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Hi, this is my first time posting at gardenweb I have been reading comments for quite a while here. I'll probably have lots of questions and pictures to share in the near future. To get started my wife and I put a house on some rural raw land a couple of years ago, that use to be a hay pasture with almost no trees besides some trash trees against the fence line and a nice live oak. I've never been the gardening or landscaper type but since being here over the years I started to develop a passion for it.
I've also made lots of mistakes being this amateur. Its ok, I'm on a descent amount of land that can afford a few hiccups here and there.
So here's my question can cat pee and poop (not too much worried about the poop) hurt a tree? We acquired a cat that's earned its keep by reducing the number of field mice here. But she seems to prefer the mulch around the flowering purple plum tree (in the back) and methley plum (up front).
The flowering plum I consider more of temporary tree anyway but I don't want it to die in a couple of years, my wife loves the purple leaves. The real plum tree is just an experiment.
I have a system here where I plant a fast growing trash tree then somewhat nearby a burr oak, shumard oak, or live oak my favorite trees. So I probably have a lot of trees most folks wouldn't care for. Sorry for the long introduction under this question but...
Anyone ever had a cat constantly pee on a tree and that tree die? here in the first pick are the two trees she likes the most I understand with the rain they should be fine but this is west of Houston and that gets super rare through out the year. And so is this ice storm...
So I also bought a couple of omeo gum eucalyptus trees months ago, just an experiment kinda close together I know, but I recently took the stakes out and then this storm blew over last night. Look how far they are to the ground and covered in ice. Now I understand eucalyptus are probably better grown from seed but I tend to get lucky with plants. They were this tall when I bought them not much trunk width. But for 8 bucks a piece I figured eh why not. And since a few months ago they put on new growth.
Can you post a bundle of pics the same time?
Here's my peach tree I believe its an early amber. The flowers have already bloomed and the peaches are tiny and green. Could this freakish ice storm damage them. My daughters age 7 and 4 can not wait till they ripe. They really loved them last year. The last pic is a florida king peach I bought 3 weeks ago.
The cat doing its thing in the mulch should not hurt the tree. It appears to be large enough. They like a place that is easy to dig, and cover up.
As far as the ones that were hit by the freeze only time will tell you. My tomatoes did not make it, it did a real number on all of my mint plants though it will just stunt them a little bit.
I am not much on fruit trees. I am better with the big gamble of veggie gardening.
I have three cats and two dogs, and I try to keep them from peeing on or around my trees. What works for me with cats is putting green chicken wire flat around my trees. The cats don't like to walk on top of it and can't scratch at the dirt or mulch underneath. Also, it blends in with the ground for the most part so it doesn't look that bad. I'm having a harder time with my male dog. He doesn't have to be that close to the trunk of the tree to be able to lift his leg and pee on it.


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Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle
Article first published online: 6 OCT 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01445.x
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Volume 120, Issue 5, pages 400–409, November 2009
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Bech, P. (2009), Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 120: 400–409. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01445.x
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- Article first published online: 6 OCT 2009
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- pharmacopsychometric triangle
Objective: To consider applied psychometrics in psychiatry as a discipline focusing on pharmacopsychology rather than psychopharmacology as illustrated by the pharmacopsychometric triangle.
Method: The pharmacopsychological dimensions of clinically valid effects of drugs (antianxiety, antidepressive, antimanic, and antipsychotic), of clinically unwanted effects of these drugs, and the patients' own subjective perception of the balance between wanted and unwanted effects are analysed using rating scales assessed by modern psychometric tests (item response theory models)
Results: Symptom rating scales fulfilling the item response theory models have been shown to be psychometrically valid outcome scales as their total scores are sufficient statistics for demonstrating dose–response relationship within the various classes of antianxiety, antidepressive, antimanic or antipsychotic drugs. The total scores of side-effect rating scales are, however, not sufficient statistics, implying that each symptom has to be analysed individually. Self-rating scales with very few items appear to be sufficient statistics when measuring the patients' own perception of quality of life.
Conclusion: Applied psychometrics in psychiatry have been found to cover a pharmacopsychometric triangle illustrating the measurements of wanted and unwanted effects of pharmacotherapeutic drugs as well as health-related quality of life.


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DON'T let the bucolic title fool you -- Tchaikovsky's string sextet Souvenir de Florence is as Russian as can be. From its opening phrase, the Emerson String Quartet (ESQ), bolstered by violist Paul Neubauer and cellist Colin Carr, swing into high gear, hurtling forward until they encounter the short romantic interlude. Even here they play with an edge and never lose the restless sensation the score demands.
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The finale is a lithe, kick-up-your-heels Russian dance that, while executed with gusto, lacks underlying richness.
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WHEN you initially tour through this creatively expansive dozen-tracker by Ohio born Joseph Arthur you may come away shaking your head and wondering what this fascinating chap has for breakfast. The album is a kind of a topsy-turvy folk-rock-tinged-with-classic-pop bohemian rhapsody that keeps on giving the more you pay attention to it.
