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Urban Legends And Ghost Stories Around Wichita Falls
Do you believe in ghosts? Well there are reported haunted places and legends around Wichita Falls that you should take a look at before making up your mind.
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Pinky's Cave
Pinky's Cave is a scary drainage tunnel that runs about 3 miles long. Last I heard the legend is that if you go through Pinky's Cave, Pinky will "get you." In high school I went through Pinky's Cave with some friends. It was scary, wet, dark and we never saw "Pinky." However my friends and I did get "Pinky's revenge," which is bronchitis.
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Witch's Gate
Witch's Gate is off of 287 between Wichita Falls and Henrietta. Witch's Gate is an urban legend about an old house that burned down way back. A wealthy man built the house to impress his bride. The couple had two sons and the man died of old age. The woman was said to have been a witch and went mad with grief when her husband died. They say if you go there at night you can see and hear her.
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Screaming Sheila Bridge
The Screaming Sheila Bridge is an abandoned bridge just 8 to 10 miles north of Electra. There are a lot of different stories about The Screaming Sheila Bridge. One story is that a girl named Sheila was hung on the bridge and the other being she was burned on the bridge. Regardless of how she died it's rumored you can hear screaming if you visit the bridge at night.
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The Old Insane Asylum
The Old Insane Asylum, also known as the White Sanitarium, is located at the corner of California and Olen road. Originally it opened in the 1920s as a drug and alcohol abuse treatment center. It was rumored that some medical procedures that took place there killed some people. The ghosts of those people now roam the place.
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Haunting at the Tea Room
There is a rumored haunting at the Secret Garden Tea Room. The owner and employees claim to frequently hear strange noises at night from "Bud the ghost," who was an outlaw that was killed in the building.


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Sammy Villegas' Story of Woeful Shooting and PointshavingPosted by rtmsf on August 7th, 2008
If you remove the "ill" from Sammy Villegas' name, you're left with a moniker straight out of central casting for some cheesy 50s Sin City flick – Sammy Vegas. You can easily picture Sammy sliding in and out of cocktail lounges up and down Fremont Street, looking for the next mark on his latest hustle.
Sammy Vegas' Hustle Just Flew
Unfortunately for the University of Toledo and the game of college basketball in general, Sammy V(ill)egas may just be the latest black eye on a sport that periodically must deal with the ugly spectre of organized crime's influence around the margins of the game. In other words, another pointshaving scandal. A little over a year ago, in reference to the Tim Donaghy officiating scandal in the NBA, we wrote the following in a piece called It Happens More Than We Think:
A recent statistical analysis from the Wharton School at Penn suggests that one percent (~500) of NCAA basketball games from 1989-2005 fell into an outlier that suggests gambling-related pointspread corruption. This dovetails with a 2003 NCAA report that states that 1.1% of NCAA football players and 0.5% of NCAA basketball players accepted money to play poorly in a game (extrapolating from the sample suggests that this affects ~21 basketball and ~112 football players annually).
Well, it appears that we now know two of those players from the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Sammy Villegas has been indicted by federal prosecutors for conspiracy to influence sporting events by bribery, and all indications are that he is now cooperating with the government to help bring down the Mafiosos who were supporting this endeavor. Villegas is also alleged to have paid an unnamed teammate to help him pointshave. According to published reports of the indictment:
On Feb. 4, 2006, Villegas placed a call to a conspirator in Michigan at about 12:15 p.m. Villegas made another call to a conspirator in Michigan at 12:29 p.m. He made another at 3:57 p.m. On that same day, according to the indictment, Villegas is accused of intentionally missing two free throws in a game against "Central State University." The box score for Feb. 4, 2006, however, shows that Toledo beat conference rival Central Michigan 78-62 that day. The home game tipped off at 7 p.m. Villegas came off the bench to play 21 minutes, hitting his only shot of the game, a 3-pointer, and missing two free throws.
What's odd about that game is that, according to RJ Bell at Pregame.com, the final Vegas spread on it was Toledo -15 points. Despite Villegas' alleged best (er, worst) efforts, Toledo ended up covering the spread by one point anyway, which would have blown a lot of money of some dangerous folks. Since the indictment only mentions this one game, we don't know how often or how deep Villegas got himself into this mess, but just looking at his statistics for those two seasons compared to the previous two, it is apparent that something was seriously weighing on his mind (or his wallet).
As you can see, his numbers during his last two years are down across the board, which is unusual for an upperclass player who isn't injured or recruited over. Shooting is precipitously worse in every area, and minutes, scoring and rebounding are also down, as expected. What really caught our eye, though was Villegas' assist numbers. He'd shown a decent propensity for finding open teammates his first two seasons, but in his last two he hardly ever passed the ball to a teammate in a scoring position. Is this circumstantial evidence that he was wilfully not seeing those openings like he was? We think so. The USAO for the E.D.Mich. can send it payment to us COD.
For what it's worth, his coach doesn't believe the accusations.

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Scores of bushfire victims are still in limbo and unable to rebuild their lives years later because they have not been fully compensated, a parliamentary committee has heard.
Several residents affected by fires in Toodyay, Kelmscott and Margaret River since 2007 claimed a lack of compassion and financial assistance from the state government was exacerbating their grief and ability to move on, even in cases when the government had accepted responsibility.
Many were still living in temporary accommodation because they could not afford to rebuild their homes, while businesses were losing tens of thousands of dollars in lost trade.
Robyn Lewis said she was selling her home to help her parents June and Harry Fraser, who lost their house during the Kelmscott bushfire in January, 2011.
Her parents, aged 80 and 90, have been living in her sister's lounge room for nearly two years because they have no income to top up the small insurance payout they received.
Ms Lewis will use the proceeds of the sale of her home and their insurance payout to build on their Kelmscott land and the three would live in the new house.
"We're just desperate to get them back home," she said outside the committee hearing.
Ms Lewis said Kelmscott residents felt forgotten because they had not received any state government assistance, while victims of other bushfires had.
The government claims it is not liable to provide compensation because it did not cause the fire, which was started by an off-duty police officer using an angle grinder.
However, Ms Lewis said poor management of the blaze meant homes that could have been saved were not.
Firefighters were instructed only to save lives and Ms Lewis said she witnessed some watch homes catch alight without attempting to save them, yet no one needed help evacuating.
"FESA didn't carry anybody out, we all got out on our own," she said.
"But I tell you what, we wouldn't leave now; lives would be put at risk, people would stay because they know they can't count on FESA to protect homes."
Laurie Biggs, whose home was destroyed during the 2009 Toodyay bushfire, said he was upset the government was refusing to fully compensate victims despite accepting that Western Power was responsible for the fire.
Victims were intimidated by the mitigation process and many had accepted "a pittance" of what they lost because "the stress was intolerable".
"I felt back then after the fire that we were being betrayed by the government and I still feel very angry about it," he said.
"The government has made the victims fight tooth and nail to get any reasonable compensation, adding to our stress and our grief."
He said while the government claimed there had been no loss of life from a bushfire in the past three years, it was arguable that three deaths could be attributed to bushfires, several people had been admitted to hospital suffering related stress and others had attempted to commit suicide.
