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BETHLEHEM, PA. - In the season-opening meet at Lehigh on Friday, the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field team posted six victories, highlighted by the fourth-best shot put in school history from Theresa Picciallo in her collegiate debut.
Picciallo and senior Charlotte Pope claimed the top two spots in the shot put. In her first meet as a collegian, Picciallo earned the victory with a toss of 13.75 meters (45 feet, 1 1/2 inches). That mark is fourth among Penn's all-time top 10 list and is the furthest toss for a Quaker since Shani Boston in 2007 (13.85m). Meanwhile, Pope was just one centimeter behind her personal best - which stands as fifth-best in school history. Pope's top toss landed at 13.11 meters (43-00.50 ft.).
Sophomore Annie Holland won the high jump as she matched her personal best. Of the 23 competitors, she was the only one to pass the bar at 1.70 meters (5-07 ft.). That matched her previous best, which stands as sixth-best in the school record book.
Penn also stood atop the podium in two other field events. Senior Jillian Hart won the pole vault. She opened the year at 3.55 meters (11-07.75). Freshman Eliana Yankelev was tops in the long jump. Her best leap measured 5.50 meters (18-00.50 ft.).
Junior Gabrielle Piper won the 60-meter hurdles and was the runner-up in the 60 meters. Piper topped a field of 33 runner in the hurdles with her winning time of 8.84 and was the runner-up in the 60 meters by one-hundreth of a second at 7.77.
Sophomore Shakele Seaton posted her first collegiate victory in the 500 meters. She was the runaway winner in her heat and won the event with a time of 1:18.88.
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When I posted about Father's Day a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned there was an add-on project in the works, and - with just over a week to go - it's now ready for you to download and enjoy. The idea is to build a dad who looks just a little like yours by piecing together different details and accessories.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Tonight, the No.16-ranked Saint Leo men's soccer team (4-0) will play host to the No.2-ranked Rollins College Tars (3-0) in Sunshine State Conference action.
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Saint Leo last defeated Rollins on September 21, 2007 when the Lions claimed a 7-6, overtime win at the friendly confines.
Defeating Catawba, 4-1, in their last outing, the Lions have compiled a conference-best 17 goals and feature three of the top-five point getters in the league in Edgar Herrera, Aaron Gendreau, and Joel Purkiss.
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The White family has 3 children. Figure out how old each one is, how much they weigh and how tall they are. One child is 17, one is 15, and one is 14. One child weighs 150 lbs, one weighs 130 lbs, and one weighs 110 lbs. One child is 5'1", one is 5'3", and one is 5'6".
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To be fair, immortal machines can't help but have a different frame of judgement to super mortal organics. What's killing a few to save the concept of life? Where was the fallout 1 esq* side with the reapers choice?
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Their killing isn't logical though. It's not a "kill one man to save a million" scenario (or in MEs case, kill billions to save trillions?). It's nonsensical bullshit. Destroy entire galactic civilizations because they MIGHT create rebellious AI that MIGHT wipe out all organic life in the galaxy for some unknown reason.
Since we know the reapers leave some behind to observe during the 50k year period, would it not be more logical for them to simply wait for the rebellious AI to be created and then destroy the AI?
Would it not make even more sense to not jumpstart civilizations by leaving behind mass relays and artifacts from previous civilizations (i.e. Prothean ruins on Mars) that facilitate progress?
Would it not make even MORE sense for the reapers to just be an ever present force in the galaxy ruling over organic life and demanding they never create AI?
The whole reaper cycle doesn't even make sense. Apparently creating a reaper is a super rare thing (only one species in the current cycle was even a candidate for it apparently) and they lose several reapers in the battles before the crucible is used (and in that battle). How do they keep up their numbers? During the Prothean cycle they fought for centuries, the probably lost hundreds of reapers. If they are losing more reapers per cycle than they create... how are they maintaining their numbers? We know they didn't make Prothean reapers because they turned them all into collectors.
failure to communicate. Apparently though, the Catalyst wasn't up to the job, as it states that 'our efforts always ended in conflict, so a new solution was required': the Reapers.
As for the two 'mights': the galactic civilizations already have created rebellious AI; most notably the humans and quarians. The Catalyst, reasoning that synthetic life will always come in conflict with organic life, considers it go-time because it is 100% convinced that organic life will lose that conflict. The reason for the inevitable conflict is unknown, or perhaps there are dozens of different reasons. Either way, the reasons are not important to the Catalyst because it has already finished it's research, so to speak. Or, based on its statement that the Crucible created 'new options', the Catalyst might not have been capable of coming to a different conclusion in its original hardware setup. That's all speculation though, and will probably never really be cleared up.
The Reapers aren't perfect, either. They missed Ilos, they missed Javik, they probably missed dozens of worlds. Wasn't Feros one big Prothean ruin? The Catalyst also admits that it knew of the Crucible in previous cycles but that it thought the design had vanished.
Who knows, I think it could've been fun if they had made more of an issue of the Catalyst being wrong - because I think that is actually quite an interesting topic. What if the advanced AI is wrong? Why is a supercomputer wrong - how could it be? How does one come to a correct conclusion, etc. But that's a different theme than what they were going with and would have required a lot more build-up in the earlier games to come off decently - if it's even a good idea, which I - being far from impartial - can't comment on. Either way..."He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to
the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free". ~ Luke 4:18


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World number three Andy Murray's latest bid for a maiden career title on clay ended when he was beaten 7-6 6-4 by sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday.
The Briton had lost both of his previous two matches on the red dust against Berdych, who was runner-up to Roger Federer last year, and produced an erratic performance this time.
Murray battled through a gruelling three-hour encounter against Frenchman Gilles Simon on Thursday that finished after one o'clock in the morning local time (2300 GMT) and the Scot appeared increasingly weary as Friday's match wore on.
Berdych, chasing a first title of the year, will next play seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or 15th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka for a place in Sunday's final.


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United Arab Emirates kept their unbeaten record on their tour to Canada intact, defeating the hosts by 72 runs in the first Twenty20 in Toronto.
Choosing to bat, UAE piled up 157 for 7, a total built around opener Mohammad Azam's 51-ball 70. Azam and Abdul Shakoor gave UAE a strong start, sharing a stand of 42. However, regular wickets in the latter half of the innings weakened UAE's chances of posting a bigger score. Swapnil Patil and Shaiman Anwar, who had been in good form coming into the match, fell for 11 and 13. UAE had another setback when Azam and Amjad Javed were out in consecutive deliveries to pacer Harvir Baidwan in the 17th over. Azam's 70 included nine fours and one six. Nasir Aziz and Ahmed Raza hit some quick runs towards the end to take the score past 150.


