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Exterior of the first-floor Chapel of St. Michael, looking west from the south aisle. The chapel dates from the early 11th century and accessed via a narrow spiral staircase to the right of the narthex. It is the strongest part of the church and looks much like a castle with its strong masonry and arrow-slit windows (the ones visible from the west front). This chapel served not only as a spiritual sanctuary but also a place of refuge and defense during invasions, which were fairly frequent in the Middle Ages.
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Saint Peter Julian Eymard
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Dear Pete,
So how's your summer been going? Let me guess: you have a great tan, are in good physical shape, are regularly flirting with three or four very pretty girls, and have gotten to know certain houses by the beach extremely well Don't be shocked. I know you, and I know that when you go for two months without writing to your good old Uncle, it's because the sweet seductions of the world have made you forget about the struggle of the spirit. Don't worry, I have been praying for you and doing some penance for you as well. I just hope you haven't forsaken weekly Mass along with daily prayer. Your tan will fade, flirtations fizzle out, beaches get boring, but your friendship with Christ will keep your life fulfilling and exciting day after day, year after year, and into eternity. Get back in synch with the Eucharist, Pete, and the rest will fall into place.
That was today's saint's secret his love for the Eucharist. One day when he was only five years old his sister found him in church, perched on a stepladder behind the main altar, with his ear pressed up against the Tabernacle. She asked him what he was doing and he simply said that he wanted to get closer to the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist so he could hear "Him" better. Through the coming years St Peter would struggle mightily to make it through seminary, join one religious order, then start his own, and go against all odds to make it grow and take root in the Church, a religious order of priests dedicated to the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Troubles and opposition didn't faze him, though sickness and poverty plagued him, and he also founded a parallel order of nuns, an association of lay people, and another association of diocesan clergy, all dedicated to adoring our Lord in the Eucharist. He wore himself out and died at the age of 57.
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LOVES IT SO MUCH – This is one of my favorite places to eat, ever. The food is amazing, the ambiance is awesome and entertaining and informative all at the same time, and the owners are really nice and are there often. They have their own beer, Sherpa Ale, which is [i wish i could drop the f-bomb here] awesome and I never go there [even when I just pick up a call in order] without grabbing a Sherpa Ale. And I love to over-order and eat it cold and/or warmed up, its so good.
nepal is not india – why is boulder the only place in the world where indian tibetan and nepalese food is thought of as one food, WRONG. Im Indian and know for a fact that nepalese people do not use half the spices we do i india, and its like saying french food is same as spanish food because they share a border,WRONG
great food, amazing atmosphere – I absolutely love going to Sherpas, especially for their lunch special. I always ask for the food to be spicier because Nepalese food is much milder than I'd like, but it is always delicious. The staff is friendly and you can always get great mountaineering stories from them. Highly recommended!
So much good Indian food in Boulder and this is not it – I love indian food, both nothern and southern. Himalayan food is very much related to northern indian food or is it that northern indian food is very much related to himalayan food??? Either way, it is delicious.
So I've been around this town long enough that I still miss Nancy's but I am always willing to try new Indian food. So I went to Sherpa's for lunch with a friend and it is still the same quirky layout of an old house. I ordered the Aloo Gobi, I think this is a simple standard dish, very popular. I also ordered Garlic Naan and some Chai. I do not remember what my lunch date ordered, sorry. The food was okay and I do not remember anything negative about the service so in all it was okay. Indian food is about the spices and potato and cauliflower without spices is bland.
The problem I have is that Himalays (best chai on the planet) down the street and Tandori Grill in south Boulder both have better food. So unless you are looking to eat Indian/Himalayan food outside or in a quirky house there are better choices in this town.
Intresting dinner – I went to this place a couple night ago for a friends b-day party. I myself have never been there, so I had no expectations about it. The food was decent, a nice blend of Tibetan and Indian. It might of been cause it was a big party, but the service was so so, bordering on the slow part. The redeaming feature of this place is the location and ambiance. The place is in a house, near Pearl Street walking mall. I am willing to give this place a second chance, this time with a date.
