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Telstra customers are continuing to experience service disruptions in Queensland due to power outages.
Telstra customers are experiencing service problems in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Gladstone, Kingaroy, Rockhampton, Dalby Springbrook, Oxenford, Beaudesert, Sunshine, Nambour, Toowoomba, Biloela, Goondiwindi, Cunningham, Cleveland, Goondiwindi, Cunningham, Cleveland, Ayr, Ingham, Townsville and Weipa due to power outages.
Residents in Queensland have been battling service disruptions all week on their mobiles, fixed broadband and landlines due to flooding in the region.
"With repairs made to cable damage caused earlier in the week as a result of the severe weather and flooding, technicians are now contending with access issues and power outages in many locations, which continue to impact services," Telstra said in a statement.
"As power is restored in these areas, we expect to see progressive restoration of services."
Telstra is also battling to restore services in northern New South Wales following power outages in the region after it was lashed with severe weather and flooding.
Around 2000 landlines and 1500 ADSL services have been affected in Tweed Heads, Batemans Bay, Byron Bay and Bilambil Heights.
Mobile services were not affected.
This morning the company tweeted that it was unable to confirm when all services would be restored in NSW.
Telstra has flown in additional staff to help with restoring services in Queensland in areas impacted by the floods, including flying technicians to Colosseum to repair a cable that was damaged by flooding in the area.
The telco recently completed repairs to a damaged redundant fibre cable near Harlin in Kingaroy, restoring emergency triple zero services in the region.
The cable near Harlin was swept away in a landslide during the flooding in Queensland, with Telstra technicians accessing the area via four-wheel-drive with police assistance.
Telstra services were initially down across much of Central and Northern Queensland due to the severe weather from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.
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With a nod to the Italian mountains we love Morvélo's Cacciatore design. Featuring beautifully muted tones for a minimalist elegant look, this is a timeless classic. More importantly it's a jersey that not only looks fantastic but performs incredibly well. With Morvélo producing their garments to the highest technical standards, make no mistake, you're getting the very best in cycling kit.
The women's Cacciatore jersey is part of The Nth Series, which in their words are 'Designed for speed. Built for abuse.' Not only have the team created stunning fresh new graphics for this year, they've also improved the fabrics and design of their ever popular jerseys.
Each jersey now includes 2 high performing materials. With a fast wicking fabric on the back and underarm panels and a wind-blocking material on the front, you'll be kept dry and fresh, while looking chic in the saddle.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A watchdog inside the Internal Revenue Service, responding to charges of agency bias against Tea Party and other conservative groups, called on Wednesday for "apology payments" of up to $1,000 for those the agency subjects to excessive delays.
In its semi-annual report to Congress, the National Taxpayer Advocate said it largely agreed with recommendations for reform last month by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
TIGTA's report set off controversy after it found the IRS gave undue partisan scrutiny to Tea Party and other conservative groups, even holding up some applications for years without action. It recommended more concise guidelines for IRS agents when reviewing tax-exempt applications.
That report threw the IRS into a crisis, prompting the exit of top IRS officials and FBI and congressional investigations. New developments in the six-week long saga have slowed, and prospects for quick fixes in Congress seem unlikely.
In her report on Wednesday, Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson said IRS problems go deeper.
"The real crisis facing the IRS - and therefore taxpayers - is a radically transformed mission coupled with inadequate funding to accomplish that mission," Olson said.
Olson recommended that Congress authorize the IRS to make "apology payments" to applicants for tax exempt status stuck in IRS bureaucracy due to miscommunication and management failures.
She called for payment of up to $1,000 to taxpayers where the agency "has caused excessive expense or undue burden," or a "significant hardship."
Many Republicans want to cut funding for the agency, which they say has become too powerful in recent years.
A major source of controversy in the tax-exempt fracas has been the use of a "be on the lookout list" using terms like "Tea Party" to flag applicants for extra scrutiny.
Internal IRS documents released this week showed liberal groups, using the search terms "progressive" and "blue," may also have faced excessive scrutiny and delays.
Olson said that of the 915,000 taxpayer cases her office handled during the time studied by the inspector general, only 19 cases appeared to have faced the selection criteria.
She said of these, the IRS granted exemption status to 11, and said it found that none of the six cases handled by the Cincinnati office, at the center of the controversy, appear to involve a pattern of inappropriate selection criteria.
At the heart of the tax-exempt controversy were groups applying for tax-exempt status under 501(c)(4) of the tax code. These entities can engage in a limited amount of partisan activity, as long as that is not their primary purpose.
Fuzzy IRS rules in this area led to confusion among IRS agents in applying the law, Olson said in her report.
Under current law, applicants seeking (c)(4) status cannot use the courts to demand an answer on their applications, like charities organized under 501 (c)(3) can.
Olson recommended giving the groups this legal redress.
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Natural Gas Prices: What Homeowners and Investors Can Expect This Winter
Unless we have a much colder than expected winter that strains delivery capacity, prices are unlikely to advance significantly.
Winter Heating
For those of us whose direct exposure to natural gas is limited largely to residential space- and water-heating along with cooking appliances, the outlook going into this heating season is good. Six-month strip prices are just below year-ago levels, and the forward curve of natural gas futures has shifted lower with little change in its slope. Even though storage in the Department of Energy's Eastern Consuming region is 6.9% below year-ago levels, unless we have a much colder than expected winter that strains delivery capacity, prices are unlikely to advance significantly.
I might add that the carry structure of this forward curve depicted above will continue to make long-only investments in natural gas such as the US Natural Gas Fund (NYSEARCA:UNG) a dreadful investment. That instrument has lost -16.20% over the past year while spot natural gas prices themselves have advanced 6.25%. P.T. Barnum was more correct than he knew.
Hooray for the Middlemen
Just as no one ever builds a statue of the speculator in the town square, no one writes epic poetry about logistics and distribution systems. Investors do, however, reward the members of the S&P Gas Utilities Index (INDEXSP:SP1500-551020) with above-market returns, so they can keep the songs upon the flute and lyre to themselves. This index has outperformed the broad market by more than 5% since natural gas strip prices bottomed in April 2012. Members of this index include Oneok (NYSE:OKE), New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) and Laclede Group (NYSE:LG).
Their ability to outperform the broad market reflects how the value in natural gas is dominated by the delivery system; gathering, processing, storing and delivering it can exceed the wellhead price. If wellhead prices fall, you the buyer are unlikely to see your delivered price decline anywhere near as much, but if the wellhead price rises, you will see it reflected forthwith.
Finally, I should note that more than 30 years ago I noted how gas buyers should want to see decontrol even if it meant higher prices in the short term as it would induce greater supplies over the long term. Applause was, um, sparse. The conclusion, however, proved correct.
