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I so appreciated the Palo Alto Weekly's coverage of the Palo Alto Women's Golf Club's letter to the city council, as well as the wonderful story about the success of Winter Lodge.
The voters of Palo Alto did indeed vote to save the ice rink but the little-published story is the fact that golfers helped make it possible. There was a Golf Course Corporation Committee that had to approve the land swap in order for it to take place. I was on that committee.
After the vote, we had a number of meetings with the members of the council and were encouraged by them to vote for this swap. We also met with the parks and recreation administrators and were assured if we voted to swap the Geng/Embarcadero corner of the course for the ice rink land, it would not impact the golf course. We were assured that the golf course was a valuable asset to the city and would always be there for the community golfers. The majority of the committee voted for the land swap. I was one of them and have never regretted my decision.
I do feel that now is the time for our council to step up to the plate, do the right thing and do what they have to do to make sure Palo Alto always has an 18-hole course that is properly maintained.
I might point out that there are more than 500 golfers who belong to clubs based at our course. Golfers from Palo Alto and the surrounding community provide a lot of revenue to our city.
Bonnie Miller
Lois Lane, Palo Alto
Save the arts
A disturbing trend seems to be setting in regarding a fix to our state money problems. Apparently many people think that the way to control our education costs is to eliminate non-essential courses in our schools. The basics are all that are necessary for a good education for our kids, according to this view.
Arts, music, drama, physical education — forget them; they're not needed. Stick with the basics. However, don't touch competitive sports. They're needed to feed our kids into the college and pro teams in the future. After all, a robust society cannot exist without its sports entertainment. Yeah, sure.
The problem with this thinking is that it fails to recognize the value of the arts. The arts not only enrich our kids, they also add great value to society.
The arts, in their various forms, broaden peoples' perspectives — and guess what else? — they make a society more creative, innovative, in ways that "the basics" alone cannot match. Band, orchestra, drama, etc., are all life enriching, as I recall.
If we abandon the arts in our kids' educational process, our society will quickly become narrower in its thinking — colder and uncreative, unable to keep up with the rest of the world.
Ruben Contreras
Waverley Street, Palo Alto
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Elevation Lists > The "Home Court" 100 > Kaleetan Peak > Climber's Log
Kaleetan Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Kaleetan Peak - Snow Lake loop
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2016
|Loop variation, go back via Snow lake
Full log
|Posted Jun 27, 2016 12:39 pm
|White Ledges
|Really fun ascent
|Posted May 20, 2016 11:56 am
|Angus Brookes
|Beautiful day
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2015
|Climbed the "white ledges" route from Melakwa Pass with a few friends while backpacking from Alpental to the Pratt trailhead. The views were spectacular and the air was clear since it had rained the day before. The climb is easy and rewarding.
|Posted Sep 12, 2015 8:33 pm
|socked in
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2015
|Great hike and scenery but couldnt see a darned thing. May have to go back someday when skies are clear.
|Posted Sep 8, 2015 7:57 pm
|Fred Spicker
|SW Couloir
Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2015
|Climbed alone.
In CLIMBING WASHINGTON'S MOUNTAINS, Jeff Smoot rates this climb as Class 2. I concur with his rating. There are a couple of "mandatory" moves on the climber's trail that are harder than anything that can't be bypassed in the couloir.
|Posted Aug 6, 2015 9:08 am
|Awesome scramble
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2015
|Awesome scramble! One of my favorites out I-90. Relatively steep bootpath up from Melawka Lake. No views from the summit on account of fog, but still had a great time.
|Posted Jul 19, 2015 2:26 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2015
|RIP Edward Earl. This peak was Edward's last summit before losing a battle to Mt. Isto in the Brooks Range.
|Posted Jul 7, 2015 7:39 pm
|Tribute Hike
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2015
|Greg, Bob, Duane, Ken, and I chose to go to Kaleetan Peak in honor of our recently deceased friend Edward. He had died during an expedition in Alaska, and it turned out that Kaleetan Peak was the last successful summit he had done prior to his death. What a great peak, too. Very prominent, with a nice route and great views. Highly recommended.
|Posted Jun 30, 2015 9:05 am
|Standard scramble route
|Climbed sometime in the late summer. Steep climber's path from the lake, easy scrambling in the gully. Great views from the top.
|Posted Aug 4, 2014 10:29 pm
|Main (South) gully
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2014
|Kaleetan has been on my list for some time! Camped at Melakwa, then it was two hours up to the summit from there.. Some snow still but didn't need traction, though poles or axe is recommended. The scramble is completely dry and really fun, even easier (but longer) than Mt. Si's scramble. We came back on the ridge, rather than dropping down.. this alternate route was very fun, but very dangerous/exposed. I only recommend this to experienced climbers :)
|Posted Jul 7, 2014 1:39 pm
|Melakwa gully not boot path
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2013
|Ascending the damp but not muddy gully just below the "white ledges" Becky mentions was an elegant, direct route up from the lakes where we were camped. Descending via the boot trail seemed comparatively convoluted and annoying with all the jogs off and back onto the south ridge and meandering through brush and forest. Next time, I'd go up the gully and back down the white ledges. View of azure ice blocks in Chair Lake from the summit was my highlight.
|Posted Sep 5, 2013 3:47 am
|East Shoulder
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2013
|LOVED this route! Hit the trail at 7:07 am with 3 other cars in the parking lot. The trail to the lake is relatively easy and well graded. From the lake I went cross country boulder hopping up towards Melakwa Pass veering to the left towards the climbers left part of the east face. From here the boulder hopping turned into a class 3+ scramble for a few hundred feet before the route joins up with the class 3 gully of the stardard route. I was not impressed with the gully and was happy I had added the extra scrambling via the east shoulder. I highly recommend this approach for those who like class 3. Snow could be a problem early in the season, there was still some lingering when I went but it wasn't a problem. I took the same route down.
I had run into a total of 3 people on my way up to the summit, which I had to myself, and back down to the lake. From the lake to the car I must have passed 200+ people, the place was packed! Go early on this one! 6 hr 30 min car to car.
|Posted Jul 28, 2013 12:48 pm
|Wonderful Day
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2013
|Had a great day. Beautiful weather and views were fantastic.
|Posted Jul 23, 2013 11:41 am
|A Dip
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2011
|Went for a swim post summit
|Posted Jan 3, 2013 12:55 pm
|East face approach
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2012
|I took the bootpath past upper Melakwa Lake up to Melakwa Pass then traversed to the west. About 500' below the summit a wide open class 3-4 scramble brought me to the top. On my return along the main path over PT 5700' I noticed a deep gully just to the south of the summit that likely would have made for an even easier scramble.
|Posted Oct 13, 2012 2:16 am
|Kaleetan Peak
Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2010
|Looks imposing from a distance, but really wasn't bad at all.
|Posted Sep 15, 2012 7:45 pm
|South Side gully scramble
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011
|Expert leadership by Randy, great time with Bill and Peter too. A perfect day, hard to beat mountain scenery and companionship like that.
|Posted Sep 13, 2012 10:49 pm
|Again but better
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2012
|Second time climbing kaleetan. Way better this time. Took the SW gully from Melakwa basin to bypass the S ridge on the way up. I attached a video from my helmet cam of the gully:
|Posted Sep 5, 2012 11:28 pm
|Jake Robinson
|S gully
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
|Scramble is really nothing more than class 2 with a few short class 3 sections. Great peak though.
|Posted Aug 26, 2012 12:11 am
|South side looks better when you're close
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2010
|Wanted a little conditioning for my Baker attempt in August, Kaleetan was just right. Easy hike up to the lake and a rough climber's path after that. Easy enough to follow though and the views were great. The final scramble looks intimidating until you get to the base at which point it looks much more manageable. Nice views to Chair peak and the Snoqualmie peaks.
|Posted Jul 18, 2012 3:38 pm

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Calls for oversight renewed after fatality in Calif. hostage standoff
Mistaken killing of a man has sparked new debate over how much authority the department's independent inspector general should have in investigations
By Catherine Saillant and Jeff Gottlieb
Los Angeles Times
PICO RIVERA, Calif. — The mistaken killing of a Pico Rivera man by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy during a hostage standoff — the second such death in four months — has sparked new debate over how much authority the department's independent inspector general should have in investigating deputy conduct.
Frank Mendoza, 54, was shot when a deputy mistook him for an armed suspect who had broken into the Mendoza home late Friday afternoon, authorities said. The gunman, 24-year-old Cedric Ramirez, took Mendoza's wife captive and held her until a tactical team entered the house and fatally shot him eight hours later, authorities said. The wife was unharmed.
The case is now under investigation by the Sheriff's Department's internal affairs unit as well as the district attorney and coroner, as is customary in officer-involved shootings.
But Max Huntsman, the new civilian monitor in the Sheriff's Department, said Sunday the case underscores the need for his unit to also review all records, including a deputy's personnel files, in deciding whether the department does a thorough job investigating.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Huntsman after a series of scandals in the department, which culminated with federal charges against sheriff's officials over alleged inmate abuse in the jail system.