NOT the best Indian food...not the best any kind of food – My husband and I ate at Sherpa's last night, hoping that it deserved the 9.1 rating that it got on this site. Anyway, we were thoroughly disappointed. The service was okay, but the food simply did not taste like Indian food. We ordered our usual Chicken Tikka Masala "spicy", but the dish did not have ANY spice at all and lacked the wonderful tandoori flavor that we've grown accustomed to with this dish. And the chicken itself was flavorless and tough. We also ordered the vegetable curry "spicy", and again, no spice! And this dish actually tasted a little like Chinese food. Nothing against Chinese food, but we came to this place to eat Indian! We will not be going back. We did think that their naan was good, but it's not a good sign when the naan was the best part of our dinner!
Never Disappointing! – I have been to Sherpa's countless times, with one to six people, and never with a bad experience. The food is actually Nepalese and Indian, and Sherpa's serves Yak. It is a great place to go for vegitarian or vegan (fewer options) eating as well. The value is amazing--it is a moderately priced place sit-down dining place, amazing for Pearl! Their wine list is pretty bad, I have to admit. However, it is not trying to be a fine wine dining experience, so it's okay as long as you know in advance.
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Each room in this converted Victorian is a dining area, from tiny cubbyholes to group-sized spaces. A lush, tree-filled patio wraps around the entire house. A comfortable bar allows you to chat with staff over a bottomless cup of spicy chai. Various imported beers are also available.
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The chef strives for simple, hearty fare native to Tibet, Nepal and India. Most dishes offer several meat choices, and many can be served vegetarian. Creamy saag arrives brilliantly green with freshly cut spinach. Rich lamb vindaloo melts in the mouth as if the meat has been simmering for hours. Tibetan momos stuffed with vegetables, chicken or beef are similar to Japanese dumplings with slightly thicker dough, while samosas come with a buttery, pastry-like crust. Rice biryani and Tibetan noodles don't fare as well, suffering from a lack of flavor. Finish with a rich lashi drink--fruit blended with yogurt into a smooth, addictive drink.
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Seelig created the fledgling enzyme by using directed evolution in the laboratory. Working with colleague Gianluigi Veglia, graduate student Fa-An Chao, and other team members, he subsequently determined its structure, which made its debut December 9 as an advance online publication in Nature Chemical Biology. Lab tests show that the enzyme (a type of RNA ligase, which connects two RNA molecules) functions like natural enzymes although its structure looks very different and it is flexible rather than rigid. Seelig speculates the new protein resembles primordial enzymes, before their current structures evolved.
Seelig and Veglia are professors in the College of Biological Sciences, where Fa-An Chao is a graduate student. Both faculty members have appointments in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics and Seelig is member of the BioTechnology Institute.
While a handful of groups worldwide are developing artificial enzymes, they use rational design to construct the proteins on computers. Instead, the Seelig lab employs directed evolution. "To my knowledge, our enzyme is the only entirely artificial enzyme created in a test tube by simply following the principles of natural selection and evolution," he says.
Rational enzyme design relies on preconceived notions of what a new enzyme should look like and how it should function. In contrast, directed evolution involves producing a large quantity of candidate proteins and screening several generations to produce one with the desired function. With this approach, the outcome isn't limited by current knowledge of enzyme structure.


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There is a brother & sister from West Branch High School who have both made first team all conference if golf (believe this a first in school history). Austin is a senior & his sister Ashley is a sophmore. Both Astin & Ashley have had great golf seasons this year & both are one of the top golfers on their respective teams. Way to go Austin & Ashley you deserved some recognition.
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Wow, time is flying by-I can't believe it's June!
