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To the editor:
On Jan. 21, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise printed an essay by Don Williams about John Hurd, the man who brought a railroad to Franklin County. Among many errors in the piece, Williams has confused Samuel Hurd, a son-in-law of P.T. Barnum, with John Hurd, the builder of the Northern Adirondack Railroad. They were two entirely separate people.
The subject of Williams' essay, John Hurd, was the son of Hiram and Jerusha Hurd. A grain dealer in Bridgeport, Conn., John Hurd made a great deal of money from that business and from a second one, the Housatonic Rolling Stock Company. At the same time as those enterprises were flourishing, Hurd went to Michigan to build ties with grain producers there. Somehow, he became acquainted with timber barons in Michigan, including Patrick Ducey and Peter McFarlane.
Although further research is needed to verify this conjecture, Hurd's connection with Ducey and other Michigan lumbermen appears to have been the impetus which brought Hurd to the northern Adirondacks.
According to Franklin County property records, Patrick Ducey had purchased timberland in 1881 before Hurd bought his holdings. It was Patrick Ducey and his partner, John Backus, who built the Buck Mountain logging business, creating the lumbering village of Brandon. According to local lore, Ducey cautioned people who came to work for him not to purchase land because he, Ducey, would pull out once the timber was harvested, and his employees would be left with no way to make a living. Joseph LaMora, the "Black Joe" to whom the piece refers, was not connected with John Hurd's enterprises but rather with Patrick Ducey's.
In 1882-83, Hurd and his Michigan partners, Peter McFarlane and Charles B. Hotchkiss, invested in 60,000 acres of timberlands near St. Regis Falls with the intention of harvesting the trees and producing market-ready lumber. They bought a mill already operating in the Falls and constructed a railroad from Moira to the mill. Their intent was to transport the timber to the mill and the finished lumber to Moira, where the product could be transferred to the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad. From that limited beginning, Hurd went on to branch out on his own, enlarging his holdings of timber, constructing mills in unsettled locations and pushing his railroad through dense wilderness for nearly 60 miles.
P.T. Barnum's son-in-law, Samuel Hurd, had nothing to do to with the railroad or the milling businesses that John Hurd created. Samuel, however, did marry a daughter of P.T. Barnum. The marriage was not a happy or enduring one.
On the other hand, John Hurd, who married Clarissa Trubee Terry, brought his wife with him to Santa Clara and named the village and business in her honor. She passed away from tuberculosis in that village and, for a time, was buried there.
In short, John Hurd was not associated with P.T. Barnum, nor was he involved in the Brandon enterprise. I do agree with Don Williams that John Hurd was "one of the most courageous and determined men who ever operated in the northern Adirondacks."
Carol P. Poole
Tupper Lake
(Editor's note: Ms. Poole is a local historian and the author of "Rising from the Swamp: The Founding Families of the Tupper Lake Junction.")

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Skip to comments.Herman Cain Calls for Creation of Third Party
Posted on 11/08/2012 5:38:40 AM PST by Hojczyk
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is calling for the creation of a third political party saying it is clear to him that neither major political party is willing to address the nations economic problems.
We need a third party to save this country, Cain told American Family Radio host Bryan Fischer. This country is in trouble and it is clear that neither party is going to fix the problems we face.
Cain agreed with Fischers assessment that conservatives are growing tired of being ignored by Republican party leadership and that many believe the GOP no longer speaks for them.
Cain said it was troubling that Mitt Romney received fewer votes than John McCain did in 2008 suggesting that many conservatives did not vote on Tuesday.
I dont believe the Republican Party has the ability to rebrand itself against the mainstream media machine that blatantly works to support this president and other liberals as well as the Democrats, Cain told the radio host.
Cain said it would take money, leadership and at least 50 coalitions to create a viable third political party.
You need one for every state because of the whacky rules state by state that they have that make it difficult for a third party to emerge, he said. He said the new party could be made up of not only disenfranchised Republicans but also Democrats.
There are just as many disgruntled Democrats would probably be a part of this movement as there are Republicans who are sick of the political class, Cain told American Family Radio. Realistically, it is more viable today than it has ever been.
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Yo Herman, tell me more.
The 9-9-9 Party?
He's right. The Dims are communists and the GOP is a broken relic.
Splitting the vote won't help.
Love and apparently West lost. Dems won't cross party lines.
This was winnable. Obama had ten million fewer votes. Our voters were scared off by the negative ads. The divide and conquer attack game worked.
Cain needs to stick to pizza.
Third party = ballot garbage can.
No gonna matter....we won't make it 4 years...Once Obama installs all the lifer liberals and infects the system, we will never win again.
When Sarah quit the governorship a couple of friends called and asked me what I thought. My gut told me she is going her own way, going around them and perhaps form another party...
It maybe time, will she be the person that builds anew as the GOP goes the way of the Wigs? Darned if I know, but personally I don't think our energies should be in changing the political but focus on survival...
did 3rd party votes hand victory to Obama? We need more than a third party.
And I hope people do not start spreading the usual nonsense about the GOP being a third party. It never was.
What needs to happen is for conservatives to beat the GOPe internally. They had two bites at the apple in a row. It is our turn now.
A third party effort may be too late to do any good.
No! Let's call it the...
Heck, I'd be satisfied if we could manage to get a second party.
If people like him and Sarah are the faces of it, I am there. If we can siphon off people like Allen West, it could be really dynamic.
And my opinion of Cain continues to plummet. Taking the ball and going home isn't going to fix anything. Conservatives have to fix the GOP from the inside if they want any chance of stopping liberalism — a third party merely entrenches the libs.
We need to crash this pig into the ground.
The left is actively doing this anyway.
Let's get out of their way, and alleviate the consequences for ourselves as best we can, and let them experience the consequences of their ideology.
Voted Constitution Party for POTUS this election. First time I have ever voted 3rd party in over 40 years of voting.
I don't see the GOP fixing things. The day after the election the speaker of the house is talking about "compromise" and TV talking heads are saying we need to be more "inclusive" whatever the heck that means but it does not sound conservative to me...sounds like we want to be more like the Democrats
We're on the verge of switching our enrollment from R to I just to lessen the GOP number on the record. The GOP needs to retire and be replaced by a new 2nd party.
Stand up Palin.
I vaguely remember someone saying that we don't want educated people because you can't control them. Maybe 2 centuries ago...but look at any 3rd world country.
They'll be identifiable by their hats and walking canes.
Hey ... maybe we could get Boo-Hoo Bonner to join us too ... then we'd really have something ! /S
We keep thinking the GOP will change...never happen...there is only a third party..maybe that will scare the GOP enough to change..hell there already caving....Maybe it will all collapse under OBAMA
He is right, but by the time we get it established (a couple of more election cycles) there won't be anything left to save.
I think he's right about the ability to rebrand Republican at this point. The Left has changed their name many times. They were Progressives, then Liberals, then Progressives. A viable third party does not need to win, it just needs enough power that both sides have to appeal to it in order to win, a super caucus as it were. The Independent Party. Let them try to make fun of and demonize that name.
