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Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 8:53 am // John Servais
Photos added - 9 pm - Tip Johnson has posted photos he took today and has added captions.
Updated - 1:30 pm - from texts from Tip Johnson who is attending.
Lummi speakers at the community meeting at Cherry Point - going on now - are saying everyone needs to pull together, not just the tribes. The message today is to unite to protect these beautiful lands and waters. Lummi ancestors will be honored by our actions and their messages will be shared. The Lummi do not want to say "no" just to have the coal port go somwhere else, but feel they have a sacred obligation to protect Cherry Point. And they are saying NO to coal.
Al Scott Johnny is the main speaker, speaking the native language and then repeating what he has said in English. Billy James is telling old stories of the importance of this event and Cliff Cultee is speaking of the need for all to work together.
Tip notes that all of us residing in Whatcom County should be aware the Lummi are probably burning a check for untold millions of dollars the coal powers might have paid them, whether in cash or other projects. This action by the Lummi is courageous and considered.
Ceremonial Chief Jewel James admonished all to remember this historic day and be witness to what has been said.
Craig Cole attended but left early. He is the local fellow Goldman Sachs and the coal companies are paying to shill for them in Whatcom County.
Tip here, 10:39pm - Correction: Craig Cole stayed. I failed to notice this error, sent as one of several texts during my time at the event. I had seen Craig early on but lost track of him for a time and assumed he had left. I later saw him again and failed to correct my earlier text. Craig was definitely still there when I left, at the end of the ceremonies but before the lunch. I would have liked to have stayed, but this day was full of surprises. I had to move fast and got sloppy. I apologize if I caused any misapprehension.
Tip here, 9:45am, 9/22 - Context and Correction: I commented that Dave Gallagher did a nice piece in the Herald. That's still true. I credited him with a great picture. That's wrong. Phillip Dwyer of the Herald took the pictures.
Here's the context: After reading Gallagher's story, which accurately characterized the event, I looked at the Herald's photo gallery and had to wonder who is writing the captions. Virtually every caption includes the word protest, as in "Lummi Nation protest the proposed coal export terminal at Cherry Point." That's wrong.
For one, let's just call it a coal port. That's simpler. Second, let's be more accurate. It's not a proposed coal port at Cherry Point, it's a coal port proposed at Cherry Point. Let's keep it off Cherry Point forever, if possible.
Finally, the event was in no way a protest. Yes, they said "NO" to the coal port, but the event was actually a promotion. The words and feelings, the songs and ceremony protested nothing. They spoke of preserving, protecting and promoting their way of life and how that meant potecting the water, trees and animals who share it and upon which it depends. They spoke to Cherry Point as an example of how quickly resources can become depleted and how herring support the salmon and the salmon support the whales, and how the whales, and Cherry Point, figure prominently in the lore of Lummi creation. Taking a firm stand against an immanent threat to your way of life is not a protest. It is justifiable defense.
It's insulting, demeaning and intentionally marginalizing to call this historic event a protest, again and again and again. Shame on whoever writes the captions for the Herald. Thanks to Dave Gallagher for getting it right.
Posted at 9:54 am, Friday
The Bellingham Business Journal has posted an online breaking news story that the Lummi Nation leaders are planning a community meeting this noon at Cherry Point to speak out against the planned Gateway Pacific coal terminal construction. You can read the full article at the linked page.
Directions to the community meeting are included in the BBJ aritcle. I phoned the Lummi Nation and learned that all are welcome to come and listen.
Friday, Sep 21, from 12:30 pm until 2:30 pm
Go west on Slater Road from exit 260 of I-5
Turn right on Lake Terrell Road to Mountain View Road
Turn left on Mountain View and Follow "Y" to the right onto Rainbow Road
Go straight as Rainbow turns into Henry Road
Turn Left on Gulf Road/Powder Plant Road
Go to where the road meets the water and park
There was nothing in this morning's Bellingham Herald and nothing online at their site as this is posted.
Related Links:-> 9:40 pm and Bellingham Herald has finally covered the event. Covered by their biz reporter.
-> Floyd McKay has an excellent article in Crosscut. And doesn't marginalize event by calling it a "protest" - as does the Herald.
Marian Beddill // Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 10:08 am
Wash. Tribe Comes Out Against Coal Export Terminal
Sept. 20, 2012 | KUOW
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http:// earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/ wash-tribe-comes-out-against-coal-export-terminal/
Michael Lilliquist // Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 4:50 pm
Thanks John, channeling Tip. Still no coverage yet in other news outlets.
Bob Aegerter // Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 6:57 pm
It was a moving ceremony by the Lummi Nation Elders. They spoke sincerely from their hearts about the value of the land at Cherry Point and the water of The Salish Sea. They spoke about the value of Salmon and materials gathered at this former village site. Their ancestors are connected to this land and they consider it to be sacred land to be preserved to the seventh generation.
The Bellingham Herald was present and others, some with video.
