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Among the items of business on the Agenda was an Invocation at about 9:30am.
As the author listened to the invocation, I heard words to this effect:
And this author found himself taking exception to this statement. It is not this author's life experience that citizens of this country are free of oppression, suppression nor repression.
As the meeting continued, this author thought to himself, seeking just to go along to get along, perhaps the person giving the invocation has not been exposed to the oppression, suppression and repression that is America.
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Perhaps the person who gave the invocation was merely thinking about the recent violence in Syria, Egypt, Libya and the long running oppression in North Korea. Or even China's Tiananmen Square Tragic expression of Tyranny…
Trying to give the benefit of the doubt, the author postulated that perhaps the person who gave the invocation, was not familiar with the various kinds of oppression, suppression and repression.
But as hard as this author tried to let the statement go, something kept clawing at him to not let this misstatement stand unchallenged.
And so, in the early afternoon, this author privately asked the chair of the convention for 5 minutes as a point of personal privilege (Look it up in Robert's Rules http://bit.ly/yjCYqc) for 5 minutes to address the misstatement.
This request was summarily denied. The Chair stating that oppression was a matter of opinion. But this author appealed to the parliamentarian who ruled, "A point of personal privilege is always in order"
Before a pause in the proceedings occurred that this author might force the chair and floor to hear my point of personal privilege, the recalcitrant chair announced (to CYA) that the "person who wished to express a point of personal privilege could address the floor"
With that, this author stepped to the nearest mike and did address the floor. However, this author does not think he did the point justice. But given the circumstances, this author did the best he could extemporaneously.
And, therefore, this would like to take this opportunity to put my thoughts on the alleged "lack of oppression in America" to writing. So here goes.
Oppression, Suppression and Repression comes in all forms, shapes and sizes. Many think of oppression coming at the point of a gun. While that ultimately is true in all circumstances, most suppression in America is presented in such a way so as to not cause WE THE PEOPLE to think our government is bad or evil. At least not as bad or evil as WE THE PEOPLE think due to the propaganda, media bias and indoctrination regarding Oppression in Countries such as Russia (Stalin's Purge), China (Tiananmen Square), Iraq (Hussein's Rape Squads), and the current situation in Syria.
WE THE PEOPLE, the rank and file citizens of America like to believe the fairytales about Oppression that we were indoctrinated with in Public School, and which are later supplemented with by a compliant, duplicitous and corruption enabling major media.
This author remembers how happy, secure in his person and superior he felt in the aftermath of his indoctrination in the public schools. Superior in the knowledge that our Country's Government was honest and trustworthy unlike all the other Government in the world, especially the Communists. Happy and Secure in my person that my government, unlike other government in the world, made decisions based on the best interests of its citizens… Ah… ignorance is most assuredly bliss.
In a peremptory attempt to ward of a public lynching, this author again states that our government, is still the best form of government in the world, despite its current issues. But WE THE PEOPLE would be remiss to not weld ourselves to the truth rather than the fiction of what our government is and isn't.
Our current elected officials have just stopped obeying Natural Law, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and common sense. And with that peremptory attempt to reduce the possibility of this author's spontaneous lynching out of the way, here goes:
This bill calls for American citizens who commit "belligerent acts" to be imprisoned indefinitely.....
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Those were my thoughts.
In Closing:
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As Much As You've Got - January 10, 2002
In St. Thomas, cruisers with cash to spare go dockside at the Crown Bay Marina; the rest of us anchor out.
A question we often get asked by people who are planning to go cruising, or who have just started, is, "How much does it cost?" We still haven't worked out a simple answer. We usually hum and haw and mumble a bunch of qualifications and then blatantly contradict each other (David is naively optimistic; Eileen is the one who keeps the books).
Most cruisers will agree that maintaining the boat is a constant and often underestimated expense. People who are out for a relatively short period of time (and who are lucky) sometimes get the false impression that living on a boat is cheap. No rent to pay (as long as you're at anchor), some minor fuel costs, and a few miscellaneous expenses like a an oil change every once and a while. Hey, what's the big deal?
In the longer term, however, it all catches up with you. The marine environment, particularly in the tropics, is incredibly harsh. In the nearly eight years we've been cruising, virtually every piece of electronic equipment on "Little Gidding" has been replaced or has undergone major repairs: the HF, VHF and handheld radios, the GPS, depth sounder, knotmeter, stereo speakers - you name it. We go through laptop computers at a rate of one every two or three years. The only electronic device that still works (we think) is our old Loran receiver because we haven't turned it on since leaving North America! Add to the costs of electronics a new inflatable dinghy, new outboard engine, replacement standing rigging, new fridge, new head, replacement batteries, and the odd diesel engine repair and we sometimes have the sense that we'll never stop haemorrhaging money on the boat. And we haven't even touched on "routine" maintenance costs: varnish, bottom paint, engine filters and so on.
To some extent, you can minimize your boat expenses by simplifying your systems: row your dinghy, give up refrigeration, even dispense with your toilet and auxiliary engine. There are some well known cruisers out there (a minority, we should add) who have sold a lot of books preaching just this minimalist philosophy.
Most people, however, don't care to relieve themselves in a bucket, and every once and a while feel the need for mechanical propulsion. Despite these concessions, it's still possible to exercise a fair bit of budget discretion. It really comes down to your personal expectations and acceptable comfort levels. Beyond basic boat maintenance costs, you can spend a lot or you can spend relatively little on daily living - not unlike people residing on land who have different budgets commensurate with varying lifestyles. Interestingly enough, we've found that location isn't a big factor. In places where the cost of living is high we tend to retrench, but then squander it all when we reach a relatively cheap spot. In the French islands of the eastern Caribbean, for example, we rarely go out to restaurants. The food is great, but pricey. In Trinidad, the cuisine is also good, and much more affordable. We'll go out two or three times a week and end up spending the same or more in total meal expenses as up island.
