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Andrea and I celebrate 35 years of marriage on March 18, and I treasure every day I'm given as I enjoy the great life with which I've been blessed. When I was fresh out of high school diving headlong into farming with my dad, I had no idea what an incredible life awaited me down the road. Andrea and I met on a blind date at the Knox County Fair on August 2, 1977 and we both remember it vividly.
She worked at a local restaurant with my best friend's girlfriend, and they arranged for us all to meet under the grandstand around 8 p.m. It was the night of the FFA tug-of-war in which I was supposed to participate, but a torrential rain changed that plan. I was trying to make a dash from the beef barn to the grandstand and finally got there, and we headed out to Pizza Hut in Galesburg.
Andrea loves to tell how I bought a small pizza for the two of us to share; while my friend Bill told her that I often ate a large pizza on my own (not untrue), I like to think that my appetite was suppressed by lovesickness. Our next date was a few weeks later at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 16 (the night Elvis died), and that sealed the deal for me.
Our wedding day was an interesting contrast – after a light snow fell overnight, the sun came out and it was nearly 65 degrees by mid-afternoon. My impromptu bachelor party the night before (St. Patrick's Day) involved a few friends dragging me around drinking green beer (bad idea – if you're going to have a party as such, allow ample recovery time). Getting up to do chores the next morning was not easy, but the day turned out perfect as we had a very simple ceremony and reception.
We didn't venture far from home for a honeymoon as spring was just around the corner for this farm boy, but we've had lots of opportunities for great travel experiences since then (although I still have yet to make good on my promise while dating to take her to Hawaii on our honeymoon).
Every time I reflect on the many experiences in my life – the birth of our children and grandchildren, career changes, relocations, weddings, and countless other things – I'm thrilled that Andrea has been there with me as my wife and my best friend. Our compatibility and common interests continue to grow, and there's nobody I'd rather spend my time with than her. Thanks for making my life complete and for making the future even brighter!
March Madness
My absolute joy of absorbing as much high school and college basketball as possible this month was enhanced last week with a bonus viewing online. The son of an old friend and co-worker led his team to its third consecutive trip to the Iowa Class 1A state tournament in Des Moines, losing a heartbreaker in the title game after claiming third place last year (their undefeated season ended in the semi-finals) and first place in 2011.
Page 2 of 2 - Luke Lenhart is a 6' guard for Storm Lake St. Mary's, and he was a two-time first team all-stater averaging over 25 points per game. He left an indelible mark on the tourney as he scored 28, 31 and 26 points, shooting 53 percent overall from the field (61 percent from 3-point range) and 89 percent from the free throw stripe (31 out of 35) as he was named captain of the all-tournament team. The five St. Mary's seniors ended their careers with an amazing 102-5 record (plus a five-year run for several of them in the AAU circuit from 4th through 8th grade where they went 123-9 in four states), and Luke will now take his game to Upper Iowa University at Fayette. The high school basketball tourneys – boys and girls – are such an integral part of our great Midwestern fabric, and I enjoy the rich competition and the tremendous spirit and support. I also love being able to watch games on the Internet – technology is great.
Stroke Detection Plus returning
We're pleased to welcome Stroke Detection Plus back for another session of their timely screenings for arterial blockages that could lead to stroke or other problems. SDP will be here on Tuesday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and you can schedule an appointment by calling (877) 732-8258. As always, Farm Bureau members receive a significant discount on the full package of tests, so be sure to take advantage of this valuable benefit.
Ethanol update
I had a great visit last week with Ray Baker, general manager of the Adkins Energy LLC ethanol plant at Lena, as we discussed the state of the renewable fuels industry. Operating margins have been extremely tight in the past year in the wake of drought-shortened corn supplies and elevated prices (combined with lower ethanol prices due to a flood of imported ethanol from Brazil and an oversupply from domestic production). Brazil has since reduced its imports into the U.S. and has slowed production, and a reduced production pace in the states has also brought the economics back into a better balance. Brazil is moving from a 20 percent ethanol inclusion rate in its gasoline blends to a 25 percent blend, which will have a significant effect (I wish we could accomplish the same here with E-15). Ray noted that the Adkins plant is currently running at around 80-85 percent capacity and things are going well, and he's hopeful for a more normal growing season and a stabilization of corn supplies and prices. I encourage you to visit the Adkins website at www.adkinsenergy.com to learn more about their operations – they're a great asset to our local economy!
Bruce Johnson is the manager of the Stephenson County Farm Bureau.
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Bahraini protesters have staged a mass sit-in in Manama to mark the second anniversary of their revolution against the ruling Al Khalifa family. Protesters from across the tiny Persian Gulf island nation gathered near the capital's Freedom Square on Saturday to call for freedom and democracy. Bahraini activists have been staging demonstrations across the country over the past few days and plan to go on a general strike on February 14. The Bahraini revolution began on February 14, 2011, when the people, inspired by the popular revolutions that toppled the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt, started holding massive demonstrations. On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country, upon Manama's request, to help the Bahraini regime quash the uprising. The protesters initially said they wanted political reform and a constitutional monarchy. However, following the regime's brutal crackdown on the popular protests, the Bahraini people began demanding that the ruling Al Khalifa family step down. Scores of people have been killed and hundreds of others arrested in the crackdown, but the protesters are undaunted and have refused to back down on their demands. A report published by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry in November 2011 found that the Al Khalifa regime had used excessive force in the crackdown and accused Manama of torturing political activists, politicians, and protesters. Physicians for Human Rights says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or disappeared because they have "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces, and riot police" in the crackdown on anti-government protesters. MRS/HGL

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The Past, Present, and Future of the Memphis Belle
Eight years ago, the Air Force moved "our" WORLD-FAMOUS plane to Dayton, Ohio. Why did that happen, and what have they done with it SINCE?
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On a Sunday afternoon 26 years ago, seven B-17 bombers — the largest formation of Flying Fortresses since World War II — rumbled low over the Mississippi River. As they approached Mud Island, one plane's bomb-bay doors opened, dropping thousands of rose petals onto the crowds below. The flyover was a salute to the most famous B-17 of them all — arguably the most famous airplane of World War II — the Memphis Belle, which had moved into a new pavilion on Mud Island. The date was May 17, 1987, and the theme of this event was "The Memphis Belle: Home at Last." Well, not quite.