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Instant Tea reported Monday that the reporting requirement proposed by the "big" anti-bullying bills (HB 224, SB 245) will be amended so that the provision that school districts file annual reports on instances of bullying in enumerated categories will now only require a report — with the specifics to be determined by the Texas Education Commission (TEA).
(HB 224 has been filed in the House, SB 245 in the Senate. The bills are nearly identical. It is common practice to file the same legislation in both the House and the Senate. Doing so allows bills to be considered by both sides simultaneously which can speed the process of a bill becoming a law. Since the Texas Legislature only meets every other year for 140 days speed is crucial in passing any law.)
HB 224 (by Strama, D-Travis County) currently would require districts to specify in their annual reports if instances of bullying were based on the real or perceived race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or disability of the victim. SB 245 (by Davis, D-Fort Worth) requires the same enumerated report but adds gender identity and expression to the list. (Strama filed this same bill last session, also without gender identity and expression, but added it to the list of attributes in committee).
In addition to the reporting requirements both bills would require school staff, administrators, students and volunteers to attend training on how to identity and respond to bullying, would allow bullies to be transferred to different classrooms or campuses than their victims (currently only the victim may be transferred) and would allow administrators to address cyber-bullying under limited conditions.
Neither bill currently contains a provision prohibiting schools from discriminating against teachers or students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
Let's face it, removing the enumerated list from the reporting requirement will make these good bills less good — there is no getting around that. But (and it's an extremely ambivalent "but") the proposed change to these bills dramatically increases the chances of the Legislature doing something to address the issue of bullying this session.


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I've got a problem with sending MIME mail using PHP. When it hits a Mac using Entourage all they see is the coding for the email, it appears that Entourage doesn't support the MIME format by default. Does anyone know a way around this? Or is there a way to add "If you can't read this email please click here" above the content?
Entourage should be able to display HTML mails, but...
Sending HTML mail is criminally difficult using PHP.
Might I suggest you use a library like PHPMailer or Swift (www.swiftmailer.org) to send mails, as they have all of this kind of stuff worked out? It'll make you life a lot easier
It's a good idea to add a 'click here to view online' type link, but you'll need to code that yourself, and you'll also need to upload a copy of the mail onto your webserver where people can view the mail.
Any idea how I'd code the "click to view online" link into the email?
This tutorial shows an easy way using php mail().
The tute also shows how to send a plain text and html version of the email content in the one email, which imho is good practice. This way the email client decides which version to display.
It seems that the problem isn't with entourage, it appears to be when I send it to a network run off a local server the Mime format is ignored.
Any ideas?
I looked at that turtorial, I don't really fancy coding up all the mime-boundaries and stuff when I need to attach a bunch of inline/ embedded images and other attachments. Let alone dealing with a bunch of server/ client discrepancies etc.
I'll just keep using Swift etc, thanks
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when I send it to a network run off a local server
You're using a local mail server? Is it configured to allow/ use mime mails?
yep no problem
I used that code to build my own mail out script which retrieves the email content and mime type for any attachments from the database, inserts them in the appropriate locations in the script and it then sends both plain text and html format emails to recipients.


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The Meeting of Christ and John the Baptist
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Filippino Lippi, Italian (Florence), 1457/58-1504
Pen in brown ink over black chalk on paper, 9.3 x 9 cm
Genre: European Art, Works on Paper
Location: Short Gallery
Accession Number: 1.1.o.6
The drawing depicts Christ meeting John the Baptist in the wilderness, an episode not found in scripture, but described in Renaissance biographies of the Baptist and sometimes found in paintings. Filippino Lippi shows a warm and tender embrace between two figures – a theme the artist greatly favored and employed in other narrative situations. Compared with the Baptist's garb, Christ's robes are much more fully shaded and detailed, which suggests that the drawing was made in part to explore problems of drapery. In fact, Giorgio Vasari praised Filippino's unusual and innovative costumes.
Filippino Lippi's reputation was at a peak around 1900, and both Isabella Stewart Gardner and Bernard Berenson considered acquiring a work by the artist to be among their highest priorities in building a collection. In 1903, she refused to pursue the tondo that belonged to the Warren family as she felt it ought to go to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (it ended up in Cleveland), and as late as 1922 there was again talk of buying a painting by Filippino.
Source: Alan Chong, "The Meeting of Christ and John the Baptist," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 75.
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Accepting Grant Applications for the Connecticut – Johns – Waits River Watershed
Concord, N.H. - The New Hampshire Aquatic Resource Mitigation Program at the Department of Environmental Services announced today that up to $157,000 is available through the Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Fund for eligible projects within the Connecticut River from the Johns River to Waits River Watershed. The DES ARM Fund provides an in-lieu fee payment alternative for permit applicants to consider when striving to meet state and federal wetland mitigation requirements. Payments are deposited into 16 watershed accounts which then can be used for aquatic resource restoration projects or to permanently protect wetlands with high conservation value. The ARM funds are ready to be awarded to eligible projects in the watershed. The deadline for grant applications is March 26, 2010.
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Hastings College is a great place to satisfy the credits required to apply to the Mary Lanning Healthcare School of Radiologic Technology, a program designed to provide well-qualified radiographers. The full program is four years, with two years at Hastings College, where you can enjoy regular student activities and college life, followed by two years in the radiology program at Mary Lanning Healthcare.
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Prize Recipient
Alaric Bryant
Duke University
My name is Alaric Avery Bryant and I am member of the Lumbee American Indian
tribe from Pembroke, North Carolina. My favorite subjects are math and science because
they complement each other. I have always dreamed of going into the field of science, and learned of my interest in physics after taking AP physics in my senior year of high school. I find it very intriguing to try to explain the universe around me. I love math and science and know there are many promising careers and opportunities within this field. I took AP physics, AP biology, and AP calculus my senior year in high school in hopes they would provide a solid academic foundation when I begin my college coursework.
Physics is the basis of all the sciences, and there are limitless possibilities for research in that realm. Physics is also closely related to the field of engineering as well as other scientific areas. Today, my dream is to graduate with my Ph.D. in the field of physics. Whatever field I choose, I plan to make a difference. I will move away from my hometown and attend Duke University. It is my goal to be a role model to future generations of American Indian youth. This scholarship will provide a foundation for achieving that goal.


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A NUMBER of jobs which will be created in Stourport when a new superstore opens will go to the "long-term unemployed".
Supermarket giant Tesco is due to open its Severn Road store at the end of September or the beginning of October and hopes to create 200 new jobs in the town and has ring-fenced 60 of them to be offered to those who have been out of work for six months or more through the Job Centre Plus.
The store will be part of the company's regeneration partnership scheme.
Tesco corporate affairs manager Simon Petar said: "We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities to the long-term unemployed, who often just need a lucky break to get on.
"The jobs and training we offer are unrivaled and, above all else, we look for attitude and aptitude rather than qualifications. I would urge anyone interested who has been unemployed for six months or more to contact the Job Centre Plus so they can advise on the process."


