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Transportation in SLO is below average. We do have an airport.
It's awesome that the escort vans, SLO transit, and some other transportation options are free. It really helps.
Every student registered to Cal Poly has free access to public transportation through their ID cards, so you can basically take any bus to anywhere in town. It does tend to get busy during the mornings when everyone is going to school, but you manage to get where you need to in time.
Transit includes the extensive city bus, Zipcars and a night escort van service. Regional transit includes Greyhound, Amtrak, the airport and a county bus system.
I absolutely love that the bus is free and that it stops right by my house!
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Another option for transportation late at night (home from campus) is the Escort Van Service. There's a van that will drive students home for free from the University Union or library in between 7 p.m. and midnight, which is perfect for students who might walk to school in the morning and need a safe ride home at night. There are multiple taxi companies and also a company called SLO Safe Ride. Both are able to drive people around San Luis Obispo, particularly downtown for a night on the town. Zipcar is also present on campus for students without a car.
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WEEK 5 GRADE SHEET (the last eight "garbage time" snaps were not documented similar to Week 3)
Beatty: 4
Boothe: -1
Baas: 0
Snee: 1
Locklear: –3
…the chop block penalty called against the Giants was incorrect and was actually a great block by Ahmad Bradshaw and a physical finish by Chris Snee. Great job on the tag team for two guys who have made a career out of playing through injuries, sans excuses. This game was no different as Snee battled a hip injury and Bradshaw continues a recover from his neck injury. Not only did Snee play, but he still was consistently able to get 2-3 yards push at the LOS. Nice to see that they got to take their aggression for the fluke fumble out on the defender.
…it was great to see Bradshaw get downhill in a way we haven't seen in a while. Maybe it was the fumble, maybe it was the talk of Andre Brown as a potential replacement, or maybe it was the Browns defense, but Bradshaw ran differently this week then he has in a few years. As goes for the Giants across the board, Bradshaw will be faced with a much stiffer test this Sunday. The Giants will need him to continue to be a strong pass blocker as well.
…Will Beatty led the group with a grade of 4 and turned in a solid rebound effort after struggling in Philadelphia. He once again showed that he can be a VERY good NFL offensive lineman but now we need to see him hold his own against quality competition.
…the best way for Kevin Boothe to succeed is to get him on the move, especially in the run game. He showed against Cleveland that he is at his best run blocking when he is able to get the wheels rolling. This includes getting up to the second level to clip a LB. It is like watching two different players. His 2nd quarter block (6th possession 2nd play if you have DVR) on D'Qwell Jackson was impressive. Even if you don't pull him in counter situations get him even coming from under Beatty or Baas jus to get him moving. He really struggles getting any push on most DTs and even DEs.
…one of the great things about watching the offensive All-22 is getting to see the respect that teams show for Eli Manning. Once again I counted less than five blitzes for a Giants opponent a sign of the understanding of Manning's ability to shred a defense and his awareness of matchups all over the field.
…another thing that you notice after watching the tape consistently is that the Giants really do a great job of creating throwing lanes for Eli. So many times it goes unnoticed but they are excellent at giving him a great look downfield.
…the group will be at full strength for the first time this season in SF as David Diehl is expected to return at RT. While Locklear was at times serviceable in the replacement role (he was solid in pass pro and great on draw plays) a healthy Diehl will be an upgrade. Locklear just seems uninspiring at times and that will not cut it against the 49ers. Diehl is the kind of guy who lives for games like this.
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Blackburn: -1
Boley: -1
Kiwanuka: 0
Paysinger: 0
Williams: -2
…the group collectively was more or less assignment sound but missed a ton of tackles and these guys just didn't make enough plays (outside of the Blackburn pick in the end zone) to offset those negatives on the score sheet. Boley did have six tackles but they came primarily in coverage and were simply plays that are supposed to be made. Part of it was they ran a lot of screens and draws to keep them off balance. Draw was a huge part of their run game. The "high hat" reads they would get from the offensive line in these situations explains to some extent why they were not playing as aggressively downhill in many cases.
…twice in the redzone and at least in one other instance they gave run action from the offensive line with a quick slant from an outside receiver. It appeared Weeden was reading the outside backer post snap and was responsible for making a decision. Impressive for a rookie QB and it got them stuck in no man's land a couple of times. It's a "damned if you do damned if you don't" type of thing, but I would rather see our guys just make a decision and go with it at full speed. Still not much they could do, but another example of how they had the linebackers on their heels much of the game.
…a ton of missed tackles. This accounted for an unacceptable number of negative plays. Blackburn had at least three in the first half from over running plays. This was something I though he was improving on but he regressed this week. As much as I like his aggressive play he has to do a better job of controlling his tempo when flowing to the ball.
…speaking of Blackburn, he was exposed badly early in the game on the long touchdown by Gordon. I have been impressed with his ability to handle running with the seam route when the Giants play their Tampa 2, but in this case, he did not even make a bad read, he was just too slow and got toasted.
…overall the grades do seem harsh and that is mostly attributable to our poor tackling. I understand Trent Richardson is a beast and will get his yards after contact but completely whiffing in some cases because someone is not under control is unacceptable. He also wasn't the only one. Bottom line is they did enough to win the game and now they have to look forward to San Francisco this weekend. I know better than to question what Eli can do with the offense, but with the 49ers having given up three points over the last two weeks, the Giants may need a big time game defensively to come away with the W.


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So my kids can watch a film over and over gain.
I've never been able to do that (OK maybe after 5 years or so).
"Zoolander" - still enjoy it even though I know what is coming (maybe because I know what is coming?) and I'm pretty sure I watched it the last couple of times it was on TV - within the last year or so.
