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Pathways to Employment (PDF) This report was produced as part of the LDAN Pathways to Employment project, funded by Trust for London. The report pulls together several strands of work, including surveys with employers and jobseekers, and in-depth interviews with people in or having recently left treatment for drug and / or alcohol use. The report highlights examples of current good practice as well as identifying key barriers to employment and suggests ways to overcome them.
Making connections to build recovery: London Drug and Alcohol Network Homelessness Project Report (PDF) LDAN has produced a report on homelessness providing an overview and update of key issues for policy and practice, and summarising some of the topics explored at the LDAN forums, as well as highlighting innovations in meeting the needs of rough sleepers and homeless individuals with histories of dependency and complex needs.
Making the connection: Developing integrated approaches to domestic violence and substance misuse (PDF) This is the final report of DrugScope/LDAN's Domestic Violence project, funded by London Councils, which focused on the development of a cross-sectoral network bringing together domestic violence and drug and alcohol services. The report presents the key learning from the projet, and should act as a useful and ongoing resource for practitioners, as well as local commissioners.
The Alcohol Strategy and beyond (PDF) is a DrugScope briefing for the drug and alcohol sector on developments in alcohol policy. What is the focus of the strategy? Does the evidence support it? How does the alcohol strategy fit in the wider context of drug and alcohol policy? This briefing looks at all the main issues, while providing links and resources and a glossary of terms.
Building for Recovery (PDF) The 2010 Drug strategy set out a vision for 'recovery-oriented' drug and alcohol treatment. What does this involve? What are the opportunities for and barriers to implemention in a period of radical policy change and financial austerity? This DrugScope report for the Drug Sector Partnership contributes to the important debate about the nature of recovery, sets out the challenges and makes recommendations.
The Troubled Families Agenda (PDF) The Prime Minister launched a major new initiative for 'troubled families' in December, with a commitment to Government investment on a 'payment by results' basis. This Adfam, DrugScope and UKDPC briefing provides an overview of this initiative with a focus on its relevance for drug and alcohol services and links to further information and resources.
Police and Crime Commissioners (PDF) Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will be elected in November 2012. They should have an interest in local drug and alcohol services given their responsibility for crime reduction, and will control relevant budgets. This briefing for 'Safer Future Communities' provides an overview of the PCC role for our sector, and resources to help you prepare.
Dual diagnosis: a challenge for the reformed NHS and for Public Health England (PDF) This discussion paper from DrugScope, the Centre for Mental Health and UKDCP considers the high proportion of people in both mental health and substance misuse services with 'dual diagnosis'. It considers the potential impact of reform of the NHS and public health for this group highlighting some key challenges and identifying opportunities and ways forward.
Fulfilling lives: A guide to the new policy environment for multiple needs (PDF)
This briefing has been prepared by DrugScope on behalf of the Making Every Adult Matter Coalition. It provides an overview of policy themes and initiatives relevant to the multiple needs agenda, including substance misuse, criminal justice, homelessness, mental health and broader issues of public service reform.
DrugScope submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into Benefit Sanctions (PDF) December 2014
DrugScope response to Local Welfare Provision in 2015/16: A consultation document (PDF) November 2014
DrugScope response to the Health Premium Incentive Scheme 2014/15 – technical consultation (PDF)
Social Security Advisory Committee public consultation: The Universal Credit (Waiting Days) Amendment Regulations 2014 (PDF)
Social Security Advisory Committee public consultation: The Social Security (Waiting Days) Amendment Regulations 2014 (PDF) 2014
Consultation on the Child Poverty Strategy 2014-17 (PDF) May 2014
Independent review of Jobseeker's Allowance Sanctions - Joint submission from DrugScope & Homeless Link – January 2014 (PDF) Appendices (PDF)
DrugScope response to 'Providing social housing for local people' consultation – (PDF) November 2013
DrugScope response to the Department for Work and Pensions Commissioning Strategy Consultation - September 2013 (PDF)
The Work Capability Assessment – A Call for Evidence: Year 4 Independent Review, August 2013. A response from Release DrugScope and Adfam (PDF) August 2013
DrugScope response to "Sustaining services, ensuring fairness", a Department of Health consultation on migrant access and financial contribution to NHS provision in England (PDF) August 2013
LDAN/DrugScope response to MOPAC's consultation for the second Mayoral strategy on violence against women and girls (2013-17) (PDF) August 2013
Work & Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into the role of Jobcentre Plus Joint submission from DrugScope & Homeless Link (PDF) May 2013 Brief for enquiry - Role of Jobcentre Plus in the reformed welfare system
DrugScope response to Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006: Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Regulations (PDF) April 20-13
DrugScope response to Department of Health consultation (PDF) January 2013
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@Tom - thanks teach - always willing to learn.
You're most welcome, Suzanne. Or as Latino friends say, de nada.
I find astounding your spirited interest in the issue. Do you have related responsibilities in your country?
I find it astounding that this is still being debated. What is the spirit of the law?
So many interpretations of the one sentence - the fact that it has to be debated in the Supreme Court, Mmmmm.....Militia - what is a militia - what is a militia in todays terms?
"Handguns are "Arms" and concluded that thus they may not be banned by the District of Columbia; however, they said that Second Amendment rights are subject to reasonable restrictions.
"The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" relates to the Militia of the States only. That the Second Amendment does not apply to the District, then, is, to me, an unavoidable conclusion.
The court rephrased the question to be decided as follows:
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: Whether the following provisions, D.C. Code §§ 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22–4504(a), and 7-2507.02, violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?
Then there is this -
The Stevens dissent seems to rest on four main points of disagreement: that the Founders would have made the individual right aspect of the Second Amendment express if that was what was intended; that the "militia" preamble and exact phrase "to keep and bear arms" demands the conclusion that the Second Amendment touches on state militia service only;
The Breyer dissent also objected to the "common use" distinction used by the majority to distinguish handguns from machineguns: "But what sense does this approach make? According to the majority's reasoning, if Congress and the States lift restrictions on the possession and use of machineguns, and people buy machineguns to protect their homes, the Court will have to reverse course and find that the Second Amendment does, in fact, protect the individual self-defense-related right to possess a machine-gun...There is no basis for believing that the Framers intended such circular reasoning.
Court cases like this are always interesting, especially when the NRA are inolved -
Attorney Alan Gura, in a 2003 filing, used the term "sham litigation" to describe the NRA's attempts to have Parker (aka Heller) consolidated with its own case challenging the D.C. law. Gura also stated that "the NRA was adamant about not wanting the Supreme Court to hear the case.
The gun debate in America, generally goes around and around in circles - it is politically impossible to have any control of guns.
The NRA is involved, and will just keep on challenging any court decision. Does the NRA get contributions from the manufacturer's of guns? This is very big business, with so many people making a fortune out of gun sales, the fear they have instilled, the circular arguments in court, cannot be undone.
