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|The Puente Program at West Valley College
The mission of the Puente Program is to increase the number of educationally underserved students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors to succeeding generations.
The Puente Program provides students with a supportive community and a sense of family on the college campus. Puente students help each other to achieve their goals and dreams. This is achieved (in part) by creating a learning community with English and Counseling. In the Fall Engl 905 with Couns 5. In the Spring Engl 1A with Couns 12.
Mission Statement
To help students:
Puente students take two consecutive writing classes, English 905 and English 1A. These classes provide a supportive and stimulating environment for Puente students to build confidence in their writing skills through an exploration of the Chicano/Latino experience. ››More...
Puente students work closely with their Puente counselor both in a counseling class and individually until they graduate. Together, they explore career options, develop an academic educational plan, and identify lifetime goals. Students will visit public and private university campuses as well as attending an annual Puente student transfer conference. ››More...
Puente students are matched with mentors from the business or professional community. Mentors share with students their personal, academic, and career experiences, and provide many resources for the Puente students, their families, their colleges, and the community. ››More...
|Our Success Is Our People
|Interested? Questions?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Smit [mailto:bit at pipe dot nl]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:31 PM
To: James
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] working with a 4521
James wrote:
> can anyone help or tell me or even point me in the right direction on
> how I can edit the boot, kernel.gz, mfsroot.gz and conf files to make
> changes? I was able to stop the boot in a terminal to get the ls, I
> do have a linux machine and a windows machine, just need to know how to
edit those files.
You will have to unzip them and mount them. They are UFS file system images.
Not sure if Linux supports that. Better do it natively on FreeBSD.
Ok, what is the difference between the generic img and the 45## img? I realy
need to get a .sh script to load for a device. It is basicaly a pcmcia
dialup modem that I am using for my connection and that I want to pass to
the RJ45 and wi-fi. If anyone can help or even walk me through that would
be great because that means I use this for my project and I can pass
founding to m0n0wall. I am a newbe to linux and bsd so give a person a
chance here.
Thank you

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Mr Keith Hill
Mr Don Touhig
Phil Wilson
Draft Report (Government on the Internet: Progress in delivering
information and services online), proposed by the Chairman,
brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph
by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 20 read and agreed to.
Conclusions and recommendations read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report
be the Sixteenth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned until Wednesday 2 April 2008 at 3.30 pm.


text: Patrick Georgi wrote: > 4. Implement it like in southbridge/amd/amd8111: > 4a. Add a new file (I recommend > "southbridge/$vendor/$device/bootblock.c") with a static void > bootblock_southbridge_init(void) function that enables rom mapping > 4b. Set BOOTBLOCK_SOUTHBRIDGE_INIT to point to the file Please can some of these be renamed? map_rom.c (or map_full_rom.c or possibly enable_rom_decode.c) southbridge_map_rom() (or similar per filename above) My reasoning is that the build system is a great place to describe _when_ files are used, but code and filenames need only say _what_ they do - if there is one single convention. I think 4b. should be made general. I don't know if I prefer always including the file and having an empty function, or allowing the file to be included only for southbridges where it actually exists. Empty functions really suck; source code noise. Automagic build rules do too; rename a file and get a runtime error instead of a buildtime error. I have to go with the lesser evil; the empty function. //Peter


