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The recent discovery of lagarosiphon ((Lagarosiphon major, or South African oxygen weed) in the mid reaches of the Oreti River (west of Jospephville) has ES staff on high alert. Lagarosiphon was discovered by Fish and Game early in April and whilst it is known to be present in localised streams in Invercargill and in fish and duck ponds on private property, this is the first time the pest plant has been discovered in the Oreti. Anyone whos seen it [lagarosiphon] in Lakes Dunstan or Wanaka, knows we simply do not want it in Southland said ES biosecurity manager Richard Bowman. Its major human impact is an impediment to recreation, but if left to establish, lagarosiphon has the potential to impact on biodiversity values by displacing other aquatic plant and animal life. It could also have a potential economic impact because its presence impedes water flow and will increase the costs associated with maintaining waterways. During his initial inspection, ES senior biosecurity officer Keith Crothers noted the presence of lagarosiphon in a number of side channels, lagoons and ponds within the Oreti River berm area and said it appeared to have been established there for some time. Council staff could only speculate at this time as to how it established in the Oreti. Lagarosiphon is an extremely invasive aquatic pest and given the right conditions, it is very aggressive, out-competing other plant growth and quickly colonising slow moving reaches of water explained Mr Crothers. In a braided system like the Oreti, with plenty of backwaters and ponded areas, it has found an ideal habitat. Until now, lagarosiphon had only been found in a number of small streams in the Invercargill area. Monitoring showed they posed little risk of spread by either natural or human assisted means. Lagarosiphon is believed to have been introduced originally to these streams by the owners of pet fish releasing them into the wild, including the oxygen weed in the fish tank. It was once possible to buy lagarosiphon as oxygen weed from pet shops, but since the release of ES Regional Pest Management Strategy, this trade is now banned. ES has made quite a major investment to keep lagarosiphon out said Mr Bowman. Our major efforts to date have been through our involvement with the multi-agency Lagarosiphon Public Awareness Programme. This focuses on raising peoples awareness of lagarosiphon in the southern South Island and how they can limit their role in its spread. Mr Bowman reported a high level of awareness amongst the regions boaties about the inherent dangers associated with lagarosiphon. ES and DoC also undertake an annual survey to detect any possible incursions of the pest plant in at risk sites like Lakes Te Anau, Manapouri, Monowai and Mavora. To date, all results have been clear. Whilst lagarosiphon is recognised nationally as a serious aquatic pest, it is far more prolific in the South Island because of its preference for cooler water. Because if its highly invasive nature and tendency to dominate the habitats in which it establishes, lagarosiphon is deemed a total control pest plant under the Regional Pest Management Strategy. Its establishment is human-assisted and only a very small fragment of the plant is required to effectively propagate. It is capable of producing extremely thick vegetative masses, from 6.5 m in depth right up to the surface. It is also very difficult to eradicate by either mechanical or chemical means, however, successful control has been carried out in some areas. ES staff are working with other stakeholder agencies, undertaking a survey to delimit the spread of the infestation in the Oreti. The results will provide a basis to assess the eradication and containment options said Mr Bowman. In the meantime, well be erecting signage to alert people using the river to its presence and


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If you've missed the series, you can watch at vimeo.com/woodstockstudents.
Here is the article titled, On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ, published by the Journal of American Medical Association dated March 21, 1986.
Wondering how far in advance you have your message series planned out. If you're wondering, ours are planned out through May 22, 2013.
If you've not yet booked a speaker for your summer camp 2012, I have several weeks open next summer and would love to serve your ministry. I'm only booking one camp for 2012 as the summer is pretty packed already. I spent three summers in seminary serving as camp pastor speaking to groups twice a day for the majority of the summer, and I'd be honored to serve your ministry.
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I get the unbelievable opportunity to speak to a few football teams before they go out on the field to hit somebody in the mouth most weeks during the fall. The majority of the talks are fairly short and less than 15 minutes [my weekly pre-game at one school is literally 3 minutes]. I guess its my "fix" for old[er] age but needless to say, speaking to teams in pre-game is one of the most exhilarting parts of my job.
Occasionally, I've been asked about what I say in some of these pre-game talks.
Here's the bones of the basic structure I typically follow for a pre-game talk:
1. Abstract illustration
2. Major thought
3. How this effects you personally
4. How this effects our team when lived out
5. How this effects us tonight
6. Pray
When appropriate [meaning when I know the coach is ok with me using Scripture or talking about Jesus], I will always insert it into the flow, typically between #3 and #4.
[I'll try to post the content of a few of these talks in another blog post]
I lead ministry in a context where an invitation to respond to the message that has just been spoken is almost always given. I believe the invitation is biblical and necessary to call hearers to a response. Otherwise, we're merely entertaining folks.
Leading in the context of student ministry where there are so many variables for the listener (ie. such as roller coaster emotions, heightened impressionability, yet fully developed ability to process and fully comprehend, etc), I am very aware and sensitive to how an invitation is given and the clarity of the moment. Having worked in student ministry for 10+ years with many of those being an itinerant speaker, I am concerned that far too many of us who have the great privilege of speaking to teenagers don't give enough attention to planning how an invitation is given.
About 10 years ago, I was speaking to a group of around 600 teenagers at a summer camp. This particular night there was an emphasis on the Gospel and calling students to be saved. At the end of the message, students were responding by going to see their small group leader at the front of the auditorium. I was standing to the side taking all of this "God moment" in when one of the campers approached me with a serious look on his face. I recognized the student and knew that his youth pastor had been praying for him that week. To say that my joy was complete in this moment thinking he was about to confess Christ and be saved was an understatement until he opened his mouth and his first sentence was, "Hey, you know that game we played the other night at Late Night?"
Curious, I said, "Um, yeah…"
He then says, "Well, I was thinking of a way we could make it better."
I'm not sure what else he said in that conversation because I was so mad that he either a) he clearly hadn't been paying attention to a single word that night, or b) he was a worse sinner than his youth pastor made him out to be.
It took a while to reflect on that particular invitation and what I actually said to call students to a response, but I walked away from that summer with several takeaways in my own preaching…one of the most important being attention to how students are asked to respond.
I hear far too many people that speak to students err in clarity and definition as to what they are asking students to do after hearing their message. Some of the clarity could be cleared up by simply having a clear message during the first 25 minutes. But, if that isn't the problem, then here are several mistakes I think are made giving the invitation:
1. Matching the invitation response to the message.
Extreme ie. If you're preaching on tithing, call students to obedience to tithe, not some other fuzzy unrelated response that didn't come from the message.
2. Using confusing terms about salvation like "Start a conversation with Jesus," or "Get right with God."
Assuming that students "understand what you mean" in the name of being different and new only breeds confusion.
3. Demanding that they unashamedly stand up in front of their friends with everyone looking or else God won't stand up for them.
There may be a time and place for this, especially when a message is powerfully given. However, if you consistently give invitations like this and consistently no one stands up, the message might only be powerful in your own estimation. Standing up in a moment of time doesn't prove someone is unashamed. Rather, it's a consistent lifestyle of obedience. Don't pin an already skeptical unbelieving teenager who…oh by the way is also desperately concerned about peer pressure…down to an almost dogmatic form of response that is only acceptable by God.