I am kind of in agreement regarding a third party. Before Tuesday, I thought that they were a drain on the GOP in elections and caused loses for our side. But now I'm thinking that since the Tea Party hasn't been able to turn the party back to it's a Conservative roots, that it's time to look at another strategy.
"...we resist the denigration of traditional marriage, we resist the popular attitudes on abortion..."
While I personally agree, a political party with that as part of its platform will never win a national race in this country.
We need a conservative party in deed and not just in name.
No, but that's what will happen every time the GOP runs a centrist candidate, particularly one who was chosen before the primaries ever even started. Run a candidate who stands for something, and the voters will pull together around him like soldiers rallying 'round a flag.
Having the party elite ram a preselected, over-produced Anointed One down the throats of the party rank and file is not a recipe for unification.
It's all about free travel, free food, and speaking fees.
I voted for Jill Stein in California because Romney had no chance here.
If every conservative in a solid blue state had voted for the Green Party and they had received 5% of the national vote that would have lit a fire under that party.
Then they would split the Democrat vote.
When the Green Party got to a critical mass we could then safely create a fourth truly conservative party to keep the Pubbies in line.
Time to ditch the Whig party.
Having a recognizable party "elite" is the problem...
We now have a "third" party and that is it...The "elites"....Face it, people...the democrats are not going to divide...so any real third party just divides so-called republican votes even more...
What is needed is to force the RINO's out of the replican party...Have a Republican/Conservative party...Get rid of the liberal leaning POS that are now in the Republican party...
After what they did to Akin, and Mourdock, the war's already on.
News flash to GOP leaders: Acting like Democrats is not the path to victory.
The GOP again needs a leader like Thatcher or Reagan. The TEA party started something in 2010 and needs to continue the work of both transforming the GOP and then America. All that is needed is a new leader to emerge that believes in America and the values of liberty and free enterprise and is not willing to compromise to just get along. Think of Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan and other conservatives as prophets of one greater to come.
I'd like to fix the GOP if at all possible. Talk of a third party will only further split what we already have. The last two elections we were handed a candidate that many just could not get behind. Why? How do we promote those whom we can really support? What can we do to influence that process? That work needs to begin NOW.
It appears to me that we have too many Conservatives in the Republican Primaries; they split the Conservative vote into several pieces, and leave the nomination to the rino. We need to have a "Conservative Only" Primary, and select one "1" Conservative to run in the Republican Primary. Doing that, we don't water down the Conservative vote, and let the rino slip in.....
Here are their vote totals in the last six elections:
1992 Howard Phillips and Albion Knight 43,369 votes.
1996 Howard Phillips and Herb Titus 184,820 votes
2000 Howard Phillips and Curtis Frazier 98,022 votes
2004 Michael Peroutka and Chuck Baldwin 143,630 votes
2008 Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle 199,750 votes
2012 Virgil Goode and Jim Clymer 98,755 votes
As for the Libertarian Party, it doubled their tally for this year's Presidential candidate and received 1.2 million votes, mostly on the coat tails of disgruntled Ron Paul supporters, yet it barely broke 1% of the total electorate.
No third party candidate has ever won a national election, unless you count Abraham Lincoln in 1860. In that case, the Whig Party had disintegrated as the second party, and Lincoln and others cobbled together a replacement second party with remnants of the Whig and Know-Nothing Parties and some disgruntled Democrats. Historically, third parties have helped the two main parties win elections, starting with Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party in 1912, which helped elect Woodrow Wilson; George Wallace's American Independent Party in 1968, which took away enough Southern Democrats to elect Richard Nixon; and Ross Perot's Reform Party, which enabled Bill Clinton to win twice in 1992 and 1996 with a plurality of the vote. In other cases, they are ineffectual even if they have significant vote totals, as with Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace in 1948, who pulled right-wing and left-wing votes from the Democrats, respectively, but who failed to defeat Truman, and John Anderson in 1980, whose RINO campaign did not deter Reagan from winning a landslide.
Good luck to Cain, Palin, and any others who look toward a third party, but historical evidence indicates it will be a near impossible task.
If not a third party then we need a conservative wing of the republican party..a party within the party....this wing will have a way of selecting one person to run in the GOP primary (How I do not know ).. were split the vote otherwise and we never get a conservative candidate.....the wing also elects a leader in the house and senate...and he either becomes the GOP leader or a second and has a say in how things are done..right now we just follow along like puppies..it sucks
In 2008, we had Fred Thompson....he got little to no support from the "party"...In 2012 we had Herman Cain...He got little to no support from the "party"...
Both were very conservative...both had extremely goos common sense...The "elites" did not want them because they were afraid it would upset the "status quo" the "elites" enjoy in Soddom-on-the-Potomac.....
This is going to be the answer to the fiscal cliff...we agree to raise taxes or revenue now and down the road we cut spending(it never happens).. the deficit will not go down next year...but spending will automatically increase and the democrats will spend it to buy votes ..we loose every time
Think of this ruler as a political specturm.
This is where I would drop everyone on the spectrum:
0 - communism (China)
2 - current Democratic party
6 - George W Bush (yes, right in the center)
6.5 - Romney
8 - Reagan
11 - Founders like Jefferson (people underestimate how radical our founders were)
12 - Libertarians
The lesson the GOP will learn from this is election is to move to the left. In a few years the GOP platform will be around 5. We'll be country with a major liberal party (Democrats) and a major left of center party (Republicans). "Conservative" will come to mean "less liberal"; "Smaller government" will come to mean "not as big government"; and "individual freedom" will come to mean "freedom from worry" (instead of freedom to live as you wish).
That, in a nutshell, is the future of the GOP brand and the word "conservative". Both brands, imho, are beyond saving at this point. Propping up the GOP at this point just ensures more left of center government (and more crony capitalism, imho).
It may be time to chuck both the GOP and even the word conservative and refocus around some new ideas and symbols. The tea party was a good start. Maybe we should look at some of the language our founders used to describe themselves to find terms to describe ourselves and our goals.
I think Herm and I are on the same page. From a comment I made last night (although the word "hijack" is probably not necessary - as it was pointed out to me later):
"My suggestion is that we take a long-term view on the presidency - 12-16 years. The GOP is a damaged brand, as is the Tea Party (not the Tea Party philosophy, just the name). There is no point in pursuing either one any more. The media has successfully destroyed them.
Instead, we hijack the Constitution Party and start looking for legitimate candidates who can communicate conservatism in a rational and convincing manner - a cross between Rush Limbaugh and Tom Sellick (I can dream, cant I?).
In the meantime, we abandon the presidency and concentrate our efforts on getting Tea Party-type people into a majority position in the House and Senate - local and state efforts, not national efforts - more under the radar. If were able to do that, whoever is President is immaterial. With 60 senators and a majority in the House, we can get anything passed we want to - overriding a presidential veto as required.