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Australia's Ashes campaign is in disarray with national team coach
The changes were to have been put in place after a previous revamp recommended less than two years ago in a report for Cricket Australia led by former BHP Billiton chairman
Instead the Australian side will have a new coach two weeks before the first Ashes Test in England.
Former Test player and current Queensland coach
The Test team has been riven by infighting, player suspensions, injuries and poor form in recent months before the move by Clarke and Arthur.
Opening batsman
Arthur alleged in a British media interview last week that the England and Wales cricket board had schemed behind the scenes to use the incident to put more pressure on the Australian team.
There was further controversy on Australia's tour to India in March when Arthur helped to make the decision with Clarke and team manager
Watson was also described by Cricket Australia's high-performance manager
'Poor team culture'
Arthur was elevated to the coaching position and given a three-and-a-half-year contract after the Argus review of the structure and performance of Australian cricket was released in August 2011. The review was triggered by Australia losing the previous Ashes series 3-1 to England earlier in 2011, after England had won the 2009 series, two Tests to zero. It recommended the responsibilities of the national coach be expanded to include oversight of cricket's overall coaching function and membership of the team selection panel.
The coach at the time,
As captain, Clarke was also elevated to the selection committee, with the then-chairman of selectors, lawyer
As well as structural issues, the Argus review found there was a "poor team culture" in Australian cricket at the elite level. The decisions involving Clarke and Arthur come as the Australian squad assembled for the first time in Taunton in England on Monday, for their pre-Ashes tour match against Somerset, which begins on Wednesday.
It made several recommendations to improve the culture, including a 360-degree feedback process, "adult conversations" about behaviour involving players and management and behavioural changes being part of an overall development plan.
Australia will play England in consecutive Ashes series, first in England and then Australia during the domestic summer season beginning in November. England is considered the favourite to win both series.
The Australian Financial Review


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In A Noble Radiance a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.
Her debut as a crime fiction writer began as a joke: talking in a dressing room in Venice's opera-house La Fenice after a performance, Donna and a singer friend were vilifying a particular German conductor. From the thought 'why don't we kill him?' and discussion of when, where and how, the idea for Death at La Fenice took shape, and was completed over the next four months.
Donna Leon is the crime reviewer for the London Sunday Times and is an opera expert. She has written the libretto for a comic opera, entitled Dona Gallina. Set in a chicken coop, and making use of existing baroque music, Donna Galliana was premiered in Innsbruck. Brigitte Fassbaender, one of the great mezzo-sopranos of our time, and now head of the Landestheater in Innsbruck, agreed to come out of retirement both to direct the opera and to play the part of the witch Azuneris (whose name combines the names of the two great Verdi villainesses Azucena and Amneris).


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inb4 81 more emails picking apart what heph just said.

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Hephaestus <email@example.com> wrote:

Honestly I'm not sure how I've kept my tongue for so long on this
 thread, but here's my one and only bit of input on it.

 Fabian did something. He saw a problem, and implemented a solution (in
 this case, posting a picture to the wiki). He is a goddamn Noisebridge
 hero. Fabian, you're a doer, and that's about the highest title anyone
 can have at Noisebridge. Good job, sir.

 Someone else saw a problem with the picture being on the wiki, and
 implemented a solution (in this case, removing the picture from the
 wiki). Whoever did that is a doer, a goddamn hero, and holder of the
 highest title at Noisebridge. Good job, anonymous sir and/or ma`am.

 That was the end of the thread. It's the way things work in a
 community of doers, in a community of builders, in a community of
 hackers.

 The rest of you motherfuckers have wasted 81 emails, instigating
 drama, bitching at people, telling people they can't be doers, but
 taken no action yourselves. Your words are irrelevant, only your
 actions matter. If you're not going to do anything, don't try to stop
 others. If you know someone is doing something you don't like, do
 something else that you do like. Be constructive. Create. Build. Do.

 If you never do anything but talk, chide, condemn, or distract, you're
 as irrelevant as your words.

 Glad we could have this chat.

 P.S. Circuit Hacking Monday is tomorrow, don't be late or we'll make
 you repair circuitboards.

