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Game #79: Jays at M's pregame
Toronto (39-39) at Seattle (42-33)
at 10:05 p.m. ET at Safeco Field
Today's lineups:
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Curtis Thigpen, 1B
Adam Lind, LF
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan
Ichiro Suzuki, CF
Jose Vidro, DH
Jose Guillen, RF
Richie Sexson, 1B
Ben Broussard, LF
Kenji Johjima, C
Adian Beltre, 3B
Jose Lopez, 2B
Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
PITCHING: LHP Jarrod Washburn
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Can we get a Brandon League update?
Why are they giving up on Thigpen as a catcher? seems like he has what it takes to be a combination of a good hitting, good fielding catcher
I don't know why they keep on having Adam Lind play. Look at his batting average. Don't get me wrong, Adam Lind is a good player and sometimes he comes through. But right now he is not producing. Couldn't the jays have Matt Stairs play left field and have Curtis Thigpen or Howie Clark play first.
"I don't know why they keep on having Adam Lind play.
At this stage, about the worst thing you could do to Lind would be to sit him down. He's a good young hitter who is making adjustments to major league pitching, and to do that, he needs to get his hacks in, good or bad. When Johnson returns Lind can take what he's learned back to Syracuse with him, but I bet he will be with the big club next year.
I like everything I have seen of Thigpen, but even the Jays admit he's not ready to be a major league catcher just yet. He was drafted for his bat, with the idea that he would develop into a catcher, but that may not be his final role, because he has had a couple of starts at second base this year in Syracuse.
Thigpen might not be ready to be the full time catcher but he most certainly could be the fill in for Zaun over Phillips. I mean the ony thing he has not shown us yet is if he can throw someone out. And really that doesnt matter since Phillips cant. So Ill take his hit and run ability over phillips. Why keep playing guys who cant help them win. Mini slumps are fine but Phillips just all around stinks.
I feel bad for McGowan. He actually started off amazing in the first but Hill and Glaus were not able to complete the simple ground outs issued and that just changed his game. He still has it, he just seems to react badly to being behind, something he has been getting better at more and more.
I see people are asking for a Brandon League update. Im interested to. Anyone????
The thing a backup catcher has to do first of all is catch, and put down good fingers for his pitchers, something Phillips does very well, at this point better than Thigpen. There is also some doubt about Thigpen's ability to throw out runners, which is why the Jays are maybe thinking of switching him to some other position. As for hitting, any catcher who only gets one start per week or so is not going to hit well. That includes Phillips, Thigpen, or any other person. There are simply not enough at bats to get your timing down pat. You may have noticed that Zaun doesn't throw out a lot of runners either. Both these guys have average arms, so a lot of it has to be blamed on the pitchers taking too long to the plate. The other consideration is that Thigpen is a developing player, and in order to get better, he has to catch a lot of games, something he can't do sitting on the bench behind Zaunie. Hence, Thigpen to AAA, and we keep Phillips another year until Thigpen is ready, or maybe until Zaun retires.
The last I heard of Brandon League, he was rehabbing in the minors and doing pretty well, but Riccardi wasn't satisfied enough with his stuff to bring him back to the big club anytime soon.
Please leave Phillips alone.When he does make it on base he looks so funny when running LOL. I go along with gnorman leave them the way they are right now until after the break. When most everyone is back. Wells in #1 not bad anywhere else big O-FER guy. Gibby cant seem to make up his mind oh well nothing new.I felt sorry for McGowan on Friday not all his fault.What we need is a third baseman that can walk and when need be run Troy is to lame. Trade Burnett for Bedard anyone.


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That fact has been brought into sharp relief by past productions of the play. Globe artistic director Barry Edelstein recalls that the director Joseph Papp met with protests when he staged "Merchant" for his Public Theater in New York in the early '60s.
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Old Globe artistic director Barry Edelstein will give a talk titled "'The Merchant of Venice': What Is It About Shakespeare, Shylock and the Jews?," at 7 p.m. Monday at the Center for Jewish Culture's Garfield Theatre in La Jolla. Call (858) 362-1348 or visit sdcjc.org for details.
