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St. Charles ER confrontation investigated
Man accused of assaulting staff in critical condition
A Bend man who allegedly assaulted emergency room staff at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend last weekend, then confronted a responding police officer was in critical condition at the hospital Friday as several agencies continue to investigate what happened, police said.
Around 7 p.m. last Sunday, Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got several calls from ER employees reporting that a patient was out of control and assaulting staff there, said Capt. Jim Porter.
Within minutes, a Bend officer arrived at the ER entrance, Porter said.
At that point, the man, identified as Jerry J. Nichols, 64, left the table where he was sitting, crossed into the parking area where the officer was getting out of his patrol car "and advanced toward the officer in an aggressive and challenging manner," Porter said in a news release.
The officer tried to verbally calm Nichols, without success, Porter said. As Nichols continued advancing toward the officer "in a fighting stance," the officer unsuccessfully tried to use a Taser to stop him, the captain said.
The officer then used "an open hand strike" to strike the man's face and stop Nichols "attempted assault as he continued to advance on the officer," Porter said.
Nichols was admitted to the hospital and is in critical condition, Porter said.
No further details were released. A joint investigation is being conducted by the Deschutes County District Attorney's Office and detectives from Oregon State Police and the Bend Police Department, the captain said, referring any other questions to the DA's office.


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LIVE IN AUSTIN Escovedo, Prystrowsky, Miller, and Patti Scialfa
On THURSDAY (the 22nd) head to Mardi Gras in Cranston and welcome back hard-rock quartet KANERKO; Al, Kev, Nick, and Anthony just returned from a goodwill trip to Kosovo where they rocked out for our troops — nice work, guys. PISTOL SHOT GYPSY rounds out the bill, call 401.463.3080. Bracket-busting action FRIDAY (the 23rd) at the Met as WBRU's final four take the stage for the Rock Hunt Finals; best of luck to THE RICE CAKES, NORTHERN LANDS, KINGSTON 530, and SIC VITA. The cover is $5 at the door and the battle begins at 8:30 pm sharp, call 401.729.1005. Kick back and start your SATURDAY (the 24th) with the MICHELLE CRUZ QUARTET at Sidebar Bistro (401.421.7200). And how about this pair of rap shows going down Saturday: Firehouse 13 delivers Wu-Tang's GZA with very special local guests STORM DAVIS, JUAN DEUCE, and ROMEN ROK— this show is limited to about 150 heads, so snoozing is losing; call 401.270.1801 for availability. Rap fiends can also head to JR Bean's in Bristol and catch rhyme-slinger META P with an all-star cast including 8TH WUNDUH, NIGHT ENDERZ, SWANN NOTTY (yes!), and plenty more. This one also should be certified bananas, call 401.253.7526 for details.
A big weekend at the Met includes all-star Neil Young tribute band FOREVER YOUNG on Saturday, followed by a special benefit show on SUNDAY (the 25th) saluting the late Thom Enright (see details above). Ahead to MONDAY (the 26th), Woonsocket rockers THE STILTS headline at the Apartment with guests VALENCOURT and NORTHEAST TRAFFIC (free, 401.228.7222). A pair of weekly freebies on TUESDAY (the 27th): the Whiskey Republic (401.588.5158) continues its weekly Unplugged sessions featuring local singer/songwriters, and Roots Café presents the Strictly Jazz Jam with the MANGO TRIO starting at 7 pm, call 401.272.7422. And next THURSDAY (the 29th), LOVE POWER and BLIND FAITH play a benefit show at Village Haven Restaurant in Forestdale. Both bands were formed at Resources for Human Development (RHD), a program that provides services for individuals with disabilities. Tickets are $20 with proceeds benefiting the John E. Moran Foundation, which provides grants for individuals with disabilities.
And it was just another busy week for THE LOW ANTHEM, as the quintet (Mike Irwin and Tyler Osborne have joined fellow multi-instrumentalists Ben Knox Miller, Jocie Adams, and Jeff Prystowsky) shared the stage with the Chieftains on The Late Show with David Letterman, delivering a gorgeous rendition of "School Days Over" from the Irish folk legends' new 50th anniversary album, Voice of Ages (released last week), which also features Bon Iver and the Decemberists and many more.
Then they headed to SXSW in Austin, where they opened a show for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. The encore was a stunning rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land," with the stage filled with Bruce and his bigger-than-ever band (he's touring with a horn section and backup singers), along with Alejandro Escovedo (who also did an opening set), Tom Morello, members of Arcade Fire, and Eric Burdon of the Animals (Miller took a verse when Springsteen said, "Anybody wanna take it?"). And then they returned to NYC and joined the Chieftains for a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall on St. Patrick's Day.
TLA also contributed a song to The Hunger Games soundtrack (released Tuesday), also produced by Burnett.
They've come a long way from that pasta sauce factory . . . .
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Highlights of Findings--June 2000
C. A Performance Measurement System
A hallmark of the Title III program has been its flexibility, which allows grantees to direct funds toward their most critical areas of need. However, the diversity of the Title III activities, as well as the multiplicity of goals expressed in the authorizing legislation, has made it difficult to aggregate data in a way that could document overall program outcomes. The performance measures appropriate to examining the achievement of the Title III program goals, and the wide range of activities funded to pursue those goals, can be thought of at three different levels.
- At the broadest level, the Congress and the public wish to know whether the program has strengthened the grantees and made them better able to serve the intended population effectively. Therefore, they are interested in the type of students attending grantee institutions and their progress within the institution. The interest in indicators at this broadest level relates to overall program goals rather than the detailed purposes of grant expenditures.
- At a more specific functional level of program achievement and effectiveness, the program indicators should portray to the Congress and the public what and how program resources are being used to contribute to the broadest goals. These indicators should cover functional areas of activity that are being addressed by specific grant activities.
- At the most specific level of grantee activities, there is a set of detailed and individualistic expectations and indicators which are of primary interest to the Department's program office and individual grantees. These concern objectives and achievements in particular activities within the various functional areas. Activity objectives can be found in institutional comprehensive development plans, and activity results in annual performance reports, but they are not usually carried forward into broader documents. If a specific activity is of potential use to other grantees, project objectives and accomplishments should be taken from these sources and made available to a wider audience.
The discussion which follows presents a group of recommended indicators for the Title III program which are linked to the first two levels described above -- the broad program goals and the functional areas of program activity. It is at these two levels that the Department needs to communicate routinely with the Congress and the public. The first set of indicators presented below are broad program goal indicators, and the last three sets are functional area indicators.
This discussion will not address the third level, which includes specific measures appropriate to the planning, review and approval of individual institutional plans and grants and their subsequent results. Those measures are highly individualistic to particular institutional needs, and they are already imbedded in program processes. It will be helpful in the future for the Department and the grantees to monitor actual achievements against initial expectations.
Finally, the findings of this study indicate that fiscal stability is an indirect concern of the institutions, and that relatively little fiscal instability is apparent among the grantees. For those few small private institutions that do face financial difficulties, Department staff should continue to monitor individual situations from indicators already available to the Department through general or programmatic reporting. Accrediting organizations are also alert to such problems, and they have been vigilant about pressing institutions to keep expenses and revenues in line.
Process for Developing the Indicators
Extensive work was conducted to develop these indicators, with input from the grantees, the Advisory Team, and the Department. The process began in December of 1995 when the grantees were asked for suggestions regarding appropriate indicators and indicator types. One hundred eighteen grantees submitted suggestions in response. Next, in July 1996, the grantees were asked to submit comments on a list of proposed indicators. The list was based in part on the indicators suggested by the grantees, and it was reviewed by the Title III Advisory Team. Fifty-four institutions responded to this mailing, and a report was prepared summarizing their comments.
The survey instrument sent to all grantees in March 1997 included questions about the availability of data for a number of potential performance indicators, and it asked whether or not each of the indicators was applicable to the responding institution. The field of indicators used in the survey was developed in consultation with the Survey Task Force of the Advisory Team. A majority of Title III schools reported in the survey that the various student outcome and institutional measures are either available or accessible. The case studies confirmed the findings of the survey, and presented a picture of substantial grantee familiarity with performance measure reporting to IPEDS, state authorities, accreditors and a variety of voluntary associations. The case study protocol included questions about which indicators the host institutions found the most useful. Other case study questions asked which of the indicators were viewed with disfavor, and why, and whether the respondent had any alternative indicators to suggest. The indicators were also discussed at a number of national and regional meetings of the Title III grantee community.
Performance Indicator and Accountability System
The Department's GPRA structure will adequately handle the external reporting requirements for the Title III program. Internally, the information for the recommended indicators should be included in the annual performance reports submitted by the grantees. For ease of handling, it would be desirable for indicator data to be included on a standardized form which could be transmitted electronically, or easily converted to electronic form. The selection of definitions should be carefully coordinated with the grantees, in order to minimize or eliminate conflicting definitions, insofar is possible.
Recommended Indicators - Service Population:
- Number and percent of total fall enrollment who are minority students (by the five ethnic/racial groups), as reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
- Number and percent of degrees awarded to minority students (by the five ethnic/racial groups), as reported to IPEDS.
- Number and percent of total fall enrollment who are first-generation college students (if available).
- Number and percent of total fall enrollment who are Pell Grant recipients.
How to Be Used: This set of indicators is to be used as a way to describe the extent to which the program serves the intended population. Low percentages for some schools may serve as signals that the Title III funds are not being distributed in accordance with the program legislation.
Recommended Indicators - Expenditures:
- Number and percent of Title III schools using Title III funds to establish or expand learning labs or academic skills centers.
- Number and percent of Title III schools using Title III funds to develop a new course of study, or to strengthen existing courses.
- Number and percent of Title III schools using Title III funds to establish or expand within-campus electronic linkages.
- If the school had a previous five-year Title III grant: Percentage of activities funded by the previous Title III grant still in place at the institution.
How to Be Used: The schools will check yes or no to each of the first three indicators; then the Department can sum across the schools for an aggregate measure. This set of indicators will be used as a way to describe how Title III money is being spent. The last indicator will serve as a signal of the level of institutionalization of past Title III-funded activities, if applicable, at the institution.
Recommended Indicators - Participants:
If the school has student support services activities:
- Number of students (and percentage of total fall enrollment) estimated to receive student support services developed through Title III, on an annual basis once the projects are fully operational.
- Number of students (and percentage of total fall enrollment) estimated to enroll in academic courses or programs developed or improved through Title III, on an annual basis once the projects are fully operational.
- Number and percentage of faculty estimated to participate in Title III-funded academic programs and resources activities, on an annual basis once the projects are fully operational.
- Number of students (and percentage of total fall enrollment) gaining access to computers due to Title III-funded activities.
- Number of students (and percentage of total fall enrollment) gaining access to the Internet due to Title III-funded activities.
- Number of students (and percentage of total fall enrollment) taking courses with computer use due to Title III-funded activities.
- Number and percentage of faculty participating in Title III-funded faculty development activities.
- Number and percentage of staff trained in how to use the new systems funded by Title III.
How to Be Used: Again, while numbers served is a process measure and not an indicator of outcomes, these indicators can still function as essential descriptive measures that give the big picture of the number of students, faculty and staff involved in Title III-funded activities.
The Department might want to follow up on some of these estimates once the grant period is over, to see if the projects indeed became fully operational, and to see if the estimated numbers to be served were realized. With these data, the Department can also calculate costs (grant expenditures on the activity) per student or faculty member served.
Recommended Indicators - Outcomes:
- Cohort graduation rates, as will be reported annually to IPEDS.
- Course completion rates for courses developed with Title III assistance.
- Course completion rates for courses enhanced with Title III assistance.
- Accreditation status.
- Fiscal balance (operating revenues less expenditures), as reported to IPEDS.
- Enrollment trends, as reported to IPEDS.
- Working capital debt.
How to Be Used: This set of indicators can be used as proxies of quality and as signals suggesting whether the Title III money has been well spent. However, these proxies will of necessity be imperfect, since impacts and outcomes arising solely due to the Title III program cannot be determined without an impact evaluation in a multivariate framework. These measures can only suggest outcomes that may be correlated with Title III expenditures.
It would be expected that maintained or improved levels of these seven outcome variables would be looked upon as favorable signals by the Department and Congress (i.e., stable or improved gradation rates; stable or improved completion rates; maintenance or improvement of accreditation status; a positive fiscal balance with operating revenues exceeding expenditures; steady or increasing enrollments; and steady or declining working capital debt). These indicators need to be examined together as a group, since extraneous factors may lead to changes in a single indicator.
Conversely, unexplained declines in these measures might be looked upon with concern (i.e., declining graduation rates; declining completion rates; a downgrading of accreditation status; fiscal imbalance with operating expenditures exceeding revenues; a rapid decline in enrollment; and the growing use of working capital debt, particularly in the last quarter of the academic year).
All such outcome measures need to be examined in conjunction with what year of the grant the school was in, particularly for many of the Part A schools that only receive a single five-year Title III grant. For this study, many reporting colleges were only mid-way or less through their projects.
Beyond their function as proxies, the only other way to use performance indicators as a measure of institutional quality resulting from Title III would require disaggregation to the institutional level. This is because of the wide range of activities being funded and the unique local circumstances faced by postsecondary institutions. In an ideal world, a more precise and uniform set of measures of academic quality across course topics and institutions would provide better information than these proxies, but such measures are not generally in place in academia. Until such measures are developed and accepted, the best way to address the issue of quality is to rely on these proxies, as well as on the accreditation process and discipline-specific standards.