 --
 Heph

 On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Jason Dusek <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 19:01, Sai <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 >> I agree that posting photos/names is a dick move, though.
 >
 > ĀI am not sure why you (or so many others) see it that way. It
 > Āseems harmless in itself, thought I can see how in certain
 > Ācircumstances it could be harmful. Discretion is advised.
 >
 >> I am extremely uncomfortable with the use of ostracism as a
 >> social control tactic. I think all of us can think of why that
 >> is, upon reflection.
 >
 > ĀI hope I speak for all members when I say ostracism is not
 > Āacceptable at Noisebridge. However, mere censure is not
 > Āostracism. Ostracism is conscious and persistent harassment,
 > Āexclusion and humiliation by the "in-group". Fabian is not
 > Āorchestrating any such thing. He, individually and openly,
 > Ācalled Patrick on his shit.
 >
 > ĀOnly a few people at NB these days would even be able to pull
 > Ātogether the kind of manpower needed for an ostracism. Fabian
 > Āis not one of them. However, public censure is available to
 > Āanyone; through censure they may submit any injustice to the
 > Ācommunity for rectification, upbraiding the community and
 > Ādemanding it uphold its standards.
 >
 > ĀLet all accusations of all persons at Noisebridge be made
 > Āopenly and to everyone, in the full light of day. If wrong is
 > Ābeing done, we ought all to know; if someone is wrongly
 > Āaccused, we ought all to know. Public censure encourages
 > Āmoderation, honesty and accountability, bringing together
 > Ācommunity, accuser and accused to ensure the progress of
 > Ājustice.
 >
 > --
 > Jason Dusek
 > Linux User #510144 | http://counter.li.org/
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My DD is in kindergarten at a Montessori and I am starting to look at homeschooling to see if it's even an option but my DH (and I) have this notion that HS is only suitable and possible if a parent is home full time. Anyone know differently? Right now I only work parttime but in theory should be increasing my hours - but I have my own business so my schedule is sort of flexible (I see clients by hourly appointment and right now work 2 fairly full days a week and piece together some other work in short bursts on other days).
School is increasingly looking like "forcing a round peg into a square hole" with my daughter and I just want to carefully consider all of my options. I refuse to believe that it is my daughter that is at fault for not fitting in but more likely it's the place we are trying to send her and this school thing we are trying to do that is causing the perpetual upset. She really does love the learning she does at school and is eager to learn. But she struggles terribly with much of the social dynamics, the large groups of kids, the discipline she witnesses, etc. She is a very sensitive soul and takes all the upset around her on herself and internalizes it then lets it all out at home. Then refuses to go to school at all. This week I finally found a way to help her go to school on Thursday when we opted to try the much smaller, quieter afternoon class. She liked that very much. But I have no idea how being in a class of 7 is going to prepare her for first grade and on. Maybe it will work out on it's own but then again perhaps it wont' - and then I would be regretting having not looked into homeschooling. So I am wondering if anyone knows about being parttime HS(assuming I have continued care for her with Grandma while I work). Maybe Grandma and I can partner on it, I don't know. I just hear from everyone how HS puts such a burden of responsibility on Mom.
Any thoughts or experiences or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I just reserved Mary Griffith's The Homeschooling Handbook from the library.
Thank you,
Hi! I am a part time working mom on the weekends and HS my 2nd grader. Been doing it since K. I also have a toddler :-) I am really busy, but we get our school work done and we have plenty of time for activities with other children :-) PM me with any questions!
I am a f/t working mom and homeschooling my 2 boys (K and Grade 2). It is busy. I have NO time for myself and sometimes I go a little crazy. :lol
Thank you both for replying - I will say that not having time for myself would be nothing new as part of the reason I am considering HS is because DD is the most velcro-ed little creature. Separation just does not work well for her and there is no "forcing" it. Even days when her teacher says she laughs and plays at school (half-day kindergarten in the same class/same teacher for 2 1/2 years now) the degree of acting out at home is astonishing. She sticks to me like glue whether happy or upset. Playing on her own is a rare occurrance (altho happening more often lately). So my take on her being away at school is that she is simply not happy, not adjusting, not exactly thriving in that environment.