In the meantime people are scared, parents are scared, just in case a loony tune decides to shoot up some place. The schools, I get, kid bullied, so mows down teachers and students alike. I didn't understand the Movie Theatre shooting.
Americans also have to see it from an outsiders point of view. I am an Atheist, and I wanted to give my opinion. In Australia, the gun lobby is always pushing to change the laws, and also, keeps on going to court, but they lose.
My point is - American history is totally different to other countries of that era. Australia hasn't had a civil war, American against American - guns are prolific, and nobody is going to get rid of their guns - it is a mind frame that I personally don't want to see here.
@Tom - We, in lil' old Australia, get all the news, from politics, to gun control court cases, to gun shows. We have a shooters party here, who blackmailed the local government into giving them the rights to shoot feral animals in National Parks. The hikers, campers etc had no say. Blackmail works, and they also have a lot of money behind them. The blokes doing the shooting have no formal training, if they did, I wouldn't have a problem.
I know how easy it is for the average person in the street to lose control politically.
I also have an American Uncle, who moved his wife and three daughters to Canada, because of the amount of guns and random shootings that were going on, and he is a Republican. I also found the argument for guns is exactly the same as for theists. Ignore the statistics, be a tad sorry for the kids killed, maybe, but there you go, we must have our guns just in case of!!!!! Nothing will change, it is all too entrenched, just like theism.
But is has been fun - the insane thing, is that, America has such a huge influence on Australian children, they know more about America than they do their own country.
Australia is linked to America and England, if we like it or not.
I might get a gun, and shoot the next teenager I hear who says 'Like'. Aagghhh!
I also found the argument for guns is exactly the same as for theists. Ignore the statistics, be a tad sorry for the kids killed, maybe, but there you go, we must have our guns just in case of!!!!!
Ignore statistics? Please, Suzanne. These are Republicans. This is the NRA. When science makes your position look truly horrendous, simple ignorance won't do. It's time to break out the muzzles.
Before 1996 the US Centers for Disease Control kept statistics on public safety regarding everything from car crashes to chainsaws to firearms. But ever since 1996, thanks to the Republicans and NRA lobbyists, federal funding for scientific research on firearm safety and violence has virtually disappeared.
Study the impact of firearms on public safety at a population level in the United States? None of that. Stay Stupid, Stay Armed.
@Tom - You may be lucky and be in the four and not the one :)
@Unseen - Well, a disproportionat percentage of crimes are committed by blacks or hispanics, why not go ahead and draw similar sort of "safe" conclusion using the same sort of logic, namely that American blacks and Hispanics are among the most violent people on Earth?
Are not black Americans - Americans. Just for this discussion, I consider anybody who lives in America as American - I don't quantify of who is who, or who comes from where - all the same to me. You are the one who bought up colour or whatever, not me. I have no idea who or what colour commits what crime. Makes no difference to me. A dead person is a dead person, no matter what colour, wouldn't you say.
My point, which you seem at pains to miss, is that I can't base a sweeping generalization based on the behavior or attitudes of a minority. The same sort of flawed logic that allows one to draw the conclusion that "Americans are violent" can be used to conclude that "American racial minorities are violent."
It's a kind of logic which is flawed and to be avoided. I offered my argument as a reductio ad absurdum.
The Constitution is Prime Law and a living document (ie. it is changeable).
The 2nd Amendment is also Prime Law, it clearly establishes the "Right" of the "People" to own and carry weapons. The 2nd Amendment does not require a standing militia only that the power to form a militia for the defense of their "State" resides with the "People" and their privately held arms.
Those of you don't like the consequences of a Free People having a Right to own and possess guns, then follow the correct path and change the Constitution by enacting a new Amendment and having it properly ratified.
Otherwise your choice is to grin and bear it or move to Australia and hang out with Suzanne and her two dogs.
True, but in regards to a free people, property rights are paramount and as it is we don't even own the property in the US (except for parts of Texas) that the house we bought sits on. Hardly anyone has Allodial title on the land, either the "government" owns it outright or we rent it from them. Wish they would (as if they would) pass an amendment restoring allodial title rights to the common people. Hope you don't mind me changing the subject slightly.
Nah, I don't mind, change is good.
@Unseen - If I cheese somebody off with cancer say, or the flu, or diabetes, I know they are not going to kill me with said cancer, flu or diabetes.
@Gregg - Black markets will be a tad harder to find here, but it would be an interesting exercise. You would have to know where the crims hang out, then it shouldn't be too hard.
Just look for like minded people, who love their guns :)


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text: No more than two weeks ago, new Chimaira drummer Richard Evensand flew from his home in Sweden (hence the reason for some of the questions below) to Cleveland. He was treated to a night at the Outback Steakhouse, then shoved immediately into Chimaira's rehearsal space - to practice with his new band and get all good things down in time for their upcoming European headline tour, which starts next week. To those of you going to see Chimaira at the Zodiac in Oxford, United Kingdom on Monday (2.2), you will be witnessing history - Chimaira's first live show with Evensand. Make note. And make note of below, Evensand's first interview with Roadrunner Records (we thank Richard to his time, and patience with the questions below): Roadrunner Records: How long you been in Cleveland? Richard Evensand: Almost two weeks now. I've been living at the rehearsal space. But we're going on tour come Saturday, so no reason to get an apartment now. RR: How was the first practice? Evensand: It was cool...kind of hard, though. I wasn't able to practice the songs back home in Sweden - sold my drums...so when I got here, the first practice was the 1st time I played drums in 2 1/2 weeks. We played for 5-6 hours, I got really tired. RR: Do you drive a Volvo? Evensand: A VOLVO? No, I don't even have a drivers license. RR: What was the first song you guys played together? Evensand: Ahhhh...that would be "Cleansation." RR: What's your favorite song to play? Evensand: My favorite song to play is probably "Dead Inside"... and "Pure Hatred." I guess they're all fun...but the song I like to listen to the most is "Pictures In The Gold Room"...but it keeps changing. I don't know all the songs yet. "Severed" I like to play too...there is gonna be a drum solo in that song during our European tour. RR: Do Norwegians think that they are better than the Swedes? Evensand: Yeah, they usually do...but they're not (laughs). RR: "The Impossibility Of Reason," will that be in the live set? Evensand: Yes, we have that song down... RR: Tough to play? Evensand: Actually, all the songs were harder to play than I originally thought. But, all is coming tight right now. It's a lot of double bass drums, which I haven't been playing much in years...but it's really cool to be back doing it. RR: Did you have a reindeer as a pet growing up? Evensand: Have I? Kinda wish...what??? RR: What are you looking forward to on this tour? Evensand: I'm looking to have a good time on this tour and have a great time playing. Can't wait to get on stage with the band - I love their energy live. It's gonna be really cool. I just want to go on tour right NOW. RR: Do you find it hard to sleep during the summer months in Sweden? Evensand: ummmm...no. But in the summertime, it doesn't get dark until 11:00 at night, and daylight is at 5am...but in the wintertime, it's dark until 9am, then dark again at 3am. Dark in the winter, light in the summer. And cold...Actually, same weather here in Cleveland. RR: Why is the porno supposed to be so good in Sweden? Evensand: because the women are really beautiful. but of course you have cheap pornos and better ones...the production isn't as good in the US...but the chicks are blond, tall, and have nice legs...they're good. RR: Do you think yur porno is better than our porno? Evensand: NOPE. No, I don't think so. RR: is it true that Cleveland is sometimes referred to as the Stockholm of Ohio?...scratch that question...How many practices left till hitting the road for the first time as the new drummer of Chimaira? Evensand: 4. Tonight we're probably gonna work on "Lumps," "Let Go," "Dead Inside," and then work on the live set. RR: How many songs will be played live each night on this upcoming run? Evensand: It's 14...can be changed, but not yet sure. RR: What made you want to join Chimaira? Evensand: good people, good music, and a hell of a live show. Richard, Godspeed.


