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In February 2015, the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) launched a new work stream on Rural Transport, in partnership with, and support of the UK Aid-funded Research for Community Access Partnership (ReCAP) [1]. For more information on Phase I of the project, "Promotion of Sustainable Rural Access in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (Phase I)," please click here [2].
Phase II of the project, "Promotion of Sustainable Rural Access in the implementation of the 2030 Global Agenda on Sustainable Development", is beginning implementation in November 2016 to further promote sustainable rural access as a viable component of the implementation strategies for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [3] and to ensure its inclusion in the high-level, multi-lateral development discourse on sustainable transport and rural development.
Results of Phase II will include:
The work and activities of Phase II are categorized under three major workstreams:
1. Advocacy and Outreach
This workstream will deliver a set of five key messages on rural transport developed through a systematic consultation process. The key messages will translate into advocacy materials through various social media channels, publications, and promotional materials, and will be utilized for other activities under the other two workstreams.
2. Global and Regional Dialogues
This workstream carries on the effort of Phase I in bringing together the rural transport community around the world through effective dialogues, meetings, and side events to key international conferences. In addition to facilitating the global narrative on rural transport, Phase II will take a specific interest in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia regions.
3. Operationalization of SDGs
This workstream aims to facilitate the contribution of rural transport in the SDG development processes by: first, integrating rural transport within a common framework on sustainable mobility currently under development as part of a transport sector-wide effort to develop an actionable agenda; second, tracking SDG-linked global rural transport targets and relevant national targets as part of a comprehensive tracking framework on sustainable transport; and third, advocating for whole-life financing of rural transport infrastructure and service of the MDBs and other institutions.
For more information on rural transport and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, please click here [14].
If you would like to know more about the ReCAP-SLoCaT project on rural transport, please contact Alice Yiu at firstname.lastname@example.com [15].
[1] http://www.research4cap.org/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/SitePages/Home.aspx
[2] http://www.slocat.net/ruraltransport/ReCAP-PhaseI
[3] http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
[4] http://www.slocat.net/news/1901
[5] http://www.slocat.net/factsheetkeymessages
[6] http://www.slocat.net/key-messages-rural-transport
[7] http://www.slocat.net/news/1908
[8] http://www.slocat.net/event/1857
[9] http://www.slocat.net/event/1807
[10] http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/u15/contribution_of_rural_transport_to_the_sustainable_development_goals_paper_final.pdf
[11] http://www.slocat.net/news/1824
[12] http://www.slocat.net/news/1818
[13] http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/u13/comments_submitted_to_the_rural_access_working_group_sum4all_gtf.pdf
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text: Share: Comments Print December 22, 2008 at 4:00 PM Snowy in Seattle Posted by Seattle Times staff <img src="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/12/22/2008549265.jpg" width="575″ class="pic" /> Jim Bates / The Seattle Times Police responded to a Community Transit bus that had slid to the side of the road while trying to exit Interstate 405. Thanks to you Editor, The Times: While the rest of us hunker down in our homes I'd like to take time to send a big shout-out of thanks to all the folks that have to be out in this weather: police, firemen, hospital workers, water and power workers who are keeping the lights on and the water flowing during this snowy weather ["Region hunkers down for week of snow, cold," Times, page one, Dec. 22]. At times, these are very thankless jobs, but I know I speak for most when I say "thank you." — Scott Penrose, Bothell There is money to be made The city supposedly owns 27 snow plows. I have yet to see one or evidence of one anywhere in downtown, Capitol Hill or Queen Anne. The mayor's Web page says they were used on major arterials but Queen Anne Avenue and Broadway Avenue were not plowed. Highway 99 is clear, but isn't that cared for by the state? The forecast on Thursday called for a week of subfreezing temperatures to follow. Given that forecast, it was essential to plow the snow Thursday before it had a chance to freeze into the ice we have now. If cost was a reason for not plowing, consider the cost to retailers and sales-tax revenue lost for having the city shut down for a week. I hope the city will learn and have a better response next time. — Paul Fichter, Seattle Comments | More in Public safety, Seattle


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MEDFORD – The Tufts University and Amherst College men's lacrosse teams will renew their rivalry on a big stage Wednesday when they meet in the NCAA Quarterfinals at Bello Field. Game time is 3 pm.
The Jumbos (19-1) advanced to the "Elite Eight" with a dominating 19-4 victory over Stevenson University in the third round at Bello on Saturday afternoon. The Mammoths (16-3) defeated NESCAC and Little 3 rival Wesleyan University, the defending national champion, 16-13 in Saturday's third-round game at home.
In their only previous NCAA meeting, Tufts and Amherst played in the Quarterfinals back in 2015 with the Jumbos winning 17-10 on their way to capturing a third national championship.
Most recently, Tufts earned a dramatic 15-14 victory at Amherst during the regular season back on April 13. The Jumbos led 10-1 in the second quarter and 13-4 with five minutes gone in the third period before the host Mammoths stormed back. Amherst would tie the game at 14-14 on a goal by Colin Minicus at 4:02 of the fourth quarter. However, Jumbo sophomore Kyle Helfrich won the next draw on a violation. After a shot by junior Nick Shanks went wide, Tufts senior Matt Treiber set up sophomore Garrett Samuelson for the game-winning goal at 3:15 of the fourth. Jumbo junior goalie Mason Pollack, who scored the first goal of the game as one of his three tallies this spring, made two of his 19 saves in the final three minutes of play to help preserve the win.
Including a 20-12 win over the Mammoths in the NESCAC semi-finals last season, the Jumbos have won two in a row in the series after Amherst had posted back-to-back regular-season wins in 2017 and 2018.
