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Our first stop in Northern India was Varanasi. Varanasi is one of the holiest places in all of India, with thousands of Hindu pilgrims coming each day to bathe in the sacred river, the Ganges (never mind that the faecal colliform levels are absolutely though the roof). Whilst the whole city is absolutely filthy, covered in litter, sewerage and animal by-products, it is also fascinating.
We cheated by getting a plane from Mumbai to Varanasi to avoid a 36 hour train trip. After being extorted out of 450 rupees by a prepaid taxi, our next problem was actually finding our elected hotel. The old city is a labyrinth of narrow streets filled with beggars, cows, motorbikes and general filth... definitely not the best place to be lost in carrying huge backpacks. However, we knew that we were staying near the main burning ghat, Marnikarnika ghat, so it was a matter of hanging around until we saw a dead body wrapped in orange fabric being carried through the alleyways on a stretcher bed and then following until we lost sight of it, then waiting for the next one. Surprisingly, this is a very regular occurrence. Eventually we reached our hotel, which
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was the equivalent of a jail cell, not that we really minded considering we were paying about $1.70 a night for it.
Every night the Dasawamedh ghat plays host to an elaborate ceremony consisting of puja (prayer) and dance, so after checking that out and trying to avoid people attempting to get us to go on their boat or silk shop (the hassling in Varanasi and Agra, the two cities we visited in Uttar Pradesh, is the worst by far we have experienced in all of India) we headed to dinner. Emerging from our restaurant an hour later we found Varanasi absolutely cloaked in darkness. Varanasi by night is seriously shady - there were no street lights, groups of seedy characters hang around in the alleys and we got charged at by a bull (again!!). As a result we decided not to hang around too late at night again.
The next day we wandered along all the ghats, past people bathing, doing laundry, playing cricket and just generally hanging out. If you can stand the constant hassling, with people following you and not leaving you alone, Varanasi makes an excellent spot for people watching. The burning ghat (Marnikarnika
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Ghat - no photos allowed) especially, heaped with mountains of firewood, is absolutely fascinating. Bodies are cremated 24 hours a day after being doused in water from the Ganges. It is the most auspicious place for Hindus to be cremated and looks completely out of this world.
Being New Years Eve, the place we were staying decided to put on a free dinner for all guests. So after a good night consisting of food, a few beers, dancing and socialising I jumped into bed for what I thought would be a good night sleep. Unfortunately for me this was not so as mere hours later I woke up to find I had contracted the infamous Delhi Belly. It was not fun, and the days that followed were probably some of the most painful of my life. Squat toilets, broken plumbing and food poisoning do not mix at all. I could barely move for 36 hours and all this was made even worse when the following day, Merric was also struck down by food poisoning (also after eating at the hotel) so we were stuck in our hotel room which was now absolutely filthy for another day, both barely being
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After 4 nights in the hotel of death we were well enough to get out and immediately upgraded to something liveable (with hot water!!! - very useful when it is 5 degrees) whilst we waited for a train to become available so we could get the hell out of Varanasi (we had to cancel a whole lot of previously booked tickets... thus losing a fair bit of money). Still fairly weak we spent the remainder of our time in Varanasi hanging out in our hotel room, with the occasional boat trip and visit to the bazaar thrown in. When a train to Agra finally became available (many were already booked out or cancelled due to the fog) it was 3 hours late departing from the station and somehow managed to arrive in Agra a total of 11 hours late.
What I have written really makes Varanasi sound like an awful place to visit. It's not at all, in fact we really enjoyed our time there whilst we were healthy. Unfortunately, getting bad food poisoning really tarnished our time in the city and we both felt that we couldn't start to get better until we left.
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So, onto Agra! Agra is famous for one thing - being home to the Taj Mahal. Despite the actual city of Agra being nothing special, we managed to pack in a whole lot more in our two days there.