"None of that seems to be taken into consideration," he said.
"We lost our life as we knew it at the time."
Margaret River resident Steve Enright told the committee he had lost time for his family, work and leisure because he was so busy attempting to rebuild a home for his family.
They were still in limbo a year after the bushfire, which was started by a Department of Environment and Conservation prescribed burn that got out of control.
His friend John Bradbury, whose home was the first to be burnt on November 23, said the community was highly anxious about the upcoming fire season and did not believe authorities were prepared.
Meanwhile, former Labor minister and Toodyay resident Larry Graham the told the committee, which is conducting an inquiry into the state's preparedness for the upcoming bushfire season, that a senior Western Power manager covered up an independent report that blamed the utility for the 2007 Toodyay bushfire.
He claimed Western Power asked independent assessor Aaron Gingis to investigate the 2007 fire and provide an exclusive report that would help it defend any legal proceedings against it.
But when the report found Western Power caused the blaze, which destroyed dozens of homes, it was thrown aside and nothing was done to address the identified problem, Mr Graham alleged.
The same person who received the report also signed off on the only report that exonerates Western Power from blame for the 2009 Toodyay fire, which destroyed a further 37 homes, he said.
Mr Graham said the evidence was damning and proved Western Power chief executive officer Paul Italiano had misled the Community Development and Justice Committee on October 24, when he said the utility was acting responsibly in providing some compensation without accepting blame.
"[The senior Western Power manager] asked [Mr Gingis] to write a report that was favourable to them in a legal defence," Mr Graham said.
"That's not an organisation that is seeking to accept responsibility."
Western Power has comprehensively denied the allegation.
A spokeswoman said Mr Gingis volunteered a preliminary report that stated the cause of the 2007 Toodyay fire was lightning and not Western Power.
But Western Power rejected his theory and accepted that its assets caused the 2007 fire and made compensation payments.
The spokeswoman said this was consistent with evidence provided to the committee by the utility and Mr Italiano and neither had been misleading.
Mr Graham said bushfires across WA had caused more than $300 million in damage during the past five years.
"Everyone single one of those fires has been caused either by direct government action or government inaction," he said.
The committee is expected to report early next month.


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J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. vol.12 no.1 Temuco 2012
Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2012, 12 (1), 113-123
Efficacy of natural aluminosilicates in moderating drought effects on the morphological and physiological parameters of maize plants (Zea mays L.)
D. Kojić1*, S. Pajević1, A. Jovanović-Galović1, J. Purać1, E. Pamer1, S. Škondrić2, S. Milovaca, Ž. Popović1, G. Grubor-Lajšić1
1Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.'Corresponding author: email@example.com
2Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovica 2, 78 000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Natural aluminosilicates, zeolites and phyllosilicate clays are widely used in agriculture as additives to animal nutrition and as fertilizers for soil conditioning and remediation. Antitoxic nutrient (ATN) is a unique combination of naturally-occurring phyllosilicates, zeolite, bentonite and activated charcoal (60:20:1), processed using a specific technology. In the present study, the effects of ATN treatment on the morphological and physiological parameters of maize plants under drought stress were investigated. Seeds were separated into two experimental groups: a control group (no ATN treatment) and an ATN-treated group (~0.01g ATN/seed). After 16 days of growth, these two groups of young plants were further subdivided into two subgroups: a watered group and a water-deficient group. Over the next 20 days, the following morphological and physiological parameters were measured: plant fresh weight, weights of individual vegetative plant parts, leaf area (LA), leaf water potential, proline content, nitrate reductase activity (NR; NADH:nitrate oxidoreductase; EC 184.108.40.206), glutathione S-transferase (GST; EC 22.214.171.124) activity and total nitrogen content. Results from water potential and proline content measurements suggest that ATN exhibits a protective effect on the roots and leaves of water-stressed maize plants, which is more pronounced in the latter. Interestingly, GST activity was detected in plant roots only, and was stimulated under drought conditions.
Keywords: antitoxic nutrient, zeolite, bentonite, water stress.
1. Introduction
Drought is a worldwide problem, and the study of drought has become one of the main research directions of global plant biology. In particular, great effort has been expended to develop drought-resistant plants by producing transgenic plants using different types of gene technologies, or genotypes possessing full physiological potential under limited soil water conditions (Casadebaig et al., 2008; Hong-Bo et al., 2006; Stella and Christoph, 2006; Sang-Eun et al., 2005). As a result of this research, the introduction of drought-resistant transgenic plants for commercial use has also become possible (Hilbeck et al., 2005).
Thus, a deeper understanding of plant physiological mechanisms operating under drought conditions is needed. Drought resistance in plants involves many biochemical, molecular and structural mechanisms, including the biosynthesis of different biomolecules (Bajguz and Hayat, 2009; Hong-Bo et al., 2006; Fiehn, 2002). For example, one well-known response of plants to water deficiency is osmotic adjustment via accumulation of the amino acid proline, which acts as a compatible solute, an osmoprotectant, and a protective agent for cytosolic enzymes and cellular organelles (Hong-Bo et al., 2006).
In addition, the activities of many enzymes are affected by drought conditions. For example, nitrate reductase activity has been shown to be highly sensitive to water stress, and a significant decrease in nitrate reductase activity was observed in many plant species under drought conditions (Casadebaig et al., 2008; Foyer et al., 1998). Nitrate reductase activity is induced by nitrogen content in plant tissue, and is regulated at the transcriptional level by the availability of its' substrate, NO3-, and by glutamine, the end product of the nitrogen assimilation pathway (Downs et al., 1993). Water deficits induce an abrupt reduction in the uptake and nitrate flux rates from roots to leaves. In fact, during prolonged periods of drought, a decrease in water availability for transport-associated processes leads to changes in the concentrations of many metabolites, followed by disturbances in amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism, which accompany a decrease in nitrate reductase activity (Huber et al., 1994).
Drought stress also increases the levels of radical oxygen species (ROS) in plant cells, resulting in lipid peroxidation and protein damage (Taylor et al., 2004). Glutathione S-transferase (GST) is an essential enzyme which utilizes glutathione to catalyze glutathione-dependent detoxification reactions, reducing organic hydroperoxides and protecting protein sulfuric groups (Edwards et al., 2005).
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the application of natural aluminosilicates in agricultural technology. Several studies have demonstrated that both bentonite and zeolite have desirable properties and a large water holding capacity; while in treatment soil they improved the level of available nutrient content (Coppola et al., 2003; Pisarovic et al.,, 2003; Xiubin and Zhanbih, 2001; Mumpton, 1999). The unique physical and chemical properties of natural aluminosilicates make them particularly suitable for agricultural use. Zeolites and bentonite are naturally occurring structured and phyllosilicate minerals, respectively, with high cation exchange and ion adsorption capacities.