4. Assuming students know how to respond
If your method of connecting student's response to appropriate follow-up is by raising their hand and an adult leader coming to them, make it clear as to what is going to happen and what will happen when they respond.
5. Waiting to explain application and response until the last 2-3 minutes of the message
Application and response to a carefully developed theme should be woven throughout the message to be most appropriate. That's why I believe real-life illustrations of how biblical principles are worked out in a persons life are the most compelling illustration.
6. Failing to call students to respond
The purpose of preaching is calling people to faith and exercising that faith as believers. I believe a response should be asked for after every message is given. If not, the last 30 minutes could be equivalent to the chemistry lesson they heard at school today and believed to be just as inapplicable. If I'm going to spend hours preparing to teach, I want students to believe it is true and has real life value if practiced.
Are there any other "mistakes" you see people make who speak to students?


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- Lifestyle modification counseling for hypertensive patients: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004Lenny Lopez
Institute for Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Hypertens 22:325-31. 2009..Lifestyle modification is recommended for all patients with the diagnosis of hypertension... - Characteristics of primary care safety-net providers and their quality improvement attitudes and activities: results of a national survey of physician professionalismLenny Lopez
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Med Qual 28:151-9. 2013..Increasing access by expanding Medicaid eligibility will require continued investment in the number and training of safety-net PCPs... - Outcomes for whites and blacks at hospitals that disproportionately care for black Medicare beneficiariesLenny Lopez
Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Health Serv Res 48:114-28. 2013..Hospital care for blacks is concentrated among a small number of hospitals and whether they have worse outcomes across common medical conditions is unknown... - Closing the gap: eliminating health care disparities among Latinos with diabetes using health information technology tools and patient navigatorsLenny Lopez
Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Disparities Solutions Center, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Diabetes Sci Technol 6:169-76. 2012..In this article, we discuss the role of HIT for diabetes management in Latinos and describe a novel "eNavigator" role that we are developing to increase HIT adoption and thereby reduce health care disparities... - Bridging the digital divide in health care: the role of health information technology in addressing racial and ethnic disparitiesLenny Lopez
Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:437-45. 2011..If carefully designed and implemented, HIT also has the potential to eliminate disparities... - Perspective: creating an ethical workplace: reverberations of resident work hours reformLenny Lopez
Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Acad Med 84:315-9. 2009.... - Hospitalists and the quality of care in hospitalsLenny Lopez
Institute for Health Policy and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1389-94. 2009..Little is known about the link between hospitalists and performance on hospital-level quality indicators... - Disclosure of hospital adverse events and its association with patients' ratings of the quality of careLenny Lopez
MDiv, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:1888-94. 2009..Little is known about how the characteristics of adverse events (AEs) affect the likelihood of disclosure or how the disclosure of an AE relates to patients' perception of quality of care... - Racial and sex differences in emergency department triage assessment and test ordering for chest pain, 1997-2006Lenny Lopez
Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:801-8. 2010..This study assessed whether sociodemographic differences exist in triage assignment and whether these differences affect initial diagnostic testing in the emergency department (ED) for patients presenting with chest pain... - Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic populationFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 12:768. 2012..We explored the association between diabetes and hypertension prevalence among distinct U.S. Hispanic subgroups by country of origin and by degree of acculturation... - Readmission rates for Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and acute myocardial infarctionFatima Rodriguez
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am Heart J 162:254-261.e3. 2011..However, little is known about whether elderly Hispanics have higher readmission rates for heart failure (HF) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than whites and whether this is due to site of care... - Comparison of C-reactive protein levels in less versus more acculturated Hispanic adults in the United States (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008)Fatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 109:665-9. 2012..Inflammation may play an important role in explaining the association between acculturation and increased cardiovascular risk... - Personal characteristics associated with resident physicians' self perceptions of preparedness to deliver cross-cultural careLenny Lopez
Department of Medicine, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1953-8. 2008..Recent reports from the Institute of Medicine emphasize patient-centered care and cross-cultural training as a means of improving the quality of medical care and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities... - Association between chronic kidney disease detected using creatinine and cystatin C and death and cardiovascular events in elderly Mexican Americans: the Sacramento Area Latino Study on AgingCarmen A Peralta
Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 61:90-5. 2013..The authors sought to determine whether cystatin C, an alternative marker of kidney function less biased by these factors, can identify elderly Mexican Americans with CKD who are at high risk for death and cardiovascular disease... - Limited English proficient patients and time spent in therapeutic range in a warfarin anticoagulation clinicFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA
J Am Heart Assoc 2:e000170. 2013....


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How do you get your name on the Stanley Cup? The first step is a doozy (your team has to win a grueling tournament called the Stanley Cup Playoffs). But the next steps aren't necessarily easy. For players, the criteria for inclusion has changed over the years.
- 1926-70 – played half (or more) of regular season games, or at least one playoff game.
- 1971-76 — played at least one playoff game.
- 1976-present — played in half (or more) of regular season games, or at least one game in the Stanley Cup Finals.
- 1994 — NHL allows teams to petition the league to include players who did not meet the criteria due to extenuating circumstances.
As you may know, I started looking into this because the Kings successfully petitioned on behalf of Davis Drewiske (9 regular season games, 0 playoff games) and Kevin Westgarth (25 regular season games, 0 playoff games) but inexplicably decided not to petition on behalf of Andrei Loktionov (39 regular season games, 2 playoff games). The Kings offered a (to my ears) lame excuse for this, and I responded that I would be shocked to find that there had ever before been a situation in which a team failed to petition on behalf of a player who actually played in the playoffs while simultaneously petitioning on behalf of players who had played fewer games and had not played in the playoffs at all.
I then looked at all seasons since 2005, and found that the Loktionov situation was indeed unprecedented going back at least that far.
Now, let's go back all the way to the first year of petitioning, which was introduced in 1994.
Petitions to include players' names on the cup, year by year, 1994-2012
Parentheses after players' names indicate regular season games played followed by playoff games played.
- 1994 – The Rangers petitioned to include Ed Olczyk (37, 1) and Mike Hartman (35, 0). The league said no. The Rangers protested. The league relented and included Olczyk and Hartman. This is the only instance I know of in which a club protested the league's decision.
- 1997 – The Red Wings petitioned to include Kevin Hodson (23, 0) but not Mike Knuble (9, 0). The league granted the petition for Hodson.
- 1998 – The Red Wings chose not to petition on behalf of Norm Maracle (4, 0) and Darryl Laplante (2, 0).
- 1999 – The Stars petitioned on behalf of Brent Severyn (30, 0) and Derek Plante (16,0), and the petitions were granted. The Stars did not petition on behalf of Doug Lidster (17, 4) or Brad Lukowich (14, 8). This ESPN article indicates "the Stars didn't ask to have Lukowich's name included because they assumed it would be." It sounds from that like GM Bob Gainey mistakenly believed that players who played in at least one playoff game were automatically included (maybe because that had been the rule when he won his first three cups with the Habs). The Lidster/Lukowich omission is the only other instance in NHL history (besides Loktionov) in which a team petitioned for a non-playoff player while not petitioning for a player who played in the playoffs. And it appears (according to ESPN) to have been an accident.