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Anyone ever run this race before? What is the good, bad, etc.? This will be my first 100 and I may not have a crew, anything I should know from that perspective?
On On
Ran it last year.
Nice 50K loop. Aid 4 times through out the loop pretty evenly spaced. Water in between full aid stations.
Terrain was runnable if you are in shape. Not as many rocks and roots as I am used to here in Northern NJ.
Drop bags at Start Finish and AS2. You go about 15 miles between these two spots. Easy enough to drop lights, clothes, etc and pick up other stuff later. Pack two of everything though in case you drop your headlamp at one location (you start in the dark) but then need it at sunset at the other location.
Organization was fine. The food that was cooked at the school was very basic but good. That comment is for the pre race and post race food. Aid station food is prepared right at the aid stations.
You can sleep in the gym but it is only as quiet as the loudest person. I slept outside but it was very cold last year (around 25 degrees overnight).
You can use the showers after the race which was nice to get all the trail and salt, sweat off your body to feel half normal after running all day.
I'd recommend it to someone.
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I did the 100k in 2011. You can find the full report on my blog (see signature).
2013 races:
3/17 Shamrock Marathon
4/20 North Coast 24 Hour
7/27 Burning RIver 100M
8/24 Baker 50M
10/5 Oil Creek (distance to be determined)
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Thanks for the feedback! So far I've heard nothing bad about the course, so I am marking my calendar for registration day. After that I have 7 months to freak out.
So you going to sign up this weekend? I decided on the 100K.
Faster Than Your Couch!
OC100 will be my first 100-miler, too.
lace_up has a nice RR on it:
Run for fun.
Banshee, thanks for the RR! I just read it, it was fun!
Here's the link to Banshee's RR, I hope she won't mind me putting it in here: http://www.endorphinmom.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
Sounds like the third loop in the 100M will be a tough one!
Here is the link to the registration website (and it is also at the top of our race website oc100.org / OilCreek100.org):
Good luck to everyone on Saturday getting registered in the race you want.
Tom Jennings, RD
I'm pretty interested in signing up for the 100 miler but I'm racing on Saturday when registration opens. Anyone want to guess when the 100 miler will fill up this year?
It filled up within a few weeks last year, and I'd expect it to be open for at least a few days this year before it fills up, but no guarantees on that one!


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The Grand Canyon has long been a destination for visitors around the world. Now, sightseeing company Pink Jeep Tours will give visitors the chance to experience the beauty of the canyon even more. With locations in Sedona and Las Vegas, Pink Jeep Tours has established itself as "the thing" to do in both cities, according to those who have experienced the desert ride. Both Sedona and Las Vegas currently offer tours to the Canyon, so it was fitting that an office with Pink Jeep tours at the Grand Canyon would be the next step.
Beginning August 1, Pink Jeep Tours began operating from the National Geographic Visitor Center seven days a week with customer service representatives on hand to answer questions, schedule tours and provide the ultimate experience for visitors at the Grand Canyon. The tours will be similar to the those experienced in Las Vegas and Sedona, with the same qualified tour guides and fun.
"When other tour companies are scaling back, we are stepping up our game and providing visitors what they want — more adventure, sightseeing and enjoyable tour opportunities in our existing markets of Sedona and Las Vegas, and now at the Grand Canyon," says Pink Jeep Tours CMO Grant Ferguson.
Pink Jeep Tours also partnered with Destination Cinema, operator of the IMAX at the Grand Canyon, to bring a new tour component with the movie experience.
The expansion of Pink Jeep Tours at the Grand Canyon is just the beginning of exciting growth and adventure opportunities in Arizona and beyond.
"We look forward to not only what being located at the IMAX at the Grand Canyon will offer the millions of visitors each year, but where we will be able to expand our brand next," Ferguson says.
Destination Cinema CEO, Bob Perkins, expressed his excitement about the partnership stating, "Destination Cinema is delighted to welcome Pink Jeep Tours as a marketing partner at the National Geographic Visitor Center.
Their ground tours will add another valuable component to the services offered at the center."
With four tours available, including a spectacular ride along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, a guided walk along the Trail of Time and the opportunity to view the sunset at the Canyon, these tours will quench the eyes with beauty to last a lifetime.
Tours range in price from $68-$88, with discounted pricing for children 12 and under. Tours can be booked by calling (800) 873-3662.


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Instead, the MPD would lead to a permanent regressive tax, with substantial impacts for low-income and working-class homeowners, while stripping anyone who cares about our parks of their ability to influence park policy.
If voters approve the measure, a separate municipal corporation called the Seattle Parks District is created that will operate essentially like the port authority. It effectively can run forever because voters will have practically no way to reverse the their decision.
Its first order of business would be to double the tax from the current parks levy set to expire this year — from $95 to $185 annually for the owner of a $500,000 house, or 37 cents per $1000 of valuation, starting in 2016. But there is nothing preventing the MPD from raising that tax even higher, all the way up to 75 cents per $1,000 assessed value, or $375 a year on the same home.
Unlike a levy, there's no six-year limit meaning voters would no longer have an opportunity to review periodically how their funds are being used or give their approval to renew.
Even though the City Council insists the powers of the MPD will be limited by an accompanying "interlocal" agreement, that agreement can easily be voided or amended with only 180-day notice by council members.
What accountability?
The council's handpicked Select Committee on Parks Funding insists there is accountability: Since current council members will sit on the MPD board in an "ex-officio" capacity and, on paper, are charged with running the MPD, voters can simply vote against a council member during his or her next reelection campaign. But since council members are ceding day-to-day control of the MPD over to an unelected oversight committee, they can easily pass the buck on to this body.
An MPD is not subject to the city charter so citizens cannot overturn a MPD decision via the initiative process, and it's not bound by any other city requirements for hearings or other forms of public input. There's nothing standing in the way of the MPD selling off or privatizing parkland or, for that matter, turning Discovery Park into Disneyland.
Far-fetched? Perhaps, but Seattle's parks system is constantly under pressure from special-interest groups seeking permanent low-cost space for their for-profit or nonprofit ventures. Some of these interests have huge budgets with paid lobbyists encamped at City Hall. An MPD elevates the influence of these groups, while lessening the influence of those of us at the grassroots level committed to keeping our public parks open, free and, above all, public.
Under state law, the MPD has near-unlimited authority to manage all park assets, but it also can buy, sell and condemn any land — even your land — or launch business ventures on or off park land. Are you prepared to entrust any electeds with such authority?
Not what's it about
For starters, we can't even trust current council members to include in the ballot title an honest description of this measure. Here's how it reads: "This proposition would create the Seattle Park District to provide ongoing funding to maintain, operate and improve parks, community centers, pools and other recreation facilities and programs. The district would have the same boundaries as the City of Seattle and be governed by a board composed of the Seattle City Council members. It could exercise the powers described in state law, including levying a property tax and contracting with the City of Seattle to perform the district's functions."
Sounds benign, doesn't it? This proposed title fails to meet state election standards because it neither offers a "concise description of the measure" nor does it "clearly identify the proposition to be voted on."
The Seattle Displacement Coalition has proposed changes to the language to bring it into line with state law, so that voters will understand just what ballot measure asks of them: "This proposition creates a Seattle Metropolitan Park District, a separate municipal corporation and taxing authority under state law RCW 35.61 with boundaries identical to Seattle. The district may operate ours parks, improve, sell or acquire land, engage in business activity and, upon voter approval, may raise annual property taxes up to 75 cents per $1,000 of valuation ($375 dollars on a $500,000 home). Its board, consisting of City Council members, will contract with the city for park purposes."
City Attorney Pete Holmes will have final say on the ballot title language. If the language doesn't change by the time you read this, parks advocates may be in court asking a judge to do so.
Come August, we don't want voters to make a decision they don't fully understand: They could authorize City Council to raise their property taxes substantially and remove parks authority from resident control...forever.
JOHN V. FOX and CAROLEE COLTER are coordinators for the Seattle Displacement Coalition (www.zipcon.net), a low-income housing organization. To comment on this column, write to email@example.com.


