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Most of us have some farmer genes that urge us to grow our own corn and tomatoes, blackberries and oranges. Everything started in the golden crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates, according to my seventh-grade geography teacher. In the days of Hammurabi the city had its share of government scribes, merchants and moneylenders, soldiers and officials, but most people made their living growing things. It was still that way in the early years of our republic.
As a 4-year-old, I planted and watered dried beans in the space between the garage and the back fence. When nothing happened after three or four days, I dug them up and ate them. My farmer genes have always been better at the eating than the cultivating.

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The Antarctic Half of the Global Thermohaline Circulation Is Faltering
Shocking news: "the southern branch of the global thermohaline circulation has slowed dramatically." This is already begun to affect global climate, including Arctic ice melt, increased droughts in the US and storminess in the North Atlantic. Climate models hadn't predicted this behavior.
The cold dense brine that forms at the margin of freezing Antarctic sea ice normally sinks to the ocean bottom to drive the thermohaline circulation. Now it's is being deflected instead of sinking. That cold water stays near the top, changing the equator to pole heat gradient, which speeds wind currents.
The global oceans' coldest water, Antarctic bottom water forms in several key spots around Antarctica. The water is so cold and dense that it spreads out along the bottom all of the major ocean basins except the north Atlantic and Arctic. Multiple recent reports provide strong evidence that the formation of Antarctic bottom water has slowed dramatically in response to massive subsurface melting of ice shelves and glaciers. The meltwater is freshening a layer of water found between depths of 50 and 150 meters. This lightened layer is impeding the formation of Antarctic bottom water, causing the Antarctic half of the global thermohaline circulation to falter.
This post is based on a synthesis of very recent research reports. The key report, that found the layer of fresh water between 50 and 150 meters deep, was just published.
That lens of (relatively) fresh water that is forming around Antarctica is challenging, and changing, almost everything in global circulation patterns. It freezes sooner (and at a higher temperature). That shields the water from the wind, and reduces wind-driven mixing. It reduces, perhaps to the point of stopping altogether, the present global ocean circulation patterns. That in turn will change global atmospheric weather.
Nobody knows exactly what comes next. We've never seen it happen ...
... intensifying winds are speeding up below surface currents bringing more above freezing water in contact with deep ice around Antarctica. Twenty of the ice shelves and many of the glaciers that feed them are melting from below.
The melting from below is creating a layer of relatively fresh water 50 to 150 meters below the surface around Antarctica. This layer of light fresh water is floating above a salty layer below. When ice forms at the surface in the Antarctic winter it creates cold dense salty water that tends to sink to the bottom, forming bottom water. However, this layer of light melt water is tending to block the water in the top 50 meters from sinking. The area of Antarctic sea ice has expanded because the layer of cold water has stayed on top and expanded outwards instead of sinking.
Brine ... isn't sinking because it is ponding above a freshening layer located at depths between 50 and 150 meters.
Analysis of potential temperatures, which are temperatures adjusted for the effects of increasing pressure with depth, shows the surface water in the top hundred meters is cooling over a vast area from 40°S to 80°S while the water in that vast area below 150 meters is warming.
The decline in Antarctic bottom water formation, combined with the southward expansion of warm subtropical water in the south Pacific and south Indian oceans has led to the rapid heating of intermediate and deep ocean water in the southern hemisphere.
As the earth has warmed in response to the effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gases the southern subtropical belt in the oceans and atmosphere has expanded, tightening the rings of winds and ocean currents around Antarctica. Enormous volumes of warm subtropical water have been added to the southern ocean at depths greater than 300 meters (greater than approximately 1000 feet).
Another recent detailed study of the water properties of the southern ocean has independently determined that the southern branch of the global thermohaline circulation has slowed dramatically, contributing to a large uptake of heat by the deep southern ocean.
The slowdown of the southern branch of the thermohaline circulation and the cooling of the surface waters close to Antarctica are enhancing the thermal gradient from the tropics to the pole, speeding up the winds in the southern hemisphere. These increases in wind speeds are likely increasing the flow of water from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean, enhancing the northward flow of water, salt and heat from the south to the north Atlantic.
Thus, increased melting of Arctic sea ice may be related to declines in Antarctic bottom water formation. Likewise, the cool Pacific, warm Atlantic pattern causing increased U.S. droughts and storminess in the north Atlantic may be tied to these changes in ocean circulation patterns. Paleoclimate studies have consistently shown oscillations between Antarctic and north Atlantic bottom water formation and between relative coolness around Antarctica and north Atlantic warmth.
The Arctic melt down that is far exceeding model predictions is connected to the slow down in Antarctic bottom water formation. Climate modelers will be challenged to model the connections and the details. The cooling waters around Antarctica, while apparently good news, are not. The rapid melting of the Arctic will be enhanced.
The red layer at the top (the surface) is the salty cold water that should be sinking. The blue layer is fresher warmer water coming from bottom of melting Antarctic Ice Shelves, which deflects the salty cold water.
Given the importance of the Global Conveyor Belt (thermohaline circulation) I recommend reading the article yourself with a critical eye. This is a major climate tipping point.
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No! I don't "like" this. However, there have been those warning us for years. I first learned of the potential problem in 1959 on a flight to Alaska with a glaciologist seat mate who told an incredible story of ice changes taking place. Who would listen to him then? I just thought it was an interesting job.
Hubris! Human beings think Earth is here to serve humans, and to use water, soils and air as sewers. Well, the chickens have come home and it isn't a pretty sight. We clearly are not going to be able to stop this process taking place now. Because we can't stop it, scapegoating has already begun in earnest. Not being in control of our lives, not being able to predict what will happen ... the formula for depression and anxiety as well as inducing crazy thinking.
So, we can be afraid, angry, helpless, hopeless and worry. What good will that do anyone?
It seems to me the first thing to do is be flexible, go with the flow type of thinking, marshall resources and prepare for a ride of an eon.
In the meantime, I'm off to see the wizard tomorrow. You schedule a mammogram, please.
Yes, Joan.
We clearly are not going to be able to stop this process taking place now.
Not being in control of our lives, not being able to predict what will happen ...
But there's good news too. Since the right wing got in bed with climate deniers, as it becomes undeniable in 2013 that we've destabilized our planet's climate, the political penduluum will have to swing. Demand for sustainability will sweep the crazies out of power. In another sense we will gain some control of our lives by toppling insane policies that prevented us from saving ourselves.
Oh yes! A clean sweep. That would make a good political slogan! Even if it has been used before. Ruth, you have done a wonderful job of providing basic research information and help explain it to us. Your projects exist as genuine treasures. You need a wider audience.
Oh Oh, I should explain I was responding to the Thermohlaine Circulation faltering in Southern Hemisphere!!!
That and Boston's tragic bombing.
Thanks Ruth! A rather difficult text for me to read in English but I understand the outline well enough. Some years ago there were documentaries here about what would happen if/when the Global Conveyor Beld stopped. Europe would become very cold.. I remember that they told us that the Global Conveyor Belt had stopped in one of the last Ice Ages (and started again later). But now that it is happening - I'm glad that I kept to my resolution never to have children.
I don't share your hope that the political pendulum will have to swing, I haven't got that much confidence in politics. Here we have got a rightwing prime minister who attacks the problems with a grin and nothing else, and the people are distracted with a new king, sports and soaps. I'm sure that all will be 'business as usual'.
I know how you feel Ruth - one clear voice more in the warning concert, but nobody listens. I hate the thought that occurs to me now and then, that I will be able to live out my life in a rather normal way, as concerns climate, but the next generation will have to face the trouble. I always tried to make things a little better.