2000 – The Devils successfully-petitioned on behalf of all three non-qualifying players who played at least one game for the Devils that year — Ken Sutton (6, 0), Steve Kelly (1, 10), and Steve Brule (0, 1) — but did not petition for Deron Quint (4, 0), who had been suspended for not reporting to the AHL for a conditioning assignment.
- 2001 – The Avs successfully-petitioned on behalf of Bryan Muir (8, 2).
- 2002 – The Red Wings chose not to petition on behalf of anyone, including Maxim Kuznetsov (39, 0) and Sean Avery (36, 0) — both of whom were traded to the Kings the following season — Jesse Wallin (15, 0), Uwe Krupp (8, 2), and Ladislav Kohn (4, 0). The decision not to petition Krupp, who actually played in the playoffs, is unusual in the history of these petitions, but at least the Red Wings were consistent in that they didn't petition for anyone.
- 2003 – The Devils chose not to petition on behalf of Christian Berglund (38, 0), who had been sent to the AHL midway through the season.
- 2004 – The Lightning successfully-petitioned on behalf of Darren Rumble (5, 0) and Stanislav Neckar (0, 2).
- 2006 – The Canes petitioned on behalf of Andrew Hutchinson (38, 0), Josef Vasicek (23, 8), Anton Babchuk (22, 0), and those petitions were granted. They chose not to petition on behalf of Keith Aucoin (7, 0) or David Gove (1, 0).
- 2007 – The Ducks successfully petitioned on behalf of George Parros (32, 5). Petitions on behalf of Mark Hartigan (7, 1) and Aaron Rome (1, 1) were denied. They chose not to petition on behalf of seven players who did not appear in a playoff game.
- 2008 – The Wings successfully petitioned on behalf of Mark Hartigan (23, 4), and Derek Meech (32, 0), and chose not to petition on behalf of six players who did not appear in the playoffs, all of whom played in 8 or fewer regular season games.
- 2009 – The Pens successfully petitioned on behalf of Mike Zigomanis (22, 0), but chose not to petition on behalf of thirteen players who did not appear in a playoff game and who played in 20 or fewer regular season games. Harsh, if you're Chris Minard (20, 0) or Dany Sabourin (19, 0), but at least it's consistent.
- 2010 – The Blackhawks successfully petitioned on behalf of Bryan Bickell (16, 4), and chose not to petition on behalf of four players who did not appear in the playoffs and who played no more than 8 regular season games.
- 2011 – The Bruins successfully petitioned on behalf of Marc Savard (25, 0). The Bruins' petitions on behalf of Shane Hnidy (3, 3) and Steve Kampfer (38, 0) were denied by the league. The Bruins chose not to petition on behalf of four players who did not appear in a playoff game and played fewer than 23 regular season games.
- 2012 – The Kings successfully petitioned on behalf of Kevin Westgarth (25,0) and Davis Drewiske (9,0), but chose not to petition on behalf of Andrei Loktionov (39,2) or Scott Parse (9,0).
The Kings offered two different rationales for this decision. The first was that Westgarth and Drewiske had been with the team all year, whereas Loktionov had not. Looking back at the history of petitions, that rationale had been used both to include players who were frequent healthy scratches and to exclude by not petitioning players who spent most of the year in the minors, or who were sent to the minors mid-way through the season never to return. As far as I can tell, that rationale had never before been used to exclude a player who had actually appeared in playoff games that season.
Excluding the Stars' apparently-accidental omission of Lukowich and Lidster, the 2002 Wings were the only previous team not to petition a player who appeared in the playoffs, but that player — Uwe Krupp — had only played in 8 regular season games in addition to the 2 playoff games, and the Wings didn't petition any players that year, so — as I said earlier — they were consistent.
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Here are the 18 players since 1994 who played in at least one playoff game and did not meet the criteria for inclusion. All but four (Lidster, Lukowich, Loktionov and Krupp) were petitioned by their teams. Even ignoring the fact that Lidster and Lukowich were excluded by accident, none of those players played more games than Loktionov did that season.


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Part 2, Section 6: Forages Pest Management
Forages Pest Management
Managing weeds in forages requires a different approach from managing weeds in row crops. Over 95 percent of weed control in a healthy forage crop comes from competition provided by the forage. To maintain a relatively weed-free forage, however, proper fertilization, cutting management, and insect control, as well as using disease-resistant varieties and selective herbicides, will keep the forage stand competitive.
If weeds become a problem, they can compete for or interfere with light, nutrients, water, and space, directly influencing yield and standability. Common chickweed infestations in alfalfa have been reported to reduce forage stand by more than 30 percent. Common chickweed emerges in the fall and winter, and develops a thick, lush mat early in the spring that can compete with the first forage cutting. Once the chickweed dies in early summer, summer-annual weeds such as foxtails, lambsquarters, and pigweed, or perennial weeds such as dandelion can replace the dead or dying winter-annual weeds and continue to reduce forage yield and quality.
Unlike most grain or fiber crops from which weeds are separated at harvest, weeds often are harvested along with the forage crop, potentially reducing quality. Reductions in quality often are in the form of lower protein content and feed digestibility. Although weeds do have some feed value, this value differs among species. Dandelions come close to equaling alfalfa in protein and total digestible nutrients (TDN). Dandelion control may not necessarily improve the quality of hay, but it may be of some value in reducing the time necessary to dry the hay, since dandelion dries more slowly than alfalfa. Increased drying time may mean greater harvest losses due to untimely rainfall.
Grassy weed quality can be similar to that of the forage. In general, weedy grasses have about 75 percent of the quality of alfalfa; however, controlling quackgrass in alfalfa can increase forage protein levels 4 percent to 7 percent. Weeds with woody stems or flower stalks, such as yellow rocket, white cockle, rough fleabane, curly dock, and broadleaf dock, have lower protein levels (about 50 percent of the quality of alfalfa), so controlling them is even more important.
When weeds are present or persist in spite of good management, herbicides can help improve yield and quality. Herbicides available for use in legume or grass forages and pastures are listed in Table 2.6-1. Weed control at establishment or in the seedling year is most critical for maintaining a healthy forage stand. When weeds are controlled during the seedling year, the forage crop seldom requires additional herbicide treatments for at least the first two years of the stand.
Weed management in forages can be divided into two phases: control in the establishment or seedling year and control in an established stand.


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Flexible Flex Array gives The Feeling their fill
With a break to write and record their third album imminent, British power pop favourites The Feeling bid a temporary farewell to their fans by spending November touring the UK and Ireland. And with a Turbosound PA system offering no compromises on punch and clarity, every member of every audience really did feel The Feeling!
Turbosoundâs Aspect® system is a confirmed favourite of Jon Sword, the bandâs FOH engineer and production manager. And on this tour he took the opportunity to increase its flexibility by adding a number of Flex Array cabinets to the Aspect rig.
Mansfield-based Entertainment Sound Specialists (ESS) supplied 24 Aspect TA-890L and 24 TA-890H for the tour, with the rig adjusted to suit the size of each venue. At Aberdeen Music Hall, for example, the system comprised nine TA-890L per side, plus five groundstacked and six flown TA-890H per side, with a TA-500DP per side for sidefill. Complementing these at all venues has been an array of six TFA-600HDP, self-powered Flex Array cabinets providing infill.
