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Three Corning Community College students were among 342 students across the state to be recognized for excellence by the State University of New York. Ryan French and Francis LaLomia received the 2014 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence and Renee Staffeld received both the 2014 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence and an award from the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. The awards were presented at a ceremony held April 2, 2014, in Albany, N.Y.
"Students honored with the Chancellor's Award for Excellence, and those recognized by Phi Theta Kappa, truly embody the power of SUNY," said Dr. Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor of the State University of New York. "As proven leaders and role models, scholar athletes, creative artists, and civic volunteers, each student is recognized not just for academic achievement, but also for the profound impact they have on college campuses and local communities across New York State."
French, from Newark Valley, N.Y., is majoring in Engineering Science and is expected to graduate May 2014. He served as vice president of the Student Veterans Association, participated and contributed in Research Experience for Undergraduates, and tutored at the Math Learning Center.
LaLomia, from Big Flats, N.Y., is majoring in Business Administration and is expected to graduate May 2014. He was a resident assistant in Perry Hall and assistant scout master after receiving the Eagle Scout with a Bronze Palm. He also received the Student Leadership Scholarship.
Staffeld, from Corning, N.Y., is majoring in Liberal Arts and Sciences and is expected to graduate May 2014. She served as president of Phi Theta Kappa and is a NYS Wildlife Rehabilitator. She was also co-founder and vice president of the Science Club.
"These awards recognize talent, hard work, and passion," said Dr. Katherine P. Douglas, President of Corning Community College. "We are very proud of Ryan, Francis, and Renee for earning this distinction from SUNY and look forward to many more accomplishments from them."
The Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, campus involvement, or career achievement. Each recipient receives a framed certificate and medallion, which is traditionally worn at commencement.


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The Office of Community Service offers students a wide variety of service opportunities in the local community and beyond.
The Office of
Community Service (OCS) is a welcoming place, where you can drop-in, call or
email to get connected with our existing service programs or develop new
opportunities. Serve for a day, a week,
or a whole semester depending on your comfort level and schedule. Gain valuable experience for your career
path, build your network, and practice your leadership skills.
Read more about our programs below:
Alternative Spring BreakAmerica ReadsCommunity Work StudyLeaderBUILDOne Time Service EventsR.E.A.L. RetreatService-Themed WeeksStudent Service OrganizationsSummer Corps of Service
Alternative Spring Break program provides teams of students with an opportunity
to spend their spring break doing rigorous hands-on service and learning about
communities in need.
the past, students have been involved in siding, shingling, insulating and
putting up windows and doors on Habitat for Humanity homes. Daily reflection, community building, and
leadership activities also characterize these transformative experiences.
students have been participating in Alternative Spring Break with Habitat for
Humanity since 2000.
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University participates in the America Reads Tutoring Program at the Baldwin Elementary
School in Cambridge, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 - 5:00pm.
America Reads mission is two-fold:
program matches tutors with local elementary school students to work one on one
with the goal of developing the youths' self-confidence, motivation and love of
learning. In addition to tutoring at the
schools twice a week, tutors meet twice a month to receive literacy training,
share ideas and reflect on their experiences.
Students eligible
for the Federal Work Study Program have this exciting option for employment in
the community. The OCS partners with the
Office of Financial Aid to offer off-campus positions at local community-based
organizations. This is an excellent way
to gain professional experience while performing meaningful service. Several opportunities exist within the Office
of Community Service as well.
Serve in a new
community during the day and explore leadership topics in the evening by
applying to participate in this week-long program in May. This is a selective and competitive
experience for students who have the potential to be future student
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A great way to
get started serving and connecting with others is to participate in a one day service
project. These experiences vary from
year to year, and have included food donation sorting, soup kitchen nights,
blood drives, holiday gift giving, community farming, card-making for deployed
service members, trail maintenance, community art, athletic support for youth,
and much more. If you have a service
program idea, we can incorporate it into this year's schedule. In addition, we encourage new students to
participate in the Day of Service.
Day of Service is a unique opportunity for new students to serve
the Cambridge and Greater Boston communities while creating a deeper connection
to their peers. These students disperse to a variety of service sites, where
they are given an orientation at a community-based organization, a chance to
contribute to the community through service, and an opportunity to converse
about issues like environmental preservation, educational inequalities, hunger,
homelessness, access to the arts, and low-income housing.
R.E.A.L. (Retreat Experience at Lesley) Retreat is a chance for students to
"build community through service." Students are able to take a break
from their academic lives, get off of campus, and do meaningful work in the community.
Moreover, it's a chance for students to meet new people, learn more about one
another, and engage on a deeper level. The R.E.A.L. Retreat occurs once each
efforts by the various community service clubs and organizations, these
service-themed weeks aim to raise awareness of social issues while engaging the
Lesley University community in the act of serving alongside community members.
Hunger and Homelessness Week is part of a national movement during the third week of November,
when Lesley service clubs organize daily activities designed to educate the
campus about hunger and homelessness in our area, and engage them in efforts to
alleviate these issues. Past events included a panel on homelessness,
delivering sandwiches to the hungry in Harvard Square, and an Oxfam Hunger
Community Service Week offers an array of ways to improve the community during a whole week
of service in late March.
more information about student organizations, contact
the Office of Student Activities.These
groups are sponsored by the USG (Undergraduate Student Government) and are
supported by the Office of Community Service. The USG is established to
represent the interests and concerns of undergraduate students to the larger
university community, while working to build an excitingly vibrant life on
campus for students.
Similar to
Community Work Study, Federal Work Study eligible students may elect to use
their award in total during the summer months by working at community-based
organizations and meeting regularly with the Office of Community Service. Participation is a great way to be a force
for positive change, build your resume, and explore career paths in community
Office of Community Service
Service Programs
Student Life and Academic Achievement
Campus location: Doble CampusDoble Hall, 2nd floor
Mailing address:29 Everett StreetCambridge, MA 02138
2015-2016: 8,396 hours
2014-2015: 7,832 hours
2013-2014: 8,024 hours
2012-2013: 6,196 hours
2011-2012: 6,816 hours
2010-2011: 6,745 hours
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Town Square
First Republican Debate
Original post made by Cindy Cross, Parkside, on May 5, 2011
The first Republican debate took place tonight in Greenville, South Carolina. The Fox Network moderated the debate among the five Republican hopefuls; Tim Pawlenty, Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.
Noticeably missing were top Republican contenders Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachmann, Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, and Sarah Palin. Did they bow out due to all of President Obama's recent popularity?
Bashing Obama so soon after the death of Bin Laden may leave some voters turned off.