Tufts is in its 11th straight NCAA appearance and 12th overall after winning their ninth NESCAC title. They are the #1 seed in the North bracket and opened NCAA play with a 24-7 victory against New England College on Bello May 8. Tufts has a 31-8 record in NCAA play and won national championships in 2010, 2014 and 2015. The Jumbos also played in the 2011 and 2016 national championship games.
Amherst returned to the NCAA Championship for the sixth straight year and seventh time overall. The Mammoths now have an 11-6 all-time record in the national post-season. They opened NCAA action this spring with a 21-9 victory at home against Elizabethtown in the second round last Wednesday. The Mammoths received an at-large NCAA bid after bowing out of the conference tournament with an 11-8 loss to Williams in the semifinals at Tufts on May 4.
These are two of the top 10 scoring teams in the nation. Amherst comes in averaging 18.37 goals per game, while Tufts scores at a 17.80 clip. Defensively, the Jumbos allow a 10.74 goals against average and the Mammoths' mark is 10.26.
The winner of Wednesday's game will play either Williams or RIT in the national semifinals next Sunday (May 19). The NCAA Championship Game will be played the following Sunday (May 26) at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
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CARMICHAEL Errol. The family of the late Errol Carnmichael wish to express their sincere thanks to all the family and friends who attended the funeral and provided much needed support during this difficult time. Our thanks to Fr. Kerr, Saint MacNissis Choir and Michael McSparron for a beautiful service. Thanks to Martys Catering and St Comgalls Club for providing refreshments. Our special thanks also to the staff of Ward A3 Antrim Hospital, The Hospice and MacMillan Nurses and all who provided care for Errol. God Bless you all for your compassion and kindness.
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The SCCS partnership welcomes today's announcement that the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO₂) appraisal and storage licence to the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage Project in North East Scotland.
This follows Crown Estate Scotland last week issuing its first ever CO₂ lease option to Acorn, underlining the requirement for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects to secure a number of permissions and consents before they can access a CO₂ storage site.
Not only do these recent developments begin to lay the necessary groundwork for a CCUS industry in the UK but they also enable the reuse of oil and gas infrastructure before time runs out due to decommissioning. And this provides a least-cost scenario for delivering the UK's first CCS projects by the 2020s.
We are delighted the OGA has recognised that CCUS – and Acorn as a pioneer project – can play a key role in the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy and is now taking steps to support the delivery of North Sea CO₂ storage.
The Acorn project is being led by Pale Blue Dot Energy. The CO2 storage site earmarked for use has been identified, with a storage development plan completed, by an international collaboration, including SCCS partner institutes, under the ACT Acorn project. It is also the culmination of many years of research by SCCS and others, which has identified a vast North Sea CO₂ storage asset.
Prof Stuart Haszeldine, SCCS Director, said:
The recent announcement from OGA heralds a new future for the North Sea. The Acorn site could launch a new multi-billion offshore industry, which progressively and systematically takes the place of oil and gas extraction as fields end production from now to the 2030s. By unlocking access for re-use of existing oil and gas infrastructure, this allows the first CO₂ storage projects to reduce capital costs by 20-50%.
We are now witnessing a resurgence in optimism for the CO₂ storage industry and this comes coupled to the announcement from Crown Estate Scotland last week of their first lease option for the Acorn project to use porespace offshore Scotland for long-term CO₂ storage. There is now a need for the UK Government to maintain the momentum boosted by last week's international summit on accelerating CCUS to support rapidly emerging CCUS projects around the UK.


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Request Real Time Metrics
Real time request metrics including latency/count/etc.
Specification status
Problem Description
To proactively address MagnetoDB operational issues, admin user needs real time visibility to request metrics data on each API node. Including:
- number of requests
- number of failures
- number of errors
- average latency
- median latency
- minimum latency
- maximum latency
- requests per second
- distribution of request latency for each type of REST API call, such as "50%","66%","75%","80%","90%","95%","98%","99%","100%"
Proposed Change
Request metrics can be reported to StatsD using a sample rate for API calls. Request metrics are either counters or timing data (in units of milliseconds).
StatsD can be utilized to expand timing data to min, max, avg, count, and 90th percentile per timing metric.
Middleware seems a natural place to collect the request metrics data. However, if admin user needs visibility into requests to each API endpoints, we will need to capture metrics before/after each call to the API endpoints.
We propose to introduce a new middleware to all API node services, including REST API and streaming.
Initially we will focus on request measurements on API node wide metrics, API endpoints and WSGI processing delays on each API node. Later on, we will expand to cover Cassandra request metrics.
Each REST API call made to MagnetoDB will have the following request metrics:
- request receive time
- request receive error
- request receive timeout
- request receive bytes
- response send time
- response send error
- response send timeout
- response send bytes
It can be further broken down to API endpoints.
WSGI will have the following metrics:
- backlog
- waits
- request processing time
- response processing time
- dispatch time
Cassandra metrics is supported by Cassandra python driver and can be enabled. But metrics data is supported through Scales.
Scales (bundled with Cassandra Python Driver) can be used instead of StatsD.
Security Impact
- Does this change touch sensitive data such as tokens, keys, or user data?
- Does this change alter the API in a way that may impact security, such as a new way to access sensitive information or a new way to login?
- Does this change involve cryptography or hashing?
- Does this change require the use of sudo or any elevated privileges?
- Does this change involve using or parsing user-provided data? This could be directly at the API level or indirectly such as changes to a cache layer.
