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Second Tech Park building to be renovated
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Officials at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park say renovations planned for one of its buildings will increase energy efficiency and lower its operational costs.
Renovations of the 139,000-square-foot Building 770, which has four floors of laboratory and office space, will begin no later than Feb. 1, said Phil Halstead, executive director of the Tech Park, in South Charleston.
As it is, Building 770's energy costs make it too expensive to rent, said Paul Hill, chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, which oversees the park. The building is vacant.
"The rental fee would have to be so high as to not be competitive," Hill said. "So the decision was made to make it competitive and [comply] with state and federal requirements."
Electricity makes up about one-third of the operating costs of all the buildings at the Tech Park, Hill said.
Building 770 will be the second of three buildings in the park to be renovated. Building 2000 -- where the Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College recently relocated -- is half done.
After Building 770's renovations, Building 740 will be updated. The renovations have been planned since shortly after the Higher Education Policy Commission acquired the 258-acre park through a donation of land and facilities from Dow Chemical. A November 2010 study by analysts Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and CH2M Hill recommended the changes.
Officials are looking for ways to fund the renovations of Building 770.
The policy commission has secured $10.5 million. Of that amount, $5.25 million is coming from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and will be matched with $5.25 million from the state. The renovations will cost about $35 million in all, Halstead said.
"We have not established [where the funding will come from] but we are looking at various mechanisms for funding," Hill said.
He added that the sale of bonds is one possibility.
Morgantown-based architecture firm Alpha is designing the renovations. The design work should be done by the end of October, when they'll be reviewed by state agencies, Alpha Vice President Jim Davison said. The project should be bid out to a contractor around the first of the year, he said.
When completed, Building 770 will feature a new glass exterior that will match Building 2000, Davison said. The insulated glass will help with energy efficiency, but changes to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system will do the most to increase efficiency, Davison said.
When renovations are done, the building's HVAC system will have a heat recovery system that will help with energy costs, Davison said.
"The system captures the energy of the air through these heat recovery wheels and puts it back into the system that reheats the building," he said.
HDR, a firm in Bethesda, Md., will provide the mechanical and structural design for the HVAC system, Davison said.
The renovations also will bring the building into compliance with the American Disabilities Act, as well as current fire and safety codes.
"Fire codes and life safety codes have changed since the building was built," Davison said.
Building 770 was built in the late 1950s.
Hill hopes to have construction completed on Building 770 sometime in 2013.
"There are more than 550 employees now in the park," he said. "So you can see, even with some of the space still vacant, there are a number of employees. We hope to add to that. We can potentially double that with these new buildings coming online."
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- "It was not normal fire; Crabbe had used a curse of which Harry had no knowledge: As they turned a corner the flames chased them as though they were alive, sentient, intent upon killing them. Now the fire was mutating, forming a gigantic pack of fiery beasts: Flaming serpents, chimaeras, and dragons rose and fell and rose again, and the detritus of centuries on which they were feeding was thrown up in the air into their fanged mouths, tossed high on clawed feet, before being consumed by the inferno."
- —Description of Fiendfyre when Vincent Crabbe conjures it in the Room of Hidden Things during the Battle of Hogwarts[src]
Fiendfyre is a type of fire made from Dark Magic. It is very powerful, as it cannot be put out by using the Aguamenti Charm (or any normal type of water), but is very difficult for the caster to control. The blaze is so potent that Fiendfyre is one of the very few substances that are capable of destroying a Horcrux.
Fiendfyre initially appears as a "roaring, billowing noise" and gives its victims only a moment's warning. Its flames are of abnormal size and take the shape of fire-breathing monsters and beasts, such as serpents, chimaeras, dragons, and raptors, continuously mutating. It appears to have enough consciousness to actually follow its intended victims. The fire will pursue nearby lifeforms as if it were alive itself, sentient, even the one who conjured it if they lack control. The fire will also pursue anything it can burn for more fuel and seems to incinerate anything through mere contact.
Inexperienced casters will be able to conjure it, but will have virtually no control over the flames once they are unleashed, which would make the flames a potential deadly backfire, though an experienced Dark Wizard (like Lord Voldemort) would be able to control it and manipulate it to great effect. When Fiendfyre (or any other magical fire) is allowed to burn unchecked for too long they can produce an Ashwinder.
Known uses
- "Like it hot, scum?"
- —Vincent Crabbe, as he conjures Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement in an attempt to kill Harry Potter, but accidently kills himself at the Battle of Hogwarts[src]
In 1998, Vincent Crabbe learned how to cast Fiendfyre, presumably under the tutelage of Amycus Carrow, a Death Eater and professor of the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when it was under the control of Lord Voldemort. He was either not paying attention when Carrow discussed how to control the curse or lacked the skill to do so.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Draco Malfoy cornered Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger in the Room of Requirement during the latter group's search for Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. Crabbe, who at the time rebelled against Malfoy's leadership, conjured Fiendfyre in an attempt to kill Harry and his friends, but he was unable to control it. Since the fire was used in an enclosed area, Crabbe perished in the cursed blaze. Harry, Ron, and Hermione narrowly rescued Malfoy and Goyle before barely managing to escape.
When the diadem, having been exposed to the flames before its recovery, broke apart in Harry's hands upon their escape, Hermione realised it was Fiendfyre they had escaped from. She had known that it was capable of destroying Horcruxes, but claimed it was far too dangerous for her to attempt to use.
The word "Fiendfyre" was probably derived from "fiend" (meaning an evil spirit or demon or "The Devil") and fire.
Fyre comes from the English word "fire" by the changing of a single letter. Fire is also the effect of the curse.
Behind the scenes
- Though the only confirmed use of this spell is by Crabbe in the Room of Requirement, there are numerous instances of living fire shown in the films that may also be Fiendfyre, or variants of it. These include a fire spell used by a Durmstrang student by blowing on the tip of his wand in Goblet of Fire, a fiery snake utilized by Voldemort during his duel with Albus Dumbledore in the Ministry of Magic in Order of the Phoenix, and the fire used to burn down the Burrow in Half-Blood Prince, the latter being described as "[embodying] some serpent-like creatures" in Harry Potter Film Wizardry.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Gregory Goyle uses Fiendfyre and dies instead of Crabbe. This is due to the fact that Crabbe has been cut from the film.
- In the film Goyle dies by falling into the inferno after grabbing a loose chair rather than having the curse backfire as it did to Crabbe in the book.