Who is this, Joan? Three pics of a kind looking man and my name - perhaps the rest of the message disappeared.
Oren Lyons
Thank you, Joan. A real pleasure to hear him talk!
Interesting, thanks.
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I am looking for any information anyone has about Elizabeth. Where she might have lived, which iwi she descends from?
Elizabeth Munhall is the daughter of Hugh & Marion Munhall. Elizabeth and her siblings (Robert, Maria, Annie & catherine) may have been some of the first half caste children in the area. I would like to know what Iwi they descend from.
Elizabeth married Willoughby Brassey and they may have lived in Whangape 1863-1864.
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Ok, I have posted questions regarding a small lightweight revolver to carry on my hip or in my fishing vest while hiking and fishing for protection against bears, mountain lions, other 4 and 2 legged aggressive animals. I do not hunt so I would only use the gun if I was being attacked. I have been a fan of revolvers but I am thinking that I should not limit myself to revolvers VS automatic pistols. I want some input on the Auto Pistols. I use to carry a Colt Trooper MKlll .357 6" barrel but it was way too long and heavy. So I was thinking of the Ruger SP101 3" barrel when someone chimed in with a Glock auto .45cal ACP and said it was lighter and better. So a can of worms has opened and nor I need some education on the Automatics VS revolvers. I did have a .45 cal standard issue back in 1970 while I was an MP (516th) in the Army. But since the I have only had a Colt Trooper MKlll .357mag 6 ". I do not shoot at targets or practice. Probably should but not a gun person per say. So looking for information on a good gun for my needs while in the wilderness. Any recommendation, suggestions, etc would be appreciated. BTW, I am 63 years old but not an old fart. Well, not yet. I still like to get out and do as much as I can. I did sell the Colt Trooper to another forum member so gunless right now. Not in any hurry since winter has hit but looking forward to next spring in the Sierras. Ok, rambled on enough. Thanks!
Shoot both and see what you are the most comfortable with.
-There are plenty of holster options for both revolvers and semi-autos.
-A semi-auto has the ability to carry more rounds
-A revolver, for the most part, is more simple to operate
-Something in .357,.44mag, 10mm, or .45acp should do the trick for any 4-legged or 2-legged predators where you are up there in NorCal
If you were down south I'd let you try my Ruger GP100 and G21SF. :-D
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Either style should serve your purpose. The revolver has the benefit of accepting snake loads if that is a concern.
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I shoot and carry both auto's and revolver's, and have carried both in the woods. Mostly I carry a revolver when hiking or fishing a S&W Mod 66 2 1/2" seems to work just fine. I also don't get as many funny looks with the revolver as I did with the auto's. The one big advantage I find with the revolver is the ability to use CCI snake shot in case I run into one of the less friendly type reptiles. Auto's will also fire them although I haven't had much luck with cycling the round, with my sig p220.
I am also a fan of the GLOCK 29 in 10MM but since you said you're not a 'gun guy' and ammo for the 10 is expensive I would say get a GLOCK 30 in .45 ACP. (you mentioned .45 ACP already)
It is a lightweight piece (unlike a heavy metal 1911) and holds 9 rounds. Very accurate and soft shooting; ammo is available and not expensive.
It will handle any encounters you come across.
Both the Glock 29 in 10MM and the Glock 30 in .45 are the exact same frame and size.
I run 13 round preban mags in mine and an aftermarket lonewolf barrel so I can shoot my lead reloads. But if I were hiking I would just run it stock; good enough.
May the Bridges I burn light the way.
Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.
Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).
When I was in soCal back in the early 90s we hiked and hunted the San Bernardino Natl forest and the 2 guns I pick as a hip gun were 1911 full size in 10mm and my trusty 6" stainless GP100. We were more afraid of 2 legged vermins than the mountain lions or bears. I favored the revolver over the 1911 due to the snakes. My first 2 rounds are snakeshots then my 140 JHPs. I have a speedleader full of 158 JSPs and another with 180 grain TMJs.
The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns... K. Meine
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Glock G36
Six round (6+1) .45 ACP.
Glocks are simple, accurate, and virtually indestructible. They will not rust or rot and they usually eat anything of quality.
No external safeties - just aim and shoot.
This one is very slim. a little over an inch. It is also light, ~ 20 oz. empty and 27 oz. loaded.
Six 230 gr. ball or std. HST ammo will deal w/ any problem you can expect to come across, unless you frequent Dope woods or the Border...
...and it also comes w/ another mag.
Did I mention that it's small, slim, and light?
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I've done a fair bit of hiking/camping/fishing/hunting in the Sierras and I carried several different handguns over the years so I have some opinions based on experience.
My biggest recommendation is to choose the lightest weight gun that you would feel comfortable with. There has been many times when I dreaded the feeling of the heavy revolver on my hip. It gets hot up there and you feel every ounce of gear on your body. So weight is my first consideration.
Chances of having to use the gun are very small.
Defense against snakes is not a consideration IMO. If you have time to draw on a snake you have time to avoid it.
Bears, well you never know but what ever pistol you are carrying is too small anyway so in reality having a gun might make you feel good but hats it. So feel good that you at least have a gun!
Mountain lions, I don't know much as I've never killed one but I feel completely confident that it would approach me from the front, we'd face off like two dueling cowboys and I of course would draw first and nail it between the eyes. Well not exactly but I think you get the picture!
Now that I've owned and carried several types I prefer polymer framed semi autos over revolvers. Mostly due to lighter weight and increased capacity...iow I feel they are more efficient.
The lightest gun I ever carried in the woods was a S&W 642. It wasn't fun to shoot so I sold it. the heaviest gun I ever carried was a 6" 686. Sold it because it was way heavy. I carried it for several trips before realizing it was more of a burden than anything else.
These days I'll carry a Ruger LC9 or the heaviest is a polymer framed SP01 CZ Phantom.
If you are used to revolvers I suggest a pistol without anything extra to think about. Something like a glock is dead simple...squeeze the trigger thats it, no manual safety to fumble with and the trigger pull is the same every time.
Like some others suggested, the compact glocks in 45 acp are real efficient little packages that pack a lot of punch.
Good luck,
OK, I think the Glock .45 may be the right gun. Especially if you have a critter ot one of those two legged numskulls are ready to attack. I like the idea of getting several shots off quickly with the same trigger pull over the revolver. I think the light weight is also a big factor along with shorter overall length for hiking and fishing. Only question is how bad is recoil with the .45ACP ? Would it be worse or better than say the Ruger SP101 3" .357mag?
Also I find the 45acp has a slower "boomy" recoil were the 357mag has a sharp recoil that stings a bit.
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Here is a good vid. on the SP101 4", what I would recommend as the revolver choice... a very good one.
Ruger Four-Inch 357 Magnum SP101 Double-Action Kit Gun
But it won't carry like the G36.
The Glock design put most of the mass in the slide, so the recoil tends to be straight back before the Bbl. starts up. The std. 230 gr. .45 ACP is a low-pressure round and is softer to shoot out of my G36 than 180 gr. .40 out of my G23, almost the same wt. and form-factor pistol.
For most of your needs the std. 230 gr. will serve you well, but if you want 5" Bbl. 1911 performance out of this little dog, you need to go to a 230 gr. "+P" load.
The good thing is that they are usually the same price as the std. stuff in a Tactical load like the outstanding 230 gr. Federal HST round.
The not-so-good thing is that the recoil profile goes up into that of the higher energy .40 rounds. Manageable and comfortable, but a little more exciting.
The key to any Glock is how you hold it.
