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Discussion and research about the water quality of the Great Lakes has been going on for decades. United States and Canada officials are involved along with private organization representatives, some of them activists that are anti-crop protection chemical and synthetic, commercial fertilizer use for conventional farming.
It was back in 1976 that the first Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) was signed by the U.S. and Canada. There have been subsequent GLWQAs. What has been going on has not been top of mind for most of those living in the drainage basin of the lakes. It has appeared that bureaucrats have talked and written reports incessantly, but there has been very little news and publicity reported by regional or national news media.
It appears a political process that could lead to regulatory activity might finally be around the corner. If new regulatory practices and rules are enacted, one way or the other, there will be repercussions to agricultural operations. Change seems inevitable sometime in the future. How unreasonable the regulatory process could become is something that should scare the agricultural community, according to many who have been watching and involved in discussions.
"Just like the Chesapeake Bay is one region of concern, the Great Lakes is another one. We need to get the word out. We need to have awareness that things are going on because there is potential for mischievousness in regulatory oversight," said Steve Taylor, executive director of the Missouri Agri-Business Association and consultant for the Mid America CropLife Association (MACA).
A look at the federal rules and regulation involvement in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay is a prime example of what can be down the road for the Great Lakes, but required on a much larger watershed and drainage acres, plus involving Canadian ideas for enforcement.
The governments of Canada and the United States per the "2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement," or latest GLWQA, agreed to implement programs of the GLWQA by establishing the Great Lakes Executive Committee (GLEC).
This action as of April was proclaimed as a way to finally make progress. The second meeting of the GLEC is scheduled to be held in September in Milwaukee along with the Great Lakes Commission annual meeting during Great Lakes Week.
The week is planned to be "featuring the annual meeting and conferences of diverse groups who are leading the fight to restore the Great Lakes," as noted on the organization's website of www.glc.org. That week will be followed by Great Lakes Days in Washington, D.C., March 4-6, 2014.
"The agreement between Canada and U.S. kind of lays out how we are going to move forward, but the agreement isn't like any treaty. The agreement empowers states and other agencies to provide incentives for tougher regulations, policies, and procedures within federal law. So, I guess what it can do is provide momentum and serve as a focusing mechanism on new programs," said Taylor.
The GLEC has empowered 10 "annexes" or committees to work on separate aspects of the lakes' water quality. In conjunction with this is the goal of establishing protocol for chemical management strategies for chemicals of mutual concern (CMC) by both countries. According to Taylor, advocates of 'safer' chemicals in the Great Lakes region have singled out certain chemical substances for chemical
substitutions (i.e, outright replacement). Advocates refer to toxic chemicals of "emerging concern in addition to legacy compounds." The process for compiling the final list is just now getting underway. Yet to be established are procedures to "implement programs to manage CMCs that apply principles of 'virtual elimination' and 'zero discharge.'"
Linking safer chemical regulation with water quality regulation could lead to some major changes in the way that agricultural operations are overseen and eliminate agricultural tools and technology. Money to advocate and investigate big changes has been and can continue to be funneled through the EPA for GLC and committee activity without asking Congress for authority or congressional funding stipulated specifically for this activity.
At the same time as the water quality issues of the Great Lakes are becoming hotter than in the recent past, there is new emphasis about chemical safety. In the U.S. Congress, the reauthorization or rewriting of the 20-year old U.S.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is being scheduled for formal debate.
According to the Council of Great Lakes Industries (CGLI) of which MACA is a member, there are at least 21 federal legislative and regulatory programs in place "that require registration, reporting of use and release of information and data on environmental fate and effects associated with chemicals."
But what also is occurring is several state legislatures and their EPAs are looking at having their own safe chemical lists and procedures for establishing those lists. Some of those states are wanting to take a precautionary approach where a chemical can be declared highly unsafe without science and risk analysis.
"The bill in Congress to reform the TSCA has a very strong pre-emption wording that CGLI supports. It would prevent states that don't have the science behind its rules and regulations of chemistries from pre-empting federal law, and the federal law would require a science-based approach in deciding the risk analysis of chemistries," Taylor noted.
Because there are some individuals being appointed to the committees or annexes that want chemical safety to be based on the precautionary approach rather than a completely science-based approach, those in agricultural industries, including farmers, should probably be concerned.
"You've got this safer chemistries activity and you've got these Great Lakes annexes dealing with chemicals of mutual concern. One of the first activities is how to define chemicals of mutual concern," Taylor added.
"You have a group of people that don't want to pay attention to science; those are the precautionary people, and then you have those of us who think everything we do has to be based on scientific analysis," he said.
In working with and for MACA, Taylor's job is education on issues of concern to the agricultural chemical industry, but as the executive director of the Missouri Agribusiness Association, he does have a lobbying function.
In either case, he thinks those in agriculture have a responsibility to work with Congress, the EPA and the Great Lakes Committee to educate and advocate for the interests of agriculture.
Taylor is encouraging people in agriculture to become educated about these issues and become involved and participating as advocates for process and regulation that is fair and equitable to agricultural industries, including crop protection manufacturers and agricultural retailers. He states that a great way to become involved is to join and be active in organizations like MACA.
The Great Lakes Initiative has been around so long in the background, and people who will be impacted have kind of let the bureaucrats and those with an activist point of view talk, compile meeting minutes and write low-action reports.
But as Taylor said, "One day soon they could actually break through and do something silly affecting agriculture."


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Student dies in New Mexico crash
A student at Mission Hill Middle School in Santa Cruz died Saturday night in a vehicle crash in New Mexico, school officials said.
Another student from the school and a student from Santa Cruz High School also were injured in the collision, said Gary Bloom, superintendent of Santa Cruz City Schools.
School officials have not released the names or ages of any of the students. Grief counselors talked with Mission Hill students about the crash on Tuesday, Bloom said.
The student's family had been driving to Mexico for the holidays. No other details on the collision were available Tuesday night.
Dog rescued in ravine
Firefighters and State Parks rangers rescued a dog in a ravine near New Brighton State Beach on Tuesday after someone reported hearing screams from a child in danger.
About 12:55 p.m., someone called 911 because they heard yelping from some bushes near Potbelly Beach Road and Las Olas Drive in Aptos, said Central Fire spokesman Mike DeMars.
Firefighters and park rangers searched the area and initially saw a deer. They then found a Boxer named Sophie, who was not injured, De Mars said.
Authorities speculated that the dog might have chased the deer. Responders rescued Sophie and reunited her with her owner about 2:50 p.m.
Trial set for burglary spree suspects
A trial date of Feb. 25 was scheduled Tuesday for two brothers charged in a spate of home burglaries in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Lawrence James Smith, 20, and Brandon Chip Smith, 19, were arrested in November on suspicion of burglary and drug charges.
Sheriff's deputies say the brothers stole jewelry, electronics, music equipment and cash in burglaries from March to November. Deputies say they are linked to more than a dozen burglaries, most of which took place in their home area in the San Lorenzo Valley.


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From Apple's (AAPL) all-time high of $705 in September, it got down to $533 this morning in the premarket.
That's almost a 25% decline from the highs.
That's actually not that unusual for Apple. In each of the last eight years since 2004, Apple's had at least one big retracement each year. The pullback varied from between 11% and 52% in the aftermath of the Lehman failure.
So, this current pullback is right in the middle of that range. It's not the biggest pullback, but it is certainly decent.
None of us can predict the future. Jim Cramer has said it's wise to get out of Apple ahead of the looming fiscal cliff discussions. That's certainly a threat to the stock, which is a big liquid ATM for a lot of institutional investors.
But I am in the same camp as Doug Kass, who has now gone long Apple after saying to short it around $660. I think it's time to put money to work in Apple again.
We had worries last year about end of year threats to Apple and the risk of politicians getting in the way. But last year, Apple's stock bottomed around $360 – after dropping 15% from a $425 high earlier in the year. It then went on a huge tear through early April blowing past $600 and later touched $700.