The debate revealed nothing new about the five republican hopefuls. Ron Paul, Texas Congressman, fumbled a couple times, but was generally very articulate and confident in his answers. Paul is a lone wolf on a few issues, namely on supporting gay marriage, and supporting the immediate removal of American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rick Santorum, former Senator of Pennsylvania, was not willing to make specific commitments during the debate. When pressed about what he would do with Pakistan in light of possible collusion with Osama Bin Laden, he stated, "They will cooperate with us or face the consequences." Santorum came short of stating that he would cut the $3.2 billion in aid to Pakistan if they do not cooperate with the United States.
Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico, held many of the same views as the others on the panel, but differed on his opposition on giving aid of any kind to the rebels in Libya and his views on immigration. Johnson wants to give the 11 million illegal aliens work visas instead of citizenship.
Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota, had nothing to differentiate himself form the other candidates. Pawlenty was clearly against Obama Care and prefers a 'common sense' approach to government.
Herman Cain, radio talk show host, appeared uncomfortable during the debate. Many of his answers appeared stilted and rehearsed. When asked by the Fox host Brett Baer about his stance on the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, he danced around the question until his time was up.
The debate was uneventful and low energy. Missing were big personality contenders such as Sarah Palin or Donald Trump. Americans want to see real debate. Tonight's debate was a means for each candidate to get more visibility.
Although Donald Trump has been in the hot seat lately for dropping a lot of 'F-bombs' at a recent appearance, and offending stutterers—he would attract a huge audience if he were involved in a real debate with other Republican hopefuls. It would be refreshing to have candidates tell the American people how they really felt about the issues. Now, candidates are so rehearsed and polished that they appear insincere.
We'll all have to stay tuned for the next debate.
a resident of San Ramon
on May 6, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Since the 1986 Immigration Control and Reform Act those in power has lied to the US people? Just sufficient laws have been passed, to give the impression that President Obama, George Bush or back to Ronald Reagan, promised to secure fully the border. That they would enforce immigration laws, but candidly nothing serious as ever been accomplished? We need to revisit President Linden B. Johnson, Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 policy "Quotas System", so only certain amounts of foreign nationals are given entry visas. Its requirements were Numerical limits on immigration from Europe and the use of a Quota system for establishing those limitations. Similar legislation had been advanced several times previously without success. Recommencement of immigration and the widespread unemployment that followed the end of World War One demanded change, lending strength to the anti-immigration movement. In 1965, the American people were guaranteed that immigration would never exceed its then low level of 250,000 annually. Currently, it is at an all-time high of over a million a year and still rising.
Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, a veiled Liberal progressive killed this law, attributing to the 20 million or more who have settled in this country today. You cannot trust any administration, the Liberal press, the liberal Extremists in Academia or any of the open border quasi organization, such as The Council of Foreign Relations. These organizations are for open borders, although we have upwards to 10 million US citizens and resident without a job. Leftists and equivalents all have their own agenda's and Obama and his Leftist administration wants citizenship for the invaders, who stole into our country. There has been so much fraud within work visa programs, the agricultural Guest Worker and fabricated paperwork for skilled immigrants who have come here. The 1986 immigration bill has been a failure, but not because it's—BROKEN--but because the laws were never enforced.
The laws enacted, were intentionally made to be broken, underfunded still leaving access to cheap labor for Republicans and more votes for liberals and Democrats; legal or illegal. Ted Kennedy played on the sympathy of American Society, when he ardently promised in 1986, that there would never be another--AMNESTY. E-Verify was nearly killed by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Secure Communities is not mandatory and the true 2006 Secure Fence Act, less than a 6 months later Texas Republican Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn pushed for "flexibility to choose other options instead of fencing, if needed." Politicians obdurately vowed to keep America safe. The law specifically called for "at least 2 layers of reinforced fencing, topped with concertina barbed razor wire with the installation of additional physical barriers, patrol roads, lighting, cameras and sensors" at five exact areas of border totaling approximately 700 miles.
The revolution that is the TEA PARTY promises no citizenship for illegal aliens, or any of the clandestine Amnesties of which there has been six since 2004. The Tea Party leadership will vote out Pro-Amnesty law, which includes Sanctuary City ordinances and push in opposition to such bills as the dream Act, Chain Migration and any Immigration reform bills. What I really don't understand is why Sanctuary Cities are passed over by (ICE) Immigration & Customs Service.?Its very obvious to me large populations of foreign nationals are hiding under the very noses of the enforcement authorities, its an the anomaly nobody is apprehended? WHY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS PROTECTED BY THE US GOVERNMENT? WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHERE ALLEGIANCE IS CONCERNED. US Senator Rand Paul, a TEA PARTY activist in a letter to me opposes any citizenship for illegal aliens. He also said, "He didn't think American taxpayers should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care or other expenses. If you are legally arrived in America you have an opportunity to join the TEA PARTY, as they are awaiting you to stop more of your taxes being taken to pay for illegal aliens. So much more interesting facts to be found at NumbersUSA, that connects you with the truth about the illegal alien invasion. Illegal aliens have discovered a fraudulent avenue to aid President Obama predominantly become a strong contender in the 2012 election. Using forged absentee ballots illegal aliens in four States so far have discovered, but how deep in previous election has this deception gone? In States as California and Nevada that are soft on election oversight, was the absentee ballot forgeries go undetected in huge populace States of
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on May 10, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Thank YOU Brittanicus from San Ramon? I never before realized how necessary it is for the United States to continue to fashion immigration reforms that allow for more foreigners to enter this great country? Somewhere along the line, our educational system failed us? To wit: Mr. Brittanicus?
Let's all do this country a huge favor and hire from foreign labor pools. It's capitalist free market labor policy at its best, and it will winnow out all the uneducated who identify themselves as tea baggers. So, this is what the teabag party attracts, yes? Whoa!


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As businesses look for global growth, chronic skills gaps combined with a mismatch between demand and supply of talent means that getting (and keeping) the right people in the right places at the right time has never been more challenging. HR leaders need to mobilise talent to help businesses grow.
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February 15, 2012
Action Meeting
February 15, 2012
I. Roll Call
Dandre (tardy)
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Approval of Agenda
Motion to move the meeting from a discussion to an actionmeeting, motion approved.
IV. Guest Speaker
V. Action Items
VI. Discussion Items
VII. Advisor Report
There's been a rash of inappropriate texting and facebook-ingthat is harassing, and we are thinking about having an education meeting toaddress the issue. Considering adding on an disciplinary board that would compileof faculty and students. Email Shelley if you are interested, it is a pilotprogram, having a hearing board rather than just an individual. Monday is off,and it is a three-day weekend, relax and enjoy and catch up on homework.
VIII. Senator Reports
D'Andre- Carnival from 9pm-2am Friday night, done withpresales at Timbers
Katie-I sent out a mass email last week to inform them thatI am on SGA and send out weekly meetings with bills, and information on thesenator bills.
