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Renteria comfortable with short bench
CHICAGO -- The Cubs have carried 13 pitchers most of the season, but manager Rick Renteria said he hasn't been hampered by the short bench.
"You have as many options as you have," he said. "I still think carrying the arms in the 'pen has served us well to do some of the protecting we've had to do over the course of the season. The guys we've used have done a nice job coming off the bench."
On Saturday, pitcher Travis Wood subbed as a pinch-runner.
"You just have to be creative," Renteria said.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ByBarbara Chai
Now that we know film director Ridley Scott plans to helm a "Blade Runner" sequel, let's turn our attention to his just-completed film, "Prometheus," which marks his return to science fiction after nearly three decades. (He's also an executive producer on a new television series, "Prophets of Science Fiction," on the Science Channel.)
The highly anticipated "Prometheus," filmed in 3-D and starring Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron, is scheduled to be released by News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox in June 2012. Scott and the cast members have been pretty tight-lipped about the high-profile project, but in an interview with Speakeasy, Scott shared some new details about "Prometheus":
– The central metaphor of "Prometheus" is about a "higher being" (Scott's words) who challenges the gods, and the gods don't want to give him fire. "Fire is our first form of technology," Scott says, and so by taking fire, the higher being is punished "in perpetuity in a horrible fashion." Much like the story of the mythological god, Prometheus, who stole fire from Zeus and for his actions was bound to a rock with an eagle eternally devouring his liver. (Let's hope things turn out differently for our higher being…)
– Scott is especially excited about the story of "Prometheus" — you can hear the enthusiasm in his voice when he discusses the film. The screenplay was written by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts. "I think the reason why I haven't attempted science fiction in a number of years is because I haven't really come across a script that I really liked," Scott says. "This developed and came out extremely well."
– The last eight minutes of the "Prometheus" story evolve into "a pretty good DNA of the 'Alien' one."
– We confirmed with 20th Century Fox that Sigourney Weaver, star of the first four "Alien" films, doesn't make a cameo in "Prometheus." Too bad, Ripley fans.
– Regarding the use of 3-D and CGI, Scott says he has "completely taken off into this cyberworld" and called working on"Prometheus" "the best time I've had in a number of years making a movie."
– Although Scott embraced "all the tricks, the toys" of computer-generated imagery and 3-D, he says, "I'm a great believer in filming the real thing if you can and so I did a lot of building the real thing." He used the "007″ stage (more commonly known as the "Bond" stage) at Pinewood Studios in the U.K., one of the biggest stages in Europe at about 59,000 square feet. He used other stages at Pinewood too.
Speakeasy will have more on Scott's television series, "Prophets of Science Fiction." Check back in. Follow Barbara Chai on Twitter @barbarachai

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Thielbar very popular after impressive debut
ATLANTA -- By the time Caleb Thielbar checked his phone after making his Major League debut against the Braves on Monday night, he already had 81 text messages.
Thielbar said the overall count of texts and phone messages was well over 100 after his impressive debut. The left-handed reliever tossed two scoreless innings, retiring six in a row after a leadoff single, and struck out three.
"I've just been catching up on texts and calls from people," Thielbar said. "But it sunk in last night when I was on the mound. It was a lot of fun."
Thielbar, a Minnesota native who attended Randolph (Minn.) High School and South Dakota State University, said it was especially cool pitching for his hometown team. He was pitching for the independent league St. Paul Saints just two years ago before being signed by the Twins.
"It's been quite a journey, I'll tell you that much," Thielbar said. "The competition there was actually really good. We had a lot of good players on our team and I learned a lot. I don't think my time with the Saints hurt me. That's for sure."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I wrote a mailing list manager today, based on Mail::Audit.
My buddy circle includes people in and out of the area. We send a lot of e-mail back and forth, making plans for weekends and weeknights and passing around interesting tidbits. That usually means creating large address lists based on random criteria -- who's in town, who's not, who might be interested in a subject and who isn't.
A few weeks ago, we were discussing some subject or another, and my brother replied and said, "Can you guys take me off of the cc-list? I'm not interested in this topic." That started my brain a-thinkin'.
My little mailing list manager lets you create new, temporary mailing lists by sending an e-mail with *NEW* in the subject to the proper address. The body has to be a list of e-mail addresses to which the mailing list will apply. It replies with the address of the new list -- just an alphanumeric addition to the main mailing last address. For example, if the list were sml@localhost, a list may be sml+a0f4b918@localhost.
All posts to that address go to everyone on the list. Anyone on the list can unsubscribe by sending an e-mail with *UNSUBSCRIBE* in the subject.
It runs from a
It needs a few more features, like limiting the people who can create a mailing list and optionally preventing people not on the list from posting to it. As well, I'm having trouble adding a little "For help, send an e-mail to this address with *HELP* in the subject" disclaimer to the end of the message body. It doesn't seem to stick when I get an arrayref back from $audit->body(). It doesn't do much logging, either.
It does appear to work pretty well, though, and it's 300 lines of code (including blank lines), though that's 2/3 test suite. It's pretty good for a day's work, though, especially since I got a bit of laundry and cleaning done.
On the other hand, it did absolutely nothing for finishing my book (draft due the 17th) or getting Everything 1.0 out the door, or working on my super secret space game. Still, it was pretty fun, and it's one more accomplishment.
Code available here, for the time being. It's not an official module package yet; early adopters and willing patchers only. Be sure to create an aliases file before you run it -- if it doesn't exist, it won't work. Big limitation; probably the first I want to fix.


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Dr. Michael A. Stein, board-certified podiatrist and founder of Foot Doctor of the East Bay, draws upon more than 20 years of experience as he treats patients from the ankle down. Having performed more than 5,000 successful laser treatments, Dr. Stein and his team of doctors and staff tackle ailments of the bone, skin, and nail, correcting bunions, vanquishing warts, and ousting ingrown toenails by barking at them until they emerge. Dr. Stein is a fellow of the American Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery. Combing his expertise and a knack for clear communication, he wrote a book entitled Why Your Feet Hurt: A User's Guide to Foot and Ankle Health to help patients lead healthy lives full of dancing and free of pain.


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Knoxville has a number of large, well-maintained parking garages downtown. On weekends, any day after 5 and during all downtown festivals, parking is free. It's free to the handicapped 24/7. You never see threatening signs from downtown land owners chasing people away. They don't need to. They also have a limited free bus service to downtown from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. I live 14 miles but only two stoplights from downtown.