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Cold sores are oozing blisters that can erupt on any part of the body, although they tend to occur most often on or near the lips or inside the mouth. The herpes simplex virus, which can be transmitted from child to child or parent to child, often through saliva, is responsible for these sores.
The first time your child has a herpes simplex infection, the lesions will typically spread throughout his mouth. Thereafter, the virus itself changes character and lies dormant within the nerve, occasionally reactivating in response to any of a number of triggers, including sunlight, cold, heat, fever, and stress. Just before these new blisters emerge, your child may feel an itching or tingling sensation in the region.
There are antiviral drugs that are effective against herpes simplex virus; these drugs are used for severe infections and for infections in children whose immune systems are not normal. Although these drugs can relieve symptoms and shorten the duration of the illness, they are not cures and do not prevent recurrences. Most children do not need antiviral therapy; topical therapy is not very helpful, and oral therapy must be started very early to be effective. The only therapy needed in most cases of cold sores is symptomatic relief: Many doctors recommend that children keep cold sores moist with lip balm in order to help relieve discomfort. These sores will eventually form scabs and heal, disappearing after seven to fourteen days. Until they are gone, discourage your child from scratching or picking at them. In general, however, there is no need to keep him home from school.


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Does anyone use bees as pollinators for cotton?
I saw a report on it but I could not tell from the data if it increases the production.
Does anyone use bees as pollinators for cotton?
I saw a report on it but I could not tell from the data if it increases the production.
I have never had a farmer mention an increase in production. However it makes a very dark honey.
I am holding on to the hope I have inside... Kutless
According to the president to the kansas cotton growers association Cotton does not rely on insects for pollenation. But they will work it. And it does make a crop. The honey I get off cotton is a light honey some almost as clear as water. Down fall is that it will go to crystal fast. one small field I had 3 good hives on this year made about 1 ton cotton to the acre which was good for the weather we had this year. Wether the bees had any impact on that I cant say. but I can say the other fields in the area did not do that well compared to this field.
According to the USDA bee pollination increases both lint and seed yields, but especially seed. Here the honey is white. Cotton also secretes nectar from extra floral nectaries on under side of leaf, kind of interesting. Like riverrat says it granulates quick and hard. In Calif you can produce cotton honey but if there is no pollen or you don't feed patties the bees will really dwindle from lack of brooding.
Tom, nice summary for cotton. One thing to add is that the taste is excellent, also.
His Hive Honey Farm - Do all for His glory!
at least at one time the largest concern with cotton as a honey plant was the quantities and frequency of herbicide and insecticide application. how these were applied seemed to have been as important as anything else (in regards to the honeybee) although long term use of land for only cotton would suggest to me that at some point the land and water would likely become contaminated also (due to the frequency and kind of products used).
the land directly across the river from me is likely a good example. although fireants are a problem here in the general area, you will not find fireants on any of the ground used repeatly for cotton. just casually looking at beehives (others and not mine) used for pollinating watermelons on property that not that long ago was used for cotton suggest that the casualty rate for these hive is higher than I would have expected.
I had my bees on organic pima cotton this year. And they made a nice light golden brown honey from it. It tasted wonderful and it did crystalize but no worse then anything else that I had here. I even had people requesting it after they had had some saying it was the best tasting honey they had ever had and that they had never herd of cotton honey. he bees did great making great stores from it. Would I do it again yes I would because putting them there did not cost me anything and I made money off the honey.
Angi of HHH Farms Hanford Ca
Organic Farm & heritage, rare breed poultry, ducks, quail
I have heard it repeated many times around here that if you have bees you want to get rid of, put them on cotton.
They have mentioned chemicals but not specific. If it's a genetically altered crop I would imagine it's dumped on with roundup? Could be lack of pollen as someone else mentioned?
None of it close to any of my hives so I don't bother myself.
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill
I will not put my bees on any GMO cotton. Pima cotton is one of the ones before they started messing with cotton. NOw cotton has names with numbers and letters. I will only place my bees on Organic pima cotton as pima cotton is one that still has pollen. Having bees on pima cotton makes seed quality higher and more of them. It also makes the cotten fluf its self beter and fuller due to pollination. I had bees there as well as one other beekeeper for the farmers first year having bees on the cotton. Same aacreage as last year. They had double the yealds this year then last year.
Angi of HHH Farms Hanford Ca
Organic Farm & heritage, rare breed poultry, ducks, quail
cotton here in kansas is less sprayed than that in the south since we do not have the boll weavil. YET. I have found that the bees will work the blooms when they are yellow but once the turn purple they will not work it. I have good land owners that notify me when they spray I block the hives the night before. and turn them out after dark on the day they spray. havent had any problems as of yet.
A couple of years ago I helped put about 40 new hives on cotton. We were starting the hives late in the season and we were hoping that the cotton nectar flow would allow the bees to draw out comb. We were assured by the farmer that he didn't use any pesticides as this cotton was gmo. I went down one day to check on the hives and a crop dusting plane was spraying the fields. I asked the farmer what he was doing as they promised that there wouldn't be any pesticides sprayed. The farmer said 'that's not a pesticide, that's a growth retardant'. Made me feel so much better that I removed the hives. I can't imagine what that stuff does to a bee.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
"What's white day one and red the next,
lives three days and then is laid to rest?
The answer:
The cotton bloom.
Cotton squares produce blooms and pollination occurs almost immediately once the flower opens. I suspect this limits pollen production or availability somewhat. Only the virgin (white) flowers less than one day old seems attractive to bees.
pollination dynamics in cotton
Latest (I know of or could find) study of honey bee pollination of cotton and benifits
I doubt you will ever have the bowl weevil there now, GMO cotton knocked his chin in the dirt pretty hard down here but then again you probably have GMO cotton there as well. I suspect there will always be a tiny population of bowl weevils eking out a living in some remote corner of the ecosystem just waiting to re-explode if non GMO cotton makes a comeback. I just hope the EPA never declares bowl weevils an endangered species. I was told recently that cotton farmers here don't even scout cotton for weevils anymore.
There are other insect pest of cotton, especially the pink bowl worm and spider mite, do not think that cotton is no longer sprayed with insecticides or miticides, it is!!!
Some really bad stuff used to be employed on cotton here, and anywhere near a cotton field was the very last place you ever wanted your bees to be. I have several large cotton fields near me, and I use to get up an hour early the next morning after they treated for weevils, to pick up the dead and dying birds before going to work.
There are other things sprayed on cotton, Roundup is one. With Roundup ready cotton (another GMO) it is usually only sprayed once before the young cotton plant reaches the 7 leaf size. This gives the new cotton plant a far enough head start that weed competition is unlikely to ever reach the economic threshold, its called IPM. Since cotton starts blooming here about the 4th of July this should not be a problem. Like Tom, I doubt cotton produces much pollen so a pollen substitute or extender may be a good idea.
Growth regulator harmones are employed to keep cotton from going rank or growing to a size impossible to harvest by machine. A defoliant is also used post flowering, at bowl maturity to knock the leaves off, both to insure a cleaner product for picking and ginning and to promote the uniform bowl opening needed for an efficient machine harvest. I don't know what it will do to your bees, but you have plenty of time after flowering to move your hives anyway.
Scrapfe---Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.--Otto von Bismarck.
Gotta luv em
Well it is a little different if the cotton is organic and the cotton its self is non gmo. That is the only place I will put my bees. The farmer has about 200 acres of organic Almonds right next to the 100 acres of the Organic non gmo cotton next to the 200 acres of the organic Nectorienes and peaches and the 50 acres of organic rasin grapes. My bees are in the middle of all that land the whole 900 acres of it which is also part of a wildlife refuge. There is also 300 acres of organic walnuts and other organic fruit and nut trees and organic seed alfalfa. So I think my bees are safe there. with all of that in one 900 acre ranch butting up next to about a 1500 acre wildlife refuge.
Angi of HHH Farms Hanford Ca
Organic Farm & heritage, rare breed poultry, ducks, quail