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More than just a tiny hideaway, this classic taco house is where Mexican nationals stop for a bite of home when they tire of the Tex-Mex version. The menu is in English and Spanish, but don't expect the staff--usually the owner's family--to respond if you talk like an Anglo. Point to what you want and be thrilled when you get it. With the out-of-the-way location, near Interstate 10 on Hildebrand Avenue, there's hardly ever a wait. But get there early, because in true taquería fashion, the place closes after lunch.
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Freshly cut avocados, handmade pico de gallo and tacos stuffed with chorizo and egg or thinly sliced, aromatic lengua (beef tongue) make the textures and flavors as south-of-the-border as San Antonio gets. In addition to the tacos, a variety of combination plates are available.
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Overview : Yosemite Point (6,939 ft.), a mountain cliff stands right to Yosemite Fall , provides great and unobstructed views on the Yosemite... more »
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Tips: The trail is hot to hike during summers so make sure you bring a lot of water with you.
Locate the Camp 4 kiosk and follow the trail signs nearby for Upper Yosemite Falls trail head. You will take Upper Yosemite Falls trail to the top of valley and then continue hiking on North Dome trail for Yosemite Point. From the trail head, the trail starts with a series of switchbacks. Continue hiking on the trail until you arrive at Columbia... More
After departing from Columbia Rock, you immediately hike up into the landslide area above. Use cautions here as the sand on the trail is quiet slippery. After another 10 minutes of ascending, reaching the elevatoin of 5,200 feet, the trail begins to descend for about 200 feet in elevaton before you meet the lower gate of Upper Yosemite Fall Trail.
After passing the lower gate, the trail becomes flat for about 500 feet before it ascends again. Here is also the best place to take shots of Upper Yosemite Fall and enjoy the moisture from it. After leaving the comfort of soothing moisture, you continue hiking up toward the walls of Eagle Tower with more switchbacks, steepier and totally exposed ... More
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"One of the most prevalent misconceptions about maltreated children is that the abuse will be visible or that a child will talk about the maltreatment. While some children who are the victims of physical abuse do have visible marks, many victims do not. Victims of sexual and psychological abuse oftentimes have no physical symptoms. In addition, many, if not most, victims do not tell about their maltreatment." - Monica McCoy, co-author of Child Abuse and Neglect, 2nd Edition.
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Claire Hughes' book Social Understanding and Social Lives: From Toddlerhood Through to the Transition to School was awarded the British Psychological Society's 2013 Book Award (Academic Monograph category). It is now available in paperback.
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Logical thinking is a critically important cognitive skill. It is not just essential for mathematical and scientific understanding, it is also of prime importance when trying to navigate our complex and increasingly sophisticated world. Written by world class researchers in the field, The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making describes the ways that children learn to reason, and how reasoning can be used to overcome the influence of beliefs and intuitions.
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Corey Seapy is a graduate assistant in instrumental conducting at the Ithaca College School of Music, where he studies with Stephen Peterson and Jeffery Meyer. Prior to arriving in Ithaca, he served as Director of Bands at Georgetown Middle/High School in northeastern Massachusetts, where he led four concert bands, two jazz bands, marching band, musicals, and taught music electives. He also conducted the Northeast Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble and was Assistant Conductor of the Gordon College Wind Ensemble. He is a graduate of Gordon College, where he earned a B.M. in Music Education in 2008.
Corey is a clarinet and saxophone player and has performed in a wide variety of classical and jazz settings. He taught clarinet for two summers at Camp Encore/Coda in Sweden, Maine, and taught woodwinds privately for six years in the Boston area. Since turning his attention to conducting, he has participated in masterclasses with Glen Adsit, Frank Battisti, Michael Haithcock, Jerry Junkin, Craig Kirchoff, Anthony Maiello, Alan McMurray, Stephen Peterson, and Mallory Thompson. Corey is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and the National Association for Music Education.