- In the film Fiendfyre is not used to completely destroy Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, instead a Basilisk fang is used to damage it, then Ron kicked it into the Fiendfyre.
- It is unknown if it's possible to extinguish Fiendfyre, as the Auguamenti charm failed to douse the cursed fire. It's possible there is a counter-spell though, or it could just burn itself out naturally.
Fiendfyre feeds off the caster's emotions when cast and those who do not have sufficiant control of their emotions often became a target of this dark curse. This occured when Gregory Goyle cast the spell and it devoured the Room of Requirement in an attempt to destroy everything including the caster.
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- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Possible appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
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For more than 20 years, students pursuing social work degrees at Keuka College have participated in a day of service at the Salvation Army in Rochester.
The annual event held every Friday before Thanksgiving, provides students a hands-on learning opportunity and the chance to make a difference in the community, said Stephanie Craig, chair and associate professor of social work.
"Our students provide the personnel for the Salvation Army to maintain its mission to the community at holiday time," said Craig. "We help with the Christmas Assistance Registration, where needy families and individuals sign up for food and toys for Christmas."
According to Craig, the students interviewed hundreds of individuals who applied for assistance.
"Students asked personal questions about income and expenses in households," said Craig. "The information is then put into a computerized database and an appointment is printed out for the individual or family. Some students also filled Christmas stockings with age-appropriate toys to be given out during distribution days later in December."
For Samantha Luce, a senior social work major from Batavia, working at the Salvation Army "helped me know how to interact with clients and meet different people. It made me familiar with some of the paperwork and computer work I could be doing, and it allowed me to work and learn on my own."
For example, Luce said she "learned how to better approach certain situations and individuals, which helped me put textbook material into real-life practice."
Freshman social work majors Allyson Strauf, a resident of Homer, and Dundee resident Haley Brown completed intakes.
"The Salvation Army was a place where I was able to interact with people and talk to them positively, and people responded positively back to me," said Strauf. "I learned more social skills and what it really is like to work with people on a personal level."
Brown agrees, and credits her Keuka classes for preparing her for this experience, and a career in social work.
"My classes helped me a lot with what to expect," said Brown. "What I learned in my classes prepared me for the type of people I could meet and how to act around them."
Crystal Billings, a sophomore social work major from Groton, was responsible for giving tickets to the clients for food and toy distribution.
"With that, I explained what they would need to bring," she said. "I also helped fix any holds that were placed due to someone not having the proper paperwork or identification."
Billings said volunteering at the Salvation Army helped her work with people who are in many different situations. She also credits her classes with "understanding that everyone coming through the door is there to get help. The fact that they were asking was a big deal, because it may have taken a lot to do that."
Colleen Booth, a junior social work major from Rochester, enjoyed her time volunteering at the Salvation Army.
"I had the experience of meeting individuals, putting their information into the system, and updating their information if they are already in the system for this wonderful benefit," said Booth.
Added Booth: "I chose social work because I truly love helping people and giving them hope that things will get better. I believe volunteering is just a small part of giving back to the community. My classes have given me the confidence and knowledge to help people in my community, and to become more professional at my job."


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Artistic enclaves, stunning shores, unique histories and expansive, wilderness escapes make Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh in Kent well worth a visit.
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In regenerated Folkestone quaint streets meet cutting-edge art. In the Creative Quarter 100 artistic enterprises fill the cobbled, historic heart of town, along with pastel-painted studio-galleries, quirky stores, cool bars and chic eateries. A short stroll away, the mile-long cliff-top promenade of The Leas offers sea views to France. Ride the historic Leas Lift down to the Lower Leas Coastal Park for a picnic or a BBQ, then get some sand between your toes on Folkestone's Sunny Sands beach. Restaurants abound; try Rocksalt for super-fresh fish and superb harbour views. Eurotunnel Le Shuttle brings France closer too; from Folkestone, Calais is just 35 minutes away.
The south Kent coast has long protected the realm. Hythe, New Romney, Sandwich, Dover and Hastings united in the 11th-century as the original Cinque Ports. Henry VIII built diminutive Sandgate Castle in 1539. A chain of sturdy Martello Towers, stretching from Folkestone to Sussex, went up during the Napoleonic wars, while the planes, hangars and artefacts of Folkestone's Kent Battle of Britain Museum speak eloquently of the aircrews that defended the skies.
History is tangible too in Hythe Kent, from 10th century St Leonard's Church, with its skull-packed ossuary, to the old buildings, family-run stores and antiques shops all over town. While the Hythe Bay Seafood Restaurant serves up just-caught fish and spectacular sea views.
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway offers a scenic, marsh-side, steam-powered puff from Hythe, through New Romney, to Dungeness. The Napoleonic-era Royal Military Canal stretches for 28 miles, with shorter towpath cycle and walking routes fanning out from Hythe. You can cruise it by electric or hired row-boat too. Nearby Port Lympne Reserve and Howletts Wild Animal Park is alive with lions, tigers, gorillas and meerkats. You can even bed down (almost) beside the beasts at Livingstone Lodge, Britain's only overnight safari-park-stay.
Romney Marsh offers huge skies and clear air; freedom, space and a place to think. Its 100 square miles of unspoilt countryside takes in woodland, wetlands and sand and shingle shores. The Romney Marsh Visitor Centre offers information about the history and wildlife of this unique landscape as well information about other things to see and do. Cinque Port towns New Romney and Lydd, and the marsh's 14 medieval churches supply compelling stories - and smugglers' tales. The huge RSPB nature reserve at Dungeness delivers birdlife at its most magnificent, while Prospect Cottage - the home of outspoken author and film-maker Derek Jarman - provides a unique insight into writing, living and gardening.
The Elham Valley nestles midway between Canterbury and Folkestone, situated within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the area is rich with woodland walks and country pubs.
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Getting here is very simple, if you live near a motorway, head for the M20, turn off at any junction between 10 and 13 and follow the signs; or if travelling via the M2 turn off at junction 7 for Canterbury, then via the B2068 to join the M20 or A20.
Local transportation: coach; bus; train.
From the Continent: Eurotunnel; Eurostar; Lydd Airport; Ferry services.


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Mainly used on a recumbent trike.Had to order a 10.5 to fit my normally size 9 feet because shoes are so narrow.They aren't as hot as I originally feared.My toes do get numb after about an hour in them.
