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Cameron Espinosa died days after being bitten multiple times by fire ants, officials said. The boy used a water bottle to try to flush away the ants Sept. 11 before eventually losing consciousness, said Lorette Williams, spokeswoman for the Corpus Christi Independent School District.
While medics are assigned to high school varsity football games in Texas, that is not the case with middle school games, Williams said. However, coaches are trained in first-aid and use of CPR and a defibrillator, she said. A defibrillator was used on Cameron at the field before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance, she said.
The eighth-grader at Paul R. Haas Middle School remained hospitalized in critical condition until his death Monday, Williams said.
The game resumed after Cameron was taken away but was later halted when the severity of his condition became apparent, Williams said.
The boy was unaware that he was allergic to ants, and the school district had no record of allergies for the boy, she said.
Williams said school administrators are receiving suggestions on ways to memorialize Cameron.
"Students and teachers have been wearing green and white ribbons with the number 66 on them," said Williams, referring to Cameron's jersey number and the colors for Haas Middle School.

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in reply to Selecting HL7 Transactions
My first comment would be that you should check out Net::HL7, either to use it directly or to study its mysteries. "Do Not Do A Thing Already Done.™"
Second, the HL7 format is designed to be simple: it is "pipe-delimited," therefore a simple split() can be used to break up each string, and the parameters are positional.
Now reaching down a level to the core problem itself ... this sort of thing is most-easily handled by finite-state machine (FSM) techniques. Each HL7 transaction starts with a known group, such as MSH in this case, and ends either with a known terminator group or the start of the next group. A state-machine might therefore start in a SKIP_FOR_MSH state, whereupon it empties a list, pushes the current record onto it, and switches, say, to SKIP_FOR_PV1 which is pushing strings until it encounters a PV1 or another MSH (the latter meaning that PV1 is not there). Now, it sees if the group is missing. If not, this message is uninteresting and we revert to SKIP_FOR_MSH state. Otherwise we switch to COLLECT_BAD_TXN and I think you can take it from here.
This logic is simplified by writing the main loop in such a way that you can process the same record twice, so that you can, if you want to, stash the MSH record, switch to SKIP_FOR_MSH state, and know that the just-stashed record will be the next record seen in that state.
Lest your eyes glaze over, go to http://search.cpan.org and search for "FSM." Do Not Do A Thing Already Done.™


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That did it alright. Nice list. Can't say I was in Whelans much back then, maybe once or twice for the night club. Looks a lot like they played in the indie club in Swansea though.
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In this case, We Are All Jonah Hill.
Look at him with Leonardo DiCaprio in Sydney the other day, gratefully accepting his role as Bro of Leo, down with his boy at all times of day and night, whatever he needs, and keeper of all secrets, honoured to have been bestowed the position. For now?
But wouldn't it be amazing if one day, Jonah Hill pulled a Truman Capote on the Pussy Posse? "All literature is gossip", Capote said, so there's your answer the next time some pretentious twat tries to make you feel like sh-t for caring about the time Ben Affleck went to a peeler bar and slipped his finger inside when a dancer was on his lap. (Click here for one of the best articles of the year in Vanity Fair on Capote's incredible self-inflicted social suicide. It's so good you'll read it twice, back to back.) Truman exposed his swans in Esquire. Jonah's revelation could be a screenplay... and I would hope he'd win an Oscar for it if that's the case. IF that's the case...
Check out those two random girls rubbing up on each other on that boat. I mean, this is what it means to be part of the Leo DiCaprio inner circle. For this, and many other benefits, no one before Jonah has ever betrayed it. And, given what I know and have observed of him, he won't be the first. A few years ago, I was at Dan Tana's with some friends, waiting for a table. We had reservations but it was a full house. Jonah walked in with 3 friends and, when informed that he wouldn't be seated right away, had no shame in dropping That Line: Do you know who I am? I'm Jonah Hill.
And now that guy is Leo D's +1?!? Please. As IF he'd ever jeopardise it. Someone once explained it to me like this: even the discards you get off Leo's table are better than anything you'll ever get on your own.
Gross? Totally.
But then again, what gave you the idea that Leonardo DiCaprio sits around respecting women all day and wakes up the next morning, eager to do it all over again? There was probably a female age limit on that yacht. What do you think? Like 23?


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The smile is reflected off the saucer onto the cup.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
What I ate at Le Royal Monceau Noel
The smile is reflected off the saucer onto the cup.
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Ouvrir la page de cette dernière publication est un péché de gourmandise !! Tant pis! je suis trop gourmande pour résister !