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Review: LFW day two
John Rocha was the Irish highlight of the second day at London Fashion Week, but Orla Kiely and Zoe Jordan also showed strong collections
House of Holland S/S 2014; all images via Getty Images
Gosh but the days just seem to fly by, don't they? While the fash pack were rushing from show to show on day two of London Fashion Week S/S 2014, I was busy catching up on John Rocha on the live stream and, um, watching three seasons of The Hills, back to back.
Zoe Jordan opened day one with a show that she described as being for "this skater girl, grown up". The show kicked off with a blush-pink leather jacket that will surely be imitated by the dozen come January / February, and continued in similarly luxurious fabrics in a soft palette, drawing to mind lazy, hazy summer days. I'm as impressed as Elle magazine was with the collection: infinitely wearable and very, very covetable. The one caveat? Quite a few of the models Jordan cast for her show were visibly underweight (check out the video). Try harder next time?
The girls at Sister by Sibling (10am, while I snoozed) smiled as they made their way down the catwalk in an over-the-top Fun (with a capital F) collection of high-colour swing dresses, slogan tops (one of which said, fittingly, "HAPPY") and swing coats. We were promised a trip to suburban, post-war America – but this was a vision of feminine rebellion, with the girls enjoying (to the max) their newfound independence and sense of industry. The bad news? Short shorts just got shorter.
Meanwhile, at Antipodium, the girls were all grown up (and not a smile to be found), sloping lazily down the catwalk to a standing crowd of press and buyers. Geoffrey J Finch, the brains behind the label, described the collection as "confident simplicity, subverted classics and a hint of kink" – evident in the clean lines of A-line skirts, pleats and tailoring, all jazzed up with modern metallics and, in several cases, entirely sheer fabric.
It's worth watching this video, from the Orla Kiely presentation that filled the late-morning slot, just to get a proper idea of how mad fashion week can really be. Instead of a catwalk, Kiely placed her models – quite literally – in a box, on virtual safari, like a modern-day Enid Blyton novel. Mallory Towers on Tour, perhaps. In keeping with Kiely's kitsch aesthetic, we're talking girly silhouettes, miniature prints on fabric and bright, girly accessories.
If you were following the #LFW hashtag on Twitter yesterday, you'll have seen the buzz surrounding Holly Fulton's midday show (before the Irish Twittersphere had a collective John Rocha-related orgasm). Fulton's inspiration came directly from the 1970s, evident not only in the prints that ran through her entire collection but in the hair, the sunglasses and the skirt shapes. It was a high-fun, high-fashion collection that moved Fulton along from her cutesy, kitschy prints and towards something grown-up and a hell of a lot more commercial – in the best way possible.
Then came John (1pm). Ah, John - the first of two Rochas that will excite and ignite LFW this season. Let's get this out of the way first: I'm ignoring the hats. Though the artistry therein is undoubtedly incredible, the hats themselves speak of frighteningly large visors to come and so, are best left aside for as long as possible. It was a romantic, dramatic, entirely John Rocha collection – heavy on shape and texture, in his trademark monochrome-and-red palette, with bonus floral prints. Breathtaking.
Perhaps we can blame Kelly Brook, but Julien Macdonald has become, let's face it, a bit of a laugh – famed for his appearance on Britain's Next Top Model and for producing entirely WAG-ish dresses, heavy on sequins and sheer panels. It was no surprise, therefore, to find Abbey Clancy on the frow, and her appearance was the first in a long line of non-surprises in the 2pm show. Dresses for ice dancers.
David Koma's 3pm show, then, was a relief – all sharp lines, sharper tailoring and Japanese-inspired shapes in block colours. Placed side by side with Macdonald's 1980s-era Dynasty-wear, Koma's collection (what have the Kardashians done to me, that I wanted to write "Koma's collection"?) seemed all the more modern.
Markus Lupfer presented his vision for S/S 2014 (3pm-4.30pm) in the surroundings of a teenage bedroom, complete with pink guitar and hamburger telephone. His trademark sequined knits were there, but alongside them were gorgeous patchworked floral silk shorts and tees, dresses and skirts, and seemingly oxymoronic white floral prints. It worked really well for the designer, who's become something of an idol for cute, quirky teenage pieces (for grown-up wallets).
Next, another Irish export, in the form of JW Anderson, a show the Guardian described as "arguably the first major event of the week so far". There were almost hospital-gown-like dresses, sheer fabrics and origami-style leather numbers. These weren't the kind of clothes you'd wear to, well, anywhere, but with LVMH sniffing around, it doesn't look like anyone cares.
Yesterday was Savile Row-trained Paula Gerbase's London Fashion Week debut, with her line, 1205. Gerbase, who said she wanted to produce items of comfort and ease, showed a Cos-alike selection of masculine tailoring in the form of loose separates. Nice, but nothing much to write home about – items are definitely wearable, but it will be interesting to see what Gerbase does next season.
I've loved Ashish ever since I saw their Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz inspired collection a few seasons ago – but I'll admit that it feels as if the brand needs to move on slightly from their sequined streetwear aesthetic. Then again, maybe it's enough to have a strong, trademark look that resonates with a certain generation. And the politics of this collection were clear: a commentary on our obsession with distressed and damaged clothing, juxtaposed with high-shine sequined embellishment and set against a backdrop of consumer culture, evident in the sequined Tesco-rip-off shoppers (DISCO, anyone?) in the models' paws.
