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Hey Everybody,
I thought I'd pass along some info that fell in my lap yesterday.
I work for Hot Topic ( I manage the store in the Media City Center in Burbank, CA.)anyways I'm a huge SW fan and everybody I work with knows it.
One of the buyers contacted me and let me know that in March we will be getting a cool new Clone Wars Yoda T-shirt. The great thing about the shirt is that it has Yoda pointing and it says " Pull my finger".
How great is that?
Let me know what you think and if you have any other ideas for T- shirts I can pass them along.
Sorry I already suggested he change "finger" to "saber"! HA!

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If you breathe a foreign object into your nose, mouth, or
If you swallow a foreign object, it can get stuck along the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This can lead to an infection or blockage or tear in the GI tract
Obstructed airway; Blocked airway
Children age 1 to 3 are most like to swallow or breathe in a foreign object. These items may include a coin, marble, pencil eraser, buttons, beads, or other small items or foods.
Young children can easily breathe in certain foods (such as nuts, seeds, and popcorn) and small objects (such as buttons and beads). This may cause a partial or total airway blockage.
If the object passes through the esophagus (food tube) and into the stomach without getting stuck, it will probably pass through the entire GI tract.
Sometimes, only minor symptoms are seen at first,. The object may be forgotten until symptoms such as inflammation, or infection develop.
Any child who may have breathed in (inhaled) an object should be seen by a doctor. Children with obvious breathing trouble may have a total airway blockage that requires emergency medical help.
If choking or coughing goes away, and the child does not have any other symptoms, he or she should be watched for signs and symptoms of infection or irritation. X-rays may be needed.
Bronchoscopy may be needed to confirm the diagnosis and to remove the object. Antibiotics and breathing therapy may be needed if infection develops.
Any child who is believed to have swallowed a foreign object should be watched for pain, fever, vomiting, or local tenderness. Stools (bowel movements) should be checked to see if the object exited the body. This may sometimes cause rectal or anal bleeding.
Even sharp objects (such as pins and screws) usually pass through the GI tract without complications. X-rays are sometimes needed, especially if the child has pain or the object does not pass within 4 to 5 days.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) may be needed to confirm the diagnosis and remove the object. This procedure involves placing a tube through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract.
In severe cases, surgery may be needed to remove the object.
DO NOT force feed infants who are crying or breathing rapidly.
Call a health care provider or local emergency number (such as 911) if you think a child has inhaled or swallowed a foreign object.
Thomas SH, White BA. Foreign bodies. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 57.
Munter,DW. Esophageal Foreign Bodies. In: Roberts JR, Hedges, JR, eds. Roberts: Clinical Proceduresin Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa. Saunders Elsevier; 2009: chap 39.
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"To J-hook or not to J-hook?", that is the question. And from it, we have Hasbro's answers to SSG questions for April 8th, 2010. Thanks again to Hasbro for the answers, to all the folks who sent in questions and especially those who voted on them. Here come Hasbro's answers.
Hasbro Q&A for the week of April 8th, 2010SSG: With the reveal of the Vintage Collection cardbacks using the classic Kenner styling, there's one oddity which doesn't fit with modern retail. The previous Vintage-style cardbacks came in clamshells that had J-hooks, but this new line has no clamshells and the samples you've shown have no J-hooks, only punch-through hanger holes with plastic reinforcement on the back. Isn't this a risky gamble, making it harder for consumers to get to product and for employees trying to restock? Was this considered, and if so, why was the decision made to stay with the old-style hangers?
Hasbro: It was not without discussion that we decided to do this, since we know that it could make getting at a figure on a peg behind several other figures somewhat tedious, and a potential risk for consumers pulling them off pegs forcefully. The decision was made to stay with the old-style punched because we feel the cards look best and most true to Vintage that way. They have been reinforced with a custom plastic tab to ensure that they won't be easily damaged by being pulled off pegs, but we still have the issue of impatient consumers not willing to take figures off to get to the one they want as well as for employees restocking.
SSG: Snowspeeder Luke is an amazing figure, but collectors have numerous issues and are wondering if they might be addressed on a future re-release. Issues including the awkward hand poses, the wrong saber hilt (again), no lit lightsaber, no way to plug the saber hilt into the belt, no way to hook the grappling gun onto the belt, the thermal cap on the head that disappears and reappears throughout the character wearing this costume on Hoth and Dagobah, the raised helmet visor in the AT-AT attack, and even Luke not wearing his gloves in the costume on Dagobah. Let me state again, fans love this figure overall, it's just that they love it so much they've taken a hard look and see the issues as they stand. So, will any or all of those issues be addressed on a future re-release of this figure?
Hasbro: We are glad to hear that you and many of the fans like the figure. Currently we do not have a plan to release another new Hoth Luke in the immediate future but we do plan on doing other Luke figures. We can look to address the lightsaber hilt issue. We do appreciate all the comments and feedback which helps us to improve our products and when we do revise the Hoth figure in the future we will definitely look at making some if not all the improvements you suggest.
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And our questions at CollectionStation.com:
- The Dark Trooper, across its 4 figures and 3 phases, always seems to have underwhelming release scenarios. Both phase II releases (the '98 EU wave, and TAC's re-release Saga Legends wave) were headaches to track down; the phase III was spread across expensive exclusive sets so it cost $85 to build, and its repaint was canceled; and now the phase I is stuck in the end-of-the-line wave that has been repurposed to low-production TRU-exclusivity. Clearly, the Dark Trooper has among the worst luck of all Star Wars figures. Has there been any thought to releasing a multi-pack of the 3 Dark Trooper figures together so that collectors finally can army-build the characters they want? Or if that won't fly, maybe you could pack in that new and also hard-to-get Kyle Katarn figure with them and have a Dark Forces theme set?
- The Resurgence of the Jedi battle pack has a new ANH Luke Skywalker and already fans are enjoying the new likeness and the torso design, but the other elements have some issues. The VOTC Luke's legs were used here, and they seem too small for this figure, underproportioned compared to the upper body. Also, the plastic "skirt" is rather stiff, preventing the figure from sitting down, extra frustrating since this scene he's sitting down most of the time. And the head deco is odd, cast in white plastic and then painted. Might a future ANH Luke figure address these problems while still using the head and torso sculpts?
- It's been 6 years since the last Luke Hoth Gear figure. While that was a nifty item for its time, its sculpt and articulation is specific to 1 part of the movie. Any chance of us getting an updated Luke Hoth, perhaps with a swappable likeness to represent before and after the Wampa attack? We know you usually would prefer to do this via a running change, but after the myriad of running-change-figure problems you had recently, that seems like a troubled route to take, especially with an important character such as this.
- In a recent Q&A, you stated that you weren't going to be bringing back the POTF collector coins for the foreseeable future, which meant no reusing the POTF card style. This shoots down hope of seeing vintage updates of the "last 15" POTF figures on their original cards. While we understand the reluctance to revisit coins, if you were planning to update any of the original POTF figures under the "Vintage Collection" line, would you merely put them on their corresponding movie cards? In other words, figures like Yak Face, Barada, General Lando, etc., would be placed on ROTJ cards; while figures like Luke Stormtrooper or an Imperial Gunner could go on 1978-styled Star Wars cards? Or are those "last 15" POTF characters off-limits to The Vintage Collection because of their original cards?


