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Here on the eplaya, we are an extension of the playa, and Share Resources is our gifting forum.
No sales are allowed, nor rentals, nor links to your etsy page or craigslist sale. Telling about your friend's RV for sale is not allowed.
Pointing out a good sale or commercial site (not your own or one you shill for) is allowed.
Informal rideshares are allowed here, although posting a specific list of prices is not preferred. Those details should be handled privately.
This is the internet, and all participants here must be as cautious as they would be on any other online forum. Just as we have sticky threads in the ticket forum on how to purchase a ticket safely from third party sources, we also have put up this thread as a reminder that caution is a part of any transaction. This is a burner community, yet from the amount of spammers who must be deleted, there are many non-burners and those who would take advantage lurking here on our board.
So, what is Safe Gifting?
If you are offering a gift on the eplaya, be specific on the terms you would like to pursue in relation to the pick up of the gift, such as "local only".
If the gift is to be shipped, be specific about who pays the cost of that, and whether payment for shipping should be made before or after, and in what form.
This is the tricky part, if the shipping is expensive, do you want to get stuck with it if the other party does not follow through?
Specify how long you will hold the item if the other party cannot pick it up in a timely fashion. Who pays for storage if the pick up is delayed? When is it time to give it to another recipient who can follow through?
If there is to be an exchange of personal contact information, use the usual caution you would when handing over your name, address, email address or phone number to a complete stranger. We do have a useful Private Messaging feature here on eplaya. Do not post your complete email address or phone number, as it will be up here forever. This is a public forum, open to the world.
If you specify "Pick up on playa": can they find your camp? How will you deal with a spare bike or playa coat if the other party never shows?
Do you expect the item to be returned to you? If so when? What arrangements will be made if they can't get it back to you?
If you see a gift being offered, and it is just what you need, be a gracious recipient.
Pick it up promptly, offer to pay for shippng and negotiate payment before you expect the item to be shipped.
If you know you can't pick it up and the giver wants a quick local pick up, then perhaps it is not the gift for you.
If you can't afford to ship the item, perhaps it is not the gift for you.
On the eplaya, you will often see offers of "Hey, I can bring a bike for you" or "I have room in my truck" and so on. When entering such an arrangement, understad plans fall through and you may end up without a resource you were counting on. It happens. If you make an offer of goods or services, do your best to follow through, and if you cannot, do your best to let the other person know in advance so they can make other arrangements.
If someone makes such an offer, ask whether you must supply expenses such as gas money.
If someone asks you to do something you consider illegal or inadvisable, you should refuse. You should also contact a moderator if it is posted on the forums, so we can look at the request, confer with admin, and decide if it remains or is removed.
"Register a car for me" is one from the past which was removed.
If someone asks you for a gift out of the blue, it is up to you to help them or not. It is okay to ask them for references if money is exchanging hands and you feel unsure.
If you feel uneasy about a gift transaction at any time, it is okay to back out.
If somone is demanding a gift from you, it is okay not to give it to them.
Stay safe and enjoy gifting!
Safe Gifting
Materials and expertise...whether you need them or have them to share, you can let folks know here.
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Great topic. Gifting is very important to me. And this was clear and well thought out. I really like the line about backing out at any time! Great.
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Re: Safe Gifting
And I get a bit miffed at folks strolling into one of the many neighborhood taverns that dot the encampment...and demand a drink! C'mon folks...show a little class. Walk in, chat it up, get to know the barkeeps, offer something of your own, smile, and wait to be served...
Don't bore your friends with all your troubles. Tell your enemies instead, for they will delight in hearing about them.
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TOTALLY! Gifting is about the experience shared between 2 (or more) parties. Not just gimme gimme gimme. But sometimes you cant control that....and offer your gift anyway. The best gifts though, I agree, come from meeting people and sharing time. Great point man!
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One of the things that really bugs me on-playa are the folks who seem to think that "gifting" means they can have whatever they want, when they want it! I had a woman try to take my parasol - which I was USING at the time - and insisted that I should gift it to her! Another time, a guy tried to get me to give him my pink and purple vinyl pants. Seriously? His request was phrased "I love your pants! You should give them to me!" Uh, no, sorry.
Re: Safe Gifting
Wow, that's outrageous!
I'm relieved to say that I have never run across such brazen gimme-gimme out there . . . then again, I don't run a bar or theme camp.
But one does hear the stories of people who "misunderstand" what gifting is about, and just assume they can wander into a camp and rifle through a cooler or something.
I'm relieved to say that I have never run across such brazen gimme-gimme out there . . . then again, I don't run a bar or theme camp.
But one does hear the stories of people who "misunderstand" what gifting is about, and just assume they can wander into a camp and rifle through a cooler or something.
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The GSA Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) fields thousands of phone calls and emails each year; many concern very specific issues, others are more general in nature. OSBU has collected the more frequently asked questions and has used them to create these FAQ pages. We hope you'll find the answers more quickly than a phone call or email.
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This camera never leaves your side… lucky for you it's a pretty excellent camera. The iPhone is like the swiss army knife of cameras, with an explosion of apps and filters, but it still has that unique quality entirely its own. Like the Polaroid and Instamatic before it, the iPhone's camera has become a cultural touchstone, beloved by pros and hobbyists alike.
We'll take you through a presentation of the handheld medium, from classic snapshot photographers to contemporary innovators of smartphone photography. We'll break down the important control features often hidden from view in the iPhone's Camera app, as well as how to tweak the camera and options to get what you want. Students will take part in a live-shooting session and share the photos using some of our favorite recommended apps.
Who should take this class?
All iPhone owners, photo novices, and those who would rather not bring their heavy duty cameras out on a regular basis. The best camera is the one you have with you.
What to bring?
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Rafa Benitez's Scousers of Liverpool are in London this morning for a clash at Emirates Stadium against Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal side that is always up for a big match. The Gunners have wins this season over Manchester United and Chelsea, however they still remain 8 points back of Liverpool who sit in the league's prime position. While Benitez has been recuperating from kidney stone surgery he will be on the sidelines for today's crucial match (or maybe he'll just change his mind at the last minute).