Recall that last year around this time 4S had just launched. I remember Erin Burnett sending a CNN camera crew into an Apple store near Columbus Circle and declaring that this new phone was going to bomb because there were more Apple employees in the store than customers (at 10am on a weekday). We all know that, as the holiday quarter rolled on, the 4S was an unstoppable hit.
This year, we have the same negative concerns by some about the iPad Mini. I suspect as the quarter continues, we'll see increasing evidence that it too is actually a hit when the sales numbers are tallied.
And even though many investors could want to stampede out of the stock quickly to raise cash and Apple is liquid enough to oblige them, this threat has to be balanced with the number of people who would also want to take the opportunity to pile into the stock –especially at lower levels.
This fiscal cliff issue is serious but it's not 2008.
I think $533 could end up being like last year's $360 bottom when we look back at Apple's charts in a few months from now.


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Tuesday, May 6, is the BIG Day of Giving in Yolo County and throughout the Sacramento region. It's also a National Day of Giving, with more than 150 communities participating. From midnight until 11:59 p.m., individuals are encouraged to go to the www.givelocalnow.org website and make a donation to their favorite nonprofit(s) - or to groups that may be new to them but which serve in areas they are interested in.
The BIG Day of Giving is a program of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Yolo Community Foundation and Placer Community Foundation. It is part of a larger movement to increase charitable giving in the region and to support local and regional nonprofits. Through the GiveLocalNow website, you can designate a gift to one or more of 400 area nonprofits that have completed an extensive 'profile' on the site. Each group's profile lists board members, projects and activities, and three years of financial data.
There are more than 40 nonprofits based in Yolo County participating in the BIG Day of Giving, including several in Woodland: Ark Preschool, Woodland Literacy Council, Woodland Friends of the Library, Cache Creek Conservancy, Food Bank of Yolo County, Woodland Opera House, WAVE, and the Woodland Schools Foundation. The full list can be found at the GiveLocalNow website.
Gifts made on May 6 will be matched on a pro-rated basis from a pool of more than $250,000 that has already been raised from area businesses and individuals. There will also be cash 'prizes' for the nonprofits in categories such as the group that gets the first donation after midnight, the group that raises the most funds during the lunch hour, etc. All participating nonprofits are encouraged to reach out to their current supporters and their friends and neighbors. Social media will play a big role during the day, so keep your eye on your email, Facebook and Twitter accounts to see what your friends are doing - and join them in the excitement of growing philanthropic giving in the region.
The goal on May 6 is to raise at least $1 million dollars from 5,000 donors.
For more information, contact Meg Stallard, 666-0154.


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Just wanted to say that I finally got around to approving all my friend requests! I spoke to the designer about creating a button that allows you to "accept all" requests so it doesn't get so time consuming! Any hoo, I just wanted to say that performing for the troops was one of the best experiences of my career thus far. i mean that. these people sacrifice their lives and i don't think either of us realize how crucial they are to our freedom and lifestyles. i was happy that (if even for a moment) i could bring them a little joy. I know ur pissed u didn't get to see the roman's revenge performance on the show. sorry bout that. i performed moment 4 life as well. I'll perform on lopez tonite and i'll either perform roman's revenge or moment 4 life so i hope that makes up for it. right now i'm just looking at treatments for the videos and enjoying the success of pink friday. we've been breaking records left and right and it wouldn't be possible w/o the love & support i get from u guys! are you guys enjoying the site?
awwww Nick i knew you probably wanted to cry after the performance! i know how giving back makes you happy & emotional! when i seen you come out on the stage i went AZY CRA! i was yelling and screaming like a wild banchee! but that's for anything i see you do! to have been behind you for so long and see yu finally making your mark in this industry! i know you try so hard and yu give your everything! i'm so proud of you! to see yu grow from the curly traxx's, potty mouth , super long nails girl to this ARTICULATE,HUMBLE,BRILLIANT WOMAN i grown to overly love today is amazing! you go so hard for not only you but YOUR fans it's crazy! & people wonder mhy #TeamMinaj goes so hard for you! it's because they don't see the Nicki we see! we don't judge you we let you be you& love you for it! i don;t wanna ramble on jus wanna say i love you & i pray for you & SB all the time! = ) i pray god continues to watch and cover you both with his loving grace & Mercy and that he stands by you every step of your Journey your about to take everyone on! *sighhhhhh* oh & yesssss! i LOVE it! mypinkfriday.com ROCKS! = ) ?


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Duke to get the spot start on Monday vs. Giants
SAN DIEGO -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson has decided that left-hander Zach Duke will start Monday night against the Giants at AT&T Park.
Johnson picked Duke over right-hander Craig Stammen because Johnson didn't want to break Stammen's routine as a reliever. Stammen is having another great season in the bullpen. In 11 games, he has a 2.25 ERA.
Johnson hasn't been able to find enough work for Duke this season and the skipper believes a start will get him going. As a long reliever, Duke has allowed 14 runs in 15 innings.
"Stammen has been very good. I don't want to change him out of the role that he is in," Johnson said. "With Duke, he has been basically a starter. I haven't able to give him the kind of work to keep him sharp. This will help him get back to where he needs to be. It kills two birds with one stone."
This will be Duke's first Major League start since 2011 when he was with the D-Backs. Duke has spent most of his time with the Nationals as a reliever. He is replacing left-hander Ross Detwiler in the rotation because Detwiler injured his lower back against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Detwiler had a third MRI on Saturday and, it turned out, he has a right oblique strain. It's not known if he will go on the 15-day disabled list.
Duke said he is appreciative that Johnson is giving him a chance to start. Pitching coach Steve McCatty informed him of the assignment Saturday afternoon, and the left-hander immediately had a bullpen session. In four games, Duke is 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA at AT&T Park.
"I'm sorry about what happened to Ross. I hope it's nothing very serious. I hope he can come back quickly," Duke said "At the same time, I have to get out there and give us a chance to win the game and re-prove to the organization and to the guys in this clubhouse that I can pitch and get people out."
If Detwiler is out for more than one start, the Nationals will call up a pitcher up from the Minor Leagues. There is a chance it could be a reliever, while they add Duke to the rotation.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(Arumiton: Arumi Soujuu) - Aluminum Release: Aluminum Manipulation
Type: Supplementary
Rank: A
Range: All Ranges
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: N/A [+60 If caused the Aluminum particles to explode]
Description: This technique is used mainly for manipulating the atmos structure in pre-existing aluminum techniques to unlock certain effects, The user releases a large amount of aluminum chakra throughout the whole battlefield causing any already existing aluminum based technique on the battlefield to fall under his will by re-arranging the atoms of the aluminum structure, the user freely manipulates the aluminum metal/liquid into any form depending on the situation at hand, the user can also use his aluminum chakra to re-shape the aluminum particles in a way like pushing the aluminum atoms closer to each other in order to create pressure that causes the aluminum to cause a huge explosion, this technique only manipulates particles of already existing aluminum structures.
-Declined- The explosion needs a separate jutsu
(Arumiton: Tsuin Rasen Doragon) - Aluminum Release: Twin Spiraling Dragons
Type: Attack
Rank: Forbidden
Range: Short - Long
Chakra Cost: 60
Damage Points: 110 [-40 to the user]
Description: After performing the necessary handseals (Ram → Horse → Tiger → Bird → Monkey) The user gathers a huge amount of aluminum chakra into both of his hands and points his hands forward while releasing all of the aluminum chakra he had gathered at once creating two humongous metal dragons made out of aluminum, each dragon twices the size of the "earth stone dragon technique" as the dragons head for the opponent's direction they spiral inward each other spinning around one another at fast speeds creating a motion similar to drilling, they drill through almost all the toughest obstacles and they are equipped with the user's chakra all the way, as the user continuously releases aluminum chakra into the two spiraling dragons keeping on increasing their massive size and spinning speed as the farther they travel the bigger in size they get and the faster they spin around themselves but the user is severely damaged from the enormous chakra exhaustion in his hands.
~Can only be used once per battle.
~No Aluminum techniques for 3 turns after use.