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1. OG: Zack Martin, Notre Dame
2. ILB: Chris Borland, Wisconsin
3. TE: C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa
4. DT: Daniel McCullers, Tenn
5. FS: Kenny Ladler, Vanderbilt
6. QB: Connor Shaw, South Carolina
7. RB: Isaiah Crowell, RB, Alabama State
For battery........yeeeeesh.
There sure are a lot of idiots in sports.
It's time to be successful Coach Philbin. Have you decided what you should master yet? It's time to step up Mr. Tannehill, you're starting year three too.
They interviewed the cab driver on the local news down here.
This is not what it seems. It is very unfortunate for Amaya.
The cab picked up Amaya at a club and was driving him back to the Weston area, now get this. The cab driver didn't like the way Amaya was talking to someone on his CELL phone!
He asked him who he was talking to, then told him he was taking him back to the beach. Amaya naturally blew up once the cab driver tried to unload him back at the beach.
Hey Junc,, speaking of classy teams, where is Sal Alosi these days??? And Rex had no clue what was going on huh???? Also, who was the Jet DB that brought the loaded rifle to the game in the back of his SUV.. can't remember his name..
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Nosodes offer no protection against disease. They are not effective in preventing, treating or curing any of the maladies for which they are marketed. There is no sound, peer-reviewed evidence that they help stop the spread or progression of disease. This is so well known that the British Homeopathic Association has said the following: "There is no evidence to suggest homeopathic vaccinations can protect against contagious diseases. We recommend people seek out the conventional treatments."
With that grim fact out of the way, what is Health Canada doing approving ineffective vaccines for sale.
On its website when talking about natural products, it declares: "To be licensed in Canada, natural health products must be safe, effective, of high quality and carry detailed label information to let people make safe and informed choices."


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WHAT'S NEW Long a mecca for insurance meeting planners because of its welcoming beaches and seemingly unlimited entertainment possibilities, Southern California is in the midst of a building expansion. Topping the list is Anaheim's $4.2 billion resort complex, featuring a new Disney theme park known as Disney's California Adventure and a massive expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center. Not to be left behind, Los Angeles is building a feast of new museums and entertainment centers, of which perhaps the most anticipated is a $567 million entertainment complex embracing Hollywood Boulevard and the historic Mann's Chinese Theatre.
Meeting planners looking for interesting venues may want to enquire about a pair of new museums: the Los Angeles Police Department Historic Museum and Community Education Center (opening this year) and the Hollywood History Museum (opening in 2002).
I WAS THERE San Diego proved an irresistible winter destination for the annual communications meeting of the National Fraternal Congress of America, a group of not-for-profit insurance companies. The congress held its February 2000 conference at the Catamaran Resort Hotel at Mission Bay, according to David Rustad, manager of public relations for the congress. Drawn by such attractions as the beaches, Sea World, and golf courses, more attendees than usual brought their spouses and children.
The prices "were very competitive with the other cities we looked at, and traffic was not an issue," Rustad said. Unfortunately, the 75 attendees did run into one glitch: the weather. San Diego's normal sunshine gave way to persistent rain during the conference, forcing the cancellation of the group's whale-watching tour. But Rustad, coming from Minnesota in February, said he couldn't complain about temperatures in the 60s.
MY FAVORITE EVENT Carolyn Davis of PGI-San Diego likes to take groups south of the border for a day of relaxation along the coast, followed by bargain shopping. The drive through Rosarito, Mexico, takes visitors along beautiful coastline, where, she says, "all you see is the ocean."
In the evening, she recommends a hangar party at the Marine Corps' Air Station Miramar, where scenes of the movie Top Gun were filmed.
Ken Smith of PGI-Palm Springs suggests off-roading or hot-air ballooning outside that desert city. A favorite evening venue is the Palm Springs Air Museum, which can hold more than 1,000 people for a USO show.
"It's the most beautiful drive, because it's all coastal. All you see is the ocean."
— Carolyn Davis, PGI-San Diego, on taking groups south of the border.