Other televised matches of interest...
EPL - West Brom vs. Manchester City in progress on Setanta
Serie A - Torino vs. Napoli in progress on FSC
La Liga - Mallorca vs. Sevilla at 11 am on GolTV
La Liga - Villarreal vs. Barcelona at 1 pm on GolTV
(We'll just call it the co-game of the day).
Serie A - AC Milan vs. Udinese at 2:30 on FSC
Ligue 1 - Monaco vs. Bordeaux at 2:55 on Setanta
Enjoy all of today's matches, and as always, follow along with the action in the comments.


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The Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame will induct its 2012 class at an Oct. 13 banquet at the Lone Tree Golf and Event Center.
Fourteen individuals and one team have been selected to make up the Antioch Sports Legends' sixth class. Here's a brief look at each of them:
Randy Autentico lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track as a senior at Antioch High in 1955-1956. He was the league MVP in baseball his senior year, but focused on football after graduation. He played at City College of San Francisco and BYU before beginning a long career as an educator and coach.
Perry Anderson is one of the top runners in Antioch High history. He still owns the school's record in the mile with a time of 4:19.44. Anderson, a 1973 graduate, also starred in cross country.
Norm Bittner was named Antioch's team MVP during the 1976 season as a defensive lineman. A 1977 graduate, Bittner went on to play at UNLV before launching a career in law enforcement.
Ed Burke is being honored posthumously for his contributions to the youth baseball scene. He helped launch the Babe Ruth youth baseball league in the city in 1956. He served as the league's president for 11 years, then helped form a traveling team.
Sharon Christianson was a multi-sport athlete who was a leader on Antioch's most successful softball team in history. She had the key hit in Antioch's North Coast Section championship win in 1984. She also played basketball and volleyball.
Rich Elliott was chosen to play quarterback for the North in the 1953 North-South Shrine game which consisted of the state's best players. He was also named the league's "Back of the Year" that season. He earned a scholarship at Stanford, but a knee injury ended his career after his sophomore season.
Carl Pantle is also being honored posthumously. Besides this honor, an award in his name is also given annually to the most courageous Antioch football player. Pantle, a 1975 graduate, was a star football player for the Panthers who was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at age 21 and died six months later.
Art Regoli was a star baseball player at Antioch before graduating in 1958. He was an excellent hitter and standout third baseman. After graduation, Regoli coached in Antioch's Little League and Babe Ruth organizations.
Vanessa Selden, a 1989 graduate, is one of the best females basketball players to come out of Antioch, still holding the school record of 1,867 career points. She broke every existing scoring record during her four years at Antioch when she earned numerous awards, then went on to have an excellent college career at Oregon.
Mike Shaw earned the Thom McAn award as a senior in 1978 for his football and academic achievements. He played at UC Davis, where he earned a doctorate degree.
Jeff Sino is a 1980 Antioch graduate who was honored as the school's outstanding senior athlete as a senior for his accomplishments as a baseball player. He also played football, but was a premier baseball player, hitting .449 as a senior.
Jesse Smith still holds the Antioch High records for top times in the three-mile and two-mile courses. The 1972 graduate is regarded as the best cross country runner in Antioch history.
Rudy Viramontes, a 1981 Antioch graduate, still holds the school record in the 110-meter hurdles. The track star is also the permanent school record holder in the discontinued 330-meters.
John Whitman was 327-109 as Antioch's baseball coach from 1982-1998. His teams won NCS championships in 1984, 1994 and 1995 and Whitman earned numerous coaching honors. He had 15 players drafted. Whitman also coached basketball.
The 1971 cross country team was coached by Mike Hurd, won a league championship and took second at the NCS championships. The team, which included Legends inductees Smith and Anderson, goes down as Antioch's greatest cross country team in history for its many accomplishments.
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Jerry Brown picks Goodwin Liu for California Supreme Court
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court, two months after Republican opposition forced Liu to withdraw his nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The appointment was cheered by legal scholars but criticized by conservatives irked by Liu's advocacy of such causes as affirmative action and gay marriage.
Liu, 40, would replace retired Justice Carlos Moreno, the court's only Latino and only Democrat.
"Professor Liu is an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar and teacher," Brown said in a statement. "He is a nationally-recognized expert on constitutional law and has experience in private practice, government service and in the academic community. I know that he will be an outstanding addition to our state supreme court."
Liu, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, was born in Georgia and moved to Sacramento when he was 7. He graduated in 1987 from Rio Americano High School, where he was co-valedictorian. He would become the court's fourth Asian American justice.
Liu's colleagues described him as even-tempered and intellectual, and Moreno called Liu a "brilliant scholar."
Many observers had expected Brown to appoint a Latino to replace Moreno.
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, chairman of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, said in a prepared statement that Brown had "missed an opportunity to designate a candidate to the Supreme Court who would better reflect the diversity of California."
Brown, a Democrat, said neither race nor gender should be a predominant consideration in judicial appointments, and he said it wasn't in his nomination of Liu. He said he did not ask Liu about the death penalty, gay marriage or other specific issues, instead discussing broader questions about how Liu would approach the law.
Liu became a polarizing figure as President Barack Obama's appeals court nominee. Conservatives – some fearing Liu was being prepared for an eventual appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court – criticized Liu for his lack of judicial experience and for his public rebuke of Justice Samuel Alito's nomination by President George W. Bush.
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We will live stream an important Twitter town hall on stigma and gender performance on Thursday, November 7th.
How Can I Participate?
Here are four ways you can participate. You can submit questions for panelists before and during the meeting:
- Follow NASTAD on Facebook.
- If you have a Twitter account, follow NASTAD on Twitter and use the hashtag #HIVstigma.
- Follow the live stream of this discussion.
- Text your questions to 1 (202) 505-6275.
- Email your questions to email@example.com.
