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Do you watch Eureka?
The actor who plays Nathan Stark could also pull it off, and he's more of a suit guy. Kevin Smith is more of a "Barrons when he gets ready to ride his motorcycle" guy. Most of the time he's in a suit.
This is the guy:
He's 6'4. He plays a megalomaniacal scientist turned executive genius who turns out to be a good guy.
Eureka is the one show that hits my kinks and lord_v's kinks. Nathan is *totally* my type, and the lady that plays his (and other people's) love interest is *totally* lord_v's type. Neither of us can resist competent suit-wearers.
[This message edited by ladyvorkosigan at 5:13 AM, January 11th (Tuesday)]
Yep.. I'm a "suit wearer" kind of gal.
I think she did a good job of making Barrons either/or.
I kept waiting for something to happen and when it didn't, I was disappointed. Maybe because I was familiar with the "romance" of the fae books. I am half in love with Adam Black lol.
So I have read only the first in the Fever series, should I read the rest? Have any of you read her other fae books? How does the Fever series compare to those?
OMG I am SO HAPPY that I can talk about Moning other than her fan pages. Some of those people are a bubble off dead center.
BTW ladies, he's single!
Is it just me or does Barrons totally not seem 30 to you? He's 37 minimum, probably 42.
Perhaps if Mac weren't so creepily and inexplicably young it'd all work out better.
However I think she was trying to go for a "Buffy" vibe with Mac so I guess that's why she's a kid. Strangely I see more of an age difference between a 22-yo and a 32-yo than I see between a 22-yo and a 3000-yo. I mean everyone's a child to the latter, who cares.
Thank you for correcting me on the release date. I have to teach a Photoshop class on Friday and sent out notices saying it was Friday the 18th since I had it in my head that I was getting Shadowfever this Friday, so it must be the 18th. Lies, this Friday is the 14th and SF isn't out till the next Tuesday.
So this mistake causes a minor kerfluffle via my company email.
You'd think that people who are getting an amazing Photoshop workshop from the likes of me who *knows herself some Photoshop* which is *totally free* on my part would be more grateful and not bitch over minor things like this but I guess not.
Instead I'm having to reiterate for the thousandth time that no you're not getting paid since *I* am not, we're using company facilities, put it on your damn year end eval that you took the time to attend free training, no there's also no lunch and if you keep complaining at me for SHIT I AM DOING FOR FREE ON MY OWN TIME then please don't show up because you're a clockpunching asshole. I can tell what kind of person you are by whether or not you acted offended there was no charge number when the notifications all stated clearly there is not.
I am giving up my day off to train you people, shaddup and deal with my minor clerical errors, my brain is scattered in preparation for BARRONS.
[This message edited by ladyvorkosigan at 12:07 PM, January 11th (Tuesday)]
Three days!!!!
She's pretty good about putting in explanations that "catch you up", though...
ETA: Don't want any distractions from the smut.
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Have you ALREADY OPENED THE BOXES?!
She knows things. She knows the answers. She's avoiding this thread because of that. I know she is! It's a conspiracy! It's killing me. I may have to blow a vacation day tomorrow!
[This message edited by ladyvorkosigan at 8:13 AM, January 17th (Monday)]
Any one interested in speculating about who it was at the end?
Damn, my first thought was him, but then, thought no.
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It Used To Be Better
13 people found the following review helpful
Posted by RubiesHealth on Oct 08, 2012
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I would have rated it 5 stars last year. Sometime this year (2012), the formula changed and the powder is no longer the strong bright green it used to be. It seems the barley grass component has either oxidized or reduced in proportion to brown rice and tapioca starch. I reordered and hope this was just a batch problem but unfortunately the new batch was just the same. I have since switched to NOW 100% Barley Grass Juice powder and true enough, the pure juice powder is rich bright green in color. Without filler starch and brown rice, NOW packaging size has to be kept small to prevent clumping. Price is inevitably higher. But it is well worth!
Balance Your PH
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Green Magma has helped me to no longer worry about some foods causing me to get hives. It balances your PH so your body isn't so acidic, it becomes more alkaline. It also allows me to not feel sore muscles when I work out or do more exercise than normal. My 60 year old husband cuts wood for our woodburner and the next day never feels sore or achy like he use to before starting on Green Magma.
Simply the best green superfood there is!
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Yeah, I've been waiting for someone to come forward and say something about this stuff. I've experienced such tremendous improvements in my health and vitality from using it that it has become the backbone of my regimen. I am one who doesn't like all those green food mixtures of extracts from many different sources cos you never get to know which component is producing what effect on your health. I like having my supplements in their whole form so as to properly analyze the effect each one has on my health and, more importantly, to get the synergy from the full spectrum of nutrients in each one. As such, this product has won my loyalty; it is hands-down the best (whole) green superfood there is -- gently detoxifies as well as strengthens the body all round. I take it twice a day, before breakfast and lunch respectively (first-timers should start out once a day for the first week).
Great produce
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I think this produce make my health better and better from inside. My skin and my hair look better, the pimple on my face and arm gone. I take Green Magma in the morning, it make me fresh and powerful. I introduced this produce to my uncle,and he love it,too.
Go Green - Dr. Hagiwara's Green Magma
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It's no mystery that most of us don't get our quota of live foods in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables. Much less from organic sources with live enzymes in place. Dr. Hagiwara's Green Magma makes up for all the veggie's you should have eaten, and more. Plus, you get iherb's great price and great customer service. Go Green. Go Green Magma. And save some $$$ Green when you shop to iherb.com!

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Dolphins Cycling Challenge raises money for cancer
Published On: Oct 28 2012 07:32:34 AM EDT
Updated On: Nov 03 2012 08:11:17 AM EDT
Updated On: Nov 03 2012 08:11:17 AM EDT
The third annual Dolphins Cycling Challenge takes place on the weekend of November 3rd and 4th.
There are a series of one-day, 30 mile rides, and a 170-mile two-day ride that will take cyclists to Palm Beach County.
The Dolphins Cycling Challenge has been very successful in raising money for cancer research. In two years, it has raised more than $1.6 million.
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Shoppers line up before 6 a.m. for Gray Thursday
3,000 Thanksgiving meals served to homeless, needy in Miami-Dade, Broward counties
Highway Safety Agency demanding manufacturer recall of airbags by Tuesday
'Smash Bros.' is fastest-selling game ever for Wii U
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The National Transportation Safety Board says it will
investigate the January 30 incident, in which an American Airlines
B757-200 en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Philadelphia
diverted to West Palm Beach, FL and made an emergency landing after
the cockpit filled with smoke.
Of the 139 passengers and 7 crewmembers, several were
transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation. All have
since been released. No other injuries were
According to reports from the crew, while at cruise altitude
over the Atlantic Ocean, smoke began emanating from the window
heating system connected to the first officer's windshield. The
crew donned oxygen masks and smoke goggles and diverted to Palm
Beach International Airport.
As ANN reported, during the
descent to land the inner pane of the first officer's windshield
shattered (shown above). The crew continued the descent and landed
without further incident.
The digital flight data recorder (DFDR) was downloaded and sent
to the NTSB laboratories in Washington. The affected windshield,
which remained in one piece, and the heating unit were removed from
the aircraft and will undergo a detailed analysis.
While the cause of this particular incident is unknown and
remains under investigation, the NTSB is aware of five events
between 2004 and 2006 in which smoke, and in some cases fire, were
reported to have originated from window heating systems in B-757
Based on these incidents, in September 2007 the NTSB issued two
Safety Recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
asking the agency to require the installation of redesigned window
heating systems in all Boeing 747, 757, 767, and 777 series
aircraft. These Safety Recommendations have yet to be implemented
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FAU's "Delicatessen" show circles squeamishness and lurches into profundity
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Kevin Smith's still hanging at the Quick Stop, trying to grow up. Or not.
You'll swear you've seen this Superman somewhere before.
The Lake Worth Playhouse can't breathe new life into Deathtrap
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It was apparently a hoax. But a New York man is in real trouble for claiming he had poisoned millions of containers of baby food.
Authorities say Anton Dunn claimed in a series of hoax Internet videos that he had tainted Gerber baby food with cyanide or rat poison, because he wanted to kill black and Hispanic children.