Au diable les kilos... Des minutes de plaisir et des mois sur les hanches !...
Merci pour ces magnifiques photos alléchantes !
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Des minutes de plaisir et des mois sur les hanches !...Delete
I love it!
Who knew the French have he same expression or did we get it from the French like most good things...
Oh the places that you see:)ReplyDelete
The views are pretty gorgeous outside too..
Very fun indeed..I'm having risotto tonight does that count?
I am inspired by the omelette Nordique....I will make an omelette de Sud:ReplyDelete
a bowl full of melted ice cream with a meringue partly submerged like an iceberg!
On second thought, just give me one of each of the above! And don't be stingy with the lemon buche slice.
So jelly! Wish I could've been there. All of them sound so good! I especially want to try the fig and foie gras one.ReplyDelete
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Oh wow! What an event. My first thought was that I wanted to eat all of it too (well maybe not the foie gras- but it does look magnifique, non?). Actually it all looks magnifique, surely it can't be nearly time for Christmas? Do they really start with the buche de Noel in September? The French are certainly mad for yuzu. The infiniment citron does look infiniment my favourite.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic time you are having. Hope you managed to taste a little of everything ? I can certainly vouch for the figs filled with foie gras, delicious. forget about the minute on the lips , a month on the hips.ReplyDelete
I've been meaning to eat there for AGES - it was just around the corner from my work and I never got around to it! So happy to be able to check it out through you though. :) Hope you are happy and well.ReplyDelete
The scallop carpaccio and langoustine tails look/sound absolutely divine! And the Buche de Noel, Perle Noir with truffles and specaloos...what a wild combination! I love it! Can I go with you next year? :) xx KatieReplyDeleteReplies
I hope I recover faster next time (next thursday) ;((Delete
All Büche de Noels next Thursday same place same time
Restraint is required!
Those Bonpoint ballerinas....do they come in sizes for big people?ReplyDelete
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would you recommend the Kremer watercolour set for "relative" beginners?
I´m German and have a Schmincke Akademie watercolour set I got when I was fiveteen.
I´m fascinated by the Kremer watercolours.
Cheers from Germany
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How old are you now Katrin?Delete
The student set is probably kaput by now.
Try a few Kremer pans out why don't you?
This looks like heaven! I want it all, even (especially?) the doudou. And the casually upswept hair, so, so chic! (Why do I always look like the washerwoman when I try it?)ReplyDeleteReplies
But that's exactly the look!Delete
After Degas' washerwomen
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A best ever...but how in the world did you sample everything? What a rich delight in every sense. The saying "Eat dessert first-life is uncertain" was never truer!ReplyDelete
I'm taking a night class in saying NON.Delete
At first I thought those were mail boxes.. chocolate mailboxes. LOL Love the smiling tea cup. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
You have an artists eye or live in the sticks or both ;))Delete


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By Matt Fitzgerald, Published Feb. 17, 2016, Updated 10 hours ago
Recovery runs will do just as much to enhance your race performances as any other type of workout. Photo: Flickr.
If you asked a stadium-size crowd of other runners to name the most important type of running workout, some would say tempo runs, others would say long runs, and still others would say intervals of one kind or another. None would mention recovery runs. Unless I happened to be in that stadium.
I won't go quite so far as to say that recovery runs are more important than tempo runs, long runs, and intervals, but I do believe they are no less important. Why? Because recovery runs, if properly integrated into your training regimen, will do just as much to enhance your race performances as any other type of workout. Seriously.
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It is widely assumed that the purpose of recovery runs—which we may define as relatively short, slow runs undertaken within a day after a harder run—is to facilitate recovery from preceding hard training. You hear coaches talk about how recovery runs increase blood flow to the legs, clearing away lactic acid, and so forth. The truth is that lactic acid levels return to normal within an hour after even the most brutal workouts. Nor does lactic acid cause muscle fatigue in the first place. Nor is there any evidence that the sort of light activity that a recovery run entails promotes muscle tissue repair, glycogen replenishment, or any other physiological response that actually is relevant to muscle recovery.
In short, recovery runs do not enhance recovery. The real benefit of recovery runs is that they allow you to find the optimal balance between the two factors that have the greatest effect on your fitness and performance: training stress and running volume.