~No Genjutsu in the same turn as the user wouldn't be able to stabilize his chakra for the accurate usage of genjutsu excluding eye techniques.
(Arumiton: Arumi Mōdo) - Aluminum Release: Aluminum Mode
Type: Supplementary
Rank: Forbidden
Range: Self
Chakra Cost: 50
Damage Points: N/A [+15 to Aluminum techniques, +10 to Fire and Earth techniques]
Description: The user gathers a huge amount of chakra into the center of his body and flowing his aluminum chakra into every cell of his body to activate this technique upon releasing all of his aluminum chakra at once, for this technique a set of changes into the users body occures, the user's skin turns into aluminum metal of dull gray color allowing the user to gain extra damage while using the aluminum techniques or elemental techniques that create the aluminum i.e. Earth and Fire elements, but unlike the iron skin technique the user isn't immune to attacks as it's sacrificed for faster usage of aluminum techniques as well as fire and earth elements, the user continuously releases his aluminum chakra through his body to maintain his form at hand, but at the same time the user has an advantage of being immune to genjutsu techniques techniques that of B-rank and lower due to the continous release of the aluminum chakra through his whole body and allows the user to know whenever he's under a genjutsu as if the user is attacked with a genjutsu the aluminum skin-like quality that the user gains with the usage of this technique slowly deteriorates with due to the suppression of the opponent's chakra into the user's body thus slowly stopping the continuous chakra flow that's used to maintain this technique, but the continuous release of the aluminum chakra has a major disadvantage that is the user can only use aluminum techniques because if the user changes his aluminum affinity he loses the control over this technique, as well as earth and fire techniques that are used to form the aluminum metal.
~Can only be used once per battle.
~This mode lasts for 4 turns.
~The user is damaged with -30 points due to the enormous chakra strain on his body.
~Only Aluminum, Earth and Fire elements are to be used within this form.
~No genjutsu can be utilized while in this form.
~No other modes while in this mode.
~No Aluminum techniques at all for 3 turns after this mode is deactivated.
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Travis's Story
Me and my brother Trooper were rescued from a wood pile when we were little. He recently found his forever home, but I'm still looking.
I'm a BIG boy -- I got big feet, and even though I'm big, I'm just a giant baby. I like to think I'm still a tiny kitten, and crawl into my foster mom's lap when she's on the computer. Problem is, I'm so big there isn't much room left on her lap for me. But never mind -- I still do it, cuzz I get alot of attention and pets that way! I'd do best in a quiet home, and I'm very affectionate.
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Date: Monday, December 17, 2012
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm ET/2:00-3:00 pm CT/1:00-2:00 pm – MT/noon-1:00 pm PT
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***Due to popular demand, the OERC has added a second session of this webinar. The Data
Dashboard session scheduled for 1 pm ET on 12/17 is full, so please consider attending this one if you tried to register for the earlier webinar and got a message that it was closed.***
We use auto dashboards to monitor travel progress and watch for early signs of car trouble. Similarly, data dashboards provide information about program progress and problems. Data dashboards also serve as a communication tool for program stakeholders, providing them with "at-a-glance" updates on your project.
If you want to learn more about data dashboards, you are invited to attend the NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center's presentation "Data Dashboards: Monitoring Progress toward Program Outcomes." Cindy Olney and Dave Tolmie will present several examples of data dashboards, focusing on how they can enhance decision-making for different types of users. The webinar will also demonstrate how free Google Docs applications can be used to create a simple data dashboard for your blog or website. (This webinar has been approved for CE credit from the Medical Library Association.)
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Coyote wrote:Buckwheat wrote:How many non-religious types get together in a group once a week (give or take) and discuss ethics, inspiration, and goodwill? This doesn't mean non-religious people can't be ethical, inspired, or full of goodwill, but they are not constantly drilling that into their minds at church or temple every week. I'm inclined to agree with Kim, although I would like to see a scientific study of some sort to support that conclusion.
And how likely are non-religious people to abstain from lying, stealing, killing, drinking entirely, rather than take the position that these things in moderation, or if they don't adversely affect others, are OK? At least most religions maintain that it is morally wrong to kill, steal and lie, whereas the non-religious have a variety of views on these actions.
I think this is taking my point too far. I think there is a similar percentage of non-religious people that consider it immoral to kill, steal, and lie. Drinking is more likely, and therefore some reckless behavior, but I don't think any higher percentage of non-religious people would be so foolish as to justify their killing, stealing, and lying as morally acceptable. My point was one simply of behavioral conditioning, that coming together in church, temple, or forum, we come together as a group to reinforce the moral lessons, keeping them at the fore and pondering the minutia of how to enhance virtue. As a former non-religious type, I can say that non-religious still have these discussions, but not as frequently.


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Hepa Wash Treatment of Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Intensive Care Units (HEPATICUS-1)
This study has been terminated.
(The foundations of our pilotstudy planning has changed.)
Hepa Wash GmbH
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First received: March 1, 2010
Last updated: December 30, 2014
Last verified: December 2014
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Patients with compensated chronic liver disease who have an episode of acute deterioration of liver function (acute-on-chronic liver failure) are known to have up to 90% mortality rate. Hepa Wash(R) is a newly developed liver and renal support system that is based on the use of recycled albumin dialysate. The new system has shown a high detoxification capacity in in-vitro and preclinical studies. The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Hepa Wash system in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure in the intensive care unit.
|Acute on Chronic Hepatic Failure
|Device: Hepa Wash Procedure: Standard Medical Therapy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Hepa Wash Treatment of Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Intensive Care Units
Further study details as provided by Hepa Wash GmbH:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 30-day mortality rate [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Multiorgan system failure [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]
- Safety (surrogate parameters) [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Number of days on ventilation [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Number of days without extracorporeal treatment [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- 180d-mortality rate [ Time Frame: 180 days ]
- 1y-mortality rate [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Control
Standard Medical Therapy
Procedure: Standard Medical Therapy
Standard of care treatment
Experimental: Hepa Wash
Treatment with the liver support system "Hepa Wash"
Device: Hepa Wash
Intervention frequency: 1-10 treatments (decision of the investigator)
Duration of intervention per patient: Treatment until recovery or death (max. 6 weeks)
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with documented clinical or histological evidence of cirrhosis AND
- Acute decompensation in previously stable cirrhotic liver disease AND
- Bilirubin ≥ 2 mg/dl AND
- SOFA ≥ 9 calculated after 12 hours of optimal medical therapy AND
- Patient is in the intensive care unit AND
- Informed consent of the patient or the legal representative AND
- Patients are 18y or older AND
- Enrollment of patients within 96 hours of fulfilling inclusion criteria (1-5)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Untreatable extrahepatic cholestasis
- Patient has a survival prognosis of less than 6 weeks because of a chronic disease (e.g. metastasizing cancer) and before the acute event which lead to the ICU admission.
- PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 100 mmHg (respiratory SOFA-score of 4)
- Patients who receive a vasopressor support of Dopamine >15 µg/kg/min or epinephrine >0.1 µg/kg/min or norepinephrine >0.1 µg/kg/min (cardiovascular SOFA-score of 4)
- Patients with creatinine ≥5 mg/dl or urine output <200 ml/day (renal SOFA-score of 4)
- Patients on kidney dialysis
- Patient with MELD-score of 40
- Mean arterial pressure ≤ 50 mmHg despite conventional medical treatment
- Patient testament excludes the use of life-prolonging measures
- Post-operative patients whose liver failure is related to liver surgery
- Uncontrolled seizures
- Active or uncontrolled bleeding
- Weight ≥ 120 kg
- Pregnancy
- Patient diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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In the Paul Pierce thread he asked me:
peck....i respect u...and thats why i ask this question....
when u speak of artest....its like u become someone other than urself....
u dont speak of opponents players the way you do of artest...in fact u never speak like u do when u discuss artest....its just so, so far out of character for u....
why?....theres a fine line between love and hate, i know....but its almost like the sheer mention of artest seems to just hit a button and u become some other person....the obvious negative emotion u feel towards him just seems to be so out of character....
and i cant understand, why...these types of emotions are usually only reserved for very personal relationships....its almost like u react like a woman scorned would....but im assuming thats far from the truth....
so, again, im curious....why is it so personal with u where ron is concerned versus ur typical take on all other players and issues-a usually fairly unbiased and rational approach....im just very intriqued how a basketball player of any kind can evoke such a dramatic, somewhat irrational response from someone that appears to be just the opposite....
so again, i ask with all due respect....why?