One brand that definitely did evolve this season is House of Holland, a label that has seemed stuck for far too long in the hip, London-girl aesthetic embodied by designer Henry Holland's frow pals, Pixie Geldof and Agyness Deyn. Instead of producing a collection of only-for-the-youngsters shorts 'n' crop top combos, Holland showed up with a mature collection of ladylike pieces in beautiful fabrics – shirt dresses, loose shorts, boxy short-sleeved collared T-shirts and some beautiful, romantic prints. That said, the London set has nothing to fear: there was still plenty for the hipster at heart in the form of trucker caps, oversized gold hoops and religious iconography. And for the celeb-hunters, too: Harry Styles and Kelly Osbourne showed up on the frow.
At certain moments, Mark Fast – propping up the end of the day with a 7pm show in Somerset House – didn't cease to disappoint, holding on to his title as knitwear king with a collection of bodycon knits inspired by 1990s grunge. But at other moments it felt as if the medium itself held the power; at the joins between colours, models' bodies were squashed and restricted by the knit itself, giving a lump appearance to several skirts towards the opening of the show. But towards the end, he redeemed himself; a floor-length gown with what looked like horse hair skimming the ground was show-stopping.
It was a strong end to day two with a great collection from Richard Nicoll (8pm). White on white opened a show that was refreshing in its stark simplicity, all the way down to the models' slick, low ponytails and those incredible ankle boots, designed by Manolo Blahnik for Nicolls. If the Nicolls girl is a tomboy, she's one with a high-flying office job, oodles of sex appeal and a shoe collection that would put Jenna Lyons to shame.


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ST. MARTIN -- A woman and her stepson are in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center after what police say was a domestic dispute with shots fired in the St. Martin community.
On Tuesday at about 6 p.m., Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a domestic dispute at 8013 Victoria Drive in St. Martin.
Deputies arrived on the scene and made contact with 51-year-old Jacquelyn Poole, and learned 32-year-old Harley D. Poole had fled the scene and was possibly armed with an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle. Deputies observed several bullet holes in a vehicle parked in front of the home and recovered a 9 mm Glock pistol. Jacquelyn Poole is Harley Poole's stepmother.
Deputy Terrance Grey apprehended Harley Poole in the back yard of a home on Cook Road without further incident. Further investigation led to the recovery of the rifle at another house on Victoria Drive.
After further investigation of the incident, both Harley and Jacquelyn Poole were each were charged with domestic violence aggravated assault and taken to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center.
Both remain in the county jail pending an initial appearance in Jackson County Court.
If convicted of domestic violence aggravated assault, both Jacquelyn Poole and Harley Poole could face up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.


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Jim Logan, vocalist of 5 Elements, believes the band's new album, "Enter The Zao." embodies more of a clear album feel.
The release is also the band's first album with new lead guitarist, Dan Newsome (a.k.a. Danzao), hence the name ''Enter The Zao.''
"Newsome really gave this album a different sound from our previous material with hints of blues guitar, surf rock, and crunchy distorted punk riffs. It's a very guitar-driven album with a lot of crazy riffs," Logan said.
The band - Logan, vocals and scratches; Tony Parent, drums; Josh Warnock, vocals and guitar; Nick Barbush, vocals and percussion; Kevin Gallite, bass; and Newsome, lead guitar - will celebrate the release of the disc with a show Friday at Cedar's Lounge in Youngstown.
Over the years, 5 Elements successfully has fused the punk energy of the Bad Brains, the reggae spirit of Gregory Isaacs and the hip-hop splendor of the Beastie Boys. In fact, Logan said that the Beastie Boys were a big influence of the band while recording, "Enter The Zao."
''No one could really label the Beastie Boys as just a hip-hop group, or just a punk rock group. With the Beastie Boys, you get a hip-hop song, followed by a hardcore punk song, followed by an instrumental jazz song. Each song sounds completely different from the last, but they all complement each other. That's the kind of feeling we strived to accomplish with our new album," Logan said.
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WHEN: 10 p.m. Friday
WHERE: Cedar's Lounge, 23 N. Hazel St., Youngstown
In 2008, 5 Elements released their first self-titled full-length album, which is also accompanied with a DVD of the band's live performances. The band also has released two EPs. Logan said he believes the new release, recorded with engineer and producer Larry Serb at Boardman's Don't Touch That Studio, reflects some significant musical growth.
"With 'Enter The Zao,' we went into the recording process with the idea of making an album that feels like a set list that listeners would hear at a 5 Elements concert,'' Logan said. ''The album includes some reggae-rock songs, some fast, heavy punk songs, some hip hop, a little ska, dub and even beatboxing"
Logan said that the album includes tracks that musically capture the band's sound, including the energetic reggae/punk gem, "Champion Sound" and the hip-hop crowd pleaser "Texas Toast." The band even pays homage to reggae legend Gregory Isaacs with a cover of his classic 1982 song "Night Nurse."
"We've been playing covers of Isaacs's music since we first started playing shows. He was one of the first artists who got us interested in Reggae music back when we were just teenagers. Isaacs passed away just a few years ago, so we decided to pay tribute to the man who inspired us so much by putting a song of his on the recording, but giving it our own unique twist," Logan said.
The album also takes listeners back to the glory days of Nintendo during the 1980s. Logan said the band had many crazy ideas for the album and Larry Serb helped bring these ideas into fruition.
"The album is kind of a riff on old-school video games as is the CDs art and the intro on the CD. Working with Larry Serb was an incredible experience and I feel as if this album is just as much his album as it is ours. Any crazy idea we had such as mic-ing up an old Nintendo system for the intro, he was happy to make it work," Logan said.
Serb said the video game theme for the album came about when Barbush was designing the band's webpage. Barbush wanted to include the game, "Mang Invader's" on the band's webpage. Serb stepped in and had an even better suggestion. Serb incorporated a Nintendo in the mix.