Zeolites are hydrated aluminosilicates of alkaline and alkaline-earth minerals with an infinite, open three-dimensional structure (Mumpton, 1999) that is able to lose or gain water reversibly and exchange extra framework cations, both without crystal structure changes. Zeolite structures are made up of a framework of [SiO4]4- and [AlO4]5- tetrahedrons linked to each other via shared oxygen atoms. The substitution of Si4+ by Al3+ in tetrahedral sites results in a more negative charge and higher cation exchange capacity (Iskander et al., 2011). Technologies based on zeolites use slow releasing fertilizers (zeopones) as soil conditioners and remediators (Coppola et al., 2003; Pisarovic et al., 2003; Mumpton, 1999). In fact, zeolites have been reported to improve soil characteristics by increasing moisture content (Xiubin and Zhanbih, 2001). Thus, zeolites could potentially act as water moderators by absorbing water and slowly releasing it: preventing root rot and moderating drought cycles.
Bentonite is a 2:1 mineral, with a high surface area and cation exchange capacity. Each layer of bentonite is composed of 2 silica sheets and 1 octahedral sheet, with individual layers held together by van der Waals forces. Because of the relatively weak nature of these interlayer forces water can easily penetrate between layers, while cations balance charge deficiencies present in the structure (Iskander, 2011). The primary effect of bentonite addition is to improve the water holding capacity and moisture content of soil, contributing to the stimulation of biological activity. However, mixing bentonite into soil also increases both mineral nutrient and colloid content; and the resulting higher colloid content decreases nutrient leaching (Magdolna et al., 2011). In experiments conducted by the University of München, where bentonite was mixed into the soil of salad seedlings, a 3% dose had a favorable effect on the fresh weight of seedlings, while a higher dose was found to be detrimental to plants (Magdolna et al., 2011).
Interestingly, activated carbon has also been shown to affect nitrogen and other nutrient concentrations in soil media in the absence of plants. Moreover, addition of activated carbon to soil was found to increase plant biomass, possibly because of greater nitrogen availability (Lau et al., 2008).
The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that natural aluminosilicates can moderate drought effects in plants. Specifically, we examined the effects of an antitoxic nutrient (ATN), composed of a mixture of zeolite (> 90% clinoptilolite), bentonite (> 83% montmorillonite) and small amounts of charcoal (60:20:1) on the growth of maize plants (Zea mays L.) under unfavorable water conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the effects of ATN treatment on plant growth under drought conditions. However, in an unrelated study, ATN dietary supplementation has been shown to have beneficial effects on both the growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens (Prvulovic, 2008). In order to investigate the effects of ATN treatment on drought resistance, maize plants were grown in sand culture in the presence or absence of ATN, under well-irrigated or drought stress conditions. Results were quantified by measuring several morphological and physiological parameters, including proline levels and total nitrogen content, leaf water potential as well as nitrate reductase and glutatione S-transferase activity.
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Plant material
Experimental plant material consisted of young maize plants (Zea mays L.) grown in sand culture. Sand particle size was 0.01-0.075 mm. Before seeding, seeds were sterilized with 3% H2O2 for 15 minutes and rinsed with distilled water. After imbibition in distilled water for 24 hours, seeds were transferred to individual pots containing sterilized sand (700 mL). Using a chamber growth method, maize plants were exposed to a 16h light and 8h dark regimen, under constant ambient temperature (25oC). The experiment consisted of 120 pots containing 5 seeds each. The two main experimental groups were organised as follows: the first group (the control) consisted of 60 pots with seeds covered in sand; the second group (ATN-treated group) consisted of 60 pots with seeds covered with 0.01 g ATN per seed. ATN is mixture of zeolite, bentonite (origin from southern Serbia) and activated charcoal (60:20:1). After seeding, pots were irrigated with 10 mL distilled water to maintain optimal soil humidity conditions during the seedling period. From the 12th to the 15th day, plants were watered alternately with 20mL of distilled water and Reid-York nutrient solution (Reid and York, 1958). On the 15th day of growth, control and ATN-treated plants were further subdivided into two subgroups, each consisting of 30 randomly selected pots. Four different experimental treatments were as follows:
CO - control, optimal irrigation
CD - control, drought
ATN O - ATN, optimal irrigation
ATN D - ATN, drought
Plants under optimal irrigation conditions (CO and ATN O) were continuously watered to maintain at least 70% soil (sand) humidity (Kamara and Jackson, 1997). For water stress conditions (CD and ATN D), plants were subjected to drought for 5 days; after 5 mL of distilled water was given once, before watering with 10 mL of distilled water per pot for 7 days. Plants were then watered with 5 mL of distilled water per pot until the end of the experiment. This treatment resulted in a soil (sand) humidity of 20%, indicating drought conditions.
After 35 days of growth, plant material was harvested and prepared for physiological and biochemical analyses.
2.2. Morphological and physiological analyses
Plants were separated into roots, stems and leaves. The fresh weight (g) of whole plants and individual vegetative parts (roots, stems and leaves) were measured. Leaf area (LA) per plant was measured by using a portable leaf area meter (LI-COR 3000, Lambda Instruments Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA). Leaf water potential was determined using the pressure chamber described by Scholander et al. (1965).
Free proline content in roots and leaves was measured according to Bates et al. (1973). Briefly, plant material was homogenized in 3% aqueous sulfosali-cylic acid and the resulting homogenate was centri-fuged for 10 minutes at 10000 rpm. The supernatant was used to estimate proline content as follows. A reaction mixture consisting of 2 mL of supernatant, 2 mL of acid ninhydrin (1.25 g ninhydrin in 30 mL glacial acetic acid and 60 mL 6 M phosphoric acid) and 2 mL of glacial acetic acid was boiled at 100 °C for 1 h. Reactions were then terminated in an ice bath. The resulting reaction mixture was extracted with 4 mL of toluene and the absorbance of the proline-ninhydrin chromophore was measured at 520 nm. The proline concentration was determined from a standard curve and calculated on a fresh weight basis as ug proline g-1 of fresh weight material.
Nitrate reductase (NR) activity was determined by the method described by Downs et al. (1993). For the assay, 0.5 g of root or leaf material was collected and incubated for 30 minutes at 36oC in 5 mL of incubation solution containing 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.5 and 0.02 M KNO3. Nitrite was determined in 0.8 mL aliquot of the incubation solution by adding 0.6 mL 0.02% N-1-naphthyl-ethylendiamine dihydrochloride and 0.6 mL 1% sulfanilamide in 1.5 M HCl. After shaking, the reaction mixture was left to stand for 30 minutes, and then was diluted to 5mL with distilled water and absorbance was read at 540 nm. Nitrite concentrations were determined from a standard curve and calculated on a fresh weight basis as umole of NO2- g-1 h-1.
The total nitrogen concentration in the dry matter of roots and leaves was determined using the standard microkjeldahl method (Nelson and Sommers, 1973).
Glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was measured as described by Habig et al. (1974) using 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene as a substrate. GST activity was assayed in 1.25 mL reaction medium containing 120 μM phosphate buffer, pH 6.5, 120 μM reduced glutathione and 1 mM CDNB in the final volume. The reaction was started after addition of 10 μL of sample and absorbance at 340 nm was followed for 3 minutes. One unit of GST activity was defined as the amount of GST enzyme that utilizes 1 nmol GSH min-1 at 25oC, pH 6.5.
The total protein concentration in the supernatant was determined using the method of Bradford (1976) with bovine serum albumin as a standard.