The Sheriff's Department and Huntsman are still negotiating how much access the inspector general should have.
Interim Sheriff John L. Scott has been resistant to granting access to deputies' personnel files, citing legal concerns about confidentiality, said Huntsman, a veteran prosecutor appointed to the inspector general's post last year.
Scott could not be reached for comment Sunday. But in a letter to the Board of Supervisors last month, he urged "safeguards against overzealous review" by civilian overseers.
The supervisors on Tuesday are expected to consider establishing a long-debated civilian oversight commission to serve as the public's eyes and ears on departmental matters. Granting the inspector general authority to review personnel files should be part of the discussion, Huntsman said.
Huntsman said his office will be closely involved with internal investigations that are underway in the Pico Rivera case.
The inspector general cannot conduct an independent investigation without access to the deputy files. But the office will review the sheriff's inquiries to "make sure they are done in a correct way," Huntsman said. If better training or changes to in-field tactics are necessary, his office will follow up with recommended changes, he said.
Huntsman had no comment on the specifics of the shooting. But he noted that deputies often have seconds to make a life-or-death decision based on spotty information and rapidly changing events.
"We have to come up with the best possible tools for them to have a better outcome," Huntsman said. "It's a very difficult thing to do.
We have tragic outcomes when people are being pushed to their limits and have seconds to react."
Sheriff's officials said deputies tried to arrest Ramirez around 5 p.m. Friday on parole violations when he fled. He exchanged gunfire with deputies before breaking into the Mendoza home in the 9000 block of Rosehedge Drive, officials said.
As deputies rushed through the front door and began evacuating the home's residents, Mendoza appeared in the doorway and a deputy shot him twice, mistaking him for the fleeing suspect, sheriff's officials said.
When deputies realized their mistake, they tried to aid Mendoza, Chief of Detectives Bill McSweeney said, but he was dead by the time paramedics reached him.
McSweeney said the deputy who fired at Mendoza was an 11-year veteran with "a very fine record." He declined to release the deputy's name.
On Sunday, someone planted a small, plastic cross in the frontyard of the Mendoza home. A bouquet of flowers lay on the front steps, not far from a rusted swing.
The front door was hung with a plastic sheet as a cleanup crew went about their work. Deputies in cruisers were parked near the home throughout the day.
Connie Monge, 83, said she has lived next door to Mendoza and his wife for 30 years. Frank Mendoza was a baker and liked to tinker with cars, but was a private man who stayed to himself, she said.
On Friday night, she and her son heard the "pop, pop, pop" of bullets and watched in disbelief as helicopters swarmed overhead for hours. Learning that Mendoza had been killed was devastating, she said.
"I can't get over it," Monge said. "I close my eyes and see his face. I can't believe they shot him. That man was a good man."
The incident comes four months after John Winkler, a TV production assistant, was hit in the chest when three deputies fired on him as he and another hostage rushed out of an apartment unit where they were being held. A second hostage was shot in the leg but survived.
In that case, a sheriff's official said Winkler fit the general description of the suspect as he ran out of the apartment. When deputies realized that a fight was still taking place inside the unit, they ran in and subdued the suspect, who was attacking a third man.
In that shooting, the suspect, 27-year-old Alexander McDonald, and Winkler, 30, were close in age and build. In the Pico Rivera incident, the suspect was 30 years younger than the man killed by the sheriff's deputy.
Copyright 2014 the Los Angeles Times


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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — The national shortage of propane gas is causing the owner of McCoy's LP Gas Co. and his customers to lose sleep.
"I am losing money daily, and my customers are suffering because I can't find the gas that they need," said Steve McCoy. "This has been a family business since 1946. This has never happened before. I'm losing sleep over it, and there's nothing I can do about it."
An estimated 500,000 Hoosiers, mostly in rural areas, rely on propane to heat their homes.
Other Muncie propane dealers are rationing their inventories to help supplies last and transporting propane here from as far away as Mississippi, Kansas and South Carolina, The Star Press reported (http://tspne.ws/1njGfiF ).
One of McCoy's 400 customers is the rural Muncie household of retired gear cutter Philip Watson and his wife, Becky, whose 500-gallon, backyard propane tank that fuels their furnace is down to about 9 percent full.
The couple and their son, David, a laid-off cabinet maker, are conserving as much as possible: turning the thermostat down to 60 degrees, running three kerosene heaters during the day and operating four electric space heaters at night.
The couple bought a space heater — an infrared cabinet model resembling a fireplace — at Walmart after finding empty shelves at three other big-box stores.
"We went to several places and all we found were empty shelves because everybody is in this predicament, not just us," said Becky Watson. "We are not alone."
David Watson said it got down to 50 degrees in his bedroom early Tuesday morning, causing him to lose sleep.
The last time Becky Watson called McCoy's, she said she got a voice message urging her to call her congressman.
She said she phoned U.S. Sen. Dan Coats' office in Washington and was transferred to the senator's office in Indianapolis, which told her, "The senator is aware of the situation."
Becky Watson blames the propane shortage on "corporate greed."
According to Scot Imus, executive director of the Indiana Propane Gas Association, one reason for the shortage is an increase in U.S. propane exports into the world market.
In 2013, more than 20 percent of total U.S. propane was exported, up from 5 percent in 2008.
"That enraged me," Watson said. "Everything is being shipped out. Who pays the brunt? It amounts to corporate greed."
She said she was referring to the big oil companies that produce propane from crude oil refining, not to dealers like McCoy. Propane is also produced from natural gas processing.
Imus also attributes the shortage to prolonged arctic temperatures; the shutdown of the Cochin pipeline for repairs; and the need for massive amounts of propane to dry the large, wetter-than-normal harvest of corn and other U.S. grain crops last fall.
Imus' advice to people like the Watsons is to "conserve where you can: shut off rooms you are not using; use blankets and towels on drafty doors and windows; dress in layers; turn the thermostat down as low as possible; watch your hot water usage; just be conservation-minded and don't wait until the last minute to call your propane dealer if you're about out of product."
Though the Watsons live in an old farm house on Sciscoe Road between Muncie and Prairie Creek Reservoir, they say they already have done everything possible to conserve energy, including installation of double-pane windows, insulated doors and insulation elsewhere in the house.
McCoy said he's never seen anything like this, including a triple spike in prices, in the four-plus decades he has been a propane dealer.
"We have to pay up front for the gas," McCoy said. "That's never happened before. I have to come up with $50,000 to get a load of gas. I don't have $50,000 to pay up front to get a load of gas. Basically, customers are running low or running out. I'm at a standstill. I don't have any answers."
Imus says a lot of Hoosier propane dealers are struggling like McCoy.
In October, a tanker truck of propane would have cost a dealer $14,000 on credit. "Now a load is $50,000 to $60,000, and many are demanding cash up front," he said. "It's also a problem for consumers, who last fall were paying $2 per gallon and now are lucky if they only pay twice that much, he added.
"Obviously, propane gallons are hard to find in the Midwest," said John Bauer, president of AgBest in Muncie. "We are going as far as Mississippi, Kansas and South Carolina to access gallons to supplement the few gallons we're getting here out of Midwest terminals."
Other Indiana dealers are "high-tailing it to Texas," he said.
Gov. Mike Pence has signed a proclamation to exempt semitrailer tanker drivers hauling propane from hours of service regulations, citing "long lines at propane terminals throughout Indiana, slow travel due to bad weather conditions, and longer driving distances" that have caused truck drivers to drive more and/or wait in line.
Hours of service regulations limit the average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours to ensure they have adequate rest.
AgBest, which normally transports propane to Muncie from terminals in Indiana and Ohio cities, is rationing its inventory to loyal customers. "We're not in a position to take on new customers," Bauer said.
Brian Donahue, of Donahue Gas, Muncie, likens the propane shortage to the Arab oil embargo in 1973, when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.
Donahue, which, like AgBest, serves about 1,400 propane customers, has enough gas "to take care of our current accounts. What we are doing is rationing, limiting allocation," Donahue said. "My regular-route customers are OK."
Information from: The Star Press, http://www.thestarpress.com
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So, spring into action
By LARRY HOFFMAN
© St. Petersburg Times, published March 2, 2001
Spring is here, whether you like it or not. We fished southwest of Egmont Channel on Wednesday and the water was crystal clear in 60 feet. The temperature was 72 degrees.
Bait schools of threadfin herring are up and down our beaches. In fact, we caught all the bait we needed in one cast-net throw off Blind Pass. The Egmont Channel markers are holding blue runners and cigar minnows.
There was a request to catch a "big fish." This time of year, amberjack is clearly the best choice, so we pushed southwest 35 miles and worked a spring in 100 feet. The first two blue runners down were hit hard.