âOn previous tours weâve used TQ-440s as infills,â? says Jon. âBut this time, I wanted to design a central cluster to point down at the audience.
âThe lighting rig has three projectors on the front truss, so it wasnât possible to hang a central cluster in all the venues on the tour. But we could in around 40% of them, while in the rest we have flown them three per side. Iâve got them a little bit higher in the air and I get a full spread. Itâs given us a fantastic result, the Flex Array moulds in with the sound of the Aspect very well.â?
Because the tour has taken in a variety of venues, the entire system has had to vary in size from show to show. But the headroom offered by the Turbosound cabinets has meant that he hasnât had to push the system at any venue.
âTurbosound is my box of choice and has been for the past two years,â? he says. âFor me, a system has to be very powerful but very smooth. If you like to mix loud, like I do, you donât want to hurt people. The clarity of the Aspect and Flex Array speakers means you donât get that additional colouration and distortion, you just get the power.
âBut if I want to push something, they have enough headroom that they can really scare the shit out of people,â? he adds, with a mischievous grin.
More seriously, Jon treats the audio system like an additional band instrument. He has a very dynamic mixing style, but his responsibilities as production manager means that close teamwork on the audio crew is essential.
âIâm always pushing dynamics. Iâve been with this band since the year dot and thereâs a great deal of interaction between what they play and what I do,â? he says.
âVarious effects, different points in the set where I push the whole dynamic forward and pull things back, moving things around the panning spectrum. It is a very busy mix from start to finish. We never rest. Thatâs all part of the show. Iâm not content to sit there and just balance things because I donât think thatâs what music is all about.
âBut being production manager as well, I have a lot of other responsibilities, so I have to be able to walk up to the desk and just use it.â?
This is where Jonâs close working relationship with ESS system technicians Richard Baker and Gary Brookes is crucial. They know exactly what is needed at every show and they deliver.
âThe guys are really good,â? says Jon. âWe work closely as a team and they wonât compromise, which is brilliant. Thatâs the ESS ethic – they want to get the very best from their systems and they donât mind throwing the right bodies and equipment at it to make it happen.â?
With sold-out audiences throughout the UK, and people of every possible age enthusiastically enjoying the shows, it seems that thereâs a genuinely good feeling when The Feeling tour.
âItâs gone really well,â? says Jon. âWe get comments all the time from the public about how good the sound is and most people on the crew are back for the fourth time. Thereâs such a nice vibe, itâs fantastic.â?
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Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Punts on Prop. 8 Tommorrow is the last opinion day of this Supreme Court term, and we will get opinions in the three remaining cases. Obviously Perry (Prop. 8 challenge) and Windsor (DOMA challenge) are the two big ones and will dominate the news coverage. Any guesses as to the outcome in those cases? I'll start by saying I think it is pretty likely that DOMA will be struck down, likely in a Kennedy opinion. Grounds for doing so could be either federalism (that the federal government did not have the substantive power to enact DOMA because regulation of family law is a matter of state law) or the equal protection access to benefits argument. Federalism is the narrower of the two grounds for doing so and EP the broader, so it depends largely on how sweeping of an opinion could garner a majority probably. Prop. 8 is a lot less clear. I don't think many people foresee the Court being able to get a majority to uphold it, but it has alternate bases for avoiding the question. The one being predicted a lot right now is that perhaps it will be disposed of on standing grounds (that the supporters of Prop. 8 did not have standing to appeal the district court decision once the California state government abandoned the case after the trial). If that's the result, the Chief Justice is probably writing the opinion. It also raises the interesting question of what happens to Judge Walker's injunction in the District Court. It would pretty clearly mean that the actual plaintiffs in the case could get married, but because it wasn't a class action Judge Walker arguably exceeded his powers by issuing a state-wide injunction (if his injunction is construed that way, which both parties seemed to assume). So the Court could narrow his injunction, but there is also the argument that the Prop. 8 supporters lacked standing to appeal the overbroad injunction as well and since the officials it was directed at did not appeal it should stand. That will be interesting. The other possibility in Perry would be an EP clause ruling. There are lots of possibilities within EP clause treatment, but the Court heightening scruitny based on sexual orientation seems like one of the less likely ones. Either finding no rational basis (as the Ninth Circuit did) or calling it gender discrimination to get to intermediate scrutiny would both be more likely. That would probably be a Kennedy opinion as well if it went the EP route.
Ironically, these folks are the only ones who want to get married these days. http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/decline-in-marriage-costly-to-society-b9912433z1-207950871.html
I kind of hate that standing reasoning, though, because it tacitly states that state governments can nullify properly enacted referenda by laying down for any subsequent legal challenge. It is like all roads lead back to liberal manifest destiny, no political or legal remedy would be available to anyone standing on the tracks. Walker applied a higher scrutiny and just called it rational basis, IMO. We might get a fractured court and be counting judges as people grab on to whichever sham argument let's then sleep at night (the gender discrimination one is my personal favorite intellectual fraud).
Agreed that Walker's opinion wasn't necessarily classical rational basis, but it was the so called "rational basis plus" that got used in Lawrence and Romer and was probably binding on him as the proper test if you want to recognize it as a separate test. I tend to think that the correct answer is probably that it is and the Court has just muddied the waters by not saying so. I would actually be a little surprised (pleasantly so, but surprised nonetheless) by an EP ruling in Perry. Standing is my best guess I think, even though I share your concerns about what that would mean. If it is the basis, hopefully the Court at least lays out some guidelines as to how the state can permissibly confer standing on someone to defend a state initiative when the state won't and just concludes that what California has doesn't get there. I guess other possibilities would be a vacate and remand for reconsideration in light of a potential EP decision in Windsor or a dismiss as improvidently granted, but neither strikes me as terribly likely. It will probably be either standing or struck down on EP grounds in my opinion, with standing being the result that I view as more likely.
Walker's opinion and "Romer" were both "we know we don't have a leg to stand on to suddenly attribute a higher scrutiny to homosexuality but dadgummit we want the result so we are going to asspull something" analysis. I would accept the standing ruling if they do what you suggest, some dicta at least indicating that there must be some means by which standing can be conferred to defend state laws and constitutions that the state can't be arsed to defend, but that maybe it just has to be done at the trial level or through the political process, they can't have a circuit court just do it on the fly.
Let's not kid ourselves, much of the Equal Protection analysis is results driven, not just the stuff that either of us happens to disagree with. But I think there's actually a pretty good argument that the conditions probably existed at the time of both Romer and Lawrence to apply strict scrutiny had they wanted to (a discrete and insular minority lacking the political power to protect its rights through the ordinary democratic processes which has historically been discriminated against, or subject to prejudice, hostility and stigma; would you really argue that that didn't describe the gay community pretty well at least until fairly recently?). Interestingly I'm not sure that those conditions exist anymore now, but the reason we got "rational basis plus" rather than strict scrutiny were largely political rather than legal in my opinion. The one problem with that standing argument though, is that it's tough to carve out why standing doesn't exist in this case. California Supreme Court ruling that the proponents could defend the law under California's legal system was largely what persuaded the lower courts, but that means to get rid of it on standing you have to say that what California viewed as sufficient doesn't satisfy Article III, and that makes it a little tougher to come up with what a state could do that would.
