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The Preschool Curriculum includes:
Music, Art, Pre-Math, Dramatic Play, Science/Discovery, Social Studies, Health, Literature, Fine and Large Motor Activities. Children at this level are introduced to Language Arts. The learning objectives and goals for this program include:
- To teach Language Enrichment, children will respond to a teacher's directions only if the language used is familiar to them.
- To raise the level of observation on the part of the child. Too often, children fail to observe the world around them. They hear such words as red, animal and house, but they have not been taught what these words mean, what they refer to, and the various forms of observations they imply. To a child, an object may be labeled with one word and nothing more is needed or learned. The Language Arts program increases the scope of a child's vocabulary and prepares them to think logically.
- To teach children the art of communication, this program emphasizes that language is not merely talking, but it is the tool used for communication between people at all levels of life. This program is offered full time Monday - Friday, partial week and half day.
Creative Curriculum
The goal of an early childhood curriculum is to help children become enthusiastic learners. This means encouraging children to be active and creative explorers who are not afraid to try out their ideas and to think their own thoughts. The curriculum should help children become independent, self-confident, inquisitive learners.
Helps children increase their large and small muscle skills and feel confident about what their bodies can do.
Assists children to become confident learners by letting them try out their own ideas and experience success, and by helping them acquire learning skills such as the ability to solve problems, ask questions, and use words to describe their ideas, observations, and feelings.
To help children feel comfortable in school, trust their environment, make friends, and feel they are a part of the group.
To help children experience pride and self-confidence, develop independence and self-control, and have a positive attitude toward life.
focus areas
Children often use blocks to recreate the world around them—a road, a house, the zoo.
They work together, learn to cooperate, and make friends.
Dramatic Play
The ability to pretend is very important to a child's development. They learn to cooperate with others, solve problems, and are able to think abstractly—all important skills for success in school.
Toys and Games
When children use toys and games, they explore how things work; learn to be creative and use their imaginations; strengthen and control the small muscles in their hands; work cooperatively and solve problems; and learn math ideas and concepts.
Art Center
Children express original ideas and feelings, improve their coordination, learn to recognize colors and textures, and develop creativity and pride in their accomplishments by exploring and using art materials.
Cooking Activities
When children cook, they have an opportunity to learn about nutrition, to be creative, and to prepare their own healthy snacks. It may take extra time and there may be a bigger mess, but there are many rewards. Your child will learn literacy, math, and science skills.
Science & Discovery
Children do what scientists do—ask questions; plan and conduct investigations; gather information; construct an explanation; and communicate feelings. In addition to learning science content, they learn how to solve problems together and how to communicate with others.
Sand and Water
Both sand and water are natural materials for learning and help children to develop their minds and bodies in relaxing and enjoyable ways. Playing with sand and water involves sensory experiences that appeal to young children.
Music & Movement
Singing and moving to music gives children a chance to hear and appreciate different kinds of music, express themselves through their movement, and practice new skills. The children love singing together and it helps them learn to cooperate in a group.
Library, Writing & Listening
Reading introduces new ideas, helps children learn how to handle problems that come up in life, and mostly encourages them to develop a love for books. We encourage children to look at books, to listen to taped stories, to retell stories, and to scribble and write throughout the day.
Computers & Technology
When children work at the computer in pairs or small groups, they learn from each other and develop their social skills. We are preparing children for a future in which they will need to know how to work with computers.
Physical exercise and fresh air are very important to a child's health and well being. Making time each day to be outdoors, exploring, making discoveries and appreciating nature. While outside, children can run, jump, swing, climb, and use all the large muscles in their bodies.


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Measuring Mobilised Private Climate Finance (German G7 Presidency and Paris Climate Agreement)
Industrial countries committed to mobilise USD 100 billion of climate finance for developing countries from different financing sources. At the beginning of this project, there were no internationally harmonised options and data for measuring mobilised private finance. The OECD Research Collaborative and selected governments/ministries, among others, have begun to conduct studies on this issue. This study is based on the syntheses report of the OECD RC "Estimating mobilised private climate finance: methodological approaches, options and trade-offs".
The goal of the project was to provide direct support and advisory to the German Federal Ministry for Environment (BMUB) in the context of the German Presidency of the G7 and the international climate negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 in Paris.
In the study, four different options (Scenarios) for the most accurate estimates of mobilised private climate finance in relation to the commitment of industrialised countries to mobilise USD 100 billion to climate finance from different financing sources were developed. These Scenarios were quantified for the total or certain segments of German climate financing. Subsequently, these alternatives of quantifying mobilised private climate finance were discussed and assessed based on the evaluation criteria of the OECD Research Collaborative.
The main activities within the project were:
- Proposition of four feasible methods/Scenarios for measuring mobilised private climate finance
- Collection of data on climate finance and quantification/estimation of private climate finance mobilized
- Discussion and assessment of the Scenarios based on the evaluation criteria of the OECD RC
- Delivery of a final report measuring the actual level of mobilised private climate finance, taking into account the feedback from OECD RC and BMUB and final presentation of the results.
Please find our finalised study "Options for Estimating Mobilised Private Climate Finance" here.
ServiceApplied Research
Karol Kempa
FS-UNEP Centre
Project Manager and Researcher
Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener
FS-UNEP Centre
Head of Research

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Historic church bells that have rung out over Croxley Green for 140 years have been silenced, following a single complaint from a resident.
All Saints Church on The Green was served with a noise abatement notice on Wednesday by Three Rivers District Council, banning the bells between the hours of 11pm and 7am.
Reverend Miriam Mugan said the historic mechanism which chimes the bell on the hour could not be set to operate between specific times so would have to be deactivated completely in order to comply with the notice.
She said: "It is a single strike on the hour, it doesn't do the whole ding dong.
"People do sometimes grumble but they generally accept it is a part of village life and get used to it.
"We are looking at what our options are at the moment but we are a church and cannot really bear the cost of an expensive hearing."
The complaint is understood to have originated from a Windmill Drive resident and prompted an environmental health officer to investigate. They concluded the noise level was indeed above statutory limits.
But residents have been quick to leap to the defence of the church, arguing that the bells are an important part of the community.
Mark Saxon, of Frankland Road, said: "As far as I can tell it is simply one person who lives nearby.
"It is just ridiculous that one person can say 'I don't like something which has been going for hundreds of years' and it's just stopped.
"I hope a lot of people in Three Rivers will get together and ask the council to reconsider its decision because there are far bigger issues in politics these days than church bells. Church bells are a part of what Croxley Green is all about."
A Three Rivers District Council spokesman said: "A complaint about noise at night which was disturbing sleep was investigated. We have a legal duty to investigate noise complaints.
"The recipient has 21 days to appeal against the notice."


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Great Oak Steakhouse Restaurant Review: Located just off the casino at Pechanga Resort, this elegant steakhouse is a welcome refuge from all of the bells and whistles outside its mighty doors. It's a popular spot among hotel guests for a romantic dinner or a spontaneous splurge for big winners; locals visit for special occasions, and it's not unusual to see business meetings here as well. Servers are consummate professionals. The rich lobster bisque with Cognac cream is a good place to start, though the house chopped salad --- a mix of cucumbers, tomatoes, hearts of palm and red onions --- is the more sensible choice, given the focus on USDA Prime beef for the main courses. Seafood selections, such as delicate Alaskan halibut, are solid, but red meat really is the way to go, with cuts like lean filet mignon and hearty rib-eyes and porterhouses. Compelling sides include white truffle risotto and the garlic fries. Among popular desserts is the American classic bananas Foster. The wine selection goes way above and beyond local picks to include top international producers.
GAYOT's Annual Restaurant Awards honor America's best chefs, as well as promising newcomers and a top restaurateur.


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As a further taste of the seat guides being posted now on the Tally Room (53 and counting), I thought I'd run through another three interesting seats. Today these three seats are all seats with above-average Greens votes, but also with a wide variation in the Greens vote across the seat.
These seats are: Batman in the inner north of Melbourne, Macquarie on the north-western fringe of Sydney, and Richmond in the north-eastern corner of New South Wales.
I'd like to remind readers that comments are open on all fifty-three seat guides posted so far – comments have been posted on every guide, with almost 800 comments posted so far this month. Please join in and let us know your thoughts about your local seat or another seat that you are familiar with.