- Can this change enable a resource exhaustion attack, such as allowing a single API interaction to consume significant server resources? Some examples of this include launching subprocesses for each connection, or entity expansion attacks in XML.
Notifications Impact
Other End User Impact
Performance Impact
Performance impact should be minimal since if statsd is used. The metrics sent to statsd is through UDP.
Other Deployer Impact
A dependency in statsd will be introduced.
Developer Impact
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Many of Renton's existing parks, recreation, trails and natural area systems were first envisioned as part of the Parks, Recreation and Natural Areas Plan and the Trails and Bicycle Master Plan planning process. These plans provide a framework to guide the city in establishing priorities, making decisions, funding improvements and operations, and ensures the city's park needs meet current demand and builds capacity for future generations.
A significant part of Coulon Park's maintenance schedule is a structural assessment every five years for all facilities over the water. If routine maintenance or repairs are needed, they are scheduled during the winter.
In late 2018 and early 2019, the city has identified eight facilities that need repairs. The largest impact will be the replacement of the Ivar's deck substructure and timber decking. All steel beams below will be replaced. They will be replaced by a new deck comprised of light penetrating decking materials, required by the Department of Natural Resources. Light penetrating decking is to create a more fish-friendly environment. Ivar's and Kidd Valley will remain open during most of the construction. We look forward to a significant improvement to this area of Coulon Park.
Facilities scheduled for repair include:
Located across from the Renton Highlands Library, the park will feature a wide north-south pedestrian walkway, restroom facilities, an entry plaza by the library with seating and an overhead pergola, additional walkways and seating areas throughout the park, and a large lawn for gathering and playing.
Phase I improvements were partially funded with a $1.7 million Direct Appropriation by the Washington State Legislature.
Design per the Phase II Master Plan will commence in early 2019 and includes two playgrounds, picnic and fitness areas, an interactive water feature, picnic and fitness areas, a gazebo, additional walkways, a pergola with seating, and art. Design and construction expenses will be offset with a $3 million Direct Appropriation by the Washington State Legislature, a $500,000 Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant and a $175,000 King County Youth and Amateur Sports Fund Grant.
The Renton Downtown Civic Core Vision and Action Plan began as a request from the mayor and city council to address plans to relocate transit layovers (where buses park and wait until service continues) to a new station at Rainier Avenue S. and S. Grady Way.
This focused question about an important location in the civic core expanded into a much broader conversation about not only the future possibilities of the Transit Street, but about downtown public spaces, streets, connections to the Cedar River and trails, and increasing the attractiveness for new business activity in the entire civic core and downtown area. The plan provides specific actions that takes advantage of the future possibilities and opportunities for downtown. Some of which include:
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Most businesses are beholden to their legacy information processes. It can be difficult to see past the current way of creating, collaborating, sharing, storing, publishing, and disposing of information. Things like contract management, invoicing and onboarding are just a few document-based processes that may benefit from business process enablement.
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With the support of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, in March 2018 we designed and facilitated a workshop for educators on reading Jewell Parker Rhodes's middle grade novel Ghost Boys with students. Nearly twenty educators from New York City and beyond gathered in the South Bronx (and remotely) to explore their own responses to this haunting book and to collaboratively explore strategies, approaches, and resources for engaging young people with it. The highlight of the afternoon was when Jewell herself joined us via videoconference to discuss the novel with us and answer teachers' questions.
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Child victims of human trafficking are some of the most vulnerable children in the country
Trafficked children may be at risk of returning to their traffickers and of further exploitation for sex, forced labour, domestic servitude or criminal activities. They may have experienced emotional trauma in their country of birth, in their journey to the UK or through their treatment by adults in the UK. They are likely to be uncertain or unaware of who to trust and of their rights. They may be unaware of their right to have a childhood.
What support is needed?
The local authority providing for their care has a duty to protect and support these highly vulnerable children. Because of the circumstances they have faced, trafficked children often have complex needs in addition to those faced by looked after children more generally. The special support required to address these needs must begin as soon as the child becomes looked after by the local authority. This support will be most effective when provided through a stable, continuous relationship with the child.
The Department for Education and Home Office in 2011 published the practice guidance on 'Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked'.
The Department for Education has also set out guidance for local authorities to help them plan for the provision of support needed for looked after children who are unaccompanied asylum seeking children and child victims of trafficking.


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Friday, July 17, 2009
Why Not...
See the pretty yellow bandage Moon is sporting now?...
Yep, not two hours after I entered, Megan and I left the yard on horseback. We made it all the way to the arena, where I leaned over to unlatch the gate and open it from horseback and the next thing I know, Moon is flying backwards and his front foot is NOT...
He gets it yanked free and I see blood spurting. I jumped off, flipped the flap of skin hanging back up and apply pressure.
Am I freaking JINXED? Are the gods messing with me?
Thankfully, it is not as bad as the picture looks, but it was definitely a bleeder. Megan held Moon at the gate while I jumped on Frosty and long-trotted back to the house, hooked up the trailer and went back up to haul Moon home.
Megan and I have opened this gate a hundred times from our horses and I never EVER dreamed a horse could get hurt on it. It's just a metal panel gate on a big wheel.
After I got Moon's foot packed with wound powder and bandaged I went over and looked at it. The only damn thing I can figure is that when I pulled the gate toward me, rather than step away from it, Moon stepped back and his foot got hung on the bolt that holds the wheel on. It's located directly under the bottom rung of the panel.
I swear! Only Moon could do something like that.
So come Monday, I will take a look and see if that flap of skin re-attached and decide if he will be ready to run this next weekend.
At least this evening he is traveling sound on it.