2.3. Statistical analyses
Data were analyzed by two-way analysis of variance (Two Way ANOVA) using Duncan's test as a post hoc test for separation of means. Means in table and figures with the same letters are not significantly different at p<0.05.
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Morphological parameters The data obtained in this study clearly suggests that ATN has a positive effect on the drought resistance of maize plants under the experimental conditions tested. Fresh weights (FW) of whole plants and their vegetative parts for control and ATN groups are shown in Table 1. As can be seen, ATN clearly has a positive effect on biomass production. The significant increase in FW observed in maize plants from the ATN treated group could be due to a nutritional effect from ATN or an effect related to the structure of the substrate. In support of the former, Leaf Areas (LA) were found to be significantly higher in the ATN-group versus the control-group in optimally irrigated plants (Table 1).
FWs for whole plants and their vegetative parts decreased significantly (~1.5-fold) under drought conditions for both the ATN and control group plants. A drought-induced reduction in leaf area was also observed for both groups, and leaf expansion was decreased in the presence of drought stress, due to the inherently slow rate of osmotic adjustment and the low membrane extensibility of leaf cells. It has been well-documented that differences in turgor pressure can result in smaller leaf areas in plants grown under drought stress versus well-watered plant (Iersel and Nemali, 2004). Our results confirm the remarkable effects of drought stress on leaf area, and highlight the protective effects of ATN in the ATN treated group on leaf water potential. Although leaf areas were observed to decrease more in the ATN-group during drought (ATN D was 48% of ATN O in comparison with C D, which was 63% of C O), leaf areas for ATN D were still significantly larger than those of the control-group under water stress conditions. The effect of ATN on the absorption and retention of ammonia-nitrogen and potassium ions from clinoptiolite, which supplies necessary nourishment (Englert and Rubio, 2005), could explain the higher mass and larger leaf area values observed for the ATN group versus the control group.
3.2. Physiological parameters
Water potential values for the ATN and control groups (Figure 1) were similar under optimal irrigation conditions (no statistically significant differences were observed). In contrast, although water stress treatment resulted in decreased water potential in both plant groups; this decrease was significantly less (i.e. less negative) in the ATN D group compared to the CD group (-875.0 kPa vs. -641.7 kPa). The higher water potential observed for the ATN-group during drought suggests that these plants experienced less intense stress conditions due to the presence of ATN in the substratum.
The free proline content of well-irrigated and drought-exposed plants from both the control and ATN-group (leaves and roots) is shown in Figure 2. The free pro-line content in the leaves of well-irrigated control-group plants was 16.5 μg g-1 of their fresh weight; 1.7-fold higher than in the ATN-group. In contrast, the free proline content in the roots of well-irrigated control and ATN-group plants did not differ significantly (approximately 7 μg g-1 of their fresh weight). In both groups, exposure to drought stress conditions resulted in an increase in free proline content: 2 times higher in the leaves of both groups; and 3 times higher in the roots of control plants vs. 7 times higher in roots of ATN plants.
Our results are in agreement with earlier reported results that proline content was increased under drought stress conditions in all of the examined groups (Figure 2). The presence of ATN was associated with a somewhat lower proline content in leaves under drought conditions compared to the control group, suggesting a positive effect from ATN during drought conditions.
This reduced free proline content in leaves suggests a reduced level of physiological suffering in plants under drought conditions, when ATN is present. This effect might be attributable to the increase in humidity connected with the presence of natural aluminosilicates (Xiubin and Zhanbin, 2001). Although drought conditions induced a significant increase in free proline content in the roots of both the control and ATN groups, this increase was more dramatic in the ATN-group. The extremely free proline content found in the roots of ATN-group plants increases the protective effect of proline, which acts as an osmotic substance in plant tissue: making the plant more efficient at absorbing water from dry soil (Kevresan et al, 1998; Handa et al., 1986).
Nitrate reductase (NR) activity levels and the nitrogen content in the leaves and roots of both groups (ATN and control) are shown in Figure 3. These results demonstrate that drought conditions induced a significant decrease in nitrate reductase activity in the roots of both groups (control and ATN group), along with lower N uptake in the roots of the ATN-group.
In our study, GST activity was detected in only plant roots (Figure 4). GST activity in plants from both groups (control and ATN) was found to be increased during drought conditions, and was not affected by the presence of ATN. Specifically, GST activity in the control group was observed to increase from 255.5 to 711.6 U/mg protein, and in the ATN group from 179.4 to 645.4 U/mg protein.
The significant increase in GST activity measured under drought conditions in both groups (control and ATN) is in agreement with the induction of oxidation process in cells provoked by drought, while ATN treatment appears to have had no effect on GST activity levels.
4. Conclusions
In the present study we demonstrate that ATN treatment has a significant positive effect on biomass and certain physiological stress parameters in maize plants, under both well-irrigated and drought conditions. Plants treated with ATN have a higher whole plant and vegetative parts fresh weight. Furthermore, increased water potential, reduced proline accumulation and reduced nitrate reductase activity were recorded in the leaves of ATN treated plants; whereas higher proline accumulation and less nitrate reductase activity were observed in the roots. Together our data suggest that plants treated with ATN may potentially have increased drought resistance potential, although further investigation is required.
This study was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, Project No.173014 «Molecular mechanisms of redox signaling in homeostasis: adaptation and pathology«.
Abbreviations: ATN- antitoxic nutrient; ATN O- optimal irrigated group with ATN; ATN D- drought exposed group with ATN; CO- optimal irrigated control group; CD- drought exposed control group; FW- fresh weight; GST- glutathione S-transferase; LA- leaf area; LSD-the least significant differences; NR- nitrate reductase; ROS- radical oxygen species.
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With the consolidation of regional planning agencies in the state, the Town Council voted Monday night in approval to join Hartford's Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG), as suggested by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), which is responsible for all state staff planning.
"It was not an easy decision to make…but I am proud to say I made the motion for CRCOG," said Town Councilor Louis Martocchio.
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This is my 'Best Albums of 2010' post.
That's right! My lucky number's up, y'all. Now, then, in no particular order, and with vids from youtube whenever I could.
Nina Nastasia - Outlaster - I cannot foresee a time when Nina Nastasia releases an album that isn't one of the best albums of the year. I just cannot believe how good it is. And by 'it', I mean everything she does. Her position as a cult artist is one of those things that makes me look around the world and wonder why the heck all these people are taking stupid pills. SERIOUSLY! PEOPLE! THEY'RE CALLED STUPID PILLS! They ain't gonna make you any smarter! Stop taking the damn things already.
Kimonos - Kimonos - I wasn't sure that I was going to like this, despite the fact that it's a side-project of Mukai Shutoku, leader of my favourite Japanese band Zazen Boys. It's really good though, a fun electro-pop album which sounds like a whole bunch of great 80s groups, and having Leo Imai sing most of the lyrics makes a nice contrast to Mukai's voice.
Sleigh Bells - Treats - It's just a button pushing riot, this album, and most of the time they're just hammering on the button marked 'rock'. It also has one of my favourite ever 'proper' versions of a demo, where 'Infinity Guitars' sounds pretty much identical to the demo until the end when they just TURN THE VOLUME UP AND ADD MORE GUITARS. YES.