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These four weeks will be bundled into a single blog post to avoid repetition. The first week (7) was Progression Week, while the other three were in college. This is also a shorter blog post than usual, as now was the time to really focus on getting our project together. As a final note, our deadline has been extended by two weeks to give us more time. However, we cannot have any more time, as it would then be extending into our Final Major Project.
All of the pieces have been written and successfully edited. It proved to be useful, as I was able to keep all pieces within 500 words. If not that, then 50 words over but no more. A lesser amount is fine, and can be more easily confined to one page, but too many words may have an unfortunate effect on the booklet.
I'm most happy with the fluidity of the dialogue, as I felt I did a good job in that department. I have one game in particular to thank for that (which will be more heavily referenced in my Final Major Project), Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, for their fast-paced dialogue only sections – Class Trials.
(Warning for coarse language.)
What's wrong? I asked you if my explanation is sufficient.
Of course it is! It's decided! That fucker Togami is the culprit!
I'm in the opposite of the opposite of full agreement!!
This certainly seems like something Togami-kun would do. He did say it was all a game!
Hey, everyone… Can we wait a little longer…?
Let's discuss this… just a little… a little longer, okay?
Huh? Do we really have to? I mean, it's clear who the culprit is, 'right?
It probably is… but…
Something still… feels wrong…
Feels wrong? What do you think feels wrong?
I killed Chihiro Fujisaki in the girls' changing room, and faked the crime scene…
By doing so, I tried to make it look like the work of a crazy serial killer…
What could possibly feel wrong with this story?
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Spike, 2010)
(Note: This was copied from a public forum Let's Play of the game. As such, I kept the icons to distinguish between different speakers. I felt it'd be easier than using their names, just for this post.)
As we can see, there is no narrative to provide description for actions. While it is a visual-orientated game, the fluidity of the dialogue can't be denied. This is a room where at least fifteen people could be all talking at once, thus the speaking character changes often. They all have a distinctive voice, which allows the tone to be set easily.
This sense of flow and style was the major inspiration behind my story's dialogue, giving each character a recognizable tone. Amelia was snarky and sarcastic, using her common sense to argue against her two co-workers. Ryuu was casual and playful no matter the situation. Akemi was straight to the point and ruthlessly cold, even when handling sensitive topics.
Visually, I didn't have…a whole lot of trouble. I contacted several artists I know to get help for my work, as I wanted it as perfect as possible. Some have already given me their pieces, as seen below.
However, some have yet to come back to me. Despite our constant communication, there have been numerous issues on their end due to real life and their own school work. I am prepared to come up with alternate solutions, but I really don't want to if I can help it.
For visual inspiration, I didn't look at one particular source. Instead, I looked on the social media website Tumblr. As I'm familiar with the site (like the back of my hand), I know for sure that there are many 'pixel aesthetic' posts – pieces of art done in a pixelized style with various pleasing colours such as pastel pink, dark purple, blue, etc. I pulled a few to show off, here.
By looking up 'pixel cityscape' and narrowing it down to purple pictures, I found a good retro style that fit with the tone of the writing – a seedy, old-fashioned yet still futuristic world.
During the beginning of week 7, I contacted the person I could use for Amelia's voice. As I was confident in doing Ryuu's voice myself, I only had to find Akemi's voice. That occurred on week 10. This makes me worry, as I need to have audio done for each chapter! There isn't much to say here, other than I have a few chapters worth of audio from Amelia's actor.
The process was extensive in the first place, however. Not on their part, but on mine. To begin with, I made a document housing character profiles including brief summaries of who they were and their style of speech. This conveyed a clear message of who that person was, allowing me to pick my voice actor carefully and know exactly what I wanted. This also told the actor about the character, so they knew what general voice to put on.
Here, we can see the basic information of Amelia Valentine. Name, gender, age, pitch, if she's formal or not. Her voice description was given its own paragraph, and I included a small joke here that will be elaborated on later. The summary gave an overview of Amelia herself, and the sample lines were hand-picked to best display her character. They also allowed the actor to send me a small audition file, so I could hear them testing out the character's voice and get my approval.
Additionally, I went through each piece and created a separate Google Document that housed a specific character's lines for that story. For example, they were titled…
#0 – Direction (Ryuu)
#0 – Direction (Akemi)
#0 – Direction (Amelia)
This is a screenshot of one document, Amelia's.
There are several parts to note. Each document had the same set of guidelines, including name pronounciation, how the document is laid out and what to do for recording. Having each character's line recorded separately would make things incredibly easy later down the road, and I needed to have their names clear. That way, I could organize the files and know what to use for what time. Compressing it into a .zip file would make transfer easy, and wouldn't distort the file's quality.
The joke included above, of 'Veronica Sawyer' being crossed out on Amelia's voice description, is a reference to Heathers. More specifically, Heathers: The Musical. Having listened to several songs of the musical before, I particularly liked the main character – Veronica Sawyer- and her voice. It was snarky, American and contained the right amount of 'bitter common sense' that felt fitting to me. She was the main inspiration behind Amelia's voice and, by extension, part of her character.
Veronica's voice can best be heard in the opening song 'Beautiful', as it is sung entirely by her. Link here.


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Iowa advances to NWCA Duals semis
Hawkeyes down Va. Tech, Oregon St. to win Iowa State Regional
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- No. 5 Iowa advanced to the semifinals of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with a pair of victories against No. 23 Virginia Tech and No. 16 Oregon State on Sunday afternoon inside Hilton Coliseum. Iowa topped the Hokies 31-3 in the semifinals before earning a 22-14 win against the Beavers in the regional finals.
Seniors Montell Marion and Vinnie Wagner each scored key victories for Iowa in the finals.
Marion upset fourth-ranked Mike Mangrum 6-4 in overtime to help Iowa build an 11-0 team lead. Marion, rated No. 6 at 141 pounds, trailed 4-3 entering the third period before scoring an escape to tie the frame. He then finished a high crotch to score a takedown with 23 seconds left in sudden victory to secure the 6-4 win.
Wagner clinched the regional title with a third period rally at 184 pounds. He trailed 5-3 early in the third frame before scoring a pair of takedowns and riding out the Hokie to finish a 7-6 decision and extend the team lead to 22-7.
Sophomores Tony Ramos and Ethen Lofthouse contributed to regional title with a pair of technical falls in the finals. Ramos, ranked No. 4 at 133 pounds, scored three nearfall points as time expired to notch a 24-8 win. Lofthouse used 2:51 of riding time and scored a takedown with one second left to finish his 174-pound bout with a 21-6 victory.
Junior Matt McDonough and redshirt freshman Mike Evans also scored victories for Iowa in regional final.
Iowa (13-3) advanced to the finals with a 31-3 win against No. 24 Virginia Tech. The Hawkeyes scored the first 19 takedowns of the match and finished with a 24-7 takedown advantage.
Ramos, Marion and Evans all defeated ranked opponents. Ramos scored a 3-2 win against top-ranked Devin Carter at 133 pounds to avenge one of his two losses this season. He recorded a second period takedown and opened the third period with an escape to earn the win.
Evans and Marion each earned major decisions against their ranked opponents. The ninth-ranked Evans picked up a takedown and two nearfall points in the first period against seventh-ranked Pete Yates. He added a takedown in the final minute of the match and didn't allow a point to Yates en route to a 9-0 victory.
Marion scored three takedowns and picked up three nearfall points in his 13-2 win against No. 20 Zach Neibert. McDonough and Lofthouse also earned major decisions for Iowa. McDonough scored six takedowns in a 16-5 win and Lofthouse scored five takedowns in a 13-3 win.


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To Be The Church Podcast | To equip the church to be the church
About This Show
We are the church. Not the building. Not the name. Us. The People. As Christians, we're called to strive to be the church 365 days a year. Join Pastors Andrew Murch and Tyler Clarensau every week as they discuss life as Christians on mission, tackle different "ologies," recommend books, and answer your questions.Read more »


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Dr. Lester and Mrs. Sheila Mundy of Florence celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 4.
They eloped and were married Aug. 4, 1956, in Clayton, N.M., while they were on summer break from attending what is now called West Texas State A&M University in Canyon, Texas.