About an hour out of Agra is the ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri, one time capital of the Mughal Empire built by Emperor Akbar as the "Perfect City". The perfect city however had one flaw, a poor water supply, hence was abandoned after only a short time. Unfortunately for us, we made our trip out on an extremely foggy day (as seen in the photos). Despite this however, we had a great day looking through the old palaces and mosque. We also checked out Agra Fort, another display of Mughal architecture which was built as a military structure by Akbar, then later made into a palace by his grandson, Shah Jahan (the guy who built the Taj), who was then later imprisoned in the fort by his son when he seized power. It was pretty cool and definitely worth a look.
And finally, the Taj Mahal. It is absolutely everything it is cracked up to be and completely worth
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the 750 rupees we paid to get in (about $25 - Indians pay about 33 cents). For me, it was nothing short of spectacular and easily the most beautiful building I have ever seen - neither pictures nor words do it justice. Unfortunately the fog which refused to clear until 11am destroyed my dreams of seeing it at sunrise, without thousands of other tourists hanging around, but what can you do? The Taj was built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his second wife when she died. I can only hope that someone will build me a tomb half as grand when I die.
It's also funny how you can't even escape scams in the complex of the Taj; we had a gardener offer to take a photo of Merric and I together. We took him up on his offer and next thing we know we are being dragged all around the gardens for photos with 'special views of the Taj Mahal'. Of course as soon as we were off on the expedition we knew he was going to want 'something for his troubles' but we couldn't walk away because he had my camera in his dirty hands!
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Of course when he finishes he turns around and demands 500 rupees. We gave him 30.
Next stop is the state of Rajasthan, which is where we are now. We like it a lot and are having an awesome time (and spending too much money). We ended up getting a bus to Jaipur rather than a train even though it was longer because we are over trains being hours late.
Hope you are all well and had a better start to the New Year than we did! Miss you,
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Wow you guys really seem to be having a crazy time! Miss you both. Love Ollie
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aww ollie, we miss you too. We are having lots of fun though. I hope you are planning an event of epic proportions for the trio reunion.
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Wow, the Taj Mahal looks every bit as beautiful as I had anticipated. If, as you claim, the photos don't do it justice then I cannot wait to grace it with my own presence (or have in grace me with it's). Quite frankly amazed it took you so long to catch Delhi belly, given all the extraordinary adventures you went on in your first month in India. I don't want to begin to even imagine how squalid that hotel room would have been by the time you checked out.
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Fred Rieke wants to understand the biophysical mechanisms that underlie perceptual and behavioral function. This issue is particularly tractable in sensory systems, largely because the performance of several such systems reaches or approaches fundamental physical limits. This performance serves to focus questions about the underlying processes and challenges our understanding of sensory transduction, synaptic transmission, and neural coding.
Visual sensitivity is striking. In starlight, only about 1 rod in 10,000 absorbs a photon during the ~0.2-sec integration time of rod signals. To complicate matters, all of the rods generate noise that threatens to obscure the signals in the few rods absorbing photons. Cone vision is similarly impressive. Our everyday visual experience relies on detecting subtle changes in contrast, spatial position, and color. But vision does more than detect near-threshold inputs, and the amplification required to detect weak inputs presents a risk of saturating neural responses as lighting conditions change. Such saturation is prevented by a diverse set of adaptational mechanisms. Our broad goal is to understand how biophysical mechanisms operating in the retina contribute to the sensitivity and dynamic range of vision.
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Photon Detection and Rod Vision
The dark-adapted visual system can detect absorption of just a few photons. This performance places strict constraints on how absorbed photons are converted into electrical signals by the rod photoreceptors and how the rod signals are processed. The challenges include generating a reproducible, macroscopic elementary response from a single active receptor molecule, reliable transmission of small synaptic signals, and separation of a signal of interest from cellular noise. We are investigating how these challenges are met.