Dunn is charged with sending threats in interstate commerce and falsely claiming to have tampered with a consumer product. Those crimes carry a possible penalty of 10 years in prison, if he's convicted.
Both Gerber and the Food and Drug Administration say they have found no evidence of anyone tampering with Gerber products. The FDA says the company was flooded with complaints after people saw the videos, which were posted on YouTube.


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Volkswagen Group's first-quarter operating profit surged 22 percent, boosted by higher sales at the luxury Porsche and Audi brands, to $3.97 billion, the company reported today.
"We must now continue improving our position and maintain our successful course," said Martin Winterkorn, the chief executive of the company which has an assembly plant in Chattanooga and is weighing an expansion of the 2,700-worker factory.
Sales revenue rose by 2.7 percent in the first three months of the year, the company said in a statement.
Global demand continued to rise in the quarter though market trends were mixed at a regional level, the company said. The number of new sales in the Asia-Pacific region, Western Europe, North America and Central Europe increased year-on-year, while the emerging markets in South America and Eastern Europe recorded lower volumes, the company reported.
The German automaker is expecting a "moderate" increase in sales in fiscal year 2014. Challenges will come from the difficult market environment and competition, as well as interest rate and exchange rate volatility and fluctuations in raw materials prices, the carmaker said.
Volkswagen said officials believe that the modular toolkit system, which is being continuously expanded, will have an increasingly positive effect on the Group's cost structure.
Mike Pare, the deputy Business editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, has worked at the paper for 27 years. In addition to editing, Mike also writes Business stories and covers Volkswagen, economic development and manufacturing in Chattanooga and the surrounding area. In the past he also has covered higher education. Mike, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received a bachelor's degree in communications from Florida Atlantic University. he worked at the Rome News-Tribune before ...


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PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks added Bryan Minniti as assistant general manager and Mike Russell as professional scouting coordinator Thursday.
Minniti spent the last five seasons as the Washington Nationals' assistant general manager. Russell worked on the Detroit Tigers' scouting staff since 2002.
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PROVIDENCE – The pomp and circumstance of the opening of the General Assembly has faded away and now lawmakers are settling into the routine of legislating.
Two of the hot-button social issues expected to be near the top of the legislative agenda this session – gay marriage and illegal immigration – are already percolating in the Assembly's first week. Woonsocket Rep. Jon Brien is playing a lead role in both.
Kathleen Beauregard, left, visiting from Phoenix, Ariz., enjoys an afternoon of skating Wednesday with her mother, Louise Beauregard, of Woonsocket, and friend Jason Kneip, also of Phoenix, at the outdoor skating rink at River Island Park in Woonsocket. The rink is now open daily from 1 to 9 p.m. Skates are available for rental.
WOONSOCKET – They were all put in a rescue squad and taken to the hospital with broken bones, chipped teeth and facial bruises – three women riding in a car that slammed into a utility pole on Diamond Hill Road.
After a two-month probe, however, police yesterday arrested a second motorist they say deliberately caused the crash, the latest outbreak of violence in an ongoing feud with the other driver.
Stephanie Theresa Plante, 23, of Woonsocket, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon – a Buick – and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in personal injury, both felonies.
PROVIDENCE — Making good on one of his principal campaign promises, Gov. Lincoln Chafee Wednesday signed an executive order revoking the controversial Illegal Immigration Control Order issued by former Gov. Donald Carcieri more than two years ago.
PROVIDENCE — Calling for "an era of political collaboration, of cultural and ethnic acceptance, of shared sacrifice and, more importantly, of faith and trust in each other," Lincoln Chafee became the first Independent governor of Rhode Island in the modern era at 12:22 p.m. Tuesday.
WOONSOCKET — A few years ago, when Robert Bouchard first noticed the bulky birds landing in the boughs of his pine trees or perched on the cupola of his North End carriage house, he wasn't particularly alarmed.
With their featherless red heads and impressive wingspans, the turkey vultures were a wildlife oddball, something he'd never seen before around here. There were only a few of them, and they never stuck around long enough to become any sort of nuisance.
PROVIDENCE — Disgruntled with state government? Well, a new one takes over today.
Lincoln Chafee will take the oath of office as Rhode Island's 74th governor, and the first since colonial times elected as an Independent, at noon on the south steps of the Statehouse.
Chafee is the 58th governor if you count from after a new constitution was adopted after the Dorr Rebellion in 1842.
WOONSOCKET — Keeping a campaign promise to do so before the end of 2010, Mayor Leo T. Fontaine last week seated an advisory board to evaluate the costly and controversial options for building a new water treatment plant.
A public interest advocacy group, the Woonsocket Taxpayers Coalition, has been openly urging the mayor to create such a panel. The group, headed by Steve Lima, who challenged Fontaine in the 2009 election for mayor, has questioned Fontaine's support for a plan that calls for buying water from Pawtucket, at least for a time, to satisfy all of the local needs.
LINCOLN — Futurists and the soothsayers of health care predict advances in medical science will one day make people like her much more common. But for now, the ranks of people walking the planet like Edna Mae Boudreau are decidedly rare.
She is extraordinarily old.
And she's marking another milestone today. She turns 108.
"It's absolutely amazing," says her son, Gerard "Bud" Boudreau of North Smithfield. "I never thought I'd meet anyone who was 108 years old, let alone my own mother. And to be able to communicate with her and have her be so sharp, well, it's just amazing."


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iPhone 5 Presentation Day Revealed
On Tuesday, Apple announced that new iPhone 5 is to be presented at the press-conference on September 12, CNN says.
The iPhone 5 will be the first iPhone model with a screen larger than 3.5 inches. Leaked displays and iPhone 5 parts, not to mention a slew of rumors over the past 10 or so months, have all pointed to an iPhone 5 with a 4-inch display. And if that werent enough to demand lines around Apple retail stores on launch day, it's largely believed that the iPhone 5 will support 4G LTE as well. Whereas the iPhone 4S brougth with it rather minor upgrades, the iPhone 5 has two significant improvements right out of the gate. And that doesn't even take into consideration the software enhancements we'll see with iOS 6, which includes a completely revamped Maps app completely devoid of Google influence, Network World writes.
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Ria Benedict, Superwoman. This is the description Ria uses when discussing the person that she used to be and, perhaps surprisingly, the one she didn't like. Most people think being a superwoman would be something to be sought after and in today's society, is often something that most of us strive for. Many women think that this is what is expected of them, to be that superwoman for their families, their partners, their children, even their friends. To be the perfect mom, the perfect spouse, the perfect employee, the perfect listener, the list goes on. But that constant striving to be a superwoman takes a toll on a person. Ria learned this the hard way.
Growing up, Ria was the oldest child to teenage parents who eventually split up, which left her with a strained relationship with her father and a conflicted one with her mother. Ria's mother was only 17 when she gave birth to Ria and as a result they were often mistaken for sisters rather than mother and daughter. While this was more advantageous for Ria's mother, who called Ria her "ace number 1 pal", it put added pressure on Ria growing up. With a working single parent and a younger brother who looked up to her, responsibility came early for Ria and she learned that she would have to take matters into her own hands if she wanted to achieve the things that were important to her, things like applying for college. And Ria did apply to college and even financed her own way through The University of Virginia and the George Washington School of Law, with the aid of scholarships, grants and student loans that she received thanks to her hard work. This superwoman seemed to be making it in the world, an accomplished self-starter who knew what she wanted and got it.
But long hours at work and a difficult marital relationship left Ria with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Her husband, who suffered from Crohn's Disease himself, was of little help to Ria who had made it her role to ensure that he was doing all right and taking care of himself while neglecting her own needs in the process. Ria recalls that there were days when it was hard to breathe and she couldn't get out of bed. The stress of her life was taking a physical toll on her body and as a result Ria gained weight and felt increasingly unhappy within her own skin.
Meanwhile, her situation at home didn't help her to manage her CFS. After 5 years in what she felt was an emotionally and mentally abusive relationship with her husband, things finally came to a head when it got physical. She remembers the 'maniacal rage' on her husband's face when he grabbed her and shook her. After he left in handcuffs, Ria realized that something had to change. "One day I looked and saw my self-esteem on the floor," she recalls. "I remember thinking to myself, 'I don't understand how I got here'." An attractive, accomplished, and all around superwoman now found herself in a life that did not seem like her own.
