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Lessons from a Waste-Obsessed Traveler
Over the past few months, I've had the chance to travel in three different and unique countries to attend school and visit family and friends. From what I've observed, I think our current lifestyle needs a change, and I hope to inspire readers with my experiences and thoughts.
Originally from Colombia, I've spent the last 10 months studying in southern Sweden, and this summer I visited the U.S. and Bogotá—my hometown. Wherever I go, I bring a strange passion that most people I know laugh about: waste. I am obsessed with trying to get rid of it!
I recycle and reuse when I have the chance, and even when it's not easy, I still try. I'll hold on to a plastic cup from a coffee shop or café, just in case I find a recycling bin somewhere. If not, I'll take it home to recycle even though my boyfriend starts making faces ("You can't be serious!"). I don't shop with plastic bags, and I'll bring a reusable cup to a catered picnic at the park. I shop at secondhand stores, I take pictures of all the "stuff" they give me on airplanes (see photo below), and so on. Like I said, maybe I'm just a little obsessed!
During my recent travels, it really struck me how waste can be so meaningful to some people and so insignificant to others. I once heard something that rings very true: "What counts as trash depends on who is counting." While I was in Bogotá, I had the opportunity to talk to a waste-picker, or reciclador. He told me that he and his wife earn their living from what they can collect from the garbage cans of buildings that allow them to do so. He makes around US$150 a week, working night shifts, and that is enough for him and his wife and three kids.
That is his job, and he is proud of it: "At least I am not out there stealing from people; I work what I can and also contribute to maintaining a clean planet," he told me. And the funny thing is, when I mentioned to my friends that I'd spoken with him, they all said, "Oh no! He could have robbed you! Be careful, and don't talk with such people." I just laughed and said nothing, because there are people who just don't get it. Considering the environmental waste issues that the world faces today, I think the reciclador is the last person we should worry about.
Contrast this with the United States. Whereas in Colombia, the waste-picker, on horseback, crosses nearly the entire city to pick around in the "trash," in the U.S. I experienced the opposite end of the spectrum. I found that people were using plastic or styrofoam plates and cups in their own homes, simply because they were too lazy to wash the dishes (and by the way, the houses all had dishwashers). Unbelievable! I have to wonder how someone can take a clean plastic cup, fill it with clean water, drink out of it, and then immediately throw it away as though it had no value anymore. How can you do that? Where is the balance here? I don't know…is it possible that I am being too passionate about this?
There may be no way to compare these two extremes. But I feel that most U.S citizens, with their higher education and income levels, should know better.
Of the three places I've visited recently, it seems like Sweden—another developed country with the same problem of waste—has the most balanced waste management habits. Here, you can find recycling facilities in strategic locations, like the parking lots of supermarkets or the corner of a school. Most supermarkets offer economic incentives for returning certain containers (like cans and plastic bottles), and the country has a nationwide fee system for using plastic bags—just to mention a few practices.
Yes, all of these things make it easier for people to reduce their waste, and that is great! But—guess what? There are plenty of Swedes who don`t bother to walk (or drive) two blocks to the recycling bins, or even to take their cans to the supermarket deposit. It's an easy process, and they could even make money doing it. But I guess in this case, even money isn't enough of an incentive to change people's behavior.
So what would make the difference? In wealthier societies like the U.S. and Sweden, which produce large amounts of valuable materials, one or two dollars doesn't really register in most people's daily lives. What would it take to make people conscious of their actions? Do people have to experience poverty or deprivation in order to implement better practices, out of sheer necessity? Unfortunately, I don't have the answers, but I keep wondering.
The message I want you to take home is this: please think twice before throwing something away! While it might look like trash to you, it could have precious value for someone else—even if indirectly through its broader impact on the planet. There is always space in your bag (or your partner's) to carry your 'trash" with you, and believe me, you will ultimately find a place to dispose of it where you can make a difference. The value we find in the things we throw away will only serve to improve the value of the world we all share.
Laura Calderon is a student at Lund University in Sweden, where she is enrolled in an International Master's Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science.
Hi Laura,
Great article! It is interesting the perspectives we gain depending on where we have lived and traveled. I live in Portland, Oregon, one of the most 'green' cities in the U.S. I spent 3 months this winter in Bogota and I was shocked to see the amount of plastic and styrofoam being used and happily tossed into a mishmash of glass, paper, food, rubber waste. I have come to realize that Portland is a bubble and the standards on which I base my lifestyle, all while having a long way to go in reducing its overall waste consumption and control.
One of the things I discovered in Bogota was that the riciladores tend to open garbage bags outside of residential or commercial buildings, take out what is recyclable and leave all the excess waste strewn about the sidewalk/street. If the city is unwilling to implement an effective waste and recycling initiative, it falls heavily on the citizens to make it easier for the riciladores to access the recyclables. i.e. Separating the different materials in a way that the streets aren't being smothered with packaging/foodwaste etc. but that is not 'convenient' or attractive for many. Nor do people (that I came into contact with) have a strong education on what can and cannot be recycled in their city. It is an education based effort, that if effectively implemented, could infiltrate the 'lazy' or 'inconvenient' behaviors that humans are prone to. At the very least, putting the waste into clear plastic bags, rather than black plastic bags, would benefit the overall functionality of the waste pickers job so that it is easier to separate the recyclables from the bag. But, that is probably asking too much?!
Posted by Jamie Melton at October 9, 2012 at 5:09pm
wow! it feels so good to read all thes comments! It's good to know that there are people sharing the same concern. Remember that each of us can make the difference, small actions can make big changes! So spread your ideas and feelings with people around you…
New ways of thinking would have to emerge starting for redesigning, changing of consumers patterns and why not introducing the term degrowth as the main target of a society…
Thanks to all for being concerned!
Posted by Laura at October 5, 2012 at 7:21pm
I can relate 100% and I often ask myself the same questions. Economic incentives do seem to be the main answer, though. Educating children at schools is another one.
Posted by Bettina at September 30, 2012 at 2:12pm
Regarding the post on waste occurring on college campuses, I witnessed this at Oberlin College when I went to help my daughter move after graduating. On one end of the campus is an experimental house where every kilowatt of power is being monitored and water is being recycled. On the other end of campus, students were abandoning material items (cookware, microwave ovens, hangers, clothing) in the dorms and on the sides of the streets. Could campus administrators coach students to redistribute their stuff with forethought and intention? My thanks to the people who do make an effort to keep student's throwaways out of the landfills.
Posted by Tofumama at September 26, 2012 at 1:31pm
@Dave, you can't come up with a reason this is happening that does NOT involve capitalism. Without capitalism, there wouldn't even be things like water bottles and styrofoam dishware.
The reason people do this is purely conditioning. I haven't lived anywhere but the United States, so I can only speak for this country. But I know very well that people here are raised to put convenience ahead of everything. Our schools and media do not teach us about how precious our resources are, and people do not grow up thinking about it. You have to come across it through social movements and alternative media, so some people really just never hear about it at all. And lots of other people hear about it, but discredit it because the love of convenience has been so deeply ingrained in them that they could never do something to go against it.
I think there are three things that would make people waste less: the best solution would be to eliminate these wasteful shortcuts altogether (which I think we should because if they exist, people will use them, and there is no societal benefit and waste has huge environmental/public health costs)… second would be to increase the costs of wasting and the rewards for conserving… finally, people like us who care about waste need to be more vocal but in a positive way. We don't have to talk about the bad things waste is doing to the world, but we can envision a world without waste, and live less wasteful lifestyles while remaining sociable and open about it.
Posted by Amanda at September 26, 2012 at 8:21am
I live in a college town and with that means things of perfectly good use are tossed out when the students leave after each semester. Where I live we have both a dumpster for garbage and one for recycling. Each morning and evening my one neighbor goes out to see what can be reused and removes it from either dumpster. His passion is to collect vacuum cleaners and see if they need any repairs. So far in the last couple of months he's saved several and two people I know well have benefited from his efforts when they needed a new vacuum. He refers to the dumpsters as our treasure box! It frustrates me greatly to see the waste that happens on a daily basis, where do people think their trash is going? We only have so much free land to use for their garbage.
Posted by Lois at September 25, 2012 at 9:55pm
Laura, I so relate to, and appreciate your perspectives. They just happen to exactly mirror mine! Why people refuse to 'see' waste, to value its monetary potential, its incredible cost to our global ecology, its negative effect on our physical world, its damage to the beauty around us, frustrates me each and every day. But while we all see these negatives, what distresses me even more is why noone seems to be able to find an effective answer to stop it! Legislative actions (disposal fees, recycling incentives, taxes, etc. offer some relief, but I still feel some greater force is at work to prevent a greater consciousness about how destructive wasting is. Capitalism is an easy ideological villain, but I feel that is just another easy out in order to avoid a more serious answer.
Is there any way we world citizens can create a serious think tank or symposium, or research consortium (through international governmental bodies, NGO's, etc.) to seriously address the specific issue of why people continue to ignore the destruction of waste? Is there any other option??
Thank you very, very much for your blog. I truly appreciate your exposing this immense problem.
Posted by Dave Christman at September 25, 2012 at 8:20pm
Completamente de acuerdo, gracias x este blog!!!