I dont see any other way at this point. I said early this year that the selection of Mitt Romney as the GOP candidate would be the death of the GOP. We cant change it from within and I believe that there is no way to convince the mentally-challenged non-conservatives and non-republicans to join us - the media wont let it happen. Its time we recognize this and take some positive action to save the Country."
The only way a third party will ever succeed is fairly simple, but the rules must be followed explicitly.
1) The party must be oriented to start at the state level. That is, it becomes viable from the ground up not the top down. As such its first election is not even oriented at the state legislator level, or even leadership roles in the big cities, but at all the minor elective offices in a state.
Only when it has a track record at these offices does it move to the state legislature level of the less populous states. It has to focus its national resources to get control of a minimum of one state legislature before it can start running for federal office. This is because the two big parties will agree to exclude third parties from the national election with unfair rules at the state level.
Real power, however, comes with eventually getting a marginal role in the US house, enough leverage to support one party or the other for a majority. This means that they can then wheel and deal with both major parties for their agenda.
2) The party needs to develop a list of its top 100 core values. Then it needs to poll the public about 10 of these that the public most supports. This then becomes their platform. The other 90 are not forgotten, just put on the "back burner". This way the party can keep its core values *and* give the public what they want, in a simple and clear way they don't have to equivocate.
Voters love this.
This would be an exciting move for a huge segment of society and the voting public. I, for one, would welcome it. The Democrat Party has no enemy within itself. That's why it has no ideas or solutions. It really is a plantation of filthy-mouthed, in -your -face zombies. They don't teach their children acceptable values or work ethics.
I will stay in the GOP simply because I'm not a pioneer at my age and would be more likely to support the soumd fiscal proposals of someone like a Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. I think they were wonderful. Weighty issues appeal to me like defending our nation, taxation, education, English as the only approved language, and our roads and highways. I don't give one single hoot about the social issues of modern day America or the feelings of one religious belief over another. I want our red state life back before we had to be called red state blue state.
A new party might be just the thing needed to identify everyone's criteria for leadership.
I'm in, I left the GOP years ago. It would be nice to be able to vote for someone that is a constitutional conservative.
Until such a party is so powerful that it can bring the other two below 33% of the vote, all that will be created is a very effective spoiler.
Don't we already have something like 39 so-called "third parties". Stupid is as stupid does.
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All FReepers and lurkers in good standing are urged to join members of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com and other patriots in a show of support for whistleblowers and families of the Benghazi terror attack at a Congressional hearing this Wednesday--and to also show support for Chairman Issa and the others working to expose the Obama administration cover-up of the Benghazi attack.
While the hearing is set for 11:30 a.m., supporters are advised to arrive as early as possible in the morning to get in line for seating at the hearing or to freely demonstrate outside the Rayburn Building where the hearing is being held.
Mr. Trooprally is making signs which Trueblackman will deliver to Capitol Hill Wednesday morning. We are working with bevperl and a few others to turn out retired SEALs, other veterans and fellow patriots.
It is hoped that small signs will be allowed in the hearing room that can be held at eye level just above the shoulder. The signs will likely carry messages like, "Justice for Amb. Stevens" and the others killed that night: Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.
Please remember that we will be there to support the families and the whistleblowers, so please conduct yourselves accordingly and don't allow leftists/reporters bait you into conspiracy theory conversations. The known facts coming out this week are bad enough. Stick with those. No need to fall for the Left's traps.
As always, the D.C. Chapter's rules for demonstrating will be in effect. Briefly they are: No violence, no profanity, no racism, no provocations. Obey the law and treat all law enforcement officers with respect.
When: As early as possible Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013. Plan to stay all day if possible.
Where: Room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building off Independence Ave., Washington, D.C.
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Hearing details from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
D.C. Chapter mega ping!
Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.
May God Bless you and the D.C. Chapter.
I'm sure Mr.T and TBM will remind everyone on Wed, morn.....give em ell DC Chapter
Makes me wish I lived closer or was richer so I could fly in!
Thanks for posting. BTTT!
TREASON - continuous, pre-meditated, in-your-face, media complicit, agency-abetted, representative-enabled, ongoing...
R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods
Condolences to your families. Condolences to your friends.
Can't be there in person but will, definitely, be there in spirit! Thanks to all for working to get justice for 4 Americans!
"Benghazi, The Devil is in the details"
"The Devil knows what Obama and Hillary knew and when they knew it"
I+ may have to go to court Wed., otherwise I'd be there.
Don't let the Code Pinkos and Susie Benjawoman cold shoulder you out of a prime spot!
Freeper ping here in hopes many can join the DC area Patriots in support of those stepping up to tell the TRUTH on Wednesday!
Wish I could be there too!
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Thank you DC Chapter, for doing this!
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Did anyone else hear the guy that called in to Hannity's radio show today? He said he was one of the camera operators for the drones that were watching real time as the Benghazi diplomatic compound and annex were attacked on Sept 11, 2012.
No demonstration and they were told ahead of time to monitor.
Maybe the house of cards covering up what really happened will collapse.
Just thought up another sign. Maybe not inside the hearing room but...
Needed: picture of Jason Collins and a picture of Burning Benghazi.
Caption: Just because you invited this guy (arrow points to Collins) to your party doesn't mean we won't forget *this!* (arrow points to Benghazi).
The Gateway Pundit published the call to action.
So did Atlas Shrugs.
Special Operations Speaks will be putting the word out today also.
God Bless them, everyone!
You and DC Chapter of FR are Minutemen in the truest sense of the word. You stand up front against all the odds. I've long admired you for supporting Walter Reed Hospital.
I will tell you this Kristinn. If anyone were to come after you, I would spend my own resources to back you up. There is NO truer American patriot I've ever seen on all these boards and all these years I've been involved in our return to our Republic, including VetsCoR. You are fearless - should I not be the same?
That is no small promise, Sir. They come after you - they come after me. And hell, I don't even like you...you were kinda weird when I met you at CPAC so many years ago along with BobJ and Clinton's a Liar and Taxman and such...haha! Just funnin you.
First, you need the photo of Hillary saying "What Difference Does It Make?
And then below the 4 photos who were given up for dead, with, "ASK THEIR FAMILIES?"
There have been many times I've wished I were living in the DC area. This is one of them.