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I've been collecting notebooks for the last decade. I know, I'm a bit old school in this current digital age but there's something immensely comforting to me to write down my thoughts on pen and paper. I wrote the book that became my first published fiction novel on a notebook during swimming lessons for my twins.
Of course, the book went through changes once I typed it all up on a computer but, to this day, when I'm stuck on a scene, I revert to an actual blank page, not a virtual one. And I always carry a notebook with me. Yes, I also have a smartphone but typing on that is inconvenient. Pen and paper are not.
As a result, I buy a lot of notebooks or blank journals. More, I confess, than I can possibly use in my lifetime. But there's something about possessing a book of empty pages that speaks to the writer inside me. It says "maybe someday, I will be filled with a story." It's a promise to the future.
It's a cheap hobby. I often find great bargains on notebooks when Barnes & Noble has their winter clearance sale or at Michaels craft shops in their dollar bin. (The Michaels dollar bin is also great for notepads.) And sometimes stores like T.J Maxx and Marshalls will have notebooks slipped in with their discount stationary.
There's no particular rhyme or reason to what notebooks I pick. Usually, they will have a artwork I love on the cover or they'll feel awesome in my hand or the cover has a motif that I love, like my bargain find at B&N which is a green notebook with a cover that contains a copy of the beginning of The Great Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's handwriting. (Shown above.)
But every now and then, I will find a notebook that fills several of those requirements. The Hobbit-themed notebook is one of those. The minute I opened the box of samples from Moleskine, I knew I'd love my Hobbit book of blank pages. On the cover is the Lonely Mountain, artwork from J.R.R. Tolkien's original edition. And the cover was in beautiful brown leather, so it felt perfect in my hand.
But it was the enclosed map of Middle Earth, with Thor's map on one side, and Wilderland map that contains the Forest of Mirkwood on the other side, that sealed the deal.
This is definitely a notebook I'd pay full price for, especially since it's only listed at $16.95.
It will be my favorite for a long time. It seems almost blasphemy to write my own words inside something so Tolkienesque.
I'll just have to use living up to Tolkien's standards as my writing motivation.


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Australia 1965
polyethylene bags
installation(variable) 400 (h) x 600 (w) x 100 (d) cm
Collection of the artist
© Lauren Berkowitz. Photographer: John Gollings
Lauren Berkowitz constructs equivocal spaces. Initially we approach Bags 1994 lured by its repeated forms, its downy white softness and apparent fragility; perhaps we sense also the promise of comfort and protection. Once within, however, we become aware of its claustrophobic qualities and potential to induce anxiety. This is a solid yet ethereal space, in which sound is muffled and yet light may enter. It is dreamlike, a little surreal, and as we pass between the walls, their tactile qualities evoke the visceral spaces of the body's interior, perhaps even polyps magnified many times over. The hybrid nature of installation art―part theatre, part environment, part ephemeral―incorporates notions of space, and time, both present and future.
Bags demonstrates the continuing importance of anti-form and minimalist tendencies in the 1990s. Constructed from two walls of white, partially inflated plastic shopping bags over a suspended wire armature, Bags was first installed in the artist's three-part exhibition Bags, bottles and newspapers in 1994.[1] Many hundreds of carefully cleaned and arranged bottles, used newspapers and bags formed the stuff of this show. The repetitive nature of the works echoes the endless cycle of shopping and consuming. The artist's book, issued by Berkowitz at the time of the exhibition, comprises a set of postcards, with details of the three works accompanied by statements, badly typed.
Berkowitz's methodical nature―she admits to keeping obsessive lists―imbues her projects with real intensity. In Times Square, New York, where the artist lived for a period in the early 1990s, she confronted visual overload, consumer abundance, and the seemingly mindless debris of human lives. Works such as Bags may signal the prevalence of non-perishable materials and single-use objects in our lives, an extension of the traditional memento mori to warn of the dangers of over-consumption. But as Anna Johnson points out, as well as raising serious environmental issues, Berkowitz achieves something more: we begin to understand the passion of one who hoards.[2] Bags is reliant on a network of friends and supporters; this is a time-consuming and slightly messy role, not an undertaking for a non-collector. It is also a work which is becoming increasingly difficult to make: as more and more bags take on a blue-grey or yellow-green hue, as a result of recycling, Berkowitz must increasingly search out the obsessive accumulators amongst us. Her transformation of our waste materials into this ambiguously beautiful, white installation is quite marvellous.
Lucina Ward
International Painting and Sculpture
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
[1] Bags, bottles and newspapers was at the Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne, 18 August–17 September 1994. The work has subsequently been installed in two group shows: Blow up, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 31 May–24 June 1995; and in The infinite space: women, Minimalism and the sculptural object, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, 20 September–6 December 1998; see Natalie King, Blow up, Sydney: Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery 1995 and Rachel Kent, The infinite space: women, Minimalism and the sculptural object, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, 1998
[2] Anna Johnson, 'Trash, treasure and hoarding', in Australian Art Collector, issue 5, July–September 1998, pp 70–72, at p 72