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The 2011 season marks the 30th year of Head Coach Bob Brontsema's involvement in the UC Santa Barbara baseball program. With two years as a player, 10 as an assistant coach and now in his 18th season at the helm, Bob has been involved in 886 Gaucho victories, far more than anyone in UCSB baseball history. In fact, he has participated in over 60 percent of all UCSB victories in school history. Brontsema is the school's all-time wins leader, ranks third in overall career winning percentage and third in career conference winning percentage. He also holds the record for most Division I wins in school history. His 18 years as Gaucho head coach tie him for the longest tenure in UCSB baseball history, along with Dave Gorrie who was at UCSB for 18 seasons (1960-1977). Head Coach: The dean of Big West coaches, Coach Brontsema enters his 18th season as head coach in the prestigious Big West Conference. He currently ranks first in Big West career wins amongst active Big West coaches and number one in overall wins. In career conference wins, only five individuals throughout the history of the Big West surpass Brontsema. The Big West Conference is consistently ranked as one of the toughest baseball conferences in the country. Last season, a UCSB 11-6 victory over USF on March 28, gave Bob his 446th career victory, making him the winningest coach in school history. Milestone dates in his coaching career include April 27, 1997, marking his 100th career win with a 16-4 victory over the University of Pacific and April 7, 2001, that saw him earn career win number 200 with a 7-2 victory over UC Riverside. The 6-1 victory over San Jose State on Feb. 13, 2005 marked yet another milestone for Brontsema, career win number 300. Victory number 344, which pushed him past Dave Gorrie and into the No. 2 spot in career wins, came May 12, 2006 in an 8-6 win over Long Beach State. Finally, the skipper earned his 400th career victory over Cal Poly SLO on April 27, 2008 on a dramatic Brian Gump grand slam in the final inning. In just his third season as head coach, Brontsema piloted the 1996 team to a 32 win season, earning the Gauchos a trip to the NCAA Tournament regional in Palo Alto, Calif. A runner-up finisher in the Big West, that team boasted the likes of future big leaguers Justin Lehr (Cincinnati) and Michael Young (Texas). That year, Coach Brontsema was named Big West Coach of the Year for the first time, with five players being named All-Big West Selections. His 2001 squad proved to be one of the most accomplished groups in school history. The Gauchos put together 40 wins and finished just shy of the Big West title. This earned them a trip to South Bend, Ind. for another post season appearance. Their No. 2 seeding was the school's highest in post season history. The .702 winning percentage ranks third highest in school history. Ten Gauchos signed professional contracts following this stellar year, and Coach Brontsema was honored with his second Big West Coach of the Year Award. Under Brontsema, athletes turning professional, All-Conference selections and All-Americans have highlighted the rosters of Gaucho baseball. Following the 2009 season, UCSB equaled its record by having nine players drafted in the June amateur draft. In addition to the aforementioned Lehr and Young, pitchers Barry Zito (San Francisco), Virgil Vasquez (Detroit and Pittsburgh), infielder Skip Schumaker (St. Louis) and outfielder Ryan Spilborghs (Colorado) also have reached the big leagues. Young is a six-time American League All-Star selection, won the AL Batting Title in 2005 and was named the MVP of the 2006 All-Star Game. Young earned his first Gold Glove Award in 2008. Barry Zito quickly rose to all star prominence winning the American League Cy Young Award in 2001 in only his third season in the majors. Schumaker (2006), Spilborghs (2007) and Young (2010) have all participated in the World Series. Of the 73 athletes under Brontsema's tutelage selected into the professional ranks, only eight had been drafted before entering UCSB. Fifty-five of Brontsema's athletes have earned All-Big West honors. Ten of his Gauchos have been named All-Americans. In addition, three of his players were named All-Regional selections in 2001. Former shortstop Chris Valaika (Cincinnati) was a freshman All-American in 2004 and was also named Big West Freshman of the Year. The honors for the Gauchos do not end on the playing field. Brontsema's rosters consistently produce some of the highest graduation rates in the country. On a regular basis, the entire Gaucho Athletic Department yields higher graduation rates than the non-athlete UCSB student community. Two Gauchos, Brad Wright (1997) and Bryan LaCour (1998) have earned the prestigious NCAA Academic All-American Award. Brontsema is also currently serving as Chairman of the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee.
Assistant Coach: Brontsema served as an assistant coach from 1984-1993. During this time, the Gauchos were honored with 54 All-Big West honorees and six All-Americans. Twenty eight Gauchos went on to the professional ranks. Bruce Eggloff (Cleveland), Erik Johnson (San Francisco), Mark Leonard (San Francisco), Joe Kmak (Milwaukee), Quinn Mack (Seattle), Eddie Pierce (Kansas City), and Brady Raggio (Arizona) went on to enjoy major league action. Three of these Gaucho squads saw NCAA post season play: 1986, 1987 and 1990. In 1987 and 1988, Brontsema served as head coach for the Santa Maria Indians semi-professional team. In those two years, the Indians compiled an 89-15 record, earning two trips to the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. Under Bob's guidance were future major leaguers Dave Mlicki (Detroit, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers) and Tim Spehr (Kansas City). In the Alaskan League, Brontsema served as an assistant coach for the North Pole Nicks in 1985 and 1986. The 1985 squad played in the NBC Championship game. Nine Nicks went on to play in the show, including Luis Gonzalez (Los Angeles Dodgers), Todd Zeile (New York Mets), Mark Grace (Arizona) and Steve Finley (San Francisco). Student-Athlete: The Long Island, N.Y. native first arrived in Gaucho blue in 1982. In his second season, the Gauchos enjoyed the third highest win total in school history with a 44-22 record while winning the Southern California Baseball Association title. They continued on to a NCAA Regional berth in Palo Alto, Calif. finishing one win shy of Omaha, Neb. Bob was named to the West 1 All-Regional team. Brontsema was also named ALL-SCBA as a second baseman that year, while setting a then-school record for stolen bases with 45. As a junior college athlete, Brontsema enjoyed an outstanding career at the College of the Canyons, highlighted by being captain of the 1981 California State Junior College Champions. He was named All-Western State Conference while leading the state in stolen bases. He also lettered in track at COC as a long and high jumper, earning the Field MVP Award. His high school career spanned three sports at Chatsworth High. Recently, Bob and his 1981 teammates were inducted into the College of the Canyons Hall of fame. Personal: Brontsema is a graduate of UCSB with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies. He earned a Masters of Arts in Education from Azusa Pacific University. He and his wife Kathleen have two children, Kathryn (17) and John (14) and reside in Santa Barbara. Contact coach Brontsema at (805) 893-3690 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Bandit's A Blogger's Best Friend Award
My warmest thanks to the much-respected Genea-Bloggers listed below for presenting me with Bandit's A Blogger's Best Friend Award. I love following their blogs and find their writing so interesting and intriguing that I couldn't NOT comment:
Karen at Ancestor Soup
Lori at Genealogy and Me
Carol at Reflections from the Fence
Nancy at My Ancestors and Me
Since these four ladies are also loyal followers and commenters on my blog, they would definitely be on the list of awardees from me, but since I have been out of town, I have had to postpone my participation until now.
The terms of the award include passing it on to two of our most loyal followers, so I'll take the liberty of including two bloggers per award:
Linda at Flipside
Amy at They That Go Down to the Sea
Apple at Apple's Tree
Judith Richards Shubert of Genealogy Traces and Tennessee Memories
Leah at Random Notes
hummer at Branching Out Through the Years
Tipper at Blind Pig and the Acorn
Amanda the Librarian at ABT UNK
Joan at Roots 'n Leaves
Oops, that's nine. Oh well, I can't count. And I can't omit any of them, as they and the four ladies at the top all write blogs that entertain and educate me. Oh, heck, I might as well admit it – I am always reading things on their blogs that I wish that I had written.
Awardees, you may acknowledge and/or pass on the award as you wish. I'd just like to say "Thank you" to all of you for visiting my blog and for providing such rich food for thought on your blogs.
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Congrats on the award!! And me-I'll be smiling the rest of the day to know you like my writing-cause you are one talented writer-and I often wish I was able to write about my past the way you do yours : )so-thank you!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Tipper. Funny ... I want to write just like you!ReplyDelete
Greta, congratulations on receiving 4 awards! Because you didn't post all week I was wondering if you were okay, and then I realized that you were probably at your uncle's funeral. I'm so sorry about your uncle. I'm glad you're back safe and sound.ReplyDelete
I enjoy the blogger awards that go around because they lead me to blogs that I might not have otherwise found. Thanks for sharing so many.
