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German Shepherd Related Links
General German Shepherd Information
How to Pick the Best Dog Food
The Dog Food Comparison Charts
This is one of the most comprehensive websites for comparing dog foods. It starts with an
article on understanding dog food labels and then lists many of the dog foods available today. Must read!
The Dog Food Analysis offer in-depth reviews and information on commercial foods.
Click on REVIEWS to see the foods, or SEARCH for particular foods
All Natural Diet for Dogs by Ed Frawley
Dog Aware-Diet
Tons of information and links on dog food/ingredients/dog food lists, etc.
http://www.doberdogs.com/foodcht4.html tells you how to read those ingredients labels
and has an extensive list of dog foods and their ingredients.
Great Article on Rescue Dogs that includes GSRNE http://germanshepherds.com/articles/totherescue/
Help With Finding Pet-Friendly Apartments
The German Shepherd Dog Web pages
A Website to Help Save Dogs From Dying in Hot Cars
Dogs and Children
Pets and A New Baby
Preparing Fido
A CD of baby noises and some articles that are great for people expecting a baby
The Safe Kids/Safe Dogs Project
Planning for Your New Dog A wonderful website for children
Want to know where those cute pet store puppies come from? Check out some of these links.
Video of an Indiana Amish Puppymill
Health Information
German Shepherd Dog Health Issues
Pet First Aid class in Waltham, MA (free)
learn how to take your dogs pulse & heart rate. Learn to bandage a wound in a hurry
and what should be in your first aid kit. Be prepared. It could save your dog's life.
Animal CPR Information
Canine Epilepsy Web Site
The Pet Fund
provides financial assistance to owners of domestic animals who need urgent veterinary care
The Pet Arthritis Center
Take This Short Quiz to Find Out What is Poisionous to Your Dog
Handicapped Pets
Products, services, and support for elderly, disabled, and handicapped pets. We help you care for them.
Safety Information
Which Cars Make the Best Dog Cars?
You can find any number of Web sites that review cars for all the usual reasons, which is why we don't spend a lot of time dwelling on horsepower, handling and other things that make the usual lot of car reviewer hearts go pitty-pat. We're going to figure you know all about how many cup holders a car has, and how many pre-teen soccer stars you can fit in it. So our reviews are about … well … dogs. How well does a car hold dogs and their gear? How easy it is to get crates into the back or otherwise restrain a dog for safety? Can you get air in the back? Do the seats fold flat? And how economic is the vehicle?
General All Around Good Reference for Training Info
Dr. P's Dog Training Library
The Marin Humane Society – Behavior & Training Notebook
Pet Loss
What Can You Do If Your Pet Receives Negligent Veterinary Care?
The vast majority of veterinary care in New England is good. When your dog is in physical trouble, a great emergency or regular veterinarian can competently and kindly help you and your dog in what can seem like miraculous ways. However, this is not always the case, as was seen in the tragic story of Eli.
http://gsrne.org/gsrne-live/Eli_Memorial.htm How to Find Lost Dogs
The Missing Pet Network
Cremation Urns
Pet Sympathy Cards
Bereavement Group (free of charge) in Waltham, MA
Blind Dog Info
Tips & Suggestions To Help Both You And Your Blind Dog
Blind Dogs Yahoo Group
Hints for Living With a Blind Dog
Building a Harness & Hoop for a Blind Dog
Story of a blind dog given new life by using large zip ties on his collars for "whiskers"
Littlest Angel Vest © ~the white cane for blind dogs
http://angelvest.homestead.com/A PDF list of Resources for Blind Dogs
GSD History
GSD-Siegers (#1 dog in the world according to FCI world standards) 1899-on
An Absolutely Incredible Database. This particular page shows Siegers (male) and Siegerians (female).
GSD Types/Shows
Around The World Of The German Shepherd
Thousands of fans follow the National Breed Championship on the five continents. Here is a selection of the best adult males, which distinguished themselves in 2001 by winning the highly-coveted title of Club Champion, and what's more, very often under the judgment of German breed specialists.
Other Links
War Dogs
Maine Warden Service K-9 Unit
Warden Ron Dunham and K-9 Grace, the Service's first "rescue" dog donated by the German Shepherd Rescue of New England, joined the Unit in 2001. Grace, a female German Shepherd, is a true "workaholic" and a good choice even though she was a little old (three years) when starting training. (NOTE: GSRNE also placed Dutchess, a Dutch Shepherd, with the Maine Warden Service in 2005.
Shelter Alliance and Resources for Animals with Handicaps, Inc.
Reasons NOT to Give Your Dog "Free To A Good Home"
The Animal Rescue Site
Click on the link to help fund food for animals
Born To Die Pets
Documentary videos of the pet overpopulation problem. Caution, may include graphic images.
Animal Abuse Crime Database
Find Your Local Humane Society to Report Abuse
The easiest way to find your local humane society or animal control agency is online at www.Pets911.com. Here you can enter your zip code and find a list of animal shelters, animal control agencies, and other animal care organizations in your community
New Hampshire
NHSPCA Cruelty Investigations
MSPCA-Angell, Boston, MA
To report suspected animal cruelty please call: (617) 522-6008 or (800) 628-5808
Massachusetts Animal Coalition
Animal Rescue League of Boston:
Boston Center email@example.com 617-426-9170
Brewster Center firstname.lastname@example.com 508-255-1030
Dedham Center email@example.com 781-326-0729
Animal Welfare Program, Maine Department of Agriculture
To report neglect and abuse in the State of Maine use the following:
The Animal Welfare Program's business hours are 8am – 5pm, Monday through Friday, and may be r
eached by the following manner:
Toll Free Phone Number: 1-877-269-9200
Phone Number: (207) 287-3846
Email: email@example.com
Emergency after hours, please call the Orono Barracks of the State Police at (207) 866-2121
and they will contact an Animal Welfare Program representative.
Maine State Animal Control Officers are listed on the Animal Welfare Dept website
HSUS If you suspect illegal animal cruelty in your neighborhood, contact your local animal control or law enforcement agency. If the agency needs assistance, you can contact Ashley at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Prisoners of Greed
Our experience tells us that the best way to shut down the mills is by telling the public the truth about the mills. If the public learns that puppies in pet stores come from puppy mills, they won't buy them and the mills will close.
American Humane Education Society
350 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130-4803
(617) 522-7400
Dog Scandal Pushes New Fur Labeling Bill
The Coalition for Animal Justice is dedicated to fighting cruelty against species traditionally classified as companion animals.
Chaining Dogs
The Facts About Chaining or Tethering Dogs
Dogs Deserve Better
Do you know of a dog that lives it's life on a chain or pen? This nonprofit organization is
dedicated to freeing the chained dog and bringing our 'best friend' into the home and family.
Maine Friends of Animals
One of the most frequent requests MFOA hears from our members is about doing something about what we call "dogs chained for life." Time and again we get calls about dogs continuously being left outside in inhumane conditions. In our view it is arguably the most pervasive form of animal cruelty that we presently have in the state, especially given Maine winters.
Just For Fun!
Exclusive "Time Warp" discovery. Ultra slow dog drinking water
Do you think you know how dogs use their tongues to drink water? This video shows us in
slow motion how dogs use their tongue to drink water. I think you'll be surprised!
Ultimate Dog Tease
This video will make you laugh!
Great Activities You Can Enjoy With Your Dog
Tiger and Shepherd Are Friends
Dog House Puzzle for the Kids
Just put the puzzle together. Then, wait a few seconds for the dog to come out! This is cute!
Dog Parks Throughout the USA
1040-Dog US Individual Canine Income Tax Form 200
Dog Age Converter
Fun Dog Site
TYPE IN a command and see what happens… Sit, roll over, down, stand, sing, dance, jump,
shake, fetch, play dead, etc.
