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Fires in Indonesia Spike to Highest Levels Since June 2013 Haze Emergencyby , , , , , and -
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In early March 2014, forest and peat fires in Indonesia's Riau province, on the island of Sumatra, spiked to levels not seen since the previous Southeast Asian haze crisis of June 2013. Nearly 50,000 Indonesians are suffering respiratory ailments due to the haze, according to Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency. Dramatic satellite images of heavy smoke plumes show the large amount of pollutants being discharged to the atmosphere. The fires are extensive in areas with deep peat soils, suggesting high volumes of carbon are being released, contributing to climate change.
Global Forest Watch, a new online system that tracks tree cover change and fires in near-real time, reported last week and in an ongoing series that clearing land for agriculture is the major direct cause of the fires. As before, roughly half of the fires are burning on land managed by pulpwood, palm oil, and logging companies. Global Forest Watch shows that some of the largest fires are on fully developed plantations, despite the fact that many of these companies are committed to eliminating fire in their management practices.
The persistence of the fires—and the intensity with which they have returned—raises important questions. Below, we use new data from Global Forest Watch to explore these questions further.
1. How Many Fires Are Burning Compared with June 2013?
From February 20 through March 11, Global Forest Watch detected 3,101 "high confidence" fire alerts on the island of Sumatra using NASA's Active Fire Data. That exceeds the 2,643 high-confidence fire alerts detected from June 13 – June 30, at the peak of the previous fires and haze crisis.
The charts below show the distribution of fire alerts in the region (Figure 1) as well as the pattern of fire alerts since January 2013 for all of Sumatra (Figure 2).
The fact that the fires are now even more prevalent than in June 2013 is of great concern, especially given the steps that Indonesian and other governments have taken to try and contain the problem since then. Plus, these fires are burning at an unusual time—almost no fires were seen in Indonesia during the same period in 2013. This latest crisis is clearly linked to the extreme drought now affecting the region, which makes burning easier and increases the likelihood that fires will burn out of control.
Interestingly, media coverage of the recent fires has been less than June 2013 due to the fact that wind patterns have directed the smoke and haze away from urban centers like Singapore and towards more rural areas in Sumatra.
2. Where Are the Fires?
As in June 2013, the majority of the fire alerts are concentrated in the Indonesian province of Riau, on the island of Sumatra. A remarkable 87 percent of the fire alerts across Sumatra for March 4-11 are in Riau Province. See the animation below showing areas of highest fires density within Riau over the last twelve days, as well as graphics on where fires occur in concession areas (Figures 3, 4 and 5).
Furthermore, roughly half of the fire alerts in Sumatra fall within land managed by palm oil, pulpwood, and logging concessions, according to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (Figure 4). Additionally, some of the largest fires appear to be burning across the concessions of several major companies (Figure 5).
A list of companies operating on the affected areas is available at the end of this post. Closer investigation by Indonesian authorities on the ground is needed before drawing definitive conclusions about whether any companies have broken laws regulating the use of burning.
3. Why Does the Fires Problem Persist?
This week's crisis is just the latest in a long line of fires episodes impacting Indonesia and surrounding countries. But while we can determine the extent of the fires and where they are happening, there's still a lot we don't know.
For one, Indonesia's government fails to release the most timely, updated information on where oil palm, pulpwood, and logging companies are operating. While Global Forest Watch contains the latest available concession data, there are information gaps and issues with the accuracy of these maps.
Sharing of the latest concession boundaries and land ownership could foster better coordination between government agencies trying to tackle the fires, improved enforcement across the region, and ultimately, greater accountability for companies and relevant government agencies.
Second, further investigation on the ground is an urgent priority, including in-depth research and surveying to better understand the proportion of burning done by large companies versus medium-sized operations or smallholders. Certainly, poor farmers lack alternatives to the use of fire when clearing their land. They may also use fire to deliberately damage or claim land controlled by larger companies. Such land conflict is common across Indonesia. Governments, as well as independent research organizations, need quickly to invest more to understand the causes of the fires and better design programs for fire prevention.
That said, progress is being made. The governments of Indonesia and Singapore, as well as the wider ASEAN grouping, are taking efforts to reduce the risk of fires. Fire detection and combat efforts have been stepped up, and Indonesian law enforcement has made a significant number of arrests. Singapore is even proposing a path-breaking new law that would allow it to levy fines on companies—foreign or domestic—that cause transboundary haze that impacts the country. Governments of the ASEAN community agreed in October to collaborate and share data on fires and land use, though unfortunately this information will not be made public. And further, many companies have publicly announced "no burn" policies, and are investing in their own fire monitoring and control systems.
But as the unprecedented number of fire alerts in Indonesia shows us, these efforts are falling far short of what's needed to curb the crisis. The fate of Indonesia's forests, regional air quality and public health—and the people and wildlife who rely on those forests—depends on better law enforcement, more transparent information, improved coordination between government agencies, and enhanced corporate responsibility.
A list of companies operating on the affected areas is available below (Figure 6).
LEARN MORE: For more WRI analysis on Indonesia's fires, check out our blog series.
WRI used NASA's Active Fire Data to determine the likely location of fires on the ground. This system uses the NASA MODIS satellites that survey the entire earth every 1-2 days. The sensors on these satellites detect the heat signatures of fires within the infrared spectral band. When the satellite imagery is processed, an algorithm searches for fire-like signatures. When a fire is detected, the system indicates the 1 km2 where the fire occurred with an "alert." The system will nearly always detect fires of 1,000 m2 in size, but under ideal conditions, can detect flaming fires as small as 50 m2. Since each satellite passes over the equator twice a day, these alerts can be provided in near-real time. Fire alerts are posted on the NASA FIRMS website within 3 hours of detection by the satellite.
The accuracy of fire detection has improved greatly since fire detection systems were first developed for the MODIS satellites. Today, the rate of false positives is 1/10 to 1/1000 what it was under earlier systems first developed in the early 2000s. The algorithm used to detect fires includes steps to eliminate sources of false positives from sun glint, water glint, hot desert environments and others. When the system does not have enough information to detect a fire conclusively, the fire alert is discarded. In general, night observations have higher accuracy than daytime observations. Desert ecosystems have the highest rate of false positives. Many papers have been published to validate the NASA MODIS active fire alerts for use in various applications. WRI is employing a recommendation for detecting forest clearing fires (described in Morton and Defries, 2008), identifying fires with a Brightness value ≥330 Kelvin and a Confidence value ≥ 30% to indicate fires that have a high confidence for being forest-clearing fires. Low confidence fires are lower intensity fires that could either be from non-forest-clearing fire activity (clearing fields or grass burning), or could be older fires that have decreased in intensity (smoldering rather than flaming fires). The use of this classification establishes a higher standard for fire detection than using all fire alerts equally.
Sources: NASA FIRMS FAQ Morton, D., R. DeFries, J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, W. Schroeder, and G. van der Werf. 2008. Agricultural intensification increases deforestation fire activity in Amazonia. Global Change Biology 14:2262-2276.