Jack Grose, from Canada, and a few friends were used to catching walleye and bluegill. Grose was rewarded with a 60-pound jack and the action was non-stop. The amberjacks were 20 to 60 pounds and readily ate any live bait. Two hours on the spring produced all the amberjack they could handle, so we decided to work our magic on grouper and mangrove snapper.
We moved inside to 55 feet west of Sarasota and found the bottom fishing slow. Live threadfin herring and pinfish didn't seem to help. After six moves, we only were able to land two keeper grouper and two mangrove snapper. The cheese rock bottom we worked had been consistent, and I was a little disappointed with our results.
Other captains reported better results for grouper and snapper in 70 to 80 feet over ledges.
The major news is that kingfish have shown up in good numbers a month early. Plenty are being caught along our beaches.
The fishermen at Redington Pier have caught 30-pound kings all week.
Spanish mackerel are busting bait schools early. Kingfish have been caught near Egmont Channel, the shipwreck the Betty Rose and the Clearwater hard bottom.
- Larry "Huffy" Hoffman charters the Enterprise out of Kingfish Wharf, Treasure Island. Call (727) 709-9396.
© 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 727-893-8111
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Town Square
How much do you spend on groceries a month?
Original post made by Tryingtosave, Los Altos, on Jan 5, 2013
Comments (26)
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 5, 2013 at 9:42 pm
We are now a family of 4 and spend about $2,000 per month-when we were 6 we spent $2,700 + per month.
We also eat out a lot which- is a separate budget-a decent meal for 4 in a Palo Alto restaurant costs around $250 with cheap wine in our experience.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 5, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Just impossible to make a comparison. There are two many unknowns and variables.
Do you make lunches to take to school or work, or buy lunch every day? Do you have young children who eat smaller quantities of family meals, or teenage boys who eat almost non stop and often bring their friends for raiding the refrigerator? Do you do laundry at home or in shared facilities than need quarters? Do you have a lot of sports clothes and once again a load of jeans for small children could be a week's worth of clothes, whereas a load of jeans for teenagers could be for just 2 or 3 days clothes. Do you have a lot of dry cleaning, diapers, alcohol, bottled water, soda, Starbucks, etc. etc. as part of your monthly expenditure?
Try breaking down your expenses into smaller categories and see if you can make some compromises rather than trying to compare yourselves to a family of the same size but with different ages and lifestyles.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 6, 2013 at 12:13 am
Wow, I'm still reeling over Sharon's posting about spending $250 for four for a "decent meal" in Palo Alto. Excessive, to say the least. Just how many calories are being consumed? Sheesh.
I have three older children and we eat out a lot too, but cooking at home saves so much more money. I usually spend about $20-$35 per homecooked meal, sometimes less. That equals about $700-$1000/month on meals. Too bad we offset it with eating out on weekends! But when we go out, we skip appetizers and desserts. Or if we order them (rarely), we share them. There is no need for each person to have their own appetizer and dessert.
Places like Fresh & Easy (off Rengstorff in Mtn. View) have pre-marinated/prepackaged, fresh meals for timesavers.
Trader Joe's also has frozens for meals, at least for lunches.
I agree with "Parent" that people should stop buying coffee at coffee shops. Americans are endlessly addicted to these $5 coffees. Make coffee at home in the morning, for Pete's sake.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jan 6, 2013 at 9:55 am
Wow Sharon, "$250 with cheap wine in our experience", where do you eat at? We try and catch a dinner at at $10 per person (4) for a total out the door of $50 with tip.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 6, 2013 at 11:12 am
Sharon and her family are eating pretty well at home as well. $2K a month for food??? Wonder where they eat in PA as well, at $250 a pop for a "decent" meal.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jan 6, 2013 at 5:14 pm
A better original question would be how much families with a similar income spend. Do you shop at Costco or at Draegers? An underlying problem is often whether one identifies with Costco shoppers or with Draegers shoppers. And with children there is huge peer pressure and risk of setting up lifetime expectations.
ps: It's easy to rack up a tab of $250 for 4 at Il Fornaio or Joya or Sundance, especially for an evening celebrating some family event or a social get-together with out of towners. Not your typical eat-and-run.
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Jan 6, 2013 at 5:26 pm
A family of four -- "a decent meal for 4 in a Palo Alto restaurant costs around $250 with cheap wine"
Why does anyone ever take her seriously? Just get her going on how she supports Hillary and then the whole MENA thing.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 6, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Palo Alto-Portolla Valley-West Menlo Park are very expensive places to live-
Among the most expensive in the USA.
These areas is going to get even more expensive because
1/ Wealthy SV executives want to live here and have many $ millions to spend on homes, lifestyle
2/ Wealthy families are attracted by the high academic performance of Gunn HS also Paly and the private schools in the area.
It is what it is
That is why we moved here 20+ years ago and we have seen our wealth and property values increase dramatically over that period.
We also bought property in Carmel at that time which has also boomed over the last 20+ years.
$250 for dinner for 4 is in the low end at decent restaurants in PA, PV, WMP and Carmel these days.
Tuition etc @ Stanford is now well over $ 100,500 for a BS-MS
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Jan 6, 2013 at 8:24 pm
"$250 for dinner for 4 is in the low end at decent restaurants in PA, PV, WMP" (Note she slowly moved it from a family of four, to four adults.)
There ya go. She tries to justify with a bunch on unrelated gibberish.
Does she say what she defines as a decent meal?
Does she list a joint you can pick up a decent meal?
Nope. Unrelated noise - yes.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 6, 2013 at 8:50 pm
kids menus prices end at 12 years old-in both fast food and high quality restaurants.
The price of food is predicted to increase dramatically by The Economist-dairy and grain in particular by up to 50%
We have put $ 700,000 in our 4 kids college fund and have had to increase that by 50% to cover all post graduate and extended medical/law education costs.
Unless you have a combined income of at least $ 3 million + stock option then life in PV-PA-WMP or Carmel will be increasingly difficult for a family with 4 kids like ours.
We were fortunate as we got in early and both have great executive jobs.
We worry about the PAUSD teachers and are considering setting up a fund to provide subsidized housing for PAUSD teachers-much like Stanford does for our faculty.
The general US economy will be very grim for the next 7 years
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Jan 6, 2013 at 9:39 pm
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a resident of Community Center
on Jan 6, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Start becoming a club member(some are free) and watch out for any deal on the weekly fliers. If you do that, you can cut it down by 30% easily.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jan 7, 2013 at 9:45 am
We are a family of six, four adults, two small children, and spend $1600.00 per month. We go out for one breakfast and one dinner per week, which adds another $600.00 per month.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jan 7, 2013 at 7:51 pm
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a resident of Greater Miranda
on Jan 8, 2013 at 7:32 am
I budget $300/week at the grocery store, to include household items like cleaners etc for a family of 4. We eat pizza once per week, add $20. We eat out twice per month, average $40/week. Total: $360/week.
a resident of Stanford
on Jan 8, 2013 at 11:36 am
"...much like Standord does for our faculty." ???? Whose faculty? Sharon's? Does she now have her own private faculty that she shares with Stanford? Who said anything about executives, stock options or Carmel? No one; she's just a braggart.
The relevant questions for the OP: Do you buy organic? Do you have favorite stores or are you willing to switch? Do you clip coupons? Do you utilize local CSAs or the farmer's market? In short, what are your priorities when you shop?
a resident of Terman Middle School
on Jan 8, 2013 at 11:48 am
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a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jan 8, 2013 at 4:14 pm
"We go out for one breakfast and one dinner per week, which adds another $600.00 per month."
"a decent meal for 4 in a Palo Alto restaurant costs around $250 with cheap wine in our experience"
Funny. Good thing she shared that all important data like a bigus Economist prediction.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 8, 2013 at 4:40 pm
We consider Baumé on California Ave to be a decent place-the only Palo Alto place with two Michelin stars and decent wine.
We eat there often for business dinners and have family meals there when we can get a quick reservation.
It is very good -a business dinner @ Web Link can easily cost $ 1000 + with great wine.
That is not expensive by international standards-and it is the only 2 Michelin star local restaurant.
It is always full and our kids deserve the best-we cannot afford the time drive to SF or Napa for a quality family meal
Some of our friend fly to Napa for dinner-we feel that is an extravagance.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 8, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Wow, what a world for Sharon. For those of you who have followed her postings over the years, her family has suddenly grown and she flush with cash. Quite a change from last year. She has done quite well under Obama despite her continued animosity
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:37 pm
Sharon: you told us 6 months ago you won't be caught dead in PA cuz it's for "vagrants,drunks and beggars." Web Link
Now, you drop a grand on just a "decent" meal.
"Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Aug 27, 2012 at 6:38 pm: When we have senior executive clients from Europe or Asia to visit we take them for dinner to Menlo Park--because... When they see University Ave in PA they are horrified by the vagrants,drunks and beggars. They note that there is not one book store-just a vanity Apple store-that's it... These executives would never stay in Palo Alto-they stay in Menlo Park-because they feel safe and they do not feel safe in downtown Palo Alto."