You are very kind, but the work the D.C. Chapter does is a team effort. Thank you...you're okay, yourself :-)
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Worth doing more for the atmosphere and occasions than the 'race'In full: Start area very well organised, and baggage buses easy to find and well signed. Slow start and a little crowded in places with bottlenecks and stop starts with others stopping without warning and some runners going four abreast, must have covered about 28 miles in all. Support all around magnificent and plenty of sweets/oranges etc on offer from spectators. Water and lucozade plentiful. Meeting area could have been policed better, introduce a one way system perhaps! An event rather than a race for me, but worth doing at least once.Date of review: April 23, 2012
In short: Good Run on a Sunny SundayIn full: Good, well established run with nicely designed T-Shirt and medal. Date of review: March 22, 2012
In short: Well organised run along the PromIn full: Enjoyable race, good support at start and finish. Well organised. Date of review: February 27, 2012
In short: What a crowd!! Brilliant support for a very good race.In full: My first marathon and running with a broken collar bone. Wirral side of race really good and flat, good atmosphere although initial 45 min delay did upset my hydration plans a bit Hills through the tunnel at 13 miles much steeper than expected and took its toll. After 17 miles pretty flat and great downhill to the finish. Really great enthusiastic crowd, really made the event. Great support made me feel as if I was the winner.Date of review: October 25, 2011
In short: Well Organised, friendly race.In full: Good race through a country park, with good support and enthusiastic marshalls. Water at half way was an unexpected bonus. Not a great fan on trail's and some areas needed a bit of care when running past people (which did slow me down a bit). First time for organisers and for me all aspects went like clockwork. I liked the memento(cup) and distinctive medal. Weather was perfect as well. Will be back next time.Date of review: June 5, 2011
In short: Big City Feel to a really great half marathon.In full: Liverpool has arrived! Everything went like clockwork, water stations spot on, crowd were great. The best Liverpool half yet, grandstand at finish very noisy. Well done to everyone connected.Date of review: March 27, 2011
In short: Decent run along the sea front.In full: Good off road race, challenging due to wind and small inclines.Location fine and use of the hotel a bonus, would have liked an energy bar or drink at the end. Date of review: February 27, 2011
In short: Fun Santa run through LiverpoolIn full: Good fun run for all the family (including dogs!) Christmas countdown starts now.Date of review: December 5, 2010
In short: A run in the rain never felt betterIn full: Torrential rain throughout,could have made the event a wash out, but the good humour and triumph over adversity spirit, made up for the weather. Another quality T-shirt and medal. Fine course.Well organised. Date of review: October 3, 2010
In short: well worth the trip, In full: Very well organised, excellent marshalls, decent crowd and nice towel for finishers (beats another medal and T-shirt for me).Date of review: August 22, 2010
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Wendy had known about postpartum depression, but figured she was the last person it would happen to. "To be honest, I kind of skipped over those chapters in the baby books," she said. "This is supposed to be one of the happiest times in my life, you don't want to have to read about something that might not happen to you."
She thought certain elements had to line up for it to happen, she didn't have a history of depression, no troubles in her marriage and the pregnancy was planned, so she didn't pay much attention to the topic.
The delivery went off with few complications, and within two days they brought their daughter home. Her husband, Ron, took time off from work and Wendy's mother came to stay with them to help out. Initially, everything seemed to be going smoothly but that changed quickly.
"It was the second night we were home, I was holding my daughter and we were watching a movie and this feeling came of being overwhelmed," she said. "These feelings came in of, I can't be a mom, I can't do this, I didn't sign up for this, and now she's ours."
They had been told to expect mood changes as the body flushed out pregnancy hormones, but nothing they had been told about or read about prepared them for this.
Wendy described the worry, the sleeplessness, the constant crawling of anxiety inside of her, the feeling of problems just piling up without any ability to fix them.
The way I saw it, everything was fine and I was just a defective mother. I felt like such a burden, on my husband, on my baby. I wanted to run, but I knew that wasn't going to solve anything. It just seemed like it was never going to end, I couldn't foresee finding happiness in anything again. "
During one of her low points, Wendy was approached by another mother in a coffee shop and told about a new mothers' group. Wendy decided to go, to see if other women were experiencing similar feelings. There she found a community of women willing to share their feelings and experiences. Even though no one else was experiencing the same thing, Wendy felt like it was a safe place to talk.
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Talking about her fears and the natural course of time helped to alleviate the anxiety and depression she was facing. Soon, she began to have more consecutive good days, but her emotions still fluctuated from time to time. After her daughter was a year old, she was finally able to say that she was recovered.
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Saranac Lake school board picks new superintendent
SARANAC LAKE – Diane Fox has been selected as the next superintendent of the Saranac Lake Central School District.
Fox, currently principal of Beekmantown High School, was the unanimous choice of the Saranac Lake school board at a special meeting Tuesday, according to school board President Debra Lennon.
Details of Fox's contract with the district, including her salary, are still being negotiated, Lennon said. An official vote to hire her is expected at the board's meeting this coming Wednesday.
Lennon said Fox stood out among the four finalists for the job, all of whom were interviewed last week by the school board, a group of community residents and a committee of school employees.
"She is very collaborative," Lennon said. "She's got a great personality. She has a lot of good ideas. She had an all-around good sense of where we wanted to go. It seemed like her goals seemed to mesh with ours."
"She's a well-rounded person with great people skills," said board Vice President Clyde Baker. "We did some checking and stuff, and everybody loves her."
Lennon said Fox is very interested in long-term planning, something school officials have talked a lot about lately given budget constraints the district is facing. Lennon said Fox is also aware of the district's ongoing shared services dialogue with the Lake Placid Central School District, highlighted by last week's decision by both boards to pursue funding for a consolidation study of the two districts.
"She knows we've been looking into it, and she'll definitely help us in the process and try to facilitate some of that for us," Lennon said.
She has some good ideas," Baker said. "One of the things I liked is exploring the idea of doing dual certification, so you can graduate from high school with a year under your belt at North Country (Community College) or Paul Smith's (College), and one more year and you'd have an associate's degree. I like the way she handles herself in difficult situations as far as disputes, and she had some concrete examples of the way she went about things."
Baker said all the candidates had "phenomenal ideas that we're going to steal going forward."
Shir Filler, a Bloomingdale Elementary School parent and NCCC professor, was one of seven community members who took part in interviews with the four finalists. Filler said most people on the committee felt Fox was the strongest candidate, and she was pleased the school board agreed.
"What we thought made her a really strong candidate was her experience, her student-centeredness and also her community orientation," Filler said. "Given the budget issues that we're facing, everybody wants to find the best way to still deliver education to students, but we also need to involve the community as much as possible, and she seemed the best person who could do both of those things."
Lennon said she couldn't name the other three finalists without first consulting with the rest of the school board. The district had two internal candidates apply, one of whom was a finalist.
"I do think that our internals have promise for the future, but there's a little more experience they need to get, especially administrative experience," Lennon said. "We chose the person who we felt had the most experience that can do this job."
Lennon, Baker and Filler said they had no concerns about bringing in a superintendent from outside the district.
"She's not from that far outside the community," Filler said. "She's worked in Saranac and Beekmantown, and she's a North Country person. I definitely got the sense that she would immediately reach out to people and be very available."
Baker said Fox will move to the district.
"That was adamant from the get-go, that whoever it was will be moving within our borders," he said.
Fox will replace Gerald Goldman, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Her first day on the job is July 1, but Lennon said she may be around before that.
"We're hoping she'll be able to have some conversations and maybe some meetings with Jerry before he leaves," Lennon said. "We'll try to ease her in as much as possible so her job, our job and everybody's job is a little easier."
Fox turned down an Enterprise request for an interview Thursday, saying in an email she didn't want to "put the cart before the horse" and speak until after the board officially approves her hiring.