Behavioral measurements are often interpreted to show that rod vision is limited by statistical fluctuations in photon absorption—i.e., the physics of light itself—and spontaneous photon-like noise events in the rod photoreceptors. Uncertainty in both rod and behavioral experiments makes this conclusion tenuous. Furthermore, previous work focuses on the ability to detect weak stimuli, while essentially nothing is known about how accurately stimulus timing is represented. We are currently determining the limits that primate rod signals impose on the detection and temporal sensitivity of dark-adapted vision; we are comparing these limits with behavioral sensitivity and the sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells, in collaboration with E. J. Chichilnisky (Salk Institute). At stake in this comparison is our qualitative view of the retinal circuitry: if the ganglion cells reach the limit set by the rods from which they receive input, the retina must process the rod signals efficiently and noiselessly.
One source of rod noise of particular interest is trial-to-trial variations in the rod's single-photon responses; these variations are much smaller than expected for signals produced by single molecules—e.g., the charge flowing through an ion channel during its open time. Thus reproducibility also presents a molecular design problem: how is the response produced by a single rhodopsin molecule regulated so that its variability is so much less than expected? We found that variability of the single-photon response depends in a graded and systematic manner on the number of phosphorylation sites on rhodopsin—thus reproducibility is apparently produced by the shutoff of a single rhodopsin molecule through a series of steps, each provided by phosphorylation. This is a substantial departure from conventional models for the shutoff of single molecules. Rhodopsin is one of many G protein–coupled receptors; thus a similar strategy may decrease variability in signals controlled by other G protein cascades. We are testing this idea further by characterizing single-photon responses produced by rods from mice in which the phototransduction cascade has been altered genetically.
Cones and Cone Vision
The approach to rod signaling described above builds on years of work relating rod and behavioral sensitivity. We know much less about cones and the retinal readout of the cone signals. What limits does cone noise place on the fidelity of cone vision? How much of retinal adaptation to changes in mean light intensity is due to adaptation in the cones themselves? These are fundamental issues for our understanding of cone vision. They have gone unanswered because only a few studies have been made of the sensitivity of primate cones, and none under conditions that allow direct comparison of cone sensitivity with the sensitivity of behavior or downstream retinal cells.
Most of us go through each day blissfully unaware of the limitations of cone vision. Indeed, cone vision is quantitatively impressive. For example, humans can discriminate changes in the wavelength of a monochromatic light of a few nanometers, about 50 times less than the width of the cone spectral sensitivity curves. Noise in the cone responses poses a fundamental limit to this acuity. We do not know, for any property of cone vision, how close behavioral performance comes to the limit set by cone noise. We have recently started experiments that will establish the limits the cone signals place on the sensitivity of cone vision. We will compare these limits with the sensitivity of retinal ganglion cells to test whether the cones or downstream events limit the sensitivity of the retinal output. This comparison, like that for the rod signals described above, is fundamental to how we view retinal processing: if ganglion cell sensitivity reaches limits set by the cones, retinal processing must be efficient and effectively noiseless; if ganglion cells fall short of the cone limit, retinal processing must introduce additional noise.
Our vision operates from starlight to bright sunlight, conditions that differ by 1012 in mean light level. As cones account for the majority of this dynamic range, adaptation is of paramount importance for cone vision. Nonetheless, we have a primitive understanding of the sites and mechanisms controlling the gain of cone-mediated signals. We are measuring adaptation in each of the major retinal cell types to characterize the contributions of cones and postcone retinal processing to adaptation of cone signals. Thus far we have found that adaptation within the retina operates at light levels ~10-fold less than those required to produce adaptation in the cones, and that this adaptation is similar in two of the main ganglion cell classes in primate retina (midget and parasol cells). Once we have identified where adaptation occurs, we will investigate the mechanisms responsible, using a combination of electrophysiology and two-photon imaging to monitor events in pre- and postsynaptic processes.
Absolute visual sensitivity has motivated 20 years of work that has made the rods the best understood of the many G protein cascades in biological systems. It also has had direct medical benefits, as we now understand the mechanisms and have potential treatments for several forms of stationary night blindness. Our long-term goal is to bring a similar clarity to our understanding of cone phototransduction and of the retinal processing of rod and cone signals.