Twitter Town Hall -- Stigma and Gender Performance: Thursday, November 7th, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. ET/5:30 - 6:45 p.m. CT
Formatted as a Twitter town hall, this session will feature a panel of national leaders discussing the impact of stigma on "gender performance." Questions and discussion will include participants in Dallas and from around the United States.
- Darnell L. Moore, Director of Educational Initiatives, Hetrick Martin Institute
- Meico Whitlock, Senior Manager, Communications, NASTAD
- Carlos Decena, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Rutgers University
- Daniel Olavarria, M.S.W., Associate, Health Equity, NASTAD
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I invited my friend to play the game. She accepted the invitation via facebook and created an account. She named it a_hénault. Once she accepted my invitation a_henault was added to my friends list (without the special character). After noticing the name difference, I tried to add a_hénault manually. The search only found a_henault, which was already in my friends list. I tried deleting that name from my friends list and did the search again. It added a_henault again.


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A Re-amping Primer
A couple of years ago I was working on a song where I added a rockin' guitar part, and, as I do a lot more recording than playing these days, it took quite a few passes before I got enough good bits for a decent comp track. Then, by the time I got all the other instruments and vocals onto the song, the guitar part sounded a little thin. I couldn't bear to go back and re-record the darn thing. I spent a lot of time with various effects before I turned it back into something acceptable, but I couldn't help but wish I had been able to choose the amp sound at mixdown. That's when it occurred to me that I can! Well, not actually for that track, but ever since that day, I've saved my amp selection until later. Here's the basic 411 on how I delay my tonal decisions.
Go Naked
The big idea here is to record the guitar naked. (Uh, the naked guitar sound that is, not you.) Take the output of your guitar, and run it through a direct box (or a half-normaled jack in a patch bay) in order to split the signal. Send one part of the signal to the guitar amp, and let the player rip it up with a sound that inspires them through the amp they love. Put a mic in front of the speaker and capture that performance. At the same time, take the other part of the signal (the "naked" direct one) and record it onto another track (Figure 1).
So Many Sounds to Choose . . .
As you get close to mixdown, take that thin guitar sound and run it through an amp simulator—I used a Line 6 Pod—and choose the sound that best suits the final set of tracks. You could even send the signal out to a real amp if you think that will give you more of what you're looking for. In Figure 2, notice that track 1 is set to output on Analog 3, which goes to the Analog 3 output from the back of the Digi 002 into the Pod. In order to listen only to the sound of the Pod, I set tracks 1 and 2 to No Output. I recorded the Pod in stereo.
Once you've selected a sound you like, try mixing in some of the original miked track, taking care to ensure all tracks are in phase. In Figure 3, the timing difference between the signal paths appears to be severe, but it only amounts to about six milliseconds. You can always move a track backward or forward in time to line everything up, but you might find that subtle timing variations make the guitar sound fatter. In my case, the Pod was recorded without switching to low latency monitoring, but it actually sounded better that way when mixed in with the miked guitar.
No More Sonic Anxiety
The main point is that whether you record digital or analog, you don't have to be stuck with the original guitar sound if you take a few moments to plan and prepare. You have choices—many choices. Even after you hear the mix on a few different playback systems, you can change the guitar sound again if it bothers you in some way. Go ahead—give it another go around. Try a bunch of different amp simulations or other treatments, and take the time to really determine which sound drives the song best. You'll never have to suffer from "tonal remorse" ever again.


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In the first instance of a sitting president addressing an abortion rights group, President Obama directly addressed Planned Parenthood and assured them that he would fight to prevent the threatened regression of reproductive rights, according to USA Today. (Granted, he never used the word "abortion" at any point — he did say "the right to choose! — but still.)
Incidentally, this comes very shortly after meeting with the 20 female Senators over dinner.
Said President Obama, whose second term was largely backed by young female voters: "When it comes to a woman's health, no politician should get to decide what's best for you. The only person who should get to make decisions about your health is you... Planned Parenthood is not going anywhere. It's not going anywhere today, it's not going anywhere tomorrow."
He says that he plans to do everything he can to stop Republican lobbyists to cut more federal funding from the institution, which, despite the severe new anti-choice restrictions in Arkansas and North Dakota, remains a primary source of healthcare for many women.
"The fact is, after decades of progress, there's still those who want to turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st Century. And they've been involved in an orchestrated and historic effort to roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health."
But, he concluded: "You've also got a president who is going to be right there with you, fighting every step of the way."
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That today was my two year blogiversary. But thank you to Thomas MacEntee at GENEABLOGGERS I was re reminded today when I did my daily, and sometime more than daily check of his blog. Thomas, I have learned so much from you and the others when I read your blogs.
A lot of people out there have been researching their roots for many years and I have just been doing this for a little over two. In these past two years it seems that I have been finding ancestors at the speed of light and some at a snails pace (Olive Bowser) Some of it was done with much research and some was serendipitously. I was really excited to find a cousin who lives in Germany, our grandparents were siblings. She did not know anyone from her family had emigrated to the USA. It was confirmed by her mother, who is still alive, and her mother was able to identify the mystery siblings on my family portrait of the Schridde Family.
And when I found my great great grandparents (John Doud and Catherine Fitzmorris) on the CONNERS GENEALOGY web page on a list of Roman Catholic Records in Glinsk Parish, County Galway. I wasn't looking for anyone, just my usual perusal of records. I would have not known them if I hadn't recently (Genealogical Mortal Sin) sent for their death certificates after two years. Another suggestion was to obtain my obits and the death certificate at the same time, thank you Nancy at MY ANCESTORS AND ME. I still have not found quite a few obits though.
I love to read all of the blogs on my list, and add to them when people have their favorites listed. Perhaps I spend too much time reading, not really. I am still on hiatus from research and perhaps after the Holidays I will get going again. I guess research is like any other activity you learn to do, you get better with practice and help with lots of examples and advice.


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From Beverly Hills: Mike KelleyFebruary 8, 2011
As part of our ongoing partnership with Daily Serving, Art Practical is republishing Caitlin Moore's article "Mike Kelley at Gagosian Gallery," which you can also read here at Daily Serving.