Sharon also said: "The current demographic in Palo Alto is increasingly Asian" Needles to say, additional posts from Sharon on that thread were censored.
Of course, Sharon, whom has benefited so incredibly well under Obama, once said: "-- this is an insignificant one term presidency at best-- it was the triumph of hope and change over experience and reality-- "
Wrong, wrong and wrong.
My favorite? Too many to choose from, but I recall this from Sharon: "Big Bird will be for Obama what the "killer rabbit" was for Carter. The symbol of one term presidency."
Stunning, isn't it?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Sharon sure has a lot of time to post here, at all hours, considering she has a "great executive job." When does she executive?
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:40 pm
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a resident of East Palo Alto
on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:55 pm
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a resident of another community
on Jan 9, 2013 at 11:01 am
That User Name is already is a registered user.
'flippity flop':
That's quite the petard, upon which you hoisted our dear Sharon.
One wonders what the other posters had to add to that.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 9, 2013 at 9:27 pm
rick is a registered user.
Many may find Sharon's posts to be disagreeable or worse, but like it or not, we should recognize that she represents a window on the opinions/attitudes of a larger portion of the population than just herself. Those exclusive restaurants do not lack for customers. We are a diverse community.
The Baumé website did not look very appetizing to me. I'm more a steak and potatoes guy. Likewise I wouldn't fly to Napa for dinner. Harris Ranch would be my preference, and you can tie the plane down just outside their back door.
But this thread was asking about day-to-day basic grocery and household expenses; not recreational, adventurous or celebratory dining experiences. Hope the original poster got something useful from the few on-topic remarks. Several people have asked similar questions on the Yahoo Answers webpage, but that's a broader geography.
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Over the next three weeks, MLSsoccer.com will take a look back at the 2012 season that was for all 19 clubs in Major League Soccer, starting with Toronto FC and ending with the Supporters' Shield-winning San Jose Earthquakes. You can find the schedule and comprehensive reviews for each team here.
2012 record: 15-12-7 (52 points); 44 GF / 44 GA (0 GD)
Opta Spotlight: 2013 will be the year of Higuain
Armchair Analyst: Rebuilding still underway in Columbus
The Columbus Crew missed the playoffs for the first time in five seasons by finishing one point back of fifth-place Houston in the Eastern Conference.
That the Dynamo reached the MLS Cup before losing the title match to LA is a sign to Crew coach Robert Warzycha that his team is not far from being a contender for the league's most coveted prize.
Yet, it was a season of frustration and sorrow.
There can be no mention of 2012 without starting with the unexpected death of rookie midfielder Kirk Urso on the morning of Aug. 5 due to an undetected heart irregularity.
The Crew postponed their Aug. 11 home match against Toronto FC to attend his funeral in Illinois, then somehow regrouped to play inspiringly over the next three weeks.
Coinciding with the pairing of late additions Jairo Arrieta and Designated Player Federico Higuaín, they reeled off two ties followed by four wins to put themselves in a prime spot to make the postseason, but losing all four road games down the stretch squashed any hope as the Crew ended 15-12-7.
Warzycha recently talked to MLSsoccer.com about the season and what is in store for 2013.
MLSsoccer.com: What defines a successful season for you, and was 2012 one?
Warzycha: A successful season for me is defined in several ways. Obviously one is winning the MLS Cup. The other thing is bringing young players into the first team, that can be very successful. Having a good record is successful. Playing attacking soccer, like we did, is successful.
But to define a successful season we need to qualify for the playoffs and we didn't, so even though we had a lot of points, that was disappointing.
MLSsoccer.com: The biggest positives from the season?
Warzycha: If you look at the games from last year and the roster and this year's roster, a lot of guys made names for themselves.
The team looks completely different. It looks much better offensively. Going into next season you do have the feeling that we have the players who can score goals and will score goals because of who they are and how they play.
Last year we were wondering, "Who is going to play with this guy, and who is going to play with that guy?"
It's very positive that we searched other countries for players [Higuaín and Arrieta], and they are going to be the players we thought they could be.
MLSsoccer.com: What were the main disappointments?
Warzycha: The beginning of the season was obviously more difficult than the end of the season because we were 2-4-2. We did not have a good start and that hurt us a lot. If you look at the first few games and the injuries we had, we were a completely different team.
For me, the biggest disappointment was not winning the big games at the end even though we did things right because we went into them with a good attitude.
The games against New York, D.C., and Chicago, we had the right attitude. We scored first and played to win. Maybe next year it will be different and we win those games.
MLSsoccer.com: In what areas does the team need improvement?
Warzycha: The team needs to improve the overall communication. We need to have voices on the field that are positive and correcting the things that are happening on the field, not voices that are making people nervous.
MLSsoccer.com: How close are you to being a championship team?
Warzycha: This league has parity. Do you think San Jose had a championship team this year? Absolutely, and they didn't qualify for the championship game. You never know.
I will say one thing. We were very, very consistent. We did not lose three games in a row. We lost two, but we'd bounce back. That's because we have a good mentality.
Consistency is a good indication what kind of team you are. It was only one game [out of the playoffs] and we would have been better than most teams. We were probably one game away from being a championship team.


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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... d=pl-shareAdmit it. You have no real feeling for the size of the solar system. That's O.K. Nobody else does either. Even knowing the numbers doesn't help much. If I tell you the Earth is about 8,000 miles in diameter and 93,000,000 miles from the Sun, does that give you any sense of the distances involved? No, because the numbers are too big. Things that are so far removed from our daily experience — like quarks, and dinosaurs, and Kim Kardashian — are inherently hard to understand."
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"Suppose there were a man who ground five hundreds of thousands myriads of koṭis of nayutas of incalculable great manifold cosmos into particles. While passing through five hundred thousands of myriads of koṭis of nayutas of incalculable lands to the east, he dropped just a single particle; and in this way he continued to drop the particles as he went toward the east, until they were all gone.
"O sons of a virtuous family! What do you think about this? Can all of these worlds be calculated or not? Can one imagine all of these worlds, calculate, and know their number or not?"
Bodhisattva Maitreya and the others together addressed the Buddha, saying: "O Bhagavat! These worlds are immeasurable, limitless, incalculable, and beyond our powers of conception. Even all the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, with their knowledge free from corruption, are not able to comprehend them, or know their number. Although we abide in the stage of nonretrogression we cannot understand it. O Bhagavat! Such worlds as these are incalculable and limitless."
Then the Buddha addressed the assembly of the great bodhisattvas, saying: "O sons of a virtuous family! I will now explain it clearly to you. Suppose all these worlds, whether or not a particle was left in them, were reduced to particles, and each particle represented a kalpa. The period of time since I became a buddha would exceed this by hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of nayutas of incalculable kalpas. Since then I have constantly been residing in the sahā world, teaching the Dharma and inspiring sentient beings. I have also been leading and benefiting sentient beings in incalculable hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of nayutas of other worlds.
At that time the Buddha addressed Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Maitreya, saying: "O Ajita! Those sentient beings who hear about the great length of the Buddha's lifespan, and can awaken even a single thought of willing acceptance, will all obtain immeasurable merit. If there are sons and daughters of a good family who, for the sake of highest, complete enlightenment, practice the five perfections of giving (dāna), good conduct (śīla), perseverance (kṣānti), effort (vīrya), and meditation (dhyāna), with the exception of the perfection of wisdom (prajñā), for eighty myriads of koṭis of nayutas of kalpas, their merit is not even a hundredth, a thousandth, a hundred thousandth of a myriad of a koṭi of the former person's merit. It is so small that it cannot be conceived of through calculation or illustration. If there are sons and daughters of a virtuous family who possess such merit as the former, they will never revert from highest, complete enlightenment."


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I have parted with my Mark IV and XXX heads (the later soon enough) and replaced them with an Engl E530, G-major 1, and a Mesa 2:50. Avoiding the Voodoo Ground control type setup, simply because they cost more than the rack itself..
I have zero experience in dealing with a midi foot controller or setting one up. Does anyone else and what models should I consider? Ideal spending range is less than $200.
Will it connect into the G major, then into the Engl to control both? New territory for me!
New gear day thread coming I suppose after I get all the parts hooked up properly.
I used to have almost that exact setup, just a cheaper power amp. Its fucking killer.
Do you need FS access to all of the e530 functions, or just the channel & gain boost? If you only need the channel/gain then you can get any midi controller you'd like. Buy/make yourself a short stereo TRS cable and there's a spot on the back of the G-Major (can't remember its label) that will go out to the FS jack on the E530 and allow you to access those two functions via midi. You would be lacking the Contour & Preamp defeat options though, so not sure if thats a big deal.
With that in mind, my favorite midi controller that I used was a ground control. You would only need the pedal, you don't need the rack portion to go with it, so the cost isn't TOOOOO much worse than other controllers, especially if you buy used. The only other pedal I used was a roland something or other that wasn't so great. I was highly interested in the rocktron midimate before I sold the rack but I never got around to trying one out.