Atentamente, una paisana colombiana-USA
Posted by Maria Mercedes at September 25, 2012 at 7:40pm
I agree about visibility of garbage pileup helping to remind us how much trash we create. In many western European countries, bags are no longer available in grocery stores; you must bring your own. How can we implement the same measures with respect to disposable packaging? It's so sad to visit otherwise pristine, undeveloped countries, and see plastic junk food wrappers all over the countryside because they have access to the junk food but not to proper trash disposal!
Posted by Delphine Foo at September 25, 2012 at 3:35pm
Very interesting perspective! Your point about the value of a piece of waste differing from individual to individual is very intriguing and it makes me wonder about how we can add "value" to items that we typically consider "useless" in our disposable society?
Thanks for the post and I'd love to read more based on your experiences.
Posted by Cody Olander at September 20, 2012 at 8:14pm
And this is why I think that a downturn in the economy is not such a bad thing. When we have less money we will be forced to waste less and reuse more! Disposable paper plates are expensive. Washing dishes is not.
Posted by joanna @ I won't be a hoarder too at September 20, 2012 at 7:57am
Visibility would change people's behavior. Stop the garbage trucks from coming for two months, and witness the changes that would happen as people had to either manage their own waste or watch it pile up.
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A pair of sidelined Pirates are considerably closer to getting out of sick bay after encouraging workouts the past couple of days.
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Using the SDK, you can build solutions for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon SimpleDB, and more. The AWS SDK for Java includes the AWS Java library, code samples, and reference documentation, but what about information on how to use the Java library? This article addresses some important tips for developing software with the AWS SDK for Java. The primary areas we'll address are:
- Client configuration
- Logging control
- Exception handling
See our Java Development forum if you have additional questions or comments about developing applications on the AWS SDK for Java.
Client Configuration
The AWS SDK for Java allows you to change the default client configuration, which is helpful when you want to:
- Change the region endpoint
- Connect to the Internet through proxy
- Tweak HTTP transport settings, such as connection timeout and request retries.
- Specify TCP socket buffer size hints
AWS Region Selection
Regions allow you to access AWS services that physically reside in a specific geographic region. This can be useful both for redundancy and to keep your data and applications running close to where you and your users will access them.
Each client can be pointed to a specific endpoint through the setEndpoint(String endpointUrl) method.
For example, to point the AWS EC2 Java client at the EU West region, use the following code:
AmazonEC2 ec2 = new AmazonEC2(myCredentials); ec2.setEndpoint("https://eu-west-1.ec2.amazonaws.com");
Be aware that regions are logically isolated from each other, so for example, you won't be able to access US East resources when communicating with the EU West endpoint.
See Available Region Endpoints for the AWS SDKs for a list of valid endpoints.
Proxy Configuration
When constructing a client object, you can pass in an optional com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration object to customize the client's configuration.
If you're connecting to the Internet through a proxy server, you'll need to configure your proxy server settings (proxy host, port and username/password) through the ClientConfiguration object.
HTTP Transport Configuration
Several HTTP transport options can be configured through the com.amazonaws.ClientConfiguration object. Default values will suffice for the majority of users, but users who want more control can configure:
- Socket timeout
- Connection timeout
- Maximum retry attempts for retry-able errors
- Maximum open HTTP connections
TCP Socket Buffer Size Hints
Advanced users who want to tune low-level TCP parameters can additionally set TCP buffer size hints through the ClientConfiguration object. The majority of users will never need to tweak these values, but they are provided for advanced users.
Optimal TCP buffer sizes for an application are highly dependent on network and OS configuration and capabilities. For example, most modern operating systems provide auto-tuning logic for TCP buffer sizes, which can have a big impact on performance for TCP connections that are held open long enough for the auto-tuning to optimize buffer sizes.
Large buffer sizes (ex: 2MB) allow the OS to buffer more data in memory without requiring the remote server to acknowledge receipt of that information, so can be particularly useful when the network has high latency.
This is only a hint, and the OS may choose not to honor it. When using this option, users should always check the operating system's configured limits and defaults. Most OS's have a maximum TCP buffer size limit configured, and won't let you go beyond that limit unless you explicitly raise the max TCP buffer size limit.
Many resources available to help with configuring TCP buffer sizes and operating system specific TCP settings, including:
Logging Control
The AWS SDK for Java uses Apache Commons Logging to log diagnostic messages. Apache Commons Logging provides a generic interface to logging libraries so that the user can plug in any compatible logging library. AWS recommends using Apache log4j as the logging library underneath Commons Logging and the configuration examples below are all log4j.properties files.
Service-Specific Errors and Warnings
AWS recommends that you always leave the "com.amazonaws" logger hierarchy set to "WARN" in order to catch any important messages from the client libraries. For example, if the Amazon S3 client detects that your application hasn't properly closed an InputStream and could be leaking resources, it will report it through a warning message to the logs. This will also ensure that messages are logged if the client has any problems handling requests or responses.
The following log4j.properties file sets the rootLogger to WARN, which will cause warning and error messages from all loggers in the "com.amazonaws" hierarchy to be included. Alternatively, you can explicitly set the com.amazonaws logger to WARN.
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, A1 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n # Or you can explicitly enable WARN and ERROR messages for the AWS Java clients log4j.logger.com.amazonaws=WARN
Request/Response Summary Logging
Every request to an AWS service generates a unique AWS request ID that is useful if you run into an issue with how an AWS service is handling a request. AWS request IDs are accessible programmatically through Exception objects in the SDK for any failed service call, and can also be reported through the INFO log level in the "com.amazonaws.request" logger.
The following log4j.properties file enables a summary of requests and responses, including AWS request IDs.
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, A1 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n # Turn on INFO logging in com.amazonaws.request to log # a summary of requests/responses with AWS request IDs log4j.logger.com.amazonaws.request=INFO
Here is an example of the log output:
2009-12-17 09:53:04,269 [main] INFO com.amazonaws.request - Sending Request: POST https://rds.amazonaws.com / Parameters: (MaxRecords: 20, Action: DescribeEngineDefaultParameters, SignatureMethod: HmacSHA256, AWSAccessKeyId: AKIAJUHAG74EVMS3UVZA, Version: 2009-10-16, SignatureVersion: 2, Engine: mysql5.1, Timestamp: 2009-12-17T17:53:04.267Z, Signature: 4ydexGGkC77PovHhbfzAMA1H0nDnqIQxG9q+Yq3uw5s=, ) 2009-12-17 09:53:04,464 [main] INFO com.amazonaws.request - Received successful response: 200, AWS Request ID: 06c12a39-eb35-11de-ae07-adb69edbb1e4 2009-12-17 09:53:04,469 [main] INFO com.amazonaws.request - Sending Request: POST https://rds.amazonaws.com / Parameters: (ResetAllParameters: true, Action: ResetDBParameterGroup, SignatureMethod: HmacSHA256, DBParameterGroupName: java-integ-test-param-group-1261072381023, AWSAccessKeyId: AKIAJUHAG74EVMS3UVZA, Version: 2009-10-16, SignatureVersion: 2, Timestamp: 2009-12-17T17:53:04.467Z, Signature: 9WcgfPwTobvLVcpyhbrdN7P7l3uH0oviYQ4yZ+TQjsQ=, ) 2009-12-17 09:53:04,646 [main] INFO com.amazonaws.request - Received successful response: 200, AWS Request ID: 06e071cb-eb35-11de-81f7-01604e1b25ff
Verbose Wire Logging
In some cases, it may be useful to see the exact requests and responses being sent and received by the AWS SDK for Java. This logging should not be enabled in production systems since writing out large requests (ex: a file being uploaded to Amazon S3) or responses can significantly slow down an application. If you really need access to this information, you can temporarily enable it through Apache HttpClient's logger. Enabling the DEBUG level on the "httpclient.wire" logger enables logging for all request and response data.
The following log4j.properties file turns on full wire logging in Apache HttpClient and should only be turned on temporarily since it can have a significant performance impact on your application.
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, A1 log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n # Log all HTTP content (headers, parameters, content, etc) for # all requests and responses. Use caution with this since it can # be very expensive to log such verbose data! log4j.logger.httpclient.wire=DEBUG
Exception Handling
Understanding how and when the AWS SDK for Java throws exceptions is important in order to build high quality applications using the SDK. The following sections describe the different cases of exceptions that are thrown by the SDK and how to handle them appropriately.
Why Unchecked Exceptions?
The AWS Java SDK uses runtime (or unchecked) exceptions instead of checked exceptions for a few reasons:
- To allow developers fine grained control over the errors they want to handle without forcing them to handle exceptional cases they aren't concerned about (and making their code overly verbose)
- To prevent scalability issues inherent with checked exceptions in large applications
In general, checked exceptions work well on small scales, but can become troublesome as applications grow and become more complex.
For more information on the ongoing discussion in the Java community around the use of checked and unchecked exceptions, see the following references:
- http://www.artima.com/intv/handcuffs2.html
- http://www.mindview.net/Etc/Discussions/CheckedExceptions
- http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/stories/2003/04/01/JavasCheckedExceptionsWereAMistake.html
AmazonServiceException (and Subclasses)
This is the main type of exception that you'll need to deal with when using the AWS SDK for Java. This exception represents an error response from an AWS service. For example, if you request to terminate an Amazon EC2 instance that doesn't exist, EC2 will return an error response and all the details of that error response will be included in the thrown AmazonServiceException. For some cases, a subclass of AmazonServiceException will be thrown to allow developers fine grained control over handling error cases through catch blocks.