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A PROLIFIC crook who tried to rob a commercial driver of her company Mercedes, has been jailed for three years.
David Terrell's plucky victim Stephanie Crack had told him to get lost before he had rammed a crowbar in the driver's door to try to stop her closing it.
Terrell, who had demanded the victim's purse and the car keys, then made off, leaving her shaken up by the incident, Burnley Crown Court heard.
The defendant, who Ms Crack described to officers as appearing 'intoxicated, nervous and desperate', was later arrested after walking into Blackburn Police Station and owning up to the offence and a string of others.
Terrell, 28, of Richmond Road, Accrington, admitted attempted robbery, last October, and asked for 22 offences — 20 thefts from vehicles, one theft of a vehicle and one attempted car theft — to be considered.
He was said by the prosecution to have a record going back 'a considerable time' for assault and burglary and in 2002 he was jailed for 54 months for rape and placed on the sex offenders' register.
Mark Lamberty, prosecuting, said the victim, who is in her late 30s, went to work at 6.40am in Accrington. She parked in the car park at the back of the premises where she worked as a commercial driver and started transferring items from her own vehicle into a Mercedes belonging to the company she worked for.
The defendant went up to her and asked her the time and if there was a route through the car park. The victim explained there was and Terrell walked off.
He then came back and approached Ms Crack saying: 'Give us your purse and car keys, love' in an aggressive manner.
The victim told him 'in no uncertain terms' to leave, as she stood by the side of the Mercedes, which had its engine running.
Mr Lamberty said she got into the vehicle and Terrell, who had a crowbar in his hand, put it between the door and the door pillar, so she couldn't close the driver's door, but the victim was able to pull the door closed and rang the police.
Passing sentence, Judge Simon Newell said that Terrell's solicitor Daniel King was entirely right in what he had said in his mitigation —there had to be a custodial sentence.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
I've got books of letters written by Georgia O'Keefe, Jack Kerouac, Richard Nixon and a book of letters exchanged between Jean Paul Sartre and his companion Simone de Beauvoir. Many of Hunter S. Thompson's most entertaining rants came in his letters.
I like reading other people's letters for a number of reasons. First, they provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of fascinating personalities. To be sure, Kerouac and Steinbeck knew they were leaving something for future generations to mull over, but even those great writers never thought people would be reading personal letters they wrote some 70 years after they were penned.
I also like them because letter writers frequently let down their guard, in part because they are writing to a close friend or a spouse and feel comfortable baring their soul. Sentiments shared in the letters of a writer, politician or other public figure often provide great insight into their more notable writings of the time or decisions they made.
Naturally, I was intrigued by a book review I read in The Wall Street Journal about a collection of letters from Bud Wilkinson, who coached the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team in the early 1960s, to his son Jay, who was attending Duke University and playing football there. Jay Wilkinson, who is now a retired businessman and a motivational speaker, intersperses his dad's letters with thoughts of his own on what he learned from his dad's words. You can read more about the book on page 22 in this issue.
It was interesting that the younger Wilkinson could gleam life lessons from otherwise mundane notes from his dad about winter vacations or business trips to Washington, D.C., and how good the hotel restaurant's breakfasts were. It occurs to me that there is a valuable lesson in that for managers and C-level executives.
In this era of e-mails, tweets and Facebook updates, handwritten notes are as rare as hen's teeth. But if some simple yet earnest thoughts from a mentor put down on paper can possibly mean so much, why wouldn't managers take the time to write something out and slip it to a subordinate who has reached an important goal or just turned in an excellent week of work?
It's unlikely that you'd find those letters reprinted in a collection of notes in a used bookstore. But I wouldn't put it past a proud employee to stuff it in a shoebox at home and get the same enjoyment from it all over again 15 years down the road.
Paul Nolan, Editor


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Authorities say as many as 50 vehicles could be involved in a pileup on Interstate 75 in southwest Ohio.
A dispatcher at the State Highway Patrol says the pileup occurred Monday on southbound lanes, between the cities of Middletown and Monroe.
The dispatcher says she's not yet aware of any injuries. She says if there are injuries, none are serious.
Details on what caused the pileup weren't immediately available. Visibility was reported to be clear in the area.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 19/2/2013 (1646 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A Winnipeg-based research team has discovered a product used worldwide to resuscitate critically ill patients with low blood pressure may be doing more harm than good.
The team's research is being published in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. It concludes that hydroxyethyl starches (HES), the most common blood-volume expanders in use, can cause increased kidney failure and higher mortality rates than other products.
Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, a CancerCare Manitoba hematologist and the study's lead researcher, said publication of the team's findings could change the way hospitals and government regulators around the world view HES.
"I'm really excited to get this out because by using the product less, more people will actually live," he said in an interview. Zarychanski and his team examined 38 clinical trials involving corn-based HES solutions. The trials involved 10,880 patients from around the world. HES has been on the market since the 1980s.
Zarychanski, a critical care physician who also teaches at the University of Manitoba, said problems with HES might have been detected earlier if not for previously published studies conducted by a German investigator that were later retracted due to scientific misconduct.
"When you remove the data from that one investigator (seven studies' worth), the evidence of harm is even more clear," he said.
Zarychanski said there are several alternatives to HES -- some of them far less expensive than the product sold under such trade names as Hespan and Voluven.
HES and other synthetics were introduced to reduce the medical community's reliance on human blood products. Several of these alternatives, though, have been found to cause harm, prompting restrictions on their use.
"I'm expecting that physicians will immediately reconsider the use of (HES) on a day-to-day basis. I'm expecting that hospitals will re-examine their decision to carry this... or to carry it without restrictions," he said.
Today's article is the second prestigious medical journal publication in the last six months for Zarychanski. In September, he was the lead author of an article that dominated the cover of Blood, the world's top journal on blood disorders. The report unlocked the secret to a mysterious blood disorder that could lead to improved treatment for patients.
Terry Klassen, an associate dean at the U of M's faculty of medicine, said publication of the HES article -- and a companion editorial on the subject -- in one of the top medical journals in the world "speaks to the quality of research" being done in Winnipeg. "I think it's terribly exciting," he said Tuesday.
Klassen said Zarychanski's study shows the need for "more full disclosure" on the results of clinical trials.
"You can't have industry not disclosing the whole story on a product because that will lead to a distorted view of whether something is safe and whether it works or not," he said.
Zarychanski said HES -- which has been widely used in Winnipeg -- became part of standard care in the absence of properly conducted studies to assess patient safety. These studies have only been recently conducted and were included in the analyses done by himself and his team.
Also participating in the study were Dr. Ahmed Abou-Setta, a physician and scientist at the University of Manitoba, and Dr. Alexis Turgeon, a physician and clinician-scientist at Laval University in Quebec City. Additional support for the research was provided by the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, a partnership between the U of M and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.