We're currently in the Virgin Islands, which contain about as broad a cross-section of cruisers as you're likely to encounter. Over the past few days, we've seen the extremes of cruiser lifestyles and budgets. We met one boater who had arrived in the Virgins a couple of months ago with the Caribbean 1500 rally out of Norfolk, Virginia. He lamented that his projected costs for the year (based on only two months of expenses, mind you) were going to top $75,000. We were speechless. He hurried to explain some of his expenses, like $7,000 on satellite phone charges. His wife felt she had to talk to the kids back home every day. Eileen suggested he might accidentally knock the satellite phone overboard and buy phone cards to use in the local pay phones instead. Later, we bumped into him at the Crown Bay Marina in St. Thomas. We were anchored out and using the marina's courtesy dinghy dock to come ashore and shop at the supermarket a block away. He was renting a slip for $1.20 per foot per night and shopping at the "Gourmet Gallery" in the marina complex.
At the other end of the spectrum is the single-hander who is anchored (for free) next to us. He's been out cruising for nine years and never eats or drinks ashore. He periodically sails to St. Croix, 35 miles away, to buy diesel for a few pennies per gallon cheaper. He broke one of his chain plates on a recent passage and has his port cap shroud attached to the toe rail with a block and tackle. He figures he'll do a proper repair when he gets back to the States next summer where he has some friends who own a budget boatyard.
The best response to, "How much does it cost to go cruising?" is another question: "How much do you have to spend?"
David & Eileen
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I was working in my yard when I noticed Emily and her grandmother admiring the honeysuckle growing on the fence by our driveway. Five year old Emily and her parents are moving in across the street from us this weekend. It seems that this little girl had never seen or smelled honeysuckle before and a thoughtful grandmother wanted to introduce her to one of life's simple pleasures. Honeysuckle is a common vine that grows here in the south and produces an unremarkable tubular bloom with a sweet smell . . . hence, the name.
I'd rather not think about how many dollars I've spent in the 25 years that I've lived in this house purchasing the plants that comprise the landscape. But Emily didn't come to admire any of them . . . she came to admire the honeysuckle that grew there naturally and that many people would consider a weed and a nuisance.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Everbody needs a "Dutch Uncle"
In The Last Lecture, author Randy Pausch tells the story of a man he called his Dutch Uncle, the person who spoke truth into his life. Pausch was a talented young college student at the time but one who's cockiness and lack of tact hampered his effectiveness in relationship with others. Recognizing this, a professor for whom Pausch served as a teaching assistant in college, took him for a walk and spoke frankly but tactfully to him. He told Pausch that the fact that people perceive him as arrogant would limit what he would be able to accomplish in life. It was a truth that he needed to hear and it became a turning point in his life.
Dutch Uncle,
Randy Pausch
Monday, April 26, 2010
They don't like birds, either
Here's a nice follow-up to Friday's post about cats. Cars don't appreciate it when birds poop on them, either.
car commercial
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Wedding Day!
Today's the BIG DAY! Zack and Laura get married today and begin their life as a married couple. All of us are very happy for them and we think Laura is a wonderful addition to our family. The more that I see them interact, the more I see that they are a great complement to one another. It's obvious that they love and respect one another. They share the same values and passions and together, they will make the world a better place.
Welcome to the fam, Laura!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Even cars don't like cats
I'm not the only one . . . even cars don't like cats.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Madder than a wet setting hen
I stopped by to visit my 88 year old mom Wednesday night and she was "madder than a wet setting hen", to use one of her expressions. I'm a city (or town) boy. I wasn't raised on a farm so I don't exactly know first-hand what a "wet setting hen" is. I suspect this is a chicken who is obligated to sit on a nest of eggs but has had the unfortunate experience of being rained upon and is not happy about it. (Of course, if it was a Presbyterian hen, it was predestined to be rained upon.) That's my guess but I could be wrong. The last person I wanted to ask for clarification tonight was my mom.
wet setting hen
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sharing the bounty
I took this picture of a fig on the fig tree in my yard today. It's one of many that this tree will produce this season and one of many that the birds will eat. Every once in a while the birds leave one for me to enjoy but most of time they're one step ahead of me. I watch the figs carefully as they begin to ripen but somehow the birds are watching just a little more carefully, I suppose. I tried the net strategy a few years ago but without much success so I decided just to be patient. The tree is now over 7 feet tall and nearly as wide so I'm hoping that this will be the year that they'll be enough figs for the birds and for me, too.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Investing wisely
"Don't store up treasures here on earth,
where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in
and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and
rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever
your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be." Matthew 6:19-21 NIV
This is a home on Mobile Bay just 3 or 4 miles north of my where I live. When it was built about 15 years ago, it was featured in newspapers and magazines. On top of the purchase price of the property, the owner reportedly spent more than a million dollars on site preparation to redirect some natural springs even before laying the foundation for the main house. I'm told that the house measures approximately 31,000 square feet, was built for just 2 residents, the owner and his wife, and featured a ballroom with imported marble floors and separate living quarters for the staff. The entire project cost several million dollars, of course.
Friday, April 16, 2010
It's not what it looks like!
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
A welcome gift
The more that I'm around my elderly, widowed mother and elderly, widowed father-in-law, the more I realize how much they value someone giving them some of their time. I took my father-in-law to buy some new clothes this week for one of the events leading up to his granddaughter's wedding. Over and over, Ed thanked me for taking the time to do this. He called later that day to thank me again. In our conversation that day, he recalled a visit from Kathy Blessing, one of our friends, when he was in an assisted living facility recovering from surgery about five years ago and told me how much he appreciated her taking the time to visit him. He talked about how much he appreciated old friends in North Carolina taking the time to call him occasionally. His memory is quite bad these days. He couldn't tell you a material gift that you gave him last year, last month, or last week but Ed can vividly recall the gift of time that Kathy gave him five years ago.
gift of time,
Kathy Blessing
Monday, April 12, 2010
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
I didn't think anyone could top Miss Teen South Carolina but I think she's met her match in this California girl offering her suggestions on how to fix the economy in her state. You have to listen carefully all the way to the end to fully appreciate her brilliance, or lack thereof.
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Nice teeth!