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The shortlist of candidates for the vacant Warriors coaching job isn't really all that short.
Given that it boasts about 10 names, at best it's a medium list, and that's being charitable.
No one outside the club's inner sanctum is 100 per cent sure of the names, but we can hazard a decent guess at most of them.
Craig Bellamy, Brian Smith, Tim Sheens, Stephen Kearney, Justin Morgan, Tony Iro, Michael Hagan, David Kidwell and Mick Potter have all been bandied around.
Those coaches have at least one of two things in common. They're either untested or have been tainted by failure.
Even Bellamy, whose methods produce excellent on-field results, has been a failure. He has been, after all, a key figure during a Storm era that boasts no titles.
That said, the Warriors would be foolish not to chase Bellamy if they have a genuine shot at luring him to Auckland - and money does talk.
But despite some fairly optimistic offerings from some sections of the media of late, the only statement on record from Bellamy is that he won't even consider his future until the end of the season. The Storm, meanwhile, remain extremely optimistic of negotiating an extension with their long-term coach.
Best not hold our breath on that one.
Of the other names on "our" list, Smith has never won anything, Sheens hasn't won much lately, Kearney hardly won a game in charge of the Eels and Hagan jumped ship at Newcastle before being forced to walk the plank at the Eels four years ago.
The other names on the list haven't held a head coaching position in the NRL.
Morgan did okay with Hull KR in the Super League, while Potter took Catalans to a Challenge Cup final but didn't do much with powerhouse club St Helens. But neither Potter nor Morgan's Super League record stacks up that well alongside, say, Brian McClennan's.
That leaves Kidwell - who having never held a head coaching position at senior level would be a massive Hail Mary - and Iro.
As an assistant and then briefly interim coach, Iro has the unfortunate distinction of being tainted by both failure and inexperience. But by dropping a bunch of under-performing stars and then laying bare the team's major failing - a lack of toughness - Iro displayed his mettle. Those actions revealed the tougher side of one of the game's nice guys. Long rated by the Warriors as a talented individual and future head coach, Iro deserves to be judged as much for his contribution to the steady if largely unspectacular Cleary era as the brief and spectacularly unsuccessful McClennan reign.
Yes, Iro would be a tough sell to the club's fanbase - but who on the medium list isn't?
Conventional wisdom suggests that promoting an assistant coach seldom works, however. Of the four NRL clubs to have done so recently, three (Brisbane, Cronulla and Manly) made the finals this season. The lone exception is Steve Price at St George.
Regardless of whom they appoint, the Warriors will be taking a punt. Before lumping their money on an outsider they know little about, they would do well to have a long, hard look at one of their own.
Iro's name shouldn't just be on the short list, it should be near the top.


text: I just saw on Numbers Never lie that Romo is 1-5 in win or go home games in Week 17 or the postseason. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didnt he win 2 win or go home games that year we beat Philly in Week 17 and then Philly again in the 1st round of the playoffs? I thought Week 17 against Philly was a must win to get into the playoffs. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, so the one win was the playoff game against Philly, and the 5 losses were the playoff game against Seattle, the playoff game against Minnesota, the playoff loss against the Giants, the Week 17 matchup last year against the Giants, and the Week 17 loss 44-6 against the Eagles.


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From the top are comics ANT, John Roy
and Jessica Kirson
VH1's ANT is one of three comics set for Roadrunner Days
By Barry McKinney
Associate Director of Student Activities
(June 16, 2006)--UTSA students, it's time to begin your Roadrunner journey. The 2006 UTSA Roadrunner Days Web site is up and running with details about the special events set for Aug. 18-24.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Roadrunner Days is the official UTSA kickoff for the new academic year, and the time to welcome new and returning students with a variety of free, fun and spirited events.
A highlight of this year's Roadrunner Days is a comedy concert featuring ANT from VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" "The Steve Harvey Show" and the new LOGO Network's "U.S. of ANT." ANT will headline a comedy concert with John Roy, "Star Search" comedy grand prize winner and this summer's "Last Comic Standing," and Jessica Kirson from "Last Comic Standing" and "Last Call with Carson Daly."
First-time freshmen are expected to attend Aug. 21-22 orientation events. All students are encouraged to participate in events throughout the week as a way to make new friends and become more familiar with the UTSA community.
The events give students opportunities to preview UTSA campus life, find their way around the campuses, learn how to get involved, learn about resources to ease the transition to college and experience the excitement of the growing UTSA campuses.


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Time to pass laws that all politicians have term limits, if they can't advance to a higher level then they are done
Time get a law passed that anyone running for any public office must have a background check done!!!!
Time to pass laws that all politicians have term limits, if they can't advance to a higher level then they are done
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
I Second both Moations! now lets fight to get them passed, and with one little add on you cant leave office for years and come back, once you are done thats it your done and no consulting eathier. If you have to consult with a former Presedent you are not able to do the job yourself. One must be able to prove that they can do the job. and Must have Military Service, Doc
Anyone running for public office must be made to do full disclosure of their life history to include: birth certificate, school records, memberships in all organizations past and present, criminal, financial and medical records!
Strange....you have to get a background check done to buy a firearm, but you don't have to have a background check done to be the president of the United States of Ameica.
Then the same president, who didn't get a background check done to be president, can tell America what gun laws should be passed, including one forcing every gun buyer to get a background check done.
Let's look at that again a little closer..... a background check to buy a firearm, but no background check done to control, and use, thousands of nuclear weapons.
Talk about needing a common sense law.
and one more thing on political background checks, They do thsi job for the money at the tax payers expense to get nice fat and rich. I say reinstate the old pay scale of politicans that varried by state to state. and we will see who will line up for the job. I would do the damm job for free, hell your keals are paid for, as are yur bussiness trips and clothing attire and your transportation is provided by the american tax payer, so why do you need a a quarter of a million bucks a year to do a job. Im willing to be if that every politican did the job for the stipen that orgionally cam with the office. you would actually find honest politicans that would work for the people instead of earmarks, and seeing how much they can get away with. You dont need a degree in political science to do the job just common sence. and as for our current administration they are like teen age kids with thier first checkbook,*** hey as Long as I have checks I have money
this type of spending has to stop. not to mention being the police department for the rest of the world. If they have a problem let them fix it. If they want our help they pay foir our men and women to fight thier battles. In the case of Iraq, & other countries that are bound and determined to cause us harm and kill our innocent citizans, Sure we fight and the cost of that fight comes out of thier pocket, we take thier oil, diamonds art work what ever it takes to get the point across that we will not be harrassed or harmed or attacked in anyway or thier will be consquences and not just empty threats....Doc
Looks like its time to write out a Petition ....
Not only a background check, but a psychological evaluation.