Interesting read…its' been
Interesting read…its' been another horrific smoke/haze event (significant rainfall returned on 16 March) for the people who live in Riau. This article, as in the past, appears quite biased against the large companies, even though a majority (51%) of the fires are occurring on community land. WRI does not clearly account for the issue of illegal community encroachment of concession land (on average about 20%++ of all land in concessions have illegal encroachers) or the spread of fires from outside a concession to inside a concession, and how this confounds the hotspots WRI is counting on concession land.
It is misleading to state "...these fires are burning at an unusual time..." I lived in Riau for 10-years. It's well documented that dry season occurs every year at this time (February to mid-March) …its known as the "NE monsoon season" and you even link to it in another article. The NE Monsoon season results in dry weather in Sumatra with very strong winds from the sea, complicating fire control efforts. The Sumatra people prepare for it (by cutting vegetation in Nov - Jan) and plan to do burning at this time every year…the intensity /severity of the fires varies with the length of the dry period, which is clearly severe this year, but within the normal dates of occurrence.
WRI refers to "steps" taken by the Indonesian and other governments to contain the problem since last June...like what? The link is to another prophetic announcement just this month that Indonesia will ratify the 4-year old ASEAN TBHA, but this certainly not happen until after the parliamentary elections on 9 April...and perhaps highly unlikely with a new bunch of politicians in office, that will want to get their share of the pie. Other than government officials requesting companies to report how many water pumps they have, and to attend the provincial 'Apel Siaga' parade to show how ready they are, Indonesian provinces are no better off today to respond to fires that they were 10 years ago. The reason, 'too little to late'...flying a Kamov helicopter around in the smoke to chase after a hotspot 6-8 weeks after the fires have started is hardly an effective rapid response system. And certainly, there has been no/little change in how land is cleared in Sumatra by communities or SME's, other than by slash-n-burn techniques. Excavators are still expensive to rent/use and that is why only the large companies use them for land-clearing.
It would be worthwhile for WRI to analyze all the hotspot data they have access to over subsequent years and not just only focus on the current fire/haze event. Careful analysis may show that some areas burn repeatedly almost every time there is a long dry period during the two dry seasons per year that occur (Feb-Mar or June - Sept). This would indicate unmanaged land, and probably not in a concession, such as near Dumai, Riau or Teso Nilo National Park. Additional analysis would show that places where company plantations are established (usually about 50 - 60% of an acacia concession, legal maximum is 70%), are not burning, except of course if those areas have recently been harvested or just recently planted (equally flammable) in the past year, such as in an acacia pulpwood plantation which is harvested once every 5 years. Only looking at concession boundaries is not enough. Current (within one month to identify activities) satellite imagery of existing vegetation would be useful. Many fires in large concessions occur in the conservation zones (remaining natural forest) of concessions where communities are illegally claiming land by slashing and burning the natural forest.
Criticizing communities, the populace, and local (Regency) government officials is not as popular or easy as criticizing the large companies that WRI lists in this article, and there are certainly some companies (usually small- to medium-size enterprises) that hire people to clear the land the cheapest way possible. But until these discussions on the complexity of the situation really come to the forefront, Riau should stock-up on more N95 filter masks to be available for the next dry season.
I am available to assist WRI to gather data and review the information during the next smoke/haze event...let's say August/September 2014?
I note that WRI has not
I note that WRI has not commented in the past on biochar. It would be good to hear their policy statement on this. Creating economic value for the biomass currently being burnt may be a solution. I have discussed how to do this in the past (http://sea-biochar.blogspot.com/2013/07/haze-slash-and-palm-oil-plantati...) but with no feed-back.
An even simpler and cheaper biochar production system is demonstrated here...
I note that WRI has not
I note that WRI has not commented in the past on biochar. It would be good to hear their policy statement on this subject. Creating economic value for the biomass currently being burnt may be a solution. I have discussed how to do this in the past (http://sea-biochar.blogspot.com/2013/07/haze-slash-and-palm-oil-plantati...) but with no feed-back.
An even simpler and cheaper biochar production system is demonstrated here...


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I'm a Formula 1 NUT, Ferrari has always been my team, and I love all things Italian + automotive.
This one came out GREAT!!!! I used vinyl for the main cut, then masked with contact paper. All cut by hand, as always. Pics of steps below.
The green was dyed with a mix of Kelly Green dye concentrate, a little acetone, and corn starch. This creates a thick, gooey, workable dye paste that stays put. I left it on for a few hours.
The colors are more vibrant in person(as always). The green looks blue-ish in the pics, but clearly green on sight. The clear/ white parts of the disc look yellow-ish, but that's the plastic, it's impossible to tell that they were masked the whole way.
These are the discs I've dyed so far from my Discraft misprint deal. I've only thrown the Buzzz, the screaming hand is for my bassist, and I'm not sure if I'm gonna keep this Ferrari disc or give it to my brother. (he likes a Reaper for tomahawk shots, I think this Flick may work for him.)
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UK Screening of West End's FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Set for Today
The movie theater presentation of recent West End screen-to-stage musical FROM HERE TO ETERNITY kicks off in the UK today.
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- Maher Jair Ortega-Estevez, 29, male, 9/25/84, 588 Trace Cir., Apt. 202, Deerfield Beach
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a 29-year-old church leader for molesting a 9-year-old girl in his congregation. Special Victims Unit investigators are looking for additional victims.
Maher Jair Ortega-Estevez, 29, was arrested on October 29 for molesting a young girl in his home at 588 Trace Cir., Apt. 202, Deerfield Beach. Ortega-Estevez was a volunteer leader at the Assembly of God Bethlehem Ministry and led the church's Hollywood congregation located at 501 S. 21 Ave., Hollywood. The suspect invited the victim and her family to his Deerfield Beach home on October 6; during that visit Ortega-Estevez fondled the 9-year-old girl in his bedroom.
The victim reported the abuse to her parents and they notified the police. BSO arrested Ortega-Estevez at his residence in Deerfield Beach. He was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation.
BSO detectives believe there may be more victims. Anyone with information can call BSO Sex Crimes Detective Michele McCardle at (954) 321-4261 or report anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org. The public is also reminded to call Florida's child abuse hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE to report the abuse or neglect of a child.
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Tips on how to make your Christmas indoor plants last into the new year with a little TLC - plus, find out what else needs doing in the garden this week.
By Hannah Stephenson
The poinsettia looked fantastic in the garden centre, its healthy red bracts providing some festive cheer.
But once you got it home, it only took a few days for the leaves to wilt and no amount of watering would bring them back.
I've heard this scenario so many times and it's not just poinsettias which can prove so disappointing during the Christmas period.
Forced hyacinths have been known to have stunted growth or just topple over, cyclamen fade and die before they've had a chance to flourish, while the flowers of orchids may be over before they've had a real chance to bloom, particularly if you over-water them.
Just be aware that many classic Christmas plants flourish outdoors and don't like warm rooms, draughts, radiators or lack of light.
As a rule, plants including cyclamen, pot chrysanthemums, Christmas cacti and indoor azaleas are happiest in a cool room such as a chilly hallway or even out on a porch where there is little or no heating.
They all like regular watering so their compost doesn't dry out, but they don't like being over-watered.
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) you buy from the garden centre are likely to have been given artificial conditions to thrive at Christmas, such as special lighting and blackout blinds, as in the UK they would naturally flower at around Easter, when days and nights are of equal length.
