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Vote Yes and the city can update a dated water system
By Mike Marshall
OPINION Progressives have a rare opportunity to improve San Francisco's water and power policies by passing Proposition F, the Water Conservation and Yosemite Restoration Initiative, this November. Prop F would require the city to do something it's been reluctant to do: develop a plan for making our outdated, wasteful water system more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Despite San Francisco's "green" reputation, we don't yet recycle water, we treat rainwater as sewage, we wash our streets and flush our toilets with drinking water, and we use Yosemite National Park as a water storage tank (Hetch Hetchy Valley, where we built a dam almost 100 years ago, was one of Yosemite's grandest valleys and contained an extraordinary ecosystem).
Meanwhile, other California cities and counties have developed much more eco-friendly water systems. Orange County, not known for progressivism, recycles 92 million gallons of water a day.
Opponents of Prop F claim that reform of our water system would be too expensive, but they cite unreliable and inflated cost estimates. One of Prop F's purposes is to replace such speculation with realistic numbers.
Opponents say it's "insane" to take away San Francisco's water source, but that's misleading; Hetch Hetchy Reservoir is a storage site (one of nine reservoirs in our water system), not a water source. The Tuolumne River is our primary water source, and will remain so regardless of whether we return Hetch Hetchy Valley to the National Park Service for restoration.
Opponents claim we'd lose the hydropower generated by the current system, but our hydropower facilities are downstream from Yosemite, and would continue to power all the same city services they currently do. It's true that if we relinquish the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, we'll have less power to sell to other energy markets, but we can make up the difference by increasing our investment in renewable power such as wind and solar, which we should be doing anyway.
In fact, San Francisco owns 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city, where we can place enough solar panels to generate at least 40 megawatts per year—an idea that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has never even considered. This, too, can be part of the plan that will result from passage of Prop F.
Remember, Prop F changes nothing about our current system. It simply requires the formation of a task force with a lean budget of $8 million to develop a specific plan for reform, which will be completed in 2015 and made available for public review, discussion and debate. San Francisco voters would then approve or reject the plan in 2016. Only if voters approve the plan will actual reform begin. This approach is appropriately cautious, thorough and transparent. If the costs of reform are too high, or if our commitment to a sustainable future is too low, voters will reject the plan and our current water system will continue unchanged.
Prop F opponents aren't waiting to see what the costs of reform might be, or even whether the reform plan makes sense. They want to prevent the plan from happening. How does that serve the interests of San Francisco residents, when the plan would give them essential information about how and whether their water system can become more sustainable?
So please join me in voting for Proposition F. Let's at least get a water reform plan on the table.
Mike Marshall lives in Hayes Valley is the Executive Director of Restore Hetch Hetchy.
We have not even begun to take dramatic steps like those of L.A. to conserve water. And by the way, one of the main reasons we use so much less water is that we are in a cool, wet climate where we have very few large grass yards and swimming pools (not because we are somehow champions of conservation measures).
As Michael stated, we don't even have a functioning recycling program yet; let alone the large scale wetlands restoration, rainwater capture, bioswales, permeable pavement, gray water systems, urban composting toilets, and other such measures that will one day completely revolutionize and dramatically reduce Bay Area water use to such an extent that we can start looking at, not just restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley, but by the end of the century, the entire uninterrupted Tuolumne River watershed all the way down to the ocean.
The planet is in trouble folks.
And as a result we need to take off our 20th century horse blinders and start thinking about, and planning for, the big picture.
and other Republicans who, out of pure spite and hatred towards San Francisco and the Peninsula, are doing their best to destroy our water system and the clean, renewable power it generates. You claim you're "tired" of progressives parroting the Commerce-Ed Lee line on this issue. Well I'm tired of seeing progressives play the useful fools for extremist Republicans like Dan Lungren on this issue.
This issue has absolutely nothing to do with Dan Lungren who is nothing but a right wing opportunist latching onto this issue as a political maneuver in order to grandstand and keep himself in elected office. The campaign to restore of Hetch Hetchy was begun nearly a century ago by John Muir (decades before Dan Lungren was even born) and then carried on by other strong environmentalists like David Brower.
The plan is not to "keep himself in elected office" but to cast a wide grouping of natural allies into disarray. Eric, it is sad to see you- or at least your name being used to- promote this evil plan.
I agree that the dam should have not been built; probably most people do. Certainly some day it will reach the end of its service life and it will be removed. At the present time it is invalueable for a reliable water storage and public power generation. There are far too many things going wrong with our ecosystem to be focusing on a problem so costly in dollars and assets to address.
Tearing down this dam will not save a single salmon. Why not put effort into curtailing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water diversion plan? Dan Lungren isn't going to help with that though.
Real Eric Brooks? I'm not convinced.
Lungren is not doing this to split San Francisco progressives. It is the Chamber of Commerce that is putting forward the false arguments that have fooled a great many progressives into splitting with environmental sensibility.
On your point of saving salmon, that is not entirely true. the act of draining -only- Hetch Hetchy won't restore the salmon on its own. However it is the first step in eventually freeing the entire watershed of dams and that -will- restore the salmon.
On your other points see my new response above.
(And yes, I am indeed the real Eric Brooks. If these posts were from someone else, I would have reacted to them with an immediate threat of prosecution. Hijacking the identify of a real person online is a felony. As 'Guest' said, my comments are totally consistent with a comprehensive environmental objective. Public power is not worth the continued dysfunctional wrecking of an entire watershed ecosystem.)
And I'm glad you express ambivalence with regard to Prop F. I shouldn't have suggested as though it were in the past tense that I hold you in high esteem, but rather have only referred to the "utmost" respect no longer being in effect. Yes, I think you are absolutely wrong on this in several regards.
You did claim that the website chamisa.freeshell.org/ would support your statements, but although I can't claim to have followed every link, in particular I found no support for your statement that "removing reservoirs is -good- for water security, because it takes water out of huge unshaded reservoirs where it rapidly evaporates."
I think we're *many* decades away from this idea meriting serious consideration and those who have been convinced to support it -- or even express ambivanlence at this time -- have in effect fallen into a trap set by the same sort of duplicitous rascals who have brought about so much other destruction in our ecological and civil spheres.
*NO* on F. (And thanks for your continuing work with regard to sustainable energy, Eric.)
I'll re-post this here as well to make sure everyone sees it, and also add some further remarks to address your overall assumptions and presumptions:
Here's the URL for a paper showing the impact of evaporation in large reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams. (Hydroelectric dams were chosen in order to show the considerable water loss associated with the generated electricity; and to therefore help clarify that dams are not at all an impact free source of power.)
See http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Mekonnen-Hoekstra-2012-WaterFootpr...
And as I have already stated, this is just one among many serious negative environmental impacts of large dams.