That was when Ria decided to make a change. She knew it was time to focus on herself and not try to be what others wanted her to be. Her first step was to separate from her husband. Amazingly, they divorced amicably and the separation process was much easier than she could have imagined. They have even managed to remain friends because she was able to forgive him for the person he was when they were married and to forgive herself for the role she played in their downward spiraling relationship. Ria also began to focus on her health. With some of the stress of her relationship gone, she began working with a doctor to relieve her Chronic Fatigue symptoms. His concept centered on working with the brain to bring it back to a point where it was before the person became ill. This neurological focus gave Ria increased energy, allowing her to begin an exercise program accompanied by healthier eating habits.
A ruptured disc in her neck left Ria with 4 months off of work. During that time, she found that the only thing that relieved her pain was exercise. All of this newly discovered energy and healthier lifestyle was melting Ria's weight off and making her feel much better than she had before. Yet, she still did not think that she was doing all that she could. Always one to research and keep working toward her goals, Ria went to see another holistic doctor who did a blood work-up and found that she was extremely nutritionally deficient. This led Ria on a path of learning about digestive health and to more of a focus on cleansing her body rather than just losing the weight. She began to schedule appointments for colonics on a regular basis and to eat more alkaline foods, like vegetables and cereal grains, in order to keep her body in a better state of health and nutrition. Today Ria manages her own health by continuing along this program and no longer has CFS, is able to manage her irritable bowel and rosacea, things that used to plague this superwoman and now are a thing of the past. Yet, this is only one small aspect of the changes that Ria made for herself.
"Ria Benedict, Superwoman. This is the description Ria uses when discussing the person that she used to be and, perhaps surprisingly, the one she didn't like."
Shortly after her separation from her husband, as she went about rebuilding her self-esteem and sense of who she really was, Ria purchased a red enamel ring with a diamond heart in the center of it to replace her wedding band. She says it was "to remind me that I have to love me first, so that this doesn't happen to me again." Ria was determined never to lose herself in another relationship, whether that relationship was with a man, a friend, or a family member. This mantra has become the passion in her life as well as her new business venture. Ria began the i-love-me collection at the end of 2007 and it has become her life's work as well as her outlet to share her experience with the world. Her mantra now is "what would love do?" and she asks herself this in all her interactions with others as well as with herself.
The i-love-me collection is a story of empowerment. The logo is a butterfly with a heart in the center, to symbolize transformation and rebirth within a foundation of unconditional love. Ria puts her logo on shirts, mugs, jewelry, candles and stationery, to remind women of their strength but also of the need to be gentle with themselves.
While her current focus is on the women of the world, Ria has plans to expand to collections for men and children because her story appeals to everyone, and because 'a number of men have asked where their collection is!'. Take heart, Ria says it's coming guys! But Ria's focus has been on women because they can relate most to her story. And as she went through her transformation of learning to truly love herself, it was mainly her female friends who would remark on her 'new glow' and ask her 'what did you do, you're so different'. It seemed she had found what many women are still searching for, which is not how to be the superwoman who is perfect at everything she does, but rather, how to be the super woman who knows her value and loves herself and feels it with every fiber of her being regardless of what she does.
Ria takes her message to workshops where she shares her message of empowerment and strives to encourage others to be happy within themselves. She does not engage in 'male-bashing' as a way to empower women, but rather recognizes that it takes an understanding of the male psyche and of a woman's role in a relationship in order to make it work. She is planning to offer workshops on Spiritual Divorce that she hopes will alleviate the blaming that often comes with such a separation and instead, will allow a couple to take individual responsibility, which will also help them grow and learn about themselves.
Ria feels rewarded by the i-love-me collection in profound ways. She has received feedback from people that they visit her website (www.ilovemecollection.com) every day because of the strength that they gain from it. She got a clear idea of the impact that her message has when she recently emailed a woman for information regarding an Active Girlz expo for girls age 8-18. Ria wanted to bring her message to these girls but unfortunately the event was rather expensive and wouldn't be cost effective for her small business. The organizer of the event visited Ria's website and told her she "had to be there!" and that they would find a way to make it work. Her message is simple and yet essential and powerful. It is something that is so easy to forget as we get caught up in our lives and our obligations. Yet Ria wants to remind us all that our first responsibility is to ourselves, to love ourselves unconditionally and to spread that love to those around us through everything that we do. This is the meaning of the i-love-me collection and this is Ria's message for the world.
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Great story about trying to be superwoman. I see so many women at my son's school who look like they're about ready to explode, and instead they volunteer for more and more and more. I wonder if their kids notice and wish they had their house messier or macaroni and cheese for dinner if it just made their parents spend more time living life and less time worrying about it....
Even when no one else did, and it drove people away. Until I realized that I'd swung too far the other way - towards arrogance.
I never understood people who try to do everything, but worse are people who expect them to. I'd wager that you probably set the expectations for yourself way higher than anyone could expect let alone achieve :)
Ha, that made me laugh. I just try to survive, and leave superwoman for the cartoons.
Good for you Ria! How inspirational you are.
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Some of the more than 300,000 residents of West Virginia who could not drink or bathe in their tap water derived from the Elk River have been told that it is now safe to do so. Considering how flawed the process was for coming up with the standard for a safe level of the contaminant, 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM), it should come as no surprise that residents are not buying the claim that the water is now safe:
Eric Foster got the call last night. West Virginia American Water said the water at his South Charleston home is safe.
But that doesn't mean he's ready to use it again.
"The water smells like licorice, and I don't really think that's safe," Foster said. "I'll never drink it again."
Five days after a chemical spill into the Elk River left water unusable for 300,000 West Virginia American Water customers in nine counties, some residents are still wary of using the water even after officials say it's safe again.
Water company and state officials say the water consistently tested below 1 part per million of the chemical, and have been lifting the water-use ban zone by zone. Six zones, mostly in Charleston and South Charleston, had been lifted as of Tuesday evening.
Here's a summary of the flawed process for coming to that one part per million "safe" standard:
Unfortunately, the science behind this standard remains unclear. Based on what we do know, there are good reasons to believe that officials are overlooking significant health risks.
We know, for example, that the manufacturer's Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) that officials say they are using as their primary source lacks any information about chronic health impacts. The major federal databases we consulted suggest such data simply do not exist for this chemical.
It also appears that officials made significant leaps in their calculation of a "safe" exposure level – including assumptions that deviate from generally accepted practices. As a result, these estimates fail to adequately account for either acute or chronic health effects from ongoing exposure to water contaminated at the 1 ppm level.
At a bare minimum, the public deserves to know a lot more about the calculations behind officials' insistence that a 1 ppm level in drinking water is safe.
But how did we get to this situation in the first place? The event that caused the ongoing contamination of the Elk River was a leak of thousands of gallons of MCHM from a facility owned by a company with the wonderfully Galtian name of Freedom Industries. Of course there is a bald eagle anchoring their website! Would you expect anything else?
How is the chemical used? It is used to perpetuate the myth of "clean coal". Our government is even a leading crusader for this myth and boasts a nifty gif to show us how coal can be "cleaned".
One of the main methods of producing "clean coal" is to remove particles of sulfur. From the DOE website with the nifty gif:
Take sulfur, for example. Sulfur is a yellowish substance that exists in tiny amounts in coal. In some coals found in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and other eastern states, sulfur makes up from 3 to 10 percent of the weight of coal.
One way is to clean the coal before it arrives at the power plant. One of the ways this is done is by simply crushing the coal into small chunks and washing it. Some of the sulfur that exists in tiny specks in coal (called "pyritic sulfur " because it is combined with iron to form iron pyrite, otherwise known as "fool's gold) can be washed out of the coal in this manner. Typically, in one washing process, the coal chunks are fed into a large water-filled tank. The coal floats to the surface while the sulfur impurities sink. There are facilities around the country called "coal preparation plants" that clean coal this way.
It appears that the MCHM is used sometimes instead of water in this process. But even after this "washing", the coal is far from clean: Continue reading
Though increased soil moisture levels may be a big improvement over this past summer's drought, a serious problem remains: there's been too much late snow and it's going to melt quickly.