Although the white vinyl canopy stretched over a dome of steel beams offered the best environment for the aging warplane in almost half a century, it still didn't fully protect it from the elements. And over the next dozen years, various groups — the Memphis Belle Memorial Association, which had worked so hard to restore and maintain the plane; the Memphis Park Commission, which operated Mud Island; and officials with the U.S. Air Force — fought over what, and where, the best home for this historic warplane should be.
But first they had to decide who owned it.
B-17 #42-24485 rolled off the Boeing Aircraft Company assembly lines in Seattle on July 2, 1942 — one of some 12,750 Flying Fortresses built during the war. The plane bristled with machine guns, but the plane's punch came from its four-ton payload of 500- or 1,000-pound bombs.
Each B-17 carried a crew of 10, and this particular plane picked up hers in Bangor, Maine. The pilot was Lieutenant (later Colonel) Robert Morgan of Asheville, North Carolina. Everybody by now surely knows that he dubbed his new plane the Memphis Belle after his sweetheart, Margaret Polk (though some experts say he initially planned to call it after his pet name for her, Little One, and instead got the name for the plane from the 1942 movie A Lady for a Night).
The Memphis Belle flew to England on September 25, 1942, and joined the 91st Bomb Group at the Bassingbourn Royal Air Force Base. From there, she embarked on 30 missions over Europe, aborting five because of mechanical problems. The first, on November 7, 1942, was a daylight bombing raid on submarine pens in Brest, France. Others were directed against locomotive works, railroads, shipyards, and factories in France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland.
It was risky business. Daylight bombing allowed better accuracy for the bombardiers, but it made the Fortresses easier targets for fighter planes and ground gunners. One in three B-17s never made it home again after a mission.
The Belle herself was never mortally wounded but had close calls, struck by cannon shells and machine gun fire. On one mission, the plane was hit 62 times by bullets or shrapnel and the tail was almost blown away, but the plane and her crew flew on, raid after raid.
The Army Air Corps had decided that combat duty ended with 25 missions — at a time when many planes didn't make it past 10 — and Morgan and most of his crew finally reached that lucky number on May 17, 1943, with a bombing run on submarine pens in Lorient, France. Since the crew had sometimes used other planes while the Belle was being repaired, the plane had to fly one more mission, against shipyards in Kiel, Germany, before she reached number 25 on May 19, 1943.
So began the plane's "26th Mission." The Army decided that one 25-mission bomber would return to the U.S. "because of the beneficial impact it will have." The plane chosen for this morale-boosting tour was the Memphis Belle.
Military historians now believe the Belle was probably not the first plane to compete 25 missions, but it was certainly among the first — a small group that included B-17s named Hell's Angels, Connecticut Yankee, Delta Rebel III, and Jersey Bounce. The Belle was selected, some believe, because it had already been the "star" of a documentary by Hollywood director William Wyler. And there was another factor. American newspapers and magazines had picked up the wartime romance of Margaret Polk and Robert Morgan, giving the lucky plane its special appeal.
On June 16, 1943, the Memphis Belle landed in Washington, D.C., to begin a publicity tour that would take her to just about every city in the U.S., encouraging everyone who saw her to buy war bonds. "By the time the tour ended," wrote historian Menno Duerksen, "there was hardly a man, woman, or child in America who had not heard about the Memphis Belle and her crew of heroes."
Maybe so, but the plane wasn't treated very heroically after the war. Declared surplus, it was hauled to an airplane graveyard outside Altus, Oklahoma. In 1946, the city of Memphis purchased her for $350 and brought her to the old Memphis Municipal Airport, where she sat outside a hangar for years. In 1950, the bomber was hoisted atop a concrete pedestal outside the Tennessee National Guard Armory on Central. When the National Guard sold that property in 1977, the plane was trucked back to the airport, first parked outside the Tennessee National Guard hangars, and later moved alongside a WWII-themed restaurant called the 91st Bomb Group. During these later moves, just about the only people who cared for her were members of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association (MBMA), founded in 1967 by local businessman Frank Donofrio.
Around this time, the plane's deteriorating condition came to the attention of the U.S. Air Force, which claimed ownership of the plane and threatened to take it back. In a letter to the MBMA, the director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, wrote, "I'm beginning to get that gnawing feeling that the citizens of Memphis have no interest in the Belle and, in the long run, the best thing we could do [is] bring her to Wright-Patterson for care at the main museum."
Memphis wanted none of that. "Save the Belle" committees were formed, FedEx chipped in $100,000, as did the Boeing company, and other companies and citizens here donated "bucks for the Belle." Two years and half a million dollars later, Mayor Dick Hackett told the Air Force, "We have met your challenge," and the Belle moved to its new home on Mud Island.
The pavilion kept the rain off, but it didn't protect the aging warbird from the humidity of Memphis summers or the wet cold of our winters. Pigeons nested in the engines and got into the fuselage. Visitors to Mud Island vandalized the plane and stole parts off her. MBMA volunteers worked around the clock to keep the plane looking nice, washing pigeon poop off the wings every week, but the plane was slowly decaying. From the distance, it looked fine, but structural parts were beginning to fail. Experts from FedEx examined the Belle and determined that, if anybody ever started the massive engines, the vibration would tear the plane apart. The MBMA agreed that something had to be done to preserve her properly.
"We knew from the beginning that the move to Mud Island was a mistake," says Dr. Harry Friedman, a board member of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association and co-author of Memphis Belle: Dispelling the Myths, the most definitive history of the plane to date. "All along, we were working for a better site for her, and had even obtained land for a museum on Forest Hill-Irene Road."
Once again the issue of ownership came up. Although the receipt had survived showing the city's original 1946 purchase from the Oklahoma surplus yard, it seems that in the 1970s — for reasons never made entirely clear — then Mayor Wyeth Chandler had returned ownership of the plane back to the Air Force, though he hoped it could remain in Memphis. "The military always claimed there's simply no way the city ever owned it," says Friedman. "They will always say that we [the Air Force] own things into perpetuity."
Regardless, anyone wanting to save the plane faced three options: Modify the existing pavilion on Mud Island (not feasible, experts said), build a brand-new facility elsewhere (too expensive, other experts said), or give the plane back to the Air Force.


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|Early sensitivity training for parents of preterm infants: impact on the developing brain.