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|March 30, 2005
Volume 7, Issue 7
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When I was a student midwife at the Garden of Life Birth Center in Michigan, a woman who had just had her baby asked my mentor midwife, "When can we have sex again?" I was surprised she was asking the question and even more surprised by Val's response: "You can have sex anytime you want to, as long as I am not in the room!" I was astonished, having been previously told that a woman had to wait until she stopped bleeding or at least until six weeks postpartum.
When women have had a wonderful birth and have no injury to their vaginas, some want to celebrate the joy they feel by being close with their partners. Years ago, I would ask my clients at their two week visit if they were feeling "sexy" or "interested" yet and found that quite a few of them said yes and that a portion of them sheepishly admitted that they hadn't waited for my "green light." One woman said, "We couldn't wait, we were so happy!" I realized that I shouldn't wait until the two week visit to discuss the subject. I remembered that after my cesarean I did not want to make love for months—almost as if my vagina didn't work since it didn't birth a baby. After my VBAC in the hospital, I *couldn't* make love for months—I'd had an episiotomy the size of Montana. With my homebirth, I was ready *the next night*—24 hours after the birth! I loved my female body so much and was so proud of it!
While there is of course a wide variation in interest among new mothers and much to discuss with them—so they make the decision in their own comfortable time—I now tell them basically that they just have to wait until I am out of the room!
— Nancy
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Research to Remember
Homicide is a leading cause of traumatic death among new and expectant mothers and ranks only after automobile accidents, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. Women younger than 20 and black women are at highest risk. The study, which documented 617 deaths occurring between 1991 and 1999, used data from more than 30 states, although many states do not keep reliable methods for tracking such deaths.
— American Journal of Public Health, March 2005
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One of the deep satisfactions of being a midwife has been facilitating the creation of community. Modern prenatal care, even with midwives, is often given and received in the vacuum of "your appointment/your chart/your next appointment." To help clients celebrate motherhood and foster community, consider the following:
Notice none of these ideas is about exchanging money, selling anything, charging fees, collecting dues, etc. Nature nurtures us every day, always and for free.
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What is the going fee you would charge, or pay, to have another CPM be on call to attend births with you as an assistant? No prenatal or postpartum visits. Would you pay the assistant a set fee for a set number of hours, then an additional fee for anytime over that? In these parts, homebirth CPM fees average $2400–2800. Doula services average $500–700.
— Anon.
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Q: I was blessed with a wonderful homebirth under the watchful eyes and in the warm hands of a two local midwives in the state of Illinois. This was my fourth homebirth and sixth pregnancy. The birth of my eight-pound, four-ounce baby went beautifully. It was not until I got out of the birthing pool and on to the birthing stool to release our placenta that my uterus prolapsed. My midwives did their best and gave me all the information they knew about uterine prolapse. I am reaching out to the bigger midwife community for additional advice about how to treat a prolapsed uterus and maintain uterine health through the rest of my life. I am only 24, and who knows what is in the future. If we choose to have another baby, what will likely happen? Your support, knowledge and resources would be greatly appreciated.
— Jahmanna
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Q: Are there any sources of information regarding the relationship between the throat and perineum during birth—when the throat is tight, the vaginal floor will also be tight?
— Giselle E. Whitwell, doula, board-certified music therapist, Birth Works childbirth educator, certified prenatal parenting educator
A: Ina May Gaskin writes in her book, Spiritual Midwifery, of loosening the mouth and therefore loosening the perineum. She writes to kiss your partner or express your feelings to him/her. She cites many examples of how well this technique works.
— Daphne McIntosh, LMT, nursing student and aspiring midwife, Nashville, Tennessee
A: I am a labor and delivery nurse, massage therapist specializing in pregnancy, and a childbirth educator. I teach childbirth classes that are sponsored by a large inner city teaching hospital. When I am teaching relaxation techniques, I use a lot of touch, I always tell the women and their support people to feel if the woman's jaw is clenched. A loose jaw is a loose cervix, and this is another technique to help her dilate.
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Natalie Bjorklund's rebuttal of Ruth Trode's views on preterm labor [Issue 7:5] was no more evidence-based than the ideas she was opposing. Ms. Trode didn't claim to be presenting a review of research, but rather a common-sense response to her observations as doula and childbirth educator. She didn't claim that her recommendations would prevent preterm labor, but rather that preterm labor is a symptom, a "cry" of the body for some attention. She believes that the kinds of attention in pregnancy listed in her comments would address that cry. I don't see how it could be a disservice to women to acknowledge that they deserve special care in pregnancy.
Here is some evidence available on the ACOG Web site from a news release in November 2002 by Dr. R.L. Goldenburg summarizing his article in Obstetrics and Gynecology:
In other words, a potentially compromised immune system and factors associated with stress from many sources seem to have a lot to do with preterm labor, though medical science doesn't have a research-based explanation for the biological mechanisms.
Trode's recommendations address these factors as well as any of the traditional treatments, which both writers agree are increasingly ineffective, according to research. I suspect that if every woman could be treated with respect and physical and emotional support in pregnancy, her health would be better in many ways, including a reduced chance of preterm labor. Can I prove it? No. Can Ms. Bjorklund disprove it?
— Susan Lane, CD DONA, LCCE
I just read Donna's survey [Issue 6:24]. I too received Rhogam loaded with thimerosol in the seventh month gestation by a certified nurse-midwife. My son (born 1/21/98) has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism), dyslexia and dysgraphia (learning disabilities). I've been watching NBC's specials this week on autism and I am appalled that they continue to deny the medical evidence linking mercury in vaccines with neurological disorders in infants and children (they sure don't hesitate to tell us not to eat fish because of the mercury). And I'm even more appalled that no one is warning pregnant women who are Rh negative of the dangers of thimerosol. It would be so simple to request a single dose vial (thus no need for a preservative) and so inexpensive when you consider that we have spent more than $100,000 (out of pocket—insurance covers very little if any of these expenses) over the last three years on therapies, treatments and education. *Please* research this yourselves and provide us with some responsible journalism on this vital topic!
— Lisa Mask
I had a high-risk birth and delivery five years ago. I had a classical t-shaped incision as my baby (who is wonderfully healthy now) was born at 1.5 lbs after PROM and bleeding during pregnancy. Last year I had uterine surgery via a hysterscope to remove a uterine septum and two fibroids (one over my cervix, and one on the upper left of my uterus.) Consequently, one year later my fibroids have grown back to a mere 2 cm. The septum is nonexistent.
My question is that my high-risk perinatologist wants to take the baby at 37 weeks. Although I would like a VBAC, I concede that even my dear midwife has felt that it is unadvisable. So with that, my worry is that *I do not want my baby taken at 37 weeks*. I have heard a range of weeks out there that doctors will take babies. I am agreeable to 39 weeks. Can anyone help me find information that would support waiting until 39 weeks gestation? My perinatologist is a lovely guy but frankly malpractice shy and conservative and insists on 37 weeks.
I breastfed my little 1.5 lb baby for three-plus years, and I believe it made a difference in who she is (as healthy as she is) today. I want to wait until 39 weeks gestation because I believe that the longer one waits the healthier, more robust, and ready and willing to nurse the baby will be. I had to breastfeed Jordie every 20 minutes for 10 months and it was a struggle but worth it.
Can anyone offer advice? I would appreciate it. And if worse comes to worse does anyone know a perinatologist in the Connecticut/New York area who will allow me to wait until 39 weeks? I am currently 25 weeks pregnant with no problems at all.
— Jo
Our newly formed midwifery advocacy group needs international support. Here in Bermuda obstetrics has the monopoly on pregnancy and birth. There is no midwifery model. We do not even have a birthing centre. Please sign our petition and spread the word about it. Visit www.gopetition.com/online/5243.html
Our group would like to make contact with Caribbean midwives. Right now we have only limited information about the Family Birthing Centre. I just e-mailed Seattle Midwifery School about their St. Lucia contacts since I will be visiting there as well. If you have any contact information for midwives and midwifery-run birthing centres in the Caribbean, we would greatly appreciate it.
— Nicole Stovell
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Did you know?
Sir George Napier, the Governor of the Cape from 1837 to 1843, christened the town of Wellington in honour of the famous Duke of Wellington.
The Wellington Wine Route comprises three producer cellars, 26 member producers, and a sprinkling of garagiste winemakers ('garage winemakers'), all within easy driving distance of each other.
Surrounded by the Groenberg, Slanghoek and Hawequa mountains, enter the valley via Bain's Kloof Pass, a winding road and famous landmark built between 1848 and 1852 by engineer Andrew Geddes Bain that provides magnificent views of Wellington's wine farms below.
Wellington is a ward of Paarl, a coastal wine region.
Wellington's winelands are among the warmest in the world. The area experiences temperatures that are fiercely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter due to the mountain ranges surrounding the valley.
Above-average winter rainfall coupled with these climatic extremes creates unique meso- and micro-climates in the Wellington vineyards, especially those in the foothills of Bovlei and the Groenberg.
On the mountain slopes, weathered granite and sandstone soils, with a high clay content, good acidity and water retention predominate. Descending into the valley, rich organic oakleaf topsoil in the foothills gives way to shale and alluvial deposits on the valley floor.
This combination of altitudes, soil types, drainage, micro-climates and sun exposures not only gives Wellington's Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc wines their character, but has made Wellington the Cape's vine nursery and a top wine-growing area.
The Wellington Wine Route is hot stuff for more than its climate and terroir. Good value gurus will delight in Wellington's three producer wineries while serious oenophiles are sure to depart with carloads of investment wines from top estates.
Add scenic beauty, historic Cape Dutch architecture and gracious hospitality, and wine lovers who visit this lesser-known wine route will want to return to Wellington again and again.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Wellington Tourism and Wine Route
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How to get here
Wellington is 75km from Cape Town. Follow the N1 highway northeast and at exit 47, signposted as the R44 (Wellington via Agter Paarl) turn left off the N1. Follow the R44 for 20km until you reach the four-way stop. Cross over the four-way stop and drive 2km, through two sets of traffic lights. Turn left into the centre of Wellington, where you'll find the tourism information centre on your left.
Best time to visit
Visit Wellington in late spring/early summer if harvest festivals are your thing, or head here in winter for snow on the peaks and cosy log fires.
Around the area
Visit the SAD dried-fruit factory shop, and the Wellington Museum. Paarl, Stellenbosch, and Franschhoek's winelands are a short drive away, or venture northeast to Ceres and the quaint hamlet of Prince Alfred, or northwest to the Groot Winterhoek Nature Reserve and the Swartland.
Tours to do
Tour Wellington's brandy producers, all within driving distance from one another, or go horse riding or walking. Wine Walks specialises in one to three-day walking trails around Wellington.
Get around
It's best to drive yourself or use the services of a tour operator. Wellington has no car-hire facilities, but shuttles can be arranged to wine farms through the tourism office. Alternately, catch the train, or hire and fly a helicopter to Welbedacht estate.
What will it cost
The majority of Wellington wine farms do not charge to taste wines. Those that do will waive the fee if wines are purchased.
Length of stay
The Wellington Wine Route is compact and can be explored in a weekend.
What to pack
Wellington summer and winter temperatures can be extreme. Pack season-appropriate clothing including sun protection in summer.
Where to stay
Serviced and self-catering cottages are popular in Wellington, but if you prefer, you'll also find five-star guesthouses that will pamper you.
What to eat
Wellington is a famous fruit-farming area, which produces deciduous and citrus fruits, including guavas, apricots, olives, avocado pears, mangoes, and wine grapes.
What's happening
Wellington's Wine Harvest Festival is usually the third weekend in March.
Best buys
Buy Shiraz, Pinotage, Bordeaux blends, and dried fruits. Winebums Wine Bar has a range of 68 wines, six pot-still brandies and two grappas, all from Wellington's smaller wineries. Distell's James Sedgwick Distillery at the foot of Bain's Kloof produces South Africa's only single-grain malt whisky.


