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September 13, 2012 6:18 AM
John Green got a strange look the other day when he asked UCSB roommate T.J. Taylor, "Want to go for a run?"
Like nothing had happened.
Green showed up early for Tuesday's basketball practice and went to a side basket to work on his spin move.
Like nothing had happened.
But two weeks ago, something did happen to the heir apparent to Orlando Johnson's scoring throne. Something bad. For the third time in 14 months.
Green, a highly recruited 6-foot-5 guard, fractured his left foot in the same spot where he'd broken it last fall. It was the same break that had occurred in his right foot during the summer of 2011.
He launched himself for a layup during a recent practice and heard a sickeningly familiar sound when he landed.
"I didn't want to believe it," said Green, a 20-year-old redshirt freshman. "I went to Justin (Ericson, UCSB's trainer) right away and said, 'My foot popped, and I think I might have refractured it.'
"The look on his face was, 'It couldn't be. ... It couldn't happen again.'"
But it did, and it put a chill into the Thunderdome that has yet to dissipate.
"I really like the guys I've got, but right now I've got to get over the John Green thing," coach Bob Williams conceded. "Mike Bryson has looked really good, and he's up for the challenge. ... But you're losing a kid who was probably going to be your leading scorer, and so that changes things."
The high-flying Gaucho's future is now the biggest thing that's been left up in the air at the Thunderdome. Green will visit a foot specialist in Los Angeles on Monday to figure out the next step with the break as well as with the high arches in both feet.
"They want to see if they should do surgery on them on Tuesday, or just take out the pin in the one foot and put in a new one ... or even put new bone into it," Green said.
He knows what's at stake, but there are times when his roommates begin to wonder.
"He asks T.J. to go on a run, and we've got to tell him, 'John, you can't run,'" sophomore Alan Williams said. "He wants to stay active, go for a walk, jump rope. ... We've almost got to strap him down to his bed."
Green, Taylor and Williams are so inseparable that their teammates have resorted to calling them "The Three Amigos." They have reserved another name just for Green, an Oakland schoolboy star who delayed the start of his collegiate career by playing for a prep academy in Arizona:
"We call him Papa John to get a smile out of him," Taylor said. "He laughs it off, but it's serious now. He's going to be a 21-year-old freshman next year ... a triple-redshirt."
Taylor, a point guard, and Williams, a center, both started on last year's 20-win team. Green was to fill the void that Johnson left when he was drafted in June by the NBA's Indiana Pacers.
He gave the Gauchos a preview of that last season when his team-high 17 points and nine rebounds led them to an exhibition win over San Francisco State.
That was followed a few nights later by the horrifying sight of Green crawling off the court in agony after having fractured his foot during the season-opener against Chapman.
"I couldn't get up, I couldn't walk," he recalled. "I was in a lot of pain."
Green's roommates have now felt it three times over.
"It's really tough for me because I grew up watching John play AAU ball in Oakland and transform into the great player that he is now," Taylor said. "It hurts a lot, to know what he's capable of doing ... but it's not just that.
"He's a really good guy - a humble guy, a really hard worker, a great friend ... and a brother, really. It's hard not to take this personally."
They try not to talk too much basketball around Green at their Isla Vista apartment.
"It probably gets to him, but you never see that," Alan Williams said. "He doesn't let us see it. If he's hurting, he doesn't let us know. He doesn't get sad around us."
Taylor said he'll occasionally see "a glimpse of it in his face, the pain of not getting to be out there with us on the court ... but it's surprising how strong he's stayed."
Green said he's not in denial about his condition, even as he drags a boot around the basketball court. He said he can't forget the nine months he spent rehabilitating his left foot before breaking it again this month.
"You can ask the coaches and everybody else, I really worked hard with that," he said. "I looked forward to playing this season ... This new setback is really tough, but I'm trying to hang in there and be positive about it again.
"It's just another test. The third one really hurts the most, but I'm trying to stay positive."
He keeps his spirits up by reading the Bible, listening to music and watching funny movies. And then there are the other two Amigos.
"They're always joking around and making sure I keep a smile on my face," Green said.
His parents, Sheila and Reggie, have done their parts, as well.
"My mom, she calls all the time to make sure my spirits are up and lively," he said. "My dad talks to me about other players who made to the NBA after going through this type of thing."
He'd planned to head home to Oakland after today's geography final. The doctor's appointment has forced him to change those plans. Green has had to stay light on his feet, especially now that he's got a boot on one of them.
"He's one of the strongest people I know," Alan Williams said. "He loves this game, and he's not going to give up. He didn't give up the second time, and he's showing his strong character now this third time around.
"He's still out there, doing his push-ups and his sit-ups. ... He's still working hard."
And thinking about the day he's running around with the roomies again.


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Ryan Radermacher knew something was wrong. The afternoon was hot and muggy, but not enough to cause heavy sweating. He'd been repairing some sugar beet equipment. Nothing too strenuous.
"I was wringing wet. Every pore was sweating," says Ryan, recalling Sept. 1, 2011. "I went into the house to cool off. I was sure I had heat exhaustion or heat stroke."
While his wife, Kim, checked with Sanford's nurse phone line, another symptom emerged. Ryan felt pressure in his chest and aching in his arms.
"That's when we knew we needed to call 911," says Ryan. "A heart attack is not the time to play Mr. Tough Guy."
For the next several minutes, the Radermacher farm near Casselton, N.D., became the center of activity. A first responder arrived, taking Ryan's vitals and giving him oxygen.
Others followed including Casselton Ambulance, FM Ambulance from Fargo, and air ambulance Sanford LifeFlight. All worked together in a well-practiced, coordinated effort to rapidly connect Ryan with the high-level care needed.
"It was a little different being on the patient-side of things," says Ryan, who served 25 years on the Casselton Fire and Rescue Squad.
On-the-scene steps occurred quickly and efficiently:
"Part of me couldn't believe this was happening," says Ryan. "I was 45, harvest was a month away and I'd just gotten married. Really? A heart attack? Now?"
A nine-minute flight brought Ryan to Sanford Heart Center in Fargo. Interventional cardiologist Dr. Thomas Haldis and the cardiac cath team had already been alerted.
"I arrived at Sanford and everything happened so fast," says Ryan. "There was no hesitation. Every person on that team knew exactly what to do."
Advanced tests in the cardiac cath lab showed Ryan had a complete blockage in his right artery. Angioplasty cleared the blockage, then a stent was inserted to help keep it open.
"It was instant relief when that artery opened," says Ryan. "All I can compare it to is getting your finger pinched in a door and how great it feels when the door opens."
A two-day hospital stay followed, then several weeks of outpatient Cardiac Rehab.
Today Ryan practices what he learned at Cardiac Rehab: he exercises regularly, takes heart medication as directed, follows a heart-healthy diet and gets his checkups.
"That heart attack put a scare into me," he says. "Now I really try to take care of my health and I take the time to enjoy life. Family comes first. Going through this experience definitely changed my outlook."
He reflects on the rapid response that saved his life. "It's pretty amazing," he says. "From the EKG in my driveway to the stent in the cath lab, it took just 38 minutes. Because of that, I'm here, I'm feeling great and I have no heart damage. That's impressive."
The rapid, well-coordinated response to Ryan's heart attack exemplifies Mission Lifeline, a nationwide collaboration to improve response to ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).
The most deadly type of heart attack, STEMI occurs when blood flow is completely blocked to a portion of the heart. The blockage can best be resolved with angioplasty, but it must take place quickly. National standards call for 90 minutes or less for optimal success.
Sanford Heart Center has been at the forefront. In addition to offering advanced treatments, Sanford works closely with others across the region to ensure every step leads to best possible outcomes.