They need comfortable, warm room temperatures of 18-24C (64-75F) and hate draughts so don't place them in the hall or near a door where the draught comes through.
Poinsettias like bright filtered light but not direct sunshine, which can damage them. Wait until the leaves just show signs of wilting, then give the compost a good soak, but don't let plants stand in water.
Christmas cacti seem to do best if you neglect them, watering them sparingly from the bottom maybe once a week, but don't let the roots sit in water.
These plants also don't like being moved so if they're on a windowsill, don't turn them around or move them to another room if they're in bud because those buds are likely to fall off if the plants are given a change of scenery.
The only plant which can take plenty of water is the indoor azalea, which can be watered every day so that the rootball remains moist. Sit the pot in a bowl of water for a few minutes, then tip the excess away.
It's ericaceous (lime-hating) so give it soft water, if you can. It likes bright light but not direct sunlight.
After flowering, and once all danger of frost has passed, azaleas can be repotted in ericaceous compost before placing outdoors in a shady spot for summer, but you will need to keep watering them regularly and give them a liquid feed formulated for lime-hating plants and they should survive. They'll need bringing back into the house before the first autumn frosts.
Other plants which will provide some festive cheer but do need cool conditions include cineraria and calceolaria, although you can place them in shady corners to brighten the scene temporarily, as these will be the plants that you'll throw away once they've finished flowering, unlike some of the longer-term houseplants.
Forced bulbs, including hyacinths and narcissi, are among my favourite plants at Christmas and beyond, providing delicious scent and striking colour to any room in the house.
If you've forced your own hyacinths, you should move them inside as soon as the buds are showing their true colour.
Things go wrong if you bring them in too soon, which will result in flowers on stunted stems which are dwarfed by the foliage.
Keep forced bulbs in a cool room with plenty of light, away from radiators or other direct heat, with minimal watering, and they should see you through the festive season but don't expect them to last too long.
If you've bought forced bulbs from a shop, once flowering is over you can throw them away as they won't transfer well to the garden.
BEST OF THE BUNCH - Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
This colourful winter gem produces a splash of yellow blooms from November to late February and will thrive against a north-facing wall, or with its lanky branches trailing over a bank or trained up a trellis, as the stems can reach 10ft or more.
It's easy to grow, thriving in virtually any garden soil, and the flowers arrive before the leaves. It can be easily propagated by layering shoots in the autumn or planting 3in cuttings in a cold frame in summer.
Old branches can be thinned out in spring, while side shoots which have flowered can be cut back.
Good enough to eat - Forcing chicory
Chicory has become increasingly popular as a winter salad leaf and adds a sharp taste to any green ensemble as it's slightly more bitter than lettuce. ]
It's normally harvested from summer to autumn but if you force chicory you can have fresh leaves in winter, too.
Lift the roots grown for forcing, taking three or four roots, trimming the leaves just above the crown and the roots at the bottom, so they will fit into a 20-25cm (8-10in) pot of garden soil with the crowns just visible.
Cover the roots with a pot of the same size but with holes blacked out. Keep the whole thing slightly moist in an airing cupboard. In three to four weeks, the heads of the blanched leaves should be ready to eat.
Three ways to... Protect patio plants
1. Lag outdoor pots of permanent plants with bubble wrap or hessian before persistent cold weather freezes the soil within the pots. If the compost freezes, the moisture turns to ice and the plants will die of lack of water.
2. Stand containers of spring-flowering bulbs in a sheltered spot close to the house on pot feet, so persistent rain doesn't rot the bulbs.
3. If you have emptied your pots, give them a good clean with disinfectant and put them in the shed, to stop any spores or bacteria over-wintering and affecting plants you pot up next year.
What to do this week
:: If any of your pansies have the fungal disease pansy sickness, in which the whole plant turns yellow and dies off, dispose of the plants and the soil, if they are in pots, as the disease is carried in the soil.
:: Prune birch and acers while they are dormant to stop the wounds bleeding sap and weakening the plant.
:: Shred the prunings from ornamental plants and fruit trees and bushes. Use the shreddings as a mulch on flower beds.
:: Bring bay trees grown in pots indoors or move them to a sheltered position if really cold weather is forecast.
:: Continue to harvest Brussels sprouts, parsnips and leeks.
:: Plan any landscaping jobs which you are going to undertake next year.
:: If soil is workable, continue winter digging.
:: Keep off the lawn when it's frosty
:: Fork over vacant ground to reduce the chance of pests.
:: Check on stored fruit and veg, discarding any showing signs of rotting
:: Prevent the pond from freezing over by floating a tennis ball on the surface or melting a hole by standing a hot saucepan on it for a few minutes, to allow an air hole for fish to breathe.


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If dolphins are mammals and all mammals have hair, why aren't dolphins hairy?
When it comes to being mammal, dolphins fit the bill in all respects: they give birth to live young and nurse them, they're warm-blooded, they've got lungs and breathe air (they're also descendants of terrestrial mammals from the Cetartiodactyla clade, which also includes pigs, cows, hippos and camels, among others, and left life on land some 50 million years ago). If you've gotten to pet one at an aquarium, though, you've noticed that dolphins lack the one thing all other mammals have: hair.
What gives? How come they get to be in the mammal club?
Well kids, get ready for this. Dolphins are born with mustaches.
Yes, mustaches. (It's a fact that Gillette has yet to exploit). Now, I'm not talking about a full-blown Fu Manchu or even a decent handlebar, but a rim of short hairs around their rostrum (their snout). The "˜stache helps newborn dolphins locate and feel their mother for the first few days of nursing and falls off after a week or so because of a natural depilatory process.
Rest assured that I am searching for pictures of a dolphin in all its mustachioed glory and will post them when I get my hands on them.
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Regardless of the commodity, some growers just don't think it's worth the time and trouble to enter the organic arena. That's not the case for J&R Orchards when it comes to figs.
"We've been in as long as I can remember," said Chris DeBenedetto, marketing director of the family-owned company in Chowchilla, Calif.
"As a grower, figs are one crop you never spray, so the difference in how you handle ground cover is the biggest difference between conventional and organic."
DeBenedetto said there are other requirements for organics regarding fertilizers and water, but his family has found that the premium prices organic fresh figs command make up for increased production costs.
He said most of the additional cost for their 200 acres of organic figs is related to labor to use weed trimmers instead of herbicides for weed control.
"We have been seeing demand for organic increase steadily, so we are transitioning another 100 acres," DeBenedetto said. "They will be producing organic figs next year."
The trees J&R is transitioning to organic are about 20 years old and have been in mature production mode for well more than a decade, DeBenedetto said.
Another fig operation that is seeing increasing organic demand is Stellar Distributing, Madera, Calif.
Sales manager Kurt Cappelluti said Stellar has all of its varieties available in organic. It's not a huge portion of Stellar's business, accounting for about 150 acres compared to thousands of conventional figs. However, salesman Brian Lapin said the demand has been consistent and is slowly increasing.
Karla Stockli, chief executive officer for the California Fig Advisory Board, Fresno, said the growers are doing a good job keeping the supply of organic fresh figs in balance with demand.
Overall acres of organic figs are relatively stagnant in the state as some growers pull out of the deal and others like J&R Orchard adjust their acres upward.