Nice flash show about older dogs
Disclaimer: GSRNE does not recommend or endorse any of the shelters, rescues or private parties
listed within these pages, or affiliated /linked sites. We encourage you to seek references when making decisions regarding pet adoption, placement, care & training. GSRNE cannot guarantee the accuracy of the shelter or rescue listings in this site.
New England
German Shepherd Rescue of New England
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Website: http://gsrne.org/gsrne-live/
Address: P.O. Box 299, Wayland, MA 01778
Phone: (978) 443-2202 (24 hour hotline)
National Rescue Forums
German Shepherd Home, Forum
To provide an on line community where ALL German Shepherd enthusiasts can gather,
exchange ideas and information about breeding, training, health and behavior issues.
To support the rescue community and highlight their tireless efforts to help GSDs find a forever home.
GermanShepherds.com – Forum
This site is dedicated to all aspects of the German Shepherd Dog. The German Shepherd Dog is respected and admired throughout the world for its versatility, intelligence, and loyalty. Go to the forums section and then the rescue section.
Owner Turn-in Postings
Rescue Me! Mission: Stop the needless euthanization of millions of animals each year byhelping more people adopt purebred & mixed animals from individuals, families, shelters and rescue groups needing to place them in an emergency.
Also, please check out our Placing Your Own section of this website
The German Shepherd Dog Rescue Group of Alaska
4933 east 6th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Christa Burg (907) 332-2352 firstname.lastname@example.com
or Julie McCann (907) 337-3486
Southwest German Shepherd Rescue
3114 W Los Gatos, Phoenix, AZ 85027
Contact Name: Steff
firstname.lastname@example.com (for black & tans)
Phone: 623-516-2880
White German Shepherd Rescue-Phoenix
2807 W Michelle Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85053
Phone: 623-516-2880
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com for whites
Website: http://swgermanshepherdrescue.com/
Adoptions to Arizona. Intake from all surrounding states.
Coastal German Shepherd Rescue Coastal German Shepherd Rescue
Orange County Chapter
P.O. Box 50726;Irvine, CA 92619-0726
Website: http://www.coastalgsr.org/
phone: 714-528-4730
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
P.O. Box 722381
San Diego, CA. 92172
phone: (858) 779-9149
email: email@example.com
German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California
P.O. Box 1930, Cupertino, CA 95015-1930
Phone: 1-866-SAVE-GSD (1-866-728-3473)
Website: http://www.savegsd.org/
Email: see website for various areas
German Shepherd Rescue
Los Angeles, Orange County, Tehachapi
Website: http://www.gsrescue.org
Address: 417 N. Moss Street, Burbank, CA 91502
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Website: http://www.sheprescue.org
Address: 2721 Wigtown Road, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (mail only –
there are no adoptions at this location)
Phone: 310-202-SAVE
Contact: Robin Jampol
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Colorado German Shepherd Rescue
Website: http://www.coloradogermanshepherdrescue.net
Address: Falcon, CO
Contact: Sharyn Baker
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Von Monte-Haus German Shepherd Rescue, Inc
Website: Working Dog Section
Tolland, CT 06084
Phone: 860 268 8525
K-9 Services & German Shepherd Rescue
Middleburg, FL 32068
Website: http://www.k-9services.net/
South Brevard German Shepherd Rescue
Address: 1981 Mattison Drive NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
Phone: 321-724-8873
Contact: Elena McKnight
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/FL200.html
German Shepherd Dog Rescue Group of GA
4906 Hadaway Garden Way: Kennesaw, GA 30152
(Atlanta metro area)
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://gashepherd.org/
German Shepherd Rescue, Inc.
Chicago, Skokie, and northern Illinois
Website: http://www.gsdrescue1.org
Address: P.O. Box 5092, Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847/677-0561
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (Rescue Coordinator)
Central Illinois German Shepherd Dog Rescue
P.O. Box 17464
Urbana, IL 61803
E-mail: email@example.com
Web site: http://www.gsdhaven.org
German Shepherd Dog Rescue of Iowa
web site: http://www.mvgsdr.org/
German Shepherd Rescue & Adoption of Central Indiana
Franklin, IN 46131
Phone: 317-736-0446 before 9 pm
Email: email@example.com
Dumas German Shepherd Rescue
Stambaugh, KY 41257
Contact: Anna Wells
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.dumas.petfinder.com
We are a small Non-Profit German Shepherd Rescue that deals with
ONLY kill shelters and works with individuals to place their dogs as needed.
Fables German Shepherd Rescue
Winchester, KY 40391
Phone: (859) 745-0354
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web Site: http://www.fablesgsd.com
Stepping Stone German Shepherd Rescue
PO Box 4435
Lexington, KY 40544
Phone: (859) 233-0511
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue
Maryland, South and South Central Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and D.C.
Website: http://www.magsr.org
Address: Post Office Box 5, Laurel, MD 20725-0005
Phone :( 410) 644-7763 (message only)
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (general email)
German Shepherd Rescue of New England, Inc.
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Website: http://gsrne.org/gsrne-live/
Address: P.O. Box 299, Wayland, MA 01778
Phone: (978) 443-2202 (24 hour hotline)
Northstar German Shepherd Rescue
Website: http://www.northstargsdr.org/
Address: PO Box 291, Winchendon, MA 01475
Email: email@example.com
German Shepherd Resource & Rescue Center
Address: P.O. Box 57 Hathorne,Massachusetts 01937
Phone: 617-694-1333
German Shepherd Rescue of MI, Inc.
Website: www.migsd.petfinder.org
Contact: Kari Selinger
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mississippi Valley GSD Rescue
Serving Iowa and Northern Illinois
Website: http://www.mvgsdr.org/
Contact us: email@example.com
New Jersey
Garden State German Shepherd Rescue, Inc
Website: http://www.gsgsr.org
Address: P.O. BOX 242, Fanwood, N.J. 07023
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 201-794-4746
Mostly Shepherds Rescue of New Jersey
Website: www.mostlyshepherds.petfinder.com
Address: PO BOX 694, New Monmouth, NJ 07748
Phone: 732-671-3708
732 890 0899 Cell
Contact: Libby Cook
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
New York
Shepherd's Hope
Serving the Greater Metropolitan New York & Long Island Area
Phone: (516) 801-3434
Email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
BrightStar GSD Rescue
Website: www.brightstargsd.org
Address: 30 Wheatstone Circle, Fairport, NY 14450-1168
Phone: 585-293-0549 (Roxanne & Paul)
Phone: 716-751-9024 (Leann)
Email: email@example.com (Leann)
German Shepherd Rescue of Central New York
Website: http://www.gsrcny1.org
Address: 2254 State Route 80, Tully, NY 13159
Phone: (315) 696-6806
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (GSRCNY Site Email)
Herding Dog Rescue
Website: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NY485.html
Address: P.O. Box 35, Baldwin, NY 11510
Phone: 631-924-3838
Email: email@example.com
German Shepherd Rescue of Duchess County NY
Website: http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NY189.html
Address: 136 Jameson Hill Road, Clinton Corners, NY 12514
Email: email@example.com
Big Dogs, Big Hearts Rescue Inc. ("BDBH")
Darcy E. Drons
Intake Coordinator/Shelter Liaison
Email: email@example.com
North Carolina
GSD Rescue and Adoptions
Website: http://www.gsdrescue.org
Address: PO Box 19272, Raleigh, NC 27619
Phone: 919-547-4247 (voicemail checked weekly)
Email: email@example.com
German Shepherd Rescue
Alamance County, North Carolina
Website: http://angelfire.com/nc/gsr/index.html
Address: P.O. Box 8, Elon College, NC 27244
Phone: 336-221-0120
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
German Shepherd Rescue of Southeast Pennsylvania
Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties
Website: http://www.gsr-sp.com
Address: 9012 Cargill Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19115
Contact: Simone Mogul
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue
Maryland, South and South Central Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and D.C.