When you encounter an AmazonServiceException, you know that your request was successfully sent to the AWS service, but could not be successfully processed either because of errors in the request's parameters or because of issues on the service side.
AmazonServiceException has several useful fields in it, including:
- The returned HTTP status code
- The returned AWS error code
- The detailed error message from the service
- The AWS request ID for the failed request
AmazonServiceException also includes a field that describes whether the failed request was the caller's fault (i.e. a request with illegal values) or the AWS service's fault (i.e. an internal service error).
This exception indicates that a problem occurred inside the Java client code, either while trying to send a request to AWS or while trying to parse a response from AWS. AmazonClientExceptions are more severe than AmazonServiceExceptions and indicate a major problem that is preventing the client from being able to make service calls to AWS services. For example, the AWS Java SDK will throw an AmazonClientException if no network connection is available when you try to call an operation on one of the clients.
When calling operations if you pass an illegal argument, the AWS SDK for Java will throw an IllegalArgumentException. For example, if you call an operation and pass a null value in for one of the required parameters, the SDK will throw an IllegalArgumentException describing the illegal argument.
Using Access Control Policies
AWS access control policies allow you to specify fine grained access controls on your AWS resources. You can allow or deny access to your AWS resources based on:
- what '''resource''' is being accessed
- who is accessing the resource (i.e. the principal)
- what action is being taken on the resource
- a variety of conditions including date restrictions, IP address restrictions, etc.
Access control policies are a collection of statements. Each statement takes the form: "A has permission to do B to C where D applies".
- A is the principal - the AWS account that is making a request to access or modify one of your AWS resources.
- B is the action - the way in which your AWS resource is being accessed or modified, such as sending a message to an Amazon SQS queue, or storing an object in an Amazon S3 bucket.
- C is the resource - your AWS entity that the principal wants to access, such as an Amazon SQS queue, or an object stored in Amazon S3.
- D is the set of conditions - optional constraints that specify when to allow or deny access for the principal to access your resource. Many expressive conditions are available, some specific to each service. For example you can use date conditions to allow access to your resources only after or before a specific time.
Amazon S3 Example
The following example demonstrates a policy that allows anyone access to read all the objects in a bucket, but restricts access to uploading objects to that bucket to two specific AWS accounts (in addition to the bucket owner's account).
Statement allowPublicReadStatement = new Statement(Effect.Allow) .withPrincipals(Principal.AllUsers) .withActions(S3Actions.GetObject) .withResources(new S3ObjectResource(myBucketName, "*")); Statement allowRestrictedWriteStatement = new Statement(Effect.Allow) .withPrincipals(new Principal("123456789"), new Principal("876543210")) .withActions(S3Actions.PutObject) .withResources(new S3ObjectResource(myBucketName, "*")); Policy policy = new Policy() .withStatements(allowPublicReadStatement, allowRestrictedWriteStatement); AmazonS3 s3 = new AmazonS3Client(myAwsCredentials); s3.setBucketPolicy(myBucketName, policy.toJson());
Amazon SQS Example
One common use of policies is to authorize an Amazon SQS queue to receive messages from an Amazon SNS topic.
/* * This policy allows an SNS topic to send messages to an SQS queue. * You can find your SNS topic's ARN through the SNS getTopicAttributes operation. */ Policy policy = new Policy().withStatements( new Statement(Effect.Allow) .withPrincipals(Principal.AllUsers) .withActions(SQSActions.SendMessage) .withConditions(ConditionFactory.newSourceArnCondition(myTopicArn))); Map
queueAttributes = new HashMap (); queueAttributes.put(QueueAttributeName.Policy.toString(), policy.toJson()); AmazonSQS sqs = new AmazonSQSClient(myAwsCredentials); sqs.setQueueAttributes(new SetQueueAttributesRequest(myQueueUrl, queueAttributes));
Amazon SNS Example
Some services offer additional conditions that can be used in policies. Amazon SNS provides conditions for allowing or denying subscriptions to SNS topics based on the protocol ''(ex: email, HTTP, HTTPS, SQS)'' and endpoint ''(ex: email address, URL, SQS ARN)'' of the request to subscribe to a topic.
/* * This SNS condition allows you to restrict subscriptions to an Amazon SNS topic * based on the requested endpoint (email address, SQS queue ARN, etc) used when * someone tries to subscribe to your SNS topic. */ Condition endpointCondition = SNSConditionFactory.newEndpointCondition("*@mycompany.com"); Policy policy = new Policy().withStatements( new Statement(Effect.Allow) .withPrincipals(Principal.AllUsers) .withActions(SNSActions.Subscribe) .withConditions(endpointCondition)); AmazonSNS sns = new AmazonSNSClient(myAwsCredentials); sns.setTopicAttributes( new SetTopicAttributesRequest(myTopicArn, "Policy", policy.toJson()));
Additional Resources
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Bob Cipriano was killed in the attack and his son, Sal Cipriano, and wife, Rose Cipriano, were in critical condition.
Statement by family:
The Cipriano and Trahan families are forever indebted to those individuals and institutions that have volunteered, supported, and contributed toward helping the family. All of you have helped restore our faith in humanity and the strength of community. This tragedy has leapt into the family rooms of the entire community and sparked dialogue between parents and children about what's important in life: faith, values, and love. Bob Cipriano did not die in vain, he would be proud that his death was the impetus for such an important dialogue.
As with any traumatic brain injury, there are deep and unanticipated consequences. We realize that the community yearns to know that Rose and Sal are healing. We answer that question in the affirmative, they are healing. Prayers work. We've remained guarded in our announcements through the Cipriano Support Group on Facebook and from Botsford Hospital because we've learned that there are good days and bad in the recovery process. Both patients have enjoyed and endured both.
The recovery road ahead is long and wrought with many peaks and valleys. We ask that you continue to extend your prayers and thoughts for the family. Please refrain from requesting to visit Rose or Sal. When they are ready to entertain guests, they will in all their glory. However, for the time being neither of them are able to have visitors outside of immediate family. Tanner and Isabelle, with the help of the Cipriano and Trahan families, continue to lead as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Please join the Cipriano Support Group page on Facebook for further updates. Thank you.
Complete coverage: Farmington Hills attack
2 men face murder charges after attack on Cipriano family:
Tucker Cipriano, 19, and his friend, Mitchell Young, 20, both face murder charges after the April 16 attack at Tucker's parents' Farmington Hills home.
Tucker and Young are accused of breaking into the home that morning, beating Tucker's father to death and critically injuring his younger brother, Sal, and mother, Rose.
Their preliminary hearing was Wednesday. Chilling testimony was given about the alleged plan to kill the family.
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HOUSTON — Craig Gentry was either at the plate or running the bases when the Houston Astros made four of their five errors against the A's on Thursday.
Gentry didn't start Friday's game against Houston, but he came off the bench in the ninth and sent the Astros into a tizzy with a bunt. It was supposed to be a sacrifice with two men on, but he put down a bunt that so flummoxed the Astros defense he beat it out. Oakland loaded the bases on that bunt, then went on to score seven runs in a 12-5 victory.
The first two of those seven runs came on Daric Barton's single. The third came when Gentry refused to stop running until the Houston defense proved it could handle the ball. It couldn't. On an error by right fielder George Springer, Gentry scored all the way from first base.
Asked about the five errors he helped to force and the pressure he puts on teams, Gentry said, "that's what I do. That's my game. I'm not much use if I don't."
A's manager Bob Melvin would argue the fact. Gentry can hit and plays a mean outfield, too, but the speed that Gentry displays is never far from the surface.
"He made me uncomfortable when he played for the Rangers," Melvin said. "He's here now and sometimes he still makes me uncomfortable."
The manager was grinning as he said it.
"He definitely makes you (the defense) speed up."
Cespedes wasn't in the Oakland lineup, but Melvin said he was looking forward to hearing from the medics that his left fielder is ready to go. If the running went well, there was potential for Cespedes to come off the bench Saturday night.
"That's a nice thing to have," Melvin said.
He said Johnson was in line to close Friday's game because Dan Otero, Sean Doolittle and Luke Gregerson already had pitched before the ninth inning came around.
Johnson has made five consecutive scoreless appearances — a total of 62/3 innings — since his rough five-game introduction to the A's, during which he was 0-2 with one save and one blown save while he compiled an 18.90 ERA.
Melvin said that in the last five games, Johnson has been getting his sinker down at knee level, where he gets ground balls. That was how he managed back-to-back 50-saves seasons in 2012-13 with the Baltimore Orioles. He totaled 101 saves in this two seasons.
Moss doesn't blame the Astros much, noting that he crowds the plate. "They want to come to the inside on me" he said. "It (getting hit) is going to happen. Less often would be good."


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Did You Know?
The Chinese name for the Red Panda is "hunho" or firefox.
For the past few years, our visitors have expressed how much they love Boo at the Zoo, which is great because it's one of our favorite events to put on here at PPZ! We love seeing all of the awesome costumes our friends both big and small come up with. There was only one problem; having it on one weekend in October made it really tough for a number of our out-of-town fans to attend. That's why this year we expanded the event to take place over two weekends – giving folks some options for attending. After all, superheroes and princesses have busy schedules! The weather wasn't the kindest, but it stayed dry and we welcomed nearly 9000 guests over both weekends!