I've actually started to answer this three differant times & each time I had to erase for differant reasons. But I don't want you to think I'm ignoring you so I will attempt to hammer this out right now.
Issue # 1
A lot & I mean a LOT of my stuff about Artest comes on the heels of one of his fans making excuses for him. Or better yet justifying his actions because they are fans of his.
Look there is nothing wrong with fan worship, God knows I am an idiot when it comes to Dale Davis (no comments about me being an idiot all of the time from the peanut gallery) but I have always felt that if Dale did something I was ashamed of on the court I would call him out on it. I know a certain someone is about to get on here & berate me for not chastizing Dale for fighting, but I always look at it like this that Dale goes face to face with his man & not hit him from behind or act like he wants to do something he really doesn't want to do.... But that's all besides the point.
Your new here so I won't bore you with all of the old stuff on here but I will say this. There is a segment on here who thinks just because Ron is a great basketball player he can do no wrong.
When I see wrong I can't just close my eyes & put my hands over my ears & go "la la la" I have a bad habit of calling it out.
Some of Ron Artest antics are just wrong. There is no other way to put it.
Breaking things, cheap shoting players & breaking plays does not mean you are more competative.
That is the one that gets me almost every time. Ron will do some boneheaded stunt & his fans will chime in with "Ronnie just hates to lose so bad"
In scholastic sporting events they would call this being a poor sport & in some cases where they actually cared about character they would remove the player from the situation for a time & if he didn't change they would remove him from the team.
In public life we would call it criminal activity.
Let me use this as an example & trust me with Ron it's almost always the play I come back to.
Andre Kirlenko has been toasting him all game & Ron is getting very frustrated with him so since he can't beat him on the court he intentionally steps behind AK47 & hits him in the back of the head as the guy is driving the lane & going up for a basket.
Now translate that to real life & use this example. You are a widget salesman & you are pretty good at it. Then another widget salesman comes to your area & starts selling about the same as you do & then one day he goes ahead of you in the block & starts selling more. You wait as he is coming out of a house after a sale & you run up & wack him over the back of the head. Do you think you could claim to the Police officer responding that you just hated losing sales so bad that you just couldn't control yourself? I'm guessing it's not gonna fly.
I'm not trying to compare the two btw, I'm just trying to point out that being competative does not give you an excuse for bad behavior.
Ok, I've gone off track here. Let me see if I can save some of this.
A lot of my problem with Ron isn't always Ron. It's fans who under normal circumstances would rebuke a player like him if he were on another team.
If it's wrong for Rasheed Wallace to do something doesn't mean that if Rasheed Wallace became a Pacer it would make it ok for him to do the same thing. Right & wrong does not change with a uniform color.
He has a fanatical fan base on here & on the internet in general & sometimes it's like you have assulted the Pope if you make a comment about him that does not portray Ron as either a hero or a victim.
Ok that takes care of a lot of that, on here anyway, I sometimes try & compensate for the over abundance of praise for him. I'm not just being contrarian for no reason however because I truely am not a fan of his.
Which bring me to issue # 2.
There is a segment of us out there that turned against Ron a long time ago. The brawl in the Palace was not a suprise to many of us, it was fullfilment of prophecy that some of us had been saying for a long time.
(in fairness I will admit that none of us would have ever dreamed possible the amount of damage that he was able to do to the franchise on that night but just weeks before it happened both Jay & myself were saying that he was going to tear the entire franchise down & boy did he ever)
You see a lot of people are at the stage with Ron now that they say "well let's give him one more chance & if he screws up again I'm done with him". To me, I was at that over a year ago. So last season wasn't a "one more chance issue" it was just "one more thing".
I'm pretty sure it was two seasons ago that I started getting to the point where I didn't care for him. When he hit AK47 that pretty much disgusted me but didn't put me over the edge, however I was very leary of him from that point on. But when I saw Mel Daniels litterally pushing & shoving him into the locker room after that loss in Boston I knew I was done with him. That was the second time I had seen him go after a fan, the first was at the fieldhouse when he went after our famos blond lady from the front row when he was with the Bulls.
Ok, again I've gone off-track let me see if I can put this together.
I was against Ron long before the brawl, in fact I spent the entire last summer doing two things.
1. B*tching that Brad Miller was traded.
2. B*tching that Ron Artest was not.
I guess I just want you to know that because I don't want you to think I'm just pileing on after a bad incident.
Issue # 3.
He's a great talent. Hell he may be the best player the Pacers have ever had but, IMO, it doesn't matter how good you are if you & your team mates & coach's cannot get along.
There is a lot of back story's that are well known on here (I'm not sure if you've heard them yet or not?) about Ron & Jermaine. But there are also story's of Ron & Rick that don't always get mentioned as much as they should.
Before last season Jermaine made a comment in the Star about having to dedicate more time to Ron to make him feel part of the team (read: babysit Ron) & how differant team members were taking turns with Ron. I'm sorry but the guy brings the team down when it becomes necassary to do that. I don't care who the player is. If it was Jordan or if it was Magic, nobody would be worth the entire team trying to make sure they were happy & content.
Anytime Ron doesn't get his way he either goes public with his thoughts about how he doesn't know if he wants to play here or not (like he did on two occasions Carlisle first season) or he somehow gets a migraine.
Well the star fessed up about covering up for Ron during last seasons playoffs when Kravits outed Montieth for this & I'm not sure that isn't why Mark doesn't cover the Pacers on the beat anymore. I'm not saying it is but it wouldn't suprise me either.
I digress.
Ron has faked issues before about headaches when he doesn't feel as though the offense goes through him enough.
Issue # 4
He's a great player however he is not the single best player to ever play kind of player. Yea, I know this should go under issue # 1 again but I'm gonna put it here.
Ron Artest can contribute to a title or to a great team, but he is not the end all be all of a team. If we cannot win a title without Ron Artest then there are serious flaws to our team. As has been pointed out by other posters, teams have won titles without Ron Artest being a member of that team.
Issue # 5
This is an on the court issue btw, but in tense games when discipline is called for I don't trust him. I don't for a min. beleive he won't break a play & call his own # when the play is clearly called for someone else.
If a player out plays him I am always afraid how he will react & I don't mean physical either. I'm talking about shooting dumber shots or making worse choices. Take last seasons game 6 vs. the Pistons. Ron just was being abused by Prince yet he kept forcing it. Eventually as the game ran down he totally abandoned the play sets & ran whatever he wanted to.
Issue # 6
This one is controversial & I know that there are going to be some who come shouting at me on this one, but I'll say it anyway.
Ron Artest is a typical bully, IMO.
Have you ever seen Ron Artest do somthing to somebody who was his own size or someone who would go back at him? If your gonna say Ben Wallace your gonna have to guess again. He had a chance at Big Ben & he chose a differant path.
Now I don't want this to break down into a whole brawl debate again, I just am pointing out that once again when Ron raised a fist it was over a person who was really smaller than him.
I will always go back to the Derrik Coleman issue. If Ron ever had justification to get up & take out somebody it was when Coleman litterally knocked out Ron's front teeth. But all he did was hold his mouth.
However little Quinten Richardson offends him by dunking on him he gets an elbow to the face.
Yes, yes I know he did the right thing with Ben. I'm not denying that, it's just funny that everytime I see him going after a fan in the stands it is to scare them into what? I guess into being better fans or something.
Now to wrap this up let me say this.
By all rights this guy should be my favorite Pacer, hell maybe of all-time. However I just can't get past the crap to apprecaite the talent he has all of the time.