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San Diego bills itself as the birthplace of California. Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed in what is now San Diego Bay and claimed the region for Spain in 1542. The 1874 Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro is said to be the world's only remaining wooden lighthouse.
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Expanded • Anaheim is finishing a $4.2 billion redevelopment project, including Disney's California Adventure and an entertainment district called Downtown Disney. The expanded Anaheim Convention Center now features 1 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space.
New • Disney's much-anticipated Grand Californian Hotel opened its doors in January. On the grounds of Disney's California Adventure, it offers 750 rooms and 22,000 square feet of meeting space.
New • In Huntington Beach, Hilton is opening the Ocean Grand Resort & Conference Center this year, with 500 rooms and 5,200 square feet of meeting and event space.
Expanded • The Four Seasons Newport Beach has added a 10,000-square-foot special event and banquet venue.
New • U.S. hotelier Andre Balazs is converting the former Bank of California building into a new Standard hotel. Located near the downtown Staples Center, it will have a spa, gym, and pool, and it will include an unusual feature — a set of oversized rooms with nine-foot beds that can accommodate professional basketball players. The property will open this summer.
New • A 1,200-room Los Angeles Convention Center headquarters hotel is expected to open in 2004. It will be part of the L.A. Entertainment District, which will include an outdoor plaza and a 375,000-square-foot business, retail, and entertainment complex.
New • The 150-room El Dorado Hotel is opening this summer as part of a renovation of the Old Bank District.
New • The 114-suite Renaissance Hollywood Hotel is opening late this year. The luxury property will feature about 23,000 square feet of meeting space and a 25,000-square-foot ballroom. It also will house the 3,500-seat Kodak Theatre, which is the new home of the Academy Awards presentations.
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A 3-person version of the award-winning Hubba Hubba backpacking tent, the MSR Mutha Hubba features two stay-dry entrances with ample vestibules and an extended interior space through unique, freestanding pole design.
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The Mt. Lebanon school board voted to move ahead with a proposed $6 million capital campaign at its March 18 meeting, selecting fundraising consultant Pursuant Ketchum as campaign counsel. Pursuant Ketchum conducted the original feasibility study for the campaign in the fall of 2012. The firm will aid in selecting a campaign manager, as well as guiding subsequent fundraising efforts.
The district's initial outlay for the campaign is estimated at around $184,000.
Critically, however, this will not be a cash expenditure. Jan Klein, director of fiscal services, explained the initial expense will be funded as a loan from the district's general fund. This will then be repaid with campaign proceeds at a later date. The outlay for the campaign would therefore not impact the district's operating budget for the 2013-2014 school year.
Board vice-president Lawrence Lebowitz, chair of the board's revenue generation committee, said, "We've talked about creating a culture of giving here in Mt. Lebanon. This is a step toward that. There are risks, but I think the upside is outstanding."
The next steps will be to hire a campaign manager and to begin putting a volunteer organization into place.
Also during the meeting, the board delved deeper into its budget quandary, with board members advancing a number of ideas for budget cuts.
Most board members rejected the idea of closing an elementary school. They were split on other options, including the possibility of reducing librarians' hours and reducing the scope of the elementary foreign language programs.
The majority of the board was in favor of at least exploring the elimination of a teacher in-service day, as well as closing a school for a week during the summer months.
Other suggestions receiving less attention included having elementary school teachers assume responsibility for teaching health; examining the impact of increased class sizes at the secondary level; even offering athletes the chance to opt out of gym classes.
Yet there is still disagreement on the overall scope of cuts that should be made.
"Most of these cuts impact programming," said board member Mary Birks. "I don't feel comfortable with programming cuts. That means furloughs." She said she would prefer the budget rely more on a millage increase than cuts to make up the budget shortfall.
Board member Bill Cooper echoed her statements. "Here in Mt. Lebanon our business is education. People don't move here for big houses on lots of land. They move here for the schools."
