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In general across the School, we do not view the title of "Fellow" as conveying a special honor; rather, it is a way to describe some people who spend more than a few hours at the School.... We did not intend to honor her in any way or to endorse any of her words or deeds, as we do not honor or endorse any Fellow.But this strong assertion that "fellow" is not an honorific is not enough. People think it is, and though Elmendorf has told them they are wrong, he apparently can't insist that these wrongheaded people shape up and get it right. He bows to their wrongness:
But I see more clearly now that many people view a Visiting Fellow title as an honorific, so we should weigh that consideration when offering invitations... Any determination should start with the presumption that more speech is better than less. In retrospect, though, I think my assessment of that balance for Chelsea Manning was wrong. Therefore, we are withdrawing the invitation to her to serve as a Visiting Fellow—and the perceived honor that it implies to some people—while maintaining the invitation for her to spend a day at the Kennedy School and speak in the Forum.In nonacademic contexts, the word "fellow" distinctly refers to a man. Perhaps calling Chelsea Manning a "fellow" seemed discordant for gender-related reasons. I'm noticing it anyway and feel a bit offended that such a masculine word is used (or felt) as an honorific.
Anyway, in the academic context, the OED defines "fellow" as "an honorary title conferred by some universities and colleges upon distinguished graduates or other persons" but also "A holder of a certain type of fixed-term academic position or fellowship, which is typically stipendiary and held on condition of pursuing a specified branch of study." So I think Elmendorf's assertion is believable... or at least I think it would be believable if he'd refrained from withdrawing the title. Why cave in to people who are wrong?
Perhaps Chelsea Manning should not have been invited to speak with the students at all. But the decision there was that intellectual diversity and more speech are good and should be part of the university. If you really believe that, stand on principle, don't make it part of a compromise with something you think is false.


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Farewell to the 'Charting My Own Course' Teacher Blog
After four years of highs and lows, Marilyn Rhames is ending her award-winning Education Week Teacher blog.
After four years of highs and lows, Marilyn Rhames is ending her award-winning Education Week Teacher blog.
After a small but loud group of white teachers pushback against my Ed Week op-ed about race in education, I felt compelled to follow-up with another post that doubles down while also apologizes (but only just a little).
Though Chicago Public Schools took out a $1.1 billion loan to pay its bills through the 2015-16 school year, none of the money would pay the $700 million pension payment that's due again next year.
Last week I particpated in a roundtable blogging discussion called "Confronting Racial Injustice in Schools" Education Week's Op-EDucation page, and it was sad and shocking to read the racist and culturally insensitive comments of some readers—especially because these people may very well be "educators."
A painful episode on a campground's high ropes course turns out be a surprising teachable moment for blogger Marilyn Anderson Rhames and her students.
The National Day of Prayer is May 7, and Chicago's educational crisis tops my list of societal issues to take to God.
Classroom teachers have more power to change a school than they think.
I never fully internalized the power of the phrase a "sense of urgency" in education until I needed other people to have it for my 8-year-old daughter and it seemed really hard to find.
The bid for mayor in Chicago is just heating up. Ailing teachers union president Karen Lewis is backing Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, but can he manage the city's fiscal crisis while also improving the Chicago Public Schools?
Veteran education writer Peter Meyer is elected to a school board in upstate New York and, just as Dr. King did in 1959, begins to question the wisdom of putting young black minds into the hands of a white school system.


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Have you considered cavitation as a noise source? Make sure the inlet is free of kinks or obstructions. Can you mount the pump lower, so that there is more head on the inlet?
Does the motor have brushes? Or a place to put a drop of oil? Sometimes taking the brushes out and hitting them on sandpaper cleans the contact and helps. Is there a capacitor on the motor that could be going ( if so switch between motors and see if it still makes noise) Is the one making noise running hotter or if you can turn shaft harder. Good luck


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Clerical address
In the Orthodox Church, it is customary to use various forms of clerical address to refer to clergy of various ranks.
Informal address
Informal address for bishops varies from one language to another, but Master is the most common term. This form of address is common to all bishops of whatever rank and is also used liturgically.
- Greek: Despota
- Slavonic: Vladyka
- Arabic: Sayidna (literally "our master," also Latinized as Sayedna)
- French: Monseigneur
Father, either by itself or followed by the priest's name. Unless you know differently for a particular priest, it would be normal to use his full christian name (do not shorten it): Father Andrew is preferable to Father Andy etc. Father should not be followed by a surname as a greeting.
- Arabic: Abouna
It is not correct to call a deacon Father unless he is also a monk. This is, however, widely ignored and Father is very common. Deacon, either followed by his Christian name or by itself is correct.
- Arabic: Shamas


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Now for the pictures that you have been WaiTinG for! As I worked on painting the cabinets, I also added open shelving. Check it out!
I bought the corbels at Home Depot and used MDF board for the shelves. Next, I added a wainscoting backsplash, which I don't have ANY pictures of that process (sorry!). But, I do have pictures of the nearly finished kitchen at Christmas!
Just for dramatic effect, let's see where' we've come from the beginning…
Here is an "after" picture (as of December 2012)!
We added a new light fixture above the sink and painted the trim around the window. The trim, shelves, corbels and backsplash are all the same color. I used white trim paint from Sherwin-Williams.
Here is a "before" from the right side of the room. Remember how I said I was going to build a cabinet to hide the range hood pipe? (where the greenery is in the picture below)
Well here it is!
I took a cabinet door from a "lazy susan" cabinet that I bought on Craigslist. I cut the cabinet door down to size, and hung it. It opens from the bottom (the hinges are on the inside top) but I LOvE that it gives us extra storage space! The other big changes on this side of the room is a new fridge and range hood! I also added wainscoting to the back of the open cabinets (the one with the microwave and the cabinet above it). This really prettied them up :) What do ya think?!