"Just for something entertaining for the band's website, I suggested that they do some 8-bit renditions of their songs as the background music,'' Serb said. ''That same night when I got home, I had to hear what it would sound like and then had two tunes transformed to 8-bit versions in about 45 minutes. The band ended up really digging it and I did two more songs, which eventually their made way onto the disc. This ended up with the NES-style artwork to sync it up.''
Serb said that the main objective when putting together "Enter The Zao," was to create a full-length album that captures the feel of a video game.
"The album is complete with the infamous NES freeze followed by the blowing on the cartridge remedy. Suffice to say, that was the first and probably only time I will ever mic a Nintendo in my life. Most importantly, we wanted 5 Elements to sound like 5 Elements, which is simply organic and not overly produced and edited," Serb said.
When making this recording, Serb and the band evenly balanced creativity with organic structure.
''We just let things take shape naturally and in most cases, particularly with lead guitar, it was free-formed. On the electronic material, we just experimented with different styles and didn't over analyze," Serb said.
Logan said the band plans on continuously playing shows, writing new music and most importantly, gaining fans in the process.
"We are trying to get on more all ages shows at places like The House of Blues in Cleveland and Mr. Small's in Pittsburgh,'' Logan said.''We've been playing shows all over Ohio and PA as well as different festivals and house parties. When we aren't playing shows, we are always eager to get back into the studio.''


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Endangered Florida Panther in Big Cypress Natl Preserve
Bros. treatment of Endangered elephants
Florida Manatee
Delmarva fox squirrel
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Border of Texas and Mexico, The Rio Grande
Wildlife Advocacy Project is helping to educate the public about
a project by the Immigration and Naturalization's Border Patrol
along the Rio Grande in south Texas, which threatens the extinction
of two extremely rare members of the cat family: the ocelot and
jaguarundi. This massive project, called "Operation Rio Grande,"
is intended to keep illegal immigrants from entering our country.
It consists of over 200 stadium lights covering 25 miles along the
Rio Grande, fences, boat ramps and other intrusions in critical
wildlife habitat for jaguarundis, ocelots, and other
wildlife. On behalf of a coalition of groups, including Defenders
of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, and the Frontera Audubon Society,
as well as several individuals who live and work in the area, Meyer
& Glitzenstein is seeking to force the Border Patrol to engage
in "formal consultation" with the Fish and Wildlife Service,
as required by the Endangered Species Act, to ensure that these
activities do not jeopardize the continued existence of these magnificent
cats. They also want the INS to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement, as required under the National Environmental Policy Act,
to force the agency to consider the location and habitats of these
species, when planning these Border Patrol activities. The Wildlife
Advocacy Project is working with local, regional, national, and
Mexican media to educate the public about these activities, and
to explain that the objectives of the INS can be achieved in ways
that will not harm these rare species.
settlers arrived in Texas, many species of big cats ranged throughout
the dense, luxuriant and thorny brush of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The endangered ocelot and jaguarundi, two nocturnal species, are
now protected by federal laws. Two other large cat species, the
jaguar and the margay, formerly native to Texas, are extinct in
that region. Since 1979, tens of millions of tax dollars have been
spent to establish a wildlife corridor to protect these species
as well as 86 other rare species around the Lower Rio Grande River.
That wildlife corridor, which was to have been completed by 1990,
is still not completed, and the project is languishing due to the
lack of funding. Therefore, any use by the INS which includes stadium
lights, boat ramps, and fencing, effectively undermines the enormous
investment taxpayers have made for this purpose. Furthermore, the
dense, thorny foliage -- while suitable for cats and other wildlife
-- is impenetrable by humans, and acts as a natural barrier along
the border.
natural barrier of dense vegetation is being leveled in violation
of federal environmental laws in an ill-conceived attempt to slow
down illegal immigration along the Rio Grande River. Wildlife, and
especially endangered nocturnal predators, such as the ocelot and
jaguarundi, are jeopardized by this construction, which includes
25 miles of stadium lighting, boat ramps and ten-foot high fences
being placed along the border. Particularly concerned about the
effect of huge stadium lights on endangered nocturnal predators,
environmentalists have sued to force the immigration agency to comply
with laws mandating an environmental impact statement and consultation
with the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Heat-Related Illnesses - Topic Overview
Often, environmental and physical conditions can make it hard to stay cool. Heat-related illness is often caused or made worse by dehydration and fatigue. Exercising during hot weather, working outdoors, and overdressing for the environment increase your risk. Drinking alcohol also increases your risk of dehydration.
Many medicines increase your risk of a heat-related illness. Some medicines decrease the amount of blood pumped by the heart (cardiac output) and limit blood flow to the skin, so your body is less able to cool itself by sweating. Other medicines can alter your sense of thirst or increase your body's production of heat. If you take medicines regularly, ask your doctor for advice about hot-weather activity and your risk of getting a heat-related illness.
Other things that may increase your risk of a heat-related illness include:
- Age. Babies do not lose heat quickly and they do not sweat effectively. Older adults do not sweat easily and usually have other health conditions that affect their ability to lose heat.
- Obesity. People who are overweight have decreased blood flow to the skin, hold heat in because of the insulating layer of fat tissue, and have a greater body mass to cool.
- Heat waves. People who live in cities are especially vulnerable to illness during a heat wave because heat is trapped by tall buildings and air pollutants, especially if there is a high level of humidity.
- Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart failure, and cancer. These conditions change the way the body gets rid of heat.