Here's how:
Training stress is what your body experiences in workouts that test the present limits of your running fitness. You can be fairly sure a workout has delivered a training stress when it leaves you severely fatigued or completely exhausted. The two basic categories of workouts that deliver a training stress are high-intensity runs (intervals, tempo runs, hill repeats) and long runs. A training program whose objective is to prepare you for a peak race performance must feature plenty of "key workouts" that challenge your body's capacity to resist the various causes of high-intensity fatigue (muscular acidosis, etc.) and long-duration fatigue (muscle tissue damage, etc). By exposing your body to fatigue and exhaustion, key workouts stimulate adaptations that enable you to resist fatigue better the next time.
Running volume, on the other hand, has a positive effect on running fitness and performance even in the absence of exhaustive key workouts. In other words, the more running you do (within the limit of what your body can handle before breaking down), the fitter you become, even if you never do any workouts that are especially taxing. The reason is that increases in running economy are very closely correlated with increases in running mileage. Research by Tim Noakes, M.D., and others suggests that while improvement in other performance-related factors such as VO2max ceases before a runner achieves his or her volume limit, running economy continues to improve as running mileage increases, all the way to the limit. For example, if the highest running volume your body can handle is 50 miles per week, you are all but certain to achieve greater running economy at 50 miles per week than at 40 miles per week, even though your VO2max may stop increasing at 40 miles.
You see, running is a bit like juggling. It is a motor skill that requires communication between your brain and your muscles. A great juggler has developed highly refined communication between his brain and muscles during the act of jugging, which enables him to juggle three plates with one hand while blindfolded. A well-trained runner has developed super-efficient communication between her brain and muscles during the act of running, allowing her to run at a high sustained speed with a remarkably low rate of energy expenditure. Sure, the improvements that a runner makes in neuromuscular coordination are less visible than those made by a juggler, but they are no less real.
For both the juggler and the runner, it is time spent simply practicing the relevant action that improves communication between the brain and the muscles. It's not a matter of testing physiological limits, but of developing a skill through repetition. Thus, the juggler who juggles an hour a day will improve faster than the juggler who juggles five minutes a day, even if the former practices in a dozen separate five-minute sessions and therefore never gets tired. And the same is true for the runner.
Now, training stress—especially key workouts inflicting high-intensity fatigue—and running volume sort of work at cross-purposes. If you go for a bona fide training stress in every workout, you won't be able to do a huge total amount of running before breaking down. By the same token, if you want to achieve the maximum volume of running, you have to keep the pace slow and avoid single long runs in favor of multiple short runs. But then you won't get those big fitness boosts that only exhaustive runs can deliver. In other words, you can't maximize training stress and running volume simultaneously. For the best results, you need to find the optimal balance between these two factors, and that's where recovery runs come in.
By sprinkling your training regimen with relatively short, easy runs, you can achieve a higher total running volume than you could if you always ran hard. Yet because recovery runs are gentle enough not to create a need for additional recovery, they allow you to perform at a high level in your key workouts and therefore get the most out of them.
I believe that recovery runs also yield improvements in running economy by challenging the neuromuscular system to perform in a pre-fatigued state. Key workouts themselves deliver a training stress that stimulates positive fitness adaptations by forcing a runner to perform beyond the point of initial fatigue. As the motor units that are used preferentially when you run begin to fatigue, other motor units that are less often called upon must be recruited to take up the slack so the athlete can keep running. In general, "slow-twitch" muscle fibers are recruited first and then "fast-twitch" fibers become increasingly active as the slow-twitch fibers wear out. By encountering this challenge, your neuromuscular system is able to find new efficiencies that enable you to run more economically.
Recovery runs, I believe, achieve a similar effect in a slightly different way. In a key workout you experience fatigued running by starting fresh and running hard or far. In a recovery run you start fatigued from your last key workout and therefore experience a healthy dose of fatigued running without having to run hard or far. For this reason, although recovery runs are often referred to as "easy runs," if they're planned and executed properly they usually don't feel very easy. Speaking from personal experience, while my recovery runs are the shortest and slowest runs I do, I still feel rather miserable in many of them because I am already fatigued when I start them. This miserable feeling is, I think, indicative of the fact that the run is accomplishing some real, productive work that will enhance my fitness perhaps almost as much as the key workout that preceded it. Viewed in this way, recovery runs become essentially a way of squeezing more out of your key workouts.


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Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:HOT) signed 10 new deals on Wednesday in an effort to expand its footprint in India and Bangladesh while entering new markets in the rapidly growing South Asian market.
The Stamford, Ct.-based operator of the St. Regis and Westin currently operates 34 hotels in the region with another 24 in the pipeline. It is aiming to have 100 hotels under operation, development and management contracts signed by 2015.