Lester has worked as a professional boy scout, elementary school teacher/principal, basketball coach and served for more than 25 years as a school superintendent in Colorado. He held that position in Branson, Collbran, Strasburg, Cripple Creek-Victor and Kim school districts. After retiring from school work, he was the Director of Human Resources for Las Animas County. Sheila is a full-time homemaker and is well known for her great cooking.
They have two children: Chris Mundy and his wife, Tami. They reside in Penrose with their two children. Tammy Mundy Janelle and her husband, Rick, reside in Reading, Pa., and their four children are grown. They also have six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.


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Publisher: Penguin
With a little help from the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, we arranged for special and unique boxed sets of the re-issued Nancy Mitford novels to be on sale at Heywood Hill. The five novels fit snugly into a beautiful blue box, with "Love from Nancy" printed in gold on the top and on the back of each.
The box contains paperback editions of:
- Wigs on the Green (1935)
- The Pursuit of Love (1945)
- Love in a Cold Climate (1949)
- The Blessing (1951)
- Don't Tell Alfred (1960)
Your books will be delivered in our smart, secure Heywood Hill boxes. They will be wrapped in brown paper and carefully packed in the box with our HH tissue paper. If you wish to include a handwritten note to the recipient, please provide your message in the notes box during the checkout process.
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Probably the most seriously
ill person whom we have treated, is how Chelation Centre's James
Kavanagh described the lady whose case history we next look at.
'Smoker's legs' is the slang
description for her condition. We'll refer to her as Eileen (not
her real name). She was 64 years old when she arrived for treatment,
barely able to walk even with a stick.
About 13 years before she
had needed a heart operation to fix up her aorta, the huge artery
growing out of the heart from which a complete system of arteries
develops. It had become blocked, and the operation was described
as 'aortoiliac reconstruction in which the 'bifurcation
was cleared out completely and was widened with a heartshaped
Unfortunately for Eileen,
her condition had continued to deteriorate despite this excellent
and literal unblocking and patchingup job.
She needed another operation, but the surgeon refused to operate
because of the state of her arteries. She would probably not survive
the procedure.
Her blood pressure was a phenomenal
200/155. Asked about this, Eileen commented it had 'always been rather high'! She had been taking drugs to control it for years.
Her husband tells the story:
She had already had an operation
for a blockage at the lower end of her aorta some 11 years ago
and when a similar problem presented itself last year a senior
consultant thought a second operation was far too dangerous.
I don't doubt that he was
right, but it created a very traumatic situation which seemed
insurmountable until we saw the article. Fortunately tests
showed she was suitable for treatment. Twelve months ago she could
only walk, very slowly, for a few paces with the aid of a stick.
She was unable to climb any stairs. Today she walks well, climbs
steps and has even been dancing. An additional bonus is that she
has been able to give up her blood pressure tablets she
has taken them for years and her general feeling of wellbeing
is a pleasure to see.
Staff at the Chelation Centre
did not think that Eileen was going to get better, as several
times she arrived for an infusion still hobbling with her stick.
It turned out that, encouraged by her husband, between sessions
she had been overdoing her newly returned ability to walk and was
actually suffering because her muscles were redeveloping.
At the end of her programme,
the Centre's summary recorded her as looking, in her face, 15
years younger, able to walk more than a mile unaided 'and very
gracefully' with her blood pressure stabilized at 135/80 and all
drugs withdrawn.
'Thanks to chelation therapy',
says her husband, 'Eileen has been given a new lease of life for
which she and I are profoundly grateful'
Another person with walking
problems, whom we'll call Gerry, had a classic case of what is
known as claudication, and it was so bad that he could only cover
25 yards before the pain stopped him.
Claudication literally means
limping, or lameness. It usually turns up in people with circulatory
problems as intermittent claudication. It is usually caused by
the arteries being severely diseased. The pain starts up soon
after walking, becomes so bad that the person has to stop, and
then disappears completely when the legs are rested.
In January I could walk no
farther than 25 yards and was in acute pain at the end of it.
I would have to return to my car walking flat footed on my left
foot because it was too painful to take weight on the ball of
my foot. There was a gradual improvement in that by July I could
walk 200 yards but slowly and with a lot of pain.
I started chelation in July
and noticed no improvement until the sixth infusion, when I realized
one day that I had walked from Oxford Circus station to Wimpole
Street with only marginal discomfort in the leg.
After the seventh infusion
I found a considerable improvement again, and after the eighth
I was able to walk briskly, and I recall telling Dr P and
several of the patients that I had turned a corner. The improvement
continued and I have now had 11 infusions.
Two days ago I walked one
and a half miles (2.4km) at normal walking pace with no discomfort
in the leg. I sat for a few minutes and did the return walk, at
the end of which I had only marginal discomfort in the leg. Yesterday
I set out on a brisk walk (service marching pace of four
miles [6.4km] to the hour) without any problem.
My legs were marginally uncomfortable
at the end of it, but what one has to remember is that years ago,
before claudication became apparent, my legs, like those of other
fit people, would have some mild degree of discomfort after a
brisk oneandahalfmile walk.
As a means of testing chelation,
Gerry purposely did not lose weight or stop smoking during the
11 infusions! 'The benefits I have seen could only have come from
chelation', he says. 'Now that I have conducted my own clinical
trial, weight loss and cessation of smoking will be effected.'
Gerry also reported 'sideeffects'
early improvements in fact: 'Better hearing, eyesight,
mental alertness and erections.'
Another man who continued
to smoke through his treatment worried James Kavanagh: 'He did
not make as much progress as he might have done, and I was sure
that his next step would be surgery.'
Michael (not his real name)
had severe claudication when he first came for chelation. He had
been unable to sleep properly for months, since as soon as he
put his legs anywhere near the horizontal the pains in his calf
became unbearable, since gravity was no longer able to help the
flow of blood. He could walk only 100 yards (91m) before seizing
up and had been forced to stop work. He looked very old.
The cause of his condition
seemed to be his heavy smoking plus slightly high blood cholesterol
readings. The tests showed severe circulatory disease in his legs,
but no one could judge the exact extent of it since Michael was
not about to let anyone cut into him. A professor at a leading
London hospital had recommended an invasive check of his lumbar
area and he had refused. In fact he wasn't all that happy about
chelation, and had seemed to agree to a course twice a
week for three months only because he was more afraid that
if things got worse he would have to agree to invasive
He was, in the consultants
terms, 'a real problem.' The Chelation Centre really thought he
would need surgery, but Michael was set against it. The Doppler,
soundwave test used at the Centre revealed massive obstructions
in his arteries. And he would not stop smoking.
Yet, against the expectations
and against the odds, chelation was able to make a real impression
in the three months. A revealing measure of the improvement was
a walking treadmill test three months after completion of the
initial course, which shows whether the improvement is lasting
and is maintained. Michael initially stopped in pain at one minute
30 seconds at 2 mph (3.2kph) on the flat; his followup showed
he could go for three minutes 50 seconds.
This added to the other effects:
the nighttime resting pain was relieved, and the Doppler
test showed minor improvements in the flow of blood where previously
there had been all the signs of an irreversible continuation of
the blocking; these combined to relieve Michael of a great deal
of anxiety.
James Kavanagh hoped that
Michael's GP would be able to find the funds to enable him to
take another course of treatment and would help him stop smoking,
but could only be pleased at the results: 'He is able to walk
and produce his own lactic acid (a byproduct of exercise)
to help himself and he now works fulltime again. And he is much
more happy and confident as a result.'
Another huge improvement in
claudication was seen in a 54yearold man we'll call
Peter, who could manage a maximum of 150 yards (137m) on a slight
incline before being stopped by the pain in his right calf. This
is no way for a 54yearold to face life.
This man, a flight engineer,
had faced and passed regular flying medicals. They
had not picked up, or looked for, the cause of his problem
a generalized arteriosclerosis of the right leg with blockages
which the Chelation Centre tests found out to be due to
very high levels of cholesterol.
Peter had given up smoking
years before, so it was clear that the dramatic improvement in
his condition was again due only to chelation. Dramatic? Well,
he had only ten infusions starting in November. When he booked
in for his seventh infusion in March, he had already taken part
in a tenmile
(16km) crosscountry
walk without any claudication pain.