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I would describe Timothy Green's life as more twee than odd. In another case of a couple plagued by childlessness (why is this a trend?), Cindy (Jennifer Garner) and Jim (Joel Edgerton) Green decide to act on their thwarted desire by writing down all the clichés of what the perfect kid might be, putting them in a wooden box, and burying it in the backyard. Rain falls and out pops a mud-caked little boy whom they name Timothy (CJ Adams) and who starts to fulfill all the qualities they put in the box, only tweaking them into clichés that are quirkier and more uplifting than the originals. It's kind of like a parental version of Ruby Sparks, but without agents or a publishing deal. And don't forget the kid's last name is "Green;" it means there's a subplot involving environmentalism. Not to mention the foliage that sprouts from Timothy's ankles, an ominous reminder of the tragic cycles of nature, and the formulaic resolutions of what passes for a modern-day fable.
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The guy was about to jump off of a cliff. We stood there and watched. "Do you think he'll die?", Zoe asked. Before I could answer he broke into a jog, big purposeful steps, and leaped far out into the air over the ocean some two hundred feet below.
A thing that happened a couple of weeks ago: it's 10:30 and the kids are asleep on air mattresses on the floor in my room. The New Normal, two nights a week, every other weekend. The trick is to tire them out, and so that day we'd gone to the park, to the library, and to the beach. There was running and there was throwing and there was climbing and there was reading and thus tired legs and arms and brains. The New Normal, and it's been ironically good - finding things to do on a single parent budget usually means going for the free stuff and the free stuff usually involves grass and sand and sunshine. I still haven't decided if I'm a shitty dad or not, here in the New Normal, but those nights when they sleep the sleep of what we call the Good Tired (the earned exhaustion following a lengthy session of running around outside and yelling just to yell because that's what's truly fun and good and right in life) I think that maybe I'm doing something right. There's a knock on the door and it seems louder than it is because sound carries differently across the apartment's bare walls, and also it's 10:30 at night, and who the fuck comes knocking at 10:30 at night? First I make sure that the bedroom door is shut. Then I open the door and as I do so I think you goddamn idiot opening the door at 10:30 at night you have two sleeping kids. I don't know who the guy standing there is, but I do know that he is either drunk or stoned, swaying back and forth in his shoes like he's on a boat at sea, looking past me, probably at nothing as the inebriated do
(but of course I can't help but think that his gaze is fixed upon the door to the room where my kids are sleeping)
and then he speaks. "Do you need some help?", he asks, and I respond with a stare
(and subconsciously I shift a bit, right foot back, left forward, slightly sideways so as to present less of a target and give myself a bit of leverage in case I need to take a swing at this fucked up asshole who's knocking at my door at 10:30 at night and I have two little kids asleep behind me)
and he asks again: "Do you need some help?"
"No. I don't. Thanks." I shut the door in his face. Lock both locks. Listen as he plods halfway down the stairs, stops, and then starts coming back up. My window is open - he can't get to it, it's away from the staircase, he'd fall two stories to pavement if he tried (and a part of me hopes that he does) - and I address him through it. "Go away. Or I call the fucking cops." No false bravado. My thumb is hovering over the iPhone's Emergency Call button. "Just wanted to say sorry, man", he slurs. "Fine. Thanks. Good night," I reply.
That night I sleep in the recliner in the front room, just in case. They pass through the night in sleep, oblivious.
The guy jumped off the cliff and disappeared and then his paragliding chute bit the air, riding an updraft, confusing the hell out of a passing cormorant. "WHOA!", yelled Lucas. "HE DIDN'T DIE!!", yells Zoe. We watched him make lazy arcs high above the sandy headlands of Torrey Pines until he got bored or tired and came in for a landing. "See how he pulls down on the lines? That's how you land." The kids looked at me, awaiting further explanation. "I don't really know if I can explain it. Physics. That's why he jumped. The world works in ways that can't be altered - parachutes open and they lift, you flare your chute like he did and you land, and so it's about as safe as jumping off of a cliff with a parachute can be, I guess." We headed to the tidepools. There were seals and sea lions and crabs and anemones, and the two of them spent the car ride home trying their best to say "anemones". I dropped them off at their mother's and headed back to the apartment. I thought about writing a blog post about What It All Meant, but decided against it. It was a good day, one they'd remember. I left it at that.


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Family: Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionid Bats view all from this family
Description A large Myotis with uniformly-colored gray or brown hairs on the back. Unique in having the wing membranes attached to the ankles rather than to the toes, and the calcar lacks a keel. Forearm 40-46mm. Hind feet are less haired than in the Little Brown Myotis.
Dimensions 80-96mm, 32-45mm, 4-6g
Endangered Status The Gray Myotis is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered throughout its range in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennesee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Such factors as disturbances from cave exploration, the opening of caves to the public, and the flooding of caves through dam-building have caused a serious decline in populations of this bat. When humans disturb bats in their caves, the agitated bats may accidentally drop their young to their deaths. Excessive harrassment will cause bats to leave a cave altogether; they are sometimes then forced to settle in a less suitable roosting spot. Although this bat declined by perhaps 50 percent in the late 20th century, thanks to its protected status, many of its populations appear to have stabilized.
Warning Bats are susceptible to rabies, a serious viral disease that results in death if untreated. Rabid bats rarely attack humans or other animals, but bats found lying on the ground may be rabid. Never touch or pick up any bat. Stay away from any animal that seems to be acting strangely and report it to animal-control officers. If you are bitten by a possibly rabid animal, you must immediately consult a doctor for a series of injections; there is no cure once symptoms emerge.
Habitat Canyons & caves, Lakes, ponds, rivers & streams
Range Plains, Great Lakes, Southeast
Discussion Females form large maternity colonies in caves in the summer. Endangered, virtually the entire population hibernates in nine caves in the southeastern United States. The Gray Myotis forages mainly over water and ranges over long distances from summer day roosts. Found primarily in karst areas with underlying limestone caves in the southeast and south-central U.S.