Walker-Some information was passed onto me looking into anoptional student fee to offset carbon admissions to meet the 2020 goal, to getthe student petition going.
IX. Committee Reports
21+ is meeting and still planning an event. Selling pre-saletickets in the College Center March 14th 8:30-11:30 serving between9-11. Three options: one being Iola, Tyler Hansen, and Trivia Night.
PR-slogan voting section, put a tick mark on what you likeand we will announce a slogan this week.
X. Advisory Reports
Sarah-54% selected University of WesternColorado had the most votes. 22% wanted something else.
Nick-TIPS training Friday February 24that 3pm the location is currently undecided.
Grace-The amount remaining in the billfund is $4,297 and $2,153 in internal
Meg-Bad poetry night tomorrow nightwine bar dress in drag
Blake-No sports on campus this week
Mark-Club fair next Friday at 2:45-3:15
Travis-Waterpolo started
Hayden-Nordic Ski Team is away andHockey is home playing UCCS at 5:30.
Elijah-Rail jam this weekend, andchilli cookoff, and an acoustic set will be played and a mini art gallery. Apool party with a belly flop contest and find some inner tubes (for a race)Tuesday 7:30 February 21st.
Noah-backcountry trip through WP
XI. Special Topics
XII. Remarks for the Good of the Order
XIII. Late Roll Call
XIV. Adjournment


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How can they keep you from distilling for fuel?
Yes Sir. You are always thinking.
If it was not for these dag blasted wakey tobakey growers around here, I could have a nice still going.
Dag blasted revonoors are all over the dag blasted place.
Wonder how much booze I can "Legally" make. Hmmm.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
How can they keep you from distilling for fuel?
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
Taxes. IIRC, beer and wine under a certain gallons per year for personal use is exempt, but "distilled spirits" is taxed, just different rates depending on whether it is for drinking or drag racing.
Back in the day (70s and 80s) Mother Earth News was big into home alcohol fuel production, everything from corn squeezins to recycled M&Ms and Hershey bars from the scrap produced by the candy makers. At that time, due to the oil shortage and long gas lines/empty stations there was a lot of interest in it. ATF was gettin' calls and letters left and right about getting licensed to produce alcohol for fuel. Too many, they were getting overwhelmed.
IIRC, their bean counters figured if you produced less than 200 gallons of happy juice, I mean FUEL, per year then the cost to issue and administer a license and collect the tax was below the break even point. Their somewhat "unofficial policy" was that if you kept your output small and didn't sell it, they didn't want to be bothered with regulating you. Many people made homemade stills and tinkered with running their cars on it, then gas got available and cheap again and a lot of those stills got recycled.
Nowdays, I'm pretty sure they have a "zero tolerance" policy in regards to hard liquor. Heck, look what happened to a microbrewery because they put a nutrition label on the cans.
Some don't have the freedom to choose to live in poverty. How about the millions living in worse conditions in the slums of Calcutta, Mexico City, Bangkok, Manila (etc etc).
Choosing a life of poverty is a luxury, afforded to the aesthetics or crazy among us. Youth ("freegans") doing so is a simple matter of delayed maturity. In a few short years most will grow out of the phase.
I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."
I used to know a few "Mother Earth News" types who did well by living cheap and doing for themselves raising veggies, fruits and small tasty critters. Some would hunt mushrooms and berries in the hills and one old boy had a truck with push bars mounted in front and would run up and down mountain roads to slay a deer or two for meat. I know some who brew their own beer and another who makes fruit wine and brandy. That reminds me, depending on how my work situation develops in the next few months I may have to get a hold of my beekeeper friend and prep some mead. In this economy I suspect that many will be buying much less and doing what they can to survive - even getting food stamps, food banks, and even dumpster dive. People will whatever they have to in order to get food and survive.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
Good points. Thanks for the info Kernel.
A professor and his student traveled the world asking people why they hated America. Blah Blah on and on they went.
They went on Fox and O'Riley asked them if they asked the young people interviewed if they would "move" to America.
Too a person they said "Yes".
Interesting that the third world is striving to advance themselves and like S.J. says, those kids want the hard life, "While mommy and daddy sends them $$$."
Picts. I have put up before. But let them move here. Live with the locals and see how long they like it.
No dumpsters, no food stamps, there garden fails. They starve.
I am not knocking there choice. Just my camping days are over.
In there defense. When the real depression hits. Which I think "is coming" they will be one step up in the survival life.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
The Tunnels of Lost Vegas
The people living in drains below Las Vegas | The Sun |Features
LOVEBIRDS Steven and Kathryn share a well-organised home in bustling Las
They have a neat, if compact kitchen, a furnished living area, and a bedroom complete with double bed, wardrobe and bookshelf featuring a wide selection including a Frank Sinatra biography and Spanish phrase book.
And they make their money in some of the biggest casinos in the world.
But their life is far from the ordinary.
Because, along with hundreds of others, the couple are part of a secret community living in the dark and dirty underground flood tunnels below the famous strip.
Rather than working in the bars or kitchens they "credit hustle", prowling the casinos searching the fruit machines for money or credits left by drunken gamblers.
Despite the risks from disease, highly venomous spiders and flooding washing them away, many of the tunnel people have put together elaborate camps with furniture, ornaments and shelves filled with belongings.
Steven and girlfriend Kathryn's base - under Caesar's Palace casino - is one of the most elaborate. They even have a kettle and a makeshift shower fabricated out of an office drinking water dispenser.
Home comforts ... the couple's kitchen under the famous city
But their bed and many of their belongings are on crates to keep them off the damp floor.
Despite it being hot and dry outside, their tunnel is wet from water being sent down from nearby construction work.
As he gives a guided tour of home, Steven Dommermuth explains: "We use our imagination a lot.
"Our bed came from a skip outside an apartment complex. It's mainly stuff people dump that we pick up. One man's junk is another man's gold.
"We get the stuff late at night so people don't see us because it's kind of embarrassing."
He later gives directions to the tunnels' own art gallery, a collection of graffiti by local artists and some by the underground residents.
Steven moved into the tunnels two years ago after he lost his hotel front-desk job due to a heroin problem he claims he kicked in January.
He now works the same hotels credit-hustling, and his life retains other similarities with the one he left behind.
He says: "We work our way down the strip. The most I've ever found is 997 dollars (£609) on one machine. I've found about $500 a few times. But normally $20 or so is enough to call it a night.
"We buy food and supplies like shampoo and soap. Last night I went and watched the new Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds up at the Palms Hotel."