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|PMID: 19952869 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|After birth, preterm infants face a stressful environment, which may negatively impact early brain development and subsequent neurobehavioral outcomes. This randomized controlled trial involving 45 women with infants <30-wk gestation, assessed the effectiveness of training parents in reducing stressful experiences. Intervention consisted of 10 sessions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Postintervention, at term-equivalent (40-wk postmenstrual age), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed to evaluate brain structure and development. Quantitative volumetric techniques were used to estimate overall and regional brain volumes for different tissue types including CSF, CGM, DNGM, UWM, and MWM. DTI was used to evaluate the integrity and maturation of white matter by ADC and FA. Maturation and connectivity of white matter, characterized by diffusion MR measures of ADC and FA, were significantly enhanced in the intervention group, who displayed greater restriction in ADC and increase in FA. There were no significant effects on either brain volumes or on short-term medical outcomes. Thus, sensitivity training for parents in the NICU is associated with improved cerebral white matter micro-structural development in preterm infants.
|Jeannette Milgrom; Carol Newnham; Peter J Anderson; Lex W Doyle; Alan W Gemmill; Katherine Lee; Rod W Hunt; Merilyn Bear; Terrie Inder
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|Semiclosed transfemoral iliac endarterectomy with an oscillating ring stripper.
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|The technique of endarterectomy for the removal of occlusive atherosclerotic lesions of the aorta and iliac arteries has been utilized successfully in the revascularization of ischemic limbs since its introduction in 1951. The oscillating loop endarterectomy device (Amsco-Hall arterial oscillator) has proven to be useful for endarterectomy of segmental occlusive disease as a substitute for bypass with prosthetic graft. For our elderly debilitated patients, we have adopted a new technique of semiclosed transfemoral iliac endarterectomy for management of occlusive external iliac disease with a patent common iliac artery. We report seven patients treated during May 1987 through May 1988 for external iliac artery occlusion by transfemoral oscillating loop endarterectomy. At 12 months for follow-up review, the cumulative limb salvage rate was 80% with no perioperative mortality. One patient required above-knee amputation eight months following endarterectomy to control forefoot sepsis. Two patients required subsequent leg bypass procedures to achieve full healing of foot level amputation. One patient required dilatation of residual stenosis at the iliac bifurcation by percutaneous balloon angioplasty. Semiclosed transfemoral endarterectomy with the Amsco-Hall oscillating loop device remains an attractive option to the vascular surgeon for recanalization of the iliac artery without the need for an extensive retroperitoneal dissection.
|C A Stevick; R J Bloom
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When it comes to the shopping preferences of U.S. consumers, reports on the deaths of PCs and brick & mortar stores have been greatly exaggerated, says a new survey by CreditDonkey.com.
Out of the 69.3 percent of the 1,200-plus respondents who said they owned a smartphone, nearly half (47.8 percent) said they'd never used the devices for shopping, and nearly 68 percent said they did not want to replace their cash and credit cards with mobile payment apps (a.k.a., "mobile wallets").
Given all the media hype about mobile shopping and payment apps, you might think consumers had already stowed their wallets in the attic for a future episode of Antiques Road Show. In truth, the survey results aren't that surprising. Mobile apps and payment options are very new. Since most consumers are not "early adopters," they still prefer to shop from PCs and at physical stores instead of from Androids, iPhones and Blackberries.
Security concerns appear to be one factor depressing adoption of mobile devices for shopping. When asked if mobile phones were as secure as their wallets, 61.8 percent said no. At the same time, 73.2 percent said they "sometimes" or "always" use mobile devices inside stores to conduct price comparisons.
Nearly 73 percent of consumers said they made more "impulse purchases" when shopping at physical stores while; 26.1 percent said they made more impulse purchases when shopping online via a computer. Only 1 percent succumbed to impulse shopping from a mobile device.
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79 percent of respondents usually pay their bills online, versus 9.7 percent by mail, 6.1 percent in person, 3.6 percent by phone and 1.6 percent from mobile devices.
67.9 percent said they would not like to replace cash with a mobile wallet.
66.7 percent said they would not like to replace credit cards with a mobile wallet.
65.2 percent said they never negotiate with physical retailers – even after finding better prices online. Another 28.7 percent said they occasionally negotiate, and 6.2 percent claim that they "regularly" or "always" negotiate prices.
43.7 percent said they have never used a mobile coupon; 42.5 percent said they occasionally use mobile coupons; 12.4 percent use them regularly, and 1.4 percent said they always use mobile coupons.
Although the media hype is currently outpacing actual use of mobile devices for shopping and price comparison, mobile wallets will undoubtedly become more common in the years ahead. It will probably take longer than some experts expect, but these tools will eventually become a retail force to be reckoned with.
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|September 13 2013, 10:55 PM
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Re: Mars One - Unethical?
Looks like we might see a return of the Zonds
The Russian leadership has been rather nasty to their Rocket Men lately, though.
Something I was thinking about. The Mars flyby with a Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon Heavy. That would be rather cramped, save for the inflatable segment. But what of a Dragon on SLS?
There you get an extra 20 tons or so, which might be enough propellant to slow Dragon down, perhaps making a one way aerobrake a little less rigorous.
In some ways, it takes less to get to Mars surface than the Moon. It took Proton to land the Lunkhods with having to burn all the way down. Current Mars rovers aerobrake really hard, because, unlike Cassini, they can't slow down on their own at all.
I keep hearing about hypercones, but I wonder if propulsive slowing might allow different designs--at least for a one way mission.
I wonder if this might be useful in some combination
If we ever have asteroid mining, I think the best way to recover large useful bits isn't the small robots talked about now. That is thinking too small.
A lot of asteroids rotate. If a nickel iron slug can be cut in half with cables, similar to what was done with the sunken Kursk submarine, the cables can then be used to have the two pieces in a bola. The rotational velocity can be turned into translational.
A second cut can be made, and the process repeated perhaps.
A bootstrapped bola can then perhaps be a flyby rotovator
The cable would be shorter with an asteroid flyby rotovators, perhaps allowing something like this:
So a bola could deposit a large asteroid frgment, perhaps at near zero velocity, while lifting a very heavy payload. If a bola, a surface naval vessel may have to move along at a good speed, with solid rockets only to reduce cable strain. This may free us from fuel constraints later on.
