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The loud, cacophonous, clamoring back and forth has only just begun. The candidates of the two main parties will be speaking in opposing terms battling each other on every possible subject exaggerating even the slightest crevice of a difference until it rivals the Grand Canyon. We can expect full-throttle vindictive salvos to be thrown by the Super-PACs even should either candidate choose to stay positive and avoid personal attacks. This coming election has the potential to be the most contentious in recent history if not in all of history. Putting it in the most basic terms possible, we can safely predict that either side has no plans on taking any prisoners and go straight for the jugular of the opponent aiming to render them broken beyond repair if not simply and utterly destroyed. So, what will be the issues most likely to be the main themes of the election and which one will be the singularly most vital question voters will need to address.
The most obvious issues according to the press coverage they are receiving are jobs, taxes, unemployment, the economy, gas prices, and the disparities concerning Warren Buffet versus his secretary. As important as all of these issues may be, they will very likely prove to be secondary when the judgment of history is written some time much later in the century. The underlying theme between the candidates on each of these contentious issues will be the role of government should play in finding the solution. One side will place great importance on the steps the government must take to assure that the people are given the tools to solve any difficulties they are facing while the other candidate will stress getting government out of the way and allowing people to empower themselves without government meddlesome interference. The two sides will argue on which is more advantageous, making the wealthy pay their "fair share" in taxation such that the government will have sufficient funds in order to address and solve the problems the people are facing while on the other hand the argument made claims that allowing the wealthy and everybody else to keep more of their wealth by lowering tax rates so those who are the engines that generate the jobs, such as small businesses, have the additional funds to enable them to invest and employ more people. These themes will be the foundation beneath the discussion on other subjects as well.
Take health-care and health insurance, both of which promise to be a hot potato for both candidates, and again the discourse will revolve around how much responsibility should be granted to the government and how much should remain with the individual. How this particular debate plays out will be of great interest as President Obama can reasonably claim that he molded Obama-care using Romney-care as the prototypical guide. Romney will stress that at least Romney-care was Constitutional as it was a state program while Obama-care is not Constitutional being a Federal program and thus against the limitations placed on the Federal Government by the Constitution. For many in the electorate it will be required of Romney that he convinces them he had a turning point on the idea of government getting so fully involved with health-care thus placing distance between his current position and the position allowing him to sign the Massachusetts Health-Care Insurance Reform Law.
Another subject will be the balance between oil, coal, nuclear, natural gas and green energies which will ensure a sufficient supply for the future while also improving the environment. This will also revolve around the role of government regulations, licensing, involvement and promotion in each of these forms of energy generation. What will be of particular interest on this subject is whether either candidate will have a singular position and remains consistent on their message when talking to the different audiences. Will their position ring with the same message when they are speaking in Texas as when they are talking energy in San Francisco. This is something that both extremes on this issue from the coal and oil workers and the strident environmentalists should be interested and both candidates should be fully vetted and revealed if their message is overly adjustable and tailored for the separate audiences. Energy policies are often a good indicator with which to test the honor and honesty of candidates as the wide gulch between the two extremes between differing audiences provides temptation for candidates to adjust their rhetoric tailoring the message to fit the audience thus proposing contradictory positions at different times.
But what is the seminal issue of this coming Presidential election? When looking at each issue it becomes obvious that even more than has been the historic norm, the role of government in our lives and in all segments of society are going to be the central theme. We are faced with a significant difference between the two candidates. The choice is whether we desire to restore government to the restraints of a limiting Constitution or if we wish to transform the way we interpret our Constitution towards making government proactive by removing the limitations over the role of the Federal government. Will we choose to restructure the United States by dismissing Constitutional constraints or reestablish a restrictive Constitutionally limited governance United States? This is the choice in the starkest of terms with which to demonstrate our choice when we enter the voting booth this November. Either we retain the guards against unlimited government power or transit to a government that can dictate every item in our lives. We will be choosing whether we place the individual over the government or place the government to be preeminent over the individual. Which one do you trust to make all the choices going forward, each individual person with the rights and responsibilities for their own actions or the bureaucratic governance making the choices taking the responsibility for all consequences and doling out rights as they find necessary. Do we desire the responsibility derived from individual liberty or the comfort of simple compliance derived from communal group-think?
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Vaud Overstreet (owner) and Dawn Lewis, (band leaders), are seeking male vocalists for "Vaud & the Villains," a 19-piece 1930s New Orleans Orchestra and Cabaret show based in Los Angeles.
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Cell phones have become a part of our society. They are used to keep in touch with family and friends and also by RCMP, EMS, and Fire & Rescue. Residents of LaRiviere and the Pembina Valley are part of the 3% of Manitoba residents that do not have service on the MTS network. This affects our standard of living, the economic viability of our local businesses and compromises our safety. We petition MTS Allstream of Manitoba to provide cellular service to our region.
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I like Friday's. This time last week I was still in Sydney about to give my seminar, book sign afterwards, run to a fab restaurant in Potts Point for a super quick lunch with some friends and then whizz to the airport for that long journey home. Bonkers but true.
In the seminar and in the book I talk about paint, and just how transformative it is. Infact ( and apologises I say this a thousand times a day) paint is the single most transformative thing you can do to a space and it's the cheapest.
So this morning I wanted to talk to you about paint effects, once so popular in the 90's anyone remember all that dragging and sponging and who knows what else. These days, with tastes changing they have come on somewhat to a whole other level so think marbling, verdigris, faux leather, trompe l'oeil and faux bois. I wanted to spend five mins talking about faux bois, Faux bois (from the French word false wood) refers to the artistic imitation of wood grain in various media, most commonly paint but apparently it was first crafted by the inventor of concrete in around 1875 – Joseph Monier. History lesson over and despite it being around since the late 19th century it's suddenly everywhere. On products, on walls and I'm loving it. I saw it when I flew to the States to photograph some amazing spaces for my book. Shauna Alterio and Stephen Loidolt whose space is below have used this technique in their loft which they are renting. The result is so cool!