The mayor just announced 800 high-paying jobs coming to downtown Knoxville. The deal-maker was the city spent $3 million for the land where the private company will build a parking garage. The difference is, here those 1,000 spaces will be free to the public after 5 p.m. To fill all that free parking the merchants, not the taxpayers, provide a steady stream of free entertainment at the downtown festival grounds, which in turn provided a steady stream of customers. What they didn't do was spend the city treasury on a downtown ball diamond. The team was told they had enough going on downtown as it was.
In downtown Fort Wayne a bank refused to make change for the parking meter. At the Three Rivers Festival a few free public spaces were being sold by a private organization. Downtown Knoxville makes you feel wanted. Fort Wayne makes you feel taken.
Doug Rodenbeck
Knoxville, Tenn.Upon hearing the negative comments in the news Dec. 3, and again today, I had to calm down a bit before responding to these hateful allegations.
When I met Dr. Hedrick a few years ago I was a blubbering, depressed, humiliated, ashamed 40-something woman. I once had a job I enjoyed, socialized with many friends, did all types of activities with my two children and had at least 10 kids sleep over each weekend.
I became "disabled" in 2003 after a botched surgery, followed by six additional surgeries and three near-death experiences. My former doctor had me on 16 10-mg methadone pills a day along with several other meds. I could barely function, feeling half alive but mostly dead.
I was a hermit who scared my children by falling asleep face down on many dinner plates, would forgo showering for days at a time, didn't venture out for fear of seeing anyone other than my doctor. Then I saw a Centers For Pain Relief commercial on TV and made an appointment. I literally cried through the first several appointments, begging for help getting off of the methadone, yet with intense fear of feeling the excruciating pain. Dr. Hedrick saved my life!
Working with him and his dedicated nurse practitioners and the rest of the staff, I was weaned off the drugs I had been on for many years and began taking less meds, getting trigger-point injections. Prior to those I was unable to lift my chin off of my chest. I can look up at the sky again, drive again, go shopping, for walks, visit friends and family, play with my grandchildren.
Yes, I'm still in pain, occasionally depressed (as this is not what I imagined my body to do or be), but I am here participating in life rather than merely existing and waiting to die! I have so many physical problems to name just a few, internal scar tissue that feels like my body is eating itself from the inside out, degenerative disc disease, osteoporosis, scoliosis, my spine is so twisted and sticks out so far that my sweet granddaughter bonked her forehead on a bone and got a goose egg like the ones you'd see on a cartoon.
Dr. H has done every possible test and procedure to relieve my pain. Each time a new lump, bone or problem arises he doesn't hesitate to find out what it is. Any time I have a question he answers it with care and honesty.
I am so incredibly grateful to be one of his many patients. Even my other doctors are amazed at my progress. My family doctor told me at a recent visit that he is surprised that I am still here. We agreed that this fact is indeed due to the treatment I receive from Dr. Hedrick and his Centers For Pain Relief.
I would also like to mention my anger toward a doctor no longer affiliated with CFPR. His office contacted me to get a "spinal cord stimulator," had he read my medical records (which I did not give him permission to take) he would have known that my body could not benefit from one, in fact it could possibly cause more harm. Shall I sue him and try to get him suspended?
Anyone who has chronic pain is going to become addicted to the medication. That is simply common sense. I will stand behind Dr. Hedrick all the way.
God Bless him for giving me back my life.
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About Henry
Henry is a Tax manager in the San Jose, CA office. He began his PwC career in 2005, completing the prestigious Senior Select Program in 2010. He is the father of two young children and spends as much free time as possible with his wife and kids. When he has additional free time, he tries to get in a basketball game with friends or a round of golf with co-workers.
Henry's story
- 2012 Promoted to Tax Manager
- 2010, 2012 Had children which changed his outlook in life, "Family First"
- 2010 Attended firm-sponsored 'Senior Select' program
- 2006 Joined client service as Tax associate for PwC San Jose
- 2005 Joined IFS as a Client Account Administrator (CAA), a sub-group of the PwC's internal finance function


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Today in a joint release with 2K Games, we announced a bundle that will feature 2006 Game of the Year Winner The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion along with 2007 Game of the Year Winner BioShock into one complete package. Beginning July 7, the BioShock & The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bundle will be available in retailers across North America for Xbox 360 ($39.99) and Windows-based PCs ($29.99).
For more details, check out 2K's press release here.


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Just 11 days before Christmas, a young man broke into an elementary school in Connecticut and fired the shots heard round the world.
The shots were said to have come from an AR-15 rifle.
Echoes of those gunshots continue to reverberate throughout the United States, as the nation tries to figure out how to keep such slaughters from happening again.
Not long after the shootings, President Barack Obama proposed his idea a stiff set of new gun laws.
But gun owners were already protesting more restrictions. Among their powerful arguments, they note that the right to bear arms is guaranteed not to be infringed under the U.S. Constitution.
The debate intensifies.
As of Thursday, 90 sheriffs, many from rural counties, had pledged not to enforce laws they deem unconstitutional, according to the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, a Texas-based group that vows "to uphold and defend the Constitution against Obama's unlawful gun control measures."
On Saturday, about 6,000 protestors marched near the White House, urging stricter gun laws. Many of the protestors were women -- mothers.
Responses from each coast of the U.S. are strikingly different. On Jan. 14, exactly one month after the Connecticut shootings, New York became the first state in the country to enact new restrictions.
Two days earlier in California, a mental health official told a crowd that spilled out of a town hall meeting that steps are being taken to find mentally ill young students, such as the shooters in Connecticut and at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and get them some help.
In the last year and a half, weve been able to hospitalize about 10 young people, get them stabilized and they have been able to stay in school, Sonoma County Mental Health Board Chair Mike Kennedy told the crowd.
Sonoma County is near San Francisco. Kennedy has a crisis prevention assessment team that works in a community college as well as nine high schools. The team is comprised of teachers, administrators and increasing numbers of students.
We provide what we call Question-Persuade-Refer training, Kennedy said. "Its an evidence-based model that teaches individuals the signs of mental illness, depression and suicide, and teaches them what questions to ask, and how to persuade somebody to get help, and how to access help.
The program is so successful that other schools are training entire incoming freshmen classes in QPR, as well as teachers, Kennedy said.
The town hall forum where Kennedy spoke lasted more than two hours. Members of the public received two minutes to make statements. The majority opposed more gun restrictions.
The forum was broadcast nationally on C-SPAN.
Kennedy said the crisis prevention team gives us the ability to do aggressive outreach and target young people between the ages of 16 and their mid-20s that are having either first psychotic breaks or serious mental illness.