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Chapter 1 Summary
Edith Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Two years later, in 1922, she published her thirteenth novel, The Glimpses of the Moon. The book enjoyed great success and became an international bestseller. However, some critics believe that by the time Wharton wrote this novel, her writing style was becoming outdated, especially in comparison to the new generation of modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Other critics, such as Helen Killoran, argue that The Glimpses of the Moon was a great influence on Firtzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1923).
The story begins as the newlywed protagonists, Nick and Susy Lansing, are on their honeymoon. They are staying at a private villa, referred to as Como, on a beautiful lake. This is not the only place to which they might have gone in celebrating their wedding. Susy has a lot of rich friends, many of whom also offered honeymoon getaways. They chose this villa over one that was in Versailles and another in Monte Carlo. They are pleased with their decision. If they had gone to Versailles, all their friends in Paris would have intruded on their privacy. Monte Carlo was also out of the question, according to Nick, because that was exactly where everyone expected they would go. Although Nick is pleased with their decision now that he has seen the villa, he had not originally wanted to come here. Susy reminds him of this fact and emphasizes it by stating that he is going to miss Como once they leave. Nick asks that they not talk about the future. He wants to remain in this timeless space they are enjoying, where they do not have to think about the future or the past.
As they sit outside enjoying their environment, they hear a nightingale singing. It is late in the season for bird songs and mating, and Nick comments that the birds are ending just as he and Susy are beginning. Susy hopes that when their turn comes to say good-bye to...
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Chapter 2 Summary
Nick reflects on where he was a year ago and how much his life has changed. He had been committed to never marrying, having told his friends that if ever got close to doing so, they should lock him up. Now he refers to his marriage as an adventure, "a mad one." For all his thoughts against marriage, here he is, not only married but living in a fabulous villa, at least for now. As Susy sleeps with her head on his knee, he thinks back on how he managed to get to this position.
Nick had graduated from Harvard planned to see the world and experience everything in it. He was blessed with a great imagination, which powered his life more than money did. He had thought himself satisfied with his paltry living conditions until Susy entered his life. She was very pretty and also very amusing, two qualities that Nick found irresistible. As he got to know Susy better, he saw the way she had to do things she did not like in order to get what she wanted. It was a precarious way to live and at first he thought he did not want to be a part of it. He even actually let her go. However, while she was away from him, Nick realized how boring his life was without her.
A chance meeting brought Susy and Nick back together. They attempted to compose themselves upon seeing each other again, but they could not contain their joy. They met at a small house owned by a married couple. The cramped quarters, which included several children, should have cured Nick of all thoughts of marriage, or so he thought. The Fulmers were still young but Nick thought his friends had "lost their heads." Nat Fulmer was a painter and his wife a musician. However, having married so young and had children so early, their artistic careers were going nowhere and their responsibilities were eating up their small finances. The strange thing, though, was that Nat and his wife appeared happier than Nick had ever seen them. They seemed free of cares in spite of the disorderly...
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Chapter 3 Summary
Nick and Susy have been staying at Como for almost a month. This has marked the beginning of their honeymoon. With new guests arriving at the villa the next day, they must now leave. Susy has made plans for the next residence at which they will stay, and they are packing. As Nick goes for his last swim in the lake, he reflects on their time spent here. He hates leaving this place but senses that the next house they stay in will be as elegant. This makes him conclude that Susy is magical. She makes things happen without much effort. People have "showered" houses on them. Their choices seem unlimited. After Como, they will be heading for Venice. They had been offered a place in upstate New York, but they do not want to pay for the air travel just yet. They will save that money for the winter, so they can spend a few months in the States and increase their chances for more offers.
The more he gets to know her, the more Nick wants to protect Susy, though he senses that she would not approve of this sentiment. Susy's spirit, Nick believes, should never have to be diminished by compromises. He hopes he can improve her circumstances, though he is not clear on how he might do this. He knows Susy always wants the "best and rarest" of everything. His greatest worry is wondering if Susy has any limit to what she might do to get what she wants.
When Nick returns to the house, he finds that Susy has made a change of plans. She has spoken to the chauffeur of the incoming guests. The driver is willing to take them to Milan in his car. Nick is concerned about the cost, but Susy confirms that it is a lot cheaper than taking the train to their next destination. Susy learned that the chauffeur has a girlfriend in Milan, so he is willing to give them a deal on the ride because he planned to go there anyway.
While they pack, Nick becomes annoyed when he sees that Susy has included in her trunk four boxes of expensive cigars their host had left behind in the villa. Whereas Susy believes the cigars are meant for them, Nick sees her actions as being greedy. The cigars do not belong to them, Nick tells her. Susy's only argument is that if they leave the cigars behind, the servants will smoke them. This incident marks the first disagreement between them. It also makes Nick evaluate Susy in a slightly different light. As they leave the villa, Nick notices the gardener kiss Susy's hand. The gardener's eyes are filled with tears. Nick secretly questions what Susy has given the man to make him feel so grateful to her.
Chapter 4 Summary
The next house Nick and Susy borrow belongs to Nelson and Ellie Vanderlyn, and Nick refers to it as a palace. The spaciousness, though, is somewhat depressing, especially after the cozy villa on the lake. This new place is cold and shadowy. The large rooms make Susy feel insignificant. She does not remember any other time in her life when evidence of wealth oppressed her.
Upon reflection, Susy wonders if her mood has been caused by the incident with the cigars. Nick should know that she was not taking them for herself. She thought Nick deserved them. She prides herself on her scruples and would never have taken anything for herself. She does not know how to present this concept to Nick in a way he might understand. There is tension between them now, and she does not know how to resolve it.
As she begins to unpack, Susy notices five letters her friend Ellie left for her on the dressing table. One letter is addressed to Susy and the four others are addressed to Ellie's husband, Nelson. Immediately upon seeing them, Susy senses a scandal. The letters are numbered. Ellie requests that Susy mail these one at a time over the four-week period of her stay. Ellie has gone away, leaving her young daughter behind. She has told her child she is going away for a month-long cure because she is ill. However, the child is not to tell her father because Ellie does not want her husband to worry. The letters will cover her absence.
Susy feels torn. She wants to stay at the Vanderlyns' estate. However, she finds that Ellie has taken advantage of her. Not only is Susy to take part in Ellie's lie but she is also to look after the woman's daughter. Susy is on her honeymoon; this request is not only rude but inappropriate.
In the letter, Ellie has asked that Susy not tell anyone, not even Nick, about the other four letters. She writes that if Susy has any sense of gratitude for favors Ellie has provided, she will keep her...
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Chapter 5 Summary
Nick leaves the house by himself without telling Susy why or where he is going. Susy does not expect him to tell her everything he is doing because their arrangement leaves them as free spirits, but this does not stop her from thinking about it. She wonders why he did not come into her room and tell her. She questions if Nick is still upset about the cigars she attempted to take from the villa. On top of this, she had gone into his room the night before and found him absorbed in reading a letter. He did not tell her who wrote it. Susy wonders if the letter could be the reason he has gone out by himself this morning. She does not find an answer to this question; he comes home in the morning in a good mood but does not offer any...
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Chapter 6 Summary
The longer Streffy stays in the Vanderlyn home, the more Susy enjoys him. She has always known that he could be empathetic, but he is even more sensitive than usual, especially around Clarissa. Streffy normally would tolerate children but would just as often tire of them. With Clarissa, though, he appears to have endless patience and understanding. He even derides Clarissa's mother for leaving the child for so long. Ellie was supposed to have returned a few days ago, but no one has heard from her yet.
Streffy says that it is so like Ellie to expect Susy to stand in for the child's governess and to believe that Susy owed her the favor in exchange for the privilege of staying at the Vanderlyn estate. Streffy adds that...
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Chapter 7 Summary
Nick thinks about his writing and concludes that he knows his ability as a potential author better than Susy or Strefford do. He recognizes his weaknesses and is fully aware of how the concept of the story sometimes slips through his grasp just when he thinks he has command of it. There are times, too, when he is depressed and thinks his story is a failure, but then the underlying meaning of the story returns to him and he gets lost again in a sense of victory.
Nick has named his book The Pageant of Alexander. The protagonist is the young Alexander the Great. The focus of the story is on the landscape of Asia, a topic in which Nick is well informed. Nick hopes to develop a storyline through which he can discuss...
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Chapter 8 Summary
Just as they are adjusting to Ellie's unexplained extended absence, Susy and Nick receive a telegram from Ellie; she is due to come home the next day. Ellie arrives in such a good mood that Susy is more willing than she had anticipated to forgive the woman for having left her child at home, expecting Susy to take care of her. The allusion to the letters that Ellie asked Susy to mail, however, is another matter. Susy cannot get over the distasteful feelings of being dragged into the deceitful arrangement. Susy's concerns go beyond her involvement; she is also frightened of how Nick will react if he should discover the price Susy was willing to pay to accept the free lodging at Ellie's estate.
As Ellie alludes to...
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Chapter 9 Summary
Time has slipped forward by a week. Nelson Vanderlyn has come home, and his wife, Ellie, who has decided to stay at the estate and wait for his arrival, is also present. Everyone is sitting at the dining table, including Susy and Nick along with Charlie Strefford.
It has been quite a few years since Nick has seen Nelson, who is now the London representative of a worldwide bank. Nelson has aged and grown fatter. His attitude, though, remains optimistic. Since Nelson has just made his appearance known, the others at the table watch as Ellie greets her husband. Nelson believes that his wife seems very happy to see him. The others, though, understand Ellie's excitement to demonstrate pleasure in knowing that her new...
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Chapter 10 Summary
Susy relaxes after she sees both Mr. and Mrs. Vanderlyn leave. Strefford is standing next to Susy and reflects her feelings by stating that they have "been through it." At this point, both Susy and Strefford believe that the Vanderlyns have gone without exposing to Nick the issue of the letters.
Later, alone in her room, Susy admires the bracelet Ellie gave her. She evaluates the sapphire and emerald jewelry, smiling when she calculates how many "domestic necessities" it will buy. As she is doing this, Nick walks into her room. Without thinking of the consequences, Susy rushes to Nick, proud to show off her new jewels. In response, Nick shows Susy the gift Ellie gave to him. This surprises Susy.
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Chapter 11 Summary
At dinner, Susy lies about Nick's whereabouts and why he is not present at dinner. She has no idea where Nick is, though she guesses he might have gone to see the Hicks family. At first this bothers Susy, but the more she thinks about it, she decides it is funny. Nick thinks the same as she does—that the Hickses are boring. She will call him on the phone after dinner and tease him about being there. He will share the laugh and then come home, or so Susy hopes.
The more Susy considers Nick's absence, the more it irritates her. She questions if Nick thinks he is better than she is. Does he think he has better principles and standards? The two of them are the same. They had agreed to play by a certain set of rules,...
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Chapter 12 Summary
Nick is on a train to Milan when he changes his mind and decides to continue on to Genoa. The extension of his travels on the train gives him more time in which to not make any immediate decisions about his future.
When he reaches Genoa, Nick runs into Mr. Buttles, Mr. Hicks's personal secretary. At first Nick feels irritated because he must make conversation with someone. Then he feels relieved; he can again postpone his own "broodings." Nick's first question to Buttles is about the whereabouts of the Hickses. Nick wonders if the Hickses' yacht is at the port in Genoa. Mr. Buttles informs Nick that the boat is due to arrive the next day. Buttles is in Genoa alone because he has left his employment with Mr....