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These shoes are very comfortable. I read the previous reviews about size. The sizing on this is perfect. If you are European 41 and know it. That is what you should order. I love the fit and the look.
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I use these shows on both my road and hybrid bikes. They breath well and do a good job draining persperation away from your foot.
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For running shoes, which are supposed to be worn one size larger than normal, I wear a size 11.5. I wear a size 10.5 in normal shoes or everyday sneakers. Thinking I wanted my biking shoes to be a bit more snug than a one size bigger running shoe I decided I wanted a 10.5 size MTB shoe. Reading one of the previous reviews about the rider determining the size chart for Northwave to be off I ordered my MTB shoes one size larger than listed on the chart. I wanted a 10.5 size so I ordered a 11.5 size or 44.5 per the Northwave section of the chart. The fit is perfect. Exactly how I was anticipating them fitting. Bottom line...order one full size larger than you actually wear. 44.5 (US 11.5) per the chart actually fits like a US 10.5. Hope this helps. As for the shoes themselves they seem like they are going to be durable and great for MTB riding.
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The Human Bakery, doesnt that just sound nice? Say it out loud with me, The Human Bakery. It sounds so dark, disturbing, and a little cheesy, like its the central plot point of an old 50s science fiction movie – The Human Bakery is people, its people! Well, if you ever take a trip to Thailand, you can venture into the Human Bakery, where you will find hyper-realistic sculptures of bloody, gruesome human body parts. Don't worry though; all of them are baked lovingly by the infamous Thai macabre artist himself, Kittiwat Unarrom.
Since 2006, Kittiwat Unarrom has been combining his childhood upbringing in a bakery with his fascination of the human anatomy. Upon entering the Human Bakery, you are exposed to a sensory overload of hands, feet, heads, torsos, and internal organs hanging on hooks. To give the body parts a sterilized morgue feel, Unarrom uses a blood-like sugar glaze. That's right, a blood-like sugar glaze, because you can purchase these sculptures and bring them home for dinner, or a late night zombie snack.
When asked about his art, Unarrom said, Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they knew the idea behind it, they understood and became interested in the work itself, instead of thinking that I am crazy.
So, what is the idea behind sculpting and baking human body parts out of dough? Lets go back to Unarrom for the answer: When people see the bread, they don't want to eat it. But when they taste it, its just normal bread. The lesson is don't judge just by outer appearances.
All of Unarroms works are made from dough, raisins, chocolate, cashew nuts, and other traditional baking ingredients, making them edible and grossly delicious. Next time you're in Thailand, stop by the Human Bakery and taste a human face for yourself. You may be surprised by how much you enjoy it.


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Originally Posted by alarson
Go Cyclones! Beat the Huskies!
Seems weird that it's official gameday thread when it's still almost Thursday.
I would love to get a fast start, maintain, then move on.
(I'm talking about the UConn game, not this thread. )
Let's do it Cyclones!!
someones going to steal this thread from the OP. 1158? Bush league!
Originally Posted by CyLoboClone
someones going to steal this thread from the OP. 1158? Bush league!
11:58? It was 12:58 in Iowa and 1:58 where our Cyclones are, lol.
Someone had a premature e-threadulation.
It's FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY CLONES GETTIN" DOWN ON FRIDAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
whoops my inner 13 year old girl just came out
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
Let's hope for a quick start out of the blocks and have the game in hand by half time.
3-0 here we come! GO CYCLONES! Steele's going to have another monster game! Our defense is going to shut them out!
My prediction: time will stand still today
Wish I could watch but I got a game in Indianola. Go Cyclones!
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Allergies in Children: Giving an Epinephrine Shot to a Child
If your child has had a severe allergic reaction in the past, you know how frightening it can be. Symptoms of breathing problems, itching, and swelling can come on quickly and become life-threatening. Giving your child an epinephrine shot can slow down or stop an allergic reaction. That's why it is important to have an allergy kit containing an epinephrine shot with you at all times and to know the right way to use it. It could save your child's life someday.
There are some important things to think about before you give the shot:
- The shot does not replace the need to be seen by a doctor. After giving your child the shot, seek emergency medical care. Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can return or get worse after an epinephrine shot.
- The shot should only be injected into the side of the thigh. Do not give the shot into a buttock or a vein.
- Be familiar with the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction. If your child feels or you observe the symptoms coming on, act quickly. The sooner the shot is given, the better the chances of a good outcome.
- If your child is not able to be still, get someone to hold the child while you give the shot. If you are alone, put the child down on his or her back and lay your upper body across the child's body. Use one hand to hold the child's leg while you give the shot with the other hand.
It is also important to:
- Have an allergy kit near your child at all times. Keep one at home and one at school or day care. An older child can wear a fanny pack with the kit in it.
- Keep two epinephrine shots in each kit in case a second shot is needed.
- Always have your child wear a medical alert bracelet to let others know about the allergies.
- Make sure your child's school administrators, teachers, babysitters, and friends know how to give your child the shot and to call 911 after giving the shot. At school, stress the need for the kit to be with your child, not locked away where it cannot be reached quickly.
- Explain to your child why the shot is necessary, how it helps, and what you will do when the shot is needed. It may help to show the child what will happen. You can get an epinephrine shot trainer from your pharmacist to use for practice.
- As soon as your child is old enough, teach him or her to give the shot and call for help.
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All I have to do is give my child the shot.
This answer is incorrect.
After giving your child a shot, you will still need to get your child emergency medical care. Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can return or get worse after an epinephrine shot.
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After giving your child a shot, you will still need to get your child emergency medical care. Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can return or get worse after an epinephrine shot.
An epinephrine shot can slow down or stop your child's allergic reaction. Epinephrine relieves wheezing, breathing problems, and itching from hives. It helps keep blood pressure within a normal range and also reduces swelling that can occur in the hands, feet, eyelids, tongue, and throat.
If your child has had a serious allergic reaction in the past, his or her risk of having another is high. But people react differently when they are exposed to the allergen that causes their allergic reaction. It is important to get clear instructions from your doctor on when you should give your child an epinephrine shot.
An epinephrine shot comes as an automatic injector that is prefilled with one shot of epinephrine. It is made to be quick and simple to use.
Take care of your child's epinephrine shot:
- To protect it from light, keep the epinephrine shot in the tube provided until you are ready to use it.
- Store epinephrine shot at room temperature, which is 59°F (16°C) to 86°F (30°C). Do not refrigerate.