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In search of a better way to think about a sustainable Hawai`i, green economist Ken Stokes covers island markets and watersheds, plus systems thinking, sustainability knowledge, community initiatives, sustainable design, ecosystem management, climate change policy, and ecological footprints.
wot he said: Ehrenfeld pushes sustainability as flourishing
He had me at the lede: "No grist for the mill". Turns out, John. R. Ehrenfeld, too, is having a hard time finding inspiration in the sustainability conversation, thus far.
Yes, at first (say, 5 years ago), there was a rush of insight and innovation setting out in new directions.
Today, as Ehrenfeld opines, "So little has changed. Business still doesn't get it. I have yet to see anything that remotely suggests that firms, large and small, are doing anything other than reducing unsustainability."
Yup, whole lot of that goin' around! Z z z z zzz...
Published by Ken on May 19th, 2013 tagged Island Ecosystems | 1 Comment » |
weak end reading: sustainability thinking on energy
John Thackara posted an annotated reading list for those interested in new thinking about energy (via doors of perception).
Thackara spent the last couple of weeks immersed in a pile of texts on what actuaries, physicists, and mathematicians have to say about the relationship between the economy and energy.
Turns out he's prepping for a talk he's giving in Philly at the end of the month at a seminar about architecture and energy.
Says Thackara, "If you suspect, but cannot prove, that modern life simply does not add up, you'll love these works."
Here's the list:
Published by Ken on January 9th, 2012 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on weak end reading: sustainability thinking on energy |
island energy comparison: rates and demand trends
Don't count on Kauai's electricity demand jumping back up to meet KIUC's official load forecast, shown here in grey.
Like so many other economic indicators these days, energy use is moving sideways or down.
My TGI letter last week refers to the data on island households energy demand going down, which is here.
Also, the data on island electric rates is here.
Bottom line: other islands are converging on our already high rates and on our already low and declining household energy use.
At least the latter is good news, and is perhaps the most important trend in Hawaii energy.
Published by Ken on November 9th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | 1 Comment » |
here comes "Sun": Hadley on farmworker housing
Kauai's guru of organic growing, George "Sun" Hadley, is leading by example at his "One Song" Moloa`a farm and by training a new generation of growers at his bio-intensive seminars. (See Sun in this video by Darrel Jarmusch, and read Anne O'Malley's feature.)
Now, he wants to see Kaua`i modify its zoning and building codes to make it easier for local farms to introduce more "green" elements, such as composting toilets and renewable energy in their operations.
"Too much of what we need to do to achieve sustainability is still illegal," says Hadley.
Published by Ken on May 25th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | 1 Comment » |
Kauai's power keeps getting greener
Great news from Kauai's local electric co-op, KIUC, with the the release of its latest carbon emissions data: we're still trending down!
This chart shows that KIUC's emissions are falling from over 1.5 pounds of CO2 equivalents per kilowatt-hour in 2003 to just over 1.4 pounds last year.
These figures are based on emissions data provided by Brad Rockwell, manager of KIUC's generating facilities, with whom I spent a fascinating morning last week.
Remarkably, total electricity sold last year was (416 GWh) about the same as in 2003 (414 GWh), and down significantly from the 2007 peak (448 GWh), so we get the benefit of slack demand plus cleaner generation.
Published by Ken on May 8th, 2011 tagged Energy | Comments Off on Kauai's power keeps getting greener |
Yale students help Kauai measure sustainability
What a treat! I got to spend much of this past week interacting with 4 students from the Yale School of Forestry while they were on Kaua`i collecting data for a "Material Flow" analysis as part of their coursework in Industrial Ecology.
Sadly, their experience of our island's tsunami evacuation plans was less of a treat. Along with many other Kaua`i visitors, they were simply pushed out of their resort late Thursday night as the expected waves approached...and given no guidance where to go for shelter.
Published by Ken on March 12th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on Yale students help Kauai measure sustainability |
sprawl or in-fill? on Kauai town growth since 2000
Surprise! Kauai's northshore was not the fastest growing part of the island, as development boomed during the last decade.
The 2010 Census data are just out, and Kapa`a is the clear winner in the home-building race, with Puhi close behind.
Of course, Puhi's boundaries were extended to include Grove Farm's new housing development.
Yet, the new housing in Kapa`a is all infill, and its share of island housing grew from 16% to 17% over this decade.
In fact, there were more new homes built in Kapa`a than Princeville and Kilauea combined.
Published by Ken on March 9th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on sprawl or in-fill? on Kauai town growth since 2000 |
where to learn industrial ecology? on Kauai, of course
Most folks don't have a clue what this field of study is all about, and those who do might wonder how Kauai fieldwork might fit in. Just ask Dr. Marian Chertow and her industrial ecology students at Yale .
Turns out, the learning we're doing in industrial ecology is absolutely crucial to our sustainability struggles, and Kauai is as good as anywhere to build our knowledge of how these systems work. Only more so.
Why? For one thing, Kauai's size makes it a perfect laboratory for studying systems, since one can almost literally get one's arms around it.
Published by Ken on March 3rd, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on where to learn industrial ecology? on Kauai, of course |
What's Hawaii's traffic forecast? Watch this trend!
Did we miss something? Why are the indicators for vehicle miles traveled continuing to fall since 2007?
This chart shows the drop in Hawaii driving continued through 2010, despite moderating oil prices and improving mileage.
As Clark Williams-Derry notes, "without quite realizing it, we've just lived through a sea change in our appetite for car travel" (via sightline daily).
Says Williams-Derry, "what seemed like an inexorable rise in vehicle travel has turned, for the moment at least, into somewhere between a choppy plateau and a slow decline."
Perhaps its time for Hawaii's transportation planners to begin adjusting their expectations.
Published by Ken on March 2nd, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on What's Hawaii's traffic forecast? Watch this trend! |
KIUC turning point? something worth voting for
A 'green' majority is possible, and new KIUC Board leadership* could help our island finally turn away from 'business-as-usual'.
So, this 2011 Board election is not just another voting moment-- it could be a turning point.
Do we 'get' how BIG this is?
With this prospect and at the urging of friends and colleagues, I feel compelled to run again** this year, so that our Co-op members have a clear choice.
Now, we must ensure that our neighbors and networks grasp this opportunity!
Published by Ken on February 27th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on KIUC turning point? something worth voting for |
sustainable road landscape? Hawaii seeks guidance