To do it yourself you will need two contrasting paint colours from the same family, (see image below) and a wood-graining tool. You paint the light colour first, wait for it to dry; thin the darker colour with 3 to 1 water to paint ratio and drag the graining tool through the wet paint. Vary the direction of the tool to up the decorative interest. Genius no? Beautiful for walls, cabinets anything really. More techniques in the book, but this one I'm am thinking of incorporating into my rather boring bathroom to up the style ratings.
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George Schiffman, MD, FCCPDr. Schiffman received his B.S. degree with High Honors in biology from Hobart College in 1976. He then moved to Chicago where he studied biochemistry at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. He attended Rush Medical College where he received his M.D. degree in 1982 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of California, Irvine. Medical Editor:
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COPD SurgeryOver the past 50 to 75 years, various surgical approaches have been tried to improve symptoms and to restore lung function in people with emphysema. Only giant bullectomy and lung volume reduction surgery have proven useful. BullectomyBullectomy is the removal of giant bullae, which are air-filled spaces affected by emphysema located in the lung periphery. Bullectomy has been a standard approach for many years. The bullae in patients with emphysema generally range in size from 1-4 cm in diameter; however, some bullae (giant bullae) can occupy more than 33% of the hemithorax. The hemithorax is one side of the chest. Giant bullae may compress adjacent lung tissue, reducing blood flow and ventilation to healthy tissue. Removal of these bullae can result in the expansion of compressed lungs and improved function. Lung Volume Reduction SurgeryLung volume reduction surgery was first performed nearly 40 years ago. Surgeons generally remove 20% to 30% from the upper part of each lung, the area typically most damaged by tobacco smoking. The theory is that the removal of a portion of the diseased lung increases the airway diameter in the remaining lung, and thereby improving lung function and airflow, which, in turn, reduces the symptoms. This procedure has a death rate of 0% to 8%, and several complications can occur. The criteria in determining who should undergo lung volume reduction surgery have been defined. Generally speaking, those who do undergo this surgery have symptoms due to severe emphysema, marked hyperinflation (enlargement of airways and air spaces indicative of emphysema), and evidence of emphysema as seen on an HRCT scan. A large multicenter prospective study has shown that patients with upper lobe disease and low exercise tolerance benefit the most from this procedure. Newer procedures using valves and special devices placed through a bronchoscope have been developed to simulate volume reduction surgery, without any incisions. These devices have shown a minimal improvement in lung function in very select patients. Research in regard to these devices is ongoing. Lung TransplantationLung transplantation is a surgical option for people with advanced lung disease. Those with COPD are the largest single category of people who undergo this process. The timing of transplant is difficult to determine, but those selected to receive a transplant should have a life expectancy without transplant of 2 years or less due to COPD. New transplant criteria have moved patients with the greatest need to the top of the waiting list. It is therefore no longer necessary to try and predict the amount of life expectancy a patient has left. It probably best to be referred for transplant before long term mechanical ventilation is necessary. Next Page: Must Read Articles Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy - perhaps even using a blood test.
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It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy - perhaps even using a blood test.
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Perhaps I can further torment my doc by asking for a renin test. I've had every combo imaginable and it's still not getting the desired results. He's the type who wants to be in control, doesn't welcome inquiries from the patient. He finally agreed to change my bp drugs, cutting down the # of meds and increasing the dosage on one of the remaining ones. I'm down from4 to 3 meds.
The majority of medicines list either/or kidney or liver problems as a possible side effect. Heart medications list cardiac arrest as a possible side effect, Antidepressants list suicidal tendancies as a possible side effect.
Like my dad used to ponder 'Sometimes I wonder if these damn pills are keeping me alive longer or killing me quicker".
When I worked in the machine shop my blood pressure was high and I took medication for it, when I went into business myself working outdoors it went down to normal and sometimes in the morning borderline, so I don't take it anymore.
I've reduced my blood pressure greatly through that old tired combo, diet and exercise. I'm down from 4 to 3 meds; my doctor believes in low dosages of several things rather than bigger doese of one or two.
My Blood pressure went up when i first found out i had cancer and started treatment,then it dropped and leveled off after about a month. I discussed discontinuing the meds with my Dr. who of course expressed concern. I asked the Dr. "I Have Cancer , Knowing I have cancer both would be a reason my BP rose correct ?'. He agreed. I further asked the Dr. 'I've Started Radiation treatment, have under gone two treatments so far, Now as I understand it ea radiation treatment is roughly equivalent to 1000 x-rays correct ?" The Dr. agreed. "Now That has to be a shock to the system correct elevating my BP correct ?" Again The Dr. agreed. "Now If I am not mistaken the longer a person is on BP meds the the greater the odds are they will not be able to get off their meds and maintain a healthy BP level correct ?" again agreement. The Dr. agreed to let me discontinue the BP meds and gave me a handy little piece of battery operated digital electronics to take my BP 2x a day.
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The Crazy Bear offers award winning dining in it's Thai and English Restaurants. Guests are strongly advised to pre-book tables before arrival at the hotel to avoid disappointment. Hotel contact information will be in your booking confirmation email.