- Check the expiration dates of the medicines in the allergy kit, and replace the medicines as needed.
- Check the medicine in the epinephrine shot. It should be clear. If the solution is pinkish brown or has solid particles in it, the epinephrine shot should be replaced.
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I should keep my child's allergy kit in my car so it is always handy.
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To work properly, epinephrine needs to be kept at room temperature. A car can get too hot. A better idea would be to keep one kit in your purse or briefcase, one at home, and one at your child's school.
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To work properly, epinephrine needs to be kept at room temperature. A car can get too hot. A better idea would be to keep one kit in your purse or briefcase, one at home, and one at your child's school.
- Your epinephrine injector may have a black or orange tip. Grasp the epinephrine shot injector in your hand with the black (or orange) tip pointing down. Form a fist around the injector. Do not touch the tip.
- With the other hand, pull off the gray (or blue) cap.
- Hold the black or orange tip close to your child's outer thigh. Jab the tip firmly into your child's thigh. Jab through clothing if you must, but bare skin is best. The injector should go straight into the skin, at a 90-degree angle to the thigh.
- Keep the injector in your child's outer thigh for 10 seconds. Note: It is normal for most of the liquid to be left in the injector. Do not try to inject the remaining liquid.
- Remove the injector, and place your hand on the area where the medicine entered the skin. Rub the area for about 10 seconds. Have your child take the antihistamine tablet in the allergy kit.
- Put the used injector, needle-end first, into the storage tube that comes with your injector. Do not bend the needle. Screw on the cap of the storage tube. Take your child to the emergency room, and take the used injector with you.
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Your child should feel the effects of the medicine almost right away. These may include a rapid heartbeat and nervousness as well as improved breathing. The benefits of the shot usually last 10 to 20 minutes.
In some severe cases, you may need to give a second shot. Your doctor will explain when a second shot is needed. Make sure you understand, and ask questions if you are not sure. Too much epinephrine can cause serious side effects, such as difficulty breathing.
What do I do after I give the shot?
- Immediately call 911. Tell the operator that you gave your child a shot and that more epinephrine needs to be brought in the ambulance. Or if a hospital is close by, take your child to the emergency room. At the hospital, give the doctor or nurse the used injector. It will be checked and then disposed of properly.
- Your child may need to be observed in the hospital for several hours to make sure symptoms don't return. If your child is discharged from the hospital sooner, sit in the waiting room.
- If your child has any heart problems, be sure to tell the doctor or nurse.
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I don't feel comfortable giving my child a shot. If she has an allergic reaction, I can just take her to the hospital.
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Your child was prescribed an allergy kit because she is at risk for a dangerous allergic reaction. Symptoms can come on within seconds and quickly become life-threatening. If your child has a reaction, she cannot wait until you get to a hospital to be treated. You must give her the shot right away. Luckily, giving the shot is easy.
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Your child was prescribed an allergy kit because she is at risk for a dangerous allergic reaction. Symptoms can come on within seconds and quickly become life-threatening. If your child has a reaction, she cannot wait until you get to a hospital to be treated. You must give her the shot right away. Luckily, giving the shot is easy.
If you have any questions about giving your child an epinephrine shot or about when to give a second shot, discuss them with your doctor. Be sure you know how to administer an epinephrine shot before you need to do so.
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Democrats have prevailed in two more recounts done in close Maine legislative races. Secretary of State Charlie Summers says a recount in House District 45 determined that Brian Jones, of Freedom, beat R. Ryan Harmon, a Palerno Republican, by 32 votes.
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- For the mission, see OG Loc (mission).
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Jeffrey "OG Loc" Cross (or Jefferey Martin, as on the official San Andreas page) is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a main character and later a minor antagonist in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Jonathan Anderson voiced him.
Before 1992
Jeffrey grew up on Grove Street, where he was friends with several members of the Grove Street Families, including Sweet Johnson and Big Smoke. Jeffery lacked the physical capability to join the Families, but he was still enamored of the gangster lifestyle. Sweet told him to get out of the ghetto and go to college, but Jeffery was set on becoming a gangsta-rap superstar. Some time after the year 1987 he began going by the name OG Loc, and committing any small crimes, mostly traffic violations, that would get him thrown in prison for a few weeks in order to build up his street rep.
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When CJ arrived back in Los Santos, OG Loc was in prison. CJ accompanied Sweet and Smoke to the police station to pick him up, where CJ angered Loc by calling him Jeffrey. Loc immediately enlisted CJ's help in killing Freddy, a member of Los Santos Vagos whom he claimed had "disrespected" him (Freddy claimed it was a consensual homosexual relationship). Loc was then ordered to work as a Burger Shot janitor by his parole officer, and in the process of trying to become famous, ruined Madd Dogg's career by having CJ steal his rhyme book and kill his manager (who called Loc whack). Despite the fact that Loc is a terrible rapper with a squeaky, scratchy voice, he slowly but surely makes a name for himself in the underground.
After the downfall of Grove Street Families, Big Smoke chose to launder his drug money by granting Loc a record contract, making him rich and famous. Using Madd Dogg's rhyme book, he recorded his first (and only) album Str8 From Tha Streetz, immediately paired with a clothing company, Loc-Down (a reference to his prison stint, complete with a handcuff logo) available at Victim. He was interviewed by Lazlow on WCTR. Despite mocking him in the past, Big Smoke goes on with the charade that OG Loc is a gangster, and juxtaposes it with another falsehood that he (Smoke) is a philanthropist trying to fight off the crack epidemic - "so either way, you can feel good about yourself listening to this music!".
After the recovery of both Madd Dogg and Grove Street Families (in a partnership), OG Loc was chased down by CJ and Madd Dogg himself from the set of his music video in Flint County all the way to Blastin' Fools Records in Los Santos, and finally extorted for Madd Dogg's rhyme book and royalties from his album. This is based on Vanilla Ice having been extorted by Suge Knight for a stolen song. Shortly after, his manager Big Smoke was killed, OG Loc did not return to rapping, and what happens to him after is unknown.
Mission appearances
- GTA San Andreas
- The Introduction
- OG Loc
- Life's a Beach (Boss)
- Madd Dogg's Rhymes (Boss)
- Management Issues (Boss)
- House Party (Boss)
- Madd Dogg (Mentioned, Betrayal)
- Cut Throat Business (Defeated, can be killed)
- OG Loc has a house in Ganton, Los Santos. It is inaccessible to the player unless using a hack/trainer or going through the ghost world and can be seen during the mission House Party.