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Quotethe slash after the name or the "overscore"Also the small circle on the graphic, on chips that means an active low or inverted signal.Just some notes about schematic layout.If you mirror image the remote chip the drawing will be a lot clearer.When things are tied to power rails it's almost always better (clearer) to have VCC going up and GND going down. Your caps go up.Most beginners make a real dog's breakfast by running the GND wire to every possible place. You haven't done that which is good, in this case however I would argue that because these chips are physically remote from each other you should draw the GND line between the two to reinforce that they have to have a common GND and that that is formed by a GND wire in the cable.______Rob
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Quote from: retrolefty on Nov 14, 2012, 02:28 amOn the remote end you really should ground pin 3, DE, to make sure it's transmit driver is forced off into tri-state mode.LeftyAccording to the table it shouldn't care but I guess better safe than sorry Version 4 then:
On the remote end you really should ground pin 3, DE, to make sure it's transmit driver is forced off into tri-state mode.Lefty
Thanks guys, really appreciate your input! One more question then. Over here, Icc is specified as 0.375 mA typical, the PDF datasheet I have says max 1.000 mA. So I assume it will be safe to power the chips from the Arduinos 5V if the local Arduino is USB powered?
I have experience with RS-485 but Lefty has made a career of using it in very bad environments


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Grant Bosse: How a responsible N.E. oil company could fall victim to Keystone XL hysteriaBy Grant Bosse
July 17. 2013 8:34PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE and Maine have recently been dragged into a fight over a controversial pipeline project half a continent away. Environmental paranoia could mean fewer jobs, higher energy prices, and the end of one of New England's most responsible businesses.
The Portland-Montreal Pipeline runs 236 miles from Portland, Maine, through Northern New Hampshire and up to Montreal. Since 1941, it has carried more than 168 billion gallons of various grades of crude oil from tankers docked in Portland to the refineries in Montreal. Portland Pipe Line Corp. has won many national awards for worker safety, environmental safety, and maritime protection. But after 72 years of delivering energy, jobs and taxes, the Portland-Montreal Pipeline has been targeted by national environmental groups.
What these groups really oppose is Phase 4 of the Keystone Pipeline, known as Keystone XL. The first two phases of Keystone are up and running, and the third will come online later this year. But the final stage, 1,179 miles of pipeline connecting oil fields in Alberta, Montana and North Dakota to the Gulf Coast refineries, has drawn fierce opposition from environmentalists.
Only recently has it become commercially viable to extract crude oil and natural gas from the oil sand formations in Alberta and from shale deposits in Montana and North Dakota. Bringing that oil to market created the North Dakota economic boom, one of the few states to see rapid growth through the recession.
It may soon be cheaper for Montreal to get its crude oil from the West than from tankers docked in Portland. If the Portland-Montreal Pipeline loses its customers, the only two options would be going out of business or reversing the flow of oil.
The Portland Pipe Line Corp. is looking into whether it would viable to ship oil south for export out of Portland. This could ultimately provide access for Alberta crude to a year-round, deep water port on the Atlantic, making that oil competitive for export. Trans-Canada is considering similar options through Vancouver to serve Asia.
Environmental groups haven't been able to stop drilling from oil sands, so now they're trying to shut down the pipelines that carry that oil to market. They've collected enough signatures to put a question on the November ballot in Portland that would block any expansion or change in oil operations along the waterfront.
The Obama administration admits that there are no environmental or safety problems with piping oil from oil sands in the same pipelines that have carried traditional crude. The President says he won't approve Keystone XL if it would substantially increase the greenhouse gas emissions, but a draft State Department report already has concluded that blocking the project would have no effect on the amount of oil coming out of the ground, or on overall carbon emissions.
We need a much broader mix of energy sources to fuel the American economy. Wind, solar and other alternatives are going to be part of that mix. But they are not going to completely replace fossil fuels any time soon, particularly for our transportation needs. The massive domestic reserves in the western U.S. and Canada are going to get to market, one way or another.
Portland Pipe Line Corp. should be allowed to study whether reversing the flow of one of the safest and most dependable pipelines in the nation makes economic and environmental sense. Instead of tankers coming into Portland from Venezuela and the Middle East, we could be filling up tankers with North American oil to complete in the global market. Wouldn't that be a good thing, both for our energy security and our national security?
We can protect our shores, create new jobs and provide the energy a growing economy needs. And we can do it without building a single new mile of pipeline, through a company with a stellar environmental record over the past seven decades. We should not let pipeline paranoia from radical groups keep us from even considering the idea.
Grant Bosse is a blogger and a member of the New Hampshire Energy Forum.


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Exclusive Interview: Syrian VP Farouk Al-Sharaa Proposes Alternative to War
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By: Ibrahim al-Amin
Published Monday, December 17, 2012
Damascus - Did [Syrian Vice-President] Farouk al-Sharaa defect? No, he is under house arrest. No, he is now under the protection of armed opposition groups. He arrived to Jordan accompanied by dozens of officers. In fact, he is on his way to Paris where a senior official is waiting for him.
These, and many more, are the rumors that were often repeated and shared on internet sites by opponents of the Syrian regime.
Farouk al-Sharaa is outside the decision-making circles. He has been cut off from important discussions. The Syrian leadership is not speaking to him. He has been isolated and relieved of his duties as vice-president, without a job since the funeral of the high-ranking officers in the explosion at the State Security building.
These, and others, are the inside stories brought back to the Syrian capital by visitors who support the Syrian regime.
But the truth is neither this or that. Syrian Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa is at the heart of the action, but not in the decision-making circles. He keeps in touch with a few officials, speaks to President [Bashar al-Assad] from time to time, and communicates with some of the leadership.
His residence is under the same security precautions as those of figures in the decision-making circles, and so are his movements. But he is full of energy and also keeps communication channels open with members of the opposition and figures who are not connected to the state or the regime.
Sharaa has his own views on the daily events, including criticisms and apprehensions, which he kept expressing in official meetings, but without going public in the media.
Something has changed, however.
Sharaa is not pessimistic, but his heart is heavy with concern about the country and he describes the situation as it is. He does not feel compelled to be involved in every detail, especially when he cannot change the suggested solutions. He cannot remain silent about the mistakes and issues that are threatening the future of the country. As a veteran of the regime, he does not need anyone to tell him when and how to get involved.
A Barricaded City
The road to Damascus is not as it was six months ago, or a year ago, or a year and a half ago. The crisis gripping Syria has left its mark on everything. The military and security checkpoints with the cement barricades, a scene quite familiar to the Lebanese, are present.
The unusual sight of scores of citizens surrounding a building grabs your attention. Upon closer look, one discovers that they are forming a spiral queue around a bakery, to buy unaffordable bread.
Farouk al-Sharaa sits in his home, which was reached by passing through several military checkpoints. He gives an account of the Syrian landscape since the first day of the crisis.
He speaks about the regime and the party and state leadership. He describes what is happening on the ground and the roles played by foreign powers against Syria and its historical role in the region.
But none of this seems to distract him, not even for one moment, from a sense of responsibility to play a role and propose a way out for Syria from the deepening crisis.
He is a friend of the Russian people, which are loyal to their historical relationship with the Syrians. He fondly describes his memories of China, the great country that developed itself surely and calmly, to become one of the strongest forces on Earth.
As for Iran, he believes it is the closest power to Syria, and not just the regime. Following its revolution, he believes that Iran was on its way becoming a great democratic experiment, were it not for the [Iran-Iraq] war imposed on it.
He acknowledges that it took the right position on the central Arab cause, Palestine, and supported the resistance in Lebanon, which rightfully expunged Israel from South Lebanon in the year 2000 and deterred its aggression in July 2006.
Sharaa has trusted the wisdom of Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei, even since his time as president of Iran, and lauds [Hezbollah leader] Hassan Nasrallah's resilience. He is convinced that they could have played a bigger role in reaching an early political solution to the Syrian crisis.
Sharaa follows all the events in the Arab world. In his opinion, Egypt witnessed a seismic shift and there is no turning back. But the political and media mobilization should continue and not ignore what continues to take place in that country.
According to Sharaa, Egypt is a country that transcends history and the relationship with it should be solid and healthy. It can do a lot for Arabs. Its situation today should be closely monitored, because it will not immediately achieve the conclusive results hoped for by the Egyptians.
