubricant, paper towels, calving chains and handles and plastic sleeves. Have water in both buckets — disinfectant is added to the second bucket. Place the calving chains and handles in the disinfectant solution.
Restrain the cow with head catch or halter. Tie the tail with light twine to the neck of the cow. Scrub the perineal area (around the anus and vulva) and the tail with soapy water. Pour water from the bucket to rinse the area. Do not dip dirty towels back into the bucket. When the area is clean, dry with paper towels. Use the remainder of the water in the first bucket to wash your hands and arms. If possible use plastic sleeves on initial examination. This may prevent contact with abortion-causing organisms that can infect humans. Apply an obstetrical lubricant to the sleeves. If extensive manipulation of the fetus is needed, the gloves may be removed since they tear easily.
Figure 3
Applying traction at delivery by "walking-out" the shoulders
Once delivered, clear any mucus from the calf's mouth and throat with your hand. Then, if necessary, stimulate the calf to breathe by either rubbing it briskly, tickling the inside of the nostril with a straw or slapping it with the flat of the hand.
Artificial respiration can be applied to the calf as follows: place a short section of garden hose into one nostril, hold mouth and nostrils shut so air enters and leaves only through the hose, then alternately blow into the hose and allow expiration of air. Repeat at 5- to 7-second intervals until the calf begins to breathe.
Another method is to alternate pressure and release on the rib cage. Commercial respirators are also available and may be a wise investment in larger herds.
Uterine prolapse
This is an inversion of the uterus that can occur when a partial vacuum is formed in the uterus. It is sometimes caused by pulling the calf too rapidly and may result in death of the cow if not treated promptly and correctly. Encouraging the cow to stand soon after delivery will reduce the chances of a prolapse.
Always contact a veterinarian for treatment and necessary drugs. Cull heifers or cows that prolapse because of the probability of it happening again.
Retained placenta
The placental membranes are normally expelled within 2 to 8 hours after birth. Occasionally, however, they fail to separate from the uterine attachment. This condition may pose a health threat to the cow and cause problems in rebreeding. Not all reasons for retained placentas are known, but high incidence may indicate a disease problem. They commonly accompany difficult births, multiple births and short gestations.
There are differing opinions as to the best treatment for retained placentas. Research has shown that manual removal can cause complications that would not have happened otherwise. For cows with no signs of abnormal vaginal discharges, good appetite and good milk production, no treatment may be best of all. If antibiotics are to be placed in the uterus, care must be taken to prevent introduction of bacteria through contaminated instruments or equipment. Boluses may reduce fertility of the cow. Antibiotics by injection or intrauterine application requires attention to residue avoidance in the sale of the milk or animal for food.
Table 2
Calving-ease scoring system
Consult with your veterinarian for further information or assistance.
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