- One of OG Loc's CDs (Str8 From Tha Streetz) appears in Niko Bellic's safehouse in Bohan, and in Luis Lopez's safehouse in Northwood, and in the DJ area on Bahama Mama's.
- According to the GTA San Andreas website, he was originally to be called Jefferey Martin. Also, OG Loc's Beta Name was MC Strap.
- When Madd Dogg asks CJ on "How does a fake, busta, phony like suck-ass Loc make it in the rap game?", CJ replies that "it's all about showmanship and dance routines", referring to the early 90's trend of hip-hop by MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and others, although Loc states on Entertaining America with Lazlow when asked to dance "I ain't down with that shit, it ain't gangsta!".
- OG Loc is also a very mocking parody of Ja Rule, although Ja Rule was not famous until 1999, seven years after the setting of GTA San Andreas. Both men are named "Jeffrey", portray themselves alike, and Ja Rule was also accused of stealing rhymes and other style notes from frequent collaborator DMX. There were rumors that 50 Cent was approached with an offer to voice CJ (then-labelmate The Game became the voice of B Dup), and the parody was likely done out of support for 50 Cent during his feud with Ja Rule.
- When listening to some radio shows featuring OG Loc, his voice is much deeper and doesn't break. He most likely edited his voice just to sound more cooler.
- Katie Zhan does not hold the highest opinion about OG Loc. While on dates with Carl Johnson, she derides him by saying OG Loc? OG Joke is more like it.
- In a play on words, the California metalcore band Of Mice and Men have a portmanteau song incoporating Loc and the popular alcohol Four Loko, called "OG Loko", off their upcoming album, The Flood.
- OG in fact means Orange Grove, that is the Grove Street Families original name. However, in street terminology, OG actually stands for "Original Gangster."
- With quick and careful aim while chasing OG Loc by boat on the "Cut Throat Business" level, CJ can kill OG Loc with the game going automatically "mission passed". Although it is rare since it takes quick and precise aiming.
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After four years, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund's investment in the Indo- Burma biodiversity hotspot has resulted in more than US$ 9.8 million in grants to 54 civil society organisations to conserve biodiversity in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
BirdLife International in Indochina, in its role as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for CEPF in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, invites proposals for small grants from non-government organisations, community groups, and other civil society organisations.
BirdLife International in Indochina has released its quarterly newsletter The Babbler No. 41 (February -May 2012).
In 1998, Cambodia officially became a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention and designated three sites as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites).
The 2011 Cambodian census of White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni has found a larger number of birds than ever before, but celebrations are muted, as this species' survival is imminently threatened by serious habitat loss.
Kampong Trach Important Bird Area has finally been designated as Cambodia's second Sarus Crane reserve. This signing represents the culmination of consultative and bureaucratic process that began in 2006.
It was with some trepidation that I joined this braveheart expedition into the wilds of Cambodia to discover five Critically Endangered birds: White-shouldered and Giant Ibis, along with White-rumped, Slender-billed and Red-headed Vulture.
BirdLife International in Indochina has just released its quarterly newsletter, Babbler 35, for July - September 2010, which includes a feature on BirdLife CEPF Regional Implementation Team progress in Indochina. This feature gives an update on an additional one large and one small grant, brief progress of fifteen funded projects and especially the CEPF mid-term assessment workshops held in July in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Tropical forests are disappearing at a rate of one football pitch per second - more than 10 million hectares per year. These losses are driven by global demand for timber, paper and land for food crops and bio-fuels. BirdLife's work has shown that 913 species worldwide are threatened by forest destruction and degradation; that's almost one in ten of the world's birds.
A record-breaking 429 White-shouldered Ibis been recorded in Cambodia, making the known global population much larger than previously thought. With so many birds remaining in the wild the chances of conservation success are greatly improved – welcome news for this Critically Endangered bird species.
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, community groups and other civil society organisations working in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam have been given another opportunity to apply for funding to conserve the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
A lack of food is the principle reason for the vulture's decline in Cambodia, but 'restaurants' are helping their numbers increase
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We also got our face's painted for free. Andy had a crocodile and Luke had a dinosaur. We have never done this before, so it was so fun! The kids were upset they had to wash their faces later that night.
The very next morning Andy started first grade! Here he is before walking to school.
After school Andy said first grade was even more fun than Kindergarten. His teacher allows one person out of the class to be the King or Queen for the day and be the big helper all day long. Andy was chosen first out of the class to be King and he got to wear a crown all day. He was a happy camper!
We also attended my Sister-in-law's wedding on Friday. I didn't get too many pictures because I had to wrestle Lila around so much. This is a picture from my Mother-in-law's camera of the bride, groom and all the grand kids in the family.
My boys had the time of their life playing with their Uncle David. We don't get to see him very often so it was special for them to spend time with him.
My Mother-in-law Linda with granddaughter Alexa.
Alexa was the flower girl. She was darling!! Andy was the ring bearer. They did awesome!
Andrew, Alexa and Luke in their matching outfits.
We've had family staying at our house all weekend so it's been crazy and fun!!
Oh, and earlier this week we had tangerines with dinner. Andy said, "Do I look happy Mommy?" and put a slice in his mouth. It was so funny!
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The Skimmer is a seaplane in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
In all of its appearances, the Skimmer is simply a Dodo with a pair of large pontoons on the bottom in place of landing gears; the GTA San Andreas rendition further includes reinforcement on the connection between the pontoons and fuselage, as well as harnesses between the pontoons and fuselage and the tailfin. Although seemingly plausible, the design of the Skimmer is somewhat unpractical in real-life given the weight and size of the pontoon in relation of the plane and its power, which makes takeoff more difficult that in the games.
While able to land on water, the Skimmer in GTA Vice City does not feature any functional doors, resulting in the player simply warped inside the plane when entered. If the player exits the plane, however, they are immediately spawned on top of the plane's wing. This problem was rectified in GTA San Andreas, when the plane's door can be opened, and the player can enter and exit through the doors, a feature only possible with Carl Johnson's ability to swim, which Tommy Vercetti does not have. In GTA Vice City Stories, if the player enters the Skimmer, they will be warped.