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Chapter 13 Summary
Susy has left Venice to go to Versailles, France. Her friend, Violet Melrose, had invited Susy and Nick to spend some time there on their honeymoon. Violet was supposed to be traveling, thus leaving her Versailles home vacant. Susy had been looking forward to some time by herself. After spending so much time in Ellie's mansion in Venice, Violet's small house would be the appropriate place for Susy to get her priorities straight. She has been thinking of dropping away from the usual rich crowd of her acquaintance and coming up with a new way of making a living. However, when she reaches the Versailles home, she finds Violet is there.
Nat Fulmer is also staying at the house. Nat is a friend of both Susy and Nick's....
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Chapter 14 Summary
When old friends turn up the next day at Violet's house, Susy comes up with a story to explain Nick's absence. Although no one truly listens to what she says, she tells them Nick is on a cruise to do research for his book. Susy is not completely happy about having so many people around her, but she has come to realize that the company keeps her mind off her troubles. Gradually she even finds herself in the force of her old habits, able to join in conversations, gossip about old friends who are not present, and talk about all the newest scandals and lover's quarrels. After a while, Susy even begins to consider that this is the world for which she was meant. She fells that she has no other choice. The world in which love is the...
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Chapter 15 Summary
After meeting with Strefford, Suzy feels more relaxed. She can see a path that will take her directly to three things she has always wanted in life—freedom, power, and dignity. Strefford, now one of the richest men in England, can give it all to her. The only obstacle is the possibility that Nick might come back, having found that he cannot live without her, as she cannot live without him. If Nick did come back, she would stop worrying about the future. She would only live in the present moment. Nothing but their love would matter to her. She would do anything, she thinks, to be back in Nick's arms.
There are challenges that interfere with Susy's dream. Nick's letter might be proof that Nick has tired of her....
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Chapter 16 Summary
Nick is sailing on the Ibis, the Hickses' yacht. He has been spending all his time either reading or daydreaming as he watches landscapes drift past and then disappear. The books and the scenery act as anesthetics as Nick seeks to deaden the pain of his memories.
Nick realizes that he promised another letter to Susy, but he has not yet written because he has found enough reasons to not do so. He knows she is not in need of money because she controlled the money they had collected as wedding gifts; therefore, there is no critical business to take care of. Although their marriage needs to be discussed, Nick justifies his lack of communication on this topic by the idea that they should put some time between...
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Chapter 17 Summary
Susy is waiting for Strefford in London, but she finds the city oppressive. The weather is wet and she is staying in a shabby hotel, which is all she can afford. However, she reminds herself that her independence is the most important thing, so she must learn to sacrifice. But when she finds that she can no longer tolerate the dank smells and the sounds surrounding her room, she goes into the part of the city where her rich acquaintances usually dine.
As Susy had expected, she runs into one of her friends—Ursula Gillow, who is spending a few days in London on her way to her Scotland retreat. Ursula is very happy to see Susy because she never likes to be alone. Ursula invites Susy to join her for lunch.
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Chapter 18 Summary
Susy next runs into Ellie Vanderlyn. Ellie is the last person Suzy wanted to see. The women come across one another at one of Paris's fashion shows, where models parade while the women of society consider their new wardrobes. Susy is looking at a floor-length fur coat. Ellie assumes Susy is helping another woman chose clothes, insinuating that there is no way Susy could afford the coat. To Ellie's surprise, Susy announces that she is considering the coat for herself. Although she has not yet accepted Strefford's proposal, Susy has been spending her time daydreaming about the wardrobe she would purchase if she did consent to marry him. Her visiting all the fashion designers' events has provided her with a diversion in her...
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Chapter 19 Summary
After spending the day with Ellie Vanderlyn, Susy again reflects on what she is doing with her life. Ellie epitomizes everything Susy despises about the moneyed class—except the money. She questions how she can even consider becoming involved with her rich acquaintances again. Susy has been so mortified by Ellie that she almost cancels her appointment with Strefford the next day. She knows he is expecting an answer from her as to whether she will accept his proposal. So far, Susy still feels unresolved. She continues to hope to hear from Nick.
Upon reflection, Susy decides to keep her appointment with Strefford. They go to a small, out-of-the-way restaurant, ask for a private room, and enjoy their lunch. Susy is...
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Chapter 20 Summary
Nick Lansing is still with the Hickses, but he has noticed a change in the older couple. Once the Hickses believed that the arts and knowledge were superior to money. Although they had money, they lived without the luxuries money could buy. They thought that luxuries and an artistic way of life could not coexist. However, something recently has transformed these views.
It all began, Nick recalls to himself, the day the Hickses' path intersected with a "Reigning Prince on his travels." The Hickses' "undoing" was that the prince is an archaeologist. This is what attracted the Hickses to the man. Due to poor health, the prince had been forced to leave his northern territory and wander along the Mediterranean...
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Chapter 21 Summary
After dinner with Strefford, things proceed exactly as Susy had expected them to. She is able to promise to begin divorce proceedings. She finds this promise easier to make than she had guessed, and the kiss Strefford gives her is less difficult to receive than the last.
Some of Susy's ease is due to the newspaper story she read that reported Nick's still being with the Hickses. It is no wonder Nick has not written to her, Susy tells herself. In these modern times, husbands have no need to write because the newspapers recount their whereabouts and their doings to the world. The story had dragged Susy's spirits down at first, but she has since decided that she is tired of sadness and anguish. She is young and...
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Chapter 22 Summary
Strefford is feeling more at ease now that Susy has begun her divorce proceedings. He and Susy are even able to tease one another about their intended marriage. Susy tells Strefford that marrying her is "the easiest way of not marrying all the others." This is a reference to all the women whose families are pressuring them to present themselves to him, the richest bachelor in England. After Susy says this to Strefford, he looks at her in a way that implies that she is using him in the same way.
Strefford suggests that he buy a small house for Susy in London. This will provide her with a home until they are married so she will not have to stay in hotels or at some of their friends' houses. Then he says Susy has to...
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Chapter 23 Summary
As Susy walks away from Strefford, she feels a sense of freedom. All the hypocrisies of the past few months have dropped away. She is herself once again. She is the Susy whom Nick knows and she will never be anyone else.
As she passes a hat shop, she watches the girls who work there leave the store. She could be one of them, she thinks, and earn her own living. When she passes some nuns, she thinks she could do that too. She could give up everything. She imagines having a conversation with a nun, telling the woman about all the money she had thought she needed to buy clothes, cigarettes, cab fare and tips, and all the other extravagant things that belong to the lives of the rich. They would laugh at her. She sees how...
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Chapter 24 Summary
Nick adjusts his schedule so he can have time to think, but when he is on his own, he does not know what he is supposed to think about. He does question one thing: he wonders what future he could possibly have without Susy. The letter he received from her was a shock. She wants to be released from their marriage, so in a responding letter he told her that he would not stand in her way. He has not heard from Susy or either of their lawyers since then. He is not in hurry to be free, so he has not pursued the divorce or made any attempts to find out what has delayed the proceedings. In some ways, since receiving Susy's letter, Nick has considered himself a free man. However, this has not helped him define his future in any way....
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Chapter 25 Summary
Susy is living at the Fulmers' house, taking care of their five children while Mrs. and Mr. Fulmer spend three months in Italy. She had previously turned down the job of watching the Fulmer children and, upon accepting the position this time, worried that watching over five children would be "dull or depressing." But Susy is discovering that the Fulmer children are a joy to be with. Susy feels the challenge of caring for so then—sometimes she feels that there are not five children but rather a whole army of little ones. Most of the time Susy is excited about being with them. They are very intelligent children with wide and varied interests. Their parents have raised them by encouraging their imaginations as well as their...
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Chapter 26 Summary
Nick has not yet committed himself to Coral, but he told her he was going to France to obtain his divorce from Susy. His emotions have been stirred by Coral's having confessed her love for him, which makes him think that maybe they could enjoy a good marriage, albeit a temperate one. Intellectually they are well matched, and their marriage would increase their opportunities. As he travels, Nick expects to propose to Coral when he returns to Rome. Nick concludes that it seems inevitable that he and Coral will be together.
However, once in Paris, Nick discovers that the idea of marrying Coral has no basis. Everything about Paris reminds him of Susy. Although he has not made contact with her, he senses her in every...
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Chapter 27 Summary
Susy is at the Fulmers' home, visiting with Strefford. The first thing Strefford asks is why Susy is there. The inside of the house looks shabby and messy, with children's articles and toys spread everywhere. Susy cannot answer honestly because she does not believe Strefford can understand. She dares not mention Nick and the feelings that are surging inside of her for her husband—hoping that some miracle will occur and Nick will want her back. Instead, Susy tells Strefford that the divorce is proceeding and until it is complete, she prefers to keep busy and to herself.
At the mention of the divorce, Strefford brings up Ellie and Nelson Vanderlyn and their marital breakup. As Susy listens, she hears more than...
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Chapter 28 Summary
When Susy receives Nick's telegram, she, too, scrutinizes every detail of his words. The message is brief. She wonders why he signed it "N.L." rather than spelling out his name; she had signed her note "Susy." She feels that the initials place a personal "abyss" between them. She anxiously awaits his arrival but she dares not stand in front of the window and look out. She does not want to appear anxious. Then finally he is there.
Susy looks at Nick and has trouble seeing the man she married. He feels like a stranger. Then she realizes that it is the sound of his voice that makes him feel unfamiliar. He is talking to her in a tone that he usually reserves for people he does not know very well. He has never...
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Chapter 29 Summary
Susy rises the next morning well before the normal time to wake the children. She enters Junie's room. Junie is twelve and old enough and capable enough to care for her siblings at least for a few hours. Susy tells Junie that there is something she must do. Junie sees tears on Susy's face and becomes quite concerned. Susy says she must go away for the day even though she promised the children's mother that she would never leave the children alone. However, she has "got to." Junie not only agrees to undertake the care of her siblings but encourages Susy to go. Although she has no understanding of what is bothering Susy, Junie tells her that getting away for a few hours will do her some good. Susy wakes and dresses the...
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Nick insists that Susy go away with him, but Susy tells him she cannot leave the children. If they are to go somewhere, the children must come with them. This seems absurd to Nick because he feels he and Susy are about to go on a new honeymoon, but Susy will have it no other way. She has grown to care for the children, and she is serious about her responsibility to them.
As Nick is busy taking care of details before they leave, Susy runs an errand of her own, but readers are not yet told what she is doing. When everything is packed, Nick, Susy, the five children, their cook, a cage of birds, and a small kitten all depart for a short holiday. When evening falls, Susy puts the children to bed and leaves the cook in charge...
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text: "Changed" is a better word for them. They had to evolve to handle Varroa and other issues. The ones we have out here now are some hardy bees for the most part. Mine need no treatment at all - never did - even from the start. Now they may not always be the best honey producers, but take what you can get. Wild bees are mostly free, if you count out the cost of gas and labor.