What pains him most is that Syria did not have a chance to capitalize on the US failure in Iraq and the troubled withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan. He sees that other countries in the region, such as Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia were able to benefit from the US pullout, while Syria sunk into a major ongoing crisis.
Farouk al-Sharaa, a veteran Baathist and diplomat who hails from the Houran plains, is one Syrian official who is known for his integrity and wisdom. He has his views on everything and lived through an intense experience with the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
He stood by Bashar al-Assad from the very first moment, seeing in him a chance for change and moving Syria somewhere more advanced. But since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, he felt that the odds are not in his favor.
Sharaa informed all those who contact him that he will not accept and does not aspire to head any transitional government. He is only worried about Syria. He says what he needs to say in support of certain steps, in criticism of a decision or a behavior, or in objection to a certain orientation or action.
Sharaa is one of the Syrian officials who seems most aware of the magnitude of the changes in the Arab world. He is also one of the most capable of conducting self-criticism of the Baath party and its role or of the regime, its mechanisms, and institutions.
Sharaa had been absent from the media for a long time. Now he returns to say words with meanings. He is an official who wants to see something new, but keeps his respect for the work of the state.
Sharaa does not act outside his mandate, go over the president's head, or play behind his back. He mocks the media for the talk about his defection.
The Militarization of the Protests
Sharaa differentiates between two opposition mobilizations. He has a clear view of the situation in his country, since the first days of the crisis.
At the beginning of the mobilization, the authorities begged for the appearance of a single armed person or a sniper at the top of one of the buildings. Today, every single authority in Syria is complaining – even to the UN Security Council – about the spread of armed groups, which are impossible to count or monitor.
There are cities and cities' peripheries which have been completely "cleansed" and their inhabitants displaced. The fighters were able to return several times, but the residents couldn't.
"Does anyone have the right to shove the country into a bottleneck which cannot be escaped without breaking the glass?" Sharaa wonders bitterly whenever he sees images of the bodies of innocent citizens and the disfigurement caused by the shelling, explosions, and car bombs, which target people, infrastructure, public and private utilities, and scientific minds in the country.
"Those who commit these crimes and those who support them are guilty and have lost all sense of patriotism, morality, and humanity," he says.
"The drop in the number of peaceful protesters led one way or another to the rise in militants," Sharaa maintains. "While it is the duty of the state to provide its citizens with security, this is different than deciding on a military solution to the crisis. The two issues should not be mixed."
"All of this should have required a discussion of mechanisms and an attempt at a Syrian-Syrian solution. The dialogue we adopted in July 2011 aimed at solving the crisis politically from the start, by Syrian hands," he adds.
"But things did not go in this direction," Sharaa explains. "The crisis was Arabized. Syria, a founding member of the League of Arab States, saw its membership suspended from the league without justification or a pretext that could convince Syrian citizens."
"There were many mistakes made by the Arab League and the [Syrian] state both, which cannot be forgotten or stepped over," he surmises.
But where is the responsibility of the Syrian state in investigating the causes for the crisis reaching this level, especially in the militarization of the protests? Weren't there commissions of inquiry set up for this?
"No credible commission of inquiry was set up at the beginning of the crisis. If some were set up, the results were not made public, allowing for the spread of rumors that lost the regime its credibility and stature in the eyes of those who were wronged internally and outside observers," he explains.
The Country's Survival, Not Ours
The Syrian vice-president acknowledges that the crisis is deep. "With every passing day, the solution gets further away, militarily and politically," he warns. "We must be in the position of defending Syria's existence. We are not in a battle for the survival of an individual or a regime."
Sharaa believes that Syria's problems "have multiplied and are complicated to an extent where ongoing military operations cannot be kept away from the normal life of citizens."
Are We In a Process of Resolution?
According to Sharaa, "several issues must be tackled in order to reach a solution. Nobody has the illusion that things will return to what they used to be, because you cannot turn back the clock."
"[UN peace envoy] Lakhdar Brahimi keeps repeating in his statements that things are going from bad to worse. I cannot deny this but, for over a year, I have been seeing the line that links the events. The way events are heading will lead to an uncomfortable place where things will definitely go from bad to worse.," he remarks. "But the problem is that Mister Brahimi is slow and careful, while events on the ground are accelerating and becoming more violent."
"From my perspective, I am not completely certain where the current option will take us. I do not have a transparent answer. Officials might not even know where we have reached in the solution," he explains. "You might be surprised if I tell you that even the president himself might not be able to provide you with a satisfactory answer, although he has all the power in the country in his hands."
"What is happening in Syria is complicated, elaborate, and intricate. If you try to unravel it, it might get more complex and the hidden stitches could multiply, instead of guiding you to a solution," he elucidates.
"If anyone has the chance to meet Mister President, he would hear from him that this is a long struggle, a big conspiracy with many actors (terrorists, rabble, smugglers). He does not hide his desire for a military solution that achieves a decisive victory, and only then would the political dialogue be actually possible. Many in the [Baath] party, the [National Progressive] Front (NPF), and the military forces have been convinced from the onset of the crisis that there is no alternative to a political solution and that there is no turning back," he adds.
Sharaa believes that "the solution will not be realistic unless it was initiated at the highest levels. The president of the republic is also the general commander of the armed forces. He appoints the prime minister, leads the ruling party, and chooses the head of the people's assembly."
"But, at the same time, there are the executive, legislative, and judiciary institutions, which are directly responsible for running the country's affairs," he informs. "These institutions have heads, general directors, and governing boards, who work, some who claim to work, according to the directions. Sometimes they make up their minds by pointing to the picture above their desks, meaning that the directive is not up for discussion."
No Change Without Partners
"In 1970, many state institutions were built on top of the inconsistencies and conflicts of the revolutionary command council back then, based on an agreed upon pact (for example, the NPF, the people's assembly, and local administrations). These institutions started to deteriorate and were not renewed, despite multiple attempts to restructure them since president Bashar al-Assad assumed leadership in the year 2000," Sharaa explains.
"These institutions then started to function based on their own inertia. This could be partially acceptable in times of stability and decades of security. But how could it happen during major crises and the resulting destruction of infrastructure and homes, the lack of electricity, the stoppage of hospitals in many cities and towns, and the escalating internal and external displacement?" he asks. "This is not to mention the detention of thousands of people who are not presented in front of the courts, as if we are still under martial law."
"Neither the [Syrian] National Coalition, nor the Istanbul Council, nor the National Coordination Body as a multi-polar internal opposition, nor any opposition faction be it civilian or armed with their external ties, can claim to be the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian People, just as the current rule with its ideological army and its confrontation parties lead by the Baath, with its years of experience and rooted bureaucracy, cannot achieve change and progress alone without new partners who can contribute to maintaining the fabric of the homeland, the integrity of its territory, and its regional sovereignty. The loss of trust between these two sides, and therefore the impossibility of getting together for a direct dialogue, will lead to continuous destruction and dismantling, which will only benefit the Israeli occupation at this stage," he declares confidently.
Sharaa believes that "the political, economic, and social structure of the country is changing day by day and in front of our eyes. What is happening in Syria is homologous with what happened in the early 1990s in the countries of Eastern Europe. We should also note that those countries did not enter into civil clashes or destructive wars, during the transformation in their structure of their regimes, although they faced suffocating economic crises."
Leadership Discussions
Does the leadership have one opinion or are they just obeying the orders? Does the president listen, for example, to opinions that differ from his diagnosis?
"Of course, there are opinions and viewpoints among the political leadership. But the issue is not in a place that could lead to talk about different currents or deep divisions," Sharaa replies.
"When I took care of the dialogue dossier, as vice president, in July 2011, I agreed to this appointment based on my convictions and everyone else's in the national dialogue commission that this was a real step and not just a tactical move."