So my brother, you are simply incorrect in your assumptions. And if we don't decommission the dam on Hetch Hetchy by 2030, we will be unnecessarily abusing the land, water and watershed, overwhich we have so arrogantly pronounced ourselves stewards.
And your contention that the many ecologists and grassroots organizers (who have spent decades of our lives fighting to restore watershed ecosystems by removing reservoirs like this) are somehow naive dupes of this ballot measure and its underlying plan, and further, somehow don't know what we are talking about, is both insulting, and shows that you are the one who in fact, appears to not know what he is talking about.
I'll re-post this here as well to make sure everyone sees it, and also add some further remarks to address your overall assumptions and presumptions:
Here's the URL for a paper showing the impact of evaporation in large reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams. (Hydroelectric dams were chosen in order to show the considerable water loss associated with the generated electricity; and to therefore help clarify that dams are not at all an impact free source of power.)
See http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Mekonnen-Hoekstra-2012-WaterFootpr...
And as I have already stated, this is just one among many serious negative environmental impacts of large dams.
So my brother, you are simply incorrect in your assumptions. And if we don't decommission the dam on Hetch Hetchy by 2030, we will be unnecessarily abusing the land, water and watershed, overwhich we have so arrogantly pronounced ourselves stewards.
And your contention that the many ecologists and grassroots organizers (who have spent decades of our lives fighting to restore watershed ecosystems by removing reservoirs like this) are somehow naive dupes of this ballot measure and its underlying plan, and further, somehow don't know what we are talking about, is both insulting, and shows that you are the one who in fact, appears to not know what he is talking about.
Do us, and yourself, a favor, and study, before tossing around blithe uninformed determinations on the foolishness of others.
an invitation to get all insulting by tossing around nasty terms such as "naive," "arrogant, "and "ignorant."
I don't think you are *any* of those things but I think you are fucking wrong on this topic.
As I posted elsewhere, the paper you cite is judging the water consumption of hydropower of dams which are constructed for no other use.
"Also one should account for the fact that many hydroelectric
dams are designed to serve other purposes as well." (Page 5/183)
Read it again Eric. If you want Californians to keep our reserve water in little plastic bottles we buy at Costco, just come out and say it.
Honestly, I'd prefer a return to civililty between us. This plan does make my blood boil though, and I think you have taken the invective up a couple notches without justification.
It is the evaporation that I was talking about and which happens at all large dams regardless of what they are used for.
And I'm sorry brother, but when you blithely toss around comments to the effect that I and others have fallen into some trap laid for us, that is clearly an arrogant presumptive judgement on our knowledge and intellect.
for the purposes of generating energy carries the unexpected cost of reducing flows of water downstream in addition to the other known environmental costs of dam building.
"Also one should account for the fact that many hydroelectric dams are designed to serve other purposes as well." (Page 5/183)
For the purposes at hand -- i.e. the dam is for water storage first and formost, and power secondly -- and taking into account that it is one of the most efficient types of dams as far as water storage goes -- i.e. low seepage and evaporation -- using this argument to justify the "study" to tear down the dams is ... wrong.
The reactionaries are laughing their heads off over this. Progressives and environmentalists at each others throats. We'll pay for this study and it'll be used to justify a move to take the decision out of our hands.
*NO* on tearing down the Hetch Hetchy reservior.
but how does what you just wrote show that dams for any purpose, are good, and that Hetch Hetchy should not be decommissioned?
Furthermore you are woefully mis-stating the conclusion of the study which is, and I quote:
"Hydroelectric generation has historically been considered as a non-consumptive water user; however, through the estimation of the blue water footprint of hydroelectricity at 35 sites, this study finds that hydropower is a large consumptive user of water. The amount of water lost through evaporation annually from the selected reservoirs is equivalent to 10% of the global blue water footprint related to crop production."
And while the study focused on hydropower, it clearly applies to dams used for any purpose. Evaporation and the minefield of other environmental serious problems caused by dams do not magically go away when a dam is used for water storage.
Indeed, the last time I checked, Hetch Hetchy is being used for -both- hydropower and water storage (and is doing a wasteful job of fulfilling each task, as all dams do).
And finally, yes, eventually all large dams should be decommissioned. This will take many decades, but it is crucial to environmental restoration, especially where salmon need to be restored.
But mention of salmon with regard to Hetch Hetchy is a non-sequitur. There are plenty of dams which should be torn down before this plan for Hetch Hetchy is considered.
Arguments by the commutative assertion of cooties, nice.
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"Eric, cite one example of a reservoir being torn down to promote water security."
This is of course, a trick question. As I have said repeatedly, large dams are removed for myriad interconnected holistic reasons, only one of which is water security. So while removing just about any large dam will improve water security, this is almost never the sole or even primary reason for removing large dams. Such interconnected reasons include, habitat restoration, fisheries recovery, reforestation (which by the way nearly always increases local precipitation and thereby water retention), species recovery, flood management, wetlands restoration, salmon recovery, proper watershed nutrient distribution, esthetic beauty, etc.
Accordingly, I never stated that dams are decommissioned solely for purposes of water security.
So rather than respond to your troll question I'll simply fall back on the apt reply "Homey don't play that."
However I will provide a site that is another good place to start to learn about the many reasons dams are harmful.
See the text and links at:
anything -- *ANYTHING* which suggests not having a reservior of water is better in terms of water security than having a reservior.
Why do you keep on evading that? If you don't have any proof that removing Hetch Hetchy will lead to more water security -- and naturally you're not going to be arguing as some pro-Prop F propagandists have that we'll simply be able to build other dams -- just admit it, why don't you?
On what basis do you make the absolutely absurd claim that I have not posted anything which explains how forest watersheds are better for promoting water security?
I have posted extensive comments to that effect, as has Marcos.
The main focus of those comments has been that forest watershed ecosystems become sponges for water and carbon, and promote retention of snow pack (which would otherwise flow as water more quickly down to the ocean and be rapidly lost). I also just explained that reforestation promotes higher local precipitation, thereby not just conserving but actually -increasing- water supply.
Alternatively, while dams do store water, a great deal of that water is lost through evaporation. I also just posted a link to an article which explains that dams diminish groundwater levels in their immediate vicinity. (And since groundwater stores evaporate, water is better held in them, than in a reservoir.)
So Marcos and I, having repeated this stuff over and over again, in response to your unfathomable endless responses claiming we didn't post any of it, should have made clear by now that robust forest watersheds promote better water security, stability, and sustainability over the long term.
Now that I have, once again, repeated all of those arguments, can you please explain by what pretzeled logic you are actually asking readers to believe that I didn't make them?
The only possible explanation, is that you are simply an asshole who gets off on arguing with people incessantly on blogs.
One grammar correction to my comments above. I meant of course to say that because groundwater stores do not evaporate, water is better stored in them than in open reservoirs.