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On January 15, Lisa Vanderpump's one-time house guest Cedric Martinez was admitted to UCLA hospital for sudden chest pains.
In Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2, Episode 19 — which aired January 16 — Martinez awkwardly showed up to the Vandepump-Todd's SUR Lounge grand opening without an invite — though he claims RHoBH producers asked him to attend. A source close to the situation tells Radar Online Martinez's affliction was caused by stress from the episode: "I wouldn't be surprised if Ken, Lisa and the RHOBH producers are making Cedric sick."
But fret not, Cedric fans. Although comprehensive testing did prove that the dreamy Frenchman's heart problems were stress related, he was only asked to stay one night and was released healthy as ever on Monday.
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PHOENIX -- Chandler city officials want to turn the city into a major hub in the East Valley by building a retail and entertainment district.
City developers plan to build the center on an empty 4.6-acre lot near Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue.
"We're looking for a developer to come in and put some retail, restaurant and entertainment uses, as well as a hotel on the site," said Kim Moyers, the city's downtown redevelopment manager.
The vacant lot is owned by the city. Moyers said that means less red tape for contractors.
"We'll be able to handhold them along the way and give them expedited review processes so that we can get the dirt moving as fast as possible," she said.
Moyers said she hopes the new entertainment district will draw in more visitors to the city.
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Exhibition August 13 - October 3, 2012
Chantelle Blue Arm, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, was raised in both Eagle Butte and Rapid City, South Dakota. Inspired by the creativity and originality of her parents' artistic endeavors, Chantelle sought to learn star quilting as a seventh grader from her home economics teacher in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. The following year, as a student at the Pierre Indian Learning Center, Pierre, South Dakota, Chantelle took an elective sewing class. With encouragement from her mother, she entered and won her first art contest with the quilt she created in this class.
Determined to receive her bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University, Chantelle focused her attention on her rigorous academic schedule but continued to cultivate her sewing skills in her free time. After college, she began experimenting more with variations in her quilting, such as color, size of diamonds, batting loft, fabric patterns, and star designs in addition to incorporating suggestions from her customers. With artistic and marketing advice from both of her parents, Chantelle has been able to create vibrant pieces of work that are in high demand. In 2011 she entered the Lakota Artist Market, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, and received first place in the star quilt category. She also entered the juried Northern Plains Indian Art Market, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the first time and received first and third place in her category. She always feels a great sense of accomplishment once she has finished a quilt, and quilting has always been her creative outlet.
Now at the age of 26, Chantelle works as a Youth Mentor with the Ateyapi Program in Rapid City, South Dakota. Working predominantly with Native American children, she promotes healthy living and the importance of a drug and alcohol free lifestyle. This summer, she is currently making progress toward earning a bachelor of science degree in nursing and plans to eventually become a physician assistant.
For prices of quilts contact The Journey Museum Store at (605) 394-2201. After the exhibit closes contact Chantelle Blue Arm by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Sioux Indian Museum, managed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior, is located in The Journey Museum, 222 New York Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701. For admission fees and hours of operation call (605) 394-6923.
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I'm evaluating Cassandra and quickly discovered that if I want my application to use LOCAL_QUORUM, then I should use a NetworkTopologyStrategy.
I'm considering the situation where initially we operate the cluster in a single datacentre, but later add a second datacentre and a third later, and wish to grow the cluster without bringing down the service.
When you define a keyspace with strategy NetworkTopologyStrategy, I see that you give the replication at each datacentre, which initially will be DC1 (we're using a PropertyFileSnitch defining the nodes in each location)
CREATE KEYSPACE myKeyspace WITH
strategy_class = 'NetworkTopologyStrategy'
AND strategy_options:DC1=3;
However once created, can I alter a keyspace's strategy_options when we add the second datacentre so that it behaves as though I'd initially specified:
CREATE KEYSPACE myKeyspace WITH
strategy_class = 'NetworkTopologyStrategy'
AND strategy_options:DC1=3 AND DC2=3;
...or must I create a keyspace with strategy options covering multiple datacentres initially, even though there are no nodes in those new locations?
...or something else?
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Ben Sturgill Plays 12 Minutes With Broken Jaw
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STONY BROOK, N.Y.-- The University of New Hampshire men's basketball team was happy to have senior captain Ben Sturgill (Hamilton, Ohio) back in action despite the broken jaw he suffered at practice on Wednesday. However, it was not enough to help UNH to victory as the squad was defeated at Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon, 73-64.
The Wildcats (5-8, 1-3 America East) played well early in the contest and held a four-point advantage at the intermission (38-34). UNH led by as many as six points in the opening stanza and the teams played to six ties.
However, Stony Brook (6-7, 1-3 America East), led by Antwan Hardy's 15 points and 12 by Bobby Santiago, outstcored UNH by a 39-26 margin in the second half. The 'Cats led by as many as six points (47-41) with 16:34 to go in the game, but the Seawolves went on a 12-2 run that gave them a 53-49 lead with 11 minutes to play. Sturgill kept UNH in the game, connecting on five free throws to keep it close. The game was tied 56-56 with 7:46 remaining following a pair of made free throws by sophomore forward Blagoj Javen (Sydney Australia).
Stony Brook eventually utilized two huge three-pointers to put the game away, starting with one at 3:16 by Hendrick Feist that gave the home team a 66-60 lead. Santiago then opened up a nine-point advantage with a trey at 2:38 to make it 69-60 in favor of SBU, which added to the lead down the stretch from the free throw line.