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz - I finally just stuck my neck out and decided that I really like Sufjan.
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Almost every track on the album is over five minutes I think, and yet it never drags. How is that possible? Pop masterpiece. Also the GOOD Fridays stuff was really, really, really good too. Goddamnit, Kanye was so good this year! Except this new Christmas song... that's... mmm, okay.
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid - Holy wow, this is a great album. It would have been great without the sci-fi concept, but of course the sci-fi concept makes it even better. A sci-fi concept would make anything better.
Big Boi - Sir Luscious Leftfoot - I think possibly I like this album more than anything by Outkast that I ever heard. Not sure, but maybe. Maybe I need to listen to more Outkast. Almost certainly I do, but this is fantastic.
Tokyo Jihen - Sports - Again, a couple of so-so singles meant I wasn't sure I was going to dig this record. But the singles grew on me and it turns out that almost all the other tracks on the record were much better anyway.
Buffalo Daughter - Weapons of Math Destruction - Buffalo Daughter are still more advanced than you. However there are no videos of their new music on youtube.
Mass of The Fermenting Dregs - Zero Comma, Iro toridori no Sekai - It's like this keening, longing rock music that's both fighting and punching and staying detached from the fray at the same time.
Wovenhand - The Threshingfloor - I'm not sure what you thought life was like, but actually it's hard. A hard, cruel life, and the harvest this year is going to be even harder, and even more cruel and all the time a vengeful, cruel, hard God is breathing down your neck, and the only thing you can do is get right with God and somehow that makes a great album of hypnotic depth. I'm regretting not putting the last Wovenhand album on my end of year list last time.
Deftones - Diamond Eyes - Bills has been banging on about them for years. So I picked up the album, didn't like it after one listen and somehow ended up listening to nothing but for like two weeks now. Actually it does that same brutal physicality + dreamlike transcendence that Mass of The Fermenting Dregs do, except while sounding completely different. And like I said, it doesn't sound like the Cure, it sounds like Tears for Fears, but metal, and that's excellent.
El-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 - I spent a while hunting for this earlier this year, and then found only recently that I could pay to download it from the DefJux website. Which of course, would be the easiest option. In a way I wasn't sure I should put it in here because on first listen it just made me hanker for a vocal album, not just an instrumental one. Then I realised that it's still one of the best albums of the year, so.
Honourable Mentions
Albums that each had three amazing songs on them, but sadly that isn't enough to get in the hallowed top 13:
Kele - The Boxer
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days
EGO WRAPPIN' - Naimononedari no Dead Heat
Stuff that isn't albums but then why should that matter in this, the world of the future?
Ash - The A-Z series - It was released on CD too, but I'm pretty sure it worked better as a track by track thing. Many, many great songs, and so fun to get a new one every two weeks.
Kanye West - GOOD Fridays - That was some good shit to be giving away for free every week.
Perfume - Fushizen Na Girl / Voice / Nee - All three singles from Perfume this year were amazing, all three were from commercials and none of them are on an album yet. That'll probably be one of the best albums of next year I reckon.
There you go! Good year for music! More good music next year please, thank you, good night!


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Florence + The Machine releases Lover to Lover music video
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Florence and the Machine: Lover to Lover
The English Songstress Performs a Tale of American Heartbreak in Vincent Haycock's New Video
A relationship falls apart in the desert towns and fog-soaked coast of California as the baroque pop chanteuse and Karl Lagerfeld and Gucci muse Florence Welch takes on a cinematic role in this second collaboration with LA-based director Vincent Haycock. After helming the narrative music video for Welch's Calvin Harris-produced disco hit "Sweet Nothing", Haycock wanted to further explore singer's interest in acting in his film for "Lover to Lover", the latest single from her hit sophomore album Ceremonials. "She wasn't just Florence, she was playing a character," he says. "It was exciting to take someone who's built such an iconic visual style, with the floaty dresses and distinct look of her videos, and do something really different." Performing opposite Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn, who stars alongside Brad Pitt in the forthcoming flick, Killing Them Softly, Welch's on-screen interpretation echoes the track's heart-aching refrain, "There's no salvation for me now." Beginning in a drab Los Angeles house and building to a cathartic gospel frenzy, the romance ends as the lovesick heroine disappears amid mist into the Pacific Ocean. "The waves were enormous, it was freezing cold and four in the morning—I was weeping all the way in I was so scared," recounts the MTV Award-winning singer, laughing. "It was the most intense experience because we shot the whole day before; I went back to the hotel, slept for three hours, woke up and dove into the sea."
How did the concept for this character come about?
I was going through a phase where I was thinking about what I wanted from life, asking, do I want a husband and a child? Why do I think I need that?
What was it like to film such intense scenes with a proper actor like Ben Mendelsohn?
It was an emotional day and it brought up a lot of things. I'd come to the end of this massive tour and just needed to go home. I was tired and disoriented because Southern California doesn't have seasons--everything's getting cold back home and the leaves are falling but in LA everything's in this stasis. I think I was screaming, "This isn't real, I don't know what's going on!" and Ben was screaming back, "You're here, you're here!"
Did you have a script?
It was completely improvised. I had to think about things that I was actually angry and upset about. It is cathartic, but you have to literally let yourself go. Ben is so sweet and accommodating--afterwards he gave me this massive hug and made me feel so comfortable.
Do you plan to take some time off now?
I'm not going to tour for a year after this one. I've been doing it since I was 21 and I think it's time really to settle into moving out of my mum's! But I'm not going to stop writing. Playing live is my biggest passion, but I've got a lot of ideas, and I need the space to work on them.


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In Panoramio you can move your photos dragging its red pin over the map. That is direct manipulation.
Imagine the old system: first, select "move photo", second, introduce a new location, and third, save the new location. Thus every feature needs explanations, controls and several steps. Adding features make the interaction more complex, slower and difficult.
In the old system, the easy way of keeping interfaces usable is reducing the number of features. However while "less is more" is a nice slogan, doesn't really mean good interaction design. That is the point of Donald Norman in The truth about Google's so-called "simplicity". Norman thinks Google is simple just because they hid everything else, but the search box. He believes "simplicity" doesn't mean good interface. It looks simple, because it has few links. However there are a lot of different contents together under them, so these links aren't clear and lack information scent . For example, where is Google Scholar, under "Advanced Search" or "More"?. (more examples in Norman's article).
It's true there are websites with too many unnecessary buttons and options. But it's also true there are too many useful elements that you just can't hide. The easy way isn't enough here.
Direct manipulation can solve some of this problems. Direct manipulation is nothing new, but came to the web with Ajax. In Flickr or Basecamp you just need to click over a title to edit it. Since you don't edit titles very often, you don't need a permanent "Edit" link beside every title, using space and crowding the interface. Also direct manipulation is better than hiding the "edit" feature under a vague general "settings" link.
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Author Notes: When I think of a dirt cheap meal, many things come to mind (including things that make me want to get up on a high horse about how so many "cheap" foods have hidden costs and that we overvalue low cost in our society when it comes to food and blahblahblah). But, one of the main thoughts that pops into my head is about the foods that poor people, you know, the "commoners," have used to survive for centuries through dry seasons or long cold winters.