Fox had been principal of Beekmantown's Cumberland Head Elementary School until July of 2011, when the district's board of education voted to swap her position with that of then-Beekmantown High School Principal Garth Frechette. The move, which was done without any public explanation, was sharply criticized by many parents, teachers and residents, some of whom petitioned the Beekmantown school board to reconsider the decision. When the board didn't, they appealed to the state Education Department, but the appeal was rejected in November.
Fox's current boss in Beekmantown, Superintendent Scott Amo, was the Saranac Lake school district's superintendent from 2004 to 2007. He never moved to the district and lived in Plattsburgh during his tenure here, which upset some people.


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Good cardio, but still lift weights
Hey guys:
So I have been wanting to get into a new regimen where I do more cardio as oppose to the heavy weights I have been doing for the last few years. I am leaning towards wanting to be more lean instead of bulky, as many of us want to be in our younger years.
Does anyone have any suggestions on good cardio regiments to shed fat, while still keeping your strength (or minimize loss). What I mean is, I have had several friends who were quite strong and bulky, and when they decided to trimp down, lost ALOT of their power....I am talking about losing an entire plate on their bench. Anyone have any tips on how to avoid that?
Rigth now I am about 6'3 - 6'4 and about 240-250 lbs, and im looking to cut about 20 lbs.
Maybe try something like P90X or the Navy Seal Workout. You would probably lose some strength when performing a one repetition bench press but you would likely be more fit. Personally, I would rather be able to do a boatload of push-ups rather than benchpress a large amount of weight. It just seems more useful and functional to me.
I think it is smart to get trimmer. If you carry that much weight for years and years, you are probably going to develop osteoarthritis of your knees and hips when you are older. In addition, if you get injured or when you get older and have a slower metabolism or when you have less free time to work out (career, wife, children) you will probably put on quite a bit of weight because I would bet you are consuming quite a few calories to weigh 250 lbs. while working out.
Try to pick something easy and quick (30-60 minutes). A military workout with a lot of sprints, pull-ups, squats, push-ups can be performed quickly and with little equipment. When you are done with school and have a demanding job and have a wife and children with family responsibilities, time will be a factor. You need something quick and dirty. Just my 2 cents.
It's really hard to become more lean without losing some strength. It takes a very strict diet. I've been working on getting bigger/stronger and I've lost some definition. Without steroids or an incredibly strict diet, it seems you have to pick one or the other.
You'll still be strong, just not AS strong. You will have more endurance and a better appearance though. Ramp up the cardio and keep the lifting. Cut the calories a bit. You'll see results. I'm planning to boost my cardio as well and just accept the strength loss.
First and foremost, the important aspect of losing weight is diet. A distant second is your cardio and the distant third is your weight lifting.
Here was some advice I gave to a guy struggling to lose his "stubborn fat" last Spring. The same principle can still be applied to anybody trying to maintain strength while losing muscle. Keep in mind, you'll have to take the same equations and use them for YOUR body size. If you know your body fat % and would like help with the calculations, let me know and I'll edit this post to fit your body size.
Basic principles are:
1. Let's calculate your daily caloric needs:
146lbs. LBM x 12 = 1750 calories per day
40% of your daily calories from protein:
1750 x .4 = 700 calories from protein
1g of protein = 4 calories, thus 700 calories/4 calories per 1g of protein = 175g of protein per day
30% of your daily calories from carbs:
1750 x .3 = 525 calories from protein
1g of carbs = 4 calories, thus 525 calories/4 calories per 1g of carbs = 131g of carbs per day
30% of your daily calories from fats:
1750 x .3 = 525 calories from protein
1g of fat = 9 calories, thus 525 calories/9 calories per 1g of carbs = 58g of fats per day
2. Let's calculate your meals for cardio days:
A. Protein in all meals.
B. Carbs in meals 2, 3, and 4 only.
C. Fats in meals 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, only.
This may seem a little strange, but we're going to go with carbs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th meals only (remember the "Stubborn Fat Protocol?". It calls for protein only 1 hour after cardio, then have a full meal containing protein, carbs, and fats 2 hours later. Your 5th meal every day is pretty simple, hard-boiled eggs. You're going to feel plenty full after 3-4 hard-boiled eggs :)
Meal Plan for Cardio Day:
175g of protein / 6 meals = 30g of protein per meal
131g of carbs / 3 meals = 44g of carbs per meal
58g of fats per day / 5 meals = 12g of fats per meal
3. Let's calculate your meals for lifting days:
A. Protein in all meals.
B. Carbs in meals 1, 2, 3, and 4 only.
C. Fats in meals 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, only.
D. Pwout shake is 75g of carbs and 25g of whey protein.
Immediately after training, ingest 75g of carbs and 25g of protein pwout. This is still 400 additional calories pwout on lifting days.
Meal Plan for Lifting Days:
175g of protein / 6 meals = 30g of protein per meal
131g of carbs / 4 meals = 33g of carbs per meal
58g of fats per day / 5 meals = 12g of fats per meal
75g of carbs pwout
25g of whey protein pwout
4. Let's calculate your meal plan for non-training days:
A. Protein in all meals.
B. Carbs in meals 1, 2, 3, and 4 only.
C. Fats in all meals.
D. Double to triple your carb intake for this day.
Having 1 day where you double (or at least, dramatically increase) your daily carb intake has some great benefits including:
175g of protein / 6 meals = 30g of protein per meal
262g of carbs x2 = 262g of carbs / 4 meals = 66g of carbs per meal
58g of fats per day / 6 meals = 10g of fats per meal
5. Let's set your schedule.
Keep in mind, this schedule is set for AM Cardio and PM lifting.
6. Cardio
Cardio is pretty simple. I don't know your level of fitness just yet, but knowing you've been working on your cardio, you're probably in pretty good shape. What we're going to do is shorten your cardio sessions and/or make them much more intense.
I'm not sure if you're taking any thermos or not. At the very least, you should be taking 200mg caffeine and 81mg of aspirin about 30-60 minutes before you start your cardio, as this is VERY cheap. Caffeine will wake you up, increase your energy, and increase your blood flow. Aspirin simply thins the blood, thus, stripping more fat into the bloodstream to be used for energy (if you have a history of issues with your digestive system, don't use aspirin).
Sunday Cardio:
7. Lifting
Your session should last 45 minutes or less - keep it hard, heavy, and quick - you're in the gym for 1 thing and 1 thing only. Lift HEAVY because you want to activate your Type II-B muscle fibers and keep them as BIG as possible while you're in a caloric deficit. You can basically take your some "power" routine, and trim it down just a bit (say for example, you currently do 4 sets on a lift, trim it to 3). Focus in the 2-8 rep range - I personally prefer 5x5s for this purpose (5 sets, 5 reps). At the VERY least, you should be able to lift the same amount of weight each week - this way, you know you're not losing muscle because you're maintaining your strength.
8. Cheat Meal
You're entitled to 1 cheat meal a week. Eat anything you want, whatever you want, without worrying about the calories. If you've been disciplined with all 41 other meals, you've EARNED the right to splurge!