What struck me about the skyhook, was that the person rose vertically at a slow rate to about 100 feet, then began to streamline behind the aircraft. If the flyby rotovator is a backspinning bola, that might also reduce the strain of a large object being jerked off the Earth's surface--perhaps if that rotovator bola has a tail and winches up the skyhook while backspinning.
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|September 15 2013, 06:07 AM
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Re: Mars One - Unethical?
I'd tell you but I might get banned for it
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|September 15 2013, 06:08 AM
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"I will never coach against my boys"
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|October 4 2013, 03:35 PM
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As for me; where's the gantry?
|November 24 2013, 10:12 PM
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|November 25 2013, 06:40 AM
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Hint: next time if you want to pretend it's not your blog, don't link to it in your signature.
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|November 25 2013, 03:08 PM
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It's fine if you want to link a topical blog article--I don't mind that. But don't pretend you didn't write it. I have no use for dishonesty here.
|December 5 2013, 03:20 PM
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|December 17 2013, 08:26 PM
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Mars 1 sounds like a thrilling idea but I agree in the suspicion that it's just a big rip-off (is that the right word?? I mean something like a scam, a trick to get peoples' money)
Given the immense density of objects in our orbit that make launching larger space vessels more difficult every day, I suggest that we should rather start building a gigant vacuum cleaner (most literally, in this case). Hopefully with a little more durability than the infamous Spaceball 1 model.
As a hobby astronomer I'd really appreciate it if the space debris got reduced. It's highly annoying when you try to take a snap of - for example - Europa and at that very moment the darned ISS tool bag passes by. (It's small but at times reflects the sunlight, ruining the photo completely)
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|December 18 2013, 12:52 PM
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Re: Mars One - Unethical?
Talk about an unsupported hyperbole. Do you have anything to base it on? If so, let's see it.
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|December 18 2013, 04:51 PM
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|December 18 2013, 05:00 PM
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Let's start with the apocalypse de jour: climate change aka global warming:
Look up the 2013 IPCC report - which defines the scientific consensus on the subject. Here's a link to the summary for policymakers:
The warming due to CO2 release is determined by the transient climate response, which, in the 2013 IPCC report, is likely
in the range of 1.0 C to 2.5 C (high confidence) and extremely unlikely greater than 3 C.*
Based on this TCR, 4 future warming scenarios were outlined, corresponding to different amounts of CO2 emitted (see pg. 25 of the linked report).
Of these, RCP 8.5 is all but excluded – a huge continuous increase in CO2 emissions for the entire century is required to even get close to it (don't believe me? see the worldwide CO2 emissions and then calculate what future emissions would be required to reach RCP 8.5).
In other news, London is buried beneath a 2 miles deep layer of horse manure; such malthusian prophecies never came to pass.
The IPCC future warming scenarios each have temperature ranges associated with them (pg. 21 of the report). RCP8.5 is the only scenario that has an increase in temperature larger than 3.1 C.
What will be the consequences of an increase in temperature of 2.5-3 C?
As it turns out, there's a peer reviewed paper that summarized all the papers on the subject – up to the date it was published, that is:
As per the paper, climate change is beneficial up to 2.2 C of warming from 2009 (when R. Tol wrote his paper). This means approximately 3˚C from pre-industrial levels, since about 0.8˚C of warming has happened in the last 150 years. The latest estimates of climate sensitivity suggest that such temperatures may not be reached till the end of the century — if at all. IPCC, whose reports define the consensis, is sticking to older TCR assumptions, however, which would mean net benefits till about 2080.
What about all the weather disasters caused by climate change? Entirely mythical — so far. The 2013 IPCC report is admirably frank about this, reporting 'no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency over the past century … lack of evidence and thus low confidence regarding the sign of trend in the magnitude and/or frequency offloads on a global scale … low confidence in observed trends in small-scale severe weather phenomena such as hail and thunderstorms'.
In fact, the death rate from droughts, floods and storms has dropped by 98 per cent since the 1920s, according to a careful study by the independent scholar Indur Goklany. Not because weather has become less dangerous but because people have gained better protection as they got richer. For another example, experts now agree that malaria will continue its rapid worldwide decline whatever the climate does.
Colour me unimpressed.
And yet, all this doesn't stop the green movement from advocating measures which will impose extreme poverty upon millions and millions of human beings in order to further their agenda – apparently, the mitigation of this climate change consequences I described above is worth imposing so much misery on the world.
This mysoginistic attitude would be pathetic if it wasn't so pernicious.
*In more recent peer reviewed papers, the TCR is even lower than that.
"Let truth and falsehood grapple ... Truth is strong" - John Milton
|December 18 2013, 05:05 PM
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Here we go again. Super alarming 'what if' scenarios based on ultra pessimistic theorising.
Alarm about accelerating and human caused extinctions is a popular meme in the media. There are constant references to the large and accelerating numbers of species that are being driven to extinction by human activity. The only problem is that it's not true. Here are the known facts about extinction.
The vast bulk of extinctions are of species that live in relatively small numbers in very restricted areas on islands. Almost all those extinctions were the result of the introduction of alien exotic species by early explorers and thus the rate of extinction has been declining since a peak period associated with the period of global exploration and empire building after 1500.
Since 1500 only 61 species of mammals have gone extinct. Of those 61 species 58 were island species. Even including the peak period during the age of global expansion the rates of extinction of mammals on the large continental land masses has been remarkable low. Of the 4,428 known mammal species (Red List 2004) living in Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Antarctica, only three mammals have gone extinct in the last 500 years. These were the Bluebuck antelope, South Africa; the Algerian gazelle, Algeria; and the Omilteme cottontail rabbit, Mexico.
Since 1500 only 129 species of birds have gone extinct. Of the 128 extinct bird species, 123 of them were island extinctions. Of the 8,971 known continental bird species (Red List 2004), only 6 have gone extinct in the last 500 years.
It is worth bearing in mind that there are an estimated total of 8.7 million species on earth.
What can we conclude from this record of extinctions?
1) When European species met isolated local species, a number of the local species died. The Australian and island species were extremely vulnerable to pressure from imported humans, mammals, birds, plants, and diseases. 95% of all recorded bird and mammal extinctions are island or Australian species.