Yesterday at school her small afternoon class of about 7 kids did some kind of play involving an obstacle course in the classroom and there was a fuzzy pretend spider involved somehow. L went on and on (for several hours!) yesterday after school about how upsetting it was that the teacher touched her with it and she wasn't expecting it and didn't like it. Her response about it to me was pretty intense. So I mentioned it to her teacher this morning, as L asked me to, and the teacher was astonished - "L laughed and rolled on the floor laughing - she was having a ton of fun!!"
I feel like I have no clue anymore - I feel like cannot let my guard down and am always working so hard to help her integrate. So what's the point anymore?? I may as well keep her home if that's where she functions the best.
I don't get much time to myself - she doesn't stay with anyone else very well at all. Not even Dad (who has his own very short limits of tolerance). She stays with Grandma while I work 2 days a week but even that has repercussions - temper flareups, acting out, she is not an "easy" child. I adore her and I do see progress but sending her off to school every day is just feeling like pushing water uphill.
I'm a single mom working 30 hours a week and I homeschool my kids. DD has special needs and her home nurses help with the hs'ing, but I do DS's all on my own. It works ok, but we are just taking it one year at a time. I realize at some point it may be impossible. I have to run a pretty tight ship to make it work, but I DO get time to myself. Oh, and we don't have loads of time to do a million and one field trips and lengthy science projects. One thing that makes me jealous of all my other hs'ing friends. :-(
I work 15 hours a week. Overall the pros - extra money and me getting out the house benefits my family more than than the cons (which is schedueling activities around my work hours is not always easy).
Oh, it's totally possible, especially if you own your own business and have flexible hours. We have always HSed, and it works really well. I work ~20 hours/week, from home, and I have a wonderful nanny who works two full days. She does many of the same things I would do with them (library, HS group activities) plus more - she has a different skill set than I do, and they do activities around that skill set a lot of times. The kids' grandma fills in for the remaining few hours I need each week.
I don't know if you work from home, but for me, that made the transition of the babysitter much easier. I was here - upstairs! - but the babysitter helps with homework, makes the snacks, keeps the peace, takes them places, etc. If they want to see me they certainly can and do, so it's not like the babysitter comes and I disappear for 8 hours.
We had this sort of acting out and separation problems with both our children to some degree. My ds went happily to pre-school and LOVED it there - didn't want to leave! But when he transitioned to big school it was a total debacle with acting out, temper flares, even less sleep than previously (won't go there in this post!), etc. and there were always things to debrief for hours after school and took 2-3 hours to "come down" from whatever happened at school each and every day. A change to a different school helped some but was not a complete solution even though it was a lovely little school with wonderful teachers/staff/volunteers. HS has been the BEST thing for both ds and dd! Yes I have no time for myself and cannot work now (I did editing while they were in school previously). BUT they are so much happier and I think as this first year settles into a second year I will find that (hope here!) there will be more spaces to have some time for me OR work or even both! (I have no nights either as there are still sleep issues with both).
So I highly recommend HS - especially if you do not have sleep issues but even if you do.
msy not need grandmas help @ all. I worked and we unschooled and i found i was actually less stressed
b/c i had way more control over our schedule. You may slso find your dd's anxiety reduces. Also while this may
not seem too responsible to some you can always start her in 1st grade and pull her if it isnt working...orvice versa..
I am about to putmt 2nd grade dd into school bc i sm on hospital bedrest. Preople tell me she'll do better than me....
we,ll see.
Good luck mama!
A lot of families do it, I will be returning to work full time this summer so I will be a single mom HS'ing 2 kids while working full time. If your seeing that level of anxiety in a child so young you might want to look into a condition called Pyroluria. Its a genetic blood disorder that causes a severe deficiency of Zinc and B6 and its calling card is severe anxiety in kids. They often hide it well in public but watch out when they are alone with the one they feel safe with.
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Baseball Team Pranks Player for Weeks
This has got to be a prank for the record books.
Jeff Francoeur is currently playing for the El Paso Chihuahuas, the San Diego Padres' Triple-A affiliate team, and he was recently the victim of a funny weeks-long prank at the hands of his teammates.
They convinced Francoeur that pitcher Jorge Reyes, was deaf.
Even though Reyes would try to give him hints to the joke, he still didn't catch on. The video below shows his reaction to the news:


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Now I Lay Me
Unsettling, antiqued reproduced photograph of eerie girls with blank stares and out-of-place, all too angelic dresses. Oh, and there's a random bird flying in the shot, too. Nestled in a richly stained, layered wooden frame and topped with a wire at the back for hanging. Definitely some REDRUM going on nearby...
I actually just got this as a hostess gift and I FREAKING LOVE IT.
An eerie conversation piece, this sepia-toned photo reproduction in a handsome, layered wood frame is sure to command attention and add traveling fair charm to just about any room.
And, the couple overcame their differences and lived happily ever after. This sepia-toned print of a happy old-timey wildlife couple is cased in glass and a substantial layered wood frame


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- Antonyms of INSIGNIFICANT:
- important, significant, remarkable, probatory, epoch-making, probative, profound, major, monumental, noticeable, operative, fundamental, earthshaking, momentous, large, evidential, epochal, world-shattering, world-shaking, evidentiary, meaningful, prodigious, noteworthy, portentous, decisive, fatal, fateful, chief, dominant, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, principal, distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, valuable, worthwhile, worthy, distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, preeminent, prestigious, famous, notorious, renowned, all-important, basic, essential, key, big, consequential, eventful, material, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty, serious, pivotal, conspicuous, striking, appreciable, discernible, measurable, considerable.
- Examples of usage:
Well, he's rather too insignificant for me.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith",George Meredith.
From a modern architectural point of view, they would at first seem quite insignificant, and yet, hidden away beneath the rough exteriors, there are often interesting lines and good proportions.
"Remodeled Farmhouses",Mary H. Northend.
Of the Corots, twelve in number, we did not see an insignificant one, not a weak one.
"Promenades of an Impressionist",James Huneker.
- Well, he's rather too insignificant for me.
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Sometimes after meditation I lose the joy that I have received from my meditation, and I feel very bad. Why do I lose my joy?
There are two reasons why you lose your joy. One reason is that your mind starts functioning most powerfully and vehemently. While functioning in this way, it allows obscure, impure and undivine thoughts to come in either consciously or unconsciously. When impurity enters, joy has to disappear. But if purity is well-established in the mind, the joy will last for a long time.
Another reason why you lose your joy is that your inner vessel is small, and you have taken light, which is joy itself, beyond your capacity. The quantity of light that you have received during your meditation has satisfied you, but your inner vessel is not large enough to hold it. When you lose it, you feel sad.


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Breeding Pairs and Trios for Sale
Asking prices for pairs from $1600 - $3500. Possibilities for polled pairs, red pairs,
black horned pairs...
I have emphasized my bulls. As recommended by rare breed conservators, I have grown out bulls
from a number of my lines to see how they develop. Buyers often try to assess a bull at a young
age by his looks. It is often difficult to assess a bull at the age many are cut, particularly
when the breeder does only grass-feeding, and even more difficult to guess what the bull will
produce, the real test. With the aid of the eyes of some in my grazing group, I have worked
toward good beef conformation, while with the help of aAa, I have worked toward balanced structure
so as not to lose sight of the dairy side of "dual purpose." With my vet's help, I have tested
my herd to be free of many health issues. With the help of Agrigenomics lab testing most of my
herd for chondrodysplasia in the first months of the DNA test's availability, I can offer buyers
assurance about their bull's status in reference to chondro. I now have PHA information on most
of my animals as well. I have sought out bulls from distant states to provide what I wanted in my
herd. And with a great deal of effort in management, I have used the services of a number of my
bulls to give certain traits in my calves. Therefore, I highlight my bulls for sale. Indeed,
herds need females, and several of them. But without effort such as I've described on the bull
side, Dexter breeders are often reduced to "using the local bull"; because they do not have the
offspring, siblings, and parents to see for a given bull,they are likely to chose to buy or use
a bull based on his individual appearance, or the convenience of his location. I hope that the
additional effort of Gladhour Farm in bull-raising creates a positive influence in the longterm
for the Dexter breed.
Here are some pictures of recently sold Gladhour bulls, so that you can see styles and
Buyers of my bulls always get my help in locating suitable females in other herds
as well, if desired.
Steps in Buying a GF Animal
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I always forget how much I enjoy the simplicity of cucumber sandwiches. And that's yet another raspberry, banana & blueberry smoothie.
Can't resist his big fluffy belly.
Bought myself a little piece of nostalgia, I collected so many of these when I was younger. This one looks so adorable in my room and the sweets taste just as good as I remember.
Better photos of my chocolate cupcakes. These didn't last very long in my house, so soft and yummy. Finding the perfect vanilla cupcake recipe is next on my list.