I call it "raw-egg", like shaking a raw egg really hard in your hand. Firm but gentle grip w/ a maximum of low-pressure contact area. Don't Break it - Don't Drop it. Then smooth trigger and let the pistol do its thing.
Either the Ruger 4" or the G36 would be a good choice. Pick the one the sings to ya.
I've been carrying a S&W 396 (.44 magnum/ .44 special) in a chest holster for fishing/hunting or on my hip for hunting/hiking, depending on need and configuration.
I plan on always using it with .44 special in CA.
It's a compact, light, big-bore combination.
I would look at an 8 round .357 Magnum revolver such as the S&W Nightguard. Reasonably lightweight, no issues with corrosion, reliability and simplicity of a revolver, big enough to handle all predators in this state, yet small enough to go in a jacket pocket if necessary, and 8 rounds of powerful .357 Mag., which to me is better than 9 rounds of .45 in a semiauto, IMHO of course.
I switch to the .45lc cylinder for the real hot stuff...
.45 ACP +P is a higher pressure variant that is safe in most Pistols (including Glocks) and either ups the velocity of a 5" Bbl. ~ 50 fps. (ft/sec.), or gives you ~ 5" Bbl. velocity out of a 4" Bbl.
So, while you watch this vid, know that you will get this bullet performance in a "+P" variety of this ammo out of the ~3-3/4" G36 Bbl. (and that is what I run in mine)
45 ACP Federal HST 230 gr Ammo Gel Test
(but it doesn't fit in my tackle-box.)
A heavy, high SD .357 will burrow in deep on big, tough critters. So will a 180 gr. TMJ .40 S&W or 10 mm.
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It's all about 'trade-offs'. Either a heavy longer barreled .357 with 6 or 8 rounds which will do the job OR a more compact polymer GLOCK that is lighter weight but can carry more ammo.
I do like the idea of a G29 running hot .40 ammo. Never thought of that..good idea. Small gun, 15 rounds. (or .40 or 10MM). (Thanks Stix213)
Factory .40 is less expensive than 10MM anyday which makes a difference in how much practice you get. No use carrying anything you haven't mastered with lots of practice.
Trooper...actually the Colt Trooper you just sold was perfect except for the weight and size. Backpacking around the woods you want something light and effective that isn't apparent to people passing you on the trail.
May the Bridges I burn light the way.
Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.
Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).
Yep, the Colt Trooper I sold was a really nice gun but for my needs and being 63, I want something small and light that will stop almost anything that may want to attack me. Don't care if it's 5 or 6 or 8 or 10 rounds since I am guessing 5 may be the most I could get off before becoming lunch for a bear or mountain lion. So I am looking for the best gun to fit my needs. Needs to be quick out of a holster and ready to fire. That's one reason I like the Glock. But when it comes to ammo, not sure what is best. Would be a close target as I don't hunt and would not shoot unless I was in real danger. I would rather try and scare away an animal than shoot it. But if it's coming at me very fast, I want to get off as many shots as possible in case I miss a few! So undecided on gun type and caliber.
Any gun small and light enough isn't going to be "enough" to reliably take down a bear.
It's going to be a compromise no matter how you look at it. A powerfully revolver is going to be very heavy. A tiny easy to carry 642 is just a pee shooter in terms of bear defense.m Your going to be somewhere in between. And shorter barrels don't let you get the most of the caliber. It's a compromise any way you slice it!
I never liked carrying the SP101. Mine was a 3" 5 shots. I thought it would be the holy grail but it wasn't. I sold it.
I also tried the G30 thinking it would be the holy grail, sold it too. I still recommend it thought. If it fits your hand well then I think it's worth a try. Rent one and try it before you buy. I think it's a love it or hate it proposition!
I feel most comfortable carrying my CZ Phantom. Its the right size, grip texture, capacity, shootability under stress, and the weight is the maximum I'm willing to carry. I have a hip holster and a shoulder holster for it so depending if I'm wearing a pack or a jacket etc, I'll choose a carry method that works for the situation. I've accept that it's a last ditch caliber in terms of large animal defense but that is also very low on my list of "worries". If I didn't have this gun I'd probably carry something like a G19, CZ PCR, USPS Compact, SR9, etc. I also shoot this gun often which helps with confidence in using it under stress.
Any gun small and light enough isn't going to be "enough" to reliably take down a bear.
It's going to be a compromise no matter how you look at it. A powerfully revolver is going to be very heavy. A tiny easy to carry 642 is just a pee shooter in terms of bear defense.m Your going to be somewhere in between. And shorter barrels don't let you get the most of the caliber. It's a compromise any way you slice it!
I never liked carrying the SP101. Mine was a 3" 5 shots. I thought it would be the holy grail but it wasn't. I sold it.
I also tried the G30 thinking it would be the holy grail, sold it too. I still recommend it thought. If it fits your hand well then I think it's worth a try. Rent one and try it before you buy. I think it's a love it or hate it proposition!
I feel most comfortable carrying my CZ Phantom. Its the right size, grip texture, capacity, shootability under stress, and the weight is the maximum I'm willing to carry. I have a hip holster and a shoulder holster for it so depending if I'm wearing a pack or a jacket etc, I'll choose a carry method that works for the situation. I've accept that it's a last ditch caliber in terms of large animal defense but that is also very low on my list of "worries". If I didn't have this gun I'd probably carry something like a G19, CZ PCR, USPS Compact, SR9, etc. I also shoot this gun often which helps with confidence in using it under stress. And I don't carry a spare mag. All this is well within my comfort zone but everyone is different.
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A revolver is your best choice for woods carry. Reliable, simple, versatile, and available in more powerful cartridges than an auto. Midsize frame single actions are pretty slim and easy to carry compared to similar double actions. Hammer spur on a single action is the biggest negative. 357 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 Colt, etc, take your pick. I carry a 4" Flattop Blackhawk in 45 Colt, that's just the combination I prefer. 45 Colt, and others that throw a big *** bullet downrange moving at a good clip, are just what you need for the type of situation you might encounter walking around the woods. That once and million chance that something with more teeth and claws than you can count tries to eat you, and at best you have the chance to get off one or two shots.
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That was a very interesting video. But shooting into a jelly type block VS penetration into a bear may not be the same. I have heard hard cast bullets penetrate better than hallow points. Would like to have seen a comparison test done with both types. Obviously the hollow point will do a lot more damage if it can get to the inside and do it's slicing.
Penetration and expansion has always been the quest of any bullet manufacturer. If my 357 magnum rounds will reliably expand to 2x the original diameter while penetrating 48" of any test media then I can sell my 44 magnums and 454 Cassul. My concern for a hiking/fishing/hunting hip gun has always been ruggedness and reliability. The possibility of falling into a stream or dumping an ATV are there. What if you are so occupied with the trout you have on and a mountain lion pounces on you putting you in an up close struggle where a possible jam can happen after the first shot with a semi-auto. Most attacks happen on unaware victims, either sleeping/resting or pre-occupied with something that they dont sense the presence of a wild dangerous animal. The chance of seeing these animals is very small, you'll see more coyotes and rabbits out there. After having a few close encounters with angry magpies it made me wish I brought a shotgun. With my little experience with hunting and hiking far from civilization my number one pick is still my 6" stainless Ruger GP100.
Here are links to wildlife encounters.
The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns... K. Meine
With exotics and handloading, anything is possible, but I do think most .45 were designed for 230@800 FPS, .357 200@1200. If I can get expanding bullets (to expand), I think the .357 is better.
.44 mag and the bigger newer calibers are the best........and someday I will have them. Until then, I do have some handguns that will make the bear blink
I hike and fish Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado counties mainly. Here is part of you article that happened where I spend much of my time:
A 63-year-old man was attacked by a mountain lion on Sunday while camping in Nevada County, according to a California Fish and Game report.