Even Iron Man and Princess Merida can't resisit stopping to watch Serena! Of course, we are big fans of the frog costume in the picture below too. Thanks to Shi Lessner Photography for the photos!


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Sometimes, hope close to being extinguished, unlike Langston Hughes wonderful line about a dream drying up like a raisin can actually be realized.
Our newly-elected President has not only evolved as he phrased it a few months ago, but he is serious enough about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens who he equated the Stonewall uprising of 1969 with other Civil Rights of the '60s, and the famous women's convocation at Seneca Falls in the 19th century.
No gay man or woman who lived through the '50s and '60s such as I did, would ever have imagined or dreamed that an American President would make such a significant and inspiring statement about the former outcasts of society.
I'm sure it brought many a lump to constricted throats and more than a few tears to many eyes.
It was a defining moment not only to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, but a recognition that the promise in our Constitution of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" applies to all American citizens.
Suddenly, the years of threats, taunts and in those decades of the '50s and '60s that so many of us were forced to endure was dispelled, canceled and almost forgotten.
For we were accepted as full-fledged American citizens; at last an American President fully understood the inherent principle stated in the Constitution.
Your editorial cartoon on Jan. 24 was touching and revealing that society finally was catching up to those principles, and we're, like the President, slowly evolving.
Here in our beautiful and accepting community we have had a proclamation last June proclaiming the Stonewall uprising, we also have a Stonewall Democratic Club named after that event and a radio show on our local community radio KPFZ 88.1 produced by yours truly.
Perhaps we have all evolved from exclusion to inclusion, from a concept of a closed society to an open one, from bigotry and intolerance to an understanding, from rhetoric to action and most of all, from indifference to compassion.
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Research Center
Determining Effectiveness of the Atkins Diet
Low-carbohydrate diets have been around a long time. Dr Atkins came out with his diet over 20 years ago. Is there any long term studies on the people who stay with the diet long term? If so, what were the results in terms of overall health, diabetes, and cholesterol?
I am not aware of any recent studies specifically discussing the effects of the Adkins diet (I did find two German articles dated 1977 and 1978 which I will reference for you below), however the effects of high protein/fat and low carbohydrate diets have been studied over the years. Much of the research confirms the fact that those who typically eat a plant-based diet (lower in fat, saturated fat and protein, and higher in complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber) have better blood lipid profiles (ex: cholesterol), lower blood pressure and a lower risk for Type 2 diabetes when compared with people who eat an omnivorous (meat containing, higher protein/fat) diet.
In essence, consider the following before pursuing any of the popular low-carbohydrate, high protein & fat diets:
1. High protein diets cause the body to lose a lot of water (which is temporary weight loss).
2. There is a loss of lean body mass (muscle).
3. Protein is not available to do its real work, because it is needed for energy (since carbohydrates aren`t available in sufficient amounts). Protein should be used primarily for supporting our body`s growth and maintenance, building special compounds (enzymes, hormones, antibodies), maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, maintaining acid-base balance, carrying nutrients throughout our body (such as glucose, sodium, potassium, calcium, lipoproteins and oxygen) and blood clotting.
4. The liver and kidneys have to work harder to process protein than to process carbohydrates. Damage to these organs can occur with long-term use.
5. Since carbohydrate (glucose) is the main fuel for our brains, following a high protein diet deprives our brain of this fuel. This may result in people getting headaches and make them moody and irritable. In other words, your body goes into ketosis (causing you to lose water, fat, and "brain power".) One study, (Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1995 Nov;19(11):811-6) stated that study subjects tested on higher order mental processing and flexibility, were adversely affected by the ketogenic diet.
6. These diets contradict sound recommendations for reducing the risk for heart disease and cancer, which tells us to limit saturated fats and cholesterol (found in meats and dairy products, allowed freely on these stylish diets).
7. Menu plans are boring over the long term. It is not realistic to eat like this day in and day out. When people give up on this monotonous way of eating, they can become frustrated and depressed feeling that they are failures.
8. Can cause fatigue, dizziness, and apathy leaving you without much energy for exercise.
9. These diets are low in fiber (which comes from carbohydrates) and do not give you a feeling of fullness. Constipation may also occur due to the lack of fiber.
10. Any diet that is low in fruits, vegetables and whole grains deprives you of phytochemicals (the useful chemicals found in plants) and may increase your chance of having a heart attack and certain cancers.
11. Other side effects can include high uric acid production (causing/aggravating kidney stones and gout), nausea, hypotension (low blood pressure), calcium and bone loss.
12. Most of these diets tend to be lower in calories (hence, some of the weight loss), vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin, iron, and trace minerals. This can lead to deficiencies.
13. There is no change in lifestyle, therefore these diets will not work in the long run. [For example: Atkins wrote his first book on high protein diets in the 1970`s when the rate of obesity in the U.S. was about 24% of the adult population. The current rate of obesity is now 36%!] Results of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1996 Feb;63(2):174-8) showed that it was energy intake (total calories), not nutrient composition, that determined weight loss over a short time period. Therefore, *Remember that no single nutrient is better for our body than any another. ALL nutrients are important and necessary for good health. Eliminating (or severely limiting) a major food group, such as carbohydrates, invites nutritional trouble. *Before considering any weight-loss diet, keep in mind that the goals of any good weight loss program are to lose body fat, preserve and/or increase muscle tone, and change your poor eating and exercise habits to good ones that you can live with for a LIFETIME. Therefore, you do not go "on a diet" so that you can go off one. *Focus on adopting a new value system and a healthier lifestyle. This will help you avoid the feelings of disappointment, frustration, etc. from lapse and relapses. *AND.PLEASE BE PATIENT with yourself and the weight loss process. Focus on moderation and take things slowly. I hope this has been helpful to you.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1977 Jul 23;107(29):1017-25 [Dr. Atkins` dietetic revolution: a critique]. [Article in German] Hirschel B Fortschr Med 1978 Sep 14;96(34):1697-702 [Is the Atkins diet safe in respect to health]? [Article in German] Forster H
Jane Korsberg, MS, RD, LD
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10 Guilt-Free Summer Snacks
When we wanted to find out how to drop those pesky winter pounds that we inevitably packed on, we knew we couldn't mess around. This is why we consulted Tricia Williams, whose custom health-specific food service Food Matters targets the specific dietary needs and goals of each individual client. Not only does she deliver fresh, organic meals to their homes, she also counsels them on everything from the contents of their pantries to healthy ways to incorporate their favorite foods. Clearly, she means business.
So, where to start? "There are three things I always remove from people's diets: gluten, sugar, and dairy," Tricia tells us. "I feel like no matter where people are in life, when you take those three things out, they feel so much better."
As you read on, you'll notice that some of her suggestions for dietary substitutions might seem a little... extreme. She knows. "Just try one new thing every two weeks and see how you deal with it," Tricia advises. "The people who try and go radical and change everything honestly don't stick to it or end up getting away from it because it's overwhelming. So, baby steps!"
"White flour is not only highly refined, it has a high glycemic index, which makes your blood sugar spike and then crash. Oat flour has a lower glycemic index and it's whole grain, which helps you to feel fuller, longer."
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Thanks to the generosity of our readers there are now several bags of toys at the Gazette and Herald office for our Christmas Toy Appeal.
We are working with the Salvation Army to make sure needy children in North Wiltshire have a present to unwrap on Christmas day.
A small team of eight volunteers from the Salvation Army will sort the toys according to lists of families provided by social services; last year more than 220 children received new toys.
One person supporting the appeal is Calne town councillor and deputy mayor Mercy Baggs, who is well aware of the need for presents. Three nights a week she volunteers at the Calne Youth Trust in Wood Street, which provides a secure place for young people aged 11 to 17 to meet.
Coun Baggs said: "It's so important for the children to have a gift on Christmas day. Parents in this recession can't afford a lot."
In Chippenham, toys can be dropped off at the Gazette & Herald office, Elite Fash-ions on Station Hill and the Salvation Army in Fogham- shire. Toys can also be drop-ped off at the Gazette's office in Devizes, at estate agents Henry George in Kingsbury Street, Marlborough, and Michael Thomas Butchers at The Triangle, Malmesbury and 32 High Street, Corsham.
New toys are needed for all ages. Please don't wrap toys, but you should bring them in a box or bag.
Salvation Army Captain Lisa Goble said: "We are starting to get some toys in now and we have also started getting lists of families that require toys. Hopefully it will be another great year."
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" The family has been selling high quality fried chicken to take away for over 30 years - 20 of them as Miss Millie's. See how our staff have been celebrating and how customers have been benefitting in our anniversary newsletter. With branches in Bristol, Cardiff and Weston-Super-Mare, the Miss Millie's Menu includes chicken pieces in Miss Millie's secret recipe coating, chicken in a bun, chicken fillet strips, kid's meals and much more. "
Miss Millies is a change of takeaways all over the place. With living in Weston Super a Miss Millies is just up the road from me along with a KFC not far from it. I have always loved KFC but one day looking in the window of this place I soon realised that this place was the same sort of idea as KFC but seemed to be alot cheaper!