Janev continues to be one of UNH's top all-around players as he and freshman forward Mike Christensen (Reston, Va.) each poured in 14 points. Janev was also tough on the boards, pulling down a career-high 10 rebounds on the afternoon, while also blocking three shots. Christensen tied his career-high and led UNH with five assists in the contest.
Sturgill, who got in early foul trouble, saw 12 minutes of action, despite the fact that his broken jaw that he suffered in Wednesday's practice was wired shut making breathing difficult. He scored seven points on the day and had one rebound.
UNH shot 37.3 percent from the floor (19-51) as compared to a mark of 41.5 by Stony Brook (22-53). The Seawolves were hot from behind the three-point arc, making 10-20 three-pointers for 50 percent shooting.
The Wildcats return home on Jan. 13 when they take on America East traditional rival Maine. Game time is 7 p.m. in Lundholm Gym.


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Obama In Iraq's Quicksand
To listen to Barack Obama attempt to explain his views on Iraq and the so-called surge is becoming, for those of us who have followed his responses over the last 18 months, something of a spectacle. With every effort, it seems, he is compounding his mistakes in judgment with intellectually dishonest answers, ones which melt away under even minimal scrutiny.
The latest example is Obama's appearance yesterday on Meet the Press. During the interview, host Tom Brokaw played portions of an interview with Obama on January 10, 2007 – the day President Bush's so-called surge strategy was announced – when Obama said this:
I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there; in fact, I think it'll do the reverse.
When asked by Brokaw about this quote and whether the surge has made it possible to withdraw American troops within 16 months, Obama answered:
I mean, I know that there's that little snippet that you ran, but there were also statements made during the course of this debate in which I said there's no doubt that additional U.S. troops could temporarily quell the violence.
The problem with this response is several-fold. First, Brokaw could have played many additional "snippets," all of which were of Obama opposing the surge and indicating that it would fail. For example, in responding to President Bush's January 23 State of the Union address, Obama said this:
I don't think the president's strategy is going to work. We went through two weeks of hearings on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; experts from across the spectrum–military and civilian, conservative and liberal–expressed great skepticism about it. My suggestion to the president has been that the only way we're going to change the dynamic in Iraq and start seeing political commendation is actually if we create a system of phased redeployment.
In July 2007, long after the surge was announced, Obama claimed, "My assessment is that the surge has not worked." And in November 2007, two months after General David Petraeus testified before Congress about the considerable progress we had made because of the surge, Obama argued it was making the situation in Iraq potentially worse:
Finally, in 2006-2007, we started to see that, even after an election, George Bush continued to want to pursue a course that didn't withdraw troops from Iraq but actually doubled them and initiated a surge and at that stage I said very clearly, not only have we not seen improvements, but we're actually worsening, potentially, a situation there.
So Obama's anti-surge "snippet" was in fact an accurate representation of what he said and believed at the time, and for a long while after that.
As for Obama's statement that "during the course of this debate" he has maintained that "there's no doubt that additional U.S. troops could temporarily quell the violence:" What Obama doesn't say is that he made that claim in a debate in 2008, a year after the surge was announced and well after it was clearly succeeding.
In fact, Obama made his "quelling the violence" statement in an attempt to deny his initial prediction that the surge would cause sectarian violence to worsen. What Obama did in yesterday's Meet the Press interview, then, is to provide a misleading answer to a previously dishonest answer, in an effort to cover up his spectacularly wrong prediction.
Later in his Meet the Press interview, Obama attempts to offer examples of developments that have decreased violence that are separate and apart from the surge. According to Obama:
for example, in Anbar Province, where we went to visit, the Sunni awakening took place before the surge started, and tribal leaders made a decision that, instead of fighting the Americans, we're going to work with the Americans against al-Qaeda.
It's true that the Anbar Awakening, which Obama recognized only long after the fact, did precede the surge. What Obama didn't say, what the sheiks of Anbar will tell you, is that the surge helped them enormously in their efforts. There was an organic uprising against al Qaeda in Anbar based on al Qaeda's savagery, and we were wise enough to assist those efforts. But Obama will not tell that story, because it would credit a policy he fiercely opposed.
Still later in the Meet the Press interview, Obama states
John McCain's essential focus has been on the tactical issue of sending more troops
This demonstrates Obama's confusion about the scope and nature of the surge. It was not a tactical adjustment; in fact, it was a profound, and much needed, change in strategy.
What Obama doesn't seem to grasp is that what made the surge successful is not merely, or even primarily, an increase in the number of troops; it was a fundamentally new counterinsurgency strategy, one that concentrated on securing the population and, over time, winning their confidence and support.
In the past, American combat troops would secure an area but quickly withdraw, turning it over to the Iraqi Security Forces, which at that time were unprepared to defend the gains we had made. People likened it at the time to a car tire, in the midst of a rain storm, hitting a pothole filled with water; it temporarily expels the water, but once the tire vacates the pothole, it immediately fills up again.
General Petraeus, along with others, dramatically altered our approach, and we have been benefiting from the fruits of those changes ever since.
It would be useful if the man who hopes to be our next commander-in-chief understood the difference between a tactical adjustment and a strategic shift. To argue that the entire course of the Iraq war changed because of an alteration on a "tactical issue" is ridiculous.
There is still more. When Brokaw, citing a recent USA Today editorial, asked Obama why he cannot bring himself to acknowledge the surge worked better than he and other skeptics thought it would and then asked, "What does that stubbornness say about the kind of president that he would be?", Obama replied
Well, listen. I, I actually think that there's no doubt that the violence has gone down more than any of us anticipated, including President Bush and John McCain. If you, if you would–if you had talked to them and, and said, "You know what? We're going to bring down violence to the levels that we have," I think–I, I, I suspect USA Today's own editorial board wouldn't have anticipated that. That's not a, that's not a hard thing to acknowledge, that the situations have improved more rapidly than we had anticipated. That doesn't change the broader strategic questions that we've got to deal with.
It's true that the surge worked sooner than anyone, including Bush and McCain, thought it would. The key difference with Obama, of course, is that both Bush and McCain believed the surge would succeed, whereas Obama believed it would not only fail, but make things worse.
As for Obama's statement that it's "not a hard thing to acknowledge" that violence has gone down more than anyone anticipated: Why, then, is it so hard for Obama to acknowledge that his opposition to the surge was wrong? Why does he insist, as recently as a week ago, that his opposition to the surge was right and wise? Obama's position was obviously, and at this stage we can say indisputably, mistaken. Yet Obama cannot bring himself to admit what he must, on some level, know to be true.
There are at least three conclusions to draw from Obama's appearance on Meet the Press. The first is that when it comes to his stand on Iraq, Obama is like a man trapped in quicksand. The more he fights to justify his past stances, the quicker and deeper he sinks. Obama's explanations have moved from being misleading to unserious to embarrassing.