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There may be a slight stinging or pricking sensation when blood is drawn, but this is usually mild and brief.
This test is used to help diagnose myasthenia gravis
Normally, there is no acetylcholine receptor antibody (or less than 0.05 nmol/L) in the bloodstream.
Note: nmol = nanomole
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The example above shows the common measurement for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
An abnormal result means acetylcholine receptor antibody has been detected in your blood. It confirms the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis in people who have symptoms. Nearly half of people with myasthenia gravis limited to their eye muscles (ocular myasthenia gravis) have this antibody in their blood.
However, the lack of this antibody does not rule out myasthenia gravis. About 1 in 5 people with myasthenia gravis do not have signs of this antibody in their blood.
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
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Crying in His Custard Part II
Looking at the responses I received to my previous post "Crying in His Custard", I thought the "Lower Taxes-Smartass" exchange between Vice President Joe Biden, and Kopp's Manager Scott Borkin, deserved a little more analysis (very little).
What if we changed the players just a little bit. We will leave Scott Borkin in as Kopp's Manager --- but we will construct 4 different scenarios, substituting the Vice President with Non Political figures.
Happy July and a fun new restaurant to try
Happy July and what a beautiful weekend we had in Milwaukee! I hope everyone had a great 4th and enjoyed the parade, Klode and the fireworks.
On Friday we went to a new restaurant, The Horny Goat Hideaway, located at 2011 S. 1st Street, Milwaukee. You can travel there by car or boat and bring a volleyball because they have beautiful sand volleyball courts. On Friday, the wait was about an hour but the bar is open and airy so the hour passed quickly. Our group tried the pizza, wings, nachos and fries and all were excellent. We ran into another WFB group who traveled by boat, and they raved about the burgers served on pretzel buns. Horny Goat Beer was very good too!
Crossing the street?
Is it a Safe Bet for Northshore Suburbs (or other governments) to Finance New Commercial Building ?
Following is what some of the experts think of the Present Commercial RE Market -- and What the Future Portends:
If There's A Bottom In Sight For Commercial Real Estate, We Can't See It
In little ol' Shorewood.
Urban design? What about the economy?
THE ILLUSION: the walkable community. THE DISILLUSION: walking home to a BASEMENT FULL OF SEWAGE BACKUP.
Heading to the Beach?
Summer Margarita Recipe
The weather forecast for the next week is HOT! I like hot but not being stuck inside with the AC cranked all day! Around 7pm or so the weather cools off a little and everyone emerges from inside. Try this recipe for Margaritas for a refreshing cocktail and friends will be on your patio right away!
(I love this recipe because the result is not too sweet)
1/2 can frozen limeade
1 beer
triple sec
lime juice
Scoop 1/2 of a can of frozen limeade into a blender. Add 1/2 cup beer, splash of triple sec, 3/4 cup tequila and a splash of lime juice. Add ice and blend. Serve.
In the late 50's and early '60's in New York City, my husband Adolph's work was 2-dimensional. Well, not completely. He was applying oil paints to giant canvasses with a palette knife, thick dollops of bright color that captured the energy and excitement of big city life. Finally he gave up the canvas and the oils for wax, then bronze, and then settled on clay.
We brought the early paintings with us when we moved to Milwaukee, but we've never shown them here. Until now. They're featured in the Rosenblatt Gallery's revolving exhibit space, and once you see them you'll understand his body of work a little differently. You might sense the influence of colorist Josef Albers, with whom Adolph studied at Yale. You'll see that sculpting in monochrome couldn't satisfy Adolph for long: he loves color too much. And from these monumental yet intricate paintings, you'll realize that in his life as sculptor, he was destined to to do monumental yet intricate works, like the Oriental Pharmacy Lunch Counter and My Balcony. In fact you can wander back and forth between the room full of paintings and the room full of sculptures and contemplate the relationship, the continuity of color, of images, of interest in how we live our lives.