This work is supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
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As long as the Kansas state legislature is hell bent on their war on women I have now respect for any of it's members. Also, the Koch brothers through Alec are working night and day to take away our right to vote and are behind the anti union push and the poster child for American fascism, which is where the Corporations take over the government. These are the guys whose product is destroying our environment. These bums inherited all their money and then did deals with the USSR against American interests. The troops fight for our rights, especially our constitutionally protected rights, and then a bunch of white men try to take them away. At the present rate Kansas will soon be a desert.
These morons actually have had jobs? The state of Kansas is inhabited by neanderthals and the legislature is their mirror image. Sam Brownback is without doubt the biggest idiot on the planet. He actually thinks he talks to god. I will give Kansas no credit until there is an abortion clinic in every little provincial village, which is all of them, offering constitutionally protected legal medical services to those who need them. Johnson county is a tumor that grew on Kansas City which looks good on the surface but is really sick on the inside, everyone trying to keep up with their neighbors.
Compassion in Kansas? Get real.
Looks like another retarded football coach. Who would play this stupid game when hundreds are injured for life every year, many young people? It's an escape, not a worth while one.
This guy can't coach his way out of a wet paper bag so he should fit in with the chiefs perfectly.
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Almost £800 was raised for charity, following the first of two open days at a private garden in Douglas Avenue.
Despite the overcast weather, 164 people turned out to the charity event at Littleham House Cottage – the next open day is this Sunday.
Pat and Phil Attard have open their home each year for the past six years to raise cash for the National Garden Scheme and charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help the Hospices, Crossroads and Perennial - Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society.
Pat said: "The final profit for this one day was a magnificent £794.08. And we still have next Sunday to come, so it could well be a bumper year.
"For us, it is always an enjoyable afternoon, meeting so many people who also enjoy plants and gardens.
"This year, it was particularly rewarding to see so many familiar faces - some people now come each year - and one or two come on both of our open days!"
● The garden at 11 Douglas Avenue is open this Sunday, April 15, from 2pm to 5pm.
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NASHVILLE –A Stewart County man is charged in Montgomery County with TennCare fraud involving "doctor shopping," or going to multiple doctors in a short timeframe to obtain prescription drugs.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG), with assistance from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, today announced the arrest of William B. Singleteary, 39, of Big Rock. He is charged with three counts of fraudulently using TennCare to obtain a controlled substance by "doctor shopping," in this case, for the strong painkillers Oxycodone and Morphine, with the physician office visits being paid for by TennCare.
"This type of criminal activity is serious business but the Office of Inspector General is going after these cases in all 95 counties in Tennessee," Inspector General Deborah Y. Faulkner said. "Health care providers and their employees are great at spotting these cases and they are as committed as we are to stop TennCare fraud."
The Stewart County Sheriff's Department served Singleteary with the OIG charges when he appeared in a Stewart County General Sessions Court on unrelated charges. He was held in the Stewart County Jail, until the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office could take him into custody and transport him to the Montgomery County Jail to be booked.
The TennCare fraud charges against Singleteary could result in a two year sentence per charge, if convicted. District Attorney General John W. Carney is prosecuting.
The OIG, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to over $3.5 million paid in restitution and recoupment to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance of over $173 million for the TennCare program, according to latest figures. To date, over 1,600 people have been charged with TennCare fraud.
Through the OIG Cash for Tips Program established by the Legislature, Tennesseans can get cash rewards for TennCare fraud tips that lead to convictions. Anyone can report suspected TennCare fraud by calling 1-800-433-3982 toll-free from anywhere in Tennessee, or log on to www.tn.gov/tnoig and follow the prompts that read "Report TennCare Fraud."


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Perez Pisses Off Gaga, Britney, Miley, and Demi Lovato
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Oh snap, it's on! It would seem that gossip blogger, Perez Hilton, has shat the bed with some of the biggest names in pop. Apparently they've dropped Perez from their twitter feeds because he made some comments about One Direction member Zayn Malik. Hilton posted a video of Malik allegedly asking a woman, who was not his girlfriend, to come back with him to his hotel room. Shortly before Hilton posted the video, Malik deleted his twitter account.