Mike Kelley claims he doesn't particularly like Superman. The jury is out on whether or not this qualifies him as a communist, but his claim does provide a source of perplexity when evaluating the inspiration for his ongoing Kandor sculpture and installation series – the newest of which being currently displayed at Gagosian Gallery (Beverly Hills) alongside the latest chapters of his filmic project, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction (EAPR) (all works 2010).
In its original graphic incarnation, Kandor is noted as the fictional capital city of Superman's native planet, Krypton. By the swift and conniving hands of the villainous Brainiac, the city was taken hostage and miniaturized for purposes not entirely sensible or mildly coherent—but not without valorous retrieval by our hero. Despite Superman's Samaritan ways, the omnipresent plague of a haunting past hinders him from true emotional and psychological liberation—not to mention, visible underpants. For Kelley, the conceptual appeal lies in Kandor's embodiment of an alienating victim culture for our protagonist: the notion of a burdensome present dictated by a labyrinthine past. Kelley's unorthodox fusion of fragmented narrative, medium and sensory immersion seem nonsensical and queer at first encounter, yet the further we delve into his sensational rabbit hole, the closer we come to the truly bizarre fidelity of the human condition. Kelley confronts our latent attitudes and popular convictions relating to sexuality, socioeconomics, education and history with jocular finesse and—well—candor.
Like glowing orbs, a handful of Kandor sculptures pepper the multiple galleries within the darkened Gagosian megaplex. The dwarfed cities encased beneath colorful bell jars appear relic-like, yet also profane at times—their jutting skyscrapers evoking a curiosity born of both estrangement and familiarity. The two primary microcosms—Kandor 10 and Kandor 12—bear oversized tubes that snake into tanks of (presumably) atmosphere, per the accuracy of the comic book reference. Each is situated within environmental installations that embellish upon two distinct anecdotes central to the exhibition: the carnal Moroccan harem featured in EAPR #34, and the bleak sooty chamber that appears in EAPR #35. In merging his previously autonomous Kandor and EAPR projects, Kelley suggests an innate relationship between our own respective microcosmic realities and subsequent conditional behavior.
By way of illustration, Kelley's EAPR #34 videos largely examine the lascivious conduct of society's upper echelon when handed unrestricted power and entitlement. Directed in the style of a maladroit stage play, EAPR #34 shifts between a piggish male King belittling his covetous female harem and a group of scornful Queens admonishing a male servant. In both scenarios, the authoritarian's disposition to abuse of influence and insatiable gluttony bespeaks a cyclical global history of flawed paradigm and deep-rooted desire for accumulation. Beside the video installation, Kandor 10 is nestled within a life-size stony grotto reminiscent of EAPR #34's exotic Moroccan setting, as if displaying the incubator in which these voracious human mannerisms were nurtured. When the Kandor's luminous mini-cityscape appears more familiar than it does foreign, one can only muse on how fictitiously reconstructive Kelley's staged milieu really is.
Conversely, EAPR #35 jettisons us into a place of somber isolation and denial. Grimy clownish gnomes aimlessly shuffle around a murky cell, their void gazes searching for an ambiguous cue. Homogeneous in tired costume and ashen faces, the destitute prisoners amble in silent futility—resigned to the dim prospects of their ordained condition.
The analogous Kandor 12 shares an equally inauspicious aesthetic; the cloudy brown bottle houses a municipality more reminiscent of chess pieces than modern skyscrapers—as if underlining the inmates' loss of an unassailable game. The sparse backdrop of the gnomes' cellar intimates a societal tradition of abhorrent secrecy and muted abuse of the weak, a ritualistic convention of marginalizing the vulnerable in order to preserve the greater hierarchy. As if acting as the underbelly to the rapacious actuality in EAPR #34, the vignette captured in EAPR #35 exposes the ensuing trauma that occurs in the wings as we strive to fulfill our socially performative roles – most of which remain immutably out of reach.
In fact, Kelley's inclusion of the sets from the EAPR #34 and EAPR #35 videos in this exhibition make us feel but a mere player in one hell of a bewildering production. In tandem with his Kandors, the sets feel like an abstract extension of a transient ecology, a faux mise en scène demonstration of how we enact our own mortality. Do we unconsciously fall victim to institutional constructs in our quest for repute and satisfaction, acting a character merely to clinch our chances of eminence? Or do we find ourselves waiting in the wings for a cue—a protagonist—that may never come?


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The Bluffton High volleyball team had to forfeit several regular-season games last month and was fined $1,000 for violating a South Carolina High School League rule.
The Bobcats were penalized for scheduling too many play dates after the SCHSL determined that several August scrimmages should have been considered part of the regular-season schedule.
SCHSL rules allow 18 regular-season play dates. Bluffton forfeited late-season victories against First Baptist, Summerville, Hilton Head Island, Ashley Ridge and Hilton Head Prep.
The Bobcats picked up victories against Savannah Country Day, South Effingham, Savannah Christian and St. Vincent's Academy. Bluffton coach Al Stern said early in the season that those matches were scrimmages for his team and regular-season games for their Georgia opponents.
SCHSL rules state that a match must be either a scrimmage for both teams or a regular-season game for both teams.
The ruling changes Bluffton's record from 38-9-2 to 35-17. The Bobcats reached the second round of the Class AAAA state tournament and won the Region 8-AAAA title this season.


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Alexandria Airport hotel offers 650 square feet of meeting space, so you can host on-site meetings. We also provide copying, faxing, and printing services. Our Alexandria Airport hotel cares for you by offering free high-speed Internet access and a complimentary hot breakfast bar. You can unwind in the Fitness Center or swim in the outdoor pool, and enjoy a good night's rest in our triple-sheeted beds.
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Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso is dead, according to a press release from the MLS team. There's no cause announced, and we'll be sure to update as soon as we hear anything else.