"I do not deny that some of us acted as if [the dialogue] was unnecessary and whispered this to the leadership. So it distanced itself under the pretext that the internal and external opposition saw it as one of the regime's charades. In the end, this finished off the political dialogue and opened the doors wide for the dialogue of bullets and guns. Today, Syria witnesses a sharp economic and livelihood crisis, in addition to the political and military conflict."
"When we say that we refuse any external intervention, we base this on the fact that there was no consensus from the people to involve our national army in the crisis to begin with. So does anyone have the illusion that this people will accept foreign armies on Syrian soil? This will never happen and it will be resisted. The preeminence and unity of the Syrian army are indispensable in any of the proposed political solutions and discussions."
But is the crisis only connected to political considerations?
"In any evaluation, we cannot ignore the local components linked with the economic situation and the policies implemented in the recent years at least. We also cannot ignore the actual need for a meaningful change in all of the state apparatus and its institutions. Real change is one which is based on solving the pressing issues based on requisite priorities. Maybe in the past we did not listen very carefully or take into consideration comments about the need for quick change. But we learn from our experience and that of others. Today, we understand that change is inevitable. If the regime does not take the initiative to achieve it with the others, it will happen through unilateral dictates from them."
A Syrian Solution
How do you perceive the solution?
"Any logic based on the premise of rejecting dialogue indicates the desire for Syrians not to reach a solution on their own. Therefore, any settlement, whether starting with talks or agreements between Arab, regional, or foreign capitals, cannot exist without a solid Syrian foundation. The solution has to be Syrian, but through a historic settlement, which would include the main regional countries, and the members of UN Security Council. This settlement must include stopping all shapes of violence, and the creation of a national unity government with wide powers. This should be accompanied by the resolution of sensitive dossiers related to the lives of people and their legitimate demands."
"The problem gets bigger and deeper when some start thinking that victory and defeat are possible. The opposition forces combined cannot decide the battle of overthrowing the regime militarily, unless they aim to pull the country into chaos and an unending circle of violence. Meanwhile, I do not see that what the security forces and the army units are doing will not reach a conclusive end, especially since we understand, without any illusions, the threat of the current campaign to destroy Syria, its history, civilization, and people. Brahimi's contacts and visits, as well as the Geneva initiative, can be considered a suitable foundation for this settlement. I am not exaggerating when I say that reaching a historic settlement for the Syrian crisis might pave the way for an international environment of solving other important issues, through political means and not through military confrontation."
But is the historical settlement ripe?
Sharaa hopes so, but is quick to add that "if each side involved in the settlement thinks that they can get all they expect and aspire to, then the legitimate national outlook of the Syrian people will be lost and the region's fate will enter a dark tunnel."
This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.
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- Tags: syria, FSA, Assad
A genuine and valuable attempt to find a real solution by this man in the middle, and most importantly one that recognises the key importance of Syrian national sovereignty and self determination. In it simple statement of support for the 'new Opposition' grouping, countries in the West have demonstrated that they have no interest in such a solution, something which can be no surprise to those who consider that these countries fomented the insurgency with the express intention of destroying Syria's independence and of ruling by division.
Much appreciated by this reader also were the views expressed about the positions of Iran Russia and China, who are the exemplars of international law and morality in this conflict.
My own fear is that such attention to 'reasonable conduct' and dialogue does not suit the agenda of the infinitely more powerful aggressors and they whole elaborate nexus of information control; in particular Israel is currently demonstating both its complete disregard for international norms of conduct and the rights of others, as well as its complete impunity over the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
China, the great country that developed itself surely and calmly....! Excuse me. 30 million dead and continued repression is not a sign of civilized development.


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NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners' blogger Jeff Budke talks about Seattle's woes during the early portion of their 2013 MLB season. The team is changing, but the results are staying the same. The result? Many are confused as to what to think about Seattle early on. On the one hand, it is very early in the season still and the Mariners have yet to gel as a team. Relax folks! Kyle Seager is about to go on a tear. Michael Saunders will be back in a week. Good times.
Mariners Fans! To panic…or not to panic? That is the question!
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ANGELS CAMP - As Patti Spence tells it, when her parents started a small feed store in Angels Camp in 1977, they merely looked forward to a "good pastime."
ANGELS CAMP - As Patti Spence tells it, when her parents started a small feed store in Angels Camp in 1977, they merely looked forward to a "good pastime."
It was more of a hobby, really. Her father, William, was a cattle rancher, and her mother, Linda, expected to get a lot of sewing done with some free time.
"Before they knew it, (the store) took off like gangbusters," Patti Spence said. "It became a full-time job really fast."
The Spences moved to the current building, on Highway 49 just outside of Angels Camp, the following year. Over the years, Spence Ranch Feed & Supply has undergone several extensions and traded a dirt parking lot for pavement.
But the biggest changes have been on the shelves, Spence said.
When they first started, the business carried just a few shampoos. Now there are more than 20. The same applies to hay and to dog food, which today fills rack upon rack.
"It's kind of ever-growing,"Spence said. "It's such a changing industry."
There are a variety of supplements available for show animals. There's also tack, toys, treats, bedding, fencing, nursery products, aquarium supplies and more.
The store's clientele is varied: everything from ranchers down to "people with just one cat." Customers shop for rabbits, poultry, llamas and, once in a while, chinchillas.
Spence Ranch Feed & Supply even carries feed for wild birds and deer.
Mike Peirano lives just outside Angels Camp and visits Spence regularly for liquid feed, hay, salts and other supplies for his family's ranch.
"I wouldn't go anyplace else," he said. "If I need something, they get it for me."
Patti Spence came to work for the store full time in 1990 and today works alongside her sister-in-law, niece and daughters. Her dad still hauls feed in his truck. Her mother passed away in 2001.
"I didn't really think that I would ever be able to do everything my mom did. She knew so much and did so much," Spence said. "Sometimes I think that she would shake her head if she could see how much dog food and things we have."
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Amanda Berry's family still wants to know where she is. It's been 10 years since she went missing after leaving her job at Burger King. She was on her way home for her birthday party.
Amanda's family, friends and the community were joined by Survivors and Victims of Tragedy and Black on Black Crime, outside the Burger King on West 110th and Lorain to remember and remain vigilant in their pursuit of information about what happened 10 years ago.
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Photo Gallery: Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst
Related stories: Redlands teacher's arrest brings mixed public reaction | Second man reports sexual relations with Redlands teacher
Storify: CVHS teacher arrested for having sexual relations with student
Whitehurst gave birth on June 18 to a child police believe was fathered by the victim, who was 16 years old at the time the child was conceived, officials said.
Whitehurst, now 28, began her relationship with the teen last summer during a school activity, according to police Cmdr. Shawn Ryan, who led the investigation. Their relationship lasted for nearly a year until the victim's mother reported it to school officials, who relayed the information to police on Monday, police said.
Whitehurst taught English and oversaw other school activities at CVHS, including Compact Club and Link Crew. She was an assistant coach of the CVHS girls varsity soccer team in 2010.
During her high school years, Whitehurst ran track and cross country at Redlands East Valley High School.
She received a bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara in 2006 with a major in English and a minor in history, according to a bio at PeekYou.com, and attended the University of Redlands, where she earned a master's degree.
Her father, Dale Whitehurst, has been a teacher and administrator with the school district for many years. He now teaches English at Beattie Middle School in Highland.
Whitehurst and her family were unable to be reached for comment on Tuesday.
She was arrested at her residence around 8:45 p.m. Monday after cooperating with law enforcement, Ryan said. Whitehurst was released later that evening after posting $25,000 bail and is expected in court for a preliminary hearing in 45 to 90 days, police said.
Police have not identified any other victims, said city spokesman Carl Baker.
The boy police say was the victim is now 17 and graduated from CVHS last month, according to Ryan, who spoke at a press conference outside the Police Annex downtown on Tuesday afternoon.
Whitehurst has been placed on leave, meaning she can not be on school property or participate in Redlands Unified School District activities, according to Sabine Robertson-Phillips, the district's assistant superintendent of human resources.