One company that handles only organic fresh figs is Earl's Organic Produce, San Francisco. Fruit buyer Randy Windham said Earl's is receiving more requests for organic figs, but he's not sure if it's more of a reflection of an increasing demand for fresh figs in general or a specific increase in demand for organics.
"Each season is a little different, but we are definitely seeing demand go up. People seem to be more interested and aware of fresh figs each year," Windham said.
About 90% of Earl's customers are retailers in the Bay Area.


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FYI/TMI: Radio Fairness Coalition Formed, Noel Gallagher And Musicians Don't Mix
(In an effort to keep you fully informed, and fully entertained, below we present today's FYI and TMI — news you need and news that's, well, sometimes needless….)
Clear Channel, Pandora Form Internet Radio Fairness Coalition
Radio conglomerate Clear Channel and Internet radio service Pandora are among the founding members of the Internet Radio Fairness Coalition, a group of companies, trade associations and advocacy groups that are advocating for lower webcasting royalty payments for sound recordings. The group derived its name from the Internet Radio Fairness Act of 2012, which was introduced earlier this month. In June and September, Clear Channel announced direct licensing agreements with Big Machine Label Group and Glassnote Records, respectively. On Tuesday at a GRAMMY Foundation event, Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta stressed that his and other private sector deals should encourage, not replace, legislation. "Ultimately, it requires legislation [creating an artist performance right for broadcast radio]," Borchetta noted. "It may take several free market agreements to get to legislation, but I truly hope that it does land with legislation." The Recording Academy opposes the Internet Radio Fairness Act as it would substantially reduce royalty payments to artists previously agreed to by Pandora.
Noel Gallagher: "Musicians Are F***ing Idiots"
When Noel Gallagher advised, "Please don't put your life in the hands/Of a rock and roll band who'll throw it all away," he was serious. According to a recent report, the former Oasis member and current frontman for the High Flying Birds doesn't put his life in the hands of any musicians other than himself. When asked in a recent interview if he'd consider forming a supergroup with other British musicians, the hot-tempered brother of Liam Gallagher replied, "Oh, f*** that. I don't f***ing mix with anybody — British or any other musicians. I tend not to hang out with musicians. You know why? Because they're f***ing idiots." It looks like there won't be an Oasis reunion in the near future. But that's OK, because brother Liam plans to rock pat retirement age. "As long as you look cool, have a good pair of jeans and a good head of hair then crack on with it, man. That's what I'll do," he said in a recent report.


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There's a great disparity between the way coaches advise triathletes to train on the bike in columns such as this one and the way most triathletes actually train on the bike.
The majority of articles on bike training for triathletes focus on higher-intensity workouts such as threshold rides, VO2 max intervals and hill repetitions. The authors of these articles (myself included) are well aware of the fact that, as endurance athletes, triathletes should spend most of their time training at a steady aerobic pace. But this type of training is not quite as interesting to write about as the higher-intensity stuff, so we overemphasize the higher-intensity stuff.
The average age-grouper does few or none of these workouts, however. Indeed, the variable of intensity is not really a variable at all in the training of the average age grouper. Every ride is done at more or less the same effort level. The only factor that distinguishes one workout from the next is duration. "Let's see: Should I do my 45-minute loop, my one-hour loop or my 90-minute loop today?" Oh yes, I'm on to you!
We triathlon coaches must not fool ourselves. The average age-grouper's willful avoidance of intensity manipulation in bike training is not the result of lack of information. You folks read our articles. It's really a matter of sheer stubbornness.
These fancy high-intensity workouts seem to require that you do all kinds of logistical preparation, find the perfect training environment (your favorite one-hour loop surely will not do) and control and monitor your power output, heart rate, speed, cadence, interval distances and split times with scientific precision.
You figure you get 90 percent as much fitness benefit from noodling through your favorite one-hour loop at a steady, moderate effort level time and time again as you would get from throwing some fancy high-intensity workouts into the mix. You reckon that the hassle you spare yourself by not doing these workouts is worth more to you than 10 percent greater fitness.
So you keep doing your loops.
I would like to propose a compromise. Your bike training does not have to be all or nothing—your way or the coaches' way. With just a little mental effort you can easily incorporate some valuable high-intensity training into the same old routes you ride two or three times per week.
By making this small effort you will get a significant boost in cycling fitness without adding any extra logistical stress or planning hassle to your routine. Here are four specific workouts to try:
1. One-hour Loop With Threshold Work
Threshold intensity is more or less your 40K time-trial effort level. Training at this intensity will improve your performance not just in triathlons featuring a 40K bike leg but also in triathlons of every distance because it produces physiological adaptations that generally improve your capacity to sustain hard efforts.
To turn a one-hour loop into a threshold workout, just throw in one or two blocks of riding at your known or estimated 40K time-trial power level/speed. Don't worry about the effect of turns, winds and hills on your speed. Just maintain a consistent effort level.
Be sure to begin the workout with at least 10 minutes of easy spinning to warm up. Beginners should do no more than 10 or 12 minutes of threshold riding in their first session. If you're fit and competitive, you can build up to 2 x 20 minutes, or 40 minutes straight. (Note that doing a given amount of threshold riding in two equal blocks instead of one block is always a little easier.)
As you gain fitness, your threshold power level/speed will gradually increase. Allow this to happen automatically, rather than forcing it, by always riding at the same subjective effort level.
2. One-hour Loop With VO2 Max Work
VO2 max intensity is approximately the highest work level you can sustain for 10 minutes. Training at this intensity produces big gains in aerobic capacity and fatigue resistance at very high effort levels.
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While many Hawkeye fans will have their eyes on the spring scrimmage at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, just down the street, the Iowa Barnstormers AAU program will be hosting their annual Spring Fling at the Fieldhouse. The tournament will once again feature AAU teams from across the Midwest.
"We have teams from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota coming in for the tournament this weekend," said Barnstormers Co-Director Jamie Johnson. "We don't have the higher end kids in the older group of kids that we did last year when we had a good team from Indiana Elite, Josh Oglseby and Jared Uthoff, but our younger teams have some kids that have a chance to be high major recruits in the next few years. This will be a good chance to see some kids that people will be talking about in the near future."
The Spring Fling gets underway on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. with games running all day. The last games of the day will tip at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday with bracket play resuming on Sunday morning at the Fieldhouse in Iowa City.
Admission to the event is $6 for adults and $5 for students. If you plan on attending both days, the cost is $10 for adults and $8 for students. A concession stand will be on site serving food and drinks for those attending the event.
The tournament features play in the 15,16, and 17 year old age brackets with 38 teams participating this year.
The Barnstormers have several players that Iowa fans will be interested in watching, starting with their 16 year old group. That team features Iowa City West players Jeremy Morgan and Dondre Alexander. Morgan is a 6-foot-5 wing player and he is the son of former Hawkeye player Michael Morgan. Another player to watch on their squad is 6-foot-3 point guard Domen Zevnik, who recently moved to the area and is attending Dubuque Senior High School.
"Domen played at a prep school in Florida and moved recently to the area. He was one of the sleeper prospects at a recent AAU event. He is a combo guard who can handle the ball," Johnson said.