I asked you a simple question: where is there a link to a study showing removing reserviors promotes water security.
I believe that dams reduce groundwater downstream and I believe that water evaporates --moreso when subjected to sun, wind, low rh -- what I'm not convinced of is that letting water run downstream out into the ocean is the best way to promote water security.
Don't try to browbeat me Eric. I've heretofore held your opinion in high regard, but I'm not impressed by your debating style here.
I am willing to be convinced -- and certainly having the likes of Troll II, Mayor Lee, Dianne Feinstein, Demented, etc. on my side is none-too-comfortable -- but this idea seems at its root to have the same aggressively nihilistic impulse behind it which is behind eliminating parking spots and artificially reducing road carrying capacity in an attempt at dissuading car travel.
In short, it seems like self-hating. The idea can certainly be overstated Eric -- and there are plenty of truly scary manifestations of human ingenuity which abound -- but *we* *are* the beavers here.
If you had, I would have posted such a link.
But at this point, I am finished playing along with your bullshit troll games.
and you repeatedly cited the same study which was describing how facilities built to harness hydro-electric energy consume water.
Recall that just recently I cited you as among those whose commentary on this site I find most informative and valueable. How surprising to see you take my frank language characterizing the plan you are promoting -- note, not you personally -- as "stupid," as a license to delve into pure ad hominem insults such as suggesting that I am an "asshole."
Now you segue into diversion by calling it "troll games" after I apparently crossed some imaginary threshold with regard being explicit in asking the question I have implicitly been asking for some time.
I have said repeatedly questioned your statement that "forest watersheds" are a more secure source of water than reserviors and you have not provided any citation for that. Does water not evaporate from forests? Does not snow pack melt and reduce flows into said "sponges?" Does not high uncontrolled flow end up in the Pacific Ocean where vast amounts of energy is needed for desalination before it can be used again?
Still, despite your imperious bluster and rudeness, I remain willing to be convinced. I am not willing to have you browbeat me.
We already did prove it. And the answer to each of your repeated ad nauseam questions is, no.
The fact that you don't even know what a forest watershed is explains a lot.
Look it up.
Water stored in forest watersheds, as snow pack, and as groundwater doesn't flow down to ocean genius...
Eric Brooks is correct in saying that tying the serious Hetch Hetchy issue to Dan Lungren is a red herring. The idea of restoring Yosemite's second magnificent valley has broad bipartisan support. No less than four former California Resource Secretaries (a cabinet position) have voiced their support, including Democrats Mary Nichols and Huey Johnson and Republicans Doug Wheeler and the late Ike Livermore. And three former Superintendents of Yosemite National Park have are active supporters; they are Bob Binnewies, BJ Griffin and Dave Mihalic. In addition to Lungren, Congressman John Garamendi and State Senator Lois Wolk, both Democrats and both experts on water issues, have publicly voiced support.
Commenter Ann Garrison falls into the same trap that SF's Chief Puppet, Ed Lee, fell for. When you really don't understand something resort to name calling --- "insane, stupid, ridiculous" and the like. Folks like that would be well advised to read the numerous reports which explain why restoration is feasible without harm to SF or its wholesale customers; what the various alternatives are for getting Tuolumne River water to SF without having to store it in Yosemite National Park; and what the true cost of restoration and the alternative storage and diversion options would be.
Ms. Garrison assumes and therefore asserts that water rates would increase. That assertion has about as much credibility as SFPUC's claim that restoration would cost $10 billion. Here's the truth behind that canard: at an October 17, 2005 meeting of SFPUC's Citizens Advisory Committee that committee voted 10 to 1 on a resolution urging SFPUC and the SF Board of Supervisors to cooperate in the ongoing studies regarding restoration. SFPUC employee Ellen Levine was at the meeting to oppose that resolution and she made the mistake of throwing out that $10 billion number. Someone asked her where the number came from. She sheepishly admitted it came "off the back of an envelope".
Restoration supporters have long said that the true cost of full restoration (between $2 and 3 billion) should be paid by a combination of park fees, federal appropriations, state appropriations and significant private philanthropic contributions. (The full one-half billion dollar cost of the major Statute of Liberty restoration project in the 80's was paid for by private contributions.) SF residents should not and would not pay any more than residents of any other city or state in the country.
There is one aspect of this issue that has been overlooked in all the rhetoric from both sides of the issue. in 1984 84 miles of the Tuolumne River were designated by Congress as part of the National Wild & Scenic River system, an honor reserved for only the most special rivers in the country. About 40 or so of those miles are above the reservoir and the rest are below it. Removal of the reservoir would mean that there would be about 90 miles of continuous unimpeded free flowing river running from the Tuolumne's headwater to Don Pedro Reservoir. That's a thought that brings a smile to people who appreciate the value of free flowing rivers.
I currently live in Tuolumne County, where some local elected officials jokingly refer to us as Tuolumne "Colony" when the subject of San Francisco and its water grabbing tendencies come up. We're tired of being treated like a colony. SF votes would be wise to heed the advice of their more thoughtful colleagues like Mike Marshall and Eric Brooks and pass Prop. F and let all of us get on with the methodical job of putting together the facilities to assure full water deliveries to SF and then turn to the job of restoring a magnificent valley. We owe it to our children and grandchildren.
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divides those who are natural allies for attaining greater ecological sustainability.
drive for socialistic ownership of business is directly opposite from the drive to save the environment.
The SF left doesn't want to save Yosemtie - they want to exploit it for their own ends, just like the very capitalists they claim to despise.
So few have ever stood on the banks of a free flowing wild and scenic river and felt the earth tremble below your feet as the water coursed past....
scaled-down model at Crystal Springs Reservior -- hmmm... another dam to destroy so as to "save water"? -- and have felt the water's rush in my ribcage and breathed the mist from O'Shaunessey's engineering.
Prior to that system being built, San Franciscan's drank polluted water.
This is what I'm talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVDH8dxq-g
windy day during a big ebb, you've seen it all.
Since restoring the valley from the stinking morass of mud it has become will take at least 250 years. I'm all for long-term thinking but that's ridiculous.
A 250 year journey to environmental restoration, begins in its first minute, with its first step, in the present.
The dam at Hetch Hetchy is just one of nine dams in the system. The water and power comes from the TUOLUMNE RIVER, not the dam at Hetch Hetchy. In fact, the power is generated far downstream from the dam at Hetch Hetchy. Prop F is just for a study. Water rates are not going to rise just for a study that costs $8M. Come on, the water department recently spent more than thirty times that amount on a BUILDING! As for the costs to remove the dam and restore the valley, should that happen eventually, that will be the federal government's responsibility since the land is within a NATIONAL Park. Private donations would also be used, just like the recent half a billion dollar restoration at the Statue of Liberty (another National Park property).
Wish I had seen this before, you guys are great. Such insight, such depth of knowledge.