In response to Malik's goodbye tweet, "The reason i don't tweet as much as i use to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that i get daily goodbye twitter," Hilton gleefully posted "One Direction's Zayn Malik DELETES His Twitter! perez.ly/QXFc4j Called it! I said he'd be the first to leave 1D! This is the beginning!"
Hilton is, as expected, basking in the attention, tweeting, "THANK YOU for all the laughs @OneDirection fans! Muah!!!!!!!"
Though it may seem like a simple case of cause and effect, the Huffington Post reports that Miley denies that it was Hilton's One Direction comments that caused her to unfollow Hiltion. Miley tweeted, "i don't know why everyone's saying I unfollowed Perez I never followed in the 1st place. I have no hard feelings just don't care 2 gossip." Malik has since reactivated his twitter account.
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Have been thinking a lot about blogging and not doing much of it! This is mostly because I'm working 3pm - 11pm this week and super busy at work and looking after Joshua during the day.
However I have a plan. I thought from now on I'd categorise and label each post with a subject that way if it's something that you're not interested in you can skip the post (aint that nice of me?). I'm in the process of building some icons for each subject I plan to talk about. These are:
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July 24, 2009
Finding Housing
It's about that time again, when those Craigslist postings start popping up with fall move-in dates. Some of you may have already figure out your housing situation, but for those of you who haven't...
Northwood Apartments
Northwood Community Apartments are University apartments on North Campus. They're generally pretty nice, but not your only option for the price. If you're paying rent/utilities out of a scholarship/loan setup, this takes your money in one neat bundle instead of multiple payments to different parties. Cable and internet are included. Simplicity is nice. Economy 1-bedrooms start in the $700s. Rates are available on the NCA website.
When choosing neighborhood you should take stock of what is important to you: expense, proximity, quiet, etc. My favorite neighborhoods for these features are...
Expense - If money is the #1 thing on your mind, you may want to look a bit farther from campus, in the Ypsi-Arbor area. There are some apartment complexes in East Ann Arbor/West Ypsilanti that run a bit cheaper and are near a bus line to Ann Arbor. Your campus commute will be a bit longer but what you lose in convenience you'll gain in fewer student loans. Recommended for people with cars.
Proximity - If I were to live anywhere near campus or downtown, I would live in Kerrytown (East of Main Street, North of Huron Street). It's nice, somewhat affordable (compared to apartments and houses directly on campus or downtown), separated enough from campus and downtown that parking isn't impossible but close enough that one can live without a car and still have access to the bus station, a farmer's market, a first-class deli or two, and my favorite Sunday brunch location (the Aut Bar in Braun Court, Kerrytown). Of my top neighborhoods list, it is the most expensive, but also the closest to SI-and it will be even closer when North Quad is completed. While it is currently a 15 or so minute walk to SI, it will soon be about as close as you can get when SI moves to North Quad in 2010. Also, the residents are mostly graduate students and Ann Arbor townsfolk, so it's still quiet enough for graduate life.
Quiet - I may be biased, but I love the West side of town (West of Main Street). Though some students live here, it's far enough from campus (a 15+ minute walk, or a convenient bike ride) that prices aren't outrageous and most of your neighbors will be Ann Arbor townsfolk or perhaps graduate students. The houses are a bit nicer, and it's easier to find 1-2 bedroom apartments that aren't part of a 10-bedroom house. When it comes to finding privacy and quiet, the rule I use is this: If I can tell that a neighbor has had a party in the last week, it probably means they won't be considerate about "quiet hours," and it might not be for me.
What to avoid - living really close to campus is nice, but unless you have a benefactor footing your bills and really like the "Red Solo Cups on Lawn (2009)" aesthetic, you may want to avoid houses very close to central campus (especially just South and East of campus). Properties marketed primarily to undergraduate students can be overpriced and under-maintained-so even if you do play well with others you may find that the only way to afford something on East University and Hill is to have 12 roommates.