Now also having said all of that I want it known that I know he will be here next year & so whether I like it or not I have no choice but to root for him to do good.
Ok, I'm prepared for the flaming I'm about to receive, so have at it.


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The Problem With Surprises (TNA BFG Aftermath)
by, 10-14-2012 at 11:03 PM (8413 Views)
The Way I See It (TWISI) - The Problem With Surprises (TNA BFG Aftermath)
I didn't plan on writing another blog so quickly, but after watching TNA's Bound for Glory this evening, I have a lot to say. Most of this blog (if not all of it) is simply going to be my opinion, thoughts, etc. on what happened at TNA's biggest pay-per-view of the year. I hope you guys enjoy the read and please feel free to leave comments - agree with me, disagree with me, yell at me, call me a girl - I don't care, just leave whatever is on your mind in a comment!
The Matches
First and foremost, I was incredibly wrong on my predictions I posted a couple of days ago. In that blog, I said this pay-per-view wasn't very predictable and that was evident this evening. While I predicted most of the outcomes incorrectly, I am fine with some of them. However, there are two outcomes in particular that irritate me:
1. Rob Van Dam winning the TNA X-Division Championship
Listen, I know RVD is over with TNA fans around the world. And, along with that, he probably brings in quite a bit of money on merchandise, etc. That's fine, but why have him win the X-Division Championship? In my previous blog, I said I'd be okay with it if he won, but I lied. It accomplishes nothing. The beauty of TNA's X-Division is anyone can beat anyone -- it has a "any given Sunday" feel to it. No one is a bigger star than the division. By putting the belt on RVD, that is no longer the case. When he wrestles the current guys in the division -- Sonjay Dutt, Zema Ion, Douglas Williams, etc. -- it'll constantly be a "David vs. Goliath" battle. He's bigger than the division and because of that fact, he's going to harm the division by being champion. All of his matches are going to appear one-sided on paper and the only way I see him losing the title is in some sort of three-way match where he isn't involved in the finish or something. Bad move, TNA.
Zema Ion was starting to establish himself. When I listened to the crowd's reaction for him at BFG, people hated the guy! That's what you want out of your heels. You want the fans to dislike the individual. Ion was getting over; and he needed that one solid victory to really solidify his spot. And RVD would have been that victory, but instead TNA gave the win to RVD, a win he didn't need. RVD doesn't even want to be in TNA -- and yet, he's now the champion in the division that made TNA what it is today. I hate it. I just hate it.
2. Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez winning the TNA Tag Team Champions
I don't know if I'm more disappointed with the finish or the match as a whole. There were some good spots throughout; none better than that springboard move to the outside by AJ Styles. But I guess I hoped they'd accomplish more in this match. For example, they've been building tension between Angle and Styles the past few weeks, so I figured they'd use this platform to set a feud between the two of them in motion. They did not, which was disappointing. Also, I really think Daniels and Kazarian needed to keep the belts because they are TNA's only real solid tag team -- and on top of that, much like Zema Ion, they are over as heels! To me, Guerrero and Hernandez are a formidable team, but they're the kind of duo that is booked for filler purposes only. Extra bodies in a match. I don't think they should have won the belts, at least not yet.
But I digress, it's not as upsetting to me as RVD winning the X-Division championship. I was just really surprised TNA took the belts off Daniels and Kazarian.
3. Spanish announce table
This isn't a match complaint, but it irritated me -- so it fits in this section!
Okay, so while the situation was funny, I couldn't help by wonder why TNA made the Spanish announce team commentate the majority of the show with the monitors on their laps. Seriously, how hard would it have been to move the broken table and replace it with a functioning table? I mean, it's already embarrassing anyway -- Tenay and Taz have a sophisticated announce table, while they had a wooden table with a cloth over it.
It was humorous, but I couldn't understand why they just didn't give them a new table for comfort.
But overall...
The matches were fantastic. The match between James Storm and Bobby Roode was ridiculous! Roode is one of my favorite wrestlers today, but I have so much more respect for him after he took the tacks -- not once, but twice! Super legit and kudos to him. Those two put on a great match, as well as the tag title match -- and of course, the main event was tremendous from start to finish.
I guess I'm okay with Hardy winning. I just thought it would have been better to have Aries retain -- and perhaps have them face off once more and Hardy could win that match. But it's not too upsetting, I just really like Aries. And judging from the fans, so does everyone in Phoenix! I couldn't believe the amount of cheers Aries received to go along with the amount of boos Hardy received. Crazy stuff.
Oh, and I want to mention the Al Snow vs. Joey Ryan match. I was wrong about Al, he can still go in the ring. Matt Morgan coming out during the match caught me off-guard. I was actually surprised by that, so that was cool. I thought he was going to kick Joey too, but apparently not. I'm not sure if those two are going to do something as a tandem now, or if Joey was just in the right place, at the right time. My only complaint: isn't Morgan supposed to be kept away from the ring? I'm not sure why security didn't chase him off -- instead, TNA allowed him to take in the glory inside the ring. That was surprising, but it's not a big deal.
But I repeat once more -- great show, great matches... very solid.
The Problem With Surprises
I'm going a bit of a different direction with this section. The focus is still on Bound for Glory, but I want to talk about some of the "surprises" and "reveals" that went down throughout the show. You see, as the title says, there's a problem with surprises. So much hype, build-up, etc. goes into a "surprise" or a "reveal" that by the time it happens, it's kind of a let down, you know? And there are two in particular that let me down at Bound for Glory.
1. Tara's "Hollywood" boyfriend
First of all, I'm disappointed that I didn't see this one coming. I remember reading an article on this website a while ago that TNA had signed someone from Big Brother. And of course, Tara's boyfriend is "Jesse" from Big Brother. Who in the hell is he? This is what I'm talking about. Tara talks about her "Hollywood" boyfriend for weeks; and in an interview she did this weekend, she said he's a huge star. And again, I repeat, who in the hell is that guy? No one watches Big Brother!
He's unnecessary. He won't accomplish anything in TNA. The company has so many people that are "green" on their roster already: Alex Silva, Rob Terry, etc. They don't need someone else like this "Jesse" guy. He wasn't a big reveal. Everyone was curious who her boyfriend was -- so, I guess in a way TNA accomplished something -- but now no one cares because no one knows who he is!
2. Devon in Aces and Eights
Okay, I have a lot of negative things to say about this "surprise," but I have to say one thing: kudos to TNA for keeping it hidden. As far as I was concerned, Devon was no longer with the company. He was perhaps on his way back to the WWE and that was that. When I thought of the Aces and Eights possibilities, Devon never popped into my head. So, again -- kudos on that, TNA.
And I want to say one thing! No one will believe me, but I knew it was Devon as soon as he hit the ring and put Bully through the table with the Spinebuster. Maybe others had the same thought, but I said openly: "that's Devon." And I'll be damned. I'm proud of myself on that one.
But anyways.. here is the problem.
No one cares about Devon! It's what I was saying earlier: you build something up. Make people care about it so much. You have the attention of everyone. We all want to know: who's it going to be? And it reaches a point to where it's built up so high, that practically any "surprise" or "reveal" is going to be a disappointment.. But come on, Devon? I'll admit, it was a bit shocking in terms of: "what the hell is he doing?" But I wanted it to be someone bigger! TNA thinks Devon is a star, he's not someone I care about! For such a big spot, I expected someone better. But you know what? Like I said, I probably would have been disappointed with anyone in that situation.
I just -- I don't know, I've never liked Devon, so this is very disappointing to me. TNA hid it well, but the disappointment bunny takes the cake for me.
And that's all I really had for you guys. I had so much I wanted to say after watching the show, I just had to post something. Don't get me wrong, I bought this pay-per-view and I'm willing to say that it was $40 well spent, but I just wasn't happy with how a few things went down. But overall, it was a good show -- it had great wrestling and man, oh, man -- that crowd in Arizona was into it!
But yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed the read.


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Oh for Fuck's Sake
7 comments:
- The Beer Nut said...