The hiker was asleep along the banks of a tributary to the Yuba River when the lion attacked, biting and clawing through his sleeping bag about 1 a.m.
The DFG report said the attack lasted nearly two minutes, and then "the animal ceased the attack, looked at him from 15 feet away for another 15 to 30 seconds, and then ran into the night." The camper was able to drive himself to a hospital where he was treated for severe scratches and puncture wounds. Wardens returned to the campsite and found mountain lion tracks. Efforts to track the lion using trained dogs have been unsuccessful.
Also, those are reported attacks. There are many more encounters than reported to DFG.
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back in the days when I was searching for the ultimate camping/hiking/hunting sidearm, the thought of getting attacked while inside a sleeping bag crossed my mind many times. Talking to a friend made him admit of the same scenario so we took an old comforter that is about the same material as a light weight sleeping bag and tested my Caspian 10mm, Colt commander 45ACP and GP100. He had a Ruger SBH, Glock21, a Hi-power copy and a S&W686. All the autos fired the first chambered round, but there was a high rate of failure to feed the next round if there was fabric tension exerted at the muzzle and top of the front sight. The revolvers did not have any failure except for failure to fire when fabric gets in between the hammer and firing pin, in which the autos had the same problem except the G21. One thing we learned is you can set a comforter on fire when shooting a 44 mag loaded full of W296 next to the barrel and cylinder gap.
The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns... K. Meine
For general purpose rock climbing and mountain hiking, I carry an old interarms Rossi in .38 special. Cheap, realiable and I will be heartbroken but not bankrupt if i drop or lose it.
If I am going to where bears or mountain lions are, I carry my Alaskan .454 in a chest rig, just in case i need some serious noisemaking ability and stopping power.
After looking at velocity charts for muzzle, 50yd, and 100yd. I think my best bet for a small lightweight gun is either a 10mm or 357mag. They are fairly equal and both have very good penetrating. The 9mm is close behind. Of course these are smaller and lighter than the 45 auto. So knockdown would be the 45 but to kill, I would think the 357 or 10mm? Also, how about recoil/kick since it will be a small pistol with around a 4" barrel. Probably a Glock. Considering all, I want a gun that is easy to control if I need to get several shots off in a matter of a few seconds. Not for target practice! LOL
A Light/hot/fast .357 like the 140 gr. Barnes is good out of a 4" Bbl. But when you get heaver? Most of the extra power goes into recoil and fireworks.
I know Underwood make some scary 180 gr. 10 mm Auto loads that would be about the top for game killin' power, 'cept that out of a less than 4" Bbl. they would be pretty close to a .40 S&W load w/ a whole lot more recoil and fireworks.
Now, If you wanted a Specialty Pistol, and had a few extra bucks to spend, you could get an aftermarket Bbl. for something like a Compact G29 10 mm, say the Lone Wolf 4.6"? That would give you a reasonably small and light pistol w/ a pretty good big-game punch shooting the Underwood 180 gr. fodder.
Recoil would not be pleasant, but shoot-able.
200 gr. +P .45 ACP also move along pretty well and because of the bigger piston of the bullet diameter, they are more efficiently out of shorter Bbls. Recoil will still be what it is... no escaping Physics, but not as bad as full-throttle 10 mm stuff.
I have carried and shot Compact Glocks in both .45 ACP and .40 S&W in the field. Light/small/comfortable to shoot. Truncated metal jackets for the big stuff because it penetrates well, and currently HST hollow points for the Two-legged stuff because it blows a nice hole a foot deep.
...And then there's the Ruger SP101 4" in .357 Mag...
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Step Monitoring to Improve ARTERial Health (SMARTER)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01475201
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 21, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 23, 2017
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|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|November 16, 2011
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|November 21, 2011
|Last Update Posted Date
|March 23, 2017
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|February 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|change in arterial stiffness [ Time Frame: one year ]
Arterial stiffness will be assessed at baseline and one year by measurement of carotid femoral pulse wave velocity through applanation tonometry.
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|Same as current
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|Step Monitoring to Improve ARTERial Health
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|Step Monitoring to Improve ARTERial Health
|Brief Summary
Many people with diabetes and/or high blood pressure (hypertension) are not very active. When people are more active, they can reduce the chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Walking more is a cheap and effective way to be more active and to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The problem is that many people do not walk enough! The investigators will study if people with diabetes and/or hypertension walk more when the doctor gives them a prescription with the number of steps they should be walking every day. The investigators will compare this group, called 'active', to another group, called 'control', in which doctors and their patients do what they usually do, over a period of one year.
The investigators will measure the number of steps the investigators walk everyday with a step counter or pedometer. In the step count prescription group, the doctors will give to the 'active' group a pedometer, a step count record book, and step count prescriptions. The overall goal is to gradually increase daily steps. The speed of the increase in step count will be slower for less active people. At each visit the doctor will look at the step count record book. The doctor will then give a new step count prescription to the patients. Patients of the two groups will see their doctor about four times during the year, which is how often they usually see their doctor. At the end of one year, the investigators will see the difference in the hardness of the arteries between the 'active' and the 'control' groups, using simple and safe measurements, similar to ultrasound in pregnant ladies. People with hard arteries are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
The investigators suspect that patients who get the step count prescriptions will walk more and their arteries will be less hard than the control group. Our study will help find out if this is true. In that case, doctors should take the time to prescribe steps for all their patients with diabetes and/or hypertension.
|Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: High walking levels reduce myocardial infarction, stroke, and mortality rates in overweight/obese patients with diabetes and/or hypertension, but our own work, led by Nominated Principal Applicant K. Dasgupta, indicates low daily step counts in these patients, at approximately 5,000 steps/day on average with a further 15% reduction during fall and winter. A meta-analysis of physical activity programs indicates that pedometer-based monitoring programs can lead to higher daily step counts, but evidence for impact on arterial health is limited, as is evidence for the effectiveness of a pedometer-based strategy specifically implemented into the usual clinical care of patients with diabetes and/or hypertension. The SMARTER trial will address these knowledge gaps.
PRIMARY RESEARCH QUESTION: Among sedentary overweight/obese adults with diabetes and/or hypertension do physician-delivered step count prescriptions integrated into usual care reduce arterial stiffness more than usual care alone, over a one-year period? Arterial stiffness (primary outcome), a summative indicator of arterial health, is more precise and reliable than individual risk factors. An analysis of the Framingham Heart Study demonstrated that, even after adjustment for traditional risk factors, increased arterial stiffness was independently associated with a 48% increase in vascular disease risk. Co-Principal Applicant S. Daskalopoulou is an expert in the noninvasive assessment of arterial stiffness and has a well-equipped Vascular Lab funded through a CFI grant.
STUDY DESIGN: Randomized, allocation concealed, single-blind (outcome assessors), intervention allocation ratio 1:1, multisite clinical trial. This design will allow for the level A evidence necessary to justify widespread change in clinical practice.