Lets study the whole things, the options of building more water storage areas in California, we can find some nice valley near the bay area. Look at replacements and the cost of them. Look at how long it will take and how fast it can be built. Save the time and money Vote No on F.
Why the heck were only those in SF able to vote on this measure? Hetch-Hetchy Valley is part of a national park in California therefore the other population should have a say!
Clearly Federal and State law would trump SF law if it came to a national movement to remove the dam. I think that will happen eventually. As you say, it's too important for local issues to decide.
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I write about aerospace, environment, energy, Second Amendment policy
It may not come as surprising news to many of you that the United Nations doesn't approve of our Second Amendment. Not one bit. And they very much hope to do something about it with help from some powerful American friends. Under the guise of a proposed global "Small Arms Treaty" premised to fight "terrorism", "insurgency" and "international crime syndicates" you can be quite certain that an even more insidious threat is being targeted – our Constitutional right for law-abiding citizens to own and bear arms.
What, exactly, does the intended agreement entail?
While the terms have yet to be made public, if passed by the U.N. and ratified by our Senate, it will almost certainly force the U.S. to:
Have no doubt that this plan is very real, with strong Obama administration support. In January 2010 the U.S. joined 152 other countries in endorsing a U.N. Arms Treaty Resolution that will establish a 2012 conference to draft a blueprint for enactment. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to push for Senate ratification.
Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton has cautioned gun owners to take this initiative seriously, stating that the U.N. "is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there is no doubt that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control."
More from contributor Larry Bell
Although professing to support the Second Amendment during her presidential election bid, Hillary Clinton is not generally known as a gun rights enthusiast. She has been a long-time activist for federal firearms licensing and registration, and a vigorous opponent of state Right-to-Carry laws. As a New York senator she ranked among the National Rifle Association's worst "F"-rated gun banners who voted to support the sort of gunpoint disarmament that marked New Orleans' rogue police actions against law-abiding gun owners in the anarchistic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
President Obama's record on citizen gun rights doesn't reflect much advocacy either. Consider for example his appointment of anti-gun rights former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels as an alternate U.S. representative to the U.N., and his choice of Andrew Traver who has worked to terminate civilian ownership of so-called "assault rifles" (another prejudicially meaningless gun term) to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Then, in a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama administration quietly banned the re-importation and sale of 850,000 collectable antique U.S.-manufactured M1 Garand and Carbine rifles that were left in South Korea following the Korean War. Developed in the 1930s, the venerable M1 Garand carried the U.S. through World War II, seeing action in every major battle.
With those posts lately with the references to Snopes.com, etc … and saying "no worries"
I do agree with what was said there, but there is one great danger, the one of underestimating your enemy …
Who would think we would have an illegal president, doing loads of illegal things, and so on?
Even after we get that usurper Obama out, what about all those directives, czars, decisions by the bureaucrats and judges that were put in by him and his sick friends?
Are we going to be successful in removing them all? What about the mindset that those would put into the minds of our future generations?
Back to this issue of guns and the UN. What may be "international" will eventually be "internal" easily. What they are doing is putting a foot in the door, so to speak. Every little thing always add up into something else, and usually a lot bigger and more negative.
Don't we remember how Clinton herself mentioned how the guns are getting out of hand? Now we are hearing of things like gunrunners to Mexico, etc. Why are those people doing that? It is simple … it is to create conditions that will eventually cause action against guns in the future, if not now.
With this UN thing, I can see this "minor international treaty" becoming something like what they are now forcing on many,like education, gay rights, and so on. Our courts are now making rules by the international standards, rather than by the Constitution.
This is the real danger, not the guns issue itself. The more we ignore those "little things" it will be a lot more messy later on.
Oh, please! The Senate is never going to nullify the 2nd amendment, and the treaty, even if ratified isn't going to lead to the government confiscating our guns. I'm all for protecting our constitutional rights, but let's not get paranoid.
I don't follow your point. People want to feel safe. There's nothing wrong with that. But you seem outraged by government efforts to do that, and you seem to equate that with people giving up their right to bear arms. Never mind that I don't see the connection. You seem to be making the assumption that the only possible way to feel safe is to carry a gun. Fine, that's your choice. But don't demand that everyone share your view. It's well known that you are more likely to be killed by your own gun, in your own home, by someone you know, than you are by some stranger. So frankly, I feel safer not owning a gun. And if you have a constitutional right to own one, then I have the same right to not own one. By the way, crime is down. It's been slowly dropping for decades, and nobody even knows why.
It sounds like the purpose of the treaty is to restrict the sale of guns across international borders. I don't have a problem with that. Our second amendment only applies to our country. My right to own a gun doesn't mean I have the right to sell that gun to some criminal gang in Mexico. The drug cartels in Mexico are out of control, and I don't like to see the U.S. gun industry supplying them with weapons. This, by the way, as it gains publicity, could make the 2nd amendment defenders look really bad. If you want to protect the 2nd amendment, you would be wise not to defend the sale of guns across the border to criminal gangs.
The UN isn't changing anything. It takes the Senate to ratify a treaty, and they're not going to ratify anything that nullifies the 2nd amendment. This is really all about a treaty to restrict the sale of guns across international borders. This is because gun dealers in border states like Texas have become major suppliers to criminal drug cartels in Mexico, and the violence is getting out of control. I don't have a problem with our right to own guns, but I have a big problem with selling them to drug dealers.
The feds aren't going to confiscate your guns. This is about restricting gun sales across international borders. It's about putting an end to the guns sales to Mexican drug kingpins. Nobody is trying to take your gun away.
They're forcing gay rights on you? Are you kidding? That's like saying they're forcing freedom of religion on you. Or forcing the right to bear arms on you. Gay rights are about getting the government out of people's bedrooms. As a straight man, that sounds like a good way to protect my own rights.
wow…fascinating story…all i can say to the UN boobs and anyone else with plans to screw with the 2nd is 'Good Luck, buddy – you are sure going to need it."
This is a call to arms! We must declare war on the United Nations at once! Who do they think they are anyway–the rest of the world?
Listen people ~ here is the deal ~ this is planting the seeds for the next American revolution / Civil war…
Get ready to kill or be killed ~ remember to kill all of them who are coming to kill YOU & YOURS…

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The firm is led by senior partners Dejan Nikolic, a regional expert in the areas of telecoms and technology, and Dragan Karanovic a privatisation and M&A specialist, Milos Vuckovic an energy specialist, and Patricia Gannon, Irish/ UK solicitor who acts as managing partner.
