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How to Save with the Old Navy Weekly Ad
While exploring the Old Navy Weekly Ad, online customers can view the savings that are available for several different items that they are seeking to purchase. At the top of the webpage, customers may choose to search by brand names such as Old Navy, Banana Republic, Pipeline, and several others brands that are available at Old Navy.
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- Before shopping at your favorite Old Navy store or online, simply access the Old Navy Weekly Ad, and explore the additional savings that you can take advantage of for your purchases.
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Ph: 0439 964946
Presently Living in South Grafton, N.S.W Australia.
As an artist, expressing my vision of self discovery and spiritual awakening is what I endeavour to do. Along with questioning perceptions and beliefs about the world and a self that seems separate in that world. I use the over simplified figure ( the everybody) to represent the Self as archetype. This figure will also act as witness, projector/creator and sometimes as a passive, compositional device. The larger figure represents God or Source, ever present yet is not contained within or by the picture itself. My art is a way of exploring and expressing, what ultimately isn't for the mainstream, a vision of reality unbound by the constraints of time, space and a body identity. I have been influenced by 'A Course In Miracles', and the artistry of Klee, Kandinsky and Af Klint.
My Need to Visualise
My earliest recollections of drawing are on my bedroom walls, which I was later made to clean off. I remember eye balls and roads going into the distance, with telephone posts disappearing at the horizon. The next thing would be in high school when the art teacher asked me to drop the class as she had too many students. I was quite adamant that I wanted to do art.
And then there was the night class at Grafton TAFE. All the students chipped in $20 each to buy a 4 x 5 foot canvas. I recall standing in front of that pure white, canvas for the longest time, completely paralysed. I was so afraid of "ruining" it. With some gentle nudging I finally made some marks and never looked back. That teacher also encouraged me to apply to art school.
Graduated from EAST SYDNEY TECH COLLEGE (National Art School)
Fine Arts Certificate – Credit Grade.
Late 1980's
Restless, I moved around Australia, living in different places and working at a bunch of odd jobs. I had seen some things in Sydney that really had me questioning the way things are and my place and purpose in all of it.
I have worked for the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Grafton Regional Gallery. As well as helping with shows at The Sherman Gallery and The Art Gallery Of N.S.W.
Continuing to draw and paint whenever possible, I have produced one off works in different mediums, usually paintings, ever since leaving art school. Most of the paintings and artwork from this period, (some can be seen in The Archives) belong to my family and friends.
Having become disenchanted as an artist, along with the art industry in general, I left Sydney looking for "something else". Shortly afterwards I came across A Course In Miracles, which took me to America and a Journey that continues to this day. I underwent a spiritual awakening experience that completely transformed the way I see myself and the world. This transformative process stripped me of everything that was not True and gave me back everything I thought I had to give up. Nearly 20 years later I now find myself, back in Australia with my wife, a new vision and a renewed passion for Art.
I have started this website ( https://thecloudgallery.org ) in an effort to work again as an artist and with other artists. Showing my work and sharing my vision. I want my artwork to express my transformation and explore how we see and what we think Reality is. It isn't a new idea, to want to express what many say is inexpressible, but that is my goal. The inspiration that drives my work is deep within each and every one of us and simply needs to be listened to and Trusted.
Enrolled in the Diploma of Visual Arts at Coffs Harbour TAFE.
I am completely immersed in Paul Klees' NOTEBOOKS VOL. 1&2. And also Kandinskys "Concerning The Spiritual In Art" a wonderful read and both are having a great effect on me and my work. Over the course of this year I painted around 15 or so paintings, many digital drawings and works on paper, along with a few sculptures and photographs.
Started the year with 3 works using the butterfly to symbolise spiritual transformation.
Doing the 2nd year of the Diploma of Visual Arts at Coffs Harbour TAFE.
Have started building my own stretchers, using "Golden Rectangle" ratios. Experimenting with making my own Gesso. Having a blast designing work around principles of dynamic symmetry.
Graduated with Distinction.
Received a TAFE Award of Excellence.
Started the Advanced Diploma of Visual Art.
Reading "The Spiritual In Art – Abstract Painting – 1890-1985". Wonderful articles, amazing information and fascinating artwork.
Started a new series of artwork 1600mm square on linen. The idea that has been percolating since Christmas. The series is called "The Hum of Eternity", and has a sound component, which is an attempt to bring sound to painting, yet done in such a way that most people will not recognize. It comes from this section of text from A Course In Miracles.
Finished Advanced Diploma of Visual Art
Enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art).
First Solo show at a small gallery at Artspace on 45 Coramba, N.S.W.
A big thank you to Meg and Matt!
Working on a new series of painting which all have a sound component, you can read more here >>CLICK ME<<
BA of Fine Art.
Check out some of the Visual Diaries from my studies.
Finishing BA
Breimba Lane Exhibition – Plunge Festival

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Name: Mike Mussina
Team: Baltimore Orioles
Position: Pitcher
Value of card: A pile of moose dung
Key 1990 stat: Zero complete mustaches
Orioles' scouting report on prospect Mike Mussina: Has four solid pitches, plus a couple of liquid ones. ... Mike is actually short for Michelle. I know, weird, huh? ... Wears too much cologne. ... Despite his nickname, has never had contact with a moose (at least, that he'll admit to). ... Not sure about his smarts. When told he'd be starting for the Suns, he asked "Point guard or power forward?" ... Makes a delicious green bean casserole. ... Patchy facial hair will never win over the ladies. ... Wrote something obscene on Billy Ripken's bat handle. ... He's probably going to be a stud, so make sure not to let him sign as a free agent with the Yankees!
Mike Mussina, 1991 Upper Deck
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Letter from Chorley headteachers to the Chorley Citizen
Dear Editor,
I am writing on behalf of all the secondary school headteachers in the Chorley area to express our views and concerns regarding the proposal for a 'Free School' currently being put forward in the town. I think that is it important that parents and the local community understand the views of the current schools on this proposal and the potential damage it could cause to the education of pupils in Chorley.
There are currently 6 secondary schools in the Chorley area all of which are rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted. Two of these schools are academies and two are in the process of converting. Three of the schools are faith schools. There is also exceptionally successful post-16 provision available in the area at Runshaw and the Preston colleges. This breadth of provision allows parents to choose the educational establishment that is right for their child, secure in the knowledge that they will receive a high quality education from an institution with a proven record of success. Due to the number of young people currently in the Chorley area there are places at several of the existing schools and so pupils always receive a place.
A free school is designed to meet the needs of the community in areas where there is a lack of quality of provision or choice. This is clearly not the case in Chorley. There also seems to be a lack of clarity with regards to the vision behind this proposal. Initially it was going to be a 14-19 vocational provider but this has now changed to be an 11-19 provider, one gets the distinct impression that the driving force behind this venture is to set up a school of some type rather than to address a non-existent gap in the current provision.
A new school is therefore unnecessary and unwanted and is not based on need or demand from the local community. Should this application be successful, resources and funding will need to be allocated to setting it up and running it. This means that already scarce resources will be diverted from the current schools into the new establishment. At a time of financial instability and reduced funding for education generally any further loss of income can only be damaging to the children of Chorley, whichever school they attend.
We believe that this is a hugely important issue and local parents, young people and other community members need to be made aware of the concerns of educational professionals and the implications for education in Chorley should this proposal be accepted.
Yours faithfully
J Hayes – Albany Science College
W White – Holy Cross Catholic High School
J Heaton – St Michael's CE High School
A Davies – Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
M Fowle – Southlands High School
C Hollister – Parklands High School


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Meet Lucian
Transport Team Leader at our Slough Laundry
"I'm a Transport Team Leaders at CLEAN's Slough laundry. We specialise in bed linen, towelling and table linen serving hotel customers in London, the South East of England and beyond. working as part of the transport team at Slough deserves its title of a super-laundry because it is probably the most modern industrial laundry in the UK, if not the World! I transferred here from CLEAN's former production site in Maidenhead."
My Career
"I started joined CLEAN two years ago when the Slough laundry opened in 2016. In my time here CLEAN have provided complete set of training for each new task assigned. My career progression is all thanks to CLEAN the natural progression is to become a Transport Manager with overall responsibility for a whole site. I am always looking ahead with CLEAN and always believe that only person that drags you down it's you."
What does my job involve?
"Working with the Transport Manager at the laundry I help to ensure that the transport key performance indicators and targets for the site are met and everything is run efficiently. One of the main objectives is to improve fuel efficiency another is to make sure vehicles and drivers are never left idle as wasted time equates to wasted money. Our drivers and vehicles represent the CLEAN brand in physical form, so an important part of my job is to make sure vehicles are clean and tidy, drivers are wearing the correct uniform. We take Health and Safety very seriously therefore performing vehicle safety checks and recording of incidents are vitally important."
Whats it like to work at CLEAN?
"I enjoy what I do, every day there is a new challenge. Whether it's putting right any vehicle compliance issues or helping solve issues for customers I know we are doing our bit to help create a first-class service. Teamwork, improvement and achievement are the words that spring to mind whenever I reflect on what it's like to work for CLEAN."
Away from work
"I enjoy relaxing and spending time with my family."