Well, I know there has been talk about a 10th amendment argument in Windsor, but it seems silly, the 10th wouldn't preclude the federal government defining marriage solidly in federal contexts, but it will probably be a bootstrap to overturn DOMA. But as long as the FFC is untouched, that isn't too awful. Hopefully they just realize "rational basis plus" has pushed too far and reverse the 9th and Walker, but failing that, I think they are going to confine the results to the 9th Circus. A sweeping 14th Amendment constitutionalization of gay marriage would be a jurisprudential travesty.
Sounds like a new legal standard perhaps: "In determining whether a law is motivated by improper animus or purpose, discriminations of an unusual character especially require careful consideration. DOMA cannot survive under these principles."
Roberts' dissent in DOMA says that today the Court held that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the California challenge, so seems to be going to get kicked on lack of standing.


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The US Treasury Department has designated two Pakistanis as terrorists for using charitable front organizations to funnel money to al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Karachi-based terrorists have not been detained by the Pakistani government, despite providing open support for the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other terror groups.
Mohammed Mazhar, the director of the Al Akhtar Trust, and Mufti Abdul Rahim, the leader of the Al Rashid Trust, have been designated as terrorists under Executive Order 13224 for "providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism." The designation allows the US to freeze their assets, prevent them from using financial institutions, and prosecute them for terrorist activities.
Mohammed Mazhar is described as a "long-standing supporter of al Qaeda" and has funneled millions of dollars to the terror group through the Al Akhtar Trust, which he renamed the Pakistan Relief Foundation. Mazhar renamed the Al Akhtar Trust as the Pakistan Relief Foundation in 2007 after Pakistan closed its offices in Karachi. The US designated the charity a terrorist entity in October 2003.
In his previous positions as the chairman and president, and currently as chief executive officer of Al Akhtar, Mazhar "has led the trust's fundraising activities and provided financial and other support to al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other militant groups."
Mazhar has "personally given large donations to al Qaeda senior leader Osama bin Laden," the US Treasury stated. He has also received "sizeable amounts of money from unidentified sources in the Gulf region to pass to al Qaeda operatives fighting in Afghanistan, and frequently provided money to families of injured al Qaeda members." The wealthy Persian Gulf donors from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are often referred to as the Golden Chain.
Mazhar also supports the Taliban by funding a madrassa in Baluchistan, Pakistan. At this madrassa, instructors "trained Taliban recruits to perform combat operations in Afghanistan." According to the Treasury Department, Mazhar also led a Taliban group that fought against Coalition and Afghan forces inside Afghanistan. Mazhar has not been detained by the Pakistani security services, despite his ongoing support for the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Mufti Abdul Rahim has been the leader of the Al Rashid Trust since 2002. The Al Rashid Trust was designated a terrorist entity by the US Treasury in September 2001, and has used multiple aliases to remain in business.
Rahim has been implicated by the Treasury as being "a key supporter of Taliban operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan and had coordinated Taliban facilitation activities with al-Akhtar Trust leader Mohammed Mazhar." He receives "numerous senior Taliban visitors at his madrassa in Karachi" and is known to have disbursed funds directly to Taliban leaders. Like Mazhar, Rahim has not been detained by Pakistani security forces despite his support of for the Taliban.
Both the Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust have provided material support to al Qaeda and the Taliban. In October 2003, the US Treasury stated that the Al Akhtar Trust "was secretly treating wounded al Qaeda members at the medical centers it was operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan," while both groups "were the primary relief agencies that al Qaeda used to move supplies into Kandahar, Afghanistan."
Hakeem Mohammed Akhtar, the founder of the Al Akhtar Trust, has openly admitted his links to the Taliban and Mullah Omar. Akhtar said that the charity's "services for the Taliban and Mullah Omar were known to the world." Al Akhtar Trust also provides "a wide range of support to al Qaeda and Pakistani based sectarian and jihadi groups, specifically Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed," three prominent Pakistani terror groups allied with al Qaeda and the Taliban.


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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The federal government is releasing a new action plan aimed at relieving California's water crisis and restoring the vast freshwater estuary that provides drinking water to 25 million residents.
The report issued Tuesday spells out six federal agencies' coordinated efforts to study the factors harming fish, boost water deliveries and supply drought aid to farmers.
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today was the day I fully came to Magoffin
today was the day I fully came to Magoffin
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Blame Mushy for not playing forever.
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And Wright and Prior obvz.
Taking the lead after 3 hours play... nice.
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13 wickets in the day already. Points deduction perhaps?
Whilst we were all being distracted by Somerset, Bopara registered a duck against Kent. Good old Mark Davies.
Napier is also pretty great
Disappointing collapse from Durham, looked set for 300+
Doing some damage with the ball though.
Not sure if anyone's mentioned that Somerset won the toss ... captains who put the other side in and then concede a huge total are routinely castigated, but those who bat first and find their team skittled for a low score generally escape censure, for some reason.
Sussex building a big lead, unsurprisingly, but not having things all their own way - I doubt if Magoffin was expecting to bat today (except perhaps as nightwatchman) after learning that Sussex would be bowling first.
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Well that's odd ... I just checked the Essex squad to see if Matt Walker was still with the county - click on his name and you get a different Matthew Walker, a New Zealander who last played in 2004, and never played county cricket!
Interesting day of county cricket, I'd say. Durham had an immense collapse after lunch, but recovered quite well at the end of play. That was the match I decided to listen at the most, but I still followed the other scores throughout the day. I remember saying, 'Woah,' very loudly, when I saw the figures of Alan Richardson. Quite the impressive innings from him. That would've been excellent to witness in person.
Carberry smashing it around yet again, his pro40 record is ridiculous this last two seasons. Love watching our opening pair in one day cricket.
Alan Richardson is the only bowler who'd take those kinds of figures and I'd fully expect not to get a mention for it in this thread. It'll probably get mentioned in a county roundup somewhere as "productive".
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Carl Gunnarsson is the invisible man.
Unnoticed, even in the hottest hockey market, the 26-year-old Gunnarsson is regularly among the top five Leafs in ice time. He was third last season with 21:16, second the year before.
This season he sits fourth in ice time among defenceman with 19:31 behind Phaneuf, Cody Franson and Jake Gardiner but he is the only member of that group who doesn't see power play time. Gunnarsson's three and half minutes on the penalty kill leads the blueliners.
Unlike most hockey players, you would reflexively define Gunnarsson by what he does not do.
He doesn't score much, just 12 goals in 233 games. That averages out to a tidy four goals a season.
He doesn't fight and he doesn't take penalties, dumb or otherwise. Last season's 14 minutes left Gunnarsson the 143rd most penalized defenceman in the league. He has two minors this season. Because he plays against the opposition's top lines and because he is generally surrounded by a cast of defensive player, his minus 2 is acceptable. Just three of the Leafs 33 goals have come with Carl Gunnarsson on the ice.
What he does is valuable enough. The Leafs went 6-5 (.545) in the 11 games Gunnarsson missed last season and .608 when he suited up.
If captain Dion Phaneuf, the team's workhorse defenceman is the bright light of the blue line, it's not hard to find the guy standing in his shadow.