Urso competed in college at North Carolina, leading the Tar Heels to a 2011 NCAA national championship. The Columbus Dispatch reports due to suffering injury, Urso "had not been around the team much in recent weeks."


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MACON, Ga. - "This Week in the A-Sun" makes its 2007 debut on Friday night prior to the A-Sun/CSS Game of the Week featuring the Battle of the Boulevard between Lipscomb and Belmont at the Curb Event Center.
This week's program includes features with Lipscomb's dynamic duo of Brian Fisk and Eddie Ard as well as a look back at recent Battle of the Boulevard history in the "Plays of the Week" segment. Other "honor roll" athletes will include Belmont's Justin Hare and Boomer Herndon and Kennesaw State's Ronell Wooten. Additionally, highlights and post-game interviews from five key matchups from the week just ended can be seen.
"This Week in the A-Sun" is one of America's finest mid-major conference magazine programs. Airing highlight clips, features and interactive segments, "This Week" become a model for mid-major collegiate athletic television coverage. The show offers a full slate of men's and women's highlights from around the league.
"This Week" airs each Friday at 6 p.m. on CSS prior to the CSS/A-Sun Game of the Week. Matt Stewart and Sonny Smith host the half hour program.


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Obama Challenges Congress to Help Create Jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is challenging Congress to help him create jobs and rebuild the nation's infrastructure.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama points to the launch of two new high-tech manufacturing hubs and a competition to rebuild the nation's roads, bridges, mass transit, ports and railroads. Obama says Congress can help in both areas.
He says a bill now before Congress would create a network of high-tech manufacturing hubs all across the country. And he says he'll send Congress a budget next week that would rebuild transportation systems and support millions of jobs.
In the Republican address, Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri is asking the president to explain government reports that up to 11 million workers will pay higher insurance premiums because of the new health care law.


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Lightning causes small fires in Tahoe National Forest
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — Four fires that broke out over the weekend in the Tahoe National Forest have been contained or controlled, officials said Monday.
Further, about 106 lightning strikes occurring throughout the forest may have caused sleeper fires, which could flare up when the rain abates and conditions dry out, said Ann Westling, TNF spokeswoman.
On the east side, a fire broke out south of Loyalton and just east of Stampede Reservoir over the weekend, Westling said. On the west side, two small fires near Bullards Bar were contained and crews began clean up operations.
In Northern California, the wildfire season got off to an early start with the Panther Fire starting Wednesday, May 1.
Three more large wild land fires are active in Southern California, according to the Calfire website.
"The conditions right now are what we should be experiencing in June," said Chief Ken Pimlott, Calfire Director. "This year's dry winter has resulted in a significant increase in fire activity. In fact Calfire firefighters have responded to nearly 1,100 wildfires this year, which is over 500 more than average."
The Panther Fire is located about 8 miles northwest of Butte Meadows in Tehama County. Full containment of the 7,000-acre fire is expected to be achieved on Thursday, according to Calfire.


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The U.S. military is now requiring all personnel in Afghanistan to keep a fully-loaded magazine in their weapons at all times, following a spate of attacks on American troops by members of Afghan forces.
A senior military official told NBC News of the new policy Friday, just after an Afghan policeman — whom NATO forces had just handed a new weapon as a present — opened fire, killing two U.S. Special Forces service members.
That shooting in western Afghanistan was just the latest in a recent string of insider, or "green-on-blue," attacks on coalition forces. Such attacks left six U.S. Marines dead in two separate incidents last Friday.
The new requirement "could save precious seconds," the official told NBC News, in responding to the attacks and could save lives — but the official acknowledged that any rogue armed Afghan officer or soldier "could always get the drop on" allied troops.
Alongside the new requirement, the U.S. Army is also requiring that one soldier, designated a "guardian angel," stand in a protected space with his weapon loaded at any gathering of U.S. military and armed Afghan security forces in order to enable a swift response to any threat.
For more coverage on the latest attacks in Afghanistan visit NBCNews.com.
The attacker in Friday's shooting had been recruited five days prior, and the Americans were in Farah province to hand out weapons and train new recruits, the province's deputy police chief told NBC News.
A NATO spokesman confirmed that the Afghan attacker was later shot and killed.
Col. Hagen Messer, spokesman for the International Joint Command in the country, confirmed the deaths in a statement. "Officials are investigating the incident to determine the facts and as more information becomes available it will be released as appropriate," he said.
The killing, the sixth similar incident in two weeks, occurred around 8 a.m. local time after U.S. forces arrived in Kinisk to train members of the local Afghan police force, Farah provincial police chief Agha Noor Kemtoz told The Associated Press.
Attacks by Afghan allies on international troops have accelerated this year. At least 36 foreign troops have been killed, raising concerns about the strategy by coalition forces to train Afghan forces to take over the country's security when most foreign troops pull out in 2014.
The latest attack came one day after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing 11 people, including seven American service members. The dead included two Navy SEALs and a Navy expert in explosive ordnance disposal, as well as three Afghan soldiers and an Afghan interpreter.
NATO said an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash was still ongoing, but U.S. officials told NBC news that the chopper was shot down, a claim confirmed by a provincial government spokesman. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for bringing it down.
And last week seven American service members, including a senior U.S. officer, were killed in Afghanistan in three separate attacks.


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Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine vs Gemcitabine Alone as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer (the "Apact" Study) (apact)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01964430
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 17, 2013
Last Update Posted : August 14, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Pancreatic Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Pancreatic Diseases Digestive System Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Gemcitabine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
|Drug: nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 Drug: gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|866 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study of Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine Versus Gemcitabine Alone as Adjuvant Therapy in Subjects With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|March 28, 2014
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 31, 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|September 15, 2022
Experimental: nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 plus gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
Treatment Arm A
Drug: nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m2
nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle by intravenous (IV) administration, followed by gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 days cycle by IV administration for a total of 6 cycles
Other Name: Abraxane
Drug: gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
nab-Paclitaxel 125 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle by intravenous (IV) administration, followed by gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 days cycle by IV administration for a total of 6 cycles
Other Name: Gemzar
Active Comparator: Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
Treatment Arm B
Drug: gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2
Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 on Days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28 day cycle by IV administration for a total of 6 cycles
Other Name: Gemzar
- Disease Free Survival (DFS) [ Time Frame: up to approximately 9 months ]Time from the date of randomization to the date of disease recurrence or death, whichever is earlier. (Disease recurrence will be determined by independent radiological review of computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.)