"Nothing is as important to us as the safety of our students, and the district takes this arrest very seriously," Robertson-Phillips said in a phone interview. "We are fully cooperating with police in their investigation of this matter. Because we don't want to jeopardize the ongoing investigation, we don't want to comment further at this time."
Staff writer Doug Saunders contributed to this report.
Correction: A previous version of this story originally published on Tuesday, July 2, erroneously reported that Whitehurst coached AYSO soccer. She did not.


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the consolation prize…
Even though the thermometer says its -1 degrees right now, I am having warm thoughts.
Tradition demands that some things stay the same – hence the continuation of the lazy a** bathroom mirror shots that I'm so fond of [I don't think I've ever looked more pleased with myself than in this shot].
And tradition demands that I REWARD myself occasionally with a Consolation Prize in the face of some traumatic event.
Here in the Big Windy, we have Two-fer Trauma for sure: Bears/Arctic Weather.
Solution? New Clothes!
What better than a nice super-bulky alpaca HAT!
In no time at all, I'd whipped up a new crown and kept my hands warm at the same time.
We love that.
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It seems that there are book buyers unaware that a dust jacket in mint condition adds considerably to the resale value of a book.
Whatever the reason, the reader will learn that Jim Lee, as he is commonly known, is past president of the Texas Folklore Society. He is author of more than 100 articles, stories and reviews, and author or editor of 10 books. He is founding director of UNT Press and the Center for Texas Studies at UNT.
AS ONE WHO has just finished his entertaining Jubilee book, I am not convinced these are short stories rather than a single novel. I feel justified in quoting from the review written by John Henry Irsfeld, himself a fiction writer.
He expounds:
"The thirteen captivating stories here cover the years from 1928 to 1945 and feature various citizens of Bodark Springs, a small town in Eastis County, Texas just south of the Red River. The recurring characters in the stories mature, grow old, and in some cases die as the time passes from the beginning of the Great Depression to VJ Day.
"They—like the town itself—change, but remain recognizable to the end: they are conflicted, funny, crazy, humble, full of themselves, generous, hateful, loving—in short, they remain fully human and thus flawed even as the social fulcrum of the paired great historical events that envelop them urge them toward a post-WWII future none of them could have imagined.
"Neither Bodark Springs nor Eastis County can be found on an Internet search nor on any map but the one in James Ward Lee's imagination, but they are real. To quote Ishmael referring to Queequeg's home island 'far away to the West and South. It is not down in any maps; true places never are.'"
FOR THE information of those whose interest in Texas geography includes the real as well as the imaginative, Eastis County is one of five (four real) that are situated along a line just south of the line that runs from Clarksville to Paris. That puts it in far North Texas, and not East Texas, to this East Texan's way of thinking.


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The debate over what is to become of Sandy Hook Elementary School began in earnest over the weekend.
As the suburban community of Newtown, Connecticut, begins taking steps toward recovery in the aftermath of the horrifying mass shooting that killed 20 first graders and six staff members at the school, one topic of conversation has turned toward the buildings themselves. What to do with them?
Residents packed into the auditorium of Newtown High School on Sunday, almost a month to the day after the December 14 massacre. "Opinions varied sharply about whether to reopen the school, renovate it, turn it into a shrine or a park, or raze it," The New York Times reported.
And while the debate over what to do with the school is unavoidable, dragging it out even amicably can have a damaging effect on the child survivors already traumatized by the shooting.
"The debate itself is something that, although it may be necessary, can make this experience more traumatic for these kids," says Joshua Klapow, a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
"At a practical level, we hope the parents of these kids are shielding them as much as they can from this discourse. But parents are so afraid of screwing up that they drag these issues out because they don't want to do the wrong thing. And in some cases that process only makes things worse."
Plus: Should Sandy Hook Ever Re-Open?
At the weekend meeting, well-meaning parents whose children still attend the school were understandably divided on the matter.
"I cannot ask my son or any of the people at the school to ever walk back into that building, and he has asked to never go back," said Stephanie Carson, whose son was in the school during the shooting, according to the Times.
On the other side of the debate are people like Audra Barth, the mother of a third grader and a first grader at Sandy Hook. "My children have had everything taken away from them," she said. "They need their school."
Fran Bresson, a retired police officer who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School in the 1950s, also wants the school to reopen, but with the spaces where the shooting occurred demolished or repurposed.
"To tear it down completely would be like saying to evil, 'You've won,'" the Associated Press quoted him as saying.
Plus: Back to School After Sandy Hook
The problem, say experts, is that there is no panacea for a group of children who have survived a great trauma. There is no one-size-fits-all answer that works for them, as well future generations of children who have yet to attend the school.
"In general given the nature of what happened there, something like a reconfiguration of the classrooms--of the school--into something else, into a memorial, is probably psychologically the way to go," Klapow tells Parenting.com "But it's almost like no matter what you do, you ain't gonna get it right for everybody."
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Hey ladies!!!
I EBF my 4 month old. She does sleep during the night but wakes up to eat every 3-4 hours. She does cosleep often and does not use a pacifier or bottle. She may eat cereal once a day but she still eats like a champ.
I feel crampy and bloated.... As I showered this morning I noticed a little bit of sticky discharge and ****tmi**** I placed my finger inside because I wanted to see if my period was returning and got a few drops of blood on my finger. Could this be Aunt Flo??
Pregnancy is unlikely because my poor husband has had sex with me 3 times since she's been born. 2 of those times we used condoms that one time (without) we stopped because I was to scared..lolol


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Dapper Koala Buster Moon presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. An eternal optimist, and a bit of a scoundrel, he loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Facing the crumbling of his life's ambition, he takes one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world's greatest singing competition. Five contestants emerge: a mouse, a timid elephant, a pig, a gorilla and a punk-rock porcupine.
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Firefox 10 Arrives Today with Extended Support for Businesses. Though the software does bring an array of tweaks and enhancements for both users and developers, it's perhaps most notable for the fact that it marks the debut of the business-oriented Extended Support Release (ESR) program. One can check out what's new and known issues for this version of Firefox by reading Mozilla's release notes. Perhaps the most important change from a user's perspective is that add-ons and themes are assumed to function, rather than not function as assumed by previous Firefox versions, meaning that the update process won't leave a user with familiar extensions disabled and needing updates.


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This three-day workshop is hands-on and delegates leave with skills that enable them to begin documenting and improving processes immediately.
Dayton, OH (PRWEB) January 31, 2013
The Ben Graham Corporation announced today that it is offering a three-day "Building Better Business Processes" workshop, March 27-29 at the Dayton Engineers Club. The workshop will focus on providing the attendees with skills necessary to facilitate successful process improvement projects. The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Ben S. Graham Jr. and Ben B. Graham at the Dayton Engineers Club that once served such noted inventors as Orville Wright, Charles Kettering, Colonel Edward Deeds and others. The workshop includes lunch each day in the Club's fine dining room plus morning and afternoon refreshments. The Grahams bring a combined seventy-five years teaching and consulting in process improvement and have worked with people from over 3,000 organizations throughout private industry and government.
This three-day workshop is hands-on and delegates leave with skills that enable them to begin documenting and improving processes immediately. While there is a high level of interest in process improvement these days, the importance of documenting existing processes is routinely underestimated and the skill required to do it quickly and effectively is often lacking. This is an area where the software and methods training provided by the Ben Graham Corporation can provide tremendous benefit.
Experienced analysts will enhance their toolkit with the unique process mapping method that accounts for all the records in a process along with who does the work, where the work is done and how the records affect each other. They will also take away an organized collection of forms and checklists that guide them through a proven improvement method. Those new to process improvement will develop their process improvement skills quickly - and once they are up to speed they will be able to chart any process in their organization, typically in one day or less.