I accepted the water and salmon meal offered as confirmation of witnessing their statement. I am deeply impressed by the clarity of their statement, their conviction, and their request that we all work together for the benefit of the seventh generation.
The current members of the Lummi Nation are forgoing very significant potential financial gain for the benefit of future generations.
The NEPA EIS scoping notice was published in the Federal Register today. The 120 Day scoping period begins on Monday, September 24th. Detailed requests for a broad scoping of significant potential impacts will establish a defensible record for the best possible decision by County Council, Department of Ecology, US Corp of Engineers and Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Tip Johnson // Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 9:02 pm
Dave Gallagher did a great job of reporting for the Herald and even got the best picture of the check burning. Nice job, Dave.
He also has a link to the coal terminal's official response. It goes to a word.doc for some reason, so I haven't read it, though Gallagher uses excerpts in his piece.
Tip Johnson // Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 9:25 pm
Here's the coal port spin:
September 21, 2012
SSA Marine issues statement on Lummi relationship
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(206) 654-3575
Seattle, WA –
SSA Marine Senior Vice President Bob Watters issued the following statement today:
"SSA Marine takes its relationship with Lummi very seriously. Over the last year we have worked with Lummi representatives to understand their concerns and needs and make sure the project both respects and meets those concerns and needs. These are serious issues that should be approached in a serious way.
"It is also important to keep in mind that the Gateway Pacific Terminal will meet all of Washington's stringent environmental standards and will be an excellent source of family-wage jobs for all of Whatcom County, including Lummi members.
"We understand how important their cultural values are to Lummi. The Lummi have communicated to us the particular importance of Xwe' chi' eXen and of having their ancestors rest in peace. We respect those values and will work with Lummi to realize them.
"In order to accomplish this we will take special precautions to protect cultural resources on the GPT property, including restricting public access, while ensuring long-term access for Lummi members to cultural resources for ceremonial purposes. We will work with the Lummi Sche'langen Department and Tribal Historical Preservation Office to implement appropriate design and construction protocols and agreements that would be guided by the Traditional Cultural Properties assessment, and to implement our Inadvertent Discovery Plan during Terminal construction and operations. In addition, we are prepared to help the Lummi Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office continue its work to repatriate ancestral remains and catalogue and preserve artifacts that were removed from the site by archeologists in decades past.
"The Lummi Team and Lummi fishers have also made it very clear to us how central fishing is to the Tribe, both economically and culturally. We are committed to addressing Lummi concerns in detail. Our approach will be first to avoid impacts, then to minimize unavoidable impacts, and finally, to mitigate and positively address what remaining impacts there may be in a mutually satisfactory way. In fact, we are now conducting a study, designed with input from the Lummi Team, of the effects of added vessel traffic calling at GPT. As recently as this week, the project's technical team doing the study met with the Lummi Team and Lummi fishers to fully understand concerns over potential impacts.
"I want to underscore that as the Gateway project moves forward in the permitting process, SSA Marine and the Gateway project will work with Lummi to address all issues and concerns."
Doug Lomas // Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 8:02 pm
The Lummis showed ommonsense in facing down the threat to ALL things "Bellingham"
Please peruse the following web site for deeper details of the looming catastrophy to our environs and the world if this coal port calamity is allowed.
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Douglas Smith // Sun, Nov 04, 2012, 3:37 am
It has irked me for many years now. The difference between the "groovy" and the actual class struggle. I see a huge wedge being driven between the working class as represented by organized labor and the environmental community, be they organized or not, that tries to define issues such as the proposed Gateway Pacific Export Terminal as an us versus them issue. My issue with the Bellingham Food Coop, although I've had one for their not being unionized for many years, comes down to a question of solidarity.
As we both know, when mother earth dies, we all do. And we also both know, solutions are present and available.
BUT!!! We must play whatever longshot we have and strive for the keeping alive the potential solidarity we have left to us.
I am urging that we help get the Bellingham Food Cooperative organized into the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. And then continue on with getting others organized as well.
For me, quite honestly, this is an ideological approach. But there I am. We, as the "groovy" community, and as DEAD SERIOUS environmentalists need to show our readiness to be in solidarity with organized labor. For apart we will perish at the hands of the REAL ENEMIES, the corporate fascists who would rather us continue to be mindless sheep on the way to slaughter.
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Sally Hemings (1773-1835), was a slave at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, pictured, and was the third president's mistress, according to a DNA analysis in 1998.
Hemings was the daughter of Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings and, allegedly, John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson's father-in-law. She became Thomas Jefferson's property as part of his inheritance from the Wayles estate in 1774 and came with her mother to Monticello by 1776.
Though it was rumored in Jefferson's time that he had a sexual relationship with "dashing Sally," many historians largely dismissed the claim for two centuries, and for most of that time American society would have had a hard time accepting that a founding father with a character as lofty as Jefferson's would have such a liaison. Hemings was only 14 when she accompanied Jefferson's daughter to Paris in 1787.