Thank you Nancy, for your comments and also for your concern. I love sharing the blogs I read because I learn so much from them.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the mention Greta!!! :-)ReplyDelete


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Agricultural growth corridors (AGCs) have begun proliferating across the actual and policy landscapes of southeastern Africa. Cast as an emerging megaproject strategy, AGCs combine the construction of large-scale logistics (i.e., roads, railways, ports) with attracting investment in commercial agribusiness and smallholder farming. While scholars have long attended to spatial development schemes in the Global South, literature on the rising AGCs of Africa's eastern seaboard has only recently shifted from anticipatory to empirical studies as policy implementation reaches full force. The article reflects on a new crop of studies that confront the problem of tracing policy imaginaries to the people, places, practices, and ecologies shaped by AGC schemes. In contrast to scholarship that accepts corridors as given entities, we explore directions for research that interrogate the grounded yet provisional becoming of these megaprojects. At such sites, the return of high modernist development logics encapsulated by the corridor concept may be questioned.
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Becoming an Agricultural Growth Corridor
African Megaprojects at a Situated Scale
Serena Stein and Marc Kalina
Biomimicry as a Meta-Resource and Megaproject
A Literature Review
Veronica Davidov
This literature review of biomimicry and related models of treating nature as a meta-resource on a mega-scale integrates concepts of resources and abundance. Biomimicry, which lies at the intersection of biosciences and industrial design, is a praxis for drawing on designs and processes found in nature and using them as inspirational sources for technologies. Environmental anthropology often focuses on processes such as extraction and commodification that position nature as governed by an economy of scarcity with its existential state characterized by attenuation. The paradigm of biomimicry, on the other hand, construes nature as an infinitely renewable and generative mega-resource and meta-resource, one that is governable by an economy of abundance rather than scarcity. This literature review analyzes intellectual and epistemological trends and frameworks that have served as precursors to and have emerged around biomimicry across disciplines that treat the paradigm of biomimicry as a highly variable epistemological object.
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Contemporary Megaprojects
An Introduction
Seth Schindler, Simin Fadaee and Dan Brockington
There is renewed interest in megaprojects worldwide. In contrast to high-modernist megaprojects that were discrete projects undertaken by centralized authorities, contemporary megaprojects are often decentralized and pursued by a range of stakeholders from governments as well as the private sector. They leverage cutting-edge technology to 'see' complex systems as legible and singular phenomena. As a result, they are more ambitious, more pervasive and they have the potential to reconfigure longstanding relationships that have animated social and ecological systems. The articles in this issue explore the novel features of contemporary megaprojects, they show how the proponents of contemporary megaprojects aspire to technologically enabled omnipresence, and they document the resistance that megaprojects have provoked.
Home and Away
The Politics of Life after Earth
Micha Rahder
This article examines the reinvigoration of outer space imaginaries in the era of global environmental change, and the impacts of these imaginaries on Earth. Privatized space research mobilizes fears of ecological, political, or economic catastrophe to garner support for new utopian futures, or the search for Earth 2.0. These imaginaries reflect dominant global discourses about environmental and social issues, and enable the flow of earthly resources toward an extraterrestrial frontier. In contrast, eco-centric visions emerging from Gaia theory or feminist science fiction project post-earthly life in terms that are ecological, engaged in multispecies relations and ethics, and anticapitalist. In these imaginaries, rather than centering humans as would-be destroyers or saviors of Earth, our species becomes merely instrumental in launching life—a multispecies process—off the planet, a new development in deep evolutionary time. This article traces these two imaginaries and how they are reshaping material and political earthly life.
Mega-Plantations in Southeast Asia
Landscapes of Displacement
Miles Kenney-Lazar and Noboru Ishikawa
This article reviews a wide body of literature on the emergence and expansion of agro-industrial, monoculture plantations across Southeast Asia through the lens of megaprojects. Following the characterization of megaprojects as displacement, we define mega-plantations as plantation development that rapidly and radically transforms landscapes in ways that displace and replace preexisting human and nonhuman communities. Mega-plantations require the application of large amounts of capital and political power and the transnational organization of labor, capital, and material. They emerged in Southeast Asia under European colonialism in the nineteenth century and have expanded again since the 1980s at an unprecedented scale and scope to feed global appetites for agro-industrial commodities such as palm oil and rubber. While they have been contested by customary land users, smallholders, civil society organizations, and even government regulators, their displacement and transformation of Southeast Asia's rural landscapes will likely endure for quite some time.
Remaking Oceans Governance
Critical Perspectives on Marine Spatial Planning
Luke Fairbanks, Noëlle Boucquey, Lisa M. Campbell and Sarah Wise
Marine spatial planning (MSP) seeks to integrate traditionally disconnected oceans activities, management arrangements, and practices through a rational and comprehensive governance system. This article explores the emerging critical literature on MSP, focusing on key elements of MSP engaged by scholars: (1) planning discourse and narrative; (2) ocean economies and equity; (3) online ocean data and new digital ontologies; and (4) new and broad networks of ocean actors. The implications of these elements are then illustrated through a discussion of MSP in the United States. Critical scholars are beginning to go beyond applied or operational critiques of MSP projects to engage the underlying assumptions, practices, and relationships involved in planning. Interrogating MSP with interdisciplinary ideas drawn from critical social science disciplines, such as emerging applications of relational theory at sea, can provide insights into how MSP and other megaprojects both close and open new opportunities for social and environmental well-being.
(Un)seen Seas
Technological Mediation, Oceanic Imaginaries, and Future Depths
Stephanie Ratté
Remote technologies and digitally mediated representations now serve as a central mode of interaction with hard-to-reach sea spaces and places. This article reviews the literature on varied scholarly engagements with the sea and on the oceanic application of technologies—among them geographic information systems, remotely operated vehicles, and autonomous underwater vehicles—that allow people to envision and engage with deep and distant oceanic spaces. I focus on the extension of a digital and disembodied human presence in the oceans and the persistence of frontier fictions, in which the sea figures as a site of future-oriented possibilities. Finally, I ask what the emphasis on "seeing" through technological mediation means for how we imagine vast spaces, and consider how these elements of the oceanic imaginary can be productively complicated by drawing attention to the materiality of the oceans and the scalar politics of dynamic spaces.
Unbuilt and Unfinished
The Temporalities of Infrastructure
Ashley Carse and David Kneas
Infrastructures have proven to be useful focal points for understanding social phenomena. The projects of concern in this literature are often considered complete or, if not, their materialization is assumed to be imminent. However, many—if not most—of the engineered artifacts and systems classified as infrastructure exist in states aptly characterized as unbuilt or unfinished. Bringing together scholarship on unbuilt and unfinished infrastructures from anthropology, architecture, geography, history, and science and technology studies, this article examines the ways in which temporalities articulate as planners, builders, politicians, potential users, and opponents negotiate with a project and each another. We develop a typology of heuristics for analyzing the temporalities of the unbuilt and unfinished: shadow histories, present absences, suspended presents, nostalgic futures, and zombies. Each heuristic makes different temporal configurations visible, suggesting novel research questions and methodological approaches.