After ten treatments, he was
reporting that his walks on the Downs were back to the distances
he was covering five years previously, walking a regular 45
miles (6.58km) with no pain.
Some people show their circulatory
problems by not being able to walk too far; others are more dramatic
they pass out.
These are the 'cranial' cases.
People with disease of the arteries that take blood and oxygen
to the brain. On the way, the blood passes through the neck, and
at the carotid arteries, the main highways from heart to head,
Doppler sound testing can reveal where and how bad the obstructions
Luckily for the 'cranials'
chelation can be as dramatic as their habit of falling over several
times a day.
Catherine (not her real name)
was 66 and was blacking out three or more times a day. This was
not only embarrassing, but dangerous. If she felt herself 'going'
at home she could usually avoid the corners of tables or 'arrange'
to drop saucepans where they would do least damage, but she was
rightly worried that she might collapse while out shopping and
be hit by a car.
But it was an embarrassing
moment that highlighted her condition at the Chelation Centre.
The first thing staff knew about it was when she turned up for
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The Sack of Random Junk
A simple brown canvas bag of divine origin.
The Sack of Random Junk is a plain brown canvas bag with no distinguishing features. It appears to have a volume of about 8 L. Its actual contents are . . . truly random.
During his travels, Sharlton was once pressed into the service of Shapeless Frao, a god of chaos. His primary duty was to carry the luggage of Shapeless Frao's alleged daughter Cisera. He was also given Shapeless Frao's sacred Sack of Random Junk. Once per day, the Sack grants a common, everyday item to the first person who reaches inside. It could be a set of socket wrenches, a cheeseburger, or a rubber garden hose. The Sack is wildly unpredictable as to what is found inside, but it is always something plain and ordinary relative to the area where it is in.
When the quest was over, Sharlton moved on from that plane, but Shapeless Frao's servants never asked for the Sack back. Maybe the chaos god wanted it to be out causing mischief on the planes all along. Who can know the purposes of a chaos god?
Rules of the Sacred Sack of Random Junk
What items the Sack of Random Junk gives out are completely arbitrary. The sack has no intellect of its own, but it defies attempts to be predicted, controlled, negotiated with or otherwise managed. The sack does not obey "rules" or have "patterns", but Sharlton has noticed the following tendencies:
• The Sack of Random Junk produces one "item" that is easy to transport by a grown human. It does not seem to have restrictions on mass or volume besides "easy to transport". It can produce items with multiple components, such as a wristwatch or a cheeseburger. It may also produce a batch item that is composed of many distinct parts, such as a set of socket wrenches.
• The sack follows local day & night cycles. If there is any question about how long an item produced by the sack will last, it is in the ballpark of 12 hours.
• The sack derives its definition of common and mundane from the local area. It will give a Reuben sandwich in Tel Aviv, but not a cheeseburger (not kosher). Similarly, it will not give a Blu-Ray player in a medieval village. Keep in mind that definitions of "local" and "mundane" can still be quite subjective.
• The sack does not give out animals, living or dead, alive or in part. It will give animal derived products, such as wool sweaters or cheeseburgers. It will also give things such as potted ferns or active culture yogurt, which are "alive" but not animal.
• The sack does not repeat itself within a short time frame. If it gives a cheeseburger, it's not going to give another cheeseburger for a while. Since the sack can give out almost anything, these repeats seem to be more about breaking predictability than anything else. (Never repeating itself would, after all, qualify as a rule.)
• The sack only gives weapons when weapons are mundane, such as on the floor of a gun show.
• The sack may not be used as a source of income. The sack can produce highly durable goods, but they always disappear when their time is up. The sack never produces anything that can be bartered for a substantial amount. Similarly, the sack cannot be relied on as a source of nutrients in times of privation. (Food produced is nutritious and filling, but the sack is not a Pantry of Random Junk).
• Sticking your head into the sack reveals it is opaque and watertight, but not airtight. The Sack of Random Junk may not be used as a flotation device or self contained breathing apparatus. It will not give an item until you take your head out and put your hand in.
• Using the sack as a storage container will interfere with the sack's other uses until all items have been removed from the sack. Neither can a generated item be accidentally dumped or kicked out of the sack. You have to deliberately stick your hand in and take out the item. Once you touch it, you're stuck with whatever it is for the next twelve hours.
• The sack does not produce brand name items. It will give a power drill, but not a Black & Decker drill. Food & drinks produced by the sack are similarly generic.
• If the sack is turned inside out, it looks and acts just the same.
The Sack of Random Junk is not a universal problem solver. It may be used to test the resourcefulness of the party (How many ways can they MacGuyver a spool of dental floss?) It is meant to be colorful, but not problematic or abusive.


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Tiny town outside Grand Canyon outlines its futurePosted: Updated:
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A tiny town that credits its existence to the Grand Canyon has put together a 10-year wish list of sorts for recreation, public services, transportation and development.
But it's what is not in Tusayan's general plan that has drawn the criticism of its neighbors - a water source for growth.
Gone are the days when collecting rain water and snow melt met the needs of farmers and ranchers just outside the canyon's South Rim, with water hauling meeting additional demands. The hundreds of residents of Tusayan now rely on wells, but officials at the Grand Canyon, American Indian tribes and environmentalists say additional pumping could harm seeps and springs in the area.
The Italian company proposing the majority of growth in Tusayan hasn't said exactly what water source it will use to support a dude ranch, high-end boutiques, five-star hotels, hundreds of homes and a high-density shopping area off the highway that takes most visitors to the Grand Canyon. Stilo Development Group USA spokesman Andy Jacobs said Friday that those plans won't come to full fruition for years or even decades.
"We certainly understand that water is a scarce resource in that area, so we don't think anybody is overly concerned about where we're getting our water," he said. "It's an important issue. We're doing due diligence to try to do the right thing on water. The criticism may be overly harsh when we haven't made a decision yet."
The Tusayan Planning and Zoning Commission closed out the public comment period on the general plan this week. In its comments, the National Park Service predicted that Tusayan's water use would nearly quadruple over the next decade, from 175 acre-feet per year to 681 acre-feet per year, under development cited in the plan. That includes 142 acres of commercial development, 1,874 multi-family dwellings, 543 single-family dwellings and 300 dormitories.
The Grand Canyon's chief of resource management, Martha Hahn, said along with an unidentified water resource and development that doesn't mesh with the surrounding environment, the park is concerned about an increase of visitors that would further strain its resources.
"That's not to say we don't want more visitors, but this concentration of visitors and increase is not really well thought out," she said. "The question is `why would you want that.' And the answer is for economic gain. Are you really the gateway for visitation to the park or are you providing for personal gain?"
Tusayan became one of Arizona's smallest towns in 2010 under a state law that gives communities of at least 500 people that are within 10 miles of a national park or monument the chance to incorporate. The driving force behind the change in law was a lack of housing for a largely transient population.
The companies that run the hotels and feed the tourists own the homes in the town that is landlocked by the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park.
Town manager Will Wright said the general plan isn't meant to go into detail about water sources. The town isn't sure where developers will get water either, but Wright said development won't be allowed to move forward without an assurance that it won't severely impact the Grand Canyon.
"We're here to provide necessary services for those wanting to visit the Grand Canyon," he said. "If the Grand Canyon were damaged in any way, we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot."
Jacobs said Stilo prefers not to drill wells but hasn't ruled out that possibility. He said developers also have talked about transporting Colorado River water through a coal slurry line that ran from the Black Mesa Mine near Kayenta on the Navajo Nation to the shuttered Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev., and or piping it in. He said developers are in talks with water rights holders.
As for the massive development, the Town Council recently approved an amendment to the agreement with Stilo that requires the town to apply for access to Stilo's property nestled in the forest. Stilo is approaching a deadline to turn over 20 acres of land to the town for housing.
The amendments came after Stilo defaulted on the original agreement.
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Get off your butt, Butte
A proposal that would have allowed leashed dogs — leashed dogs! — at all public parks in Butte appears all but dead.
While Butte-Silver Bow County commissioners endorsed the idea of looking at a second dog park, they didn't budge Wednesday night when it came to a proposal to alter the local law that bans dogs — even those on leashes — in all of the other parks in Butte.
Because, as one commissioner said, "dogs don't belong in parks."