Based on the 21-MAR-2013 hydrologic map above, conditions along the Red River basin were quite bad; changes of major flooding were already predicted at that time. Since that report, the State Climatology Office at University of Minnesota recorded 4 inches of water (which includes 13 inches of snow) at their Twin Cities campus. This same station, however, received between 6-15 inches less snow over the last month than Fargo, North Dakota, located on the Red River.
The data used for the Percent Chance of Flooding map below is dated 15-APR-2013, before the final snowfall tally after The Weather Channel-branded winter storm "Xerxes" on 16-APR-2013. The area between Bismarck and Fargo received at least two feet of snow.I'm no meterologist, climatologist, or hydrologist, but it sure looks to me like the chances of major flooding have increased from 80% to 100%. Just an uneducated guess on my part; I'll also speculate flooding will accelerate within the next week-10 days without doing any additional research into the subject. (Hint: It's called "spring.") Continue reading
Apparently, when the Bureau of Prisons released environmental activist Daniel McGowan back to his halfway house last week (after having first detained him for writing a post at HuffPo), they made him sign something saying he wouldn't do anything radical like write another HuffPo post.
McGowan was forced to sign a document stating that "writing articles, appearing in any type of television or media outlets, news reports and/or documentaries without prior BOP approval is strictly prohibited." Violating that agreement, which he signed under duress, might mean going back to jail.
Well, now they seem to have rethought this whole Constitution thing, because when HuffPo called BOP on the document, BOP said McGowan could write something without being detained again.
When HuffPost contacted the Bureau of Prisons' regional office in Philadelphia, however, they quickly backtracked on the agreement.
"He's not prohibited from doing that, and we're going to address it with the (halfway house) contractor," said Lamine N'Diaye, a BOP public information officer. If McGowan wrote another HuffPost blog today, said N'Diaye, "he's not going to be punished."
Once upon a time foundational concepts like the First Amendment didn't used to be so confusing.
For a while, there was a big debate on the left on whether it was okay to post, for free, at HuffPo or not. Many argued that someone choosing to post at HuffPo without pay was being exploited, or exploiting others, by working for free.
Except now it appears that posting at HuffPo can get someone jailed for two months.
Daniel McGowan is one of the Environmental Liberation Front-tied activists branded as a terrorist for arson committed in Oregon in 2001. He wrote this post yesterday at HuffPo, describing his time in the Marion, IL Communication Management Unit, and his Center for Constitution Right lawsuit against the government for the CMUs.
What's also notable about the CMUs is who is sent there. It became quickly obvious to me that many CMU prisoners were there because of their religion or in retaliation for their speech. By my count, around two-thirds of the men are Muslim, many of whom have been caught up in the so-called "war on terror," others who just spoke out for their rights or allegedly took leadership positions in the Muslim community at other facilities. Some, like me, were prisoners who have political views and perspectives that are not shared by the Department of Justice.
The following speech is listed in these memos to justify my designation to these ultra-restrictive units:
My attempts to "unite" environmental and animal liberation movements, and to "educate" new members of the movement about errors of the past; my writings about "whether militancy is truly effective in all situations"; a letter I wrote discussing bringing unity to the environmental movement by focusing on global issues; the fact that I was "publishing [my] points of view on the internet in an attempt to act as a spokesperson for the movement"; and the BOP's belief that, through my writing, I have "continued to demonstrate [my] support for anarchist and radical environmental terrorist groups."
The federal government may not agree with or like what I have to say about the environmental movement, or other social justice issues. I do not particularly care as the role of an activist is not to tailor one's views to those in power. But as Aref v. Holder contends, everything I have written is core political speech that is protected by the First Amendment. It may be true that courts have held that a prisoner's freedom of speech is more restricted than that of other members of the public. But no court has ever said that means that a prisoner is not free to express political views and beliefs that pose no danger to prison security and do not involve criminal acts. In fact, decades of First Amendment jurisprudence has refused to tolerate restrictions that are content-based and motivated by the suppression of expression. And courts have recognized that when a prisoner is writing to an audience in the outside world, as I was, it's not just the prisoner's First Amendment rights that are at stake: the entire public's freedom of speech is implicated.
His lawyers have sent out a statement reporting that Marshalls detained him at the halfway house he was supposed to serve out the end of his sentence yesterday, reportedly because of his post.
Daniel McGowan is back in BOP custody. He was taken by federal marshals from his halfway house this morning, and brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center. We have received information that this was triggered by an opinion piece he published on the Huffington Post Monday, and we are currently trying to confirm this and learn more about the situation. We were unable to meet with him today because, we were informed, he was being processed. We will seek to meet with him tomorrow and follow all avenues to secure his release. The name of the piece is "Court Documents Prove I Was Sent to Communication Management Units (CMU) for My Political Speech." If this is indeed a case of retaliation for writing an article about the BOP retaliating against his free speech while he was in prison, it is more than ironic, it is an outrage.
In his HuffPo bio, McGowan described himself as an environmentalist and former political prisoner.
It sure looks he spoke too soon.
Dick Cheney's biggest failures are surely moral. The hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed, senselessly. The thousands of Americans killed, senselessly. The hundreds of thousands, perhaps over a million, on both sides, maimed and poisoned and scarred both physically and mentally.
See Juan Cole and Tomas Young (who will shortly die from wounds suffered in the Iraq War) for an accounting of that cost.
But there has been far too little accounting of the cost of Dick Cheney's strategic choices.
Dick Cheney spent the first several months of the Bush Administration assessing where the US would get its energy in future years and how that would sustain our hegemonic role in the world. In his autobiographical novel, published in 2011, he had this to say about his Energy Task Force.
The report is one I am very proud of. I commend it to anyone looking to understand America's energy challenges still today.
The environmental groups that criticized the report are all too often, in my experience, opposed to any increase in the production of conventional sources of energy. They don't want to drill anyplace. They don't want to mine coal anyplace. They seem to believe we can depend on alternative sources of energy, such as solar or wind. It's my view — and it's the view reflected in the report — that while we should develop alternative sources, in the final analysis, we can't effectively address our energy problems in the near term nor can we remain competitive in the global economy unless we also produce more energy from conventional, domestic sources.
Right now, none of the alternative sources of energy can compete economically with petroleum and coal and other conventional sources. It's also the case that time and time again, we have found that developing alternative sources has undesirable, unanticipated consequences. The push for ethanol fuel produced from corn, for example, resulted in driving the price of a bushel of corn up significantly. This had a huge impact on people who used corn for purposes other than fuel — purposes that weren't subsidized. Cattleman, for example, were suddenly faced with significantly higher feed prices. [my emphasis]
While Cheney's report did have a chapter on "Nature's Power," (which is not, interestingly, one of the two he accused critics of having not read), just one paragraph on any alternative source of power but hydropower shows up on the chapter on "Energy for a New Century."
Hydropower is, to date, the most successful form of renewable energy. However, some forms of renewable energy generation—wind, geothermal, and biomass— have the potential to make more significant contributions in coming years, and the cost of most forms of renewable energy has declined sharply in recent years. The most important barrier to increased renewable energy production remains economic; nonhydropower renewable energy generation costs are greater than other traditional energy sources. The following chapter discusses renewable and alternative energy in greater detail
Never mind that Cheney's understanding of the competitiveness of alternatives by 2011, particularly with coal, which the report boosted aggressively, was badly mistaken.
He argued in 2011 — 10 years after 9/11 and 7 years after the Iraq War had descended into a clusterfuck — that alternative energy has some nasty unintended consequences (he might have a point if he talked about how Ethanol contributed to increase food insecurity for actual human beings, which contributes to political instability, but apparently he sees feeding Americans cheap grain fed beef to be a higher priority).
And of course, the nasty unintended consequence that is climate change did not show up in this discussion in the least.
On May 16, 2001, Dick Cheney released a report declaring (based partly on a shortage in CA artificially caused by Enron) an energy crisis, and proposing recommendations to bring more fossil fuels online quickly, as well as nuclear power.
America in the year 2001 faces the most serious energy shortage since the oil embargoes of the 1970s.