"Already our fourth largest market, India is comfortably poised to be second only to China in terms of our future global growth," said Stephen Ho, President Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels and Resorts.
He called India a still "under-hoteled" market and said the rising demand is currently exceeding current supply and will likely remain that way for at least the next three to four years.
In addition to expanding in its existing markets, Starwood said it will also make its foray in new markets like Sri Lanka with plans to open Sheraton-branded resorts in Colombo, the country's largest city.
Meanwhile, in an effort to meet an appetite for luxury, Starwood said it will introduce the W and St. Regis brands in India.


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I've recently been talking to people looking for DBAs and one of the questions that always gets asked early on in the conversation is "Are you willing to relocate?". It's an easy question to ask but not always easy to answer. I suspect most people would easily give a yes or no if asked in a casual conversation, but if you put more thought into it the answer becomes more of a maybe (or "it depends" for the DBAs reading this).
My current situation has afforded me time to figure out my own answer. I listed out all of things I thought I should consider and found that I was able to group them into two general "cost based" categories: financial and emotional.
The financial considerations included the obvious, e.g. salary and opportunity for career growth, and the not so obvious, such as: cost of living compared to where I live now, what it costs to move, and even the potential commute (my friend Andy Warren (Blog | Twitter) recently wrote an editorial on SQLServerCentral.com about this that I recommend reading).
I think the emotional considerations are even more important, though, because money alone doesn't lead to happiness. For example, I have friends who moved from Toronto to Orlando for a fantastic job and a very comfortable life but after a few years moved back because that was their home where they felt most happy. I can relate; my wife and I are both Florida natives, and with three kids plus siblings and parents within driving distance I realize how emotionally difficult it would be for my family to move far away from that.
So all things being equal, my preference would be first to stay local, then relocate elsewhere in the state, and finally move "somewhere else" (admittedly I'm not entirely sure where that somewhere else would be). That's not to say I would turn down an opportunity that requires relocating over something local, but it would have to be something special. Special is something life altering - maybe even historic - like launching rockets into space or solving world problems. Special is something unique, meaning you're the only place doing what you're doing. Special is a once in a lifetime opportunity that can't be passed up. In other words, if I can find a job close to home doing roughly the same things you're doing halfway across the country, I'm probably not going to be motivated to move. That's not a knock against you - it's just what I've decided is best for me right now.
More recently, especially in the technology industry, companies are starting to open up to telecommuting. Steve Jones (Blog |Twitter) and Robert Pearl (Blog | Twitter) recently shared their thoughts about it in You Can Telecommute and Telecommuting - Hype or Happening?. With what I've heard about how hard it is these days to find quality DBAs I don't think it's unreasonable to consider telecommuting if you think you've found the right person for your team. However, I also understand there's no replacement for in person meetings, so maybe a good middle ground is to be onsite for one work week each month. It seems reasonable to me, at least.
Are You Willing To Relocate?
I think it's a good idea to ask yourself this question from time to time because things can - and do - change. Maybe it's the unexpected downsizing that lies ahead, or more optimistically it's the next great job offer that you get after meeting someone at a SQLSaturday or the PASS Summit (or whatever conference you happen to be at).
I encourage you to take some time to think about what it would take for you to relocate for a job. It's a good exercise to go through, and you'll find yourself in a much better position to give an answer you're confortable with the next time someone asks.


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Hollywood Film Editor Gives Detailed Explanation For Why Hollywood Shouldn't Support SOPA/PIPA
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How is this possible? Because the divide over SOPA/PIPA isn't political, it's between those who understand how the internet works and those who don't, those who see opportunities for growth and innovation and those who fear change and are holding on to old business models for dear life.Seriously. Just go read the whole thing.


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Racing thoroughbreds may be the sport of kings, but racing pigeons not long ago was the sport of hundreds of Worcesterites.
The sport began in America in the 1870s, bolstered to a significant degree by the interest of European immigrants arriving here in large numbers. The pigeon, after all, originated in Europe and was introduced here.
No one currently knows more about pigeon racing in Worcester County than North Grafton master racer Pat Legor, an 87-year-old Albanian. He possesses irreplaceable archives and recollections of the sport which deserve local chronicling before it's all forgotten.
The retired paving company owner has been racing pigeons for 66 years, several decades with his still-enthusiastic racing partner, Carol Murphy. She and Ann Pogazelski were among the first local women permitted to join this once males-only tradition. One male pigeon club member insistent on keeping the sport a bastion just for males loudly voted to prevent her admittance. Women have long struggled to achieve their rightful position, even in the pigeon world.