The Urban Politics of Mega-Events
Grand Promises Meet Local Resistance
John Lauermann
This article reviews recent scholarship on the urban politics of mega-events. Mega-events have long been promoted as drivers of urban development, based on their potential to generate beneficial legacies for host cities. Yet the mega-event industry is increasingly struggling to find cities willing to host. Political arguments that promote mega-events to host cities include narratives about mega-event legacy—the potential for events to generate long-term benefits—and mega-event leveraging—the idea that cities can strategically link event planning to other policy agendas. In contrast, the apparent decline in interest among potential host cities stems from two political shifts: skepticism toward the promises made by boosters, and the emergence of new kinds of protest movements. The article analyzes an example of largely successful opposition to mega-events, and evaluates parallels between the politics of mega-events and those of other urban megaprojects.


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Juror's Internet research leads to jury's dismissal
Chris Green was one of 13 jurors picked this month for the capital murder trial of Jorge Amezquita that was supposed to start this week.
Instead of opening statements kicking off a two-week trial, the process was derailed Tuesday when Green, who had been admonished not to do any outside research, said he went online to learn about "capital murder." He then mailed a letter to the judge saying he was concerned about the "very real danger of retribution" if Amezquita were to be convicted.
Before the trial even started, Green also persuaded the 11 other jurors and the alternate to sign a revised copy of the letter to state District Judge Maria Jackson asking that their names and identities be sealed and their names not be read in open court.
Because of the letter and defense lawyer's suspicions about the scope of Green's research, Jackson held a hearing Tuesday in which Green was the only witness called.
On the stand, Green admitted that he wrote the letter, then testified that he did so on the advice of a family friend who happened to be a former felony court judge and top lieutenant of Pat Lykos, the former Harris County district attorney.
It was such an unusual chain of events that Amezquita's lawyers, the prosecutors and the judge just shook their heads and sent all the jurors home so the process could start over Wednesday, beginning with picking a new jury.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Todd Dupont, president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association. "When a judge admonishes you, and in fact orders you not to do outside investigation, they're doing it for a reason: to keep the jurors focused on the evidence and the trial."
Amezquita's attorneys, Danny Easterling and Alvin Nunnery, did not comment on Tuesday's hearing.
Fears of retribution
Green testified that he used the Internet to find out about "capital murder" but did not search anything specific about Amezquita's case.
The 43-year-old is accused of killing Leo Gomez Sr. and his wife, Milagro Vanegas, both 53, during a home invasion in Pasadena on June 24, 2008.
The couple's son, Leo Gomez Jr., who was then 16, was also shot in the head but survived.
Green was adamant that he could remain impartial despite telling the judge that he'd had conversations with his family and other jurors about possible fallout, including violence, if Amezquita were convicted and automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole.
"I told them I was concerned because the charges were severe," Green said on the witness stand. "I wrote the letter to minimize risk."
After Green's testimony about the letter, Amezquita's defense argued that because the case had been "universally discussed" among the jurors, they could not continue.
"This case has been pending for five years," Nunnery told the judge. "We need to get the trial right."
No mistrial declared
Any hope that prosecutors may have had of a quick fix by bring in the alternate juror seemed to vanish when Green revealed that he had reached out to Roger Bridgwater, a former judge and official in the Lykos administration, for advice.
In court, Assistant Harris County District Attorney Mary McFaden noted that Bridgwater was part of the leadership team that had overseen the case since 2008. She said there may have been nothing inappropriate, but in an abundance of caution, she agreed the jury should be released.
Because the jury had not been formally sworn in, Jackson did not have to declare a mistrial, and there were no double jeopardy issues.
Bridgwater declined to discuss Tuesday's events. Green could not be reached for comment.


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Every now and then I get a sexual question from a Christian trying to sort through sexual ethics in a moral way. The latest one is about Tantric sex and here is my answer.
I have a question regarding Tantra, sexuality and Christianity. Do you think we can embrace it and if so how can even a latent follower find peace to enjoy it?
My simple understanding of Tantra is that it is an intentional process of removing all of our defenses and fully trusting one's partner (and oneself) in order to meet soul to soul or heart to heart (as well as body to body.) I think Christians would embrace this idea as commendable as well. But we just don't have a theology that addresses how to do it as do the Tantra practitioners who have studied this for millennia. So while Tantric lovers seek and experience sacred sex Christians tend to back away from that in distrust.
Unfortunately, I think it is defenses and fears in our psyche placed there by Christian dogma that stands in our way of finding peace with or even attempting to experience sacred sex. Rather Christians are more likely to ask, "Is this wrong? Will I be swept away and forget to be righteous? Will the pleasure overwhelm my rational mind? Is this idolatry if I enjoy it too much?"
But such a distrust of pleasure and fear of being overwhelmed by the irrationality of it comes to Christianity for the most part, from Plato and other Greeks before the time of Jesus, not from anything Jesus taught. Yet, if we truly believed (as we say we do) that God is in these bodies in the form of the Holy Spirit, and that we can see God in one another (a premise that the Quakers teach quite explicitly), then why shouldnt we also find God/Sacred during sexual expression with a beloved? Indeed, if God is known in the flesh, as the doctrine of incarnation teaches us, then by living righteous lives that are grounded in the abundant love and excessive forgiveness of God (as Jesus did) then sacred sex should be accessible to Christians as well. Remember, no guilt, no shame, no fear. The body is good. Sex is good. Pleasure is God's gift! So go for it!
And if you want an idea of where to start,check out my Youtube video "The Very Best Sex."


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They are not outlandishly sinewy Madonnaesque limbs. Obama's athletic arms are achievable—in between the kids' soccer practice, the executive suite, and the grocery store. Those arms represent personal time. They are evidence of a forty-five-year-old woman's refusal to give up every free moment in service to husband, kids, and all the nagging distractions that could have filled her days and left her tuning in to "Oprah," trying to figure out how she'd lost herself along the way. The arms imply vanity and power: two things that make many women uncomfortable and yet are fundamental to self-confidence.What articulate arms!
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Roses, beavers, and bluebirds are all commonly found in New York -- a good thing, as they are the official state flower, animal, and bird. But the state insect hasn't been, er, spotted in New York in 15 years. The...
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Stephanie Elowson '08 told a recent Faculty/Staff Campaign rally that the generosity of a scholarship she received had made a world of...
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"My wife sometimes wonders who I actually work for," says Larry Alleva — and he's only half joking. Alleva has spent 19 years, in total, on the Ithaca College Board of Trustees. Before...
Tuti Scott '84 leads with a winning combination of broad outlook and team spirit. by Kate Larrabee
I built my own curriculum," says Tuti Scott. That is something many Ithaca College students have done: designed their own degrees as planned studies majors. Often, like Scott, they find a new passion once...
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Sally Jane Ketcham Tanzer says the strong reputation of Ithaca's music education program preceded her when it came time to interview for teaching positions. "Ithaca really prepared me to walk into an...


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Yes it has finally happened for Kimmy!
After years of numerous relationships with numerous professional athletes, Kim Kardashian is officially engaged! The E! reality star graces the latest cover of PEOPLE magazine as she
sold the mag gave the mag the exclusive on her engagement details.
So just how did NBA beau of six months Kris Humphries, 26, pop the question to Kim, 30? Well it all took place on May 18 when Kim walked into her Beverly Hills home, and Kris was waiting in her bedroom on bended knee with four words written in red rose petals: "WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
"I didn't expect this at all," Kim tells PEOPLE of the romantic, surprise proposal. "I was in such shock. I never thought it would happen at home, and I never thought now." Really Kim? Because you kind of gave an exclusive interview to Life & Style magazine just weeks ago talking about your dream engagement and your desire to marry Kris. But who's keeping track! We will go with Kimmy's statement that this was a total shock!