Arthur is a lyrics man. A songwriter. And a few tracks, not many, suffer from a Leonard Cohen-styled, patience-thinning tonne of words that are quite lovely, but there are just too many of them. It's beatnik prose with heart, and if this guy isn't living the life he's singing about in the Waits/Dylan bar-room blues plaint of I Miss The Zoo ("I miss the drunk, I miss the fiend, I miss the simplicity of addiction, and the scene") then we've seen no better aspirant. There's even a paean of sorts to the Adele/Winehouse school in opening soul thumper Currency Of Love and the old-school Randy Newman-inspired slow burner, I Used To Know How To Walk On Water, kills ever so gently.
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THE 'wonder working stone' of this album's title is love, and Alasdair Roberts' music truly is a labour of love.
The son of a Scottish folk guitarist, the Glasgow-based folksinger/songwriter has been immersed for the past dozen years in the centuries-old traditions of Scottish folk song and poetry, recording collections of traditional songs along with albums of new material that sound as if it was lifted from the traditional canon, such is its depth of musical and lyrical authenticity.
A Wonder Working Stone is all Roberts' material, though his extensive liner notes point out all his touchstones and musical and literary reference points. To a casual listener, it may all sound a bit twee, but there are layers upon layers of musicality, knowledge and thought put into this material, from its marriage of traditional instrumentation with guitar-bass-drums to its lyrical explorations of Scottish history, mysticism, nationalism and, of course, thoughts of love and loss and death (he is Scottish, after all). It's cheery and sad, angry and philosophical, but it's not hard going at all. After a while you'll find yourself reading the booklet closely and Googling obsessively while tapping your toes to the tunes.
Roberts plays the West End Cultural Centre on July 29 with bassist Stevie Jones and guitarist Ben Reynolds. ****
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(S. B. 1937) (Conference) (No. 1) (Approved on January 1, 2000) AN ACT To create a public corporation that shall be known as the Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority and establish its duties and powers; authorize the Puerto Rico Ports Authority to transfer to the Authority the assets and operations with regard to the transportation by ferry between Fajardo, Vieques, Culebra, San Juan, Hato Rey and Cataño; and to appropriate funds. STATEMENT OF MOTIVES At present, the growth and development of the needs, responsibilities and obligations of maritime transportation in Puerto Rico have reached such levels that they deserve special attention so that said responsibilities and obligations may be administered with the necessary promptness in order to improve the service. In order to expedite the control, administration, growth and maintenance of maritime transportation in Puerto Rico, it is essential to create a government instrumentality, as a public corporation, to execute the powers and duties of maritime transportation that were once part of the Ports Authority. For all that is stated above, our Administration deems it necessary to create the Maritime Transport Authority and to authorize the Puerto Rico Ports Authority to transfer to it the operations of the ferry services it presently provides between Fajardo, Vieques, Culebra, Hato Rey, San Juan and Cataño, including the assets used in said services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PUERTO RICO: Section 1.- Title of the Act.- This Act shall be known as the "Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority Act". Section 2.- Definitions.- The following words and terms shall have the meanings stated hereinbelow, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) "Federal Agency" means the United States of America, the President, any agency or department of the Government of the United States of America, or any corporation, agency or instrumentality created, designated or established at the present or in the future by the Government of the United States of America. (b) "Authority" means the Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority. (c) "Department" means the Department of Transportation and Public Works. (d) "Maritime Transit Facilities" mean any tangible or intangible real, personal or mixed property, that the Authority owns, operates, administers, controls or uses on land or sea that are necessary or convenient for the transporting of persons and/or freight by sea, and all rights and interests thereon, and the development, construction, maintenance, control or operation related to maritime transportation, including, but without being limited to: (1) vessels and vehicles; (2) parking lots and structures, canals, stations, roofed passenger stops, depots or intermodal or multimodal centers, docks, piers, galleries and other facilities on land or sea that are necessary or advisable for the movement, anchoring, boarding, loading and landing of persons and/or freight by sea; (3) permits, approvals, offices, equipment, supplies, fuel, power, communications systems, movable inventory and other property, systems and facilities that are useful or convenient for the development, construction, control, operation or maintenance related to the transportation of persons and/or freight by sea. (4) Any real or personal property that is located in or adjacent to the property described in the preceding clause (2), that the Authority designates for any public or private commercial, tourist, mixed or industrial use directed to promoting the services offered by the Authority. (e) "Person" means any natural or juridical, public or private person or any agency, department, instrumentality, political subdivision or municipality of the Government of Puerto Rico, the United States Government of the United States, or of any state. (f) "Transportation Plan" means the document that sets forth the public transportation policy drafted by the Secretary upon consultation with the Advisory Board regarding Puerto Rican Transportation, and approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico. (g) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works. (h) "Maritime Transportation" means the transportation service by boat that is currently rendered by the Ports Authority and that is transferred to the Authority pursuant to Section 14 of this Act, and those others that may be included in the future as part of the services rendered by the Authority within the jurisdiction of the Government of Puerto Rico. Section 3.- Creation of the Authority.