Edelstein, who until recently was director of the Public's Shakespeare Initiative, said he likewise braced for blowback when he directed the work for that theater in 1995, but it never came. Same for the 2010 production starring Al Pacino.
He's not sure what to expect from Globe audiences when Noble's production opens, but adds that he stands by the play all the way.
Noble's production stars the fest returnee Miles Anderson as Shylock, the moneylender who attempts to call in the debt of "a pound of flesh" from his rival, the merchant Antonio. The play also takes in a love story between the heiress Portia and Antonio's friend Bassanio, and includes the famous courtroom drama that spurs Shylock's wrenching "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech.
Noble has moved the action to the second half of the 19th century, when he says anti-Semitism in Europe was less institutionalized yet still virulent. He also is taking some cues from the Dreyfus Affair, the infamous episode in which a French military officer of Jewish heritage was falsely imprisoned over espionage.
"I think it's a much more balanced play than people think," says Noble, the former Royal
"And I think Shylock is a much more sympathetic figure than people think. And almost certainly a more sympathetic figure than the Elizabethan audiences perceived him to be."
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When: Previews: June 25-27. Opens June 28. Runs in nightly rotation with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." Most performances at 8 p.m.; check with theater for exact dates and times. Through Sept. 28.
Where: Old Globe's Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, Balboa Park.
Tickets: About $29-$92
Phone: (619) 234-5623
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Johnson City, Tenn. -- The East Tennessee State University men's basketball team today announced that Tim Boyd, a 6-5 forward, had signed a National Letter of Intent. Boyd will join the Buc program this fall.
As a senior captain, Boyd led Crossett (Ark.) High School to a 22-5 record and a berth in the Arkansas State 4A Semifinals. Boyd averaged 21.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and three blocks per game. He was a three-time All-Conference honoree, All-County honoree, a two-time All-State honoree and the Ashley News Observer Player-of-the-Year. In addition, Boyd was named the the 4A Southeast Player-of-the-Year in Arkansas.
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You slept a littler later.
You went to Sunday school and church (tried your best not to sleep there).
You ate lunch.
Maybe watched a game on TV (of course, this was before there were a thousand games on television at all hours of the day and night…. so you had a choice of one).
Took a nap.
Sunday afternoon stretched in to Sunday evening and they both seemed to last forever.
Now, Sundays fly by. Before I know what's happened it's Monday and the start of another work week.
Saturdays are no better. They are spent getting everything done in advance of Sunday so when it arrives I can be completely busy on the last day of the weekend.
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Price: $185 paid in advance. The whole hour must be used in 30 days or the time is forfeit. If, however, you decide you want to roll this over into the 3 Hour Done in a Month Writing Coaching below, you certainly can and the 30 days will start from when you make that decision.
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Here's how that three hours might look:
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Several days later a second 20 – 30 minute call discussing what worked in the assignment and what didn't. Plus a second assignment.
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Typically the assignments we agree on are writing – a query, the start of an article or story, a blog post you, etc. You send the assignment to me 36 hours in advance of our call. I make comments and return it to you so we can discuss it and move to what's next. (Note: I make comments only. I don't edit or copy edit – that's a different kind of relationship.
You get a written summary of our conversaton after each session that also accounts for the time and spells out the next assignment..
During the 30 days you've got almost unlimited access to me by email and can, with email, arrange a quick phone call or two.
These sessions must be completed in 30 days. If you don't use all the time in the 30 days, that time is forfeit. We can, of course, renew the agreement for subsequent sessions.
Price: $525 paid in advance – which works out to $175 an hour, a savings of $30 over the month. Enough for a good book perhaps?
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Because books are, be definition, big projects that generally take a lot of time, each book writing coaching, also known as book doctoring, book fixing, etc., has to be an individual contract. We'll start like this:
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- I'll then ask for a few pages if you've written something, or we'll discuss what you want to write and our next steps – usually some writing from you.
- We'll decide if we're working on a book proposal or the whole book.
- I'll write a specific proposal for you, including pricing.
- Maybe we'll do some negotiating.
- If you decide to hire me I'll want some money up front and we'll set up our first appointment and set up a tentative schedule for the balance of the work.