After buying a house together, the lovebirds decided their first priority was putting up a pigeon coop in their back yard. Pigeon racing has bonded them together since.
Today, Legor has about a hundred pigeons in his coop behind the house at 4 Fairlawn St. Many of them are Morris Gordons, his favorite racing strain. Not long ago, he had double that number. He and his birds over the years have won numerous races and set some records. One of the surprises he shared with me this week was the great extent to which Worcester was involved in big-time pigeon racing.
Worcester had about a dozen clubs in the heyday of pigeon racing from the 1930s through the '80s. There were almost 200 clubs then throughout New England. With many clubs having limited memberships, aspiring local racers often had to wait years until someone died or resigned before they could join the Harmony Pigeon Club, Worcester Hill Top Pigeon Club, Blue Banner Pigeon Club, Vernon Flying Club, Greenwood Flying Pigeon Club, or Worcester Homing Pigeon Club.
Many clubs had an ethnic flavor, with Italians, Poles and Lithuanians particularly prominent. Indeed, the modern sport of pigeon racing began in the mid-1800s in Belgium, where birds were genetically selected for speed and endurance. Most racing pigeons all over the world have Flemish origins.
Grafton's Frank Pogazelski was one of our greatest racers ever. He learned the well-kept secrets of training pigeons from the renowned Wyman Gordon maintenance foreman, Ed Bullock. Mike Walsh was the founding president of the Worcester Racing Pigeon Club and the Worcester Homing Pigeon Club in the 1930s.
Legor recalls the early days when Wickett's Poultry Shop on Bartlett Street downtown sold pigeons to train — or eat — for 50 cents each. Prices for good pigeons have increased steadily. In the 1940s, decent racers sold for $25 to $50.
Today, eight baby pigeons with good racing genes sell for $500, while young birds showing good potential will cost from $200 to $300 each. Legor has spent as much as $1,000 for a special bird. With many great birds being flown in Europe today, imported birds are being sold at a premium, from $500 to several thousand dollars each. A famous champion flyer, Legor said in disbelief, sold for a record $200,000.
Pigeon racing is popular today, especially in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and there are still some big conventions and big-money races in the United States. Winners of Vegas races take home from $30,000 to $80,000. In areas of the U.S., pigeon racing still dominates. In Springhill, Fla., for example, the majority of homes are owned by pigeon flyers.
Locally, the story is far different. Prize money is generally between $2,000 and $5,000. Winners earn much of their money by selling the promising offspring of the winning birds. Racing has dwindled in importance here.
Many of the great local racers have passed away and most clubs have shut down because of economic reasons and declining membership. Today's youth are seduced by other attractions. The Worcester Homing Pigeon Club that made 41 Burghardt St. famous shut its doors a little more than a decade ago when aging members, faced with burdensome maintenance costs, voted to sell it.
Today, the nearest pigeon clubs are the Central Mass. Combine in Chicopee and the Rhode Island Pigeon Club in North Attleboro.
Racing costs, even in the early days, were always a problem. Club pigeon racing requires getting large numbers of birds from many members to faraway (100 to 550 miles) release locations. That challenge was accomplished initially by shipping them by railway express.
Racers have a dilemma. They need to be home when their pigeons arrive, and they can't drive anywhere near as fast as the pigeons can fly. To save money today, racers from many clubs have all their birds shipped together by truck ($150 to ship up to 20 birds to 10 races) to the site where they'll be released. That fee includes watering and feeding along the way. Pigeons are encouraged to eat as much as they want to have enough energy for their return flight.
It takes two solid days to drive Worcester County pigeons to their longest races in Sandusky, Ohio (550 miles away) and Cleveland (500 miles). They always leave on a Thursday night for the weekend competition. Meanwhile, racers await with great anticipation the thrill of their athletic pigeons' amazingly fast flight. How the birds find their way home remains an ever-intriguing mystery.
Today — Comprehensive presentation of Eastern coyote research by Dr. Jonathan Way, an authority and author. Presented by Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine and the Grafton Land Trust, 7 p.m., Tufts Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, Grafton. Free to the public.
Today-Sunday — World Fishing & Outdoor Exposition, Suffern, N.Y. Info: sportshows.com/suffern/index.html.
Saturday — Nipmuc Ducks Unlimited annual banquet and auction, Hoboken Club, 252 Central St., Milford. Doors open 5 p.m., $65.
Saturday — Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions Conference, Holy Cross College, Worcester. Registration: (617) 489-3930.