As early as 1802, during his first term as president, Jefferson was accused in The Richmond Recorder of having fathered a family with Hemings. The affair was denied, and Jefferson's family later spread the story that any physical resemblance between the president and Sally Hemings's children could more probably be laid at the door of his young nephews Peter and Samuel Carr.
A long line of Jefferson historians concluded that an affair was unthinkable or, said Joseph Ellis in 1996, the "likelihood of a liaison with Sally Hemings is remote."
But in 1997, Annette Gordon-Reed, a lawyer who studied the subject, sized up the same evidence and reached the opposite conclusion: a liaison was very likely, although it could not be proved, Ms. Gordon-Reed wrote in her book "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings."
The debate might have deadlocked there were it not for a new genetic technique of tracing ancestry through the Y chromosome, which descends through the male line, and for the research efforts of Eugene A. Foster, a pathologist who resumed a project to test whether Jefferson was the father of Hemings's children.
Jefferson had no male descendants, but blood samples from five descendants of his uncle, Field Jefferson, provided Dr. Foster with the authentic Jefferson Y chromosome. He also tested descendants of the Carrs and of Hemings's son Eston.
Dr. Foster found in 1998 that the Jefferson Y chromosome differed from that of the Carr family, but was identical to that of Eston Hemings's lineage. Jefferson was at Monticello at the conception of all of Hemings's known children, historical documents show.
Dr. Ellis, for one, said he had changed his mind in light of the new evidence.
Sally Hemings, who was described by the slave Isaac Jefferson as "mighty near white … very handsome, long straight hair down her back," was never officially freed by Thomas Jefferson. According to Jefferson's records, Sally Hemings had four surviving children. All of them eventually gained their freedom.
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Authorities say the gunfire began as a traffic stop, but quickly turned into a shootout between the trooper and the suspects around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on County Road 57 in Geneva County.
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AUSTIN - Republicans used their majority to cut short debate and give preliminary approval early Monday to some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country as time was running out on the Texas Legislature's special session.
Many members of the conservative majority had flyers on their desks that read "Psalm 139:13-14," which reads in part: "You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."
Democrats gained strength from more than 800 demonstrators who packed the hallways of the Capitol carrying signs reading, "Stop the War on Women," to oppose Senate Bill 5. The measure would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and limit abortions to surgical centers.
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Democrats used parliamentary tactics to draw out the debate for 15 hours, pointing out technical mistakes in the process or trying to tack on amendments to fundamentally change the bill. Republicans remained largely silent, until finally passing a motion to stop accepting amendments and force a vote, a highly unusual and partisan move.
"We are willing to have an attack on women in order to have someone's political agenda achieved," Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, said in opposition to stopping debate on the bill. "It may be in the dark of night now ... but the sun will shine on each and every one of us, and we will be held accountable."
Republicans, though, needed to end debate and move the process forward in order to make a midnight Tuesday deadline, when the session ends. House members must still give final approval to the bill, and then it must sit for 24 hours before the Senate can consider it.
The bill's sponsor stopped answering questions about her bill after the first two hours after she got into trouble denying Democratic amendments. When Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, called for an exemption for women who were victims of rape and incest, Rep. Jody Laubenberg, R-Parker, explained why she felt it was unnecessary.
"In the emergency room they have what's called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out," she said, comparing the procedure to an abortion. "The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development."
Her apparent confusion about "rape kits" - a phrase generally used to describe the equipment used by medical personnel during forensic examinations to gather physical evidence following allegations of rape or sexual assault - sparked widespread ridicule on social media sites. Laubenberg, who has difficulty debating bills, then simply rejected all proposed changes to her bill without speaking until the end of the debate.
"At five months, we are talking about a human being, unless you think it's still a clump of mass ... and we have to protect that baby's rights," Laubenberg said in her closing argument. "Too often the back alley clinic today is the abortion clinic because of lax standards."
Three Democrats joined the Republican majority and voted for the bill 97-33. Protesters jeered their disapproval as security guards ordered them out of the chamber and they regrouped to protest outside.
The Texas Medical Association, the Texas Hospital Association and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had sent letters urging lawmakers to vote no on the bill, saying it would not raise the standard of care.
Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, gave a personal privilege speech decrying how the Republicans were manipulating the parliamentary process to rush it to a vote.
"Everything about the process related to these abortion regulation bills has smelled like partisan politics," Farrar said. "Proponents of the bill have failed to demonstrate any evidence that the regulations imposed by these bills are necessary. Nor have they expressed any sign of responsible governance in ensuring that women will continue to be able to access safe and legal abortion care."
Democrats in the Senate said they would try to filibuster the bill if it came to them on Tuesday, which now appears assured.
Gov. Rick Perry added abortion to the special session in the final two weeks, after lawmakers had already taken up redistricting.
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Is surrogate pregnancy okay?
We cannot deny that a form of surrogate pregnancy occurs in scripture. Abraham went into Hagar and impregnated her in order to have a son. Abraham (then called Abram) did this because his wife Sarah had not produced a son, Therefore, "Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife." (Gen. 16:3). In the culture of the time, the son born to Hagar would belong to Abram. There are other such examples where a slave was given to a man in order to bear children to his name. But, these slaves were given in marriage and considered secondary wives. This prevented the act of adultery though it permitted polygamy. So, we can conclude that such surrogate motherhood did not occur outside the bounds of marriage.