Not the writing coaching you're looking for?
Let's talk about it via email. I'll be happy to work with you to figure out a program that suits your needs. Or to tell you I'm not the one to help and, if I can point you in the right direction… either way is fine with me.
Got questions? Of course you do
And I'm happy to answer them. Send an email to email@example.com . Make sure you put Coaching Question in the subject line so I don't lose you to spam and I'll do my best to answer it in 24 hours.
How Do I schedule a coaching session or two with you?
Simple – either give me a call or send me an email. I'm near San Diego which means Pacific Time. I'm mostly available Monday through Thursday from 11 am to about 4 pm. If you need an earlier or later time, don't hesitate to ask and I'll see what I can do.
All coaching is paid in advance – so your appointment isn't confirmed until I receive payment.
The easiest is PayPal. You don't need a PayPal account, just a credit or debit card to use this service. My PayPal email is: firstname.lastname@example.com – you can simply send the proper amount from: PayPal.com
Or, if you prefer, email or call me and we'll talk about it and, if you like I can send you an invoice via PayPal or some other way.
You can also send me a check. My address is 2721 B, Highland Ave., National City, CA 91950.
The article, Yes, A Writing Coach Can Help, may be of interest.
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Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., on Thursday reiterated her opposition to the tax legislation and urged Speaker of the House John Boehner to oppose the legislation.
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Each year, hundreds of thousands of people flock to Peru to take in the sights. Why visit Peru? Perhaps it is the centuries of history evident in some of its most famous sites, such as Machu Picchu, or the delicious food and inviting people. It could even be the natural wonders, like the Amazon River and Colca canyon. Peru tours have all of this and much more.
Though it was built in the 1400s, much of the world did not know of Machu Picchu's existence until 1911, when an archaeologist named Hiram Bingham set out to find Vilcabamba, the final Incan stronghold to be conquered by Spain. Local farmers told him of the existence of ancient
ruins that had gone virtually unnoticed by outsiders for hundreds of years. They guided him to the site, which historians now believe to have been a royal estate for Incan emperors and nobles. Bingham quickly wrote a book about all he had seen, and the world took a sharp and immediate
interest in learning more about this historical relic.
Getting to Machu Picchu:
Today, historically-minded visitors can travel to Machu Picchu on guided tours, designed to showcase its beauty and majesty. Tucked away in the mountains, getting to the site requires a moderate hike known as the Inca trail. A destination in its own right, this trail traverses about 26 miles of Peruvian panoramic views, reaching an ultimate elevation of 13,000 feet. Most of these guided tours start in or near Cusco, a city in the country's southern region, and are conducted over the course of several days. Getting to Machu Picchu is as much of an adventure as seeing the ruins themselves.
The wonders of Machu Picchu:
Machu Picchu luxury tours are the best way to experience the splendor of one of the world's most popular destinations. After completing the Inca trail, visitors can see some of the region's most ancient iconography, such as the Temple of the Sun, which is bathed in light during the summer, and the Temple of Three Windows, one of the most religiously significant sites in the region. It only takes one luxury trip to Machu Picchu to understand why it has been designated one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.
Colca Canyon:
Any person drawn to breathtaking natural views would be well advised to travel on a Colca Canyon tour. Slicing through more than 60 miles of the Andes, the canyon is nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, dipping more than two miles at its lowest point. Visitors can watch condors soar through the air above them as they trek through the world's second deepest canyon. Thrill seekers can descend via a zigzag path, and will be rewarded with some of the most scenic views the country of Peru has to offer.
Amazon River:
What would a guided tour of Peru be without a stop by the world's greatest river? Just about 4,000 miles long, the Amazon carries a greater volume of water than any other river on the planet. Amazon River tours let people get up close and personal with wildlife, taking in the amazing biodiversity along its banks. Giant otters, dolphins, electric eels and jaguars are but a few of the animals that can be witnessed on the tour. In addition, visitors can see and learn about villages that few outside of the area ever get to experience.