Unlike the Dodo, the Skimmer in GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas may come in a variety of two-tone body colors (as opposed to the same red-white color scheme of the Dodo). The Skimmer in GTA Vice City Stories simply comes with an all-grey body color. In GTA Vice City and Vice City Stories, the Skimmer doesn't have any doors.
Aside from its beneficial amphibious nature, the Skimmer's performance in the air is very much similar to the Dodo in that they both have the same sluggish acceleration and poor top speed, owing to a low-power engine. However, the Skimmer has a tendency of stalling easier. This makes the plane only suitable for steady, slow air travel. However, in San Andreas, the Skimmer has 4 propellers instead of the 2 that the Dodo has. This is probably their excuse for why the Skimmer has such similar handling to the Dodo.
GTA Vice City
- At the back of the InterGlobal Films Studio in Prawn Island after the mission Dildo Dodo.
GTA San Andreas
- At the Sherman Dam in Bone County
- At the beach near Bayside Marina in Tierra Robada
- At a jetty at Valle Ocultado near the Tee Pee Motel in Bone County.
GTA Vice City Stories
- By a jetty in Downtown behind The Greasy Chopper, just south of the Downtown Police Station.
- To the east of the lighthouse in Ocean Beach. Available on the PlayStation 2 version only.
- In GTA San Andreas, the Skimmer plays the radio CSR 103.9 when entered.
- The Skimmer is the only controllable fixed-wing plane in GTA Vice City.
- In GTA Vice City, if a Skimmer is flown into a Pay 'n' Spray, nothing will happen, unlike a Helicopter which will be resprayed and also come out with wheels.
- In GTA Vice City Stories, the plane can reach incredible heights by taking off at a 45 degree angle.
- The Skimmer is the only aircraft in GTA Vice City Stories which isn´t featured in any storyline mission or sub-mission.
- Since the plane has no functional doors on GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, if the player enters one while with a wanted level, the cops won't be able to open the door and bust the player on the inside. The cops will simply run against the Skimmer's pontoons without doing anything else.
- The Skimmer in GTA San Andreas is the only airplane in the whole game that won't explode if it collides head-on with any solid object. This could be because of its pontoons, which have a solid area that may take up space past the front end of the airplane.
- In GTA San Andreas, the propellers of the Skimmer suffer from a visual glitch. When they aren't rotating, they look exactly like the propellers of a Dodo. However, when they start to rotate and pick up speed, they appear wider and with a more rigid, triangular shape, just like the Skimmer from GTA Vice City. This is because the Skimmer's texture files have been handed down from GTA Vice City.
- In GTA San Andreas, if the player lands the Skimmer upside down in the water, the airplane will sink a few feet, then turn right-side up very quickly, and slowly float to the surface, where it will be pilotable again.
- In GTA San Andreas, if the player is flying on the water, and then tilts the plane so that only one pontoon is touching the water, mist will still be ejected from both pontoons, even from the one that isn't touching the water.
- In GTA San Andreas, if you land the plane on a slightly inclined surface or a hill and you exit it, the Skimmer will start to slide downhill and won't stop sliding until something stops it.
- In GTA Vice City's game files, the Skimmer is defined as a boat instead of a plane, possibly because of its ability to float on water. This was also the case with GTA III's Dodo, where it was defined as a car. In San Andreas, however, it is defined as a plane.
- The Skimmer was originally going to be featured in GTA V, however the plane was taken out of the final version of the game for unknown reasons. The plane can be seen in the first trailer for the game.


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AUGUSTA, GA (WXIA) - The medical condition of the Georgia woman suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria has been upgraded to "good," Aimee Copeland's doctors announced Monday.
The upgrade means that the University of West Georgia graduate student's vital signs are stable, that she is conscious and comfortable, and that her indicators are excellent, said Barclay Bishop, media relations manager for Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
The upgrade is another victory for Copeland, 24, who has been hospitalized since May 1, battling kidney failure and other organ damage after she began exhibiting symptoms related to the necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacteria. She contracted the bacteria through a gash in her leg while riding on a homemade zipline over the Lower Tallapoosa River.
Copeland lost her hands, left leg and right foot to the disease. She was upgraded from "serious" to "good" condition less than two weeks after being upgraded from "critical" to "serious."
Copeland's recovery has attracted nationwide attention.
Andy Copeland, Aimee's father, told WXIA-TV on Monday that his family is encouraged by the many milestones his daughter has recently achieved. He said that Aimee even went outside in her wheelchair for the first time over the weekend.
In Aimee Copeland's case, the necrotizing fasciitis was caused by bacteria known as Aeromonas hydrophila, found in warm rivers and streams. Many people exposed to the bacteria don't get sick. Only a handful of necrotizing fasciitis infections caused from that strain of bacteria have been reported in medical journals in recent decades.
Flesh-eating bacteria emit toxins that destroy muscle, fat and skin tissue. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 550 to 1,000 cases of necrotizing fasciitis occur each year. About 1 in 4 patients dies.


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Common and Cut-Leaved Teasel Control
Although usually called a biennial, teasel is better described as a monocarpic perennial. The plant grows as a basal rosette for a minimum of one year (this rosette period frequently is longer) then sends up a tall flowering stalk and dies after flowering. The period of time in the rosette stage apparently varies depending on the amount of time needed to acquire enough resources for flowering to occur.
During the rosette stage leaves vary from somewhat ovoid in young plants to large and oblong leaves that are quite hairy in older rosettes. During the rosette stage teasel develops a large tap root. The tap root may be more than 2 feet (0.6 meter) in length and 1 inch (2.5 cm.) in diameter at the crown.
Cut-leaved teasel blooms from July through September, and common teasel blooms from June through October. Flowering plants have large, oblong, opposite, sessile leaves that form cups (the cups may hold water) and are prickly, especially on the lower midrib. Stems also are prickly. Teasel's unique inflorescence makes the plant readily identifiable when blooming. Flowers are small and packed into dense oval-shaped heads. The heads (inflorescences) are subtended by upcurved bracts and are located terminally on the flowering stems. Cut-leaved teasel usually has white flowers, while common teasel usually has purple flowers. Cut-leaved teasel can also be distinguished from common teasel by its irregularly pinnately-lobed upper stem leaves. Upper stem leaves of common teasel have smooth margins. Flowering stems may reach 6 to 7 feet (1.8 to 2.1 meters) in height.
Cut-leaved and common teasel should be accurately identified before attempting any control measures. If identification of the species is in doubt, the plant's identity should be confirmed by a knowledgeable individual and/or by consulting appropriate books.