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It would not be acceptable for a woman to carry another couple's child if that women were to have sexual relations with the man who is not her husband in order to become impregnated. This would be adultery. Nor would it be acceptable for a man whose wife could not conceive to have sexual relations with a surrogate mother, who is not his wife. This would be adultery.
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Mason Plumlee added 19 points and Seth Curry had 13 for the Blue Devils (17-2, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).
They had just four turnovers while shooting 52 percent against a Maryland defense that hadnt allowed any team to shoot better than 44 percent.
Plumlee finished 9 of 12 while Sulaimon was 9 of 13 with six 3-pointers twice as many as his previous high, and four in a 3-minute span of the first half.
Dez Wells and Charles Mitchell both had 13 points for the Terrapins (15-5, 3-4). They have lost four of six and were denied their first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 2007 and first win over a No. 1 team since 08.
Leading scorer Alex Len, who averages 13.5 points, finished with eight points and 10 rebounds for Maryland. But aside from an early reverse dunk over Plumlee that looked effortless, he was essentially a nonfactor against a Duke front line that was without injured 6-foot-11 forward Ryan Kelly for the fourth straight game.
The tough job of replacing him fell to high-energy freshman Amile Jefferson, who responded in his second straight start with 11 points and nine rebounds while blocking four shots and affecting several others.
His layup with 9:23 left gave the Blue Devils their largest lead to that point at 66-53. That came during the late 19-8 run that put Duke in complete control.
Logan Aronhalt pulled Maryland within single digits for the final time when his 3-pointer with 13 minutes left made it 58-49. Sulaimon countered with his sixth 3 to start the run, and Quinn Cook capped it with a jumper that put the Blue Devils up 20 for the first time, 77-57 with 4:39 left.
Cook finished with 11 points for Duke, which was coming off its most lopsided regular-season loss since 1984, a 90-63 beatdown at No. 25 Miami that will assuredly send the Blue Devils tumbling from No. 1.
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Yesterday marks "a milestone" in the development of new technology to help automate the care and treatment of type 1 diabetes, according to JDRF!
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled its eagerly awaited Draft Guidance document for research and development of the Artificial Pancreas system, and initial reaction from JDRF — in a press conference held yesterday afternoon — was a mix of jubilation and a more measured response that they remain "guardedly optimistic" about the details until they've had time to review the 60-page document more thoroughly.
JDRF has been aggressively pursuing the AP since 2006. They've invested over $50 million and created a consortium of research sites around the world, working with leading device manufacturers and scientists to create the necessary algorithms.
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Of course, the actual timeline for the first commercial Artificial Pancreas to be available for sale is anybody's guess. But JDRF is "initially very encouraged" that the new guidelines "will allow a quick transition to the real world," said JDRF CEO Jeffrey Brewer, who's also been a huge personal advocate for improved diabetes devices.
Jeffrey and Aaron both emphasized that they'd only had the document in their hands a few hours, but on first glance, what looks encouraging to them is:
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- "There's a good deal of flexibility embedded in the document," for example on the types of patients who could participate in trials, and on "study endpoints" such as not using A1C results as the only indication of results (it's about less hypo and hyperglycemia in the daily lives of patients, after all!)
- Allowing for the use of CGM data to gauge study results — as opposed to requiring patients in home-based studies to wake up repeatedly overnight to perform fingerstick tests, or wear some sort of IV all night (ugh!)
- Flexibility also seems to be built in around how the various components will interact. For example, if researchers have to swap out a meter model, ideally they wouldn't have to scrap the current study and begin all over again.
These provisions represent "a big step forward in (making) these studies realistic to conduct in the real world," Aaron said.
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How does this FDA guidance differ from similar AP-related guidance issued earlier this year?
"That first guidance was on the low glucose suspend (LGS) function only, whereas this new one is a roadmap to the first-ever systems that will automatically dose insulin. This is more forward-looking…
"Low glucose suspend is already available around the world, used by thousands of people. In the U.S., the FDA was not requesting the right clinical trials."
Aaron added that JDRF continues to lobby the FDA, and that guidance is not finalized yet. "I think we will have access soon to this life-saving technology," he said.
How might the FDA deal with the issue of "mix and match components" in an AP system?
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This guidance seems to be aimed at the adult population. When might FDA allow patients under the age of 18 to participate in clinical trials?
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Medicines have been detected in streams, landfill leachate, groundwater, wastewater treatment effluent, wastewater biosolids and in the drinking water of some cities. Pharmaceuticals can enter the environment in a variety of ways – some of the medications taken by people and animals escape to the environment by excretion. Unwanted medicines can also enter the environment when they are flushed down the toilet or tossed in the trash. Studies have shown that pharmaceuticals in our environment may have a negative impact some aquatic organisms and species.