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Miroslav Lajčák Launches a Book on His Term as the President of the 72nd UN General Assembly Session
Miroslav Lajčák Launches a Book on His Term as the President of the 72nd UN General Assembly Session
Today (20 December 2018), Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, launched a book People come first: A Reflection on the 72nd UN General Assembly Session ("Ľudia na prvom mieste – reflexia 72. zasadnutia Valného zhromaždenia OSN") in which he sums up his one-year work in this important position. "After seventy-two years of the existence of the United Nations, the General Assembly was led by a Slovak diplomat – an opportunity that our country most likely will not have for another one hundred and fifty years. Therefore, I thought it would be suitable to map out the experience for future generations and share with other people what this work is about," stated Minister Lajčák. He also emphasized how important multilateralism is in the world order, in which the UN plays a key role. The minister thanked his international team of thirty members with whom he had the pleasure to collaborate in New York. Four Slovaks were part of the team, and women comprised seventy percent. "It was the best team I have ever worked with. I would like to extend my thanks for their excellent work also this way," said the head of Slovak diplomacy.
The publication covers key moments of the work of the president of the UN General Assembly and contains photographs and the most principal speeches delivered by Miroslav Lajčák in this most relevant and most universal world organisation.


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The AVIMED Hospital, which is a part of a medical group, started operations in 2009. It is located in the centre of Katowice, in a historic building occupying the space of 1140 square metres.
Since its establishment, the AVIMED Hospital has specialised in orthopaedic and trauma surgical procedures of the musculoskeletal system, spine and peripheral nervous system surgery. In the recent years the offer has been extended to include surgical procedures in urology as well as general, oncological and plastic surgery.
A state-of-the-art operating theatre, which fulfils the strictest criteria for sterilization, comprises two operating rooms with world-class facilities and medical equipment and a post-operative recovery room with an intensive care unit.
In the post-operative ward for inpatients there are 20 beds in single and double air-conditioned comfortable rooms with bathrooms, TV and Wi-Fi.
Diagnostic procedures including ultrasound, Doppler ultrasound tests, EKG, x-ray, spirometry and audiometry are carried out in the hospital. Other diagnostic procedures are performed in cooperating healthcare institutions under agreement with the AVIMED Hospital.
Within the scope of orthopaedics the Hospital performs surgical procedures on: shoulder, knee, hip, ankle joints, spine, elbow, knee, hand. For surgeries modern and tested minimally invasive methods are used, which allows to reduce the size of the post-operative wound as well as the post-operative trauma thus shorten the duration of stay in the hospital and subsequent recovery.
Arthroscopy is used every week to perform, for example, shoulder and knee joint reconstruction and repair procedures. These surgical procedures are provided mostly for professional athletes and other physically active people who wish to recover as soon as possible. As one of the few centres in Poland, our Hospital offers endoprosthetics of the shoulder joint.
The most often performed orthopaedic surgical procedures of the upper extremities are:
microsurgical reconstructions of nerves after injuries,
arthroscopic and classic procedures in the area of shoulder, elbow and wrist,
tendon reconstructions, hand and finger contracture
endoprosthetics of the shoulder and elbow joints.
As for the lower extremities the following procedures are performed:
knee, ankle arthroscopy,
anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligament reconstruction,
meniscal and cartilage suturing.
Our highly qualified specialists have extensive professional experience gained both in Poland and abroad. Currently we cooperate with the following specialists in the field of orthopaedics and traumatology:
1. Professor Widuchowski Jerzy, MD, PhD
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
The Voivodeship Consultant for Athletic Medicine
2. Zawal Mariusz
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
He has worked for the AVIMED Hospital since 2009; has gained his professional experience both in Poland and abroad, has completed internships in hospitals in USA and UK. He has attended a number of trainings on minimally invasive surgery in Poland and abroad.
3. Kania Wojciech
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system and athletic medicine.
The Orthopaedics Department of the Multi-Specialist Hospital in Jaworzno; team physician for GKS Tychy – ice hockey club (multi champion and vice-champion of Poland), football (1st league), basketball (1st league) and volleyball (1st league).
4. Szalewicz-Szpunar Joanna
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
She has gained professional experience working as a doctor at the Voivodeship Hospital for Trauma Surgery in Piekary Śląskie, team physician for KS Ruch Chorzów, team physician for Women's National Football Team U-19, resident doctor at the Institut de la Main Paris;
Dr Szalewicz-Szpunar specializes in orthopaedic surgical procedures of the upper extremity: reconstructions of the hand and shoulder, arthrolysis.
5. Łukasik Piotr
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
Consultations on knee surgery:
treatment of acute knee injuries,
treatment of chronic conditions, including degeneration of the knee
arthroscopy of the knee
reconstruction of cruciate ligaments – anterior (ACL) and posterior (PCL), medial collateral ligaments and posterolateral ligament
surgical treatment of cartilage loss with the use of stem cells in the bone marrow and autologous chondrocyte transplant.
surgical treatment of instability of the patella
surgical treatment of meniscus damage: suturing, transplants
endoprosthetics of the knee: partial and total
post-operative treatment
consultations on the knee joint rehabilitation.
Consultations on ankle surgery:
conservative treatment of ankle injuries and diseases
surgical treatment of the ankle: arthroscopy, cartilage loss treatment, ligament damage, Achilles tendon.
6. Gap Artur
Specialization in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system.
In neurosurgery:
1. Luszawski Jerzy, MD, PhD.
Specialization in neurosurgery.
He has been performing repair surgeries of the brachial plexus since 2010 as one of the few people in Poland who are able to do that. He has implemented a unique method of selective dorsal rhizotomy for the treatment of the spasticity of the lower extremities.
Training abroad:
2012 Multidisciplinary Approach to Spasticity Course, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 course on selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR), Saint Louis, USA
2009-2010 course on brachial plexus surgery, Aachen, Germany
2008 Inomed Training Course – Intraoperative Neuromonitoring, Freiburg, Germany.
The scope of surgery: selective dorsal rhizotomy, reconstruction of the brachial plexus, reconstruction of the nerve in the lower extremity, microdiscectomia.
At the AVIMED Hospital we take special care to rehabilitation of the patients, which ensures their quick recovery. Our patients are provided with rehabilitation equipment to cater for their individual needs as well as physiotherapy.
The competitive offer of high quality medical treatments provided by renowned doctors at our Hospital is one of key reasons for huge popularity of the Hospital with patients, including athletes needing diagnostics procedures and treatment. Owing to high standards of service the AVIMED Hospital has cooperated with:
• professors of medicine, for example dr Jerzy Widuchowski, consultant for athletic medicine • specialists in orthopaedics, specializing in athletic medicine – diagnostics and treatment of sports injuries
• sports clubs: 1st league football club Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice, Amateur Sports Club Sokół.
The AVIMED Hospital has also been a partner for global insurance companies and companies offering private health care both in Poland and abroad. Within the scope of this cooperation we provide both specialist consultations and surgical procedures.
Owing to our cooperation with high class specialists, we constantly seek new challenges, opportunities and ways to extend our offer. Our doctors take part in national and multinational projects, and thus constantly develop their skills by having access to many medical cases.
We are looking forward to doing business with you!


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A really powerful CME known as the 'Carrington Event', after English astronomer Richard C. Carrington, hit in 1859 and was the first one to effect modern technology, knocking out the world telegraph network, which was a kind of 'internet' of the time. For several days before it hit, Carrington and other observers were noting unusually intense white light flare activity in the photosphere of the Sun, as well as auroras here on Earth – in Australia the 'Southern Aurora' was observed as far north as the state of Queensland[i], while the Northern Lights were reported as far south as Cuba and Honolulu. With the energy of 10 billion atomic bombs, it reached Earth in less than eighteen hours, instead of the several days they normally take. A telegraph manager in the USA reported that "the resulting currents flowing through the wires were so powerful that platinum contacts were in danger of melting and 'streams of fire' were pouring forth from the circuits.[ii]"
A solar storm in 2012 was of similar magnitude, but fortunately it passed Earth's orbit without striking the planet. If another one occurred now it could cause extensive social and economic disruptions due to its impact on power grids, satellite communications, GPS systems and airline flights, with a price tag in the trillions of dollars – so ESA's Solar Orbiter will be a valuable tool of the future.
Credit for Image at top of Page: http://www.ieap.uni-kiel.de/et/solar-orbiter/Images/solar_orbiter_RGB.png
[i] "SOUTHERN AURORA.". The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). September 7, 1859. p.2. Retrieved by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
[ii] http://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event


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We tasted the future of travel during our latest European trip after encountering expanded eye-scanning systems at international airports.
It's all part of Biometric E-gate changes being introduced or trialled at some airports around the globe.
Thanks to the Apple iPhone, most people seem comfortable with fingerprint identification – and we'd come across this technology at US border checks for many years.
But, in the past year, we noticed a variety of other biometric screening systems appearing at some airports in Europe and the UK, to verify the identity of travellers.
The systems we encountered seemed to work hand-in-hand with boarding passes and passport checks by airlines themselves, but some of the trials have apparently tested whether scanning could replace such traditional systems altogether.
At the same time, iris scanning is appearing at more and more airport security lines – sometimes on a voluntary basis as an alternative to lengthy passport-checking queues.
From our experience, the use of biometric systems seems a fairly unobtrusive extension of automation at airports. Things do seem to move faster, which is always a big plus.
Logically, the scans should also help improve security.
The downsides?
Like every new system, there are hiccups. We came across scanners that didn't work and others that were confusing to use.
And, we heard the occasional grumble among fellow travellers about data security and privacy.
However, that aside, it looks like biometrics is the way airports and possibly even airlines are moving, with the aim of improving and speeding-up the experience for travellers.
Now, if only they could find a way to replace the ancient airport baggage carousel!