The 15's group for the Barnstormers also features some possible high major prospects that could eventually land on Iowa's radar. Some of the players to watch include Kyle Haber, a 6-foot-5 combo guard from Dubuque, Casey Schlatter, a 6-foot-7 forward from Iowa Falls, Matt Nelson, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Cedar Rapids Xavier, and Seth Bonifas, a 6-foot-9 power forward from Dubuque.
"All those guys are getting some early attention from coaches, especially Haber and Schlatter. Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, and Wisconsin have checked in on all or some of those kids," he said.
The 15's team also includes Wyatt Lohaus, the son of former Hawkeye Brad Lohaus.
The Barnstormers aren't the only Iowa based AAU team involved in the tournament. Former Hawks Duez Henderson and Jason Price lead the Iowa Pump and Run team that features Danville preps Michael and Steven Soukup. The 6-foot-4 wing players are getting some recruiting attention. On the Pump and Run 15's team, they feature Jalen Jones, a 6-foot-5 player from Clinton, IA that the Hawkeye coaches were impressed by in one of their summer camps.
Johnson said he has yet to receive a roster from the Wisconsin Swing, one of the top AAU teams in the state of Wisconsin. One of the expected prospects in town is 6-foot-9 forward Luke Fischer, who is expected to make an unofficial visit with the Iowa coaches while he is in town.
One last prospect worth checking out is 2012 wing Junior Lomomba from Wisconsin. He will be playing with the Wisconsin Force. He held an offer from Iowa under the previous staff and visited Iowa City in the past.
The action gets underway on Saturday morning, so stop on by if you are in Iowa City and enjoy some great prep basketball action at the Fieldhouse.


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I found this wooden Planters Peanut car at a yard sale last weekend. I have tried to do some research on it, but have had very little success. I have found a few on ebay, but each gives a different story as to the history. The man who sold it said it was on garage shelf for at least 15 years because he bought aquired it when his now grown son was a young boy. I liked it not necessarily because it was a Planters Peanut, but more so because it was different, caked in dust, and looked as though it could use some tender love and care. It needs some cleaning and care, but I was curious as to the history and value. Can you help?


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The NCAA is taking the next step to ensure that illegal hits and reckless tackles are removed from college football.
Their hope is to eliminate the type of hits that could potentially end a players career, like what happened to Rutgers' Eric LeGrand.
In October of 2010, LeGrand, a defensive tackle for Rutgers, suffered severe spinal injuries that would render him paralyzed from the neck down during a collision on special teams coverage against Army.
During ACC media day on Sunday, an officiating supervisor was overheard stating that under the new rules, South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney would be ejected for the hit he put on Michigan's Vincent Smith in the Outback Bowl.
But LeGrand, no longer able walk, let alone play the game of football, does not agree at all.
There's no way #clowneyhit is illegal. Take it from a guy who broke his neck— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) July 23, 2013
Don't punish players for hitting too hard, punish them for not doing it properly. Vincent Smith may have a bruised ego, but at least he can still play the game he loves.
The same cannot be said for Eric LeGrand.


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If you have not yet considered eventual retirement as a part of your overall career management, I encourage you to start now. We all know that the economy and job market have become seriously more challenging over the past several years. What you might not have thought enough about is whether you need to revamp your career management planning in light of the need to cover your retirement years. While I tend to be an optimi...
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Professional networking isn't for amateurs. Or the faint of heart. In fact, if mismanaged, your professional networking efforts may actually hinder, rather than advance, your career. People are often unaware that they are making job search networking mistakes and that's assuming they even know such mistakes are possible. You can engage in various levels of professional networking. The least complicated way requires...
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Helping Vulnerable Americans Put Dinner on the Table, the SNAP Program Needs Citizen Support
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UPDATE: The Senate Agriculture Committee passed the Farm Bill on April 26, and it will next go to the Senate floor. Amendments will be offered at that time that would make deep cuts to the SNAP program. Now is a critical time for Senators to hear from constituents about the importance of SNAP.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has released draft language for the 2012 Farm Bill, which it will begin "marking-up" in a hearing this Wednesday. This bill, typically passed every five years, sets national policy and funding direction for agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry programs.
Compared to the budget legislation moved by the House Agriculture Committee, this is a far more reasonable and balanced bill, with budget savings achieved through cuts to both farm subsidies and nutrition programs. By contrast, the House committee bill would impose $36 billion in cuts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the program formerly known as food stamps, while leaving farm subsidies untouched. These SNAP cuts would remove about 2 million low-income individuals from the program immediately, and cut already modest benefits to all remaining recipients.
However, the stark contrast with the House bill should not obscure the fact that the Senate committee bill would also impose real cuts on the SNAP program. In particular, it would reduce states' ability to coordinate SNAP with the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), through so-called "Heat and Eat" policies. FRAC estimates that eliminating the "Heat and Eat" programs would reduce SNAP benefits by up to $4 billion over 10 years, and would particularly affect households with elderly and disabled family members, who would otherwise receive minimal SNAP benefits. The bill would also make recent cuts to federal funding for employment and training services for SNAP recipients permanent.
It is deeply worrisome that SNAP, which is proven effective in reducing poverty and improving health, is facing these threats while the economy is still recovering from the recession. Unlike big agriculture, low-income individuals and families who receive SNAP benefits do not have deep pockets to hire lobbyists and donate to politicians. Historically, the agriculture sector has supported the SNAP program because they understand that it is good for business when consumers can afford to buy food. But in the current political and budgetary climate, farm subsidies and nutrition programs are pitted against each other. We know who will stand up to speak for the agriculture industry. That's why it's critical that citizens show urgently needed support for the SNAP program.
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I was watching this weeks episode of Tekzilla and their "website of the week" is Ikea Hacker. I admit I am a bit of an Ikea junkie and i've been to the Ikea Hacker site before. Today I clicked over today to see what crazy things people are creating and I came across Wiretap's (a user name) headphone stand.
I just built a headphone stand out of miscellaneous Ikea parts.. lol. It's so solid you could probably kill someone with it. Everything is that stainless steel stuff. It all cost me about $15 to $20 max to build. (some of the stuff I found in the 'returned items and clearance' section). – hardforum.com
I use something similar to K&M's 18957 headphone holder which is basically just a hook. However, the one I have clips onto my mic stand.
Does anyone know if wireless headphones lived up to their expectations? It would be nice to get rid of the headphone wire in particular. Remember that in any place your going to be sitting for eight hours ergonomics is important. A $5 hook can save you from a little pain.
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WORCESTERSHIRE'S fire service has given its support to this week's UK Road Safety Week which is targeting four main groups of road users with the slogan Be Safe Out There.
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service have joined fire services from across the county to deliver messages to promote the issues facing cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians and young drivers.
Ade Elliott, Group Commander of the county's service, said the service works closely with other agencies to promote road safety throughout the year.
"Fire crews attend many road traffic collisions across the two counties and similar to other Fire and Rescue Services, we tend to get called to the more serious incidents, so road safety always sits high on our agenda," he said.
"Deaths and injuries on the road affect not just the individual – the lives of families can be destroyed by losing a loved one, or changed forever by having to care for a family member with life-changing injuries.
"UK Road Safety Week gives us another opportunity to highlight road safety, and we hope motorists will heed these messages."