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Our vision is to build a stronger and more diverse atheist community. Our efforts will provide for a society where one can embrace the label "atheist", without the fear of being ostracized by family, friends, and members of their community. We envision a world where individuals embrace critical thinking, in lieu of faith.
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Admit it. If you're like most weekend warriors on the sailboat racing scene, chances are your pattern of activity during a regatta goes something like this: Day Onerace hard and then stand around rinsing down some alcoholic refreshment until its time to eat dinner and do a little more rinsing. Then you go to bed. Day TwoRepeat, rinse again, and so on. From a standpoint of physical conditioning, that behavior isn't too harmful for a brief duration, but over a weeklong regatta, it's nearly the quickest way to wear your body down. I'm speaking from experience here.
One of the best things about being a sailor is that you can pursue this pastime your whole life, well into your advanced years. But one of the worst things about the attendant regatta lifestyle is that there's an overwhelming emphasis on indulgent, even harmful practices that ultimately lessen your ability to perform well and may even cut into that septuagenarian sailing you were looking forward to.
Being in good physical condition is an imperative at the top levels of our sport, just witness any Volvo Ocean Race or America's Cup camp and you'll see that. And being in reasonable condition should be a priority for almost every sailorracer, cruiser, or daysailor. Imagine suffering a hernia as you try to get the staysail out of the lazarette 100 miles offshore en route to Panama. That's a scenario we'd all do a lot to avoid, or at least we like to think we'd do a lot to avoid it.
I remember crewing at a Farr 40 regatta last summer. On the first day of the event, we had two good heavy air races and then came back to the dock to clean up and debrief. Most of us were fairly spent, and after all the boat chores had been attended to, the beer came out. It tasted great. The majority of the crew hung around to rehash the races and give a brief acknowledgement to whatever topics of the day were on the agenda. But our bow crewGreg Gendella former Whitbread and America's Cup sailor and a self-acclaimed professional in the sportopted to head back to the hotel and go out for a run. I was impressed. Greg had eschewed the opportunity to have a couple of cold ones with the crew so that he could maintain his training regimen. Clearly, to him, our day of racing was just part of the process, and now he needed to head home and complete his training so that he'd be fit for future action.
Another strong impression I got regarding the importance of fitness came from Volvo Ocean Race skipper Grant Dalton as he prepared for The Race of the Millennium last year aboard Club Med. When they were off the water, the team's trainer had the crew endure alternate sessions of strength conditioning and cardiovascular activity. On one of the running days, I watched as the 42-year-old Dalts out paced crew nearly half his age on every one of the 20 100-yard sprints. Was he trying to impress the members of the media that were looking on I asked him afterward? No, he told me, running was something he'd always done and he felt that he really needed to push himself at that stage, two months before the start of an endurance race around the globe.
After you've made an honest assessment of your physical condition, consider whether you're in the kind of shape you need to be in to sail the boats that you find yourself sailing aboard. If your research says no, you've got two optionschange your sailing style (including the kind of boats and the kind of activities) or do something about your level of fitness.
I really can't help you change boats, but I can give you some useful advice about getting more fit. The four building blocks of fitness are endurance, flexibility, strength, and power. (Of course diet is integral to fitness, but that's a matter for another article later on.) Improving just one of these areas isn't really the goal, unless you're an over-bulked body builder who hasn't the flexibility to scratch his or her ear. Ideally you want to create a training regimen that allows you to work on all four areas with equal emphasis. Here's a quick digest to get you started:
|"Ideally you want a regimen that allows you to work with equal measure on strength, power, endurance, and flexibility."
Strength The best measurement of overall strength, say the professionals, is the conventional pushup because this activity involves many of the major muscle groups. If you're between the ages of 40 and 49 and you can do more than 24 rapid pushups non-stop with good form, you're in good shape. Pushups also make for a good on-board maintenance exercise because they don't require any gadgets, just you and some good old-fashioned exertion. Stomach crunches are also a good exercise for sailors because they strengthen the essential stomach muscles that support our backs, and we're always putting our backs to work on a boat.
Endurance Sailing and marathon runningthe embodiment of endurance in sportsdon't appear to have much in common, but consider that most races mean that you're out in the elements hiking, grinding winches, and concentrating on performance in pretty much a non-stop fashion for long stretches of time. That requires a certain level of endurance on the part of your body, right? The goal of endurance training is to raise what's called your VO2 maxthe number of milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight your body metabolizes in one minute of exercise. Forget the science and keep in mind that you want to train for 60 to 90 minutes three times a week at 60 percent of your maximum heart rate. After that you can kick it up a notch and do what the professionals call interval training, which means that you train harder for a while and not so hard for a while. In sailing parlance, that means doing 10 tacks or jibes in a row and then taking a break before doing it all over again.
Power Training professionals define power as the nexus of strength and speed, and power comes in handy on any sailboat, particularly ones that spend their time going around racecourses. These same professionals suggest building your reserves of power through a regimen of standing long jumps, hand-clap push ups, and two-footed box jumps. For direct application to what we do on boats, try setting up a hiking bench and using it while you watch the news at night, or get in a habit of taking the stairs in your building two steps at a time. To be able to move in a more explosive manner when necessary is what power is all about, and to get to that point, you have to pursue the types of exercises that are more explosive. You'll know you've got the power when you're able to leap off the rail, dive across the cabinhouse, and be the first person on the opposite rail hiking on the new tack.
Suggested Reading:
Hangin' With Club Med by Dan Dickison
Volvo Ocean Race, Six Months and Counting by Dan Dickison
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To the utter amazement and horror of her two sons, Carol has always been a bookworm. She even won the "bookworm race" in fourth grade for reading the most books during the school year. Soon she discovered the gothic romances of Victoria Holt and to the utter amazement and horror of her girlfriends, she once declined a date with a boy to read Ms. Holt's newest arrival in the public library. After falling in love with the dark, brooding heroes and happy endings in romance novels, Carol knew she had to create those stories for others to enjoy.
Before getting serious about writing romance, however, Carol got her degree in English from UCLA and two master's degrees, one in English and one in clinical psychology, perfect for creating those multilayered characters with deep, dark neuroses. Most of Carol's jobs have involved working with words in one way or another, as she's been a proofreader, editor, college English teacher, family therapist and a technical writer.
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Alternate name: Hummingbird-bush
Family: Acanthaceae, Acanthus view all from this family
Description Flowering shrub with plentiful tubular flowers in shades of bright to deep red. Densely branched, grayish-green leaves.
Flowers: corolla length 1-1 1/2" (2.5-3.8 cm); 2-lobed upper lip and 3-lobed lower lip.
Leaves: up to 1/2" (1.3 cm), decidous, ovate, finely hairy, opposite.
Height: up to 5' (1.5 m), similar width.
Flower February through June.
Flower March - June
Habitat Sandy or rocky terrain of the desert floor. Rarely above 2,500' (750 m).
Range Desert areas of southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
Discussion Common names include chuparosa (or chiparosa, both colloquial Sanish terms for "hummingbird"), hummingbird bush, and beloperone. It is one of the northernmost distributed species of the mostly tropical genus Justicia. A low bush which grows in dry, hot regions in the sand or rocky terrain of the desert floor. For a short time it bears succulent leaves. It loses its leaves and then produces plentiful tubular flowers, usually in shades of bright to deep red, or sometimes yellow. Each long flower has a wide lower lip that falls open to reveal the inside of the blossom. Hummingbirds visit the bush to feed on the nectar. Other birds eat the sugar-rich flower centers. Sometimes cultivated as a landscape ornamental in desert regions for its bright flowers and to attract birds.
Comments Does not take total desert drought, as it is native to desert washes. Will freeze to the ground but will usually grow back.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution S. Arizona, s.e. California & n.w. Mexico.
Site Preference Rocky, desert washes; 1000 to 4000 ft.
Soil Preference Dry, rocky soils.
Wildlife Value Flowers attract hummingbirds.