- Travel to wilderness areas or foreign countries with high outdoor temperatures and humidity. When you go to a different climate, your body must get used to the differences (acclimate) to keep your body temperature in a normal range.
Most heat-related illnesses can be prevented by keeping the body cool and by avoiding dehydration in hot environments. Home treatment is usually all that is needed to treat mild heat-related illnesses. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke need immediate medical treatment.
Check your symptoms to decide if and when you should see a doctor.
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Discussion in 'All Languages' started by er targyn, Jun 18, 2013.
What is used in your language literally? The same with food: Be hungry/become h./want to eat.
In Russian usually is used "I want to drink" and "I became hungry".
In Kazakh - I became thirsty and I (my stomach/belly) became hungry.
In French and Spanish it is
to have thirst
avoir soif
tener sed
or to have hunger
avoir faim
tener hambre
Wow, that's another option
Just an addition: in Russian there are several ways to express hunger/thirst:
я хочу пить (lit. I want to drink) - most common for I'm thirsty
меня мучает жажда (lit. thirst is bothering/torturing me) - I'm very thirsty / I have been thirsty for a long time
я хочу есть (lit. I want to eat) - most common
мне есть хочется (lit. to me it wants to eat (concept similar to the Spanish "me gusto")) - a bit more colloquial
я голоден (lit. I'm hungry) - slightly higher register
я проголодался (lit. I hungered myself / I made myself hungry) - I became hungry
And "Я голодный".
In Greek:
The most common way to express thirst is «διψάω» [ði'psa.o] (1st person, Present indicative) --> I'm thirsty < Classical v. «διψάω/διψῶ» dĭpsáō (uncontracted) / dĭpsô (contracted) (Ionic «διψέω» dĭpséō (uncontracted)) --> to be thirsty, parched (with obscure etymology).
The expression «θέλω νερό» ['θelo ne'ro] --> I want water is also used. The modern Greek neuter noun «νερό» [ne'ro] is the colloquial name of fresh water, since Byzantine times; a nominalized (stranded) adjective: «ὕδωρ νεαρόν» hýdōr nearón --> fresh water > «νεαρόν» nearón > «νερό».
The most common way to express hunger, is «πεινάω» [pi'na.o] (1st person, Present indicative) --> I'm hungry < Classical v. «πεινάω/πεινῶ» peináō (uncontracted) / peinô (contracted) --> to hunger, be hungry (with obscure etymology).
Tagalog: 1,) Be hungry= magutom 2.) Be thirsty= Mauhaw 3.) want to eat= napapa kain
vara hungrig - be hungry
bli hungrig - become hungry
känna hunger - feel hunger
att hungra - to hunger (often used symbolically, att hungra efter kunskap - to hunger for knowledge)
jag vill äta - I want to eat
vara törstig - be thirsty
bli törstig - to become thirsty
känna törst - feel thirst
att törsta - to thirst (often used symbolically, att törsta efter hämnd - to thirst for revenge)
jag vill dricka - I want to drink
In Russian there is a similar word голодать (lit. to hunger / to be hungering), it either means "to go hungry (in life/for a period of time)" or "not to eat on purpose"
hungry - רעב ra'ev
thirsty - צמא tzame.
become thirsty: susa (from su: water)
become hungry: acık (from aç: hungry)
The same in Kazakh: suwsa- and acyq- (c=sh). Cölde- also means to get thirsty.
I guess both Turkish acık and Kazakh acyq comes from "aş : food" ?
Also do you have any idea about the etymology of Cölde-?
Definitely not from food. Cölde is from cöl, that means thirst and also desert.
I'm thirsty - عطشان 'atshaan
I'm hungry - جوعان jaw'aan
- Ik heb honger (ik ben hongerig is not impossible, but not common)
- Ik heb dorst (ikben dorstig is quite uncommon)
in hebrew gove'a (starving) ligvo'a (to be starved; state, not action) sounds similar to hungry in arabic. is j here as in jar or as french j?
jaw'aan also means starving in Arabic and j is as in jar (d͡ʒ) but in the Egyptian dialect we pronounce it as g like in hebrew.
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Which brings me to you fans with cell phones. How do you cretins sleep at night?
Perhaps that was unjustly harsh. But I cannot fathom the fan voting on some nights. Fox Sports Detroit lets viewers text who they believe was the "player of the game" that night, and occasionally they'll provide updates throughout the broadcast. This may be the selective memory talking, but Inge always seems to be in the top-three.
(Aside: Yes, these are fan votes and should be taken as seriously as a sixth grade student council election. It's a popularity contest. Brandon Inge is a fan favorite, so he could go 0-for-4 and still get tons of votes simply because his parents have a pool or a trampoline something. And maybe this admittance undermines the entire post, but we're here to educate all fans on how to judge nightly MVPs. They should all just think like me.)
Tuesday night, the Tigers tried to rally after spotting the Angels six runs but timely hitting only got them to 6-5, which was the final score. The catalysts for these rallies were two-out multi-RBI doubles by Inge and Cabrera in consecutive innings. Inge's drove in two, while Cabrera's cleared the bases. On the night Miggy went 2-for-5 and one strikeout, whereas Inge was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts. In the end, they both contributed to the near-comeback.
Far and away, Inge was the player of the game as decided by the fans. This cannot stand night after night! Something needs to be done. Hem! Haw!
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At the end of the training, funded in part by the state of Michigan's No Worker Left Behind program, students should be able to perform energy audits and be skilled in weatherization.
Allen, an energy and water conservationist for more than 30 years, told the board that, generally, with the right green know-how, utility costs can be reduced at any facility by 50 percent.
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Allen, 60, of Swartz Creek said that AGC will be contacting all the area schools to speak about the future of green technology.