- A corporate and political body is hereby created as a public corporation and instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico, attached to the Department, which shall be known as the Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority, subject to the control of the Secretary, with legal existence and personality separate from the Government of Puerto Rico, its agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions. The debts, obligations, contracts, notes, receipts, expenses, accounts, funds, pledges and properties of the Authority, its officials, agents or employees shall be deemed as belongings of said Authority and not as property of the Government of Puerto Rico or of any office, bureau, department, instrumentality, agency, or public subdivision, municipality, agent, official or employee thereof. The Authority shall exercise its duties and powers and shall comply with its obligations under this Act in coordination with the Department. The execution by the Authority of the powers and faculties conferred to it by this Act shall at no time have the effect of vesting the Authority with the nature of a private enterprise. Section 4.- Duties, Powers and Authority.- (a) Powers of the Secretary. The powers and duties of the Authority shall be exercised by the Secretary, but he/she shall not be entitled to receive compensation for said services. The Secretary may take any action deemed convenient or necessary to achieve the objectives of this Act, including, but without it being understood as a limitation, the following duties, powers and authority: (1) Organize the Authority. (2) Establish the general policy of the Authority in order to comply with the objectives of this Act in harmony with the Transportation Plan. (3) Authorize the capital program of the Authority and the annual operating budget. (4) Appoint, as deemed necessary, an executive officer and establish his/her duties, powers and authority pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and fix his/her remuneration. (5) Adopt and approve the regulations that shall govern the internal operations of the Authority as well as those deemed necessary to execute the provisions of this Act pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 170 of August 12, 1988, as amended, known as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act". (6) Shall have the authority to establish through regulations, special rates, including free of charge, for users of the transportation system offered by the Authority who are residents of Vieques and Culebra and are deserving thereof. (7) Carry out any action that is deemed convenient or necessary to attain the objectives of this Act. (b) Powers of the Authority. The Authority shall be empowered to develop and improve, own, operate and manage all types of maritime traffic facilities and maritime transportation services between any points within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, except as provided in Section 15 of this Act. The Authority may exercise all the necessary or inherent powers to carry out its corporate purposes, including, but not limited to: (1) have perpetual existence as a corporation; (2) formulate, adopt, amend and repeal regulations to exercise its powers; (3) Adopt, alter and use a corporate seal as it wishes. (4) Own in its own rights, or otherwise, traffic facilities and any other property that is used or useful with regard thereto, and administer and operate said facilities, or contract them to any person, or under the direction of its own officials, agents and employees, or through or by them. (5) Have absolute control and supervision of any maritime traffic facility that it owns, manages or operates, under the provisions of this Act, including but without being limited to the determination of the site, location, and the establishing and control of the points of entry and exit of said facilities, and the construction, maintenance, repair and operation thereof. (6) To sue and be sued in its own name, to file complaints and defend itself in all courts of justice and administrative bodies, file any judicial action to protect or enforce any right conferred to it by law, contract or other agreement. (7) Receive, or accept and administer any gifts, subsidies, loans or gifts of any properties or monies and contract, lease, agree on or execute any other transaction with any federal agency, any state, the Government of Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision, municipality, instrumentality, agency or department thereof, spend the revenues thereof for any of its corporate purposes, and comply with all the conditions and requirements with regard thereto. (8) Appoint and/or contract officials, agents and employees and establish their powers and duties as determined by the Authority, and delegate the functions and powers granted in this Act on those persons designated by the Authority, and fix and pay the corresponding remuneration. Provided, however, that the Authority shall assume all the obligations of the Ports Authority under the collective bargaining agreements in effect between said Ports Authority and the unions that represent the employees or workers covered by this Act. To those effects, it is expressly established that the provisions of Act No. 130 of May 8, 1945, as amended, known as the "Puerto Rico Labor Relations Act" shall be applicable in all collective bargaining. The directors, officials and employees of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of Act No. 12 of July 24, 1985, as amended, known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Government Ethics Act". (9) Acquire in any legal manner, including, but without being limited, the purchase, lease, donation, exchange or by other legal means of real or personal property, improved or not improved, with or without lien, and property rights over land, as may be necessary or convenient to exercise the powers and functions conferred to the Authority by this Act. (10) Procure insurance against losses in the amounts deemed proper and in accordance to the norms established by law or regulations. (11) Invest its funds according to the policy established by the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico for the investment of public funds. (12) Fix, impose and collect rents, fees, rates and other charges, hereinafter "charges" for the use of any of its maritime traffic facilities or other properties, and for its services. These charges, along with other funds legally available for the Authority and those periodic appropriations made by the Legislature, shall be sufficient to at least cover the expenses incurred by the Authority for the development, improvement, extension, repair, maintenance and operation of its maritime traffic facilities and services and to promote the broadest use possible thereof that is economically feasible. Provided, that the Secretary may make changes to the general rate structure of the Authority, and if the he/she should determine it is necessary, for said changes to be immediately effective, and in the case of temporary or emergency increases, he/she shall present the rate regulations pursuant to the provisions of the abovementioned Act No. 170. (13) Contribute to the development of the Transportation Plan and establish and implement the necessary mechanisms to plan, evaluate and effectively develop a coordinated system of maritime traffic facilities. (14) Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of that property that, upon compliance with the regulations approved to such effects, are no longer useful to carry out the purposes of this Act. (15) Exercise any powers inherent to the functions, prerogatives and responsibilities conferred to it by this Act and develop any act or activity that is necessary or convenient to achieve its purposes. (16) Promulgate such regulations that are needed to conduct its affairs as provided by law. Section 5.