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As Scout leaders we teach our scouts to learn and develop skills that will last their life times. Even in the mission statement of the Boy Scouts of America it states that The Mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The Scout Oath and Law are tools that support the mission of the BSA.
We teach our Scouts skills that become tools that they will have for their lives.
When a Scout joins a troop he is given an empty tool box. Look at the Scout Badge. As he learns more, develops leadership, and sharpens his skills he starts to fill up the tool box. He adds an Eagle on the Tenderfoot badge. This tells us that he is on his way to learning to camp, do first aid, and see where he is physically. All the while the Oath and Law are the standards he is starting to live.
The next items he puts in his tool box is how to navigate using a map and compass, while he is learning those skills that keep him on the right trail, he also is learning about his moral compass and staying on the right path in life. This tool is one of the most important tools he can place in his tool box. Citizenship plays a big part in this next step and as the boy grows so does his responsibilty and understanding about who he is and what his part in his community is. Service becomes an additional part of the young mans life. His tool box is getting full, but there is always room for more. The patch he wears now has a Scroll that reminds him to BE PREPARED, prepared for what? Anything!.. but namely LIFE.
By the time your Scout earns his First Class badge, he is a skilled camper, he understands First Aid, he is starting to lead, he is getting physically fit, and he is taking an active role in his Troop and his community. His tool box is packed and he knows how to use the tools in it. Now it is time to explore his world. Star and Life give him the opportunities to learn and grow. Learn about occupations, hobbies, skills, and the world he lives in. He grows in leadership, service, and citizenship.
The day he goes to his Eagle Board he need only show up with his tool box that he has put together along the way. All the answers are there, his compass is set, his skills sharpened, and the Oath and Law are his guides to a life that will be measured by his character.
His tool box will never leave him and will always contain the tools he needs for life. They will always be the right tool at the right time.
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We've seen a lot of the product, and at least some samples of each type of toy for Episode 2, and some Classic Star Wars items that will be released this year.
At this point, what do you plan to buy in 2002?
Check each item that applies.
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I had a person at an AKC Retriever hunt test ask me about Gumbo's titles and what they meant. Many folks don't understand the new "cross over" titles, so I'll explain them as best I can.
Once, AKC allowed only Retrievers to run in Retriever hunt tests and only Spaniels to run in AKC Spaniel hunt tests. Several years ago, this changed. Now, two Spaniel breeds (American Water Spaniel and Boykin Spaniel) and several pointing breeds (Vizula's, German Wire Hair's, Barbets are a few) are eligible to run in AKC Retriever hunt tests. The titles earned by these "cross overs" are:
JHR = Junior Hunter Retriever
SHR = Senior Hunter Retriever
MHR = Master Hunter Retriever
Recently, AKC allowed several Retrievers (Irish Water Spaniels, Flat Coat Retrievers, Curly Coat Retrievers, Labrodor Retrievers, and Golden Retrievers) and Airdales to participate in AKC Spaniel hunt tests. The titles these "cross overs" earn are:
JHU = Junior Hunter Upland
SHU = Senior Hunter Upland
MHU = Master Hunter Upland
To muddy the title waters even more, AKC is awarding an "advanced" title in the Spaniel hunt tests for a dog that earns five passes past the required number for a title in a particular level and has an average passing score of 8. An example of this is Gumbo's MHA (Master Hunter Advanced).


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Four-star running back Kailo Moore has given a verbal commitment for third time, for the second time to Ole Miss.
Moore says he likes Ole Miss because – among other reasons — he has a chance to compete for championships.
He was originally a verbal commit for Houston Nutt but backed off Ole Miss when Nutt was fired and committed to Mississippi State.
"It's real big with them being on the rise for me. I think they have a chance to win the SEC and the national championship, and I could stay home and do it for my state. I saw how they were competing against the top teams in the country and they were just coming up a few plays short in the fourth quarter," he said.
Ole Miss fans are hoping Moore, the West Bolivar star, begins a recruiting domino effect, and he very well might.
Moore says he's spoken with safety Tony Conner and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, and it looks good for the Rebels there as well as with other prospects.
"I know with the class they're bringing in with players like me and Antonio Conner, Robert Nkemdiche and Laquon Treadwell, it's just going to be a team to be dealt with over the next four to five years. I feel like I can do something special at Ole Miss. We all do."
Scout.com ranks Moore as the nation's No. 16 running back. He chose Ole Miss over offers from Vanderbilt, Southern Miss and Memphis while gaining interest from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and others.
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Family: Cardinalidae, Cardinals view all from this family
Description ADULT BREEDING MALE Has blue hood and back and darker blue-gray wings with two white wing bars. Breast is orangebuff with faint wash on flanks; underparts are otherwise white. ADULT NONBREEDING MALE Similar, but colors are less intense and blue elements of plumage are blotched brown (brown feather edges). ADULT FEMALE Has mostly gray-buff upperparts with bluish rump, darker tail, and two pale wing bars. Has buff wash on breast (brightest in nonbreeding birds) grading to otherwise whitish underparts. JUVENILE Recalls adult female, but warmer buff; by first spring, male has acquired some of adult's blue coloration.
Dimensions Length: 5-5 1/2" (13-14 cm)
Habitat Locally common summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to brushy deciduous woodland margins, often near water; winters in Mexico.
Observation Tips Easy to see. Flocks seen prior to migration are impressive.
Range Texas, Southwest, California, Rocky Mountains, Plains, Northwest, Southeast, Western Canada
Voice Song is a varied mix of sweet, whistling phrases; call is a sharp tchht.
Discussion Colorful bunting that replaces Indigo in western North America. Sometimes perches on roadside fence wires and twitches tail in an agitated manner. Forms large flocks outside breeding season; these concentrate at migration hotspots (e.g. in southern Arizona), where partial molt occurs. Sexes are dissimilar.