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Hi everyone! Today I'll be showing you my second attempt at decals or reverse stamping. I made my first set of decals for this manicure and was SO BUMMED when the top coat I used dried to a milky/clouded finish. SO annoying! It's an essence top coat that I purchased specifically for making decals and I've only used it once or twice, now I'm going to have to chuck it. I can't use it for decals or as a top coat anymore. I tested it out on my nail wheel as a top coat and it also completely obscured the polish underneath. POO. I'm not sure if I accidentally got some coloured polish in the bottle or if something else went wrong, but unless I can think of another use for it, I'm just gonna toss it. I already knew that a lot of my other top coats don't work for decals. Most of them distort the images or "melt" the stamp on the stamper. So I wondered if I could make the decals using my matte or satin matte top coat. I figured it would work since they don't drag nail art, so I gave it a shot. I made the decals a day ahead of time because I'm afraid I'll be too impatient while I'm doing my nails and mess them up and have to start over. Let me show you the end result before I get into the nitty gritty 🙂
I started off with my usual L.A. Girl base coat to protect my nails. I painted one thick coat of magnetic polish on all of my nails. This polish was a gift from Leeza. It was the oldest untried in my stash and I really felt I should get around to using it. It has probably been standing there for almost 2 years. It just says "Magnetic Nail Polish" on the bottle and doesn't have any name. The chevron magnet is on top of the lid of the bottle. On my index and pinkie I painted quite a thick coat, turned the brush around and held the magnet super close to my nail. I don't find that the magnets are conducive to the curve of a nail. I think a curved magnet would do much better as I can never seem to get the magnetic effect right down to the sides of my nails. I didn't use the magnet on my middle and ring nails because I knew I was going to cover them with the decals. I made the decals using the top image on PUEEN 39 which has some beautiful butterflies and essence wild white ways. I am completely in love with this white creme from essence and the fact that it stamps is just a huge bonus! It's not super opaque, but it certainly shows up well, even on this dark colour. I filled in the largest butterfly with essence I don't need money, honey. The pink butterfly is China Glaze Neon & On & On and the green butterfly is L.A. Girl Leap. I used my essense Satin Matte top coat to seal the stamp and left it to dry overnight. When I used the decals the following day they were quite brittle and I had to be very careful not to tear them. I am not sure if using them immediately after they had dried would have made a difference. I might just try that next time. I still felt like it needed a little something extra…so I added Catrice Glitterazzi over the butterflies. When Glitterazzi flashed blue it looks so cool with the I don't need money, honey butterfly! I sealed it all in with a coat of Seche Vite. I only top coated the magnetic nails once they were dry as you can lose some of the magnetic effect otherwise.
What do you think of these? Tell me about a workaround you've had to use when your nail art supplies failed you in the comments below!