Kris, who popped the question with a custom-designed, 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond ring, also spoke to PEOPLE! "I just knew I wanted it to be big," says Kris, who had the help of Kim's mom Kris Jenner to help plan an intimate family celebration later that evening.
"Kris really didn't want a big celebration, but he had jokingly told my mom he'd be fine if there were mini-horses there," says Kim with a laugh. "Later that night at the party, my mom brought out two mini-horses, covered in glitter, for us! It was hysterical!"
You can read more about Kim's exclusive engagement details in the latest issue of PEOPLE magazine out this Friday. This marriage, er if it does happen, would make the second marriage for Kim. She eloped back in 2000 when she was age 19 and married her first love/music producer Damon Thomas. That marriage however did not last and in her divorce documents, Kim alleged abuse. You can read more about Kim's first marriage here.
Kim also revealed recently that Kris will appear on the upcoming sixth season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which is set to debut on the E! network June 12.
UPDATE – "Sources" tell TMZ that Kim's ring is worth $2 million!!! The stones are reportedly "the highest clarity and color."
UPDATE #2 – Below is a larger image of the PEOPLE cover showing the huge engagement rock! And Kim posted the following message on her blog – "OMGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! It's true! I couldn't be happier! Thank you guys for all of the sweet messages!!! I finally found my missing puzzle piece, I'm complete!"


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Dorothy Hamilton
Dorothy Hamilton, 75, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., after a short battle with cancer. She was born Jan. 14, 1936, in Claflin, Kan., to Anthony Straub and Mary Kimpler Straub. She married Harry Hamilton on Sept. 20, 1954, in Decatur, Ind., and he survives of the home.
Dorothy grew up in Claflin, Kan. Following their marriage, she and Harry lived in Great Bend, Kan., until they moved to Nevada, in January 1970. Dorothy worked for Nevada R-5 School District and for the Nevada State Hospital until her retirement. She was a member of the National Association of Letter Carrier's Auxiliary, serving as an officer of both the Missouri State Association NALC and South West District of Missouri State Association NALC until Harry's retirement. Dorothy was a volunteer for the Red Cross for the past six years. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nevada.
Dorothy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, giving all her love to her family. Survivors include her husband, Harry, of the home; daughters, Kathy Spann and her husband, Rudy, Nevada, Terri Hunt Kirbey and her husband, Brad, Nevada, Toni Slates and her husband, Max, Nevada; one son, David Hamilton and his wife, Sandy, Nevada; one sister, Patricia Moore, Wichita, Kan.; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren (three deceased); 22 nephews (two deceased); and 15 nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Raymond Straub, Milton Straub, Vernon Straub and Walter "Wally" Straub; and two sisters, Bernadine Bridges and Delores Schlochtermeier.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 2, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nevada, with the Rev. Justin Hoye officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. Visitation will be held at 7-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.
Those who wish may contribute in her memory to the Vernon County Cancer Relief or Vernon County Red Cross c/o Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.
View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com


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Exposure to mild cold may be secret of slimming
Exposure To Mild Cold May Be Secret Of Slimming
Washington: A new study has suggested that regular exposure to mild cold may be a healthy and sustainable way to help people lose weight.
First author of the study said that they hypothesize that the thermal environment affects human health and more specifically that frequent mild cold exposure can significantly affect our energy expenditure over sustained time periods.
Marken Lichtenbelt and his colleagues from Maastricht University started studying the effects of mild cold about 10 years ago, mostly because it had received so little attention and found the evidence to suggest that a more variable indoor temperature- one that is allowed to drift along with temperatures outside- might be beneficial, although long-term effects still await further investigation.
The Netherlands team also found that people get used to the cold over time. After six hours a day in the cold for a period of 10 days, people in their study increased brown fat, felt more comfortable and shivered less at 15 degree Celsius.
In young and middle-aged people at least, non-shivering heat production can account for a few percent up to 30 percent of the body's energy budget, they said.
That means lower temperatures can significantly affect the amount of energy a person expends overall.


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Liberty Basic PackageLIB-BP
Liberty Basic PackageLIB-BP
Liberty Basic Package at a Glance
- LIB-BP Includes:
- LIB-8000CU1 Liberty Platinum
- Bluetooth Installed
- CD/MP3 Player Installed
- 1 Wireless Receiver Installed
- SS-550 Stand
- Your Choice of 1 Wireless Mic
- 6 Year Warranty
- Reaches crowds of 1500+
- 109 dB of clear sound
- 75W AC mode / 50W DC mode
- Built-in rechargeable battery
- Operates 6 - 8 hours on a single charge
- Made in the USA
The Standard in Portable SoundReach crowds of 1500 with this 28 pound Anchor Audio Liberty Platinum sound system. The Anchor Liberty has a powerful amplifier for 117 db output for up to 6-10 hours on a charge. Available with up to two built-in wireless microphone receivers so there's no need to worry about mic cables. A speaker stand receptacle molded into the bottom allows for easy setup and tear down in less than a minute. The speaker output powers the optional companion speaker.
True AC/DC OperationThe Anchor Liberty Platinum Sound System is perfect for sound projection in indoor or outdoor settings and playing music during school activities. The unit delivers 117dB of intelligible speech from one sound system designed for users with no technical knowledge. The Anchor Liberty Platinum is truly versatile with true AC/DC operation and a 110/220 power supply and can run for 6+ hours per charge! The system is ideal for schools, hotels and places of worship or anywhere you need a system - indoors or out!
It's there when you need itNeed to use your Liberty Platinum for two events in the same day? Here's what some of our customers do. Charge the unit overnight so the battery has a full charge. For the morning event simply plug the Liberty Platinum into a wall outlet and you are running off of the AC current. In the afternoon or evening if you need to use the Liberty Platinum outdoors or where power isn't available you still have a full charge on the battery. For more on the installed battery see Anchor Battery Info.
Handle a crowd of a Thousand!The Liberty Platinum Sound System may have optional installation of one or two Anchor wireless UHF receivers and an MP3 player. Designed for crowds up to 1,500 people with its 117 dB of clear sound. The liberty can handle a crowd of 1000 but not if they are spread out over a vast area such as a football field or larger. The liberty is certainly powerful to handle many demanding situations.
- Reaches crowds up to 1,500+
- 117 dB of clear sound
- 125W AC mode/ 100W DC mode
- Up to two built-in wireless receivers
- Optional built-in transmitter that wirelessly connects to one or more Liberty AIR battery powered wireless companion speakers
- Standard built-in Bluetooth
- Optional built-in CD/MP3 player or AIR Wireless Transmitter
- Two universal microphone input jacks
- 3.5 mm AUX line input
- Built-in rechargeable battery operates 6-8 hours on a single charge
- One 10" woofer
- One ceramic compression driver
- External speaker output powers optional Liberty Platinum unpowered or powered AIR companion speaker
- Made in the USA
- Six Year Warranty
- Product HWD: 23" x 14" x 12"
- Weight: 34.5 lbs
Great Customer ServiceAt Ozarks Audio Visual we pride ourselves with great customer service and product knowledge. We are a Platinum Anchor Audio dealer with years of experience working with, setting up and selling Anchor Audio products. When you place your order we will provide you with an invoice or necessary paperwork for your records. When your order ships we'll send you a tracking number so you'll know when to expect your package. Place your order online or give us a call and check out our fast, efficient, friendly service today!
Fast ShippingThe Anchor Audio Liberty Platinum units sold are brand new units shipped from our warehouse conveniently located in Missouri or directly from Anchor located in Carlsbad California. Orders usually ship the same day or the next business day. If you have any questions please feel free to call our office at 800-960-4287 or e-mail us at email@example.com.