2) When the European species arrived, Australia and most islands had been separated from the continents for forty million years or so. The initial introduction of European species into island habitats was a one-time event. While alien species will always a problem for islands, this massive onslaught of the first coming of the European species will never be repeated — there are no places left with forty million years of isolation.
3) Total habitat destruction drove one bird to extinction.
4) While habitat reduction has been claimed as contributing (in an unknown degree) to three continental bird extinctions, to date no continental mammal or bird has been seen to go extinct due to habitat reduction alone.
So what you have is a picture of very, very low levels of actual extinctions.
Even if the rate of extinctions were to quadruple in the next 500 years, and even if we assume that the rate of extinctions for continental species accelerates massively to match the rate of island extinctions then we get an absolutely worst case nightmare scenario of a total of 760 bird and mammal species going extinct in the next 500 years out of a total of 8.7 million species.
Frankly that doesn't seem worth worrying about. It certainly is not something that should be used as a convincing case for slowing or restricting economic development (or more accurately prolonging human poverty, suffering and premature death), nor should it be an issue which is used to whip up alarm about the impact of human activity on the environment.
This is what you call "ruined one planet"?
As said, talk about an unsupported hyperbole.
"Let truth and falsehood grapple ... Truth is strong" - John Milton
|December 18 2013, 05:12 PM
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Also don't have time to deal with climate change deniers. Good luck with all that.
The bottom line is that we manage our resources very poorly and it has both short- and long-term costs to our species, other species, and Earth's future viability as a habitat.
You can pretend that's not the case but you'd still be wrong.
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Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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The Nineteenth San Angelo National Ceramics Competition opened Friday night and will remain on display past Midsummer's Day, offering one of the most diverse shows on the annual calendar for the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
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Del Vecchio said in a sense it's like trying to judge wine and beer in a single contest — both are alcoholic beverages, but a cabernet can't be compared to a lager.
"It's hard to make sense of such a diversity of genres," he said. For that reason, the two asked the museum to divide the exhibit into vessels and sculptures, which narrowed the judging to a reasonable set of fields and also makes the show clearer for the audience.
One of the great strengths of ceramic art is its approachability, and Clark said those attending the show should simply strive to appreciate what's in front of them.
"Mostly, we encourage an intuitive response," he said. "Deal with its physicality, and then the other things that amplify the work."
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The work in the competition is exceptional, the jurors said.
"This show has no inept craft," Del Vecchio said. "It's all beautifully executed. It was really difficult awarding the prizes."
The clay is the common element in all of it, but the craft in each piece is unique, and Clark cautions that the craft shouldn't be so excellent as to outshine the work itself.
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The exhibit continues through June 24 and provides an opportunity to see art in one of its most fervid manifestations.
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By Laura Geggel
People living in the Pacific Northwest have a double whammy. The northern latitude and cloudy weather not only make it hard to get enough vitamin D from the sun, but it also makes the days darker and shorter.
It's a good recipe for the winter blues, known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.
During the winter, "most of us who work inside may not even be outside in the sunshine at all," Steven Hughes, primary care doctor and medical director of Overlake Medical Clinic — Issaquah, said. "In the office I'm in, there are no windows, so I get up early and walk my dog in the dark, work inside and go home and walk my dog in the dark."
The short days and long dark nights can affect people's activities and moods. Instead of going running or bike riding, people tend to stay inside, being inert instead of active — a contributor to SAD.
While SAD does not have its own category as a mental disorder, it is a type of depression. People with SAD may be irritable, avoid social interaction, have increased appetites without increased activity and may start sleeping more during the day, which can lead to insomnia at night.
Darius Zoroufy, a Swedish Medical Center-affiliated sleep specialist who works part time in Issaquah, helps people with SAD get their sleeping schedule back on track.
The seasonal change can disrupt melatonin, a natural hormone that plays a role in sleep rhythms and mood.
"People will have been doing just fine, and then they'll start to stay up later or start to sleep really late and have trouble getting up in the morning," Zoroufy said.
People will make appointments with him and say, "You've got to fix me again," he said.
Zoroufy works with his patients, finding the best ways for them to beat SAD. Sometimes, he works on a specific sleep schedule for them.
If that doesn't work, he may ask them to spend time with a sun lamp — a good way to trick the brain into thinking it's a nice, sunny day.
He also prescribes antidepressants, and said people should contact their physician sooner rather than later, so that their depression does not deepen and get worse.
Of course, the best cure would be to spend time in a sunny place, like Southern California, but "We have trouble getting insurance companies to cover that," Zoroufy said.
The best, and cheapest source of treatment can be as simple as exercising with friends, Hughes said.
"One of the things that impacts us in the Northwest is we are outside people," he said. "When the darker weather comes around, we tend to become cave dwellers"
He encouraged people to work out at a gym, go running or dancing, or join a sports league — something that includes interaction with other people.
"Interaction is good for people with SAD," he said.
Both physicians encouraged people to take vitamin D supplements.
"We used to think it was important, because it traps calcium and makes healthy bones," Hughes said. "It turns out vitamin D is helpful for the immune system and psoriasis and eczema. We treat those with topical vitamin D."
A vitamin D deficiency can worsen SAD, Zoroufy said.
People can also avoid alcohol, which can aggravate both depression and sleep cycles.
Hughes encouraged people to see their doctor if they feel down.
"Sometimes I ask people, 'Are you having a good time? Are you enjoying life?'" Hughes said. "When they say 'no,' that's a tip off that maybe they have a pressing issue or a mood disorder."
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[1] Henry Tresham RA, Death of Virginia, oil on canvas, 1797.
© Royal Academy of Arts, London.
[2] Henry Trehsam RA, 'Music' Receiving Inspiration, Attended and Crowned by the 'Loves' , watercolour & pencil on paper.
© Royal Academy of Arts, London.
[3] Francesco Bartolozzi RA after Henry Tresham RA, George III honoured as Patron of the Arts, stipple engraving, 1793.
© Royal Academy of Arts, London.
[4] James Heath ARA, after Henry Tresham RA, Weeping, line engraving, 1802.
© Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Henry Tresham RA (ca. 1750 - 1814)
This painting [1] illustrates a dramatic story set in Ancient Rome and typifies the emotive style of history painting adopted by Henry Tresham. The dying woman in the centre of the composition is Virginia, daughter of the centurion Lucius Virginius. Surrounded by mourners, she has just been stabbed by her father in a desperate bid to prevent her abduction by the powerful councillor Appius Claudius Crassus. The latter was one of a group of ten men, known as 'Decemvirs', who held power in Rome around 450 BC. This shocking event was said to have exposed their corruption and brought about their downfall.