Sewer backup. What is the response of community officials?
Put on the table what some residents are experiencing in their basements. (Check previous postings).
Village Board members have presented us with enough excuses for not eliminating sewage backups. Can they keep charging us for taking away sewage while dumping it back into our basements?
Overflowing sewers.
Flooding with Friendship
It is hard to think of hosting a party as you walk through Whitefish Bay and see the basement treasures of so many people on the curb. The flooding made a mess for a lot of residents. Our basement was ok but looking at all of the loss has encouraged me to clean out my basement and keep only what I use and not what I will someday use. I had stored chargers that I bought for a great deal to use for Christmas or Valentine's day - still stored and never used after 5 years while my daughters American Girl Dolls were on the floor. Time to reorganize. I would hate to lose those dolls.
Flood your neighbors with friendship by inviting them to dinner. Here is a quick and easy recipe that is yummy and peaches are perfect right now.


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Are we under attack by "non-native" species? Should we care?
"That kind of information is dangerous," scolded Jodi Cassell. Cassell, who works with the California Sea Grant Extension program, was speaking at a symposium on "Alien Species in Coastal Waters: What Are the Real Ecological and Social Costs?" at the February American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Washington, D.C. She wasn't alone in her alarm. "We have members of the press here," warned a member of the audience. "I am very concerned that they might think that his view is the dominant view."
The target of this shushing was Mark Sagoff, a philosopher from the University of Maryland who has worked with Maryland's Sea Grant program to determine how the Chesapeake Bay's unique ecology defines a sense of place. Sagoff's sin? He'd had the temerity to point out the benefits that the much-loathed zebra mussels had brought to the Great Lakes.
Introduced via discharged ballast water from European freighters in the mid-1980s, zebra mussel populations have been exploding in the Great Lakes. Tens of thousands of the tiny, striped shellfish can occupy a square meter of any hard surface--like rocks, docks, and boat hulls. Observers initially feared that zebra mussels would clog water-intake pipes for municipalities and power plants and perhaps out-compete native shellfish for food. However, it turns out that the things are voracious "filter feeders." They strain algae and nutrients like fertilizer runoff from the lakes' waters. As a result, zebra mussels have played a significant role in improving water quality by clearing the lakes of polluting organic matter.
"There has been a striking difference in water clarity improving dramatically in Lake Erie, sometimes six to four times what it was before the arrival of the zebra mussels," according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. "With this increase in water clarity, more light is able to penetrate deeper allowing for an increase in macrophytes (aquatic plants). Some of these macrophyte beds have not been seen for many decades due to changing conditions of the lake mostly due to pollution. The macrophyte beds that have returned are providing cover and acting as nurseries for some species of fish." What's more, zebra mussels provide food and habitat for all sorts of native fish and ducks.
Having Sagoff point out such positive developments was more than his colleagues on the AAAS panel could bear. To them--and to most professional ecologists--zebra mussels are simply "bad." So too, say ecologists, are all other "non-native" or "invader" species that set up shop in ecosytems different from the ones in which they originated.
Why ecologists feel this way is no small matter. It is one of the hottest questions in contemporary ecology, and one which has tremendous policy implications: Should massive regulatory steps be taken to make sure "non-native species" are kept out of any given ecosystem? This is the same issue that the signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity are hashing out in Nairobi, Kenya, as this issue goes to print. The convention, an international agreement negotiated during the 1992 Earth Summit, is the first comprehensive global treaty to address all aspects of biological diversity, including genetic resources, species, and ecosystems. The results from Nairobi could well be the start of a global system for controlling non-native species. Delegates from 168 countries, including the U.S. (which has signed but not ratified the convention), are considering the "Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species" devised by the World Conservation Union earlier this year.