Personally, I do this on Saturday when I've had my hardest cardio day as I feel I don't "wear it" as much. I've never tested it either way, but it makes me feel better about splurging ;)
9. Water
I try to make sure I'm drinking enough water to pee every hour. If you're peeing every 2 hours, that's probably good enough. 16 ounces of water at each meal is 96 ounces of water just with your food. This will also get you "full" at every meal.
10. Supplements
At the very least, you should be taking a thermo.
Others that I recommend but aren't necessary are:
11. Vitamins and Minerals
I don't consider these as "supplements" because they are essential for basic metabolic functions, hormonal functions, and general well-being.
You should be taking:
12. Fiber, Fiber, Fiber
I can't stress the importance enough. Fiber has a multitude of benefits, especially to somebody who's cutting:
This is when your body will have the greatest amount of recovery. Get 8 hours every night to minimize muscle loss and accelerate fat loss. The reason behind this is the body grows most while sleeping, plus, it's the time when the body releases GH (growth hormone) which will boost your testosterone and the muscle-building hormone IGF-1.
This shouldn't even have to be written, but I'll do it anyways...don't drink alcohol, this should be PLENTY self-explanatory. If you insist on drinking, at least don't binge and be sure you're still drinking plenty of water and eating protein every 3 hours.
If you would like me to post an example of my lifting days or diet, let me know and I'll post them.
Holy moly....thanks rock! I will for sure give your regimen a try. And thanks to everyone else too.:wink:
Good luck!
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Gladstone upsets Kingsford in Class B semi, 56-53
By RON DEUTER
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KINGSFORD – For a second straight season, Kingsford has been upset in a district basketball opener.
After rallying from an eight-point, fourth-quarter deficit, the Flivvers could not hold off Gladstone in a frantic final two minutes and fell 56-53 in a Class B District 64 semifinal Monday evening.
"This is getting repetitive on the one and done, and it's not what we want to see happen," Flivvers head coach Dan Olkkonen said.
The Flivvers (14-6), behind 45-37 with a little more than five minutes remaining, caught and moved ahead of the Braves (9-11) with 1:50 to go when Aidan Wienke sank a jumper to make it 50-49 Flivvers.
Wienke, the game's leading scorer with 22 points, had 12 in the fourth.
"I knew they were going to keep running at us," Gladstone head coach Phil Griebel said of the Flivvers late comeback. "They did that a bunch of times during the game What was different this time is all season it seems like we wilted in those situations, and tonight we didn't."
Gladstone answered right back with a long jumper from Jared Hunter. And when Caleb Harrington then put the Flivvers back up a point by connecting on a runner down the lane, the Braves responded again, this time with a toe-on-the-line two by Blake Ballard, who led Gladstone with 16 points.
The Flivvers had a final try to tie or lead. Coming out of a timeout down two, with 14.7 seconds to play, Kingsford wound up firing for a three from the corner, but missed. Ballard collected the rebound, got fouled and sank both free throws on the other end.
Harrington was fouled on a three attempt with two seconds left. He made just the first attempt. On the third, he tried to bang the ball off the glass, hoping for a long rebound, but the attempt caught the rim and there was just not enough time to collect a board and fire a potential tying three.
"We actually got the lead and they go down hit a 17 footer," Olkkonen said. "We go back make a shot and they hit a 18 footer. They had guys step up big at the end. They were run by their horses."
Ballard was one of three Braves to reach double figures, with Jared Vuksan scoring 13, Hunter putting in 11 and Michael Cretens adding 10.
Gladstone missed just two of its 15 free-throw attempts in the game.
Kingsford, which torched the Braves with six first-half triples in a 62-57 win last month, hit for just 5-of-29 from beyond the arc in Monday's game.
"When you look at the threes, we have good shooters," Olkkonen said. "Anybody can say whatever about the way that situation went. Yes, we would have liked to have gotten more inside shots and layup opportunities, but it is what it is. We're not going to look back and blame a gameplan or anyone. We just didn't hit a couple of key shots."
Dalton Allen finished with 13 points for Kingsford. Harrington was held under his season average with just 12.
"Last time they shot us out of the gym and they beat us by five," said Griebel, whose squad went with the same 1-3-1 zone defense used in last month's meeting. "We were hoping they weren't going to shoot as good tonight, and they didn't, at least not as good as last time.
"Our heart, effort and determination to get it done was the difference tonight. They just wanted it probably more than they have all year and it showed."
Barely a bucket separated the two teams in the first half. Gladstone opened a five-point edge midway through the third frame after a trey by Cretens, but Kingsford scored the next seven to grab a 31-29 advantage, its largest of the game.
Cretens beat the buzzer from deep at the end of three to cap another Gladstone push that saw the Braves take a five-point lead into the fourth.
Gladstone then pounded inside with Vuksan to run up its lead. Vuksan had the first seven points of the final quarter for Gladstone.
Kingsford went with a similar approach to get back in it, as Wienke came up with a couple of three-point plays in the paint.
Gladstone looked poised to run the final couple of minutes with a little more breathing room but Danny Harrington nailed a big triple to make it a three-point game with 3:31 to play.
"With the crew we got, it hurts when you get down to the end," Olkkonen said. "These seniors, they are going to go off and be great young men and be successful. They're going to do a lot of great things because they are good-hearted guys and they care.
"We did it together. We came out here and did it together. We know we worked hard to prepare together. It's just one of those things where we are sitting here saying our goodbyes instead of getting ready for a practice tomorrow."
Gladstone will host Wednesday's district final, squaring off against Menominee, which brushed aside Escanaba 61-46 in Monday's late game.
"We're hosting the district championship," Griebel said. "It feels good. Now we just have to take care of business."
Gladstone10 12 14 20 – 56
Kingsford13 6 10 22 – 53
GLADSTONE: Ballard 16, Vuksan 13, Hunter 11, Cretens 10, Jurek 2, Mahoney 2, Dykowski 2. FT: 13-15. F: 15.
KINGSFORD: Wienke 22, Allen 13, C. Harrington 12, D. Harrington 6. FT: 10-14. F: 17.
FG shooting – G: 20-41; K: 19-58. 3-pt FGs – G: Cretens (2), Ballard, Hunter; K: Allen (2), D. Harrington (2), C. Harrington. Rebounding – G: 22 (Vuksan 7); K: 28 (Wienke 10).


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As a checking account holder at Beacon you are eligible to sign up for the services of ID Reclaim Family identity theft recovery service, for only $1.50 per month. For this low price, you will receive fully managed identity restoration services for:
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Identity Theft is the fastest growing crime in the United States, affecting nine million Americans each year according to the Federal Trade Commission. Identity theft can happen to anyone; regardless of how careful you are, regardless of age or income and regardless of where you live. You are more than four times as likely to fall victim to identity theft as you are to be involved in a traffic accident.*
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If you become a victim of identity theft, a recovery advocate will go to work to restore your credit and your credibility — a process that could save you many hours of time. Surveys show that as many as a third of all victims give up without ever restoring their identity to pre-theft status — even after a year of trying on their own. If you suspect identity theft, or your identity becomes compromised as a result of a lost purse or wallet, a break-in, lost laptop, or notification that your personal information was part of a data breach, take this action:
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Dear editor:
Sugar Grove is a sweet little town just before the New York border.