Tresham's interest in Roman themes is unsurprising as he lived in the city for thirteen years. Born in Ireland, he first studied at the Dublin Society's drawing school where he claimed to have been praised for 'drawing heads' but criticised for 'not having practised the mechanical part of painting'. Determined to become a history painter rather than a portraitist, Tresham travelled to Italy in 1775. While living in Rome he painted large historical canvases and some topographical scenes, and also became a successful art dealer. Although none of the works that he produced in Rome survive, Tresham's classical interests are evident in his later paintings and also in more frivolous designs like the watercolour [2] which depicts a personification of 'Music' and his representation of King George III being honoured as a patron of the arts [3].
In 1789 Tresham moved to London where he exhibited paintings from classical and British history at the Royal Academy. He was elected an associate of the RA in 1791 and an Academician in 1799. The Death of Virginia is the 'Diploma work' he was required to present to the institution at this time. However, some contemporaries described the artist as a troublesome character. Benjamin West PRA, for instance, complained to the Academicians that Tresham had used 'intemperate language' towards him. Nevertheless, he was appointed Professor of Painting at the Academy in 1807, though he had to resign after only two years due to illness.
Tresham also found time to publish five volumes of poetry and, after moving to England, he often worked as an illustrator. In the 1790s he produced a set of paintings to be engraved for David Hume's History of England, and was commissioned by John Boydell for subjects for his Shakespeare Gallery. The engraving below, Weeping [4], was an illustration for The Works of Abraham Cowley published in 1802.


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In October 2013 I ordered 50 cupcakes over the phone and whilst doing so I mentioned negative reviews I'd read regarding orders being lost and I was was not re-assured by the response, the staff simply went quiet on the phone. Still worried about this I called the day before the party and ... lo and behold ... they couldn't find my order. Eventually located it in the book but said it hadn't gone through electronically so would have been ignored if I her not rung. Again, not great customer service.
When we showed up the next day the cupcakes were terrible. It looked like the apprentice had made them. Sloppy, rough, messy looking. I was embarrassed. This was all a big change from the year before when we got the same super hero ones that looked magnificent.
Three days later we returned to pick up more cupcakes to take to my daughter's school and ... you guessed it ... they didn't have our order. The order was for 30 basic cupcakes like they sell everyday and they asked my husband to come back in half an hour when they had them ready, luckily from the day's supplies. But I would never risk it again for a birthday party. This is a shame given our positive experience with them previously.
And they just don't seem too worried about it.
I ordered a cake here for a party I was having was such an exciting day until I was served by one of the staff at this drummoyne store normally the regular staff is lovely but not the one on the weekend who was so rude because god forbid I asked if I could buy a cake pop , didn't realise the ones in the store we're display only . I emailed the store but have not heard anything back. So much for customer service.
MerindaFernandez 1 reviewLove this place, they make the BEST cake pops ever..!! My kids adore them, I even had my wedding cake made here and it was a big hit with all of our guests
cakefrenzy 1 reviewFantastic service and cupcakes to die for...love them! I will definitely be coming back for more. I had these cupcakes for my wedding and they were great - my guests loved them and still to this day I get questions about where I got them from! Thank you Cupcake Factory!
Cupcakecrazy 1 reviewThese cupcakes have got to be the best cupcakes in Sydney! I love my cupcakes and I have never tasted any that are this good...the cakes are fresh and light and the icing is to die for! Thanks Cupcake Factory! Will definitely come back again...also, a big thank you to Kate in Drummoyne for her superb service!
SeriouslySingleInSyd 6 reviewsI love the cupcakes from the Drummoyne store, especially the caramel ones. I am surprised to see people dislike the icing as that is what everyone raves about when I take them with me to visit friends. The cakes are always fresh too which isn't always the case from cupcake stores. I highly recommend these cupcakes!
These cupcakes are the worst I have had. I bought them for a party I was attending.
The cake tasted awful, the icing was sugar. The icing stained our fingers. I am guessing to much food colouring.
The service at drummoyne is terrible which I guess matches the cakes. The staff are rude and unhelpful.
I will not be buying from the cup cake factory drummoyne or any store. They need to get it right in one of there stores before opening more.
As a trial run for my wedding we decided to have our engagement cake from the cupcake factory (Drummoyne)
I rang them 2 weeks prior to the event and left a voicemail for them to call me back, and included my order.
Three days later called again, left another voicemail.
Two days after, they finally answered and I could place my order. (They did not call me at any time and the explanation I got for the lack of phone calls was "We have one phone")
Being my engagement I wanted to make sure my order was confirmed, but received no email/SMS/call, anything!
So I started on my war with the phone again.
After more phone calls, sending them an email and leaving another message (no response from them AT ALL) on the day of the engagement I FINALLY got through to them and they confirmed my order was in fact going ahead.
Now I am usually quite patient, but when it comes to dessert for 45 people I want to make sure the order is correct!
Delivery was no issue, arrived before we did.
The cupcakes were delicious, but the icing was HORRIBLE!
I had vanilla cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes, with red and white alternate icing.
The white icing was nice, but the red was terrible.
I don't know if they mixed up their salt with sugar but EVERYONE who had a red cupcake complained. Maybe they had excess dye in there, because the taste was off, and everyones lips/hands/teeth were all stained red after!
A girlfriend had her wedding cupcakes from the cupcake factory, and it was lovely! But as that was a couple of years ago I thought it would be best to do a trial run.
Lucky I did, saved myself from having a disappointing wedding cake!!
Perhaps they are under new management, because the cupcake factory is definitely not what it used to be!
A birthday is suppose to be a joyous occasion but on 6 Feb 2012 our day was completely ruined by their appalling customer service.
We placed an online order and chose Earlwood branch as it is nearer to our delivery location. We were feeling really anxious when our order was an hour's late (requested delivery between 11am - 12noon, the courier finally arrived after 1 pm). So we called up the company. The staff immediately got all defensive and claimed it's not their fault as they weren't the one who took the order, went on about how they didn't know who processed my order and that mystery staff did not write down my requested delivery time on their order receipt. They went on and on how it's not the company's fault that the other staff were late. We hadn't even started the finger pointing yet, all we needed to know is whether they were able to provide a quick resolution.