These pictures pretty much bring you up-to-date on how my kitchen looks today. We recently replaced the light in the kitchen ceiling and put in recessed lighting. We also finished taking off the popcorn ceiling and now have a "knockdown" texture on the ceiling. It looks so much BeTTeR! All I have left to do is paint the ceiling (white) and add crown moulding to the top of the cabinets. We eventually need to switch out our kitchen sink and replace the countertops (since those are the ones I painted 5 years ago!) but I am so indecisive on what I want…so it could be a while :)
My kiddos are officially on sUmMer bReaK, so who knows when I will finish up the kitchen! We are so close though, and I am thrilled with the results! It has really opened up the space and feels like we doubled our cabinet space since we added the open shelving. Gotta love that!
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Seeing as how Valentines Day is only about 3 weeks away..I thought I would share some thoughts on Love with you.
The predicament of love--searching for it, falling into it, falling out of it, and living it--is the one abiding obsession of humankind.
Love is its own reward.
Finding love that is without jealousy is like trying to find a candle that doesn't throw shadows.
Hate is easy---love takes courage.
It is not only necessary to love; it is also necessary to say so.
It's easy to fall in love--the hard part is finding someone to catch you.
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.
There are two times when men and woman don't understand each other--before marriage and after marriage.
Love is having someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you today just the way you are.
Love is like war: easy to begin, hard to end.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Seeing as how Valentines Day is only about 3 weeks away..I thought I would share some thoughts on Love with you.
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You are so right on all the comments. Maybe my Mr.Right will come along and not so many TOTALLY MR.WRONG'S!!! Here's to hoping


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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory held its annual open house earlier this month, and like any good space dork I was there. There, of course, was all manner of exciting and interesting stuff to see, tended by scientists who seemed genuinely surprised and delighted by the fact that so many locals want to come gawk at their robots and celestial maps.
One of the best details, however, are the vending machines that dispense precision drill bits, saw blades, couplers, and other bits of tooling.
The machines are located in JPL's machine shops, the birthplace of all our Mars rovers and the farthest man-made object from Earth, among many other famous robotic spacecraft.
At first I thought the vending machines were a very clever idea birthed at JPL, a great way to dispense and keep track of small tools and consumable resources. While this is indeed a clever idea, I found that the vending machine for tools idea is not JPL's. After a bit of extremely cunning internet sleuthing (pro tip: I Googled the name on the front of the machines) I soon learned that these are CribMaster Tool Vending machines, used all over the place.
I'll admit, I was a bit disappointed to find that these weren't some exciting JPL hack, and that there was still a Twix stuck in every sixth drill bit or something. I soon got over that because no matter where they are, to folks only accustomed to getting alcoholic-branded weird snacks out of vending machines, these seem novel. I've been around machine tools, but only in smaller-type shops, so I had never seen these things.
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"Monsters" Emerge Again in Kanas Lake July 13, 2007
Elusive mystical creatures emerged again in Kanas Lake of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the administration of the Kanas scenic spot, on July 5th at 8:20pm, huge ripples were seen on the surface of the lake by a few tourists carrying their portable video cameras.
The 8-minute video recording captured the entire event. From the video there can been seen a group of unidentified creatures, about 15 in number.
They gather together and separate, looking like a fleet, and create a magnificent scene. The parts of creatures seen above the surface of the water are several times larger than the biggest sightseeing boat in the area.
Statistics showed that Kanas Lake runs 25 kilometers north to south, is about 2.5 kilometers wide, and is 188 meters deep in its deepest area. Legends from thousands of years ago spoke about "monsters" that often stealthily dragged cattle into the water.
The most recent siting in June 2006, recorded by three tourists from Beijing, triggered more discussion and speculation. Experts say the "monsters" are probably unidentified aquatic animals. The reported siting in July is the longest and the first fully recorded one.
By People's Daily Online
Kanas Lake
Kanas is Mongolian for beautiful, abundant and mysterious. The lake is deep in the virgin forests of the Altay Mountains of northern Burqin County in Xinjiang. This 44.78-square-kilometer lake is 1,374 meters above sea level, and has a maximum depth of 180 meters. Its glittering crystal waters reflect the hues of the cloud, sky, rocks, trees and other flora that surround it.
The nature reserve bounding the lake is the only one in China to border three other nations - Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Lake Kanas is the source of the Burqin River -- the biggest tributary of the Ertix that, alone of all Chinese rivers, flows to the Arctic Ocean. It is also the sole region in China of South Siberian flora and fauna.
Of the many legends emanating from Kanas Lake, the most intriguing is that of its fabled monster. The Tuwa have believed for generations that the lake is the habitat of a behemoth that breathes mists and clouds that act as camouflage for its periodical forays to prey on local livestock.
This legend has been proved an old wives' tale after several sightings by tourists and scientists in recent years of a shoal of huge fish that lined up for dozens of meters long.
Members of a scientific exploration team from the Xinjiang University spotted a school of huge fish in Kanas Lake in the 1980s. Two days later an expedition from the Xinjiang Environmental Science Institute had a similar sighting that they were able to record on film and video.
Biologists conclude that the creature is the Hucho taimen, a ferocious carnivore that lives as long as 200 years, grows to a length of two to three meters, weighs hundreds of kilograms and swims in schools. A six-kilogram taimen once caught was found to have ingested two wild ducks.
Local Tuwas, however, are unconvinced. Their sustained belief in the lake's fishy monster prevents them from fishing from or allowing their livestock to graze by it.
The second Kanas oddity is its natural log dyke. At the northern mouth of the lake floats a phalanx of dead trees that is 100-odd meters wide and 2,000 meters long. It remains perennially in place, resisting the waters flushing downstream.
What seems uncanny about the dam is that logs that have been taken out, carried and placed in the lower reaches of the lake always drift back to it.
There is, however, a scientific explanation for this phenomenon: logs float from upper rivers into the lake, but are unable to move further down the watercourse because of currents that are caused by gusts of wind diverted to the valley by mountains south of the lake. Over the years, these "captured" logs have stacked up and formed a spectacular natural dam.
The beauty of Kanas Lake is further enhanced by the changes in its color according to the season. During the thaw in May it is a deep grayish blue, which by June, when it reflects summer's mountain greenery, has turned sky blue.
July is the flooding season, when deluges from the White Lake upriver bleach Lake Kanas milky white. High rainfall in August deepens its color once more to an aqua green, which turns brilliant emerald in the drier months of September and October.