Website: http://www.magsr.org
Address: Post Office Box 5, Laurel, MD 20725-0005
Phone :( 410) 644-7763 (message only)
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (general email)
Shepherd Haven German Shepherd Rescue
PO Box 816
Grove City, OH 43123
Email: email@example.com
website: www.shepherdhaven.org
Lake Erie German Shepherd Rescue
Northern Ohio
Huron, OH 44839
Email: email@example.com
Web: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/OH488.html
Austin German Shepherd Rescue
Serving Austin and the Central Texas Area
Email: email@example.com
Second Chance German Shepherd Rescue Houston
P.O. Box 6038
Kingwood, TX 77325
German Shepherd Dog Rescue Houston, Inc. (Closed)
Sadly, in Sept 2007, German Shepherd Rescue of Houston made the difficult decision to discontinue rescue operations. As a parting message they write, "After eight years and the successful placement of 580 abandoned German Shepherds, GSDR Houston is closing its doors. Unfortunately a lack of new volunteers and monetary donations have made it impossible to continue our mission to save and re-home German Shepherd dogs in the Houston area." Please don't let this happen to the rest of the dedicated rescues on this list. Support Breed Rescue!
Camp Wolfgang has closed
Good Shepherd Rescue of North Texas (TX)
Greater Houston GSD Rescue (TX)
North Texas German Shepherd Rescue (TX)
Virginia German Shepherd Rescue
Virginia and the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area
Website: www.shepherdrescue.org
Address: PO Box 126, Sterling, VA 20167
Phone: (703) 435.2840
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Arf's German Shepherd Rescue of Wisconsin
Website: http://www.arfrescue.com/
Address: P.O. Box 44 Lodi, WI 53555
Email: email@example.com
Badgerland German Shepherd Rescue
Southern Wisconsin
Website: www.bgsr.org
Address: PO Box 22, Belleville, WI 53508
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
West Virginia
West Virginia German Shepherd Rescue Co-op
Website: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/WV58.html
Address: 131 Greentree Dr., Parkersburg , WV 26104
Phone: 740-667-3545
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Other Useful Rescue Links
Echo Dogs White German Shepherd Rescue
Most of the United States and Canada
Website: http://www.echodogs.org/
National White German Shepherd Rescue
Website: http://www.nationalwhitegermanshepherdrescue.org
Contact: Denise Quartuccio
Email: email@example.com
Dutch Shepherd Rescue
Website: http://dutchshepherdrescue.org/
Contacts vary depending on where the dog is located. Please see the website for more info.
How To Adopt A Military Dog
website: www.militaryworkingdogadoptions.com
Blue Moon
BlueMoon Meadows offers an alternative solution to the shelter system, the streets, or
private euthanasia for people who can no longer provide for their pets due to death or chronic medical illness.
List of various breed rescues in New England.
Also visit http://www.petfinder.com
- Maine Shelters
- Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland- Westbrook
- Greater Androscoggin Humane Society – Auburn
- Bangor Humane Society – Bangor
- The Ark Animal Shelter – Cherryfield
- Harvest Hills Animal Shelter – Fryeburg
- Humane Society of Knox County – Thomaston
- The Animal Welfare Society – West Kennebunk
- Humane Society Waterville Area-Waterville
- Coastal Humane Society-Brunswick
Connecticut Shelters
- New Leash On Life – Bridgeport
- Forgotten Felines – Clinton (cats only)
- Helping Paws – Colchester
- Danbury Animal Welfare Society – Danbury
- C.A.T.A.L.E.S., Inc. – Middleton (cats only)
- Flora's Pet Project – Naugatuc
- New Haven Animal Shelter – New Haven
- The Friends of the New Haven Animal Shelter – New Haven
- Pet Animal Welfare Society – Norwalk
- Old Lyme Animal Shelter – Old Lyme
- Animal Life Savers – Stamford
- Southern Connecticut Animal Trust – Stamford (cats only)
- Stamford Animal Control Shelter – Stamford
- Northeastern Connecticut Animal Rescue – Storrs
- Pet Project – Voluntown
- Wallingford Animal Shelter – Wallingford
- Animal Friends of Connecticut – West Hartford
- West Haven Animal Shelter -West Haven
- Valley Shore Animal Welfare League – Westbrook
- District Animal Control – Woodbridge, Orange, Bethany, and Prospect
- Suffield Animal Shelter - Suffield, CT
- The Little Guild of St. Francis for the Welfare of Animals, Inc., West Cornell, CT
Massachusetts Shelters
- Alliance for Animals – Arlington
- Animal Rescue League of Boston – Boston
- Thomas J. O'Connor Regional Dog Pound – Chicopee (Dogs Only)
- Second Chance Animal Shelter – East Brookfield
- Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. Hudson (Golden Retriever Dogs Only)
- Dakin Animal Shelter Online – Leverett
- Pat Brody Shelter for Cats – Lunenburg (Cats Only)
- The Friends of the Plymouth Pound – Manomet, Braintree, and Hyannis
- Friends of Marblehead's Abandoned Animals – Marblehead
- Melrose Humane Society – Melrose
- MSPCA Shelter in Methuen – Methuen
- Berkshire Humane Society – Pittsfield
- Ce-Ce & Friends – Quincy (Cats Only)
- Northeast Animal Shelter – Salem
- Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society – Salisbury (Cats Only)
- Scituate Animal Shelter – Scituate
- MSPCA Springfield Animal Shelter – Springfield
- Buddy Dog Humane Society – Sudbury
- A Place for Us – South Egremont (Dogs Only)
- Kitty Angels – Tyngsboro (Cats Only)
- Gimmee Ferret Shelter – Wareham (Ferrets Only)
New Hampshire Shelters
- Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire – Bedford
- CAHS – Conway
- Cocheco Valley Humane Society – Dover
- GDHS, Inc. – East Derry
- Upper Valley Humane Society – Enfield
- North Tail K-9 Center – Francestown
- Franklin Animal Shelter – Franklin
- New Hampshire Humane Society – Laconia
- Salem Animal Rescue League – North Salem
- NHSPCA – Stratham
- Concord SPCA – Penacook
- Monadnock Humane Society – West Swanzey
Rhode Island Shelters
- Belinsky Animal Hospital – Belinsky
- Bristol Animal Shelter – Bristol
- Charlestown Animal Shelter – Charlestown
- Cranston Animal Shelter – Cranston
- East Greenwich Animal Protection League – East Greenwich
- The Potter League for Animals – Middletown
- North Kingstown Animal Pound – North Kingston
- Pawtucket Animal Shelter – Pawtucket
- Providence Animal Control Center – Providence
- Providence Animal Rescue League – Providence
- Volunteer Services for Animals – Providence
- Placing Paws – Tiverton/Little Compton
- Animal Rescue League of Southern Rhode Island – Wakefield
- Warwick Volunteer Services for Animals
- West Warwick Animal Shelter – West Warwick
- City of Woonsocket Animal Shelter – Woonsocket
Vermont Shelters
- Windham County Humane Society – Brattleboro
- Addison County Humane Society – Middlebury
- Central Vermont Humane Society – Montpelier
- North Country Animal League – Morrisville
- Frontier Animal Society – Newport
- Rutland County Humane Society – Pittsford
- Humane Society of Chittenden County – South Burlington
- Lucy MacKenzie Humane Society – Woodstock
- Second Chance Animal Shelter - Bennington County


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Out: Gay. In: Trans!
If you've been wondering what's been going at the Episcopal Church's General Convention in Indianapolis, wonder no more.
Resolutions D002 and D019 were both passed by the House of Bishops (its passage in the House of Deputies is a foregone conclusion, and may have already happened by the time you read this), making it against church laws not to consider someone for any area of ministry due to their "gender identity and expression." This means that if anyone like the people in the video below want to be priests or deacons, or be on the vestry or even just run the nursery on Sunday mornings, you can't tell them no because they suffer from a mental disorder that makes them want to surgically mutilate themselves so that their bodies are as much of a mess as their minds.