Saturday — Rutland Sportsman's Club game dinner. Appetizers at 4 p.m., dinner at 6. Tickets from Bob Hoch, dinner director. Call club: (508) 886-4721.
Sunday — Birding Sachuest Point NWR and Coastal Rhode Island, Forbush Bird Club. Meet at the Visitor Center on Sachuest Point Road, Middletown, R.I., at 9 a.m. Leader: Paul Meleski, (508) 757-2950.
Monday — The Community Preservation Act & BioMap 2 in Worcester County. Learn how your community can help protect important habitat, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Dinner, 6 p.m. Info: email@example.com or (781) 259-2146 or massaudubon.org/shapingthefuture.
Wednesday — Massachusetts Environmental Education Conference, Holy Cross College, Worcester. Info: massmees.org.
Thursday — Trout Unlimited meeting. Speaker is Mary Anne Magiera: "Unfamiliar Waters — Fishing Destinations in Vermont, Connecticut and the Commonwealth You May Have Overlooked." Broad Meadow Brook Sanctuary, Worcester, 6:30 p.m.
March 8 — LTC Class, Leicester Rod & Gun Club, 1-5 p.m., $100. Contact: Eric Monette, (508) 596-1724.
March 8-10 — New England Saltwater Fishing Show. Info: nesaltwatershow.com.
March 9 — Nashua River chapter of Ducks Unlimited annual conservation fundraiser dinner, Four Points by Sheraton, 99 Erdman Way, Routes 2 and 12, Leominster. Auctions, drawings, prints, decoys, hunting gear; $55 single; $90 couple. Reservations: (978) 345-2246; Alan Chase, (978) 649-1833; Mike Donnelly, (978) 342-0901.
March 9 — Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation fundraising banquet, Boston chapter, DoubleTree By Hilton, Milford. Info: Chairman Joe Miller, firstname.lastname@example.com.
March 15 — Whitetails Unlimited, Auburn area chapter Hunters Night Out, Auburn Elks, 754 Southbridge St., Auburn. Games, raffles and social hour, 6 p.m; chicken or fish dinner, 7, $50. Info: Scott Winchester, 101 Auburn St., Auburn, (508) 832-9896, whitetailsunlimited.com.
March 17 — Massachusetts Trappers Association annual Spring Fur Sale, Auburn Sportsmen's Club, 50 Elm St., Auburn, 9 a.m. Info: Malcolm Speicher, (508) 885-7727.
April 27: Safari Club International, Call 2 Adventure Dinner and Auction, Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford 06103.
Contact Mark Blazis at markblazis.charter.net.


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In mid-January I reported on the remains of a Russian satellite discovered on a remote beach in the Grenadines. The satellite washed ashore in mid-December and I concluded that its history – including how it got there – was an unsolved mystery.
Well, it appears to no longer be a mystery, as more details have emerged. Dwight Parsons, a local tour operator in the Grenadines, commented on my personal website with additional details on the satellite discovery, which he says he was part of, on December 6, 2011 at 10 AM on Petit Tabac island. He says the satellite was pulled and tied up 34 days later (as my mid-January photos depict).
The satellite fragment was indeed part of a Russian Soyuz 3 Rocket by Arianne Space Solutions. The US Embassy in Barbados, not the Grenadines, confirmed that it was similar to a piece that washed up in Barbados in July 2011. Three informative pieces on CNN iReport located here, here, and here contain photos of the satellite soon after the discovery.
The purpose of the satellite and the larger program it was part of remains unknown.


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Grammy Award winning rapper and singer Chamillionaire was one of many celebrity entertainment performers at Fort Hood on Friday, December 11. He penned the following article for MTV News:
"I feel so privileged to have received an invitation to perform in Killeen, Texas for the Fort Hood Community Strong event for all the soldiers and their families. It's not every day that we get a chance to give back to the people who put their lives on the line to defend our country daily. Me and my party of four received a warm greeting from a group of USO soldiers who were waiting to pick us up from the airport when we arrived in Killeen. They took pictures and told us numerous times how appreciative they were that I would be a part of the event. While we were in the van en route to the hotel to drop off our bags, they told us some of their daily duties and Iraq stories. One of the soldiers told us he had to carry 180 pounds of baggage and weapons in what seemed like 150 degree Iraq weather, and he also told us stories about spiders that they saw that chased people and attacked birds. From the moment we met the soldiers they were very open with us and it seemed like they like the loved to share their war stories with tourists…"
Read the entire article at MTV News.
AND be sure to check out Cham's article at XXLmag.com, too!