Among the several contributing factors to this phenomenon are the various minerals that are carried downstream from the upper rivers, the changing colors of plant life on the mountains around the lake, and the varying angle of sunshine on the water surface throughout the year.
But scientific explanations are the last thing on your mind if you are lucky enough to stand on the banks of Lake Kanas and gaze at natural beauty unchanged for tens of thousands of years.
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People often split up NFL fanbases by state. As in: Michigan=Lions, Wisconsin=Packers, Illinois=Bears. There are two reasons for this. First, it's easy. We're used to looking at maps and dividing stuff up along state lines (like electoral votes). Second, most major college sports are dominated by large state schools, with rivalries that often do follow these lines.
One thing that TV schedulers do well—and they do a lot of stuff wrong—is recognize that this often isn't the case for professional sports. Largely ignoring state boundaries, they more often assume that people root for teams they're close to. This works pretty well in most cases, but when this assumption is wrong, well, that's when people start getting screwed.
Before we get to which market got screwed the worst this season, consider the map below, which shows NFL team territories if every fan rooted for the team closest to him or her (as the crow flies). Obviously this map isn't a perfectly accurate depiction of NFL fanbases, but it's a good jumping-off point for looking at the process that went into dividing the country into NFL TV markets.
As we saw week after week, the places most likely to get screwed were equidistant from two crappy teams and ended up with games for both. It's not hard to pick out 2012's crappy teams: 10 finished with double-digit losses, and these same 10 had the league's lowest point differentials. Recoloring our map to highlight these 10 losers—with the six borders between two bad teams marked—we get this:
So which market on one of these borders got screwed in 2012? We can rule out anyone on Border #1, because pretty much nobody lives in that part of the country. This leaves us with five borders that cut through the following seven TV markets:
Border #2: Toledo, Ohio.
Border #3: Erie, Pa.
Border #4: Binghamton, Syracuse, and Watertown, N.Y.
Border #5: Scranton, Pa. and Binghamton, N.Y. (again)
Border #6: Scranton and New York City
Fans who root for bad teams and get to watch those teams aren't exactly getting "screwed" (by the schedulers at least), so we can eliminate NYC, since there are a lot of Jets fans there. Likewise we can use the ambitious Common Census NFL Maps—which attempt to map out team territories based on actual polling results from fans—to eliminate two more:
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The "rooting for the team you're closest to" model works very well for Toledo, whose rooting interest appears to be split between the Lions and the Browns. Watertown (in upstate N.Y) appears to be apathetic/unpopulated. Finally, Syracuse gets off on a weird technicality. Because a tiny piece of
Onondaga County Syracuse's TV market is within 75 miles of the Bills' stadium, when the Bills get blacked out (as they were twice this year), the Syracuse market is not allowed to show them on TV. Sweet perk for Syracuse! That leaves us with these three contenders:
- 1. Erie, Pa.: Officially a Bills secondary market, meaning it's typically required to show all road games. Equidistant from the Browns. Despite being closer to these two cities, the Common Census maps shows that Erie is primarily Steelers country.
- 2. Binghamton, N.Y.: Not a secondary market. Equidistant from the Bills, Jets/Giants, and Eagles. Common Census tags them as Giants fans mostly.
- 3. Scranton, Pa.: Officially an Eagles secondary market, but equidistant from the Bills and Jets/Giants. Common Census can't make up its mind on this one.
Let's break these guys down.
Bronze: Scranton, Pa.
Fifty-two percent of Scranton's Sunday afternoon games included one of the 10 shitty 2012 teams, and the city was forced to watch nine Jets games (64 percent of the Jets' afternoon games) and 11 Eagles games (92 percent). On the plus side, a bunch of people in Scranton probably like the Eagles! They were particularly screwed in Weeks 1, 3, 6, 8, and 17.
Silver: Binghamton, N.Y.
Like Scranton, 52 percent of Binghamton's Sunday afternoon games involved at least one shitty team, and fans were forced to watch 11 Bills games (69 percent of Buffalo's Sunday afternoon total), 10 Jets games (71 percent), and six Eagles games (50 percent). Also like Scranton, the city was mercifully allowed to watch the team it actually liked, picking up 11 Giants games (92 percent). Binghamton was particularly screwed in Weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, and 17.
Gold: Erie, Pa.
Sweet, sweet victory! Fifty-four percent of Erie's Sunday afternoon games involved one of 2012's shitty teams, including 10 Bills games (63 percent of Buffalo's Sunday afternoon games) and nine Browns games (56 percent). Despite being further west, Erie still managed to pick up four Eagles games (33 percent) and four Jets games (29 percent); what's more, Erie wandered a little close to the Midwest and got hit with three Lions games (25 percent). To top it all off, the city got only nine Steelers games, just 75 percent of the team's Sunday afternoon total.
Relive a few of the worst games Erie was forced to watch, shown below in a victory-lap GIF.
Special thanks to JP Kirby and his followers at the506.com for their incredible maps, which are a lot harder to put together than you might think.


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Months back I posted a link to Paul Cornell's list of thirty comics which Hugo voters should consider for nomination.
A couple of weeks back Cornell added to the list with five more comics to consider.
I've been using Cornell's first listing as a wonderful reading list which has introduced me to a goodly number of great comics. Now I've got a few more to consider.
I plan to register to be a supporting member of this year's Worldcon so I can nominate and vote for the Hugos, and I'll probably need to use Cornell's list as a referent. I should probably register soonish, too, before Jan 31 (or I can't nominate, and nominating is going to be half the fun).