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Rob and Bintou are missionaries serving in southern Gabon at Bongolo Hospital, a ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church of Gabon. Bongolo Hospital actively seeks to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of all those who come. Bongolo Hospital is also a training hospital with three programs for Africans medical doctors: PAACS, Opthamology and the nurse training school.
Rob and Bintou work with Wycliffe, an organization that partners with communities and churches for Bible translation and literacy. Roughly 1/3 of the remaining languages with no portion of the Bible are found in central Africa. Rob is the pilot for Aviation Medicale de Bongolo, the aviation program of Bongolo that supports the hospital through transportation of staff, visiting doctors and medical evacuations.
Bintou is Cameroonian and a medical doctor. She is currently in residency training at Bongolo Hospital in the Ophthalmology training program. This training and ministry gives her many opportunities to share the gospel.
Since arriving to Gabon, Rob and Bintou have had the opportunity to facilitate the distribution of the Jesus film and the New Testament in several local languages on DVD and SD memory cards. Although Gabon's population is relatively small at 1.5 million, it has roughly 40 languages. And now God is moving in Gabon. Project KIWOYETI has launched for the translation of the book of Luke among eight languages of Gabon!
Rob and Bintou are also one of the main founders of the Scripture Through Music Ministry. It is a worship leader training that focuses on teaching Biblical truths as our main source of inspiration to worship. Started in Cameroon with less than 10 people, the ministry is spreading in other countries of Africa. And is involving more than two hundreds (200) people now. Rob and Bintou have trained many generations in Cameroon and Gabon who have grown up and are now influential youth church leaders in their country.
Rob and Bintou are the proud parents of a miracle baby who came to the world unexpectedly and is defying all the odds! To hear more about that story of God's faithfulness, check out this newsletter or this blog.
Two resources for praying for Cameroon and Gabon:
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It depends on the needs and skill level of the player. As a beginner you can't expect to see significant results after only 1 or 2 lessons, as it takes multiple hours to grasp the basics. The number of lessons comes down your commitment to the sport and how serious you are about improving. Most beginners sign up for 6 lessons while a more advanced player who is sure to take many lessons will save money in the long run by purchasing a 20 lesson package.
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The Living Edens
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Nature Documentary hosted by Ewan Bailey and published by PBS in 1997 - English narration
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The Living Edens, an inspiring natural history series, opens magical vistas to viewers through the expertise of world-acclaimed natural history filmmakers in a series of programs throughout the year. Its state-of-the-art cinematography creates an intimate sense of place and captures a world of wonder, transporting viewers to isolated, undisturbed corners of the globe so pure they remind us of how the ancient world once was.
[edit] Denali - Alaska Great Wilderness
There is a place on Earth where an Alaskan wilderness spreads over more than six million acres like a living tapestry at the foot of the tallest peak in North America. Here, seasons of unfathomable extremes march beneath a mountain known as The Great One. In Denali's fierce winter, 20 hours of darkness and temperatures dipping nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are routine; in summer, 20 hours of sunlight. Grizzly bear, wolf, moose, ground squirrel and golden eagle have each found their own way to live in this sub-Arctic eco-system where life pulses in a series of harsh, dark winters, framed by the light of June and August. In this land of extremes, plants and animals alike must be strong to survive. The place is an Eden called Denali.
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Friday 4 April 2008
There is a 1200 mile strip of land off the southwestern coast of Africa where the searing Namibian desert meets the frigid Atlantic sea. Here the basic elements of the earth exist in paradoxical extremes. Namib, the hottest of lands, is obscured in mist created by the Benguela, one of the coldest of ocean currents. Fur seals and penguins divide their time between the sandy shore and the icy water of the sea, while elephant, ostrich, springbok, hyena roam the wind-swept dunes. Ingenious adaptations to this ancient desert's extreme heat allow these and other creatures to survive in an Eden called Namib.
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Journey to the end of the earth, where the Andes stand like giant skyscrapers above a land of vicious and beautiful extremes. Patagonia has stood in its aloof majesty - untouched by modern civilisation - for millennia. This is a place where strange and awesome creatures like the guanaco, elephant seal, rhea, penguin and armadillo are totally adapted to a kingdom of endless and punishing winds. Here, the Andean condor reigns over a mystical landscape. Come discover this Eden where only nature's most adaptable creatures flourish beneath the peaks of snowy mountain towers, icy glaciers and petrified rock.
[edit] Manu - Peru Hidden Rainforest
Along the eastern base of the Peruvian Andes is a great river named Manu, the life blood for one of the world's great secrets - the Manu Biosphere Reserve. This Eden is the richest Amazonian wilderness on Earth. As mist rises off the great river, howler monkeys issue the wake up call it is morning in the rain forest. Hundreds of parrots form a brilliant kaleidoscope as they feast on the cliff-side clay. Giant otters take their first swim in the cool waters while sloths get a slow start to their day beneath the mystical canopy. Discover what the day will bring in this mysterious tropical paradise where 90 per cent of the flora and fauna have yet to be identified.
[edit] Etosha - Africa Untamed Wilderness
There is a place on earth where all life is pushed to the limits of endurance - a landscape of stark beauty and brutal extremes where survival is constantly challenged. Southwestern Africa's Etosha is a vast and ancient land of seasonal paradox. During the bloom of the wet season, lions, cheetahs, elephants, jackals, giraffes, springboks and zebras continue the timeless cycle of life in glorious abundance. But at the peak of its scorching dry season, the heart of Etosha is a parched and blistered wasteland where drought and thirst endanger predator and prey alike. For those who survive its harshest interval, Etosha becomes, once again, a Living Eden.
[edit] Bhutan - The Last Shangri-La
Here in a place an Eden where time stands still - where nature and religion have combined to turn a tiny Buddhist kingdom into the world's last Shangri-La. Locked between Tibet and India, Bhutan is the jewel of the Himalayas. To the north of the kingdom, towering virgin peaks rise to 25,000 feet. Beneath steep glacial walls, alpine highlands fall to misty forests. Mountain streams cut through gorges on their way down to warmer valleys and wide marshes in the heart of the kingdom. One distinct landscape drops to the next before finally descending to the jungles and grasslands of the southern plains. For the people who have adapted to this domain of extremes, Bhutan is a Living Eden where respect for life, in all its many incarnations, endures like the land itself.
[edit] Palau - Paradise of the Pacific
Far to the east of India and Indonesia is a place where the sea hides a treasure of living riches - a secret corner of the ocean where ancient species still thrive in dazzling abundance, wildness and wonder. It sits alone at the edge of the vast Pacific Ocean, sheltered from time and the outside world. As lush as any paradise of our imagination, it is not one emerald island but an archipelago of more than two hundred, nearly all uninhabited. Along its submerged shoulders flourish some of the richest coral reefs remaining on Earth. In the reefs' shadows, life seeks shelter from the open water. This place is call Palau, a Living Eden where all is not what it seems - a home to a world of novelties concocted by nature unconstrained.
[edit] Madagascar - A World Apart
Three hundred miles off the east coast of Africa lies an island forgotten by time. A place where evolution has taken the familiar and created the bizarre. Separated from the mainland for over a hundred million years, life here has followed its own Darwinian path. Home to a host of creatures found nowhere else - this is an alternate world where lush rainforests fall to sun-scorched plains and trees seem to stand with their roots in the sky. Preserved by its isolation, this wondrous realm is a land unlike any other.
[edit] Borneo - Island in the Wild
As the Earth's third largest island, Borneo straddles the equator, carved up between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The island is dominated by Kota Kinabalu, a massive outcrop of rock more than 13,000 feet high and the tallest peak in South East Asia. Far below, warm morning mists shroud the rainforest, concealing the exotic creatures teeming in and below the canopy. The vast jungle provides shelter for some of the rarest, strangest and most magnificent creatures on Earth. It is a Living Eden both rich and fragile - a self-contained world of surprises and transformations.
[edit] Kakadu - Australia Ancient Wilderness
Over hundred kilometres from Australia's north coast, the Yellow Waters and the South Alligator Rivers cut through an ancient limestone plateau to create Kakadu National Park. This is a rich natural world where nature has sculpted rainforest niches and deep gorges that fill with wild rivers with each monsoon. Here, the mighty saltwater crocodile reigns supreme. In the rivers, up the creeks and on the shores, the saltwater crocodile swims, hunts and lays eggs. Living alongside this giant prehistoric reptile are wallabies, pig-nosed turtles, king brown snakes, water lizards and hundreds of species of brightly coloured birds. For the Aborigines, the first humans to live here, there is no afterlife paradise is here and now in a Living Eden called Kakadu.
[edit] South Georgia Island - Paradise of Ice
In the South Atlantic Ocean amid huge, frozen glaciers and giant ice floes, a range of rough, ice-capped mountains rise up to form Antarctica's liveliest neighborhood: South Georgia Island. At 106 miles in length, this imposing icy island regularly endures storm winds in excess of 120mph while nearby ocean waves swell to 50-foot heights. Home to bull elephant seals and the wandering albatross, this stark, snowy land boasts the world's largest penguin population. Frigid and windswept, it is an unlikely living Eden. But South Georgia Island is both a haven and a paradise - one of the world's true wonders and the single most important nesting and breeding ground on Earth.
[edit] Canyonlands - America's Wildwest
Deep in the vast American West lies a high, lonely land called the Colorado Plateau. Lying mostly in Utah, it extends south into Arizona and east into Colorado. In the very heart of the plateau lies a geological spectacle where millions of years of exposure to weather and the chiseling force of the Colorado River has created a labyrinth of pinnacles, chasms, arches, gorges and canyons. It is not just form, but colour that creates the beauty of this rugged place. The varied mineral content of the layers of rock creates an entire palette of hues that change as the sun moves through the sky from canyon rim to canyon rim. This Living Eden is a stark and untamed wilderness, home to an incredible array of creatures that instinctively embody the spirit of the West. From the elusive mountain lion to the resourceful coyote, only the strongest survive in Canyonlands.
[edit] Kamchatka - Siberia Forbidden Wilderness
Jutting south from the far east of Siberia lies an isolated and mountainous peninsula where volcanoes, geysers and bubbling hot springs create the smoke, steam and fire that prevail in this icy and remote place. This harsh and beautiful land is home to the densest population of grizzly bears in the world and the biggest brown bears in Eurasia. Siberian bighorn sheep, silver foxes, sables, mink and black-capped marmots have all adapted to the severe climate. Walruses, northern fur seals, sea lions dot its coastline, and bowhead whales breed in the waters just offshore. Millions of salmon swim in its streams while the world's largest eagles soar above all that make Kamchatka a living Eden. Narrated by Linda Hunt.
[edit] Thailand - Jewel of the Orient
On the shores of the Andaman Sea lies a lush tropical paradise called Thailand, a peninsular finger reaching down from the Southeast Asian mainland as if to touch the equator. Thailand's jungles are the domain of the tiger. Elephants amble through the dense forest while white-handed gibbons swing from branch to branch. This is a mysterious world of flying snakes and lizards where cobra is king. Beneath the warm surrounding waters, brilliant coral reef shelters bustling aquatic life while sharks, manta rays and octopus continue their timeless ballet in the shadow of this tropical Living Eden.
[edit] Ngorongoro - Africa Cradle of Life
Nearly three million years ago, a massive explosion tore apart an enormous statovolcano in Eastern Africa's Great Rift Valley to form the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the true wonders of the world. Today, the Ngorongoro Crater is a microcosm of African life enclosed in one unique place. From grasslands, wetlands and lakes to forests and slopes, the crater provides habitats for Africa's creatures both great and small. This Living Eden is a glorious stage where lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, vultures, servals and wildebeest act out a dramatic story of life and death that was set into motion so long ago.
[edit] Anamalia - India Elephant Mountain
As the Western Ghats fall away into the heat and haze of India's Deep South, a solitary mountain rises up from the hot, dusty plains of Tamil Nadu. Seen from a distance, the mountain's silhouette is uncannily familiar: the sweep of the trunk and characteristic bulging forehead. It is an unmistakable profile. It is called Anamali - the Elephant Mountain. Here the elephant roams free and unmolested for it is the living embodiment of Ganesh, the Remover of Obstacles. Among stands of rosewood, cardamon and bamboo are forest temples to the elephant-headed deity, perhaps the most popular in the Hindu pantheon. The late Anne Bancroft narrates as we traverse the sacred ground of this living Eden, "home of gods", "lords of protection".
[edit] Yellowstone - America Sacred Wilderness
Yellowstone is a hive of activity. Paul Schullery has been watching wildlife here for 30 years and is one of the world's leading authorities on the park. As he guides us through this fresh, sunlit environment, wolves and grizzly bears mount extraordinary chase sequences in their quest for elk, and mountain lions gambol about without worry. Dramas occur in every season, for Yellowstone isn't just the world's first National Park - it's one of the great success stories in wildlife conservation.
[edit] Costa Rica - Land of Pure Life
The misty rain forests, rivers and beautiful white sand beaches of Costa Rica are home to one of the most diverse assemblages of life on Earth. Along the coast, giant crocodiles fight for the right to mate, while in the trees, troops of capuchin, squirrel and howler monkeys, as well as resplendent quetzals and beautiful songbirds, forage for food above the forest floor that is home to Hercules beetles, deadly army ants and poison dart frogs. On the sandy beaches hatchling sea turtles emerge by the thousands to race to the safety of the sea and, though few survive and reach open ocean, enough return to lay their eggs and complete the cycle of life unique to this Eden called Costa Rica.
[edit] Tasmania - Land of the Devils
Off the southeast coast of Australia is the island refuge of Tasmania. Safe from the forces that have changed much of the Australian continent, Tasmania is an Eden of magnificent forests, snow-capped mountain ranges, giant waterfalls, wild rivers and pristine coastlines. Tasmania is also the home of the largest marsupial carnivore - the Tasmanian Devil. Voracious eaters with powerful jaws, they often leave behind only the jawbone of their prey. Some of the oldest trees on earth, Huon pines over 2,000 years old, and the tallest flowering tree, the Swamp Gum, share this unique island with wallabies, bettongs, quolis, tiger snakes and ground parrots. Off the coast, giant kelp forests and sponge gardens host the prehistoric handfish, king crab, sea dragons, red velvet fish and deep sea anglerfish, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.
[edit] Glacier Bay - Alaska Wild Coast
Nestled in the heart of southeast Alaska, Glacier Bay is a wild paradise of ocean and ice. This film chronicles the lives of brown bears, bald eagles, humpback whales and other charismatic species. Nearly all life here is ultimately tied to the salmon, and the heroic migration of these fish provides the thread that weaves together the remarkable fabric of life in this story. Glacier Bay, a stunning formation of fjords, is the centre stage for this great drama.
[edit] Temple of the Tiger - India Bandhavgarh Wilderness
Once a hunting preserve for the Indian Maharajas, Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the most important tiger habitats remaining in Asia. Within the park, an abandoned palace harbours a flourishing population of tigers, bats, cobras, and monkeys who share their domain with a solitary temple priest. The dominant male tiger that has ruled this domain for years is now being challenged by a younger, stronger male.
[edit] Big Sur - California Wild Coast
It has been called the greatest meeting of land and sea in the world. The Santa Lucia Mountains rise precipitously from the Pacific Ocean just south of Monterey on the central Californian coast. A sometimes violent, yet fragile place, Big Sur challenges the senses. Here air, water, land and life combine in spectacular fashion and provide refuge for a host of creatures including condors, falcons, blue whales, great white sharks and elephant seals. Wait for the morning fog to rise and enter this vast and impenetrable Big South Country.
[edit] Arctic Oasis - Canada Southhampton Island
During the Arctic spring and summer, one of Earth's most dazzling displays of rejuvenation takes place in Canada's far north. A brief season of light and plenty brings great migrations of bowhead and beluga whales, harp seals, caribou, and polar bears. It also brings an Inuit hunter whose aim is to teach his 12-year-old son the traditional survival skills of his ancient people.
[edit] The Lost World - Venezuela Ancient Tepuis
The inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's, The Lost World and home to the world's tallest waterfall, Venezuela's plateaus form a strange and isolated wilderness.
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- The Puma's Prowess (Survival)
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- Drain The Great Lakes
- How to Grow a Planet
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- Planet Earth
- Seychelles: Jewels of a Lost Continent
- The Living Planet
- Yellowstone
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Centennial's season opener against Chandler (Ariz.) will be played Friday evening at San Bernardino Valley College, Huskies athletic director Bill Gunn confirmed Monday.
The change in venue is because of the poor air quality created by the nearby Holy Fire.
Gunn inquired about available sites in Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties. In addition to finding a stadium with adequate seating, Gunn needed to make sure the new venue could handle a TV crew as the game is Fox Sports West's Game of the Week.
San Bernardino Valley College initiated the contact about hosting the game.
"It's a great venue and we're thankful to them for opening things up for this game," Gunn said. "We really couldn't do much better on such short notice. It's only 21 miles from Centennial, and it gives (SBVC) an opportunity to showcase their new stadium."
The Holy Fire has led to another site change Friday, although this one is temporary.
Murrieta Valley is set to host its season opener against Santiago on Friday. Santiago athletic director Steve Mitchell said the game could move back to Santiago if the Corona-Norco Unified School District lifts its outdoor activity ban by Wednesday.
Norco and Roosevelt will be playing their season openers at home. Norco is hosting Williams Field from Gilbert, Ariz., and Roosevelt is hosting Rancho Cucamonga.
Four of the Inland area's top girls volleyball teams will be on the same floor Friday evening when Rancho Cucamonga hosts the inaugural Baseline League vs. Big VIII League Showdown.
The featured match at 7 p.m. will pit the defending champion of each league, Rancho Cucamonga from the Baseline League and Santiago from the Big VIII League. Both were included on the CIF Southern Section's Division 1 and 2 preseason watch list.
Santiago reached the Division 2 championship match last year and finished with a 30-7 record. The Sharks are led by senior outside hitter Erin Anderson, who averaged 4.2 kills per set in the playoffs last season. Santiago's other top returners are senior outside hitter Kayla Pronio, senior libero Kiki Metcalf and sophomore middle blocker/opposite Bella Mouzakis.
Rancho Cucamonga advanced to the second round of the Division 1 playoffs last season and finished 23-10. The Cougars are led by senior setter Alecza Abary, who averaged 9.6 assists per set last season. Other key returners are senior outside hitter Allison Casillas and junior middle blocker Kameron Bacon.
The event kicks off at 4:30 p.m. with Los Osos taking on King. Those teams placed second in their respective leagues last season.