Even in a town as stuck in the past as Butte — the "richest hill on earth," the home of our good friend, the Auditor — that kind of thinking can only be described as medieval.
The council endorsed a measure 7-4 Wednesday night that would open the door for future designated dog park areas, like the one that exists at Skyline Park on Butte's east side, but the local law that bans all dogs in all other parks appears likely to stay in place for now, the Montana Standard reported today.
Commissioners recently approved an "emergency ordinance" allowing leashed dogs in Skyline.
But it hasn't acted on a broader proposal to allow leashed dogs in all parks, on public trails and in open spaces.
Commissioner John Sorich moved that the council reject that proposal but leave open the possibility of having other designated dog areas.
"I too love dogs," Sorich said. "I have a 10-week-old puppy I'm trying to train, but I don't believe they belong in parks. I don't have a problem with walking trails."
Other commissioners backing the ban say many dogs are mean, and leave messes behind them.
"We spent a long time getting dogs out of parks in Butte-Silver Bow County, and a large majority (of people) don't want to go back," Commissioner Jim Fisher said. "I'm a messenger for the people, and they are telling me no dogs in parks."
Ordinances ban dogs from all parks in the county, but not from public trails.
Commissioner Bill Andersen said dogs are an important part of many people's lives and should be allowed in more parks.
"I like my dog better than most people," he said.
Kelley Christensen, the county's special events coordinator, also spoke in favor of the proposal to open parks up to dogs, saying many people have dogs and they should be welcome in more parks.
"We feel this is giving our community a way to walk out in nature with their pets," she said.
Opening parks in the county to leashed dogs was part of a proposal put forth by Parks Director E. Jay Ellington. He said the ban and large "no dogs allowed" posted at parks signs sent an unwelcome message about Butte.
Ellington recently announced he was leaving Butte to take a parks job in Texas.
(Photo: Walter Hinick / Montana Standard)
Posted by John Woestendiek July 9th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, ban, butte, commission, commissioners, county, dog parks, dogs, leashed, montana, open spaces, parks, pets, public, silver bow, trails, unleashed
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Dog walker calls police about unleashed kids
This story may sound like it comes out of Bizarro World, but it actually happened in Silver Spring, Md., where a man who was walking his DOG (on a leash) called authorities to report two young, unaccompanied and unsupervised CHILDREN romping freely around a park.
The caller, a Navy corpsman, called the city's non-emergency line Sunday evening when he saw the two young children walking alone. He followed them, as one might follow a stray dog, providing police with their location.
Officers picked up Rafi Meitiv, 10 and Dvora Meitiv, 6, in a parking lot and turned them over to Children's Protective Services.
As it turned out, it wasn't the first time the "stray" children had been picked up. They've been sighted as much as a mile away from their home.
Their parents, Danielle and Sasha Meitiv, practice "free-range parenting." They allow their children to roam the neighborhood on their own because, they say, it instills independence. They've defended their parenting style in court at least once before.
Given this website is about dogs, not parenting, we'll refrain from voicing an opinion on that. But the case does remind me of some of those unaccompanied dogs I used to see at Riverside Park in Baltimore. I'd assume they were lost, wandering strays when in reality they were "self-walkers" — dogs whose owners lived near the park who would let them out the door to take care of business.
They'd head to the park alone, socialize, pee, poop (without a human to clean up after them) and then head home.
How many calls to animal control they, and other unleashed dogs, prompted I don't know. I admired the independence of those free-range dogs and fretted about their safety at the same time.
But back to those unleashed kids.
Montgomery County police found the brother and sister in a parking lot around 6 p.m. Sunday, less than a quarter mile from their Silver Spring home, and — without calling the parents — turned them over to Children's Protective Services.
It wasn't until after 8 p.m. that Children's Protective Services contacting the Meitivs, who say they had begun to worry when their children didn't return by 6 p.m. The Meitivs said they had taken the children to the park at around 4 and told them to be home by 6.
Their children were released to them at 10:30 p.m — but not until after the parents agreed to sign an agreement that prohibits them from leaving their children unattended, according to USA Today.
Maryland law prohibits children younger than age 8 from being unattended in a dwelling or car but makes no reference to outdoors. A person must be at least 13 years old to supervise a child younger than 8.
In December, the couple was accused of neglect for allowing the children to walk around their suburban Washington neighborhood unaccompanied by an adult.
In February, Children's Protective Services found the Meitivs responsible for "unsubstantiated" child neglect, but the couple has appealed that decision.
Posted by John Woestendiek April 16th, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, children, dogs, free range, free range parenting, independence, maryland, parent, parenting, parents, pets, silver spring, supervision, unattended, unleashed, unsupervised
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Tasered dog walker awarded $50,000
Remember that California man who was shot with a stun gun by a National Park Service ranger who stopped him for walking his dogs off leash?
Gary Hesterberg may not have been entirely in the right when he sassed the park ranger and refused to give her his name, but the ranger was definitely in the wrong when she zapped him with her stun gun when he tried to leave the scene, a federal judge has ruled.
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled that Ranger Sarah Cavallaro used unlawful and unreasonable force, and she awarded Hesterberg $50,000 in damages for physical and mental suffering, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The incident unfolded on the afternoon of Jan. 29, 2012, when Hesterberg, 50, of Montara took his two dogs on a hike in the Rancho Corral de Tierra open space. Both dogs — a beagle named Jack and a rat terrier named JoJo — had been there many times before, and often walked unleashed.
While the Rancho had always had rules that dogs be kept on-leash, they'd never been too heavily enforced.
But when the land was acquired by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the park service made plans to change that, and ranger Cavallaro had been assigned to start spreading the word that day that stricter enforcement was coming.
When Cavallaro stopped Hesterberg to talk to him about the new rules, the conversation grew heated. Hesterberg said in court that he gave the ranger a fake last name because he didn't "want to be placed on some offending dog walker … list."
Hesterberg questioned Cavallaro's authority and told the ranger he was leaving. She pointed her stun gun at him and told him to stay put.
When Hesterburg turned to leave. Cavallaro fired, hitting him in the back and buttocks. He was arrested on suspicion of failing to obey a lawful order, keeping dogs off-leash and providing false information, but San Mateo County prosecutors declined to file charges.
In her ruling, the judge found that Hesterberg, though uncooperative, never posed an immediate threat to Cavallaro, and that the circumstances didn't justify the ranger's use of force.
(Photo: San Francisco Chronicle)
Posted by John Woestendiek October 13th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: california, dog walking, federal, force, gary hesterberg, golden gate national recreation area, hiking, judge, law, law enforcement, leashed, national park service, park ranger, parks, rancho corral de tierra, shot, stun gun, unleashed, unreasonable
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Homeless woman's dog shot to death in park
First she lost her job, then she lost the home she shared with her son — a temporary motel room.
Last Thursday, Tina Lambert lost her dog, too, when, while staying in a park, a stranger shot and killed her Rottweiler mix after the dog growled at him.
Lambert has been staying in Memorial Park in Sumter, S.C., with her son and two dogs, WLTX reported.
They were gathered by a bench Thursday when a man walked up, leading her dog, Ayakashi, to growl. The man fired one shot, killing the dog. Lambert said her dog was on a leash.
"There was my dog, she had a hole in her chest this big" said Lambert. "He blew a hole in her, she was gone. She took a couple breaths and that was all there was to it."
Lambert says the man made a remark, laughed and ran to is car.
He later went to the Sumter Police Department to file a report saying he acted in self defense. The man, who police haven't identified publicly, told officers the dog was unleashed.
Residents living near the park say Lambert's dogs are friendly, and always on their leashes.
Sumter Police say because of the man's concealed carry permit, and his claim that the dog was unleashed, no charges will be filed.
Lambert said she plans to dispute that decision.
Posted by John Woestendiek July 29th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, carrying, concealed, dog, dogs, growled, gun, homeless, killed, leashed, memorial park, mix, no charges, permit, pets, police, rottweiler, shoots, south carolina, stranger, sumter, tina lambert, unleashed, weapon
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Dashboard cam captures officer's fatal shooting of an Idaho family's dog
As a family in southern Idaho celebrated their son's 9th birthday inside, a police officer pulled in front of their house, warned two unleashed and barking dogs to get away, then shot one of them, fearing it was going to attack him — all as his dashboard cam recorded the scene.