For your last question there, the E530 doesn't have built-in midi, so no, the pedal won't directly control the E530 using midi. You either need a midi pedal that has external control capabilities (I can't remember the name for that...) like an FCB1010, or you need to get by with only controlling one set of the FS functions on the ENGL via the g-major.
The whole thing is going to depend on what you want to do. I preferred having a setup where I had 4 buttons for patch changes and then the rest of the available buttons for turning FX blocks on & off. Thats why I loved the ground control & hated the roland...the roland only had patch change functionality, it couldn't send CC messages for the FX blocks. It also matters if you want expression pedals built in. The FCB1010 seems to be a really popular choice, but I think a lot of people only really like it after installing a custom firmware. The rocktron midimate is the one I had found that was within budget ranges and had all the functionality I was looking for. The G-Major did it all & had room to grow, but it is definitely pricey....I bet you could find one for 200$ though.
I'm sure other dudes here can explain this much better than I... You gotta decide how many buttons you want, what you want those buttons to do, and whether or not you want it to be configurable for different setups (i.e. going from one-tap channel changing style to turning on/off individual effects of the g-major and independently switching channels/boost on the ENGL and/or a combination of the two styles).
Nice! Thanks for the detailed response sir!
I would honestly like to have access to the e530 options.. I was thinking about the contour feature for leads, however I can make due and survive just fine without it.
As for end game goals.. I'd like to have a main crunch rhythm channel, two or so lead options, a solid clean, and a muted channel. I've been used to a simpler setup and this seems as though it could maintain that, done right.
I definitely need to read up more on the G-major's functionality. Seems like it can do a lot more via midi than I actually anticipated.
Did you have the smaller Ground control or the larger? I see they have one that's similar in the Midimate's size, this might be more my speed as I don't plan to use a 'ton' of varying settings. The next question I guess is, does that do the same thing?
Can anyone chime in about the Midimate and it's capabilities? Related to this setup or your own?
I had the 2008 version of that...looks like it hasn't changed. I'm not sure what smaller version your talking about, unless you mean their Commander products, which are different. Honestly I forgot they were that damn expensive new, I think I sold mine to pigwalk here a couple years ago for 200$.
If thats what you're talking about, its an old version. I don't know the differences.
The midi-mate is going to give you a good amount of options. You can do regular presets, where you have banks of 10 and each button is going to be a program change, which means switching to a new patch on the G-Major. OR you can do 'controller mode' where you get 5 buttons along the bottom to do program changes, and then 5 buttons along the top for controller changes. This means with the bottom row you get 'channel changes' and with the top you can turn on/off individual delay blocks (or access individual FS changes on the e530). For me, thats all I needed in a controller. I used the GCP in the EXACT same way, it just gave me like 3 extra buttons for controller changes...FWIW I had sold the GCP and was eyeing the midi-mate hard.
The jack on the G-Major I was talking about is labeled "Switch." You just run a TRS cable from that to whichever FS jack you want to control the 530 and then you can use CC messages to the G-Major to turn the FS function on/off. Each patch on the G-Major will have a setting for the state of the Tip & Ring, separately. SO, you could have Preset1 with Tip-On and Ring-Off, and then preset2 with Ring-On and Tip-Off, and preset3 with Tip-On and Ring-On. This would translate to 1: Hi-gain, Boost off, 2: Low-Gain, Boost on, 3: Hi-Gain, Boost On. At the same time, in those presets you could have each of the FX blocks on the G-Major on or off, so you can switch from clean, no boost, reverb, delay & chorus, to hi-gain boosted & dry. THEN, with the controller mode on the midi-mate or similar pedal, you can hit another button to turn reverb on while you're in your hi-gain channel. Or turn the chorus off in your clean. Or turn the boost on & off etc etc etc.
In that regard...the g-major is going to be the brain in your rack. The ENGL is just muscle, it gets all its commands from the G-major. Now, the unfortunate thing is you won't be able to control the contour switch. And I'll be honest, I always felt like I was missing out because of that. Some controllers you can buy will have an additional switch jack that will let you control the E530, but that does mean having a 1/4" cable from your FS to your rack, and if you're using one from the switch and one from the g-major then your programming just got a little bit more confusing. Another option is something like an Amp Gizmo. This would provide additional switch control jacks and it would sit somewhere in your rack. Pricey, but something you could add down the road if you're 90% happy with the setup you just NEED that extra FS control.
So basically, based on what you said for channel functions, the 5 buttons on the midi-mate in controller mode will get you there, and then you get 5 buttons for individual controller changes within the patches, essentially like a pedal board. And another thing to note, the G-Major has a nice EQ built into it that you can assign per-patch. I never got too far into using it, but you might be able to emulate the contour function using the G-Major EQ.
You're making me miss my rack
Makes a lot more sense now. Been eyeing the midimate and ground control on ebay.. seems though the ground controls are rounding 300+ used.
Will update as I get this figured out. The 2:50 arrives today, rack cases on monday (Doing a 2 space for powre amp, 4 space for the others to cut down on weight). Can start setting up then but definitely need that footswitch. Simply bypassing the TC until then.
Yeahh, I used to have a strategy/quad setup, but I simply wasn't ready for that at the time. Wasn't even in a band or playing locally so I sold that. Pretty excited to get this going since it's my first "real" rack setup for actual live purposes.
I've used the midimate with my TriAxis setup for a bunch of years now. It's nice because it can be powered via the midi cable. You can even buy a 5-7pin cable and plug the AC adapter in to power the pedal from the power supply in your rack.
I was hoping to do something similar with my 5153, but alas, no midi and too many channels.


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Re: **The Bedrock "Rate The Last Movie You Watched" Thread**
TitianWarrior wrote:
Django Unchained - 8/10 I don't like Westerns or Jamie Foxx but this was ace
Skyfall - 7.5/10 I liked it more the second time tbh
Both shite. Thanks for your recommendations Titian.
I watched 'The Descent' last night after reading 10/10 reviews on IMDB. It was also shite. So thanks for that as well Titian, you bandit.
you're welcome Millsy!
I actually couldn't watch all of The Descent, far too much of a wuss these days for scary films.
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Grohl will also conduct various interviews at each studio, going head to head with some of the other musicians who have recorded there — making it more than a mere excuse to watch him flex his musical muscle in each recording studio.
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Yo, you know these times when, u feel like no one believes in what you do and your about to just quit on everything
But instead you only got yourself to believe in and keep practicing one day at a time till ya reach the level you wanna be at
Earn the respect you needed and whoever didn' believe in you fall at your feet and know what are you worth
I remember the pain, making pennies a day
Some one told me to pray, I didn't know what to say
So I gave up on God, cause he won't help you unless you help yourself
Ain't that the truth, so I took my 5 talents and I dug'em up
Then I multiplied talents till they doubled up
I get a million plays a month , am sick as fuck
If I can trade plays for dollars, I'd be feeling like Trump
And you can hate but that shit don't phase me man
And you can pray for my downfall but I stand
You gon' keep talking shit, is that your plan?
This ain't the first time that I cracked a man
Am not gangster, but I can't control my anger
Don't push me or you gon' see a complete stranger
Only takes is a bottle of henni to get me right
Throw on some headphones and make beats all night
[VERSE 2: Eminem]
We could only learn to take, our anger and our hate
Control our mental state, settle down and just set it straight
Maybe we could learn to take, a second to pump the brakes
Before we said it, regret it later, and let it escalade
Cuz by then its just too late, theres so much we can take
Theres only so much someone can swallow and tolerate
Till the point that he just breaks, snaps and thats all it takes
You think that we was learnin from other rappers mistakes
But we ain't, his brain will go against
With every artist comes an image he portrays
And a picture that he paints
But in the midst of all this anger and this gangs
Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangsta
And I ain't hear no complaints
But I know, that I will always continue to grow
As long as I lead, and never follow noone else's shadow
There will never be another me, and that I can guarantee
Its that why I remain sucker free, to this dayThe game, will never be the same
No matter how much fame or success they attain
There will never be another me
And no matter what they do, there will never be another you
You can search but you'll never find
You can try to rewind time, but in your hearts and your minds
We will never die, we are forever alive
When we continue going, one day at a time
[Verse 3: Mist]
By the time I was going 15 , I vowed not to copy my homies
So I tried growin' self esteem without bein' cocky or snobby
Started writin' poems of sick schemes, I was proud to have ma only hobby
Soon this hobby jumped to an awesome knack, I was bestowed some evident gift from God
Since that moment I once bought some of Eminem's hits and Pac's
I was influenced on the spot, these guys are like the Beethoven's of rap
And that's when I switched'em poems to tracks, but then ma closest fams
Would say ''Mist what you doin' is trash'', I remember these concerts
Back in the day when I had to pay to spit on stage, damn
What have gone wrong? shall I quit, have ma skills gone wack?