What is a customer suppose to do when their cakes were late and the celebration had to be halted and not knowing exactly when the cakes would arrive? After repeated calls and many calls unanswered, they finally picked up the phone again, this time they failed to inform us the time the other staff collected the cakes (they said they would, and we needed this info badly so we could inform the relevant people about the delay and the amended starting time. With a callous tone, they said they were simply too busy to call us back).
As if being late wasn't enough, they had to screw up our order too. When the other staff finally arrived, we realized that there were several problems with our order. There were short of 10 assorted cupcakes. And they gave us all vanilla when we specifically ordered half of the them in chocolate. At this stage, we were pretty upset with the numerous problems on our first order with Cupcake Factory. What is most upsetting is the appalling attitude we received from their customer service staff.
Called up their HQ, called up Earlwood several times, nobody picked up the phone, left a msg with their HQ, never got back any reply. Finally we gave Earlwood another call and the same staff went silent on the phone after we told them what happened, not a word of apology nothing, just silence on the other end and we had to say 'hello' a couple of times to check if they were still on the line. With sarcasm, they told us the baking staff just came back from their 2 weeks holiday so perhaps they were confused. We were rather annoyed by their many excuses and they went on and on without offering any solution or even an apology. The last straw was when they retorted back that "Accidents do happen! Haven't you had any accidents in your life before?!" We were completely gobsmacked. We would appreciate if their company would first admit the mistakes and stop shifting the blame on others and finding lots of excuses and even went to the extent of arguing with the customers instead of trying to solve the problem.
At this point, we decided we couldn't communicate with them any more, and asked to speak to someone else, someone who was able to offer us a solution. The baking staff on the other hand were apologetic and offered to personally deliver the missing cupcakes and added extras as an apology. We appreciate their sincere effort in rectifying the matter. However, we are left with distaste the way their customer service treated us. This will be our first and last time order from this company and we'll make sure to feedback to everyone we know so no one will undergo this type of service like we did. Never have we encountered such a rude and appalling service from a company.
I almost forgot to mention, the staff also repeatedly shouted on the phone, "We ARE a very BUSY company! We are a very BIG company you know!"
Such arrogance and rudeness. Rest assure that us, along with many others won't patronize their company any more.
Normally I don't go out of my way to give a bad review, but the whole saga needs to be published as it wasn't resolved and badly handled by the cupcake factory.
This was the 2nd year we used the cupcake factory's cakes/cupcakes for our child's b'day party.
Last year they screwed up the order by giving us fewer cupcakes than ordered, but that was resolved. Giving them the benefit of the doubt about last years messed up order, we regrettably tried again this year.
This year, they outdid themselves, had the order, but did not fill it. It wasn't a trivial order either. $95 of cake/cupcakes is, I would think, a reasonable order....
They attempted to fill the order on the spot, but as it was Saturday and our kid's party was only about an hour away so, they needed to pull out all the stops. They never completed it, and they didn't even offer a plan B, like "Sorry, would you like these other cupcakes." They kept saying.. it's coming, it's coming.
Initially, we had called earlier to ask if they would allow pickup prior to opening, and that was flatly refused, no exceptions.
So, we left without anything in hand, and won't be coming back.
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""CEOs go to their vacation homes just after companies report favorable news, and CEOs return to headquarters right before subsequent news is released. More good news is released when CEOs are back at work, and CEOs appear not to leave headquarters at all if a firm has adverse news to disclose. When CEOs are away from the office, stock prices behave quietly with sharply lower volatility. Volatility increases immediately when CEOs return to work." —David Yermack, a New York University finance professor, whose recently released study shows a correlation between when CEOs take their private jets on vacation and movements in their companies' stock price "
No Ordinary Hunt
Aldo Leopold, The famous 20th century wildlife biologist and conservationist, summed up perfectly the lure and lore of ruffed grouse: "There are two kinds of hunting. Ordinary hunting and ruffed-grouse hunting." Leopold knew. He pioneered modern wildlife management in Wisconsin, where this beautiful bronze creature of the forest edge is known as the king of game birds.
Every October, Mark Parman, who teaches English and journalism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison County, and his wife Susan spend their weekends driving miles and miles of logging roads. They pause at favorite spots, uncase their light over-under double-barrel shotguns and follow in the philosophical footsteps of Leopold while chasing their two English setters through thick stands of young aspen.
The lithe, energetic dogs are bred for this. They carry bird-hunting genes dating back to the 18th century. They range through the autumn woods as if half airborne, their extraordinary wet noses on high alert for the intoxicating scent of grouse. When the tinkling sound of the bells attached to the dogs' blaze-orange collars stops, the -hunters move in behind the setters on classic, staunch, quivering point. Their feathery white tails are aloft in signal pose. The suddenly silent dogs are barely visible through the mottled thicket. Guns loaded with birdshot are held at the ready in one arm. The free arm parts the thick cover, adding telltale seasonal scrapes and scratches that give away avid grouse hunters in communities throughout the great Northwoods, from the tag-alder seeps of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the birth uplands of Minnesota.
At once the bird explodes in a whir of wings, crashing through the branches. In one simultaneous electric motion, the gun-blue barrels of the sleek Brownings trace the air, eyes glimpsing the brown blur of bird, fingers squeezing the triggers: boom-boom!
Nostrils fill with the acrid, sweet smell of burnt power. Wisps of smoky gray feathers float. The white dogs are flying again.
Bird in Hand Isn't So Easy
"The shooting of grouse of this species is precarious, and at times very difficult, on account of the nature of the places which they normally prefer," wrote the son of a former French naval officer sometime in the 1830s. "Should, for instance, a covey of these birds be raised from amongst the Laurels (Kalmia latifolia) or the largest species of Bay (Rhododendron maximum), these shrubs so intercept the view of them, that, unless the sportsman proves quite adept in the difficult art of pulling the trigger of his gun at the proper moment, and quickly, his first chance is lost, and the next is very uncertain."
The writer was the young artist, hunter and adventurer John James Audubon, describing the elusive getaway behavior of ruffed grouse for what would be published as his immortal Birds of America folio, the greatest collection of wild bird paintings ever.
Interested in a Hunt?