The Place:
27 Locking Road
01934 626006
The Unit:
Well lit, clean and bright and my local Miss Millies does have a few tables in to eat your food at if you want to. Its a small takeaway really though. The staff are polite and clean looking and behind the counter are huge lit up boards telling us what there is available to order of course.
My local Miss Millies dues run a delivery service on orders over a tenner however I usually nip down and grab my food and order it whilst I am there as I don't ever find the wait too long.
Opening And Delivery Times:
Monday 11:00am - 1:00am
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Tuesday 11:00am - 1:00am
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Wednesday 11:00am - 1:00am
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Thursday 11:00am - 3:00am -
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Friday 11:00am - 3:00am -
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Saturday 11:00am - 3.30am
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
Sunday 11:00am - 1:00am
Delivery 6:00pm - 11:35pm
The Food Available:
Miss Millies is really a fried chicken joint and nothing more than that really. You can pick from Chicken Meals, Chicken In Buns, Megabites, Warm Chicken Tortillas, Bigger Eats, Sharing, Children's Meals, Fillet Strips, Boneless, Family Meals, Bigger Eats and from a small amount of Sides And Desserts.
In the three years I have lived in Weston Super Mare I have a few things from here. Some have been good which have been got earlier on in the day but like a lot of places at night in Weston Super Mare when they think you are drunk or whatever the food is never that great and cold and soggy so I stopped ordering late night from here a long time ago to be honest.
I have had 3 pieces of chicken & chips (£4.75), warm chicken tortilla (£3.40), 15 pieces & 5 regular chips for £19.60)which is under sharing meals and a Monster Meal which is 4 pieces of chicken portions, large chips and a 500ml bottle of pop to which I had Coke which cost me £6.75. There is plenty to choose from on the menu providing you like chicken which is coated and I do think you get rather alot of food for your money and my only issue with this place is that at night the food is just slung at you really with no care or attention given to it and I do hate a soggy coated chicken!
There is one Vegetarian meal on the menu which is jacket Potato with cheese, regular corn on the cob, coleslaw & beans which costs £3.60. I'm not a vegetarian but how flipping boring is that for a choice! The kids meals range in price £2.85 - £3.40 and there are only 3 options to choose from, all are chicken based, once again and come with chips and small drink.
There are plenty of options though for meals for one from chicken in buns to family and sharing meals and you can buy extras such as chips which are £1.55, a can of pop for 95p and a hot apple pie for £1.05 thought there isn't alot to choose from, from the side dishes or desserts just a bit of ice cream (Ben Jerrys) if you don't fancy apple pie.
My Opinion:
Well the food from here isn't outrageously expensive, its quickly served and always cooked through though sometimes can be a bit cool. My only quibble with the place, is as I have already mentioned I'm not keen on the after 10pm service I have received. I don't like food I have paid good money for thrown in a cardboard box cold so do stick to grabbing a chicken burger with salad and covered in mayo now daytimes only, its less greasy than a night!
Miss Millies or KFC......? A clear winner here....KFC! Sorry Miss Millies your just not consistent enough for my liking so can't really recommend you!
Firstly I'll start on the timing of the delivery which was over an hour and half late, I had to chase this up with them as they didn't have the decency to even call to say it would be late! Got through to a guy who had no knowledge of my order even when i confirmed my order number, the guy was rude and kept me waiting on the phone for a further 20 mins still denying the fact I placed an order through them and then fobbed me off with the driver has disappeared with all the orders, whatever this meant?! He then offered to take my name and number to give me a call back and when I asked when this would be he said "might be tonight"??? Well I bloody hope it is as I've paid via debit card and want my food preferably tonight!! Anyway in the end I called just eat helpline and thankfully they sorted this out for me (with no thanks from Miss MIllies or more importantly no apology!) when the food was eventually delivered, the drive was rude and seemed to be high on something by the way he was acting! Overall my food was cold, soggy and wet from the rain, it tasted very appalling and most of it ended up in the bin, apart from the can of coke!! PLEASE DO NOT EAT FROM THIS PLACE IF YOU'RE EXPECTING NICE FOOD, ONTIME SERVICE OR PLEASANT DELIVERY DRIVERS/KITCHEN WORKERS! A waste of £16 that i will never get back, however it's there lost on my service as I will NOT be ordering there again and will make this known to everyone! Disgraceful!!
Miss Millie's is a takeaway food outlet in the same style as KFC, as the two both serve the same type of food, southern fried chicken and other chicken related products.
The main office and branch of Miss Milles is located in Bristol, where the bulk of the business takes place. Surprisingly the company was set up by the former head of KFC in the United Kingdom, who took over the area of Bristol and South Wales. The reason the chain is called Miss Millie's is the company's founder had close links to the KFC founder, and the company was named after one of Colonel Sander's daughters (Sourced Wikipedia).
Miss Millie's is one of the older food outlets, as it has been running for around twenty years as Miss Millie's but is perhaps not one of the most well known, as the franchise is mainly located on the south west of England and the South of Wales. The outlet specialises in take away food, these can range from large orders of chickens in a package deal to an individual order such as a chicken burger and chips. The main focus of the menu is southern fried chicken pieces, although other products are on offer such as side items like, coleslaw and beans.
In terms of the quality of the food, I would stated that it is reasonably good, and for some reason a large deal better than other competitors food, such as KFC. For some reason, although the stores both sell the same product, I prefer Mrs Millie's southern fried chicken, but I cannot put my finger in the reason why. Although one could be that there is more chicken on each piece than KFC.
In terms of the staff at the stores, they are all extremely pleasant. Which is a surprise for a food outlet store, as usually the staff that work in these stores usually cannot not be bothered and look at you as more as an annoyance.
The only problem that I have is the low number of stores where I live, as in Cardiff there are only two stores and in reality I need a car to reach the store, which is not ideal. As what you really want with a food outlet like Miss Millie's is for the store to be close to you, ideally in walking distance.
Overall I would recommend Miss Millie's over KFC, although they are closely related. As I have got the impression from the outlet, whenever I have purchased from the store, is that you get more for your money. Also there seems to be a better taste on the chicken that from KFC. Although one of the problems with stores like these is, it is not the healthiest of food that you can purchase; therefore I would not recommend that you eat this food every day.


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This should be a fun game to play:
The poster above you lists a Wikipedia article.
You go to the random article page on the main page of the English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Then you have to get to the target page only clicking links.
The goal isn't a certain number of clicks, just getting back.
Then list how you got from the random page to the target article and post a new target article for the next poster to find.
I'll start:
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What to bring to your new room!
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Here are some tips on what you should bring to make your residence hall room feel like home. These items are not all necessities, but they are what many students find they will need throughout the year. Remember to talk to your roommate to find out what he/she is bringing!
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Candy Memories
My cousin Allyson and I would always get excited for Halloween because that meant WAX FANGS were at our candy store. We would beg and plead with our parents to bring us there and we would stock up! They were the best. I used to eat all the lips around the fangs first. They have such a great taste and I am so excited to order some to relive those memories of being young and carefree and planning our candy purchases with my cousin. I think I am going to send her some too. Thanks for selling them so FUN! Sara from New Jersey


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This chili features both mushrooms and black olives, for a slightly different take on chili, and I like it with a lot of finely chopped cilantro added at the end. My family has some cilantro haters though, so the cilantro is definitely optional!
I made half the recipe to update these photos, but this freezes well, so make the whole batch if you have a pot that's big enough. And although Not Just for the Superbowl Chili may have beef and pork sausage, for Superbowl food, this is pretty healthy.
1 cups dried red beans, soaked 8 hours or more in cold water
(or substitute 2 cans -15 oz. each- red beans)
1 1/2 tsp. chicken soup base (for cooking beans)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder (for cooking beans)
1/2 tsp. onion powder (for cooking beans)
1/2 tsp. olive oil (for cooking beans)
1 can black beans (15 oz.), rinsed and drained
12 oz. low fat pork sausage
(I use Jimmy Dean variety labeled 50% less fat)
1 lb. lean ground beef
2 cans (14 oz.) beef broth or 4 cups homemade beef stock
1 can (14.5 oz.) tomato sauce
1/2 can water (rinse out tomato sauce can)
2 cans (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
2 tsp. olive oil (for sauteeing onion and spices)
1 med onion, diced small
1 T minced garlic
1 1/2 T ground cumin
1 1/2 T dried oregano
1 1/2 T ground chile powder
(or more, use New Mexico chile powder if you can find it)
1/2 T Ancho chile powder (optional but very good)
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (or more, to taste)
1 T dried parsley
2 tsp. Epazote (optional but recommended)
8 oz. white mushrooms, cut in quarters (or more)
1 can (6 oz.) black olives, drained and cut in half lengthwise
salt/pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped cilantro (optional) plus additional cilantro or parsley to garnish (or use sliced green onion if desired if you're not a cilantro fan)
grated cheese, sour cream, or diced avocado for garnish (optional)
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w/ Collections of Colonies of Bees 7:30 p.m. May 9 Turner Hall Ballroom
GETTING HITCHED TO A BAND MATE unquestionably has its advantages. For one, spending time together on tour is better than being apart for weeks at a time. Plus, it's an easy talking point for interviewers, allowing them to dig deeper into a pair's personal life and craft a sentimental narrative surrounding the band. And fans experience a more intimate connection, as if it isn't a couple but rather a ménage à trois. Of course, not all partnerships last. When relationships simmer and musicians split ways romantically and musically, people with an emotional attachment to the band will spy for any hint of what went wrong. Those intimate questions don't subside, and even though an artist's new material is engrossed in sorrow, it's not something they're ever eager to discuss.