The second, and related, conclusion we can reach is that the more Obama talks about the surge, the more his claim that he has the "judgment to lead" is subverted. He has taken an understandable and forgivable mistake in judgment (opposition to the surge) and allowed it to call into question his political character and, by denying the positive effects of the surge for so long, his attachment to reality.
In addition, Obama's comments about the Iraq war being a "distraction," when combined with his votes against funding American troops on the battlefield and his 2007 proposal to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by early 2008, call into question whether Obama was ever serious about winning the war or was bothered in the least by losing it.
The third conclusion is that Obama has completely obliterated the core early promise of his candidacy: that he would turn the page on American politics and offer us something new and better; that he would speak honestly and candidly, in a way free of ideology and in a manner than demonstrated an open mind, and eschew "spin."
Obama has not only turned out to be a practitioner of the "old politics"; he has, as a young, first-term senator, come to embody it. He has fallen into seemingly every trap he said he would avoid. All the hype, all the promise, all the high-minded words have turned out to be a mirage. And for those of us who were once impressed with Obama, even as we strongly disagreed with his political ideology, it has been both a fascinating and unsettling thing to witness. Watching a man become what he preaches against often is.


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thank you, Unyielding Truth. that's an excellent approach, which I will remember and employ! --Pat
nothing else to say except: great! and thanks. . . --Pat
Thanks for reading and responding, Realist. Agree with you! --Pat
Sounds like a good safeguard for the cats involved, Georgia. I'm wondering whether EASEL has an official position on such issues as de-clawing. Can people adopt cats if they plan to have that done? --Pat
Thanks for commenting, Donna. Re the kittens, that image and one or two others I've used so far, were taken by Dominika Nawrot, who is gifted at what she does w/ a camera. Her cat pix make me wish to be a "crazy cat lady." --Pat
the photographer (affiliated with McSnip veterinarian practice in Pennington) is simply terrific with animals, and you can say that again, Ann, about the EASEL people and weekend adoptions at the trailer (on top of everything else they do)! --Pat
don't worry about one comment a day, MM and everyone. as long as you have things to say, go right ahead. (but selfishly, I hope you'll also read other posts here) --Pat
that contract sounds good, MM -- indoor only and no declawing (another issue here, raised before and soon to be re-raised). I applaud both provisions of the contract . . . and wonder only if you're able to check later on whether it's being honored. --Pat
OK, MM. thanks for everything here. I think you've got it covered. time to take a break and move on, don't you agree? --Pat
Thanks for all, MiddleMonkey, and good night! --Pat
Whether that first and likely only shot for feral cats suffices (if they're not re-trapped and vetted later) is the big question, isn't it? It's the reason one health officer gave me for not supporting TNR -- although he had no better alternative.
From now on, please limit yourself to one comment a day, MM. thanks, Pat
welcome back, MM. where is Forgotten Cats based, please? You're one of many people who have said that about ACOs, which is a real shame -- that they so often earn such comments, not that you made it! --Pat
I appreciate your warm response to Billy's story, Ann. The good news is he's not experiencing discomfort/pain or trouble w/ his vision. It's as if the pigment spots are outward warnings of something that could go wrong internally. It may never happen, or it may take years. . . or (I hope not) we could learn the situation has changed by our next vet visit. We must all be watchful and ready to act quickly if conditions change. --Pat
OK, OK, feralfacts, and good night!
BTW, folks, this excerpt from a document produced by Project TNR of Animal Protection League of NJ:
Those of us committed to feral cats need to constantly remind ourselves that our efforts need to be spent serving the greater good. Alley Cat Allies has helped us to do this by clearly stating the goals of the TNR movement:
1) To change the way feral cats are treated in this country
2) To recognize their right to live and their niche in the environment
3) To improve the quality of their lives through spay/neuter
4) To humanely, nonlethally, and substantially reduce their numbers
and thanks to you, Ann, for the suggestion. Sandra Obi has promised to get back to me on resulting responses to Trenton Cats, and cross posting this blog entry would help her report on a great volume of fostering volunteers. --Pat
Good news for Trenton cats! An upcoming entry here will detail Trenton Cats' current situation with kittens -- and its need for fosters, adopters and help in general. --Pat
I'm w/ you all the way here, MM. It was Sandra Obi, w/ Animal Protection League of NJ, who introduced me to the idea -- the fact! -- that T&E costs much more than TRN, besides being inhumane in the extreme and ineffective. Some time ago, I got the #s for my town, which doesn't have the TNR go-ahead that other enlightened places in NJ do have. (that list is available from APLNJ's feral cat program -- www.APLNJ.org)
In my experience, feralfacts (whose name reflects wishful thinking) throws out scare info and junk info about feral cats in an effort to protect birds and other wildlife. I'm not proficient at going back through comments here, but I did check earlier feralfacts observations: all the same. --Pat
I've been happily following along with this exchange on TNR v. T&E, in the process guessing what each writer is like and what s/he might do aside from having strong feelings about feral cats.
"Feralfacts" seems to have affiliations w/ organizations that want to protect wildlife, including birds; thus his (why do I think that?) antipathy toward feral cats. One of his earlier comments referred readers to a website w/ info clearly stacked against ferals. This time, it's a different org. though probably one with similar leanings.
At no time does feralfacts acknowledge that feral cats exist because of humans and the least humans can do is address the problem -- no, not any problem w/ the scare suggestion about ferals and human health, but the problem of ferals unable to stop their own reproduction without human intervention.
Thanks, everyone, for talking about this issue. --Pat
I'm so grateful for this info, Donna, and MM must feel the same. Thanks so much! --Pat
I agree w/ you, MM -- that TNR is often billed as the non-lethal (and best) way to deal w/ ferals, and avoid their being killed one way or another. And I've been told that so many people involved in TNR activities do it 'out of pocket,' or with some help from grants, at most. Right there: taxpayer savings!
Since I don't have facts/numbers on comparative euthanasia totals, before and with Sandra's efforts for ferals, maybe someone reading this exchange will, or will know how to get them. If all the variables I mentioned earlier could be excluded somehow, the #s should be a great argument for TNR on a grand scale. --Pat


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CARTHAGE, MO.--- A Carthage couple will be competing against other countries for the best tasting BBQ. Chad and Nicole Backerman have been invited to compete in the Jack Daniel's World Championship Barbecue. It will be held in Tennessee on October 26th. The Backerman's are on the road most weekends taking part in BBQ competitions, and they've taken home dozens of trophies in the past six years. They say there is a trick to making a good BBQ sauce.
"You gotta blend your flavors. You can't have any one flavor stand out too much, like too much sweet, too much heat, too much salt. Gotta be a nice blend," said Chad Backerman, Caveman Cuisine.