In much of the world this survival food is rice and legumes, or cornmeal porridge. But, for those of us from far far north it was storage vegetables and protein sources you caught. Two of the most basic survival meals in Norway through the years were lamb and cabbage stew (actually they used to use mutton, now they use lamb) or codfish and potatoes. It's actually a little funny because these days lamb and codfish aren't necessarily cheap. But cabbage and potatoes still are. And, I nearly always have some hanging around.
So, I decided to combine them for a dirt cheap dinner, augmenting them with the warm flavors of garlic and peppercorns. And then as I went to serve it, I realized, 'oh, I've just recreated colcannon. Ha.' But, a super delicious, personalized version of colcannon. And of course, as soon as I realized this I had to run and get some butter to add the butter eye (is that what it is called in English?)
The trick to making this wonderful is to treat both the potato mashing and the cabbage cooking with great respect. I rice the potatoes instead of smashing them to keep them light. And, I definitely think sauteeing the cabbage is preferable to boiling (although boiling would correspond more with a lot of the food of my childhood!). It's filling enough to be a whole meal by itself, and is easily doubled or even tripled. And it makes for a pretty balanced meal too. - fiveandspice —fiveandspice
Food52 Review: Fiveandspice's version of a classic Irish colcannon is truly a great dish that keeps you coming back for more. The sauteed cabbage caramelized and added a nice texture and color to the mashed potatoes. I loved the garlic and peppercorn infused milk that mixed in with the potatoes. Filling enough to be served on it's own, I paired How We Survived... with a piece of grilled salmon for a delicious meal. - jvcooks —jvcooks
Serves: 3 or so as a main dish
large Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
cup whole milk or heavy cream
garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
teaspoon whole black peppercorns
teaspoon sugar
teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
tablespoons butter, divided (I used unsalted, but you can use whatever you have)
head of green cabbage, thinly sliced and cut into about 2 1/2 inch strips
tablespoons chopped chives or green onions, from the back yard :)
- Bring a pot of water with the potatoes to boil, turn down to a simmer, cover and cook until the potatoes are just fork tender. Drain.
- In the meantime, combine the milk/cream, garlic, and peppercorns in a small saucepan. Bring just to a simmer, then remove from the heat, stir in the sugar and salt and allow to infuse while the potatoes cook.
- In a large frying pan, melt 1 Tbs. of the butter over medium-high heat until foaming, then add the cabbage, stirring occasionally, and cook until softened and starting to get nicely browned in places. Remove from the heat.
- Cut 3 of the remaining Tbs. of butter into chunks and place them in the bottom of a bowl. Strain the infused milk/cream into the bowl. Then, using a potato ricer, rice the potatoes into the bowl. Gently fold the potatoes, cream and butter together with a wooden spoon. Then gently stir in the cabbage and the chives/green onions. Season with more salt to taste.
- Divide into bowls. Make a little divot in the potato-cabbage mixture in each bowl and add a pat of the remaining butter to each.
- If you have any leftovers, you can make them into potato-cabbage cakes the next day. Just stir in 1 beaten egg per cup of leftovers. Mix just until combined, then gently form the mixture into patties. Fry in butter until golden brown on each side, then serve. Yum.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Cheap Feast
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Root Vegetable Side
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dirt Cheap Dinner
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The Old Timer of Royal Oak, Mich., was a regular contributor to H&P years before we ever even heard of the internet. But most of his advice is just as ueful — and interesting — today.
So rather than leave his wisdom printed on pages archived in our storage room, I pulled out issues from the late 1980s and early 1990s and have been reproducing relevant entries in this blog. Here is my twelfth entry, which was originally published in the December 1988 issue:
Sometimes, instruments can be too sensitive
Our Experimental Division sometimes got prototypes of monster machines before they were put into production. One such machine had five big accumulators on it requiring precharge pressures ranging from 500 to 1750 psi. To provide the precharge, we connected eight nitrogen cylinders to a common header then raised the pressure with a portable five-stage air compressor to the levels needed in the accumulators.
To check for leaks in this fairly complex piping arrangement, we invested in a fancy ultrasonic leak detector.
This equipment included an omni-directional microphone with earphones and a large meter. We'd point the mic around the room, and any gas leaks would be translated into sound in the earphones and needle movement on the meter.
I was inspecting the setup with the leak detector one quiet morning when the meter suddenly pegged full over, then returned to normal. Looking for this sudden leak, I kept wandering around the machine and waving the microphone. After several trips I narrowed the sound down to the northwest corner, where a pipefitter was making some minor assemblies. It took another half-hour to finally zero in on the cause of this erratic short-duration gas-leakage signal.
It was the pipefitter! He was a great lover of chili and had indulged in his passion the previous night. The resulting intestinal gas was quietly squeaking out and driving our instrument meter off the scale.
You can imagine the tact it took to explain to my boss that I had spent most of the morning tracking down a chili lover.


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For months now, I've been combing through the digital archives of various magazines, building a "collection" of liquor ads. Starting today, I'm going to post ads here, once a week. If I have anything to say about the ad or the brand, I will, but often I'll just post the ad itself without commentary.
I now have hundreds of ads, and so far from only three magazines–Vanity Fair, Life, and Playboy–so I know I'll have plenty of fodder to keep this going indefinitely. In small doses, it's really absorbing, watching the tastes and mores of the United States change over time. It's also a fun way to learn about drinking habits, and how they've changed over the decades.
Brands come and go; I've seen brands I had never heard of prior to finding the ad. In one amusing coincidence, I saw an ad for a blended scotch whisky called Vat 69. I did a little research into the brand, and then a few hours later came across a reference to it while reading a Leslie Charteris short story about Simon Templar, a.k.a. The Saint. I was so amused by the coincidence that I laughed aloud and had to explain myself to Jen.
In the earliest of these magazines, there are no ads for vodka or tequila brands. These spirits arrived rather late to the American palate. Instead, there are many ads for gin, whisk(e)y, brandy, wine, and beer. And yes, although wine and beer are normally outside the remit of this blog, I'll be including them here as well. If there's alcohol in it, it'll be here.
Some of the ads are funny (intentionally or not), some are lushly illustrated, and some are banal. I'm going to post them all, at least for as long as I keep the blog alive and retain interest in posting these ads.
I know I'm not the first to tread this ground. Cask Strength did a post recently on booze ads in Seventies-era Playboy. And James Lileks just turned his wit on the topic, with Forgotten Hooch. But I think my approach to it is different enough to be somewhat new. At any rate, I had no intention of stealing anyone's idea. I've been planning this for months and wanted to be sure I had enough material to keep it going for a while without running out.
Now I'm ready, so once a week, every Friday morning, expect a new booze ad.
First up, an ad for Old Schenley Rye, from the January 1935 issue of Vanity Fair (click through for full size):


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|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Artificial Mind and Movement
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: 505 Games
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 29, 2010
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1 (2+ Online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Adam Brown
Leading to the release of Naughty Bear, the games PR machine was hitting on all cylinders. The slew of trailers being released were dark, humorous, and seemingly promised what would be a delightful, yet sadistic, adventure involving extreme bear-on-bear violence. While these trailers had me looking forward to the title, there was still a small amount of doubt in the back of my mind telling me not to get too excited. Now that Ive had a chance to actually play Naughty Bear, the only thing the back of my mind is telling me is I told you so.