That appears to be the case with singer Channy Leaneagh of Poliça (pronounced Poe-Lisa). Less than two years ago, Roma di Luna, the outfit Leaneagh fronted with her then-husband, released its third record to a growing fan base in Minneapolis. After years of hard work and humble beginnings busking on street corners, the band looked like it was on the verge of a breakthrough. But, alas, in September the experimental folkies called it quits, canceling a couple of farewell shows and splitting their marriage.
Leaneagh also abruptly left behind those folk songs for whispery R&B. Influenced by her time in the mega-sized, soft-rocking Gayngs, she collaborated with that group's mastermind, Ryan Olson, on Poliça's debut, Give You the Ghost, which was technically released in February, though it had already made the rounds to almost universal praise on the Internet. With Olson's reverb-laden production and Leaneagh's somber, Auto-Tuned croon, the record sounds like it is imbued with an alienation that could only emerge from the singer's heartache. It certainly feels like a break-up album, though Leaneagh would argue against that claim. Maybe it's just because of the years of openly sharing her romance in Roma di Luna, but Leaneagh says she doesn't believe her material reveals much about her back story.
"I think a clearly personal song would be, 'Ooh, baby, you know I live at 4201 Lake St., apartment No. 7/ Ooh, and don't bring me any tomatoes 'cuz I get those crazy rashes on my legs,'" Leaneagh says. "I just write lyrics that make me want to sing with some heart and soul. While knowing that every piece of fiction has an element of fact and every portrait has an element of self-portrait, it would be a mistake for someone to think they know my history or me by reading my song lyrics."
A deeper connection with a person's inner workings is usually what listeners strive to hear in an artist's work. Thinking the only way to give away too much about oneself is through concrete details is simply wrongheaded. Give You the Ghost is packed with so many moments that deal with confinement, despair and discovery that it's almost impossible to detach those feelings from Leaneagh's separation.
To be fair, it's certainly easy to lose one's identity when going through a complicated transition in life, and possibly that's what's happening here. ("Girl, get your head right/ Get your head right," goes Poliça's "Lay Your Cards Out.") Leaneagh even tends to be cryptic about her time writing the record. "I learned how little I know myself and that the truth is hard to find," she says. Sonically, Give You the Ghost feels shrouded in mystery. The landscape is sparse—a bass, a synthesizer and a couple of drummers draw the focus to Leaneagh's voice, which can be hypnotic when she repeats the same lines over and over.
What remains to be seen is whether Poliça is merely a divergence for Leaneagh or the beginning of something greater. She isn't willing to give away too much yet.
"Only time will tell, but we already have another album's worth of material," she says.
Poliça headlines the Turner Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, May 9, with Collections of Colonies of Bees. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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|YDS: 5.10a French: 6a Ewbanks: 18 UIAA: VI+ ZA: 18 British: E1 5a [details]
|Pat Ament, Gordy Ryan, 1967. FFA: Jim Erickson, Art Higbee, 1973
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By Patrick Vernon
From: Estes Park, CO
Jan 1, 2001
|From talking to other people, I think I may have screwed this pitch up, I believe I missed a cam placement after the crux. This would eliminate a 30ft runout and make it about a 10ft runout. I also meant to say "angle up and right" after the crux in the description. Whatever the case may be, be prepared for a relatively bold route, and a total classic. I don't often see people climbing on this wall, if you are up for these routes, they are among the best in Eldo.
By Josh Janes
General Admin
Jun 12, 2002
|There's a good stopper in at the crux, then, about ten feet past the crux there is a hidden cam placement (0.75 or 0.5 Camalot). At the mantle near the top, there is a bomber nut placement (#4 or 5 BD wire?) up in the corner formed by the ledge you have to mantle onto and the wall.
By Bryson Slothower
Jun 19, 2002
|This is an awesome route and if it were not for the funky approach it would get climbed everyday. The gear is all there but takes some looking around. I got some great ballnut placements that kept this route from ever getting very spicy. The fixed nut above the layback section was removed on 06/13/02. Do this route, it's great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Chris Dawson
From: Denver, CO
Dec 7, 2002
|This comment is about the "Urine Trouble" variation described by Steve above. I found the hardest moves to be getting established at the base of the corner, which are protected very well by a drilled pin and a cam. The runout above is pretty long but the climbing never exceeds 5.9 after the initial leftward traverse. Also there is some questionable rock near the top of the corner including a big loose hold, so be on guard. Great alternative ending to a kick ass pitch. Who added that drilled pin anyway? For a while there was an old shitty bolt there and now there's that pin. Almost takes some of the fun out of things.
By Ivan Rezucha
From: Fort Collins, CO
May 17, 2003
|Spectacular. More so in my opinion than climbs like Outer Space or Rosy Crucifixion.Gear: Bring lots of runners. I used 6 full length runners and needed more plus 11 draws. Big cams would be useful (didn't have them). #3 and #3 1/2 Camalot. Maybe even a #4. As of today, there was a fixed nut at the crux (downward pointing flake), but that's no big deal. It's easy to place. The second crux (final bulge) protects well with a big brass nut. It's easy to climb past the cam placements Josh mentions above without seeing them. If you're at the final bulge, step back down a move, and there's a crack down and right that takes about a .5-.75 Camalot and/or a big cam. I was freaked on the "5.8" exiting left out of the initial corner. Downclimbed, then back up and got in a bad ball nut, and an interesting sidways HB offset (#9? aluminum). This was just before the move where you lean out on the big black horn and move left.
By Anonymous Coward
Sep 12, 2003
|All this is good beta. One thing that really helped me on this climb was my determination to just climb until I found the first bolts. Stopping to look for pro is a waste of time and energy on this section. Just grab those big, but funky, strangely insecure feeling holds and crank - you will be clipping those bolts before you know it. Gets the adrenaline flowing though, I'll admit.
By Jim Collins
Oct 7, 2003
I last did this climb for the first time since I last did it 25 years ago, today. For whatever reason, I did not find any good placement at the final crux stepping into the rotten band, and was run out quite a ways (~20 feet) from the big cams. The moves are insecure, and it would be really good to get a piece in for the final exit. Does anyone know what piece goes in at the final crux, and if it is any good? Or do you just need to risk a 40+ foot fall? Just curious.
Stupendous route, if you are solid on 5.10. If not, then have someone else lead it. Best to start with King's X -- a great link up. This combo is about as "Eldo Trad Funk" as you are ever going to get.
By Charles Vernon
From: Tucson, AZ
Oct 8, 2003
Jim: you should read the comments! Specifically those of Josh and Ivan. I personally did not feel that the stopper placement they speak of was very good, but I didn't spend much time fiddling with it. However, I do know of someone who has fallen on it--and it held.
Since I'm entering a comment, I suppose it's worth mentioning that this is my favorite pitch in Eldo.
By Jim Collins
Oct 12, 2003
Thanks, Charles. I knew I must have missed something, because I really didn't remember it being so run out from years ago. I was rushed for time, and I suspect I just totally missed the placement Josh found.
One question for those who do the route regularly: what do you think is the best approach link up -- Kings' X, Yellow Wall, come in from West Face, other?
By Richard Rossiter
Nov 12, 2003
|I am responding to Jim Collins. I have done this route about a zillion times. It was one of my favorite short climbs in Eldorado. I tended to favor the Yellow Traverse for an opening pitch. I combined these pitches in my guide books and named the combination XANTHOMORPHOSIS. Xantho is, of course, a combining form and means YELLOW. I recall that the crux can be protected by a #4 RP placed at a blind reach. Joyce and I first did this climb in the late twilight, fourth of July, 1981. I could hear fireworks going off, but I couldn't see what the hell I was doing.
By Keith Leary
Apr 30, 2004
rating: 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
|Bring a number five Camalot. I did this last week and the only section that had me rattled (besides the final crux) was after the first crux/roof/corner. I made it up to the 5.7 vertical face and saw that my last piece was a ways down. I stuck in a number 4 Camalot that might have held. I then committed to the moves. They were easy, but it was scary to make them onsight and did not know if I was on route. A number five should fit nicely. On the final crux, I put in the RP and a 00 TCU about it in the same tiny crack. It had only two teeth cammed. I put another RP in a flake to the left. The flake was probably not good. I equalized them and up and down climbed until I was sure I could make the move. A great route, but the rope did get caught in the tooth flake at the crux and I had to rappel from the belay and get it unstuck. We started by soloing one of the easy routes and then down leading to the belay at the start.
By nolteboy
From: Fort Collins, CO
Jun 2, 2005
|One of THE finest routes at Eldo for its grade.
By Michael Amato
May 11, 2006
|Climbed Diffraction to this route last weekend, got off-route at the crux and ended up going for a ride. Had to re-climb the crux and finish the climb with the payback... bumps, bruises, a cracked helmet and a well-sprained ankle. Climb this one with a clear head (as opposed to a hangover) and remember to go the right way at the crux, or the payback can be a bitch.