Medicines have been detected in streams and other surface waters across the country, including Washington State. A 2007 King County study found the hormones ethynylestradiol (birth control pills) and estradiol (estrogen used in hormone replacement therapy) in some lakes and streams in King County. At some sites, these compounds were detected at levels found to cause effects on aquatic species in laboratory studies.
A 1999 U.S. Geological Survey of 139 streams in thirty states found at least one pharmaceutical in 80 percent of the streams tested. Acetaminophen was found in 23.8 percent of streams tested, the antibiotic trimethoprim in 27.4 percent, and codeine in 10.6 percent of streams tested. Concentrations of pharmaceuticals were generally low.1
Pharmaceuticals have been detected in the effluent from wastewater treatment plants. A 2004 study of groundwater and effluent from tertiary wastewater treatment plants in the Sequim-Dungeness region of the Olympic Peninsula detected acetaminophen, codeine, metformin (diabetes medicine), sulfamethoxazole (antibiotic), salbutamol (albuterol), carbamazepine (anticonvulsant and bipolar disorder treatment), ranitidine (Zantac), estrone (hormone replacement therapy), trimethoprim (antibiotic), and ketoprofen (NSAID). Metformin was also found in groundwater and wells.
Disposing of medicines in the trash can lead to pharmaceuticals entering the environment through landfill leachate (the liquid resulting from the decomposition of solid waste). Leachate from landfills is typically pumped to the sanitary sewer system, and sewer treatment plants are not designed to remove pharmaceuticals. The Washington State Department of Ecology notes that pharmaceuticals in treatment plants eventually enter the aquatic environment in the treatment plant effluent or in the biosolids that are land applied across the state.
Garbage entering King County's solid waste system is taken to the Cedar Hills Landfill, and leachate from that landfill is pumped to the sanitary sewer. Every year, about 100 million gallons of leachate is pumped from the Cedar Hills Landfill to the South Treatment Plant in Renton. Pharmaceuticals thrown into the garbage may make their way into this leachate. 2
Many homes and businesses in Washington State use an on-site septic system to treat their wastewater. If pharmaceuticals, particularly antibiotics, are flushed into a septic system, they may kill the bacteria that make the whole system work. Studies have demonstrated that pharmaceuticals can escape from septic systems to contaminate surrounding soil and groundwater. 3
Pharmaceuticals have been found in the drinking water drinking water that supplies 46 million people around the US.4 This isn't a problem for the City of Seattle, which gets most of its drinking water from a protected watershed in the Cascade Mountains.
Studies indicate that pharmaceuticals in aquatic ecosystems have the potential to damage fish and other aquatic animals. For example, medicines can affect an organism's sex. A Boulder, Colorado study found that sex ratios of fish upstream from a wastewater treatment plant were 45 percent female, while downstream from the plant 83 percent of the fish were female. Researchers speculate this could be associated with endocrine-disrupting compounds, including synthetic estrogen, found in treatment plant effluent.5
English sole from Puget Sound were surveyed for evidence of xenoestrogen (an estrogen compound) exposure, using vitellogenin (VTG) production in males as an indicator. Significant levels of VTG were found in male fish from several urban sites, especially in Elliott Bay along the Seattle waterfront. In addition, the timing of spawning in both male and female fish at the Elliott Bay sites appeared altered, suggesting that English sole in some areas of Puget Sound are exposed to estrogen compounds that cause biological effects6.
1 Kolpin,D.W.; Furlong,E.T.; Meyer,M.T.; Thurman,E.M.; Zaugg,S.D.; Barber,L.B.; Buxton,H.T. (2002). "Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: a national reconnaissance." Environ Sci Technol. 2002 Mar 15;36(6):1202-11.
2 Barnes, K.K., Christenson, S.C., Kolpin, D.W., Focazio, M.J., Furlong, E.T., Zaugg, S.D., Meyer, M.T., and Barber, L.B. (2004). "Pharmaceuticals and other organic waste water contaminants within a leachate plume downgradient of a municipal landfill." Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 24(2): 119-126.
3 Cherilyn Carrara, C., Ptacek, C., Robertson, W., Blowes, D. W., Moncur, M. C., Sverko, E., BackusFate, S. 2008. "Pharmaceutical and Trace Organic Compounds in Three Septic System Plumes, Ontario, Canada." Environ. Sci. Technol., 2008, 42 (8), pp 2805–2811 (DOI: 10.1021/es070344q)
4 Mendoza, M., Associated Press (2008). "Recent tests detect pharmaceuticals in drinking water of 46 million Americans." http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/pharmawater_site/sept11a.html
5 Woodling, J. D, EM Lopez, TA Maldonado, DO Norris and AM Vajda. 2006," Intersex and other reproductive disruption of fish in wastewater effluent dominated Colorado streams," Comp. Biochem. Physiol.. Part C 144 (2006) 10 – 15.
