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Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) today voted to streamline and reform the nation's agricultural programs in a bill of vital importance to Georgia's largest industry. The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act would reauthorize programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"Agriculture contributes $71.1 billion to Georgia's economy each year," said Kingston. "Six in ten Georgians are employed in food and food production. This bill provides our farmers, ranchers, and producers with the certainty they need to continue providing us with the safest and most abundant food supply in the world. In the process it saves taxpayers $20 billion and repeals or consolidates more than 100 programs at the USDA."
The legislation would end direct payments to farmers, replacing them with a market-based risk management approach building on the success of crop insurance. It also repeals similar legislation enacted in 1938 and 1942 to which federal policy currently reverts when farm bills expire. The current farm bill extension is set to expire in September.
This is the first such legislation since the 1970s that does not couple farm policy with nutrition programs such as food stamps, a longtime priority for Kingston.
"We conservatives have fought for years to separate farm and nutrition policy," Kingston said. "Passage of this bill is a success on that front but we cannot lose sight of the urgent need to reform our bloated food stamp program."
House leaders have pledged to bring up a bill focused on nutrition assistance at a later date.
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The paparazzi can keep their night jobs.
There I was, armed with the camera on my iPhone and a Canon point-and-shoot, battling human flesh inside an Austin Japanese restaurant as if riding the New York City subway at rush hour.
My mission: capture half-way decent pictures of actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire at a VIP-invite party for Mobli 2.0, a real-time photo and video sharing app for the iPhone launching at SXSW.
Leo and Tobey were on the guest list, along with fellow actors Lukas Haas and David Arquette. Suffice to say, the stars in attendance were kept at a safe distance most of the evening at a table in a corner, sometimes behind a curtain and almost always behind a wall of handlers. Haas was the only one who appeared comfortable walking into the crowds, at least while I was there.
In any event, you can judge my photographic exploits, but safe to say that no actual paparazzi will feel threatened by my presence.


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We are pleased to announce the monthly "Five Minutes of Fame", scheduled for this Thursday, February 18th, at 8pm at Noisebridge. Bring yourself, your friends, your pet alien, and ping pong balls to throw at the speakers.

This month, 5MoF will be hosting a bone marrow drive with "Be the Match Marrow Registry" (www.bethematch.org) to raise awareness and help save lives. In addition, we'll have a swabbing station on-site running before, during, and after the event. If you know anyone affected by this condition, want to help, or just want to learn more, please drop by and offer your support.

One of our own members, David Molnar, is directly affected by this. His sister has an aggressive form acute leukemia. She and many others like her need a bone marrow transplant for a shot at survival, but have no family members that match their marrow tissue type. By joining the registry, you might just be the person to save the life of his sister or someone like her.

All speakers have been notified, and the current schedule is as follows*:

Hiro:
"We'll Always Have Paris" (aestetix)
"Open Primer and never be the same: OpenPrimer.org and forever live the game" (Alex Peake)
 "The Importance of Collective Autonomy" (Bedouin and Fey)
"Inchvesting Made Easy" (Larry Sheradon)
"Build a School with One Click - the New Education Infrastructure" (Bjorn Herrmann)
 "Public/Private Key's Mathematical Basis" (Ian Atha)

Protagonist:
"Understanding Color and the CIE Chromaticity Chart" (Jonathan Foote)
"Community Organizing FOR GREAT JUSTICE!" (Maymay)
 "Trope Analysis of Prototype Metaphysics" (Crutcher)
"How Brass Instruments work" (davidfinedavidfinedavidfine)
"The Myths and Facts about Marrow Donation" (Magda Silva and Jacob Appelbaum)
 Dedication Ceremony

I want to extend thanks to all the speakers, but especially all the people who have been showing up and make this event a success. Without all of you, it would not be able to happen.