Teasel is endemic to Europe. It was introduced to North America possibly as early as the 1700s. Common teasel was introduced for use in raising the nap of cloth. Possibly, cut-leaved teasel was introduced with common teasel or introduced accidentally with other plant material from Europe. Teasel has spread rapidly in the last 20 to 30 years, spreading from Quebec and Maine to Ontario and Michigan, then south to North Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri. This rapid range expansion probably was aided by construction of the interstate highway system
Teasel has colonized many areas along interstates. Common teasel sometimes is used as a horticultural plant, which has aided in expansion of its North American range. In particular, the use of teasel in flower arrangements has aided its dispersal, especially to cemeteries.
Teasel grows in open sunny habitats, ranging from wet to dry conditions. Optimal conditions seem to be mesic habitats. In Illinois, teasel sometimes occurs in high quality prairies, savannas, seeps, and sedge meadows, though roadsides, railroads, dumps and other heavily disturbed areas are the most common habitats of teasel. Missouri locations are predominately highway rights-of-way at present, but the potential is great for eventual spread into a variety of other natural and disturbed sites.
Life History
A single teasel plant can produce more than 2,000 seeds. Depending on conditions, up to 30 to 80 percent of the seeds will germinate, so each plant can produce many offspring. Seeds also can remain viable for at least two years. Seeds typically don't disperse far; most seedlings will be located around the parent plant. Parent plants often provide an optimal nursery site for new teasel plants after the adult dies. Dead adult plants leave a relatively large area of bare ground, formerly occupied by their own basal leaves, that new plants readily occupy. Seeds may have the capacity to be water-dispersed, which may allow seeds to be dispersed over longer distances. Immature seed heads of cut-leaved teasel are capable of producing viable seed. Common teasel may also have this capability.
Effects Upon Natural Areas
Teasels are aggressive exotic species that have the capacity to take over prairies and savannas if allowed to become established. Lack of natural enemies allows teasel to proliferate. If left unchecked, teasel quickly can form large monocultures excluding all native vegetation. Cut-leaved teasel is more aggressive than common teasel and has severely threatened several northern and central Illinois natural areas.
Control Recommendations
Recommended practices in natural communities of high quality
For small populations or if large, cheap labor pools (volunteers) are available, mechanical methods work quite well. Young rosettes can be dug up using a dandelion digger. Just as in digging up dandelions, as much of the teasel root needs to be dug up as possible. Once the rosettes get large, it is difficult to dig the roots up without doing damage to the natural area around the plant. Very small seedlings can be pulled up by hand when the soil is moist. Flowering plants can be cut before seed set. At the initiation of flowering, the flowering heads should be cut off and removed from the natural area. Removed immature seed heads left in place can still develop some viable seeds. Once the flowering heads have been removed, the flowering stalk should be cut off at or slightly below ground level. A machete is useful in cutting off the flowering stalks. Cutting off the flowering stalks just at flowering time will usually prevent re-sprouting from the root crown. Cutting flowering stalks prior to flowering should be avoided since the plants will re-sprout and flower again. A later inspection should be performed to catch any root crowns that do re-sprout.
Probably the most cost effective method of control is the use of foliar applied herbicides. Any of the herbicides recommended below for buffer or disturbed sites can be used, but with greater care to prevent damaging native plants. Spot treatment with backpack sprayers is probably the preferred method in high quality areas as opposed to high volume units. Triclopyr is a good choice during the growing season since it usually does not harm the monocots. Some grass species will be burned back by Triclopyr, but will usually come back. During the dormant season Glyphosate has worked in controlling teasel in some situations. Triclopyr may also work during the dormant season, but has yet to be tested.
Prescribed burning as suggested below in conjunction with herbicide treatment is probably the best strategy to insure complete coverage.
Recommended Practices on lands other than high-quality natural areas
The most cost effective control method for heavily infested sites is the use of foliar applied herbicides. Glyphosate (under trade name Roundup), 2,4-D amine (under various trade names), and Triclopyr (under trade name of Garlon 3A) have all been used successfully. Triclopyr and 2,4-D amine are dicot specific and should not harm monocots. Both herbicides should be applied during the growing season, preferably before the plant has bolted (sent up a flowering stalk). Triclopyr appears to be slightly better at controlling teasel than 2,4-D amine. Application can be made after bolting, but there is a risk of the seeds still developing, depending upon the date of application. Neither of these herbicides have been tried during the dormant season, but they may be effective. The rosettes of teasel stay green late into fall or even into winter when most other plants have died back. Application at this time would allow treatment without harming other dicots.
Glyphosate will kill any green plant. To avoid killing monocots, Glyphosate should be used sparingly during the growing season. If harming other plants in the immediate vicinity is not a problem, Glyphosate is quite effective. Glyphosate should be applied before the plant bolts. Glyphosate can also be applied after bolting, but again there is a risk of the seeds still maturing. Glyphosate can also be applied during the dormant season. The results of dormant season treatment are mixed, some individuals have reported success and others failures. The condition of the rosettes and daytime temperature are probably important factors. Rosettes in good condition on warm days are probably photosynthesizing and Glyphosate would be effective. Stressed plants and plants on very cold days may not be photosynthesizing and Glyphosate may not be effective under these conditions. More research is needed on the use of Glyphosate during the dormant season.
These herbicides can be used as a spot treatment method with a backpack sprayer. A 1.5- to 2-percent solution of Glyphosate is effective. A 2-percent solution of Triclopyr has proven successful. Triclopyr needs the addition of an agricultural non-ionic surfactant. Herbicide coverage should be thorough to wet all the leaves and stems. Use of high volume equipment (booms, etc.) may be possible in highly disturbed areas where there is little likelihood of damaging wanted vegetation. By law, herbicides may only be applied according to label directions. Prescribed burns may make detection of teasel rosettes easier. Small rosettes can be hidden in the litter, while dried grass and forb stems can make complete spray coverage with a herbicide difficult. Either fall or spring burns would open up the area for detection. Fall burns would allow detection of rosettes during the dormant season. There is some evidence that singed rosettes may not be as active during the dormant season, and not as susceptible to herbicides. Fires will not carry well through dense stands of rosettes, so singed rosettes may only be a problem around the periphery of an infestation, or with isolated plants.