Basic Package FeaturesPurchasing a Basic Package gives you everything you need to operate your sound system - right out of the box!
Included in PackageThe Basic Package includes the powered speaker with Bluetooth, a CD/MP3 player and one wireless receiver installed. Also included is a stand and your choice of wireless mic.
Separate Volume Controls The mic and each input on the unit has a separate volume control. It's like have a built-in mixer! Surprisingly easy to use, softer speaking voices can easily be turned up so they are not overpowered by louder voices. Background music can be played in the background throughout as well. All being easily adjusted on the back of the unit.
16 Wireless ChannelsThe wireless transmitters offers 16 user-selectable channels for great wireless reception. If there is interference on the wireless channel you are using you can simply switch to a different channel and have 16 to choose from. If there is another Anchor system within range and they are using the same channel you can switch to a different channel so each can operate without interrupting each other.
MP3/CD PlayerThe Basic Package has an installed MP3 and CD player. This gives you the option of playing CDs or MP3 files stored on an SD card or USB thumb drive. The CD/MP3player has it's own volume knob so music can be turned down and playing in the background while someone is speaking with a microphone. Playing music at your events has never been easier!
Make it quieter...Add a second speaker!While adding the second speaker can make your system louder, it can also give you the ability to turn it down! By adding a second speaker you can have two speakers 50 to 100 feet apart feet apart and with this better coverage you can actually turn the sound down. This way the people sitting next to the speakers don't have to experience how loud your system can actually get! A second speaker can always be added later or order the deluxe package now and get the stand and cable you need.
Anchor Wireless Mics16 Channel Anchor Wireless Mics
The mics featured here are 16 channel UHF wireless mics that are compatible with any of the Anchor Audio packages with a wireless receiver installed. Currently the 8000 series microphone is what is being shipped with all 8000 series models. These have a frequency set of 540 - 570 MHz.
If you have an older 6000 or 7500 series unit and you would like to use the mic that you currently have we can have the 6000 frequency receiver installed into your new sound system.
CM-60 Collar Mic
Worn Around Collar Area
- Requires WB-8000 Transmitter
- Worn around neck
- Places Mic in Front of Mouth
- Does Not Clip to Clothing
- TA4F Plug
EM-60T Over the Ear Mic
Worn Over the Ear
- Requires WB-8000 Transmitter
- Worn over the ear
- Keeps mic close to mouth
- Small Windscreen
- TA4F Plug
Headband Mic
- Requires WB-8000 Transmitter
- Keeps mic close to mouth
- Allows Head to Turn
- Can Still Wear Hat/Headware
- TA4F Plug
Handheld Mic
- 16 Selectable Channels
- Frequency 540 - 570 MHz
- Built-In Transmitter
- Compatible 8000 Series
- On/Off Button
- Two Year Warranty
Use with Hands Free Mics
- 16 Selectable Channels
- Frequency 540 - 570 MHz
- Belt Worn Transmitter
- Compatible with 8000 Series
- On/Off Switch
- Two Year Warranty
LM-60 Lapel Mic
Clips to Front of Shirt or Lapel
- Requires WB-8000 Transmitter
- Clips on front of clothing
- Places a Few Inches Mic Under Chin
- TA4F Plug
NL-LIBNylon Cover
The NL-LIB will provide a nylon cover specifically made for the Liberty Platinum sound system. The cover will hold one Liberty Platinum sound system or one companion speaker.
Weight: 1 lb
Dimensions: 23.5" x 14.5" x 12.5"
NL-LIBWPWaterproof Nylon Cover
The NL-LIWP will provide a waterproof nylon cover specifically made for the Liberty Platinum sound system. The cover will hold one Liberty Platinum sound system or one companion speaker.
Weight: 8 lbs
Dimensions: 25" x 16" x 19"
SOFT-LIBSoft Rolling Case
The SOFT-LIB provides a rolling case with an extension handle for the Liberty Platinum. The case will hold one Anchor Audio Liberty Platinum sound system or one companion speaker. The case has a sleeve to hold a stand and a compartment for the mic & accessories.
Weight: 8 lbs
Dimensions: 25" x 16" x 19"
HC-ARMOR30Hard Cover
The Anchor Audio HC-ARMOR30 is a hard case for the Liberty Platinum. The case will hold one Liberty Platinum sound system or one companion speaker. The case has Pick-N-Pluck foam enough space for small accessories.
Weight: 28 lbs
Dimensions: 29" x 19" x 15"
CC-550Speaker Stand Case
The CC-550 will hold two SS-550 speaker stands making transporting easy.
Weight 1 lb
Dimensions: 44" x 8" x 8"
Spec SheetsBelow are the Spec Sheets and Brochures for this system. These are printable spec sheets in .pdf form.
Liberty Platinum Brochure
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Liberty Platinum Manual
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Bluetooth Spec Sheet
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The October Death Record Education Program starts today with your first challenge. You have 24 hours from the moment the contest starts to enter your answer on the site. The first contest opens at 12:01 Monday morning October 15th, and will close at 11:59 pm on Tuesday.
The winner will then be posted Wednesday along with the new question. Prizes will be given for Monday and Wednesday questions.
Friday questions simply give the participant an extra entry for the grand prize of an iPad. Winners are announced at Death Contest or simply go to the main death page and click on the tab on the left labeled "Contest."
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16 days of running now- the knee is not 100%, but good enough to sustain a 3 hour beating on the trails of Cheat Mtn. Tuesday. For this, I am very thankful.
I've pushed hard (maybe harder than I should) to get back in shape quickly. The upcoming trip to the Grand Canyon is looming. This has been planned for quite a while and missing it would be horrible to say the least. I'm super excited to get this opportunity to visit such a beautiful place. Just got to make sure I'm fit enough to not get stuck in the Big Ditch!
A collection of personal thoughts and experiences - mostly centered around running.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Slowly but Surely
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We certainly don't want you to get stuck in the Big Ditch and I am very glad that your running is coming back. Just remember that an injury or a reoccuring injury can sideline the most fit runner. Use your head and not your heart in coming back. We want you back full force, but I am so very happy you are back to doing something that you love so much. Also a big thank you to you and Kadra on your part of the Highland Sky trail cleanup.ReplyDelete
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I recommend Mountain Lion!
Mac users should head to the App Store in your desktop Dock and get Mountain Lion. It is absoutely worth the nominal price of $19.95. And as the look and feel and basics are unchanged, it is an easy update to handle.
I (Peter) have now updated 3 Macs and have had no issues. Some neat things to note:
- Overall Finder is quite a bit slicker. Actions result in almost instant results, eliminating some of the lag that I have seen in recent OS releases.
- The new Safari 6.0 is great. (It is also available on Lion if you don't want to update your OS yet). A great step forward is the adoption of the single address and search field that has been one of Chrome's unique strengths till now. While password storage is still based on Keychain the integrated preference pane is much easier to use. In my testing it also much faster than prior version and certainly equals Chrome. So it is time to move back from Chrome to Safari I think!
- The notification feature is neat and quite customizable.
- I am REALLY enjoying experimenting with dictation! You do need to speak clearly but the accuracy is excellent if you do.
- Software updating for the OS and apps in the Apple Store now works much like the iPad and iPhone–a much easier process.
- Plus you will find tweaks and improvements across all the built-in apps.
You will need a relatively recent Mac to make the leap up the Mountain, but I think it is fair to say that if you are running older hardware it is time to upgrade to take advantage of the speed and built-in storage of the more recent Macs.