Food and Drink:
Peru food culture is much like the country itself: eclectic, dynamic, and steeped in history. The Humboldt current gives Peru some of the best seafood in the world, clear in dishes like ceviche, a flavorful preparation of raw fish marinated in citrus. Meat lovers are encouraged to chow down on marinated beef skewers known as antichucos, or aji de gallina, a hearty chicken stew. Wash it all down with pisco, the country's national drink.
Right in the heart of the Andes is Cusco, one of the few cities deliberately preserved after the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Today, Cusco tours in Peru showcase the city's distinct religious iconography and ancient artifacts, as well as more modern attractions, such as Cienciano, Peru's premier football team. Cusco is considered so important and historically significant that in 1983, UNESCO declared it to be a world heritage site.
Peru's capital and largest city, Lima is home to nearly 10 million people, as well as some of the most important and interesting cultural artifacts the country has to offer. It is the location of the National University of San Marcos, the oldest continuously functioning university in the New World, as well as the highest concentration of museums in Peru. Travelers also often visit to review Lima's churches, many of which date back to the 16th and 17th centuries.
Nazca Lines:
Since the 1920s, drawings in the Nazca desert have puzzled historians and tourists alike. Are they roads? Irrigation markers? Positive proof that aliens once visited an ancient civilization? Nazca Lines theories are plentiful and in some cases fanciful, and this ongoing enigma continues to draw great interest. Despite research, they remain something of a mystery, meaning that visitors are free to visit, review, and add their own interpretations.
American and Canadian citizens must have a passport that is valid for at least 6 months beyond the intended return date in order to enter and depart Peru.Tourists must also provide proof of return or onward travel. Each traveler is responsible for ensuring that his/her passport is up to date. Citizens of other nationalities should check with respective authorities before departure. Please ensure that the name on your passport matches all travel documents we have issued. If this is not the case, please contact us immediately.
Please make a photocopy of your passport's identification page and keep it separate from the original. It's also a good idea to leave a digital copy with someone at home. This may speed the replacement process should you lose your passport.
American and Canadian citizens traveling on regular passports for business or tourist purposes do not need a visa for a stay of up to 90 days. Please note that if you are staying longer than 90 days, obtaining a visa is your responsibility. These requirements change often and therefore it is recommended that you check with the Embassy of Peru for the most up- to-date information.
Cancellation and Medical Insurance is highly recommended as it can safeguard against the expenses associated with in-country medical emergencies, lost or delayed baggage and emergency cancelation or interruption of your trip. Please ensure your policy will provide you with upfront medical coverage so that you are not responsible for a hefty doctor's bill while away. Insurance can be purchased through us.
Some vaccines require more than one dose or a major length of time to be effective. For that reason, it is recommended to see your doctor or health provider at least 6 to 8 weeks before your trip. Please bring vaccination certificates with you in your carry-on luggage as you may need to present them on arrival.
Currently Recommended Vaccinations:
A Yellow Fever vaccination is recommended for those traveling to the jungle and cities nearby. It must be given at least 10 days before your trip in order to be effective.
You may also want to ask your travel health professional about tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis A & B, malaria, rabies and typhoid, depending on the areas you will be visiting.
Altitude sickness is a risk at high levels such as Cusco (11,200 ft/3,414 metres). Give yourself time to acclimatise before setting off into the mountains. Walk slowly and drink plenty of water.
If there are any medical items essential to your health, such as prescription drugs or corrective eye wear, bring duplicates and divide them between your checked bags and hand luggage. While non-prescription drugs such as aspirin are generally available, it is difficult to replace prescription items. Other recommended Items:
Suggested items to pack:
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 60Hz. (110 volts AC is available in most 4- and 5-star hotels.) In Peru, you will find the following sockets: A, B, C.
Phone: Coverage is good throughout most of the country. Check with your phone company to see if there are roaming agreements before your departure. You can rent mobile phones in Lima and the main cities, or buy Peruvian SIM cards.
Mobile Telephone: Roaming agreements exist with some international mobile phone companies. Mobile phones can be rented in Lima and the main cities. Coverage is sporadic.
Internet: Service is widely available in main cities and most towns. Wireless access is available in most urban areas, airports, hotels and shopping centres. In big cities such as Lima, you'll find numerous Internet cafés.