Going underground ... the entrance to the flood tunnels
Despite his established set-up, Steven claims he eventually wants to leave the tunnels but can't because of two outstanding arrest warrants from drug possession charges two years ago.
It is estimated the population of the underground community could be as many as 700. As well as credit-hustling, they earn their money off the wildly excessive city above by begging and "dumpster diving" - raiding bins and skips.
There are around 350 miles of flood channels running under Las Vegas. Most inhabitants are in the area under the city's strip.
Another couple, Amy and JR, have lived in the tunnels for two years, having moved to Las Vegas in search of work, wealth and a slice of the famous Sin City action.
Putting down the Twilight vampire book she is reading for the third time, Amy, 33, explains: "My husband and I have been down here two years this week.
"We were living with my mom in California but the house was full and we had to leave.
"I heard Las Vegas was a good place for jobs. It's the city that never sleeps, with all the bright lights, and I'd always wanted to come.
"But it was tough and we started living under the staircase outside the MGM casino. Then we met a guy who lived in the tunnels. We've been down here ever since.
"I have my books, my CD player, crossword puzzles, some clothes and my picture of our son Brady, who was killed 11 years ago at four months old. The main dangers are the floods and the Black Widow spiders. But it's not a terrible place to be if you're homeless.
"It's much cooler than on the streets, we get a breeze coming through and the cops don't really bother you. It's quiet and everyone helps each other out down here.
"I hope to get out one day. But I want to stay in Las Vegas - I love it here."
Amy and JR met 13 years ago and even got married in one of the city's popular wedding chapels on Valentine's Day last year.
Their wedding had some similarities with the 110,000 other couples who get hitched in the city each year.
JR, 36, explains: "We got married in the Shalimar Chapel.
Gloomy ... JR and Amy at home
"We went to watch a show, then to McDonald's for dinner. We got a little bit drunk and did the other normal wedding day things - only we had to come back down here rather than go to a hotel room."
Some of those living there have been forced into the network of tunnels by the recession and difficult job market.
The economic downturn has hit the underground residents in their pockets too.
Amy and JR's neighbour Jamie, showing off a wristband he found that gives him free food all day at a hotel buffet, explains: "I've been down here since May.
"I've worked at a lot of the hotels, mainly in building and construction, but not for a couple of years. The jobs are harder to come by now.
"Now I credit hustle but there are lots more people doing it these days. Hundreds and hundreds. You see little old ladies doing it."
As for other entertainment in the tunnels, the 45-year-old adds: "We're big talk radio fans. And a few of us are accomplished musicians and have
instruments here.
"One guy down here has a full-time job. I don't think gambling is the cause of many people being down here. It's more alcohol and drugs. We all gamble a bit - we're in Vegas."
Bright lights ... Las Vegas' famous strip
Local writer Matthew O'Brien, who has had a book published about the tunnel people, called Beneath The Neon, has been working with Steven and others to help get people housed. He recently founded the Shine A Light foundation to aid them.
He explains: "I guide social workers into the tunnels, show them the terrain and introduce them to people.
"They offer these people services like health and drug counselling.
"We have got 12 to 15 people into houses in the last six months.
"But a lot of the people are very resistant to help. Many don't want to give up their addictions.
"They like their freedom and that no one is telling them what to do.
"They are scared of what's out there.
"To come out of the tunnel and face the world is intimidating for some of the people. Some are very much entrenched down in that tunnel and comfortable. That's why the charity doesn't like to give out too much food, water and clothing.
"We don't want them to get too comfortable because it is really an illusion. It can be extremely dangerous.
"It doesn't rain much in Nevada but when it does the tunnels can fill very quickly. There have been 20 drownings in the last 20 years and a lot of those were people who were living in the tunnels.
"Steve and Kathryn can say they feel like they have a home. But when it pours down three inches of rain in two hours it's clear it's not a home. It's a flood channel."
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When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
If you like reading about this stuff, "possum living" by Dolly Freed was very entertaining, a father and daughter who scavenged, gardened, made their own booze near philadelphia in the 70's; the foxfire books have some good info on how rural people used to blacksmith, build, hunt, make moonshine etc in the past; mostly interviews with older people in the 70's also, good info
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Death of 'Caveman' ends an era in Idaho
Known as the "Salmon River Caveman," Richard Zimmerman lived an essentially 19th century lifestyle, a digital-age anachronism who never owned a telephone or a television and lived almost entirely off the land.
"He was in his home at the caves at the end, and it was his wish to die there," said Connie Fitte, who lived across the river. "He was the epitome of the free spirit."
Richard Zimmerman had been in declining health when he died Wednesday.
Few knew him by his given name. To friends and visitors to his jumble of cave-like homes scrabbled from a rocky shoulder of the Salmon River, he was Dugout Dick.
He was the last of Idaho's river-canyon loners that date back to Territorial days. They are a unique group that until the 1980s included canyon contemporaries with names like Beaver Dick, Cougar Dave and Wheelbarrow Annie, "Buckskin Bill" (real name Sylvan Hart) and "Free Press Frances" Wisner. Fiercely independent loners, they lived eccentric lives on their own terms and made the state more interesting just by being here.
Most, like Zimmerman, came from someplace else. Drawn by Idaho's remoteness and wild places removed from social pressures, they came and spent their lives here, leaving only in death.
Some became reluctant celebrities, interviewed about their unusual lifestyles and courted by media heavyweights. Zimmerman was featured in National Geographic magazine and spurned repeated invitations to appear on the "Tonight Show."
"I ride Greyhounds, not airplanes," he said in a 1993 Statesman interview. "Besides, the show isn't in California. The show is here."
Cort Conley, who included Zimmerman in his 1994 book "Idaho Loners", said that "like Thoreau, he often must have smiled at how much he didn't need. É What gave him uncommon grace and dignity for me were his spiritual life, his musical artistry, his unperturbed acceptance of life as it is, and being a WWII veteran who had served his country and harbored no expectations in return."
His metamorphisis to Dugout Dick began when he crossed a wooden bridge over the Salmon River in 1947 and built a makeshift home on the side of a hill. He spent the rest of his life there, fashioning one cavelike dwelling after another, furnishing them with castoff doors, car windows, old tires and other leavings.
"I have everything here," he said. "I got lots of rocks and rubber tires. I have plenty of straw and fruit and vegetables, my dog and my cats and my guitars. I make wine to cook with. There's nothing I really need."
Some of his caves were 60 feet deep. Though he "never meant to build an apartment house," he earned spending money by renting them for $2 a night. Some renters spent one night; others chose the $25 monthly rate and stayed for months or years.
He lived in a cave by choice. Moved by a friend to a care center in Salmon at age 93 because he was in failing health, he walked out and hitchhiked home.