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- limestone, kansas, shale, lake, mainzelmännchen, dorrance, wilson, roadcut, cretaceous, fofs, beta, 27x8, cropped
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Roadcut in shales south of Wilson Lake, Kansas. Can you identify it's proper place in the stratigraphy (www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/189/09_meso.html#CRET ) of the region?
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Hi Scott, As it turns out, I haven't used the tele-converter lens since my first three or four attempts. The zoom you see here is, in fact, something less than the full 12x optical zoom on the Canon S5 IS. I'd say the optical zoom (rather than the megapixels) is the key. Just so you know before you rush out and buy it, the S5 IS requires a specially machined mounting plate that (mildly) restricts the range of panning motion of the Gigapan unit (particularly in panning upwards). The tradeoff however is well worth it in my opinion, because the real power of the Gigapan site is the ability to do the really deep zooms. Glad you like the hidden little people, too. I just discovered they're a German toy called Mainzelmännchen. The two that I have are named Edi (hands at his sides) and Berti (waving). For more see: www.gigapan.org/viewConversation.ph p?id=6496
OK...I learned how to view your profile to see what camera(s) you use. Seeing that you have a telephoto converter lens for your S5IS , did you use that for this picture, or only the built in optical zoom? I'm using a Canon SD800 with only a 3x optical zoom and I'm not able to get nearly the level of detail you have. I'm just trying to figure out if I need to purchase a camera with more megapixels, or a larger optical zoom (or both), and which has more effect on detail. Thanks again and nice pans...
Hi Ron... Loved your gigapan with the hidden little people! Just out of curiosity, what brand/model of camera did you use? Thanks.... Scott (Austin, TX) email: gigapan_user AT katzin.net


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Family: Alcidae, Auks, Murres, Puffins view all from this family
Description ADULT SUMMER Has rufous brown upperparts and paler marbled brown underparts. ADULT WINTER Has black back, wings, cap, and narrow dark line down nape, with otherwise whitish plumage. Note white scapular feathers and white spot in front of eye. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but white elements of plumage have faint brown marbling.
Dimensions Length: 9 1/2-10" (24-25 cm)
Endangered Status The subspecies of the Marbled Murrelet that lives in North America, Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as threatened in California, Oregon, and Washington. The main threats to this species have come from the timber industry, which has cut down perhaps 90 percent of the old-growth forests the murrelet nests in. The species currently continues to decline, while timber interests still log the old-growth forests, assuming the birds will simply nest elsewhere. Murrelets belong to a family of birds that maintain a strong fidelity to historical nesting areas; it is not known whether murrelets will move to another area if their particular stand of trees is destroyed. Oregon's Department of Forestry has proposed a long-term logging plan that calls for culling some but not all trees in old-growth forests; many environmentalists think disturbing the ecosystem in this way could be the end for this species in Oregon.
Habitat Locally common, but declining due to forest destruction and fishing activities. Nests in old-growth forest, often well inland. At other times, always found at sea.
Observation Tips Hard to observe, other than at sea.
Range California, Northwest, Alaska, Western Canada
Voice Utters piercing squeals near nest.
Similar Species Kittlitz's Murrelet B. brevirostris (L 9-10 in), an Alaskan specialty, is smaller; in summer, belly is white; in winter largely white face contrasts with narrow black crown. See also Long-billed Murrelet (p.400).
Discussion Compact alcid. Swims buoyantly with tail cocked up; flies on whirring wingbeats. Upper margin of bill follows line of sloping forehead. Sexes are similar.


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UPDATE: Toni Morrison to read from her novel 'Home'
Posted September 11, 2012; 04:55 p.m.
Tickets for this event are no longer available. There will be a wait line before the event for any unclaimed seats.
As part of an intensive one-day visit as the first 2012-13 Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus, will read from her new novel, "Home," at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Free tickets are required for admission. Tickets will be available for Princeton University I.D. holders starting on Thursday, Sept. 13, at Frist Campus Center Ticketing Office. Tickets for the general public will be available starting Sept. 21. Limit two tickets per person.


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what a sweet story to read, after waking up from my Boxing Day nap. So nice to hear that the elephants are allowed to enjoy what elephants really enjoy, when they are on 'shift'
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We did want to go into another province in Cambodia with the express mission to spend some time with elephants. Running short on time, we high tailed it here to do some trekking. Well, that wasn't exactly panning out either, so I compromised with a little ride on my own.
Now there's always the debates about animal treatment when it comes to these kind of things and I admit, I didn't look into the background of the operation. Seems to me, it's a few Khemer's trying to make a living. They have 2 elephants a mother and a baby. I got to ride the baby. Perhaps I should mention that baby outweighed Mamma by �..
I packed away a bunch of bananas in my bag. Within seconds I felt this thing behind me. She was poking around me with her trunk! So much larger than I ever could imagine, and so tactile as well! She had almost a big finger at the end that could grab the bananas (still in their skins) from me. To the mouth and back before I even had a chance to get the next out of the bag!
She was huge (did I already mention this?). It was almost impossible for me to get up onto her without the help. Then I see the mahout jump up like it's nothing at all! The wooden bench creaked and groaned with ever step she took. The mahout perched right up on her head with his feet behind her ears and spoke softly to her while wiggling his feet to signal directions for her to go. He wasn't demanding of her at all, and he let her stop and eat whenever she spied something tasty. She was also quite playful and would pick up different sticks along the way, sometimes dragging them behind like a dog on a walk.
When we finally got to the waterfall, her pace picked up and she made a beeline to a patch of bamboo nearby. Small fresh shoots (she obviously picks them off quite frequently) were pulled off into perfect bit-sized bouquets for another snack.
I loved sitting with my feet flat across her shoulders feeling her muscles move underneath the warm wrinkly skin. Her velvety ears flapping with every movement. Every once in awhile she would make a low grumble or a little squeak sound.
I'm anxious to have a few more interactions with these fascinating animals. Maybe I'll get better at climbing up!


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To grow and maintain Victoria's strong agriculture sector, the department works with industry and on research, development and extension to improve production; connects the sector with international markets; supports industry development; and maintains effective biosecurity controls.
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Family: Dicamptodontidae, Giant Salamanders view all from this family
Description Dark and intricately blotched, color varies from purple, tan, gray and copperish brown. Superficial resemblance to the Tiger Salamander. Defining thick body and head.
Dimensions 17-25cm. (7-13")
Breeding Larvae wait for food to be brought to them.
Habitat Humid forest streams.
Range Rocky Mountains through to Idaho and Montana.
Discussion Similar to the California Giant Salamander, Cope's Giant Salamander and Coastal Giant Salamander. Larvae have small gills, adapted for small stream living. Most larvae become mature adults but some undergo paedomorphosis (retains traits from being larvae, such as gills.)