Does that sound harsh? Just a few years ago I would have agreed, and having worked for years with severely disabled children, part of me still looks at these folks as pitiful, in need of serious help, and deserving of my pity and not my scorn.
But that is not what they've announced they want. What they've announced they want is for their disorder to be blessed, and celebrated, and hammered into our church lives with the cudgel of the church canons. They've announced that they intend to brook no dissent - that if you don't think transsexuals and cross-dressers should be in your pulpit, that's tough. You're a bigot and your opinions mean nothing up against The Canons.
In other words, they've announced that they want war. So war they shall have, at least from us. So you'll understand if things sound harsh from time to time.
You should know that these resolutions were passed in the House of Bishops by voice vote, so there's no official tally as to which bishop voted how. This is why we encourage you to give your bishop until next week to get back into town, then promptly contact his office and demand to know how he voted.
We will be opening a thread in a couple of days to tally the votes we're able to obtain through comments or emails.
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I watched the whole video. (As noted in another thread, I've also watched The Hangover Part II, including the still photos at the end. So, I have a strong stomach. Poor Stu.)
It's professionally scripted, edited, etc. Nice soundtrack. Must have cost someone a lot of $$$.
I wonder how they managed to get a pass on the canonical psych evaluations. Maybe they didn't.
Hey, look at this:
Is this too good to be true, or might it be possible that 13 bishops could block the current wave of pro-gay union craziness?
It's sad that these folks don't see themselves as they could be - a Holy Temple filled with God's Holy Spirit. Instead they are angry and confused, to the point of even changing their sexual identity.
On the one hand I pray for them; on the other they have no business being in a leadership position in the church.
I'm not an expert on General Convention's voting, but if the AnglicanInk article is accurate, then yes, it would seem that 13 bishops might be able to block certain legislation.
The questions, of course, are whether there are actually 13 bishops in the Episcopal Church who a) want to stop it, and b) have the cajones to stand up and be counted against it.
The House of Bishops is not exactly full of profiles in courage.
Cynthia, Anglican Curmudgeon has also posted on this. I trust Mr. Haley enough that if he says that is could come about then it is true IF they go by the proper procedure. Given the HoB's propensity to ditch the rules, there is no guarantee of any outcome in a vote at the HoB.
"The House of Bishops is not exactly full of profiles in courage. "
True, Greg, but wouldn't it be simply splendid if it DID happen - as I mentioned elsewhere, it wouldn't be the first time that a mere 13 people stood against the darkness!
God made us in His image, and it is pure gift.
I know only one person who had a sex change operation - he was abused as a kid and was a psychological basket case before the operation. He says that he's happier now as a "woman", because he was never comfortable with being a gay man, but anybody who meets him can easily tell that he wasn't born female.
That's true, Jill - my friend who had the operation has become borderline diabetic and has high blood pressure on account of all the estrogen, and is at increased risk for cancer and a number of other diseases. Artificial hormones just aren't healthy, and the risk is even greater if someone takes hormones bodies aren't genetically designed to handle in the first place.
RE: "Sorry to break this to them, but most of the ones born male still look and sound male, and vice versa."
Yup—my radar would go off for each of the people in the video—mostly with loud blaring foghorns and a couple of times with just "uh . . . you're not who you're pretending to be."
Do you think they know that it's obvious, even after the surgery, after the masses of hormones?
Maybe this is the Machivellian in me, but I've been wondering through all of this if this push to normalize transgenderism isn't a ploy to make the whole SSB's thing look normal and mild. In other words, when the whole SSB thing comes up, folks willl be saying, "well, at least it isn't allowing victor/victoria into the pulpit" and vote for it. Get all the fight and energy out of the body on this issue, so that there isn't much left to fight the SSB fight. It seems to me like a calculated smokescreen to take debate and energy away from the SSB issue.
Or is that just too calculated…?
Actually, letting Victor/Victoria into the pulpit isn't nearly as bad as SSB or even women's ordination - no matter what sort of operation he's had, a man is still genetically a man, and if he's celibate or is still married to his (female) wife, TECHNICALLY he could function as a priest.
#14, I'd worry about what theology or pseudo-theology a Disintegrity activist would preach and teach. Even an All-American, red-blooded, heterosexual male can teach heresy.
So, it's just as bad as SSBs. No comment on WO, out of respect for the bloggers.
Yes, he's still a man, regardless of surgery, hormone therapy, and outward appearances. But, if he identifies as a woman, and if his wife accepts him as a woman, and if they have "relations" with each other, has he made his wife into a homosexual? I wonder how she's holding up in all of this.
#8, #12. The woman who says she's a male college chaplain looks, acts, and speaks a lot like a guy I know, who is probably an XY male, but is very effeminate.
Hearing the lesson from 2 Corinthians this AM, and putting it together with the Psalm 139 quote above, makes me wonder whether Paul was a trans, who didn't get the benefit of surgery and hormones because he lived in the wrong era. That would be quite a thorn in the flesh. I wonder whether any of the Disintegrity activists preached on that today.
advocate- the SSB issue is already lost in TEC- in 75-80 of the dioceses, it is already condoned by the diocesan bishop (look at the votes of the diocesan bishops in 2009, then add all the new revisionist bishops added since then). Its a done deal. No battle. Somebody will try a procedural maneuver based on the "all bishops entitled to vote" clause of the constitution, but I'll guarantee it is ruled out of order.
14- the resolution is not limited to men who have "become" women, also women who have "become" men, and all varieties of "gender expression."
Please forgive me, but I am obviously a knuckle-dragging troglodyte… I am a bit confused… The homosexual crowd rammed through the whole idea of full inclusion because "God doesn't make mistakes and since he made me gay, I can't change who I am so you have to accept and celebrate who I am." Now, with the transgender crowd, they are saying, "God did make a mistake and made me a man/woman when I should have really been a woman/man."
So which is it? Does God make mistakes or not? It seems the two arguments are mutually exclusive but I suppose the LBGT crowd have never been known for making consistent arguments.
I don't even want to think about bisexuals, I think my head would explode.
Rbatts, God doesn't make mistakes, but ever since the Fall, nature does, and with depressing regularity - that's why we have diabetes, blindness, cancer, and things like homosexuality, XY males and Turner's syndrome women.
BUT, the LGBT crowd wants to have their cake and eat it too, by celebrating homosexuality as some sort of "gift" from God, while maintaining that sex-change operations are fine and dandy, because God - not fallen, imperfect Nature - can make mistakes, which we humans have the technology and wisdom to be able to "correct". It's enough to make your head spin…
If you intend to remain in the Episcopal Church, it might be a good idea to carry one of these in your knapsack.
But don't go setting it off during a sermon unless that becomes absolutely necessary.
In this sick society it's fashionalble to be LGBT or Q
Correct Nellie: but even more broadly, in our sick, sin-filled society, it is fashionable to be a victim. Any kind of victim, because victimhood is a special way of saying "look at me", "pay attention to me", "I demand your attention and you have to grant me more status than I can otherwise get".
It is a hard thing to do, but we need to pray for those who are so self-absorbed that they will go to nearly any lengths to play the victimhood card.
And it is a particularly destructive thing which they do, because it draws attention away from, and can even create animosity toward, the real victims in our society who are deserving of our attentions; the truly functionaly disabled.
This is what makes TEC's response so pathetic and dangerous.
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think that I shall never see
A sight as lovely as a tree:
A tree cut down for pulp and boards,
Cut down for profit and rewards.
Whenever forests disappear
To fill a bookstore front to rear,
The angels sing a glorious song,
Especially if the books are long.
When trees grow high above the earth
I love to estimate their worth.
I praise the chainsaw and the axe,
Converting trees to paperbacks.