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Never a dull moment at the Crazy Bear, the hotel is set a midst beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, the historic city of Oxford is only 15 minutes away. The hotel offers 80 acres of farmland and woodland to explore, rare breed animals and a farm shop to peruse at your leisure. Leisure pursuits include Clay Pigeon Shooting,Fly Fishing, Ferret Racing, Archery, Catapulting, Falconry and Duck Herding. Or for something a little more relaxing why not treat yourself to a Thai Massage. The Crazy Bear caters for Weddings, Parties, Meeting and Events.
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'Prebendaries: Bracklesham', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: volume 5: Chichester (1996), pp. 27-28. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34305 Date accessed: 12 March 2014. Add to my bookshelf
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LIST 12 PREBENDARIES OF BRACKLESHAM Footnotes
Bracklesham not in DB, but East Wittering (W. Suss.), in which it lies, was bp.'s manor 1086 (DB I 17a). Bracklesham bp.'s estate 945 (AS Chs. of Selsey no. 18). First reference to preb. is 4 Nov. 1256, a ch. of M. Roger de Cantilupe, as preb., concerning land in Bracklesham (Chart. Chichester no. 1080). Agreement between preb. Thorney (list 34) and this preb. over watercourse, 6 Apr. 1298 (Chart. Chichester no. 1075). In 1535 preb. consisted of church of Bracklesham, with lands, and lands outside Southgate, Chichester, i.e. Rumboldswhyke (Valuation 1535 p. 165; cf. Chart. Chichester no. 751). See also Inq. Non. p. 356b.
Valuation 1291 £16 13s 4d (Taxatio p. 137b).
M. Roger de Cantilupe (fn. 73)
Occ. as canon, by proxy, 19 Apr. 1251 (Walcott, Statutes p. 213). Occ. as this preb., issuing a ch. which was conf. 4 Nov. 1256 (Chart. Chichester no. 1080). No other occ. at Chichester. A papal judge-delegate and royal clerk. Also canon of St Davids, Aug. 1235 (J. E. Sayers, Papal Judges Delegate in the Province of Canterbury, 1198-1254 (Oxford, 1971) p. 328); preb. of London by Feb. 1240 to death (1 Fasti I 37). Died between 30 May 1258 and 15 June 1259 (ibid.).
M. Walter of Bath (fn. 74)
Occ. as canon, cited for non-attendance at abp.'s visitation 22 May 1283 (Reg. Pecham II 199). Papal disp. for illegitimacy 6 July 1283, described as of Salisbury dioc. (Reg. Martin IV, ed. F. Olivier-Martin et al. (Bibliothèque des Ecoles Françaises d' Athènes et de Rome, 2nd ser. xvi) no. 346 = CPL I 468; cf. Reg. Honorius IV, ed. M. Prou (Bibliothèque des Ecoles Françaises d' Athènes et de Rome, 2nd ser. vii) no. 74 = CPL I 482, of 22 June 1285). Royal clerk by 1284. Also canon of Wells, occ. 10 Apr. 1290 (Two Chartularies of... Bath, ed. W. Hunt (Somerset Rec. Soc. vii, 1893) pt 2 no. 487). Occ. as parson of Bracklesham, therefore this preb., 28 Sept. 1294 (CPR 1292-1301 p. 92).
Walter of Bracklesham
Occ. as attorney of dean Walter [of Gloucester, list 2], 12 Nov. 1267 (Suss. Fines II no. 727). Occ. as clerk, not canon, temp. dean William of Bracklesham (list 2), so after 19 Oct. 1272 (Chart. Chichester nos. 256-7). Presum. related to dean William of Bracklesham (list 2): occ. as rector of Lordington, of which William of Bracklesham was patron, 1280 × 86 and 19 Dec. 1293 (Chart. Chichester nos. 683, 695). Not called canon 19 Dec. 1293 (ibid. no. 695). Occ. as this preb. 6 Apr. 1298 (ibid. no. 1075; as 2 Fasti VII 16), and as canon 9 June 1300 and 2 Nov. 1301 (Chart. Chichester nos. 707, 709). Last occ. as canon 21 Sept. 1306 (Reg. William Greenfield, Abp. of York 1306-1315, ed. W. Brown and A. H. Thompson (5 vols.: Surtees Soc. cxlv, cxlix, cii-ciii, 1931-40), IV 232).
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Harvesting versus hunting
One interesting effect of spending three weeks in the bottom of the Grand Canyon is the fresh view you bring to the "rim world" outside the canyon afterwards. Some of the novel experiences are pleasing ("oh yeah! Getting around is so convenient!") while others are puzzling. One such moment occurred while I was catching up on local news. An Arizona Republic article, describing the controversy over whether to continue allowing bow hunting in the McDowell-Sonoran mountain preserve, a 17,000-acre area outside Scottsdale, with picturesque desert trails, popular with hikers, bikers, and equestrians, refers twice to killing game there as "harvesting."
One of these euphemistic uses is by a bow-hunting advocate and representative of the Mule Deer Foundation. One expects such understatements from the public relations crowd, those types who constantly churn out such gems as "right-sizing" (which used to be unpleasantly though accurately called "down-sizing") and "Obamacare" (i.e. "the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act").
What caught my attention, however, was that a local game and fish official, Kevin Bodmer, who was also interviewed for the story, was also paraphrased using "harvest" to describe the act of hunting. Has this terminology become ubiquitous, I wondered? I try to follow coverage of debates regarding hunting, hiking, and other uses of Western wild lands pretty closely, and as a rhetorician, I pay attention to the kinds of language being used. For some reason, this one seems to have slipped out of the spin cycle and into the general lexicon when I wasn't looking.
Read More ...Wheels of change
By Heather Hansen, Red Lodge Clearing House
Many people who've hiked or run on mixed-use trails have experienced that moment when, lost in your mind, a mountain biker comes tearing down the slope from behind, scaring the spit out of you. I'm not fond of that particular sensation but, while I've been on umpteen trails over many years, I can count on one hand the number of times that has happened (and I live and play in Boulder, epicenter of fast-moving, sporty things).