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The family of a 10-year-old girl who they say has been denied a life-saving lung transplant because of her age are appealing to the public in hopes of finding a donor to save their child.
Family members say Sarah Murnaghan has end-stage cystic fibrosis and is on a ventilator at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They say she is a top candidate for an organ from a pediatric donor but few are available, and a lung from an adult donor would be offered first to all adults in the region under existing policy.
"We are told her only hope is a direct donation from the public," said the family. "We recognize how difficult the end of a person's life is – we are at that point with Sarah. And we must now ask for the single greatest favor any parent can, and that is to consider naming our child an organ recipient should someone lose the life of a loved one in the very near future. Anyone who would like to commit their loved ones' lungs to Sarah should designate her as the lung recipient when donating organs."
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While medicine may be overly complicated to some, for Janet Murnaghan, it boils down to a very simple concept.
"In basic emergency medicine you treat the sickest patient first," she said. "That is what we're asking for."
Sarah was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 18-months-old.
The genetic disease primarily affects the lungs and digestive tract by causing mucus to clog up the airways, making it hard for the person to breathe. It can also cause a bacterial infection and make it difficult to digest food.
The most devastating fact about the illness, however, is that it's degenerative.
"It's life-threatening," Janet told NBC10.com. "The older you get, the sicker you get."
Sarah was placed on a list to receive a lung transplant on December 7, 2011. Eighteen-months later however, she still hasn't received one, according to her mother.
The girl has been at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia since February and now needs a ventilator to breathe.
So why hasn't a patient in desperate need of a transplant received one? According to Janet, it's a combination of a flawed system and discrimination.
"My child is being discriminated against based on her age," she said.
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) created a donation and transplantation system enforced through the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Patients in need of a transplant would receive new lungs on a first come, first serve basis.
But a few years ago, the law was changed. The OPTN implemented the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) which gives the transplant to the sickest person, rather than the person who has waited the longest.
"What that's done is amazing for people waiting for organ donations," said Janet. "Fewer people are dying because the sickest people are receiving the lungs first."
However, there is one catch. Children under the age of 12 are on a separate waiting list and are only offered adult lungs after all adult patients have the chance to receive them.
"What this ruling didn't take in to account, is that years ago pediatrics really needed pediatric lungs," said Janet. "But as technology and medical advances have come, pediatric patients can have just as good an outcome with adult lungs by taking what's called, a low-bar transplant. The outcomes are just as good."
Joel Newman, assistant director of communications for UNOS, says the policy was implemented to create equality for all patients.
"What we're tasked with doing is developing a policy that tries to fit all needs as equitably as possible," he said.
Newman says young transplant recipients have very different needs than adults, which complicates the process.
"There are size and capacity issues with the very young candidates," he said. "They tend to be very small; how they develop and how they progress in their lung disease is different for adolescents and adults who are the majority of the people who need lung transplants."
Janet tells NBC10.com Sarah now has the most time accrued on the under 12 transplant list. Despite this, they didn't receive any offers.
"We waited and waited and she got sicker," the mother said. "Her doctors decided that we should try to get her a low-bar transplant. We listed her for an adult lung transplant, but still nothing. She got sicker and sicker."
As the waiting-game continued, Janet says she researched the average LAS score for people who received a transplant.
"People usually received lungs when their LAS score was in the 40s," she said. "My daughter's LAS score was about 60, much higher than that."
It wasn't until a few weeks ago when Janet says she learned why a transplant still was not available for her daughter.
"It was explained to me that while my daughter has an LAS score of 60, any lung that matched her would not be offered to her until it was offered to everyone over 12 with any LAS score," she said. "Her score was irrelevant."
Newman says UNOS has studied data for how quickly people would die without a transplant and how well they improved after receiving the new organs.
"It is not necessarily as representative of the needs of small children," he said. "Thereby that's another reason why there are two ways that score is applied."
Data compiled by the OPTN shows a far greater availability of adult lung transplants in comparison to child transplants. According to the data, in 2012, only 20 lung transplants were available to children 10 years of age or younger. In comparison, 1,688 lungs were available for patients over the age of 11.
There are currently 106 people in Sarah's transplant region, according to Janet.
"If everybody on that list is offered adult lungs before my daughter is offered them, then any lungs that my daughter will be offered will be bad quality," she said.
Janet is now asking for UNOS to change their policy.
"They can't give preference," said Janet. "But we are not asking for preference for Sarah. We are asking for equality. We are asking for Sarah to compete, based on the severity of her illness, the way that everybody over 12 can compete."
Janet insists that UNOS could change Sarah's file in their computer system to enter her as an adult, which would allow her LAS score to factor in to the availability of a transplant.
"They're claiming this can't be done," said Janet. "It can."
"Our policy has been to try to address the needs of all candidates in an equitable fashion so that if one person gets an advantage then another group of candidates or another person would not be disadvantaged," said Newman.
"That being said, we do look at policy all of the time. The policy has been moved and changed. If there are issues that may result from this discussion that allow us to improve the policy and make it better for all we will certainly do so."
Janet also says that regional adult transplant centers could decide individually to allow Sarah's LAS score to compete. Yet, while Janet is fighting hard to save her daughter's life, she also says her fight is for other families as well.
"We want to change this permanently in UNOS," she said. "We don't want another family in this situation to be sitting there while their child is dying. We think the law needs to change."
Janet created an online petition on Change.org and is hoping she'll receive enough support to save her daughter. But there isn't much time left.
"She has weeks at most," she said. "We're not talking months. We're talking weeks."
While Newman could not say whether UNOS would change its policy, he did say the organization is discussing the issue heavily.
"Certainly, with the issues that have been raised, we will continue to discuss it as an organization," he said. "I can't give you a specific answer at this time. But that set of issues and concerns is something that we're looking at. We will certainly address it as best we can."
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the federal Health and Human Services department, says she wants a review of the allocation policy as well as new approaches to promote pediatric and adolescent organ donation.
Congressman Pat Meehan, whose district includes Sarah's hometown of Newtown Square, is lobbying for Sebelius to place Sarah on the adult list.
"We have a 10-year-old girl," Meehan said. "if she was 12 we wouldn't even be talking about this. They're saying that medically it is doable and that she could prosper if she was able to get this transplant. We've got the best hospital in the world capable of doing it. All the ingredients are here."
According to the Murnaghan family however, the secretary's efforts won't save Sarah.
"The Secretary recognizes that the policy is flawed and needs to be changed, and she directed the OPTN to immediately evaluate and review the current policy," wrote the family in a released statement. "This is a very positive step for children and their families who may find themselves in similar circumstance. However, Sarah, and other children like her who need a transplant now, do not have the luxury of time to wait for a lengthy bureaucratic change. Essentially, Sarah has been left to die."
The family says that Sarah suffered a setback on Sunday, developing a high fever. They also say her CO2 levels increased.
"It's a day by day situation right now," said the girl's father, Fran Murnaghan.
The family says Sarah's best hope to survive is through a direct donation from someone who lost a loved one.
"If you do find yourself in that situation, we would be eternally grateful if you spoke to your doctor and potentially directed lungs to Sarah," Fran said.
The family's church, Saint David's Episcopal, made printed donation cards which read, 'In the event of my death, give my lungs to Sarah Murnaghan.'"
Reverend Hillary Raining says it's just one way the church is supporting the family.
"We go and we share tears and prayers," she said. "We are there for her as a Christian witness."
The church will hold an interfaith prayer service for Sarah this Friday at 7 p.m. All are welcome and donor cards will be available.