Finding Roommates
Of course, the cost of housing will vary widely depending on your luck and standard of living, but a good rule of thumb is this: One bedrooms may start around $500 and go up from there. $600-800 seems to be a good range. Studio apartments may be cheaper, but probably won't go below $400 without some serious concessions. Two-bedroom apartments start closer to $700. If you're moving here with a partner, a one-bedroom may be the obvious choice. If you're on your own, however, you may want to look into getting a roommate. Depending on your comfort with such arrangements, you can try wide-ranging methods like Craigslist, but a good way to go may be to start right here at SI. If you've already met some future classmates (though Visiting Days or Facebook connections, etc.) send them an email. Even if they aren't in need of a roommie, maybe their friends are. You can also put a call out on the new student CTools site (some people have already done this).
Where to look
Craigslist - Good for finding rentals through individuals, the most interesting places, in my opinion. I've had good experiences in the past with this method of house-hunting, but it helps if you have a chance to check them out in real life, or at least ask for updated pictures.
Rental Agencies - They can help you find a place fast and walk you through the process. In this economy there are more "for sale" homes that are "for rent" in the meantime, so realtors are becoming rental agents. However, be wary of places that restrict access to information (such as info on who you are renting from-this can play out poorly when a pipe bursts over a holiday weekend) or appear inflexible about tiny things. Cross-reference these agencies through yelp.com and other review sites.
MLive - Ann Arbor News classified ads online. Similar to Craigslist in scope and function, but without the potential for pictures. Still, worth a try.
Stusview.com - This site can be useful in seeing where grad students live on a University campus. Can give you an idea about location and reputation of certain companies. I get the impression, however, that certain companies are planting posts about their own properties, so take great reviews with a grain of salt. This is a good secondary resource.
Apartmentfinder - This is a good resource for cross-referencing companies. Usually the reviews left are negative, but consider: if all the bad stuff you read is tolerable, then you'll be able to handle the good stuff beautiful. If the words "infestation" or "flood damage" come up, back to the drawing board. This can also help you compare prices of certain apartment complexes around Ann arbor/Ypsilanti to give you direction for your search if you're looking off-campus.
UofM Housing - A good resource if you're considering Northwood or other on-campus options (even rental agencies on campus).
Some other blogs on the topic
I'm not the only one to write on this. In fact, this isn't even my only blog on the topic! Since variety is the spice of life, check out these other student blogs on finding housing:
Krystle Williams
Wei Chen
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On behalf of more than two million Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support Rep. Tom McClintock's amendment to the Energy & Water appropriations bill (H.R. 5325). This amendment would strike funding for several Department of Energy R&D programs, saving taxpayers money and leaving risky tech investment to the private sector where it belongs.
I urge you to vote YES on the McClintock amendment to cut EERE, fossil fuel, and nuclear energy R&D funding (or a group of amendments that would have the same effect). Americans for Prosperity will include this vote in our congressional ratings.
Government spending has skyrocketed in recent years, with the federal budget growing by a whopping 53% since 2000—after accounting for inflation. One of the reasons is that Washington continues to spend taxpayer dollars on programs that are simply not appropriate for a federal government that is properly limited in size and scope.
Department of Energy (DOE) funding for energy tech research and development (R&D) is a perfect example. To be sure, the private sector has few financial incentives to carry out general, non-marketable scientific research—thus the need for the DOE's Office of Science. But Washington is also spending billions of taxpayer dollars on marketable technological research that private companies later use to bank big profits in the energy sector. Here energy companies should fund their own product R&D, just like companies in almost every other industry.
Rep. McClintock's amendment would zero out funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), fossil energy, and nuclear energy R&D, saving taxpayers well over $2 billion annually. If his amendment is broken into three parts—a separate vote on cutting EERE, fossil fuels, and nuclear energy R&D funding—Members must vote yes on all three to receive credit on AFP's congressional scorecard. All three sets of government-funded R&D are an inappropriate and wasteful use of taxpayer dollars, and if we want true competition in America's energy markets, no one industry should be favored with government handouts.
I urge you to vote YES on the McClintock amendment to cut EERE, fossil fuel, and nuclear energy R&D funding (or a group of amendments that would have the same effect). Americans for Prosperity will include this vote in our congressional ratings.