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: up to approximately 18 months ]Time from the date of randomization to the date of death
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events [ Time Frame: up to approximately 18 months ]Assessment based on AEs, SAEs, laboratory abnormalities.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed resected ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma with macroscopic complete resection (R0 and R1). Subjects with neuroendocrine (and mixed type) tumors are excluded.
- Pancreatic cancer surgical staging: T 1-3, N0-1, M0.
- Subject should be able to start treatment no later than 12 weeks postsurgery.
- ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
Acceptable hematology parameters:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥1500 cell/mm3
- Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3
- Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥9 g/dL
Acceptable blood chemistry levels:
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/ Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and Alanine transaminase (ALT)/ Serum glutamic -pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) ≤2.5 × upper limit of normal range (ULN)
- Total bilirubin ≤ Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) (subjects with Gilbert's syndrome can have bilirubin of up to 1.5 x ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN
- Serum creatinine within upper limits of normal or calculated clearance ≥50 mL/min/1.73 m2. If using creatinine clearance, actual body weight should be used for calculating creatinine clearance (eg, using the Cockroft-Gault formula). For subjects with a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30 kg/m2, lean body weight should be used instead
- Cancer antigen (CA)19-9 <100 U/mL assessed within 14 days of randomization
- Acceptable coagulation studies as demonstrated by Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) within normal limits (±15%)
Exclusion Criteria:
A subject will not be eligible for inclusion in this study if any of the following criteria apply:
- Prior neo-adjuvant treatment or radiation therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Presence of or history of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Any other malignancy within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of adequately treated in-situ carcinoma of the cervix, uteri, or nonmelanomatous skin cancer (all treatment of which should have been completed 6 months prior to randomization)
- Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy, defined as ongoing signs/symptoms related to the infection without improvement despite appropriate antibiotics, antiviral therapy, and/or other treatment
- Known infection with hepatitis B or C, or history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or subject receiving immunosuppressive or myelosuppressive medications that would in the opinion of the investigator, increase the risk of serious neutropenic complications
- History of allergy or hypersensitivity to nab-paclitaxel or gemcitabine or any of their excipients
Serious medical risk factors involving any of the major organ systems, or serious psychiatric disorders, which could compromise the subject's safety or the study data integrity. These include, but are not limited to:
- History of connective tissue disorders (eg, lupus, scleroderma, arteritis nodosa)
- History of interstitial lung disease, slowly progressive dyspnea and unproductive cough, sarcoidosis, silicosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypersensitivity pneumonitis or multiple allergies
- History of the following within 6 months prior to Cycle 1 Day 1: a myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina pectoris, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III-IV heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, clinically significant cardiac dysrhythmia or ECG abnormality, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, or seizure disorder
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01964430
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|Study Director:
|Ileana Elias, M.D.
|Celgene Corporation
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01964430 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2013-003398-91 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Posted:
|October 17, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 14, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2019
Resectable pancreatic cancer
resectable PDA
surgically resected
Phase 3
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Pancreatic Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
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Letter from the Editor
Look for the labels
Oh, my gosh.
Hey, I read the papers. Of course, I've heard of the foreign sweatshops and the drain of our industry overseas for the sake of escaping taxes and getting cheap labor. In a vague way...
It hit home for me this morning.
I was fashionably late for work as per usual. Grabbed a pair of almost clean pants - good old American Dockers, they were (I'm no exotic shopper; I'm the kind of guy who gravitates toward clothing with solid, nautical sounding American names - as if they were being sewn by pipe-puffing happily retired sea captains in picturesque whaling village shops along the eastern seaboard.)
I looked for the label only because my wife had chastized me for buying a pair of dry-clean-only pants by mistake. If these were of that variety, I planned to hide them under the bed forever.
"Made in Madagascar," it said.
Madagascar? Dockers are made in Madagascar? Where the heck is Madagascar - and does it have docks? And why are my lousy $24 khakis hanging out in more exotic places than I can afford to vacation in?
That got me to thinking - and checking.
The shoes I'm wearing today - Sperry Topsiders - say they are made in China. Same with the generic socks. And the belt.
The tee-shirt, Nautica, comes from Vietnam. Nam?
The button down shirt, Columbia, was made in Srilanka. Even Bogart didn't hang out in Srilanka.
And if you must know, the underwear - good old Michael Jordan approved all-American boy breathable Hanes - were made in Columbia, better known for drug trafficking and coffee beans than manties.
It's true - not a stitch of the whole deal was made anywhere close to the U.S. of A. Not even the wristwatch I never use or the tie I would have worn if my boss could ever convince me to wear one.
Now I was on a mission. I ransacked the closet, the drawers, the stuff hanging on the long-forgotten exercise bike.
My Nike running shorts, made in Mexico. Same for the Champion tank top. Sweatpants, Nike, from Hong Kong. The Asics running shoes, China.
My black going-to-funerals suit, Hilfilger, no less - from Canada of all places. No wonder it smells like stale beer.
My Hawaiian shirt, Arizona brand, is not from Arizona per sey - try Bangledesh. My Columbia cap comes from China. Go figure.
My favorite St. John's Bay dress shirt, has seen no bays. It is from somewhere called Mauritius that I had no clue existed.
My ISU sports jersey, Coliseum Athletics, is made in Korea.
My Irish cable-knit sweater, turns out, is from India. What?
My Timberland boots are from China. Can that be right? My Born sandals I always thought were made in Scandinavia, but nope, they are from Mexico. Dr. Martens, for goodness sake, come from beautiful downtown Asia.