Mr Elliott urged road users to Be Safe Out There and to take note of the key messages of the safety week.
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As an entertainment litigator, Robert Jacobs '92 enjoys being a problem solver. "It's the challenge of helping a client confront a problem and hopefully reach a resolution that's satisfactory, both legally and business wise," he said.
A partner in the New York office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Jacobs says that litigation is very exciting. Every case presents a new challenge while giving him an opportunity to learn even more about the business. He has provided counsel to many giants in the music industry such as Atlantic Records, J Records, Warner Bros. Records and EMI Music publishing on a gamut of issues from breach of contract to copyright infringement, involving icons from Dionne Warwick to a member of the band KISS.
Litigation has elevated his career beyond entertainment, including a stint serving as Assistant Special Counsel to the Select Committee of Inquiry of the Connecticut House of Representatives in the impeachment of former Governor John Rowland, which Jacobs called "one of the greatest professional experiences that only comes along once in a lifetime." Raised in Los Angeles, Jacobs' first job after Southwestern took him to New York, where he served as a law clerk in the U.S. Court of International Trade and fell in love with the city. He initially developed an interest in entertainment law when he was a student in Professor Robert Lind's copyright class. "The focus at Southwestern prepared me for the profession," he said. "The faculty were so approachable and truly cared. Professors Lind and [Lawrence] Sullivan embodied that."
Jacobs also credits the impact of his post as editor-in-chief of the Southwestern University Law Review (1991-1992) as an integral part of his preparation for the legal profession. "When you're in charge of putting together a book and choosing the content and working with a staff and a team of editors, you learn a lot about the level of attention you need to give to everything you work on. The team aspect was also a great lesson because you don't practice law in a vacuum. You're always working with others."


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Love books! Classics and lighter fiction, mysteries (not too violent please :-). And selective non-fiction--whatever takes my fancy.
"Very good Brit Mystery!"
First, let me say what I loved best about this book: the narrator! Michael Tudor Barnes read this book at a perfect pace, with good voices for the different characters. I feel that many narrators read maddeningly slowly-- slower than most people speak in conversation, often making it frustrating to listen. MTB was very good, hitting just the right listening speed. Beyond that, his voice quality and tone perfectly hit what sounded like [my idea of] the quintessential british mystery reading-voice, deep, resonant and having that lovely accent! I have already put a couple of other books he has narrated on my wish list here.
The book itself is also very good. I listened for a long time, convinced I knew the solution, thinking it would be a ho-hum read. It was not. The book starts moving faster as the end approaches, and takes a few very unexpected turns which made it a very satisfying read.
This was the first book by Betty Rowlands I have ever read. It is the story of Constable Sukey Reynolds, and I gather that there are more than currently available in audio version. So sad. This story was quite well-written. In this episode, Sukey is new to this police team, but not to policing as a career. I don't know some of the details, not having read previous books, but one character from her former position was worked into the book to help explain her background and how she made the move to the new team.
The story has the theme of a Professor Lamont, who is seeking to help someone decide the authenticity of a possible document by St. Paul. But of course, his life is far more complicated than that--leaving him appearing to be the best suspect for the inevitable murder that occurs. Sukey tries to walk a fine line between being observant of her new superior's dictates vs. following her own ideas of where the truth might lie. And the rest is all that makes the book interesting. I found it quite good. There is just something about British mysteries that I particularly like, and this one certainly did not disappoint.
"first class"
great mystery. well told and very well presented. I hope this becomes a series.
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Study of Once Daily Elvucitabine Versus Lamivudine in Subjects With a Documented M184V Mutation (Resistance)
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HIV-1 infected patients receiving long-term therapy with lamivudine or emtricitabine (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [NRTIs]) are at risk for the development of a mutation at position M184 on the HIV reverse transcriptase gene. This mutation confers resistance to both drugs (> 100 fold increase in IC50).
In-vitro studies with elvucitabine have shown that HIV-1 isolates with the M184V mutation show only a 10-fold increase in IC50 as compared to wild type HIV-1. Achillion Pharmaceutical's intention is to demonstrate that 10 mg of elvucitabine, administered once per day for 14 days with continued background anti-HIV-1 medications, will demonstrate a fall in HIV-1 RNA plasma levels, as compared to baseline. The data from this study will guide dosing in future long-term studies in HIV-1 infected patients with the M184V mutation.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: elvucitabine Drug: Lamivudine
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A 14 Day Randomized, Double Blind, Study of Once Daily Elvucitabine Versus Lamivudine in Subjects With a Documented M184V Mutation
- Reduction in viral load [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
- safety [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: A
Drug: elvucitabine
Elvucitabine 10 mg QD for 14days
|Active Comparator: B
Drug: Lamivudine
Lamivudine 300 mg QD for 14 days
Detailed Description:
Protocol Title: A 14-Day, Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative Viral Kinetic Study of Elvucitabine Versus Lamivudine Administered Once Daily to HIV-1 Infected Subjects With a Documented M184V Variant Protocol Number: ACH443-014A Clinical Phase: 2a Primary Objectives: • To assess the viral kinetics of 10 mg of elvucitabine administered once daily (QD) for 14 days in combination with background antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected subjects with a documented M184V variant
- To demonstrate the antiviral activity of 10 mg of elvucitabine administered QD for 14 days in combination with background antiretroviral therapy as compared with lamivudine in combination with background antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected subjects with a documented M184V variant
- To assess the safety of elvucitabine therapy in HIV-1 infected subjects with a documented M184V variant Number of Subjects: 20 Number of Study Centers: Multi-center study Study Population: HIV-1 infected subjects who are presently failing an antiretroviral therapy regimen containing lamivudine or emtricitabine, genotypically demonstrate a MI84V variant, and have an HIV RNA plasma level ≥ 2,000 and ≤ 150,000 copies/mL. Study Design: HIV-1 infected subjects, with a documented M184V variant, will be randomized to receive elvucitabine 10 mg QD or lamivudine 300 mg QD for 14 days. Subjects must be receiving a stable antiretroviral regimen (defined as no change in antiretroviral therapy for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization) that includes lamivudine or emtricitabine. At 72 hours prior to randomization, only lamivudine or emtricitabine will be stopped for washout; subjects will continue to receive the other drugs in their prescribed regimen (background antiretroviral therapy) during the 72-hour washout period. Subjects will then be randomized to receive blinded elvucitabine or lamivudine in a 1:1 ratio and continue to receive their prescribed background antiretroviral therapy for 14 days on an outpatient basis. Subjects will be followed for an additional 14 days post-treatment for safety, unless they enroll into the ACH443-018 extension study where they will continue to be treated and followed for safety.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinically stable HIV-1 infected patients
- Ages > 18 and < 65 years
- Documented M184V mutation
- CD4 cell count > 100 cells/mL
- Plasma HIV-1 RNA levels > 5000 and < 150,000 copies/mL
- Currently receiving lamivudine or emtricitabine
- Other hematologic and metabolic parameters must be met.