On a lighter note...after that fiasco, Megan and I decided since the trailer was already hooked up to just load the other three and haul them up to the arena to finish riding.
She took a little video clip of Frosty...
Megan was rather disappointed, she was pretty excited to ride Frosty for the first time and then her ride got cut short. Oh well, she will have lots of opportunities to ride him yet.
10 comments:
- Paint Girl said...
So sorry to hear Moon hurt himself! Especially since you just signed up for another rodeo! Hope he will be ok so you can ride him.
Frosty looks good!
- July 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Adventures of a Horse Crazed Mind said...
How much for Frosty? LOL Jk. But seriously he looks like a really nice gelding!!
That really sucks about Moon but I hope that he will be ready to run next weekend...and the arena will be dry as a popcorn fart! LOL ...sorry...that is an old family expression...we're a classy bunch! lol It is amazing how horses find a way to hurt themselves! I'm sure in a few days it will look like nothin'.
- July 18, 2009 at 12:40 AM
- City girl turned Country Girl said...
Oh my goodness!!! If it's going to happen it would be you and now of course!! OH Lordy!! Well lets pray that its a fast healer...Stupid gates LOL!! I always think that they get hurt on the simple stuff..
- July 18, 2009 at 3:57 AM
- Mrs Mom said...
Holy Crap- Moon has a case of "Clutzyassiosis" going on there! Smack his hams and tell him to knock it off already! ;)
Hope he heals up PDQ for you there BECG.
Said it before- will say it again- you have some darn fine horses there woman!
- July 18, 2009 at 6:26 AM
- Leah Fry said...
I think they all spend their whole lives looking for a place to die. Jaz gets hurt on sharp air.
- July 18, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- cdncowgirl said...
omg isn't that just the way? Silly horses. Kimfer's gelding cut himself on a corral panel... so much for worrying about the barb wire
(ooops better knock wood on that!!)
Hope Moon heals up PDQ and you have a good rodeo!
- July 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Melanie said...
Those little nicks can sometimes bleed out like a stuck pig, can't they??? Not fun! Frosty is definitely a nice boy, and if I lived closer and was not in school.....
- July 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- C-ingspots said...
It's always something!! Glad it wasn't serious though. Frosty looks like he's going well - he's a good looking boy.
You're lucky to have that arena so close to home - looks like a nice place to work.
- July 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Five O'Clock Somewhere said...
Horses have an unbelievable way of hurting themselves on virtually anything! I hope it heals up by the rodeo!
- July 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- Jumper said...
Oh no! Sorry your mare hurt herself! It's not a matter of IF something like that is going to happen, it's WHEN is it going to happen?
I've been reading your blog for a while and I love it, keep it up!
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Jaileen Brodziak and Chelsea Geis, Minot State University students in Leadership in Special Education (SPED 379), are teaming up with Minot's Second Story, the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, the Student Social Work Organization and the Beta Theta Sorority, to get the Minot community to join in the social movement, Spread the Word to End the Word, Www.r-word.org. Spread the Word to End the Word, advocates the eradication of the use of the "r-word" in everyday language and medical language.
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President Barack Obama signed Rosa's Law on Oct. 5, 2010. The legislation requires the federal government to replace the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" in many areas of government.
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Ex-Marine, citing PTSD, gets prison for parking spat bombing
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who joined the Marines two days after the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced Wednesday to a decade in prison after blaming post-traumatic stress disorder for car bombing his neighbor after a parking dispute.
Despite a fireball and an explosion powerful enough to buckle the car's doors, the victim miraculously escaped injury when the bomb was detonated as he drove down a Bronx street in 2016.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said he would have sentenced Richard Laugel to 20 years in prison if not for his military heroism, which included two stints in Iraq.
"I want to thank you for your service to your country," Engelmayer said. "You have been a hero, and you have it in yourself to be that way again."
But the judge also said PTSD does not excuse Laugel's crime and he was "incredibly fortunate no one was hurt" when he tried to settle an ongoing feud with a neighbor who had quarreled with him over a parking spot.
"It's a rare person who tries to blow up their adversary's car with a pipe bomb," Engelmayer said.
Prosecutors said the March 2, 2016, attack came after Laugel put a pipe bomb in the rear tire well of his Bronx neighbor's car. They said he followed the car in his own vehicle a few blocks before activating the bomb remotely.
The loud explosion created a fireball that blew out the car's air bags and buckled the car doors, though it failed to ignite the gas tank. An FBI analysis showed the bomb was loaded with nails.
Arrested on state arson and attempted murder charges in March 2016, Laugel remained incarcerated until February 2018. A May 2018 narcotics raid on his residence revealed he was manufacturing firearms and silencers in his garage, prosecutors said.
In court papers, attorney Troy A. Smith said his client suffered from classic post-traumatic stress.
He described one instance in which Laugel heard fireworks outside his then-California residence and ran outside in his underwear with his licensed firearm, "completely under the assumption he was in Iraq and defending himself and his fellow marines from harm."
"He was also experiencing nightmares containing images of combat and would wake up screaming and drenched in sweat," Smith wrote.
Engelmayer said it was "blatantly obvious" Laugel suffers from PTSD.
He read a letter in which Laugel said: "I constantly suffered from survivor's guilt."
The judge also cited a letter from Laugel's former platoon commander, retired Sgt. Maj. M. Dallas Miller, saying Laugel provided security during the initial invasion of Iraq for former Secretary of Defense James Mattis who led a Marine division at the time.
Miller said Laugel helped train, plan and execute high-risk missions in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2005.