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The Zero Mortals Plan is the 20th chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga.
In the alternate timeline, Future Zamasu has arrived and has healed Goku Black back to full strength. Goku and Vegeta wonder who he is, and Future Trunks realizes that it could be Zamasu, shocking the Saiyans as they wonder why there are two Zamasus. In the present timeline, Bulma tells Beerus, Whis, and Shin that the Saiyans already went to the future, and the deities were too late in warning them about the second Zamasu. Back in the alternate future, Goku and Vegeta realize that Future Zamasu is the Zamasu of the alternate timeline, having joined forces with Black (the Zamasu from the present). Future Zamasu says he was late in arriving because he used the Time Ring to visit other worlds, and deduces that there would be no major threats to their plan. When Future Zamasu summons the Time Ring box, he notices an additional Time Ring has been created and wonders where it came from. Vegeta says that Time Ring must have been created from Beerus destroying the present Zamasu, and a new parallel world has been created with him not existing. Black realizes the Saiyans came from the past, and calmly announces he will exterminate everyone in every other timeline to carry out his plan.
After this, Vegeta begins to fight Black again, however due to Black's recovery, he has gained enough power to fight evenly with Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta and even force the Saiyan prince back. Future Trunks realizes that Black has grown stronger from being healed by Future Zamasu. As Black freezes Vegeta in place, he explains that even though he stole Goku's body, he did not immediately gain access to all of his power, and initially he could not even become a regular Super Saiyan. He then discovered the solution to this: the Saiyans' ability to grow stronger as they heal. In the present timeline, Shin explains that Black has been growing stronger and stronger due to exploiting this ability when he visited the other parallel worlds, growing stronger each time he was on the brink of death and Future Zamasu healing him. Back in the alternate future, Vegeta is beaten down, and Goku feeds him a Senzu Bean. Future Mai deduces that Vegeta can do the same thing as he recovers from the Senzu Bean. Vegeta fights Black again, but nothing changes and he is beaten aside. Future Trunks theorizes that due to Vegeta and Goku training to their limits, they are no longer able to gain Zenkais. Black compliments Vegeta for being at the perfect level needed for him to grow even stronger, and Future Zamasu heals him again, causing him to power up. Black realizes that his divine mind and the cells of Goku's Saiyan body are getting more and more connected. Black then powers down, and surprises everyone, even himself, by revealing his new form: Super Saiyan Rosé.
Future Zamasu, marveled by the new transformation, wonders if Black's godly form is pink in color rather than blue is because he is a natural God. A shaken Goku asks Vegeta if they should fight together, but Vegeta tells him to fight Future Zamasu, as fighting Black will get them nowhere if he keeps getting healed. Goku challenges Future Zamasu to a fight, and he accepts. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan Blue, and the two Saiyans and the two corrupt Gods fight in an intense 2 vs. 2 match. Goku realizes Future Zamasu is not as powerful as Black and prepares to beat him down, but Future Zamasu uses Telekinesis to hurl debris at Goku, who easily dodges them. Future Zamasu then throws a sharp pole at Goku, who deflects it back to Future Zamasu, and he is impaled through the chest. Goku, powering down to a regular Super Saiyan, says it is not too late and orders Future Zamasu to use the Dragon Balls to wish Earth back to normal. Future Zamasu laughs and says he destroyed the Dragon Balls after wishing for his last wish: Immortality, shocking Goku and Future Trunks as he pulls the pole out of his chest and instantly heals his wound. Future Zamasu then uses his magic to grab the bag of Senzu beans from Goku's pocket, and destroys them. Future Zamasu then uses his powers to freeze Goku in place and knocks him back. Meanwhile, Vegeta is beaten down and defeated by Black. Future Trunks rushes to his father's side.
Future Zamasu orders Black to kill Future Trunks, who has fulfilled his purpose in making Black stronger. Future Trunks realizes he did not manage to survive, only he was purposely allowed to live. Future Trunks yells at Goku that they have to retreat, ordering him and Future Mai to cover their eyes, and uses Solar Flare. The Earth warriors while Black and Future Zamasu are blinded by the technique. Goku is surprised that Future Trunks knows the Solar Flare, who explains that Future Gohan taught it to him. Goku says there is one way to deal with Future Zamasu's immortality: the Evil Containment Wave. Goku tells them the story of Master Roshi and Master Mutaito using the technique to seal a demon. The group plan to return to the present and ask Master Roshi to teach them the technique. Black cannot sense the Saiyans' ki, as they are masking it, but he is able to sense Future Mai's energy as she does not know how to hide her presence. He uses this to use Instant Transmission to confront the group.
However, they only find Future Mai (she disguises dummies as decoys) and she fires her gun at them. Future Trunks, as a Super Saiyan 2, suddenly appears and stabs Future Zamasu with his sword and punches Black away, saying Goku and Vegeta aren't with them. The group had realized Black would try to use Future Mai's inability to hide her presence to their advantage and had formulated a counterattack. Black notices Goku in the Time Machine with Vegeta and tries to intercept them, but Future Trunks doesn't let him. Goku tells Future Trunks to hang in there until they get back, and while Future Trunks has Goku Black's attention, Goku and Vegeta leave for the present.
- Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue) vs. Goku Black (Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Rosé)
- Goku (Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Blue) vs. Future Zamasu
- Future Trunks (Super Saiyan Rage) & Future Mai vs. Future Zamasu & Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé)
- Goku Black
- Future Zamasu
- Vegeta
- Goku
- Future Trunks
- Future Mai
- Shin
- Beerus
- Whis
- Bulma
- King Piccolo (silhouette; flashback)
- Master Roshi (flashback)
- Master Mutaito (flashback)
- Earth (alternate timeline)
- Capsule Corporation
- West City (alternate timeline)
Differences from the Anime
- Black reveals that he could not fully access Goku's power initially, needing to grow stronger to adjust to it and use it to its full extent.
- Black has been growing stronger by exploiting the Saiyan ability to get stronger by recovering from great injuries, as he gets healed by Future Zamasu whenever he gets injured.
- Using this ability, Black has grown strong enough to gain his version of the Super Saiyan Blue form: Super Saiyan Rosé. Black's godly form is speculated to be pink due to his natural identity as a God, whereas Goku and Vegeta's form is blue due to being mortals possessing godly ki only upon transforming.
- Future Zamasu destroys Goku's bag of Senzu Beans.
- Future Zamasu reveals his immortality in a fight with Goku instead of Future Trunks.
- Future Zamasu uses his supernatural abilities as a Supreme Kai, such as Telekinesis and magic, to fight Goku.
- Black also using Telekinesis against Vegeta, however it didn't work on him.
- Future Trunks uses Solar Flare to aid in Goku and Vegeta's escape to the past.
- It is Goku who suggests using the Evil Containment Wave against Black and Future Zamasu instead of Piccolo
- Super Saiyan Rosé is revealed to be Goku Black's Super Saiyan Blue form rather than the normal Super Saiyan.