Bruce Long, who rented one of his caves and looked after him, said the care center "had bingo and TV, but things like that held no interest for him. He just wanted to live in his cave.
"People said he was the only person they'd ever known who was absolutely self-sufficient. He didn't work for anybody. He worked for himself."
Born in Indiana in 1916, Zimmerman grew up on farms in Indiana and Michigan, the son of a moonshiner with a mean streak. He rebelled against his domineering father and ran away at a young age, riding the rails west and learning the hobo songs he later would play on a battered guitar for guests at his caves.
He punched cows and worked as a farmhand, settling in Idaho's Lemhi Valley in 1937 and making ends meet by cutting firewood and herding sheep. In 1942, he joined the Army and served as a truck driver in the Pacific during World War II. When his service ended, he returned to Idaho and never left.
He raised goats and chickens, tended a bountiful vegetable garden and orchard and stored what he couldn't eat or sell in a root cellar. A lifelong victim of a quarrelsome stomach, he survived largely on what he could grow or make. Homemade yogurt ranked among his proudest achievements.
He was married once, briefly, to a pen-pal bride from Mexico. The other woman in his life, Bonnie Trositt, tired of life in a cave, left him for a job as a potato sorter and was murdered by her roommate. He claimed to see her spirit in the flickering light of a kerosene lamp on the cave walls.
He rarely went to church, but read and quoted continually from the Bible.
Services are pending. A brother, Raymond Zimmerman, has requested that his remains be sent to Illinois.
Black Blade: Some interesting self-sufficient people in this country.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
These stories are fascinating to me.
I have long researched low-cost methods of living, getting off the grid, getting away from the materialism of the modern world.
The best answer I have found is this:
Buy some land. 1-5 acres is more than enough. Even one acre of arable land will feed 40 people for a year if cultivated with care.
Build a small and sustainable home. Strawbale is the method that I think is most doable. Use old tires as a foundation base and fill with rubble, sand, gravel etc. that is available on the land you own.
Design and build a simple recirculating heat exchanger that can run off of solar, and circulate coolant through a long "pipe" buried 10 feet deep in the back yard.
This means that the coolant will be warmer than ambient air temp in winter, and cooler than air in summer. a simple heat exchanger works both ways: cool comes out in summer and warm comes out in winter. This makes the home cool in summer and reduces the amount that you need to burn in winter.
A well and a gravity feed tank with a solar powered pump takes care of water. A simple "long leech" style septic system takes care of the waste.
My best estimate for all of the above is $55,000 plus the land. Square footage for two should be between 600-900. If you have kids, add 150 square feet per head.
Keep your design simple, and use all of the lessons of our past generations to your advantage. A cellar, a smokehouse, a barn, a windmill to pump the water for the stock. Corn feeds chickens, geese, pigs, cows, goats, sheep. Corn is easy to grow in bulk...Wheat works too, as does barley, oats, etc.
There needs to be some kind of "cash crop" or "produce" that brings in cash.
If you can do the initial investment without a loan or mortgage, then the rest becomes fairly easy. You will have to work, and you will have to take chances and risks. You will need to exchange roosters and bulls and billy goats with neighbors to ensure genetic diversity.
If you have enough land, even fuel is possible in either Gasoline (ethanol) or Diesel (Corn Oil). An acre of land will yield 40-60 gallons per year of either, with some leftovers that can be fed to the animals.
So, when you include everything that is listed or inferred above, the cost soars up to $200K or so. That is very bare-bones, but possible. $400K would be better. Some places will be much cheaper, and a persons' initiative and ingenuity will definitely work to reduce this down. Hell, we build AK-47 rifles with hand-tools! What can we NOT do???
I encourage all of you to look into Straw bale construction. I have built and assisted in building 12 strawbale structures now. They are ALL warm, comfy, and very air-tight...You need to factor in fresh-air heat exchange. All of this, and R50 to R90 insulation! A buddy of mine claims he can heat his house (1125 Sq. Feet) with a bic lighter and two candles! Having spent time there, I can tell you that a single candle burning on the night stand will bring the inside temp up to 65 F. Outside temp was 24 F that night!
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Hillcrest High School senior, Makayla Cunningham wins the United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award for this week. Makayla is a horse lover.
"My favorite thing to do is be with my horses," Makayla says. " I love riding, and caring for them and working with the horses. Anything to do with horses is fun. There's this quote I really like - the horse is a mirror to your soul and I think that is so true because with my Mustang, Coco, he is crazy, stubborn, but so sweet - he just wants to please everyone. I think I'm kind of like that."
While she spends a good deal of time with her horses, Makayla finds time to do her school work. She knows she needs good grades to be a vet so she tries hard.
"If you don't apply yourself now, when are you ever going to apply yourself,? Makayla asks. "I think you need to get good grades and stay in school because if you want a bright future you're gonna want to have a good job."
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Modern Beach Apartment in Valencia
Size70 m²
Floor No.0(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
- Balcony/terrace
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A few meters from the beach of the hollyhock, has 3 bedrooms, 2 with double bed 135 and the other with a single bed and a bunk 90 90, all furnished with table, wardrobe.
It has a large interior terrace furnished with outdoor furniture with umbrella.
The kitchen is equipped with dishwasher, oven, microwave, hob, fridge freezer, toaster, boiling water, coffee and of course pans, silverware, dishes, bowl, cups and pots.
Also features air conditioning with heat pump located in the living room with TV and internet.
Linens and bath towels are included.
Located just 3 minutes from the beach where the hollyhock restaurants and entertainment venues hippest city meet, in which various activities like eating paella on the promenade are offered refreshments or horchata with typical valence fartons, enjoy the beach or dinner with friends and then go to the trendy pubs and nightclubs as well as without having to travel by vehicle.
A few minutes have bus stops, taxis, metro and even bike rentals to scroll if necessary to any part of the city, as just 10 minutes we find places to visit as the City of Arts and Science and 20 minutes from downtown where you can enjoy our monuments like the towers of Quart and Serranos, the Plaza de la Virgen, La Lonja, the Central and Columbus market, North Station and even our town, all surrounded by shops to carry our purchases.
For younger do not forget to visit the Biopark (Zoo where animals are in open space) and oceanographic (located in the City of Science).
This prohibited the organization of festivals and performing scandal in the same apartment and the building, breaking this rule will be settled with the expulsion of the apartment of the person or persons making it without the right to financial compensation without returning the bail.
The terrace is a courtyard of the estate, so as far as possible avoid use from 00h and at dawn, keep in mind that while you are on vacation there are neighbors who are working, thanks.
House rulesArrival will be no earlier than 12 am and will be held out before 10 am.
At the entrance 100 euros shall be paid as a deposit which is refundable upon completion of stay to see that the house is in perfect condition.