- Funds and Accounts of the Authority The moneys of the Authority shall be deposited with depositories qualified to receive funds of the Government of Puerto Rico, but shall be kept in a separate account or accounts in the name of the Authority. The Authority shall make the disbursements of the same, pursuant to the regulations and budgets approved by it. The Authority shall establish the accounting system required for the proper control and statistical registration of all expenses and income belonging to, managed or controlled by the Authority, pursuant to the generally accepted public accounting principles. The accounting system of the Authority shall be kept in such a way that will properly identify and separate, as may be advisable, the accounts of the different types of enterprises and activities of the Authority. Section 6.- Transportation Advisory Board.- Adscription, Integration, Meetings.- The Transportation Advisory Board is hereby created, attached to the Authority. This body shall be composed of the Secretary, who shall be its chairman, and four (4) private citizens representing the municipalities of Vieques, Culebra, Fajardo and Cataño who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The members thus appointed must have an excellent reputation within the Puerto Rican community. One (1) of the members appointed by the Secretary shall serve for a term of two (2) years, another shall serve for a term of three (3) years, and the others shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Subsequent appointments shall be made for terms of four (4) years each, and until their successors are appointed by the Secretary and take office. The members of the Board who are not public officials shall be entitled to receive the minimum per diems established in the Political Code for members of the Legislature for each day they attend Board meetings. Five (5) authorized members shall constitute quorum and the agreements shall be reached by the majority of those present. The Board shall meet at least twice (2) a year in regular meetings, and for special meetings as often as it deems pertinent, upon convocation by the Chairperson. The Board shall adopt and approve regulations to govern its affairs pursuant to this Chapter. The Secretary may remove any member from office for negligence in the performance of his/her duties, immoral conduct or any other reasonable cause, upon notice and hearing. Section 7.- Functions.- The Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Advisory Board shall serve as consulting agent of the Secretary in the determination of the policy regarding maritime transportation services. It shall serve as an effective instrument to improve the coordination between the various Commonwealth and Municipal agencies that are concerned with the purposes of this Authority. Section 8.- Report to the Legislature and the Governor.- The Authority shall render an annual report to the Legislature and to the Governor of Puerto Rico which shall include: (a) a complete financial statement and report of the business of the Authority of the preceding fiscal year; (b) a complete and detailed list of all its contracts and transactions for the fiscal year corresponding to the report; and (c) full information on the condition and progress of all its activities from the date of its last report. Section 9.- Acquisition of Property by the Government for the Authority.- By request of the Authority, the Governor of Puerto Rico or the Secretary may acquire in the name and in representation of the Government of Puerto Rico, through purchase, eminent domain or any other legal means, for the use and benefit of the Authority, in the manner provided in this Act and the laws of Puerto Rico on eminent domain, the title of any property or interest thereon that the Authority deems necessary or convenient for its purposes, including its future needs. Section 10.- Transfer of Funds and Property Between the Authority and other Government Bodies, including Municipalities.- Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all the municipalities, political subdivisions, instrumentalities, agencies, and departments of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to cede or transfer to the Authority, upon petition by the latter, the Secretary or the Governor of Puerto Rico, and under reasonable terms and conditions, any property or interest thereon, including assets already dedicated to public use, that the Authority deems necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes. The Authority may transfer the needed funds to the municipalities, political subdivisions, instrumentalities, agencies, and departments of the Government of Puerto Rico so that they may construct, operate and maintain the maritime transit facilities that are or may be under the jurisdiction of the Authority, as well as for the acquisition of the easements needed for these purposes, when the Authority deems it most convenient to best comply with the purposes of this Act. Section 11.- Construction, Operations and Purchase Contracts.- (a) Every work or service contract, except personal services or contracts and every purchase made by the Authority, including contracts for the construction and maintenance of maritime transit facilities, shall be executed through bidding or proposals for bids, notice of which shall be made sufficiently in advance of the date established for the opening of the bidding papers or the receipt of the proposal so that the Authority can provide sufficient information and the opportunity to bid. The Authority shall adopt the regulations that shall govern the bidding processes and the request for bids. (b) When the estimated sum for the acquisition or work does not exceed twenty-five thousand (25,000) dollars, it may be executed without the need to hold the bidding process or request for bids. Furthermore, it shall not be necessary to hold a public bidding or request for bids in the following cases: (1) when due to an emergency, the immediate delivery of materials, goods and equipment, or the rendering of services is required; (2) when replacement parts, accessories, supplementary equipment or services are needed for supplies or articles previously furnished or contracted, or when they are not available on the Puerto Rican market; (3) when the prices are not subject to competition, because there is only one source of supply or because they are regulated by law. (c) When comparing proposals and awarding adjudications, in addition to the price, due consideration shall be given to factors such as: (1) whether the bidder has met the specifications of the bid; (2) the ability of the bidder to perform the works or the services of the nature involved, in the contract under consideration; (3) the relative quality and adaptability of the materials, supplies, equipment or services; (4) the financial responsibility of the bidder and his/her ability, experience, business reputation and ability to render the required services; (5) the term of delivery or of the execution thereof; (6) the experience and proven ability to construct, operate or give maintenance to maritime transportation systems, if applicable. (d) The Authority shall promulgate the regulations needed to implement these considerations. Section 12.