TRIAL SYNOPSIS: Given that the majority of diabetes and hypertension patients are managed in primary care settings, the SMARTER trial interventions will be delivered through the large network of primary care clinics accessible to Co-Principal Applicant E. Rosenberg as well as diabetes and internal medicine clinics throughout Montreal where patients may receive their primary diabetes and hypertension follow-up. Twenty-four collaborating physicians have been identified. Physicians/clinic staff will obtain assent from candidates within their practice for contact by the SMARTER coordinator. The number of collaborating physicians continues to be increased, including physicians at primary care, diabetes, hypertension, internal medicine, and endocrinology clinics. Eligibility: Candidates will be adults with 25≤BMI<40 kg/m2 followed for diabetes and/or hypertension and sedentary to somewhat active. Evaluations: Formal trial evaluations, conducted at baseline and 12 months, will include assessments of arterial stiffness (carotid femoral pulse wave velocity measured noninvasively with applanation tonometry); step counts (pedometer with concealed window) and physical activity (accelerometer) worn for one week; fitness (exercise stress test; ˙VO2max); anthropometric parameters; and individual vascular risk factors. Intervention arm: The physician gives the active trial participants a pedometer, log book, and a step count prescription based on the baseline daily step count. The time frame for a > 3,000 steps/day net increase is 10 months for sedentary participants (<5,000 steps/day), 7 months for low active participants (5,000-7,499 steps/day), and 5 months for somewhat active participants (7,500-9,999 steps/day). There will be four clinic visits over one year. Control arm: Same visit frequency with advice to engage in 30-60 minutes of activity on most days of the week. Sample Size: Allowing for a loss to follow-up of up to 17% based on our previous studies, investigators will require a sample size of 364 individuals (i.e. 182 per arm) to detect a 10% difference in change in arterial stiffness between our active and control arms to an accuracy of +/- 5% over a one-year period. Analysis: Intention-to-treat. Between-arm differences in 'after minus before changes' with 95% CIs for main analysis.
Addedum to stress testing: Due to timeline limitations, we were obliged to forego stress testing assessments as of October 20, 2014. This does not impact our primary outcome. Moreover, stress testing is not required when engaging in a walking program in type 2 diabetes. We will be able to assess impacts of the intervention on fitness (secondary outcome) in a subgroup of patients (i.e., those who completed assessments before October 20, 2014).
IMPORTANCE: With increasing numbers of diabetes and hypertension patients, there is a pressing need for effective and efficient clinical practice strategies to help physicians support their patients to achieve the arterial health benefits of higher physical activity levels. The SMARTER trial seeks to provide such a tool. If effectiveness is demonstrated, all efforts will be made for the inclusion of our approach in Clinical Practice Guidelines for diabetes and hypertension, and investigators will develop training tools (manuals, websites, CD-ROMs) to allow maximal uptake of our proposed strategy.
AN OBSERVATIONAL SUBSTUDY: Novel Real-Time Measurement of Physical Activity Patterns in Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Through GPS Monitoring and Accelerometry
In addition to the main clinical trial, we are conducting additional measurements among consenting type 2 diabetes patients in order to examine the effects of the walkability of their home neighbourhood on their baseline step count and time at different physical activity intensities (accelerometer measurement already being performed through SMARTER). The additional measurements include wearing a Geographical Positioning Systems (GPS) device for the 7-day period that they wear the pedometer with concealed viewing window and accelerometer. The GPS device collects time-stamped location information such that X,Y coordinates are collected. These are used to determine the times that they are within or outside neighbourhood buffer zones.
For the assessment of neighbourhood walkability,the parameters assessed include population density, pedestrian-friendly design and diversity of destinations - commonly referred to in the urban planning literature as the 3D's. The variables that best capture density, design, and diversity include residential density, street connectivity and land use mix. Residential density is defined as the number of residences per square kilometre of residential land area. Street connectivity is defined as the number of ≥3-way intersections per square kilometre in neighbourhood, where a greater number of intersections facilitates movement between origins (e.g., residences) and destinations (e.g., shops and parks).Land-use mix is a measure of the number of different land uses located within a neighbourhood.Land use mix is assessed via an entropy score - a value between zero and one that captures the degree of heterogeneity of land uses in a neighbourhood. A subcomponent of land use mix that may be a particularly important for encouraging individuals to walk within their neighbourhood and that is easily incorporated into the design of new neighbourhoods is greenspace/recreational land area.
We are using Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping (computer-based assessment of neighbourhood characteristics derived from existing data sources that have some spatially referenced identification, such as a home address) to measure these facets of neighbourhood walkability.In brief, each of the variables will be derived by geocoding participants six-digit home postal codes, constructing 1-kilometre polygonal buffers zones around each participants home address (i.e., a geographical zone around the centroid of the postal code area) and calculating the measures of interest for each neighbourhood using tools within a GIS software package (ArcGIS) and publically available shape files.
Means and standard deviations will be used to describe the number of steps per day occurring specifically in home neighbourhoods (i.e., as determined through GPS) and overall. Multiple linear regression analyses will be used to assess the relationship between 1) home neighbourhood environments and the number of steps taken per day in the home neighbourhood and 2) home neighbourhood environments and the number of steps taken per day taken in any location. These analyses will be repeated with time at moderate to vigorous activity in lieu of steps as the outcome variable. Several variables measured through SMARTER will be considered for exclusion in models (e.g., age, sex, educational level, BMI).
This observational substudy is partly funded by an operating grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation (Quebec) awarded to K. Dasgupta (Principal Investigator) and Nancy Ross (Co-Principal Investigator on substudy) and is being led by Samantha Hajna, their doctoral candidate student.
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|March 2016
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|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years to 95 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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|Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, MSc, FRCP (C), McGill University Health Center
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|McGill University Health Center
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|Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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|March 2017
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Cindy Lovell, outgoing executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, was bid a fond farewell by the City Council during its Tuesday night meeting at city hall.
Cindy Lovell, outgoing executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, was bid a fond farewell by the City Council during its Tuesday night meeting at city hall.
Lovell was honored with a proclamation that was read by Mayor Roy Hark. She also was presented a key to the city.
Lovell, who wiped away tears during the reading of the proclamation and presentation of the key, expressed her love for America's Hometown and vowed that she will be back "a lot."
Lovell will soon be departing Hannibal to become the executive director of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Conn. She begins her new duties on March 4.
In other business:
• Approval was given a quit claim deed and a contract for the sale of a city owned easement to Don Barnes. Barnes will pay the city $100 for the easement, which is located outside the city limits, and passes through Barnes' property. The former railroad right-of-way was deeded to the city in 1962.
• The Council also OK'd the sale of property at 313 Bird to Stephen Hunt for $50. The city acquired the plat through a voluntary transfer. Hunt, a licensed contractor, plans to rehab the property.
• An agreement between the city and Elavon for the purpose of providing merchant services of accepting credit and debit card payments from customers to city departments.
• Second and final reading was given a bill amending the city's bid limits in 2013.
• The NEMO Shrine Club's request was approved for street closures to accommodate a parade on Aug. 3. The parade will begin at 10 a.m.
• The following appointments were approved: Darin Logue to fill an unexpired term on the Airport Advisory Board that expires in September 2015; Michael Riesenbeck to the Airport Advisory Board for a term expiring in September 2014; Frank Di Tillo to the Hannibal Free Public Library Board for a term to expire in June 2015.


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Wireless calls travel over airwaves to another phone, and just like radios, they can be obstructed by conditions outside. You can maximize your wireless service during an emergency situation by being prepared and following a few simple tips.
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Most wireless carriers send emergency alerts from authorized government agencies directly to your cell phone. No registration is required. You will automatically receive Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) if you have a WEA capable phone and your wireless carrier participates in the program. WEAs can be sent by authorized local and state public safety agencies, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Weather Service.
WEAs are free messages, limited to 90 characters and sent using one-way cell broadcast technology, even if other wireless voice and data services in the area are highly congested. The messages include a special tone and vibration, both repeat twice. There are three types of alerts:
For information about which mobile devices are WEA-capable and wireless carrier participation, please visit ctia.org/wea or contact your wireless carrier.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And it's starting to bug me just a little bit.