Warning: The video is disturbing and contains some profanity.
As the police car's windshield wipers slap away, the officer can be heard telling the dogs to "get back … move!" as he gets out of his car. He can be seen kicking at one dog, then pointing his gun at him — as if a dog would understand that warning.
Then, almost casually it appears, he shoots the dog in the front yard before heading to the family's front door, while telling dispatchers over the radio, in case they received reports of shots being fired, that it was him: "I just shot the dog."
In the four minutes that follow he can be heard, but not seen, informing the dog's owner what happened — mostly by screaming at him:
"Is this your dog? … I just shot your dog because it tried to bite me. Okay? I come here for a f—ing call and it tried to bite me."
It happened Saturday, when Filer police officer Tarek Hassani arrived to check on a complaint of dogs running at large. The dashboard video was obtained Monday by the Times-News in southern Idaho.
Rick Clubb said his son's birthday party was wrapping up about 5:30 p.m. when the 7-year-old black Labrador retriever, named Hooch, was shot outside his home.
Clubb said he suffers Parkinson's disease, and Hooch, who did not survive, was his trained service animal.
Clubb was he plans to fight the ticket Hassani issued him for an unleashed dog. He added, "He didn't have to pull out his .45 and shoot my dog. It was right outside my son's bedroom. What if it had ricocheted through the window?"
Filer Police Chief Tim Reeves said Hassani said that the officer had no choice but to shoot the Lab because it was behaving aggressively.
Clearly, Filer police could use some training on how to deal with dogs, other than using lethal force.
Judging from the one-sided conversation Hassani had with Clubb, they could use some training in being civil as well.
"It's aggressing me. its' growling at me," Hassani can be heard telling Clubb minutes after the shooting. " … I'm not going to get bit. The last time I got bit I ended up in the ER and I ended up with stitches in my hand … Your dog aggresses me … all of it's teeth are showing, aggressing me, what am I supposed to think? I yelled at it, I even kicked it a couple of times to get it away from me. It kept charging toward me so I shot it … I love dogs, but I'm not going to be bit again."
"Is he dead?" Clubb finally asks.
"I think so, yes," Hassani says.
Posted by John Woestendiek February 12th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, at large, behavior, birthday party, camera, conversation, dashboard cam, dog, dogs, filer, front yard, hooch, idaho, killed, law enforcement, leash law, parkinson's, pets, police, recorded, rick clubb, service animal, service dog, shoot, shot, tarek hassani, training, unleashed, video
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Golden? Yes. Silence? Not a chance
How many human years have gone into figuring out just where and how dogs can play in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area?
We don't know, but clearly the debate isn't over yet, and won't likely ever be.
The latest revision of the federal dog management plan for GGNRA adds some new areas that dogs on leashes can roam, subtracts a few areas where dogs could previously run free, and once again stirs the decades-long debate over where dogs fit in at the scenic, 80,00-plus-acre federal playground.
The new document is an attempt by National Park Service officials to address some of the 4,713 comments that poured in after the first 2,400-page dog management plan was released in 2011. "The tome," the San Francisco Chronicle notes, "outweighs many of the pooches that frequent the park."
I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere in the Bay Area, dog talking amongst themselves are just shaking their heads and laughing about all the man-hours that have gone into figuring it all out: "C'mon guys, is it really that complex?"
Unfortunately, since it involves humans, yes, dogs, it is.
Especially when many of those humans see what they want to do on the land as paramount — be it dog-walking, bird-watching, jogging, hiking, biking, picnicking, ocean-gazing, serenity-seeking or soul-searching.
Between all those conflicting agendas, and its mission to protect the integrity of the land, the National Park Service faces a balancing act that has no end.
Its latest effort is a proposal that loosens some restrictions and tightens others when it comes to dogs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The proposal adds more leashed areas to the GGNRA and let dogs run free in new areas of Fort Funston and Fort Mason.
"It's a substantial increase in the amount available for off-leash voice control use and connectability to the beach," said Howard Levitt, the park's director of communications and partnerships. "The trails themselves are on leash, but the off-leash areas are substantial, including flat open areas that are commonly used right now."
Still, dog lovers, see its restrictions as overly severe.
"It's far more restrictive than we ever would have imagined," said Martha Walters, chairwoman of the Crissy Field Dog Group. "We feel very betrayed by the Park Service, especially after all these years working with them in a cooperative manner. There is no scientific basis for this radical change."
Recreation area officials said the changes are needed because of the increasing number of visitors — they now number about 14.5 million a year — and their conflicting recreational pursuits. Naturalists and bird-watchers, for instance, often complain about dogs trampling vegetation, frightening birds and harassing wildlife.
Adding to complexity of it all is the fact that GGNRA includes 21 locations spread over San Mateo, San Francisco and Marin counties; with 1,273 plant and animal species, some endangered; 1,200 historic structures, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; and 192 recorded archeological sites.
That leads to different doggy rules for different locations. Under the park service's latest proposal, canines would still be prohibited on East Beach, but they would be allowed on the middle portion of the beach and on the east side of the grassy former air field. Ocean Beach would still be off limits to unleashed dogs everywhere except north of Stairwell 21, which is closest to the Cliff House. Off leash areas would be added to the grassy areas near Bay and Laguna streets, at Fort Mason and at Fort Funston.
Instead of a complete ban on dogs at Muir Beach in Marin County — as originally proposed — leashed dogs would be permitted. The six beaches in Marin County where unleashed dogs are now permitted would be reduced to one — Rodeo Beach.
The GGNRA's new park, Rancho Corral de Tierra in San Mateo County, near Moss Beach, would allow leashed dogs only on trails next to the communities of El Granada and Montara.
Dog lovers say were expecting more when the park decide to review and reissue a dog management plan.
"People have been walking their dogs off leash on Crissy Field, Baker Beach, Muir Beach and many of these other coastal areas with no problems for generations," Walters said. "Can you imagine taking your dog to the beach and keeping him on a leash? It doesn't make any practical sense."
A 90-day public comment period on the new proposals began Friday and will end Dec. 4, and a series of public meeting will be held in November. ( Nov. 2, at Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, Fleet Room, in San Francisco; Nov. 4, Farallone View Elementary School in Montara; Nov. 6, Tamalpais High School, Ruby Gym, in Mill Valley.)
The final (yeah, right) plan is expected in late 2015.
(Photo: Crissy Field Beach in San Francisco; by Raphael Kluzniok / The San Francisco Chronicle)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 13th, 2013 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, comments, dog, dogs, draft, federal, ggnra, golden gate, golden gate national recreation area, leash, leashed, national park service, off-leash, on leash, park service, pets, proposals, public hearings, restrictions, unleashed
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The talk of Talkeetna: DOG BITES MAYOR!
When dog bites man, the old saying goes, that's not news.
When dog bites mayor, that's news.
And when the mayor is a cat, that's even bigger news, right?
Stubbs, honorary mayor of lovely Talkeetna, Alaska, for the past 15 years, was badly injured over the weekend by one of the small town's many wandering dogs.
Stubbs is in bad shape, with a punctured lung, a fractured sternum and a 5-inch gash on his side, CNN reports.
Doctors took out a chest tube Tuesday, and Stubbs was breathing on his own for the first time since the attack.
Stubbs was found years ago in a box full of kittens left in front of Nagley's General Store. The manager of the store, Lauri Stec, decided to keep him, and named him Stubbs because he had no tail.
Soon afterward, he ran as a write-in candidate for the position of mayor. Talkeetna being a historical district, the position is mostly an honorary one .
Even though dogs outnumber the 800 people in Talkeetna, and often can be seen running loose, the town's canines always seemed to respect Stubbs, locals say.
But on Saturday night Stubbs was walking around town when an unleashed dog ran across the street and bit him.
"Right now is a crucial time cause he's heavily sedated on pain meds. He's in a lot of pain," Stec said.
The dog, described only as a big one, is still at large.
Posted by John Woestendiek September 4th, 2013 under Muttsblog.
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I haven't written anything for a while so here's a wee catch up.
Devilla Forest 15km on the 8th February had perfect conditions for running. It was dry, bright but a wee bit too cold for my liking but I have clothes and the race plan was – Go hard and hang on!