Delegates learn to organize and guide teams through process improvement projects. They draw several process maps to become familiar with mapping as the principal tool of the improvement methodology. Then they analyze a process map and develop a new, improved process, addressing all the phases of an improvement project. They leave the workshop with a binder of materials a book of improvement-related articles, a copy of Ben B Graham's book, "Detail Process Charting: Speaking the Language of Process" and enthusiasm to put their newly acquired skills to work.
Ben B. Graham, President of the Corporation said, "Our methods provide a structured approach to help people simplify their work quickly -- saving time and dollars. Our goal is to provide participants with skills that will help them understand, improve and manage their business processes."
The Graham Process Improvement method helps organizations simplify work processes, increase productivity and reduce costs.
Register for the "Building Better Business Processes" workshop online or call the Ben Graham Corporation at 937-667-1032.
About the Ben Graham Corporation
The Ben Graham Corporation, a pioneer in the business process improvement arena celebrates its 60th year conducting process improvement workshops. They have conducted workshops on four continents, educating delegates from around the world, representing a broad variety of industries as well as government at all levels. They introduced Graham Process Mapping Software in 1990 and it is helping organizations worldwide build better business processes.


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Class of 2018 orientation begins
Enjoy these quick glimpses of Merrimack life. Or, maybe you want to submit a photo of your own? Email photos to email@example.com or add #macksnap to your social media uploads!
June 23, 2014
Welcome new students and families! Today marks the beginning of orientation week for Merrimack's newest warriors from the class of 2018.


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The sky is blue, water is wet, and most White people would rather not engage in conversations about race that would address reality and subsequently make them uncomfortable.
I'm not alerting you to anything close to a new concept here, but the latest Pew Poll about reactions to the George Zimmerman case is nonetheless still intriguing: The majority of Whites found that the verdict was just, though 52% of Whites say race is getting more attention in this case than it deserves.[1]
Of course they do.
More from the report:
African Americans express a clear and strong reaction to the case and its meaning: By an 86% to 5% margin, Blacks are dissatisfied with Zimmerman's acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin. And nearly eight-in-ten Blacks(78%) say the case raises important issues about race that need to be discussed. Among whites, more are satisfied (49%) than dissatisfied (30%) with the outcome of the Zimmerman trial. Just 28% of Whites say the case raises important issues about race, while twice as many (60%) say the issue of race is getting more attention than it deserves.
A paltry twenty-eight percent understanding that this case raises lingering issues related to race and systematic racism. That's why President Obama's remarks about Trayvon Martin and the plight of Black men who are victims of racial profiling were so important. Even if the timetable and ferocity of statements were not to Tavis Smiley's liking[2], they mattered and need to continue. We need real dialogue about race and racism, and hopefully more high profile Blacks with large platforms will continue to speak out.
If you haven't noticed, in light of the Zimmerman verdict and Obama's remarks, crotchety old White men like Bill O'Reilly are doing their part to play to the fears of other old, paranoid, and racist White men while ironically bashing "race hustlers" living on the Black hand side of life.
I can't tell if this White hood, burning cross act is just that–an act. Whatever the case, Bill O'Reilly is a professional provocateur and there are far too many people willing to partake in this buffoon barking fallacies to them. Though I'd like to think those of his ilk will just die off and young people will right their wrongs, that hasn't worked so well in the past. To that end, as important as it is for Black people to talk about race, it's just as important for White people not stuck in a perpetuate cocoon of cluelessness to do the same.
That's why I appreciate MSNBC's Chris Hayes. I thank him even more for refuting Bill O'Reilly's incredibly racist rant by noting that maybe White culture is the larger problem at hand.
This sort of commentary matters. It cannot just be us questioning white culture. The more they hear it from their own, the better we all are. I worry in writing this I sound like the kind of naive child featured on an after school special. I'd like to be more hopeful about race, but these stagnant conversations have to be elevated.
Even if it doesn't do much, there has to be a larger effort.
Asked if they agree with the statement, "America is a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," respondents in the latest NBC/WSJ poll[4] offered widely varying responses.
A majority, 54 percent, of all adults said that they agree with this statement, while 45 said they did not. Among Whites, 59 percent agreed with that statement to some degree while just 40 percent disagreed. 54 percent of Hispanics also agreed with this statement, while 44 percent did onto Among Blacks, however, only 19 percent agreed with that statement. 79 percent of African-Americans disagreed with the statement that America society is colorblind.
So despite a modern day Emmett Till in Trayvon Martin, and the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, states continue pushing the most restrictive voting laws this side of Jim Crow. And let's not forget the lingering push to do away with affirmative action. If the aforementioned were not enough, we have the likes of Bill O'Reilly ( AKA "The Bigot") making millions off of trashing Negroes. With all of this, the majority of White people still look at America as colorblind?
I imagine the large sum of those White people don't talk to Black people outside of those who work in service industries, but someone needs to speak to them. No one should walk around that utterly stupid and blind — even if they're privileged enough to bypass the burden. The least they could bother to do is learn the rest of us aren't so lucky.
- ^the latest Pew Poll about reactions to the George Zimmerman case (www.people-press.org)
- ^not to Tavis Smiley's liking (www.ebony.com)
- ^Black Congressman Trade Racial Discrimination Stories (www.eurweb.com)
- ^ latest NBC/WSJ poll (msnbcmedia.msn.com)
- ^The Cynical Ones (thecynicalones.com)
- ^@youngsinick (twitter.com)


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I don't find the idea of magic bullets to be very effective in healing, and find that the most successful therapy always originates in tailoring the treatment to the individual person and situation. For this reason, you'll rarely see/hear me recommending a set formula or list of herbs for any given diagnosis. In fact, my answer is almost always, "it depends" to any question asking about herbs to treat a disease or disorder. This is because I work with people, and with the unique ways a virus or pattern may manifest in each person.
For an overall tonic approach to modulating and enhancing the body's native immune system though, I've seen Elderberry really shine, even in people with excess inflammation and/or autoimmune disorders. This elixir is one of only a few herbal preparations I would never want to be without. Although most people use it primarily to ward off or quicken healing from acute viral issues (influenza, primarily), I have found it useful in a variety of situations, especially chronic hyper or hypo immunity, extended illness and other depletion syndromes. The elixir is generally safe for children, pregnant women and nursing mothers taken in the moderate amounts suggested here.
Gentle, safe and very effective, Elderberry is one of our most important immune tonics, and is especially notable for its viability for children. Not only does it work extremely well, it also tastes good, which is certainly a plus when trying to convince your four year old to take her medicine. Elder Mother Elixir is safe even for small children, a food-like medicine appropriate for all ages. It's also easy to create, making it a fun project for the whole family.
Elderberry does not simply stimulate the immune system, instead, it modulates the immune system to more appropriately respond to environs and circumstance. It also disarms the some cold and flu viruses and helps them flush through body quicker, while strengthening the mucus membranes, supporting the body's natural fever mechanism without overheating, improves energy and stress handling AND last but certainly not least, it tastes great too.
For your elixir, it's helpful to have on hand:
▪ A pint canning jar (or other glass jar that seals well)
▪ Fresh elderberries (dried can be used as well, simply use about a third of the amount, or about 2.5 oz to follow the 1:5 proportion method for dried plants).
▪ Several large pinches to a handful of dried Elder flowers (or a few ounces of Elderflower tincture added to the mix), this is optional, but my experience indicates that it makes the elixir more effective.
▪ About a pint of high quality brandy (the better the brandy, the better your elixir will taste), depending on whether you're using fresh or dried berries.
▪ Appr. 1/3 pint of raw honey (or to taste, as you prefer)
▪ A good stirring spoon
Step by Step Instructions
• First, fill your jar all the way to the top with fresh elderberries.
• Now, pour the honey in slowly, stirring as necessary, until the berries are well coated.
• Next, fill jar with brandy, stirring as you go, until all air bubbles are released.
• Now cover the jar with a tight fitting lid, and shake carefully to finish the mixing process.
• Let macerate in a cool, dark place for four to six weeks (or as long as you can stand to wait.
• Strain, reserving liquid. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.