Its one of the programs that could be extremely helpful and prevent some of these tragedies, he said.
Meanwhile, new gun restrictions were quickly proceeding through the New York state legislature, passing by wide margins.
New law in New York
The New York laws ban semi-automatic pistols, rifles with detachable magazines and one military-style feature, as well as semiautomatic shotguns with one military-style feature.
New York state will require background checks of ammunition buyers. Law enforcement will be automatically notified of high-volume purchases of ammo, under the new law.
Gun owners will be required to register on a statewide database.
And, mental health professionals will be required to tell local mental health officials when they believe patients are likely to harm themselves or others, the New York Times reported.
Critics of the mental-health-reporting provision said it breaks the privacy of counselor-patient conversations, so patients will be less likely to speak freely with counselors, and counselors will be less able to help.
The facts of the Connecticut shooting are still disputed, including the exact guns that were used. Early reports said the shooter left an AR-15 in the car and used handguns, but police said two days later that he definitely used the AR-15, firing rounds from magazines that each contained 30 shots, then shot himself with a handgun.
National Rifle Association President David Keene, and others, say the AR-15 is not an assault weapon designed to wreak havoc in battle, but just a semi-automatic commercial rifle that fires only when the trigger is pulled.
The gun is hugely popular, owned by millions of people across the United States, commonly used on firing ranges and kept in case it is ever needed to defend oneself, ones family or property.
The AR-15 was designed for the military and was re-branded the M16 during the Vietnam War years, according to Talking Points Memo, a digital political news organization that issued a report on the gun a week after the Connecticut school shooting.
The gun is lightweight, air-cooled, gas-operated and magazine-fed. Its .223 caliber bullet was developed at the request of the military, capable of striking and penetrating a steel helmet at 500 yards.
AR-15s are used, according to the Talking Points Memo report, by hundreds of police departments and law enforcement organizations nationwide, (and) by the military of more than 50 countries worldwide.
The AR-15 is in higher demand than ever now, as consumers fear the gun will be outlawed and they will be unable to buy it. The gun cost about $400 a year ago. Prices have tripled since then.
NRA: Focus on mental illness
NRA President Keene voices powerful pro-gun arguments, especially that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed.
He notes that automatic weapons are already banned and background checks are conducted before licensed dealers sell guns. He said that its a crime to illegally try to buy a gun, but people who do are hardly ever prosecuted about 47 out of 77,000 last year.
If existing laws are not enforced, more wont help, Keene said.
Keene and other gun proponents also note that the government could go bad in the United States. He said founding father Thomas Jefferson said individuals owning guns is a requirement in a free nation.
Jefferson once said, The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Keene wants more focus on mental illness.
We have proposed over time that those whove been adjudicated to be potentially violently mentally ill should be included on the list that is checked when someone tries to buy a gun, Keene said in an interview with Newsmax.
That's what we need to fix, he said.
Almost every one of these mass shootings have involved not a criminal, but somebody whos literally crazy, somebody whos a violent schizophrenic, he said.
Keene said in one of the most famous early mass shootings, the fellow who climbed onto the clock tower at the University of Texas (in 1966) told his psychiatrist what he was going to do: climb up onto the clock tower and shoot students.
Meanwhile, when it comes to more gun control, emails are circulating on both sides of the issue -- with pointed, pithy messages.
Saw a really good movie last night where only the police and the military had guns, one of them says. It was called Schindlers List (about the killing of millions of people by the Nazis who had guns.)
Keene said our national priorities are wrong.
(After the Connecticut shooting) the question they asked was not how do we protect our kids, (or) what do we do to prevent or minimize the chances of this happening again, Keene said. The question they asked was what can we do about guns.
This report was first published in the Jan. 16 print edition of the North Platte Bulletin, your non-corporate newspaper.
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Bram Gonshor's reaction to meeting Jimmy Fallon for the first time was probably the same as it would be for any fan of the comedian turned talk-show host – nervous and maybe a little bit star struck.
Gonshor, 22, admits he watched Fallon on Saturday Night Live for years and then on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, when the show debuted in 2009.
As the music intern for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Gonshor spent the past four months working with one of his childhood idols.
He recalled the surreal moment when he met Fallon during a rehearsal for a game-show bit that often airs on the show.
"All of a sudden its rehearsal time, and he comes in and says, 'What's your name and where are you from?'… Someone I've watched on TV for so many years is just there right beside me, and it was such a bizarre moment."
Gonshor's role as a music intern included anything from standing in during rehearsals and preparing contracts for bands that appear on the show to working closely with the music co-ordinator on the set doing sound checks.
It's not exactly a glamorous job, but Gonshor says people's eyes open a little wider when he tells them where he's been working.
The Toronto native knows opportunities like that don't come often, so he hasn't taken any part of the experience for granted.
The recent Ryerson University grad spent the last four years studying radio and television arts, and he's always wanted to find a way to mix his love for television and music into a career.
"I've had these two ideas in my head – you can go into television [or] you can go into music," he said.
He said at Ryerson he was taught that you couldn't really do both at the same time. But one night, as Gonshor was surfing the Internet, he came across a band that had appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
"I said to myself, 'Someone must book these bands that come on the late-night shows.' So I started looking around at who books the music for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and I found this guy named Jonathan Cohen who is the music booker for the show."
Gonshor said he Googled Cohen's name, found his e-mail address and sent him a note saying he was interested in interning for the show.
"I heard back from him a month later, and he said he had forwarded my e-mail to the internship co-ordinator. I kept in touch with him for about a year, applied for the internship in November and here I am now."
As a music buff, Gonshor says the entire experience has been invaluable and is something he'll always remember. About two months ago, the show had a Bruce Springsteen week, which included performances from Springsteen himself, as well as other artists doing covers of his songs.
At the end of the week, Springsteen came back on the show to do a finale performance with The Roots, the show's in-house band.
"You know they call [Springsteen] the boss, but I actually got to see him be the boss," Gonshor boasted.
"When they were rehearsing [for that finale performance], he was telling the band… 'This is what we're doing and I'm going to jump off the stage at this time, and then we're all going to move here, and then the crowds are going to come down,' and if you watched the performance, that's exactly what happened.
"It was really a spontaneous moment that I got to witness, and it was one of the best music performances in television history I'd say."
Gonshor, who headed back home to Toronto earlier this month, said he's hoping to use some of the contacts he's made to find a job where he can again combine his love for television and music.