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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Jonathon Niese is more than ready for opening day. Originally set to throw no more than 50 pitches in his final tuneup, the New York Mets' left-hander said he felt so good Wednesday night that he didn't see a need to stop. Niese finished with 74 pitches, allowing just two hits in 4 1-3 scoreless innings as the Mets beat the Astros 6-2. Niese is set to pitch Monday against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. "Despite early in the spring when I really didn't feel like I had all my pitches going at one time, today I felt like I had everything going, especially the curveball. I felt for the most part I could control it, I was throwing it for strikes, and overall I felt good, ready to go," he said. Mets manager Terry Collins said he has been impressed with Niese all spring. "He's been absolutely outstanding," Collins said. "He's really prepared himself well, and one of the things he's done in the last few years is he's kept himself in great shape. Last year getting through the season healthy for the first time was huge for him and he came into spring training eager to show everyone he is going to have a big season." Niese has been tasked to lead a Mets rotation suddenly hit by a rash of injuries. Shaun Marcum has missed two starts because of separate injuries but is slated to start the sixth game of the season April 7 against the Marlins. He missed a start March 21 because of a shoulder impingement and missed another turn in the rotation this week after experiencing neck pain during a bullpen session Monday. Jeremy Hefner was struck on his pitching elbow by a one-hopper Tuesday but said he was feeling "much better" and is just waiting for inflammation to subside. He is scheduled to start Game 4 of the regular season April 5. Johan Santana will remain at the Mets' spring training complex for the start of the season as he continues to build up arm strength. He hasn't been on a mound since early this month. "I know our guys are getting back," Niese said. "Hef's going to be all right. Marcum should be OK, and Santana is working hard to get back." Mets infielder Justin Turner, who recently came back from an ankle injury, left after the third because of a strained calf. He said it cramped up in the top of the second and again after grounding out in the bottom half. He played a full inning on it before exiting. "I think it was a little tight from maybe compensating a little bit for my ankle," Turner said. "I don't know 100 percent. I would bet that has a little bit to do with it. It's not really sore to walk around or stretch or anything. It's more sore to touch. When I pushed off is when I felt it." "Hopefully I'll just get in and get all the treatment I need and take whatever pills they have and get this thing calmed down in a day or two," he said. Marlon Byrd homered, doubled and drove in three runs. Edgar Gonzalez, competing for a long reliever role with the Astros, gave up three runs and four hits in three innings. Houston took the game as a chance to rest most of its regulars. The lineup was filled with prospects, including shortstop Carlos Correa, who was the first overall pick in last June's draft. It was his first start of the spring, and he went 1 for 4 with an RBI and a stolen bases. The Astros managed just three hits overall. "All those guys we brought over here and all those minor leagues we've played, it's all about evaluation and giving our staff here an opportunity to see some of those guys that are down there," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "It was a good chance to see what some of these guys can do." NOTES: Mets 3B David Wright will play in another minor league game Thursday. Collins said he hopes Wright will be able to play in a big league game Saturday against the Orioles. ... Mets 2B Daniel Murphy is expected to make his spring training debut Thursday against the Nationals. Collins said that's a good sign the team isn't planning on putting him on the disabled list to start the season. He has been out since straining his side on Feb. 19. Collins said he told Murphy "if we are going to find out you are ready, which you are telling me you are, we have to get you in big league games.'" ... Mets LHP Pedro Feliciano said Wednesday he will start the season with the Class A St. Lucie Mets, pitching in the Florida State League, rather than going to Triple-A Las Vegas. The Mets told the reliever earlier this week he would not make the opening day roster because they wanted him to continue to build up arm strength. Feliciano missed a week at the start of spring training because of an irregular heartbeat that was discovered in his physical.
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Hernandez struggles as Mariners lose to White Sox
Felix Hernandez struggled with his command almost from the start. And for a while, he still had enough to keep the Seattle Mariners in front of the Chicago White Sox.
One big swing by Alex Rios sent the game in a different direction.
Hernandez left a changeup in the wrong spot in the sixth inning and Rios drove it into the seats in left field for a clutch two-run homer in Seattle's 4-3 loss to Chicago on Saturday.
"I had the fastball. I didn't have the command," Hernandez said. "The command was not there. I was just trying to make good pitches. But the wind was really hard. Just one mistake - the homer."
Rios' drive on an 0-2 pitch sliced through a swirling wind and gave the White Sox a 3-1 lead. Alejandro De Aza singled and Dewayne Wise struck out before Rios connected for his second homer in two days. He also went deep Friday night, but the White Sox lost 8-7 in 10 innings.
"It's all about the confidence," he said. "When you have that confidence, you go up to the plate and you just think about seeing the ball and hitting the ball. You don't think about other things that kind of change your approach."
Hernandez (1-1) allowed four runs and six hits over 6 1-3 innings in his first try for win No. 100. The right-hander, who turns 27 on Monday, struck out three to give him 1,498 for his career.
"When I don't have my command, it's tough to pitch," he said.
De Aza and Hector Gimenez each had a sacrifice fly as Chicago improved to 25-5 against Seattle since the start of the 2010 season. The White Sox will send ace Chris Sale to the mound on Sunday against Hisashi Iwakuma in the rubber game of the weekend set.
Seattle pulled within one on Michael Saunders' two-run homer in the eighth, but the rally fizzled from there. Jesse Crain wriggled out of a jam to get the ball to Addison Reed, who tossed a perfect ninth for his third save.
"We had some scoring opportunities late," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We just didn't really come up with anything. Saunders got us back in the game. We just weren't able to capitalize on some of the opportunities we created for ourselves."
The Mariners grabbed the lead in the second when Raul Ibanez doubled, moved up on a passed ball and scored on Jeff Keppinger's two-out error in his first start of the season at first base. An error by pitcher Jose Quintana led to a five-run inning for the Mariners on Friday night, but Keppinger's mistake on Dustin Ackley's grounder proved to be a minor speed bump for the White Sox.
Third baseman Conor Gillaspie turned a slick double play to stop a Seattle threat in the fifth, then led off the bottom half with a drive over the head of Michael Morse in right for a triple. Alexei Ramirez grounded out for the first out, but Gimenez delivered a tying sacrifice fly.
Gillaspie went 2 for 3 and scored twice in his first start of the season. It also was his first game against Hernandez, who won the AL Cy Young Award in 2010.
"I was pretty nervous today, I'm not going to lie," he said. "He threw a couple of balls over the plate and you can't miss pitches against a guy like that because you're probably going to get out if you do. I got a little bit lucky. I got a couple of pretty good pitches to hit and I didn't miss them."
Rios went deep in the sixth and De Aza tacked on a sacrifice fly in the seventh as Hernandez dropped to 1-5 with a 4.88 ERA in eight career road starts against the White Sox.