Adam A. Berkland
Federal Affairs Manager
Americans for Prosperity


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James Construction Group (JCG) was the prime site development contractor on Shintech's 300-acre grassroot PVC plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana. In addition to earthwork, this contract included installation of underground piping as well as concrete paving of perimeter and interior roadways in the CA, VCM, and PVC areas of the plant. Crews from all three divisions of JCG—I&M, Industrial, and Heavy Civil—worked on site simultaneously to complete all phases of the contract.
As the site development work neared completion, Shintech awarded JCG two contracts to install civil foundations, followed by a contract for the PVC plant area mechanical work.
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JCG's Infrastructure & Maintenance Division self-performed the following activities to prepare the site for plant construction. · Excavation/embankment of 400,000 CY of onsite fill · Lime stabilization totaling 140,000 SY (under roads and railroad sites) · Placement of 150,000 tons of limestone (roads, parking areas, and railroad sites) · Installation of 23,000 LF of ADS drainage pipe
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Underground Piping
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· Installation of underground firewater loop, which included 18,220 LF of PVC pipe · Installation of concrete culvert boxes and outfall structures for site drainage system · Installation of 9,840 LF of PVC pipe for the underground firewater loop in the PVC, CA, and VCM areas · Installation of 2,279 LF of large-bore carbon steel cooling water pipe in the CA and VCM areas
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Published: 2013 / 07 / 21
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended today the funeral of little Tijana Ognjanovic at the Lesce cemetery in Belgrade, together with Tijana's parents, members of the family, representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and hundreds of citizens who gathered to pay their final respect. The requiem was officiated by His Grace Bishop designated of Bihac and Petrovac Atanasije and clergy of Serbian Orthodox Church at the Church of John the Almsgiver. Tijana died on Monday, July 15, 2013, in the Texas Children Hospital in Houston, Texas where she was due to have heart transplantation.
The struggle for Tijana's new heart stirred and moved both the public and the media in Serbia, and prompted many socially responsible companies, institutions and individuals, who put great efforts into raising the necessary funds for the trip to Houston.
Tijana's parents Nebojsa and Jelena Ognjanovic express eternal gratitude to all who joined them and supported them in their struggle to save the life of their child.


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hmmmmmmm good thought!
today i stood in my garden as a tiny fly passed by.
so i thought it actually should not be too complicated for speculated alien races to develop insect clones that spy on us and gather information instead of taking the risk of being around us and in our bedrooms? why risking all that when they could simply release insect looking drones to spy on us.
so logically to me it would make way more sense to use and manipulate our given nature including animals, plants, maybe even humans for spionage instead of hovering in crafts and physically appearing in our sight range, when all they want is to gather data and stay unnoticed.
so 1: they don´t exist
2: they are not as smart as we think
3: being close to a human being is more of a spiritual ritual to the e.t. entity rather than a gathering of data
4:they are so smart i can´t possibly comprehend why they don´t use insects.
hmmmmmmm good thought!
well, i think they use owls; and i think that the crows can be compromised...but remember the trilogy? sauron could only use the buzzards and foul things...maybe they just can't get 'into' every living thing...good point
nope, they do all right...so 1: they don´t exist
aha!! i think you're onto something here...2: they are not as smart as we think
if needles in the gums and anal probes are spiritual than i am hopelessly spiritually unevolved--cause i don't get it3: being close to a human being is more of a spiritual ritual to the e.t. entity rather than'a gathering of data
4:they are so smart i can´t possibly comprehend why they don´t use insects.
interesting post, olp ::thumbs up::
seems like i brought up this exact story a few months back.
i don't know if insects have been directly connected to abduction cases but they have been seen in connection with UFO fly-overs and just before alien beings were claimed to have been seen.
an inset- like robot would be a very effective data gathering device.
seems like i saw an episode of the X-files where a small town was invaded by flying super roaches that were of ET origins.