"I don't care if I get the attention or the guy across the room or the guy next to me gets it," Gunnarsson said, "as long as the team has success."
NHL teams drafted 194 of the 211 players they would take in the 2007 draft before the Leafs took a chance on Carl Gunnarsson. He had been shut out of the draft as an 18 and 19-year-old. He was never the top player on any of his teams.
The Leafs were like everyone else. They saw a reedy defenceman who didn't possess a hard shot and didn't hammer opposing forwards. He skating was nondescript. The scout's mantra, zero in on prospects with one definable skill and hope the other qualities evolve, was precisely the formula that dictated Carl Gunnarsson would go unnoticed.
But when Gunnarsson arrived for his first training camp his lower case talents began to captivate coaches and managers. Two years after being drafted, Gunnarsson was in the NHL. He would play only dozen games for the Marlies.
"He keeps his plays very safe and limits his turnovers and finishes checks," Franson said. "He's always in a good defensive position so you never see him get exposed. He's that guy who nobody talks about because what he does isn't flashy."
Leafs Vice-President of Hockey Operations Dave Poulin likens Gunnarsson to Doug Crossman, a steady NHL defender who stuck for 914 games with eight teams in the 1980s and 1990s.
"He just has that low panic threshold. He's not overly fast but he plays a smart game," Poulin said.
Gunnarsson's dependability allows Phaneuf to free-lance and jump in the offence or veer off on a seek and destroy mission in the neutral zone. Where Phaneuf is fiery, Gunnarsson plays at a lower temperature.
"Sometimes I think he gets overlooked because he is so steady and calm," said the Leafs captain. "He plays big minutes against other teams' top lines night in night out. He's always got a good stick. He makes a very good first pass. He's one of the top shot blockers in the league in my opinion. He's huge for us on penalty kill. I can't say enough good things about him."
"Being the captain and being Dion, he gets a lot of attention," Gunnarsson said. "It works fine for me flying under the radar. If I can help him out and no one notices it, that's fine."


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January 4, 2013: On December 31, Federal officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved California's plan to move 860,000 Healthy Families children into Medi-Cal managed care programs.
According to David Gorn for California Healthline, these changes include "more frequent monitoring, and evaluation of the transition" to make sure kids are able to get primary care physicians. This issue was critical to many children's advocates.
"Their main concern, and ours too, is that kids are able to see a primary care physician," said Jane Ogle, at left, deputy director of the state Department of Health Care Services. "Some of the monitoring efforts we were already going to do, we were going to do quarterly. Now we're going to do those monthly. It's a workload, but we agreed to do it."
Initial monitoring will be anecdotal,In the meantime, Ogle said, DHCS has stepped up its monitoring efforts, independent of federal approval.
"In the short term, we are constantly having check-ins with health plans about plan access," Ogle said. "Getting feedback on call centers and any grievances … so we can at least get an anecdotal sense of where there might be issues."
DHCS plans to continue daily check-ins with plan contractors, Ogle said, "for the duration of the transition."
Director of healthy policy for Children Now, Kelly Hardy, told California Healthline,"We're pleased CMS is requiring the state to make contingency plans if children are having trouble accessing care … and that the state will be required to survey beneficiaries [monthly] about their experience with the transition." Although Hardy still is concerned about the transition and how quickly it is occurring (phase one began January 1, 2013). "We remain concerned that this transition is being unnecessarily rushed,said Hardy.
CMS...spokesperson Alper Ozinal said children's care will be improved ..."The modifications ...will improve the care kids in Medi-Cal receive by ...operating a single program and [coordinating] across all insurance affordability programs.
"These modifications will also deliver more robust benefits... some will also benefit from lower cost-sharing."
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Does the law guarantee paid time off?
No. FMLA leave is generally unpaid leave. However, in certain circumstances the law permits an employee to elect or employer to require the employee to use accrued paid leave such as vacation or sick leave as substitutes for the unpaid leave required by the law, during FMLA leaves.
Am I entitled to any paid leave while on FMLA leave?
The law permits you to substitute accrued paid leave under certain conditions, or your employer may require you to substitute paid leave.
Who is considered a "family member" for purposes of taking FMLA leave?
An employee's spouse, children and parents are immediate family members. Parents "in-laws" are not included in family members.
Do the 1,250 hours include paid leave time or other absences from work?
No. The 1,250 hours include only those hours actually worked for the employer. Paid leave and unpaid leave, including FMLA leave are not included. No carrying over is possible either.
Can I take FMLA leave for visits to a therapist, if my doctor prescribes the therapy?
Yes. FMLA permits you to take leave to receive subsequent treatment by a health care provider. This can include recurring absences for therapy treatment ordered by a doctor.
What do I have to do to request FMLA leave from my employer?
You may be required to provide your employer with 30 days advance notice when the need for leave is "foreseeable." When such an advance notice is not possible or the need for the leave cannot be foreseen, you must give your employer notice as soon as "practicable."
Can my employer refuse to grant me FMLA leave?
If you are "eligible" employee who has met FMLA's notice and certification requirements (and you have not exhausted your FMLA leave entitlement for the year) you should not be denied FMLA leave.
Who ultimately decide if the leave is FMLA or not?
In New Hampshire, the employer is responsible for designating if an employee's use of paid leave counts as FMLA leave, based on information from the employee. In no case can use of paid leave be credited as FMLA leave after the leave has ended.
Does Worker's compensation leave count against an employee's FMLA leave?
It can. FMLA and worker's compensation leave can be applied concurrently, provided that the reason for the absence is due to a qualified job-related serious illness or injury and the employer properly notifies the employee in writing that the leave will be counted as FMLA leave.
What kind of proof is required for my illness or that of an immediate family member?
You may be required to submit documentation called a "medical certification" from the health care provider who is treating you or your immediate family member. (You can use the form WH-380).
Do I have to give my employer my medical records for leave due to a serious health condition?
No. You do not have to provide medical records. The employer may however request that, for any taken leave due to a serious health condition, you provide a medical certification confirming that a serious health condition exists.
Can the employer count leave taken due to pregnancy complications against the 12 weeks of FMLA leave for the birth and care of my child?
Yes, probably. An eligible employee is entitled to a total of 12 weeks of FMLA leave in a 12 months period. If the employee has to use some of that leave for another reason, including a difficult pregnancy, it may be counted as part of the 12 week FMLA entitlement.
Can the employer count time on maternity leave or pregnancy disability leave as FMLA leave?
Yes. Pregnancy disability leave or maternity leave for the birth of a child would be considered qualifying FMLA leave for a serious health condition and may be counted in the 12 weeks of leave so long as the employer properly notifies the employee, in writing, of the designation.
Can my employer make inquiries about my leave during my absence?
Yes, but only to you. Your employer may need to confirm whether the leave needed or being taken qualifies for FMLA purposes. The employer may require periodic reports on your status and intent to return to work after leave. Also if there is a reason to doubt the validity of a medical certification or need for another opinion, you may be required to obtain additional medical certification at the employer's expense.
Can my employer require me to return to work before I exhaust my leave?
Subject to certain limitations, your employer may deny the continuation of FMLA leave due to a serious health condition if you fail to fulfill obligations to provide supporting medical certification as required by the law.
Are there any restrictions on how I spend my time while on leave?