I happen through the area often and I am always impressed with the town and it's small locally owned shops and friendly people. Nice to see they have not been invaded by chain stores. No Dollar General on the main street is a testament to the towns commitment to keep locally owned small businesses alive.
On my visits to Sugar Grove I often enjoy patronizing local establishments.
Unfortunately another noticeable trait of this sweet town is the numerous smelly road apples, i.e. horse droppings that litter the streets from the Amish buggies. I know I'm getting close to Sugar Grove when I have to start keeping a keen out so I can dodge them to avoid splattering them with my car.
A few weeks ago I attended the town's garage sales days. Very nice event. Got some great deals! Unfortunately I also almost got a sandal full of horse manure!
Directly off the curb was a nice big pile just waiting for an unsuspecting foot or stroller to plunge into it! So sad that such a sweet town has not found a way to rid themselves of this smelly litter.
I'm thinking tail bags for Amish buggies are a great ordinance that needs to be applied. Just a suggestion from a visiting fan of a sweet town.
I often wonder what would happen if I regularly tossed a few road apples out of my truck onto the street in town every time I visited? Would that be considered littering?
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Friendly Ghosts Raise Home Prices
NEW YORK ( MainStreet) -- Alexandra Chauran, a 32-year-old fortune teller in Issaquah, Wash., bought a home there with her husband in December 2011. But she hardly blinked at the $350,000 asking price when she discovered the house was haunted.
A possessed property -- perhaps a deal-breaker to some -- actually allows a seller to command a premium on the real estate market when the buyer is an enthusiast of the occult like Chauran. It's hard for experts to put a finger on the exact value a ghost adds, but that intangible factor can clinch a deal.
Chauran and her husband met the previous owner of the four-bedroom, three-bath home who explained how the spirit of a boy who died on the property still lingers. That's when the Chaurans decided they had to make this their home and brought their two young children in tow when they signed on the dotted line.
"The story just increased our enthusiasm for the sale," Chauran said. "It was just a quirk that I found awesome."
In fact, by and large, a ghost, as long as it's friendly, will not scare buyers away. In its "Haunted Housing Report." Move, Inc.'s Realtor.com found that a home's spooky history will not deter most from making the purchase.
"Survey data reveals that while the majority of consumers are open to purchasing a haunted home, many buyers conduct their own research on a home's history to be aware of any weird incidences," said Alison Schwartz, vice president of corporate communications for Move.
Even Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer bought a spooky Palo Alto funeral home, the erstwhile mortuary Rolle & Hapgood & Tinney.
Still, there are certain thresholds even the most adventurous buyers have -- many balk at the purchase if there are tales of levitating objects -- 62% at least might consider the possibility of buying a haunted house.
In 1994 Alexandra Holzer and her husband bought a five-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath colonial in Chester, New York for $140,000. Given that Holzer is the daughter of pioneering ghost hunter Dr. Hans Holzer -- perhaps best known for adopting "possession theory " for the Amityville house of horrors -- she was glad to discover that her house was haunted.
Located on land next to the defunct institution Camp LaGuardia and off the Heritage Trail where Civil War troops marched, the house offers no shortage of appearances from the ghosts of escaped mental patients and soldiers.
Holzer explained that the cachet haunted houses have now may be augmented by shows like the Syfy channel's "Ghost Hunters" or the popularization the paranormal in series like "Twilight."
"I think today with pop culture and the way we see it in films and on TV when we see ghost hunting, I think it's interesting when we go and we hear a purported haunted house is for sale," Holzer said. "You might have the buyer interested enough to say, 'I'm just gonna buy it, because I want to live in a haunted house.' That wouldn't be happening 15, 20 years ago."


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Another clip of a plane doing things that planes should'nt!
Will be back soon…need to chill abit…!
Oh boy, I could do with a beach holiday somewhere sunny right now. Getting there this way wouldn't work for me. I need LUGGAGE, man! I couldn't just jump off the plane onto the beach like that. No no no.
Hope you get some chill time. Your job's definitely the kind that demands you are feeling strong and rested.
AnneDroid…I will drop you a line if thats okay?
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Jovan Island Gardenia is my favorite daytime fragrance; I've worn it for many years an received many compliments. The scent is not overwhelming yet lasts throughout the entire day. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing a light floral cologne.
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Living on Maui I can get all kinds of gardenia fragrances but I have been using Island Gardenia by Jovan since I was 20...I am 64 now! Unfortunetly, its very hard to get this perfume here so I am pleased to be able to get it from Fragrances!
Written by Mal on December 21, 2014
II have had the pleasure of wearing Island Gardenia for for over 25 years. I was a realtor for 20 years and was looking for a scent that was light and subtle. I tried many fragrances over the years the results were very disappointing, they were to strong or they gave the the scent of " here I am what do you think of me". Over bearing I would say. I was amazed that you left out my age group. I'll be 70 in November this year and still happy with Jovan for not taking it off the market.
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Grandmas, aunts, close female friends, wives of your buds, female acquaintenances, friends of friend's friends, your bud's mom...fuck it never ends. Ok the relatives, and elders like friends moms I get, you should, it's a sign of respect in the least and with Gramdmas and the aunts well their your blood, you gotta love em. But the rest? Hell I see some of them 3 times a week or more, I gotta hug em everyfuckinsingle time....
Close friend with the wife just taking the 2.5 kids and a dog for a walk and the wife reaches in for a hug...I JUST SAW YOU 36 HOURS AGO when we stumbled out of the bar at 2am Friday night, why do we need to hug. Friends wife's sister in law you've met twice in 3 years, I don't know you why you hugging me, I bought you a "hey you're with my friends so it's cool" round once, and you bought me a Michelob Ultra in return, and now we're supposed to hug, WTF.
I don't get it, the necessity, it's like saying hi to a coworker all 8 times you see them in the same day. I need to know, what is the shelf life of a hug, and if there isn't one there should be. 3 weeks, 2 months, 6 months, and is it relative to your level of acquaintence.?
Maybe it's be, I'm tall and got the wingspan of the crucifix, so hugging women who are short/petite/thin (which most are in my circle of life) can be awkward, I feel ike I'm swallowing them, can't imagine what is going through their minds. Tell me some of the rest of you have this problem, CDT you have to, although you're probably stoned when you hug so it's all like "maaaaaaaaaaan what's up".
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Footprint Network Blog - 05/2012
New iPad App Teaches Children about Sustainability with Interactive Stories
Given humanity's increasing demands on Earth's resources, it's never too early to start teaching the next generation lessons about sustainability and our Ecological Footprint.