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Due to its similar appearance with a torch light, this coral is named the Torch Coral. Sometimes, it might be confused with the species called the Hammer Coral Branching for having branched polyps. The Torch Coral is truly beautiful and features long flowing tentacles protruding from branching skeleton. It needs proper care and with proper water flow and lighting conditions in the aquarium, the Torch Coral will thrive. It needs a supplement of calcium, strontium and other trace elements into the water which aids in its proper growth and development. The Torch Coral is a great coral to keep as a beginner and makes a terrific addition to any aquarium. It forms large colonies with corallites walls which form on the outer edges. Polyps of the Torch Coral extend during the day and only partially at night. It acts as a water quality indicator, and will warn you that the water quality in the tank is less acceptable. It comes in vibrant green or brown color with yellow tentacle tips which often glow under actinic lighting. The Torch Coral is mostly present in colonies and share each other?s food and nutrients. They have tiny living organisms in their tissue which are called as Zooxanthellae. This is the reason why there is need of strong lighting in an aquarium where these corals are the inhabitants. These Zooxanthellae undergo photosynthesis and provide oxygen and other nutrients produced during the photosynthesis to the coral. If provided with proper water parameters, it does well in the home aquarium. The Torch Coral needs sufficient lighting and moderate water flow for its proper growth and development. It needs an ample space for its growth and to avoid any stinging behavior with other corals present in the aquarium.
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CANTON — Wilfred "Fred" Drake, age 88, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Aultman Compassionate Care Center.
He was born to John Wesley and Lulu (Varner) Drake on Jan. 9, 1924, near Emlenton, Pa. He has two brothers, Donald and Roger (both deceased) and a sister, Eleanor Benton, living in Pittsburgh, Pa. Upon his graduation from high school, he enlisted in the U. S. Army Signal Corp in 1942 and attended Keystone Radio Signal School. He was a World War II Veteran, and served in New Guinea, the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan. After discharged, he attended Pittsburgh Business Training College.
Fred was hired by Sears Credit and Collections. He was then transferred to Ashtabula shortly after his marriage to Marjorie Ewing in 1948. The couple had three children, Wesley, Willette and Douglas. He later married Lois (Kaikko) in 1969 who had two married children, Sandra and Peter.
Wilfred was employed by Reliance Electric Co. in Ashtabula for 31 years, before retiring with his second wife, Lois, to Albuquerque, N.M. They thoroughly enjoyed their retirement in the Southwest and traveled extensively, always making sure they visited family members yearly. In 2001, after 16 years, they found it necessary to move back to Ohio to be closer to family and chose to be centrally located in Canton. Sadly, Lois recently passed away Dec. 2, 2012. Fred and Lois were married 43 years.
Wilfred is survived by his five children, Sandra (Bob) Yarish of LaGrange, Ohio, Peter (Carol) Kaikko of Noblesville, Ind., Wesley (Marilyn) Drake of Galena, Ohio, Willette (Paul) Pillot of Canton, Ohio, and Doug (Gene) Drake of Kingsville, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
There will be no service or memorial at this time. A private family service will take place at a later date at Greenlawn Cemetery in North Kingsville, Ohio.
Donations in his memory can be made to the Music Department at Community Christian Church, North Canton, where he was a member. He embraced the Disciples of Christ Churches and was an active member in both Albuquerque and Ashtabula.
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Lions used a 50-24 rebounding edge to knock-off Abilene Christian in the Quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference tournament in advance to semifinals on Friday to face the winner of Angelo State and West Texas game.
A&M-Commerce held Abilene Christian to only one three pointer on ten attempts and forced 18 turnovers to nock the number two seed out of the LSC Tournament.
Symone Brown started the scoring off for the Lions with a three-pointer. Both teams matched baskets for the first 10 minutes of the half. Neither side led by more two before Brown made a jumper to make it 20-17 with 9:14 left in the first half. Breanna Harris hit a jumper to make it 30-21 in favor of the Lions. Abilene Christian cut the lead to one at 32-31 with two free throws Mackenzie Lankford with 4:06 left in the opening stanza.
The lead was tied for the eighth time at 35 all after layup by Emily Miller of ACU at the 2:34 mark then the Lions scored four straight. Devin Oliver hit a three pointer with just over one minute left in the half to give the Lions a 42-37 halftime advantage. There was eight ties and six lead changes
A&M-Commerce was rolling on offense in the opening twenty minutes. The Lions shot 40 percent (14-35) and held a 25-7 advantage on the glass. Brown led the Lions with 13 points and 6 rebounds. Breanna Harris had 11 and seven. Danielle Dixon had five points, three rebounds and one block. Oliver came off the bench to chip in seven points. Ashlee Johnson had four off the bench and Sarah Duran had two.
Renata Marquez led Abilene Christian with 15 points on five of seven from the field.
The Lions extended their lead out to eight after a Dixon layup after just there minutes of play. Two Marquez free throws broke a nearly four minute drought for both teams and cut the Lion lead to 47-42 with 14 minutes to play. A Lankford jumper cut the lead to one, 54-53 with 11:59 to play in regulation.
Every time the Abilene Christian cut into the Lion lead the Lions held serve and did not give up the lead over the last 31 minutes of the game. Abilene Christian got within one possession numerous times but could not get in front of the Lions.
A Marquez three point play made it 76-74 with 1:48 to play. After back-to-back timeouts by A&M-Commerce, Harris grabbed an offensive rebound and laid it in to make it 78-74. The Wildcats' next possession was empty and La'Tisha Hearne was fouled and made one of two free throws to make it a five-point game. Marquez was then fouled by Duran and hit both free throws. ACU shot 78 percent from the line. Danielle Dixon was then fouled and made one of two free throws to make it a four-point game, 80-76. Whitney West then came down hit a three pointer for the Wildcats but Abilene Christian was unable to foul the Lions after the ensuing inbound as time expired.
The Lions had four players in double figures. Harris had 25 and 15, her 16th double-double on the season. Dixon finished with 14 points and four rebounds. Symone Brown had 13 points even with fouling out with 5:27 left to play. Devin Oliver had 12 off the bench. Ashlee Johnson added nine along with three rebounds, four assists and two steals. Sarah Duran had six points including back-to-back buckets down the stretch to keep the Wildcats at bay.
Marquez led all scorers with 28 points including 12-14 from the free throw line. Kelsey Smith and Mackenzie Lankford each had 15 for the Wildcats.
The Lions advance to the semifinals on Friday at 12 noon against the winner of the Angelo State and West Texas quarterfinal. It is the second straight time the Lions have beaten the Wildcats in the LSC Tournament.


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There's no "I" in TEAMMATES — but there certainly is a lot more participation now in gym class at the high school because of it.
Stow-Munroe Falls High School teachers Tim Viscuso and Peggy Peters noticed that in phys ed classes not everyone had the chance to showcase their individual abilities.
Classes were divided — think the first and last picked student for the dodge ball team.
To combat this, the teachers decided to turn routine physical education instruction into a new form of learning through TEAMMATES where students of all abilities work together, relying on each other to bring out the best of everyone's abilities.