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in my void setup(), if I callnetworked = Ethernet.begin(mac);it takes a long time for DHCP to give up, and the code moves on to the next line.Is there a fast way to check for the shield?
I don't think the Ethernet library supports DCHP...
ReturnsThe DHCP version of this function, Ethernet.begin(mac), returns an int: 1 on a successful DHCP connection, 0 on failure. The other versions don't return anything.
IPAddress ip(192,168,0,2);Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);if(Ethernet.localIP() == ip) Serial.println("shield present");else Serial.println("no shield");
If you are going to all that trouble, then assign a static ip and read it.
Quote from: fungus on Feb 13, 2013, 10:44 amI don't think the Ethernet library supports DCHP...I don't know how recent it is, but v1.0 now supports DHCP, and it works very well for me:http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/EthernetBegin
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Perk up green beans with an Asian flair - teriyaki baste and glaze, mustard and crunchy cashews.
Take a shortcut if cooking fresh beans seems time-consuming. Use one and one-half bags (16 ounces each) frozen cut green beans. Cook beans as directed on bag.
For 12 servings, use 4 cups water, 2 1/4 pounds beans, 3 tablespoons teriyaki glaze, 2 tablespoons margarine, 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey, 1/4 teaspoon mustard, 3/4 cup pepper strips and 3/4 cup cashew pieces. Prepare in 6-quart Dutch oven.
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Gonzaga Women open season with road win
Riverside, CA - A new-look Gonzaga University women's basketball team, which features 10 underclassmen and five veterans, gritted out a season-opening 60-53 victory over UC Riverside Friday night at SRC Arena in Riverside, Calif. The Bulldogs had to overcome a nine-point deficit at halftime and a seven-point disadvantage with seven minutes to play in the contest to win their second-straight season opening game.
Gonzaga was in unfamiliar territory at the half, being down to a non-conference opponent for only the eighth time over the past four years. It also was the first time it was held under double-digits in a half since Dec. 7, 2008 when it scored 16 points in a 59-47 loss at UC Santa Barbara.
It was poor shooting and sloppy handling of the ball that led to the Bulldogs 28-19 halftime deficit. Gonzaga hit 6-of-25 from the field (24.0 percent) in the opening 20 minutes, including just 1-of-7 on 3-pointers (14.3 percent). The Bulldogs also turned it over 11 times, which resulted in eight of the Highlanders 28 points.
Twelve players saw action in the first half for the Bulldogs, with seven scoring. Junior Jazmine Redmon and freshman Elle Tinkle led the way combining for eight of the Zags 19 points.
Gonzaga's offense started to click in the second half as did its defense. The Bulldogs hit a blistering 52.0 percent from the field (13-of-25), including 42.9 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (3-of-7) and forced 12 Riverside turnovers, resulting in 12 points.
It was the play of sophomore Keani Albanez that sparked the Zag comeback. The Santa Barbara native scored 15 of her career-high 17 points in the final half. She drained the 3-pointer that tied the game at 39-39 with 10:50 to play; the first tie since the 11:00 mark of the opening half, and had six points in a 8-0 run, including another 3-pointer. Her third 3-pointer of the game gave the Bulldogs their first lead – a slight 49-47 edge at 5:34 - since the 11:44 mark of the first 20 minutes.
Gonzaga then won the game down the stretch by sinking its free throws and holding Riverside to one field goal in the final five minutes and forcing two turnovers.
After TreShont Nottingham hit two free throws to tie the game at 49-49 with 5:05 remaining, the Bulldogs would hit one field goal, a layup with sophomore Sunny Greinacher, and 9-of-10 free throws. Junior Haiden Palmer sank 5-of-6, while Albanez hit two and senior Taelor Karr drained two.
Along with Albanez, who also had three rebounds, one assist and one steal, Palmer also scored in double-figures, finishing with 14. She added a game-high six steals, with three rebounds, one assist and one block.
Gonzaga head coach Kelly Graves was pleased with his teams effort, despite the rough start to the game.
"It was a hard fought win tonight," stated Graves. "We played as hard as any team I have ever coached and made plays down the stretch."
Riverside was led by Nottingham with 20 points.
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Former Michigan right tackle Michael Schofield (right) has drawn praise this week at the annual Senior Bowl. AP Photo
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A three-year starter in total, Schofield played games at guard and both tackle spots for the Wolverines throughout his career.
On Wednesday, while working out at the Senior Bowl in Alabama, the former Wolverine showed his chops at his primary position.
"He's 6-foot-6-1/2, 305 pounds, not a highly acclaimed kid -- a late add (to the Senior Bowl) -- but I thought he stoned everybody in the (one-on-one drills)," NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said during the network's broadcast Wednesday. "He's a right tackle only in my opinion. They tried him at guard. Right tackle only is not a good thing to be in the NFL unless you're a starter.
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Advogato is a great place to read normally, but oh dear, now I see the right to arm bears is back. Just to support jschauma's point, I'll say that I live in a country with very strict gun laws: and I don't feel any of my rights are being infringed, I don't feel unsafe, and I seem to recall that it was a national petition (google for the Snowdrop petition) five years ago which led to the tightening of the gun laws.
In other advogato delights, someone talks about how he wants to screw someone from his class, presumably assuming she doesn't read this and that even if they started going out she wouldn't start reading his diary; and someone else thinks that a poster about "even if you win, you're still retarded" worth linking to. There are some surprisingly elitist attitudes around here. Mental handicap is something for jokes. The need for gun rights is apparently justified in part by the number of psychotics running around the streets (having worked in an acute admissions ward of a psychie hospital, I find this a little ill-informed); kids who kill should be locked up for life rather than any attempt at rehabilitation made (that's the best a civilised society can do? Remove people from itself? Not do something about stopping it from recurring?), parents who don't fit someone's personal criteria should be neutered so they can't breed, and several other delightful sentiments. It seems almost as though... no. I don't think I'll go there.
Ilan, what is your problem with keyboard navigation of a GUI?
Finally, is it only I, or are other people seeing advogato refuse to respond increasingly often? Heading to the site, following internal links and reloading pages here often seem to result in... well, nothing. It no talk. I put it down initially to other things, but I begin to think it's the advogato site. What is the traffic on it? How many hits does the recent diary entries page get?