Last week the National Park Service issued its final rule expanding biking opportunities on trails, fire routes and maintenance roads in national parks. Various stakeholders have been scuffling over this issue, it seems, since the wheel was invented, but certainly since this proposal was introduced four years ago. Since then, the original concept has evolved quite a bit, appeasing some trail junkies, but not all.
Some of the comments I've seen misinterpret, or misunderstand, what the final rule actually allows. Here are several main points:
Read More ...Disney's Unlikely Heroine: The Huntress
For decades, Disney cartoons have reliably produced two stereotypes: brutish, cruel hunters and dizzy, passive princesses. But, holy daughters of Diana, times have changed.
Maybe Disney's anti-hunter bias is just the natural result of having a cast full of talking animals. But think about it: there's Clayton, the evil hunter who nets Tarzan's family of apes; there's Gaston, the arrogant brute after the Belle in Beauty & the Beast; there's Bugs Bunny's nemesis Elmer Fudd. (OK, that last one is Warner Bros., but you get the idea.) Most notorious is the invisible hunter who kills Bambi's mother, burns down the forest and set back public tolerance for deer culls and prescribed burns for generations.
But that was then. Have you seen the Disney-Pixar movie, Brave? If not, do. If you don't have kids, borrow some. It's a gas.
And the heroine, Merida, is more than just a pretty head of hair. She's a cross between Annie Oakley, Howard Hill and Rob Roy.
She rides horses! She has a falcon! She shoots arrows! (With excellent form.) She stands up to angry bears! She endures disapproving mothers and oppressive social norms! ("Princesses shouldn't have weapons, in my opinion, " says the Queen Mother.)
Truth is, we hunters probably deserve whatever reputation we have. It's easy Hollywood shorthand to throw a deer head on a set wall when a director wants to say "this character is a redneck idiot." But hunters' real-world behavior is what makes their reputation, for better or worse.
Still, in this overly urbanized world, I had to smile at Brave's expression of elan for the outdoor life. One scene, young Merida must survive in the woods with her loving, but overbearing, mother. Hungry, Merida shoots a salmon out of a spawning stream, presenting the fish still quivering on the shaft to her mother.
It was … touching. Like a Mother's Day special of MeatEater. Hurray for Merida. Hurray for Brave and for Pixar's screenwriter Brenda Chapman. They've come up with something new and delightful.
Essays in the Range blog are not written by High Country News. The authors are solely responsible for their content.
Ben Long is an author, outdoorsman and conservationist in Kalispell, Mont. He is senior program director for Resource Media and father to a boy who loves all things Disney.
Seeing the (overcrowded) forest for the trees
By Heather Hansen, Red Lodge Clearing House
I was wandering around Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) last week, absorbing the cooling sight of snowfields and the 30-degree temperature drop earned by more than doubling my elevation from Boulder. On my way along Trail Ridge Road, I stopped at the Farview Curve overlook on the west side of the park, so named because you'd swear on a clear day you could see the Golden Gate Bridge from there. The tantalizingly-named Never Summer Mountains look like stone-faced sentinels watching over the Colorado River, just a glimmering ribbon from here, as it drops into the lush Kawuneeche Valley.
Because I like to hear what other people think of such remarkable sights, I was eavesdropping on a mother and daughter standing nearby. The young girl asked her mom, "Why are all the trees changing color when its summer?" The observant child had noticed the reddish-brown beetle-killed pines that stretch like an angry scar across the landscape. When her mom responded that they must need some rain, I didn't have the heart to say they're actually dead; that this view will be very different in the years to come.
It was on the west side of the park the effects of the mountain pine beetle on the these forests first appeared. Now, all over RMNP, felled trees have been reduced to logs and stacked in pyres like giants' bonfires ready to be set alight. These 10,000 or so slash piles are the product of several forest thinning and hazardous tree mitigation projects aimed at both improving forest health and getting rid of beetle killed trees, especially ones close to campgrounds and other areas frequented by people. But conditions were poor, too warm and dry, for the park service to burn the stacks, and so they sit.
As those of us who have been charting the relentless advance of the bark beetle over the past decade know, winter temperatures haven't been cold enough to kill beetle eggs and larvae that have infiltrated trees. A prolonged drought has further weakened the trees' resolve. The current epidemic now extends from the Yukon Territory down into New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, having killed nearly 22 million acres of trees in the Intermountain West alone (more than three-quarters of which are on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land).
Read More ...Rants from the Hill: I brake for Rants
"Rants from the Hill" are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in the high country of Nevada's western Great Basin desert.
Rants from the Hill is now a podcast! Listen to an audio performance of this essay, here. You can also subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or through Feedburner for use in another podcast reader.
I've never been a fan of bumper stickers, though I've always thought the idea had potential. Done right, you'd think a bumper sticker could be a sort of ideological haiku, an elegant little distillation of a person's unique perception of the world. Or, alternatively, that it could express genuine wit by being a joke that doesn't take too long to tell. And even if a bumper sticker isn't very likely to prompt people to act, it should at least make them imagine. As in, for example, "Visualize Whirled Peas."