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I'm a HUGE fan and have been dreaming of watching the giants play live for so long (never been to a football game) After tickets went on sale on ticketmaster recently I was able to grab 4 for the monday night Vikings game October 21. I'm a bit concerned about our seats however. It was slim pickings but we manages to get Upper Endzone section 301 (row 20) seats.
I've seen pictures online from that section but I wanted to ask you guys who have experience in these areas, was it good? Came out to about 125 per ticket so I'm not sure if I just payed for the worst seats in the stadium. I just want to be able to have a pretty good view and watch the Gmen do their thing!


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Hi Guys,
I have diligently been keeping up to date with your blog! You move fast ;) I love all the insight to your adventure already and excited for what is to come cuz believe me these are just the stepping stones.
Those strawberries look so yummy, I know they have them in Germany :)
Love you and miss you tons! can't wait to see what happens next in the Traveling Patel's Stories.
A couple of dogs, and cats and horses......
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Oh how beautiful!!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Beautiful quilt-lovely work!
Liz Fairlie
Very beautiful and will be treasured.
Wow! Very ambitious and pretty.
A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.
I made my very first quilt using these blocks. Had a little variation in color but love it. It took years to cross stitch all the blocks & when I retired that was the first thing I said I was going to complete. I love it.
Amazing quilt. Your quilting really sets off the cross stitch panels nicely.
Cheers, K
That is just beautiful and i love the quilting that was done, you should be proud, and what a lucky granddaughter.
I alos have blocks from a great grand mother, thanks for the pic. great job


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A person who gives things they received from others as gifts. They take what was given to them and send it to someone else out of laziness and spite.
Derived from Seinfeld
Derived from Seinfeld
by elok April 30, 2005
One who receives a gift from someone, does not like it, so he/she gives to someone else for his/her birthday christmas etc.
Elain accused George of being a re-gifter after she found out that George had given the gift to his girlfriend for her birthday.
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Stocks Up; Gilead and GM Rising
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 index were both rising in early trades, up about 0.2% just after the open.
Shares of automaker General Motors (GM) were up more than 5%, after reporting better than expected profits despite a drop in revenue. North America suffered a weak quarter and currency fluctuation in South American hurt revenue. But GM's losses narrowed in Europe. Analysts had expected GM's financial performance to be softer in the first half of the year but gain steam in the second half with the introduction of 13 new or refreshed Chevrolet vehicles in the U.S. and another 12 in different regions around the world.
The results came a day after good auto sales in the U.S. in April:
Chrysler Group said Wednesday that sales of its Ram pickups rose 49% in April from a year earlier, while Ford Motor said its F-series truck sales jumped 24%. At General Motors combined sales of its Silverado and GMC Sierra climbed 23%.
Overall, industry sales for April rose 8.5% from a year earlier to 1.285 million cars and light trucks, according to researcher Autodata Corp.
Gilead Sciences (GILD) stock was leading the S&P 500, up more than 5%, after it announced Phase 3 trials for its hepatitis drug:
Gilead Sciences today announced plans to initiate a third Phase 3 clinical trial of the company's investigational fixed-dose combination tablet of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The study, called ION-3, will evaluate the once-daily fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir for eight weeks with and without ribavirin (RBV) and for 12 weeks without RBV in 600 non-cirrhotic, treatment-naïve genotype 1 HCV-infected patients.
The design of ION-3 was based on interim results from the Phase 2 LONESTAR study, which evaluated eight- and 12-week courses of therapy with the once-daily fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir with and without RBV in 60 treatment-naïve, non-cirrhotic patients.
Also rising were shares of Beazer Homes (BZH), up about 7% after reporting improved performance on the back of an improving housing market:
The company has continued to report a string of losses in recent quarters as it has worked to recover from previous corporate missteps, including a federal probe into lending practices and a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting issues that helped force out longtime Chief Executive Ian McCarthy in 2011.
But sales and orders have picked up as consumers take advantage of the record-low interest rates that have made buying a home cheaper than renting in many markets, and Beazer has improved its revenue lately on higher selling prices and increased closings.


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Just got a bit freaked out that you are in tomorrow
Heading down under
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Fanciest emirates plane I've been on to date.
As we got up to leave got chatting to a couple who were emigrating to NZ, and then another couple who were emigrating too, and a guy that does tax for people on a working holiday visa in oz. weird. The first couple said if I'm stuck for somewhere to stay they'll help me out.
People are nice
Got an 8 hour wait for my flight, hungry doesn't cover it. Good job I've been hoarding biscuits from all my flights hey.
Got chatting to the nice couple from Portsmouth, delirious from lack of sleep. Passed out as soon as I got on the plane!
Massively made the wrong choice at breakfast. Wouldn't recommend the emirates sausage and scrambled egg...
After all the freakin out about my visa and customs, they didn't even ask me anything and went straight through! Easy peasy.
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Cosy and light apartment in Antwerp
お部屋の大きさ40 m²
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|Bothastraat, 2140 Borgerhout, ベルギー
The location of the apartment is perfect; it is located in a quiet residential area in Antwerpen Borgerhout, just around the corner of the busy Turnhoutsebaan where you can find all the shops you need: supermarkets, lunchrooms, restaurants, bakery's, greengrocers, clothing shops etc. The beautiful Rivierenhof park is close by: here you can go for a walk, relax, exercise or enjoy one of the free open-air theatres they have in the summer months. You are located about 10-15 minutes away from Central Station and about 20 minutes away from the Meir; Antwerps famous shopping street.
The apartment
The apartment is on the second floor (quite a steep stairway but worth when you see the apartment) and has all the facilities you need to relax after a long day in the city: a bright living room with a comfortable couch, TV and DVD player. A kitchen which includes a fridge, oven/microwave and a coffee machine. There is bathroom with a great shower: including lights, water jets and radio(!), and a bedroom on a high sleeper with a comfortable double bed.
We will make sure there are clean sheets, towels, and toilet paper.
Public transport / parking
You are within walking distance of public transport taking you straight into the city centre.
The apartment is only a 15 minute walk from the Central Station (and about 5-10 minutes by tram or bus). And public transport takes you to the famous 'Groenplaats' with all its nice restaurants and bars in about 20 minutes. You can park your car in the street (parking in Antwerp is cheap: only 3,50 euro per day).
Check-in and check-out
Check-in and check-out is flexible although we would like to agree the check-in and check-out time before you arrive since we will be there to welcome you.
ハウスルール* We put a lot of effort in renovating the apartment so please treat the property as your own and keep it clean.
* Please remove all the garbage before you leave.
* Please take the sheets off the bed before you leave.
* Close windows and outside doors whenever you are not around
* Smoking is not allowed inside the apartment, but you can use the balcony.
* No drugs allowed
* Pets are not allowed
* We ask you to send us a copy of your identity card/passport through email so we know who will be staying in our apartment
|Check-in before
First to mention the things we liked:
Friendly hosts. Nice kitchen/ dining area. Modern TV. Heating worked well. Well equipped kitchen. Good Wifi. Cosy atmosphere in the appartment.
Things we did not like:
Food from former guests in a fridge without light. Very dark bathroom. Toilet flush did not work properly, we had to fix it several times. Dirty windows.
Reason we left after one night although we had booked and paid for three nights:
The bed is by far too small for two "normal" sized adults. It's not only 1.40x2.00, but its an alcove build what means its surrounded by walls on all sides, with no chance to put out arm or leg out of it. The appartment's heating sits straight under the bed and switches on and off all night.
Thank you for the nice flat!
Very good located!
Thank you Martha und Saki!
Lisa and Holger, Germany
the apartment is situated in a nice multicultural neighborhood and quite close to the central station, the tram-station only 2 minutes away. everything else is around. the equipment in the flat is good.
it was not very clean!
after the second night, the humidity in the flat made it impossible to sleep in the bed so we slept on the couch which was only "ok"...
Thanks Martha and Saki for being very nice hosts! The flat is totally perfect for a weekend and has enough space. Everything which is needed is included. To come to a point which was not so nice for us two girls in another country: The front door of the house is totally broken and could not be closed! We thought this won't be a problem until a drunken friend of the hosts rang the door bell 20 times in the evening and recognized that the house door was open and then entered the house to come upstairs and pressed the door handle down and told us several times he would like to enter. Of course it's not the fault of the nice hosts, but you should communicate to friends and other people that there is nobody at home. Also on the next morning when the boss of the hosts rang the bell 5 minutes at 6 o'clock because he needed some keys....
For girls it's not funny to see someone drunken is really in front of the flat door and he talks some minutes that he wants to enter.
But we really have to point out that the hosts were always accessible and exerted to make the stay for us good.
Apart from that, flat is good located. 20 minutes by foot to central station. parking costs EUR3.80 for a whole day (on Sunday you do not have to pay).
Everything was perfect! The apartement was very clean and modern, it was very nice to live their for a week. The pwners of the apartement were very friendly and helpful before the trip and also while the trip! If I would decide to visit antwerp again I would come back to this apartement!
We had a wonderfull time in the apartment and really enjoyed our stay there!
A great place and very nice and friendly people. We can definitely recommend the apartment!
Thanks again!!
We had a very good time and our hosts made everything so very easy. Its only a 10 minute tram ride, which itself is practically outside the door steps, from the Roosevelt/historic area. There are shops close by if you need anything and it has to have one of the best showers around! Also, the price is fair. It ticks all the boxes for us, even if the stairs were a bit steeper than we're used to. If we're in Antwerp again, would definitely like to stay there again as its much more homey than a hotel/hostel.
Der Kontakt war schon vor der Anreise sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend. Die Lage von dem Apartment ist nicht in einer luxuriösen Gegend, aber trotzdem sehr zentral. Das Apartment selbst war bei unserer Anreise ordentlich, gepflegt und sauber. Die Treppen zum Apartment hoch sind schon etwas steil und eng, aber das war für uns kein Problem. Wir hatten eine sehr schöne Zeit und auch nach der Reise noch einen netten Kontakt mit den Vermietern. Gerade für junge Leute, die es günstig, aber trotzdem zentral haben wollen sehr zu empfehlen!
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DAD'S PLACE | 401.783.6420 | 148 Boon St, Narragansett | Mon-Fri, breakfast 7 am-1 pm, lunch; 11 am-1 pm; Sat-Sun, breakfast 6 am-1 pm; Fri dinner 4-8 pm | Major credit cards | BYOB | Sidewalk-level accessible
We'd gone to Dad's Place last summer to meet friends for breakfast, and the six of us thoroughly enjoyed our omelets (mine was completely veggie, with sautéed onions, peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, spinach, and tomatoes); the Benedicts (one has hash instead of ham); the crispy hash browns; and the generously-fruited pancakes with blueberries, strawberries, bananas, or a combo thereof.
More recently I joined a friend for lunch there, and we were impressed by the details once again. She had a grilled chicken club ($7.25), and it was almost too much to finish, with its two pieces of thick chicken breast, plenty of lettuce, tomato, and bacon, on toasted bread. I opted for a tuna melt ($5.95), on whole wheat, with Swiss cheese, and it was similarly stuffed to the edges.
We were equally impressed with the soups (cup $2.95; bowl $5.50). I had tomato, and it was just what I wanted on a chilly day. But her baked onion soup was the winner: a hearty, beefy broth, with caramelized onion, bread, and broiled Swiss on top.
Pion wandered out of the kitchen to greet some regulars, recognized my friend as one of those, and asked her how she liked the onion soup. Then he told her a story of another regular who liked his soup so much that when he ordered French onion soup in a tony Newport establishment, he declared to them that they didn't know how to make a good version. So he drove to Narragansett, got a cup of Pion's onion soup to go, and took it back to the Newport restaurant to have them taste it, with the comment, "Now that's onion soup!"
When Bill and I got over to Dad's Place for a Friday night supper that same week (in the spring, dinners will spread to Thursdays and Saturdays as well), they didn't have French onion, but we both gobbled down a cup of the chicken escarole, with plenty of chicken and veggies, and a delicious broth.
I was curious about the fish and chips, which come in several variations: breaded or battered, flounder or cod, one piece or two ($8.95 or $10.95), in a sandwich or naked. The folks next to us had tried both incarnations and liked them both; one of them liked flounder better than cod; turns out you can order one and one, if you like. It's that kind of place.
The breaded fish was just right: not greasy, not heavily coated, not over-cooked. The baked potato (instead of fries) was also fine. And the cole slaw was excellent, its slightly sweet dressing spiked with celery seeds.
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There are a few reasons to be excited about this event:
- Arrested Development is returning for its 4th season, premiering the week of "Illusions, Michael."
- Because of the Gob Bluth character on the show, Shadowbox Live's Jimmy Mak and I decided to team up last year to do a magic-themed Arrested Development event. It was a great time and we had a nice turnout, so we decided to do it again this year. This time, we'll be showing three "Best of Gob" episodes.
- I'm using this event to debut a routine that's been bouncing around in my head for a long time: The Thought Gun. This will be the very first performance of the new bit in its entirety! I ran the concept by Jimmy and he told me I didn't have a choice – I had to debut it during "Illusions, Michael." It's a device that's never been seen before, let alone used in a magic show. You don't want to miss it.
- The "Talk Back with Michael and Jimmy" portion is a very fun Q&A session. If you were at the event last year, you may remember this session provided a laugh that we've been talking about ever since.
Mark your calendar now: Tuesday, May 28th 7pm
Backstage Bistro (at Shadowbox Live), 503 S. Front St., Columbus, OH
Reservations are not required, but are recommended due to limited seating
Call 614-416-7625 or visit shadowboxlive.org