"Mrs. Peters and I both participated in sports as kids and have a coaching background. We understand that on a team there are many different types of people, but when you put on that jersey you are on the same team — there is a bond that is special; differences are nonexistent. You respect your teammates and together you work for a common goal," said Viscuso.
There's always various levels of ability, but Viscuso said every role is important.
"Each TEAMMATE has an important role — whether you run the touchdown, block for the touchdown or cheer for the touchdown is just as important as the next," he said.
The teachers wanted the students in their classes to feel the same way, so they formed TEAMMATES.
"During a sporting activity in class, I felt like few people were actually enjoying the activity. The students with disabilities might experience fear of physical injury, the game moving at a pace much too fast for them to process, being accidently injured, not being included, etc.," said Viscuso.
Often the teachers said they would notice some students would not participate in the game or could not contribute because no one would pass them the ball.
"I thought that it would be awesome if we could have a class where typical high school students who enjoyed working with students who have a disability could have their own physical education class," he said.
Peters soon made the decision to pursue the concept of a safe physical education environment where all students could actively participate in a variety of social, emotional and physical learning experiences.
"Sometimes a modification to equipment is required," said Viscuso. "For example, a balloon may be substituted for a shuttlecock, a beach ball may be substituted for volleyball or a tee may be used in place of a student pitching in baseball."
The relationship between the students continues on and off the court, so-to-say.
"It makes our day when we see our students saying 'Hi' in the hallways to each other, getting pictures with each other at school dances or seeing each other at athletic events. When they all are laughing and smiling and enjoying each other's company, we all win," he said.


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Unruly Afghans?
Remarks on the Fault Lines of State Building in post-Taliban Afghanistan
A lecture by Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek, Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology in USC Dornsife.
Description:Many in the West are puzzled with the current political situation in Afghanistan. Despite more than a decade's attempt to establish a strong government Afghanistan's political system remained fragile and fraught with corruption, lack of good governance, and military insurgence. This presentation will explain some of the reasons for the current plight of international and national efforts to stabilize the country.


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Taylor Auditorium, Marsh Hall
Open to all students. Come and learn the ins and outs of LinkedIn - the world's largest professional network.
4:00 pm
Berglund 200
Monthly meeting of the University Council.
4:30 pm
Stoller Center Gym
Washington County Visitors Association and the office of Conference and Events Support Services are hosting a Westside Spotlight event highlighting the Stoller Center Gym as an event space.
5:00 pm
CLIC, Scott Hall
Info session today and Tuesday! No Chinese required. Travel summer 2013.
Whiteley Lecture: Athlete, Activist John Carlos
7:00 pm
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center
Renowned Olympic athlete and political activist John Carlos will deliver Pacific University's 2012 Whiteley Distinguished Lecture: "Olympic Champion, Olympian Activist: John Carlos Speaks."


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Signings & Events Calendar
August 2012 – July 2014
Head to Midtown Comics on Tuesday August 14th to get your picture with the all new New York Comic Con 2012 Camaro, created in partnership with Chevy! NYCC will be on hand to giveaway cool stuff like t-shirts, stickers, posters, buttons, and even NYCC PASSES!!!!
Don't forget: New York Comic Con passes are on sale now at all Midtown Comics locations!
Head to Midtown Comics Downtown on Saturday September 8th to get your picture with the all new New York Comic Con 2012 Camaro, created in partnership with Chevy! NYCC will be on hand to giveaway cool stuff like t-shirts, stickers, posters, buttons, and even NYCC PASSES!!!!
Don't forget: New York Comic Con passes are on sale now at all Midtown Comics locations!
Also from 1-3 at Midtown Comics Downtown:
Alitha and Ryan will be doing sketches for kids during the signing!
Purchase of NEW CRUSADERS: RISE OF THE HEROES #1 required for sketch, one per customer, time allowing.
Red Circle Comics presents "Ashes to Ashes," Part One! Our world demands heroes, and a new generation must rise! Over a decade ago, the super hero team known as The Mighty Crusaders did the impossible: they won. Successful in their battle against evil and finding they'd made the world a better place, the heroes settled down to the small town of Red Circle to start families, unwind and take a much-deserved rest. When the quiet town is rocked by the return of the ultimate evil, the super hero residents are obliterated! It's up to their heirs to fight for justice and crusade against evil. They are our last, best hope. They are The New Crusaders!
Celebrate the release of the all new Doctor Strange Season One hardcover at Midtown Comics Downtown on Wednesday September 12th from 6:30-7:30!
Writer Greg Pak will be on hand to sign Doctor Strange Season One and chat with fans.
Purchase of Doctor Strange Season One is required to attend the signing.
Written by Greg Pak with art by Emma RiosA window-crashing, high-flying, globe-traveling, ghost-battling adventure from the earliest days of Doctor Strange's training in the mystic arts! Part Indiana Jones, part Lord of the Rings, thrill to this new tale of how a selfish, arrogant surgeon collided with a hot-headed martial artist to become the greatest team the mystic arts have ever seen! If only they can stop hitting each other and figure out how all this magic stuff works anyway. Also featuring DEFENDERS (2012) #1, by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson.
Head to Midtown Comics Grand Central on Wednesday September 19th from 12- 2pm to get your picture with the all new New York Comic Con 2012 Camaro, created in partnership with Chevy! NYCC will be on hand to giveaway cool stuff like t-shirts, stickers, posters, buttons, and even NYCC PASSES!!!!
Don't forget: New York Comic Con passes are on sale now at all Midtown Comics locations! Plus you'll get a FREE copy of Bloodshot #1 or X-O Manowar #1 courtesy of Valiant Comics!
New York Comic Con tickets are now on sale at all 3 Midtown Comics locations!
Friday/Sunday $35
Saturday $50
3-Day (Fri, Sat, Sun) $65
4-Day (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) $85
October 11th-14th 2012
Thursday, October 11 — 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Only open to Press, Professionals, VIPS and fans that purchase a 4-Day Pass.
Friday, October 12 — 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 13 — 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 14 — 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
It's the Midtown Comics Book Club! Join us for our monthly Graphic Novel book club at our Downtown store.
This month's book will be The Art of Betty and Veronica, and editors Craig Yoe and Victor Gorelick will be there to discuss the book with the club! If that's not enough to entice, free donuts will be served!
Don't have the book yet? Save 25% off cover price at any of our three stores (in-store only). Just mention the Midtown Comics Book Club at the cash register!
The Book Club will meet on Friday December 28th at 6:30PM at Midtown Comics Downtown.
See you there!
Is it October yet?! On Thursday, August 8th, New York Comic Con tickets will go on sale at 12noon for a special event at Midtown Comics Downtown! This is an early release event for tickets as other Midtown Comics locations will not have tickets for sale until Friday, August 9th, and other NYC comic retailers will not have tickets available until August 12th.