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My neighbors think I'm lazy because I refuse to rake my leaves. I tell them this: It has nothing to do with laziness. It has to do with my spirituality.
I learned from a very wise and frugal man that by leaving your autumn leaves on the ground, you are expressing the greatest reverence to God. I won't try to control what God has wrought. I won't pretend that I can keep orderly and controlled the perennial fall of His leaves. Let them lie on the ground for a long winter's rest. Let my rakes rust. Thy will be done.
My Uncle Pete taught me this when I was a kid, in the late sixties. Uncle Pete lived across the street. And even more revolutionary than his theory of Divine predestination of leaves was his Libertarian view that forbade the trimming of hedges.
Uncle Pete lived next door to Harry O'Brian, a fireman who was antsy as a waterbug. When he wasn't bolting around town from fire to fire, he was down at the Irish club, leading jigs or giving jigging lessons. Kids left the club whipped. He was a jigging slave driver.
When he wasn't jigging or fighting fires, Harry O'Brian burnt his nervous energy with fastidious yard work. His hedges were carefully contoured, as shapely as a soda bottle. They were in better shape than most American draftees. That is what Uncle Pete compared Harry O'Brian's bushes to, soldiers.
"Look at them, crisp and straight, standing tall at attention. Now look at my bushes, nobody's fools." Uncle Pete's bushes jutted out raggedly, like big gangly green nuclear centipedes. When the wind blew and the branches bristled, Uncle Pete's hedges looked like some foliage cast of Hair performing "Aquarius."
"My bushes are expressive. They reach for the sun, they're relaxed, they're letting it all hang out."
Uncle Pete and Harry O'Brian each resembled his own shrubbery. Harry O'Brian was stiff as a shovel. He never grinned. He jigged, not for joy, but to keep busy. Jigging was no less work to him than firefighting or yard maintenance. He worked on his yard as if it kept us free from Communism. Stiffly, in his military haircut and tucked-in Dickey work shirt, he trimmed and pruned. He scissored his bushes with precision, like a surgeon removing a mole.
Uncle Pete was Papa Hemingway in his long white beard. Loose as a goose, he wore jeans with frayed bottoms, swinging and swaying with every step, every little breeze whispering Louise.
He was a tailgunner over China in World War II. He was a little bit of the 50s and a little of the 60s. He played scratchy Louis Jourdan records in the garage and wore Nehru shirts from Penney's. He let his bushes go so they could find themselves.
"It's respect for God," he said. "You're not trying to put His nature under your thumb, because if you do, it's a losing battle. Everything grows back-grass, beards, leaves-and we're fools to think we control nature." That's when Aunt Kathryn would pipe in. "He's been saying that since the day in 1953 when we bought this property. Before that we rented and he never had yard work to do. Back then, he talked about the Cleveland Indians and what he wanted on his hamburger. Now every time the leaves turn or the bushes grow, he's the Maharishi."
"Forgive her, Lord," Uncle Pete said with piety. So while the bushes expressed themselves and Aunt Kathryn raked the leaves, Uncle Pete and I spent the autumn drinking root beer in his garage, snapping our finger to Louis Jourdan, praying for her soul and the soul of Harry O'Brian.


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Rated 2 out of 5 by ckck from Was the perfect fit, while it worked... Picked this one up and it had the features I looked for (large top opening, comfortable and protected handle, stainless inside chamber. Served us well for about 6 months. Now when we press the boil button, it just flashes and does not boil the water. I know it's petty, but our last kettle lasted ~10+ years. Buy it. Forget it. So it was silly of us not to keep warranty / receipt info, but we were just going under the impression the mechanics should outlast the container. Anyway, I've done little to try to return it (brief search on the website for non-registered product warranty returns) so I can't comment on Oster's support. Just disappointed this one didn't last the year.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by Anonymous from Horrible Kettle, DO NOT BUY I bought this kettle yesterday and have had to return it already. I noticed a "hot glue"-ish smell to it and proceeded to wash it according to the instructions in the user manual, twice... It still smelled. I then tried to boil water in it many times in hopes of the smell going away, but it remains. The construction of it seems very cheap, the base is made of very light plastic, and the button on the kettle feel fragile. This is a very bad kettle, please do not buy it. Also, Oster has many complaints about their equipment catching fire, and this is not a risk I am willing to take.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by reb_dav from Oster 1.7L Variable Temp Kettle just quit working. The Oster 1.7L Variable Temp Kettle just quit today without any warning. I see others have had the same problem. Pretty sad when a product simply is not reliable. Now I have to go out and buy another one. It won't be an Oster product.
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Mud Fever And Eosin?
Bluesma replied to Bluesma's topic in Horse HealthOkay... thanks! I did treat it with antiseptics too... the drying effect was really helpful though. I have seen some mentions of people using sulphur, that makes sense topically, but I have also seen some mention of feeding it to the horses as well...?? Have you ever done that or know anything about it's effectiveness?
Mud Fever And Eosin?