Their journey is everyone's responsibility. From the moment they enlist, through their assignments and deployments, and as they transition back to their communities, they can rely on your support.


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Pemphis acidula
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Ellison, J., Koedam, N.E., Wang, Y., Primavera, J., Jin Eong, O., Wan-Hong Yong, J. & Ngoc Nam, V.
|Polidoro, B.A., Livingstone, S.R. & Carpenter, K.E. (Global Marine Species Assessment Coordinating Team)
This species is a robust species, and is widespread and common in some regions. The main threat to this species is collection for use in the ornamental bonsai trade. There has been an estimated 21% decline in mangrove area within this species range since 1980. Additionally, mangrove species are more at risk from coastal development and extraction at the extremes of their distribution, and are likely to be contracting in these areas more than in other areas. It is also likely that changes in climate due to global warming will further affect these parts of the range. Although there are overall range declines in many areas, they are not enough to reach any of the threatened category thresholds. This species is listed as Least Concern.
|Range Description:
|In South Asia, this species is found in Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, and Thailand. In Australasia, it is found in Northwest Australia, Northeast Australia, Papua New Guinea, Sololmon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, and Palau. It is also found in the Pacific Islands, from the Marshall Islands to at least as far as Tonga in the east Pacific. In East Africa, this species is found in British Indian Ocean Territory, Maldives, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zanzibar, and Seychelles.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Viet Nam
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|This is a common species in certain areas, and it is widespread. In the Pacific Islands, the population is considered stable. However, this species has experienced population declines in some regions due to habitat loss and the collection for use in the bonsai trade.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species lives in calcarious rocky and sandy beaches high in the intertidal zone, and often above the high tide line. This species is beneficial for shoreline protection against high wind. It is a very sturdy and resilient plant, however, it will not grow anywhere other than the appropriate habitat type.
|Terrestrial; Marine
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|Collection for trade as bonsai ornaments is a local threat to this species. It is also collected for fuelwood or construction purposes in some areas.
|Major Threat(s):
Collection for trade as bonsai ornaments is a local threat to this species. Although local estimates are uncertain due to differing legislative definitions of what is a 'mangrove' and to the imprecision in determining mangrove area, current consensus estimates of mangrove loss in the last quarter-century report an approximately 21% decline in mangrove areas in countries within this species range since 1980 (FAO 2007).
All mangrove ecosystems occur within mean sea level and high tidal elevations, and have distinct species zonations that are controlled by the elevation of the substrate relative to mean sea level. This is because of associated variation in frequency of elevation, salinity and wave action (Duke et al. 1998). With rise in sea-level, the habitat requirements of each species will be disrupted, and species zones will suffer mortality at their present locations and re-establish at higher elevations in areas that were previously landward zones (Ellison 2005). If sea-level rise is a continued trend over this century, then there will be continued mortality and re-establishment of species zones. However, species that are easily dispersed and fast growing/fast producing will cope better than those which are slower growing and slower to reproduce.
In addition, mangrove area is declining globally due to a number of localized threats. The main threat is habitat destruction and removal of mangrove areas. Reasons for removal include cleared for shrimp farms, agriculture, fish ponds, rice production and salt pans, and for the development of urban and industrial areas, road construction, coconut plantations, ports, airports, and tourist resorts. Other threats include pollution from sewage effluents, solid wastes, siltation, oil, and agricultural and urban runoff. Climate change is also thought to be a threat, particularly at the edges of a species range. Natural threats include cyclones, hurricane and tsunamis.
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no conservation measures specific to this species, but its range may include some marine and coastal protected areas.Continued monitoring and research is recommended, as well as the inclusion of mangrove areas in marine and coastal protected areas. Recommended conservation measures include establishing a system to control the ornamental plant industry and regulating the removal of wild individuals.
|Ellison, J., Koedam, N.E., Wang, Y., Primavera, J., Jin Eong, O., Wan-Hong Yong, J. & Ngoc Nam, V. 2010. Pemphis acidula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178838A7622565. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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Digestive Disorders
It is estimated that some form of digestive disorder affects more than 100 million people in America. For some people, digestive disorders are a source of irritation and discomfort that may cause them to drastically limit their lifestyles and frequently miss work. For others, the disorders may be extremely crippling and even fatal.
The Gastrointestinal Tract
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a long muscular tube that functions as the food processor for the human body. The digestive system includes the following organs: mouth and salivary glands, stomach, small and large intestines, colon, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Irritations or inflammation of the various sections of the GI tract are identified as gastritis (stomach), colitis (colon), ileitis (ileum or small intestines), hepatitis (liver), and cholecystitis (gallbladder).