"I don't think he had his best stuff today," Wedge said. "He always competes, he always pitches. He didn't quite have the same fastball he typically has. It probably led to the secondary stuff."
Lost in the shuffle was the performance of Dylan Axelrod, who allowed an unearned run and three hits over 5 2-3 innings in his season debut for Chicago.
Donnie Veal (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
NOTES: Mariners OF Franklin Gutierrez started the game on the bench, then struck out as a pinch hitter in the ninth. "I'm trying to keep him ahead of it," Wedge said. "It was a long night last night and the cold weather and everything, it felt like it's a smart thing to give him a day today." Gutierrez played in just 40 games last season due to a myriad of injuries. ... Keppinger went 0 for 4 and is 1 for 21 this season. ... Ackley is off to a similarly slow start for the Mariners. He went 0 for 3 and is stuck in a 1-for-19 rut.
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From The Greeley Tribune:
The public is invited to Gilcrest on Thursday to attend the last of three meetings about the ongoing groundwater study in the South Platte River basin. The study, being conducted by the Colorado Water Institute at Colorado State University, is studying groundwater's interactions with streamflows and how current augmentation requirements are impacting the alluvial aquifer.
Earlier this year, Colorado House Bill 1278 was passed, authorizing the comprehensive groundwater study, which is the first since 1968, according to CSU officials. Members of the Colorado Water Institute study team have already met with the public in Longmont and Sterling this month to talk about the study, which will conclude at the of this year.
They will have another public meeting from 68:30 p.m. Thursday at Valley High School, 1001 Birch St. in Gilcrest.
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The early days of Taina Uitto's life without plastic weren't easy.
"The first time I went shopping at the grocery store it was really hard," she recalled. "I came out with an apple, only because I didn't want to come out with nothing. Even that had a plastic sticker on it."
Now, three years in to her self-imposed year without plastic, there is no going back. "I just feel so much better without the weight of all that waste and all the toxins that plastic leaches into our water and our food and even the chemicals in the soaps and cosmetics," said Uitto, a marine conservationist.
Some of her solutions are a little unappetizing: "Choose a toothbrush with natural bristles and a biodegradable handle. Mine is boar bristles and bone (the wet pig taste goes away in time)."
But many others are easy personal fixes to address the mounting global plastic pollution crisis.
Uitto began her quest while she was working with SeaChoice, the David Suzuki Foundation's sustainable seafood certification program. She viewed a presentation by the research and advocacy group 5 Gyres on the massive plastic garbage patches that have accumulated in the world's oceans.
"That really shocked me," she said. "It literally broke my heart."
The Great Pacific garbage patch is a collection of plastic debris spread over an area between Japan and California, essentially a confetti of degrading plastic bits concentrated by the ocean's natural currents. It is one of five such pollution gyres in the world's oceans.
A recent analysis from the University of Oregon also notes that the ocean floor near populated areas is covered with sunken plastics. "Even though I didn't do anything about it for a long time it stuck in my mind," she recalled. "At that point I didn't own a tiffin, never brought a cup to the coffee shop — I was just having a normal life."
But images of water samples full of decaying material and albatrosses with their stomachs bulging with garbage seemed to be everywhere for Uitto. The nauseating sight of seaborne junk and dead birds gnawed at her mind until one day, she snapped.
On Jan. 1, 2010, Uitto purged the plastics from her kitchen and bathroom. "I wanted to start with a clean slate and force myself to come up with alternatives and, second, I wanted to get rid of the toxic things that live in plastic, like personal care products and cleaning products."
Uitto started with a single Rubbermaid bin to collect the bottles, brushes, containers and other products, but filled it after clearing out just one drawer. "I was determined, but not prepared," she admitted.
By the time she was done, her front room was waist-deep in food packaging, personal care products, garbage bags and various gadgets, tubs and containers. "It was pretty intense," she said. "I challenged six other families to quit plastic as well and they all said the same thing: They weren't aware of how much plastic they had and they had all felt like they were already eco-consumers."
Matthew Stewart and his girlfriend Sarah Milton took the challenge and filled six boxes when they purged their home.
"It was a drastic change in lifestyle," said Stewart. "Where we used to go to the store and buy things like almond milk, we just started making them ourselves. We spent a lot of time in the kitchen together, it was really kind of romantic."
Uitto has chronicled her journey and those of her families in a still-unfinished documentary film and in her blog, Plastic Manners.
"People always say they don't use that much plastic, but until you collect it even for a week and pull all the plastic from your kitchen, you don't know," she said. "It's a shocking exercise."
Uitto's kitchen and bathroom shelves look cleaner and far more spacious after the purge, or "sophisticated," as she put it. "It feels a lot less cluttered and the things I bought to replace them look and feel a lot nicer."
Many of the cosmetics, cleansers and shampoos she seldom used and really doesn't miss.
Except mascara.
"I was one of those women that felt naked without mascara. But I had to stop wearing makeup," she said. "The benefit of that is that I can rub my eyes whenever I want."
"I had to simplify my personal care routine … a lot," she explained. "Finding a deodorant was hard, but now I have my little collection of things that work for me. I have five things instead of 500 things in the bathroom."
The lowest hanging fruit on the plastic tree is the plastic shopping bag, according to Uitto. They are easily replaced with relatively benign cloth bags. "I haven't missed shopping bags since Day 1," she said. "Now when I touch a plastic bag — if someone leaves one at my house — it's a weird object and I think it smells bad."
Slightly more challenging and insidious are produce bags. Watching people load their cloth shopping bags with a dozen plastic produce bags is an especially tragic irony to Uitto. Ditto for plastic bags in the bulk aisle.
"How does it help to stuff your cloth bags full of plastic?" she said, laughing.
She subverts the established order of grocery shopping by using paper bags supplied for mushrooms to bag all her produce and dry bulk items, or she brings her own paper bags, dried and reused for as long as possible. Of course.
Uitto and her boyfriend Nino Kinmont are living plastic-free, but it is very much a life on the fringes of society. As though to prove the point, they are building a cabin on Denman Island with the intention of living "off the grid."
A plastic-free life is an extreme challenge. Tensions may arise between couples and family members when certain products are forbidden.