Unfortunately, the problems with bumper stickers far outweigh their benefits, and so the potential of this unique genre remains for the most part unrealized. The first problem with bumper stickers is that they aren't sufficiently site specific. Maybe that's a good thing, if the point of the sticker is to demonstrate your commitment. So if your bumper sticker says "How Can You Be Pro-Life and Eat Dead Animals," and your car breaks down in front of a cattle ranch or poultry farm, you'll just have to stick to your values during the six days it'll take for the local tow truck driver to help you out. Second, bumper stickers are usually so polemical as to be rhetorically ineffective. Time never moves more slowly than when we're being preached at by somebody's bumper at the Church of the Red Light. Besides, too many sticker sound bites are already threadbare and clichéd. It is far too late now to tell folks to "Be the Change You Want to See in the World" (could I somehow be colder beer?), "Simplify" (this turns out to be incredibly complicated), or "Love Your Mother" (which could be disturbingly ambiguous). As an environmentalist, I've observed than many "green" bumper stickers are factually incorrect ("Trees are People Too"), unintentionally ironic ("Question Consumption" on a Lexus), incredibly corny ("May the Forest Be With You"), or intolerably sappy ("Keep All of Nature Special!!"). Finally, environmental stickers rarely respond to issues usefully because they can't afford to represent more than one point of view. You might see a bumper sticker that says "Save the Earth, Because You Can't Eat Money," but you won't see one that says "You Can't Eat Money, but You Can Use Money to Buy Food." Once you get away from monolithic ideological pronouncements, bumperfied environmental sloganeering just loses its pop.
Read More ...Putting the West on a low-carb(on) diet
By Heather Hansen, Red Lodge Clearing House
The day after the University of Colorado Law School's annual summer conference -- "A Low Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West" -- had ended, I was walking in downtown Fort Collins, when something above the foothills caught my eye. The dense white puff looked like a blooming thunderhead but the black tendrils rising quickly around it confirmed the worst -- wildfire. Since that morning, the High Park fire has exploded to more than 68,000 acres, killing one person and destroying at least 189 homes. The fire's ravaging of that area and those lives is a great sadness, but it is no surprise.
Image of the High Park Fire's smoke plume on June 9 courtesy Flickr user Sam Cox.
Throughout the spring we were warned that this perfect storm was brewing. Our warm, dry winter left us with a record low snowpack and high spring temperatures exacerbated the situation. Colorado's Water Availability Task Force reported that last April was the fourth warmest on record in Colorado (since record-keeping began in 1895), and March was the third warmest. As a result, 96 percent of Colorado was experiencing some level of drought conditions last month. Seventy percent of 11 Western states currently are considered "abnormally dry." A recent study showed that the Southwest in the fastest-warming region in the country.
Months ago, the federal wildfire forecast warned of an increased risk for catastrophe this year, particularly on the Front Range. Last week, there were 20 wildfires burning in eight Western states. (The U.S. Forest Service's map of active wildfires paints a sobering picture of the West ablaze.) Yet another recent study predicts that, if left unchecked, climate change will increase the number and ferocity of wildfires in the West over the next 30 years.
Read More ...Enjoying the wilderness
Only five days left. Amidst the turmoil of final preparations – checking and re-checking gear, packing, food-shopping – I'm engaging in a little psychological battle with myself regarding the object of all this activity: a 19 day, 16 person, DIY rafting trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. For those of us who are "private" boaters (i.e. we use our own boats and equipment and don't hire professional guides) as well as for those who go on trips with commercial outfitters , "The Grand" is the apex of all U.S. river trips, the longest, most difficult to secure, most challenging and most beautiful adventure of them all. This will be my third private "Grand," each trip nearly a decade apart (yes, permits are that difficult to get), and the two previous experiences together with hundreds of trips on other western rivers have made me pretty confident that all the logistics involving supplies, safety, and comfort – my role in them, anyway – are well accounted for. So, why the psychological battle?
Read More ...Aging mining law handcuffs the American West
Two of my favorite western cities, Tucson, Ariz., and Boise, Idaho, share some common blessings and one common curse.
The blessings include lovely mountain backdrops, vibrant universities and increasingly diverse economies.
The shared curse: badly misguided mining claims upstream.
Why, in the 21st Century, should communities like Boise and Tucson be shackled to an antiquated federal mining policy dating back to the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant?
I was a newspaper reporter in Boise for a short spell and when I return, I am drawn to the Boise River and its marvelous greenbelt. It's a rare city where the trout fishing and kayaking are so good within city limits.
Folks in Boise are rightfully concerned about a Canadian company that has proposed a cyanide-leach gold mine upstream from the Boise River. Besides fishing and floating, the Boise provides about a fifth of drinking water for the largest metro area in Idaho. The battle cry there is: the Boise River is more precious than gold.
Read More ...Don't be too self-righteous
Many years ago, in an interesting turn of events, I found myself in the same truck (mine) as a famous environmental writer. I can take no personal credit for her presence there; she was speaking that evening at a literary event sponsored by a local college. A good friend of mine was organizing the event and was much occupied with preparations, so he pressed my spouse and me into giving the famed personage a ride from her hotel to the college. Of course, I was flattered at the opportunity to meet her but also a bit flustered, as I usually am around people I admire. As we drove through the outer Phoenix suburbs, the writer commented on all the newly constructed offices and shopping centers we were passing. I replied that the area had seen extensive growth in recent years, and that, unfortunately, some of the particularly lovely foothills desert nearby had been bulldozed in order to accommodate the infrastructure needed by the new residents. At this, the author turned to me and asked, coolly, "how long have you lived here?"
Ouch! I answered her ("since 1965"), but I also felt the sting of the implied rebuke. Somebody had bulldozed some desert to make room for me, too. Point taken. Luckily we arrived at the event soon after, so I didn't have any more opportunities to put my foot in it.