Bluesma posted a topic in Horse HealthSorry if this has already been discussed a lot, as a common problem in winter- I used the search function and didn't find reference to the particular treatment I want to ask about! This winter is the first my horse has spent outdoors 24/7. It is the first time I have had to deal with a big inflamed patch of mud fever on her pastern and coronet. I washed and dried it as best as I could, used antiseptic, took off as much of the scabs as I could, and as a last thought, splashed Eosin all over it. I can't even find much reference to this substance in english except in use as a dye. In Europe it is commonly marketed and used as an antiseptic- anti-fungal, used for drying out wounds. It is prescribed for putting on the belly button of newborns, for example, to help it dry and fall off; it is put on kids scratches and scrapes... that is why I happened to have some in my medicine cabinet. I was having trouble meeting up with the owner of the pasture, to discuss moving her into a dry stall for healing, so she was stuck out in deep mud for the days following that one treatment, so I was very worried three days later when I went to see her... But the inflammation had gone down, the open part had shrunk to about half the size it had been, and it was very dry. The contrast was so striking, I suspect the owner of the pasture is going to think I exaggerated the state she was in! So it seems eosin is a good treatment, but I am curious as to why there is no mention of it when I Google it? Has anyone else heard of it or used it? Could there be a reason it isn't used normally? (like that there is some side effect that is dangerous..) I'd appreciate any feedback I can get... thanks in advance!
Fly Spray
Bluesma replied to TinaCarroll_57253's topic in Open Debate BoardLast year I bought a spray with those chemicals in it when on a trip to the US (they are not available in Europe, considered too dangerous). The spray worked good against flies.... but the warnings on the label really make it clear you should use as little as possible and not get it on your hands and all that. I do not understand why someone would actually install sprayers in their barn with it! I only used it at the height of the season, when we just really needed it, and only a light quick spray. I usually use lavander oil, but in the middle of summer afternoons, even that becomes obsolete. I don't know if I will buy it again, but I just feel that the dangers of such products was not really hidden.
Controversial Video- Man Shoots Horse In Defiance Of Animal Rights Activists
Bluesma replied to Bluesma's topic in Open Debate BoardThanks Cactus Rose- I appreciate it. On this subject, I figured the horsepeople here probably have already discussed the subject of slaughter a million times and have some well developed opinions and knowledge that I could learn from. I have never seen a horse be shot before, and I was impressed by how quick it was- I am sure there was not time for the brain to register any pain at all.
Controversial Video- Man Shoots Horse In Defiance Of Animal Rights Activists
Bluesma replied to Bluesma's topic in Open Debate BoardIf we want to get into deeper psychological processes- there could be a LOT in play here! In America, there is the very heated controversy about firearms, added to the slaughterhouse issue. The personal right to have and use them and even kill with them. As well as the very masculine-valuing culture, in which feminine type emotional vulnerability, empathy, and desire to nurture or heal is de-valued as being weak, and strength valued as lying in ones ability to detache from those sentiments and "do what has to be done." Makes some people want to prove they can do that-publicly, confirmed by others. The more people get into a uproar of anger, the more they become the sentimental woosies, and him the strong guy, by comparision. When we get upset, it is probably exactly what he intended and enjoys. We're the "emotional herd" then. I had a thought too, that without the slaughterhouses, owners are forced to do this themselves more often. That would make me a bit resentful. Honestly I'd rather that be done out of my sight, by a professional with strictly regulated humane methods. In my resentment at having to do this and see it myself, I might get a bitter urge to make those who forced me to do it myself have to watch it also. If I have to, then they might as well to, since it was their fault . I don't know if that makes sense, and perhaps has nothing to do with this man.... or if it could on those deeper levels of consciousness we were talking about...
Controversial Video- Man Shoots Horse In Defiance Of Animal Rights Activists
Bluesma replied to Bluesma's topic in Open Debate BoardI had no idea this was old! It is being debated and gnashed about all over the web. Well, I appreciated that it got people thinking about the subject of horseslaughter- evens ones that don't usually bother. It became an opportunity to inform them of the situation since the plants closed down. A lot of people just don't know. I am obviously pro-slaughter, though I have some criticism about american plants selling the meat to other countries to be consumed. My criticism is that these horses were not raised for consumption with regulatory controls, so they could be subject of all kinds of medicine treatments, like Bute, or hormones, antibiotics... they could have diseases or illness which makes their flesh not fit for consumption. The case of hormones or antibiotics may not alarm Americans, as they are used to those being their meat already, but in some other countries (particularly in Europe, and places where horse is eaten) such treatments are illegal to give to animals raised for human consumption. What happens it that the horsemeat from coutnries which do not have any regulations or controls on horsemeat end up selling their meat really cheap- cheaper than the carefully bred and raised ones in those countries.... and the consumers unwittingly end up eating junk meat. Of course, the consumers have the right and perhaps the responsibility, to inform themselves and buy accordingly- to choose the mroe expensive better quality. But most people simply aren't aware of this and focus on the question of whether or not to eat horsemeat- without considering whether or not it is packed with chemicals that aren't good for your health. I think it is valuable to spread info!
Controversial Video- Man Shoots Horse In Defiance Of Animal Rights Activists
Bluesma posted a topic in Open Debate Boardhttp://youtu.be/LeVc3TyiS0Q THis is being discussed all over the web, and I was surprised that it wasn't brought up here. The actual video in entirety is hard to find now, it has been taken down by Youtube. I saw it this morning though. It shows a man (an employee of a New Mexico slaughterhouse) with a young horse, who says "For you animal activists, buck you!" (well, it wasn't a B actually...), then shoots the horse between the eyes. It drops immediately, dead, and he walks away. I don't know if the horse had any health issues, or reason he might have been put down anyway (and the guy just took the opportunity to make a point at the same time). The horse looks young, and shows no sign of suffering or problem. The method is shocking.... but I must admit that it has at least spurred people to focus on the issue and learn more about it and what the problem IS. On the other hand, they are also in a state of emotional turmoil, which makes it harder for them to be reasonable or logical. What do you think about this action?