Park Falls, gateway to northern Wisconsin's Chequamegon National Forest, would be a good place to start your quest for the king of game birds this October. It's a friendly little place of carved pumpkins and homemade autumn pies. The sign as you enter this two-stoplight town says it all: "Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World." The Ruffed Grouse Fall Festival takes place here on October 21.
Park Falls Municipal Airport (715-762-3971) has a 3,200-foot runway. For information on accommodations and hunting, visit cityofparkfalls.com and parkfalls.com or call (877) 762-2703. For information on Wisconsin hunting licenses and regulations, visit dnr.wi.gov or contact the state's Department of Natural Resources at (888) 936-7463. For information on Ruffed Grouse Society dinners, shoots and special events throughout the U.S., visit ruffedgrousesociety.org or call (888) 564-6747.
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Blacktop-like repairs along downtown Sonora sidewalks have raised citizen concerns in recent weeks about aesthetics, but city officials say it is part of a cost-cutting experiment that will be made to look like normal concrete.
The hodge-podge repairs were a topic of discussion at a Chamber of Commerce town-hall meeting Thursday, and have also generated buzz on the street.
"We're trying to find a cost effective way to fix or repair damaged spots on a sidewalk," said Public Works Supervisor Bill Seldon. "It is just far, far less expensive to do it."
The material being applied, mostly along Washington Street, between Bradford and East Jackson streets, is called sheet asphalt. Seldon said rumors going around that the city is using cold patch — used to fix potholes — are incorrect.
Sheet asphalt is different because it goes down hot. It is commonly used for surfaces that need a thin layer of filler like tennis courts, he said.
When applied, the sheet asphalt clashes with lighter color of the surrounding sidewalk.
Seldon said the city will lay down a finish that will make it look more like traditional concrete.
The work isn't meant to be a long-term solution to deteriorating sidewalks.
It's temporary, and "somewhat of an experiment," Seldon explained.
If it shows promise as a short-term solution that is not unsightly, the city will be using it to fix more spots around town.
"The funds aren't there to go in and do a complete sidewalk repair," Seldon said. "To do a repair is really not feasible at this time."
Opinions of people on the street were mixed.
Daniel Angel, strolling downtown this morning, thought it gave Washington Street a "nostalgic" look and was fine with the process as long as it was safe.
Daryl Sarina, business manager of Heart Rock Cafe in downtown Sonora, knew it was only temporary and trusts city workers to do a good job.
Kelli Poole jogs the streets and thought it was "not the best-looking thing."
She thought the city should better match the sidewalk color.
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NARRAGANSETT ŌĆō So far, so good for the Narragansett girls tennis team.
There may not have been much for the Mariners to have gained or learned as they took on an inferior Lincoln team in their season opening match on Wednesday at Sprague Park, but the season still got itself off on the right foot as Narragansett did not drop a set en route to the 7-0 sweep of the Lions.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs always good to get the first match going,ŌĆØ said Narragansett coach Peter Barlow. ŌĆ£Probably taking the long view, itŌĆÖs better to have an easier one than a tough one. I always tell the girls, good first win.
ŌĆ£They all knew, with the exception of maybe one singles, they knew after a game or two they were going to win the match, so they relaxed in their playing. ŌĆ"We didnŌĆÖt learn a lot today given that level of competition.ŌĆØ
Facing a team that finished 0-12 last season, and projects to suffer a similar fate this fall, the Mariners knew they were not facing the best Division II had to offer before even taking the court on Wednesday. It was an inclination that did not change once play started, either, as Narragansett took the first game in every match and every set they played.
The No. 1 doubles team of Kara Heatherton and Maddie Gilbert took home the first point of the day, despite looking like the team that was struggling the most early in their match. LincolnŌĆÖs Samantha
Martone and Meera Sundaram kept into close early as the first set opened 3-2, but from there it was cruise control for Heatherton and Gilbert as they did not drop another game, winning the match 6-2, 6-0.
Narragansett saw similar dominance out of their other doubles teams. Ashley Kennedy and Brooke McGreen did not drop a game until deep into the second set in their 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 team of Mackenzie Page and Sarah Hoxsie allowed their opponents to hang around a little bit longer than Kennedy and McGreen did, but that did not stop them from also winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
The singles matches saw some tighter sets against Lincoln, but the Mariners were still never really threatened in any of these matches either.
At the top, Olivia Scalora got off to a hot start playing in the No. 1 singles spot, going up 3-0 before winning the first set 6-2. Talia Akay stoles a few more games late in the second set against the MarinersŌĆÖ top gun, but fell once again, 6-3, for yet another straight sets win.
Eily Sullivan faced little threat at all from Elizabeth Wahl at No. 2 singles, winning 6-0, 6-1. Much like at No. 1, LincolnŌĆÖs Kathleen Barbieri got some extra points late against Kristen Gershkoff at No. 3 singles, but after Gershkoff won the first set 6-2, it was too late for Barbieri to make any sort of rally in the second set, which she ultimately dropped 6-3.
Marianna Sanchez wrapped up the day for Narragansett at No. 4 singles, taking home the seventh and final point of the match with an easy 6-0, 6-1 victory.
As happy as Barlow and the Mariners were to open the season with such an easy win on Wednesday, especially with the five new players they had in the starting lineup, they know it was just that and not necessarily the best indication of how things might be as the season rolls along.
ŌĆ£You know how the girls play in practice matches. You never know how theyŌĆÖre going to play in a match until they play the match,ŌĆØ Barlow said. ŌĆ£Take that one step further, you never know how they are going to react to the match when itŌĆÖs a close match. ŌĆ"The second step is how do they play in a real competitive, close match? How do you react? The last thing is how do you play when youŌĆÖre losing? Being an athlete, those are just kind of the three scenarios. The juryŌĆÖs still out on two and three.
ŌĆ£The real match will be Monday when we go to Portsmouth. Last year they were far and away the best team in the league. ŌĆ"We didnŌĆÖt learn anything today and weŌĆÖre probably not going to learn much of anything on Friday. After the Monday match weŌĆÖll know a lot. That will be the first real indicator.ŌĆØ
Before they get to Portsmouth on Monday, however, Narragansett still has one more opponent to face to round out their first week on their schedule.
They must first take care of business on Friday when they travel north for a 3:30 p.m. match against East Providence.