Read More ...Water to the people
By Heather Hansen, Red Lodge Clearing House
I hadn't realized until I got an (en masse) email from Senator Mark Udall recently, that we're celebrating water in Colorado this year. He and Sen. Michael Bennet introduced a resolution in May recognizing 2012 as the "Year of Water." The declaration piggybacks on governor Hickenlooper's "Colorado Water 2012" initiative which, among the goals of reminding citizens that water is liquid gold here, is intended to "motivate Coloradans to become proactive participants in Colorado's water future."
It may not be quite what those politicians had in mind, but two motivated Coloradans have made news recently with controversial proposals to amend the state constitution in a way that would dramatically change water management in the state, valuing public use over private and limiting water diversions that negatively affect public uses. Phil Doe of Littleton and Richard Hamilton of Fairplay have introduced Public Trust Initiatives #3 and #45.
The first measure would apply the common-law doctrine of "public trust" to water rights, and make "public ownership of such water legally superior to water rights, contracts, and property law." Initiative 3 would also grant unrestricted public access to natural streams and their banks.
The second measure proposes to amend Article XVI, Section 6 of the state constitution, which talks about the diversion of un-appropriated waters of natural streams. Initiative 45 seeks to limit, and possibly prohibit, stream diversions that would "irreparably harm the public ownership interest in water."
In April, the Colorado Supreme Court cleared the way for the initiatives to proceed and, two weeks ago, the Colorado Secretary of State posted the final forms for Doe and Hamilton to be able to begin collecting signatures. In order for them to appear on the November ballot, each initiative must wrangle 86,000 valid signatures by August 6. Those are big hurdles to clear, but even the discussion around the measures merits some examination.
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First TransPennine Express
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Franchise(s): | TransPennine 1 February 2004 – 4 February 2016 |
Main route(s): | Liverpool - Scarborough Manchester Airport - Newcastle / Middlesbrough Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes Manchester Piccadilly - Hull Manchester Airport - Blackpool North / Barrow-in-Furness / Windermere Manchester Airport - Edinburgh / Glasgow |
Fleet size: |
Stations called at: | 60 |
Stations operated: | 30 |
National Rail abbreviation: | TP |
Parent company: | FirstGroup (55%) Keolis (45%) |
Web site: | www.tpexpress.co.uk |
First TransPennine Express[1] is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (55%) and Keolis (45%) operating the TransPennine Express franchise.[2]
First TransPennine Express runs regular passenger services in northern England, including services linking the west and east coasts across the Pennines. It operates a hub model radiating from Manchester and covering three main routes. The service provides rail links for major cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, York, Scarborough and Newcastle. Currently, all services call or terminate at Manchester Piccadilly with most continuing to Manchester Airport.[3]
First TransPennine Express is one of the few UK train operating companies running 24 hours a day, including through New Year's Eve night. For example, trains run between York, Leeds and Manchester Airport at least every three hours every night of the week.
The TransPennine Express brand was launched in late 1998 by Northern Spirit, and maintained by its successor, Arriva Trains Northern.
In 2000 the Strategic Rail Authority announced that it planned to reorganise the North West Regional Railways and Regional Railways North East franchises operated by First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern. A TransPennine Express franchise would be created for the long-distance regional services, the remaining services being operated by a new Northern franchise.[4]
In July 2003 the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the TransPennine franchise to FirstGroup/Keolis, and the services operated by Arriva Trains Northern and First North Western transferred to First TransPennine Express on 1 February 2004.[5]
Siemens maintains the Class 185 Desiro fleet at Ardwick depot in Manchester with a smaller facility in York. The Class 170 Turbostars are maintained by Bombardier at Crofton. TransPennine Express is headquartered at Bridgewater House in Manchester.
The franchise was due to end on 31 January 2012, but in August 2011 the Department for Transport awarded First TransPennine Express an extension until March 2015.[6] Included was a clause to allow this date to be brought forward to April 2014 to allow it to coincide with the end-date of the Northern Rail franchise. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the franchise would again be extended until 4 February 2016.[7]
The future continuation of the franchise was not certain. Local transport authorities and consultancies had proposed merging Trans-Pennine services into other franchises to increase efficiency on the rail network.[8] The Manchester Airport to Scotland service could be transferred to the InterCity West Coast franchise after the electrification of lines around Manchester by 2018. The south Trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Cleethorpes could be transferred to East Midlands Trains who already operate an hourly service on the Manchester to Sheffield section.[9]
North TransPennine[edit]
The core route between Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds sees four trains per hour between the two cities. This is made up of an hourly Manchester Airport to Newcastle Central service, an hourly Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough service, an hourly Manchester Piccadilly to Hull service and an hourly Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough service. The Huddersfield to Leeds section is the busiest section of the route.[citation needed]
The Manchester to Liverpool section is supplemented by East Midlands Trains' hourly service from Norwich and a Northern Rail hourly Manchester Airport to Liverpool express service (which runs via Newton-le-Willows rather than Warrington Central), thus giving three fast services per hour between Manchester and Liverpool. Similarly, the service between Leeds and Newcastle is augmented by an hourly CrossCountry service. Trains between York and Newcastle are also operated by East Coast.
Under Arriva Trains Northern, Newcastle services continued to Sunderland. When First TransPennine Express first took over the franchise it extended the Manchester to Hull service to Bridlington, a decision later reversed.
In May 2014 an hourly express service between Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle Central via Manchester Victoria and Leeds will be introduced.[10] This will be the first and only First TransPennine Express service not to call at Manchester Piccadilly.
South TransPennine[edit]
An hourly service operates from Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes via Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Doncaster and Scunthorpe. The Manchester to Sheffield sector is supplemented by East Midlands Trains hourly Liverpool to Norwich service, giving a half-hourly service of fast trains between Manchester and Sheffield.