This imbalance, if allowed to continue, will inevitably undermine our economy, our standard of living, and our national security.
Present trends are not encouraging, but they are not immutable. They are among today's most urgent challenges, and well within our power to overcome. Our country has met many great tests. Some have imposed extreme hardship and sacrifice. Others have demanded only resolve, ingenuity, and clar ity of purpose. Such is the case with energy today.
We submit these recommendations with optimism. We believe that the tasks ahead, while great, are achievable. The energy crisis is a call to put to good use the resources around us, and the talents within us. It summons the best of America, and offers the best of rewards – in new jobs, a healthier environment, a stronger economy, and a brighter future for our people.
Four months later, 19 Arabs, 15 of whom were Saudis, destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon. All of them were motivated, in part, by America's increasing presence in the Middle East.
While we're waiting for Congress and the White House to do something productive together for once, let's recap:
• The Department of Defense said climate change is a critical strategic concern with regard to its operations and its impact on defense efforts, based on its legislatively-mandated Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) published two-plus years ago in 2010;
• The State Department also said climate change is a serious threat to our national security, noted in its inaugural Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QQDR), also published two-plus years ago in 2010;
• A who's who of defense and diplomacy expressed their concerns about climate change and the need for urgent action, as Marcy noted two days ago; apparently whatever action has been taken so far has not impressed these experts as responsive to the threat climate change poses.
Yet if asked, the average American likely could not point to a single action taken by the U.S. government to reduce the impact of climate change.
In other words, all the effort expended and resources spent on drafting the components of the QDR and QQDR are wasted, the words published mere bullshit—more wasted government employees' time and taxpayer money.
How much has this wordy inaction cost us?
Here's a more specific opportunity to save taxpayer money:
…Of all military spending, energy accounts for a small proportion, roughly less than 2% of total military expenditures and 2% of total US energy usage–but is 93% of all US government energy consumption.In fact, the US military is the single biggest consumer of energy in the nation, at about 932 trillion BTU in 2009, resulting in 4% of all US carbon emissions.
Oil accounts for 78.5% of all US military energy usage (54% of that is jet fuel); electricity is 11%, direct use of natural gas comes in a bit under electricity. Direct use of coal and other sources of energy are small fractions of total usage. …
[source: TreeHugger.com, 05-MAY-2011]
The amount spent on energy surely hasn't declined since these numbers were published in 2009.
Yet Congress and the White House have been locking horns over the sequester for some time now, looking for places to cut costs. Doesn't it seem like any item should be ripe for examination and audit for cost-cutting if the government is the largest consumer?
…The United States is far and away the largest military spender on the planet–but you probably already knew that. How much more? In 2010 the US accounted for 42.8% of all military spending in the world (and has doubled military spending since 2001). The next nearest competitor, China, accounts for 7.3% of global military spending. The UK, France, and Russia each spend roughly 3.7%. Japan, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Italy round out the top ten. All other nations spending 25.3% combined.
In dollar terms, the grand total spent on military offense and defense in 2010 was $1.6 trillion. So based on those calculations, done by a Swedish think tank, the US outspent China by 5.86 times. …
[source: TreeHugger.com, 05-MAY-2011]
If the U.S. is the largest military spender, its energy expenditures must likewise be the largest globally. This means the U.S. military could provide the largest impact globally on climate change by urgently and robustly changing its fossil fuel consumption.
Which begs the question: are we going to stop wasting time and money on reports like the QDR and the QDDR when we're clearly making no effort to follow the recommendations they contain by responding to climate change and its inherent national security risks?
Or are we going to save some serious money on downsizing our military's fossil fuel consumption AND make immediate, widespread impact on climate change and national security at the same time?
We really need an answer because this bullshit is costing us a fortune in taxes and lost societal opportunities. (Hurricane Sandy cost the federal government at least $180 million dollars; it's not yet clear how much February's blizzard cost in tax dollars. Toronto CAN, however, spent CA$4 million on cleanup and repairs, and it was not the municipality hardest hit by the storm.)
And with each drought and mega-storm, the lack of response is costing us even greater treasure in loss of personal opportunities, homes and lives.
Here's an assortment of goodies that crossed my tablet over the last 24 hours or so. Which of these tidbits fires you up?
• The Verge reported Friday that a new bi-partisan privacy bill sponsored by representatives Ted Poe (R-TX) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) targets the use of drones in the US.
"As written, it would ban police from operating unmanned aerial vehicles armed with weapons of any kind, and any drone surveillance operation would require a warrant notifying the target within 10 days, except when the notice would "jeopardize" an investigation. It also requires they make efforts to "minimize" the amount of data collected or shared, to avoid violating privacy unnecessarily. …
…Fears over the use of drones have increased lately as both President Obama and his counterterrorism chief John Brennan refused to answer whether lethal strikes could be used against American citizens on US soil. …"
When drones can be remotely operated by iPhone or Android cellphones and cost less than $300, we're way past time for this bill. It might not hurt citizens to act locally as Charlottesville, Virginia has, enacting a ban on their use in their municipality. Think a drone couldn't possibly slip by you to monitor you without permission? This one pictured here is only 22 inches long, comes equipped with a 720p high-def camera on board–imagine it hovering and peering in your bedroom window, or your kid's room, its video output watched from an iPhone miles away.
• Friday's meteorite-asteroid-meteorite triple whammy certainly shook up the globe. What? You didn't hear about the third one? Apparently when the smaller meteorite passed over California about 7:42 pm PST, the media had already used up its allotment of cosmic-related coverage for the week. Or year. Anyhow, objects hit our planet all the time that we don't notice or publicize widely; it was the rare confluence of a near-miss asteroid and a larger-than-average meteorite within a 24-hour window that only made us think earth's pummeling by space debris is unusual. Given that meteorites and asteroids are not all that rare, it seems like we'd do more to be prepared for impacts–especially since we've had pretty decent guesstimates about the damage space objects could inflict.
• Speaking of science, science writer Philip Ball looks at the discovery of the microscope and its dramatic impact on science and religion. Technology that allowed us to look at our world at meta-scale has also had an impact on our perspective; the famous "blue marble" photo* from an Apollo mission is credited with increasing public interest in ecological studies, environmental protection, and space exploration. What technology will encourage us to get our tails in gear on climate change?
• Finally, this photo-dense piece gives me pause. I was two years old when these were taken; what an incredible year that was. I wish I'd been old enough to remember any of these events, and yet, I'm glad some of them were well behind us by the time I was school-aged. Some of these photos remind me how little things have changed. Just Google "church arson" or "race hate crime" and you'll see what I mean.
By the way, I'm open to suggestions as to naming these collections of newsy bits and pieces. Leave me your thoughts in comments. Thanks!
* When I first drafted this post, I didn't know today marked the anniversary of the similarly important "pale blue dot" photo. How time flies.
As you may have heard by now, friend of this blog, and our friend at Firedoglake, John Chandley, aka "Scarecrow", has died. Let the record reflect that I am freaking tired of being on the memorial duty. Seriously tired. If you are a participant in the discussion at this blog, or a related friend thereto, quit dying. Please. Enough.
John Chandley was a man. He stood firm and resolute on his own, in spite of being known probably to you only for blogging at Firedoglake under the pseudonym of "Scarecrow". But Scarecrow was much more that that; never a merely a straw creature, but one who definitively stood firm for that which was righteous in the income inequality wars:
Scarecrow on a wooden cross Blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm
I grew up like my daddy did My grandpa cleared this land
When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand
Rain on the scarecrow Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation This land made me proud
And Son I'm just sorry there's no legacy for you now
Rain on the scarecrow Blood on the plow
Rain on the scarecrow Blood on the plow
The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loans
Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the Farmers Bank foreclosed
Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land
He said John it's just my job and I hope you understand
Hey calling it your job ol' hoss sure don't make it right
But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight
"Like a scarecrow in the rain". Aren't we all. That is the meter of life, and it is transient. Funny thing was, the real John Chandley, at least so far as I even knew him, was not transient in the least; but came out of the Berkeley swamps, cool and slow, like John Chandley's friend and colleague at the time at Berkeley (John/Scarecrow was present at Berkeley in the moment), Mario Savio, with a backbeat hard to master.