Very interesting indeed! I wonder if all the gnats flying into our eyes and noses are collecting samples. The mosquitos have taken quite a few samples from me this summer alone! I think we all have said "I'd love to be a fly on that wall!"
I'm interested in seeing where this thread goes...
it has been quite a few months since the aliens and insect deal--i'll take a look.
alien familiars
it seems like there were several more --however i can't seem to locate them--must be a conspiracy!-LOL!
If you wanted to collect data on an ant would you take the time to create a robot ant that would blend in or just take some ants back to the lab and dissect them?


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In October 2012, the federal government announced the introduction of a conditional permanent residence period for sponsored spouses and partners.
Under the new rules, there is a period of conditional permanent residence of two years for sponsored spouses and partners who have been in a relationship of two years or less with their sponsors, and who have no children in common. If the sponsored spouse or partner does not remain in a conjugal relationship and cohabitate with their sponsor during the conditional period, their permanent residence could be revoked, and they could be deported.
What does the change mean?
- The change applies only to people who apply for permanent residence on or after October 25, 2012
- The change applies to spouses and partners who have been in a relationship with their sponsor for two years or less, and have no children with their sponsor at the time of the sponsorship application.
- These sponsored spouses/partners will be subject to a period of "conditional" permanent residence for two years following receipt of their permanent residence status in Canada. During this period, they must cohabit and remain in a conjugal relationship with their sponsor.
- If the sponsored spouse/partner does not meet the above condition, their permanent residence could be revoked, leading to deportation
- The condition would cease to apply in instances where there is evidence of abuse or neglect by the sponsor, or of a failture by the sponsor to protect from abuse or neglect by another person related to the sponsor during the conditional period.
The CCR is firmly opposed to the change, and has joined with other organizations in opposing it.
Introducing "conditional permanent residence" represents a major step backwards in Canadian immigration policy, increases inequalities in relationships between spouses, and puts women in particular at heightened risk of violence. The CCR believes that the exemption for abused spouses and partners will be ineffective.
* Violence in intimate relationships is not limited to heterosexual relationships, and may also occur in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual intimate relationships. As such, the problem of abuse between sponsors and sponsored partners is not limited to heterosexual couples, and the Conditional Permanent Residence provisions will also have an adverse effect on LGBT sponsored partners in situations of abuse.
What are the main concerns with this legislation?
- Making permanent residence conditional on staying in the marriage for two years traps abused partners (mainly women) into staying in abusive relationships for fear of losing their status.
- Abused partners, especially women, will not be able to take advantage of the exemption because of: barriers to access information on the exemption (e.g. language, isolation); burden of proving their own abuse; cost of providing evidence of abuse.
- Children will also be hurt, for example when they remain with their parent in an abusive home, or if they face being separated from one parent if the sponsored parent is removed from Canada.
- Making permanent residence for the sponsored partner/spouse conditional puts all the power into the hands of the sponsor, who can use the precarity of his or her partner's status as a tool for manipulation – at any time, he can declare the spouse fraudulent and have her deported. This can be a constant threat and source of fear for the sponsored person.
- This power imbalance affects all sponsored partners, regardless of "genuineness" of relationship, and reinforces unequal gendered power dynamics.
- There is no evidence that this measure is necessary, and that marriage fraud is a significant problem in Canada
- There is no evidence presented to indicate that a two year conditional period will deter sponsored partners entering relationships with the objective of obtaining legal status in Canada, who may simply wait out the conditional period. However this period will have significant impact on those in genuine relationships that break down, whether due to abuse or not.
- The notice mentions that similar policies are already in place in the UK, Australia and the U.S. But experts in those countries have reported that conditional status creates the problems mentioned above, putting abused partners at risk and giving increased power to abusive sponsors.
Further information
CIC Operational Bulletin, 26 October 2012
CIC backgrounder: Conditional Permanent Resident Status
Regulatory amendment, Canada Gazette, 7 November 2012
Proposed regulatory changes, Canada Gazette, March 2012
Initial proposal, Canada Gazette, March 2011
Page on the March 2011 proposal for conditional permanent residence for sponsored spouses


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