My Levis jeans - Levis! - are made in Indonesia. I remember when they made them in the Aalf's plant just a couple doors down from my first home in Storm Lake, not so darned long ago.
In fact, after turning the entire house upside down, I could find only one piece of clothing that was not foreign-made - and that was an old Okoboji Phantoms baseball shirt I've had for years.
I almost cried when I saw the "Made in the USA" tag on it. I ripped the Hilfilger suit off the best real-wood hanger and threw the thing in a heap on the floor, so that good old worn threadbare jersey could have the place of honor. Thank you Russell Athletics.
Tomorrow morning, you try it. Check the label on everything you are going to wear that day. All those all-American brands. I suspect you may get the same wake-up call that I got today.
Sure, I knew, in a detached sense, that jobs were going overseas. That some U.S. factories were closing and cropping up again a stone's throw south of the Rio Grande. Even LEGOS...
But EVERYTHING I'm wearing? C'mon! I couldn't put together enough of an outfit to avoid arrest for indecent exposure without grabbing something right out of the third world!
My Hanes, from Columbia! For shame, Jordan. It's enough to make a guy go commando.
I never thought about that job drain in respect to my own buying habits. I suppose most people haven't. Maybe that's why we have allowed it to happen so dramatically.
We don't make stuff in the U.S. anymore. When did that happen? Is it too late to do something about it?
I think that next time we go to the store, we should perhaps ask if they have anything made in America. When they look at us with that vacant stare, we'll ask their managers to call corporate and look for some. Advertise American.
Oh, and I checked. Mauritius is booming little white-sand-and-bikinis tropical island off Africa, a couple thousand miles southwest of India. It once was the only known habitat of the Dodo bird. "You gather the idea that Mauritius was made first and then heaven, and that heaven was copied after Mauritius", as Mark Twain noted in Following the Equator, failing to foresee its future importance for making cheap crappy shirts to export to fashion-senseless newspaper editors.
I feel compelled to take the shirt on back to them one day. Surely my employer will not mind the mileage. It would be the American thing to do.
In the meantime, I suspect that we had better endeavor to support the companies that do continue to operate in the U.S. and employ American workers, before there is nothing left in our lives that says "Made in the USA." Even if it costs a few pennies more.
As for the border-jumper companies, let them pay tariffs to get their goods back in, and perhaps it won't be so tempting to go.
Ross Perot's "giant sucking sound" is in second-generation now. The jobs that went to Mexico, Thailand, Korea and South America are now being sucked from there to China.
We need to make stuff. And wear our hearts on our sleeves.
* Dana Larsen is the editor of the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 190 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small consulting company that speciliazes in helping high tech companies with scalability issues. Visit our site http://akfpartners.com/ to view our current logo, services, customers, etc.
We also have a book being published, you can get a sense of what another designer has put together for the cover of the book on this site http://theartofscalability.com/
We primarily deal with internet startups that range in size from a couple people to hundreds of employees. Occasionally we work with larger Fortune 500 companies. The CEOs or Board of Directors of these companies are often the individuals who are requesting our services. We do have a number of technologist (engineers) and technology managers who follow our blog. We want a logo that will appeal to all of these categories of individuals.
The logo must incorporate 'AKF'
The logo should be provided in EPS and JPG format
We want all legal rights to the image including the TM or (r)
The hex color pallet must be submitted with the logo since we will be changing our website to match
The logo should be simple and professional, we put it on shirts, hats, business cards, etc
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RESISTENCIA, Chaco (Reuters) - An Argentine baby who was mistakenly declared dead and whose parents found her breathing in the morgue 12 hours later has survived her first month of life, weighing in at just under 1 kilo (2.2 pounds).
Luz Milagros - whose middle name means miracles in Spanish - is still hospitalized and her condition is serious but stable. She is getting breast milk and slowly getting stronger, hospital officials in the northern Chaco province said.
"I'm thankful that we are still here, day by day, and it's been a month now," the infant's mother, Analia Bouter, said on Thursday.
"I talk to her, and then she starts to move. She hears well and knows who I am. I have a particular way of touching her so she knows who I am," Bouter told reporters.
The baby was born prematurely, declared stillborn and sent to the morgue, where her parents pried open her coffin and discovered she was breathing.
When Luz Milagros was just under two weeks old, she stopped breathing and had to be revived by doctors. She is still using a respirator.
Reporting by Alejandro Ledesma; writing by Hilary Burke; editing by Todd Eastham


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TVNZ has confirmed it has signed a deal to bring hit Aussie soap Home and Away back to TV2 screens.
Jeff Latch, TVNZ's Head of TV ONE and TV2, says: "We're delighted to welcome back Home and Away to TV2."
"Loyal fans can be reassured that we'll give Home and Away a great weeknight timeslot, with catch-up episodes planned for the weekend. And with TVNZ Ondemand, Home and Away fans will enjoy an even greater range of viewing choices for getting their Summer Bay fix."
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Today I came up with a bit of a twist on my salad. I really wanted a salad, but I had leftover grilled chicken and cooked buckwheat that needed to be eaten. I decided to combine it all into one huge cooked salad! I had leftover veggies from the veggie tray, so I sauteed up some zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, grape tomatoes and some spinach in some balsamic vinegar. Then I tossed in the chopped up grilled chicken and about a half cup of the cooked buckwheat from some grain action. Warmed through and then shoveled into my bowl. Topped with some pine nuts and Frank's Red Hot! How is that for a "salad"?
Then, for dinner I had a salad too! This one was more traditional. It had:
~ arugula & red & green baby lettuces
~ cucumber
~ zucchini
~ broccoli
~ strawberries
~pine nuts
~drizzled with EVOO & some honey
Very tasty to go along side our meal of quinoa spaghetti and meatballs! YUM!!
Hindsight…I should have subbed my pine nuts out for some walnuts. Darn! Maybe tomorrow!
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On September 22-23, 2009, 30 scientists and wetlands managers met at Can Tho University in the heart of Vietnam's Mekong Delta. They discussed the state of the wetlands in the delta and proposed policies that would help sustain the vital ecological services provided by wetlands and mitigate the effects of climate change on the region. The participants came from the delta's leading universities and research centers, government agencies, NGOs, and management boards of wetland protected areas.