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Hi James, I don't know how easy this is to do with IDEA, but what I've done in Eclipse is to create the project via mvn eclipse:eclipse then create a run definition for org.apache.openjpa.enhance.PCEnhancer. With no other classpath tweaking it enhances the entities in the output directory and I'm up and running. Another alternative would be to use dynamic enhancement when you run in your IDE. In eclipse you can just add -javaagent:${path.to.openjpa-xxx.jar} as a vm argument and you won't have to run the enhancer at all. Patrick also mentioned writing an IDEA plug-in (not sure if that's the right name) that would do the enhancement. I believe he ran into a few snags getting access to IntelliJ jars. This or something similar might be a good solution for you. Ideally we'll have Eclipse, IDEA and NetBeans plugins someday. Eclipse also allows user defined builders to be run in addition to the default java compiler. The builders can be ant scripts or java programs - either one should be able to enhance your entities. I have never used IDEA, but I suspect it includes a similar concept. All that being said I'm not trying to dismiss your idea of adding a cglib interface - I'm just sharing what has worked for me and some ideas that might also work for you. It's a bit specific to Eclipse, but from what I've heard IDEA is a very good IDE and I suspect it can do them as well. -Mike On 5/17/07, James.Strachan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > > Firstly before I start, openjpa is a great piece of software; I'm > particularly fond of the documentation and in particular the query > language > parts. The CSS for the site is also awesome :) > > However compared to hibernate, openjpa is still pretty painful to use from > an end users perspective and I don't think this should be the case; plus I > don't think it'll take much time to fix. While the pain is still fresh in > my > mind I thought I'd post on how much more painful openjpa is to use in a > project. If you're short on time, the basic idea is its that bytecode post > processing stuff thats to blame :). Yes I know its probably faster that > way > - its just so painful for Java programmers to work with. (And yes I know > one > day we'll all have IDE plugins that hide the bytecode stuff etc etc). > > So the first thing is having to mess with your build (ant or maven) to get > the post processing properly integrated. Depending on if you have > persistent > entities in your main or test area this can often trip you up a little (as > it did me). I don't know about folks on this list but the whole idea of > having to mess with my maven build gives me the jitters :). When you get > that far & the maven planets are aligned with openjpa, the next hurdle you > hit is how do you run stuff in your IDE. If like me you use IDEA and maven > 2, the project gets auto-created by default for all projects you work on. > However these don't work when you use openjpa as you hit the dreaded > 'cannot > function at all as you've not run the up front bytecode post processor you > dummy!' type error when trying to run stuff in your IDE. > > So you then add the maven-generated classes to the front of the classpath > in > your project. Hooray, after a day or two's work, you can now actually use > openjpa in your IDE and your build. YAY! The downside is that now when > navigating around your Java code, whenever you navigate into an entity > bean, > IDEA shows you the bytecode - not the source code as its confused since > the > bytecode generated stuff is different to the source code it knows about. > So > now you're faced with a dilemma - choose between navigating nicely around > your source code - or being able to actually run/debug your application. I > won't even get into the refactoring pain or having to continuously run > maven > builds while developing code to avoid getting code completion/compile > errors > etc. (I prefer to keep in my IDE where possible). > > Compare this whole malarkey with hibernate. You add hibernate to your pom, > generate your project and you're good to go. No messing with your project > build; no messing with some secret ninja IDE stuff to be able to actually > run & debug your code while still being able to actually navigate the > source. It just works. Now it might work in a crappy & slow way and > openjpa > might be way way more efficient and powerful and whatnot - but I'd rather > have a cheap car that just works than a ferrari that you can only drive on > a > tuesday if its sunny, but not too hot and refuses to even start if its > wet. > > FWIW I've just given up using openjpa for development; its just way too > painful. (I'm even hacking projects I work on so I use openjpa in the > maven > build but explicitly switch to hibernate in development mode; yeah its > more > work but at least I can use my IDE properly again). > > I'm cool with putting post processing into the build system (though that > should really only be an optimisation); but please can we have some > inefficient but usable reflection/cglib type approach so folks can easily > switch from hibernate to openjpa (and stay there) without pulling out our > hair & swearing too much - or sneaking back at the first opportunity to > get > an easy life? > > Please don't take this mail the wrong way - I truly want openjpa to be a > success, its a great piece of software. Its just a bit too hard to use out > of the box right now. I'd truly like it to be trivial to switch from > hibernate to openjpa and never have to go back. > > How hard is it to add a reflection/cglib type alternative to the upfront > bytecode generation (like hibernate does) to save us from the > development-time pain? > > -- > James > ------- > http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/the-pain-of-post-processing-bytecode-%28another-beg-for-a-simple-reflection-cglib-alternative-like-hibernate%29-tf3770760.html#a10660986 > Sent from the open-jpa-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
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TEMPE, Ariz. — Larry Fitzgerald is back from his latest globe-trotting adventure, this one to Southeast Asia. He jokes that the only place he's never been is Antarctica, and he plans to visit there "hopefully in late February."
But while the Arizona Cardinals' star wide receiver's travels are certainly something he truly enjoys , he says it's also given him a chance to see just how severe the struggles are for poverty stricken people around the world, and just how good most Americans have it.
"Some of it's leisure, some of it is just to get away," he said. "A lot of it is just to try to give back. We're extremely fortunate. I'm not talking about me or football players, as Americans we're fortunate to be able to turn the water on every day, be able to drink clean, healthy water and healthy food. There are a lot of places in the world where they don't have that same comfort."
Fitzgerald, whose main charity in the United States is to combat breast cancer — the disease that claimed his mother — has formed a foundation with good friend and former teammate Anquan Boldin to help drought-stricken Africa. He says on this year's trip, with stops in Malaysia and Thailand, he helped the Starkey Hearing Foundation, which distributes hearing aids to the poor around the world.
His trip to Africa a year ago left him stunned.
"You have no idea," he said. "People here complain it's 108 (degrees). It's 108 in Ethiopia but they have no water. They haven't had a raindrop in a year — a year."
Fitzgerald continued.
"Just imagine this," he said. "You have a son and a daughter and you don't have enough money to feed them. You have to make a decision that 'I'll take my daughter to a big city or take my son to a big city and just leave them and hopefully they will find their way, or they're going to die here on the farm with me.' Can you imagine making decisions like that? That's crazy, man. I can't even wrap my mind around stuff like that."
Fitzgerald came home a few days ago, in time for the start of offseason practices on Tuesday. He said he needs to lose a few pounds and get into football shape.
Meanwhile, he has taken the team's first-round draft pick, Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd, under his wing. Asked if Floyd is staying at his house, as other young players have done, Fitzgerald said "I can't confirm or deny those allegations. But he's taken care of, from what I hear."
Fitzgerald had lobbied hard for the Cardinals to draft Floyd. It's added depth at a position that's lacked it since the departure of Bolden and Steve Breaston.
"Now this is many, many moons ago, but I remember 1998 when I was a ball boy with the Vikings. They had Jake Reed, who was a thousand-yard receiver. And they had Cris Carter and Robert Smith, guys who were Pro Bowlers, and they drafted Randy Moss," Fitzgerald said. "And he was a difference. He was a guy that the league had never seen before."
Floyd has a long way to go to deserve that comparison, but Fitzgerald said the rookie "is going to be a tremendous asset for our ball club."
So it's back to work for Fitzgerald, a job he loves and is paid handsomely to perform. For now, the visits to the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the walks through the stunning ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru or bungee jumping in New Zealand.
"Everybody talks about Larry's travels but what people don't know about is him going into depressed communities and working with kids and trying to make a life better for people all over the world," Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "That's a responsibility when you're in the NFL is giving back. Larry has the forum, because of his notoriety, to do that. I think that's why he's so beloved all over the country and certainly the world, because of doing those kinds of things."