Most beer cans and bottle caps are lined with plastic, requiring a trip to the local nano-brewery for a refillable, plastic-free growler of beer. A handful of strong specialty beers are sealed with cork and wire, if that's your cup of tea.
Uitto has already lost one boyfriend as a result of her quest to live without plastic.
"When I came home with this idea he thought it was the 'worst thing ever,'" she said. "Those were his words."
When he left, he told her that life without plastic put a strain on their relationship.
"There is some doing without — nearly everything in the centre aisles of the grocery store is off limits," she said. "I had to relearn to cook from scratch and I thought I was a pretty good cook. But really I was a pretty good warmer of food. That was a shock."
A conventional supermarket is a relatively hostile environment for an anti-plastic devotee. Local butchers, produce markets and bulk food stores make a plastic-free life easier.
The quest for plastic-free tofu was a case in point for Uitto.
"You have to find that store that sells in bulk and will accept your own container and it's kind of a pain in the ass, to be honest," she said. "But eventually you start to get really turned off by packaged processed foods, even things that you were really into."
The surging popularity of bulk soap and cosmetics, farmers markets, nano-breweries and other artisanal food businesses are making plastic-free an easier thing to do, easier even than just a few years ago.
"The Soap Dispensary didn't even exist when I started living plastic free," Uitto said. "I was using soap nuts, a berry that you boil up and you can clean some things with them.
"Now the Soap Dispensary is like a candy store for soap in bulk, natural toothbrushes," said Uitto, with evident relief. "That one store makes things so much easier."
Taina Uitto's tips for buying less plastic when you shop, snack and order:
• Buy bulk whenever possible and for produce use paper bags the store puts out for mushrooms.
• Bring natural wax paper to buy meats and cheese. Ask for a portion that is not already packaged, wrapped in your paper. Watch they don't unwrap a piece already in plastic.
• In place of cling wrap try wraps made from reusable hemp and cotton infused with bee's wax. Abeego makes them or you can make your own using instructions on the Internet.
• Carry cloth shopping bags or ask for paper or for compostable plastic bags. (Not bioplastic, which is made from plant starch and may not be biodegradable.)
• Avoid convenience foods — cook from fresh ingredients. If you must buy prepared foods, buy in jars and reuse them around the house.
• Buy wine and beer in bulk, in refillable bottles and growlers. Or make your own beer and wine and control the packaging that way. Beer bottles with flip-top ceramic stoppers use a rubber ring, but they can be reused many times.
• Buy metal, stackable tiffin boxes (widely used in Asia and Africa) and frequent restaurants that will fill them.
• Carry your own ceramic coffee cup and refuse plastic stir sticks.
• Some soaps, shampoos and cleansers can be purchased in bulk. Look for paper-wrapped tampons or use Luna Pads. Make your own cosmetics (instructions can be found on davidsuzuki.org).
• Recycle metal, glass and paper and compost food waste — you won't have as much garbage and little need for garbage bags.


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Great Column in Worcester Telegram : " Nurses, UMass Memorial at odds over staffing"
Sunday's Worcester Telegram & Gazette featured a powerful column about poor staffing conditions at UMass Memorial Medical Center following yet another round of layoffs at the facility. The article highlights the MNA/NNU members' efforts to address this crisis through their ongoing contract negotiations, and highlights an upcoming picket on Nov. 8 outside the UMMMC's University Hospital campus , where nurses will be protesting the poor conditions and calling for a fair contract with safe staffing levels.
Nurses, UMass Memorial at odds over staffing
Aaron Nicodemus ON BUSINESS
The layoff notices have been rolling in at UMass Memorial Health Care, as the region's largest health care provider works to trim $80 million off its books.
Last week, seven nurses in the maternity ward at the Memorial Campus were laid off. Last month, six other maternity nurses were "bumped" from their positions by more senior nurses coming over to the department from the Home Health and Hospice business, which UMHC sold to VNA Care Network and Hospice. These cuts come on top of layoffs involving 19 maternity nurses' aids in March, which has forced nurses to do more nonmedical jobs, like making beds. Last year, UMHC laid off all five of the department's lactation nurses and replaced them with lactation consultants, who are not nurses, from an outside agency. Positions vacated by retirements, turnover and injury leave are not being filled.
And that is just in the Memorial Campus maternity ward.
The layoffs, announced in September and pegging about 140 positions throughout the UMass Memorial system, come as the 2,000 UMass Memorial nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association seek to negotiate a new contract. UMass Memorial nurses have been working without a contract since the first of the year. On Thursday, the union notified UMHC's management that they will stage an informational picket outside the hospital's campuses on Thursday, Nov. 8.
For the nurses, the main sticking point in negotiations is staffing.
In the maternity ward, the union is asking that UMHC meet staffing levels recommended by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses, which recommends one nurse for every three normal, healthy baby-mother couples. Nurses should not be caring for more than two women recovering from a cesarean birth. For babies who have complications, the recommended ratio is one nurse to every three to four babies requiring continuing care. For the sickest and weakest newborns, the recommendation is one nurse to each baby.
Lynne Starbard, a day-shift maternity nurse at the Memorial Campus, is co-chairwoman of the union team that represents the Memorial and Hahnemann campuses. She said UMass Memorial is refusing to meet those recommended staffing levels for its maternity department, although St. Vincent Hospital recently agreed to meet the same standards.
She said the nurses are not seeking raises. They want to keep their current retirement and health benefits, and have UMass Memorial agree to meet certain staffing levels.
In response to questions about the layoffs, UMHC spokesman Robert Brogna said in a written statement that "patient safety and quality care are at the forefront of every decision we make.
"We recently undertook a careful review of service lines where fewer people are using our services than in the past, often due to demographic shifts, and where we don't expect to see an improvement in volume, and staff reductions were made accordingly. It's a fact that if we don't adjust our costs to align with that reality, we will not have a sustainable financial underpinning," Mr. Brogna wrote.
"Positions impacted are in corporate as well as clinical areas and involve all levels of staffing, including management positions and nurses. We are consolidating some units, closing beds, and consolidating management structures in our inpatient setting.