At the start I stood fairly well up, last year I started well back the field and I got a bit held up by the white shoe runners on the technical bits, I wasn't going to let that happen this year, even though it wasn't going to be a mud-fest, the paths and tracks were reported dry, frozen, maybe a bit rutted but nothing I couldn't handle. After about a mile or so we turned on to the narrow path and it was all very civilised, the pace eased slightly because of the rough terrain but we all stayed in the trail conga with nobody fighting past anyone-else, once back on to wider track, positions changed a fair bit, I'd go past someone then they'd go by me, not something I'm used to in a race, I tend to have a blether until someone stops for a comfort break or to take out a sandwich! I felt as if I might've over cooked the pace, but then thought to myself, what was the worst that could happen? My legs would get heavy and I'd go slower! Ok, I can live with that, just hang with it; it's only six miles to go! I had a wee glance at my time at half way, if I maintained the pace, a PB was on.
We were back onto a narrow track and again the pace eased slightly, but I didn't stress it, just stayed in the conga, no point wasting energy trying to get round someone, the course was well marked with plenty marshals, (no chance of last year's shenanigans whether it was nasty sabotage or delinquent neds having a laugh) the marshals were encouraging everyone, I was happy to comply to Kevin's instructions and walk the skitey plank bridge, yay, a wee breather! But not for long, once off the steep narrow path I pushed as hard as I could go. The final mile I was running like my arse was on fire, once back on the tarmac two or three runners went past me, I consoled myself that they obviously couldn't have worked as hard as I did for the whole way if they had a sprint finish!
It felt like my lungs were back to front or inside out and took a few minutes to get my breathing back to normal but it was brilliant! I knocked 2.46 minutes off from 2012, with the conditions being perfect I think there were a few PB's to be had that day but I'm glad to see my strength has returned and a great confidence boost.
Smokies 10 1st March
After such a great run at Devilla I was chomping at the bit for another blast at Go hard and hang on. I doubted a PB would happen, I set a Smokies PB in 2013, I was on a mission that day to prove I was fit for the fight ahead; the race was days before I went into hospital for surgery at the start of my cancer treatment.
I was aiming at finishing in around the same time as Devilla, I thought that the easier going tarmac would equal-out the extra half mile of the ten miler but the hill would make it a quality challenge. I wasn't taking into account that it was blowin' a hoolie in the moosh for the first half which is up-hill to boot! On the way out I tried to find an odd bit of shelter behind other runners but it wasn't happening. I worked hard to try and hang on to those that were a bit faster than me, but I wasn't prepared to use someone at a slightly slower pace to get a breather from the wind. I sneaked a peek at my watch at half way. Ooft! I felt I was working harder than that! But I'd be guaranteed negative splits with the downhill and the wind now working with me. I spread my shoulder blades as wide as they would go and imagined they were kites. I didn't let the effort go and still worked as hard as I could, pushing all the way. I finished around a minute slower than Devilla but very happy with that considering how hard the wind was blowing. I was well outside my PB, but five minutes faster than last year where I felt I was at the start of rebuilding my strength and on the grand scale of twenty-two Smokies races it was in the top third of my times. Another confirmation that I'm back.
That's the speed work done and onto the next phase of training, getting in some long comfortable cruise miles. Driving home from Smokies Sue mentioned that she was running the Borders Marathon the following weekend and there were still places available. I've never entered a marathon six days before the event before but it sounded loads more fun than the Billy-no-mates twenty miler I had planned, so on Monday I entered it. I wasn't going to race it, just use it as a training run but with sticking on a race number I'd give it a bit of welly at the end and hopefully pick up the pace for the last six miles.
Borders Marathon 8th March
Sue and I travelled down to Kelso in good timing for the 9.00am start, the course was twenty-three and a half laps on the safety track at Kelso Racecourse. I quite enjoy running round and round, my introduction to laps was at Glenrothes 50km in 2001 with a mere fourteen to count, and since 2008 all my races that have had laps have been a minimum of twenty-four hours so it was a novelty to run a "wee" race on laps! From the start I clicked into my ultra-cruise mode and keep a fine steady pace, it was lovely to have snippets of conversation with everyone, I probably had more blether with the fast guys and gals since they lapped me loads!
Although there was a table stocked with drinks and sweeties available every lap with great marshals handing them out I wore my bottle belt and carried a couple of gels I only had to stop once to swap my water bottle (technically I stopped twice, more about that in a minute) the loop looked flat but there was a bit of a slope to it that wasn't very noticeable at the start but as the miles clocked up the wind picked up too, and flaming typical, the wind was in our faces on the up side of the loop! My slowest mile was the twentieth one where I had a struggle getting my second gel in, it was an awfy thick one and needed a lot of water to sloosh it round my mouth but once it was down I did manage to pick up the pace and push on to the finish. I'd gone round the final bend and was winding up for a strong finish with about fifty yards to go… SPLAT! My nose was an inch from the ground! How did that happen? I was back up as quick as I went down. When saving myself from a fall I'm an aficionado of the starfish technique, landing evenly on all points of contact, no serious damage done, apart from being a bit dusty and feeling like a proper muppet! I don't think anyone saw me, well, maybe the girl sitting right where I hit the deck and all the lap counters! (At bath time just found some wee bumps and scuffs on both my knees, elbows and hands, also my left hip and thigh.) Sue finished not long after me, a quality training run for her too, pleased with her pacing and reassuring herself of making the cut off for the Two Oceans, her first big race since ankle surgery.
This was the second running of the Borders Marathon and I think it will grow; it's a good accurately measured course with the possibility of a PB if the wind plays the game. I'll happily do it again next year.
Loch Katrine Marathon 22nd March
I was really looking forward to running this again, the scenery is stunning, the course challenging and the everyone involved friendly. With it being an out and back route you get to say hiya to all the runners.
Just before the start we were honoured with a fly-past from a chevron of geese, I cringed as I looked up and I was glad not to get hit with "luck"!
After Audrey's briefing we were off, I ran quite a few miles with Ellen and Amanda, lovely to have a catch up with them.
I think I was around ten or eleven miles when the leaders were on their way back, last year I ran with my camera and I was doing the same again, I tried to get everyone's photos but some were too blurry. (Loch Katrine photos) I was having a cracking run, really enjoying myself, I think with the memories of how hard last year was, this year I felt so strong in comparison. Even Graveyard hill which climbs for over a mile at around the nineteenth mile couldn't take the smile from my face, once up and over I did the same as at Kelso and pushed on to finish strong, (also glad I didn't stop for a lie-down within spitting distance of finish!) Surprisingly, considering the climbs, I was four minutes faster than the Borders Marathon two weeks earlier, and sixteen minutes faster than last year. Again proof that I'm back and my training is going well.
The following weekend Pauline and I had a twenty mile jaunt from Derrydarroch down to Inversnaid and back, it was a bit of a dreich day, we had rain-jackets on the whole time, there were a few wee blinks of sun and rainbows, the heavy rain had made the waterfalls thunderous and put some where there usually isn't any.(photos)
The next weekend had us doing a thirty miler from Bridge of Orchy out and back, I wasn't sure where we would turn back but the Garmin clocked fifteen miles at Altnafeadh, I was prepared to go up the Devil's Staircase, but Pauline persuaded me that it wasn't needed, besides it was in cloud, we'd see nothing from the top, we would have done a fair bit of climbing by the time we'd get back to Bridge of Orchy also we'll have time for fish and chips at the Real Food Café. Ok, I'm convinced. (photos)
I was happily weary at the end and according to my Garmin there was over 3000 feet of ascent! So we fair enjoyed our grub in the Café and a bonus of getting a blether with Helen, John and Amanda when they called in for something to eat after their adventures on the Way too.
It's now a couple of days until the Highland Fling, the highlight of my WHW training, and I'm loving the buzz and excitement on the race facebook page, if the Fling wasn't there I doubt I'd go this far in training but this is exactly what brought it about in the first place! A quality training run for the West Highland Way race and it's amazing to see what a fantastic race it has grown into over the past ten years; it's just such a brilliant day with the best buddies you'll ever come across. I don't doubt I'll feel as good as I have on all my other long runs this year and hopefully I'll manage to put in a bit of welly at the end.