The official currency of Peru is the Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN) which is divided into 100 céntimos (cents). Nuevo Sol notes come in denominations of S200, 100, 50, 20 and 10. Coins are available in S5, 2 and 1 Nuevos Soles, and 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 céntimos (cents). The official exchange rate is published daily in the newspapers and online at www.xe.com.
Capital: Lima
Language: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara are the official languages in addition to 50 native languages. English is spoken in major tourist areas.
Currency: Peruvian Nuevo Sol, divided into 100 cents.
Religion: 89 percent is Roman Catholic, 7 percent Evangelical and 4 percent unspecified
Time Zone: GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) – 5 GMT
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 60Hz. (110 volts AC is available in most 4- and 5-star hotels)
Telephone: Country code is +51. International calls to Peru: call 011 + 51 + city code + phone number.
Calling North America: Dial 011 + area code and your 7-digit number
Emergency telephone number: throughout Peru, call 105


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It's cookie season! Oh, sure, cookies are eaten 365 a year, but is there a better time to celebrate cookies than during the Christmas season? Even the most baking-averse among us can't help but bake cookies in December (though they may just be sugar cookies cut out from a can).
Anyone can make cookies and everyone loves to eat cookies. They're the ideal thoughtful holiday gift, they're perfect for children's little hands, and they're a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends creating memories that will last a lifetime. (I don't remember many Christmas gifts I received when I was a kid, but I do remember marathon Christmas cookie baking sessions with my mom every year.)
So during this Christmas cookie season, I'm sharing 10 tips for baking, storing, and freezing cookies. And if you need some cookie recipes, Food Blogga has several hundred of them that have been submitted by bloggers and bakers across the country for previous "Eat Christmas Cookies" events. Here are links to the 2007 round-up, the 2008 round-up, and the 2009 round-up. From Italian pizzelle to German Spritz cookies, you'll find absolutely every type of cookie imaginable!
1. Before you begin baking, make sure you have all requisite ingredients as well as baking utensils, pans and parchment paper (lots of parchment paper). Baking requires precision, so it's a good idea to use the exact ingredients specified in a recipe rather than make substitutions that can adversely affect both texture and flavor.
2. In general, cookie dough should be mixed by hand or with an electric hand mixer. Over mixing can lead to tough cookies. Stir in ingredients such as chocolate chips, nuts, and dried fruits by hand.
3. Use sturdy, aluminum baking sheets with or without a rim. Skip greasing the sheets and line them with parchment paper instead. This helps the cookies bake more evenly, makes it easier to slide them onto a cooling rack and allows for quick clean-up.
4. Always preheat the oven. Space cookies at least 2 inches apart; even cookies that don't spread a lot need their space to bake evenly. If your first sheet of cookies spread too much, then chill the remaining cookie dough in the fridge for 10-15 minutes before baking.
5. If possible, bake one sheet of cookies at a time. This allows the oven's heat to circulate evenly and prevents cookies from becoming too browned on the bottom. If you must bake more than one sheet at a time, then place sheets in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and rotate mid-way through. Never place cookies on a hot baking sheet as they will spread; either let the sheet cool or run it under cold water before re-using it.
6. Unless otherwise noted, transfer cookies immediately to a cooling rack. Just slide the parchment paper with the cookies on it directly onto the rack. Cookies will firm up a bit as they cool. Allow them to cool completely before frosting.
7. Make sure cookies are cooled completely before storing. Metal tins keep cookies crisper and firmer than plastic containers.
8. Store soft cookies like macaroons in a separate container from hard cookies like biscotti. Otherwise, you'll end up with all soft cookies.
9. Layer cookies between sheets of waxed or parchment paper to maintain freshness and to prevent them from sticking together. Sturdy cookies such as biscotti can be stored without the paper. Use the same storing principles when giving gifts of cookies. Festive decorative tins and cellophane bags are both attractive and practical.
10. Most types of cookie dough can be frozen raw then baked later, though drier cookie dough such as shortbread freezes better. Place formed cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Place cookies in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. There is no need to thaw them; just add a few minutes to the baking time. To freeze baked cookies, place them in single layers separated by sheets of waxed or parchment paper and store in a freezer-proof, air-tight container. Baked cookies can be frozen for up to 6 months and should be defrosted on the counter top before serving.