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Bluesma replied to saudimack's topic in Open Debate BoardI always thought mybest friends were guys, but sooner or later, they mostly turned out to be guys interested in more and biding their time, waiting for me to realize that (or for a moment of vulnerability on my part). I just found men are less complicated than women, friendship seemed simpler. I had to learn how to respect certain boundries with my male friends, and to be very careful not to let flirtatious behaviors come out of me without me being aware of it. It actually dawned on me that I had some flirtatious ways when I observed a girlfriend of mine who was always having guys she wasn't interested in misinterpret her intentions, and she didn't know why. Ways of looking at them, ways of smiling, fluttering her eyelashes, asking for help.....she didn't even know she was doing it. Made me much more rigorous with myself and now I do have male friends, but less of the secret admirer kind, less misinterpretations.
This really touched me! I am personally so thankful to the people who chose to give me advice and aid in the beginning...... they are so rare. It does make me want to do the same for someone else someday.....
Sounds like you found a good way to do it!
The Santa Claus Thing. . .
Bluesma replied to JoMarieM's topic in Open Debate BoardWe did the whole Santa thing with our kids, but looking back, I don't think they ever really believed seriously. Some part of them knew it was a game and they liked playing along and "fooling" themselves for a while. I mean, really, when dad suddenly disappears on Christmas Eve, and in comes Santa who has the same eyes and smell as dad... it doesn't take a genius to figure that out. They never seemed traumatized figuring out the truth, I don't even know when that happened.
How Do You...
Bluesma replied to Prancer&Onyx's topic in Open Debate BoardSometimes I find it helps to gain an understanding of why they are the way they are? Make an effort to exchange, to talk, to learn their story...... We still might not like the way they are too much, but it can get easier to just accept that they are.
Makes sense. The instructor I started with was of the opinion that since the horse was used to them, and I would have to learn to use them correctly eventually, I should start with them from the beginning, to keep me from "developing bad habits". Since then I have tried to make sense of this with my mind, and could only come up with bad habits as being kicking the horse, or like with using a very mild or unprecise bit, one can get used to "pulling" more when they are learning- which makes them use too heavy a hand when they are introduced to a leverage bit! So his thinking may have been start off obligated to use a lighter hand, or a lighter heel, and you'll not have to learn to lighten up later? I dunno.....I hate to see a newbie jerking on a horses face, or digging spurs into a horse though. I'm just trying to see varied circumstances.
Theoretically, I totally agree with the opinions that a beginner shouldn't. On the other hand, my experience adds a different slant- While I was learning, I wore spurs, and I was so worried about accidently touching the horse with them, it really made me very conscious of what I was doing with my legs, learned to keep my feet facing forwards (not toes out), my heels down, and using other parts of my legs- not my feet, in giving cues. I formed habits that were useful. I didn't touch the horse with them many times (I think I could count it on on hand, as the horses reaction would scare the heck out of me and make me very very careful) Perhaps it depends on the beginner, their level of sensitivity and all, but in my case, I found it had some benefits.....
Excuses For Ones Actions..
Bluesma replied to Stars_Morab's topic in Open Debate BoardI see the point in the OP, and I definately am for accepting responsibility for ones choices! The financial gain possible in lawsuits could be a factor of encouraging that sort of thinking and behavior; the tv commercials by lawyers promising you can get money this way is a cultural trainer of peoples. Now, that said, it is not an excuse, but a possible explanation. Not the same thing, and yet often confused with one another. Even in exercising personal responsibility, as Goldentoes pointed out, examination of explanation is an essential process in finding the roots of behaviors and determining ways that it can be changed. I love the concept of total free powerful will that if enough effort is applied, can override and be impervious to all outside influence, but reality and numerous years of scientific study is showing us to be social animals with an undeniable vulnerability to the exterior influence and our society. Even when we think we are free of it, it is sneaking in through the subconscious and will stear our minds and bodies in ways we won't even be aware of or recognize. I really am attached to taking responsibility, as I find it empowering- if I can find the way I am responsible, then that means I have the power to change outer events and people! But even that can lead one astray. When my child was in fifth grade, his teacher began to claim he had behavioral problems. He never had before, and was the easiest and most obedient child at home. But repetative meetings were scheduled, to find out why he is not listening to her, why an invisible wall just pops up in front of his face when she tries to tell him what to do. At one point, the teacher met me with a psychologist, to try to determine what about me is causing his problems. I was totally cooperative, feeling terrible, wondering what I was doing wrong. All kinds of things were suggested- am I having an affair outside my marriage that he might be aware of and troubled by? Is there marital problems? Do I not exercise discipline at home? Am I abusive? None of these seemed accurate, but I was putting myself in question and becoming a nervous wreck as time went by and I couldn't find what I was doing wrong.It never crossed my mind to blame the teacher. Until the end of the year, when it was released that his entire class, except for two girls, would be held back another year. Apparently they ALL, according to her, had behavioral problems! None of them had ever had any before her class or at home. So as the next year started, I guess the school did some investigating of her methods, and decided it was her problem! She was screaming like a maniac all the time, and her logic and reason didn't ever add up, and this was causing many of the kids to just block her out ultimately. They forced her to take early retirement, and moved the kids to a different teacher, with whom they all bloomed and did great for the rest of the year. He's been an exemplary student ever since. I don't like the idea of blame- it makes it sound like the goal is to condemn someone to **** or something, but if we can take the search for "blame" out of it, and look together for explanation, maybe it would help us be more objective at times, with less moral judgement threatened?


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Gaffney, S.C. – Despite controlling the battle in shots, faceoffs and ground balls, Lynn University's lacrosse team was unable to keep up with a hungry ninth-ranked Limestone College squad as the Fighting Knights suffered their first loss of the year, 16-6. The Saints went up 6-1 in the first quarter and posted another 6-1 run coming out of halftime to set the tone for the afternoon.