- Provide written informed consent
- Other inclusion criteria apply.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hepatitis B antigen positive
- HIV-1 genotype positive for more than or equal to 4 protease mutations
- HIV-1 genotype positive for more than or equal to 2 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) mutations
- Previous therapy with cytotoxic or myelosuppressive drugs in the past 3 months
- Evidence or history of cirrhosis
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
- Other exclusion criteria apply.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00312039
|United States, Alabama
|UAB Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, California
|University of California at Davis
|Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
|United States, Florida
|University of Miami School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|Orlando Immunology Center
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
|Olayemi Osiyemi
|West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33401
|United States, Georgia
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
|United States, New York
|Beth Israel Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|United States, Ohio
|University of Cincinnati
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45242
|Principal Investigator:
|Judith Feinberg, MD
|University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, Cincinnati, OH
|Principal Investigator:
|Donna Mildvan, MD
|Beth Israel Medical Center, Infectious Diseases, Baird Hall, NY, NY
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard Pollard, MD
|UC Davis Medical Center, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Sacramento, CA
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Saag, MD
|UAB Medical Center, AIDS Outpatient Clinic, Birmingham, AL
|Principal Investigator:
|Dushyantha Jayaweera, MD
|University of Miami School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Unit, Miami, FL
|Principal Investigator:
|Edwin DeJesus, MD
|Orlando Immunology Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Melanie Thompson, MD
|ACRA Atlanta Georgia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00312039 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 5, 2006
|Last Updated:
|January 20, 2014
Keywords provided by Achillion Pharmaceuticals:
treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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B.C. wildfire season heading for a scorcher
Wildfires in B.C. have already burned up more forest than has usually been lost in recent years, with many weeks of hot, smoky action still expected for firefighting crews.
Fires have burned 166,125 hectares since April 1 – more than the average of 141,000 hectares burned over the previous 10 years. (See interactive chart below)
"It has been quite busy," fire information officer Navi Saini said Tuesday. "The danger ratings we saw for the last two weeks were the highest we'd seen since about 2010, which was the last busy fire season."
In 2010, B.C. lost 337,149 hectares and spent $212 million fighting 1,673 fires.
Evacuation orders were issued for several communities that year.
There have been 652 fires so far this year and 128 of them were considered active as of Tuesday.
The provincial government has so far spent an estimated $80.7 million and more than nine times as much area has already been burned as the 18,259 hectares all of last year.
About 60 per cent of the fires so far have been caused by people – a high proportion – but Saini said that's typical early in the season, because lightning-sparked fires tend to pick up later in the summer.
Cooler weather and rain this week is helping ease the wildfire risk in much of the province, but Saini said a high pressure ridge is expected to rebuild by the weekend, bringing a return to warm, dry conditions.
Thousands of residents were ordered evacuated due to wildfires earlier this month near West Kelowna and Hudson's Hope, where BC Hydro dams that generate much of B.C.'s power were also evacuated but continued to operate.
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We are celebrating. Today is a day of great
importance for all of us. The Lord gives a great
gift to his Church, through the congregation of the
Legionaries of Christ: the priestly ordination of a large
group of young men. We need priests because we need
Christ, the eternal high priest whom God gave us
to save and redeem us.
Christ, Eternal and High Priest
This is the priesthood
that humanity needs, according to the saving plan of
God. Not merely a ritual priesthood, the result of
human invention, which just reminds us of our need for
God; nor the priesthood of Aaron, which, in accord
with the Old Testament, offered animal sacrifices as a
reminder of our condition as sinners and our need of
salvation, but which could not truly renew us or
help us meet God, in whom is the meaning
of our lives. The
priesthood which God has given us is that of
his Son, Jesus Christ, who made an offering of himself
once and for all in perfect love for God
and for men. He conquered death, he destroyed sin, he
began a new creation and a new humanity, making
it the family of God and recapitulating in himself
the entire history of salvation. Thus, he was established
as the one, eternal, high priest, for all time and
for all men; he is the one mediator and
the one savior; he is the one name in which
God has placed the salvation of all of humanity,
of each of us. He is the true man, to
which we must look, so that he can illumine
and fill our lives, so that we may be
transformed and divinized and thus fulfill the entire plan of
God for the history of humanity.
Man's need for Christ, the eternal
high priest Christ is
the man that every person of every time and place
needs to arrive at the truth about God and
himself, and to find happiness and the meaning of
life. He himself said: "I am the way, the truth,
and the life." "I am the light of the
world." "The one who follows me does not walk in
darkness, but has the light of life." Every person
needs to be born anew in him through water and
the Holy Spirit (baptism). In him every person should
be strengthened with the power of the Holy Spirit,
to be able to live as a child of God,
under his guidance. Every person needs to be nourished
by Him, bread of eternal life, so that by
eating him, he may transform us, such that we live
in God and for God; every person needs the
bread of eternal life that is Christ himself who offers
his own life for each of us, because each
of us is called to live from Him, with
Him, and for Him. Each person needs to meet Christ
to be pardoned by him, renewed and recreated to
live according to our dignity as children of God, ready
to show others what we really are, children of
God. Each person needs to meet Christ in order to
listen to and live according to his word, the
word of eternal life. Each person needs Christ, eternal
and high priest, in order to have eternal life. The Catholic Priest, Minister
of Christ and of Man
The Priesthood is Christ's gift in order to make himself
present in the history of each man and woman,
through the sacrament of holy orders. Through ordination, man
is configured to Christ, so that through him Christ can
make himself present in the life of every person,
accompanying them in the way of salvation. The teaching
of the Church tells us that the priest acts in
the person of Christ (in persona Christi).
Through the person of the priest,
Christ, risen and present in the Church and in
the history of humanity, makes his word heard, gives his
life, and renews every man, giving him the Holy
Spirit and bringing him to the fullness of eternal
life. The priest is a servant, a minister, above all
of Christ. For that reason, he should listen to
his word, live in communion with him, be transformed
into him, so that even his way of life is
a revelation of the inner mystery which he bears.
He is also a minister of the community, of his
brothers and sisters, to whom he has to bring
the mystery of Christ: the service of his word,
of his sanctification, the mystery of Christ himself.
The priest can only understand himself
in the mystery of Christ himself: in the mystery
of his love and of his grace. The words of
the Gospel which we just heard find their full
meaning precisely in the life of the priest: he
has been loved by Jesus; he is called to remain
in his love, like the branch united to the
vine, by fidelity to his will; to find in him
his joy; to be a witness of the love
of God with the gift of his own life, according
to the example of Jesus; to live as a
friend of Jesus, listening to what he wants to
tell him. Like this, a priest will bear much fruit.
It is a vocation
that surpasses man, that goes beyond human strength, precisely
because it is a divine reality. But the grace of
the sacrament transforms man and makes him capable of
divine acts. Nothing is impossible for God! The priest,
like the prophet Jeremiah and even more than him,
experiences his own weakness and fragility. That experience is healthy,
if it brings him to the only one who
can give him the grace of fidelity, of love
and total self-giving. Also in this, the priest is a
witness of God, a witness to the power of
divine grace that wants to carry man beyond mere human
and earthly dimensions. The priest is a witness of
the divine grace that envelops the life of man
and transforms it. Without grace, man would walk in shadows,
without a goal, without hope. Modern man, accustomed to
a secular worldview of a purely earthly and transient
life, needs this witness. The Christian perspective that the
priest must awaken and revive is much higher.