6 Johnson, LL, DP Lomaxa, MS Myers, OP Olsona, SY Sola, S M O'Neill, J West and TK Collier 2008. Xenoestrogen exposure and effects in English sole (Parophrys vetulus) from Puget Sound, WA. Aquat. Toxicol. 88:29-38


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At the invitation of the Hebron municipality, CPTers set up a project in 1995 to address assaults by Israeli settlers and soldiers on Palestinians in the months before the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In subsequent years, the team's focus has included the Israeli military confiscation of Palestinian land, demolition of Palestinian homes, and the violence stemming from the Second Intifada.
Hebron/Al-Khalil (map) is located 30 km (19 mi) south of Jerusalem, and is home to around 165,000 Palestinians, as well as 500 Israeli settlers concentrated in Hebron's Old City.
The Oslo 2 Hebron protocol partitioned Hebron/Al-Khalil into two distinct zones, H1 and H2. H1 is administered by the Palestinian Authority and contains 120,000 Palestinians. In H2, which includes the heart of Hebron's Old City, the Israeli military restricts the movement of more than 30,000 Palestinians while allowing 500 Jewish settlers to move freely.
CPT maintains an active nonviolent presence in the H2 zone of Hebron/Al-Khalil focusing on accompaniment, documentation, and human rights reporting.
Al-Khalil / Hebron Media Package Now Available
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CPT Palestine has compiled a comprehensive presentation of the team's current work in Hebron in the form of a media package
The package, modeled after a previous one on Al Bowereh, gives a detailed overview of CPT's work in Hebron including a history of the area.
The team has found that the distribution of these media packages, combined with advocacy efforts, supports its efforts in nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation.
Shortly after the release of the Al Bowereh package, Israeli authorities dismantled the illegal settlement there. After distribution of Under Attack: the Golani Brigade's war on the Palestinian population of Al-Khalil/Hebron, this abusive brigade left Hebron earlier than expected.
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The Chicago Blackhawks had an extraordinary season and run to the Stanley Cup Final. Trace playoff action from Chicago Sun-Times sports reporters and columnists in this e-book available now. Go to suntimes.com/ebooks.
Blackhawks champ Patrick Kane took to the streets of New York City on Wednesday to hoist the Stanley Cup once again.
Appearing during a segment of the "Late Show with David Letterman," the MVP held up the trophy, as the Late Show Hose Cam — attached to a street light — poured a whole lot of water all over him outside the Broadway Street studio.
Soon after his visit, Kane took to Twitter to share pictures and details of his rainy visit: "Fun trip to NYC today to tape with @LateShow. I forgot to pack my umbrella in with the Stanley Cup tho haha," Kane tweeted.
Kane also sat down with Letterman, a big-time NHL fan, to talk hockey, with both the Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy in full view.
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Shield Your Eyes; It's Zdeno Time
Don't feel like zooming in? Don't blame you. Here's what the caption reads...
Why we chose him: Never has a 6'9" intimidator been so quick on ice.No, the joke here is ESPN's Body issue. WTF is going on.
Take it from a pro: "Throw skates on Zdeno, and he's basically seven feet tall. He's got great balance and power and can't be knocked down. The joke here is that when he poke-checks, he can sweep his stick from board to board. How can you get around a guy like that? For me, he's a video gamer's dream, the create-a-player guy you've always wanted to exist in real life." - David Littman, Former NHL Goalie and producer of EA's NHL10
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When did every photo of a nude man become homoerotic? Is every picture of a naked woman homoerotic too?! Is the picture of Serena Williams on the cover "gay" or "lesbian?"
FYI, 'homoerotic' as defined by Merriam-Webster: "Marked by, revealing, or portraying homosexual desire." None evident.
--Tyler Green
- October 7, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Vance said...
Colloquialism, no?
Or do you want to define that for me too?
- October 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Of what 'local or regional dialect' is that a part?
Words mean something. That's a good thing. It is not a bad thing, a cause for insecurity or hostility.
- October 7, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- Vance said...
Not regional, generational.
I'm sorry we do not see eye to eye, but Chara's eyes say come hither.
- October 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Ah, I like that addition to the definition of 'colloquial.'
- October 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Libey said...
Lamb and tunafish? No?
Spaghetti and meatball? Perhaps you more comfortable with that analogy?
- October 7, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Vance said...
How does generational language not apply to "characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing"
My generation has called things "gay" and "retarded" before being PC became all the rage.
An informal style? Gosh that doesn't describe this website at alllllllll.
- October 7, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Your use of the "colloquialism" ISN'T appropriate on any level. It's just a lame excuse but nice try. You need to come clean and admit you're attracted to the big man. Your only disappointment is in the fact that you can't see his schlong. You KNOW you're dying to know how big it is.
- October 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
- Vance said...
I can only hope he's a tripod, assuming everything's in proportion.
I bet it's bigger than the Canadien's first line combined.
- October 7, 2009 at 9:01 PM
- Spec7ral said...
I want to fuck Chara.
- October 8, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- Dave said...
One word: mangina.