By Guy H.
From: Fort Collins CO
Sep 25, 2006
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
With a 70m rope you can link Diffraction into Metamorphosis from the ground. If you have a 60M rope, you would need to start on the upper bench as Steve suggests. Make sure you bring lots of 2 ft slings and consider putting a 3-4 ft runner on the bolt on Metamorphosis to reduce rope drag. You might also need to belay from the finger crack right after the "5.9" exit move to prevent rope drag.
A fun 200+ ft endurance pitch. Thanks for the recommendation, Steve.
(Additional Comment) There are now 2 new bolts at the end of the 5.8 traverse left. I guess you could belay there now, but it would break up the good stuff. The drilled pin is now a big fatty, also.
By Olaf Mitchell
From: Paia, Maui, Hi,
Apr 11, 2007
This climb has every thing that you want in an adventure pitch!
For best results don't over beta it. Place the gear that you find and climb!
Art and Jim may have had EBs in '73, probably not. They were climbing with only two inch webbing wrapped around their waist (no harness) and probably waist belaying as well. There gear was not even from the same universe as the modern climber. Nuts were around, but they hadn't evolved.
There is a special image in my memory of a soft afternoon breeze across a shaded, very steep,intimidating pitch of rock with a pinch of desperation right at the end.
Since you only get to do a climb for the first time once, I would recommend traversing in via 3rd class from the west side and savor this gem as a stand alone route. You will probably repeat it numerous times by a variety of link ups and variations.
By Rob Kepley
From: Westminster,CO
Apr 15, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|This is one of my favorite climbs in Eldo. The climbing flows really well with just enough spice to keep your attention.
By Hank Caylor
From: Glenwood Springs, CO
Apr 15, 2007
|Kep, if that was you I saw up there today, nice job. You made it look casual.
By Rob Kepley
From: Westminster,CO
Apr 16, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
Yo Hank, that was me with my bud Joe V. Thanks... I was checking out Sheer Terror when I was over there and got sweaty palms just thinking about you up there! Nice one dude... I was actually thinking about getting on "Scotch and Soda" sometime soon. Sounds pretty exciting!
By Alan Searcy
From: Pine, Colorado
Jun 13, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
|Great moves! All but two pieces of gear seemed a waste of time, but the climb was phenomenal. Woulda been a long ride!
By Danny Inman
From: Arvada
Oct 4, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
|Absolutely classic Eldo....
By Brian Weinstein
Oct 4, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b R
|Probably not the best intro 10 for Eldo. I did not find the 0.75 or 0.5 Camalot placement before the final bulge...thus a 25 foot runout on a bomber!!! #3 HB offset...probably would have held. Exciting pitch that provides enough discomfort to want it again and again.
By FCJohn
From: Fort Collins, CO
Oct 12, 2007
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC!!! This might be the finest face pitch of 10 in the Canyon. It's an exercise in mind control and keeping a cool head way above marginal gear. The bolts provide a little bit of assurance that you won't deck if you come off, but Meta is classic Eldo spice in the most delicious and tasty way!
BETA: Look carefully for the third bolt before entering the crux sequence...I somehow missed and climbed way past the cammo'd third bolt on while zoned out on the moves. But did find a great #1 BD Camalot down and right of the crux in a rotten band and an upwards bomber orange Alien/0.75 BD in after the last bulge.
By TomM
May 17, 2008
|Soulful pitch, soulful Eldo. This is one of the best. Trad skills required.
By climberKJ
From: Holderness, NH
Jul 18, 2008
|Really awesome climbing. Beta on descent?
By Ivan Rezucha
From: Fort Collins, CO
Jul 19, 2008
|Descent: From the one bolt and gear anchor at the top, stay roped and angle left and through a notch onto the west face. Traverse straight horizontally across a slab at about 5.5 to the cave with the bolts above Recon, etc. Two raps to the ground.
By max seigal
From: boulder
May 7, 2010
|An excellent climb indeed, but I'm not sure about all the hype of it being runout.... The only part I found to be runout was the 10 feet of 5.8 before getting to the anchor bolts. After that, the 10a crux was very well-protected, and then at the final bulge there is a bomber nut placement before committing to the moves. Spicy? Somewhat. Runout? Not so much... nowhere was I ever 6 feet above a piece except for that first 5.8 I explained (yes, I was plugging gear in where I could anticipating the runout, but never found it). Anyways, that's just my 2cents. A great climb, especially if combined with King's X at the first pitch.
By Gregger Man
From: Broomfield, CO
Jun 1, 2010
Climbed King's X to Metamorphosis today.
FYI: I recall a wide stem to a right foot at the crux. I stepped there and a brick-sized foothold broke off under little pressure. My friends in the party behind us and my partner both found the crux to be more difficult than they remember. I've only been on it once before, so someone more familiar with the route should climb it and give an opinion on whether the grade has changed....
By Richard Radcliffe
From: Louisville, CO
Nov 4, 2010
|Maybe it is harder now. This was my first time on it, but I found the crux very difficult with no right foothold anywhere in sight. And believe me, I kept heading over to the right looking hard for ANYTHING to put my right foot on....
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Apr 16, 2011
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|I did it today and had some runouts. I remember thinking twice "this is where a 4" cam would have been nice" and several other places for 2-3.5" cams. 2 sets of Camalots from 2" up would eliminate most of the runouts beyond a few meters, as they can be placed somewhat solidly between rails and in pockets, much like on Alice in Bucketland or Body Tremors. But I didn't have them, so run-out I was.
By Tommey-James
From: Boulder,Colorado
Jul 25, 2011
rating: 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b PG13
|Finally did this the other day, man oh man is it good. The first pitch is more spicy than the 2nd in my opinion. A fall on the 5.8 above the roof would suck balls but probably be safe. The 2nd pitch does not require any big cams IMHO, I carried up a 2, 3, and 4 and didn't use any of them. I probably could have used them near the 0.75 slot neat the top but there was already a good 0.75 there. Were I to do again, I would take a full pack of nuts and one set of cams from blue TCU to #1 Camalot, but that is just me.
By Steve Annecone
From: boulder
Jul 25, 2011
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
|Two pitches? Should go easily in one pitch if you're careful about using long runners on the corners. I think a big cam (#4 Friend) can be used to reduce the runout on that 5.8 section to the double bolts. This has got to be among the top 5 best 5.10 pitches in Eldo! Kudos to you for doing it in this heat, I can't imagine what the grease factor was like!
By SeanKuus Kuusinen
From: Steamboat Springs
Dec 13, 2011
|This wouldn't happen to be named after a Franz Kafka story of the same title, would it?
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
Dec 14, 2011
|Only the cockroach knows for sure.
By Tom Hanson
Dec 14, 2011
|Ament's old guide references the author you mention in the description of this route. "As Gregor Samska awoke one morning he found himself transformed into a giant insect".
By kiff
Mar 14, 2012
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a PG13
|Linking Diffraction into Meta into a single pitch really makes this a superb 10, just bring a bunch of runners.
By Ivan Rezucha
From: Fort Collins, CO
Mar 14, 2012
|I TR'd this on self belay "in a single pitch" a couple of years ago using the bolts above Recon as the anchor and a 70m rope. The rope reached to just below the starting hard moves of Diffraction. It was spooky rapping down to the tail of the rope and then starting back up on the 10a Diffraction moves.
By 1rsties4life
From: CO
Apr 8, 2013
|Great route, just the perfect amount of spice to keep you on your toes. There is a great brass nut at the top of the bulge at the end. Wish I would have found it before pulling the moves instead of afterwards.
By Jeff McLeod
Apr 21, 2014
rating: 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b R
|I don't know, I've done a lot of climbs in Eldo now, and there haven't been many that are this good. Just amazing. This climb engaged me physically, mentally, and spiritually. It really requires you to face your fears. As a link up with Diffraction, many long runners (15 or so) and a 70m rope does the trick. I did it with a 60 and was feeling fat at the top. Being dragged down at the final run-out move was pretty terrifying. Regardless, I feel like I have to say that this climb is a quintessential Eldo experience at its grade, right up there with Outer Space, Rosy, and the Yellow Spur. You feel like a God damned hero at the top.
By Dan Mannix
Jun 27, 2015
Here is the trick way to link Diffraction and Metamorphosis on one rope without rope drag: tie into both ends of your 70 meter rope - a 60 meter won't work - lead Diffraction normally clipping all gear into one tie in - no need for long slings - place three bomber nuts at the base of Metamorphosis, and drop the rope you have been leading on - yes drop it - feels weird at first, but now you can climb Metamorphosis with zero drag on the other end of your rope - use lockers on a sling at the bolts for added safety.
Dan Mannix
By Jon Oulton
From: Boulder, CO
Feb 20, 2017
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R
Absolutely spectacular route. One of my favorite pitches so far in Eldo.
There is a bomber #6 BD nut placement at the crux. I found that the spot others have spoken about (up and left from the crux ) was perfect for a #1 BD. Additionally, the seriousness after the crux was tempered by a fixed, small BD stopper (#3?) before the 5.9 move. That said, I didn't test or fall on it, and it didn't look super bomber, but it was a nice confidence boost.