I like Christmas as much as the next Christian. By that I mean the feast of the Nativity. Even if you have seen your share of yules, you'll be able to discover something new in the Gospel readings, in the idea of the Incarnation or in the image of Jesus "dwelling among us." What's more, Advent, the wonderful windup to Christmas, is a spiritual banquet, offering myriad ways of tasting God's grace. Just think of the "O antiphons" sung at evening prayer and as the Gospel acclamations in the days preceding Christmas. "O Wisdom," "O Lord," "O Root of Jesse" and the rest date back to the ninth century. It takes a stony heart not to be moved by those ancient words. That Christmas I like.
The Christmas I don't cotton to is the one you probably don't like either: the commercial one. This year what irked me most were the hackneyed slogans companies deployed in their December campaigns, which tried to have it both ways: using religious themes without actually being religious. Call it faith-based advertising. (Inci-dentally, it's not as if you have to go searching, like the Wise Men, for these catalogs, magazine ads and commercials; they are all but inescapable in December.)
Some aren't half bad. This year J. C. Penney's ads featured the slogan "The Joy of Giving." (Giving, needless to say, is laudable.) On the other hand, the store's standard ad slogan seems an unlikely one for a department store: "Every day matters." Every day matters? When did Deepak Chopra start writing ad copy for J. C. Penney?
By the way, if you examine their flyers, you'll discover that "Every day matters" is a registered trademark. This means, I suppose, that the next time you say to a friend, "Every day matters," you owe J. C. Penney a few pennies. Try Carpe diem instead. That's still free.
Some advertisers seemed unable to decide how religious their ads could be. Many stores want to glom onto the Christmas angle without being Christian, which would be a challenge even for Don Draper and his "Mad Men" copywriters. The cover of my Land's End catalog, bursting with preppy families who divide their time evenly between laughing dementedly and petting horses, says, "Make it Merry!" Make what merry? Celebrating Christ's birth or petting a horse?
Magic is another popular word on Madison Avenue. Pier One's catalog said, "Make Christmas Magic!" All I can think of is Mary and Joseph standing around Harry Potter in a manger.
The winner of this year's most unfortunate catch phrase is a tie between Macy's and Eddie Bauer. Macy's shopping bags say, "A million reasons to believe!" In what? What does Macy's want us to believe in? That God became fully human? (Imagine that on a bag.)
Just as silly was the cover of the Eddie Bauer catalogue, which says, "We believe." As with Macy's, I was curious to find out just what Eddie Bauer believed in. The indwelling of God? The two natures of Jesus? Well, not exactly. Page three had their creed: "We believe in the world's best down!" I just hope they've heard about the new Mass translations. In two years, they'll have to say, "I believe in the world's best down."
I know this is the way marketing works, using anything to hawk a product. And I'm sorry to be a stickler, but it's strange seeing the Christian faith being used and denied at the same time.
Nonetheless, I try not to get too upset about it, because I don't want commercialism to ruin my Christmas Day. Or any day. Because I believe that, as that great spiritual master J. C. Penney once said, "Every day matters."
Yes! I haven't consciously analized the ad and catalogs, but I have felt overburdened the year by the commercialism around me. Fr. Martin made much of it cleaer for me especially the statements approaching a Christian assertion of faith...but not quite. I suppose I too believe in...down. Oh well...
I'm holding out for the Nativity through all this.
Great observations... Having worked at an ad agency I can always picture the "creative huddle" where the not so brainy brainstorming over "marketing messages" occurs. But at least the ad folks are not totally removing "faith" from Christmas however abstracted it may be.
If you want more discouragement from the media watch some "Holiday" specials such as Shrek the Halls and Prep and Landing. Totally vaporous on any faith element at all.
Christmas is a reminder and celebration of the spiritual reality that is only held close through faith, viz., God became one of us so as to be with us through this vale of tears. It occurs at a time when we also need to celebrate our lives with one another through gatherings, meals and drinks, and giving and receiving of gifts which are ultimately the result of a sharing of thoughts, feelings, a sharing of our very selves with one another. This time of year was a time for such celebrations long before Jesus walked the face of the earth and will continue to be as long as the days shorten and nights lengthen and we long for light. Whether shoppers are Christian by identification or not is secondary to their thinking about others and planning to give to others.
Christians do not own this time of year - humanity does and all celebrations of our common humanity, viz., our attachments to one another and love for and need for one another, to huddle with one another around a table or bar, are sacramental. I have come to feel grateful for the "commercialism" because it puts faith in the Incarnation in sharper focus and being in sharper focus His claims on us can be more acutely felt.
So, I wrote Victoria's Secret and told them they weren't helping matters any.
Someone from corporate called back!
I argued that any copy writer worth his/her salt could develop an ad campaign for lingerie without having to pander or without having to be to so blunt. I said they could do better, certainly with the budget they must command. Happily for me they said they appreciated my perspective and would keep it in mind for future ad campaigns.
I thought that was nice of Victoria Secrets; and since then, every Christmas season, I haven't had to count tiles on the METRO platform while waiting for my train.


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Monday, August 3, 2009
Wild Table
I thought this runner at Z Gallerie was fun. I am debating if I would use it, but it is definitely eye catching. Would you use the zebra runner?
19 comments:
I think it could be really fun, especially if you designed the table "look" around it!
- August 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM
No. I wouldn't use it because it would clash with too many things like china or centerpiece or paintings. A whole room would need to be set up for it to work.
- August 3, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Wanderings of a Wannabe said...
love it. but you don't have to do much convincing when it comes to zebra.
hope your monday has gotten easier, sometimes it's just impossible to get going after such a great weekend!
- August 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM
I think it's fun! But I don't think I could use it all the time - only certain occasions... Looks great with the dark wood furniture and white upholstery/accessories, though!
- August 3, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- bluehydrangea said...
I LOVE it!! It wold just make the table!! I may have to head over to Z Gallerie to check it out!!
- August 3, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- High-Heeled Foot in the door said...
I love it! But you know me and zebra! It doesn't take much. It just needs to be zebra and I'm sold!
So sorry I've been behind on email and I have yet to email you back.
I'm a bad friend, but invitation to NY is still wide open!
I looked up flights and had no idea it was so much! Boo to that!!
- August 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM
- Sweet Nothings said...
yeah, i kinda love it. a lot.
- August 3, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- PS~Erin said...
I really like it. I like a little animal print, in other people's homes. I'm way to play-it-safe around my own home. I do love that green!
- August 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM
- Elizabeth Murphy Collins said...
My dining room is choclate brown with a coral ceiling..My china is Herend Queen victoria...which has that amazin apple green in it!!!
I totally DIG!!!
Love your blog..I check it everyday!!
- August 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Yansy said...
Love it! The color is fabulous, you should definitely get it.
- August 3, 2009 at 3:55 PM
- Oonafey said...
I think it's great! Especially if your china is white or black. Or red.
- August 3, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Lily G. said...
this runner is fabulous!! It's bold but kind of subtle at the same time...
- August 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- MyLittleHappyPlace said...
Me like-y! But I think I like those pillows in the background just as much!
- August 3, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- LindsB said...
Oh, I like this- I think it would add some much needed fun to any table :)
- August 3, 2009 at 7:12 PM
- Southern Aspirations said...
I like this! ANd I like that it's a fun bright green. Unexpected. Yes, I'd use it!
- August 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM
- C said...
It's beautiful! I don't think it'd work in my own home, but for the right client- totally! :)
- August 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Chic Coles (Cole Design) said...
What fun! I love the lime green pop of color! I would definitely use a zebra runner!
- August 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- my favorite and my best said...
maybe. but not that green one.
- August 3, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- Rita said...