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The first Car Wash was most likely, just shortly after the first car got dirty.
The first Nude Car Wash would therefore logically be either shortly after the first time some dirty old man saw a girl washing a car, or the result of some naughty gal teasing a man. Or was the first Nude Car Wash an accident? Posibly a couple of girls just out for a drive in their new roadster with the top down, back when roads were but muddy paths; it was not uncommon for the passengers of the car to be as covered in mud as was the car, and what lady woud want to go shopping all covered in mud? And given that many towns had water towers where it was not uncommon to wash this or that beneath them with a simple pull of a string. How imposible would it be to believe that a couple of gals in just such a perdicument might pull up under that water tower and pull that string only to find out how well their bodoices cought watter. I think that might qualify as a Nude Car Wash.
The Nude Car Wash has been tried as a business time and time again. A Nude Car Wash does not lack in profits, just some seem to think it lacks in morals :) Hence the Nude Car Wash has historically been outlawed. The Nude Car Wash has been put on by this or that origination as a fund raiser. Comershal ventures have tried everything from an old abandon parking lot to an inclosed Car Wash, even as an out call service, where the girls would come out to your house and wash your car in the nude. The problem of a Nude Car Wash is not as much the nudity, but how intimintly a girls body is displayed as she washes a car. Breasts jiggle as a girl scrubs or buffs (oh... and breasts should not jiggle), and when she bends over, as she must many times while washing a car, well a ladies secret, that most secret of secret places, is most certanly left no secret. Even worse, as a girl washing a car most certianly knows what secrets she is displaying, she tends to get turned on, and even more secretly secrets bloom, hence that most private of secret secrets too, is not even left a secret. Totaly imoral :) but great FUN. However, that is why, even in the most civilised countries, where nudity is not a crime, the Nude Car Wash is not pubicaly alowed.
NudeAutoMall is looking for the history of the Nude Car Wash. When was the first Nude Car Wash? When was the earliest Nude Car Wash that you know of? We would love to hear your stories.
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Cleaning up rivers is a winner
By Lisa Brainard
Monday, December 02, 2013 2:20 AM
This photo from the 2010 Great River Rumble shows Living Lands and Waters founder Chad Pregracke, left, giving an impromptu informational program to the river paddlers he encountered in the Mississippi River. SUBMITTED PHOTO/JOHN MILLER
Looking at the barge used by Chad Pregracke, one can see the living quarters on the right as well as Mississippi River garbage collected piled on the left side. Kathy Hartl Stevens stated, "It was a chance meeting out on the river — we of course noticed his boat and he, of course, noticed a group of 100 canoes and kayaks coming toward him. Luckily, we had a good place to take a shore break, and he graciously joined us, explained some of his work and answered questions. He wasn't officially designated a national hero yet, but he was already heroic, a young man with an important mission." SUBMITTED PHOTO/JOHN MILLER
Compliments given to this Mississippi mission
Participants in the annual Great River Ramble held for paddlers on the Mississippi have high praise for Chad Pregracke's work.
Kathy Hartl Stevens of Charles City and formerly of Decorah stated, "I've paddled canoes and kayaks on the Mississippi River since 1996 and in that time have paddled the river from St. Cloud to St. Louis. I love the grandeur and power of the river, but I've also seen a lot of garbage left by some users.
"I paddle with a group called Great River Rumble and volunteer as the landing coordinator for the annual paddling trip on the river. The Rumble has contributed support to Living Lands and Waters for several years.
"A couple of years ago, we were thrilled to come across one of their boats and Chad himself as we were paddling down the river. Chad joined us at a landing and gave an impromptu talk about his work.
"Chad saw the need for what he is doing when he was a teenager and has pulled massive amounts of garbage from one of our major rivers!"
Kathy also grabbed comments from a couple other Great River Rumble paddlers. The event, for which you can find more information at www.riverrumble.org, has included paddler Linda Tilley of Grosse Ile, Mich., who writes about meeting Chad on Aug. 7, 2010, between Andalusio, Ill., and Muscatine, Iowa, on the last day of the 2010 Great Rumble.
"We saw the barge first and took photographs of it because it was unique - a house on a barge, connected to another barge full of trash."
They then paddled to shore to meet Chad and his assistant.
"Chad gave us a quick rundown of the staggering amount of trash they'd removed from the Mississippi and other U.S. rivers. I was so impressed that I bought his book and made a donation to the cause. I read the book, 'From the Bottom Up' the next day on the way home to Michigan, and have since loaned it to many people."