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Hello Folks,
I had two bumble bee nests in my back garden. One was in the compost bin and the other next to it under the ground. They were doing well until late July, when activity stopped. Can anyone let me know anything about bumble bees and why they have stopped working or maybe died out. It was such a shame to lose them. I can now use the compost bin, will try to find the nest underneath, but need some help doing this. Any info welcome.
PS I don't keep honey bees anymore, but know quite a bit about them and still a friend of the Ashford Beekeepers. I now have several solitary bee houses, which were very successful this year.


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Binghamton University alumnus to discuss the new science of stories
BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University will host a discussion titled, "The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human," at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in room G-008 of the Academic A Building, on campus. This event is free and open to the public.
Binghamton University alumnus Jonathan Gottschall, MA '96, PhD '00 teaches in the English Department at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pa. and writes a blog for Psychology Today about the mysteries of storytelling. In his talk, Gottschall will discuss the new science of stories—why we shape them, and how they shape us.
Gottschall recently published The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (a New York Times Editor's Choice selection and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), which draws on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology and biology to show how storytelling has evolved as a fundamental human instinct.
This discussion is sponsored by the Binghamton University Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS) and the Leaders and Learners Toastmaster Club at Binghamton University.
For additional information, contact Hadassah Head at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Two papers appeared in Geophysical Research Letters today claiming that the warming forecast for the coming century may be underestimated, because of positive feedbacks in the carbon cycle. One comes from Torn and Harte, and the other from Scheffer, Brovkin, and Cox. Both papers conclude that warming in the coming century could be increased by carbon cycle feedbacks, by 25-75% or so. Do we think it's time to push the big red Stop the Press button down at IPCC?
The approaches of both papers are similar. The covariation of temperature versus CO2 (and methane in Torn and Harte) is tabulated for a record in the past. For the Torn and Harte paper, the time frame chosen is the last 360,000 years, while Scheffer et al. focus on the Little Ice Age, from 1500-1600 A.D. In both cases it is assumed that the climate shift is driven by some external thermal driver. As the temperature warms (in the case of the deglaciation) or cools (the LIA), the CO2 concentration of the atmosphere changes in the sense of a positive feedback, rising associated with warming or falling in response to cooling. The changing CO2 drives a further change in temperature.
In general, it is clear that eventually the sense of these articles could be correct. The response of the terrestrial biosphere to rising CO2 could go either way; toward an increase in uptake because of CO2 fertilization or a longer growing season (as we see today) versus an increase in soil carbon respiration in warmer conditions (the reason why tropical soils contain so little carbon). Uncertainties in the response of the terrestrial biosphere to rising CO2 is a major source of uncertainty for the climate change forecast (Cox et al., 2000).
The oceans are presently taking up about 2 Gton C per year, a significant dent in our emissions of 7 Gton C per year. This could slow in the future, as overturning becomes inhibited by stratification, as the buffer loses its capacity due to acidification. Eventually, the fluxes could reverse as with a decrease in CO2 solubility due to ocean warming.
The biggest question, however, before pushing the Stop the Press button at IPCC, is timing. The CO2 transition through the deglaciation took 10,000 years. (Actually this helps to constrain the cause of the CO2 transition, because the air/sea equilibration time scale for CO2 would be considerably shorter than that.) The timescale that seems intrinsic to IPCC is a century or so, during which we should be able to reap only a small fraction of any harvest that takes 10,000 years to grow. The Scheffer et al paper avoids this issue by restricting its attention to a time period of just a century.
Scheffer et al illustrate the potential feedback for the coming century in a figure which looks something like Figure A.
Temperature depends on CO2 concentration via radiative equilibrium in the blue curves, and CO2 concentration in the air is affected by temperature according to the red lines. A rise in CO2 concentration from an external source changes the equilibrium CO2 as a function of T relation toward higher CO2, to the right, labeled "forcing". The stable final equilibrium is where the two relations cross, with further CO2 degassing from the land or the ocean, so that more CO2 ends up in the atmosphere than would have if there were no feedback (a vertical red line). A climate sensitivity calculated from the coupled system is higher than one that ignores any carbon cycle feedbacks.
The situation today is complicated somewhat by a carbon spike transient. Atmospheric CO2 is rising so quickly that the terrestrial biosphere and the ocean carbon reservoirs find themselves far out of equilibrium. In attempting to keep up, the other reservoirs are taking up massive amounts of CO2. If emissions were to stop today, it would take a few centuries for the atmosphere to equilibrate, and it would contain something like 25% of our emitted CO2.
I would draw our current situation as in Figure B, with CO2 concentration wildly higher than the equilibrium red line, poised to relax toward lower concentrations if emissions stopped. The effect of the carbon cycle feedback is to change the equilibrium atmospheric CO2 that we are relaxing toward. It seems to me that the most important part of the equation for our immediate future is the decay rate of that carbon spike, rather than the equilibrium value that CO2 will relax to in hundreds of years.