- Tax Exemption.- The Authority shall be exempted from the payment of all taxes, license fees, charges or licenses imposed by the Government of Puerto Rico or its municipalities, and on those under the jurisdiction, control, domain, possession, or supervision of the Authority, and on the income obtained from any of the enterprises or activities of the Authority. However, the Authority shall pay excise taxes on consumer goods subject to the provisions of Act No. 120 of October 31, 1994, as amended, known as the "Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994". The Authority shall also be exempted from the payment of all charges, internal revenue stamps and vouchers, fees or taxes of any nature required by law to handle judicial procedures, the production of certificates in all offices or agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico, and the issuing of public documents and their registration in any public registry of the Government of Puerto Rico. Section 13.- Statement of Public Use.- The purposes for which the Authority is created and for which it shall exercise its powers are of a public nature for the benefit of the People of Puerto Rico, and the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act constitutes the compliance of essential government functions. Every work, project, enterprise and property and their accessories that the Authority deems necessary or convenient to use in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, are hereby declared of public usefulness. Section 14.- Transfer of Funds and Properties of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.- (a) The Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall transfer any real or personal property, whether tangible or intangible, to the Authority that on the effective date of this Act may be under the control, lease, power, administration or use in the rendering of Ports Authority ferry services between Fajardo, Vieques, Culebra, Cataño, Hato Rey and San Juan. All properties and assets of any type related to said ferry services shall become the property of, or shall be assumed by the Authority. The procedures for the transfer shall begin immediately after the approval of this Act. The Secretary and the Ports Authority shall take diligent action to complete said process as soon as possible. (b) The Authority shall be, for all intents and purposes, the successor of said Ports Authority in all that concerns the transferred property and the collection of accounts and payment of obligations according to the terms thereof, effective July 1, 1999. Further provided, that any cost incurred in the operation of ferries by the Ports Authority as of July 1, 1999, shall be reimbursed to the Ports Authority from the funds appropriated by Joint Resolution No. 478 of August 14, 1999, up to the effective date of the transfer of the ferries. Section 15.- Exclusions.- The ferry transportation services provided by the Department in "Lago Dos Bocas" are specifically excluded from the jurisdiction of the Authority. Section 16.- Transitory Provisions.- (a) As soon as the transfer provided in Section 12 of this Act becomes effective, the Authority shall take charge of the employees that have regular positions and are contracted by the Ports Authority to provide the ferry services thus transferred, subject to those regulations that the Authority may approve pursuant to Section 4. (b) The Property Registrars shall register in the name of the Authority in the corresponding Property Registry, all real property used by the Ports Authority in the operation of the ferry services transferred as provided in Section 12 of this Act, as it appears in the certificate to be issued by the Executive Director of the Ports Authority describing all the property thus used and transferred. Section 17.- Appropriation of Funds.- The Authority is authorized to request the Legislature and the Office of the Management and Budget the funds needed to carry out the functions, powers and responsibilities entrusted to it by this Act. Section 18.- Inconsistent Provisions and other Substituted Laws.- If any provision of this Act should be in conflict with the provisions of any other law of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, the provisions of this Act shall prevail. Section 19.- Service Quality Guarantees 1. No later than three hundred and sixty days (360) days of the effectiveness of this Act, the Maritime Transport Authority shall: (a) establish a system through which a passenger may reserve, by telephone and prepay by using a credit or debit card, or other remote payment mechanism, his/her fare on the ferries operated by the Authority, provided, that the latter may charge a reasonable fee for the prepayment service; (b) establish a system through which sufficient seats are reserved to guarantee transportation for frequent users of the ferry services, especially the bona fide residents of the island municipalities, that are making essential trips. 2. As of the second anniversary of the effective date of this Act, the Maritime Transport Authority shall have increased the freight carrying capacity by a minimum of fifty percent (50%) for the routes between Fajardo, Vieques and Culebra, according to the needs of the market. 3. No later than the fourth anniversary of the effective date of this Act, the Maritime Transport Authority shall have doubled the freight carrying capacity in the routes between Fajardo, Vieques, and Culebra, as required by the needs of the market. Section 20.- Severance Clause.- If any provision of this Act or the application of said provision to any person were to be declared invalid, the remainder of this Act and its application shall not be impaired by said determination. Section 21.- Injunctions.- No injunction shall be issued to prevent the application of this Act or any of its parts. Section 22.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 1 (S.B. 1937) (Conference) of the 3rd Special Session of the 13th Legislature of Puerto Rico: AN ACT to create a public corporation that shall be known as the Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority and establish its duties and powers; authorize the Puerto Rico Ports Authority to transfer to the Authority the assets and operations with regard to the transportation by ferry between Fajardo, Vieques, Culebra, San Juan, Hato Rey and Cataño; and to appropriate funds, has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today 30th of October of 2003. Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes Director
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This lovely Cozumel vacation rental home has the look and feel of a tropical island home made for relaxing and recharging the batteries! It has a one (1) bedroom with a king-sized bed and one (1) bathroom with separate living and dining areas. The full sized kitchen has been completely updated and features an eletric stove top, rotisserie oven, toaster oven, microwave and refrigerator while the bedroom features a king bed.