Final: Limestone 16, Lynn 6
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- Stephen Polsinelli scored the first Lynn goal of each half and was the only Fighting Knight to tally a multi-point game. Five of his seven shot attempts hit the frame and the senior picked up two ground balls. Polsinelli has scored twice in each of Lynn's games so far this season.
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- Lynn won the battle in shots (45-34), faceoffs won (17-8) and ground balls (39-31).
- Limestone's netminder Cole Aikens had a big day with 18 saves.
- Bartusiak recorded the 42nd caused turnover of his career, passing Shaun McDonald for the all-time program record.
- All six of Lynn's goals were unassisted.
- Lynn and Limestone have met each of the past three years.
- Limestone opened the season with losses to No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne and No. 7 Tampa, marking the program's first 0-2 start to a campaign since 1992.
- A program with a storied history, Limestone has been in the NCAA National Championship game each of the past four years, winning three.
- Today's 16-6 final is an identical score to when the two teams first met in Gaffney in 2016.
- Freshman Jacob Couvertier made his Lynn debut.
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Lynn will return to Bobby Campbell Stadium for the squad's first home game of the season when the Fighting Knights welcome in Dominican (N.Y.) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28.


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I do plan on dumping him, but I don't know how. I think I am still with him because I think if my test comes back positive for genital herpes he is the only guy who will ever want me if he did in fact give it to me or I have to stay with him because I may have given it to him. Somedays I feel like I can hand the idea of having herpes for the rest of my life but other days I am not so sure. I am so afraid. Its funny I use to say I never wanted to get married and have kids, but this situation has made me realize how much I want those things and now I may never get the chance. I guess thats life. Funny, as I write this I remember the first time I had sex with him he told me he used a condom but I don't think he did. I am such an idiot. I pray my blood test comes back negative. If it comes back positive life for me will be over.
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Eric Gomez very ably sums up why the Trump administration's North Korea policy can't succeed at an acceptable cost:
The current U.S. strategy requires offensively-oriented policy approaches in the pursuit of an unrealistic end goal. In order to achieve denuclearization, Washington must compel Kim Jong-un to part with his nuclear weapons by making the costs of possessing nukes unacceptably high. However, because Kim views nuclear weapons as necessary for the survival of his regime, he is willing to tolerate very high costs in order to keep his nuclear weapons. Short of going to war, it will be practically impossible for the United States to impose a high enough level of cost that compels Kim to denuclearize because possessing nuclear weapons is a matter of life or death in Kim's mind.
I have said something similar many times, so I agree with this assessment. I would just add that eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs is not a good enough reason for the U.S. to go to war, especially when that war promises to be devastating and extremely bloody. The great danger of the administration's current policy is that it effectively rules out everything other than a U.S. attack on the DPRK, and the more that an attack seems likely to happen the greater the likelihood that North Korea will strike first. Insisting on denuclearization makes a war that could include the use of nuclear weapons more rather than less likely to happen. Judged on its own terms, the Trump administration's North Korea policy is a failure. Judged by its likely consequences, it is a disaster in the making.
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They're making great progress on the LST, and I've finally managed to get a photo which shows you just how huge it is. It's one thing to say that the mirror will be 23m across. It's another to see engineers beside the dish.
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In The Economy May Be Stuck in a Near-Zero World, Justin Wolfers posits:
If the Fed can't cut rates as much as required to fight a slowing economy, then recessions will become more common and more painful. It suggests an urgent need to reconsider how we will counter the next bout of bad economic news, preferably before it arrives. If monetary policy won't be enough, perhaps fiscal policy will be. Certainly, this is no time for complacency.
In a nutshell, the American economy appears to have changed in a way that undermines the effectiveness of monetary policy but not fiscal policy, which may need to be wielded more actively.
Nothing new there. Two years ago the WSJ wrote: U.S. Lacks Ammo for Next Economic Crisis, where they question the capacity of even fiscal policy to come to the rescue:
Many economists believe relief from the next downturn will have to come from fiscal policy makers not the Fed, a daunting prospect given the philosophical divide between the two parties.
Republicans doubt federal spending expands the economy, and they seek to shrink rather than grow government. Democrats, meanwhile, say government austerity hobbles the economy, especially in a downturn.
At the time, Kevin Drum posted:
I don't really have any good hook for posting this chart, but it's one of the most important ones you'll ever see. It's from the Wall Street Journal and it shows total government spending (state + local + federal) during the recession and its aftermath:
For about a year following the Obama stimulus, total spending was a bit higher than average for recession spending. But after that, spending fell steadily rather than rising, as it has after every previous recession. The result: a sluggish recovery, persistent long-term unemployment, and anemic wage growth.
However, let´s not be too quick to "idolize" fiscal policy. The chart below compares Aggregate Nominal Spending (NGDP) on the same basis.
While spending went negative for the first two years of this recession, it never faltered on the other occasions.
One might argue that in many other instances inflation went up a lot. Therefore, the next chart compares NGDP for the noninflationary occasions, considering only the previous 3 recessions/recoveries. The pattern is the same.
The least one could say is that you also have to consider monetary policy. This time around, both fiscal and monetary policy have been tight!
How can we distinguish their relative "guilt"? The next chart compares fiscal policy (government spending) in the 1990 and 2007 episodes.
Initially, fiscal policy was significantly more expansionary in the present episode, although this expansion has been weaker throughout.
Now, contrast nominal spending in the two episodes.
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