"It is always the case that patient volume can shift from time to time, and we have procedures in place to respond quickly when necessary and increase staffing to meet demand if there are spikes in volume. We are, of course, concerned anytime staffing issues are raised in a patient setting, and we will look into the issues raised by these nurses to make sure all available resources are being used when needed," Mr. Brogna concluded.
Ms. Starbard said she has filed an unsafe staffing complaint with UMass Memorial management every day for the past two years.
"I'm in the office daily with management, saying what the problems are," she said. "No one seems to be listening."
Another result of the cuts is rampant overtime, resulting in 50- to 60-hour weeks being the norm for many nurses, and not just in maternity.
Although mandatory overtime has been made illegal, nurses in the Memorial Campus maternity ward say they feel an "ethical" obligation to stay on past the end of their shifts.
"Your shift ends, but you can't really leave, because there's not enough nurses to handle the patients," said Michele Moynihan of Rutland, a per diem nurse in Memorial's maternity ward. The cuts have left morale in the department at an all-time low, said several nurses.
"I've been working in the hospital for 10 years, and this is the worst I have seen it in my time there," said Nathalie Gibson, a night-shift maternity nurse from Worcester who works at the Memorial Campus. "They are constantly building new buildings, opening new units, yet they keep trying to close floors at our hospital."
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A NEW YOU: With prayer, nothing is impossible
You may say, "I can't figure it out." God says, "I will direct your steps."
Christmas was around the corner, and the hours of sunlight diminished slowly by the day. Humming the melody, "Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her king," I heard about a pastor was walking around the construction site of their new church. Dusk had arrived, and the pastor caught himself daydreaming about the building that was just about completed. His song trailed off, "Let every heart, prepare Him room. ... And heaven and nature sing," as the pastor pondered on how thankful he was that the congregation would be worshiping in the facility for the Christmas Eve services.
The land was given to them by a member who had passed away, and the congregation worked hard, helping to build the new church on the small lot. And they were all overjoyed to have a place of their very own in which to worship God.
Construction continued. Then, two weeks before the new church was to open, a building inspector visited the construction site. After he surveyed the area, he said to the pastor, "Your parking lot is inadequate for the size of the building."
The pastor kindly asked, "What can be done at this late date?" And then went on to explain to the inspector that everything was in place for the Christmas Eve services and how thrilled the community was to have a new house of worship.
Firmly, the building inspector uttered, "Until you double the size of your parking lot, you will not be able to open your new church." When constructing the church, the builders used most of their land, except for the mountain against which it had been built. Consequently, in order to make more parking spaces, it was confirmed that the only option was to move the mountain out of the back area of the church grounds.
Circumstances looked impossible. And the pastor could have become discouraged and given up.
Yet, undeterred, the next Sunday morning, the pastor told the congregation what had happened. He announced that he would like to meet after the services with all the members who had mountain-moving faith.
Thereafter, when the members convened together, the pastor declared with confidence, "Let us pray and ask God to move the mountain." The members agreed. Then, the pastor stated, "Let's also pray that God will provide the funding to have the land paved and painted for the additional parking spaces, before our scheduled opening Christmas Eve service next week."
Do you have a desire that seems impossible to accomplish? Are you facing a seemingly hopeless situation? Does your circumstance appear as though it cannot be overcome?
So, what can you do when you don't know what to do? Bring the situation to God in prayer. For with prayer, nothing is impossible.
Over 300 faith-filled members assembled for the prayer service. They bowed their heads and earnestly prayed for nearly two hours. When they had completed their prayers, the pastor reassured the group, "Our new church will open as scheduled. God has never let us down before, and He will be faithful this time, too."
The morning after, the pastor was in his home office working on his computer and he heard a knock at the door. He answered it, and a construction worker entered his home.
"Excuse me for coming here without an appointment, Pastor," the worker said, "But I work for a construction company across town, and we are building a shopping center." Before the pastor could speak the construction worker continued, "We need some fill dirt right away. Would you be willing to sell us a large chunk of that mountain behind the church? We will pay you for what we remove and pave all the exposed area, free of charge."
Smiling, the pastor dropped to his knees in thankfulness and uttered, "How amazing is our God!"
On Christmas Eve, the church opened as originally planned. And songs of praise flowed through the sanctuary, as the congregation was filled with mountain-moving faith.
There are mountains of difficulties in every life, and often they first appear as if they are insurmountable. But Scripture says: Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20).
Therefore, let us be confident in God's sovereignty. There are things that we cannot do with our own strength. Thus, let's be patient, yet persistent, and look to God who can move the mountain.
When you unequivocally trust God, it sets into motion His power to act mightily on your behalf. So keep believing, trusting, and praying, for God is saying to you today, "I'm going to help you."
A few weeks ago, I was at home and felt a cold breeze throughout the house. I went into the living room, and the front door was open. There was a rainstorm outside. So curiously, I looked around and somehow, the strong winds caused the door to open on its own.
You may have struggled for years, but similar to my front door that 'just opened,' the door of opportunity is going to unlocked for you. At this moment, God is working to supply your needs and direct your steps to success. Blessings are on their way to you and within your grasp. Your God-inspired dreams are going to transpire. And people will come into your life that will bring you great joy. God is beside you, watching over you and renewing your strength.
Recently, a reader sent me this note, "We all know ASAP means, 'As Soon As Possible.' It also says, 'Always Say A Prayer.'"
My prayer for you, dear readers, is you'll each be greatly and abundantly blessed this season and in the coming year. "Joy to the world." Indeed, "the Lord has come!"
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Earl Frederic arrested Wednesday
New Orleans police arrested the vice president of the Entergy Techonolgy company on Wednesday in connection with possession of child pornography.
According to a news release from the New Orleans Police Department, 66-year-old Earl Frederic was arrested Wednesday.
Police said his employer discovered that Frederic had been downloading child pornography on his office computer and notified the NOPD.
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:45 pm
Post subject: Future of windsurfing at Lake Isabella
With both our dams slated for repairs/modifications, our windsurfing launches will be in grave jeopardy, starting possibly as early as 2015, and continuing into 2022. The major challenges will come from the use of the Southern half the Auxiliary Dam Rec Area as a staging area for the construction; as well as the drawing down of the lake in late 2021 for the re-alignment of the Borel Canal.