Decor is tropical, casual & comfortable. Air Conditioning, TV/DVD-Cable, and book/DVD library provide entertainment and relaxation after the day's adventures are over. Take a dip in the pool out in the commons area of IslaMar or for more privacy go to your own private back porch garden area and relax. The back garden area of this vacation home rental is filled with tropical plants and trees and even has it's own resident turtle or two to keep guests company!
This Cozumel vacation rental home is the former residence of the owner of IslaMar so it also has a large, front porch where guests can sit and enjoy their morning coffee or relax in a hammock and listen to the morning songbirds.
Just beyond the front porch, there is a garden, lawnchairs, a pool/spa, dive gear rinse tank and hammocks to enjoy. If you are a frequent visitor to the island, moving out of the hotel zone and integrating into the culture of a neighborhood is the "next step" to becoming "a local!" This wonderful IslaMar Vacation Rental Home is the perfect way for visitors to transition from "hotel staying" to an "island living" experience in Cozumel.
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An American novelist. . She is best known for the novel Little Women, set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868. This novel is loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters.< read all 3 reviews
The nineteenth century produced an extraordinary number of superb women authors- the Brontes, George Eliot, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jane Austen, to name a few....and Louisa May Alcott.
Everybody reads "Little Women," of course, the book is as comfortable as an old shoe, but Alcott wrote a great deal more including some astonishing horror-mystery stories under her nom de plume. A.M. Barnard. As an author deserving much more scrutiny, Alcott gets shoved under the rug as her work is virtually never discussed in college literature courses.
Poverty made it necessary for Alcott to seek employment as a teacher, seamstress and governess. (Doesn't that remind you of the Bronte girls)? Although she wrote for the Atlantic Monthly in an escape from being a governess, when the Civil War broke out she served as a nurse in a Union hospital for six weeks. She was both an abolitionist and a feminist and her family even harbored a runaway slave. She kept on writing no matter what and her pen was always her great escape.
Remember kindly Professor Bhaer in "Little Women" telling Jo she should write from her own experience and not produce lurid, scandalous tales? Jo was in tears over the gentle criticism, but promised to reform. But the real Jo, Louisa May Alcott, didn't "reform" at all but plunged right into the penning of those lurid tales of women scorned, murder and mayhem and wickedness and revenge and opium dens told in the over-wrought prose very popular at the time.
Would you believe Alcott hated "moral pap for children" her exact words and relished hiding behind the name A.M. Barnard and going amok? In her wild writing mode Alcott reminds me a bit of Emily Bronte. The woman behind A.M. Barnard was a very different woman than the one behind "Little Women." When Alcott was in Europe she apparently had quite a passionate fling with one Ladislas Wisniewski (Laddie) the inspiration for Laurie. Alcott removed from her journal all references to this romance before she died, but it's quite likely this was the emotional and sexual relationship of her life. Still waters run deep.
I'm glad Alcott got back to writing "moral pap" for children and penned the superb "Little Women." "Little Men" "Jo's Boys" and her other novels for young people never quite produced the same popularity as "Little Women." But from a literary standpoint her lurid stories can't be shoved under the rug. They are quite fabulous, if overwrought. In a book entitled "Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott" four of the Gothic tales are compiled by the well-known biographer and antiquarian Madeleine Stern. A review of these astonishing tales will follow this one here on Lunch.
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FREEZING or cutting employees' wages does not provide the answers to our economic crisis.
The feisty South African anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman died last week at the age of 91
THE papers are once again full of predictions for the coming 12 months and the "experts" are undaunted by the bruising experience of 2008.
It was just after millions celebrated the birth of Christ that Israeli combat aircraft lit up the Holy Land with their 500lb bombs and laser-guided missiles.
THE Krypton Factor is back and here's your dazzling new host… Ben Shephard.
AS BBC1's traditionally pathetic New Year Live limped into 2009, host Nick Knowles declared: "I'm told he'll be lighting the fireworks with only his own charisma.
Creepy La Toya has had so much plastic surgery all she has left are two nostril holes on the front of her fake face.
Andy Murray marked himself out as the man to beat going into the new season as he overcame world number one Rafael Nadal in the final of the World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
New mum Jill Halfpenny, 33, on losing the baby weight, loving motherhood and getting back on the dancefloor
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The old adage - that a good big 'un will always beat a good little 'un - saw Premier League strugglers Middlesbrough prove too strong for Barrow.
Jonjo Shelvey became the youngest scorer in Charlton's history, but was unable to hand boss Phil Parkinson his first win in charge.
Gianfranco Zola's dream of an FA Cup hat-trick moved a step closer with this easy win over last year's semi-finalists Barnsley.
Ipswich boss Jim Magilton saluted his side's clinical display to finally dump Chesterfield out of the FA Cup.
January is a tough time for cash-strapped clubs, knowing wealthy predators are ready to snap up their players.