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Our role in managing exotic pest animals
Agriculture Victoria is the lead agency for management of exotic pest animals on public and private land in Victoria. These animals are typically pest animals not established in the wild in Victoria and are often referred to as 'new and emerging' pest species.
Our role includes the management of new outbreaks (or incursions) of these exotic pest animals. Incursions can be the result of stowaways on transport vehicles and vessels, through animal smuggling, through the deliberate releases of animals and through animals escaping from captivity.
The department also oversees the regulation of permits to keep declared pest animals. Further information can be found on the legal requirements to keep, trade or move declared pest animals at Permits.
Case studies
Case study 1: Asian black spined toad, Lang Lang, Victoria
In June 2009, a live specimen of an Asian black spined toad was found in a shipping container unloaded at New Plymouth in New Zealand . The container had been exported from Lang Lang, Victoria and contained bulk bags of silica. Following notification from New Zealand authorities, Agriculture Victoria carried out an investigation to determine the source of the toad and a surveillance program at Lang Lang to determine if there were any Asian black spined toads in the area which includes an internationally recognised RAMSAR wetland.
Trace-back via shipping records indicated that the empty container began its journey in Germany, docked at Malaysia (the container was never opened), stopped in Lang Lang, Victoria before ending its journey in New Plymouth, New Zealand, where the toad was found. The trace back proved inconclusive as to the likely source of the toad could not be determined.
Initial investigation of the Lang Lang site determined that the habitat contained several ponds suitable for breeding. The University of Melbourne, designed a field survey program incorporating a combination of surveillance techniques including active search, the use of toad light traps and auditory monitoring of amphibian mating calls. Surveillance was also conducted by Agriculture Victoria throughout the summer of 2009/10 and no evidence of Asian black spined toad was detected.
This case study illustrates the risk of international and interstate trade as a key pathway for the inadvertent entry of exotic pest animals into Victoria. With the large volumes of international and interstate trade passing through the State, prevention, early detection and eradication of species such as the Asian black spined toad are vital to protecting significant environmental areas such as Western Port Bay and its surrounding RAMSAR-listed wetlands.
Read more about the Asian black-spined toad.
Case study 2: Red-eared slider turtle, Elsternwick Park Lake, Victoria
Red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans) are an invasive species native to North America and are now widely spread around the world. Globally they are commonly cited one of 100 of the world's worst invasive species. Outside their native range, Red-eared slider turtles are regarded as a risk to aquatic biodiversity as they prey on native species. They are very adaptable animals and have the ability to populate a wide range of fresh water bodies of varying water quality. Red-eared slider turtles disperse and breed on land and can carry exotic reptile diseases and parasites which could be transmitted to native wildlife and even humans. Red-eared slider turtles are a species that can multiply and spread rapidly. Accordingly they are classified as a Controlled Pest Animal under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994.
As a result of the expansion of red-eared slider turtle populations from the illegal exotic reptile trade to individuals existing in the wild, Agriculture Victoria established a project to initiate an incursion response. Agriculture Victoria's response achieved localised eradication of the highly invasive turtles from Elsternwick Park Lake; a site in suburban Melbourne. The response ensured that the threat posed by this exotic pest to the environment and industry was limited.
Red-eared slider turtles were initially reported at Elsternwick Park Lake through Agriculture Victoria's Customer Service Centre in late 2008. A local resident who thought the turtles looked unusual and unlike our native species, took a photograph of the turtles which enabled Agriculture Victoria to make a timely, positive identification.
A detector dog, trained specifically to detect evidence of red-eared slider turtle breeding, was used at the lake in October 2009. No evidence of breeding was found and a control program to remove the existing turtles was developed.
The control program resulted in three red-eared slider turtles being removed from the lake and follow up surveillance indicates successful eradication from the area.
With the assistance of local government staff and placement of turtle-basking traps at the lake, the department continues to monitor the site for red-eared slider turtles and is hopeful that the establishment of a serious pest has been avoided.


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My main design element are the big hand-stitched flowers from Take Me Away Paper 14. I took about two days to stitch them. I love that paper because the flowers are made from little Xs which makes stitching very easy. I used a small needle and some matching embroidery thread, so it did take a while. I fussy cut them out once I was done and then used some watercolor sprays & my water brush to add some color to them. The big heart is just a piece of really thick kraft cardstock. I hand drew a heart and cut it out. I painted the whole thing with white acrylic paint first and then used some Shimmerz sprays and some gelatos to color it.
Here you can see all the awesome detail from the hand stitching. I love how the watercolor turned out on them. I wanted to add some light and dark shades of pinks and oranges, and I love how that turned out. I added some foam adhesive under the flowers to give them dimension. I also fussy cut some flowers and leaf stems from Paper 2. I tucked several of them in under the stitched flowers. I topped this area with a shiny gold die cut from the Ephemera Die Cut Pack and a Fabric Bow.
I love how bold the background colors turned out. I wanted deep shades of bright pinks, reds and orange/yellow/gold tones. I also added in some Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine. I cut the Happy Day circle from Paper 20 and tucked that into the upper right flower cluster. I also used shiny gold thread to machine stitch around the edge of the heart.
Here you can see more of those fussy cut flowers and leaf stems I added in. I love the texture from the brush strokes on the heart. I used a paint brush to first apply the white acrylic paint, so the texture looks really neat!
You know I love some tangled thread (haha) so I couldn't let this project go without adding in some. I used a golden yellow color and tucked in a few tangles here and there. I just love the depth that the adhesive foam adds under everything.
Here's one more close-up of the top area. I love how the leaves go "off the page" here. This is going to look so pretty hanging on the wall in my house :)
This was fun to make (once I finally decided on the idea...haha). I hope it inspires you to try something other than a layout every once in a while! Here's my process video if you'd like to check it out.
Thanks so much for stopping by today...have a great day!