This will be the Backerman's second trip to the Jack Daniel's competition. They placed ninth and they hope to get the top spot this year.
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1. Super Mario Land
I would love to see this one updated in full color with better graphics. It's just as much a classic as the original SMB. Played and beat this one a lot.
2. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
This one was cool because while being just a b&w Gameboy title with 8-bit graphics, it did a decent job mimicking the graphical look of Super Mario World somewhat. They even had Mario's spin attack in it! Plus, it is the game that gave us my favorite Mario character, Wario!
3. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
This one kind of shocked me that the 3rd game in the series was turned over to the villain from the 2nd one, and funny enough every other game after that in the series was a Wario game! LOL! I've played all of the Wario games, and the 1st and original one is still the best to me.
4. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Had both the original and color versions of this one. It's my all time favorite Zelda game. Yeah, that's right you heard me, Link's Awakening is my favorite.
5. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Had both the original and color versions of this one. It's my all time favorite Zelda game. Yeah, that's right you heard me, Link's Awakening is my favorite.
6. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Out of the two Oracle games, I liked this one better than Ages.
7. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Out of the two Oracle games, I liked Seasons better than this one.
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
A fun classic game from the early days of the Gameboy. A simple side-scrolling beat 'em up with the Turtles.
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
This one improved upon the graphics and game play tremendously over Fall of the Foot Clan, as well as what could be accomplished on the GB back in those days, but it was still a very enjoyable game that I played over and over again and beat every time.
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
Didn't really like this one as much as the other two original GB TMNT games, but I brought it just to be a completest.
11. Tetris
The original GB of course came with this addicting classic.
12. Dr. Mario
Had both the NES and GB versions of this game for virus busting fun at home and on the go!
13. Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Until recently the only sequel ever to Kid Icarus. That is until the new 3DS game comes out.
14. Castlevania Legends
Shame this one isn't "In cannon" anymore, I really like the character of Sonia Belmont, and I didn't think this was that bad of a game either.
15. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
The graphics are really small on this one, but I like all of the different card combos for creating different weapons and magic attacks. Plus, the replay value with all the different passwords for different abilities to start with was cool.
16. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
I like the twist on the two castles in this one that was borrowed form Symphony of the Night, but instead of having an upside down castle, they had a mirror image castle, so the second one was flipped backwards from the 1st one! Not as many magic/weapon combos as a lot of the other Castlevania games, but still a great part of the series imo.
17. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
I really like this one a lot. The more modern setting, the fact that the main character could be Dracula, and the ability to use the monsters powers make this one a really fun and awesome game.
18. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
I like the idea of having two characters and the combo attacks in this game. The various portrait levels are really cool too and very well done. This is one of my favorite Castlevania games, and another game that I've played through multiple times.
19. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
The graphics in this one are outstanding for a hand held Castlevania game, probably the best in the series so far. The game play is similar to the Aria sequels in that you can use various monster abilities, but damn this game is tough! The only Castlevania game where I was dying every five minutes! LOL!
20. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Had the GBA port of this one. Never owned an SNES so I missed out on it the first time around.
21. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
This one was pretty interesting with the shrinking gimmick, but the kinstone fusion side quest was pretty annoying.
22. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
I like this game a lot, much better than it's sequel "Spirit Tracks". Not sure why that is. Maybe it's the whole boat vs. train thing, and I'd rather be sailing on the SS Linebeck than chugging around the map on Link's loco. LOL!
23. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Other than Zelda II, the Adventure of Link, this is probably the only Zelda game that I don't really like. The thing is that I liked it at first, but now after getting half way through it, I'm having a tough time getting back into it. It could be the limited time that I actually do have to play games, but even when I do, I just don't feel like picking this game up again.
24. Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis
Since I loved the Ogre Battle 64 game so much, I naturally had to have this next one in the series for the GBA. It's a wonderful tactical game if you're into that sort of thing.
25. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
One of my college roommates had the original Final Fantasy Tactics for the Playstation, and I had tons of fun with that game, so when this sequel of sorts came out for the GBA, I gave it a shot and I loved it just as much.
26. Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
FFTA was such a great game, so along came this direct sequel to it and I snapped it up of course. It's a major improvement over the first one and I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it as well.
27. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Another game that I probably never would have brought if my wife didn't influence me buying it. Basically she wanted something that she could play on the DS, because even though it's basically my toy, being married I have to share my playthings! LOL! All-in-all though, it's not a bad game, just not something I play a lot of, and really neither does she ... go figure.
28. Scribblenauts
This one is loads of fun and I can't wait to get the sequel. I love all the imaginative levels and the countless wordplay.
29. Pokémon Red/Blue
I had Pokemon Blue. Got it from my younger brother just to see what all the fuss was about with this series when it was new at the time, and I got hooked. So, I'm one of the rare older generation of people that likes these games that are often seen as being for kids.
30. Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition
Borrowed this one from my brother who always gets the "3rd game" of every generation. Just kept it until I beat it and got all of the Pokemon from it that I needed and transferred them to the Blue version, then I gave it back to him.
31. Pokémon Gold/Silver
For the second generation of Pokemon games I went with the gold version while my brother went with the Silver one. That way we were able to trade with each other.
32. Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
Following the tradition of my brother having one version and I having the other, this time I went with Ruby while he went with Sapphire.
33. Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen
For the remakes of Red & Blue (or rather the original Japanese Red & Green) I went with Fire Red and my brother went with Leaf Green, since we wanted to do the opposite of what we had primarily played the first time around with the original versions. (See my note above about Pokemon Red/Blue)
34. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Never owned the original version since the SNES is the only Nintendo system I've never owned, but I did own this GBA port.
35. Wario Blast
I had to have this game since it was just like the original Bomberman, but with Wario added to the mix. It was a fun little distraction.
36. Bomberman Tournament
A Bomberman game that was kind of a cross between Legend of Zelda and Pokemon. It was very interesting and quite fun.
37. Fortress
This game didn't do too well, but I like it a lot. It's like Tetris in reverse. Instead of making lines to reduce your tower, you have to add lines to make a tower, and the first person to reach a set number of points wins. I mostly played against the cpu, but won every time, it's just that easy, but still a little bit challenging.
38. Golden Sun
One of the best RPG's ever!
39. Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Great sequel to a great rpg!
40. Phantasy Star Collection
Had this one for a short while. Got it mostly for nostalgia reasons, but after playing for a while, didn't really like it as much as I thought I did/would so eventually it was traded in for other games. LOL!
41. Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Force is one of my all time most favorite RPG/Strategy games. When this remake/update of the original came out it was an instant purchase. I've replayed and beaten this game multiple times.