Now while am doin' this song, shit, I still got no fans
And this fact is makin' me nervous as it stays on ma mind
But I know practice makes perfect, ama reach the top one day at a time
This open collab was to be found on Sinima beat's soundclick, being a big fan of Eminem, Mist thought it'd be dope to get on this open collab since it featured his favorite rapper with his verse remixed from the One day at a time verse by Pac.. and one of his favorite beats producer Sinima who also appears to be rapping on the first verse


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A jury deadlocked on Thursday, the second time this year jurors couldn't agree whether Josh Hastings acted properly when he fired three shots into a car at a Little Rock apartment complex.
Bobby Moore III was killed Aug. 12, 2012, when Hastings responded to a call that someone was breaking into cars at the apartments in west Little Rock.
Prosecutors charged Hastings with a felony after investigators said evidence from the scene didn't match Hastings' account of events. Police Chief Stuart Thomas fired Hastings after concluding the officer used deadly force without justification.
Hastings claimed the car Moore was driving was heading toward him, prompting him to fire through its windshield, but Thomas said evidence shows the car was either moving in reverse or stopped several feet away from Hastings when he fired.
Two other youths were in the car with Moore and they testified at both trials. Hastings' attorney, Bill James said Friday that inconsistencies in the boys' stories should help win Hastings an acquittal.
The judge set the next trial start May 5.
Prosecutor Larry Jegley said Friday the case has weighed on his office.
"That's all we can do. We've taken third shots (at trial) before," Jegley said. "We're going to decompress a little, hitch back up and take a look next week."
James said he didn't foresee a change in strategy for the next retrial.
"We're going to try to sharpen our arguments up a little bit," James said. "I think we brought to light the veracity of those two guys (the juveniles who were in the car)."
In the first trial, both sides used expert witnesses and Hastings testified in his own defense.
In the second trial, the sides couldn't schedule their experts and James rested without calling any witnesses.
When Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen declared a mistrial on Thursday, the jurors didn't indicate which way they were leaning, other than to say they were deadlocked.
A pretrial hearing is set for April 7.


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Siem Reap, Cambodia, 19 December 2013 – The governments of Lao PDR and Cambodia together with the IUCN offices in both countries have been working extensively in the conservation of their wetlands since both countries acceeded to the Ramsar Convention in 2010 and 1999 respectively. During that time, many strides have been made to discover the best practices that are applicable within both countries.
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam, through the Mekong Water Dialogues, a project led by the IUCN and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, have been working together in the conservation of their wetlands. During recent exchanges, Lao PDR and Cambodia found similarities in their approaches to wetlands conservation and planned an exchange workshop, in which both countries would focus on each other's successes with wetlands conservation and the potential of applying best practices to their own conservation projects.
This workshop saw the inclusion of community members, park rangers and media personel, in addition to government officials and IUCN Lao PDR and IUCN Cambodia staff. The Cambodian Mekong Water Dialogues team invited participants to visit the Tonle Sap lake and the Prek Toal core area to speak with rangers and representatives from community fisheries and to observe Cambodia's success with protecting its bird habitats and managing the fisheries in the area. In addition, the participants visited a handicraft center, led by the NGO Osmose, where women use locally available aquatic vegetation to produce weaving products for sale.
Speaking after the field visit, Mr. Khammay SOUKPASEUTH, head of Thopsok village in the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar site in Champassak province commented, "I think zoning is an important part of conservation. Wetlands benefit the most when areas are designated for humans, for wildlife and for conservation. As we head back to our respectives towns, I hope to set up dialogue with the eight villages in Beung Kiat Ngong about what we have seen here today and get them involved."
During the second-day of the workshop, representatives from Lao PDR and Cambodia gave presentations about Ramsar governance. Lao PDR shared its work with developing a management plan for the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar site, in Champassak province and its experience with Ramsar governance. Each country hopes to apply the lessons learned to strengthen their own management of wetlands. For Cambodia, this is the development of a management plan using a participatory approach as applied in Lao PDR; for Lao PDR, this is modeling the success of protecting the habitats and the conservation of birds and fish.
"One of the things I found interesting was how keen the Lao delegation was. They wanted to learn from the area and were keen to ask questions and to find ways in which what they saw at Prek Toal was applicable in Beung Kiat Ngong and Xe Champhone," pointed out Mr. Visal SUN, technical officer of Wetlands and Coastal Zones of the Cambodian Ministry of Environment, "I look forward to have a consultation meeting [with the Cambodian team] to look at the best practices and we hope to rely on the participatory approach employed by Lao PDR.
Mr. Vilavong VANNALATH, IUCN's MWD field coordinator in Champassak province, observed, "This visit has been really helpful for the Lao participants especially for the community representatives who participated in an MWD workshop for the first time. They saw successful examples of habitat protection, community partrolling of wetlands and community patrolling and community fisheries. This experience can be replicated and adapted in the Ramsar sites in Lao PDR and IUCN will support the process."
By Wendy Atieno
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Kimsreng Kong, Senior Programme Officer
Mr. Glemet Raphael, Water and Wetlands Programme Coordinator
Mr. Pheakdey Sorn, Water and Wetlands Coordinator
Ms. Wendy Atieno, Communication Officder


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Lice? Dandruff? Come on people I was only being semi-serious. Again we are showing an attachment to sensation and trying to justify the sensation as something important in order to further bolster Captain Ego!catmoon wrote:An intriguing theory, but it does not accomodate the occurrence of similar sensations where there are no sinuses, for instance the crown of the head.
Should I be facecious (literally) and start talking about my fourth eye? And what about men's fifth eye (something about a trouser snake with one eye) which is, in the majority of cases, mens most important eye!The "third eye" should show up in thermography as a pronounced warm spot on the face, and only at times when the meditator reports the presence of the "third eye" sensation.
Get over it people, it's just a sensation. If it was important the Buddha would have spent a few hundred Sutta and Sutra (and then a few 100,000 Shastras) talking about it. Is there a scriptural reference to its importance somewhere? Well?


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Slovakia is a geographically small country, but very rich in biodiversity. In this month's Country Focus you can read about Slovakia's flowery meadows and pastures and the Carpathians – the natural bridge separating Western and Eastern Europe.
In Slovakia there are nine National Parks and 14 Landscape Protected Areas. Three National Parks and one Landscape Protected Area were included in the UNESCO Programme Man and the Biosphere and designated as Biosphere Reserves.
Mountain areas in Slovakia comprise about three fifths of the territory. Changes in mountain areas have accelerated in recent years. Socio-economic factors, political transformation, and societal modernisation have changed the mountain landscapes with the reduction of agricultural activities.
IUCN Members in Slovakia are Slovak Ecological Society (Nitra), State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic (Banska Bystrica), Association of National Parks and Protected Areas of Slovakia (Tatranska Lomnica).
Learn more on Slovakia's biodiversity and conservation efforts by visiting this month's Country Focus.


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BEVA 2007: Students Win Clinical Research Awards at BEVA
Each year at the British Equine Veterinary Association Congress (BEVA), the organization awards prizes to top student presentations in the clinical research portion of the program. The 2007 award winners' talks were both rooted in orthopedics, and both received the award for their practical relevance to veterinarians.
Low-Field MRI and the Fetlock
Ceri Sherlock, BVetMed (Hon), MRCVS, a large animal resident in the University of Georgia Department of Large Animal Medicine, received an award for her presentation of a study that revealed the usefulness of low-field MRI for diagnosing cartilage injury of the fetlock that doesn't show up on radiographs. This type of MRI is the lower-cost, portable version, so this study is applicable to the ambulatory practitioner that might be looking into adding this technology to his or her practice.
Sherlock worked with veterinarians at Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic in Mereworth, United Kingdom, and Diergeneeskundig Centrum Noord Nederland, in the Netherlands, to collect case information for the study. She and her colleagues performed MRI on 13 horses under standing sedation to investigate "lameness originating from the fetlock joint that was unexplained on standard radiography," according to her abstract. They conducted repeat examinations and completed telephone questionnaires with owners and referring veterinarians.
She reported that all 13 horses displayed a variety of signal changes that signified subchondral (cartilage in the bone end) bone damage. Seven of the horses were available for follow-up; four of those horses were sound and three were lame. Sherlock and her co-authors concluded, "Lameness originating from the fetlock joint may be associated with subchondral bone damage in horses of any signalment in the absence of radiographic changes. Low-field MR imaging can be a useful tool in the diagnosis of osteochondral injury."
Traumatic Overload Injuries
The other award went to Elizabeth Barr, BVMS, CertES(Orth), Dipl. ECVS, MRCVS, a PhD student in Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Liverpool in the U.K., for her research involving post-mortem examinations of fetlock joints for palmar/plantar osteochondral disease (POD) in 64 Thoroughbreds. This condition is also called "traumatic osteochondrosis."