One word: ad blocking software.
- 30 July 2009 at 09:33
- Tyson said...
Isn't that 3 words:)
I have emailed them-to tell them I think they need to seek help, as they're the ones seemingly obsessed by alcohol.
- 30 July 2009 at 10:34
- Woolpack Dave said...
The add placements are worked out by computer. They start by looking at keywords on the site but then use more clever software to work out what site produce the most "click through"
Check out Google Adwords for more information.
It's not a human deciding where to put them, normally.
- 30 July 2009 at 11:07
- Dublin beekeeper said...
Look on the bright side cavers get adds for fetish gear all the time. Now where did I leave my mask...
- 30 July 2009 at 11:07
- Jeff Pickthall said...
I used to get tons of singles ads on FB, the bastards were just rubbing it in! I change "single" to nothing at all in my status to stop it – then I got bombarded with gay singles stuff. You can't win.
- 30 July 2009 at 11:58
- Adrian Tierney-Jones said...
Jeff: put looking perhaps, you might Specsavers or peeping tom ads
- 30 July 2009 at 12:14
- Brewblogger said...
That fake charity 'Drink Aware' have been advertising on my site recently. Don't mind it, especially when the readership click on the ad to view it!
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Nick Hamilton, son of BBC Gardeners' World iconic presenter Geoff Hamilton, talks about his late father's legacy - plus, find out what else needs doing in the garden this week.
By Hannah Stephenson.
For the last 15 years, Nick Hamilton, son of the late Geoff Hamilton, has been busy following in his father's green-fingered footsteps.
Just wandering around some of the 38 small gardens created for TV at Barnsdale in Leicester, you can feel Geoff Hamilton's ever-practical presence, as areas are teeming with a huge variety of plants along with practical substitutes for expensive accessories (including a circular finial made from a toilet ballcock - but you'd never know - sitting on top of a pretty, home-made obelisk).
These are all testament to Geoff Hamilton's money-saving principles, his attitude of having a go himself at making something before shelling out on an expensive equivalent, ever aware of his audience, many of whom would have been cost-conscious.
Nick, who took over the business after his father's death in 1996, shows me the old copper immersion heater transformed into a rose water feature in the quirky Reclaimed Garden, a typical example of his father's ideas of economy.
"My father wanted Barnsdale to be representative of what people have at home. Achievability was all-important. He set the springboard from which we've dived."
The TV garden all started in the 1970s, when Geoff moved into a house on the Barnsdale Hall estate and was renting some land at the top of the hill. He was asked to do a guest appearance on Gardeners' World from what is now known as 'The Original Barnsdale'.
In 1979 he joined the team permanently, but soon found that there was little room to experiment and in 1983 he found Barnsdale as it is today, a mile away, a Victorian farmhouse with more than five acres of land.
He created the gardens between 1983-96 but it wasn't until 1997 that they were opened to the public.
"My father always said that a garden is a work in progress, so we continue to carry that on," says Nick.
The beautiful Artisan Cottage Garden, Allotment, Woodland Walk and Artificial Rock Garden are just a few of the concepts which have been developed and continue to offer ideas to gardeners today.
Nick acknowledges that times have changed since his father's TV heyday.
"Everybody's lives have changed. Retired people are doing more now than they ever did, as are people in work. But it's making people realise that within their busy lives there's still time for gardening and vegetable growing."
In the last decade there has been more emphasis on less time-consuming gardening, with demand for easy-maintenance plants, plants which don't need staking and less lawn. But Nick has reservations about this attitude.
"We have one or two gardens here which are lower maintenance than others," he says.
"And yes, you can go out and buy a £300 tree which will have an instant effect. But that's not gardening.
"Gardening is all about patience and nurturing, getting out there and getting your hands dirty. Low-maintenance gardening in a way isn't gardening."
He believes that were his father alive today, he would be over the moon at the way Barnsdale has developed. But he doesn't believe the TV cameras could ever return on a regular basis.
"Our tagline is 'The People's Garden' and that's what it is - a garden for the people. I wouldn't now want to stop people seeing the garden, even for one day a week."
He says that BBC Gardeners' World today is far removed from his father's programmes.
"They're still searching for the magic formula to recreate the way the programme was when it was here.
"They've lost their way with what they think people want from the programme. People need to be shown in the right way and the right style to inspire them to get out there.
"What I'm hearing from visitors is that 20 years ago everything they did on Friday revolved around making sure they were in front of the television at 8.30pm to watch Gardeners' World.
"Now, if they're in and there's nothing better on, they'll watch it. I think that's really sad."
Despite encouragement from Plant Heritage, Nick has so far not held a National Collection at Barnsdale.
"I don't have the time at the moment to do it. I love my plants and I'm predominantly a nurseryman. I really like penstemon, but there are lots of plants I love. The problem is finding a National Collection which really inspires you."
With a full-time staff of 13, Nick says the garden won't further expand because land is not for sale around the site.
But there is room for a 39th garden, a work in progress.
"The 39th garden will be a garden for people with limited mobility - not a disabled person's garden. It won't only be raised beds - we will use tools to cope with the lower levels."
And it is clear that Barnsdale is moving with the times.
"I keep toying with the idea of artificial grass as well," he confides. I wonder what his father would make of that.
:: Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham, Rutland. For more information, visit www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk or call 01572 813 200.
Best of the bunch - Heuchera These brilliant border perennials fit in a wealth of garden settings, their foliage varying from acid greens to deep burgundy and chocolate.
In summer they produce spikes of tiny, insignificant-looking flowers in shades of white and pink which are a magnet for bees.
The plants form neat mounds of coloured foliage and are ideal for ground cover and at the front of the border, while more compact varieties create contrast in mixed containers.
Heucheras will thrive in sun or partial shade and like fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Good varieties include H. 'Chocolate Ruffles', which makes a good contrasting plant partner with the acid-green variety H. 'Lime Rickey'. Lift and divide large clumps in early autumn.
Good enough to eat - Pest watch on veg Slugs and snails may have been rampaging through your vegetable patch and the best way to get rid of them, especially if you're organic, is to go through your rows picking them off by hand and disposing of them.
Early summer can see infestations of carrot fly, while wireworm will make cavities in root veg and potato tubers and cabbage white larvae play havoc with your brassicas.
Carrot fly will be active now, so put a windbreak-style barrier up around your crops to deter these low-flying pests and thin out the plants, whose scented leaves provide the attraction, on a still evening before watering the remaining plants.
There's still just time to do some companion planting. Plant nasturtium with cabbages as they attract caterpillars which will hopefully then leave the cabbages alone. Cabbage white caterpillars will be hatching now and you can prevent some damage by inspecting the undersides of the leaves on all brassicas. If you come across small clusters of yellow eggs, squash them.
Remove any plant parts covered in blackfly. Infected potato foliage will appear withered and yellow compared to a healthy plant, so dig it out and remove it completely from the garden.
If you suspect you have wireworm, lift your susceptible crops early to minimise damage and keep your ground well cultivated in spring and summer.
Three ways to... Succeed with lettuces 1. Site summer lettuces in light shade to prevent them bolting early.
2. Keep lettuces moist but not waterlogged.
3. As seeds will become dormant in hot weather, sow them in the afternoon in summer and cover them with damp kitchen roll for a few hours to keep them cool.
What to do this week :: Pinch out sideshoots on tomatoes.
:: Position summer hanging baskets and containers outside.
:: Shade greenhouses to keep them cool and prevent scorch.
:: Sow spring bedding including wallflowers, pansies, and Bellis perennis for flowering next year.
:: Harvest hellebore seed once the seed heads have ripened.
:: Pinch out the leading shoots on plants such as chrysanthemum and helianthus to encourage bushy plants.
:: Lift clumps of forget-me-not once the display wanes, and before too many seeds are released.
:: Remove early infestations of aphid by hand to prevent the problem getting out of control.
:: Apply a high nitrogen summer lawn fertiliser if not done last month to encourage a healthy-looking lawn.
:: Thin out new shoots on trees and shrubs that were pruned in winter to stimulate growth.