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Post subject: PCT: Onyx Summit to the Whitewater Preserve, April 2017
My wife and I hiked a 35 mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) over four days in late April 2017. We started from Onyx Summit near Big Bear City and hiked southbound to the Whitewater Preserve. For particulars see my
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Along the way we passed through the newly reopened trail in the
Lake Fire Closure Area
, and were able to view first-hand the devastation that resulted from the fire. At the moment, the Closure Area is still officially closed except for PCT hikers, and they are required to stay only on the trail, and to keep on hiking until they leave the area, as No Overnight Camping is allowed within the burn zone. Therefore, we had to plan our route accordingly.
We're also wimpy hikers, so our plan had to fit our eight-ish miles per day limit.
Water availability was a factor (yes, even during this wet year) as the first water source was twelve miles away, right in the middle of the closure area. So I decided to carry a gallon of extra water right from the start. Enough for dinner, breakfast, and four more miles of hiking the next day.
It should also be noted that this section has a high point of 8700 feet elevation and a low point down in the desert at 2200 feet. 6500 feet total, but spread out over 35 miles. Northbound "Through-Hikers" have no choice but to climb this relentless grade, whereas "Section Hikers" such as ourselves have the luxury of choosing whichever direction we want. This hike was a no-brainer. We'd be hiking downhill! Both ways!
Day 1:
Vicki and I at Onyx Summit on Highway 38 (PCT mile 252)
Our son helped us with a car-shuttle. We left our car down at the Whitewater Preserve near I-10 and he drove us the long way around to the trailhead.
We had fine views of snowy San Gorgonio Mountain and its associated peaks
The PCT stays high and provided us with a view of San Jacinto Peak
View southeast into the desert from the Coon Creek Jumpoff near mile 246
There were a few short stretches of soft snow on the north-facing slopes of the ridges
Panorama view looking down into the North Fork of Mission Creek.
We'd be hiking down that valley for the next two days. Meanwhile, up here on the ridge we had entered a short section of the burn zone, and the dead trees were sobering to see.
View of San Gorgonio from our campsite on the ridge above PCT mile 244
Planning to stay on this ridge was one of the few times that using Google's "Satellite View" truly paid off. It showed a lack of trees while the topo map indicated a rounded top. And the reality was that it was very flat and meadow-like up there.
See the Closure Area map on the
Pacific Crest Trail Association's page
. We camped on the tip of that long ridge to the northwest that is clearly outside of the burn area.
Special Bonus: We were able to see the Big Three from up there (SanG, SanJ, SanA). I even got cell signal! Check out the peaks on the horizon via the
website. (You should think about buying the PeakFinder Earth smartphone app: It's worth the $5. I use it on almost every hike that has a view. It uses your phone's gps, works offline, and gives you stats about nearby peaks. No affiliation, just a happy customer.)
When I originally planned this trip, I had hoped that the weather would favor us, that it would begin with a heat wave, followed by a cold snap. Why? Because of the 6500 feet of elevation change, which roughly equates to 20 degrees of temperature difference. I wanted it to be relatively warm up high and relatively cool down low. But Nature doesn't care about
. Not at all. Instead, the trip started with a cold snap and was predicted to end with a 90-plus degree Santa Ana event! At least we were forewarned, so we were able to bring the appropriate gear (thus adding to the weight of our packs).
Sunset over Mount Baden-Powell, 60 miles away by crow and 120 by PCT. That's Baldy on the left.
As the sun got lower the air got colder, and we put on lots of layers, including hats and gloves. We ate dinner and had a hot drink. Then we dove into the tent and zonked out almost immediately. It had been a very long day.
Day 2:
The day began late. It was in the upper 30's and we didn't want to get up. We waited for the sun to hit the tent, which didn't take long up there on the ridge, and then we waited some more. But it couldn't last. We had to get moving or we'd never get anywhere. So we did.
Good-bye, campsite! Now it's time to visit the Burn Zone.
San Gorgonio panorama shot as we hike downhill to the Mission Springs Campground
We enter the Lake Fire Closure Area near mile 242
Here's a spot where the fire burned the dead roots below the ground
Some trees died but many lived, and nearly all had scorched bark
More dead pines and skeletal scrub
We stopped for a long break and a nap at the Mission Springs Campground.
The trees were OK here, and the picnic tables survived. We also filtered some water at the spring just south of the campground, which was running strong.
Video of the water flow at Mission Springs
While relaxing, we met several groups of northbound hikers. I told them where to find the spring, and we talked the usual trail talk: That there was only a little snow on the trail, and that there were two small pools of water 10 miles away at mile 250, but the best bet for water was a whopping 16 miles further, so they'd better tank up now. They were so relieved to be finished with the bulk of the long climb that this news didn't phase them at all. They, in turn, warned us of some Poodle Dog up ahead near the campsite, and that there would be plenty of water in Mission Creek for the next fourteen miles, which was quite a relief.
Then it was time to get moving, as we still had five more miles to go to get to our camp at mile 235. Luckily, most of it was downhill, our favorite direction. We would end up with a net loss of 2500 feet of elevation that day.
We begin our long hike down the North Fork of Mission Creek
Miles of devastation along the creek
Skeletons of oak trees. But note that each one has green shoots at the base!
The roots of the oaks didn't die, as it was part of their survival strategy. We were sad that the pines didn't use this method, but we also knew that many pinecones release their seeds upon roasting. It was still too early to tell if there were any new pines growing in the burn zone.
We reached the end of the closure area shortly after mile 238. It was easy to tell: There were green trees and bushes everywhere. It was a relief to hike in "normal" terrain, complete with occasional shady spots, but the sad truth was that there weren't many trees down there to begin with. That's partly why the fire stopped burning - a lack of fuel.
Panorama shot of Peak 8191 across the way as the trail stays high above the creek
We cross a ridge and prepare to descend into the side valley where PCT camp WRCS0235 is located
The campsite was already full with a group of young PCT Through-Hikers
I walked a bit further and found an isolated spot for our tent. We don't hike into the wilderness to hear other people yakking and snoring. We also had plans to get up early, before dawn, as the temperature was predicted to begin climbing the next day, and the youngsters looked like late-risers to us.
We filtered some water from the creek, ate dinner, and went to bed before sunset. It had been an interesting day, albeit a sad one, hiking through the aftermath of the Lake Fire, and we were relieved to put it behind us.
Day 3:
We had the alarm set for 4:30am, and even though we were a bit slow to get moving, we still managed to eat breakfast, have a cup of hot chocolate. and pack our gear by the time dawn arrived at six. It was cool outside at 6000 feet elevation, just about the perfect temperature for hiking. Today's hike was destined to be about nine miles long with a drop of 3000 feet, the trail spending the entire time down in the valley alongside the creek. Easy hiking, in other words.
We weren't expecting much, view-wise, because you have to be up high to get a decent vista. So our goal was a modest one, to spend the day enjoying the multitude of plants that frequent a watercourse, and to appreciate the canyon that the creek has carved over the millenia. If we decided to enjoy a few extra rests and naps along the way, well, that was our business. That's one of the perks of getting up so early.
It doesn't look it, but that's a crescent moon up there.
Wildflowers were blooming as we entered the San Gorgonio Wilderness
Looking back upstream. We hiked in the shade as the trail stayed on the east side of the creek, at least initially
It's lush down in the creekbed with plenty of willows and cottonwoods. This is one of about a dozen creek crossings
We stopped for a rest in the shade at the day's halfway point, at mile 230
Vicki was using her new "Chrome Dome" backpacking umbrella to block the sun. She figured out a way to mount it to her backpack at the correct height and angle, so it worked fairly well. Until low-hanging trees and bushes narrowed the trail. And until the afternoon breeze began to kick in strong. Those are the drawbacks of an umbrella. But when there's a breeze you don't really need it, and the brush was only present at creek crossings. We saw a number of PCT hikers carrying them, for use in these low-altitude desert sections. Was it worth forty bucks and eight ounces? Maybe. As for me, I'll stick with my wide-brimmed hat.
Vicki cooling her feet in the creek. Aaahhh!
We could have jumped across, but this felt great on our hot sweaty feet. Totally worth it!
A mile or so later, we took yet another long rest in the shade of a tall tree near the creek. There was soft deep sand, and it was perfect for napping. We were truly in no rush. It was the hot part of the day, and we'd made such good time earlier that we didn't mind sitting and waiting out the heat. A gentle breeze was blowing. The temperature was almost eighty, so it was hot in the sun but perfect in the shade.
Yellow desert wildflowers were blooming all along this section
We continued a half mile beyond the large campsite at mile 226, where we almost stopped for the day
We decided to get a bit further before dark, because, once again, there were already several people camping there. So we left the "official" campsite behind. We like our solitude.
We had reached the end of the North Fork of Mission Creek, PCT-wise, and at this point the trail made a sharp turn, up and out of the canyon toward the west. It climbed 600 feet to a high ridge, then gradually dropped 1000 feet, down into the Whitewater River valley.
Our chosen camping spot was right at the base of the climb, and our plan was to wake up super-early and ascend to the ridge before dawn. We really
to wake up that early, as tomorrow was predicted to be in the mid-nineties! Why? Because, unfortunately, Vicki's body has poor temperature regulation, in that she doesn't sweat properly, and heat stroke was a real possibility. We were hoping to crank out the next six miles before 10am, then chill out in some shade near the river during the heat of the day. That was the plan. Executing it was up to us.
So we set up camp, ate dinner, and set the alarm for 3:45am.
Day 4:
Amazingly enough, we actually got up at that time. We decided not to bother with a cooked breakfast; we simply ate some snack and packed as efficiently as possible. And we managed to start hiking by 5am, walking in the pre-dawn darkness with our headlamps lighting the way. It was cool and peaceful and beautiful as we climbed high above the valley.
Hiking up the trail via headlamp
The lights of Desert Hot Springs appear as we gain elevation
Bighorn Mountain and snowy San Gorgonio come into view (zoomed-in photo)
We reached the top of the climb and took a break on the ridge just before the sun's light hit us. Perfect timing!
Panorama view north to SanG as the sun rises on the nearby peaks
San Jacinto Peak in the morning light to the south
Looking back down into the North Fork of Mission Creek from high above on the ridge
The trail wandered along the top of this ridge for a couple of miles, in typical meandering PCT-like fashion. But I'm not complaining! After the previous day's dismal lack of views this ridge-top action was excellent. We could see all over the place! And, after all, this was called the Pacific CREST Trail, not the Boring Valley-Bottom Trail.
I even managed to get cell signal when Desert Hot Springs came into view, so I squirted out a text to the kids to let them know that all was well. It's not likely that they cared or were worried about us, but I did it for form's sake, as an example, to show them what we wanted
to do when off in distant places. But I doubt they learned anything. Kids.
View of the West Fork of Mission Creek and San Gorgonio Mountain as the PCT descends off the ridge
Vicki has her chrome umbrella deployed. It's only 8am but already very hot in the sun
Yellow wildflowers are blooming everywhere as we climb up and over a small ridge
We had to climb about 200 feet to exit the valley of the West Fork of Mission Creek. After we crossed this final ridge we would be rewarded with 500 feet of easy downhill hiking to our eventual resting spot on the Whitewater River, but first we had to suffer in the heat. 200 feet doesn't sound like much, here in this report, but let me tell you: It was one seriously hot climb in the blazing sun. Vicki was starting to wilt.
I realized that this was the time to bring out our
Secret Weapon
We hadn't only brought an umbrella to help Vicki with the heat. Oh, no. I had also purchased a professional-quality spray bottle (with adjustable spray head) that held a liter of water. Since Vicki's body didn't sweat properly, I reasoned that the addition of "Artificial Sweat" (TM) would serve the same purpose.