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MEMPHIS– Mike Conley scored 19 points, Marc Gasol added 18 points and 10 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with an 85-69 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday.
All five Memphis starters were in double figures.
Tony Allen had 14 points and nine rebounds, plus six assists. Rudy Gay
scored 15 points and Marreese Speights finished with 10 points in nine rebounds.
DeMarcus Cousins was the only Sacramento player in double figures with 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Kings.
Memphis played the game without forward Zach Randolph, who sat
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03-31-2013, 01:39 AM #1Member Swordtails
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Really need help with identifying disease!
I've had problem after problem with my guppies. I've lost a lot of fish recently... It starts with slowing down, clamping up the fins/tail a bit, fin and tail rot and eventually death. I am keeping my water parameters as close to perfect as possible (However nitrate levels can be in the 40's as I have to use a nitrate filter and only half of the water gets treated). Ammonia and nitrite in all tanks currently are at 0. (It will occasionally go up to the second lowest level... don't have it in front of me but I've been working hard at keeping the water as clean as possible. Fish in the one tank I noticed some white/grey areas covering the backs of some of them. Then came the fin and tail rot (and around the edges it appears "wooly.") Then they would die. The second tank filled with mostly fry starts to pin tail and then die. There are a few adult fish in there now suffering from fin and tail rot (slowly dissinegrating) and I just noticed right now one of them, instead of a front fin, it looks like she has a tiny, perfectly formed Dandelion looking growth in place of her fin). I have treated for ich/parasites and different bacterial diseases, nothing is working they continue to get fin/tail rot, occasional white patches on their bodies and now this cottony growth where the fin should be. Could this be a fungus and I've been treating it all wrong the whole time? I must note that the platies and swordtails that share the tank seem to not be effected by it (though they are starting to look a little more listless). What could this be!? I will try to get a photo if I can of the dandelion growth but it is just that, a perfectly shaped dandelion (the white kind when its ready to blow away)... Thanks in advance.
Sounds like you got a mix of fin rot/columnaris/fungal issues.
I've never been able to keep guppies-they were just too weak in my area to stay alive more than a week.
your ich/parasite meds normally won't touch this stuff.
i'd suggest using macryn2-see if your LFS has it or order it.
but at the same time. (not while using this med b/c water change schedules need to be altered during med treatments) you should try and increase your water changes to keep it in pristine condition. you seem to being doing a good job at it, so keep that up and do one more change a week.
more often than not-really really clean water helps more than meds.
Guppies are so massed produced and reproduce with each other. Interbreeding. I would do bigger water changes so you can keep those nitrates below 20, tho. But I would also try to get away from guppies and try to get fish that live longer and not so prone to disease. Fish cared for properly and new stock not dumped into the tank with them adding disease and you will have fish that can live many years. I have tetra's now into their 9th year.
Wow. 101 errors in this post and then my computer froze!
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Yes, how often are you changing your water and how much at a time?
How many tanks are you referring to and how large are they? How many fish in each one?


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A Guide to 12 Acoustic Guitar-Based Tracks on The Beatles' 'White Album'
From the earliest days, the Beatles prominently featured the acoustic guitar on their recordings. Whether used as a rhythm instrument ("Love Me Do," "P.S. I Love You," "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away") or in a more ambitious context ("And I Love Her," "Michelle," "Norwegian Wood"), the acoustic was always an integral and interesting part of the group's sound. But on The Beatles, the 1968 double album universally known as the "White Album," the band elevated the acoustic guitar to an even higher plane. In addition to such bona fide acoustic masterpieces as "Blackbird" and "Julia," the record features a whole slew of songs that contain no electric guitar whatsoever. How did the "White Album" come to be so "unplugged"? Many of its songs were written in April 1968, when the Beatles traveled to Rishikesh, India, to study with the guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. During their month-long stay, the group -- along with a contingent of prominent Westerners that included film actress Mia Farrow, folk-pop singer Donovan and Beach Boy Mike Love -- meditated and attended seminars on spirituality. They also wrote a lot of new music. Using acoustic guitars they'd brought along for the occasion, John Lennon and Paul McCartney composed at least a dozen new songs between them, including "Dear Prudence," "Revolution," "Mother Nature's Son," "Wild Honey Pie" and "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill." When it came time to record the new material in London, the Beatles in many instances simply laid down the acoustic accompaniments they'd worked out in India. Even songs that in their final form feature electric guitar, such as Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and Lennon's "Sexy Sadie," were originally demoed with acoustic guitars. Below, we take a close look at some of the great acoustic guitar-based tracks on the "White Album" -- how they were written and the process they went through to become finished tracks. For more about the "White Album" and the other 12 Beatles albums, check out the Holiday 2011 issue of Guitar World. "REVOLUTION 1" Recorded May 30 & 31 and June 21, EMI Studios, Abbey Road On May 30, recording sessions for the "White Album" commenced in Studio Two with the slow, acoustic guitar-driven "Revolution 1." At this point called simply "Revolution," this version of the Lennon-penned song didn't receive its numeric designation until the group recorded a faster, electric rendition, released as the B-side to the single "Hey Jude" in August of 1968. "Revolution" was John Lennon's response to counterculture groups who advocated violence to overthrow the status quo. "I wanted to put out what I felt about revolution," Lennon said after the "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" single's release. "I had been thinking about it up in the hills in India. I still had this 'God will save us' feeling about it. " Even at this first session, it was obvious that the Beatles were taking their music and recording methods in a new direction. As presented on the "White Album," "Revolution 1" is a slow blues-style tune propelled along by a standard boogie riff played on an acoustic guitar. The original session tapes reveal tl1at although the song was trimmed to 4:15 for the album, the Beatles continued jamming on the tune for another six increasingly raucous minutes, with Lennon repeatedly screaming "All right" and Yoko Ono -- Lennon's new love, who was already becoming a regular presence at the group's recording sessions -- uttering non sequiturs. Such scenes were repeated throughout the "White Album" sessions, largely because the Beatles had adopted a new method of recording. Previously they would rehearse a song and then record it, usually getting the basic tracks to tape within ten takes and adding overdubs afterward. For the "White Album," the band recorded all of their rehearsals and then selected a "best" version, to which they subsequently added overdubs. One consequence of this change is that many of the album's recordings sound much looser than anything the group had previously committed to tape. "Revolution 1," for example, actually features recording engineer Geoff Emerick announcing the take number within the song's intro, an interjection which, had it occurred during the Beatles' previous sessions, would have been cut from the final recording. And what became of those wild final six minutes of "Revolution 1"? They were hived off and adapted by Lennon for his "White Album" experiment in musique concrete, "Revolution 9."