Generally, no, provided the leave is taken for a legitimate family or medical reason and all appropriate notice and certification requirements are met.
Will I lose my job if I take FMLA leave?
Generally, no. It is unlawful for an employer to interfere with or restrain or deny the exercise of any right provided under the law.
Are there other circumstances in which my employer can deny me my job after using FMLA leave?
Employers are not required to reinstate employees who would have been laid off or otherwise had their employment terminated had they continued to work during the period leave was used. Also, under certain circumstances, employers who advise employees that they will require a medical certificate of fitness for duty to return to work may deny reinstatement to an employee who fails to provide such a certificate until it is provided.
Can my employer fire me for complaining about a violation of FMLA?
No, nor can the employer take any other adverse employment action on this basis. It is unlawful for any employer to discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee for opposing a practice made unlawful under FMLA.
What if I believe my employer is violating the law?
You have the choice of filing, or having another person file on your behalf, a complaint with the Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, or you can choose to file a private lawsuit.
Will I be allowed to return to my same job after my leave?
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Does an employer have to pay bonuses to employees who have been on FMLA leave?
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On the other hand, FMLA does not require that employees on FMLA leave be allowed to accrue benefits or seniority. The employer is not required to make any special accommodation for this employee because of FMLA. Employer must treat an employee who has used FMLA leave at least as well as other employees on paid and unpaid leave are treated.
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My name is Dominic!
Facts about Dominic
- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Black (Mostly)
- Age: Kitten
- Sex: Male
- Hair: Short
Dominic's Info...
I am already neutered, in need of an experienced adopter, up to date with shots, not good with kids, and good with cats.
You can visit with Desiree (and her brother, Dominic) at the Petsmart in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.
Hi, my name is Desiree and I'm 5 months old. I'm looking for my Forever Home, along with my sister Desiree. I am more black with some white and my sister is more white with some black. We were rescued (along with some other kitties) from a hoarder that had 30 cats. We are really very sweet but still pretty shy with people at first. I'm a little more outgoing right now than my sister. Desiree and I want to be loved and petted and we hope you will be patient and understanding with us while we get used to you. Like most kittens we are very playful and would love to have lots of toys for you to play with us. We get along very well with other cats so it's no problem if you already have a kitty. I hope you will open your heart and give us chance to realize what it would be like to live in a home where we can be the center of attention.
We hold adoptions every Sat & Sun from 12-3:00pm at the Rancho Santa Margarita Petsmart, as well as, at the Foothill Ranch & Lake Forest Petsmart. For an appt. to meet Dominic & Desiree please call 949-829-0036.
Other Pets at Forever Home Cat Rescue
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Dominic, a Foothill Ranch Domestic Shorthair kitten was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Foothill Ranch, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair kitten from a breeder in Foothill Ranch.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Foothill Ranch already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Foothill Ranch breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Foothill Ranch paves the way for another one to be saved.


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WSMS Plant Sale
Money raised benefits our greenhouse and provides
opportunities for all students to learn about plants!
Spring has sprung, and it's time to think about this year's gardens!!
Students will be planting seeds, transplanting, and learning about botany. Some seeds were saved from last year's school planters!
Like last year, the sale will be done via pre-orders. This allows us to provide you with high quality vegetable starts, since we will be able to send them home at the perfect moment.
The plant sale has two parts:
1. Mother's Day Bouquets. Order forms went out. Due date – May 2nd.
2. Vegetable Starts: Order form attached. Due date – May 9th.
Vegetable Starts Order Form – DUE May 9th
This year we're offering a choice of vegetable combos designed to fit your garden spaces. Our plants are grown from heirloom varieties offered by Territorial Seed Company and Uprising Seeds, two local seed companies. They are specifically chosen to do well in the cold nights, soggy springs, dry summers and short growing season of our beloved Pacific Northwest. We also choose open-pollinated varieties so that seeds can be saved from year to year.
Back Row Beauty / Bird Friends
- Scarlet Emperor Runner Beans – sweet, slightly furry, 6-8 inch, plump, juicy edible pods on 8'-10' tall vines with showy orange-red flowers.
- Sunflowers (organic)– a gorgeous, 5'-7' splash of yellow. Mixed varieties. Harvest for yourself, or leave for the birds to enjoy.
- Borage (organic)- as well as attracting the birds and the bees, this annual herb has beautiful, blue, star-shaped flowers. Both the flowers and young leaves are edible, with a mild cucumber taste that makes a lovely addition to salads.
_________ $12.00 (5 of each plant, labeled and grown in a flat together)
Bean Bonanza
Green beans are so much better from the garden – and so much more fun when they're not just green! This year make your green bean casserole green, yellow, purple, and striped – that is, if any of them make it to the cook pot! No bending to harvest either – these are all pole beans, 6'-8' tall. Varieties include: Violet Podded Stringless, Golden Gate (yellow romano), Kentucky Blue (green), and striped Rattlesnake beans.
_________ $12.00 (4 of each variety, labeled and grown in recycled 4'' pots)
Pumpkin Party
Lush pumpkin vines are a beautiful addition to the garden, and fewer fruits are more fun to harvest! We have 3 fun varieties in our selection this year:
- Howden (organic), a traditional 10-15 lb jack-o-lantern variety
- Winter Luxury, a sweet pie pumpkin
- Mr. Fugly, a very warty fellow!
_________ $12.00 (5 pumpkin plants, grown in a flat or small recycled pots)
Organic Pea Patch Pallooza
Refresh last year's Pea Patch pot, fill a planter, or plant right in your garden. We'll send home four varieties of peas within a week of your order. Pea seeds will be pre- sprinkled with inoculant to help them grow well.
- 6' varieties: Schweizer Riesen (organic) snow peas and Sugar Snap Select (organic) snap peas.
- 4' variety: Cascadia snap peas (organic)
- 2' variety: Maestro shelling pea (organic).