The moment that the Legion
is living Dear friends, you are members
of the Legion of Christ, a religious congregation which
has had to confront a particularly difficult moment in its
own history. This history has been marked by sin,
by discouragement, perhaps even dejection and humiliation. You are,
as Saint Paul says, afflicted from every side. But
you have walked. You did not lose heart. You have
persevered in your vocation. You believed in the one
who called you. You believed in grace. You believed
that everything is possible. Your life, your ordination today, is
a witness of grace that continuously pardons, renews, creates
a new heart, comforts, and gives hope and reassurance
with the certainty of divine love. May the eternal
high priest accompany you on your path and may you
worthily represent him before men, and in all the
circumstances of your lives.


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There's nothing better than getting something good in the mail for a change, this came in today.
We put up a light tree yesterday, Israel thinks it's quite fascinating.
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that tree is seriously rad. and the mail received rocks as well. things are looking good!ReplyDelete
Oh my! I love that tree!ReplyDelete
I love the idae of that light tree. it is fascinating and beutifull too!ReplyDelete
- LizzyDecember 07, 2010
Wow what a great tree, takes almost no space at all!ReplyDelete
a no space tree! i'm impressed.ReplyDelete
I need more mail like that!ReplyDelete
I love when I receive some magazine or catalog that I love. And awesome tree, very nice idea : )ReplyDelete
oooh that is good mail, and the tree is genius!ReplyDelete
What a cool tree!!ReplyDelete
Love it! Stephie xReplyDelete
I love your simple holiday decor! Thank you for the inspiration:)ReplyDelete
i love your tree idea. i have zero space for a real tree - this could be the solution. thanks!ReplyDelete
Wow! Loved your tree! So simple yet brilliant! Have a gorgeous day, Kellie xxReplyDelete
Can't get enough of this tree. It's great! xoReplyDelete
The tree is perfect idea for our teeny apt!ReplyDelete
you are so clever~ i love your tree ; )ReplyDelete
I love that light tree. Simply brilliant and beautiful!ReplyDelete
the tree is genious!ReplyDelete
Love the light tree! The white lights on the simple white wall makes a surprisingly big holiday statement - love it!ReplyDelete
what a great idea for the tree! i'll have to try to do that next year. this year we got a small little one that we can plant outside once the season is done.ReplyDelete
Oh that take on a tree is perfect for people like me with limited space. Easy clean up to. And a neat effect. Plus I don't have to worry about any furry animals that might have tagged along in a tree. o_OReplyDelete
I absolutely adore this tree! Very inspirational. But, I have a silly question. How did you manage to secure it to the wall? I'd hate to think of nails or thumbtacks leaving holes behind after the holidays.ReplyDelete
That's simply gorgeous. I also love your German pottery display; I collect it too.ReplyDelete
That tree is so simple yet so cute! What a good idea!ReplyDelete
That never would have occurred to me! What an awesome idea. xo, ClaudiaReplyDelete
Love the tree! How is it secured? Invisible elves?ReplyDelete
- Katie BDecember 01, 2012
I just made the tree, it is amazing, thank you so much for the idea!ReplyDeleteReplies
any tips on how you were able to put this up?Delete
Please share how you secured the lights. I would love to recreate this weekend in time for Christmas <3ReplyDelete
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Today's tutorial by Cyndee Kawa is the perfect solution for those scrapbook pages when there is just so much story to be told, but not enough room on the page to tell it. I love how Cyndee shows a fabulous technique so that we can keep those wonderful memories documented for future generations.
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Need a little extra room for your journaling or space for an extra photo, without sacrificing title space? Try hiding your journaling or photo under a flap! It's like putting your photo inside of a card, right on your layout.
Step 1: Start with a piece of double sided cardstock that you've cut to be twice as tall as your photo and with some extra space along the sides.
Suggested measurements for a 4x6 photo:
Horizontal photo – 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches
Vertical photo – 4 ¼ x 12 inches
Step 2: Fold it in half, putting a good crease in it.
Step 3: Check that your photo fits as you'd like it to:
Step 4: Now it's time for the fun part -- glue your photo down, add any journaling that you would like and then glue your hidden photo/journaling spot right onto your layout! Once you have your hidden spot glued down, you can start to embellish it.
Step 5: Once your layout is complete, you'll want to alter your page protector, so you can still see your hidden photo/journaling. Slide your layout into the page protector, with the hidden flap OPEN and up – so you can see the photo and journaling.
Using a bone folder, popsicle stick or even your finger nail, gently score the page protector along the fold.
Take your layout out and cut along the score mark, creating a slit in the page protector. Now you can slide your layout in, while keeping the flap outside/on top, allowing you to view your photo and journaling.
You can use this idea on either a horizontal or vertical photo, as long as your fold is horizontal or along the top. This will make it easier to slide it into your page protector.
Some additional ideas to lift your hidden photo with:
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Cyndee, thank you so much for taking the time to share your awesome idea with us!
If any of you have any ideas at all that you'd like to share with us please send them along with steps and photos to email@example.com and you will soon be the star of How To'sday.
Have a great day!


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Sweet.salmon wrote:"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember."
zavk wrote:Hi friends,
I'm curious about the kinds of non-Buddhist writing you've come across that remind you of some aspect or another of the dhamma.
They can be words from a poem, a novel, a song, a philosophical text, a scientific text, another religious tradition.... whatever..... even graffiti in public toilets!
I thought it'd be interesting to create a thread where people can post these quotes, as and when they come across something interesting.
Best wishes,
The body is not only a happy or unhappy accident that relates us to the implacable world of matter. Its adherence to the Self is of value in itself. It is an adherence that one does not escape and that no metaphor can confuse with the presence of an external object; it is a union that does not in any way alter the tragic character of finality.
This feeling of identity between self and body, which, naturally, has nothing in common with popular materialism, will therefore never allow those who wish to begin with it to rediscover, in the depths of this unity, the duality of a free spirit that struggles against the body to which it is chained. On the contrary, for such people, the whole of the spirit's essence lies in the fact that it is chained to the body. To separate the spirit from the concrete forms with which it is already involved is to betray the originality of the very feeling from which it is appropriate to begin.
The importance attributed to this feeling for the body, with which the Western spirit has never wished to content itself, is at the basis of a new conception of man. The biological, with the notion of inevitability it entails, becomes more than an object of spiritual life. It becomes its heart. The mysterious urgings of the blood, the appeals of heredity and the past for which the body serves as an enigmatic vehicle, lose the character of being problems that are subject to a solution put forward by a sovereignly free Self. Not only does the Self bring in the unknown elements of these problems in order to resolve them; the Self is also constituted by these elements. Man's essence no longer lies in freedom, but in a kind of bondage. To be truly oneself does not mean taking flight once more above contingent events that always remain foreign to the Self's freedom; on the contrary, it means becoming aware of the ineluctable original chain that is unique to our bodies, and above all accepting this chaining.
Chained to his body, man sees himself refusing the power to escape from himself. Truth is no longer for him the contemplation of a foreign spectacle; instead it consists in a drama in which man is himself the actor. It is under the weight of his whole existence, which includes facts on which there is no going back, that man will say his yes or his no.
Emmanuel Levinas
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