For those who may be unaware, the actual premise behind Naughty Bear is a good one. Take one part Care Bears and one part Manhunt, then mix those together with a scoring system and youve got Naughty Bear. The titular character, Naughty, resides on an island with many other bear inhabitants who despise him and treat him poorly for seemingly no reason. That is, until he eventually grows tired of being ridiculed and decides to take out all his pent up aggression on those who have scorned him. What results is a series of episodes that give Naughty the chance to even the score with all his nasty neighbors.
Unfortunately, while this may sound great, there is not enough variety in the missions or gameplay to sustain interest throughout the entire experience. The gameplay is straightforward, giving you points based on how frightened you can make the other bears and how grizzly you can make their deaths. This involves stalking around the same few locales, setting traps, disabling phones, destroying escape vehicles, and slaughtering all the, hopefully, unsuspecting bears.
Traps, such as mines and bear traps, will temporarily incapacitate your enemy, allowing you to sneak up and scare them. This is accomplished by using the Boo button. Yes, there is such a thing. Pressing this button will have Naughty shout Boo in a frightening manner, further scaring your target and any nearby bears witnessing the event. If you can manage to scare a bear enough, you will eventually get the option to kill it using fright instead of weapons. When this occurs, the bear will use whatever weapon is in its hands to commit suicide, scoring you more points than youd get from taking it out the more old fashioned way. There are other ways to insight fear, like jumping out of closets or disabling something and spooking whoever comes to investigate. However, the options are still limited and it can be difficult to remain incognito when there are several bears around.
If you cant manage to remain hidden, a more direct approach may be required. Youll have your choice between several melee weapons and a few guns. While youll have access to knives, baseball bats, axes, and a few other unsavory tools of pain, each performs identically. No matter which melee weapon you choose, combat is resigned to just tapping a button to swing away at a bear until an indicator flashes, letting you know you can finally execute your foe. Each weapon has its own unique execution scene, however, these too get old fast.
Every episode in Naughty Bear starts off with a brief cinematic, which essentially always boil down to all the bears hate you so its time to kill them all. After these, you are given an objective (killing bears) that needs to be completed in order to progress. Successfully passing episodes can unlock new costumes, new episodes and sub-episodes, and multiplayer bonuses for Naughty.


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Jewish World Review Nov. 20, 2012 / 6 Kislev, 5773
What Price 'Fairness'?
By Mona Charen
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Realistic Republicans understand that President Obama and the Democrats head into fiscal cliff negotiations in a far stronger bargaining position now than in 2011. When voters were asked on Nov. 6 whether they favored raising taxes to reduce the deficit, a total of 60 percent said yes (47 percent favored increasing taxes for those who earn $250,000 or more, and 13 percent approved tax increases for all).
So taxes will be going up. As a matter of political strategy — not to say survival — Republicans will have to agree to raise taxes on those defined as rich. It's more than just the exit poll on support for tax increases. Republicans must also contend with the Pew poll that asked who would be more to blame if a fiscal cliff deal were not reached. Before a single meeting has been held or talking point fed to the press, 29 percent said they'd blame President Obama, while 53 percent said they'd blame Republicans in Congress.
President Obama sounds so reasonable when he asks for a "balanced approach" to deficit reduction. Whether the implied spending cuts — the flip side of his balance — will materialize is the great question.
Obama is the anodyne face of a leftist party — a party perhaps best defined by Massachusetts Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren. Her speech to the Democratic Convention in September was a protracted roar of grievance, a fulmination against the (imagined) entrenched interests who were "rigging the system" against the poor and the middle class.
Wow. A nation that is skating to the brink of bankruptcy because it spends so much on the middle class is whipped into a righteous frenzy about how rigged the system is toward the rich? As the Washington Post's Robert Samuelson wrote in April, 60 percent of the federal government's non-interest spending goes to transfer payments to the poor and middle class. Spending on the 10 largest means-tested programs — that is, programs for the poor — has increased from about $4,300 per person in 1980 to $13,000 per person in 2011 in inflation-adjusted dollars.
The bill for this spending is disproportionately paid by the wealthy. The top 20 percent of income earners pay 70 percent of the taxes. Soon they will pay even more. If this is what happens when the rich rig the system, the poor and middle class should beg them to keep rigging it.
The Democratic Party is consumed by the insatiable appetite to make America "fairer" — by taking from some to give to others. As noted above, the U.S. tax code is already steeply progressive. You needn't love the rich to understand that chasing the goal of redistribution rather than growth can result only in everyone becoming poorer.
Like many European social democratic countries, the U.S. has gotten into trouble by spending far more than it collects in taxes. Andrew Biggs, Kevin Hassett and Matt Jensen examined studies on how other nations have recovered from their fiscal improvidence. Looking at 21 countries over 37 years, they concluded that effective resolutions are rare (only about 20 percent of cases) and successful attempts to balance budgets rely heavily on spending cuts, whereas failed ones rely on tax increases. What about the "balanced" approach? "On average," the authors noted in the Wall Street Journal, "the typical unsuccessful consolidation consisted of 53% tax increases and 47% spending cuts."
Yes, taxes are going up, but let's remember, as we bow to the inevitable — that raising taxes on the rich will put only the most trivial dent ($80 billion according to one proposal) in our trillion-dollar annual deficits. This is the great god "fairness" appeased, while the demon debt continues to breathe fire.
The sane policy goals for a nation in the kind of trouble we're in would be economic growth and entitlement reform. The progressive agenda, Richard Epstein writes in "Why Progressive Institutions are Unsustainable" (Encounter Books), supplies a "one-two punch." First, it reduces the private sector by ill-advised regulation. "Second, it imposes extensive and counterproductive programs of redistribution that cannot be supported by a stagnant economy and a shrinking productive wealth base. As that base gets smaller, the demand for a stronger safety net induces yet another round of transfer payments and makes the tax burden heavier and the rate structure more progressive. The new redistributive tax regime in turn exerts greater negative pressures on production levels."
And down we go. The worship of "fairness" is a death cult.
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Nothing changed recently that would cause such an issue with the wiring but I did take a look- no wires are touching.Did you do any lawn work that would have disturbed the wiring to the valves? If two wires are now touching they will both open.
Maybe wires in the valve box are touching
Do you have a master valve? Maybe one valve is stuck in the open position. If so take it apart and clean the insides.
Had to Google indexing valves... I suspect that you may be right. Odd that it only occurs when it's being run by the timer, though. I did find a helpful video on how to change out the stem & disk. The way my is installed is going to be very painful to replace- the water pipe leading into the valve is above the screws to open it. Mine also has a rotating stem at the top that allows me to go through the zones manually. I did pull that piece off & reseated it- doubt very much if that is going to resolve the issue though.the Intermatic controller is one made to control an indexing valve, and it is the indexing valve that is your problem, most likely.