The GI tract is not a passive system. Rather, it has the capability to sense and react to materials passed through it. For a healthy digestive system, every person requires different food selections that match their GI tract capacity.
The Digestive Process
The GI tract breaks down foods by first using mechanical means (e.g., chewing) and then via the application of a host of complex chemical processes (from saliva to colon microbes). Since the GI tract is the point of entry for the human body, everything eaten has an impact on the body. The food eaten and passed through the GI tract contains nutrients as well as toxins. Toxins can include, but are not limited to, food additives, pesticides, and specific foods that induce a reaction from the GI tract.
The process of digestion is accomplished via the surface of the GI tract using secretions from accessory glands. The two glands providing the majority of digestive chemicals utilized by the GI tract are the liver and the pancreas. The function of the liver is to control the food supply for the rest of the body by further processing the food molecules absorbed through the intestines. The liver does this by dispensing those food molecules in a controlled manner and filtering out toxins that may have passed through the GI tract wall.
Another very important function of the GI tract is as a sensory organ. By rejecting foods through objectionable taste, vomiting, diarrhea, or any combination of these symptoms, the sensing capacity of the GI tract can protect the body. The surface of the GI tract has a complex system of nerves and other cells of the immune system. The surface of the GI tract, or mucosa, is part of a complex sensing system called the mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue (MALT). The immune sensors in the MALT trigger responses such as nausea, vomiting, pain, and swelling. Vomiting and diarrhea are abrupt defensive responses by MALT when it senses foods with a strong allergic or toxic component. This kind of food intolerance is responsible for many digestive problems. The GI tract is "hard-wired" to the brain via hormonal, neurotransmitter-mediator chemical communication.
The GI tract is a muscular tube that contracts in a controlled rhythm to move food through the different sections (peristalsis). Strength and timing variations in contractions can cause cramping (very strong contractions) and diarrhea (very frequent contractions). When the contractions are slow and irregular, constipation may occur. Motility Disorder is the general term used to describe problems with peristalsis.
Food allergy is sometimes the primary cause of GI tract problems. Chronic diseases can have their origin in food allergies. The dysfunction, discomfort, and disease associated with the GI tract can be the result of local immune responses to food selections or combinations of foods. Food selections are a result of personal tastes, social fads, ethnic culture, religion, and, to a larger degree, local or seasonal availability. Food selections made in modern affluent society are based on a developed taste for a rich diet centered on meats and dairy products loaded with fats, high concentrations of proteins, and fat-soluble toxins. Advertising and misinformation about healthy diets have overshadowed human nutritional needs.
Chewing, swallowing, and peristalsis comprise mechanical digestion, in which food is broken down into tiny particles, mixed with digestive juices, and moved through the digestive tract. Digestive enzymes break down large food molecules into small molecules that can be absorbed into the blood or lymph in the process of chemical digestion (Anatomical Chart Company® 2002; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).


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ZELIENOPLE — The sale of the Kaufman House could be completed early this coming week.
If that occurs, it could be turned into a boutique hotel with about 20 rooms and a restaurant. But it would not be open for another one and half to two years.
Several dozen officials from around Butler County convened Friday at the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau office in Zelienople to talk about the future of the historic landmark on Main Street.
Plans emerged this week that the Butler County Tourism Foundation is partnering with the Butler County Community College and another agency to reopen the Kaufman House, which has been closed since a fire in the building in late 2011.
If the project comes to fruition, it would rejuvenate the business and turn it into a hotel. It would also include a coffee shop and lounge.
In addition, the BC3 would use the restaurant of the Kaufman House as a training ground for its hospitality management program, which typically has about 30 students enrolled per semester.
However, the plan is in its infancy and there are still a number of grants to write and funds to secure, according to tourism President Jack Cohen.
The project is expected to cost about $2.5 million, Cohen said. The Butler County Redevelopment Authority already is expected to apply for two grants from the state.
The deadline to apply for one of those grants is this coming Friday.
While the building will have an educational component when it reopens, the tourism foundation intends to hire a management company to operate the property as a for-profit entity.
Also released Friday was the news that Zelienople officials are working to build a 150-space parking lot behind the building. Currently, there are only about 30 parking spots allocated for the Kaufman House.
The estimated value of the building is $500,000, but the final sale cost is dependent on an appraisal.
A main draw for the building is that is comes with a state liquor license.
The redevelopment authority estimates an additional $2 million will be needed for renovations.