This is my son, Zack, and his fiance, Laura . . . hamming-it-up inside Jaws. You can probably tell by this picture that they are both very serious people, sensitive to projecting a professional, mature image at all times. You may also be able to tell that they both have very nice teeth. In Zack's case, it's thanks to the miracle of orthodontia. I've never asked Laura about her teeth . . . that would probably be presumptuous of a soon-to-be father-in-law, although I have been so bold as to inquire if she came with a dowry. It's sad to say, but it looks like her family won't be presenting us with a herd of goats in two weeks when they get married. I think this is a tradition that faded away too soon, but I digress.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Technological obsolescence
A couple of times recently I've needed to give someone directions to my house. Giving directions verbally seems to be easy enough but understanding them and actually successfully arriving at the desired location is not that easy for all of us. With the popularity of GPS systems, I suppose that this problem will be resolved. My wife has that capability on her iPhone but I haven't taken the time to learn to use it . . . I'm still a "map guy". I like to have a document in my hands that defines the plan and a map does that for me. I like to be able to see the route from beginning to end, as well as alternate routes. I like to be able to fold the map to narrow the focus, if and when I want to. I guess all of those functions are also available in electronic form now, too but I still like holding a paper map in my hands. I'm sure that there are errors on paper maps but I've never personally been steered wrong by one. The on-line direction applications are another story, however. I can use one of those services to chart my course of a 1,000 miles and it will almost get me there. The first 998 miles will be flawless but the last mile or so will invariably send me in the wrong direction.
I suppose paper maps are becoming technologically obsolete. I'm just going to have to give in and learn to use the GPS but not without some "wailing and gnashing of teeth."
What's your preference?
technological obsolescence
Monday, April 5, 2010
The lasting power of words
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Twenty six years ago, my wife and I moved back to our hometown with our two small children, then 4 years old and 6 months old. Julia initially accepted a part-time position teaching at a local university. We hired a young woman from our church (the church secretary's daughter) to babysit while Julia was teaching and later found another excellent woman, also from our church, who kept them in her home. Even 26 years later, we are still friends with this wonderful woman and our sons love her.
Like many other parents, we regularly volunteered in the church nursery to help the nursery director, herself a single parent of 2 sons. During one particular service where we were assisting her, Miss Sandi as she was called, launched into a tirade about the evils of mothers who worked outside the home, knowing full well that Julia was a "working mom." We both stayed busy with babies and elected not to engage her or interject into her comments. In her most condescending voice, Miss Sandi declared to all of us working in the nursery that day that, "I'd sooner take in laundry, than let someone else raise my kids!"
power of words
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Stuff happens and life goes on . . .
This week, in studying the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus, I was struck with one particular passage found in Matthew 26:31-32 NLT. After the Passover meal in the upper room, Jesus matter-of-factly tells his disciples, "Tonight, all of you will desert me." After he quotes Zechariah 13:7, a passage that foretells that betrayal, he goes on to say, "But after I have been raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there."
Just like that. You guys in whom I have poured myself for the last three years are going to tuck tail and run tonight. When the going gets tough, the tough get going . . . out-of-town. Stuff happens and by the way, I'll meet you in Galilee after I come back from the dead.
Just like that. You guys in whom I have poured myself for the last three years are going to tuck tail and run tonight. When the going gets tough, the tough get going . . . out-of-town. Stuff happens and by the way, I'll meet you in Galilee after I come back from the dead.
stuff happens
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Michael Card has long been one of my favorite singer/songwriters. His lyrics are inspired and I learn something from every song he writes. I spent a couple of hours tonight just listening to his music and trying to decide what might be his best one for this Holy Week. The truth is that there are too many that would be perfect so I just chose one.
Michael Card,
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CFB on FOX: TCU downs WVU in 2 OT
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)
Despite a disappointing debut season in the Big 12, TCU is turning out to be pretty tough on the road.
Corey Fuller caught a 25-yard touchdown pass and Trevone Boykin threw to Josh Boyce for the 2-point conversion, lifting TCU to a 39-38 double overtime win over No. 23 West Virginia on Saturday night.
In becoming bowl eligible, TCU (6-3, 3-3 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 3-1 on the road in the conference despite having a freshman-laden team.
"We have to just keep growing up and getting better," TCU coach Gary Patterson said. "Anytime you go on the road and get a win, it's a positive."
It left fellow Big 12 newcomer West Virginia (5-3, 2-3) with a three-game losing streak for the first time since the end of the 2004 season and two straight losses at home for the first time since 2003.
The mood in the West Virginia locker room afterward was subdued — "a lot of disappointment," said West Virginia linebacker Isaiah Bruce.
TCU overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half and got the victory after West Virginia went ahead on Geno Smith's 25-yard TD pass to Stedman Bailey.
On TCU's possession in the second overtime, Boykin handed off to B.J. Catalon and he pitched to Brandon Carter, who threw to Fuller in the end zone.
Boyce then caught the 2-point conversion, which was upheld after review, setting off a celebration on the TCU sideline.
"I knew I caught it," Boyce said. "We kept fighting. The game is never over until the last whistle."
TCU outgained the Mountaineers 405-338. Smith finished with three touchdown passes, including two in the second quarter. But West Virginia was limited to 126 yards after halftime.
"What we've done the last three games offensively is totally unacceptable," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said.
Tavon Austin helped West Virginia with a 76-yard punt return for a score with 3:19 left for a 31-24 lead.
But West Virginia's beleaguered defense, which had allowed an average of 53 points in its four previous games, got exposed again at the worst possible time.
TCU took over deep in its territory late in the game and Boykin was sacked on first down. After scrambling on the next play, he found Boyce, who was pushed out of bounds by a defender, returned to the field and was wide open when he caught the ball. Boyce went 96 yards untouched into the end zone with 1:28 left to force overtime.
"Their receiver was out of bounds, and he came back in and we lost track of him," Holgorsen said. "Then their quarterback made a play. It was sad to see (TCU) get that long pass after (West Virginia's defense) had played so well."
West Virginia had a chance to win it in regulation, getting a first down at the TCU 38 with under a minute left. But Smith threw three straight incompletions and Tyler Bitancurt's 55-yard field goal try was short with 13 seconds left.
Both teams missed field goals in the first overtime. Jaden Oberkrom's 37-yard try was wide left, while Bitancurt's 36-yard attempt was blocked. It was Bitancurt's fourth miss of the game.