Reflecting on the entire experience, he now laughs about the nerves he was feeling the first time he met Fallon during the game-show rehearsal.
Though he has never had the chance to sit down and have a one-on-one conversation with Fallon, Gonshor says he was always "super nice" and made sure to say 'hello' if he passed you in the hallways.
"He's just another employee [to me] now. You can't really think of him as a celebrity. If you're star struck all the time, you can't really do your job."


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Peter Nordlander
Rice University
"For seminal contributions to our understanding of the photophysics of low dimensional material systems, revealing the rich optical properties of plasmons, excitons, and electrons in confined geometries."Background:
Prof. Peter Nordlander obtained his BS degree (1980) and PhD (1985) in Theoretical Physics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg in Sweden. After postdoctoral positions at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights, AT&T Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, and Rutgers Universities, in 1989 he joined the faculty at Rice University where he is currently Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has been a Visiting Professor at University of Paris and at the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is currently a visiting professor at Peking University. His research background is in theoretical condensed matter physics and nanophysics. His current research is focused on the theoretical and computational modeling of Plasmonics and Nanophotonics phenomena. Recent contributions include the development of the Plasmon Hybridization method, the theory for plasmonic Fano resonances and the field of Quantum Plasmonics. He is an associate editor of ACS Nano. He is a fellow of APS, AAAS, SPIE, and OSA and is the recipient of the 1999 Charles Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the 2013 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics.
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text: Just got through watching the Hunger Games and Catching Fire this past weekend. I got to see a small part of the Hunger Games a few weeks ago and when the set came out together my daughter had to have it that day. We made a date of it and watched both of them. Now can't wait for Mocking Jay to come out in November. My daughter has already set a date with me to see it at the movies. Father/daughter time is so special.


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RZ 2012-PR-002 (Greensboro Park Place)
RZ 2012-PR-002 (Greensboro Park Place)
The application proposes an infill residential development on a site currently developed with two office buildings. Two residential towers are proposed with underground parking in the current surface parking lot. As a future phase, an additional 100,000 square feet of office uses are proposed to be added to each of the two existing buildings. (Note that while the application has not been revised, the applicant has indicated their intention to delete the additional office from the proposal.)
Total Site Area:
6.9 acres
Proposed UsesResidential: two new buildings (24 stories / 254 units and 20 stories / 226 units) Office: two existing buildings + new additional stories on each.
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It is used to treat occasional constipation, but it should not be used regularly for this purpose
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What is this medicine?MAGNESIUM CITRATE (mag NEE zee um SI treyt) is a saline laxative. It is used to treat occasional constipation, but it should not be used regularly for this purpose.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth. Follow the directions on the package or prescription label. Use a specially marked spoon or container to measure each dose. Ask your pharmacist if you do not have one. Household spoons are not accurate. Drink a full glass of fluid with each dose of this medicine. This medicine may taste better if it is chilled before you drink it. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 2 years of age for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
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The other day me and my brother were discussing my web-designing aspirations. I told him I aspired to be an author, speaker on web-design. I said, I'd travel places all over the world, attend conferences, write books and be rich.
He said, you wouldn't become a millionaire being a designer, unless you shifted to entrepreneurship.
That kind of took me aback. Somewhere, it kind of marred my motivation to excel in this field. Although I hadn't actually planned on becoming a millionaire, but to know that the field you're entering has a very limited skyline is not very inspiring.
What do you say, guys?
Are there any celebrity web-designers.. like really rich, maybe driving an Mercedes Benz? Andy Clark? Zeildman?
The best things in life are free.
But, yes, there's lots of ways to make cash in any field.
Of course there are, they just run digital agencies and work with huge clients, in reality they will do very little deign work anymore.
Worth pointing out though, that people get asked to speak and write books because they are excellent at what they do and not because it's what they set out to do.
Agree with Richard (and your brother). To become a millionaire it's unlikely you'l be still designing things yourself. (your time will be too tied to the amount of work you can do, and there's a limit to how much people care about web design and willing to pay for it even if you are the best).
Becoming an author though, and doing design related information products/workshops/consulting etc could be an additional avenue to a much larger earning potential.
You're right, to a degree. If you plan on being a salaried web designer working for clients, I'm pretty sure you wont become a millionaire. But that's true of most salaried jobs. To make it big you need to be entrepreneurial and having solid web skills is a definite advantage. Think of all the websites that bring in millions of dollars in revenue, why not aspire to use your web skills to make one of those?
Yes, there are... but I guess most are not designing anymore. Most might be running their own design business now..
Okay, so to re-frame my question, if I excel at web-designing and open up a web design studio, I might have a chance of becoming filthy rich? Does that mean that any design studios are really earning in millions?
Of course I know that one would have to excel in this area to be able to write books or open up a business around this.
Thanks for your replies.
Well, let's break it down. What made you think that speaking at conferences and being an author made you much money? It's rare for speakers to get paid unless they are speaking at world-class conferences (and even then it's not a lot). Also, book deals do not earn a lot of money, even those that sell hundreds of thousands of books only see a small fraction of that money go to themselves. The people that stand to make money in publishing is the publisher, because they've done all the work.
Typically, the best-paid designers are either contractors with a proven track record over many years of designing key businesses, or figureheads in large businesses that again have proven track records and have designed products that have been highly successful.
You say it's a limited skyline, but what fields don't have their limitations? Programmers don't get paid much unless they work in finance or in mission-critical fields. Doctors and Lawyers have high earning potential, but again many of those earn very little at the start of their careers, gain huge debts along the way and most don't end up earning much more than other "thought-workers". Even accountants are never guaranteed to learn a lot of money, especially those that want to work on interesting accounts or want to work for themselves. Chasing money is fun, but ultimately if you're not doing what you're doing for the fun of it you'll burn out before you make your money.
The assumption of riches in the web seem to come from the very rare stories of those with no experience in building sites striking lucky. It's very common nowadays to see beginners wanting to design and develop sites in the belief that they're making a career for themselves. During the dot-com boom every jackass that could code some HTML thought that they were developers and were deserving of some of that sweet cash. This low barrier to entry is why many designers and developers aren't paid nearly as much as they should be, both for the level of education they hit and how valuable their skills are to businesses.
Those that do make their money make their money for themselves.
Publishers have done all the work?? The content comes in from the author! Isn't content the king here?
Okay, this guy here - Andy Clarke - is a big inspiration to me. Wouldn't he be earning well from his book(s) and speakings? What do you think?
There are legions of idiots that can write a book, but not even close to as many publishers that can sell that book and make it a success. Any book you've ever read was read by you because the publisher had publicised it.