Barr and her colleagues at Liverpool and at The Hong Kong Jockey Club analyzed the findings of post-mortem examinations on forelimb and hind limb fetlock joints from racehorses that required euthanasia on humane grounds. PM findings were also correlated to some preliminary risk factors from the horses' racing histories. They assigned scores for the POD, wear lines, cartilage loss, marginal remodeling, linear fissures (tiny cracks), and dorsal impact injuries on each joint. POD was found to be extremely common, affecting 67% (43/64) of the horses. There was a positive correlation between the POD and dorsal impact injuries, and other signs of fetlock joint disease.
The relationship between POD and linear fissures is more complex, but it appeared that a mild degree of linear fissure formation was protective against development of POD, but this should be further analyzed with a larger group of animals, said the authors. Analysis of the horses' racing histories indicated that horses with more race starts, that were older at retirement from racing, that had been in training for a greater number of seasons and that had greater total winnings were most at risk for development of POD. They noted that this data "supports the theory that POD is a manifestation of traumatic overload."
They concluded that POD appears to be extremely common in racing Thoroughbreds and that further research into the risk factors and biological mechanisms behind this condition are needed.
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Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief
Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief, received a B.A. in Journalism and Equestrian Studies from Averett College in Danville, Virginia. A Pony Club and 4-H graduate, her background is in eventing, and she is schooling her recently retired Thoroughbred racehorse, Happy, toward a career in that discipline. She also enjoys traveling, photography, cycling, and cooking in her free time.
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Individual payers are in for a real shock.
Original post made by John, Midtown, on May 31, 2013
The Affordable Cara Act forced my insurance company to refund over $400 to me last year, and $80 to me this year.
So, as an individual (I'm a business consultant,) I'm already ahead. And that doesn't count that my kid can come on my plan until age 26, cannot kick me off the plan if I get in trouble, or penalize me as a woman. Or hit me with the dreaded "per-exisiting conditions".
The Forbes article makes a bad assumption -- comparing an individual to group rates. That is apples to oranges. A better comparison and more balanced information is here Web Link#
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** California Will Be Spared the Obamacare Apocalypse No sticker shock here—just affordable insurance premiums **
"Predictions of an Obamacare apocalypse seem a little less credible today, thanks to California.
On Thursday, officials in that state offered the first detailed glimpse of what consumers buying health benefits on their own can expect to pay next year. And from the looks of things, these consumers will be getting a pretty good deal.
Based on the premiums that insurers have submitted for final regulatory approval, the majority of Californians buying coverage on the state's new insurance exchange will be paying less—in many cases, far less—than they would pay for equivalent coverage today. And while a minority will still end up writing bigger premium checks than they do now, even they won't be paying outrageous amounts. Meanwhile, all of these consumers will have access to the kind of comprehensive benefits that are frequently unavailable today, at any price, because of the way insurers try to avoid the old and the sick."
Look it up yourself without Forbes' big business filet Web Link
>The Forbes article makes a bad assumption -- comparing an individual to group rates. That is apples to oranges.
That is exactly the point of the Forbes article that I linked to. The California exchange PR piece was doing exactly that. Individuals will pay much higher premiums, compared to what was already available in the private individual market. Please read the article again.
Another thing that is rarely discussed, although it is the elephant in the room, is that small businesses can simply cancel their group plans, and pay a relatively small penalty, thus dumping their employees onto the state exchange. This would save them a lot of money. Of course, the premiums on individuals would need to rise, accordingly. There is no free lunch.
Why would small businesses, that already have decided to have insurance for competitive reasons, cancel now? They could have already decided to (supposedly) "save them a lot of money" by not having insurance, but they already decided to do the right thing for their employees.
Just scare tactics.
Silly. Like having 37 stupid votes to repeal obamacare, when we need 37 jobs programs instead.
>Why would small businesses, that already have decided to have insurance for competitive reasons, cancel now?
Because they are now seeing the actual rates and possibilities. They will be more competitive by getting out of the health insurance business, including all the administrative costs, dump their employees onto the state exchange. If they do this, they will be advantaged, compared to their direct competition.
Alternate argument is that a small business may choose to continue funding insurance in order to keep and attract superior employees.
"they will be advantaged, compared to their direct competition"
I disagree. They would be disadvantaged, compared to their direct competition being a better employer who offers competitive benefits.
The reasons your hypothetical business offered health care in the first place didn't suddenly evaporate, just because the fringe decided is scared.
I'm one of the half of America that doesn't like Obamacare.
Of that half, I'm in the third that doesn't think it went far enough.
We should have a single payer or Medicare buy-in for all system.
CNN Web Link
43% "of the public says it supports the health care law"
16% "saying they oppose the measure because it isn't liberal enough"
so, 59% say Obamacare should stay or be more liberal
35% "oppose the health care law because it's too liberal"
That's the third of America that still thinks Bush did a great job. You know they'll never support it until Fox tells them to and that ain't happening.
>Alternate argument is that a small business may choose to continue funding insurance in order to keep and attract superior employees.
I understand the argument, but the small businesses can simply increase their salaries, somewhat, then pay the penalty to the exchange, eliminating their entire health care burden...their employees should get the same coverage (according to Obama). I think it would be irrational for small businesses to stay in the business of health insurance.
"but the small businesses can simply increase their salaries"
And who's living in a fantasy world now?!? If you're going to just make (stuff) up, why with the small stupid fantasy? How about make up (stuff) that matters, like: "John Boenher promised us in 2010 he would create jobs, so with the 40 million new jobs Beonhner created, we don't need no obamacare"
See how your lies can really work, if you just go big?
"(according to Obama)" - post a link to those quotes; like I said, now you're just making (stuff) up.
The ACA has made Medicare more sustainable, than any other health sector these days, and far lower overhead than for-profit health insurance. Agree with the poster about Medicare buy-in for all, that is what we/they should have done but the private health insurer blood suckers have bought too many members of congress, including many CA delegates.
The annual Medicare trustees' report came out today - Medicare viability has been extended by two years, projected to remain fully solvent until 2026; last year's projection was 2024. The extension is attributable to the ACA.
"The Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund is projected to be solvent for longer, which is good news for beneficiaries," said Marilyn Tavenner, who runs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, we are taking important steps to improve the delivery of care for seniors with Medicare."
"These reforms aim to reduce spending while improving the quality of care, and are an important down payment on solving Medicare's long term financial issues," Tavenner said.
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"These long-run gains are matched by short-term relief: the Trustees also project that the Part B premium will not increase between 2013 and 2014, keeping out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries down. Medicare cost growth has remained at historically low levels over the past three years even as new benefits for preventive care and prescription drugs have helped tens of millions of beneficiaries access care at lower cost. The law reduces prescription drug costs by closing the donut hole, a policy that has already saved more than 6 million seniors more than $700 each. And more than 32 million seniors have accessed a free preventive service under the law, helping them stay healthy and avoid future illness."
As @EdwardDavid would say... "this is good ("stuff")!
The single payer model ignores the pain that it causes to individuals in strong need. It works on the surface level, but when a person is in significant need, he/she is kicked out to wait in line. This is why Canadians buy U.S. private insurance policies, then come acroos the border to get significant care, when they need it.
Every time a Canadian hears the American fringe right blast their healthcare system, they point at Canadian vs US Healthcare RESULTS (Canada less expensive, better outcomes than US from infant mortality to life expectancy) and LAUGH.
John is making things up. Or to stick with poster E David... 'stuff'
>>>>> Expensive without the results: Health care in the U.S. costs the most, not the best in the world Web Link
>they point at Canadian vs US Healthcare RESULTS
Until they have a serious problem, then they come done here to get serious solutions. In other terms, RESULTS.
Whichever way you want to look at the models, individual payers are going to pay a lot more for Obamacare, in California. That PR piece by the California element was a real doozy.
@Edward David, medical insurance through employment is compensation like base salary or free pizza and coffee. Drop the medical insurance and an employee's compensation is substantially reduced. So are employer expenses and opportunity costs caused by the distraction of being in the insurance business at all.
Medical insurance is quite a diversion from the business that Main Street could well do without. They often go through agencies for insurance, adding yet another layer of expense to the system which is already highest in the world by a large margin.
Between US medical care overall and the financial sector, the US uses about 1/4 GDP. That is not sustainable. It's not a coincidence either - that portion is bought in Washington and the state capitols. Capital allocation by markets does not have much to do with either.


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Arctic Contaminants
The Arctic is comparatively clean. Due to the prevailing worldwide sea and air currents, the Arctic area is also the fallout region for long-range transport pollutants, and in some places the concentrations exceed the levels of densely populated urban areas. An example of this is the phenomenon of Arctic haze, which is commonly blamed on long-range pollutants. It's been more than a decade since global leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden, to sign a treaty with the goal of eliminating persistent organic pollutants making their way into our food chain — such as harmful pesticides like DDT that nearly wiped out the American Bald Eagle. While leaders have come a long way in restricting these types of pollutants, contamination of the Arctic remains a problem. Researchers at MIT are working to help inform policies that more effectively address contamination problems with their latest research.
"Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern," Noelle Selin, the project's lead researcher and assistant professor in MIT's Engineering Systems Division and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, says. "For emerging contaminants in the Arctic, we need to know more about their sources, environmental behavior, and transport pathways in order to regulate them more effectively."
The consensus now is that pollutants from around the world are being carried north by rivers, ocean currents, and atmospheric circulation. Due to extreme conditions in the Arctic, including reduced sunlight, extensive ice cover and cold temperatures, contaminants break down much more slowly than in warmer climates. Contaminants can become highly concentrated due to their significantly lengthened life span in the Arctic
Selin and Carey Friedman, a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, had their latest results published last week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. The study, Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Global 3-D Model Analysis Including Evaluation of Arctic Sources, describes the researchers' development of a detailed 3-D atmospheric model used to track the day-to-day transport of chemicals. Specifically, they tracked PAHs — toxic byproducts of burning wood, coal, oil and other forms of energy that remain in the atmosphere for less time than other persistent organic pollutants regulated by global standards.
"Even though our model estimates lifetimes less than a day, that's still long enough for these PAHs to travel long distances and have potentially damaging effects," says Friedman, the study's lead author, noting that some of these chemicals are known carcinogens that could cause cancer.
Together the researchers will be exploring the global transport of other contaminants in the Arctic, such as chemicals used in stain-resistant carpets and non-stick pans. In research going forward, Selin and her team will extend the model created in their recent analysis that allows them to track chemicals with much greater precision.
"These more complex models are showing what simple models aren't, such as daily fluctuations of pollutants in specific locations," Friedman says.
Organic pollutants typically condense and rain down into Arctic regions. Once they mix with other chemicals, it's unknown what danger they could pose to animals and humans, especially in concert with other climate change stressors in the Arctic. These chemicals are known to build up in the fat of whales, seals and other animals — a main source of food for people living in these high latitude regions.
At the same time, the practices that create some of these chemicals such as gas and oil exploration and shipping are expected to increase in the Arctic. As they do, it's important to understand how pollutants traveling from distant sources exacerbate the problem, and how climate changes can affect future contamination.
For further information see Arctic Pollution.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - Nasty winter weather in Buffalo prevented the Carolina Hurricanes from matching their longest winning streak in nearly four years. The 'Canes hope to make it five wins in a row on Thursday, when they're back home to face the Toronto Maple Leafs at PNC Arena.
A blizzard in Buffalo led to the postponement of Tuesday's scheduled game against the Sabres, and so far no make-up date has been announced. Despite the bad weather, the Hurricanes were able to fly back to Raleigh on Wednesday and hope to earn a third straight win on home ice.
The Hurricanes won their fourth game in a row on Sunday, notching a 2-1 regulation win over the visiting Nashville Predators. The winning streak is the club's longest of the season, but Carolina hasn't won five straight tilts since a seven-game winning streak from Feb. 5-March 4, 2010.
Each of Carolina's wins during its current hot streak have come by one-goal margins, including Sunday's close decision against the Predators. Jeff Skinner once again played a major role in the outcome, as he scored the game-winner with 3:31 remaining in the third period to lift the Hurricanes to victory.
Skinner, who assisted on Carolina's other goal on Sunday, recently was named the NHL's First Star for the week ending Jan. 5. He led all NHLers during that time period with six goals and nine points over four games. Skinner has 20 goals and 33 points in 32 games this season.
Alexander Semin had a goal and an assist on Sunday, while Tuomo Ruutu chipped in with a pair of helpers. Anton Khudobin made 31 saves in the win to earn the victory and improved Carolina's home record this season to 9-8-5.
Captain Eric Staal missed Sunday's test due to a lower-body injury and is expected to sit out on Thursday as well. No. 1 goaltender Cam Ward is also dealing with a lower-body issue and he is expected to be out of the lineup for a fourth straight contest.
The Hurricanes will have forward Elias Lindholm back, however, as the 19-year- old rookie returns after being allowed to represent Team Sweden at the recent World Junior Championships. Lindholm, the fifth overall pick of last summer's NHL Entry Draft, had nine points on two goals and seven assists in six games during the tournament in Malmo, Sweden and helped his country win a silver medal.
Lindholm has three goals and four assists in 21 games this season.
Toronto, meanwhile, will try to halt a two-game slide when it takes the ice tonight. The Maple Leafs' last win -- it's third in a row -- came against Detroit in the Winter Classic on New Year's Day, but Randy Carlyle's team has been outscored by a combined 12-4 margin in consecutive losses since its triumph in Ann Arbor.
After getting embarrassed in a 7-1 home loss Saturday against the New York Rangers, the Maple Leafs suffered a 5-3 defeat Tuesday against the visiting New York Islanders. Toronto was tied with the Islanders at 2-2 after 40 minutes, but Frans Nielsen, Calvin de Haan and Cal Clutterbuck registered third-period scores to lead the visitors to a win at Air Canada Centre.
Tyler Bozak, Mason Raymond and Joffrey Lupul scored for the Maple Leafs, while Jonathan Bernier allowed four goals on 24 shots in defeat.
"We did some good things, but it seemed like we were climbing a mountain," Carlyle said. "Every time we got things back to even, we couldn't push it over the mountain. I thought we played passive; we were afraid to make a mistake."
Carlyle hopes to get his troops in order during a brief two-game road trip that also features a game tomorrow evening against the Washington Capitals. However, Toronto has done most of his damage on home ice this season, going 14-10-1 at Air Canada Centre and 7-8-4 everywhere else.
The Leafs and 'Canes have split a pair of meetings so far in 2013-14, but Thursday's season-series finale is the first encounter in Raleigh. Carolina has claimed five of seven overall in this matchup and Toronto has lost three in a row and five of its past six games at PNC Arena.
Tonight's game marks the first meeting since the clubs were involved in a trade last week. Carolina acquired defenseman John-Michael Liles from the Leafs in exchange for defenseman Tim Gleason.
Liles has no points in three games with the Carolina, while Gleason failed to reach the scoresheet in his debut with Toronto on Tuesday.


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If you haven't stopped by Thanks, I Made It yet, you definitely need to update your blogroll. Erin, the lovely DIYer behind the blog, constantly wows us with her inspiration posts and creative projects. Our personal favorite is this DIY necklace,which she created with trim from M&J Trimming. We chatted with Erin about her blog, her DIYs, and her favorite products – see our interview below!
How did you get started as a blogger and a DIYer?
I've always been very hands on and making things, something that runs strongly in my family. I love the sense of accomplishment I get from doing it myself, from changing my own car battery (that was major for me!) to creating a new necklace. I was a "lurker" for a while on a lot of other DIY blogs, and thought I should show off my ideas and creations too. It started just shared with friends, but it became such an important personal and creative outlet that I loved putting the energy into making it grow.
Where do you find inspiration for your DIYs?
I spend too much time on my computer perusing other blogs, Pinterest and online retailers for ideas. I love to check the day's popular posts on Bloglovin' and Style.com's accessory index is another go-to. Offline, inspiration comes from everywhere, like magazines, museums or people I see on the subway.
Which of your DIY projects is your favorite?
My Dannijo-inspired chain and rhinestone cuff definitely ranks high. It's made from pieces from my grandmothers, and I was so excited when a woman at Bendel's asked me if it was from Dannijo!
Have you noticed any upcoming DIY trends?
I think embellished shorts are really popular with summer coming. Other style trends, like neon and florals, definitely will influence people's DIYs. DIY can be such a fun and low-cost way to try a trend.
What advice would you give to DIY beginners?
Be flexible–not everything will turn out the way you had in mind, but you can find a way to make it work differently or become something new all together. It can be a lot of trial and error, but don't get discouraged. Take a break and then come back to it with an open mind.
What are your DIY must-haves?
Strong super glue (I like E6000) is probably the most used thing in my tool kit. A set of pliers (round and needle nose) are essential for jewelry making. I also think having a stash of old jewelry (from hand-me-downs or thrift stores) is very useful– you can reuse old or broken pieces so many ways!
Thanks, Erin! Stop by Thanks, I Made It to see more of Erin's DIY projects.


text: Yes and no. I do not think the lab experiments we've done have been the exact fusion reactions that turn hydrogen into nickel. But without exception every nuclear experiment has followed the tenants of special relativity, to the best of our abilities to measure --as much as ten significant digits! And there have millions of such experiments. And they jibe quite well with our observations of solar and stellar energy output... At least, as far as I know. Since the difference in mass between any nuclear isotope and the same number of protons as there are nucleons in that isotope is less than 1%, I feel very confident in my statement. IMHO, absolutely. And probably grav genorators that could both trap and extract energy from neutrons, neutrinos and other uncharged particles.... Which is just to say they'd be more efficient at extracting that <1%. And could also lead to artificial quantum singularities.


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