And it worked great! Every minute or so she would spray her face, or arms, or legs, with water. In the dry desert air it was incredibly effective. I even stood happily by as she doused my shirt and pants with a coating of water. The cooling it provided was fantastic. It was probably the best $3.78 I ever spent. It was that good.
We met other Through-Hikers heading north in the heat, and Vicki sprayed them as they walked by. They all, without exception, said "Aaahhh!" and "Thank you!" She was having a great time with this thing. And she was hiking well, and staying happy. That's all the proof I need.
We crested the ridge and saw a beautiful wildflower-filled panorama of the Whitewater River Valley below us. Superblooming!
Happy Vicki holding her water sprayer as we continue downhill
San Jacinto Peak to the south as we prepare to cross the broad sandy wash
Looking north up the Whitewater River Valley
Of course, with a bit of searching we could have found a way across the river by rock-hopping, but we didn't want that at all. Our feet were roasting hot, and they wanted to feel that cold water more than anything else. So we stopped and put on our water shoes and crossed. I even walked down the river as my feet grew numb with cold.
Video of the Whitewater River
We stopped in some welcome shade just a few feet away from the river
We hung out at this cool spot for about an hour, until the sun's angle changed and the shade started shrinking. Then we shifted about twenty feet to the west, up against a rocky wall which promised softer sand and deeper shade that would only get better as the day wore on.
This was our view looking north and east from our siesta spot
We took a VERY long siesta. About seven hours total. We arrived at 10am and didn't leave until 5pm! The air temperature rose into the nineties but we didn't care as we weren't hiking in the sun. We listened to the water in the river, and took a couple of naps. We read our books and ate our lunch and snacks. Life was good.
We met several PCT 2017 Through-hikers whose trail names were Sticks, Jumper and Park
We hung out with them for quite a while, and had fun talking about trail conditions. We admitted that we were jealous of them and fondly imagined a life on the trail, with its simple concerns and lack of stress. Our jobs and mortgage felt like shackles to us.
And they
shackles. Because all too soon we felt the first breath of cooler air, and we knew that our trip was coming to an end. It was time to pack up our gear and return to the car, to rushing traffic, and to that millstone of a house with its nagging monthly payments.
We had two more miles to hike, directly down the valley to our car
It was still roasting hot, so we used the water sprayer on each other the entire way. We even sprayed the tops of our boots, and it worked wonders keeping our feet cool.
A wooden bridge crosses the Whitewater River on the Whitewater Preserve Trail
Looking back north up the Whitewater River Valley
We finally arrive at the Whitewater Preserve, an oasis in the desert, with lawns and ponds and trees
We started the car and moved it into the shade of a huge cottonwood. We relaxed and cooled off for a while with the air conditioner running. We changed our shoes and socks. We stretched a bit and had some drinks and salty snacks that we'd left in the trunk. We even read our books for a while.
Let's face it: We were in no rush to get home. We'd been infected with the PCT disease, and we were already making plans for our next trip. This hike had finished off our last major chunk of Section C, and we'd already completed Sections A and B, so the next obvious place would be Section D: The San Gabriel Mountains. Thoughts of future hikes would have to sustain us as we made the long drive back home.
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Sulphur Springs 7-on-7 practice was held at the high school multi-purpose building with the varsity and junior varsity working on their game.
The season begins for 7-on-7 Saturday when the seventh and eighth grade teams play at the Van Junior High Tournament.
On May 13, Gilmer will play at Sulphur Springs with the seventh, eighth grade in action along with the junior varsity and varsity competing,
More than 60 students at Sulphur Springs will be participating in the 7-on-7 games.
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May 17 — Gilmer Tournament, (7th, 8th, JV, V)
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The Crime and Misconduct Commission has not explained why it decided to place 741 sensitive, covert Fitzgerald Inquiry documents in the custody of the Queensland State Archives, where they were made public.
The error was not revealed until March 5, when The Australian newspaper identified the mistake.
Two weeks of hearings were subsequently conducted into how the state's Crime and Misconduct Commission released hundreds of documents and shredded 4000 more from the landmark inquiry into police corruption.
Some documents were destroyed six years ago.
The Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Commission on Friday afternoon handed down its report into the issue.
In the opening pages, the PCMC report makes clear that four senior CMC officers made serious mistakes, accusing several of ''trivialising'' concerns that sensitive documents were made public.
The PCMC also found the CMC provided no written evidence on why the Fitzgerald Inquiry documents were forwarded to Queensland State Archives in the first place.
"The lack of documentation available to the committee means that the circumstances are unclear around when, and why the decision was made for the Fitzgerald Inquiry material, held at the CMC to become the responsibility of the director of information management, rather than the responsibility of an officer who would better understand the nature and sensitivity of the information," the report states.
"There was no written advice provided to the committee to explain this decision making process around this important decision of the CMC."
The PCMC has ordered an independent inquiry to learn why the documents were transferred.
Crime writer Tony Reeves - who was researching a yet-to-be-published book into the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombings was the first to mistakenly be given access the files.
The report says it is difficult to determine the impact of releasing the files, because a relatively small number of people accessed them.
''The consequences of the incorrect classification of the documents and their subsequent release are largely unknown and will probably remain so.''
It has also emerged some original Fitzgerald Inquiry documents were mistakenly destroyed six years ago, in 2007.
''However, the committee considers that they were probably destroyed under the honest and mistaken belief that the records sentenced at the time did not contain Fitzgerald Inquiry records which were required to be retained permanently,'' the report says.
The PCMC report says it has other, more serious concerns.
''More original Fitzgerald Inquiry records may still remain on CMC files which, unless identified and removed, are likely to meet the same regrettable fate,'' it said.
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Bud Davidge was excitedly telling everyone the 'Simani' Christmas program recalling the Newfoundland mummering (or jannying) tradition would be aired on 16 CBC television stations from Montreal to Vancouver Dec. 29. That was 25 years ago.
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Bud Davidge was excitedly telling everyone the 'Simani' Christmas program recalling the Newfoundland mummering (or jannying) tradition would be aired on 16 CBC television stations from Montreal to Vancouver Dec. 29.
He was attending a Marystown Lions senior citizens' Christmas party for the third year in a row at which he and Simeon Savoury were again providing entertainment for an enthusiastic crowd.
Bud had received a call earlier in the week from Dave Quinton of CBC's 'Land and Sea' program informing him of the news. Simani had acted as hosts for a Christmas program last year, and Mr. Quinton said the reaction to the show was so good it had been offered to CBC affiliates across Canada.
The program will also be rebroadcast in Newfoundland this holiday period. (In fact, over the last 25 years the show has become an annual fixture in CBC's Christmas offerings.)
"We're interested in the feedback" from Newfoundlanders in particular all across the country, Bud said.
The 'Mummers Song', which Bud wrote, was recorded by the duo in the fall of 1983 and then placed on their 'Christmas Fancy' album produced in 1985. He said the reaction to the song was overwhelming, "and it hasn't stopped since."
When the two began performing almost 10 years ago – it will be 10 years in May 1987 – they agreed to do all their own material and jigs, which had not been recorded in the past.
Bud had "dabbled in poetry" previously and had his university degree behind him (he's an assistant school board superintendent) but did not have any formal training in song writing. However, all the material on Simani's four albums to date ('Saltwater Cowboy' recoded 1981; 'Heaven By Sea in 1983; 'Christmas Fancy; in 1985 and 'Outport People' last spring) has been written by Bud and only recently did they record a song that he did not write.
All his songs are based on experience growing up in an outport community in Hermitage Bay called Bay d'Nord, which like many other communities in the bay was resettled. Bud's family went to Fortune to live, and he now lives in English Harbour West.
"I recalled images I had in my mind of home and used that experience as the basis of my songs. I know a lot of people had the same images and from the reaction to the 'Mummers Song' it became obvious to me afterwards the same experiences were remembered by others."
The 'Mummers Song' was so well received it sparked a partial revival in many communities that Christmas (1983) of a tradition which had been banned by the Newfoundland government. In fact, it is still illegal today but traditions live in all of us.
Bud referred to the album 'Outport People' conjuring up the same images in people' minds.
"That kind of thing, I feel, attracts most people in the province."
Two other songs the group made popular were based on story telling with 'The Loss of the Marion' and 'The Truxtun and Pollux', both centred on the South Coast ties with the sea and disaster.
He noted Simani's popularity is not localized to any particular region. The two have played in most areas of the province with the exception of Labrador, where travel arrangements are not convenient; St. John's, the Southern Shore and the Bonavista Peninsula.
Although there have been requests from these other areas, the time factor is a problem.
Bud said "We started out doing our music as a hobby and it has been more than good to us; we're more satisfied. The demands so far exceed what we can do."
During the last two years, the two have been cutting back on their travelling and live performances. Because of their professional commitments and the Newfoundland weather, they do not perform in January, February and March.
They also take a month off in the summer to spend with their families and a month in the fall to go hunting.
Bud estimated they perform only about 26-weekends in the run of a year and manage a week to ten day stretch in western Newfoundland during the summer.
"I'm not being boastful, in fact I often wonder at it, but it's fair to say we have not called a club to do a performance any more than 10 times in the past 10 years, although I can't remember any.
"It's not so much club owners are looking for us … there's a big demand for live entertainment."
Bud said the duo hopes to keep recording in the future and likely will stop travelling first.
"For the first time this year, we will be taking no Christmas or New Year's Eve bookings."
Sim, who owns his own general store in Belleoram, has set up a recording studio.
Bud noted "It's state of the art equipment."
The duo has recorded its last two albums there and are in the early stages of doing another album, in which the initial planning calls for involving other people who have not been recorded before, intermixed with Simani material. They hope to begin producing the new album in the spring.
The studio is also expanding its recording operations and has produced a number of records for groups like the 'Fortune Sons.'
As well, Bud says the two would like to move into concert settings allowing for even more of their own material to be spotlighted. They have considered involvement with various school boards in their Newfoundland Culture courses but added this would be time consuming. Some schools have already requested appearances by Simani and last year the two did a performance at Gros Morne National Park, as part of the National Parks' anniversary.
Although the pair has been performing regularly for 10 years, Simani's first album in 1981 ('Saltwater Cowboy'), designed as a souvenir of their musical career, started the performers on their way.
Bud reflected "We were not expecting it to be as big as it was but it turned out very big. The calls started coming in from Central Newfoundland and that was it."
Simani's popularity has since reached throughout Newfoundland and across Canada. Bud says a call from a Toronto record store manager recently indicated the Simani records outsold all other Newfoundland country-traditional artists in that store, including the highly profiled Eddie Eastman.
On the Burin Peninsula, a local music tape dealer in Marystown says the Simani tapes sell faster than any other artist his store carries.
The enjoyment people receive from listening to Bud and Sim perform is obvious by the turnouts to the dances they play for on the Burin Peninsula. Regular appearances on the peninsula are sold out weeks in advance.
With Christmas on our doorstep, there will be more than one occasion the Mummers' Song will be sung.
As the song closes, so too will many a Christmas party … 'Goodnight and Good Christmas, Mummers me dears. Please God we will see you next year'.