I love to contemplate bare hills,
Solutions to society's ills.
For every tree dragged out by hooks
May soon become a shelf of books.
When men cry "Timber!" I rejoice,
A perfect use for human voice.
The sound of buzz saws is symphonic
As long as books remain dendronic.
I think of trees throughout the ages
Especially as I'm turning pages:
Majestic trees in ageless mists
Transformed into best-sellers' lists.
Down my spine I get the shivers:
Giant forests into slivers!
Forests growing through long winters;
Spring will see them all in splinters.
The thought of trees cut down for wood,
Serving man as nature should,
Literate mankind now confesses:
"Cut the trees and start the presses!"
21, 2000
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Wal-Mart CEO and former Marine William Simon has announced that the company plans to hire 100,000 vets over the next five years. What if Wal-Mart announced that it was going to hire 100,000 men, whites, or Christians? There would be outrage from liberals and conservatives and even some libertarians (not me). But let's look at this from an economic perspective. Is this a wise decision? What if the economy slows down after two years and you don't need to hire anyone else? Will Wal-Mart hire an extra 60,000 vets anyway just to show how military-friendly the company is?
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Sea of Red Death and Poiesis of the Better Lifeby Tomás Harris
Sea of Red Death
by Tomás Harris
translated by Daniel Shapiro
The first neon lights
streaking the dawn
green luminous golden ultramarine
cross-dressed the ship like a drag
queen with too much jewelry and fake gold,
the last thing we saw was the stern
swaying as it sank from that weight
through a red tunnel grotto vulva mine or
cave and our senses, all of them,
made us guttural, vanquished us, made us drool.
What they saw was more or less this,
that few survived to tell the tale and
fewer stayed sane: we were
in Thebes, major capital of a great South American
city. Everywhere lost
souls suffered. Like a lioness thrown between
two worlds, two forbidden dreams lu-
bricious and unknown, the Hotel King
yawned open its maw of evil love:
there were bodies, but they weren't bodies,
all our loves were there, slow-
ly naked, like rain: our loves
were there, all the loves of a lifetime,
but they weren't there, they were placidly
absent, without flesh, bones or
red tint on their lips
among these present absences, the deeds
got confused in our minds,
Admiral, such chasteness, such abolished lust,
gives you chancres,
dark voids heading toward the end
of thought. We were in Thebes: the bodies
had no eyes, the bodies were
wax, the bodies were multiform,
modular, perverse as those
dolls of Bellmer, but they were pre-teen,
so young I swear they dissolved
with the first glance: we were in
Rumblefish: the world was a circle
in black and white, inhabited by two red
fish devouring their reflections instead of
prey. I was a fish, Admiral, and Death
was another fish.
Poiesis of the Better Life
by Tomás Harris
translated by Daniel Shapiro
Deep inside the Yugo Bar
the black nocturnal butterflies
finally went mad
they didn't harm anyone
they clustered in a tribal swarm
they were going to hurl themselves against the pipes
full of gold dust lighting the halls
We're searching for a better life, they said
Aurelia broke away from them
adorned herself, unsexed herself, and went away with the black
nocturnal butterflies
a better life
she was shouting after so much cacao rum
like always, she turned pale after so much cacao rum
in Cipango we bathed our mares in cacao rum
all this happened in a dream bordering dawn
we were stranded
what was in my head?
some trivial details
a pool of crude oil
black plastic bags
gold dust
all this happened after desire
in Cipango
deep inside the Yugo Bar
the black nocturnal butterflies finally went mad
they didn't want to harm anyone
but they dragged many away
a better life
they were dreaming in a whisper
in these Iron Age dawns
although we may speak of happiness
What will happen after all this?
We flowed into a tunnel gilded like a resplendent
at the end we saw a bitch
who couldn't stop herself
a yellow bitch
running her tongue over her wounds
fear nested
in her animal eyes.
ContributorTomás Harris
THOMÁS HARRIS (La Serena, 1956) is considered one of Chile's most important young poets. He is the author of more than five poetry collections and a book of short stories. He lives and works in Santiago, Chile. These poems appear in the award-winning collection Cipango. DANIEL SHAPIRO, a poet and translator, is Director of Literature at the Americas Society, and Managing Editor of Review: Latin American Literature and Arts.
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Bruin Lagoon
Current Site Information
EPA Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic)Pennsylvania
Butler County
South Branch of Bear Creek
Bruin Borough
3rd Congressional District
Last Update: March 2014
No future updates planned
Other Names
AH-RS Coal Corporation
Current Site StatusThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency completed all cleanup activities at this site in mid-1991. Following the first five-year review of the site in 1993, EPA determined that the remedy remained protective of public health and the environment. The site was deleted from the National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1997. The second Five-Year Review was performed on November 19, 1998. The third Five-Year Review was completed in July 2004.The fourth Five-Year Review was completed in August 2009. The finding of the fourth Five-Year Review were confirmed that the implemented remedy is protective of human health and environment. The fourth Five-Year Review recommended reducing the frequency of the Post Closure sampling from quarterly to annual. EPA and the state agreed to cut down frequency of Post Closure sampling from quarterly to annual. EPA is currently conducting a Five Year Review to further evaluate the protectiveness of the remedy at the Site. The Fifth Five Year Review will be completed by September 2014.
Site DescriptionThe Bruin Lagoon site occupies six fenced acres along the western bank of the South Branch of Bear Creek in Bruin Borough, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Route 268 runs along the western side of the site. The site is partially situated in the 100 year flood plain of the South Branch of Bear Creek. Operation at the site began in the 1930's when the Bruin Oil Company, located on adjacent property to the south, used the lagoon for disposal of wastes resulting from the production of white oil (mineral oil). Disposal operations continued for over 40 years. Material deposited in the lagoon included bottom residues from crude oil storage tanks and spent refining agents containing highly acidic sludge. In 1983, the Bruin Lagoon site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL), EPA's roster of the worst hazardous waste sites, and was ranked number three. The Site was deleted from the NPL on September 8, 1997.
Site ResponsibilityCleanup of this site was completed in July 1991.
NPL Listing HistoryOur country's most serious, uncontrolled, or abandoned hazardous waste sites can be cleaned using federal money. To be eligible for federal cleanup money, a site must be put on the National Priorities List. This site was proposed to the list on December 30, 1982 and formally added to the list on September 8, 1983. The site was deleted from the list on September 18, 1997.
Threats and ContaminantsThe ground water and surface water contain sulfuric acid, heavy metals, and hydrogen sulfide. The soil on an adjacent private property was contaminated with hydrogen sulfide and sulfuric acid in a 1980 flood. Direct contact with or accidental ingestion of contaminated soil, surface water, or drinking water posed a potential health risk. The first evidence of site contamination occurred when a large fish kill in the Allegheny River was reported in 1968. The site is located within a 100-year flood plain and subject to periodic flooding that could spread contaminants from the site to nearby surface waters.
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[Translate] I know I misspelled the word "Plaice", but I did it on purpose. We had Plaice for dinner last night. I like this delicate fish because you can season it just about anyway you like and is a great entree for a hot summer night. I served this fish with corn on the cob and sauteed zucchini with thyme and yogurt. To close, my husband made a lovely fruit salad to which he added minced fresh ginger and topped if off with a small scoop of the remaining cardamom ice cream. PrintLemon-Ginger Plaice Serving Size: 3 6-9 small plaice, depending on the size 2 tablespoons lemon zest 1 cup lemon juice 1 tablespoon ginger, Click here to continue reading this post
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text: - One week left … seven more days and it will be Christmas. I have to admit that with yesterday's snowfall and today's chilly temperaures, it is beginning to feel like any miute Santa and Co. will be pulling up on our rooftop here at Hodgdon Island Inn in not-so-balmy Boothbay, Maine! (Richard just came in from outside and commented that the pool is beginning to get slushy – oh my!). But none-the-less, we are listening to Christmas carols and sipping cappucinos while wrapping presents to take with us tomorrow for the folks back in Kentucky. So before we left town, we decided to take a little stroll (yes, I said stroll) around the harbor. The following images are just a few of the beautifully turned out windows we wanted you to see vicariously! Happy Viewing! And if you would like to share some pics of your hometown, please do so in the comment section.