The mantra "content is king" is as much a load of nonsense in this sense as it is for SEO.
Probably nowhere near the amount you'd think. Most books aren't even that profitable for their publishers. It might buy the groceries a couple of times a year, but it's far far less than what one would earn in even an entry-level job.
This article highlights how little people can stand to earn from writing a book. When you take into account the man-hours put into writing a book it's actually not that much.
ULTiMATE is right. It's nice to think that content is king, but at the end of the day, who's going to buy your amazingly book if no one has heard of it? It's the same in many industries, music, movies etc. A large portion of the earnings go to the publishers, distributors, the people that get the work in front of people that are willing to pay for it.
But that's the great thing about the web. It gives you potential access to millions (billions?) of people without the barriers such as getting a publisher etc. Having said that, you take on the responsibility of marketing yourself which is not a simple task.
Met Andy Clarke once, he spoke at my Uni when I was there. He probably isn't earning millions and I get the impression that his earnings come from his design work (he has worked hard to push things forward and become a key player in the industry, in the UK at least) and not his speaking events, most people do the conferences because they have a great time and meet like minded people. Like in any businesses it's these contacts that generate more high profile work and create revenue. That's how they make money from conferences not by doing the conference itself.
yes the exist but we do not know them and will never meet them but i think that everyone can do his bast and become one of them if he wants.
Sure if you own your own web design studio.
Hmm, opening up a web studio seems to be the way to make some money.
Looks like you're only thinking in terms of money. Money is important and we all want to earn enough to have a good life (not necessary being filthy rich).
Let me stress a point that has been mentioned but maybe needs a bit more of attention. Whatever field you get involved in, whatever job you take, whatever career you choose, make sure you love it because to excel in any field takes longs hours, tons of work and experience... and you're going to be fed up of working like a mad man. If you hate what you do, you'll be only concetrating on when the torture will end and end up completely burn out. But if you love it, you will be asking for more (still, an excess can drive you to the same path of boredoom)
Sure if you own your own web design studio. But without update your self its impossible.
Agree with everyone else that if you are going to be a millionaire in the field you most likely are running your own web design firm and don't do much designing anymore. That said, almost anyone can become a millionaire in any field with savvy personal finance skills. But that takes a lot longer and probably isn't the millionaire lifestyle you are looking for.
hey mate..do not be upset...webdesigining is a field where you can a person once esatblished his/her carrer has great success..there are many multimillionaire who are webdesignerslike from india-amit aggarwal,amit bhawani,harsh aggarwal and more..!!so go ahead and spark your carrer in webdesigning..
I'm afraid that even if you have a successful web agency you're still highly unlikely to make yourself a millionaire.
For all those that think you can become a millionaire this way, name one owner of a web design studio that can attribute his/her agency to being the sole source of their millionaire income.
The reality is that owning your own studio will often mean that you put it before your own pocket. Money your studio earns cannot just be taken out and put into your bank account. What you earn will go back into your company to ensure that you are prepared for the future. You could have £1M profit from the financial year and you wouldn't see a penny of it, because if you're hauling in that kind of money you probably need to secure your finances for the next year in case you lose your technical director, all the women in the office go on maternity leave at the same time, a major client pulls out, etc.
You can make a million by owning your own studio, and people do. You can also make a million from opening your own plumbing company, or by flipping burgers. The simple fact is this industry does not pay as well as it should and if you got into it on the promise that you'll make a ton of cash you're going to retire a very disappointed person.


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Many county residents spent President's Day sneezing and blowing their noses because of an unseasonable amount of tree pollen caused by the recent warm weather.
Dr. Steven Prager said patients have jammed his Central Coast Allergy & Asthma office in Salinas for more than a week.
"The hot weather and a little bit of wind is making everyone miserable right now," he said.
Prager's office has been tracking pollen counts for a decade and found the current levels to be two to three times higher than normal for this time of year. This much pollen is typical for April and May, he said.
The main culprit is the mountain cedar, or juniper, type of cypress tree, according to Central Coast Allergy. Close behind is pollen from pine trees and, to a lesser extent, sycamore and oak trees.
The office's sample came from Salinas, meaning variation is possible on the Peninsula. The doctor theorized pollen from pine could, for example, be more of a problem in Pacific Grove and Carmel.
Prager suggested sufferers take a non-sedating antihistamine, such as Claritin or Allegra. He said if those don't work, a physician may advise a prescription.
As of 1 p.m. Monday, the Carmel Drug Store was down to one box of Claritin-D, the 24-hour version of the drug, and had seen about a dozen allergy sufferers that morning, said manager Aaron Wolovsky.
"Their noses won't stop running." he said. "The usual."
He said they should have no problem getting the section re-stocked soon.
Prager advised staying indoors with the windows closed. If children are playing outdoors, they should take a shower afterward to get pollen out of their hair.
Pollen tends to be highest earlier in the morning, Prager said, so anyone exercising should wait until late afternoon.
He said rain predicted this week could wash much of the pollen away.
Rain is likely Tuesday night and there is a slight chance of showers Wednesday and Thursday nights, said the National Weather Service.
If sufferers wish to get out of the area to avoid tree pollen, they will need to go south.
American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology stations in San Diego report low concentrations of tree pollen.
San Jose and Stockton stations report high concentrations of tree pollen, whereas the Sacramento office records moderate conditions.
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Establishing a 'there' on Germantown Avenue with big, bold colors
One of the most ambitious murals in Philadelphia is coming to completion this week.
Two city blocks of Germantown Avenue, at Lehigh Avenue, have become an abstract color field of giant painted stripes and solids.
Unlike thousands of other murals already painted on Philadelphia walls, this features no portraits or landscapes, contains no symbols expressing the character of the community. It doesn't tell a story. It is designed to boost the local economy.
"This is social practice," said Jane Golden, director of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program. "The merging of art and development is coming to life."
With a $300,000 budget of public and private funds, Golden invited the Dutch artists known as Haas and Hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn) to live in an apartment above Germantown Avenue and Huntingdon Street for a year, to design and execute a mural that would splash across all the building facades for a solid block, spilling over into the surrounding blocks.
The block of buildings -- street-level storefronts with apartments above -- is a broken smile of inhabited, vacant, abandoned, and crumbling. The facades were plagued with flaking paint, rotting cornices, and rampant graffiti. The artists needed to tie them all together with a bold graphic design.
"Every building has it's challenges," said Urhahn. "You end up standing in front of it, and looking at it, and realizing it's probably the first time anybody has ever looked at that building for a long time, and cared."