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Reviews of this property
Very clean apartment with nice owners. If you want to visit Valencia and live close to the sea side this is the perfect place :)
The accommodation was fine vwb decor and space. Very pleasing is the supermarket around the corner and the short distance to the beach.
Dishwasher and oven is convenient, the boiler is quickly discharged.
Unfortunately the accommodation was not clean. especially the bathroom was dirty, especially the shower, it was full of mold on the edges.
The kitchen also was not really clean, crockery and cutlery but once washed before use.
Under the beds you never get a broom, a vacuum cleaner is not available anyway.
While it is outrageous that first things must clean before you install, the apartment is otherwise fine.
De accommodatie was prima v.w.b. inrichting en ruimte. Heel prettig is de supermarkt om de hoek en de korte afstand naar het strand.
Vaatwasser en oven is handig, de boiler is wel snel leeg.
Helaas was de accommodatie niet schoon. met name de badkamer was vies, vooral de douchecabine, deze zat vol schimmel op de randen.
De keuken was eveneens niet echt schoon, servies en bestek maar een keer gewassen voor gebruik.
Onder de bedden komt men nooit met een veger, een stofzuiger is sowieso niet aanwezig.
Hoewel het schandalig is dat je eerst de boel moet schoonmaken alvorens je te kunnen installeren, is het appartement verder prima.
Excellent accommodation near the beach and the Mercadona just around the corner. Excellent for 4 adults and a child. Warm welcome and worth repeating.
Prima accomodatie dichtbij het strand en de Mercadona om de hoek. Uitstekend voor 4 volwassenen en een kind. Gastvrij ontvangen en voor herhaling vatbaar.
Clean small apartment near the beach. Downtown is just minutes away by taxi.
The decor was quite enough for 6 people.
Sauberes kleines Appartment in Strandnähe. Innenstadt ist nur wenige Minuten mit dem Taxi entfernt.
Die Einrichtung war für 6 Personen völlig ausreichend.
Es un piso muy comfortable en una zona tranquila. Enfrente de un colegio completamente equipado. Hemos ido en invierno y podimos calentar el piso con la bomba de calor del aire acondicionado. Nos prepararon una cuna de viaje para el Bebé.
Eine gemütliche Wohnung in einer ruhigen Gegend gegenüber von einem Schulgebäude. Wir waren im Winter in der Wohnung und konnten mit der Warmluft der Klimaanlage die Wohnung heizen. Für unser Baby wurde uns ein Reisebett zur Verfügung gestellt.
A really comfortable flat in a really quiet zone but with a school in front of the house. We staid in winter and we were able to warm the rooms with the heating of air condition. Portable playard was prepared for our stay.
Very nice apartment, furnished in a modern and stylish with free WiFi. Great for max 7 people although there are a few pots if you want to eat at home. Recommended more for the summer for the winter because the heater is more cold air than warm and even hot water in the shower is not enough for 7 people. Excellent location that is not far from the beach Hollyhocks and for those who do not have a car there is a bus stop nearby. Moreover Marcos (the owner) is very friendly and gave us lots of good advice on both the typical food than on things to see. Recommended for families and groups of boys.
Appartamento molto bello, arredato in maniera moderna ed elegante e con Wifi gratis. Ottimo per max 7 persone anche se ci sono poche pentole se si vuole mangiare in casa. Consigliato più per l'estate che per l'inverno perchè il termoconvettore fa più aria fredda che calda e anche l'acqua calda della doccia non basta per 7 persone. Ottima la posizione che si trova poco distante dalla spiaggia di Malvarosa e per chi non ha l'auto c'è una fermata del bus nelle vicinanze. Inoltre Marcos (il proprietario) è molto gentile e ci ha dato molti consigli validi sia sul cibo tipico che sulle cose da vedere. Consigliato sia per famiglie che per gruppi di ragazzi.
Спасибо большое Патрисии!!!:):)
Квартира, как на фото - все соответствует описанию. Холодильник, бойлер, фен, стиральная машина, еще и посудомоечная посуда ( мы не пользовались). Кондиционер только в зале (на фото с диванчиками), первые 2 ночи ( конец апреля ) было прохладно и сыро - кондишн обогрел все. Посуда и полотенца в вашем расположении.
Очень удобное расположение - до супермаркета 2 минуты, до пляжа - 7 минут. До центра - на автобусе - минут 10 - 15.
Довольны всем :)
Muy buen trato por parte de la propietaria. Estancia limpia . Los colchones malos y sabanas viejas. Olor a cañerías .
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Miriam Fagan's career is a direct result of her internship while at Lesley.
When Miriam Fagan, LC'10, started her internship with the Cambridge Women's Center HelpLine in January 2008, she couldn't have known the path this experience would lead her down during the next three years. Miriam is a Lesley graduate who is making a positive difference in the lives of others every day as a Resource Specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and her career is a direct result of her undergraduate internship experiences.
Miriam, a transfer student who entered Lesley University as a sophomore, chose this first internship to fulfill one of her degree requirements. In the course of earning degrees, all undergraduate students participate in at least two internships, as well as required concurrent academic coursework.
With a major in Counseling Psychology and a minor in Photography through the College of Art and Design, Miriam worked with the Lesley University Internship Office to develop a sequence of internships that suited her dual interests in social sciences and the arts.
She brought her counseling and photography interests together while serving as a Medical Advocacy Intern at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. There, in addition to her work with survivors of rape and sexual assault, Miriam developed a project to photograph and tell the stories of the Medical Advocacy volunteer team. Miriam has self-published this collection, and her photography has been used by BARCC in the organization's work. Through a later internship in the communications office at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Miriam honed her photography skills, resulting in her photo being published in the Boston Globe.
Miriam explains that, "When graduation approached, I knew from my internship experiences that while I loved photography, I wanted a job where I would use my counseling psychology background in my daily work." She applied for a position as a Resource Specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a role that connects patients and caregivers with housing, transportation, and financial resources needed through the duration of treatment. Her internships, and the knowledge and connections that she gained through these experiences, positioned her well for this job, and she has been working in this role since August 2010. She loves her work, and in September, Miriam plans to attend the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, where she will pursue a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Miriam's parents are grateful to Lesley and appreciate the great value of Miriam's internship experiences, as well as a teaching assistant position that Miriam held in the internship program. To express their gratitude, Mark and Janet (GSOE, '97) Fagan have made a gift to the Lesley Internship Office in recognition of Miriam's experiences. "We made this gift in appreciation for the work of the faculty and staff who run such an excellent internship program," said Janet.
This support has allowed the Internship Office to make modest grants to students with financial need during the course of their internship. These needs range from purchasing an appropriate professional outfit for a student who has never worked in an office before to funding transportation to internship sites. Gifts like this one from the Fagan family enable the Internship Office to enhance the experiences of Lesley University students as they pursue their professional aspirations and get real-world experience through hands-on internship opportunities.