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While a traditional student in an on-ground class gets to know his or her fellow classmates and instructor by sharing personal interactions on a regular basis, the online student often "attends class" independently of the instructor or other students. Online classes are "asynchronous," meaning that students and the instructor do not have to be logged into the classroom at any given time. Online students most often will complete course activities-such as adding reactions to responses posted in a discussion thread-at a day and time most convenient to their schedules. Students who enjoy face-to-face immediate interactions room may not find the online classroom a "good fit." Here are some of the important study habits and personality traits of successful online students.
Online students must feel comfortable in a learning environment that places emphasis on individuals taking responsibility for their learning process. While the online classroom includes interactions between the student and instructor, they are not immediate as in a traditional on-ground classroom. Although online instructors answer questions and provide clarification of information to students as they would in the traditional classroom, students must be comfortable waiting up to 24 hours for a response to their emails.
A typical week for an online student might include:
Reading through the current week's assignments and lecture materials
Thoughtfully reading the textbooks for the class as assigned and identifying main points and supporting details
Responding by a deadline to discussion questions as posted by the instructor
"Discussing" through email messages (by a deadline) the responses of fellow classmates
Completing and sending (by a deadline) an assignment to be graded by the instructor
Completing an assignment by deadline in a work group comprised of four or five classmates
Successful online students must be self-disciplined and goal-oriented as they work to complete their weekly assignments, post email messages, and work with their classmates in their online class. Online classes move quickly and instructors often will not allow students to "make up" missed online discussions or assignments.
Online classes are reading intensive; students are expected to gain information from their texts and from their online lectures to apply to work assigned to them. Before enrolling in Olympic College you are required to take the Accuplacer assessment: a score of at least 84 on the reading comprehension sections or placement into English Composition 101 reflects minimum college-level reading and comprehension skills.
The computer is an integral part of the online classroom. While mastering the lessons of your online course, you do not want to be saddled with less-than-adequate computer skills. These basic skills including proficiency in sending and receiving emails with attachments, cutting and pasting from Word, and communicating with fellow students in Discussion threads. Olympic College offers classes that can help you improve your computer skills before you enroll in an online class.
Online instructors expect their students to be organized in setting a schedule that allows them to meet their deadlines. Most online classes require signing in and posting messages in the classroom five days out of seven in order to stay current with class activities which include reading messages and lecture, interacting in discussion threads and work groups, and posting assignments.
Online instructors expect successful students to log at least five hours of online work for a five-credit class. In addition, most students find they are successful if they log two hours of homework for every credit hour of class. Successful online students report that they log many hours above the minimum 12 hours expected.
Online students who are successful in completing their courses know how to schedule their time to meet deadlines for classroom discussions, work group activities, and graded assignments. Successful online students understand that others in their classroom are counting on their participation in classroom and work group activities.
Students in an online class sometimes are faced with obstacles that are out of their control: computers can break, ISP servers can crash, and electric power can go out. A successful online student identifies solutions for unexpected "catastrophes" by thinking ahead about solutions to potential problems.
Possible solutions for each of the above scenarios:
Use a friend or relative's computer
Access the computer labs at any of the Olympic College campuses. Find a computer lab.
Use a computer at Haselwood Library
Remember to save all online classroom work to a floppy disk so if your hard drive crashes, you do not "lose" your work.
Most online classes do not provide visual or auditory images of the instructors or students, so "who you are" in class primarily is conveyed by the messages you post in the class discussion threads or work groups. You should be comfortable with this alternative method of creating a "picture" of who you are and what you think.
Successful online students exhibit respect for the classroom environment and remember their "manners" when communicating to their fellow classmates and to their instructor. They understand that taking out their anger and/or frustration on their classmates and their instructor is not proper "netiquette" any more than it would be in a traditional classroom.
Successful online students understand that their instructors are facilitators of their learning process and that the individual student must be a dedicated and goal-oriented self-starter. Online students are motivated and goal-oriented. They put their schoolwork at the top of their list of priorities.
Successful online students are not afraid to ask questions; however, they ask for clarification after they have attempted to understand the material on their own by re-reading the textbook, the instructions, or lecture.


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First off. LOVE the siggy! And thank you for thinking of us and praying. Baby girl needs all the love she can get right now.
Unfortunately Baby K is still in NICU. They did a muscle biopsy on her last week and are awaiting the results. They fear she could have a very rare genetic disease involving the muscular system. She is still on the vent but just the nose cannula although it is maxed out and they are pretty sure she will have to go back to the throat vent. They also think it may be a very long time before she is off it and they say she could be on it the rest of her life. My mother went for the day on Sunday, it was a long and hard trip but totally worth it to hold her for those hours. Niece has still not been to the hospital since I told you all about it the last time so I guess we are going on a month since has physically gone up there. She tried to text me a little over a week ago and I did not respond. I'm not listening to her lies anymore. She has continued telling my mother she has been at the hospital tirelessly but the day my mother showed up she was "home sick". I'm not sure why my mother keeps playing this stupid game with her but I am tired of arguing with her about it as well. The social worker said yesterday that she is finally going to call CPS and that she is not sure if CPS will cut off our rights to call and visit or not. She said she will make a case for us but it is ultimately their decision. She apparently hasn't wanted to involve CPS because she says they are more trouble than they are worth. We'll see I guess.
Not sure if I told you this or not but the "baby daddy" finally admitted he wasn't the father. No sh!t Sherlock. He has actually been up there more than niece but that is because he's making her "work" and says he's going to check on her baby.....or so that is what HIS WIFE SAYS. Yup, she called my mother and they had a good, long conversation. It is just such a ridiculous situation that DH just looks at me like where do these people come from??
Wow, this is a horrible thing Ambicklion. I am so sad for this little baby who has hadly anyone going to see her while she struggles for her life on a daily basis. I am glad your mom made another trip to see her.
I am glad CPS is getting involved and hopefully they will see that you and your mom care for this little one so much and will not take away any of your rights to see Baby K. Continuing to pray for Baby K and your family every day.


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is axiomatic to any serious discussion of the war in Iraq, which
has now officially lapsed over into being a formalized military
occupation, that the killing has never really stopped since the
"first" Gulf War ended on the "Highway of Death" in 1991. Twelve
years of sanctions did to Iraq what twelve prior years of war with
Iran and the United States could not: break its back as a factor
in the Arab world. It was always understood as the recent war approached
that the key question was not could the opposition be defeated,
but how badly would they need to be stomped before they quit. Now,
over a month after our Leader declared from the deck of an instrument
of liberation that combat was officially over, some people still
don't believe him. People like Saddam Hussein.
the reigning mullahs of Iran not refrained from delivering the bloodbath
that seemed so likely as the 23rd anniversary of their
revolution loomed last July 9, the American media consumer might
have been spared the spectacle of international buck-passing associated
with the great "yellowcake" affair of 2003. Some would say that
the American people were duped into this war based on information
that was not only false, but widely hyped as false in advance of
its use; but I would propose that the American people simply do
not care what their government does anymore, within reason.
made perfect sense that Iraq, after eating so much depleted uranium
in 1991, would be hungry for the enriched kind, especially as events
beyond their control "conspired" to make "regime change" an increasingly
savory option for a President who would probably shoot Saddam himself
if given the chance. After all, a European TV producer bought the
working detonator of a nuclear bomb for $10, 000 last year, and
Osama bin Laden allegedly told people in late 2001 that he could
buy so-called "suitcase nukes" in Western China for $20 million
each; so why wouldn't Hussein be hunting for yellowcake?