Additional suggestion on control of teasel
Several years treatment may be necessary to totally eradicate teasel from a natural community. It is important to prevent all seed production so that there is no addition to the seed bank in the soil. It may take several years (even up to five or six years) of repeated treatment before the seed bank is depleted. It is useful to map locations of infestations and treatment so that they can be readily located in future years.
If treated in the early stages of infestation it is possible to cheaply and quickly control teasel. If teasel is noticed outside, but near a natural community, get control of the teasel before it gets into the natural community. As with all exotics, start control before they become a serious problem.
Failed or Ineffective Practices
Mowing is ineffective because the root crown will re-sprout and flower after being cut. Even repeated mowing is ineffective. Repeated mowing will stop some plants from flowering, but others will produce short flowering stems that may be short enough to be below the height of the mower. Plants that have been knocked over by a mower and not cut off will lie horizontally and produce short flowering stalks below the height of the mower.
Cutting off the flower stalks at flowering time and leaving the flowering heads has been shown to be ineffective. Viable seeds can still develop from the cut stems. The flowering heads should be removed.
Prescribed burning alone is ineffective. Prescribed burning may kill some of the isolated small seedlings, but is ineffective against dense seedlings or large rosettes. Many seedlings germinate around the parent plant where shade from the parent plant has created a bare soil area. Fire will not carry through these bare soil, low fuel areas. Teasel remains green late in the fall and into winter, and also greens up early in the spring. The green teasel plants in areas of large infestations stop the fire from carrying into the interior of the population.
No biological controls are known that are feasible in natural areas.


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Independent Institute Senior Fellow Charles Peña interviewed on CNBCs Insana Quotient with Ron Insana about the McChrystal fallout and its significance for the Obama administration. Peña further illustrates the quagmire that exists in the U.S mission in Afghanistan and challenges the public to consider the true relevancy behind the changing of command. Does it matter who is in charge when we are fighting an illegitimate war?
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Originally aired on January 17, 2010 on "Two-Way Street." Charles Peña, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, joins a panel of foreign policy experts to support the discussion topic: The U.S. should close its military bases around the world.
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Originally aired on 1/4/10 on CTV. Charles Peña, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, discusses the effectiveness of new TSA regulations. He stresses the importance of respecting rights and encouraging personal responsibility in air travelers.
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Colorado's second straight failure in the federal Race to the Top education grant competition has resulted in finger-pointing and fear that state education reforms have suffered a mighty blow.
The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday awarded nearly $3.4 billion to nine states and the District of Columbia. Colorado lost out on $175 million intended to spark innovation in districts statewide.
Colorado leaders are left to ponder why the state's application fell short, but more importantly how to cobble together funding for mandated education reforms while budgets are being slashed.
"We are absolutely convinced we have the right platform," said Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien, who led the state's Race to the Top effort. "We are just going to move forward, maybe at a slightly slower pace."
Colorado officials had earmarked $13 million from the big grant to help develop and implement new standards and assessments to replace the Colorado Student Assessment Program, which tests students every year in reading, writing and math.
Local districts would have received an additional $5.8 million to create and share new curricula that reflected the new standards.
Another major pillar of state education reform — plans to target and provide resources for a greater number of struggling schools — would have received $11 million.
The state also planned to spend $13 million overhauling the way schools evaluate, promote and reward teachers based, in part, on student success, as laid out by Senate Bill 191, which passed on the last day of legislative session.
State Sen. Michael Johnston, the Democratic freshman lawmaker who wrote the legislation, said the loss of funding won't be a problem.
The estimated $240,000 needed to cover the salaries of employees implementing SB 191 is covered by dipping into a reserve fund. Another federal grant is up for grabs to pay for parts of a new assessment system and federal money already has been granted to pay for school turnaround efforts, he said.
"This would have been nice money to have," Johnston said. "But there is nothing that will cease to exist without this funding."
Unions under fire
Some reformers, however, are blaming the powerful Colorado Education Association and most local teacher unions for refusing to support the state's application in the second round.
Judges' comments, which will be released to the public today, reportedly downgraded Colorado's application for lack of union support.
"It seems pretty clear to me that in Colorado, if the CEA would have supported this, then Colorado would have likely won," said Van Schoales, director of Education Reform Now, a Denver-based education advocacy group.
CEA president Beverly Ingle said people are looking for a scapegoat. "There was something else at play. It was not the CEA or its members. "
Ingle said the union supported the state's failed first-round application and later pushed for collaboration but was repeatedly told during the legislative session "that our participation didn't matter."
Ingle said the reforms now must slow down and legislators must not create laws funded by potential grants.
"We shouldn't be passing things that we don't have the money to do," she said. "We don't do it in our personal budgets, why should we do it in the state?"
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in a telephone news conference Tuesday, downplayed the effect of low union buy-in on a state's overall total.
"There isn't any one factor," he said. "We want folks collaborating, but at the end of the day, we want breakthrough reform."
Duncan said he was "very, very sorry" Colorado didn't win and said the state "has been and will continue to be a national leader in driving reform."
Education reformers who have watched the national competition incorrectly predicted Colorado would win the money because of last spring's "bold" legislation.
"Colorado was robbed," said Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality. "Colorado went the extra mile doing things that no other state even tried. It makes no sense to me."
Frederick Hess, director of education studies at the American Enterprise Institute, said Colorado's loss shows the process was flawed.
"The fact that Colorado could pass Senate Bill 191 and get dinged on teaching means there was a fundamental problem with the way the criteria was set," he said. "It suggested it was more about grant-writing, presentation skills and union buy-in than reform."
A flawed process?
Colorado finished 17th out of 19 finalists.
"We're extremely disappointed," said Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, who complained that the scoring process was flawed.
Colorado received an average overall score of 420.2 points on a 500-point scale from five reviewers. The point total was better than last time, when the state got only 409.6 points.
But the difference between the top reviewer's score and the bottom was 111 points, Ritter noted.
"If you look at three of the judges and you average their scores, we're absolutely in the money," Ritter said. "That leads me to believe there are some flaws in how objective the measurements really are."
In the critical "Teachers and Leaders" section of the application, which asked how Colorado plans to evaluate teachers and improve educators, reviewers gave the state the same score as in Round 1 — even after the state passed SB 191.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., also criticized the judging."It is also troubling that no state west of the Mississippi, other than Hawaii, made this round of cuts."
Jeremy P. Meyer: 303-954-1367 or firstname.lastname@example.com Staff writer Colleen O'Connor contributed to this report.