TCU went on defense first in the second overtime and gave up Bailey's 15th touchdown grab of the season, a West Virginia record.
The Horned Frogs then made good only their only play of the second overtime.
Boyce, who had six catches for 180 yards and two scores, wasn't surprised at the decision to go for two points, saying Patterson called the same play — although it didn't work — in a close win last year at Boise State.
"In these environments you have to go for it," Boyce said.
Boykin finished 12 of 29 for 254 yards and two scores.
"He was getting hit all night," Boyce said. "But to step up like that, as a freshman quarterback, he's going to be great. He's going to be a great player. We just need to get a couple more things tweaked and we're going to be good."
Patterson also noted the beating Boykin took, joking that he's going to let some offensive linemen play quarterback next week "and see how they like that."
Smith wasn't at his best but generated more points than the past two games combined, both blowout losses to No. 20 Texas Tech and No. 3 Kansas State.
TCU forced Smith out of the pocket and he took several hard hits on runs, including being shaken up in the third quarter after landing awkwardly on a third-down rush. He went to the sideline and crouched on both knees momentarily before heading to the bench. He didn't miss a play.
Check out the FOXiest fans from schools across the country and tweet us your photo.Smith finished 32 of 54 for 260 yards.
Austin also scored on a 43-yard reception in the second quarter. He caught 11 passes for 101 yards.
West Virginia forced a turnover on special teams when Karl Joseph hit TCU's Skye Dawson on a punt return, and the Mountaineers' Nana Kyeremeh recovered at the 9. Shawne Alston, back from missing four games because of a right thigh bruise, scored from 1 yard for a 21-14 halftime lead.
Bitancurt connected on a career-best 52-yard field goal early in the second half. But on West Virginia's next drive, Bitancurt couldn't handle a low snap on a punt. TCU's Dominic Merka picked up the loose ball and went 15 yards for a score to pull the Horned Frogs within 24-21.
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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
1st Amendment took a hit on July 4th
Do we still believe in liberty? Colorado legislature silences Christians
Plus, fairness doctrine keeps rearing its ugly head. http://www.grasstopsusa.com/fairnessdoctrinex2.html
"[T]hen immediately afterwards, Rush Limbaugh and other hate-mongers began to fill the airwaves." Al Gore could not have been more transparent when he uttered those words in reference to the so-called Fairness Doctrine -- a blatant legislative attempt by Pelosi-liberals in Congress to SILENCE Rush Limbaugh and ALL of conservative talk radio! But Nancy Pelosi isn't the only liberal who wants to silence conservative talk radio. Senator
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this..." Congressman Mike Pence responded by introducing the Broadcaster Freedom Act (HR 2905) -- a bill that will thwart attempts by the Pelosi-led Congress to impose the so-called Fairness Doctrine on the American people. But Nancy Pelosi will not allow the Broadcaster Freedom Act to come to the floor for a fair up-or-down vote. In response, conservatives in Congress initiated a "discharge petition"
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University gets $5 million for brain research
$5 million gift from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation will help scientists and physicians at the School of Medicine unlock the mysteries of the aging brain and why some people lose memory as they grow older.
The foundation's gift will create the Evelyn F. McKnight Center for Age-Related Memory Loss, which could one day become a leading center of research into the causes and treatment of age-related disorders of the brain.
" We are grateful to the McKnight Brain Research Foundation for this generous gift that will significantly enhance our progress toward understanding and alleviating the age-related changes in memory and brain function," says John G. Clarkson, senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.
The gift from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation will enable the School of Medicine to recruit a world-class cognitive neuroscientist who will lead a team of scientists, researchers, and clinicians in exploring not only normal memory changes that happen with age, but the cognitive defects produced by various brain-related diseases.
" We are delighted to continue our long association with the University of Miami School of Medicine as together we lead the way in medical research focused on the brain," says J. Lee Dockery, a trustee of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation. "The trustees of the foundation are committed to fulfilling the wishes of Mrs. McKnight by promoting research into the fundamental mechanisms that underlie the neurobiology of memory, as it relates to age-related memory loss and the toll it takes on our aging population."
That population is growing daily: By the year 2030 it is estimated that nearly 25 percent of Americans will be 65 or older, with millions suffering some form of memory loss.
The gift will stimulate an already active collaboration between clinical research and basic neurosciences. The School of Medicine's Center for Cognitive Neurosciences takes a multi-departmental approach to studying the aging brain. The award also will be used to present local, regional, and international workshops on the brain for educational and research purposes.
Founded in 1999, the McKnight Brain Research Foundation supports research toward the understanding of memory and the specific influences of the natural aging process. Evelyn McKnight, who was a nurse, and her husband, William, were interested in the effects of aging on memory. William McKnight was chairman of the board of the 3M Corp. for 59 years before his death in 1979. Evelyn McKnight continued to support his interest in brain research and memory loss until her death in 1999. Their commitment continues through the McKnight Brain Research Foundation.


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Nagaraja, V (2008) Irreversible genetic switch to transactivate mom gene during lytic cycle of bacteriophage Mu. In: Indian Journal Of Virology, 19 (1). p. 55.
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Expression of genes is regulated by 'on' and 'off' mechanisms executed at various levels. At the transcriptional level, the positive regulators (activators) turn 'on' gene expression while negative regulators (repressors) turn 'off' the expression. The genetic switches essentially achieve either induction or repression driven by the cellular requirement mediated by timely signaling events. The reversibility of the well characterized control circuits ensure optimized expression of genes. I will describe a genetic switch which appears to be irreversible.
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She's a Tough Mudder
Leukaemia survivor Celeste O'Brien has capped off a stellar week after completing the Tough Mudder obstacle course and celebrating her first wedding anniversary.
SOPHIE MALCOLM January 22, 2013 4:50amLeukaemia survivor Celeste O'Brien celebrated her first wedding anniversary and then completed Tough Mudder.
The past week has been a good one for Celeste O'Brien.
Celeste, 29, completed the Tough Mudder obstacle course at the weekend and on January 14 celebrated her first wedding anniversary.
She said completing Tough Mudder would have seemed almost impossible three months ago.