It has been made Cristal-clear that even pacifists like Putin of
Russia must come with sufficient strength to secure their interests,
so a master killer like Saddam, too, would know the score. And Niger
has no use for enriched uranium because they have neither gas centrifuges
nor electricity to power them!
of this publication who recall my recent characterization of the
Iraq war as "a trap" may soon be seeing my point. It is, however,
not yet clear exactly who the mark is on this subject. As William
Burroughs once said, "If you can't spot the mark in the room, then
you're the mark." This dynamic has already played itself out at
more than one meeting in and around Washington and London, as neo-conservatives
and neo-liberals eye each other nervously, all the while wondering
which side the President will take once the full truth is known.
Which it isn't, yet.
Tenet has taken responsibility for the dissemination of information
that the CIA had distanced itself from as early as last September.
It strikes me that Tenet is acting from a position of relative strength,
as "regime change" was typically a function of the CIA, prior to
9/11. By making an unnecessary mea culpa, Tenet has removed "yellowcake"
from Bush's feet (as a fraud he was cognizant of perpetrating) while
enhancing his authority to uncover the real source of the fake documents,
among other things.
this notable intelligence lapse was deliberate, a booby-trap set
into the buildup to a war that Mr. Bush needed little convincing
of. Which isn't to say his motives are impure; rather, that he knows
the truth about Saddam, WMD, Al Qaeda, counterfeit dollars, the
botched move on Kassim in 1961 and related subjects that us common
folk can only speculate on. The "Coalition of the Willing" was founded
on a deal of some sort, and maybe "yellowcake" exists to keep certain
parties in line; now, as the specter of Treason looms and people
rethink their summer travel plans, the Coalition's breakup could
be messier and more expensive than a California divorce. Good!
our fellow citizens die daily in the desert sun, it's nothing short
of disgraceful that the Democratic Party has chosen to engage the
question of "Why?" only when it's too late to do anything about
it. Their timing, in my view, is far more suspicious than any 16
words in Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, and the implications
of such profound and obvious cowardice will be felt well beyond
the Persian Gulf region. A trap, indeed.
17, 2003
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a columnist and writer based in Jacksonville, Florida. His work
has appeared in FolioWeekly, Counterpunch, Ink19 and Section
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The California Chaparral Institute is stating on Facebook that the largest historical fire in California was actually the 1889 Santiago Canyon Fire at 300,000 acres + in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, contrary to reports on the Rim Fire indicating the Cedar Fire was the largest.
Photograph courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Published August 28, 2013
The large wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has already consumed more than 184,000 acres, and shows no signs of slowing down. The blaze, which has been dubbed "Rim Fire," is now the largest fire in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and one of the largest in California's history. (Related: "With Rim Fire Near, a Look at Yosemite's History With Fire.")
The Rim Fire is one of more than 30 blazes currently churning across the West. And a combination of higher temperatures, untamed underbrush, less rain, and more developments in the region means that the number and intensity of wildfires is likely to increase in the coming years, says Don Wuebbles, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois.
"This probably is the new normal," he says.
"If we look at how the climate has changed over the past 50 years—with warmer temperatures increasing beyond what we used to see in the early part of the 20th century, and changes in precipitation—fires will continue to happen and get worse and worse," says Wuebbles, who co-authored a draft federal report linking climate change to an increase in severe weather trends.
The numbers certainly back him up: Wildfires are roaring through twice as many acres per year on average in the U.S. than they were 40 years ago, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told the Senate in June.
That number could very well double again in the next 30 years, says Wuebbles.
"I would say that this [fire season] is the new normal but it may not be the new normal for long," he says. "Thirty years from now, we may look upon this as being a much better period than what we may be facing then."
Fueling Fires: Climate Change
All wildfires need three things to burn: ignition, fuel, and the right climate, says Erica Smithwick, the director of Landscape Ecology at Penn State University and an expert on fire patterns.
"But if you play with any of these things, you're going to manipulate the fire," she says.
Take climate, for instance. Climate models indicate that in some portions of the West, future temperatures could rise by as much as 7ºC (12.6ºF), says Smithwick.
(Related: "Why Is the West Ablaze?")
"If precipitation also increases significantly, it may help mediate the changes caused by temperature," Smithwick says. "But most likely, an intense warming will contribute to more forest fires because there will be more combustion potential."
States in the West have already seen temperatures jump. Over the past three decades, Arizona—which saw huge wildfires earlier this season—has seen its ten-year average temperature increase by 2.3ºF, compared to 1.6ºF for the entire U.S. And California—currently home to ten blazes—is experiencing the driest calendar year so far on record, says Christopher C. Burt, the author of Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book and the weather historian for Weather Underground.
"I'm sure that's one of the causes of the fires this year," he says. "And the reason the Yosemite fire is so large is because it's so dry there."
The changes in temperature—combined with a longer growing season—lead to what Wuebbles calls a "perfect storm of wildfires."
"You might get to the point where in some parts of the West, there are no more forests," says Wuebbles. "When you see more long periods without precipitation and you combine that with warmer temperatures and earlier snow melts, you see a trend in a lot of acreage burning."
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Increasing temperatures and drought conditions then create more fuel for the fires. In Arizona, two decades of record-level droughts have increased area vegetation to record numbers.
And in many parts of the West, a history of fire suppression—that is, fighting fires in areas where they were once allowed to burn—has also increased the amount of dry vegetation. This vegetation then builds up and allows more dangerous and uncontrolled fires to spread, putting both humans and nature at risk.
"In some of these systems, you would have fires burning in the understory—or the floor of standing forests—and they wouldn't kill the trees," says Smithwick. "But if the understory starts to grow, then the fire could be carried up into the canopy and even trees like sequoias could be at risk." (Related: "How Sequoias Survive Wildfires.")
In many areas susceptible to wildfires, including Yosemite, the National Park Service conducts "prescribed burns," both to clear unsafe vegetation and restore the local ecology. But the changes fall far short of what once occurred naturally. And changes in climate mean that the vegetation that is cleared may come back in a completely different form.
"The forests will adjust," says Stephen J. Pyne, a fire historian and the author of several books on fire management. "But if the climate changes, you're not going to get the same stuff back."
As a result, Pyne says the entire system will change.
"It's very likely that we're into an era where the fires of the past will not be the fires of the future," he says. "But it's equally likely that the fires of today will not be the fires of the future."
Fueling Fires: More Development and More People
As fuels increase and temperatures rise, the number of people moving to areas that border wildlands—a location called a WUI, short for wildland-urban interface—also continues to increase. The number of housing units within half a mile of a national forest, for instance, grew from 484,000 in 1940 to 1.8 million in 2000.
"There's a powerful economic incentive for local governments to encourage local land developments in a WUI," says Lloyd Burton, a professor at the University of Denver who studies environmental and disaster management law and policy. "But then a wildfire starts, and it outstrips the local government's firefighting capabilities."
"So when there's a wildfire, the local government calls in the federal government—and basically half of the U.S. Forest Service's budget goes into firefighting," he says.
Some 70,000 communities in the U.S. are at high to moderate risk from "uncharacteristically large wildfires," estimates the U.S. Forest Service. When a fire does break out, their elite firefighting units—known as hotshots—then go in and battle the blazes. (Related: "Who Are the Hotshots?")
Often, says Smithwick, these hotshots are battling fires to protect homes or structures in areas that once would have been allowed to burn.
"You have people in the way of these fires," she says. "And some of these fires shouldn't be put out in the first place—they reduce the fuels and cleanse the system."
But as residential developments continue to expand into the WUIs, the firefighters are supposed to protect them, says Burton, who recently wrote about the costs of living in the forest in the Denver Post.
"It puts more and more of these firefighters at risk," he says. "It's a situation that's become increasingly untenable."