Oh, and don't forget to leave some cookies for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Next to Cookie Monster, no one loves cookies more than old Saint Nick.
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Heene Road Baths the Worthing Corporaton Baths in fact started out as a gymnasium with a small water works that provided emergency supplies during…
Lets hope 2019 brings good to all
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Well it was diving that got me onto Lidos sort of! er...well definitely. So..here is Lani and Celie learning about Diving. The picture will take you to my other site and Lani and Celie.
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…the thrilling diving displays. The Lidos were renowned for them. Well it was diving that got me onto Lidos! Lani and Celie and their Mum want to learn about Diving. If you'd like to know some ins and outs of diving, the full story takes you to my other site and to Mum, Lani and Celie.
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"Hellified" is a supernatural action movie about a journey to hell, currently in development from Paramount.
Official site launch for "Trick 'R Treat", which finally hits DVD this October. For a great interview with Mike Dougherty on the whole ordeal, be sure to check out the latest issue of Horror Hound Magazine.
Poster and DVD Art for Dave Parker's "The Hills Run Red". The slasher flick is about a group of film fans who are obsessed with finding a print of a long lost stalk & slash, who follow a lead out into the woods and realize that the film... wait for it... never ended! They're now stuck right in the middle of the carnage, as you would expect.
John Landis has sold the remake rights to "An American Werewolf in London" to Dimension Films. Dimension, you may remember, has struggled for over 2 years now to get its "Hellraiser" remake going, with several directors leaving the project due to creative differences. We'll have to wait and see, but that doesn't bode well for this "Werewolf" redo.


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Elk Grove Audi carries a wide range of models to meet your driving needs. Listed are the various new Audi models we offer at our Elk Grove dealership. Simply let us know which model you're interested in and we here at Elk Grove Audi will get you behind the wheel and on your way home in your next new car.
Here at Elk Grove Audi, our team of car service and maintenance professionals proudly serve Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom and Rocklin. Simply put, they are here to ensure that every model in our lineup offers exceptional quality and performance from the day you drive it home and throughout your entire ownership experience. It's just one of the many ways we continue looking out for our customers in Elk Grove here at Elk Grove Audi.


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Consensus Report
Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation's Water Supply through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater (2012)Water Science and Technology Board
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Report in Brief >>
Q&A with the Chair >>
Expanding water reuse—the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation—could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources, this new report finds. A portfolio of treatment options is available to mitigate water quality issues in reclaimed water, and new analysis suggests the risk of exposure to certain microbial and chemical contaminants from drinking reclaimed water does not appear to be any higher than the risk experienced in at least some current drinking water treatment systems and may be orders of magnitude lower. Adjustments to the federal regulatory framework could enhance public health protection for both planned and unplanned (or de facto) reuse, and increase public confidence in water reuse.
Key Messages
- Approximately 12 billion gallons of municipal wastewater effluent is discharged each day to an ocean or estuary out of the 32 billion gallons per day discharged nationwide. Reusing these coastal discharges would directly augment available water resources (equivalent to 6 percent of the estimated total U.S. water use, or 27 percent of public supply). Inland effluent discharges may also be available for water reuse, although extensive reuse has the potential to affect the water supply of downstream users and ecosystems in water-limited settings.
- De facto reuse of treated wastewater to augment drinking water supplies—for example, when a drinking water system uses a water supply that receives upstream wastewater discharges—is common in many of the nation's water systems. A systematic analysis of the extent of effluent contributions to potable water supplies has not been made in the United States for over 30 years.
- A portfolio of treatment options, including engineered and managed natural treatment processes, exists to mitigate microbial and chemical contaminants in reclaimed water. Numerous process combinations can be tailored to meet specific product water quality objectives.
- To ensure the quality of reclaimed water, treatment systems should include multiple barriers for pathogens that cause waterborne diseases to strengthen the reliability of contaminant removal, and should employ diverse combinations of technologies to address a broad variety of contaminants. Reclamation facilities should develop monitoring and operational plans to respond to variability, equipment malfunctions, and operator error to ensure that reclaimed water meets the appropriate quality standards for its use.