The date of her wedding anniversary also marked three years since she received a life-saving stem cell transplant.
In January 2009, Celeste noticed she had cold and flu-like symptoms, was exhausted and had a rash on her hands.
A visit to the doctor and a series of tests revealed she had acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of cancer that starts inside the bone marrow.
She said doctors labelled her condition as ''catastrophic''.
After four months of treatment at Melbourne's The Alfred hospital, she returned home to Shepparton and to work. She relapsed in October that year, triggering a bout of depression and another round of treatment.
Her twin brother Christopher had been nominated as a match for a stem cell transplant (commonly known as a bone marrow transplant), which was scheduled for January 2010.
''I'm a very positive person anyway, so when I relapsed, something turned, something changed,'' Celeste said. ''My brother Chris is my best mate .
The transplant worked and after a year of hospitalisation and continuing treatments, she began to work towards her goals.
Completing Tough Mudder was just one of those.
''I'm the only person known to have had a stem cell transplant .
''I was as sick as it gets.''
She says the support of those close to her and her trainer Troy Tremellen was vital in preparing her for the challenge.
''I'm probably in a better physical shape now than when I got sick,'' she said.
Another goal was to help others.
She volunteers at the Leukaemia Foundation and The Alfred hospital.
Celeste also has her own Facebook support group, Survivorship — The New Normal, for cancer survivors and their families and friends.
''I'm an extremely positive person and I like to encourage people .
''I think this is why I got sick, this was what I was meant to do with my life .
''With just support and encouragement you can do whatever you want.''
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Tyler Wilson passed for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead No. 6 Arkansas to a 29-16 victory over No. 8 Kansas State on Friday in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas.
Joe Adams made five catches and returned a punt for a touchdown for the Razorbacks (11-2), who tied a school record with 11 victories. Their lone setbacks came to Alabama and LSU, which will meet in the BCS National Championship Game.
Arkansas took control early in the second quarter, when Adams ran a punt back 51 yards for a touchdown. Zach Hocker added his second field goal five minutes later and Wilson hooked up with Jarius Wright for the big play of the day, a 45-yard touchdown pass with 4:10 left in the half.
That score actually got the Wildcats on the board as well, when they blocked the extra point attempt and ran it back for two points.
Kansas State gained some momentum going into the half when a sack of Wilson resulted in a fumble at the Razorbacks 13-yard line. The Wildcats needed three plays to get into the end zone, cutting it to 19-9 with 26 seconds left in the half.
Kansas State got the ball first out of the locker room and put together a seven-play, 60-yard drive capped by Collin Klein's 6-yard quarterback draw for a touchdown.
Arkansas got that score back on Wilson's 9-yard touchdown pass to Cobi Hamilton later in the third and the defense did not let up, sacking Klein six times to keep the Wildcats off the board the rest of the way.


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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris
The name Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris (followed by a number), the abbreviation JPL DE(number), or just DE(number) designates one of a series of models of the Solar System produced at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, primarily for purposes of spacecraft navigation and astronomy. The models consist of computer representations of positions, velocities and accelerations of major Solar System bodies, tabulated at equally spaced intervals of time, covering a specified span of years. Barycentric rectangular coordinates of the Sun, eight major planets and Pluto, and geocentric coordinates of the Moon are tabulated.
There have been many versions of the JPL DE, from the 1960s through the present,[1] in support of both robotic and manned[2] spacecraft missions. Available documentation is sketchy, but we know DE69 was announced in 1969 to be the third release of the JPL Ephemeris Tapes, and was a special purpose, short-duration ephemeris. The then-current JPL Export Ephemeris was DE19. These early releases were distributed on magnetic tape.
In the days before personal computers, computers were large and expensive, and numerical integrations such as these were run by large organizations with ample resources. The JPL ephemerides prior to DE405 were integrated on a Univac mainframe in double precision. For instance, DE102, which was created in 1977, took six million steps and ran for nine days on a Univac 1100/81.[3] DE405 was integrated on a DEC Alpha in quadruple precision.[4]
In the 1970s and early 1980s, much work was done in the astronomical community to update the astronomical almanacs from the theoretical work of the 1890s to modern, relativistic theory. From 1975 through 1982, six ephemerides were produced at JPL using the modern techniques of least-squares adjustment of numerically-integrated output to high precision data: DE96 in Nov. 1975, DE102 in Sep. 1977, DE111 in May 1980, DE118 in Sep. 1981, and DE200 in 1982.[5] DE102 was the first numerically integrated so-called Long Ephemeris, covering much of history for which useful astronomical observations were available: 1141 BC to AD 3001. DE200, a version of DE118 rotated to the J2000.0 reference frame, was adopted as the fundamental ephemeris for the new almanacs starting in 1984. The JPL ephemerides have remained the basis of the Astronomical Almanac to the present; the current Almanac is derived from DE405.[6]
Each such ephemeris was produced by numerical integration of the equations of motion, starting from a set of initial conditions. Due to the precision of modern observational data, the analytical method of general perturbations could no longer be applied to a high enough accuracy to adequately reproduce the observations. The method of special perturbations was applied, using numerical integration to solve the n-body problem, in effect putting the entire Solar System into motion in the computer's memory, accounting for all relevant physical laws. The initial conditions were both constants such as planetary masses, from outside sources, and parameters such as initial positions and velocities, adjusted to produce output which was a "best fit" to a large set of observations. A least-squares technique was used to perform the fitting.[3]
The physics modeled included the mutual Newtonian gravitational accelerations and their relativistic corrections (a modified form of the Einstein-Infeld-Hoffmann equation), the accelerations caused by the tidal distortion of the Earth, the accelerations caused by the figure of the Earth and Moon, and a model of the lunar librations.[3]
The observational data in the fits has been an evolving set, including: ranges (distances) to planets measured by radio signals from spacecraft,[7] direct radar-ranging of planets, two-dimensional position fixes (on the plane of the sky) by VLBI of spacecraft, transit and CCD telescopic observations of planets and small bodies, and laser-ranging of retroreflectors on the Moon, among others. DE102, for instance, was fit to 48,479 observations.