On the medical front my consultant is happy with me and only wants to see me every three months now instead of two, but I'm a bit disappointed that the nerve damage from surgery, chemo and radio has not settled down much, my mouth is still very sensitive and irritated by most foods, eating will always be a chore and eating out is a bit of an ordeal but I'm thriving fairly well on full fat milk, salmon, homemade soup, beer and Tiramisu, I think that covers all the main food groups! On the plus side I can now feel all of my bottom lip, it is still a bit tingly but feeling is there, nerves take a very long time to repair and there will always be numbness and "fizzy" bits but I still live in hope there will be improvement even if it is slow going. I'm even producing a smidgen of saliva, not enough to make a difference for eating and I'll always need a bottle of water to hand but at least I don't feel the need to have a sip of water every time I speak a sentence. On the big plus quite a few folk have said they have noticed my speech is a lot clearer especially those I haven't seen for a while, with the progress being slow those close to me probably don't noticed it so much, I don't suppose it will ever sound right to me but I'm glad that I'm understood.
It's now over two years since the surgery and time has been a bit warped, sometimes it feels like it was only a few months ago but when I look back I have managed to do so much. 2013 felt like it was a wide eyed fight, 2014 was a slog, but 2015 has been so good so far, I feel so strong, training has been perfect and I'm really looking forward to this year's West Highland Way Race. There are no guarantees in future plans, I have entered the race every year since 2003 and I've had two DNS's, in 2005 a brain haemorrhage and 2013 cancer but I have no doubt that I'll be on the start line on June 20th and I'll get to Fort William, I'm not going to predict a PB or any finish time for that matter, I've ran it enough to know Plan A rarely happens. One goal is keeping a smile on my face, being the first woman in the history of the race to pick up their eleventh goblet. Now that will be some achievement!


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Lily Brown, aged seven and with the cutest gap-toothed smile, turns a cartwheel and nearly knocks her baby sister out of her mum's arms. Her brother Greer, two, runs riotously around her, clapping his hands in glee while five-year-old Cohen looks on from the sofa. This is the Brown home: busy, buzzing and full of mischief. We are welcomed in by mum and dad, Dana and Stu, an American-Scottish couple who have made Casa at Arabian Ranches 2 their happy home.
Where did you learn tricks like that, Lily?
Lily: I do gymnastics classes every week, I love it.
Dana: Lily goes to Fit Republik in Motor City twice a week for classes.
Stu: It's been great for her; her balance has improved so much. She now rides her bike without training wheels, which I think is down to the gymnastics. And she loves her classes. I take her to her Saturday one, so we get to spend some time together which is nice, because as you can see our house is very busy. And that's one of the things I love about Dubai, there is so much to do here for all the children.
You moved to Dubai last January, so are still relatively new to the city. Why did you chose to live here in Arabian Ranches 2?
Stu: When we were moving to Dubai, we had got a school place for Lily in Dubai British School, Jumeirah Park, and for Cohen at Dubai British Foundation, so we moved with the idea of finding a home at Jumeirah Park, but the community feel here won us over. The outside space, the park and our garden here are amazing.
Dana: The park has been great for Lily, it's given her independence and she has her own crew of friends. So she gets in from school, has a snack, does homework and then she's gone. I was anxious about Lily when we made the move to Dubai, she has had so many moves in the last few years and she is still so young. So, this has really worked for her, having her own place to hang out and make friends.
Tell us a little bit about your journey so far and how you came to move to Dubai.
Dana: I didn't want to come here at first. We had moved from Muscat in Oman to Texas in the US. And while we were in Texas, our area got re-zoned so Lily had to move schools there. It was hard for her. I was just tired of moving. I wasn't in love with Houston, which is where we were living, but we were beginning to put roots down, beginning to find friends. Cohen had just started at a nice nursery, Piper [the little one narrowly avoiding Lily's flying legs] had just been born, it was a lot…
Stu: I got a new job and a better opportunity for us.
Dana: The first couple of months here were very hard. Piper was only four months old, Greer was two. I found it hard to let myself settle. We had loved living in Muscat, where we were for three years, and I found Dubai so different. But Stu is the breadwinner and I support him, right? [Laughs]
Stu: We moved to Muscat when Lily was three and Cohen was two. Greer was born there. We had a lot of friends there, but a lot of them have moved on now and Dubai is definitely better for our family, so many more opportunities. I love the Middle East. Dana loved Muscat, but I think we both prefer it here now.
Dana: We are definitely settling. We went to our first barbecue last night. I wasn't going to go because at two, Greer is at that tricky age. But we went and had a great time. The kids had a blast. It was nice to be out.
And Lily, what did you think when mum and dad said you were coming to Dubai?
Lily: I felt sad, I'd miss... I'd miss, what was that place again Daddy, that I used to really love going to in Houston?
Stu: Hmm, which place?
Lily: You know, with the flags. What was it?
Stu: [Laughs] Oh, Six Flags. You loved that. But there are so many theme parks here Lily, too right? IMG, LEGOLAND, Kidzania and all the rest.
Greer: And animals, I want to see a tiger and a lion.
This is a relatively new community, but driving in, it has a lovely, friendly feel. Does it offer everything your family needs?
Dana: The Souk is awesome, I'm in and out of there all day. The Carrefour there is great and there is an Aster Healthcare, too, although I have found a great paediatrician at the Medicentre Arabian Ranches right next door. We are notorious for doing a full shop and then realising we have forgotten essential items.
Stu: But you can get whatever you need in Dubai if you have an app. Dana will use Instashop if she needs something urgently. I love that about Dubai, we couldn't do that in Houston. Some people thought we were crazy living here, with the schools being in Jumeirah Park, but the commute time door to door is only 20 minutes. Not bad at all.
Dana: When I saw people's reactions I started to question my choice, but it's been fine. If I leave by 7.10am I get to school in 20 minutes. If I delay by 10 minutes the roundabouts get really busy at Studio City and Arabian Ranches, but we rarely run into bother. The kids really like their schools and have made friends. I suppose one thing about the community here is that a lot of the children go to the Arabian Ranches Primary school so they have a network, but Lily has made her little buddies and I know some lovely mums at school, so we are settling.
Stu: My office is in JLT and the journey there and back is absolutely fine.
Dana: I love that Lily has the freedom to come and go to the park.
Lily: And we love Cheeky Monkeys, too. And it's right by our house.
And does the house work for your family? It's a lovely, bright, airy home and your garden is beautiful. You even have your own fountain, amazing!
Stu: This is a four-bedroom house. We could probably do with five bedrooms so we are thinking about that. You can get some nice five-bedroom houses here, too. My mum might come out to spend some time with us on a month on and a month off basis, to help Dana and spend time with the children, so we might need the extra space.
Dana: The garden is great, the landlady finished it really nicely and the kids love hanging out there. An extra bedroom would be lovely and I am very close to Stu's parents so it's lovely that they can spend time with us.
Stu: It might give us some babysitting, too, so that Dana and I can go and do things, or my mum and Dana can go and do things. I'm an only child, so it would be lovely to have my mum here and get to spend lots of time as a family.
So, Dubai is home for now?
Stu: Definitely. I love the expat lifestyle, I love that our children can sing the UAE national anthem, learn Arabic and see the world all at the same time.
Dana: I'm proud to be an American but there are a lot of things in the States that I wouldn't necessarily like. I think the lifestyle here is nicer for us all as a family. I love the UK and spending time there in the summer. When we were living in Oman, we didn't have the luxury of being able to afford to go back that often, but now we can. And Stu's family can afford to come to us.
Stu: My parents love it here, spending time with the children, in the sunshine. It's ideal.
Arabian Ranches 2's top features
The Souk
The Arabian Ranches 2 Souk has great parking, and plenty of choice when it comes to taking a wander to the shops. You can fill your trolley at Carrefour, grab a capuccino at Caribou Coffee or enjoy a pizza at Carluccio's. The kids will love browsing Virgin Megastore and ELC and you can even grab a Jo Jo Bow at Claire's Accessories. Definitely something for everyone!
Cheeky Monkeys
There's no excuse for them to be bouncing off the walls when they can bounce on the trampolines at Cheeky Monkeys. A well-proportioned play centre with plenty to keep the little apes busy, it's also a very popular venue for birthday parties for the Dubailand set.
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