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Corrie, of Troy, Ill., learned in 1995 that she had primary biliary cirrhosis, a genetic liver disease that can lead to life-threatening complications. Five years later, Corrie's brother discovered he had the same disease. Before he could receive a transplant, he died in 2001 at 56.
Following that loss, Corrie, 49, began to look to friends and relatives rather than remain on the list for liver donations.
Her 32-year-old son offered to be the donor.
But the young man's father, Gary Webb, now divorced from Corrie, feared that their son was too weak from an accident the year before to undergo the surgery.
Then Webb's fiancee, Rita Weaver, suggested that he donate his own liver to his ex-wife. He agreed, giving up the right lobe to replace Corrie's diseased liver.
Weaver then helped Webb through his recovery and comforted the former couple's three adult children during the 10 hours their parents spent in the operating room.
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Premier Yitzhak Shamir sounded a conciliatory note on the peace process as he left for the United States shortly after midnight, following a massive outpouring of support for his tough stand on the American peace plan.
The rally took place Sunday night in Malchei Yisrael Square, outside the Tel Aviv City Hall, where speaker after speaker urged the premier not to waver in his talks with Reagan administration officials.
Organizers of the rally claim it drew between 200,000 and 250,000 people, who packed the broad square and overflowed into side streets. Other observers questioned that estimate, but agreed the rally was twice as large as the one organized by Peace Now that filled the same square Saturday night.
The Peace Now demonstration backed the American plan and the formula of exchanging territory for peace. But that idea got a resounding "no" from the throngs gathered Sunday night. They represented Israel's right wing, what is loosely termed the "nationalist camp," consisting of supporters of Shamir's Likud bloc and the Tehiya, Tzomet and Morasha parties.
The rally was originally organized by the Gush Emunim, the militant Jewish settlers in the West Bank. But it was taken over by the Likud, which sent its heavy artillery in the persons of Housing Minister David Levy and Commerce and Industry Minister Ariel Sharon.
The demonstrators carried placards reading: "Land for Peace–On No Grounds"; "Peace Yes, Retreat No"; "No to Shultz and No to Autonomy"; and "We Won't Return Territory Because of Knives and Stones."
In his remarks before taking off, Shamir told reporters he was going to Washington on a peace mission within the context of the friendship and cooperation between Israel and the United States.
"Our relationship with the U.S. has always been based on mutual understanding, common values and identical strategic and political interests," Shamir said. "This time, the effort to bring nearer the peace between us and our neighbors will be on top of our agenda."
Shamir said Israel "was, and is, always ready to stretch itself and to participate in negotiations about establishing peace in its areas, and no other people desires peace like us.
"We always welcome the readiness of the U.S. to assist us in getting this noble goal of peace. We are always ready to cooperate with the U.S. in efforts for peace, knowing that the way of the United States in its relationships with its allies and partners is not by pressure, but always by mutual understanding and friendly persuasion," Shamir said.
Asked if he still stood by the Likud party platform not to give up any part of the administered territories, the premier replied, "The binding documents for our efforts to get peace are the Camp David agreements, and in those agreements we have committed ourselves to negotiations, at the end of the first stage of autonomy, about the final status of the territories of Gaza, Judea and Samaria."
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who accompanied Shamir to the airport, told reporters later he would refrain from attacking him while he was abroad on his mission. He hinted that this was in contrast to Shamir's attacks on him when he was on an official visit to Washington some months ago.
But on Monday, Peres accused Shamir's Likud bloc of sabotaging every effort to persuade King Hussein of Jordan to enter into peace negotiations with Israel.