- In nearly all current potable water reuse systems (water reuse to augment drinking water supplies), water is discharged after treatment to an aquifer, stream, or a wetland to provide a buffer between water treatment and consumption. Environmental buffers can further remove contaminant levels such as pathogens from the water and provide additional retention time. However, the science necessary to design engineered natural systems to provide a uniform level of public health protection is not available at present.
- It cannot be demonstrated that natural barriers provide any protection that is not also available by engineered processes. Environmental buffers can be useful elements that should be considered along with other processes and management actions in the design of potable reuse projects, but are not essential elements to achieve quality assurance.
- Modern technology allows the detection of chemical and biological contaminants at extremely low levels, but the detection of a contaminant in reclaimed water does not, in and of itself, indicate a significant risk. Information on the dose of a contaminant required to cause health effects allows scientists to determine if the level of contaminant is significant.
- The committee compared the estimated risks of a conventional drinking water source that contains a small percentage of treated wastewater against the estimated risks of two different potable reuse scenarios considering 24 chemical and four microbial contaminants. The analysis suggests that the risk of contaminant exposure in the two planned potable reuse scenarios does not exceed the risk encountered from existing water supplies, and may be orders of magnitude lower.
- When assessing risks associated with reclaimed water, the potential for failures in reliability and unintended uses also needs to be assessed and mitigated. A better understanding of treatment system performance is needed to quantify the uncertainty in risk assessments of potable and nonpotable water reuse projects.
- The financial costs of water reuse vary widely because they depend on site-specific factors, including the location, water quality objectives, and method of treatment applied. To determine the most socially, environmentally, and economically feasible water supply option, the non-monetized costs and benefits of reuse projects should also be considered.
- State regulations for nonpotable reuse are not uniform across the country, and no state water reuse regulations or guidelines for nonpotable reuse are based on rigorous risk assessment methodology. Federal regulations would not only provide a uniform minimum standard of protection but would also increase public confidence that water reuse does not compromise public health. This process should be informed by scientific research on potential nonpotable reuse applications and practices, which would require resources beyond the reach of most states.
- Federal efforts to address potential exposure to wastewater contaminants will become increasingly important as water reuse accounts for a larger share of potable supplies. The Safe Drinking Water Act does not include specific requirements for treatment or monitoring when municipal wastewater effluent is an important component of source water.
- The committee identified 14 water reuse research priorities in the areas of health, social, and environmental issues, and performance and quality assurance. These research priorities have the potential to advance the safe, reliable, and cost-effective reuse of municipal wastewater where traditional sources are inadequate.


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what you need
1pkg. refrigerated sliceable sugar cookies, sliced (my recipe called for 1 but I used 1 1/2)
1pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4cup sugar
1/2tsp. vanilla
you can use any fruit...I cut up strawberries, grapes and used mandarine oranges
HEAT oven to 375°F.
LINE 12-inch pizza pan spray with cooking spray. Arrange cookie dough slices in single layer in prepared pan; press together to form crust. Bake 14 min.; cool completely.
BEAT cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer until well blended. Spread over crust.
TOP with fruit Refrigerate 2 hours.
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BP's oil disaster is partly the result of approaches to risk which lead us to believe we know more than we do.
It's hard to know where to start with the BP oil disaster. Commentary has been gushing out almost as quickly as oil. We know the scale of the pollution, and have read ecologists who say the conditions are unlike any other seen on earth, certainly in the anthropocene period. Dark humour is one response; angry satire is another (The Onion: 'Massive Flow Of Bullshit Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters').We have a good idea that BP's conduct over the drilling was somewhere between careless and reckless (and that sooner or later a court is likely to decide on which), and that regulatory agencies were compliant or ineffective. One area that seems to deserve more thought – especially from a futures perspective – is the way in which essentially man-made disasters such as this are to a significant extent produced by a limited set of ideas about risk, both the way it gets assessed and the way it is managed.