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I must start out by saying I had not read "Responses" in the Echo's From the Left Hand Corner until someone asked me if I was going to respond to being called out by Mr. Bye.
I didn't intend to write another letter to the editor on this issue, but I now feel compelled.
In Mr. Bye's initial column, he stated that "he did not need a fully automatic assault rifle ..." I personally would love to own one, but since it is illegal without a federal tax stamp, I do not.
Mr. Bye insinuated that it was easy to get a fully automatic rifle and that new laws were necessary to quell the overriding demand for such weapons. "Fully Automatic Assault Rifle" is a term that the left has been using to stir up angst among the populous since the 1980s.
Again, the ownership of a "Fully Automatic Assault Rifle" has been illegal since the National Firearms Act of 1934. When you tell a lie long enough it becomes the truth. The use of the term Fully Automatic is what I have issue with; it was completely misleading and, in my opinion, that was the intent!
Don said he "did not know" a number of times in his "Responses" piece. Maybe he should be doing more background work and fact checking for his pieces instead of using false and misleading rhetoric in an attempt to sway opinion.
As to his comments concerning "express statements of the founders writing amendments and quotes of Washington, Mason and Jefferson," a simple Google search using that exact quotation produced 49.1M results.
As I am limited to 300 words here and am at that limit now, I cannot list them all here. Don will have to look them up himself.
Words have meaning.
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Discussion in 'POLLing place' started by Coach24, Jan 30, 2012.
When buying a used vehicle, who do you trust more?
i guess it just really depends on what year of vehicle your buying...ive only bought vehicles off Craigslist and and from close friends.Never had any troubles doing it that way.If your buying a used vehicle,i would buy it from a private seller,just because they would(should) know more about that vehicle than a used car lot!
I used to work with a used car dealer and will never trust them. They will tell you anything about an older vehicle to get you into it, and IMO pathological liars make the best used car salesmen. I bought my truck from a new car dealer and while I don't particularly like that dealer or his staff personally, they were extremely honest and willing to work with me. I've been screwed by my own relatives before, so that's kind of out of the picture for me, and I've never bought anything from a wholesaler before (as far as auto's go). For me, new car or private seller.
I prefer a private seller.
Main reason is that used dealers buy from auctions. No known history of those cars, and under Lemon Law arbitration, the manufacturer often has to buy back the defective vehicle, at which time they fix it and sell it to an autioner. This is straight from the mouth of a General Motors Lemon Law negotiator. Then you have other issues such as someone trading in a vehicle to a dealer and the dealer never checks for history of repairs, problems, etc. Yes, you have Carfax, but that does not pick up everything.
I only buy used from a new car dealer because there reputation is on the line and if the vehicle has problems or bad history they wholesale them to the corner lots. I bought my last 2 Silverados from a new car lot and both have been great. Also my sister bought her Silverado from a new dealer and it has been trouble free.
None of them! They are ALL liars! New car dealers usually tend to be the least snakey of the bunch and generally only keep the best of the best trade ins to re-sell. most used car dealers buy the cars that the new car dealers don't want on their lot from auto auctions. Individuals will lie a green streak to unload their junk. At the end of the day, it is your responsibility to have any vehicle checked out by a neutral third party before buying. Just remember, you normally get the "Georgia Guarantee" when buying used cars... "If it breaks, you get to keep all of the pieces".
Think of it like a game: When looking at a used car, know and completely understand that there IS something wrong with it. The game is for you to find the problem(s) BEFORE you buy it, and then decide if you are willing to buy it knowing about the problems.
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We didn't have a frame assembly machine at the time - so that had nothing to do with this change.
But dadant did, correct? With all respect, I still do not see the need for a thicker bottom bar(just added weight). The thinner bar did not cause us any problems the last 100 plus years.
I do agree that the staple/nail through the end bar into the top bar is very important, and refrain from purchasing any top bars that are not as thick as yours. .
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Looks like Bennets gone. Really not happy with this....I know we can throw joe shmoe in at tightend and eli will get him +40 catches a year but it would be nice to have some consistancy there. He blocked well, was pretty good in the passing game...throw a mill at him.


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Intravenous infusion of amino acids may induce a rise in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), especially in patients with impaired hepatic or renal function. Appropriate laboratory tests should be performed periodically and infusion discontinued if BUN levels exceed normal postprandial limits and continue to rise. It should be noted that a modest rise in BUN normally occurs as a result of increased protein intake.
Administration of amino acid solutions to a patient with hepatic insufficiency may result in serum amino acid imbalances, metabolic alkalosis, prerenal azotemia, hyperammonemia, stupor and coma.
Administration of amino acid solutions in the presence of impaired renal function may augment an increasing BUN, as does any protein dietary component.
Solutions containing sodium ion should be used with great care, if at all, in patients with congestive heart failure, severe renal insufficiency and in clinical states in which there exists edema with sodium retention.
Solutions which contain potassium ion should be used with great care, if at all, in patients with hyperkalemia, severe renal failure and in conditions in which potassium retention is present.
Solutions containing acetate ion should be used with great care in patients with metabolic or respiratory alkalosis. Acetate should be administered with great care in those conditions in which there is an increased level or an impaired utilization of this ion, such as severe hepatic insufficiency.
Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES, Sulfite-Free, (a crystalline amino acid solution with electrolytes) may not be suitable for use in infants who require individualized electrolyte therapy.
Hyperammonemia is of special significance in infants, as it can result in mental retardation. Therefore, it is essential that blood ammonia levels be measured frequently in infants.
Instances of asymptomatic hyperammonemia have been reported in patients without overt liver dysfunction. The mechanisms of this reaction are not clearly defined, but may involve genetic defects and immature or subclinically impaired liver function.
Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES can be infused simultaneously with fat emulsion by means of a Y-connector located near the infusion site using separate flow rate controls for each solution.
WARNING: This product contains aluminum that may be toxic. Aluminum may reach toxic levels with prolonged parenteral administration if kidney function is impaired. Premature neonates are particularly at risk because their kidneys are immature, and they require large amounts of calcium and phosphate solutions, which contain aluminum.
Research indicates that patients with impaired kidney function, including premature neonates, who receive parenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 mcg/kg/day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with central nervous system and bone toxicity. Tissue loading may occur at even lower rates of administration.
Special care must be taken when administering glucose to provide calories in diabetic or prediabetic patients.
Feeding regimens which include amino acids should be used with caution in patients with history of renal disease, pulmonary disease, or with cardiac insufficiency so as to avoid excessive fluid accumulation.