The Corps of Engineers planner tasked with the formulation of the Recreational Remediation Plan just contacted me and asked for my input.
Before I run off with all my own brilliant ideas, I would very much appreciate input from any and all of you who sail here - no matter how frequently.
If you want, email me your suggestions directly: eva at boardlady dot com
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:00 pm
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Eva, thank you for representing the community in the dealings with the Corps.
Hopefully there is an alternative that can protect windsurfing access all the way until the late 2021 draining of the lake. Then there is likely only the loss of a matter of months of windsurfing access total, rather than nearly a decade.
One important point to make would be that windsurfing at Lake Isabella is a long-term established recreational use that should be protected. Even if that simply means full access to sail on most of the lake itself + a smaller stretch of the beach on which to launch/land & park/camp, at least we would be able to windsurf.
The additional, standard points such as that Windsurfing is both healthy & non-polluting, as well as good for the local economy -- are important to include.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:10 pm
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thanks for your thoughts, Geo! the proposed AuxDam staging area happens to terminate exactly at the edge of what has traditionally been our AuxDam launch just South of the "Jibe Bay". It seems like a totally logical approach to designate what remains open of the AuxDamRecArea as "hand launch only", possibly with 5mph buoys sectioning off the adjacent water (just as they do at Lake Lopez) while making more beaches in the South Fork available for dispersed camping, so the motorized users will migrate there, out of the wind, which they hate anyway. I am grappling with ways of formulating all this, which would emphasize the positive aspects, rather than the exclusionary ones.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:12 pm
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I agree with George. Under the laws that require the Corps to do environmental analysis (State and Federal), recreation is given consideration. We should argue that recreational use must be protected, and if not fully protected, mitigation should be developed. You can get help from US Windsurfing in this effort, you can PM me and we can figure out a little more of the factual underpinnings.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:43 pm
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thanks, Mac!
this project is already further along than you seem to realize, with the EIS safely published and a ROD in place as of December 2012. The Recreational Remediation Plan was separated from the EIS and is now under consideration - hence my being asked for input (which in itself is a huge victory for us, I thought). The Corps is perfectly aware of their obligation to try to accommodate all recreational activities. Its just that conditions during construction will by necessity be restrictive, and that we as windsurfers are not the largest of usergroups and therefore not necessarily the one to "have its way"
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:38 pm
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superkraut--I seem to remember now. Do you have a link to the remediation plan that tells us what they agreed to do?
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:16 pm
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Hopefully this does not follow what happened in San Diego with Lake Hodges ( the only reliable summer sailing location in all of San Diego County). They took over the windsurfing launch site with big promises to restore the site after construction of the pipeline.
It was all bunch of BS - the moral of the story is that once you lose access it is really hard/impossible to get it back as they will think up all sorts of excuses to not give it back.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:33 pm
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^^ Right. And the wind still blows at Lake Hodges. But windsurfing is verboten.
Moral to the story is strive to make the "temporary access" the very best possible, keeping in mind that it *may* become the permanent access.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:53 pm
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This appears to be their commitment in the final EIS:
There are no additions to the environmental commitments and mitigation measures described in Section 3.12.4 of the DEIS associated with refinements to the Preferred Alternative with the following exception:
The Corps plans to prepare a Recreation Plan during 2012-2013 to further
explore and identify options for mitigation to offset adverse effects to recreation resulting from construction of the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project. The Corps cannot use project funds to replace or relocate USFS recreation facilities, so the Corps will seek to collaborate with the USFS and other stakeholders toidentify other options for implementation.
(p 3-32)
Have they done that?
There are two difficulties that I see. First, this is an artificial waterbody, so it doesn't automatically have the presumption of access that the State Constitution gives the ocean and the bay. Second, with various recreational users, and a dam that is unsafe, the Corps has a lot of discretion in favoring one user over another.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:42 pm
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Hi Mac: yes, this has been hanging over our heads for many years, and has since I last asked for a letter-writing campaign on this forum, gone from a possibility to be considered, to a plan approved in its overall approach to the (perceived) problem, i.e. alleged lack of safety of our dams.
The EIS and Record of Decision were adopted late last year, but the Recreational Remediation Plan was specifically excluded as yet, primarily because our local Forest Service (the governing agency) is dysfunctional at the moment due to a major change-over of key personnel.
To direct the upcoming formulation of the Recreational Remediation Plan, a local "Task Force" consisting of fishermen and local business owners established itself in a blatantly non-democratic fashion. These folks have an agenda diametrically opposed to our interest, and - being totally aware of said fact - have recently excluded representatives of other user groups (myself) from their meetings with the Corps of Engineers planners.
However, last week, due to severely inclement weather during a meet & greet event with representatives of the Corps, I unexpectedly had the opportunity to state our cause and concerns directly to the lead planners, and was subsequently invited to prepare a presentation to them with our hopes and expectations.
It is for this presentation that I called for input on this forum.
thanks for listening!
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Just a quick note that the markets moved lower but failed to gather momentum on the down side. The DOW threw a pin through its 50 dma and touched its 61.8 retrace line but the S&P failed to touch either during trading hours and have now bounced upwards as Obama is speaking. Even though he doesn't get the math, the market seems to react positively when he speaks - so far... they'll get it sooner or later.
This is a critical area, I won't touch it myself unless the 50dma's fall. The short term oscillators just produced buy signals, so we may have to chop around for awhile before making another run at the 50dma if that's what we're going to do. It may not be, it could be that we move higher, so I am cautious in both directions while we're in this range. Below is a one month daily of the DOW, you can see how it pinned the 50dma:
The XLF has moved a little higher and is now in positive territory while at the same time the RUT is leading and in positive territory as well. So, the move does not look impulsive on the down side, but I don't see anything to cheer about on the long side either. Sorry, the market not collapsing on bad news does not convince me to throw my money at it, thinking like that is extremely dangerous from my perspective.
Also positive here is that the VIX did not maintain its advance and is now slightly negative on the day.
HOG made a nice move lower this morning but has bounced also. I only hold 1/3 of my original position and plan on holding it for a few days to see if we get follow through on the down side .
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