The time argument of the integrated ephemerides is a relativistic coordinate time scale called Teph,[8] necessary in precise work to account for the small relativistic effects of time dilation and simultaneity. In later ephemerides, Teph is essentially equivalent to the IAU definition of TCB.
Because the ephemeris is a tabulation at regularly-spaced time intervals, interpolation would be necessary if coordinates for non-tabulated times were desired. The ephemeris data are distributed in the form of a file of numerical coefficients for Chebyshev polynomials. The polynomials are curves fit to the tabulated coordinates over a range of dates; solving the polynomials allows recovery (calculation) of the positions, velocities and accelerations throughout the range of dates directly, interpolation occurring automatically with the use of the time argument. The file consists of coefficients covering a number of intervals of time, enough intervals to span the dates covered by the original numerical integration.[3] The ephemerides are now available via World Wide Web and FTP[9] in the form of data files containing the Chebyshev coefficients, along with source code to recover positions and velocities.[10]
Evaluation of the Chebyshev polynomials can recover planetary and lunar coordinates to high precision relative to the original numerical integration. DE405 recovery for the inner planets is about 0.001 arcseconds (equivalent to about 1 km at the distance of Mars); for the outer planets it is generally about 0.1 arcseconds. The 'reduced accuracy' DE406 ephemeris gives an interpolating precision (relative to the full ephemeris values) no worse than 25 metres for any planet and no worse than 1 metre for the moon. Note that this precision says nothing about how well the ephemeris describes the actual motions of the planets, which is a function of the accuracy of the original observations and of the "goodness" of the least-squares fit.
- JPL uses the ephemerides for navigation of spacecraft throughout the Solar System. Typically, a new ephemeris is computed including the latest available observations of the target planet(s), either for planning of the mission(s), or for final contact of the spacecraft with the target. See below, Recent ephemerides in the series.
- The Astronomical Almanac for 1984 through 2002 were based on JPL ephemeris DE200, and from 2003 onwards the Astronomical Almanac has been based on JPL ephemeris DE405.[6]
- The JPL ephemerides are widely used for planetary science; some examples are included in the Notes and References.
- Software is available to use the JPL ephemerides for the production of apparent ephemerides for any location and time; these are widely used by professional and amateur astronomers for reducing planetary observations and producing very precise observing guides.[11]
Recent ephemerides in the series[edit]
The most recent members of the series, designated DE4xx, are expressed in coordinates referred to the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF).
DE402 was released in 1995, and was quickly superseded by DE403.
DE403[12] was released in 1995. For the first time, the JPL ephemeris was expressed in the coordinates of the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) reference frame, essentially the ICRF. The data crunched by JPL to derive the ephemeris began to move away from limited-accuracy telescopic observations and more toward higher-accuracy radar-ranging of the planets, radio-ranging of spacecraft, and very-long-baseline-interferometric (VLBI) observations of spacecraft, especially for the four inner planets. Telescopic observations remained important for the outer planets because of their distance, hence the inability to bounce radar off of them, and the difficulty of parking a spacecraft near them. The perturbations of 300 asteroids were included, vs DE118/DE200 which included only the five asteroids determined to cause the largest perturbations. Better values of the planets' masses had been found since DE118/DE200, further refining the perturbations. Lunar Laser Ranging accuracy was improved, giving better positions of the Moon. DE403 covered the time span Apr 1599 to Jun 2199.[13]
DE404[14] was released in 1996. A so-called Long Ephemeris, this condensed version of DE403 covered 3000 BC to AD 3000. While both DE403 and DE404 were integrated over the same timespan, the interpolation of DE404 was somewhat reduced in accuracy and nutation of the Earth and libration of the Moon were not included.
DE405[15] was released in 1998. It added several years' extra data from telescopic, radar, spacecraft, and VLBI observations (of the Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter, in particular). The method of modeling the asteroids' perturbations was improved, although the same number of asteroids were modeled. The ephemeris was more accurately oriented onto the ICRF. DE405 covered 1600 to 2200 to full precision.
DE406 was released with DE405 in 1998. A Long Ephemeris, this was the condensed version of DE405, covering 3000 BC to AD 3000 with the same limitations as DE404.
DE407[16] was apparently unreleased. Details in readily-available sources are sketchy.
DE408[17] was an unreleased ephemeris, created in 2005 as a longer version of DE406, covering 20,000 years.
DE409[18] was released in 2003 for the MER spacecraft arrival at Mars and the Cassini arrival at Saturn. Further spacecraft ranging and VLBI (to the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Pathfinder and the Mars Odyssey spacecraft) and telescopic data were included in the fit. The orbits of the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft were reprocessed to give data points for Saturn. These resulted in improvements over DE405, especially to the predicted positions of Mars and Saturn. DE409 covered the years 1901 to 2019.
DE410[19] was also released in 2003 for the arrivals of the MER and Cassini spacecraft. It was different from DE409 only in that masses for the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Earth-Moon system were updated to newer research. The masses had not yet been adopted by the IAU. DE410 covered the years 1901 to 2019.
DE411[20] was apparently unreleased, but was widely cited in the astronomical community.
DE412[21] was also unreleased, and was also widely referenced.
DE413[20] was released in 2004 for the sole purpose of providing an updated ephemeris of Pluto for the occultation of a star by its satellite Charon on 11 Jul 2005. DE413 was fit to new CCD telescopic observations of Pluto in order to give improved positions of the planet and its moon.
DE414[22] was created in 2005 and released in 2006. The numerical integration software was updated to use quadruple-precision for the Newtonian part of the equations of motion. Ranging data to the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft were extended to 2005, and further CCD observations of the five outer planets were included in the fit. Some data was accidentally left out of the fit, namely Magellan Venus data for 1992-94 and Galileo Jupiter data for 1996-97. Some ranging data to the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Eros was used to derive the Earth/Moon mass ratio. DE414 covered the years 1599 to 2201.