Following advice from the comments above I brought some large gear (#4/#5). The #4 was useful to protect your second from a pendulum after the final 5.9 move, but I didn't find anywhere to place the #5. Lastly, however many runners you plan on bringing... bring a few more.
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
Apr 23, 2017
rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
Perhaps I can help decypher the mystery of where the 'old #4' or new #5 Camalot goes.
In this picture, from the first belay (the one that breaks the climb up), you can see just in the top of the photo, a '#4 C4' Camalot. It is tipped out. You can see a long way with no gear below that. The climbing is not hard, but it is slightly insecure, and you don't know what you are going to hit at each move. Turns out it is fine, but if you don't KNOW that, then a #5 C4 or an old #4 size would be comforting there.


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Rookie baffles Cards before Padres pour it on
Bats unable to solve Hahn; bullpen surrenders eight-run seventh
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals may have succeeded in bolstering their rotation on Wednesday, but their on-field performance later that night reminded that the team's biggest deficiency remains on the offensive end.
This time, the Cardinals' bats were handled by rookie Jesse Hahn, who threw seven innings of four-hit ball in what became a late 12-1 Padres rout. To be fair, by the end nothing was pretty.
The defense, though not charged with an error, was porous for a second straight night, and the Padres embarrassed the St. Louis bullpen in an eight-run seventh, the team's worst statistical inning of the year. Starter Joe Kelly lasted only through the fifth.
"Probably our ugliest loss of the year," manager Mike Matheny said. "That's the best way to describe it. You have to be realistic here. That's not the kind of baseball we've played all year. There are no excuses. It was terrible. It's just not what we do. You can take any aspect of today and it was off."
Matheny was adamant that this was an anomaly, and in many ways it was. The defense has been among the Majors' stingiest, and the Cardinals have been carried by their pitching.The lack of offensive traction, however, remains a real concern.
The Cardinals followed a six-hit series opener with another six-hit affair to drop a second straight decision against the only National League team that has scored fewer runs this year than the Cardinals.
It's hardly been obvious.
General manager John Mozeliak chose the word "frustrating" to describe his underachieving offense -- and that was before it was held to one run on Wednesday.
"Overall, we believe in the players that we're putting out there," Mozeliak said. "For some reason, it's just not clicking where we're putting those back-to-back hits or putting that crooked number up. It's not for a lack of trying. We still believe it's a talented group. Maybe manipulating the lineup a little bit will help; who knows. Mike is certainly pulling out hair trying to get it right. I think that part of it is hard. Everybody wants to see a different outcome, but it just hasn't happened."
The offense found itself in an early hole as the Padres scored in three of the first four innings. Miscommunication between right fielder Oscar Taveras and second baseman Kolten Wong led to a run in the third, a run that scored on a wild pitch.
After Kelly, who was making his fourth start since returning from the disabled list, served up a solo homer to Jedd Gyorko in the fourth, Matt Holliday's trouble corralling the ball in the left-field corner helped Yonder Alonso record his first career triple. He, too, would score. Kelly was out after throwing 91 pitches in five innings.
"They were just up when they were supposed to be down," Kelly said of his pitches, particularly citing the fastball. "I had some pretty good pitches going. I just have to locate it, pound the zone with that thing and let the off-speed do the work."
Two innings after Kelly's exit, the bullpen imploded. It took three relievers to navigate through the 12-batter frame, and again, a play not made -- Jhonny Peralta let a one-out sharp grounder go through his legs -- complicated it all.
"You can't make as many mistakes as we made today," Matheny said. "It's amazing that it says zero on the errors up there because we made mistakes everywhere possible."
Two of the Padres' hits in the inning -- a bases-clearing double and a three-run homer -- singularly totaled the number of runs the Cardinals have scored in their last 29 innings combined.
"We're seeing better at-bats since the All-Star break," said Padres manager Bud Black. "A lot of good things offensively tonight. We got to continue it."
The Cardinals foiled the Padres' shutout bid in the seventh, only because Peter Bourjos was able to beat out what would have been an inning-ending double play. He was then promptly picked off.
Both of St. Louis' runs in this series have come on outs, and the Cardinals are 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. They didn't muster a hit out of the infield until the sixth on Tuesday. And of the two walks the Cardinals drew against Hahn, one was followed by a double play, the other a strikeout.
"I think it's going to be day to day," Matheny said when asked to characterize the state of his offense. "It's not going to be easy. We knew that since it started this way. ... They're fighting, and that's what we're going to have to do the rest of the way. "
After surging into the All-Star break, the team has scored three or fewer runs in the 10 games since returning. The club also now has a negative run differential (minus-2) this season, a reminder that they're fortunate to still be sitting six games above .500 and only 2 1/2 games out of first place.
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Storm: 'Things are looking a lot better' in Nicholas
here. SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. -- With no power and nearly 4 feet of snow blocking her road and drifting against her Craigsville home, Maggie Selman decided Wednesday that enough was enough and called for help.It arrived a short time later in the form of a West Virginia National Guard search-and-extraction team."My neighbor got a farm tractor stuck twice trying to plow me out, but they got right down to my house and drove me and Ginger into Summersville in a Humvee."Once in Summersville, Ginger -- Selman's part-Chihuahua, part-Jack Russell terrier, part-West Virginia brown dog companion -- took shelter in a pet shop. A few blocks away, Selman joined dozens of other Hurricane Sandy refugees being fed and housed in the Family Life Center of Summersville Baptist Church, where she remained Friday."I've gotten such good treatment here," said Selman, a former "Rosie the Riveter," who left her Nicholas County home to work in an Akron aircraft factory during World War II. "I could get used to people waiting on me like this," she added with a smile, "but I hear the power came back on today at my house, and I'm anxious to get Ginger and go home."Lt. Col. Yancy Short, the leader of a five-person medical team from Charleston's 130th Airlift Wing, agreed to fulfill Selman's wish."I just need to make sure the power's on and your house is OK, and then we'll go," Short said."He's a good friend," Selman said of Short.In fact, Short is a man of many roles, all of which come in handy during the current storm emergency. When he's not serving with the Air National Guard, Short is a Summersville surgeon and a Nicholas County commissioner. "He's also a living GPS unit for Nicholas County," said Master Sgt. Jason Young of Cross Lanes, a member of his medical team.Two days after Short and his team completed a recertification training exercise at Camp Dawson last weekend, they were called to active duty for storm relief in Nicholas County. Similar five-person medical teams have been assigned to Randolph and Preston counties to work with other search-and-extraction teams.Late Wednesday, Short's team was part of a National Guard search-and-extraction crew that evacuated a snow-marooned woman with pulmonary problems from a remote area near Quinwood."There was probably 4 1/2 feet of snow on the ground and the roads in the area hadn't been plowed," Short said. "We met up with the EMS people at Nettie, and then we followed them and a [Division of] Highways grader that had been brought in to cut what turned out to be about a five-mile road to her home. It was cool to see everyone working in unison to get her to safety and some oxygen."On Friday, search-and-extraction crews spent much of the day examining schools for possible signs of structural damage prior to their eventual reopening. Many of the schools also will serve as polling places during Tuesday's General Election. "So far, we've had more than 30 structure collapses due to heavy snow, and 25 homes with trees on or through them," said Nicholas County Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director Carla Hennessey. Fortunately, she said, no storm-related deaths or serious injuries have been reported in the county.The National Guard and other personnel helped remove an airplane from a partially collapsed hangar at Summersville Airport on Friday.In Craigsville, state Sen. Douglas Facemire, D-Braxton, watched as structural engineers inspected the interior of his snow-collapsed Craigsville Foodland grocery store, one of 10 in a chain he and his family own.Facemire said the store is beyond repair, and that he plans to build and open a new Foodland on adjacent property. He said he had been thinking about upgrading the existing store before Sandy's snowfall hit."This just sped up the process," he said.While Highways crews have cleared snow and fallen trees from most major roads in the county, many secondary roads remain blocked."There are a lot of health and welfare calls we still need to make," Hennessey said.A West Virginia Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was scheduled to drop supplies of food and water to snow-stranded families in the Hunter's Haven area above the Richwood golf course Friday afternoon, she said.About 60 percent of Nicholas County remained without power Friday. Among nonresidential customers affected by the outage were two public service district water plants, leaving hundreds of people without water, in addition to power, in the Tioga and Fenwick areas."We need to get permanent generators installed at all of our PSD plants, so that there will be no interruptions in service," Hennessey said."That's something I'll continue to work on in my role as county commissioner," Short added.Elsewhere in Nicholas County, National Guard personnel delivered drinking water and ready-to-eat food packages to volunteer fire departments for distribution to residents needing it."We're starting to see shingles on the roofs and roads without snow on them," Short said. "Things are looking a lot better than they did a few days ago."Back at the emergency shelter in Summersville, Red Cross volunteer Roger Moore began to prepare dinner for an unknown number of storm refugees. Twenty-six people spent the night in the shelter Thursday.Moore and his wife, Sharon, the manager of the Summersville shelter, have followed the paths of Hurricanes Ike, Irene and now Sandy to work in Red Cross emergency centers in four states."Of all the shelters where we've volunteered in the last couple of years," he said, "these are the nicest people we've worked with."Reach Rick Steelhammer at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5169.


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