Take 1/4 – 1/2 dropperfull of Elixir every two to three hours at the first sign of illness. You MUST take the Elixir frequently rather than having a bigger dose further apart, it just won't work that way. Use the same dosage if you are actively ill. For a general preventative dose, I suggest 1/3 dropperfull every four hours or so.
Be sure to rest extra as well, the Elderberry has a much harder time with your immune system if you're really worn down. A little extra sleep will increase its benefits tenfold. Likewise, staying well hydrated will assist Elder in its work.
Optional Additions
▪ Warming spices such as fresh Ginger, Osha, Calamus, Orange peel, Cinnamon powder/sticks or Cardamom pods can add flavor and zing to the elixir.
▪ Rosehips make a very helpful addition, I usually add a small handful or more of fresh Rosehips per pint of elixir.
▪ Soothing lung herbs such a Licorice root, Peony root or Mullein can be extra helpful for people with a propensity towards lung weakness.
33 Responses to "Elder Mother Immune Elixir"
oh, yum. i have elderberry syrup, but my next elderberry concoction is definitely going to be this elixir. i can hardly wait!
I just went through a bout of the flu, and part of my immunity arsenal was Elderberry extract. Other people around town had the same flu, but much worse than mine. I got over it in a pinch while others were out of commission for a week straight. I LOVE ELDERBERRY! Plus they grow wild all over the place here in Montana – so they're free too!
thank you kiva for another wonderful entry. i really love your elixer recipe and the add in suggestions rock:) i appreciate all you do very much.
Kiva, thanks for another timely post on elder!
1.) I've been wanting to add some elderflower tincture to my elderberry elixer. I was thinking of adding 20% flower tincture to the berry elixer, but I'm just guessing. Please advise as to an appropriate proportion.
2.) Is the addition of the flower tincture useful mainly for cold and flu season preparations, or do you also recommend it when using elder year round as an adaptogen?
3.) How does the addition of rose hips help? I'm assuming they contribute bioflavonoids to the mix, but are they also calming and centering the way rose petal/leaf elixer is?
4.) Can fresh rose hips be used instead of dried?
5.) If so, since I've already made a berry elixer and a flower tincture (both of which are ready to use) could I make a fresh rose hip tincture—or elixer (which?)—and add that to the blend in a few weeks?
6.) If the answer to #5 is yes, what proportion of rose hip tincture/elixer would you recommend adding to the elder blend? 7.) Or, could either fresh or dried rose hips be added to the completed berry/flower blend and set aside for a month or so before using?
Thanks for you help!
This is good to know.
20 percent of school kids in this area have one flu or another. Friends have been sick for weeks. I've just got the sniffles.
This is a link I am passing along.
Thanks for the Eldermother info. This has been a staple in my life since I was a child picking these berries and flowers with my mom and grandma. We made a juice and canned it to use later for soup and syrups. It brings back happy memories when ever I work with her.
Thank you so much for this! I have been a gourmet natural cook for years and now branching out into more wild food that grow on my land and nearby. I was about to pick the elderberry this year but the bird beat me to it!
I prepared a batch of Elder Mother Elixir today, adding rose hips and elderflower as suggested. It smells fabulous and it's going to be torture to wait a whole month to taste some.
Thanks, Kiva. This was REALLY helpful. I hadn't thought of the dilution or synergy aspects. I found some flowers I forgot I had dried after making fritters last summer. I'm going to experiment.
I learned so much from your 07/26/09 post "Terms of the Trade: Stimulating and Relaxing." I'm hoping that you will write a similar article to demystify the topic of 'Warming and Cooling.'
Hi Kiva, I'm looking forward to the book!
After straining my 10-month-old elderberry elixer (before adding the aforementioned additional ingredients) I decided to taste the marc, which consisted of fresh elderberries, raw honey, and 95% alcohol. It was delicious!
In Michael Moore's Herbal Materia Medica, he states that the remnant moisture in the marc is full strength tincture. In your 06/01/09 post, "Sweetbriar by the River" you refer to eating strained rose petals which have lots of medicine in them. So, I'd like to know if I can eat tiny spoonfuls of this rather alcoholic berry treat and add them to desserts. Or, will the seeds make me sick? I'm totally confused about whether the seeds are toxic or not. It seems a shame to throw it out. I think it would be like jam if I added some more honey…
Will the dried elderberries reconstitute in the brandy? I find they do not in honey. I only have dried to work with and would like to make this elixir. Do they need to reconstitute for the elixir to be potent?
Because of your blog, I prepared a month ago alot of eldeberry elixir with and without spices and honey in an excellent"marc de champagne". So many thanks… it tastes so good!
Great post. I also make an 'elixir' based on the German Rumtopf. In a ginger jar that used to house Biscotti from Costco, I have about 2 lbs of goji berries, couple handfuls of raisens, organic grape alc, brandy, rum, dried elderberries about 2 cups, ginseng pieces. I think that's all, but not sure. It's been stewing for 2 years. it is POTENT. I also added water, but it's still pretty potent.
I will add some manuka honey to it, it will definitely make it more palatable. I wish I had not added the dried elderberries. I didn't know about grinding up the seeds. I would prefer to whir it in the vita-mix with the honey.
I made it to have 'just in case'. But it's SO potent, it's a bit much. Hopefully the honey will help it. I have not strained it, nor will I. Eating the fruit is enough to make me tipsy. LOL
I will add some ginger and cloves, and real cinnamon, as opposed to the cassia that is normally found in the grocery stores.
I'm looking for the free book you said is on this site. I can't find it. Point me in the direction?
Ok I cannot find the post I am looking for.. I was wondering about the brandy. I am looking to make more of a syrup with just the honey and elderberries. Do I need to add the brandy to make it more effective? I thought I read a response to this somewhere but cannot find it 🙂
I would like to give it to my children and not sure on the alcohol (incase I need to give it to my baby again) Is there a recipe more suited for children or will this be fine??
Thanks:) I am having so much fun reading these posts I wish I had found this site long ago!
That's right.. the ripe banana:) see I remembered you posted that somewhere. Ok Thanks so much:)
I love the idea of an elderberry elixir! I have been making syrups and adding brandy…why not cut to the chase with an elixir?!? Thanks for the inspiration, Kiva:)
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First time I've been on your site and it is quite wonderful. Thanks for the elderberry recipe as just this year, after living here 4 yrs., I found some (presumably) wild elderries growing in my rural yard. I have had lots of things come up for the fist time this year, maybe from having a record breaking cold winter, I don't know. Anyway, if I'm lucky enough to beat the birds I will be making this and I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again!
dear kiva,
Just came across your website which is amazing.Instantly went out to collect my elderberries to discover the birds had got there first.I will now have to hunt further a field.The only thing im gutted about is that i should have done it weeks ago as we are all quite run down.Do you know if there is anywhere i can purchase such a good elixir while mine is doing its magic.living in wales the health shops are quite limited and highly overpriced.thank you.
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I'm heading out to pick elderberries for the first time this week and I'm excited to try your recipe. Can you please tell me what kind of dropper you're referring to for the dosing? or can you give me dosing in kitchen measurements (teaspoon, etc)? Thank you so much for all the wonderful information!
Hi Kiva,
Does freezing elderberries reduce or destroy the benefits the berry has to offer? I have some in the freezer from last years harvest. I'd like to make this elixer and wonder whether it would still be effective.
I followed your instructions 6 weeks ago and made 2 jars of your Elderberry Elixir. Tomorrow is decanting day! I can't wait to taste the results!