The effect of infusion of amino acids, without dextrose, upon carbohydrate metabolism of children is not known at this time.
Nitrogen intake should be carefully monitored in patients with impaired renal function.
For long-term total nutrition, or if a patient has inadequate fat stores, it is essential to provide adequate exogenous calories concurrently with the amino acids. Concentrated dextrose solutions are an effective source of such calories. Such strongly hypertonic nutrient solutions should be administered through an indwelling intravenous catheter with the tip located in the superior vena cava.
Central vein infusion (with added concentrated carbohydrate solutions) of amino acid solutions requires a knowledge of nutrition as well as clinical expertise in recognition and treatment of complications. Attention must be given to solution preparation, administration and patient monitoring. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A CAREFULLY PREPARED PROTOCOL BASED ON CURRENT MEDICAL PRACTICES BE FOLLOWED, PREFERABLY BY AN EXPERIENCED TEAM.
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1. Technical
The placement of a central venous catheter should be regarded as a surgical procedure. One should be fully acquainted with various techniques of catheter insertion. For details of technique and placement sites, consult the medical literature. X-ray is the best means of verifying catheter placement. Complications known to occur from the placement of central venous catheters are pneumothorax, hemothorax, hydrothorax, artery puncture and transection, injury to the brachial plexus, malposition of the catheter, formation of arteriovenous fistula, phlebitis, thrombosis and air and catheter emboli.
2. Septic
The constant risk of sepsis is present during administration of total parenteral nutrition. It is imperative that the preparation of the solution and the placement and care of catheters be accomplished under strict aseptic conditions.
Solutions should ideally be prepared in the hospital pharmacy under a laminar flow hood using careful aseptic technique to avoid inadvertent touch contamination. Solutions should be used promptly after mixing. Storage should be under refrigeration and limited to a brief period of time, preferably less than 24 hours.
Administration time for a single bottle and set should never exceed 24 hours.
3. Metabolic
The following metabolic complications have been reported with TPN administration: metabolic acidosis and alkalosis, hypophosphatemia, hypocalcemia, osteoporosis, hyperglycemia, hyperosmolar nonketotic states and dehydration, glycosuria, rebound hypoglycemia, osmotic diuresis and dehydration, elevated liver enzymes, hypo- and hypervitaminosis, electrolyte imbalances and hyperammonemia in children. Frequent evaluations are necessary especially during the first few days of therapy to prevent or minimize these complications.
Administration of glucose at a rate exceeding the patient's utilization rate may lead to hyperglycemia, coma and death.
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Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES, Sulfite-Free, (a crystalline amino acid solution with electrolytes). It is not known whether Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES, can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES, should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Geriatric Use
Clinical studies of Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES, have not been performed to determine whether patients over 65 years respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection for elderly patients should be cautious, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy. This drug is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney, and the risk of toxic reactions to this drug may be greater in patients with impaired renal function. Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal functions.
CLINICAL EVALUATION AND LABORATORY DETERMINATIONS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, ARE NECESSARY FOR PROPER MONITORING DURING ADMINISTRATION. Do not withdraw venous blood for blood chemistries through the peripheral infusion site, as interference with estimations of nitrogen containing substances may occur. Blood studies should include glucose, urea nitrogen, serum electrolytes, ammonia, cholesterol, acid-base balance, serum proteins, kidney and liver function tests, osmolarity and hemogram. White blood count and blood cultures are to be determined if indicated. Urinary osmolality and glucose should be determined as necessary.
Aminosyn WITH ELECTROLYTES contains no more than 25 mcg/L of aluminum.This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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Apple spends almost as much time naming products as it does designing them, and things are "weird" in the post-Jobs era as the company struggles to keep from "losing its edge."
That is the collective insight of three big-name Appelista — design chief Jony Ive, chairman Art Levinson, and co-founder Steve Wozniak — who have been unusually loquacious when asked about Apple's culture and current state in recent days. Their frank discussions stand in stark contrast to the drum-tight control Steve Jobs held over Apple and public statements about Apple, its creative process, and its future were few and far between. But this is the Tim Cook era, and we're getting more frequent glimpses of life within the Cupertino campus.
First up was Ive, who appeared on the BBC program Blue Peter last week to receive the show's most prestigious award. In a segment cut from the official clip, Ive discussed the depth of thought Apple puts into naming its products to avoid consumer preconceptions, using a lunchbox as an example.
"If we're thinking of [a] lunchbox, we'd be really careful about not having the word 'box' already give you [a] bunch of ideas that could be quite narrow," Ive says. "You think of a box being a square, and like a cube. And so we're quite careful with the words we use, because those can determine the path that you go down."
This makes it a bit more clear why Apple ended up going with "iPad" for its tablet rather than something riffing on "tablet" or "slate." Other than the originally much-laughed-at similarity with feminine hygiene products of the same name, a "pad," has a far less defined purpose than a tablet or a slate.
No less interesting was Apple chairman Art Levinson's appearance Tuesday afternoon at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, where he shared his thoughts on what it's like at Apple, post-Jobs: "Weird."
"I'm still not to the point where I walk into that board room and don't miss Steve," he told an audience comprised largely of university students. "He was a one of a kind guy…. The Steve Jobs that was in the public eye was not, for the most part, the Steve Jobs that I knew."
Levinson also revealed that Apple presents new products to the board six to 18 months before their public release. Depending on how early on they're shown, sometimes board members' opinions and expertise is taken into account, but they're largely hands-off. "The board is not there to define product specs," says Levinson. They're just there to hire and fire the CEO, and act as a resource.
Interesting, but the most insightful opinions came, as they often do, from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, currently the chief scientist at Fusion-io Inc. The House that Steve built is still amazingly successful, but losing its edge as its competitors offer increasingly competitive products. That's left Apple to rely upon its "appeal as a premium brand" because its product features no longer outshine those of competitors.
"We used to have these ads, I'm a Mac and I'm a PC, and the Mac was always the cool guy," Woz told Bloomberg today. "And ouch, it's painful, because we kind of are losing that."
Certainly competitors like Samsung and Nokia are pushing smartphones with whiz-bang features like NFC and wireless charging. And according to some studies, Apple is losing its cool factor among teenagers. Investors too continue to be lukewarm to Apple's charm in spite of the company's stellar profits and sales figures. Whether Apple and its products are hip is a matter of taste (and honestly, I don't know if teenagers or Woz should be the ones defining what "cool" is). But while products like the iPhone and iPad may not seem as slick and shiny as the day they were announced, clearly, they're successful enough in other respects for consumers to keep holding onto and keep purchasing.
However, Woz is pretty excited by rumors of an Apple smartwatch. He's been wearing an iPod nano wristwatch for the past few years.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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