I love animal prints. The 'green' is such a great twist. I'd use it for an outdoor dinner party...the plant surroundings would make a perfect backdrop.
- August 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM


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Due to some hassling by two different people (I'm flattered that even two people read this blog) - here's an update! Gasp. Awe. Sigh of disappointment for my soon-to-be PhD friend, because she was one of the people who wanted an update, and this post is entirely something she told me about. You got PUNKED!
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Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry staged a mini-"Friends" reunion for mutual pal Ellen DeGeneres' talk show.
Aniston, who co-hosted Wednesday's program with the comedienne, showed up unannounced at Perry's home to ask for advice from the actor, who recently joined DeGeneres as a host.
Referring to her former TV comedy castmate as David – a reference to their co-star David Schwimmer, Aniston said, "I just don't know as many dumb jokes as you."
Perry scolded his old pal for turning up on his doorstep at 8 am, insisting she should call first, and reminded her that they're no longer Friends, stating, "We haven't actually seen each other in a really long time, like, eight years."
Cox appeared at the door, pretending she had spent the night with Perry and then referred to her real-life best pal Aniston as Lisa – mixing her up with another castmate, Lisa Kudrow.
Cox stormed off in mock disgust as Perry pretended to hit on Aniston and the skit ended with DeGeneres crawling past Perry and her wife Portia DeRossi dashing out of his apartment as the actor screamed, "LeBlanc, get out of the fountain, man."
Matt LeBlanc was the sixth member of the Friends cast.
On Wednesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Aniston admitted she missed working with "Matty and Court" and the skit they filmed together made her "very nostalgic."
She added, "It's a great thing to go back to your family like that. Also, I know that people will love it."


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CEC Member Chris Mahon (right) was a judge in this prestigous global sustainability platform.
CEC Member Chris Mahon represented the IUCN UK National Committee at the International Green Awards ceremony at Battersea Power station in London on 20th November 2012.
Chris (right) was a judge in this prestigous global sustainability platform, and is seen here with staff from Bentleigh Secondary College, Australia, winners of the Most Sustainable Educational Institution category.
The 7th International Green Awards™ is the leading platform for sustainability intelligence, leadership and innovation. It's success underlines how important sustainability and responsible business has become globally. Iain Patton Founder & CEO commented "Our international platform plays a crucial role in promoting the principles of environmental responsibility to a wider commercial audience. Awards have always been well placed to act as beacons of innovation and leadership as experts recognise organisations who are paving the way for a more sustainable future." More >>


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A people voice is the voice that someone uses when talking to people who aren't their friends. This voice is automatically happy, nicer and sweeter than their normal voice. It is also often more high pitched. This is often the voice people use when answering a telephone or when working in retail. Similiar to the girlfriend voice.
She so used her people voice when she was talking to that customer over there. Did you hear how sweet she was? She never sounds like that normally!
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(Note: The following is an edited version of a piece that was originally published in the Summer 2005 issue of Impact, the newsletter of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.)
On May 3, the Mackinac Center made a surprise presentation of its special Jefferson Award to Sheldon Rose. Rose's unwavering allegiance to the ideals of individual liberty and limited government has led him to furnish generous financial support to free-market organizations, creating a bedrock for the freedom movement that recalls the actions of the courageous, unsung financial heroes of the American Revolution.
But Rose has also moved quickly to the front lines when fundamental liberties are at stake. He is a general partner of a large Michigan-based apartment firm, and he chose to "rebel" in 1987 when the city of Lansing attempted to abrogate his property rights by using the power of eminent domain to give a politically well-connected cable company a right-of-way to provide TV services to more than 1,500 of his firm's dwelling units. The tenants already had cable television, and the city's offer of "compensation" was not just outrageously low, but lacking in provisions against property damage or inconvenience to his tenants. Rose, at tremendous financial cost, fought the city's actions for a decade, finally winning a decisive victory for property rights in the Michigan Supreme Court.
On the evening Rose received the Jefferson Award, Mackinac Center President Lawrence W. Reed summed up Rose's impact: "Sheldon Rose is one of liberty's best friends in America. Generous, thoughtful, passionate and candid, he is a patriot of the first order who resists the blandishments of patronizing politicians and the intrusiveness of meddling bureaucrats. Among the many recipients of his faithful support is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which gratefully acknowledges with this award his many contributions to its efforts, and to the larger cause of liberty and limited government."
Sheldon Rose is the living embodiment of the disposition to freedom articulated in the famous Thomas Jefferson quote that appears on the Center's Jefferson Award: "The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it always to be kept alive. … I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."
John E. Coonradt is vice president for advancement for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit institute that advances the principles of free markets and limited government. Through our research and education programs, we challenge government overreach and advocate for free-market approach to public policy that frees people to realize their potential and dreams.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On the strength of a tremendous performance by junior Nigel Kojimoto, the MIT rifle team finished second out of four squads at the Bean Pot competition held at MIT over the weekend. Kojimoto collected the Gold medal in the smallbore portion of the event, as the highest individual scorer, as well as Silver in air rifle, as Tech finished just 50 points behind Wentworth Institute of Technology in overall team scoring.
Kojimoto registered five shots at least 94 points in six smallbore attempts on his way to a score of 563 points. That score paired with his 567 in air rifle gave Kojimoto the highest individual combined point total of all shooters at the meet.
Elizabeth Phillips captured the Bronze in Air Rifle with a score of 559. Giulia Pantalone recorded a score of 550 and Rebecca Gould (535) rounded out the scoring for the Cardinal and Gray, who finished just two points behind Wentworth in the air rifle portion of the weekend. Pantalone and Gould's totals were new personal bests for each shooter.
Phillips added a score of 536 in smallbore for the Engineers, who finished with a team score of 2138. Jennifer de Bruijn recorded a pair of 90-point shots en route to a total of 528. Timothy Jenks was the final scoring shooter for MIT with a total of 511.
Wentworth took the team title with a combined score of 4349. MIT was second at 4399 while Penn State took third at 4294. Coast Guard rounded out the competition at 4195.
The Cardinal and Gray will be back in action on Saturday, February 12, hosting Coast Guard beginning at 9:00 a.m.


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Various groups are calling for volunteers to assist in the N.C. Department of Transportation's spring Litter Sweep throughout Davidson County.
Various groups are calling for volunteers to assist in the N.C. Department of Transportation's spring Litter Sweep throughout Davidson County.
Cpl. Tim Perry of the Lexington Police Department will organize a sweep in Lexington at 8 a.m. Saturday alongside the Lexington Police Explorers Post 230. Anyone interested in helping with the sweep can contact Perry at the Lexington Police Department by calling 243-3302.
The sweep will take place in the immediate areas surrounding Lexington Senior High School.
"Because we use the Explorers, we try to stay away from the medians and interstates for safety reasons, but we hope that volunteers will take the initiative to try and help keep our city clean," Perry said.
Volunteers should bring gloves and a reflective vest, Perry said.
If everything goes according to plan, Perry and the Explorers will host another sweep April 27, he said.
The City of Thomasville Beautification Committee will also host sweeps at 4 p.m. April 25 and at 8 a.m. April 27.
The sweep will start at the clock tower across from the Big Chair, near the corner of Randolph and Main streets in Thomasville, said Carol Brown, chairwoman of the beautification committee.
"The only thing we ask is that you bring your own gloves," Brown said, adding that reflective vests and bags will be provided.
For more information, contact the beautification committee by calling 475-4219.
The Town of Denton will also host "Clean up the Town Day" from 9 a.m. to noon April 27. The group will meet at Harrison Park.
Denton Mayor Scott Morris said citizens will be given gloves, bags and vests.