EXCLUSIVE: Tony Adams wants to rescue Joey Barton from his nightmare at Newcastle United.
Mark Hughes risked the wrath of his Middle East paymasters by slumping to a nightmare FA Cup exit to Nottingham Forest.
Little David Foley sealed a sensational FA Cup triumph for Hartlepool with a goal he will remember all his life.
Robin Van Persie proved the boy has become a man by steering Arsenal through to round four at Plymouth's expense.
Two horses trapped on a mountain after a snowstorm have been found alive and well after a week-long rescue.
Check your pet for frostbite as the cold snap takes hold.
What a great response there was to my Christmas quiz, entries for which closed yesterday.
The earliest cropping strawberries are Elsanta.
All the apples used in McDonald's fruit bags nationwide come from a single farm in Kent.
Pull on the jumper emblazoned World's Greatest Gardener, slip on the brand-new gloves and the eye-catching bright-blue Mickey Mouse wellies.
"I liked your piece on alpine plants and, for obvious reasons, I'd like to know if it's true there is one called Joy?" asks Joy Holland, of Basingstoke, Hants.
Miracle of 20lb dog saved from starvation
Young donkeys forced to work
Nothing can beat the flavour of spuds straight from your own garden - so this week's offer is just for you.
Strictly Come Dancing winner TOM CHAMBERS is the latest to sign up for the show's live UK tour.
Sexy Fearne Cotton was furious to get a parking ticket while doing her Radio 1 show.
It's the flip side AMY WINE-HOUSE fans have prayed for. The drug-ravaged star seems to be turning her life around - with an energetic hand stand.
Justin Lee Collins was spotted enjoying a pint in the Queen's Head, Bristol.
X-Factor flop AUSTIN DRAGE was booed during a gig at Jumpin Jacks in Maidstone, Kent.
Which soap beauty's boyfriend is cheating on her with other women in the small northern town where he lives?
He might not be the pick of movie idols, but homelylooking Harry Potter sidekick RUPERT GRINT seems to have his latest co-star KIMBERLEY NIXON under his spell.
Take That are to make a movie about their sensational career in pop.
Hannah bout - what happened to MILEY CYRUS's tights?
X Factor band HOPE got the crowd dancing at the Winter Wonderland party in London.
Oasis bad boy singer LIAM GALLAGHER, 36, wants to team up with Girls Aloud - and in particular SARAH HARDING.
Kelly Brook and DANNY CIPRIANI were all over each another at London club Vendome on New Year's Eve.
Chelsea striker DIDIER DROGBA shunned a traditional Christmas meal and took his family to London's Nobu for a slap-up dinner.
Dannii Minogue, 38, took boyfriend KRIS SMITH, 30, to meet her famiy and sis KYLIE in Oz at Christmas.
Steven Gerrard was found not guilty of being put off by his nightmare week - but the jury is still out on team-mate Robbie Keane.
Leicester striker Steve Howard was left wondering what might have been after blowing a golden chance to dump Neil Warnock's Palace out of the Cup.
Crewe manager Gudjon Thordarson believes he knows the secret of a good cup run - learning his players names!


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Study finds electric vehicles will travel further than drivers expect
March 30, 2015 04:19 PM - ClickGreen Staff
Electric vehicles (EVs) will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed, according to the first study of its kind carried out by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Many drivers and much prior literature on the retirement of EV batteries have assumed that EV batteries will be retired after the battery has lost 20 percent of its energy storage or power delivery capability. This study shows that the daily travel needs of drivers continue to be met well beyond these levels of battery degradation.
France passes law to promote green roofs
March 26, 2015 09:05 AM - Kevin Mathews, Care2
Environmentalism is fast becoming a top concern in France – a rooftop concern, to be precise. Excitingly, the nation has just passed new legislation that will require all upcoming commercial construction projects to feature either green roofs or solar panels above their top floors.
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March 20, 2015 08:43 AM - Michelle Kovacevic, SciDevNet
Governments and donors must pay more attention to the environmental impact of road networks to limit their "devastating" effect on ecosystems, a study on global infrastructure expansion has warned. Road construction opens a "Pandora's box" of negative impact, according to the authors of the paper, published this month in Current Biology. These include deforestation, animals hunted to extinction, land grabs by speculators betting on development, and wildfires.
Electric Vehicles are Cool, Literally.
March 19, 2015 02:02 PM - Michigan State University
A study in this week's Scientific Report by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) and in China add more fuel to the already hot debate about whether electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles by uncovering two hidden benefits.
They show that the cool factor is real – in that electric vehicles emit significantly less heat. That difference could mitigate the urban heat island effect, the phenomenon that helps turn big cities like Beijing into pressure cookers in warm months.
Canadian Grocer to Sell "Ugly" Fruit
March 19, 2015 08:54 AM - Leon Kaye , Triple Pundit
If you have traveled to regions such as the Balkans, India or rural Latin America, the appearance of misshapen fruit and vegetables everywhere would have hardly surprised you; and of course, they are delicious. But shopping trends on both side of the Atlantic have led consumers to believe fruit should be uniform in color and shape.