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It's Time to Take Action to Save the NEH
The Trump Administration has issued a budget blueprint that calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), along with other cultural agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Institute of Museums and Libraries in FY18. These agencies make up less than .02 percent of the proposed federal budget, and yet have a major impact on the far corners of every state.
Elimination of or major budget cuts to these agencies will have a profound effect on public humanities programs that take place in local libraries, veterans' organizations, schools, museums, and often through film, radio and television. California Humanities is able to do our extensive work across the state because of the support provided by the NEH.
It is up to Congress to help stop this elimination, and it's up to all of us to TAKE ACTION by visiting, calling or writing to our members of congress and share how important the NEH and California Humanities is to of the people and economy of California. Take a few minutes to tell them why it's imperative that the NEH continues to support programs that:
- Stimulate local economies
- Leverage $5 at the local level for every federal dollar re-granted
- Deliver innovative programs on veterans' issues
- Promote K-12 education
- Provide cultural opportunities to rural communities
- California Humanities is a non-partisan nonprofit
- California Humanities is funded by the NEH as well as foundation, corporate, and individual funders
- California Humanities has never received state funding
California Humanities alone has awarded over $29 million in grants across the state since 1975, grants that clearly show an investment in the lives of people of communities of all sizes, as indicated in a recent California Humanities op-ed piece. Support for the NEH is an investment in the nation's future as we improve education, create deeper civic engagement and connect to each to other through our shared experiences.
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Sneak Peek at Singapore's Gardens By the Bay
Starting this June, people living in Singapore's highly urban environment will get a little taste of what the rest of Southeast Asia enjoys – a tropical rainforest, complete with a waterfall streaming down from what its designers describe as a "mountain" on the edge of downtown. To get up this 35-meter mountain, no climbing is necessary – lifts are available to get to the top, though for the (somewhat) more adventurous there's a winding walk in air-conditioned comfort.
Part of Singapore's billion-dollar horticultural undertaking, Gardens by the Bay, this man-made mountain covered in lush vegetation and its 30-meter flowing waterfall will be the key features of the climate-controlled Cloud Forest, one of two conservatories slated to be among the park's main attractions.
Gardens by the Bay is expected to become one of Singapore's biggest tourist draws, with one of the world's most technologically-advanced green spaces when its biggest garden — Bay South, which includes the Cloud Forest and the Flower Dome, the second large conservatory — officially opens to the public on June 29 this year. With large greenhouses and eccentric "supertrees" already visible from the city-state's highways and high-rises downtown, the project has garnered much fanfare since work started back in 2007, but at a media preview on Tuesday an official opening date for its first phase was finally announced. (Other large parts of Gardens by the Bay — Bay East and Bay Central — won't be done for a while). Southeast Asia Real Time has more.
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Howard Pyle's The Champions of the Round Table
Chapter Seventh
How Sir Launcelot Fell Into the Greatest Peril that Ever He Encountered in all His Life. Also How He Freed a Misfortunate Castle and Town From the Giants Who Held Them, and How He Released the Lord Thereof From a Dungeon.
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Steven Kay's "Life Business and Money" Lunch & Learn
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Video: Ashley Theophane on The Cano Showdown, More
Ryan Burton catches up with Ashley Theophane to discuss his upcoming fight with tough Mexican Pable Cesar Cano on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez undercard.
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On cocktail skyline cruises, passengers sail beneath the sky on a 77-foot topsail wooden tall ship. The fireworks cruise casts off on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. throughout the summer. Booking begins May 20 for the upcoming season. Tall Ship Red Witch's crew will be sailing through warmer waters until then; reach them by email at email@example.com.