TransPennine North West[edit]
TransPennine North West runs from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North, Windermere, Barrow-in-Furness,Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley. It uses sections of the Styal Line, Manchester to Preston Line, West Coast Main Line, Furness Line and Windermere Branch Line. These services were formerly operated by First North Western.
With the completion of the first stage of the North West electrification programme, the Scottish services will be operated from 8 December 2013 by newly arrived Class 350 electric units and rerouted to stop at Wigan North Western before joining the West Coast Main Line. Stops at Bolton and Chorley will be withdrawn as a result.[11]
Official performance figures released by Network Rail for period 7 of the financial year 2013/14 were down on the same period last year at 87.8% (PPM) and MAA up to 12 October 2013 stood at 90.5%.[12]
Rolling stock[edit]
First TransPennine Express inherited a fleet of two- and three-car Class 158 Express Sprinter trains from Arriva Trains Northern. It also operated Class 175 Coradias on hire from Arriva Trains Wales.
A franchise commitment was the replacement of the entire fleet, so in 2005 First TransPennine ordered 56 (later cut back by the Strategic Rail Authority to 51) three-car Class 185 Desiros, the first of which entered service in March 2006.
Most of the Class 185s were delivered in FirstGroup's neon blue livery. The "i" in the logo of Keolis is used as the "i" in the TransPennine Express logo in addition to the First "flying f" logo. The first eight units were delivered in First's dark blue livery, and later reliveried with neon blue vinyls.
The Class 185 trains proved popular with off-peak travellers, although these satisfaction levels decrease for passengers undertaking long-distance journeys and at peak times.[13]
Despite the 185s being bigger than two-car 158s, 185s frequently leave passengers behind due to severe overcrowding at peak times.[14] Transport for Greater Manchester stated in 2007 that projected passenger numbers would probably mean that 100–125 mph (161–201 km/h) 8-car units would be needed by 2014.[15]
It was planned to operate all services with the new Class 185 Desiros. However, weight restrictions on the Micklefield to Hull line restrict the Class 185s to 65–75 mph (105–121 km/h). To solve this and create extra capacity, First TransPennine Express leased eight Class 170 Turbostars from late 2006 that were surplus to South West Trains' requirements, and in November 2007 a ninth was transferred from Central Trains. The Class 185 Desiros operate across the network, the Class 170 Turbostars on services from Manchester to Cleethorpes, Hull and York.
From May 2014 services between Manchester and Scotland will be operated by 110 mph capable electric multiple units.[16] This will enable the diesel trains currently in use on the Manchester to Scotland services to be transferred to other TransPennine Express services.[17] The Manchester Airport to Blackpool route will also be electrified, allowing further diesel trains to be cascaded on to other TransPennine Express services. However, this will be after the end of the current TransPennine Express franchise.
In February 2012 the Department for Transport announced that 10 four-car electric Class 350 Desiros had been ordered to operate services from Manchester to Scotland via Wigan after electrification.[18][19] It was confirmed that all the existing rolling stock would remain with the franchise to boost capacity.
However in March 2014 it was revealed that the nine Class 170 Turbostars will move to Chiltern Railways.[20] MP Stephen Hammond revealed on 12 March 2014 that all the class 170/3s will remain with First TransPennine Express until the May 2015 timetable change and talks relating to First TransPennine keeping some of the 170/3s until the May 2016 timetable change are currently on-going.[21]
Current fleet[edit]
Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Routes operated | Built | |
mph | km/h | ||||||
Class 170 Turbostar | DMU | 100 | 160 | 9 | Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes Manchester Piccadilly - Hull Manchester Airport - York |
1998–2005 | |
Class 185 Desiro | DMU | 100 | 160 | 51 | All TransPennine routes | 2005–2006 | |
Class 350/4 Desiro | EMU | 110 | 180 | 10(not all in service) | Manchester-Edinburgh/Glasgow | 2013-2014 |
Past fleet[edit]
Class | Image | Type | Built | Withdrawn | Notes | Number |
Class 158 Express Sprinter | DMU | 1989-1992 | 2006-2007 | Transferred to Central Trains, First Great Western, Northern Rail and South West Trains | Initially 28 + an additional 2 sub-leased from First North Western. Later 28 + an additional 4 sub-leased from Central Trains. 2 units also briefly sub-leased from First ScotRail | |
Class 175 Coradia | DMU | 1999–2001 | 2007 | Were subleased from Arriva Trains Wales.
After the introduction of the Class 185, they returned to Arriva Trains Wales |
27 shared between First TransPennine Express and Arriva Trains Wales |
Managed stations[edit]
First TransPennine Express' services run over a large area of northern England and southern Scotland. Many of the largest stations they serve are managed by a different TOC or, in five cases, Network Rail.
First Trans Pennine manage the following 30 stations:[22]
- ^ Companies House extract company no 4113923 First/Keolis TransPennine Limited
- ^ Keolis in the UK Keolis
- ^ First TransPennine Express route map FirstGroup
- ^ The Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise. Yorkshire & The Humber Transport Activist's Roundtable Briefing Note October 2001.
- ^ "SRA Announce Preferred Bidder For TransPennine Express Franchise" (Press release). Strategic Rail Authority. 28 July 2003. Archived from the original on no date.
- ^ "New franchising programme" (Press release). Department for Transport. 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Railway plan puts new focus on passengers" Secretary of State for Transport statement 26 March 2013
- ^ "Rail Franchising: Written evidence from First/Keolis TransPennine". UK Parliament. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Research Project on Reviewing the Franchise Map". Jacobs Consultancy. March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Trans Pennine speed-up planned" Modern Railways October 2013 page 14
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Following the arrival of the group flight in the morning, we leave Johannesburg and drive about 5 hrs to our campsite just outside of Hazyview. Tonight there is chance to do an optional night game drive.