One of most effective ways to learn is through story. A brother and sister team, Cecilia and Gyula Simonyi, have created Children of the Elements, a series of illustrated interactive stories for the iPad. They envision the app as a tool for parents to tackle the complex subject with their children. Cecilia and Gyula have worked with their father, who is the founder and President of the BOCS Foundation in Hungary, a Global Footprint Network partner organization.
Children of the Element is an educational app, hand-painted on 40 screens and presented in English and Hungarian. The app provokes thinking systematically about sustainability by exploring food, transportation, energy, technology, consumption, population and related issues, and weaving them into stories that show their interconnectedness.
Cecilia and Gyula have launched a campaign on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise funds to fully develop the series and reach a wider audience. While aimed for children ages 8 years and older, the stories are no doubt entertaining and edifying for adults as well. It follows four young children as they explore their world, giving readers an opportunity to make decisions for each character. Each episode addresses a different sustainability topic. Funds raised through the Kickstarter campaign will be used for a programmer, music, and special-effects.
"Our goal is to introduce the true face of sustainability, the complexity, the far-reaching impacts and reactions, and offer this in a format understandable and enjoyable by children," says Gyula, the project manager. "With this series we hope to trigger real understanding, rather than oversimplifying (with) messages like 'don't litter.' Our goal is to stimulate questions, generate discussion and inspire change in choices our readers make.
"Being a mother, I feel the most important knowledge I can give my child is how to live in harmony with our planet," says Cecilia, author and illustrator of the stories, and mother of a 4-year-old. "Children growing up today are going to face all the challenges our generation have left behind for them to solve."
Kickstarter allows backers to pledge various amounts to support the creative projects of their choice. If the project reaches its pledge goal by the end of the funding period, the pledges are collected and sent to the project team. However, if the full amount is not raised by the deadline, no money changes hands. On Kickstarter, backers are not only donating money to a project that inspires them, but their pledge is honored with special gifts the project creator offers.
To watch the campaign video and help make the full Children of the Elements series happen, visit their Kickstarter page. And stay up to date by visiting their Facebook page and Cecilia's blog, which has new illustrations.
Editors update (July 3, 2012): The Kickstarter campaign is over, but the project is not. Follow the progress on the Children of the Elements blog.
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Astronaut Launches Living Planet Report 2012
Humanity is now using nature's services 52 percent faster than what Earth can renew, according to Global Footprint Network's latest data, published in the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report. The biennial report, produced by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and the Zoological Society of London, was launched today by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the International Space Station.
Released just weeks before world leaders come together in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), the report shows rising competition among countries for resources and land use.
"We've entered the era of the global auction," said Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., "where nations are now forced to compete fiercely for more expensive and less abundant resources. It's in their own self-interest to preserve and restore the natural assets they have within their borders and avoid ecological deficit spending. In a resource constrained world, such spending will become an ever more challenging economic burden."
Figure 1: Pathways into the future. How long can ecological overshoot be sustained? What are the cost and benefit of each path? Using more than Earth can renew is only possible temporarily – while there are sufficient assets to be liquidated and waste sinks to be filled up. Eventually, overshoot will be eliminated – the question is whether it is eliminated by design or by disaster.
The new figures released for humanity's Ecological Footprint and biocapacity (Earth's capacity to regenerate resources) show that now, more than ever, countries must manage natural capital as part of their strategy to secure ecological, economic and social success. This holds also true when deploying development strategies that aim at producing lasting progress, for instance for efforts to eliminate hunger and alleviate poverty.
As population and consumption increases, the pressure on the planet continues to grow. Global Footprint Network calculations show that in the past five decades, humanity's Ecological Footprint has more than doubled. In 2008, the most recent year for which data are available, humanity used the equivalent of slightly more than 1.5 planets to support its activities. In other words, nearly 40 years after Earth went into ecological overshoot, it now takes more than a year and six months for Earth to absorb the CO2 emissions and regenerate the renewable resources that people use in one year.
While humanity's cropland and fishing Footprints have increased, carbon continues to be the largest driver behind humanity's ecological overshoot. Carbon now accounts for more than half the global Ecological Footprint, at 54 percent. Land used for food production is another major factor in humanity's increasing Footprint.
While carbon is a major challenge, it must not be addressed in isolation. Moving from fossil fuel due to climate concerns to alternative sources will reduce the carbon portion of the Footprint, but may also significantly increase pressure on other ecosystems. The lack of biocapacity to accommodate the carbon Footprint also indicates that there may not be sufficient biomass available to substitute the current level of fossil fuel use, should that become necessary.
Though the numbers are stark, countries can still reverse trends. Using a Global Footprint Network Scenario Calculator, the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report offers potential outcomes based on different choices related to resource consumption, demographic trends, land use and productivity.
Comparing the Ecological Footprint of Countries
Examining the Ecological Footprint at the per-person level shows that people living in different countries vary greatly in their demand on Earth's ecosystems. For example, if everyone in the world lived like the average resident of Qatar, which presently has the world's highest per capita Footprint, we would need the equivalent of 6.5 planets to regenerate our resources and absorb the CO2 emissions. If everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4 planets.
A few countries are now on the verge of turning from ecological creditors to ecological debtors, including Indonesia, Senegal and Ecuador.
Countries that maintain high levels of resource dependence are putting their own economies at risk," Wackernagel said. "These countries will expose themselves dangerously to the global auction. But those countries that are able to work within both their financial and their ecological budget will not only serve the global interest, they will have the most resilient economies in a resource-constrained world. If our goal is to make progress last and secure well-being for all, then we can no longer afford to ignore biocapacity deficits in the new era of resource constraints."
You can download the latest results here, or check out your country's trend on our website, as in the case for Switzerland (Click here to see your country's Ecological Footprint.)
The top 10 countries with the largest Ecological Footprint per person are Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and Ireland. Countries on the other end of the spectrum such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh have per capita Footprints that, in many cases, are too small to provide for basic needs. These countries may well need to increase their access to resources if they are to bring large segments of the population out of poverty.
Who has the greatest natural capital?
Analysis of biocapacity also reveals vast differences between countries. More than 60 percent of the world's biocapacity is found within the borders of just 10 countries: Brazil, China, the United States, Russia, India, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Argentina and Congo. Biocapacity per person, calculated by dividing national biocapacity by a country's population, is also not equivalent around the world. In 2008, the country with the highest biocapacity per person in this report was Gabon, followed in decreasing order by Bolivia, Mongolia, Canada and Australia. With pressure on ecological resources escalating, access to biocapacity will be increasingly important to countries' competitiveness and to their ability to provide a good quality of life for their citizens.
"For lasting competitiveness, countries need a break with the past," said Wackernagel. "The good news is that addressing resource risks can open up economic opportunities and advance social equity. The solutions lay in better understanding the choices before us. For this, governments need the knowledge and tools to manage their ecological assets as well as their resource demand."
How to Participate
As Global Footprint Network approaches its 10th anniversary, we remain committed to reversing these trends by working with governments and maintaining and improving our National Footprint Accounts, the gold standard for measuring key aspects of a country's ecological wealth and vulnerabilities. You can be part of this global effort by promoting our work, becoming a partner or giving a donation.
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