The musical imagery here is mine; I am not sure what would be the preferred cocktail de jour of John. Before I leave, let me offer up one more paean of my own to the life of the one, and only, Mr. John "Scarecrow" Chandley":
The world's goin' crazy and
Nobody gives a damn anymore.
And they're breakin' off relationships and
Leavin' on sailin' ships for far and distant shores.
You're my brother,
Though I didn't know you yesterday.
I'm your brother.
Together we can find a way.
Scarecrow would have, by every right that I knew him, been trepidatious in regards for our future; yet hopeful for the success and greatness that may await us all.
It is hard to tell where we all go in the living, much less where we go beyond. But never let it be said this blog does not care about the voices who were its friends and colleagues. And certainly not tonight.
RIP John "Scarecrow" Chandley.
Corporate interests with strong ties to conservative politics have undermined American's awareness and understanding about climate change. Record profits from fossil fuel businesses have been threatened by talk of reducing consumption. Rather than change their business model, these entities went on the offensive against knowledge; facts were stretched until barely recognizable, bolstered with easy untruths, and fed to the public alongside infotainment through co-opted media.
The same fossil fuel interests bought politicians who are easily led by cash infusions or manipulated through electoral scaremongering by increasingly ignorant, easily acquired political factions (hello, Tea Party).
Presto: Americans are the least likely to believe in anthropomorphic climate change, and they're likely to vote for candidates who mirror their own tractability.
But the truth has a nasty way of bitchslapping consumers and voters until their attention is returned to the facts. Hurricane Sandy, following this past summer's wretched Dust Bowl-like drought, delivered a one-two punch to the public's consciousness. Americans are ripe right-the-hell NOW for corrective action in the form of education and effective policy.
Therein lies the problem: there is no ongoing nationwide sustained discussion on climate change reaching a critical mass of the American public, and they in turn are not demanding better, effective, and immediate policy. There's lots of hand-wringing over the damages caused by the drought and hurricane. There's discussion about improvements to emergency response (tactical), and chatter about building dikes a la Netherlands to protect New York City from future hurricanes (tactical).
Yet there's only tactical discussion–no society-wide dialog about strategic approaches to climate change.
The challenge to the educated and aware is to change this scenario and fast. The longer it takes for the tractable to become engaged and aware, the more time fossil fuel interests have to re-poison the minds of the public before the next truth-borne bitchslapping. Continue reading
This article in Scientific American is unusual among the articles defending the results of the Stanford University study finding no nutritional benefit in eating organic food in that it at least mentions the people on whom pesticides have an uncontested negative effect: the workers who tend the field (though it consistently calls them "farmers," romanticizing the labor relationship often involved).
In a section titled, "No Need to Fear," it twice notes that "farmers" are exposed to high levels of pesticides.
To date, there is no scientific evidence that eating an organic diet leads to better health.
What of all those studies I just mentioned linking pesticides to disorders? Well, exactly none of them looked at pesticides from dietary intake and health in people. Instead, they involve people with high occupational exposure (like farmers who spray pesticides) or household exposure (from gardening, etc). Judging pesticides safety by high exposures is like judging the health impacts of red wine based on alcoholics.
The closest we have to studying the effects of diet on health are studies looking at farmers. However, farmers in general have high occupational pesticide exposures, and thus it's impossible to tease out occupational versus dietary exposure. Even still, in this high-risk group, studies simply don't find health differences between organic and conventional farmers. A UK study found that conventional farmers were just as healthy as organic ones, though the organic ones were happier.
And while the UK study–which, by its locale, leaves out some of the more dangerous chemicals used here but not in Europe–shows that organic "field and packhouse workers" were only healthier than conventional workers because they were happier, it also showed that all the 605 farm workers involved had significantly poorer health than normal in the UK.
Thus, even in an article admitting that farm workers were exposed to high amounts of chemicals that it admits are dangerous, it concludes that "there is no scientific evidence that eating an organic diet leads to better health."
As if the health of people who work to feed me has no effect on me at all.
It reminds me of a passage from Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland. Three female tomato farm workers give birth within days of each other to seriously deformed children; they had worked without protection in a field sprayed with the fungicide mancozeb days before the babies were conceived and had been sprayed with methyl bromide regularly. Lawyer Andrew Yaffa sued the owner of the field, Ag-Mart, on behalf of one of the children, a boy who had been born with no limbs and other health problems. In a deposition, Yaffa got the President of Ag-Mart to admit the chemicals used on the field caused birth defects in lab animals, but distinguished that from the birth defects of the kids born to workers who had worked without adequate protection in his field.
"So in regards to the pesticides that you use day in and day out, as your sit here today you are aware that there are, in fact, studies linking animals who are exposed to these pesticides to birth defects?"
"Yes, there are studies."
"This isn't new to you?"
"No, no, this is not new."
"You knew for years that these pesticides were linked to birth defects in lab animals. We talked about that … knowing the risk was there, why not be proactive and take that step before you have three women bearing children with such horrific defects?"
"Well, the three women were not all–I don't believe thta–this is my belief, so I–I–don't believe that the pesticides caused the birth defects. I believe that the pesticides have been tested to cause birth defects in animals, but I don't believe pesticides caused birth defects in those three women."
Sure, the President of Ag-Mart was playing a legal word game. But it's a word game often repeated by discussions of the dangers of pesticides, an admission that pesticides are bad for the invisible–often migratory and undocumented–people who work to feed us, but a confidence that they nevertheless are not bad for our health.
As if the only effect our industrial food system has on us is via our own ingestion of the problems it brings.


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JACKIE: Jackie shares her struggles with codependency, anger and control issues. Her recovery includes dealing with being raised in an alcoholic home and the effects of being sexually, verbally and physically abused as a child. Today, Jackie has found the life God intended for her. Jackie shares about the gratitude that empowers her to do whatever it takes to provide opportunities for other people to receive freedom.
MIKE and KELLY: Sexual Addiction, coupled with guilt, shame and secrets, held Mike captive to his addictive lifestyle. Kelly, in her codependency, constantly compared herself to other women, telling herself for years how she wasn't good enough. Watch as they share their life-altering experience as they worked through restoring their relationship through Celebrate Recovery.
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JAMIE: Imprisoned for the murder of her abusive husband, Jamie was introduced personally to Celebrate Recovery by John and Cheryl Baker at the Valley State Prison for Women in Central California. While incarcerated, Jamie completed and led a Step Study Group for women struggling with anger, where she was able to address some of the many recovery issues confronting female felons in the U.S. today. Since her release, Jamie has continued serving the Lord through Celebrate Recovery and other ministries in San Francisco's Mission District.
BRIAN: For years Brian was captive to his sexual addiction, sexual abuse, codependency, and issues of being an adult child of an alcoholic. Brian says "Through life I could conform to rules and regulations and look good on the outside, say and do all the right Christian lingo, but be dying emotionally and spiritually on the inside." Go with Brian as he takes his leap of faith into celebrating his recovery.
These Testimonies to Go are a "must have" for any CR program. We bought them as back up so that our meetings can remain consistent with the model, offering testimony one week and teaching the next. We have had the opportunity to use this particular volume twice since purchasing it. One was planned, and one to fill in at the last minute for a scheduling error. WHAT A BLESSING!! The testimonies are powerful, heart stirring and evoked personal introspection in our open share groups. Our group applauded at the end, as if it were live! They also model how to follow the guidelines in giving the testimonies. Would highly recommend.


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Council-Wide Older Girl Focus Groups
This winter, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland hosted four regional panels which included Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts from across the state of Kansas. In order to keep all Girl Scout activities girl-led, GSKH staff asked a series of questions including what activities girls like to participate in, what trips or awards girls are interested in, and what keeps girls in Girl Scouting. This was a place for Girl Scouts to come together and have their voices heard.
The overall theme from all four focus groups included mentoring younger Girl Scouts, travel, and older girl input for events and programming. GSKH staff was excited with the results and went to work planning more opportunities with the girl's input in mind!
GSKH will be offering more mentoring opportunities at camp this summer, so be sure to check your Summer Activity Guide for more information on how older girls can volunteer or work at summer camp! Additional mentoring opportunities will be available next fall, as well as Older Girl Advisory Committees for future planning of activities and events.