Get your picture with the all new New York Comic Con 2013 Camaro, created in partnership with Chevy! NYCC will be on hand to giveaway cool stuff like t-shirts, stickers, posters, buttons, and more!!!!
Ticket Details-
$30.00 for a Thursday One-Day Ticket
$40.00 for a Friday or Sunday One-Day Ticket,
$50.00 for a Saturday One-Day ticket,
$65.00 for a 3-Day Ticket,
$85.00 for a 4-Day Ticket and
$5.00 for a Kids Day Ticket.
There is a limit of 6 tickets per customer.
Kids day ticket policy:
Kids Day Tickets must be purchased for Children ages 6-12 for use on Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 10 am – 5 pm.
NOTE: a Kids Day Ticket can only be purchased with the purchase of an Adult Sunday One-Day Ticket, 3-
Day Ticket, or 4-Day Ticket.
New York Comic Con is here! As the official retail sponsor for NYCC, Midtown Comics booth #1736 will once again have a huge booth offering everything you need for the ultimate con experience including:
Midtown Comics Exclusives
Sales All Weekend Long
Unveiling of a New Marvel Wax Figure from Madame Tussauds New York
Great Giveaways and Prizes
Back-Issue Man Alex Rae will be the Grand Poohbah of the back issue department at our booth, hawking back issues for only FIFTY CENTS EACH (along with some choice comics for a whole lot more than fifty cents)! Alex will be buying back issues as well, and he's been given carte blanche to spend big bucks on key issues from the golden, silver and bronze ages.
Stay tuned! More details coming soon!!
Join Midtown Comics at booth #210 as we help celebrate the first year of Special Edition: NYC! We'll be featuring Midtown exclusive comics, 20% off all graphic novels, coupons for all our Midtown Comics NYC stores, and more!
Brought to you by ReedPop, the creators of New York Comic Con, Special Edition: NYC is a new comic book festival held annually in the birthplace of comics – New York City!
Celebrate your love of comic books, cartooning, illustration, graphic arts, and more! From rising stars to living legends, Special Edition: NYC is the place to meet your favorite comic book heroes and get exclusive access to special guests from the pages of mainstream, alternative, indie, international and web comics. At Special Edition: NYC you will have the opportunity to collect the latest comics, buy the hard to find back issues, and add original art to your collection. Special Edition: NYC is a pure celebration of comic book culture created specifically for die-hard comic book fans, creators, and publishers!
Special Edition: NYC is an intimate event that is focused solely on the art, creation and culture of comic books. Special Edition: NYC is located in Javits Center North and will feature comic book creators, dealers, and a limited number of panel discussions.
Additionally. Midtown Comics is proud to sponsor the official SE:NYC After Party on Saturday, June 14 — cosplay contest, prizes, giveaways and more! Use this link to get $5 off tickets for a limited time!
We hope to see you there!
We know not everyone can make it to San Diego Comic Con this year, so we're throwing a special party for all those who will still be in New York!
Our annual Not at Comic Con event returns this year on Saturday, July 26th at Midtown Comics Downtown, and we already have some fun details to announce!
Date: Saturday, July 26th.
• Not at Comic Con Sale– 30% off everything at Midtown Comics Downtown only from 11:00AM to 12noon.
• 20% off everything at Midtown Comics Downtown from 12noon to 9:00PM.
• Anyone who arrives in costume or comic book apparel before 1pm will receive a raffle ticket for some fun giveaways! Winners will be announced in-store at 1pm.
• Paul Kupperberg and Dean Haspiel signing from 2:00PM—3:00PM.
• Batman Day items will be available!
• We will have an Image Expo Preview Book to give our for free!
We hope you can make it out for this great event!


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Earlier this year, Patch's annual Readers' Choice Awards celebrated the best local businesses in town.
In categories ranging from best diner to favorite gym, readers chose their favorites.
We're not done yet celebrating and honoring our Readers' Choice winners. If you want all your customers to know you've been deemed the best of the best, here's your chance.
Patch is offering Readers' Choice winners the opportunity to buy a plaque from American Registry that you can display in your business. All you need to do is visit www.myamreg.com/patch/10 to preview and purchase your plaque.
View our full list of this year's Freehold Patch Readers' Choice winners.
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In good and bad times, The Cooperative Foundation is a steadfast supporter of cooperative development, research, and education. For more than 60 years, vision and generosity has guided the work of the foundation and in turn benefited cooperative members and communities.
Formed by cooperative leaders in 1945, The Cooperative Foundation received much of its financial assets through the vision and generosity of St. Paul architect Thomas Ellerbe Sr. and his family. The Ellerbe contribution is a striking reminder that individuals can make lasting positive impacts. That endowment and contributions from cooperative benefactors continues to support the work of the foundation.
The Cooperative Foundation's legacy is one of providing the right investment at the right time to foster cooperative growth and innovations. Established organizations such Group Health Association, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, the North American Students of Cooperation and the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives were recipients of The Cooperative Foundation grants in their formative years.
Through its mission to expand and enhance cooperatives through research, teaching, extension, innovation, and development, The Cooperative Foundation remains a vital part of the past and future of cooperation in the United States.
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Welcome to Probe-Pedia - the interactive, on-line encyclopedia of scanning probe science and technology, by and for you, the user! Like Wikipedia, this Wiki-based site allows you to:
· Read, create, edit, and discuss articles[1] within this encyclopedia for the benefit of the scientific community.
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Getting Started
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The woman behind a bumper sticker that's suddenly becoming popular is stunned at what's happened.
There are those out there concerned that George R.R. Martin might not be around to finish "Game of Thrones." Martin has two words for them.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will officially make its home in the Windy City. The museum, set to open in 2018, will trace the evolution of the visual image from illustration to film.
The technology-adverse "Game of Thrones" author tweets about not tweeting that much. Good thing he reminded us of his Livejournal blog.
The "Game of Thrones" author confesses on a chat show that he writes his best-selling books using WordStar 4.0 on a DOS machine. So don't distract him!
St. George has become the first bank in Australia to tap into the growing wearable technology trend with a new banking app for smartwatches.
Promoting his new movie, "The Monuments Men," the suave actor reaffirms his loathing of tweeting.
"Star Trek" veteran George Takei learns to play Mario Party 4 with help from his gaming sensei, actress Felicia Day, on her YouTube show "Co-Optitude." Hilarity ensues.
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In a swipe at famous tweeters such as Ashton Kutcher, the erudite actor suggests that it's better for the famous to be elusive like Bill Murray.


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Megan Wenrich
The small state capital was rich with people who shared her zeal for advocacy and fundraising."
Senior Development Director, National Wildlife Federation
Megan Wenrich looks back on her career as "one big evolution" that began with an undergraduate degree in environmental studies and biology.