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And the situation will not improve—as long as communities don't mitigate the risks, says Burton.
"There are some counties in Arizona and New Mexico and Colorado that compel residents to take mitigation measures—like building structures that are made of fire-resistant materials—and others that have done nothing at all," he says.
Meanwhile, out in California—which did pass a statewide fire-mitigation law after a deadly 1991 wildfire—waits with baited breath for the rest of fire season.
"I predict that this September and October will be horrific," says Burt, the weather historian, who recently wrote about the worst wildfires in U.S. history. "We've received only 65 percent of normal precipitation in the burn areas. When the offshore wind flow develops in September and October, our summer wildfire season will really begin."
The California Chaparral Institute is stating on Facebook that the largest historical fire in California was actually the 1889 Santiago Canyon Fire at 300,000 acres + in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties, contrary to reports on the Rim Fire indicating the Cedar Fire was the largest.
As with so much else, human overpopulation is the root problem on these basic levels.
1) It compels people to expand into more fire prone areas, which are then protected from natural fires to protect artificial structures. Animals have simple homes, often underground, and ancient mechanisms for getting through fires. But human dwellings are rarely robust.
2) More people burning fossil fuels boosts CO2 levels, which causes warmer temperatures and exacerbates fire threats.
Thus, we have vicious cycles brought to you by "economic growth," a cover story for mindless human overpopulation. You don't hear about this in Presidential speeches or corporate action-plans because the concept of limits to growth doesn't go over well with the money-obsessed public, even when they keep getting "burned" by growthism's side-effects.
After reading these comments I agree with those who have stated our suppression of natural wildfires in the past have hurt the wildfires of the future (seems to be worse). Back in the 1500-1800's I know for a fact that the state of Vermont had LESS trees in the state than it does now. Don't know about other states, but farm fields were more prevalent in Vermont in the old days than they are now. Could be due to the moisture level in the forests, but Vermont doesn't burn that easily now. Anyway....my other point is residential areas. I know of many of these areas in Arizona that put up a big stink about prescribed burns cause "the smoke will ruin their atmosphere". Well, now look what happens, wildfires run rampant in these areas cause the citizens have balked at letting the wildland firefighters do their jobs to prevent these big disastrous fires from happening by simply burning the overabundance of fuels on the ground. The Granite Mountain tragedy could of possibly been prevented if only the town of Yarnell let them do the prescribed burns they wanted to years ago. Fire is a tricky subject with us, most see it as a harmful entity as others see it as a good thing, which I agree. There are many species in the plant world that depend on fires to reproduce. A part of me wants to say let mother nature do what it needs to...while another part says, I don't know. I think there is still much more we can learn from natural wildfires. There is a plateau in the Grand Canyon where man has not touched any of the fires that burn. Nature has done it's thing and the forest is one of the healthiest in the states. What does this tell us?
"But the changes fall far short of what once occurred naturally. "
I don't understand, you mean the changes to forest are huge or small? I'm dubious about it.
Thanks, baby boomers. You polluted our planet to death.
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"...a combination of higher temperatures, untamed underbrush, less rain, and more developments in the region means that the number and intensity of wildfires is likely to increase in the coming years..." And 2 of those things we could affect--yet what's talked about is "climate" which we can't immediately do anything about. It's looking as if excuses are being made for not acting to clear underbrush and curb development!
A certain amount of the fires are NORMAL, nature has utilized fire for a very long time, some species actually NEED fires for their seeds to germinate. However, what is NOT normal is MAN believing the Balance of Nature does not apply to him and he THINKS he has the :right: to BREED in to infinity. Furthermore, you DELIBERATELY build a home in a Flood Zone, or a Tinderbox or a Tsunami Zone, or Hurricane Zone, you deserve what you get. Where I live I cut the vegetation AWAY from the House and outbuildings and fences so when WE have "wildfires" we do not lose everything. And NOW where I live we do have runaway fires. We did not have them in the past because people used to farm and ranch here as WE did. The land is now TOO EXPENSIVE to Farm. But Real Estate SPECULATORS have bought up the land, they do NOTHING with it, they allow the brush and WEEDS to grow wild, and every 8 or 10 years Wild fires Clean their mess up. We did NOT have that in the past. Bob Burnitt Ellis County Texas
This story is not entirely accurate. From 1500 to 1800, an average of 145 million acres burned every year nationwide – about 18 times the recent annual burn total. By the 1930s, 50 million acres in the lower 48 were burned annually by wildfire and by the 1970s the number of acres had dropped to 5 million. See USDI Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy January 2001. Chapter 1, page 6.http://www.nwcg.gov/branches/ppm/fpc/archives/fire_policy/history/index.htm
@Bea Moeller: You may know that "curbing development" in the long run requires more human birth control. 80 million more people are currently added to the world each year and they demand a lot of acreage. Not a day goes by when nature isn't shrinking overall. The buzzword "balance" remains a joke. "Sustainable growth" is another bogus concept.
Growth "management" is a losing strategy with only so much physical space to build on. Everyone and their brother would like to head for the hills, not admitting that they are embedded in the problem.
Your history is also not accurate. The 1930s were abnormal. A 10-year drought began in 1930. Those were the years of the Dust Bowl. Thousands of destructive crown fires burned an average of about 39 million acres of forest per year in that drought.
Your figures for prior centuries come from a single unsourced graph and are completely wrong. The Medieval Warm Period, from the 1300s to the early 1500s, was accompanied by relatively frequent fires, but only twice as frequent as today according to some estimates. Fires were less frequent during the Little Ice Age that followed, and were virtually absent from 1790 until the mid-1800s. The average fire rotation between 1500 and 1800 has been variously estimated to be between 60 and 300 years. Assuming the fire rotation was 100 years, the average acreage burned in what is now the continental U.S. during those centuries would have been about the same as it has been since the mid-20th century, i.e. between 3 and 9 million acres per year.
The 1930s were not only an abnormal decade, but they occurred during a longer period of unbridled misuse of our forests. The late 19th century to the mid-20th century was an aberration, characterized by extensive clearcutting and massive burning of logging slash that resulted in widespread catastrophes and uncharacteristically large amounts of fire.
@Bryan Bird I used the statistics provided by the US Forest Service: http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=e59df65c-09c6-4ffd-9a83-f61f2822a075
@Bryan Bird Umm, question: how many trees were in North America between 1500-1800 and how many were by 1930'?
I have the impression that there were way more trees between 1500-1800, which in turn partially explains why there were also more burned acres.
@Bryan Bird Yes, the great decrease in fire acreage is actually part of the point. We have fewer fast, low-intensity fires and a century and a half of fire suppression and fuel build up. So that when a fire does happen, it's very high intensity, crowns out and is very destructive. A forest area can burn several times in the course of a century and the big trees mostly survive. Very few trees will survive this one.
@Bryan Bird Fires are a NATURAL part of Nature, but MAN does not think the Balance of Nature applies to him because he is such a "Technological Genius". The "religions" of the world promote OVER BREEDING. There are too many PEOPLE and the problem has gone VERTICAL. We are moving in to a very dark time, BB
@Melody Kramer @Bryan Bird I know, they are based on recent history not the actual fire record. So, they are extremely biased. No doubt, we are seeing larger individual fires and some unusual fire behavior in recent history, but it does need to be put into context.
@Russell Scalf Only in certain forest types. Your perspective glosses over the various Fire Return Intervals that characterize different forest types. Just a portion of Western U.S. forests demonstrated the "fast, low-intensity" fire behavior your mention. Many other forest types experience mixed severity and even high severity, stand replacing fire. there is even science now demonstrating that high burn severity fire ecosystems (basically forests of dead snags) are rare in the Sierra Nevada and in response so are some wildlife species that depend on burned forests. Crown fire is not always a destructive event.
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brown trout, salmon trout, Salmo trutta(noun)
speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
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