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Allen, a licensed residential builder, mechanical contractor and master plumber, has been in construction since he was 12. He believes that the high cost of energy makes going green imperative for the future -- it's not just a passing fad, in other words.
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Allen said that stimulus package funds are trickling in to green technology, and it's just a matter of tapping into them.
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Then, I tried to use the Plan 9-1 system from another Plan 9-2 system I have.
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and got good success.
This was done also withing 30 seconds.
I have a line of
auth='machine name of the broadband router' authdom='auth domain of that
Plan 9 system behind the router'
in /lib/ndb/local file on the Plan 9-2 system. ---fact 3
Lastly, I tried to login to the Plan 9-1 system behind the firewall from the above
Plan 9-2 system, and now I have problem. When I booted the Plan 9 kernel from
floppy drive (the kernel was read from the Plan 9-2 standalone auth server),
I had to wait 5 minutes until some response from the Plan 9-1
auth server behind the firewall. It asked password, and I typed it, then,
I can reach the CPU server, not the Plan 9 system. I suppose this is same as
cpu command, and then, I have no display for rio. ---fact 4
Why I can 9fs but not login?
Why such a long time were necceessary for Linux and Plan9
to get factotum responce?
What is different between drawterm and ordinal login mechanism?
Thanks in advance,
Kenji --now in big confusion


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It's wintertime, so farmers are on vacation. Right? No.
For some types of farmers - for example, grain farmers - wintertime is a less busy time of year, but there is still a lot of planning and equipment maintenance in preparation for the spring.
Farmers who have animals are always busy, especially dairy farmers.
A cow's health is of the utmost importance to dairy farmers because proper animal care leads to the production of high-quality milk. Nutritious diets, healthy living conditions and good medical care are all essential for a healthy herd.
One of the dairy farmer's top priorities is to provide food and shelter. Dairy cows always have access to feed and fresh, clean water. Farmers employ professional nutritionists to develop a scientifically formulated, balanced and nutritious diet for their cows.
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Protecting dairy cows from the cold while providing adequate air ventilation is also important to keeping the cows healthy. Many barns are equipped with curtains that can be lowered to increase ventilation. The use of such curtains during the unseasonably warm weather earlier this week sure made the cows more comfortable.
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These ''quality of life'' issues are a 24/7 concern for dairy farmers. Add the winter weather and it can get complicated. Frozen pipes or water fountains are a big problem when you have adult cows that can each drink 30 to 50 gallons of water a day. Frigid temperatures can lead to frozen feed, which cows generally do not like. Just as the drastic temperature changes this week can affect people, it can also affect the cows.
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Mary Smallsreed is a member of Trumbull County Farm Bureau and grew up on a family dairy farm in northeast Ohio.


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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a proposal to list the rufa red knot as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed rule will be available for 60 days of public comment.
2013: Biologist James Fraser (Virginia Tech) and others publish an investigation of historic data suggesting that rufa red knots may be adversely affected by changing predation patterns in the Arctic, perhaps as a result of climate change. Subtle vegetation changes in the tundra are noted by scientists, and 2012 sees the smallest extent of Arctic summer sea ice on record—further indictors of rapid climate change in the knot's breeding grounds. Photo credit: Mark Peck/Royal Ontario Museum.
2012: Several lines of evidence suggest that horseshoe crab populations started to rebound in the early 2000s, but continued growth stalled after 2005. The reasons for the stall are unknown, but may be simply a time lag between the past harvest reductions and full population recovery. Lagging a few years behind the crabs, knot populations appear to have stabilized by the late 2000s, but at notably lower levels relative to the 1980s. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
2012: The rufa red knot is added to Canada's list of Species at Risk.
2012: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission adopts an Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) framework, linking all future bait crab harvest levels in Delaware Bay with red knot population recovery targets through scientific modeling. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
2011: A red knot banded in Delaware Bay in 2005 is shot in a rice field in French Guiana. Sport and subsistence hunting of shorebirds are still practiced in parts of the Caribbean and South America. That same year, the high-profile shootings of two satellite-tracked whimbrels garner worldwide attention to the hunting issue, and some preliminary signs of improved management begin to emerge in the years that follow. Screen shot from http://blog.allaboutbirds.org/2011/09/13/whimbrel-survives-tropical-storm-shot-in-caribbean/.
2010: The National Research Council publishes a report that previous projections of sea level rise were likely too low. Newer research suggests that sea levels could potentially rise another 2.5 to 6.5 ft (0.8 to 2 m) by 2100, likely eroding or inundating some red knot habitats along the coasts.
2010: Biologists David Smith (U.S. Geologic Survey) and Sierra Jones (University of South Carolina) publish separate studies underscoring the importance of water temperatures on the quantity and timing of food resources for red knots stopping in the mid-Atlantic in spring. Coastal water temperatures are expected to increase due to climate change. Photo credit: USFWS.
2010: Biologists Larry Niles (Conserve Wildlife Foundation), Joanna Burger (Rutgers University), and others publish the first results using light-sensitive geolocator devices to estimate the migration pathways of red knots. These and subsequent results document flyways along the coast, over vast areas of open ocean, and across continental interiors including the Amazon and the northern plains of the U.S. and Canada. Photo credit: USFWS.
2010 to 2012: Roughly 2,000 to 3,000 wintering knots are estimated in the western Gulf of Mexico from northern Mexico to Louisiana. Geolocator and banding/re-sighting work by David Newstead (Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program), Larry Niles (Conserve Wildlife Foundation), Roberto Carmona (Universidad Autónoma), Joseph Buchanan (Washington Department of Fish and Wildliife), and others demonstrate that these Texas-wintering birds belong to the rufa subspecies, although small numbers of the roselaari subspecies also move through Texas during migration. Photo credit: Franklin Weaver/USFWS.