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If you want to know how to build lean muscle for women, then take a look at weight training. Lifting free weights or using weight machines is one of the best ways around to build and tone your muscles and shed unwanted pounds.
It's also an effective tool in fighting age-related issues such as osteoporosis, and it is the best way to lose weight. Not only that, but it doesn't take as long as you might think to see great results.
What is Weight Training for Women?
Weight training falls under the general heading of strength training. A workout includes using "free weights" or "weight machines" and gravity or resistance to work large muscle groups as well as smaller ones.
Free weights are generally called "dumbbells" and "barbells." You can use dumbbells and barbells to do hundreds of exercises and give your body a total exercise workout.
Weight machines are usually found at the gym (unless you're lucky enough to have a well-equipped home gym!) and they use "stacks" of weights and resistance or gravity. Most of these machines will target a particular group of muscles, but some will be able to target more than one muscle group.
A simple weight training program can show you how to build muscle fast and get results.
How Long Does it Take to Build Lean Muscle for Women?
Women engaged in an effective strength training program will begin to notice results in a very short while without having to do long workout routines.
According to the Mayo Clinic, "You can see significant improvement in your strength with just two or three 20- or 30-minute weight training sessions a week."
Building Lean Muscle Mass is Essential For Women as We Get Older
As we age, our muscle mass naturally decreases. Not only does this make us less strong and susceptible to age-related problems, but our shriveling muscles actually get replaced with fat!
No matter what age we are, weight training will help us reverse this trend, build essential muscle, and helps us to manage our weight, and even burn fat by increasing our metabolism.
A proper strength training program will also help with joint flexibility and increase bone density.
What is "Lean Muscle Mass" Anyway?
When we look for the answer to "how to build lean muscle for women" we really are answering the simple question "how to build muscles." While there is disagreement about the "lean" adjective added to this question, the popular consensus is that women looking at weight training as a way to improve health, lose weight, and become stronger, may be concerned about becoming "musclebound" like the guys we've seen at the gym or in the media, so we want to build lean muscle. "Lean muscle" may sound more svelte and feminine.
Well, it's pretty much impossible for women or girls to look like male bodybuilders from simple weight training routines. We just don't have the natural physiology for it.
Yes, a solid workout will build lean muscle for women and help to "tone" or sculpt our bodies, but a female would have to go beyond a simple strength program to achieve massive muscle growth.
Lifting weights and following a well-planned weight training program for women will help to build the (lean) muscle we want and that will help us to look and feel great.
Are You Ready Change Your Life and Get Into Shape?
If you answered yes to the above question, then check out Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle website for an effective and safe program that will help you lose weight, build lean muscle for women, gain confidence and get you into the best shape of your life.
His fat-burning, muscle strengthening program for females is one of the best-selling fitness programs on the internet. It's tailored to help women of all ages achieve their fitness goals.
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Hey friends and family! This blog is here so that you can walk my journey with me! I will be leaving on July 5th (tomorrow) at 9:30 A.M. for Hawaii! I'm doing a DTS with YWAM Kona for six months! At least every week (hopefully more) I will write a bit about what I've been going through and doing! I'm really excited.
Today is the day before I leave. It extremely hard to say goodbye to everyone I love so much. Its only noon and I've already cried three times. But, I'm getting more excited by the second!
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Sounds like fun until you have employees who don't share your DNA. Hiring Pacific Northwest barista-type people?
Purposefully dealing with that ilk you would have to be out of your freaking mind. Most are one tattoo away from being homeless... and choose to live that way.
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I am sitting in a Starbucks right now, everyone here has at least 1 tattoo, one guy has a mohawk and another dreadlocks, Bob Marley is playing on the intercom. If you can deal with that go for it!
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Let your youngest son figure out what to do with the space (w/ you having final say/approval).
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How about an "urban workshop"? These are cropping up in So Kal and very intriguing. The concept is brilliant: Set up a fab shop where people pay a monthly/yearly fee to join. In theory it would also attract veteran craftsman who want/need something to do and have a desire to teach younger people. I'm actually toying with doing one in the Phoenix area.
The most obvious concern is physical risk management. Liability using metal shaping and welding equipment is immense.
Collecting rent vs. running a small business are two entirely different animals! There is no such thing as a "hobby" food retail establishment. Long hours for starters.
Any small business has to deal with regulations: employees must be paid a certain amount/various insurance policies must be maintained for them/working conditions are proscribed/time off, meal breaks, and coffee breaks as well. The business itself will require liability insurance and who knows what else. Just keeping employees from leaving is almost impossible so there may be periods where you have no staffing or have to jump through hoops to keep it staffed. If you serve anything besides baked goods, then waste (i.e. food that was purchased but never sold) can become very expensive. There may be some branding and marketing required.
Maybe certain licenses must be obtained -- not a slam-dunk when dealing with bureaucracies . . .
The health department may have to inspect and that can be a nightmare in itself. They usu. have the authority to close you down if they don't like what they see. You may want to keep it as clean as your home kitchen, but will that tatted-out manager you hire be able or willing to do that?
Even if your pro-forma analysis says that it will be easy to turn a decent profit at the location, it can still be a lot of work to get it there and keep it there. I don't recommend it unless you have to. Really.
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Food service operations, particularly simple menu/lowest common denominator models, are thankless pursuits. I renovated a nice diner space in our building, but with no intelligent potential tenants, nearly dove in because it might be fun.
Then I remembered:
Absurdly long hours, minimal rewards... rule of thumb is have two years of operations funding without any expectation of profit.
OTOH, if it's a hipster neighborhood, go minimal customer service, provide a small performance space and you'll do fine. When profits thin, shut it down, start over.
Or wisely, ask your youngest son. He's gotta be more clued in to what'll work than any of us.
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New Milestone – 20th FSC® certificate
PRESS RELEASE – Jakarta, 27 March 2017
On March 14, 2017 PT Graha Sentosa Permai became the 20th forest concession to achieve FSC® certification with assistance from The Borneo Initiative. Support given by The Borneo Initiative was complementary to that provided by WWF's GFTN program, while coaching services were provided by Wana Aksara Institute. Funding was received from various donors, including IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative.
This 20th FSC-certificate raises the total certified forest area supported by The Borneo Initiative to 2,035,085 ha. When including four Controlled Wood certificates, then The Borneo Initiative has facilitated the certification of a total forest area of 2,294,700 ha. As a country, Indonesia now has 35 FSC certificates holders with 2,874,011 ha (2,392,902 ha natural forest), and 6 controlled wood certificate holders with 2,773,462 ha (of which 179,270 ha natural forest).
PT Graha Sentosa Permai is a forest concession of 44,970 ha in Central Kalimantan. It harbours such species as the Bornean white-bearded gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), the White-fronted Langur (Presbytis frontata), the Maroon Leaf Monkey (Presbytis rubicunda), the Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) plus 16 dipterocarp species that are Critically Endangered (CR).
PT Graha Sentosa Permai is linked to the Dwima Group which already holds two other FSC certificates (PT Dwimajaya Utama – 127,300 ha and PT Carus Indonesia – 72,170 ha). It produces around 50,000 cu.m. annually, mostly meranti logs but also Bangkirai and Keruing. In total the Dwima Group can supply approx. 220,000 cu.m. of FSC certified logs from these 3 certified operation. Currently most of the floater logs (meranti) are sold to Sumber Mas Indah Plywood (FSC-C108040), while the sinker logs (Bangkirai and Keruing) are sold to Kharisma Jaya Gemilang (FSC-C104967). This industry manufactures high quality Meranti and Bangkirai mouldings and outdoor furniture products for export largely to the American and European market.
Contact persons:
1.Graha Sentosa Permai: Haris Yuniawan (firstname.lastname@example.com) +62 21 83785608
2.Sumber Mas Indah Plywood: Hans Hartono (firstname.lastname@example.com) +62 31 3981511
3.Kharisma Jaya Gemilang: Junita Kresnadi (email@example.com) +62 24 6595678
Or contact The Borneo Initiative (firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information.


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Any helmet suggestions for large and long heads? Specifically skate or full-face types? The skate style models I've seen made in two sizes do not work, and I have not (so far) seen if the full-face models that are in L and XL. I assume I need something at or larger than 62 cm based on what fits. 661 publishes large sizes, but I do not see how many cm or inches they are.
I broke my 3-4 year old Bell Nemesis that fit very well and had better coverage than most light vented helmets. My frequent riding in rocks, and increased air time has me thinking it's time for at least that much or more protection.
I did find one full-face that fit, but it had no vents and was even hot in the store. I was sure that model would be miserable, so any full-face must have vents.
Thank you for any advice and suggestions.


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With the "fiscal cliff" looming over Washington, D.C., CNNMoney correspondent Steve Hargreaves has proposed that one of the tax increases that should be on the table is a hike on the cost of the gasoline you buy to keep the family car running.
"Currently at 18.4 cents a gallon, the federal gas tax is used primarily to build and repair roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure," he stated in an article posted Wednesday on the CNN site. "The tax raises about $32 billion a year."
But, he grumbles, that's not enough. The reason?
The government hands out about $50 billion a year to states and towns to help with road costs. The difference comes out of general funds or has to be borrowed. Meanwhile, the gas tax hasn't been raised since 1993.
"Establishing a sustainable resource base for transportation needs to be part of any grand bargain," stated Emil Frankel, a former transportation expert in the George W. Bush administration and now director of transportation policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
"In the short run, raising the gas tax is the best way to do that," Frankel said.
Hargreaves then stated that raising the tax on gasoline was one of the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles debt-reduction plan in 2010.
The plan called for a 15-cent-a-gallon hike in the gas tax, a level that would basically cover the current shortfall in the transportation budget.
Then, in an apparent attempt to justify the increase on the tax that would add to the burden on everyone with a car, the reporter stated that others have proposed even higher rates.
"In a 2010 letter to the commission, Delaware's Democrat Senator Tom Carper and former Ohio Republican George Voinovich proposed a 25-cent-a-gallon hike," with the other 10 cents per gallon going toward debit reduction, Hargreaves noted.
"The pair estimated it would generate $83 billion over five years to chip away at the debt, and an additional $117 billion for road repairs," he added.
But, as is often the case when liberals attempt to take more money out of your income, "not everyone is convinced a gas tax hike is the way to go. "
The gas tax is politically unpopular, mostly because it's regressive -- meaning it hits the poor more than the rich. It's also regionally biased. Most big bridges and highways are near cities, yet those in rural areas would pay the same in taxes.
"The burden would fall on the great middle class, not on the millionaires and billionaires," asserted Ken Orski, publisher of the infrastructure industry publication Innovation NewsBriefs. "That's why the White House is staunchly opposed to such an increase, and why there's virtually zero support in Congress."
"That's one reason the tax hasn't increased in nearly 20 years, even as labor, steel and asphalt costs have risen sharply," Hargreaves continued. "Plus, as fuel efficiency increases, Americans can put more miles on roads while at the same time buying less gas, worsening the shortfall."
But don't despair! The reporter said that there are other ways to "plug the funding gap" by extracting money from the people who travel to and from work in their fuel-efficient vehicles.
One of those methods is to institute a "mileage-based driving tax," which Hargreaves asserts would shift more of the burden to the states or private funding sources that would then charge the public "user fees."
User fees, yet another way to avoid using the word "taxes."
While the correspondent's calls to congressional staffers yielded little in the way of support for raising the tax at this time, one Democrat staffer offered the encouragement that with Republicans "softening" to the idea of raising taxes in general, "possibilities for this sort of talk has at leased opened a bit."
Isn't bipartisanship grand?