_________ $6.00 (40 seeds, ten of each variety).
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- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Sun, Mar 17, 13 at 20:14
Buff it again? That's a lovely table, and a really good refinising. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 21:15
Good job! I "followed" your adventure with this table, tring to learn something. Your perseverence paid off. |
- Posted by franksmom_2010 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 21:38
Thanks so much! You know, sanding veneer is such a bugaboo, that I was afraid to do it, but a gentle sand with a 180 grit or so would have made all of the difference. Oh well, next time! :) Oh, and for anyone wondering, the Formby's "low gloss" really wasn't for me. I don't know if it was the shellac underneath, or the first few coats done with high gloss, or what, but that dull satin sheen only came from lots and lots of rubbing. Now if anyone has staining advice, I could use some help. I'm trying to stain a set of unfinished chairs to match, and there is glue residue all over the chair backs. I tried a light sanding, and those areas still won't take a stain. Short of more vigorous sanding, any clever ideas how to remove that glue? I didn't plan on painted chairs, but that's what they'll be if I can't fix it. |
- Posted by johnmclaren (My Page) on Fri, Apr 26, 13 at 14:03
Good job @franksmom_2010, all your efforts have paid off and you have got this amazingly beautiful table. Thanks for sharing the pics with all of us on board. |
- Posted by BungalowPhil (My Page) on Fri, Apr 26, 13 at 21:10
@franksmom, dried glue is a pain in the backside to deal with. There's really no good solution other than sanding to remove the residue once it's dried. I think painted chairs would look good as a compliment to the stained table. You could go back and repaint the base of the table the same color you do the chairs to unify the two elements. Google "milk paint" for a description on a product that may give you "the look". |
- Posted by desertdance (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 14:40
I love it! Great job! Suzi |
What brand wiping varnish did you use on it? I remember you from the Texas Gardening and Decorating forums. (our brick colors) You did a great job on the refinishing. I never find any quality items on CL, at least without driving to the burbs north of Dallas. |
This post was edited by marti8a on Fri, Jun 7, 13 at 11:56
really nice table and good job. Grain looks lovely. DO NOT PUT COVER ON IT |
Wow! Lovely table. Very nicely done! |
- Posted by franksmom_2010 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 22:12
Thanks so much! I just used Formby's "Tung oil finish" ...not really tung oil, but a decent enough wiping varnish. My only gripe is that the "satin" sheen is pretty glossy, so it took a lot of rubbing to knock down the shine. The chairs are finished!! I cleaned and sanded those joints over and over, and still couldn't get every trace of glue off. I was about to give up and paint them, when I decided to "antique" the joints using oil based black paint. I just dry brushed a bit into all of the nooks and crannies, gently wiped most of it off, then let it dry a few days. Then I just stained and varnished just like the table. I'm really happy with how the whole set turned out! |
- Posted by franksmom_2010 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 22:17
Marti8a, did you ever pick a paint color? I'm pretty sure we're just going to use off-white for the trim, but I haven't painted up a sample yet. Who knew this would be so hard?! Please post pictures when your project is done! That table was a total score, and I still can't believe that we got it. I either don't find anything worth buying on CL, or it's already sold by the time I hear from the seller. |
No, I haven't picked another paint color. I had picked a dark sand color, but everyone told me my brick looked pink in comparison. I think I'm going to look at a brownish gray. It is hard. My trim is going to off-white also. That was an easy pick. I love how your chairs turned out. Great idea to use the black on the glue areas. |
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Rachel Faucett
Rachel is a designer and vintage scout for all things children. She lives on a farm with her husband, their five children, and an ever-changing menagerie of animals.Her blog Handmade Charlotte is a daily design and DIY crafts blog that focuses on kids & families. The blog features a daily dose of DIY projects, party ideas, and design from around the world.
Shower Invitations for Baby Boys
Here are 3 baby boy shower invites that even dad will love. The clean lines and bold colors will have your guests smiling from the moment they open the envelope. You want this day to be special for the mother-to-be – so make sure the invite matches her style and your excitement for the new family.
10 Do-It-Yourself Projects For The Nursery
Your baby is on the way, and you're in major nesting mode. Trust me, I've been there. You want everything to be perfect when you welcome your little one into his new home. Here are ten great DIY projects to help you prepare the nursery for the big moment.
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Donna of Mayville, writes:
Dear Mattress Guru, I WAS guilty of thinking the mo $$ I spent, the better mattress I'd get. Reading through your very useful blog, I now understand my error. I'd been living in Japan, sleeping on a futon on the floor, (no other choice) that I picked up, hung over the balcony every sunny day, and beat with a futon beater. I came home to the US every summer. Feeling like a deserved a GREAT bed, no more futon lifting, in July 2007, I fell right into the salesman's pitch re: the Vera Wang. Keep in mind, the bed was used 2 months/year. For the first 2 summers, I had no complaints. Last year we returned home full-time, and after sleeping on it, or TRYING to sleep on it, for 12 months, we've had to abandon it to get a good night's sleep on a MUCH cheaper mattress (double) in another room. The Vera Wang feels like marshmallow....and I fall towards my 200 lb husband - my weight = 170. It is on a platform with 5 slats. I rotate it 1/4 every month, and always have. The store where we
purchased it is out of business.(!) I can't stand looking at it anymore! I spoke with Sealy, naturally they require documentation. Reading through your blog, I am relieved to learn we're not alone with our dissatisfaction. Two quesions: how does Sealy determine the depth of sagging? And do you think there's a chance in hell I'll get satisfaction from Sealy? I've learned from my egregious mistake, character flaw, thinking I DESERVED "the BEST"! Totally out of my character, btw. The saleman's pitch got me hook, line and sinker. A nice middle of the road mattress is what we need! Many thanks from western New York.
Hi Donna,
Let's start by saving you and Sealy some time and trouble. It's Serta you need to talk to. The Vera Wang is made by Serta.
If you get authorization to exchange, you'll have to stay with Serta for your replacement.
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Deanna Odom was either delusional or she was suffering from a bizarre and devastating illness that doctors cannot treat. In December 2004 the 36-year-old mother of two teenagers started developing lesions on her arms, legs and backside. At times, she says, it felt as if needles were stinging her. And then she noticed strange, colored fibers emerging from her skin. "They would almost look like dust fibers," says Odom, who lives in Torrance, CA. "I would put my hands together and my hands would puff off the fibers. Combing my head, you could see the fibers emerging. It's literally almost out of a sci-fi movie. You think, 'This isn't happening'."
After seeing a TV news report in February 2005, Odom became convinced she was suffering from Morgellons, an unexplained condition that has sparked debate and controversy within the medical community. Some doctors and researchers believe Morgellons is an emergent disease characterized by nonhealing skin lesions, crawling or itching sensations, fibers and black granules emerging from the skin, and neurological impairments such as short-term memory loss. The problem, for Odom and thousands of others who believe they suffer from the disease, is that most dermatologists think there is no such thing as Morgellons. They attribute the suffering of patients like Odom to delusions or anxiety-driven self-mutilation.
Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have launched their first study of Morgellons, which may provide some answers as early as next year. Michele Pearson, the CDC's principal investigator, says the agency got involved after receiving an increasing number of calls—averaging about 100 a month since November 2006—from patients, doctors, public health officials and members of Congress asking the CDC to look into Morgellons, which the agency describes as "an unexplained skin condition."
Patients in the study will undergo medical, dermatological and psychological examinations, including blood tests and skin biopsies. The study will be conducted in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research. Any fibers collected will be analyzed by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, which has both forensics capabilities and an environmental research lab. "We are absolutely going into this with an open mind," Pearson says.
But many doctors have already formed their own opinions about Morgellons. Jeffrey Meffert, a dermatologist and associate clinical professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, is a vocal Morgellons skeptic, often debunking the disease in presentations to colleagues. He says he sees at least one patient a month claiming to have Morgellons, but he diagnoses most of them with prurigo nodularis, a condition sometimes fueled by anxiety and characterized by chronic itching and scratching, which creates hardened nodules on the skin. More rarely, he says, patients have the mistaken belief that they are infested with parasites. "People with delusional parasitosis are very functional and rational except when it comes to this one issue," he says. "Many dermatologists would rather these patients never show up, because they don't feel they have the time to spend. No one knows how to deal with them."


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Hi Carolyn,
I'm wondering if you received my two emails with info on Joe's. I did not get an acknowledgement and thought I would check, as you mentioned a deadline for your submission. If it is because you are so busy, as you often are, that is fine, but if there was a transmission problem, please let me know. Take care, Ted |
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