2010: The first U.S. offshore wind energy approved, off the coast of Massachusetts. Other offshore projects subsequently approved, though not yet built, and the number of turbines on land increases about 25 fold from 1999 to 2012. Knots are not considered especially vulnerable to turbine collisions, but cumulatively some mortality is likely upon buildout of this infrastructure. Photo credit: USFWS.
2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, illustrating that migrant and wintering knots from Florida to Texas are vulnerable to spills from the Gulf's active oil extraction and transport operations. As of 2013, any impacts on knots from the Deepwater Horizon have not yet been disclosed due to ongoing legal processes. U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White
2008: PBS airs "Crash: A Tale of Two Species" about the red knot-horseshoe crab connection in Delaware Bay.
2007: Mass mortality of over 300 red knots in Uruguay from unknown causes. Red tide is the suspected culprit, but cause of death cannot be determined in this episode. Laboratory analysis of two dead knots in Texas in 2011 later confirms that red knots can be killed by red tide toxins. Photo credit: Institute of Ocean Sciences, http://flic.kr/p/pTKjc.
2006: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designates the rufa red knot a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act; an updated status assessment follows in 2007.
2006 and 2011: Roughly 4,000 wintering knots documented in the southeastern U.S. from Louisiana to North Carolina. From the 1980s through 2008, extensive work by biologists banding and later re-sighting birds across the hemisphere demonstrate that these southeast-wintering birds belong to the rufa subspecies. Photo credit: Anita363.
2004: Biologist Alan Baker (Royal Ontario Museum) and others publish modeling results that link sharply reduced red knot survival rates to reduced availability of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay, exacerbated by many knots arriving in the bay later in the spring - for unknown reasons. These conclusions are consistent with earlier findings by biologists from the British Trust for Ornithology and the shorebird advisors to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
2004-2008: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service receives several petitions and legal challenges to list the rufa red knot under the Endangered Species Act.
2002-2008: Dramatically reduced red knot counts are recorded in Delaware Bay and Tierra del Fuego, about 75% lower compared to the 1980s. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
2002: Biologist Larry Niles (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) and others initiate shorebird banding at Bahía Lomas, Chile, the single largest red knot wintering site. In the years that follow, biologist Carmen Espoz (Universidad Santo Tomás) leads a team conducting ecological monitoring and research. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
2000: An updated survey finds the Tierra del Fuego winter population of red knots is still over 51,000 birds, similar to levels observed in the early 1980s. Photo credit: Red Knot Flickr Group, http://flic.kr/p/fLWL3u.
1999-2006: Biologists from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Larry Niles and Amanda Dey) and the Royal Ontario Museum conduct radio tracking to document rufa red knot breeding locations in the tundra of the central Canadian Arctic. Photo courtesy of State of New Jersey, http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/redknot.htm.
1998: The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) institutes a Fisheries Management Plan for the horseshoe crab, covering all harvests along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, with key mandatory harvest reductions to come in 2001, 2004, and 2006. Some states cut harvests even further, with a complete moratorium in New Jersey starting in 2006. In 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service establishes a "no-fish" horseshoe crab reserve in Federal waters at the recommendation of the ASMFC. Fisherman Frank "Thumper" Eicherly, Jr., shares his experience with a home-made bait-saving device, which then becomes widely adopted and dramatically reduces the demand for crabs as bait. Together, these actions reduce harvest levels from 1998 to 2011 by over 75 percent. From the outset of the Plan, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State biologists, and many other shorebird experts cooperate to advise ASMFC on the biology and needs of red knots and other birds reliant on horseshoe crab eggs. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
1997-1998: Biologists from New Jersey and Delaware establish the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project to coordinate surveys and research. Both professional and volunteer shorebird experts from around the world converge on the bay each May to count, band, measure, and assess the health of red knots and other species. As of 2013, the team is led by Larry Niles (Conserve Wildlife Foundation), Amanda Dey (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection), and Kevin Kalasz (Delaware Department of Natural Resources). Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS
1996: Anitra oil spill in the Delaware Bay, oiling many shorebirds including a few red knots and illustrating the vulnerability of Delaware Bay habitats to potential spills from vessels using the Port of Philadelphia. A portion of the settlement funds from this spill will be used to help construct a shorebird research center at Bahía Lomas, Chile, the single largest red knot wintering site. Photo courtesy of Tim Kubiak, USFWS
1995: Biologists band a red knot in Río Grande, Argentina. Already at least 2 years old at the time, this bird will later become known as B95 or "Moonbird." An orange flag denoting Argentina and labeled "B95" would later be applied by Biologist Patricia González (Fundación Inalafquen) when the bird was recaptured in 2001. As of 2013, B95 is still alive and – at least 20 years old – he's the oldest rufa red knot in the world. The subject of a 2012 book and a human-sized statue in Delaware, Moonbird has flown enough miles in his lifetime to journey to the moon and part way back. Photo credit: Red Knot Working Group.
1995: Biologists Bryan Watts (College of William and Mary) and Barry Truitt (The Nature Conservancy) initiate shorebird counts of coastal Virginia, revealing a second major spring stopover on the mid-Atlantic. These scientists, together with Jonathan Cohen, Sarah Karpanty, and Jim Fraser (Virginia Tech), go on to document that the Virginia barrier islands support roughly a third of the total knots stopping on the mid-Atlantic before their final flight to the Arctic. These birds rely on small clams and mussels for food, as knots do in most migration stopovers other than Delaware Bay. Photo credit: Kenneth Cole Schneider, http://flic.kr/p/e2LVWV.