Tall Ship Red Witch
What looks like a crimson-hulled pirate ship glides into view. The wind picks up, surging into the schooner's 77-foot gaff-rigged sails and speeding the vessel along at 8 knots. Those on shore can just make out the boat's name, Red Witch, and what appear to be passengers raising a drink to the views from ship.
Designed by renowned naval architect John G. Alden and named after the book Wake of the Red Witch—the same story that inspired the film starring John Wayne and Gail Russell—the Coast Guard–licensed ship accommodates up to 49 passengers within its mahogany-over-oak frame. Having sailed waters off Maui and San Diego, the boat is now under the stewardship of Captain Andrew Sadock and his crew who will be glad to autograph cannonballs for each passenger.


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text: Posted November 7, 2013 Hope this turns out better than "Agents of Shield" The rumors turned out to be true, for once — well, almost. Marvel Studios today announced that it would be creating four new television series, plus an additional "mini-series event," in partnership with ABC Studios to debut on Netflix. The new series will focus on the company's "ground level" super-characters, launching with Daredevil, then Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage before all four characters combine Avengers-style for the mini-series The Defenders. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/11/marvel-netflix-shows/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Never Been Kissed.
City of God.
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Multicultural affairs expert discusses importance of Black History Month
Published Feb. 12, 2013
Morayma James, coordinator of Lynn University's Office of Multicultural Affairs, a division of Student Life, says "Black History Month is important because it draws attention to the many contributions and accomplishments of blacks in America."
Each February, the United States celebrates Black History Month. Originating in 1926 and founded by Carter G. Woodson as Negro History Week, the month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that month.
"Although we have made strides to eradicate racial discrimination in America, it continues to be an issue," James said. "The 2008 election of our first black president, Barack Obama, shows how far we have come, yet we still have a long road ahead. We need more dialogue about racial issues. Awareness and education are key to ending racial discrimination."
Black History at Lynn
Lynn, who welcomes students from more than 80 nations, is consistently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as a university with one of the highest percentage of international students in the nation.
With a focus on international education, Lynn's Office of Multicultural Affairs teaches students about a variety of cultures and uses national celebrations like Black History Month as a springboard for learning.
"It is important for students not only to understand recent history concerning African-Americans, but also to understand their past," James said. "During Black History Month Lynn's Black Student Union and Office of Multicultural Affairs collaborate to provide educational programs such as guest speakers, films, artists and panel discussions."
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Morayma James, coordinator of Lynn University's Office of Multicultural Affairs, a division of Student Life, also serves as the adviser to several student groups including: the Black Student Union, the Organization of Latin American Students and Project: Be The Change. She also oversees Lynn's Chinese Culture Club and the International Affairs Society.
While at Lynn, James has co-chaired the Disability Awareness Month committee and is one of three co-chairs of the South Florida Diversity Alliance. The South Florida Diversity Alliance is committed to promoting collaboration, empowerment and communication between the campuses and communities in South Florida.
In this role, James can speak to the media regarding the importance of multicultural education, national celebrations in diversity including Black History Month and Lynn's role in encouraging a more diverse and inclusive community.