Award & Scholarship Focus
Overall, many of the girls had earned their Silver Awards and were either working on or had completed their Gold Award. GSKH staff asked the girls how they would like to celebrate their achievements, giving them some examples of past Young Women of Distinction Ceremonies, as well as other trips or sleepovers conducted by other councils in order to recognize Gold Award and scholarship recipients.
While some girls would prefer a trip or formal ceremony, many of the girls stated that they would like to be recognized locally with their families. Many of the girls also stated that they would like additional recognition in the form of a plaque or other award.
It is important that the girls be recognized the way they feel is most suitable, in order for the girls to truly appreciate their distinguished honors from their years of Girl Scouting. With that being said, GSKH will send each Gold Award recipient a plaque and honorary cord to wear during commencement ceremonies at their high school in place of a council sponsored YWOD ceremony.
Thanks to these young women for their contribution, the council and future Girl Scouts appreciate your feedback.
What you are saying! One example of what you wanted the council to know at the Winter Older Girl Focus Groups:
>What are some of the things you do in Girl Scouting that you wouldn't get to do anywhere else?
- Travel opportunities.
- You get to be silly and won't get in trouble.
- Have fun earning badges.
- Going to unique camps.
- Selling cookies to go to camp
- Helping younger girls.
- Visiting local museums
- Community service opportunities


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NTSB Identification:
Accident occurred Tuesday, August 24, 2010 in Kathmandu, Nepal
Aircraft: DORNIER 228, registration:
Injuries: 14 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. The foreign authority was the source of this information.
On August 24, 2010 about 7:30 AM local time, an Agni Air (registration 9N-AHE) Dornier 228 equipped with Garrett TPE331 engines, impacted terrain about 20 miles south of Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal. The 14 passengers and crew on board received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. The flight had departed KTM and its intended destination was Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA).
The accident is being investigated by the Nepal Accident Investigation Commission. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of design and manufacture of the engines.
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According to detectives, when volunteers opened the softball concession stand at Azalea Park, Levittown on April 11 at 7 a.m., they found graffiti written with pink spray paint, on the south side of the building. The graffiti included two backwards swastikas, the number "13" in block letters, the words "pink [racial slur]" and other bias statements. The cost of the damage was approximately $200.
At the same date and time, a resident in Hicksville went outside his home and observed graffiti written in yellow marker on both a car, which was parked in his driveway and a stove, which had been left out for garbage next to the driveway. The graffiti stated, "Go away [racial slur] and [racial slur] go home." The cost of the damage was approximately $100.
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Contents:* New on NewEnglandAncestors.org * New Opportunity for Tax-deductible Gift to NEHGS* Name Origins* NEHGS Sales Flyer Now Available Online* NEHGS Library Inventory* Upcoming Education Programs* Spotlight: Corpus Christi Public Libraries, Texas* Upcoming Public Lecture Series* Stories of Interest* From the Online Genealogist* Research Recommendations: Genealogical Writing: Latin Abbreviations* NEHGS Contact Information
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New Table of Contents Search Capability for the Registerhttp://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/register/default.asp This week, in response to input from our patrons, we have added a 'Register Table of Contents' search feature to our New England Historical and Genealogical Register database. This new capability allows keyword search of the titles of all Register articles from 1847 to 1998, making it much easier to locate multi-part articles and to identify articles according to their primary topic. Example topics are family names, place names, or a combination of the two. To use this new capability, just enter one or more keywords into the 'Article Title Keywords' field on the Register database search page. (Note that when one or more article title keywords are supplied, the 'First Name', 'Last Name', 'Start Year' and 'End Year' search fields are ignored.)
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Name Originsby Julie Helen Otto
JEHIEL (m) – Hebrew. In pre-Revolutionary western Connecticut, often (but not always) seen in Anglican families.
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NEHGS Library Inventory
NEHGS is planning inventory the library holdings during the week of January 29, 2007. The library will remain open during the inventory, but each library floor will be closed for a day or two while the collections are inventoried. On the day a floor is closed there will be no access to its materials. The schedule for floor closings is: Sixth floor, Jan. 30; Fifth floor, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1; Fourth floor Feb 2; and First floor Feb. 3. Library closures due to snow emergencies may change the closing schedule.
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Winter Research Weekend Getaway, February 8 - 10, 2007Research Weekend Getaways in Boston have been one of our most popular programs in recent years. Escape the winter doldrums and join the NEHGS staff for guided research, one-on-one consultations, lectures, and special access to the collections. Bring your charts and count on making research breakthroughs! All serious genealogists should treat themselves to this special program and to the opportunity to share discoveries and swap stories with other avid researchers from all over the country. Whether you are a first-time participant or have enjoyed this program in the past, you are sure to further your research by visiting our library in Boston. Don't miss this opportunity to take advantage of our exceptional resources and the research expertise of our outstanding library staff. For accommodations, we suggest the nearby Charlesmark Hotel.
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Spotlight: Corpus Christi Public Libraries, Texas by Valerie Beaudrault (http://lhdatabases.ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/index.htm)
The Local History Department of the Corpus Christi Public Libraries has a number of databases on its website. The source materials for the data found in these databases can be found in the libraries' Special Collections and Archives. The 160 collections in the Archives include manuscripts, letters, photographs, maps, and other documents.
Obituary IndexThe obituaries in this index were drawn from the Corpus Christi Caller, Corpus Christi Times and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. This database covers the period from January 1950 through September 2006. Additional obituaries covering the period from 1883 to 1903 can be found in the Select Index. The 21,000-record obituary database can be browsed by decade by clicking on the appropriate link or as an alphabetical listing of all records by clicking on the "View all records" link. The index can be searched by decade or in its entirety. Search options include searching by first and last name and, for some decades, the exact date on which the obituary appeared in the newspaper. Database fields include last name, first name, and date on which the obituary appeared (not the date of death), as well as the newspaper title abbreviation and page number. A copy of an obituary can be ordered from the library through email or by written request.
1883 – 1903 Select IndexThis database contains abstracts from the earliest existing issues of the Corpus Christi Caller, which can be found in the libraries' microfilm collection. The few-hundred-record database, as noted in the title, covers the period 1883 – 1903. The items abstracted include births, deaths, marriage records, and early Corpus Christi black history. Clicking on the links to the individual databases will bring up an alphabetical list, which can be browsed.
Births: The data fields in the birth notices index include surname, first name, father/mother name, date of event, date of publication, page number and comments. The births can be searched by last name, year of birth, and words found in the comments field. Twenty-eight birth records comprise this database.
Deaths: The data fields in the death notices index include surname, first name, date of event, date published and page number, age and description. The deaths can be searched by last name, year of birth, and words found in the description field. The information in the description field ranges from a few words to a detailed obituary giving information such as birth date and the names of family members. There are 262 records in this database.
Marriage Reports: The marriage notices have been indexed by the groom's name and are listed in the complete index alphabetically by groom's surname. The data fields in the marriage notices index include last name and first name of the groom, date of event, brides complete name, date published, page number, and description. The marriages can be searched by last name of the groom, bride's name, year of publication, and words found in the description field. The information in the description field includes information such as hometown of each party, where they will reside after the wedding and where the ceremony took place. There are 48 records in this database.
Divorces: The divorce notice index contains only 25 records, therefore no search options have been set up. The data fields in the marriage notices index include surname, plaintiff's first name, defendant's first name, date published, page number, case number and description.
Early Black History: This database contains abstracts of articles related to the early history of the black community in Corpus Christi. Fourteen articles for the period from 1883 to 1903 have been abstracted. The data fields include surname or event, date of publication, page number and description. The database can be searched by last name (or event name), date, or words found in the detailed description.
Postcard IndexThe Local History Department of the Corpus Christi Libraries has a collection of historic postcards, which show images of people and places in the city. There are more than 250 postcards in the collection dating from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. There is a Searchable Index, in addition to the Finding Guide for this collection. The Searchable Index provides a more detailed description of each postcard. The data provided includes subject of the postcard, the approximate date, and any message that may have been written on the back of the postcard. Some of the images may be viewed in the online image collection.
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Our lectures explore a wide range of research skills and sources and are free and open to the public. They are offered in the Richardson-Sloane Education Center at 101 Newbury Street on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:00 A.M. unless otherwise stated. Advance registration is not necessary.