:: Change the feed for pot-grown fruit to a high potash liquid one.
:: Thin pears, plums, peaches, nectarines and apricots.


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Tex wrote:Retro, thanks for correcting. Perhaps what I'd misremembered had to do with sharing in the kamma of killing the animal by choosing its time of death?
To share in the kamma of the animal's death, I think you'd have to be either the fisherman or the cook. Both hunting and butchery are regarded as wrong livelihood. If we regard lobsters as animals (in the sense of tiracchanna, not the sense of "animal" in english or biology, which aren't necessarily the same thing), then catching lobsters and killing them would be wrong livelihood, but ordering any kind of seafood at a restaurant is not explicitly named as unwholesome anywhere in the Buddha's words, to my knowledge.


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July 29, 2008
TPWD Finalizes Dove, Teal Seasons
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department finalized the early season migratory game bird regulations, which includes dove and teal seasons for 2008-09. Texas hunters will see a 16-day September teal season and no changes to the South Dove Zone segments.
The North Zone runs Sept. 1-Oct. 30, with a 15-bird bag and not more than two white-tipped dove; the Central Zone is Sept. 1-Oct. 30 and reopens Dec. 26-Jan. 4, with a 12-bird bag and not more than two white-tipped dove. Possession limit is twice the daily bag.
This year, the South Zone dove season is Sept. 20-Nov. 9, reopening Dec. 26-Jan. 13 with a 12 bird bag and not more than two white-tipped dove. Possession limit is twice the daily bag limit.
The Special White-winged Dove Area, which now encompasses land west of I-35 and south of U. S. Highway 90, opens to white-winged dove afternoon-only (noon to sunset) hunting Sept. 6-7 and 13-14 and reopens Sept. 20-Nov. 9 and again from Dec. 26-Jan. 9. The daily bag limit during the first two weekend splits is 12 birds, not more than four (4) mourning dove and two (2) white-tipped dove. The daily bag limit during the remainder of the Special White-winged Dove Area is 12 birds, not more than two (2) white-tipped dove. Possession limit is twice the daily bag.
Teal season is Sept. 13-28 with a daily bag limit of 4 birds. Possession limit is twice the daily bag.
Hunters should note the dove and teal season dates and bag limits are not included in this year's Outdoor Annual of hunting and fishing regulations. Information will be available in the Early Season Migratory Game Bird Digest supplement, available Aug. 15 on the TPWD Web site and wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
A proposed dove season rule that would have removed one week of hunting opportunity from the end of the first season segment in the South Zone and added it to the end of the second season segment was not approved. Although public comment was supportive of the proposed amendment, the department has decided to retain the traditional structure because of other considerations resulting from public comment.
"Public comment received by the department indicates a growing concern among hunters, landowners, outfitters, and local businesses that economic factors are increasingly affecting hunting habits or will affect them in the future," said Mike Berger, TPWD wildlife director. "The department therefore made the decision to leave the traditional season structure in place for the current year while launching an outreach effort to determine if the traditional and historic dove season structure should be altered for future seasons."
In keeping with hunter and landowner preferences, dove seasons have traditionally been opened on the earliest day legally allowed under frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, irrespective of which day of the week the date fell. Under federal law, dove hunting in the United States cannot begin before Sept. 1.
Sept. 1, as opening day of dove hunting in Texas, has been part of the state's hunting tradition ever since the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 was signed. Treaties with Canada and Mexico established the framework for the taking of all migratory game birds, including dove.
"This year, Sept. 1 falls on Labor Day, a Monday, which is a good thing because it's a holiday for many Texans, and like having another Saturday," said Vernon Bevill, TPWD game bird program director. "The bad thing is, the next day isn't Sunday, it's back to work Tuesday."
Similarly, this year's South Zone dove season opener falls on Saturday, Sept. 20. Traditionally, dove season in South Texas has opened on the Friday after the 20th unless the 20th is a Saturday. Federal frameworks currently prevent opening the South Zone before the 20th.
Berger said recent public comment received by the department indicates a strong preference for seasons to open on a Friday, so as to create a three-day hunting opportunity to open the season. Recent public comment also indicates a preference for the 60-day/15-bird configuration in the South Zone.
"A recurrent theme was the concern that increased consumer costs, particularly transportation costs related to energy prices, make anything less than a three-day opening weekend economically unjustifiable," said Berger. "Similarly, proponents of the 60-day/15-bird configuration stated that economic considerations would cause them to curtail the number of times they could go hunting, leading them to prefer a higher daily bag limit. In the past, hunters and others have expressed an aversion to delaying the opening day until the first full weekend, preferring the earliest possible opener."
Hunters looking for a place to hunt dove should consider TPWD's public hunting opportunities. According to Linda Campbell, TPWD public hunting program director, the department manages more than 50,000 acres of dove hunting units. Hunting access to these areas is available with purchase of a $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit, available Aug. 15 wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
A map booklet detailing locations and additional information about the 143 public dove hunting units is included with the Annual Public Hunting Permit and will be available on the TPWD Web site beginning Aug. 15. A permit is not required to access the map booklet information online.
TPWD dove program coordinator Jay Roberson anticipates an above average hunting season for doves this fall, based on habitat conditions. "We had a pretty dry spring and doves do well in those conditions," he noted. "The birds weren't responding last year to predictions of good food availability and many doves stayed to the north. I'm guardedly optimistic this year."
Roberson reported hearing of good numbers of doves across South Texas and anticipates hunters should have good success if they can identify flight patterns. Conditions are expected to change in the weeks heading into the season, particularly in the wake of recent weather resulting from Hurricane Dolly.
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Under this model, the district asks residents of the school district to support a construction bond that includes money for energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. The money the district saves on electricity after the solar panels are installed can then be used to support teachers and school programs.
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Under this model, the district takes advantage of low-interest financing often available from US Government backed bonds to pay for solar panel installation. The money saved on electricity is used to pay back the loan. The goal is for the solar panels to generate enough electricity that the utility charges the district no longer has to pay, amount to more than the payment on the loan or low-interest bond.
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As the Saint Xavier Council (SXC), it is our duty to represent the student body and to ask as a liaison among students, faculty, administration and the community. We are committed to enhancing the entire student experience by encouraging and supporting activities that maintain the quality of life on campus, academics, and to promote and defend the general welfare of students.
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Last Update: September 18, 2013
Activities at the local, state, national and international level demonstrate an increasing interest in health concerns related to blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) and harmful algal blooms. In response, the Environmental Management Branch is providing information and links (at bottom of page) to other sites that will be helpful to the public and to local, regional, and state public health and environmental health officials.
Click here for the July 2010 update of the Draft Voluntary Statewide Guidance for Blue-Green Algae in Recreational Water Bodies (PDF) .
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) are any of a number of species of microscopic bacteria that are photosynthetic. They may exist as single cells or groups of cells. They occur naturally in surface waters.
When conditions are optimal, including light and temperature, levels of nutrients (i.e., phosphorous and nitrogen, and the ratio of the two), and lack of water turbulence, blue-green algae can quickly multiply into a bloom.
Blue-green algae blooms are likely to occur more often in warmer months.
When some blooms occur in water bodies, exposure to the blue-green algae and their toxins can pose risks to humans, pets, livestock and wildlife. Exposure may occur by ingestion, dermal contact, and aspiration or inhalation.
Risks to people may occur when recreating in water in which a blue-green algae bloom is present, or from the use of drinking water that uses a surface water source in which a blue-green algae bloom is present.
Exposure to blue-green algae can cause rashes, skin and eye irritation, allergic reactions, gastrointestinal upset, and other effects. At high levels, exposure can result in serious illness or death.
Depending on the particular cyanobacterium, and the amount to which one is exposed, blue-green algae have the potential to cause a variety of adverse health effects, including liver toxicity (e.g., Microcystis aeruginosa) and neurotoxicity (e.g., Anabaena circinalis). Microcystin toxins may also promote tumor growth.