- October 11, 2009 at 11:35 PM
nice post. thanks.
- January 2, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
- January 18, 2011 at 9:31 PM
I am an actual female and I can tell you that I could give a shit how big his schlong is, he would get me there, easily. My god, what a body. Beautiful. Simply perfect, and a great face too. Mmmmm.
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The Master of Arts in History at Wichita State University offers students an opportunity to pursue graduate study in a small and academically enriching environment. Faculty members take a personal interest in the intellectual growth of their students, and our location within the Wichita metropolitan area enables many students to complete internships with local museums, government agencies and private foundations as part of their degree requirements.
The department's flexible scheduling of courses allows students to complete most degree requirements at night and during the summer months. The Courses 300 and 698 are offered each semeter. Recipients of the MA in history from Wichita State University have been admitted into leading Ph.D. programs across the country, and they have competed successfully on the job market. For more information on our alumni, click here
For an outline of the procedures and steps involved in completing a graduate degree, click HERE
Students may follow one of three plans for a graduate degree in history: A thesis program, a non-thesis program or a program in public history. Please note that transfer students have to complete 15 hours of history at WSU. For frequently asked questions about classes, exams, and thesis requirements, click here.
Thesis Program Credit Hours
HIST 725, Advanced Historical Method 3
HIST 727, Readings in History 3
HIST 729, 730, 733, 734, Seminars (3) 9
HIST 500 and 600 courses (4) 12
HIST 801, Thesis Research 2
HIST 802, Thesis 2
Total 31
Note: Per graduate school requirements, at least 60% of hours must be taken at the 700 level or higher.
At least one seminar and one lecture-based course must be taken outside of the student's primary comprehensive field.
Students must first pass a foreign language competency examination, pass a written examination in one comprehensive field and pass an oral examination in defense of the thesis. The written examination must precede the oral examination. Students may take their foreign language exam at any point prior to taking their comprehesive exams. Exams take place during the two weeks following the spring and fall breaks. For the department's U.S. history reading list, click here. For the public history reading list, click here
Non-Thesis Program Credit Hours
HIST 725, Advanced Historical Method 3
HIST 727, Readings in History (2) 6
HIST 729, 730, 733, 734, Seminars (4) 12
HIST 500 and 600 courses (5) 15
Students must pass written examinations in two comprehensive fields.
Thesis Program in Public History Credit Hours
HIST 701, Introduction to Public History 3
One course selected from the following:
HIST 702, Historic Preservation 3
HIST 703, Museum Administration 3
HIST 705, Introduction to Archives 3
HIST 725, Advanced Historical Method 3
HIST 729, 730, 733, 734, Seminars (2) 6
HIST 500 and 600 courses (4) 12
HIST 801, Thesis Research 2
HIST 802, Thesis 2
** HIST 803, Internship 2-4
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** HIST 781, Cooperative Education in History may be substituted for HIST 803 with the consent of the director of the public history program.
Students must pass a written examination in one comprehensive field and pass an oral examination in defense of the thesis. The written examination must precede the oral examination.
Admission to the history graduate program requires a minimum of 15 undergraduate hours in history with a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) and a 2.75 GPA in the last 60 credit hours completed. The admission process is initiated by submitting an application for admission to the Wichita State Graduate School. The WSU Graduate Bulletin describes general admission procedures.
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A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education detailed a letter received by LSU's Board of Supervisors. A national organization that monitors academic freedom at colleges and universities shook their finger at what they called the mistreatment of faculty at LSU.
The members of LSU's Board of Supervisors are all appointees of the Governor. Not one member of the university's board has a background in education. The board is now looking for a new president-chancellor, and the job posting doesn't require that a candidate have a background in education either – and that concerns the faculty.
Robert Kreiser is with the American Association of University Professors, the organization which wrote the letter.
Academic credentials seem not to be of concern. Respect for academic values does not seem to be what's going on at the heart of the activities of the Board of Supervisors. It's an indication that someone without those qualifications and who may be connected to the governor is being given serious consideration.
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Something really bad has been going around Austin for a few years now, an approach by local start ups to "get as much as you can for free as long as you can." Even worse, this recommendation, advice has been given to new entrepreneurs by seasoned ones. Now, it's just fine to "take" time from someone who's offered it, and has successfully created and exited a few companies. Odds are they aren't focused on each paycheck. But for the rest of us vendors in town, one hour given to someone, of our time and talent, is one less paid hour we have available to earn. This "get what you can" mentality is damaging, completely one-sided, and honestly, just plain disrespectful to many, so please, let's make it stop.
Further, it seems in the rush of life, we often forget too the Art of Appreciation, and the little things that can make someone quite happy to have given you their time, whether gratis or paid. We forget the little things, the simplest acts that can leave such a positive and lasting impression. So, especially at this time of year, I'm here to remind.