Among other things, these guidelines want to apply the very problematic "precautionary principle" to the introduction of alien species. (See "Precautionary Tale," April 1999.) The WCU provisions call for sanctions against people or companies that intentionally introduce species without the prior authorization of national "biosecurity" agencies. They further recommend establishing "appropriate fines, penalties or other sanctions to apply to those responsible for unintentional introductions through negligence and bad practice." The activities of transport companies would "be subjected to appropriate levels of monitoring and control" by the biosecurity bureaucracies. In other words, a decision to regulate non-native species will likely end up regulating international trade, too.
The two basic positions regarding the debate over non-native species were laid out in clear relief at the AAAS meeting. So were the essentially aesthetic underpinnings of those who would devote huge resources to keeping "invaders" out of a given ecosystem. Panelist David Pimentel, an ecologist at Cornell, estimated that efforts to clear zebra mussels from municipal and city water-intake pipes, boat hulls, and docks cost about $200 million a year. Pimentel noted that he and his colleagues have "conservatively" estimated that the 50,000 non-native species introduced into this continent were costing the American economy $137 billion per year. Jodi Cassell and like-minded audience members were clearly worried that if the Sagoffs of the world go around talking about the benefits as well as the costs of non-native species, they might undermine efforts to extirpate invader species from our shores.
Sagoff countered by pointing out that even Pimentel admits that the vast majority of introduced species do not have adverse costs. Pimentel's "50,000" is just a big scare number, noted Sagoff. "Besides, more than 60 percent of insect pests are native. So why single out non-natives in toting up the costs?"
There's another important point worth making on behalf of the invaders: We have reaped enormous benefits from non-native species. Ninety-nine percent of crop plants in the United States are non-native, as are all our livestock except the turkey. "There is no basis in either economic or ecological theory for preferring native species over non-native species," said Sagoff. He further challenged his fellow panelists to name any specifically ecological criterion by which scientists can objectively determine whether an ecosystem whose history they don't know has been invaded or not. Are invaded ecosystems less productive? No. Are they less species-rich? No. And so on. Tellingly, the panelists had to agree that there is no objective criterion for distinguishing between "disturbed" ecosystems and allegedly pristine ones.
Despite that inability, the Convention on Biological Diversity's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice stipulated last year that "it is important to differentiate between natural invasions and human introductions of species."
Why? From a strictly ecological point of view, should we care whether a species arrives on a piece of driftwood or on a cargo boat? Why not just regard the introduction of non-native species as fascinating experiments? Science magazine estimated last year that 99 percent of all the biomass--that is, the total of all living matter--in some parts of the San Francisco Bay belongs to non-native species. Yet native species continue to live in the Bay. University of California at Davis evolutionary biologist Geerat Vermeij concluded in a 1991 Science article: "Invasion usually results in the enrichment of biotas [the total flora and fauna] of continents and oceans." In layman's terms, introducing species tends to raise the total number of species living in a given ecosystem, not decrease it.
Most recorded extinctions are of species confined to oceanic islands which cannot compete with introduced continental species or humanity's habitat changes. For example, the brown tree snake came to Guam from New Guinea or the Solomon Islands during World War II. (They apparently hitched a ride on either Allied or Japanese ships or planes.) The birds and lizards of Guam were not adapted to snake predators and so were decimated by this alien species. However, continental species are better able to weather invasions. Even the Convention on Biological Diversity's Subsidiary Body concedes, "There are no records of global extinction of a continental species as a result of invasive species."
Of course, that isn't to say that non-native species don't sometimes cause economic harm. Take the case of the American chestnut. There was a time when it was said that an enterprising squirrel could travel from Maine to Georgia on the interlocking branches of chestnut trees. Yet an introduced fungus killed off nearly all of them before 1950.
The loss of American chestnuts was economically damaging, but the ecological costs are much less clear. The disappearance of such a dominant tree species from the Appalachians might have been expected to have had far more major consequences for the survival of other species in the ecosystem than it apparently has had. If the fungus had arrived before European settlers, it is unlikely that the absence of chestnuts would even have been noted.
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