It's DONE! I'm excited about having completed my first homemade herbal elixir. it took hours to press the liquid out of the macerated material. The third pressing/filtering method I used was to press all material through a ridiculously small garlic press. Some of the seeds passed thru back into the liquid so I filtered through a fine-mesh sieve a final time. All the additional pressing yielded another 1/3+ cup, even after the final filtering. It tastes great! Thanks Kiva for providing the instructions for a beginner! I think my next project will be the Wild Rose Elixir. I have dried Rose Petals (red & pink) and Rose Hips from Mountain Rose and a full bottle of E&J Brandy w/lots of raw local honey from the farmers market ready to go. :0)
Made your Elderberry Elixir using frozen elderberries, and adding cinnamon chips and cardamon pods. Pressed it yesterday, and am having everyone I meet try it – its that good! Going to make some more for gifts!! What a delicious medicine!! So glad I don't have to be sick to taste this, or I'd be wishing for a cold!
Could you please tell me how much a pint canning jar is?
I live in Europe, and we dont really have mason jars and such.
Maybe you know the size in ml. or tablespoons or something?
I'm hoping you can help me out, I would love to try out this recipe!


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If you are interested, you can view two of my YouTube videos where I put on my running shoes and sweat a bit to explore the land of the Holy Family: 1) Running around inside Nazareth where the Holy Family lived, and 2) Running from Sepphoris to Nazareth where Jesus and Joseph worked during the day before hiking back home up into the hills of Nazareth.
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We are thinking about Valentine's Day this month. A little early? No way! I need to give myself plenty of time to procrastinate. LOL Seriously, I know there are some planners out there that like to create cards and crafts ahead of time.
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NEW YORK -- Baseball's post-season continues dragging along, with a Saturday rainout at Yankee Stadium that has pushed Game 6 of the Angels-Yankees back to Sunday night.
The managers kept the starting pitchers the same -- Joe Saunders vs. Andy Pettitte.
Both managers worry that the infrequent action will affect the timing of their players, especially the hitters. Both teams have played eight games since Oct. 4, when the regular season ended.
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The Bedford's chef Mark Steuer will soon be bringing "a little bit of back home to Chicago." The Charleston, South Carolina, native has plans to open a Lowcountry-inspired restaurant with Salita Development, the team behind The Bedford, in early September.
Carriage House (1700 W. Division St.) will be the team's second Wicker Park restaurant, occupying a space that's been empty since Edge sports bar closed last year. While Steuer has been serving contemporary Midwestern fare at The Bedford, the menu at Carriage House will feature the food he grew up with, which he doesn't think is currently represented in Chicago: Cajun and Creole flavors and seafood sourced from the Charleston area, and simple, high-quality ingredients.
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Steuer also wants to show that the notion of Southern food being "all really heavy and fried and soaked in gravy" doesn't represent the food where he grew up. He plans to serve small plates – all less than $20 – as well as two larger plates meant for the table, such as a whole fish or big cut of meat. The bar program will be focused on whiskey and bourbon, white and sparkling wine, and classic Charleston punches and cocktails.
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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS star Johnny Depp returns to the wild world of Hunter S. Thompson in writer/director Bruce Robinson's adaptation of the Gonzo journalist's "lost" autobiographical novel of the same name. Dejected over life in New York City and at bitter odds with the Eisenhower-era conventions of the 1950s, nomadic journalist Paul Kemp (Depp) flees to Puerto Rico, where he quickly lands a job as a reporter for a San Juan newspaper. Drawing inspiration from author Ernest Hemingway's popular theory about "The Lost Generation," the newly liberated journalist develops a taste for rum as he becomes slowly entangled in the lives of American beauty Chenault (Amber Heard) and her shady husband, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), a wealthy real-estate developer. Later, as Sanderson's underhanded business dealings begin to emerge, Kemp's principles come into focus, and his writing style begins to mature in ways he never dreamed possible.
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Christopher Young - Composer, COPYCAT/THE SHIPPING NEWS
Patrick McCormick - Producer, "Donnie Brasco"
Bruce Robinson - Director/Actor/Screenwriter
Dariusz Wolski - Director of Photography, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE
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Hunter S. Thompson - Gonzo Journalist
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Karen Austin - Actress
Marshall Bell - Actor
Johnny Depp - American Actor - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STR
Julian Holloway
Richard Jenkins - American actor
Aaron Lustig
Bill Smitrovich - American TV/Film Actor
Javier Grajeda - Actor, ONE FROM THE HEART
Jimmy Ortega
Lisa Robins
Michael Rispoli - Star, HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO (1995)
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Aaron Eckhart - American actor, DARK KNIGHT, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Enzo Cilenti - actor, WONDERLAND, 2000
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Amaury Nolasco - Actor, PRISON BREAK
William Charlton
Karimah Westbrook - Actor
Bill Chott - actor
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Carlos Alberto Lopez
Julio Ramos
Daniel Kalal
Tisuby Gonzalez
Natalia Rivera
Rafa Alvarez
Sasha Merced
Eduardo Cortes
Guillermo Valedon
Miguel Angel Reyes
Terrance Harlness
Armando Perez
Gavin Houston
Noel Delgado
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Jose Coriano
Angel Nolasco
Javier Ortiz-Cortes
Jorge Antares
Aurelio Lima
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"Connoisseurs of straw hats and cool sunglasses will find much to savor....A touching tribute to Thompson himself..." - 10/28/2011 New York Times
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[V]isually enchanting....It's impressive how relevant and seamless the whole film is..." - 10/27/2011 Box Office
"In every move, Depp makes you believe this was a passion project for the actor, one he dedicates to Thompson." - 10/28/2011 Los Angeles Times
"Depp has star charisma to spare, and his deadpan demeanor only adds to his allure." - 10/27/2011 Movieline
"THE RUM DIARY, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, expertly cannonballs into the grit and glam with raw exuberance." - 11/10/2011 Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 5 -- "Robinson wrings plenty of chortles from Depp and Rispoli's debauched antics....Giovanni Ribisi steals the show as a blitzed reporter..." - 12/01/2011 Total Film
"Much of the dialogue's offbeat wit seems to come straight from Thompson's book. That distinctive dialogue is the movie's greatest asset." - 10/28/2011 USA Today
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It took a while, but Galileo convinced the human race that the world was round in the 17th century. It took several more centuries to develop the technology to prove images can be round too! 360-degree photography and videography are becoming quite the popular new audiovisual fad these days.
Panoramic photography has been around a while. Some of the first panoramic photos ever taken date back to the mid-1800s. But the technique has suddenly become wider (in angle) and more mainstream recently, thanks in large part to the popularity of Google Street View. Launched in 2007, it helped open the world's eyes to the practical applications and artistic possibilities of 360-degree photography. Google took to the streets in an often spotted vehicle with a spherical camera rigged to the roof. And now, if you want to scout a location without having to actually go there, you can hop online and get a pretty accurate view!
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Here are a few of the most buzzed-about 360-degree cameras these days.
We've written about the Bublcam before, but it bears mentioning again here. It's a nifty little camera roughly the shape and size of a baseball that's was developed through a Kickstarter campaign. It is made up of four cameras in one that capture 190 degrees each while shooting, whose output combines to form a 360-degree photo or video experience. It's a little on the expensive side ($579), but if you pre-order one, you're guaranteed to be one of the first in the world to have and use it, tentatively by June 2014.
This device looks more like a dog toy than a camera, but it is definitely a camera—36 cameras, actually, packaged into one plastic ball that is designed to be thrown in the air by a photographer. Once it peaks in the air, the Panono fires all of the fixed focus cameras within to capture a 360-degree image from above. It creates a unique image that captures a world of motion. All you need to do is practice your throwing skills. The makers of the Panono camera are currently crowd-sourcing funds on Indiegogo to bring it to the market.
Eye Mirror
This little gadget isn't a camera—it's an attachment for your camera, designed to assist you in shooting spherical panoramas. It looks kind of like a blender, and attaches to your camera (be it DSLR, GoPro or other camcorder). Using a spherical mirror, it reflects a subject back in 360-degrees. It's a Kickstarter project at the moment and it's expected to ship to those who pledge (about $195) by March 2014.
GoPano.com offers camera attachments similar to the Eye Mirror, but it also offers a space for 360-degree video enthusiasts to share their projects and footage. If you're looking for a little creative inspiration for a 360-degree video, this is a great place to start.


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