When I left full time agency life to start stripedshirt and spend more time with my daughters, I netted out to a reality of 4 hours of available "work time" a day. That's precious little time and I run out of it every darn day. This time is greatly in demand, and I have clients very willing to pay for it. That payment is quite helpful considering the tens of thousands of savings (sadly I'm serious) I've put into starting my own company. And yet, I break my back to make time for others, to pay it forward, to keep contributing to this amazing tech ecosystem that is Austin, and unique to Austin: people who care, who help each other out, who share their time and talents widely.
Over the past 2.5 years, in literally countless meetings, coffees and brainstorms, I've seen the Art of Appreciation in the easiest, simplest ways that might be helpful reminders for us all:
- Larry Chiang, one of my favorites from Silicon Valley, left me with a gift certificate for dinner at an Austin restaurant after I helped him out at SXSW.
- Ken and Scott from Spredfast have referred me to several people needing PR help after I, as part of a Porter Novelli team, helped launch their business, at a steep discount
- Isaac Barchas has publicly commented on my work and value to ATI and their portfolio companies
- After helping Revision 3 with meeting space at SXSW (from my friends at Spredfast), two nice bottles of wine arrived at my doorstep from dear Jim Louderback.
But its not just material gifts or business leads, it could be something much smaller, but equally impressive:
- Val Cason, after I connected her to Julie Huls and ATC, sent me a handwritten thank you card. Handwritten, stamped, and mailed to the right address. How often does this happen any more?
- After I declined payment they offered for my time (which in, and of itself, is impressive, to acknowledge an hour of my time was worth payment), the great guys at Flashback Data (if you don't know them, look them up, they are really impressive), found my mailing address and sent a personal thank you note. Russell, thank YOU. That, obviously, had an impact.
- Mary Firme made something big happen herself, but remembered, and included me and a few very small things I did, as contributing to the end result. She hand delivered a thank you note.
- And the other day, warm cookies from Tiff's Treats arrived at my house. I wondered who, of a number of people I'd recently helped, they might be from. Rather than from several companies with grown up executives, the cookies were a thank you from a young woman, just out of college, who I brainstormed with about job opportunities. Emily Alfred thinks one step ahead, and with a grace, respect and appreciation that will surely show through in her work performance. She's worth hiring!
All these are awesome, but the easiest, for anyone to do, to thank me after I've helped their business is to support mine. That's the simplest, most logical AND most appreciated appreciation of all:
- After a great discussion about the new company (still in stealth, but keep watch!) he and Kent Savage are up to, Matt Hovis ordered a stripedshirt for his wife and son.
- And after coffee at Mozarts, I had a new order online from Gina Manassero, a fantastic Bay Area tech PR pro we now have with us in Austin.
This one, so obviously, is so rarely done. You meet with someone and they help you with your business. Of course you know about their business, what they focus most of their day on.
Support it.
Buy something from them, engage with them, give them a positive review, send an email to your network recommending them.
Again, I reiterate: when someone helps you with your business, the easiest and best way to show appreciation is to help them with theirs.
Now, I'm not saying an email thank you isn't fine, or there isn't value in the new LinkedIn recommendations. A thank you of some kind, typically via email, is absolutely the right move, and an expected one. But it's also kind of table stakes these days. If you want to set yourself apart and make your approach in business – and in life – remembered, master the Art of Appreciation, in your own unique – memorable! – way.
And whatever you do, please please don't be so disrespectful of the rest of us as to expect to "get as much as you can for free for as long as you can." Remember the stripedshirt lady: with one simple purchase on my website, I would feel the time I gave you was well worth it, for US BOTH.


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In the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," a manwants to erase memories of his lover. In the new (and old)versions of "The Manchurian Candidate," men are programmedto kill on command. Is any of this possible?
In abcnews.com, Amanda Onion quotes film consultantneurologist Jay Lombard as saying, "We use the idea in [TheManchurian Candidate] that we have come to the point wherewe have the ability to influence the brain, not just fortherapeutic purposes, but for political ones."
While scientists can't program people's actions yet, theycan manipulate their memories. One recent study found thatnine healthy middle-aged pilots who took the Alzheimer'sdrug Aricept remembered flight-simulator lessons much betterthan nine others who took a placebo. Other drugs, calledbeta blockers, can suppress emotional memories, and may beused to help people forget great traumas.
The government has experimented with mind-altering drugs inthe past. Lawsuits are now pending from people who claimthey were given LSD as part of a Cold War CIA program thatgave drugs to hundreds of unsuspecting Americans.
In the 1950s and 60s, researcher Jose Delgado put electrodesinto the brains of animals and caused cats and bulls toattack?then he turned off these attacks by switching off theimplants. It?s also been discovered that as a reward, ratsprefer the right kind of brain stimulation over theirfavorite snack. Psychologist Randy Gallistel says, "Ingeneral, you can produce spectacular motivation of all kindsby stimulating the brain in animals. There's no reason tothink you couldn't produce spectacular motivation in humans."
Neuroscientist Robert Michels warns, "Neuroscience andrelated technologies not only lead to knowledge, they leadto power."
Are our civilizations relics of those set up to control usbyAdvancedBeings?
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