Linda and her husband, Bill, live on the Detroit River, "about 20 miles south of Detroit and 3 miles north of the point where the river empties into Lake Erie."
She continued, "We were both impressed with Chad's dedication and wish he would come to the Detroit River - we would be his first two volunteers!"
Maryellen Self from Kentucky writes, "I don't know him (Pregracke) personally, but have been voting for him every day for over a month. Glad to hear that he won!"
She continued, "I am totally inspired by what he has accomplished... he is a true river angel."
Thanks. We're moved to think of all that we're thankful for and to especially express it at this time of year.
Personally, I'm thankful for this community full of good will and support - and even the occasional bit of "tough love" I've received during this past year of accident recovery. I did nothing to deserve such support and, because of that, it's humbly welcomed with much thanks.
I'd also like to thank someone whose love for our greater Mississippi valley - and river and watershed health everywhere - recently led to his recognition as the CNN cable television channel's 2013 "Hero of the Year."
Hero Chad Pregracke - also known as the Garbage Man of the Mississippi - started and heads up the Living Lands and Waters nonprofit. Pregracke and his crew, aided by thousands of inspired and motivated volunteers, pick up thousands of pounds of garbage each year from the Mississippi and other rivers. Pregracke started his nonprofit organization, Living Lands and Rivers, in 1998.
The Mississippi, which we all know intimately and certainly love around here, is very much at the heart of Pregracke's motivation and work. He's from the Quad Cities, which consists of five, yes, five, cities straddling the Mississippi. They are Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and Pregracke's home of East Moline in Illinois.
Pregracke won this latest honor through public voting in an online competition at the CNN Hero website. He was first named as one of 25 nominations accepted and then among the 10 semifinalists. Pregracke was announced as the winner Nov. 20 during a ceremony honoring the top 10. Anderson Cooper hosted the event, which will air on CNN Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. It will be fun to watch and see publicity given to our Mississippi River area and this wonderful effort to keep it clean.
A story on the program in a CNN blog stated, "Pregracke, 38, grew up in East Moline, Ill., where the Mississippi River was in his backyard. As a teenager, he worked as a commercial shell diver and began to notice the heaps of debris in the fabled waterway, which supplies drinking water to 18 million people in more than 50 U.S. cities.
"'I saw thousands of barrels, thousands of tires, cars, trucks and tops of school buses. . . I got sick of seeing it and just wanted to do something about it,' said Pregracke, whom some have called the rivers' garbage man.
"For nine months out of the year, Pregracke lives on a barge with members of his 12-person crew. They go around the country with a fleet of boats and they try to make cleanup fun for the volunteers who show up in each city."
For more information on Pregracke, go to the website containing his CNN Hero nomination information, www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/2013.heroes/chad.pregracke.html
Of course, you can also check out the nonprofit's website at www.livinglandsandwaters.org at
I haven't done the research to which came first, this cleanup of big waters or the cleanups of local waters, but I and many others also sincerely thank all the efforts in that arena. Two I can think of, off the top of my head, are organized by Eagle Cliff Campground near Whalan to clean up portions of the North Branch Root River and by Chimney Rock Campground of rural Decorah to do the same on portions of the Upper Iowa River. Thanks also go to sponsors of these events and certainly to the volunteers.
State programs to clean up Mississippi River tributaries sponsored by their respective Departments of Natural Resources in Minnesota and Iowa, as well as others not mentioned here, are also owed our gratitude.
On the very local level, thanks go to our Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) offices, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offices, land owners along streams, all those who refrain from dumping trash and garbage in a ravine - and all those who've helped clean up such inexcusable, toxic messes.
Thanks to those who appreciate the efforts of Pregracke and his Living Lands and Waters and voted to make him a winner. Now the cause of cleaning up waters will be in the national eye and likely inspire further such efforts. After all, water is our lifeblood.
As for Pregracke, he, too, appreciates the efforts one person can make with an idea and motivation to help the world. Of his $250,000 winnings from the competition, he's donating $10,000 each to all the other nine finalists and their projects. I'd call that "paying it forward" - just what we've come to expect from Pregracke.
"Pay it forward" in your own way to become a humble hero yourself in the world.
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