Early on, she knew she wanted to work close to the environment. She started out as a volunteer in South Carolina for both the Coastal Conservation League and the Sierra Club, where she soon found herself on the club's board of directors.
"I realized, 'This is what I want to do, and I want to get paid to do this!'" she recalls. It was seemingly the eureka moment in her personal evolution, soon followed by the realization that she needed more "employable skills."
As she considered law school, Wenrich knew she didn't want to litigate, and she only needed a subset of the skills that a JD would provide. When she learned of the MELP option, she knew it was the right fit.
Wenrich chose to live in Montpelier during her year of studies at VLS. It was another right fit.
"I was pretty plugged in to the nonprofits there," she says, noting that the small state capital was rich with people who shared her zeal for advocacy and fundraising.
In the years that followed, Wenrich strung together an impressive list of fellowships and institute work while holding down full-time (and paid) positions, first as an advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and later as legislative and policy coordinator at the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.
Moving on to serve as development director at Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, she led a $3.7 million capital campaign and laid the groundwork for her current position with NWF, where she heads up the major gifts program and directs six gift officers for the conservation group, which boasts more than four million members, partners, and supporters.
It is another right fit in Wenrich's big evolution, a fit that keeps her close to the environment and getting paid to do what she loves doing.
It all hit home for Wenrich when she recently traveled to Greenland with a dozen NWF donors and board members to view, up close, the effects of climate change.
"I'm pretty studied on global warming, but it is easy to separate your heart from your mind," she says. "Seeing the impact really got my heart in the game. It helped me see how imminent the threat is."


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Number of animals being transported: 1
Breeds, weight, age: 10 year old shepherd/hound mix
Health Condition: blind in one eye; partial vision in other; no other medical issues
Heart worm Status: very light positive; started on oral treatment
Vaccinations: current on everything
Health Certificate: will accompany dog on flight
Spay/Neutered: no
Special needs: vision impaired
Name of Sending Rescue/Parties Ruf Creek Ranch Rescue (sending - Joy Frannicola)
Name of Receiving Rescue/Parties: Angels Among Us Rescue (receiving - Cindy Olweiler)
Contact information (publicly viewable on forum): Joy - email@example.com; Cindy - email@example.com
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Additional Info/situation: Hershey was dumped from a vehicle like a piece of garbage. He was picked up and cared for by a good samaritan until she had to leave town and then contacted Ruf Creek. He's been vetted, brought current on all shots and deworming, and placed in foster care. Hes a sweet boy who gets along with everyone. He's gaining weight, and will be ready to go to his new home any time after 4/13/13.


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Introduction to the MeeGo Software Platform
On February 15, 2010, the world's largest chip manufacturer, Intel, and the world's largest mobile handset manufacturer, Nokia, announced joining their existing open-source projects (Moblin and Maemo, respectively) to form a new project called MeeGo, hosted at the Linux Foundation. This article provides an introduction to the MeeGo Project, a brief overview of the MeeGo architecture, the benefits the MeeGo platform offers to various players in the ecosystem and discusses the role of the Linux Foundation as the project's host.
MeeGo is a Linux-based platform that is capable of running on multiple computing devices, including handsets, Netbooks, tablets, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The primary goal of the Maemo and Moblin Projects' merger was to unify the Moblin and Maemo communities' efforts and enable a next-generation open-source Linux platform suited for a variety of client devices. Most important, MeeGo will be doing this while maintaining freedom for innovation, continuing the tradition of community involvement (inherited from Maemo and Moblin), accelerating time to market for a new set of applications, services and user experiences.
MeeGo is a full open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation and governed according to best practices of open-source development. As with other true open-source projects, technical decisions are made based on technical merit of the code contributions being made.—Ari Jaaksi, Vice President of MeeGo Devices, Nokia.
With the merger, the MeeGo Project has the opportunity to expand market opportunities significantly on a wide range of devices. It also will provide a rich cross-platform development environment, so applications can span multiple platforms. Additionally, it will unify developers, providing a wealth of applications and services. Such opportunities were out of reach for Maemo and Moblin individually. MeeGo will support multiple chip architectures (ARM and x86). Furthermore, with hundreds of developers working in the open on upstream projects first, from which MeeGo will be based, other mobile Linux platforms will benefit from MeeGo's contributions.
Maemo Background
The Maemo Project, initially created by Nokia (www.maemo.org), provided a Linux-based software stack that runs on mobile devices. The Maemo platform is built in large part with open-source components, and its SDK provides an open development environment for applications on top of the Maemo platform. A series of Nokia Internet tablets with touchscreens have been built with the Maemo platform. The latest Maemo device is the Nokia N900 powered by Maemo 5, which introduced a completely redesigned finger-touch UI, cellular phone feature and live multicasting on the Maemo dashboard.
Moblin Background
The Moblin Project, short for Mobile Linux, is Intel's open-source initiative (www.moblin.org) created to develop software for smartphones, Netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems and other mobile devices. It is an optimized Linux-based platform for small computing devices. It runs on the Intel Atom, an inexpensive chip with low power requirements. A device running Moblin boots up quickly and can be on-line within a few seconds.
MeeGo provides a full open-source software stack from the core operating system up to the user interface libraries and tools. Furthermore, it offers user experience (UX) reference implementations and allows proprietary add-ons to be added by vendors to support hardware, services or customized user experiences. Figure 1 illustrates the MeeGo architecture, which is divided into three layers:
The MeeGo OS Base layer consists of the hardware adaptation software required to adapt MeeGo to support various hardware architectures and the Linux kernel and core services.
The MeeGo OS Middleware layer provides a hardware and usage model-independent API for building both native applications and Web runtime applications.
The MeeGo User Experience (UX) layer provides reference user experiences for multiple platform segments. The first UX reference implementation was released on May 25, 2010, for the Netbook UX. Other UX reference implementations will follow for additional supported device types.
A detailed discussion of the MeeGo software platform is available at meego.com/developers/MeeGo-architecture.
As mentioned earlier, the Netbook UX was the first reference implementation of a UX to become available for MeeGo. It delivers a wealth of Internet, computing and communication experiences with rich graphics, multitasking and multimedia capabilities, and it's highly optimized for power and performance. You can download the MeeGo Netbook images from meego.com, and run MeeGo on your Netbook. Figure 2 shows a screenshot of the Netbook UX featuring the MeeGo MyZone (the home screen).
Linux has become a key foundation for supporting today's rapidly growing IT environments. Linux is being used to deploy business applications and databases, trading on its reputation as a low-cost operating environment. For many IT organizations, Linux is a mainstay for deploying Web servers and has evolved from handling basic file, print, and utility workloads to running mission-critical applications and databases, physically, virtually, and in the cloud. As Linux grows in importance in terms of value to the business, managing Linux environments to high standards of service quality — availability, security, and performance — becomes an essential requirement for business success.
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