Destruction of cyanobacteria cells may release the toxins into surrounding waters, so care must be taken in dealing with blue-green algae blooms.
No. Several dog deaths have been reported following the dogs' exposure to blue-green algae in Humboldt County, as mentioned in this press release (PDF)
Microcystis has been implicated in the deaths of central California southern sea otters, as discussed in this 2010 papert.
Worldwide animal poisonings and adverse human health effects have been reported [see links below, especially this from WHO (PDF)].
The WHO guideline for the toxin microcystin LR in drinking water is 1 microgram per liter (µg/L). WHO references are listed below.
US EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment has prepared draft toxicological reviews of several cyanobacterial toxins, anatoxin-a, cylindrospermin, and microcystins (LR, RR, YR, and LA).
Cal/EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has prepared a draft toxicological summary and suggested action levels for six cyanotoxins.
Blue-green algal blooms have been reported for a number of water bodies, including: Klamath River (PDF), Siskiyou County | Big Lagoon and Eel River, Humboldt County | Clear Lake, Lake County | Lake Isabella, Kern County | Crowley Lake, Mono County | Lake Elsinore, Riverside County | San Francisco Bay Delta | Stockton Channel, San Joaquin County | Pinto Lake, Santa Cruz County
In August 2009 the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a press release about toxic blue-green algae for parts of the Klamath, Eel (South Fork) and Van Duzen Rivers in northern California (PDF) .
On July 1, 2014, the Drinking Water Program and the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program moved from CDPH to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). Find out more at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/programs/index.shtml.
Avoid drinking untreated surface water. This will protect you not only from blue-green algae, but from Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and a host of other microbes.
Water systems generally go to great lengths to keep blue-green algae from growing in their surface water supplies, in order to avoid taste and odor problems that would concern their customers. For example, some blue-green algae produce geosmin and MIB (2-methylisoborneol); their earthy, musty odors can be sensed at very low concentrations (on the order of nanograms per liter). The usual good management practices to control taste and odor help reduce the likelihood of toxic blue-green algal blooms.
When toxic blue-green algae blooms occur, water systems need to utilize a strategy to treat the blooms that does not merely kill the algae, since rupturing (or lysing) the blue-green algal cells can release their toxins, and treatment may not be entirely effective in removing toxins.
There aren't any drinking water standards specifically for blue-green algae, but "blue green algae (cyanobacteria), other freshwater algae, and their toxins" were included on the second federal Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL2). EPA uses the CCL to prioritize research and data collection efforts to help determine whether a specific contaminant ought to be regulated.
More about CDPH's recreational health programs is here.
Avoid body contact with blue-green algal blooms. This includes swimming, wading, water-skiing.
Children especially should avoid contact. Their small body weight means their exposures to blue green algae will be higher than adults, given the same volume of water intake.
Local health and environmental agencies are encouraged to and generally do post recreational areas with signs and brochures to inform the public of the presence of blue-green algae blooms. Some examples of information from various states are presented below.
If one is going to consume fish, it's best to remove the internal organs, which would likely contain more of the algae/toxin.
There have been some reports of blue-green algae toxin in fish tissues [for example, see the SWRCB's 2008 report on cyanotoxin in yellow perch and shellfish in the Klamath River (PDF)]. However, anadromous fish that are migrating into a water body with a bloom may not have had an opportunity to concentrate much of the toxin.
Keep pets out of water with blue-green algae blooms.
Dog deaths have been reported, some apparently related to ingestion associated with licking algae from their fur after wading/swimming in water with blue-green algae blooms.
There aren't any state or federal standards for blue-green algae in recreational water.
California has developed draft voluntary guidance for recreational water bodies -- the latest draft (July 2010) is here (PDF) .
CDPH discusses blue-green algae in its guidance for freshwater beaches.
The WHO has developed guidelines (PDF)for recreation, which are summarized in this table (PDF).
WHO, 1999. Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water: A Guide to their Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management. World Health Organization, Geneva
WHO, 2003. Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments, Vol. 1, Coastal and Fresh Water, World Health Organization, Geneva.
WHO, 2004. Microcystin LR (PDF), from Chemical Fact Sheets, Guidelines for Drinking Water (PDF), World Health Organization, Geneva.
Some other states provide informational materials about blue-green algae and/or other algal blooms, including the following:
Florida | Indiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan (PDF)| Minnesota | Nebraska | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oregon | Texas | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin
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I have an ADD diagnosis among others, and depressive symptoms. Most days I struggle to keep the motivation and energy to do the basic house hold chores.
I find that when I read dhamma or try to meditate, sometimes it feels like all the talk about "cessation" and "dispassion" contributes to my low energy levels. I know there is skillful and unskillful desire and energy but that's how it is. It sometimes makes me avoid reading dhamma when I feel tired or depressed. Can someone identify or have any other input?
I hope I sometime find out how to "generate" positive energy. I have been on stimulants (add meds) before and consider asking the pdoc for starting again. I guess that and exercise will have to do until then.


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Sprinkles and Jules are sister and brother chihuahua terrier mixes who have rarely been apart. They are a bonded pair. They are playful and energetic 2 year olds who are so much fun to be around. Their previous owner moved from a single family home to a condominium and they could not come along. T hey're good with kids, playful, and get along with other dogs and cats after introductions. Sprinkles (female) weighs about 12 lbs and Jules (male) weighs about 8 lbs. They REALLY like to cuddle with you and love belly rubs. They are healthy, up to date on their shots, spayed/neutered, house trained, and create trained. They sleep in there cage at night which they love. Please give these two babies a chance.
Our adoption fee includes the dog's spay/neuter surgery, parvo/distemper shots and rabies shots (for dogs over 6 months), deworming, microchipping, flea and tick protection, heartworm testing (for dogs over 6 months), and monthly heartworm protection until the dog gets adopted.
If you are interested in this dog, fill out an application at http://www.dreamhouserescue.org . Would you like a private meet and greet to introduce this dog to your current pets? Call or text Sue at 513-484-9840 or Bonnie at 513-967-0007. Not sure? Ask about our Foster to Adopt program.
Sweet Dream House Rescue is holding adoption events this Saturday and Sunday from (12-5 pm) at the Newport Petsmart (156 Pavilion Parkway, Newport, Kentucky), on Saturday (12-4 pm) at the Eastgate Petsmart (650 Eastgate South Dr., Cincinnati) and the first and third Saturdays of the month at South Lebanon Petsmart (476 Corwin Nixon Boulevard, South Lebanon, Ohio).
Our mission is to rescue homeless and abandoned animals, to spay/neuter, vaccinate and provide any needed medical care until they are adopted into loving homes. We are often the rescue of last resort, waiting until other rescues select from the euthanasia lists to rescue those that are not selected.
Newport Petsmart
156 Pavilion Parkway
Newport, KY 41071
Every Saturday and Sunday from 12-5pm
South Lebanon Petsmart
476 Corwin Nixon Blvd.
South Lebanon, OH 45065
1st and 3rd Saturday and Sunday of each month
1) Foster to adopt. You are permitted to take the dog home for a trial visit of up to one week at your home (longer if necessary is also possible). This will help you determine if you and the dog are the right match. If yes, then the following weekend you can finalize the adoption at the Newport or Tri County Petsmart. If no, then you return the dog to us at Newport or Tri County Petsmart and you are welcome to try a different dog. You will need to complete the necessary paperwork and pay a $40 fee (cash,check, or credit card). This fee is non-refundable, and will be applied to the adoption fee if you decide to finalize the adoption.
2) Outright Adoption. If you're sure you've found the right dog, you complete the necessary paperwork, pay the adoption fee in full (cash, check, or credit card only) and take the dog home. You receive all the dogs health records that we have available to us.
Our adoption fee is $200 for most dogs, $225 for puppies. Fee INCLUDES: the dog's spay/neuter surgery, parvo/distemper shots and rabies shots (for dogs over 6 months), deworming, microchipping, flea and tick protection, heartworm testing (for dogs over 6 months), and monthly heartworm protection until the dog gets adopted.
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