DE418[23] was released in 2007 for planning the New Horizons mission to Pluto. New observations of Pluto, which took advantage of the new astrometric accuracy of the Hipparcos star catalog, were included in the fit. Mars spacecraft ranging and VLBI observations were updated through 2007. Asteroid masses were estimated differently. Lunar laser ranging data for the Moon was added for the first time since DE403, significantly improving the lunar orbit and librations. Estimated position data from the Cassini spacecraft was included in the fit, improving the orbit of Saturn, but rigorous analysis of the data was deferred to a later date. DE418 covered the years 1899 to 2051, and JPL recommended not using it outside of that range due to minor inconsistencies which remained in the planets' masses due to time constraints.
DE421[24] was released in 2008. It included additional ranging and VLBI measurements of Mars spacecraft, new ranging and VLBI of the Venus Express spacecraft, the latest estimates of planetary masses, additional lunar laser ranging, and two more months of CCD measurements of Pluto. DE421 covered the years 1900 to 2050.
DE422[25] was created in 2009 for the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. A Long Ephemeris, it was intended to replace DE406, covering 3000 BC to AD 3000.
DE423[26] was released in 2010. Position estimates of the MESSENGER spacecraft and additional range and VLBI data from the Venus Express spacecraft were fit. DE423 covered the years 1799 to 2200.
DE424[27] was created in 2011 to support the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
DE430[28] was released in 2013. It covers the dates 1550 Jan 01 to 2650 Jan 22 with the most accurate lunar ephemeris.
DE431[28] was released in 2013. It covers a longer time span than DE430 (13201 BC to AD 17191) with a less accurate lunar ephemeris than DE430.
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Notes and references[edit]
- ^ See, for example, Lieske (1967). "JPL Development Ephemeris Number 28". JPL Technical Report 32-1206.; O'Handley et al. (1969). "JPL Development Ephemeris Number 69" (PDF). JPL Technical Report 32-1465. ; Standish et al. (1976). "JPL Development Ephemeris number 96". ; see also Newhall, Standish and Williams (1983).
- ^ York (1971). "Estimated DE19 Lunar Ephemeris Errors for the Apollo 15 Mission" (PDF). NASA MSC Internal Note 71-FM-291.
- ^ a b c d Newhall, Standish, and Williams (1983). "DE 102 - A numerically integrated ephemeris of the moon and planets spanning forty-four centuries". Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol.125, no.1, Aug.1983.
- ^ See Standish and Williams in the Sources
- ^ Standish (1989). "The observational basis for JPL's DE 200, the planetary ephemerides of the Astronomical Almanac". Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 233, no. 1, July 1990.
- ^ a b See US Naval Observatory (Naval Oceanography Portal), "History of the Astronomical Almanac" (accessed December 2009); see also Standish (1998) for details of DE405.
- ^ See Thornton and Border (2000). "Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation" (PDF). for a good summary of spacecraft radio-navigation.
- ^ See sources cited at [[Ephemeris time#JPL ephemeris time argument Teph|JPL ephemeris time argument Teph]].
- ^ See the JPL FTP site with ephemerides (data files), source code (for access and basic processing of the data to recover positions and velocities), and documentation.
- ^ See JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides Export Information README.txt version of 12 Oct 2007. Also available is an older version README.txt version of December 6, 2005.
- ^ See the NASA SPICE system.
- ^ Standish et al. (1995). "JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides, DE403/LE403" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 314.10-127.
- ^ Folkner (2011). "JPL PLANETARY AND LUNAR EPHEMERIDES : Export Information".
- ^ Standish and Newhall (1996). "New accuracy levels for solar system ephemerides (Lecture)".
- ^ Standish (1998). "JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides, DE405/LE405" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum 312.F-98-048.
- ^ See, for instance, "IERS Annual Report 2004" (PDF). which mentions DE407 only very briefly.
- ^ See "de408.cmt". at NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility website and Peale et al. (2006). "Long-period forcing of Mercury's libration in longitude". Icarus. which states that DE408 covered 20,000 years.
- ^ Standish (2003). "JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE409" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 312.N-03-007.
- ^ Standish (2003). "JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE410" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 312.N-03-009.
- ^ a b See, for instance, Standish (2004). "The Ephemeris of Pluto: DE413" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 343-04-008. which compares DE413 output with DE411.
- ^ See, for instance, Champion et al. (2010). "Measuring the Mass of Solar System Planets Using Pulsar Timing". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. which references DE412.
- ^ Standish (2006). "JPL Planetary Ephemeris DE414" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 343.R-06-002.
- ^ Folkner et al. (2007). "Planetary and Lunar Ephemeris DE418" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 343.R-07-005.
- ^ Folkner et al. (2008). "The Planetary and Lunar Ephemeris DE421" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 343.R-08-003.
- ^ Folkner (2011). "JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides : Export Information".
- ^ Folkner (2010). "Planetary Ephemeris DE423 fit to Messenger encounters with Mercury" (PDF). JPL Interoffice Memorandum IOM 343.R-10-001.
- ^ Folkner (2011). "README.txt". file at the JPL FTP website.
- ^ a b Acton (2013). "README.txt". file at the NAIF website.
External links[edit]
- Folkner's descriptions of most of JPL's DE series
- NRAO description of the format and uses of the JPL ephemerides
- IAU's Papers and Information Related to Ephemerides
- JPL Solar System Dynamics
- Information about JPL ephemerides and links to programs and source code
- Java source code that implements JPL ephemerides and other theories
- JPL FTP site with ephemerides (data files), source code (for access and basic processing of the data to recover positions and velocities), and documentation.
- JPL Interoffice Memoranda describing features of the ephemerides.
- US Naval Observatory (Naval Oceanography Portal), "History of the Astronomical Almanac" (accessed December 2009).
- Standish; Newhall; Williams; Yeomans (1992), "CHAPTER 5: Orbital Ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and Planets", in Seidelmann, Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac (1 ed.), Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, ISBN 0-935702-68-7.
- Standish and Williams, CHAPTER 8: Orbital Ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and Planets, an unpublished, updated version of the above source.


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New Bedford Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Obtaining OxyContin by Fraud
Boston, MA...A South Dartmouth man was convicted today in federal court of obtaining OxyContin by fraud.
Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England; Colonel Thomas J. Foley, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police and United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, announced today that Dr. David MITZAN, age 37, of 41 Mosher Street in South Dartmouth, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to two counts of fraudulentlly obtaning oxycodone.