'Dutch masters' with international reputation
Haas and Hahn earned an international reputation for their mural work in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro, where poor, makeshift housing is a haphazard construction of randomly stacked rooms and extensions. The artists pulled them together with bright colors and bold geometric shapes.
"The favela is a growing neighborhood. The hope is reflected in the architecture. People are always building building building," said Urhahn, standing in front of a building on Germantown Avenue with plywood for windows. "Here the architecture is basically in decline. Houses are falling down through neglect."
Some of the building facades were improved, but only enough so they could receive a coat of paint. Nobody involved with the project -- neither the artists, the Mural Arts Program, nor the merchants who participated -- expected color to fix what's wrong with the Germantown Avenue commercial corridor.
The mural is not meant to be the change, but to spark it.
For starters, the artists hired locally. The huge task of painting dozens of buildings required a crew of painters. About 25 people, most from the very neighborhood they were painting, were trained, put to work, and paid.
The entire project is a hybrid of graphic art, civic engagement, and market branding. The head-turning weave of reds, greens, browns, yellows, and pale blues is an oasis of color in a sea of red-brick, North Philly rowhouses.
The oasis does not impress everyone. Some shop owners find the blend weirdly mismatched.
"The different colors, it's kind of funny looking," said Gloria Howard, owner of the Hair Essentials salon. "But it's puts a better touch on the Avenue."
It may look chaotic, but the colors are clean and coherent. The buildings are unified by a common streak of yellow or an echoing pattern.
The street also appears clean because it's actually clean. The city of Philadelphia has started sending out crews daily to clean the sidewalks.
Mobilizing merchants
This is the first Mural Arts project in which the city's Department of Commerce is closely involved. The department had been trying to get the merchants in this corridor to establish an association, but many shop owners did not have enough time, energy, or optimism to get behind collective improvement. Revitalization efforts came and went. There was not a lot of hope left.
"Before we had meetings where -- there are about 80 stores on this block, and five people would show up," said Tim Smith, owner of Timco, a clothing store. "In the past there was meeting after meeting and nothing was getting done. So people start falling off. Now they see colorful things happening, people are starting to look more into it."
If they can get behind a collective mural, the thinking goes, merchants can get behind an association. With a viable, collective representation in the corridor, the city's department of commerce can more readily work on improving business prospects along the Avenue. The Haas and Hahn mural means there's a there there.
"When these commercial corridors look more interesting, people -- if nothing else out of curiosity -- show up," said Philadelphia's deputy mayor for commerce, Alan Greenberger. "Merchants want to respond up to the level that the painting now gives to the corridor. They start thinking about improving merchandising. People start to notice."
The mural has already turned the heads of shop owners farther up the Avenue, who have asked the artists to continue the blocky colors across their own facades. Haas and Hahn say they will, if there is funding. Otherwise, the crew of painters they have trained are available for hire.
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With the fine month of May finally drawing to it's conclusion, I felt I part deux of my 'Musings of a Duck' was needed.
For those who haven't read my previous blog, this is where I look at what's been on my mind recently, both wrestling and non-wrestling wise. So let's do this!
1. Silly Superstars
This past week has been dominated by the ill-doings of Chris Jericho
To celebrate my one year anniversary of being a proud EWN member, I have decided to rekindle my blogging enthusiasm. This will take the form of numbered points of view, with some related to Wrestling, and some that won't.
So here what has been on my mind recently:
1. WWE Payroll, Here Comes the Pain
The talk of the EWN town this week seems to be one man: Brock Lesnar
Hey guys, for the past week I have been reading about who everyone thinks will win at MITB, and that's fair enough. However, for my latest blog I have tried to set the odds for each match. I hope I get close to what you think the odds should be!
My odds are in the brackets. If you do not understand how the system works, if the odds are 3/1 and you placed a $1 bet, you would win back
When it comes to the state of the WWE, everyone has their opinions as to what's wrong with it's product today.
As for my views on the matter you can read my previous blogs. However, for this one, I have decided to give you peeps a quiz to illustrate some of the key problems. Give them a go and see how many you can get right!
1. Who, and when, was the last superstar to
In my previous blog, I discussed how brand- specific PPVs could be the way forward - http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/commun...92#comment5592
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Displaying your Collectibles
People always ask me where I shop for art and accessories. This really depends, on who I'm shopping for, their budget, time frame, taste, etc. Most days you can find me searching through stacks and shelves at the various HomeGoods, Pier One, World Market/Cost Plus, Target, Ikea, Z Gallerie and Crate and Barrel stores in Orange County. I can almost always find great looking pieces at these locales.
But my favorite way to accessorize a room is with unique collectibles… one of a kind items that my clients already own… pieces that really mean something to them. Often they've been carried home from travels, inherited, handmade, or searched for at antique shops, flea markets or on Ebay. Whether it's to my taste or not, I always have fun playing around and decorating with these one-of-a-kind pieces that tell a story about that person or family. The weirder, wilder and wackier… the better! That is what makes a home personal, unique and beautiful.
So, how to show off unique collections? This can be tricky… bring to mind Aunt Mildred's house and her 100′s of Lladros perched on every surface, upstairs and down. Spreading collections around an entire room or house can look busy, cluttered and overwhelming. I often start by paring down… every single piece does not have to be out at the same time. Then, I group items together and decide how to display them… sitting on shelves or tables, hanging on walls or collected in bowls or baskets. Bringing "like" items together makes a bigger impact… they'll be more noticeable and look valuable. People will walk into your room and say "Wow," instead of silently wondering how you live with all of that clutter!
Ways to display? Shelves always make wonderful display bases. With small items, like these vintage "snuff bottles," I like to use risers like books, boxes and small chests to show them off at different levels.
The space above kitchen cabinets and high shelves is perfect for lining up collections like these gourds:
and these Vintage French wine bottles and pitchers:
Some collectibles look best when hung on a wall, like these old farm tools:
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Animal heads might not be everyone's decor of choice, but this homeowner was proud of his hunting trophies and wanted to show them off in his home, so up they went!
Gathering items into a basket is a great option for displaying certain collectibles. These vintage tennis racquets are fun to look at and say something about the career and passion of the owner:
"Found' items, like feathers, hand painted rocks and shells are earthy, textural and a beautiful addition when grouped in pots and bowls.
Certain collections look best displayed on a rack, like this grouping of handwoven fabrics, and hat/bag collection:
Ladders, especially old ones, offer a fun way to show off textiles like these handmade quilts.