I 'm down for the "economic context" as HI-DOT gathers some visionaries at a beachhouse in Lanikai next week to brainstorm a Sustainable Landscape Master Plan. Kewl! And Kudos to Chris Dacus for leading the way!
Still, my principal contribution may be to put the economics IN context. The 3 Spheres, and all that, right?
It's not just about what we can afford to do, anymore. It's as much about what we can't afford not to do.
'Twill be gr8 to mix it up with pros from the landscape architecture world, along with transport, cultural and sustainability practitioners!
Published by Ken on February 18th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on sustainable road landscape? Hawaii seeks guidance |
greener, sooner, cheaper: any questions?
At the candidate forum last night for the KIUC Board election, I reiterated my campaign theme which holds up from three years ago...only more so. Especially that last bit!
I am distressed that our existing Board and management team seem satisfied with current efforts to keep rates fairly steady, apparently on the notion that this is the best that we can expect. Not.
We CAN expect a future of energy abundance with low electricity costs, yet the only way to get there is through a much more aggressive strategy of direct investment in renewable generation.
Published by Ken on February 18th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on greener, sooner, cheaper: any questions? |
Turn up the volume: continuing conversation about Kauai's energy futures
In case ya missed it, here's a podcast of KIUC's CEO Randy Hee and me on Doug Carlson's "Energy Futures" HPR radio show.
This was from September 2009.
I pushed "ramping up" our conversion to renewables (21:45), highlighted the demand destruction by Kauai customers (26:15) and the integration of sustainability challenges in energy, transport, food, water and building (30:30).
I also noted the "smart money" now going into efficiency (36:50), and the food-vs-fuel land issue on Kauai (45:30).
Good fun!
We've been missing Randy around KIUC these past months, yet the issues and challenges remain the same.
Published by Ken on February 6th, 2011 tagged Community Initiatives, Energy, Island Vulnerabilities | Comments Off on Turn up the volume: continuing conversation about Kauai's energy futures |
Where are we in Kauai's sustainable energy conversation?
My recent SusHI retrospective had links to a series of posts I've written over the months that relate to Kauai's energy choices.
Then I set out to cover in greater depth a series of KIUC-specific issues. These are linked below.
Hopefully, one outcome of this year's race for the KIUC Board will be broader awareness of crucial strategic decisions Kauaians face regarding our urgent need to switch away from fossil fuels as an energy source.
And, hopefully, more KIUC members are more engaged and committed to participate in the tough decisions we must now make. We all have so much to learn. The conversation continues. Read on…
Published by Ken on February 5th, 2011 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on Where are we in Kauai's sustainable energy conversation? |
dogs on the bridge: on climate and ethics
Here's a remarkable find: Don Brown talking about the moral and ethical dimensions of climate change (via climate change action). Ya gotta see this video!
Why? Because it dives right into one of the most profound aspects of climate change...that most of us have not begun thinking about.
What does it mean to assert that climate change is a moral and ethical issue? Turns out, it means everything.
Says Brown, "if the world took climate change as a moral issue, it would radically change the way this is being negotiated."
Published by Ken on December 17th, 2010 tagged Island Ecosystems | Comments Off on dogs on the bridge: on climate and ethics |
beyond sustainability: on systems evolving to absorb shocks
Jamais Cascio wonders how we can live within our means when those means can change beneath us, sometimes swiftly and unexpectedly (via foreignpolicy).
According to Cascio, sustainability is not enough if it is seen as "the right combination of behavior and technology that allows us some measure of stability".
"A sustainable world can avoid imminent disaster, but it will remain on the precipice until the next shock", says Cascio.
Cascio's solution? Shoot for resilience, instead, and "accept that change is inevitable and in many cases out of our hands, focusing instead on the need to be able to withstand the unexpected."
Published by Ken on May 17th, 2010 tagged Island Ecosystems | 1 Comment » |
the physics of sustainability: on zero entropy systems
My 2002 book stressed "closing the loops", and we've since learned much about how this can be done.
In one key moment, physicist Mae-Wan Ho half-accidentally discovered that "living organisms appear like a dynamic liquid-crystal-display". This must mean, reasoned Ho, that living organisms are highly organized, and "coherent energy is being mobilized and transformed in the organisms".
Ho set out to reformulate the thermodynamics for living systems, based on this core principle, which has "large implications for ecosystems, food, health and economies."
Most important, our "maximum entropy" model is precisely wrong. We need a "zero-entropy" model of sustainable systems.
Published by Ken on May 2nd, 2010 tagged Sustainability Science, Systems Thinking | Comments Off on the physics of sustainability: on zero entropy systems |
what Hawai`i deciders need to know about sustainability
We're seeing lots of programs and designs these days that boast "innovative sustainability features".
Pinch me! A few short years ago, the "S" word was still too "hot" for polite company.
Now, much of our conversation about sustainability leaves me cold. Why? Because we don't know what we're talking about.
Here are some quick tips for what we should be talking about: Sustainability is about wholes, not parts. It's about limits, not increments. It's about relationships, not things. It's about all three spheres. It's not what we think, it's how.
Published by Ken on March 19th, 2010 tagged Island Ecosystems | 1 Comment » |
another ooops story: of road salt and watersheds
My grandots in snow country will love this one! It's a real howler about our "system blindness". And about how un-sustainability means doing all the wrong things.
Wudja believe all that road salt we spread for "safety" purposes actually ends up somewhere else...like our groundwater and streams. (You mean there is no "away" place we can throw this stuff?) Duh!
Yet, it took these new studies from Toronto and Minneapolis to make us realize road salt is a huge mistake (via treehugger).
Nor is this just about the impacts on aquatic life and drinking water. It's also about destroying roads, shortening the life of cars, and killing vegetation. WTF?
Published by Ken on March 5th, 2010 tagged Best Practices, Ecosystems Research, Island Ecosystems, Systems Thinking | 1 Comment » |
RU ready for 'weird' weather? the case for adaptive investment
As we track and anticipate climate change in these islands, the one certainty seems to be that we are in for "weird" weather.
For example, the record-cold December on Kaua`i (see chart) and the recent Hanalei gusher that broke records (and gauges) certainly qualify as "Black Swan events"--things previously thought to be rare that occur with increasing frequency.
Of course, those who build models of "system dynamics" tell us this weirdness is an expected consequence of the "hockey stick" trends we're now seeing. Every major geo-physical indicator is ramping up faster and faster (see chart below), and this accelerating quantitative change is generating startling qualitative changes.