42. Kirby's Dream Land
Maybe it was the original ad campaign for this game that made me want to pick this one up and play it, I don't know, but I'm glad that I did, because I've been a Kirby fan ever since.
43. Kirby's Dream Land 2
This one was fun and had an interesting twist with the animals, but I like the first one and Kirby's adventure for the NES better, and I was expecting something like the power combos from KA and later games in this one too, so it was a bit disappointing that you could only combo with the animals.
44. Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
Can't believe that I almost forgot this one in the Pokemon series. As per my notes on all the rest of the games in this series. I have one version, and my brother has the other. In this case his is Diamond, and mine is Pearl.
45. Donkey Kong Land 2
Inherited this game from my wife. It's a faithful adaptation of the SNES Donkey Kong Country 2, and a fun game, but neither of us really play it that much.
46. Disney's The Little Mermaid
I've played both the NES version of this game shown here in the box art and the Gameboy port of it as well. Both are pretty much the same game, minus the graphical differences obviously. Got this one from my wife's collection since she loves Ariel.
47. Disney's The Little Mermaid II: Pinball Frenzy
Another Little Mermaid game from my wife's collection. Think I probably played it once or twice just to see what it was like since I like pinball games. Not sure how much she's played it since it pretty much collects dust these days.
48. Mickey's Dangerous Chase
I brought this game back when I was younger thinking that it was just like the Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers NES games. Boy was I wrong. Sure you could pick up boxes and throw them at enemies, just like in those games, but you couldn't hide in the boxes to be safe & sneak attack which made this somewhat simple game much harder than it should have been.
49. Puzzle Quest 2
Another early birthday gift. Played a demo online and liked it a lot. So far the DS version is a bit different as far as graphics and controls go obviously, but the demo that I played didn't have the maps either, so not sure if that's how the PC version is, but I only wanted this version and now I have it and I like it a lot. It's a nice quick time waster that I don't have to invest a lot into.
50. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Love this remake!
51. Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
When these games first came out, as I've noted above on this list, I had the gold version. Now with the reissues, I've gone ahead and gotten the opposite one and have enjoyed it just as much as the first time with the other version.
52. Pokémon Black/White
The latest entry into the series has fast become my favorite. I just can't put this game down! There is just so much to do in it and there's even more after the main game is finished, which is much bigger than any previous title.
53. Super Scribblenauts
A vast improvement over the original, and a great addition to the series!
54. Scribblenauts Unlimited
55. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
56. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
57. Pokémon X/Y
58. Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
59. Paper Mario: Sticker Star
60. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
61. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
62. The LEGO Movie Videogame


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Everton have launched a late bid to sign the striker before the transfer window closes tomorrow.
Everton have made a bid for the striker, but it fell as much as Ł3million short of Rangers' Ł8million valuation of the striker.
But the 27-year-old is desperate to push a deal through.
A Rangers insider told the Daily Record: "Nikica is very close to his agent and he has made it clear to him that Everton is the move he wants.
"Rangers could be left with a very unhappy player on their hands unless Craig Whyte is prepared to do a deal."


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It's a very complicated formula with fees increasing for each overstay period. You might have to pay some bribe money too.
I lived there for 6 1/2 years. If you have family there you might be able to get a long term visa. Contact the Philippine embassy....
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If you are Filipino or have Filipino parents, you may qualify to apply for Dual Citizenship at your City Hall. This will allow you to keep your US citizenship and enjoy the benefits of also having Filipino citizenship. The fee to apply for Dual Citizenship is $50 unless they have raised it. When you receive your Philippines passport, your overstays in the Philippines should no longer be much of an issue.
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Immigration violations are taken very seriously in the Philippines. Every year, dozens of foreigners pay fines and are put in Immigration detention for breaking the law. Visa regulations in the Philippines change often – be sure to check the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website at www.dfa.gov.ph frequently for updates. Visitors U.S. citizens do not need a visa to enter the Philippines for stays of less than 21 days. Visitors coming to the Philippines on the no-visa policy must enter for tourism purposes, have a passport valid for six-months beyond their estimated stay and present proof of onward travel.ention.ivileges.
Temporary Residents If the intended stay is over 21 days, a visa is required. Currently, 21-day visas can be extended to 59 days for 2,020 pesos. Visa extensions can be made at the Bureau of Immigration in Manila or at a regional office. If avisitor overstays their temporary visa, they may have to pay a fine of 1,000 pesos. Failure to pay the fine may result in detPermanent Residents There are many types of visas for permanent residents.
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I have heard visa extension can be made easy so why overstays and pays a fine?
I have never exceed the 21 days stays in Manila and not apply for extension yet for the holidays but I guess overstaying would cost lots of money and trouble on your next visit.
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DUVAL COUNTY - Heartbreaking is the best way to describe the emotional reaction to seeing an animal suffer from starvation or extreme thirst.
Even a photographic image of an emaciated animal reaches deeply into our soul, evoking a visceral response from even the most jaded witness. Add a personal connection to the hapless victim of such fate and the feelings intensify. I'm not necessarily talking about mistreated pets here.
Anyone who saw firsthand the wildlife victims of recent droughts knows what I'm talking about. And regardless of where you stand on the high fence issue, consider the shame and guilt a landowner must experience when wildlife he's nurtured suffers behind his gate.
I know firsthand of only one horror story involving this kind of neglect. I shuddered when I heard.
By far the majority of landowners I know serve as dedicated caretakers of the wildlife inside their fences, regardless of whether the barrier is impervious. Landowners went to great lengths during the previous drought and into the current one with backbreaking precautions and expensive efforts to save their wildlife. Again, I'm not just talking about high-fenced properties.
Some hastily drilled wells, which can run $10,000 depending on water table depth. Pumping in water to maintain shrinking ponds during searing heat with no help from the sky is a never-ending and wasteful proposition.
Electricity bills soared. Others ranchers installed cattle troughs along ranch roads and routinely paid to have tank trucks fill them. But this temporary solution was prohibitive in many ways.
At certain high-fence encampments I suspect the feed and water necessary to protect years of effort and investment may have caused landowners to question the wisdom of such operations. It certainly resulted in many folks abandoning the cattle business.
At some point with wildlife the choices became clear. Either accept the costly measures or open the gate.
This is not about the politics of game fences. We can debate that controversy another time.
This is about responsible behavior toward another public resource: water.
Across Texas the practice of capturing rain, diverting stream flow and sucking water from underground reservoirs or aquifers has been the norm. We do all these things to fill surface tanks on thousands of properties.
Nothing could be less efficient. Water held in a shallow surface tank is almost as wasteful as storing gasoline in open containers. The rate of evaporation is phenomenal, especially during drought or any Texas summer.
This is not a responsible way to treat a valuable public resource and a commodity crucial to life.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well drought may be the compeller of conservation.