Getting Started in GenealogyDecember 2, 2006, 10:00 AMNew visitors will be welcomed, given a chance to introduce themselves, meet other new visitors, describe their research and have knowledgeable staff advise them on how to proceed. The thirty-minute welcome will be followed by a tour of the library.
For more information about lectures offered by New England Historic Genealogical Society, please go to the Education homepage at www.newenglandancestors.org/education/main or call 1-888-286-3447.
Stories of Interest
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip paid their respects recently to Mahomet Weyonomon, of the Mohegan tribe, who died of smallpox in London in 1736. The Queen was presented with a peace pipe at the memorial service, a symbol of the righting of a wrong. Read the full story from the BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6172062.stm.
Alumni magazines often feature profiles of individuals in celebration of their achievements. Colby College recently profiles a member of the class of 1997 who is also an African-American genealogist. Read the story at http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/current/alumni.php?issueid=36&nmid=243.
From the Online Genealogist
Question:In the transcriptions of some wills a signature is printed which I assume means that the original will was signed. On some the signature is shown as (for example) "Thomas X Ranney" or "Bethia BS Stow", which I assume means the original will was signed with the 'mark' of the testator. I have encountered a few which are shown as (for example) "Samuel Stow, LS." What does the "LS." indicate? I have also found "Thomas X Ranney, LS."
Answer:L.S. is the abbreviation in Latin of "Locus Sigilli." L.S. marks the location where the seal was placed in the original. The abbreviation does not mean "Legal Signature," as it is commonly misinterpreted.
David Allen Lambert is the Society's Online Genealogist. If you would like to ask him a question, contact him at email@example.com or visit his blog at http://www.davidlambertblog.com/. For more information about the Online Genealogist visit www.newenglandancestors.org/research/main/online_genealogist.asp. Please note that he will make every effort to reply to each message, but will respond on a first-come, first-served basis.
Research Recommendations
Genealogical Writing: Latin Abbreviationsby Michael J. Leclerc
Many legal documents contain Latin terminology. In addition to full words, Latin abbreviations are used freely. Some Latin terms are more common than others, and some are so similar to each other that they cause confusion in the minds of some researchers. David Lambert discusses the use of L.S. or Locus Sigilli in his "From the Online Genealogist" column above. Three commonly-used Latin terms are et cetera, et alii, and et uxor. All start with the Latin word "et," which means "and."
Et cetera is very commonly used in everyday conversation as well as legal documents. It translates into "and so forth." Nowadays it is abbreviated as etc. but it may also be abbreviated as &c. Et cetera is used to indicate that a list can continue on. For example, one might see a list of months as January, February, March, etc.
Et alii, et alios, and et aliis translate to "and others." All are abbreviated as et al. or & al. This term is used to indicate that individuals other than the person being discussed are involved. It is frequently used in grantor/grantee indexes when more than one party is a grantor (or grantee). For example, one might see Matthew Gibbs, et. al. listed as a grantor in the index. Upon examination of the document, one sees that Matthew Gibbs, Joseph Goodenough, and Thankful Gibbs were co-owners of the property and they were selling their combined shares of the land. Checking the grantor index again, one would see Thankful Gibbs, et al. and Joseph Goodenough, et al. listed as well.
Et uxor is abbreviated as et ux. or & ux. This term translates into "and wife." Also commonly used in indexes, it indicates that the person's wife was also mentioned in the document.
Please note that "et" is a full word, and never has a period after it in an abbreviation (because it is not being shortened).
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Believe it or not, we are less than one month away from the first Magic preseason game. Orlando will open training camp on October 1 and open the preseason in Mexico City against New Orleans on October 7. So how will we get ready? By counting down to the beginning of the season on November 2 against Denver. Let's continue:
The Orlando Magic have a new marketing slogan. After several years under the "Be Magic" slogan, the team is moving on to a new marketing plan in the post-Dwight Howard era.
"WE WILL" will be the slogan plastered all over the Magic offices and marketing materials and will be sure both to inspire those inside the organization and inspire plenty of jokes from outside. Particularly right now. Give the Magic a chance to explain themselves first:
"WE WILL" promises the Magic will do whatever it takes to put a winner on the floor and create a product Magic fans and partners can be proud of on all fronts. The shift from "Be Magic" to "WE WILL" was made to update the Magic's message and reaffirm the franchise's desire to be great. Hallmarks of the campaign are in the Magic's mantra of hard work, competing every night, leading and inspiring as the Magic strive for excellence via integrity, strength, resilience and togetherness.
"For us, this campaign was relevant with or without the roster changes. We feel strongly that it's a great statement and a strong message that we wanted to provide to our employees, our fans and all of our partners," said Magic Vice President of Brand Management Roman Vega. "It's designed to shatter any questions about us not wavering in our mission to compete for a championship and that everything we do is designed to put us in the best possible position to accomplish this."
OK, so that makes some sense. Of course, that won't stop people from making fun of it. And who really knows how much these mantras actually affect the market.
The idea is definitely a good one. Could be a great one if everyone within the organization buys in. Alex Martins has talked a lot in the past about having a strong brand identity that has championship values up and down the organization — from the players to the salespeople to anyone associated with the franchise. Whatever that is, might be for the organization to figure out in the next few seasons as the process and the organization redevelops itself.
As an organization, the Magic had to distance itself some from Dwight Howard and move on. The roster changes and staff overhaul was the first step. The rebranding and remarketing will be the next (Is a new jersey in the future? Who knows?). I am sure some of the artwork in Amway Center will be very different as Howard paintings get put into storage for some time.
The Magic are in the process of re-affirming and re-stating their value. "WE WILL" does that. For now.
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Nice gear. Better than mine, that's for sure, so take what I say with a big grain of salt.
Your gloves aren't great. Everything else is a solid tier above that, but you already know that. Surprised you don't have the Tier 7.5 gloves. They could use a better enchant, too. That one is pretty much what you put on when you don't have an enchant ready
Your spec is different to the "standard" but you probably have a good reason for that, so I'll leave it to more knowledgeable people to comment there.
Your expertise is noticably low. This will be causing potential threat issues against high hitting DPS. You may be better off swapping out some stamina gems for expertise/stamina. You can afford the HP loss.
You may also be better off swapping your parry/stam gem for expertise/stam. You have an unusually large amount of parry, which is (to my understanding) of fairly minimal value.
You would probably get more value from stats to chest enchant than the raw HP one.
I'm not sure how much hit rating is too much, but you certainly have a lot. Maybe you're on the cap. Not sure. But I suspect other things (especially gems) could have more value than hit.
Your defense is over capped. By a lot. You can probably get that a fair bit down happily and still have some room for different gear sets, but... hell, how? You're not exactly gemming or enchanting for it.
Tuskarr's Vitality or 22 stam might be a better enchant for the boots.
That being said, everything I've commented on is on the understanding that you're referring to current content, which doesn't challenge survivability all that much, threat is a bigger issue. New content in Ulduar may well shift that balance, at least initially.


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A revamped merit award for high school seniors will include more students and provide more incentives to stay in school.
It passed the state legislature overwhelmingly. Governor Granholm is expected to sign it.
"Colleges do definately cheer an announcement like this," says Nancy Lombardi, interim director of financial aid at Lansing Community College.
At her school, 70% of students get financial aid but a small percentage get the current Michigan Merit Award.
That scholarship can amount for $3,000. The new scholarship can total $4,000.
A students who scores well on the state's assessment test gets $1,000 upfront, $2,000 after one year of higher ecucation, and then the remaining $2,000. Higher education can include university, college, or technical programs.
A student who doesn't score well can still get the money if they too go on and succeed with two years in higher ed.
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Now that I've been politically correct, let's talk about THAT gift. You know we've all gotten one at one time or another. The gift you open and think What the heck?! all while smiling and saying, "Wow, how nice!".
I got a couple of those this year. Disclaimer: these items given to me by someone who didn't know me, was down on their luck or having on hard times would have made me weep at the thoughtfulness. I also would have been fine receiving these from my best friend. None of these were the case in this situation. Just trust me.
Nothing says, "I think you suck" like:
that you got for free at work