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I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. One of the things I've been doing for years was making Prime Rib usually just for my wife and 3 kids but this time since we were back up near the family I decided to make one in addition to my moms cause well she WAYYYY overcooks hers and I was requested to do so by several people. And when I say overcook I mean she cooks it to 190 degrees! Anyhow, my go to paste for the PR is a Tyler Florence Horseradish, Garlic and Herb paste which is just an unreal crust....Unfortunately for me my bourbon dr. pepper mix got the best of me so I don't have any pictures of the finished prime rib.
I took the prime rib off at 126 and tightly foiled it and let it rise to 135 (a little higher than most people) but not everyone likes super super rare meat here so I compromised.
Here are some pics!
I got a 10 lb prime rib
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I applied the paste. The paste consists of
Fresh Prepared Horseradish
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
Crushed Garlic
Olive Oil
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I got the Egg stablized at around 325 and let me tell you it was COLD outside and that wind was ridiculously cold.
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This picture is about an hour after or so
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The crust was forming nicely and then the bourbon and dr. pepper started flowing and I forgot to take pictures of the cut prime rib. I will say I had slices available to most peoples liking and after 10 lbs I had 1 slice left. I'm sure that didn't make my mom feel good as she has probably 9 lbs. left of hers but hey we can make prime rib hash out of it
Oh yeah, I added some asparagus with proscuitto because well I love it
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And again I blame the no final cut of the meat on this
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Double RiddleLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Here's a riddle you can solve with ease.
You have to think, but if you are wise,
Take note of the special words I use.
You must use your ears and not your eyes.
It's one of a kind, no debt it owes.
What's unique? The answer you must seize.
Although it would help to see some jays,
I'm not talking of the birds and bees.
As you search through two not seven seas,
Note each line ends like a pair of peas.
Don't wait to answer, there are no queues.
You should know by now, I'm such a tease.
HintThe riddle is to answer what's unique about this riddle. Mind your p's and q's.
AnswerEach line ends with a word that sounds like double letters. "Peas" sounds like
two p's. Both "seize" and "seas" sound like two c's. Here is the full list:
ease = e's
wise = y's
use = u's
eyes = i's
owes = o's
seize = c's
jays = j's
bees = b's
seas = c's
peas = p's
queues = q's
tease = t's
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If you didn't know, I once sold designer sunglasses at Nordstrom. It was probably one of my favorite retail jobs! Hellooooo…I got to see the styles before anyone else and I got an employee discount. It didn't get any better than that. My wallet didn't like it so much, but I loved it. Now, I lust after designer glasses like Gucci and Fendi. Many people don't understand the love for a great quality pair of sunglasses, but I do. The craftsmanship and quality is a million times better and if you take care of them then they'll last a lifetime.
I went over to Nordstrom.com and picked my favorites for this summer!
Which pair are you lusting after?


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The best part of this Valentine's Day dessert? It requires only four ingredients: chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar. Tyler Florence's Flourless Chocolate Cake is not for the timid — it's an intensely rich chocolate experience. Top with confectioners' sugar for a romantic presentation and serve with freshly whipped cream to balance the flavors. Your sweetie will thank you.
Here's how it's done:
Pick a high quality semi-sweet chocolate and melt in a double boiler (or a pot on a pot) with one stick of butter.
Meanwhile, separate nine eggs into whites and yolks. Combine the yolks with one cup of sugar and whisk until light yellow in color. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Combine the yolks and sugar with the melted chocolate and then fold in the egg white. Pour into a buttered springform pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.
The cake will rise in the oven and then settle down once you've let it cool.
Get the Recipe: Chocolate Cracked Earth (Flourless Chocolate Cake)
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