"We are going to go out through the town and spread out in all directions from there," Morris said.
The DOT's litter sweep, which started April 13 and lasts until April 27, encourages volunteers across the state to clean up roadsides.
Last year, volunteers helped remove more than 1.7 million pounds of roadside litter during the 2012 spring Litter Sweep, according to the DOT.
Spring Litter Sweep volunteers will be joined by DOT maintenance crews, Adopt-A-Highway groups, N.C. Department of Public Safety inmate crews and community service workers.
The N.C. State Highway Patrol will be on alert and policing roads for motorists with unsecured loads and others who intentionally and unintentionally litter, according to the DOT.
In North Carolina, those who litter can be fined up to $2,000, receive a point on their driver's license and be sentenced to community service work. Fines can double upon a second conviction.
Interested Litter Sweep volunteers should contact the county maintenance office at 249-7001 to obtain cleanup supplies. Children between the ages of 12 and 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Participants are required to watch a safety video and wear safety gear, according to the DOT.
Nash Dunn can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 227, or at email@example.com.


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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- Almost everything in my apartment has passed through the hands of at least one other owner - very little lacks the patina of a lifetime of loving use. This includes the 72 year-old apartment itself, which sits above the family business, and has passed through the hands and varying design styles of grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts and now me.
Starting with nothing but a dusty blank space after college, I slowly sifted through second-hand stores, Craigslist, eBay, auctions and countless estate sales finding each piece of furniture and artwork on a fairly strict budget. Pieces were restored, used for a while and then sold or traded to get something better fitting. It's been a four year long non-stop curation process and it will likely continue for years to come until it's time for the next generation to move in.
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- The apartment is laid out like a typical low-cost 1940s home — a disproportionately large living room and two tiny bedrooms.
Instead of sticking to the intended uses for each room, the apartment was arranged accordingly to how I prefer to live. The driver was how to handle sleeping. I like to rest in open spaces, so instead of cramming a queen-sized bed into a twin-sized room, the sleeping area was moved to the living room. This in turn created a tidy conversation-centric seating area by dividing the awkwardly long space. The rest fell into place. I prefer privacy when I work and an intimate setting when I entertain for dinner, so less than ideal bedrooms became ideal for other uses. The last element was de-centralizing the television so that there wouldn't be a big black rectangle taking up visual space. By enclosing a landing at the top of the entry stairs, a place for the TV to fade into the background was created. The result is a small space without a lot of compromises.


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text: Super Bowl Champion N.Y. Giants' Summers at Saint Michael's College News Home 02.02.12 For most of the year, St. Mike's students argue about the Red Sox and the Yankees. Except for football season, when they argue about the Patriots and the Giants. But while the Patriots home turf is a lot closer than Giants Stadium, for three summers it was the Giants who called St. Mike's home. The students pass by, walk through and even live in some of the very locations where iconic Giants like Frank Gifford and Vince Lombardi once caught passes and designed plays. But what brought a prestigious NFL football team to the small college campus in the Green Mountains? "I recall that it was the Burlington Chamber of Commerce that contacted the Giants and brought them in and created that interest," said Ed Markey '51, both a Saint Mike's grad and its Athletic Director for 29 years. "In all they spent three preseasons there...they were happy. [The Giants] were well-mannered, very courteous, very cooperative. And they developed a lot of good friendships with the priests and faculty." The Giants spent the month-long preseasons of 1956 and 1957 practicing on campus, including running plays and scrimmages on what is currently the 300s field. Markey was an assistant at the time to Saint Mike's legendary Athletic Director and Coach Doc Jacobs. He recalled a particularly memorable interaction between Jacobs and another legend, Vince Lombardi, who was then the Giants' offensive coach. "Lombardi had a tough day on the field and he was the last man in the locker room," Markey said. "At the time, the locker rooms were under the dining hall in the center of campus, where the big cross is now. And they were rather Spartan in appearance and description. The problem that developed as a result was that when you flushed the toilets, it took away the cold water from the shower." Lombardi happened to be the only man in the showers when someone flushed the toilet and Markey recalled him being "terribly upset." That prompted Lombardi, after bumping into Jacobs on his way out of the facility, to utter some choice words. "Doc said 'are you finished, Vince?'" Markey said. "And Vince said yes. And Doc responded 'when we had football here, we won our games on the football field and not in the locker room. By your own admission, you've got the best facilities [at Saint Mike's] to train on, the best food you've ever had in preseason here on campus, and you've had the best rooming facilities you've ever had.'" (Those "best facilities" Jacobs referenced, by the way, included the recently constructed Joyce Hall). The next day, Markey said, Lombardi when straight to Jacobs' house on the corner of the college entrance near the gym and the fine arts center and apologized for his rant. "That's the kind of man he was," Markey said. "And it gives you an idea of the quality of the facilities and that they appreciated what they had on campus." Much of their time at Saint Michael's is fairly well-documented and some of it is available online. Sports Illustrated has a two-page magazine article from the time in their archives and WPTZ put together a nice piece of some of the history as well, including a great interview segment with Father Ray Doherty SSE and Saint Michael's Archivist Liz Scott. So while it's well-known that Patriots fandom abounds on campus, perhaps leading up to the big game this Sunday Giants and Pats fans can agree on one thing: their school has some serious football roots. The images at right include Frank Gifford filming a shaving cream commercial on campus (top) and an action shot from one of the scrimmages (bottom).


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Written by: Jeremy Baumhower
UPDATE: From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for flooding Facebook Newsfeeds with this beautiful girl.
The #WeLoveYouKaylee story has been shared over 1,000 times on Facebook, prompting people to post #WeLoveYouKaylee as their status and Tweeting it as well. Over 50,000 people have read this post.
Thank You for letting the Halko family know that they do not stand alone. Please keep up the love and support.
The true tragedy in this story is that girl who was born with the rarest of conditions, has to move from her home because of how her bullying was handled.
The Halkos should not be moving, their house should not be up for sale. Those in charge of keeping her safe, should be posting resumes on Monster, instead of defending them.
I am incredibly lucky to have known her since before she started school. Watching her grow up in front of the public eye, never changing once who she is, makes her a Princess to me.
Beauty has always come from the inside. As a father of three girls, this is the very lesson I have always tried to impress upon them. Be a beautiful person and you will be beautiful. Kaylee is the very person who has shown me what beauty is and what it looks like.
The world celebrates this child and her uniqueness, yet she is shunned in her own school. Something is definitely wrong with this scenario.
Money can make a lot of things go away, but it cannot erase Kaylee's smile, energy and grace. Kaylee's courage is changing the world, the way people look at children with Progeria.
Kaylee is the perfect child for the most imperfect disorder.


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Rod Saboury's twin-turbocharged small block '63 Corvette exemplifies sick with a side of fries by laying down a 6.95 quarter-mile just after some drive-thru Micky Ding's. Here's how.
With pump gas, power windows, DOT-approved tires and a slew of cup holders, Rod Saboury saunters up to the strip and lays down a brisk high-six quarter mile run at 210 MPH - making the nearly impossible look completely effortless.
Using a 2,400 HP small block Chevy built by Moran Engines and force-fed by a pair of turbochargers, Saboury has catapulted himself into the record books by having the world's fastest True Street drag car. Stuck firmly to the pavement on a set of 22-inch tires, every launch is a careful balance between unlimited power and short-order traction. All of this insanity actually gets 11 miles per gallon on the highway in full race trim. Stuff it, Prii.
We've tracked down a clip of one of his insane runs and placed it below. Hearing be damned, imagine picking your kids up from school in this beast.
Hat tip to Cliff!