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After breakfast, we will drive 30 mins to Kruger National Park where we will spend the day. We have a game drive this morning, where we hope to see the lions, leopards, elephants, Cape buffalo and Black rhinos, as well as cheetahs, giraffes and hippos. We'll stop for lunch at a campsite in the park, with time to swim and rest during the worst of the heat. In the afternoon we will do another game drive before returning to camp at sunset. We camp inside the park, where we hope to hear lions roar or hyenas cackle as we fall asleep.
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After a final game drive in the park this morning, we return to camp for breakfast before heading across the border to Mozambique. Depending on how long the border crossing takes, we should arrive at our camp 50 kms north of Maputo in the late afternoon.
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We have a full day driving today from Maputo to Inhambane. Palm oil and copra plantations make up a lot of the scenery until we arrive on the beaches of Ponta da Barra. Inhambane is one of Mozambique's oldest settlements, with an interesting history going back to the 11th century, well before the arrival of the first Portuguese settlers. It is a charming town, with wide, tree-lined streets and elegant old buildings and there should be time to explore these before we head further west to where we will stay the next two nights.
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Today we have a full day at a lodge on the peninsula to relax on the beach or participate in a variety of optional activities. There is a chance here for going out on quad bikes, scuba diving, canoeing, whale watching (in season), or to just relax on the beautiful beaches of the Indian Ocean.
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An early start to go back to Inhambane. We then turn north and head for Vilanculos, arriving at our campsite on the beachfront in the mid to late afternoon.
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Vilanculos is the gateway to the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique's only underwater ocean national park. Today we have a full day in Vilanculos to explore the town, relax on the beach or participate in a variety of optional activities. There is the chance to spend the day on the Indian Ocean, going on dhow trips, diving, or snorkelling, or to just relax on the stunning beaches in this pristine area of Mozambique.
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We have a full day driving today, leaving Vilanculos and Mozambique behind, and crossing into Zimbabwe. We will pass scenic villages along the way, and will break up the drive with stops for photos and to rest. Tonight we stay in Mutare.
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After an early start we drive south of Mutare to the Great Zimbabwe ruins, where we have lunch and the afternoon to explore the ruins. Great Zimbabwe is the greatest medieval city in sub-Saharan Africa. A religious and temporal capital, at its peak, it dominated a realm stretching across eastern Zimbabwe and into modern-day Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa.
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After a leisurely start we spend the morning driving to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe second biggest town. The town centre has some great examples of colonial architecture, the National Art Gallery is housed in one of these double story classics. The Natural History museum, which is a ten minute walk from town centre, is the best in the country and well worth a visit. Bulawayo has a great selection of coffee shops and restaurants and an excellent curio market next door to City Hall.
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Matobo is the oldest national park in the country, and so it is rich with history as well as wildlife. We spend the morning tracking rhino both on foot and in safari vehicles. Matobo is a protection zone for both Black and White rhino, and was made a World Heritage Site in 2003. It contains the largest concentration of leopards in an area of its size in the world - although, being so elusive, it is still difficult to spot them. The park is known for its large concentration of Black eagles, which can be seen up on the rock formations, or soaring overhead searching for prey. After lunch we will visit one of several caves in the park, while learning more about the history of the area. The park contains 3000 officially registered rock-art sites, some of which we also hope to visit while there. There is also the option of visiting Rhodes grave. We camp in Bulawayo tonight.
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We drive to Hwange National Park in the morning and spend the afternoon in the park on a game drive. Hwange is home to over 400 species of bird and over 100 types of animals, and has one of the largest number of elephants in the world. During the drier season, the wildlife in the park tends to congregate around the various watering holes, which allows us good game viewing opportunities
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We have a morning game walk before leaving Hwange and heading to Victoria Falls. We aim to arrive at Victoria Falls around lunchtime so as to have the afternoon to wander around the town, visit the spectacular falls, and plan our adventure activities for tomorrow.
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We have a free day in Victoria Falls today. There is a choice of optional activities including one of the world's highest bungy jumps, sunset cruises, and high adrenaline white water rafting
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I'm currently need to plug in two 3phase compressors and also have 4 110 outlets. I was wondering if I could use one 3 phase recepticle and plug a breaker box into it and then wire the needed recepticles into that. It's a mobile system so I dont know if I will always have all the recepticles that I need and if I can just plug everything into one that would be extremely helpful. Thanks for you help. |
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Yes you could make up a portable breaker box (subpanel) with breakers rated within the maximum circuit rating for each air compressor, and with 15 or 20 amp breakers for the 120 volt stuff. If a piece of equipment normally draws 20 amps but is spec'ed for a 30 amp circuit, you may not connect it, or two of them, directly to a 60 amp circuit.
Now you cannot have 120 (110) volt circuits or subcircuits unless the 3 phase supply has a neutral specifically for 120 volt usage. This neutral might be symmetric (120/208 volt wye system) in which case any hot can be used wih the neutral, or may be associated with two of the three hot legs (120/240 volt delta system). And the system must match the compressors' voltage ratings in terms of 240 versus 208 volts. Some 3 phase equipment will work on either 240 or 208 volts and the instructions or name plate will state that. You may find it handy to have some adapters (receptacle to fit your portable breaker box, plug of lesser amperes rating) for use at different venues which might not have the same amperage circuit to give you. The box itself, its feed cable (wire gauge), and the plug at its end must all be rated for the maximum amperage circuit you will encounter in your travels. You may not construct, possess, or use an adapter or Y connector with two male plugs on it. Such might be used to get a single allotment of 60 amps from two receptacles on separate 30 amp circuits, which usage is not allowed.
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