If you have a nice LCD monitor already the Mac mini is a great choice, and I really love the Macbook Air–as I have blogged about before–if you need a laptop. See the links on the right for more info. The new Macbook Retina is a brilliant piece of engineering, but it is likely to be over the top for most users for now.
If you need more help don't forget that I am a Mac Consultant. My rates are very competitive and advice is free for guests at the West Hill House breakfast table!


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Which of the following in NOT a direct benefit of a regular walking regimen?
Reduce Stress
Improved immune function
Achieving ideal weight.
Improved sugar metabolism
Naturopathic Medicine : Immunity
Emily Kane ND
Natural immunity is
something we've all heard of, and want to know more about. It's a major buzz-word of the health awareness movement because it represents an alternative to chemotherapies, radiation and surgery, vaccinations, hospital convalescence, untreatable chronic fatigue or degenerative diseases, and a host of other unpleasant, expensive options on today's medical industrial menu. This essay will give basic parameters for wellness through immune support, as well as a brief introduction to three special modalities, namely nutritional supplements, botanical medicine and hydrotherapy.
The Basics
Work balanced by Play
Healthy Diet including plenty of Fresh Water.
Get plenty of rest. Most people need 8 hours of sleep each day. Make it a habit to get to bed 8 hours before your alarm clock is set to go off. That way you'll at least be more or less horizontal for the full 8 hours... In our culture most people work, work, work, then maybe, if there's time, do a little play. This is just not right. Think about how it would be to play an hour for every hour you work. Maybe you'd have to give some of that extra income that's going to pay off credit cards jammed with possessions you may or may not still need or use... Maybe the extra playtime would render you so efficient at your work, because of added mental clarity and a light-hearted, healthy enthusiasm for life, you'd actually earn more per hour and not lose income at all! Indoor play is fine, but outdoor play is excellent. Deeply absorb the smell of a rising wind. Feast your eyes on a mountain top panorama. Walk in forests. Remember Nature. Commune with Her... Get lots of clean water -- 64 ounces daily. Carry fresh water in your car and a smaller quantity in your purse or day pack. Stay hydrated. If you feel thirsty, you're already dehydrated. Drink lots of water especially when coming down with a cold or infection. It is important to provide the body with clear fluids to flush out the toxins. Dilute fresh vegetable broth, herbal teas or juices are also excellent to ward off flus or fatigue but they cannot replace pure clean water. While Seattle tap water is relatively high quality it is chlorinated and may contain more than desirable levels of heavy metals and microbes. Please consider using a water purification device. Reverse osmosis or distillation under the boiling point are the two best options. Also, please just say no to iced water. It is very hard on our stomach and in fact, sits there drawing in energy until it's at body temperature. When you're eating out, remind the waitperson before they bring your water. Another part of healthy diet is to LIMIT SUGAR INTAKE to less than 50 grams per day. The average American consumes 150 g/day of simple sugars, and this does include fruit (fructose). Sugar inhibits white blood cell function (which is cleaning up toxins in the blood) by 50% for 2 to 5 hours after consumption. Sugar also competes with Vitamin C to get inside the cells. That means that taking Vitamin C doesn't help much if you're also taking sugar.
Protect your natural defense system -- starting with the skin. Keep the skin clean and intact as much as possible. Be kind to your mucous membrane tube (mouth to anus), which is the interface with the outside world. Remember that what you put into your mouth turns into your body. Protect your lungs: don't smoke! Protect your heart by eating a low-fat diet and getting adequate cardiovascular exercise, such as brisk walking. Protect your emotional and spiritual well-being by taking regular quiet time for yourself, and expressing your needs, your ideas and your dreams!
Nutritional Supplements
By quirk of nomenclature we can actually refer here to the ABC's of immune enhancement. Let's start with good old Vitamin C. C is a natural inhibitor of cellular destruction wreaked by foreign antigens, from viruses to particles of undigested food. Vitamin C improves the ability of blood cells to engulf and excrete toxins. The best way to take Vitamin C is in powdered form, which is readily digested and then available for immediate use. Good juiceable food sources of C are dandelion leaves, watercress, nettles, alfalfa, cayenne (as seasoning), kelp, parsley, raspberries, strawberries and papayas. Vitamin C is depleted by antibiotics, aspirin and other pain relievers, coffee, cortisone, smoking anything, stress, DDT, burns and high fevers. The B vitamins help to reduce the load which stress puts on the body, as well as preserving the integrity of the nerves and nervous responses, such as reflex actions. A lack of B vitamins has been repeatedly shown to cause depressed immunity. Food sources of B complex include parsley, comfrey and red clover. Most other B vitamins are also high in alfalfa. B 12 must be supplemented in strict vegetarians. B vitamins are depleted by sleeping pills, insecticides, estrogen (the "Pill"), sugar and alcohol. Vitamin A, which in it's precursor form is called "beta-carotene," increases the number of helper-T cells in the blood. Bioflavonoids (which cause the coloration of yellow and orange foods) are an example of beta-carotene and are found in chicory, watercress, garlic, parsley, squash, oranges and yams. Vitamin A is depleted by fluorescent lights, mineral oil, coffee, alcohol, all kinds of drugs, excessive intake of iron and lack of available protein in the body. We don't need much protein -- 5 ounces daily is plenty -- but we do need to be able to digest it. Which brings up two "Z" supplements at the other end of the alphabet. These are ZINC, the trace mineral, an important co-factor in most digestive enzymes, and (EN)ZYMES themselves, the delicate dynamos which alone deserve volumes of discussion. If you eat more than you need to in order to feel "satisfied," or ever notice undigested food particles in your food, consider consulting with a natural health care physician for a good source of PLANT (not animal) enzymes.
Botanical Medicine
My favorites in immune enhancement are a combination of Echinacea angustifolia, Hydrastis canadensis (Golden Seal) and either Galium aparine (Cleavers) if the congestion is in the head, lungs or upper body, or Phytolacca (Poke Weed) if the congestion is in the pelvis, gut or lower body. Echinacea is known to neutralize viruses and activate the body's "natural killer" cells. Hydrastis is very healing to mucous membranes, which, as stated above, means the entire tube from mouth to anus. Galium promotes lymphatic pumping and draining, particularly of the head, neck and armpit nodes. Phytolacca stimulates the T and B blood cells crucial to immune functioning. WARNING! Phytolacca is toxic at relatively low doses, and may only be administered under the guidance of a physician knowledgeable in plant medicine.
In the 1850s "hydropaths," or physicians and lay persons trained in the use of water therapies, were the single largest group of health care practitioners besides standard, blood-letting, mercury- administering medical doctors. The water-cure movement, which originated with Father Kneipp in Germany, enjoyed 50 plus years of vogue in the U.S. with many well known advocates from writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Harriet Beecher Stowe, to famous 7th Day Adventists and Abolitionists. One of the central tenets of hydropathy was that the patients become responsible for their own health care. The hydropath aspired to empower the patient with a recognition of their own wisdom. Cold water was considered the universal elixir for disease... "God accomplishes his most divine work through the simplest agencies."
Why water? Water is available readily almost everywhere and it is not in any way foreign to our system. Water has chemical, thermal and mechanical properties. It is essentially nontoxic except in places where it doesn't belong. It is the universal solvent. It can hold heat or pull heat away from the body. Water can be therapeutically applied in the form of bath, spray, whirlpool, vaginal douche, colonic irrigation (also ear and nose lavage), and of course, beverage.