Bill Proposed to Ban Wild Animals from Circus Performing
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The emotional and physical toll life on the road as performers takes on elephants has taken center stage, but for other species like big cats, life in the entertainment industry is just as bad.
Zoos Boost Biodiversity Understanding
March 16, 2015 02:50 PM - University of Warwick
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The True Cost of Gasoline
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Financial markets notwithstanding, most of us were happy to see gas prices fall. It has certainly helped to put a little extra breathing room in our household budgets, even though we suspect it could lead to increased use of fossil fuels. On the other hand, it could open the door for some new initiatives to help control emissions, such as a carbon tax, or a fee and rebate plan that would tax the production of fossil fuels and give the proceeds out to all Americans.
Perhaps this would be a good time to take a closer look at what that gallon of gasoline actually costs us, when all the impacts are considered.
Renewable energy sources really making a difference!
March 15, 2015 07:12 AM - Click Green staff, ClickGreen
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gas that was not tied to an economic downturn, according to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
"This gives me even more hope that humankind will be able to work together to combat climate change, the most important threat facing us today," said IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol, recently named to take over from Maria van der Hoeven as the next IEA Executive Director.
Newest 'green' burial method? Turn your loved ones into trees
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Young Teddy Asthma Frail child, very sickly Many home remedies used: Coffee, Cigars, Exercise Worked to overcome illnesses Teenager Teddy Works hard in his father's home gym boxing Overcomes illnesses through the strength of his will TR: Harvard Years Magna Cum Laude Sculling and boxing Early Adult Years 1881 – Climbing the Matterhorn (Switzerland-Italy) Life in the Badlands Learned life lessons in the Badlands (the Dakotas) Worked as ranch hand "Took the snob out of me" Love of the open land - Shaped his future policies Early Career Youngest member of NY State Legislature President of the NYC Board of Police Commissioners Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy Rough Riders Resigned Naval commission to form volunteer cavalry brigade Victory at San Juan Hill Medal of Honor Winner After the war, a hero emerges Elected Governor of NY Party bosses unhappy Orchestrated putting him up for VP on McKinley's ticket McKinley/Roosevelt Ticket Roosevelt's progressive campaign style Powerful speeches Very visible Roosevelt Becomes President Assassination of McKinley A "visible president" Youngest Pres. age 42 The Bully Pulpit How things "ought to be" 1st used by TR, explaining his view of the presidency, in this quotation: "I suppose my critics will call that preaching, but I have got such a bully pulpit!" The word bully itself was an adjective in the vernacular of the time meaning "first- rate," somewhat equivalent to the recent use of the word "awesome." The term "bully pulpit" is still used today to describe the president's power to influence the public. Uses speeches to influence media and shape legislation Philosophy Internationally—he was a Social Darwinist Domestically—believed that government should actively balance the needs of competing groups in American society Roosevelt as Conservationist National Parks, National President Theodore Roosevelt at Yosemite in 1903. Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations 230,000,000 acres protected for land and animals "To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed." Roosevelt and National Parks "Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it." Federal Lands Panama Canal: Roosevelt's Most Famous Foreign Policy Initiative Here TR inspects the canal construction in Panama in 1906. Roosevelt's Square Deal More Federal Power Take up for the common man Progressive reforms Provide a "square" fair deal for everyone "The object of the government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens." Attack on Laissez Faire Work to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits" Roosevelt the "Trust Buster" TRUSTBUSTER! Interstate Commerce Act (1887)- RR owners cant fix prices in a given area Elkins Act (1903)- illegal to give and receive rebates for using a certain railroad Hepburn Act (1906)- limited free rail passes and let ICC set maximum rates 1902: Federal Govt. sues Northern Securities Company (owned by JP Morgan) - TR says NSC violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Supreme Court agrees with T. Roosevelt - Roosevelt's popularity soared The Lion Tamer Food and Drugs Meat Inspection Act (1906)- set strict standards and est. federal inspection program Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)- stopped sale of contaminated food and drugs; ensure truth labeling Big Stick Diplomacy A favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . " Roosevelt and Civil Rights Did not fully support civil rights Appointed an African-American as the head of the Charleston, SC custom house Invited Booker T. Washington to the White House as a symbolic gesture Presidential Firsts First to invite an African American to a White House dinner (Booker T. Washington) First to have Secret Service protection First to win Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards ending the Russo-Japanese War First to take trip outside the United States (Great White Fleet) More Presidential Firsts First to give an open invitation to the press First to be submerged in a submarine, to own a car, to have a telephone in his home, and to be allowed to operate the light switches in the White House An Older Theodore Roosevelt Agony over the death of Quentin in World War I "Grandfather" Roosevelt hugs baby granddaughter Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918. Roosevelt's Death "The old lion is dead." Photo shows the burial of Theodore Roosevelt, January 1919 in Young's Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, NY. Works Cited - "Theodore Roosevelt Collection." 1998. Harvard College Library. 4 Dec 2006 <http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/dep artment /roosevelt.html. >. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/26_t_roose velt/t_roosevelt_politics.html - Melissa Johnson: Honors US History, Hickory Ridge High School. NC - Chris Balga: Hickory Ridge HS. NC
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