IUCN, together with the DRAGON Institute-Mekong at Can Tho University, hosted the workshop entitled "Wetlands Governance in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta." The workshop was part of the Mekong Region Water Dialogues (MRWD), a project supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland to address water governance issues and climate change in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos PDR.
The purpose of the workshop was to assess the distribution and condition (state) of the Mekong Delta's remaining wetlands, the threats to these wetlands (pressure), and what action is being taken to address these threats (response). The participants broke into two teams, one focusing on the inland (freshwater) wetlands and the other on the coastal (mangrove) wetlands.
With an average elevation of 1.5 meters above mean sea level, the Mekong Delta is basically one huge seasonally inundated wetland divided into three different zones: a deep flood area, an alluvial area, and a coastal area. However, over the last 30 years, the delta has been transformed from a largely natural state into a massive rice-bowl. To support this transformation, a dense network of 11,000 km of drainage canals and 20,000 km of dykes has been built. The canals and dykes in the upper delta prevent floods and drain the floodwaters from the deep flood zone as fast as possible, while dykes along the coast prevent saline intrusion into rice paddies. This allows farmers in most parts of the delta to grow two and often three rice crops/year.
The purpose of this transformation was to feed a country recovering from decades of war and increasingly to produce rice for export. Until recently, rice exports were monopolized by state-owned enterprises that benefited from the single-minded focus on rice production. Nationally, production increased from an average of 11 million tons 1975-79 to an average of 39 million tons 2000-2008, with most of the increase coming from the delta. Vietnam is now the world's second largest rice exporter.
As a result of this transformation, the Mekong Delta's native rice varieties have been replaced by strains optimized to the new heavily manipulated hydrology and only a few percent of the delta's natural wetlands remain as tiny islands of nature in a sea of paddy fields. These fragments still provide habitat to globally outstanding biodiversity such as the Sarus crane and the hairy nosed otter, both assessed by IUCN as Critically Endangered, the highest level of threat status, as well as food, fiber, and fuel to local communities. The delta's remaining natural and semi-natural wetlands also serve as natural sponges, absorbing the Mekong's floodwaters and recharging the aquifers on which HCMC, Vietnam's urban and industrial heartland, depends. It is this ability to buffer extreme weather events and provide a safe supply of water to millions of users downstream that make the delta's wetlands so economically important.
Unfortunately, the Mekong Delta's remaining natural wetlands are still under pressure as a result of poor management and a governance system that regards wetlands as forests, and provides no mechanisms for meaningful participation of local people in management planning, decision-making, and action. In addition national policy emphasizes rice production at the expense of all other considerations. Significantly, the third annual rice crop brings little additional benefit to the farmers when the high level of chemical inputs used and the associated health risks are taken into account. In fact, calculations by Can Tho University's Professor Duong Van Ni, who has spent his life studying the delta's farming systems, show that farmers always receive less than 20% (for the second crop) and usually less than 10% (for the third crop) of the export price.
Even within the Mekong Delta's few protected areas, wetlands are managed not as wetlands but as forests with priority given to fire suppression. IUCN and WWF research in Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap Province shows that these fires are mostly set by local communities that have been excluded from access to the park for cattle grazing and fishing. In response, parks have stocked water year-around and cut more canals to allow easy access to water to put out fires.
The Mekong Delta's coastal wetlands face similar problems. Half of the mangroves were destroyed by Agent Orange sprayed during the American War and since 1975 most of the rest have been cleared for shrimp and fish farming. Today, the only large intact mangrove forest lies at the southern tip of the delta in Ca Mau Province. Theses mangroves are actually expanding as sediment from the Mekong is deposited where ocean currents meet and sediment transport is blocked. With the exception of the 40,000-ha Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve to the south of HCMC, the rest of the delta's mangroves are highly fragmented by fish and shrimp ponds or confined to narrow coastal strips by dykes. With the dykes on one side and rising sea level on the other, the mangroves have nowhere to go and are increasingly exposed to wave and storm damage. And once the mangroves disappear, the ability of the dykes to withstand the impacts of sea level rise will be seriously diminished. An important carbon sink will also be lost. Removing or moving the dykes inland, on the other hand, would lead to the loss of lucrative fish and shrimp production in areas with currently few economic alternatives.
Discussions at the workshop identified both successes and challenges in wetlands management. Given the priority given to rice and aquaculture, attempts to restore the delta's inland and coastal wetlands will take time, but progress is possible. Some measures are already being taken to restore and rehabilitate wetlands. For example, in Tram Chim, WWF has negotiated an agreement with the park management board and provincial government to implement a hydrology management regime that closely mimics the natural flood pulse. On that note, a major recommendation from the workshop was that park managers be evaluated based on wetlands conservation success, not on fire suppression.
Another example of progress comes from a wetland adjacent to Tram Chim, in which farmers and local authorities have expressed interest in planting the original long-stem rice variety. According to Dr. Ni there is a slow transition toward two rice crops a year, which reduces the need for such intensive water management. If this trend can be sustained, it may be possible over the next 10-20 years to restore some of the delta's natural ecosystem functions, with clear benefits in terms of flood control, groundwater recharge, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
To accelerate this "re-wilding" process, conservationists need to work with decision-makers to demonstrate the long-term economic benefits of investing in natural ecosystems and thereby make the case for the incremental recovery of the Mekong Delta's natural wetlands. The dense population means that any land use change involves large trade-offs. It is important to remember, however, that sea level rise is happening relatively slowly and that in 10-20 years time Vietnam may be able to afford the land use changes that are required for successful adaptation to climate change. Another point to bear in mind is that these transitions and trade-offs will be easier to manage if they are implemented delta-wide so that the short-term costs and long-term benefits are shared equitably among the delta's 13 provinces.
For more information, please contact Mr.Luong Quang Huy at [email protected]