One of the tried and true standbys of Naturopathic Medicine is the use of "constitutional hydrotherapy" which employs alternating hot and cold towels to an affected area of the body. For example, a chest cold will benefit enormously from applying first hot, then ice-cold towels or compresses to the bared chest. The technique calls for 3 minutes of hot followed by 30 seconds to 1 minute of cold. This sequence is repeated at least three times, and always ends with cold. The easiest, preventive, form of hydrotherapy is to chase your morning hot shower with all cold water for at least 30 seconds and make sure to thoroughly cool the armpits, genital areas, head, hands and feet. These are centers of lymphatic drainage. To embellish the treatment, firmly tap your upper central chest just under the notch at the base of the throat, to invigorate the thymus gland. This will actually keep you warmer on a winter's day because of the circulatory stimulation. By the same principle one can achieve excellent results in bringing down a fever, especially in children, by applying frozen cold cotton socks to the feet and covering them with dry wool socks. This will stimulate circulation in the lower extremities by requiring the feet to pull down heat, drawing it away from the head. Put a feverish kid to bed with this double sock routine and their sleep is guaranteed to be more restful. Be creative! The basic idea of alternating hot (3 minutes) with cold (30 seconds to 1 minute) can work with sauna to cold plunge, 2 hip-bath tubs, running water from 2 faucets on a sprained wrist or ankle, etc.
Experiment with these health tips. You know best what your body really wants. The best way to distinguish a healthy craving from an unhealthy one is how whatever you decided to ingest makes you feel an hour later. Check it out...
One final observation in immune enhancement: Please don't let other people run your life. Your friends and family may be
threatened when you start to make some changes for the better. Food and health are highly emotional issues. Identify your stressors, and get them down to a bare minimum. Let go of people who can't support your total awakening. Make a commitment to know thyself. And, best of all, stay light!
All anecdotally supplied, or from personal lecture notes, by Susan Cayleff, Ph.D., Doug Lewis, N.D., Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., and Jeffrey Zavik of Immuno Laboratories.
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Feb 10, 2014
By George Mauzy
Note: Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis is touring the state during the month of February to discuss the findings of a recently released economic impact report. Today, McDavis is visiting with media in the Cincinnati and Dayton area. This story is one such example of the ways in which Ohio University's impact can be seen and felt in the aspect of talent and workforce throughout the Appalachian region and the state of Ohio.
According to the University's economic impact report, by 2018, it is projected that the state of Ohio will have a total of 1.7 million job openings because of job creation and retirements and it is predicted that 57 percent of the jobs will require some form of post-secondary training.
With statistics like those in mind, Ohio University is working hard to make sure many of those available jobs are filled with its qualified alumni.
Ohio University is investing valuable resources in its three Centers of Excellence, which were created as economic drivers that would generate public and private investment, attract elite intellectual talent and establish an entrepreneurial environment that retains top college graduates.
The three centers, The Scripps College of Communication; Energy and the Environment; and Health and Wellness: From Translational Research to Best Practices for Rural/Underserved Population, were first established in early 2010 by then Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
The centers were established in these key industrial areas where future job growth was expected: advanced energy, biomedicine and health care, agriculture, food production and bioproducts, advanced transportation and aerospace, advanced materials and sensors, and cultural and societal transformation.
Since then, these three centers have realized significant progress toward their goals.
The Scripps College of Communication
The Scripps College offers nearly 3,000 internship opportunities at many of the largest and best known companies around the U.S., including Procter & Gamble, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and National Geographic. The college also provides opportunities for students in some of the state's top news agencies, including The Ohio News Network, Scripps Howard, The Columbus Dispatch and The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Support from the Scripps Howard Foundation also creates unique internship opportunities for E.W. Scripps School of Journalism students at the Scripps Howard News Bureau in Washington, D.C.
All five of the Scripps College schools are nationally recognized for their academic excellence and their alumni's accomplishments in their respective professions. For instance, the School of Visual Communication was named one of the top three photography programs in the country by pdn edu magazine and the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism was ranked among the top five schools nationally by Writer's Digest.
"The Scripps College has a high rate of placing its students within five to six months after graduation," said Scripps College Dean Scott Titsworth. "We attribute that to training our students to be on the cutting edge of communication. For the last several years, we have emphasized training the students broadly using the newest forms of technology in the field. In the field of communications you can't train simply in one area -- students have to be cross trained."
Titsworth said that because of the advanced modern training Scripps students receive, they are positioned well to go into employment and immediately become change and transformational agents.
"We are finding out that our students are not only becoming valuable workers, but also becoming leaders," Titsworth said.
Energy and the Environment
Ohio University plays a pivotal role in enhancing both the environmental and economic conditions of Appalachian Ohio by identifying and addressing the energy and environmental needs of critical concern to the region and the state. It also contributes with the creation of high-tech businesses and jobs.
"The need for reliable, environmentally-friendly, and affordable energy is critical to the wellbeing of Ohio and to the security of our nation," said Scott Miller, director of energy and environmental programs at the Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. "Safe and reliable sources of domestic fuel are critical to stabilizing the cost of energy and reducing our reliance on unstable foreign energy sources. Of equal importance is the ability to build strong, vibrant, resilient and sustainable communities that embody the spirit and ingenuity of our Appalachian culture."
Miller added that the University has established significant research, demonstration, and development strengths in the area of energy and the environment. It also has focused on the production and delivery of energy and fuels, as well as monitoring and control technologies that reduce harmful pollution.
"Ohio University is unique in terms of research activity and infrastructure, as well as being geographically located in the heart of Ohio's coal, oil and gas fields," Miller said. "We also are at the center of the nation's electric power 'breadbasket,' the Ohio River Valley, home to almost 40 percent of the nation's electric generating capacity."
The proven need for cutting-edge energy research, combined with the established programs in energy and environmental remediation, led to the development of the state's first-of-its-kind Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (CE3) as part of Ohio University's University Research Priorities process in 2005. CE3, which has more than 50 University researchers regularly collaborating, is a partnership between the Russ College of Engineering, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. CE3 has secured $43.8 million in external grants and contracts to work on more than 550 projects.
"Ohio University focuses on multidisciplinary solutions to critical issues at the crossroads of America's energy future including the production of advanced fuels from regional and alternative sources; the minimization and remediation of pollution; and the impact energy production has on the region's economy and communities," Miller said.
CE3 enhances the University's demonstrated capacity for interdisciplinary research in these areas, promotes economic development through the generation of new intellectual property, and adds value to regional businesses that seek to reduce energy consumption or aim to develop innovative energy or environmental technologies.
Health and Wellness: From Translational Research to Best Practices for Rural Underserved Populations
One of Ohio University's goals is to educate and train the necessary workforce to ensure the accessibility of quality healthcare services and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in the Appalachian region.
This goal is helped by the fact that the University boasts a nationally recognized Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), the state's largest nursing school and a myriad of allied health programs that focus on supplying employees for the region's most in-demand health and wellness professions.
The economic impact report points out that nearly 60 percent of OU-HCOM graduates are practicing in Ohio and they make up 12 percent of all physicians in rural communities. It also notes that OU-HCOM's Community Health Programs reached nearly 32,000 patients between 2011 and 2012. In 2012-13, Ohio University graduated more than 2,300 students from its healthcare-based academic programs.
At the end of the day, Ohioans can be assured that Ohio University faculty, staff and students are working hard to provide healthcare services to the people in the region with the greatest need.
To learn more about Ohio University Centers of Excellence and talent and workforce development initiatives, read the Ohio University Economic Impact Assessment. Visit the website for additional information about the impact assessment and to view a full, PDF version of the report.