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Jamaican-born Ifeona Fulani holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Comparative Literature, both from New York University. She is author of a novel, Seasons of Dust (1997); a collection of short stories titled Ten Days in Jamaica, (Peepal Tree Press, 2012); an edited volume of essays titled Archipelagos of sound: Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music (University of West Indies Press, 2012); a children's story titled Visitors and a screenplay based on a novel by James Baldwin, titled On Beale Street. She has published short stories in the Beacon's Best anthology series, in Small Axe, and in Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noir and scholarly articles in Small Axe, Anthurium and Frontiers: A journal of Women's Studies. She has taught fiction workshops in the US, the UK and France and she currently teaches in the Global Cultures and Writing and Concentrations in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University.
This series celebrates the literature written by women across the African Diaspora (African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latina, Afro-European, Afro-Asian, and continental African). Past readers include Opal Palmer Adisa, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Jacqueline Bishop, Pamela Booker, Merle Collins, Carole Boyce Davies, Bridget Davis, Monica A. Hand, Ifeona Fulani, Monica Hand, Linda Susan Jackson, Pamela Jackson, Jacqueline Johnson, Tayari Jones, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Diana McCaulay, Rosalind McLymont, Pam Mordecai, Elizabeth Nunez, Ebele Oseye, Cicely Rodway, Danyel Smith, Patricia Smith, Gammy Singer, Martha Southgate, Patricia Spears-Jones, Eisa Ulen, and Tiphanie Yanique.
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bed bugs and hiv (BED BUGS, 2008)
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Another QTND (question that never dies) and ATNC (answer that never changes).
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Bed bugs and transmission Aug 11, 2008
We have a serious bed bug infestation problem in Vancouver Canada. Bed bugs feast on blood. Can bed bugs be transmitters of HIV? For instance, if a hotel bed has these bugs and bite an HIV+ guest, can they transmit HIV to the next guest who stays in that room?
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HIV and BED bugs/discordant couple Dec 11, 2005
My partner is positive and I am currently negative. I am rather comitted to staying negative though I am more committed to my life with the man I love. With all of this talk in the news about bedbugs lately, I got curious and did some quick research. I found that these bedbugs prey exclusively on human blood and actually, it seems they are perfectly designed for vector transmission of various diseases. The research shows that they have never been shown to transmit, however. It also seems that the main reason they have not been transmitting blood bourne is that after they draw your blood, they retire to rest or hybernate for a week or more during which time the disease agents outside of the human body die. Because bedbugs have not been a huge problem in recent years, not much has been considered in my opinion of the possibility of transmission between people who sleep together of a number of diseases. Hepatitis B seems like a perfect disease for this bug to pick up from a person and pass to the partner by biting before its hybernation period in the night. Hepatitis C might fit this as well as far as I can tell. Why not HIV or other serious infections? Isnt this something we should be watching?
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The possibility that HIV could be spread by insect vectors, like bedbugs (yuk) or mosquitoes actually has been studied quite thoroughly. Although the science is complicated, the bottom line is not. HIV is not spread by insects, including bedbugs, mosquitoes or other creepy, crawly nasties. (The same hold true for the hepatitis viruses as well.)
So sleep tight and don't let . . . well, you know.
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GENERIC NAME(S): Isosorbide-Hydralazine
OTHER NAME(S): Bidil Tablet
This medication contains 2 drugs (hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate) and is used with other medications to treat heart failure. Both drugs are known as vasodilators. They work by relaxing and widening blood vessels so blood can flow more easily to the heart.
How to use Bidil
Take this medication by mouth, usually 3 times daily or as directed by your doctor.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. Your doctor may start you at a low dose and gradually increase your dose. Follow your doctor's instructions carefully.
Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same times each day.
Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor. Some conditions may become worse when the drug is suddenly stopped. Your dose may need to be gradually decreased.
Tell your doctor if your condition worsens.
Side Effects
Headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea, and flushing may occur as your body adjusts to the medication. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Headache is often a sign that this medication is working. Your doctor may recommend treating headaches with an over-the-counter pain reliever (such as acetaminophen). If the headaches continue or become severe, tell your doctor promptly.
To reduce the risk of dizziness and lightheadedness, get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
This medication may rarely cause nerve problems. Tell your doctor promptly if you experience numbness or tingling. Your doctor may recommend a vitamin B6 supplement (pyridoxine).
Tell your doctor right away if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: severe tiredness, aching/swollen joints, rash on nose and cheeks, swollen glands, signs of kidney problems (such as change in the amount of urine, bloody/pink urine), signs of infection (such as fever, chills, persistent sore throat), easy bruising/bleeding, fainting, fast/irregular/pounding heartbeat.
Seek immediate medical attention if this rare but serious side effect occurs: chest/jaw/left arm pain.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before taking this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to either isosorbide dinitrate or hydralazine; or to similar drugs (such as isosorbide mononitrate, nitroglycerin); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: other heart problems (such as recent heart attack, rheumatic heart disease of the mitral valve), previous stroke, low blood pressure, blood vessel problems, loss of too much body water (dehydration), recent head injury, anemia, kidney problems.
This drug may make you dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Limit alcoholic beverages.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist that you are using this medication.
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially dizziness and lightheadedness, which could increase the risk of falls.
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
Hydralazine passes into breast milk. It is unknown if isosorbide dinitrate passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: certain drugs to treat migraine headaches (ergot alkaloids such as ergotamine), drugs to treat erectile dysfunction-ED or pulmonary hypertension (such as sildenafil, tadalafil), MAO inhibitors (isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue, moclobemide, phenelzine, procarbazine, rasagiline, safinamide, selegiline, tranylcypromine), riociguat.
Some products have ingredients that could worsen your heart failure. Tell your pharmacist what products you are using, and ask how to use them safely (especially cough-and-cold products, diet aids, or NSAIDs such as ibuprofen/naproxen).
Isosorbide dinitrate is very similar to isosorbide mononitrate. Do not use medications containing isosorbide mononitrate while using isosorbide dinitrate.
This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: slow heartbeat, vision changes, severe nausea/vomiting, sweating, cold/clammy skin, bluish fingers/toes/lips, chest/jaw/left arm pain.
Do not share this medication with others.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (such as complete blood count, blood pressure monitoring) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
Lifestyle changes such as exercise and dietary changes may help this drug work better. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about lifestyle changes that might benefit you.
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip themissed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C) away from light and moisture. Brief storage between 59-86 degrees F (15-30 degrees C) is permitted. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.Information last revised June 2017. Copyright(c) 2017 First Databank, Inc.
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Watch What Happens When You Get 14 Inches of Rain in Less Than 30 Days
It's not exactly time-lapse photography, but the contrast from the different images is quite impressive.
Image number one is from a video taken of honking geese in the retention pond near the studios on May 23, 2014. Note the exposed ground where the geese are making their racket.
The second image is after a series of rain showers at the end of May and early June brought 3.5 inches of rain. Water levels are higher and the exposed area is covered. Photo was taken on June 2, 2014.
Record rainfall over three straight days brought more water to the area as the photo taken June 17, 2014 will attest. Also the surrounding grass is much greener and the water flowing through makes the surface much cloudier. Most likely, this will be the highest level of water this pond will ever see.
Our hearts go out to those who have been adversely affected by all the rain in our area.