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Diorama Example #1 | Diorama Example #2 | Diorama Example #3 |
Flat Surface Model | Shoe Box Model | Tri-foldModel |
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paper mache | construction paper | construction paper |
craft supplies | craft supplies | craft supplies |
models of animals | models of animals | models of animals |
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Teacher Note: Teachers should share with the students an example of the model the students will be using. Verbal and written directions are greatly enhanced when an example model is available for students to analyze. Students create higher quality work when they have observed the set criteria. This is required for very young students.
The surface you just created (folding one square over the other) is the base. This can be colored with crayons or pens before stapling or students can glue construction paper onto it.
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Hurricane Rita Sparks Exodus From Flood-Prone Areas
HOUSTON — Hurricane Rita roared toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts early Friday, a major Category 4 storm that spurred a traffic-snarled exodus toward higher ground and fears it could cripple the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry.
Forecasters said it appeared Houston and Galveston could avoid a direct hit as Rita veered slightly to the east, threatening its 140-mph winds at the Beaumont and Port Arthur area about 75 miles east of Houston.
The unprecedented flight from the flood-prone Houston area left clogged highways at a near standstill, frustrating hundreds of thousands of people whose cars and tempers were overheating.
"It can't get much worse, 100 yards an hour," steamed Willie Bayer, 70, who was heading out of Houston and trying to get to Sulphur Springs in far northeast Texas. "It's frustrating bumper-to-bumper."
The first rain bands were expected before nightfall Friday with the full fury of Rita expected into Saturday. Forecasters warned of the possibility of a storm surge of 15 to 20 feet, battering waves and rain of up to 15 inches along the Texas and western Louisiana coast.
Two communities that may bear the brunt of the storm are Beaumont, which is a petrochemical, shipbuilding and port city of about 114,000; and Port Arthur, a city of about 58,000 that's home to industries including oil, shrimping and crawfishing.
Texas officials scrambled to reroute several inbound highways to accommodate outbound traffic, but many people were waiting so long they ran out of gas and were forced to park.
"We know you're out there," Houston Mayor Bill White said of the congestion that extended well into Louisiana. "We understand there's been fuel shortages."
Texas Army National Guard trucks were escorted by police to directly provide motorists with gasoline. The state was also working to get more than 200,000 gallons of gas to fuel-starved stations in the Houston area.
By late Thursday night, the traffic was at least moving slowly, but was still backed up for about 100 miles in what White called "one of the largest mass evacuations in American history."
Nearly 2 million people along the Texas and Louisiana coasts were urged to get out of the way of Rita, a storm that weakened Thursday from a top-of-the-scale Category 5 hurricane.
"Hopefully, we will get lucky and it goes into a part of Texas or Louisiana where there is not a lot of people or any buildings," Houston businessman Tillman Fertitta said.
At 5 a.m. EDT, Rita was centered about 290 miles southeast of Galveston and was moving to the west-northwest at near 9 mph. Its winds were near 140 mph, down from 175 mph earlier in the day.
Hurricane warnings were in effect from Port O'Connor, Texas, to Morgan City, La., and the National Hurricane Center forecast the storm would make landfall as a "dangerous hurricane of at least Category 3 intensity."
Tropical storm warnings also were in effect east and north to include New Orleans, still crippled by Hurricane Katrina. Rita's steady rains Thursday were the first since Katrina and the forecast was for 3 to 5 inches in the coming days – dangerously close to the amount engineers said could send floodwaters pouring back into recently dry neighborhoods.
"Hurricane Rita is a very dangerous storm," said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. "We're not letting our guards down."
The Army Corps of Engineers added sandbags to shore up New Orleans' levees and installed 60-foot sections of metal across some of the city's canals to protect against storm surges.
About 5,000 soldiers and National Guard members remain in the city, along with about 1,400 police officers, Nagin said. "We should be in pretty good shape from a law enforcement standpoint as we move forward."
Oliver Lucius left New Orleans with his family after Katrina and was beginning to build a life in Corpus Christi. He and his wife had found jobs and their children were enrolled in local schools. Then came Rita.
"It was just settling in that I was there for the hurricane, and then I came here," said Ariel Lucius, 13, Oliver's daughter. "Now it seems like a dream."
The Texas and Louisiana coast is home to the nation's biggest concentration of oil refineries. Environmentalists warned of the possibility of a toxic spill from the 87 chemical plants and petroleum installations that represent more than one-fourth of U.S. refining capacity.
Petrochemical plants began shutting and hundreds of workers were evacuated from offshore oil rigs. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said state officials had been in contact with plants that are "taking appropriate procedures to safeguard their facilities."
The usually bustling tourist island of Galveston – rebuilt after as many as 12,000 people died in a 1900 hurricane – was all but abandoned, with at least 90 percent of its 58,000 residents cleared out.
The last major hurricane to strike the Houston area was Category-3 Alicia in 1983. It flooded downtown Houston, spawned 22 tornadoes and left 21 people dead.
At Houston's Johnson Space Center, NASA evacuated its staff, powered down the computers at Mission Control and turned the international space station over to the Russian space agency.
Parts of Houston simply emptied out. Plastic grocery bags shrouding abandoned gasoline pumps rustled in the breeze. Freeways usually jammed around the clock were clear for miles. Acres of normally packed parking lots surrounding malls, schools and factories were bare.
Katrina's death toll in Louisiana rose to 832 on Thursday, pushing the body count to at least 1,069 across the Gulf Coast. But workers under contract to the state to collect the bodies were taken off the streets of New Orleans because of the approaching storm.
In southwestern Louisiana, up to 500,000 residents along the state's southwest coast were urged to evacuate and state officials planned to send in buses to take refugees.
The U.S. mainland has not been hit by two Category 4 storms in the same year since 1915. Katrina came ashore Aug. 29 as a Category 4.
"Katrina. It's scared everyone," said Dianna Soileau, 29, who was fleeing the refinery town of Texas City with her husband and two children. "We don't want to be the same thing."
Associated Press writers Pam Easton in Galveston and Liz Austin in Austin contributed to this report.
On the Net:
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