Don't be shy about bringing out the things you love to collect and using them to decorate your house. If you edit carefully, group "like" items and display them well, you will end up with an home that has YOU written all over it.
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Beth Burns says the current San Diego State women's basketball team, which clinched at least a share of a second straight Mountain West regular-season title on Wednesday night, is like no other she has coached.
"We don't have a huge margin for error," Burns said this week. "We don't have a plan B or C."
For now, that's just fine, because Plan A – the one that has seniors Courtney Clements and Chelsea Hopkins running nearly every bit of the Aztecs' show – is working beautifully so far.
Clements, the second-leading scorer in the conference, poured in 29 points, tying a career high, and her backcourt bookend, Hopkins, added 17 points as the Aztecs routed New Mexico 72-44 in front of 706 at Viejas Arena.
The win was the 13th straight for SDSU (22-5, 13-1), which maintained its two-game lead over Fresno State with two games remaining in the regular season. The Aztecs have a bye this weekend and can clinch the title outright with a win over Air Force on Wednesday.
After closing the regular season on March 9 against Boise State, SDSU is looking at earning the top seed in the MW Tournament that runs March 12-16 in Las Vegas.
"The goal is to raise wonderful women off the court, but on the court we don't want to share anything with anybody," Burns said. "We're very focused on this one more step in our journey. We want to finish this outright."
Against New Mexico (14-12, 6-7), Clements enjoyed one of the most productive games in her standout career. Playing all but five minutes, she was 12-for-19 shooting from inside the 3-point arc and made 5 of 6 free throws in scoring her 29.
Burns, who pulled her starters with two minutes left, said she was unaware that Clements had tied her career high.
"Just so you know, I had no clue," Burns apologetically told Clements outside the locker room afterward. "If I had known …"
Clements shrugged it off. Beyond scoring, she is just as pleased that Burns is praising her and Hopkins for stepping up their effort all season on defense. They matched each other with a team-high four steals on Wednesday.
"Chelsea and I are competitors," Clements said. "If Coach Burns says we have to play better defense, then that's what we have to do. We're going to do whatever it takes to win. We realized we needed to step up, and it's going well for us."


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Unreal Estate: Brad and Angelina's Pricey Chateau Revamp?
When Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie want privacy with their brood of six, they retreat to their 880-acre Chateau Miraval estate in the South of France. But are they shelling out some serious bucks to turn the estimated $60 million property into a showplace worthy of their fame and fortune?
The London Sunday Mirror claims the A-list parents are spending more than $16 million to update the 17th-century spread, for which they reportedly signed a three-year lease-to-own deal in 2008. (Other estimates have put the price tag for the renovations at a more reasonable -- at least by Hollywood standards -- $5 million.)
"They want to make sure this very romantic property becomes the love nest of all love nests," a local property developer tells the paper.
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Among the updates that architecture buff Brad and the seemingly patient-with-Brad's-building-hobby Angelina are said to be planning are a "contemporary" redo of all 35 rooms of the chateau (or 35 bedrooms, depending on which source you believe -- we're still awaiting our invitation so we can count for ourselves), along with an upgraded wine cellar, new Jacuzzis, steam rooms, a spa, and gym.
Celebrity amenities will purportedly include an overhauled helicopter landing pad; a motorcycle track for Pitt; and a state-of-the-art, infrared sensor-inclusive security system that will seemingly be able to locate Maddox, 8, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 3, and 1-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox should they ever become lost among the home's moats, olive groves, forest, and 20-odd fountains.
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Word is, the remodel has already begun, with the actor reportedly making a brief stop at the chateau to check on the progress in late July following the Berlin premiere of "Inglourious Basterds."
"The application has been received for widespread work on their new house," says Jean-Claude Sadion, mayor of the town of Correns, which is within baguette-tossing distance of the Jolie-Pitt's rarefied residence, "and we are delighted that they will be here more permanently."
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The nomadic clan is apparently planning to hole up at the palatial pad for the rest of the summer, and they have already made themselves at home. Last Thursday, Brad and Angelina helped Maddox and Pax pick out gerbils and goldfish at a local pet store. The day before, the ridiculously famous flames treated Shiloh and Zahara to lunch at a café.
According to Radar, the aesthetically detail-oriented Pitt is also designing furniture for the house, a custom job that will set him back around $500,000, a price that doesn't include the cost of the stain removal and repairs that will surely be needed once six rambunctious kids get their sticky hands on the one-of-a-kind pieces.
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"We're trying to spend more time in the South of France," Brad told Parade magazine earlier this month, "because our kids have a more normal life there."
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Michigan's Snakes
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Whether they like them or fear them, people find snakes fascinating. Despite being legless, snakes inhabit most environments on Earth that are ice free for at least part of the year. Deserts, oceans, forests, grasslands, lakes, rivers, marshes, mountains, farms, and cities - all are homes to some of the 2400 known species of snakes. Only 18 species are found in Michigan, but they are an important and conspicuous part of our state's fauna.
Snakes, along with the lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and alligators, are reptiles. This means that they are lung breathing, back boned animals covered by dry horny scales. Their young, hatched from shelled eggs or born alive, are essentially miniature versions of their parents. Reptiles depend on the outside environment for body heat, unlike birds and mammals which can produce heat internally. Snakes differ from other reptiles in being legless and in lacking both eyelids and external ear openings. Their eyes are covered by a protective transparent scale, and they hear by picking up vibrations through their skull and jaw bones. The constantly flicking forked tongue is used to augment the sense of smell. Odor particles are picked up and deposited on a special organ in the roof of the snake's mouth which then sends information to the brain. This sense of smell assists the snake in finding food and identifying potential mates or enemies. The tongue of a snake is never a "stinger" or weapon.
Snakes evolved from lizard ancestors about 100 million years ago, late in the Mesozoic Era (the "age of dinosaurs"). Some lizard groups today are still in the process of becoming legless, and certain primitive snakes, like boas, still have remnants of hind limb and hip bones in their bodies. Leglessness may be beneficial in some environments, as when burrowing underground or moving through thick vegetation. Snakes move with great agility, using from 200 to 400 pairs of ribs connected in turn to muscles and the large belly scales. The specialized backbones (vertebrae) allow free lateral movement, but restrict vertical movement, and some tree climbing species can "lock" their vertebrae to assist in bridging between branches. The internal organs are arranged to accommodate the elongated body shape, and most snakes have only one fully-developed lung, the other being small and degenerate.