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If you talk to mindfulness practitioners about the similarities between guided mindfulness meditation and hypnosis, they tend to react with various degrees of indignation, if not downright revulsion, as if to say, "Don't get that icky hypnosis all over my nice mindfulness!" Mindfulness practice, they aver, is rooted in the ancient wisdom traditions of the East, dedicated to developing self-understanding, serene acceptance of life's trials, and spiritual growth. Free of religious dogma or orthodoxy, presumably it imposes nothing, but simply elicits an inner "awakening" of people's "true selves" and helps them "cultivate compassion," "awaken from the trance of unworthiness," and, of course, "attain enlightenment." Who wouldn't want to experience these lofty states of mind?
Hypnosis, by contrast, is commonly considered a crass theatrical stunt—an occasion for a hypnotist to exert mind control over a passive subject. In this distorted view, hypnotists impose their will on easily led people, as epitomized in a cheesy Las Vegas stage show where the slick, manipulative hypnotist makes a row of volunteers believe and act as if they were playing musical instruments or pantomime over-the-top lascivious behavior. If mindfulness is symbolized by the Buddha, his soft gaze turned down in serene contemplation, hypnosis is too often represented by Svengali, his fierce eyes fixed on his prey.
But a closer look at the processes, goals, and outcomes of both mindfulness and hypnotism reveals that they share fundamental similarities of purpose and practical knowledge. Within the framework of a trusting therapeutic relationship, attuned therapists now regularly employ Guided Mindfulness Meditation (GMM) in the same way I was trained to use clinical hypnosis. Today's mindfulness-oriented therapists, like clinicians practicing hypnosis, teach clients self-regulation strategies, such as how to use their breath and employ guided imagery to shift attention and experience the deep power of accepting what's unchangeable or inevitable.
As mindfulness methods have come to assume a more prominent role in mainstream clinical practice, the common mechanisms that underlie the efficacy of both GMM and hypnosis have become more apparent. To begin with, both involve two people: a guide, teacher, or therapist, who uses suggestion to focus then alter the awareness—cognitive, sensory, relational, and emotional—of a client or student, thereby promoting experiential learning. These alterations in awareness may give rise to dramatic and seemingly spontaneous shifts in perspective and even profound personal transformation as one's self-definition expands. They may also yield what pioneering hypnosis researchers Theodore Sarbin and Ernest Hilgard called "believed-in imagination." In fact, the science of clinical hypnosis is highly relevant to understanding how the methods of mindfulness may have even greater impact when used in a psychotherapeutic context.
GMM practitioners could significantly improve their clinical work and produce more focused and effective interventions if they drew upon the findings reported in thousands of studies already done by hypnosis researchers about the many complex personal and interpersonal factors influencing people's ability to respond meaningfully to suggestion. But to do so, they first need to strip away the philosophical abstractions, Eastern mystical spirituality, and romantic exoticism that currently infuses the entire discussion of mindfulness. They'd be advised to start by considering some basic clinical questions they generally don't yet ask: What differences are there between mindfulness employed primarily as a spiritual quest and that applied for therapeutic purposes? What role do the therapeutic alliance, client expectations, and therapist's suggestions play in conducting GMM? How do we determine who's most and least likely to benefit from such experiential methods? How can we best adapt mindfulness methods to meet the needs of specific clients?
Spiritual Practice Isn't Clinical Intervention
It seems likely that, barring a few spiritual geniuses (Buddha being one), almost nobody really learns mindfulness alone, in a vacuum. Mindfulness requires a teacher, to provide explicit instruction, encouragement, and leadership, within the context of a trusting relationship. The failure to see the fundamental similarities between GMM and hypnosis stems from the tendency to regard all mindfulness practice—guided or otherwise—as entirely a solitary spiritual practice, undertaken by one person meditating alone, seeking capital-T Truth. In contrast, hypnosis is seen as a kind of indoctrination—an induction into mindlessness too often carried out by quacks with control issues.
Of course, most therapy clients don't learn mindfulness because they desire spiritual transcendence. Instead, they find themselves trying meditation for more immediate reasons: freedom from pain, depression, crippling phobias, or addictions. Would client X ever have gone to an integrative medicine center to learn how to meditate if he hadn't been diagnosed with cancer, suffered great pain, and become desperate enough to try almost anything? Would client Y be practicing mindfulness if she'd been able to resolve her eating disorder or depression through ordinary therapy, medications, or any other mainstream solution? It follows that since the two typical reasons for learning mindfulness—as a spiritual pursuit or a clinical treatment—are different, the intentions for using them and methodology followed also should be different. These differences should be well understood by the clinician and clearly articulated to the client.
Therapists who view mindfulness as a private pursuit of deeper awareness tend to remove themselves from the equation, considering themselves "only" guides, as if they were doing nothing more than handing out an instruction sheet. But, what, exactly, does it mean to be a guide, and how does guidance in the form of GMMs in therapy influence the client's phenomenology and associated clinical outcomes? If mindfulness is to progress as a clinical tool, we need to better understand how it works: how the guide structures and delivers the words to cause meaningful subjective but nonvolitional experiences, such as acceptance and compassion. To do that means acknowledging the powerful role of suggestion in encouraging attention and stimulating (priming) unconscious processes. This is the domain of clinical hypnosis, and the research and methods found there warrant every clinician's serious study.
Like students of mindfulness who may meditate and spontaneously "cultivate equanimity" or have profound feelings of spiritual transcendence, people in hypnosis routinely experience dramatic suggested effects that defy logic: being able to stem bleeding from the site of a wound, having a "felt sense" of being with someone long deceased (whether a relative or the Buddha), feeling a vital connection to "the inner sage." Such remarkable experiences illustrate clearly the measurable shifts in physiology, relationship, cognition, affect, and spirit that can arise through hypnotic experiences. These dramatic effects are far better understood in social-psychological terms as the products of suggestion within a shared perceptual framework than as the spontaneous bubbling up of spiritual "truths" in therapy.
When a clinician conducts a GMM, it's self-deception to believe he or she isn't the one conducting the session and serving as the catalyst for what transpires. It's deceitful to suggest to clients that it's entirely up to them how many steps along the "path to enlightenment" (or "wellness") they take, as if the clinician's guidance and the quality of their therapeutic alliance weren't vital to what happens. Therapy is a shared, goal-oriented process, and both clinicians and clients inevitably contribute to the outcome.
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Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. Image courtesy of USGS,DOI
There's More Than Meets The Eye
In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, resulting in the largest oil spill yet recorded in US history. It was three months before the resulting leak could be stopped, and by then, 210 million gallons of oil had spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. People knew this was going to be bad, but many people didn't realize it was going to hit ecosystems they never new existed.
- The Oil Spill's Other Victims at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClP1P5FBHw
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If you need help scratching a mental itch, use the resources below:
- What ecological services do marsh grasses perform? How were they affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? What was happening to these communities before the oil spill?
- Where does Sargassum occur? What kind of habitat does it provide for organisms? How was this habitat affected?
- Where do cold seeps occur? What is the energy basis of this community? How was it affected by the oil spill?
- Were you aware of the range of habitats that were affected by the oil spill? Does it surprise you that so many diverse communities were affected? How do you think episodes like this can be minimized in the future?
- How long do we think it will take before the full impact of the oil spill is realized? Does this number surprise you? Why or why not?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClP1P5FBHw
- http://deepseanews.com/2012/07/gulf-oil-spill-suffocated-marsh-grasses-enhanced-erosion/
- http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/06/20/1204922109.full.pdf
- http://www.fnai.org/PDF/Atlas_Coastal_Communities.pdf
- http://gulfallianceeducation.org/Educator%20Resources/Sargassum.pdf
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03edge/background/sargassum/sargassum.html
- http://uncpressblog.com/2011/09/28/stan-ulanski-a-floating-jungle-the-sargassum-community/
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063707000179
- http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/20-4_fisher.pdf
Controlled burns like this were conducted to try to minimize damage from the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior/USGS, U.S. Geological Survey/photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg , U.S. Navy


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