In an interview this month, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward called it a "low-probability, high-impact accident". Elsewhere he's quoted as saying it's a "one in a million" chance. For the moment we'll park the word "accident", which implies that there's no culpability anywhere along the line, or the finger-in-the-air "odds", which are themselves at odds with a surprisingly long list of deepwater drilling near misses in US waters. But language like "low probability, high impact" would put the event in the territory of what (at least historically) futurists would have regarded as "wild cards" – events which are quite unexpected but have huge consequences.
We know less than we think about risk
Why this is problematic is because it implies more knowledge about the nature of risk than we usually enjoy. The diagram below is taken from a presentation by Gary Kass of Natural England to the UK Horizon Scanning Centre's 'FAN Club'. [Update: He adapted it from the work of Andy Stirling at SPRU: opens pdf.]
The axes are straightforward enough: vertical is 'knowledge of outcome' running from 'low' at the bottom to 'high' at the top, while horizontal is knowledge of probability, running from 'low' at the left to 'high' at the right.
The whole edifice of the risk management business is squashed into one quadrant in the top-right corner (which leaves an awful lot more that we know little or nothing about). Where we know about probability, but not outcome, then we move into the realm of ambiguity (and conventional risk calculations don't work). In the top left, where we have some understanding of possible outcomes, our knowledge of probabilities is limited. And in the bottom left, we know nothing, either of outcomes or probabilities. We are ignorant.
But because "risk management" has become such a dominant idea and set of practices in the late 20th century, for reasons which I'm not going to try to disentangle here, issues which shouldn't be in the domain of the risk managers are squeezed into it by organisations. Hayward would say that BP's oil disaster is an upper right quadrant event because he knows both probability (low) and impact (high). In fact, the first order outcomes (oil in sea threatening ecosystems, technical challenges with managing the rig failure) are at best in the area of uncertainty. The potential second order outcomes (economic destruction of other businesses dependent on the Gulf, possibility of 'black rain' in the hurricane season) seem to have been in the bottom left quadrant, where ignorance resides. Or to put it another way, the relatively limited analytical tools of the risk management business are extended to areas where they are all but useless.
Knowing and not knowing
So we end up using the wrong tools for the task at hand. As the amount we can reasonably know about a possible future question diminishes, along with possible understanding of the outcomes, we are in the realm of ontology and epistemology, of being and knowing. And Gary Kass' model maps pretty well onto the model developed by Sohail Inayatullah, about what we know and don't know, in his book Questioning the Future.
The 'realm of risk', above, corresponds to 'What we know we know', while the 'realm of ignorance' corresponds to 'What we don't know we don't know'. (Pause for Donald Rumsfeld moment: although he was mocked it wasn't a foolish thing to say).
Of course, organisations tend not to have a Director of Epistemology on the Board. Instead, current tools, and dominant models of the world are deployed even as some start to realise that they are no longer fit for purpose. This is because the traditional model of risk management – over-professionalised though it is – covers only one quadrant of these four.
Black swans and blindspots
And this inevitably takes us to the realm of the 'black swan', Nicolas Taleb's construction for shocks and surprises which appear as if from nowhere, and which was first described in his book Fooled by Randomness. I've criticised his concept before. Most so-called 'black swans', such as the perennially cited 9/11 attacks, turn out to have form; similarly, the banking collapse of 2007-08 was well trailed, but not by bankers.In short, in futures work, there are inevitably trails of clues anticipating the discovery of a black swan, and a whole set of methods (such as emerging issues analysis) to help interpret the clues. 'Black swans' are surprises only because people have been looking in the wrong direction, or not looking at all.
In its latest incarnation, the idea of the black swan now seems to be about 'low impact high probability events', which seems unhelpful; we have methods for thinking about these already, even if they are unreliable. Instead, the value of the black swan should be that it focusses our attention on our blind spots, on the way in which our assumptions about the world obscure us to parts of it which don't fit with out worldview – or with our self-interest. There are always more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in any of our philosophies.
Instead of thinking about "risk" – which almost always involves thinking about the familiar, and in familiar ways – we need to be thinking about corporate ignorance and the things that we don't know that we don't know.
This is the first of two posts on this subject. The second will appear here shortly. The picture at the top of the post, of the Deepwater Horizon rig, is from the Gulf of Mexico energy news service OCS BBS, and is used with thanks.