All snakes are predators. The smaller Michigan snakes feed on invertebrates such as worms, slugs, or insects. The larger species take larger prey, such as frogs, rodents, birds, or other reptiles. (Preferred foods for each species are noted in the individual accounts above.) Snakes must swallow their food whole. This is possible due to flexible connections between many of their skull and jaw bones and stretchable skin, allowing them to swallow prey items larger than their heads.
Non venomous snakes have tiny, recurved teeth that are useful for holding and swallowing prey. Venomous species have these recurved teeth, as well as enlarged teeth for injecting venom. A rattlesnake's fangs are hollow and function like hypodermic needles to conduct venom from special glands into the body of its prey. Rattlesnake venom is a specialized form of saliva that not only kills small food animals but also begins the digestive process. The amount of venom injected in a bite varies, depending on the angle and force of the strike and the supply of venom available. About 30% of rattler bites are "dry", which may account for the reported successes of folk remedies and miracle "cures." Any bite from Michigan's only venomous species, the Eastern massasauga, should get prompt medical attention.
Conversely, a bite from a non venomous snake can normally be treated as one would a scratch or puncture wound, with ample precaution against infection. (Simply leaving snakes alone and using care when walking in natural areas will prevent nearly all bites - these creatures do not seek confrontation with humans and accidental bites are rare.)
Like nearly all reptiles, snakes adjust their body temperature by moving in and out of warm or cool places. In Michigan, most snakes probably prefer a body temperature of about 75 to 85 degrees F. Extended exposure to freezing conditions would be fatal, and they pass the winter in a dormant state in underground rodent burrows or other natural frost free shelters. Accessible basements and houses with cracked foundations may also attract shelter seeking snakes, often to the dismay of homeowners! The dry, scaly skin covering of snakes has no insulating properties, but does protect them as they move over rough or prickly terrain. The outer skin covering is shed and replaced several times during the year, and shed skins are good clues to the presence of secretive snakes.
Snakes usually mate in early spring, with males finding females by following their scent trails. Sometimes several males may court one female, and males of some species may fight "push and shove" battles over a female. Fertilization is internal. Although the majority of reptiles reproduce by laying shelled eggs, many snakes give birth to babies that develop inside the mother's body. Of Michigan's 18 snake species, 10 are live-bearing and 7 lay eggs. (Breeding habits for each snake are noted in the species descriptions, above.)
Egg-laying usually occurs in early summer, with the eggs deposited in an empty rodent burrow, in moist sand or soil, or under a log or stump. Most snakes abandon their nests soon after the eggs are laid, but females sometimes coil about the eggs for varying time periods. Hatching occurs in late summer or fall, the baby snakes cutting their way through the leathery egg shell using a special "egg tooth". Live-bearing snakes give birth about the same time in late summer. The babies often emerge enclosed in a thin membrane which soon ruptures. There is no parental care of the young, though they may remain near the female for several hours.
Snakes are undoubtedly the most misunderstood and feared of all animals in the state. This prejudice begins in our early childhood as we watch television programs and read stories that portray the snake as an evil and dangerous adversary, to be routinely avoided or destroyed. These fears are reinforced by watching a parent or friend react to a snake by either running from it or killing it. Fortunately the negative attitudes are beginning to change as people are exposed to environmental science programs at schools, nature centers, museums, and camps, and favorable publicity in the media.
More people now accept snakes for what they are - fascinating members of Michigan's wildlife community that, if given the chance, will avoid contact with humans. The vast majority are harmless, and the venomous species can be identified with minimal training and avoided with simple precautions when visiting natural areas. Some species that consume rodent or insect pests are beneficial to agriculture. All snakes play a role in the natural environment by contributing to ecological systems as predators and prey. They can best be conserved for the future by providing for their habitat needs and then simply leaving them alone.
The State of Michigan has enacted legislation to provide for the protection and regulation of native reptiles and Michigan recently amphibians. Rare and declining species are now protected from persecution and exploitation, and all species are affected by limits on numbers that can be taken or removed from the wild. Shooting of snakes and other reptiles is prohibited. Anyone wishing to take or study reptiles or amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders) in Michigan should contact the Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division for details and licensing requirements.
- Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
- Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxi)
- Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
- Butler's Garter Snake (Thamnophis butleri)
- Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
- Copper-bellied Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta)
- Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
- Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
- Eastern Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
- Fox Snake (Elaphe vulpina and Elaphe gloydi)
- Kirtland's Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii)
- Northern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis)
- Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
- Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata)
- Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata)
- Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardii)
- Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)


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"Favorite" conversations with students
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Conference with student:
Student: My problem with this paper is that I don't know what to say.
Me: That is a problem. Is there something about the novel that interests you? Confuses or excites you?
Student: No. I just don't care. [pause] Can you just tell me an argument? I'm good at organizing if somebody else thinks up the ideas.
Me: Part of the assignment is to create your own argument. You have several topics to choose from, but if I simply give you the argument, neither of us will get to explore your thoughts.
Student: [huge sigh] I hate thinking. I just like doing stuff.
Quote from: mendeddrum on November 11, 2008, 6:26:39 pm
Student: [huge sigh] I hate thinking. I just like doing stuff.
McDonald's has excellent training opportunities for students of this sort, with campuses nationwide. I'm sure there's one (or more) near you.
At least he's self-aware.
Here's one I had earlier this term.
[Background: This is a student who misses class frequently and did poorly on the midterm exam. I suggested that he try to get an early start on the next homework assignment and then come to office hours for assistance.]
Student: "I can't come to any of your office hours. Can I make an appointment for Wednesday morning?"
Me: "Sorry, I have two classes and a meeting on Wednesday morning. How about Tuesday or Thursday afternoon?"
Student looks terribly disappointed. "What about Wednesday between your classes? I only need about ten minutes."
Me: "Sorry, I'm booked. But I'm free Wednesday after 3:00".
Student, very distressed. "But my last class ends at noon!"
Me: "Wait a minute. I'm confused. If your last class ends at noon, then you should be able to come to my regular office hours on Wednesday afternoon."
Student, looking shocked: "But I go home at noon!"
Yes, I get this all the time. They cannot imagine altering their own schedules. I got this from a graduate student the other day:
Him: Can you meet with me to talk about the paper?
Me: Sure, any chance could you do it right after class on Thursday?
Him: Hmmm. Normally I do [XXX language] at that time, but I guess maybe I could skip it...
Me: Well no, I don't want you skipping class. Let's find another time.
Him: No, I don't have class then. I just normally use that time to do my homework for [XXX language] class.
Me: [Silence]
Him: Okay, so I guess Thursday after class works.
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