There is a better way to provide water for wildlife and I'm happy to say it seems to be catching on.
I first heard about this from Hugo Berlanga, the popular retired Texas representative with a modest well-managed ranch in Duval County. Hugo loves his deer, but he's not fond of throwing money at them needlessly.
Over the past several years Berlanga, through the Texas Wildlife Association and the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest, has embraced wildlife diversity on his property. It's not just about the deer.
He wanted to design a stewardship plan to attract and keep as many species of wildlife as possible. And after teaming up with a photographer in the wildlife photo contest, Berlanga was pleasantly surprised at the species count and diversity he had agreed to nurture.
Berlanga, like a growing number of landowners, accepts this as pay back to the land.
So several years ago when his stock tanks went dry, Berlanga began seriously considering drilling more wells.
"I figured I'd need three or four more to augment three surface tanks," Berlanga said. "With evaporation that's a lot of pumping. Think of the cost. Think of the waste."
Instead Berlanga began searching for more reasonable alternatives. He settled on a solution with roots in the cattle industry. It's an innovative water trough system with a twist for wildlife. Again, it's catching on.
At Berlanga's 1,088-acre Mustang Ranch there is a single water well near the ranch house. An enclosed concrete cistern is kept full with the help of a nearby windmill. Beside the cistern is a pressure tank run by a small electric motor that pumps water through miles of PVC pipe to 18 concrete water troughs from American Steel spaced evenly throughout the property.
Eight-inch thick walls keep the 40 gallons of water in each trough cool, which dramatically reduces evaporation. And compared against an open stock tank, the surface area that is exposed to heat and wind is minimal with troughs.
Maintenance also is minimal because all piping, fixtures and fittings are concealed to keep animals and elements from destroying any part of the system.
The troughs are kept full by a simple toilet float and valve system, which also is completely out of reach of gnawing teeth and harsh elements.
The system at Mustang Ranch is not quite complete, but it is partially operational and many of the troughs are full. Meanwhile Berlanga's three stock tanks are either dry and overgrown with vegetation or reduced to a patch of mud surrounded by cracked earth.
Without these indestructible troughs, Berlanga's high-fenced ranch would resemble anything but the sanctuary he'd hoped for. Wildlife does not require a pond full of water. It simply needs a convenient water source up to two or three times a day.
"We've already seen an enhancement of the wildlife," Berlanga said. "Not just the deer, but the birds and everything on the ranch."
Macy Ledbetter, a former Texas Parks & Wildlife biologist now regarded as one of the state's top authorities on wildlife management, recommends this conservation system to his consulting clients. He calls it the most efficient and economical way to deliver water to wildlife in Texas.
He suggests deer ranchers with a limited budget put their money into this water system rather spending it on protein feed. Deer can always find an alternative natural food source in harsh conditions, Ledbetter said. But there is no Plan B for water."Most of us live in a desert," Ledbetter said. "It doesn't make sense to spend thousands of dollars digging a tank and keeping it full or hoping that it rains. Why not fix the problem permanently and take Mother Nature out of the equation."
Ledbetter recommends sinking the troughs into the ground. This helps further insulate the water from heat and extreme cold, while making it more accessible to a greater variety of wildlife and improving aesthetics.
"Everyone who uses them has had nothing negative to say about them other than the weight," Ledbetter said. "They are heavy."
But that's part of the trough's indestructible nature. That and simple mechanics, which can last for years depending on the mineral content or corrosive nature of your water. One way to offset this would be to capture soft rainwater to supply the troughs.
Ledbetter said that's what they do in mule deer country in West Texas, where ground water is becoming increasingly more difficult to reach. The same goes for anywhere hydraulic fracturing is being performed. It makes economic sense to capture and store rainwater rather than extend pipes farther into the ground, Ledbetter said.
And it makes conservation sense too, with more and more water users removing the resource from the ground and the surface. In some cases rainwater systems use gravity flow to fill troughs, thus reducing the need for electricity.
Whatever specific system is adopted they all beat the old method in cost, conservation and efficiency. Unfortunately you cannot catch catfish from a water trough. Many ranch owners such as Berlanga maintain a single recreational pond on the property.
As a bonus Berlanga suspects his widely distributed water sources reduce predation. Before, he said, the coyotes and bobcats knew if they staked out one of the tanks the odds were one in three they would be rewarded with a meal.
Now the odds are one in 18.
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Hamburg, NY – The Hilbert College women's basketball team closed out their home portion of the 2010-2011 season with a 92-46 loss to Mount Aloysius College February 12. 6'3" Shavonna Donald finished with game highs of 15 points and 11 rebounds proving to be too tall for the Hawks to handle in the paint. Hilbert's Julie Bossard (Arkport, NY/Canisteo-Greenwood) matched game highs in scoring (15) but missed out on another double/double falling short in rebounding with 9 boards. With the win, Mount Aloysius (8-8, 10-12) has a firm hold on fifth place in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference standings heading into the final week of play. The Hawks remain win-less in league play.
Prior to the start of the game, senior Amanda Dudek (Tonawanda, NY/Tonawanda) {in photo to right with mom, Michelle and coach Peterson} was honored in a brief ceremony thanking her for her efforts and never-say die attitude throughout her three year basketball career at Hilbert. Dudek finished the game with 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
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- The Holy Cross men's swimming and diving team will travel to Smithfield, R.I. on Saturday, Feb. 4, to take on Bryant in head-to-head competition. Last season, the Crusaders suffered a 170-94 defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs at the Hart Center on Feb. 5, 2011. Holy Cross has yet to defeat Bryant since their first meeting during the 2008-2009 season.
- At the 2011 meet, junior Brian Power (Southport, Conn.) led the way for the Crusaders placing first in the 100 yard and 200 yard breaststrokes. Sophomore Jan Yburan (Livingston, N.J.) also added a first place finish for Holy Cross in the 100 yard backstroke.
- The Crusaders fell to Providence in its final home meet of the season at the Hart Center on Saturday, Jan. 28, 191-100. Prior to the meet, head coach Barry Parenteau, diving coach Wilson Aybar and assistant coach Ian Hennessey honored the team's two seniors, Michael Burns (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Patrick McMahon (Middletown, N.Y.), along with 11 seniors on the women's team.
- Power took the top spot in the 100 and 200 yard breaststrokes with times of 1:02.55 and 2:17.25 and Burns finished just behind him in the 200 with a time of 2:20.02 to secure the top two spots for the Crusaders in the event. Also finishing first was the 400 yard freestyle relay team comprised of junior Brian Lyons (Greenwich, Conn.), sophomore Ben Chelmow (Newton, Mass.), sophomore Zachary Cietek (Guilderland, N.Y.) and junior John Vatalaro (Strongsville, Ohio) with a time of 3:29.35.