1990-1998: Steep increases in horseshoe crab harvests for the bait and biomedical industries. The crabs are used as bait in the expanding fisheries for whelk (commonly called conch) and eels. Although also used in scientific research and for other medical purposes, the major biomedical use of horseshoe crabs is a product called LAL that is made from the crabs' blood. The "LAL test" is currently the worldwide standard for screening medical equipment and injectable drugs for bacterial contamination. Over this time period, biologist Kathleen Clark (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) and others note modest decreases in shorebird counts at Delaware Bay. Photo courtesy of American Bird Conservancy, http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/fisheries/bait_bags.html
1986: Delaware Bay designated as the first site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). Subsequent WHSRN designations to include important red knot sites in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, the U.S., and Canada. Photo credit: USFWS.
1982-1985. Biologists Guy Morrison and Richard Ross from the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) document roughly 53,000 knots wintering in Tierra del Fuego; about 14,000 further north along the Argentinean coast, and approximately 8,300 along Brazil's north coast. Photo courtesy of the Red Knot Working Group, http://flic.kr/p/fLEav2.
1979-1981: Biologists Brian Harrington (Manomet), Peter Dunne (New Jersey Audubon Society) and others conduct the first scientific studies documenting the massive spring shorebird stopover phenomenon in Delaware Bay, linked to a superabundance of horseshoe crab eggs that the birds feed on during their brief visit in May. Photo credit: Sheila Eyler/USFWS
1950s to 1970s: Shift in U.S. shoreline stabilization practices from primarily hard structures to primarily beach nourishment. Photo credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Flickr Creative Commons.
1950s: Low point of horseshoe crab abundance along the mid-Atlantic following decades of intensive harvest for fertilizer and livestock feed. The impact of this historic harvest on shorebird food supplies remains unknown. The commercial-scale harvesting of horseshoe crabs ceases in the 1960s. Photo credit: Delaware State Archives.
1922: America's first large engineered beach fill, at Coney Island, New York. Photo: http://oceancitysurfreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/beach-nourishment-shoreline.jpg
1920s through 1950: Signs of red knot population recovery noted in historical writings, but it is unclear if knot numbers ever fully rebounded from the declines caused by earlier unregulated hunting. The geographic distribution of the northward migration stopover is permanently altered, with Long Island and Cape Cod never regaining the large numbers of spring migrants that had been noted in the historical literature. Photo credit: Greg Breese/USFWS.
Following close on the heels of the Lacey Act and the Weeks-McLean Law, the framers of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act were determined to put an end to the commercial trade in birds and their feathers that, by the early years of the 20th century, had wreaked havoc on the populations of many native bird species.
Birds in the family Scolopacidae, including the red knot, are listed as a game species under international treaties with Canada and Mexico. The MBTA, which implements these treaties, grants the Service authority to establish hunting seasons for any listed game species.
The Service would not consider legalizing the hunting of shorebird species, such as the red knot, whose populations were devastated by market hunting in the last decades of the 19th century.
Photo from http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB061FF73B5F1B7A93CAA81783D85F4C8185F9.
1900 to 1950s: Peak period of constructing hard shoreline stabilization structures on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in conjunction with extensive coastal development. Photo courtesy of OB Rag, http://obrag.org/?p=63580, credit: San Diego Evening Tribune.
1890: The August 9 New York Times reports on the impacts of coastal development on shorebirds: "Once in a while a nice fat snipe or bay bird is knocked over at Sandy Hook and farther down the Jersey coast. They do not come in there in large flights as they did years ago, because of so much building of Summer homes along the beach. Snipe like to keep at a good distance from human beings and are fond of roaming over wild stretches of sand. There is yet quite a barren stretch of sand dunes that keeps the ocean from pouring into the Great South Bay, and this section is the only good snipe ground near the city." Photo credit: Jeffrey Stanton, http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/images/con-elephanthotel.jpg
1820s: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertakes its first structural shoreline stabilization projects, in New England and South Carolina. Photo credit: Canadian Coast Guard.
Early 1800s through early 1900s: Rufa red knot populations severely reduced by sport and market hunting in eastern North America. Historical writings note harvests in the thousands of birds, and sharp declines at stopover habitats from Massachusetts to the Carolinas. Photo: http://home.gci.net/~ah/HuntersShorebirdDecoysDetail.jpg


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Brown Street Furniture of Whitefield, N.H., will have its assets sold at auction in June to pay off its major creditor.
In 2008, the company purchased certain assets of Vermont Tubbs, a maker of high-end furniture, and moved the Brandon companys production to northern New Hampshire. The move cost 87 local workers their jobs.
Owned by brothers Robert and Kyle Tager, Brown Street Furniture encountered its own problems and went out of business last June.
Thomas Hirchak Company of Morrisville will auction the property, machinery and equipment June 6.
The 48,000-square-foot plant at 87 Brown St. is located on 5.8 acres. There are three additional parcels totaling 3.2 acres.
Another 17,334-square-foot building on a 2.9-acre parcel is up for auction at 33 Brown St.
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Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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A stone bench and two blue spruce trees mark the site in the church parking lot where Rachel and Stephanie Works were shot and killed by Matthew Murray. A church security guard shot and wounded Murray, then he took his own life.
Earlier that same day, Murray killed Tiffany Johnson and Philip Crouse at the Youth Mission Training Center in Denver.
David Works was also wounded during the shooting that killed his daughters. At the church's Sunday service, he told the audience, "All I know is God was with us then and he's with us now."
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