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Young Barnet footballers went head to head with a team from the United States in preparation for the youth football world cup.
New under-15 football team NCF Elites, a feeder club for under-18 side Barnet Azzurri, beat the high school team from North Bend in Oregon 6-1 during a game at The Hive.
The match at Barnet FC's Camrose Avenue training ground kicked off NCF Elites' preparation for this summer's Gothia Youth World Cup, the world's largest youth football tournament.
NCF Elites Captain Romario Cazabon said: "It was a great honour to be made captain for our first games as NCF Elites, especially with us winning six one.
"It will be an amazing experience going to Sweden to play against teams from all round the world."
Around 1600 teams from 80 nations compete in the annual tournament, which is held in Gothenburg in Sweden.
The NCF Elites will fly out to Sweden on July 14. The team will experience an "Olympic style" opening ceremony in front of 52,000 people at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenberg, before taking part in the tournament.
NCF Elites manager Nick Cook said: "I have an extremely talented group of players. The Gothia World Youth Cup will be an excellent opportunity for these boys to put themselves up against some of the best players from abroad."
He added the team had a lot of work to do before the world youth cup, but he was confident the young players would do Barnet proud.


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Hospice Care
I will begin this page on a personal note. I have been a registered nurse for almost 25 years and have taken care of patients in a variety of settings. I worked for years in an inner city intensive care unit, have provided home care, private duty care and have even worked in long-term care over the course of my career. For the most part, my work in all of these areas has focused on prolonging life and averting death by providing increasingly complex medical care in the presence of illness. In most areas I've worked, death has been the enemy; death has signified failure. I've done CPR on patients at least a hundred times. I've been part of a Code Blue team and have defibrillated dying hearts over and over. I have been a CPR instructor for years-- always fighting death to the last moment.
As a long-term survivor of cancer, I decided to try to help others survive this terrible disease. It was inevitable, though, that I sometimes came into contact with terminally ill members of the cancer community. If I wanted to continue to participate as an advocate for cancer patients, I needed to be able to also advocate for those who were dying. I began to evaluate the concept of hospice, one of the few areas of health care I had not been a part of professionally. I wanted to learn more about the goals and philosophies of hospice care. To that end, I have become a hospice volunteer. It has been a wonderful experience. It has been rewarding to assist in the care of patients who feel happy, loved, and comfortable in their last days. To see people die while they are comfortable, at peace and surrounded by love. To see families who are supported and prepared for their grief when death occurs. To see life celebrated as much at its end as it was celebrated at its beginning.
Hospice care is seen by some as "giving up", as making a decision to end one's life. We live in a culture that promotes and celebrates youth and denies aging and death. In reality, we will all die someday; we begin that process the minute we are born. Hospice offers those who are experiencing a life-limiting illness to choose how they want to die, to take control of the quality of their final days, and to make their last days as full of life and love as possible. Hospice care is "palliative" care. Palliative care is more holistic and focuses on reducing pain, providing comfort and meeting the physical, spiritual, and social needs of those who are terminally ill so that they can live the remainder of their life fully and comfortably. Hospice facilities also provide care for the family and the patient's loved ones through the transition of illness, death and loss. This care is provided usually by a health care team. Members of this team include:
Hospice care can take place in one's home, in a free-standing hospice facility, or in an extended care setting. Hospice care is covered by most insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. Unfortunately, the great benefits that can be obtained from hospice care in one's final days are underutilized as many of those terminally ill enter a hospice program with only days to live.
Related Links
National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet: Hospice
American Cancer Society: What is Hospice Care?
This website is for informational and educational purposes only. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. The information on this website is not complete and not intended to replace medical advice offered by physicians or health care providers. Patients and consumers should review the information carefully with their professional health care provider.
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Today's launch of the new SHIELD Tablet with NVIDIA's Tegra K1 SoC has muddied up the tablet waters a bit. We've posted our full coverage of the device, but...32 by Jarred Walton on 7/29/2014
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Nokia has had a lot of success with Windows Phone in the more budget-oriented segment of the market. The Lumia 630, which we recently reviewed, does well in its...19 by Brandon Chester on 7/23/2014
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Today Apple announced its Q3 results for the period ending June 2014, and sales of the iPhone once again dominate revenue and earnings for the company. Revenue for the quarter...12 by Brett Howse on 7/22/2014
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Today, NVIDIA is announcing the Shield tablet. While normally such launch announcements don't require much in the way of exposition, NVIDIA is in an odd place. Last year, the...107 by Joshua Ho on 7/22/2014