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blackcloudphoto — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:55:25 +0000

Yesterday i posted photos from Huron, Ohio along the vacation-friendly side of this stone water break, but I'm always more drawn to the grimey side.

In this post you'll find: proof that the Twin Towers weren't Photoshopped in yesterday's picture, one of my favorite things about small towns - their graffiti, a mermaid, and a self-portrait of me and my girlfriend holding hands.

Just now I heard heavy-footed running down my street followed by someone yelling "I'll beat your ass you little nigger-ass muthafucker."

Come on, guys. There's no need for racism.

All asses are created equal.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will stop paying for preventable hospital errors

paohhealthinsurance — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:34:40 +0000

Blue Cross Ohio Quotes Anthem Health insurance

The largest health insurer in Ohio is following the lead of Medicare and will stop paying hospitals for costs of certain preventable mistakes and infections.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced Wednesday that as of Oct. 1 it will no longer pay for errors such as surgeries performed on the wrong body part. The insurer listed 11 categories in which it won't cover extra costs of treatment, including pressure sores, urinary tract infections from catheters left in too long and hospital-acquired fractures.

Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc., initiated the change in Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans it operates in 14 states, said Kim Ashley, a spokeswoman for Anthem Blue Cross Ohio. Anthem covers about 1 million people in Northeast Ohio and more than 3 million statewide, not including those in Medicaid managed care plans, she said.

The policy follows the plan the government announced last year for Medicare.

Hospital infections alone are blamed for about 100,000 deaths a year in the United States, and $27 billion in costs, according to Consumers Union.

Tiffany Himmelreich of the Ohio Hospital Association said she was not sure if any other Ohio insurers had adopted the policy. Hospitals are concerned about "gray areas" -- conditions that in some cases may not be preventable, she said.

"There is still a lot up for debate," Himmelreich said. "How do we pay or not pay for something when it's not crystal clear what type of event it is. Is it preventable or not."

Hospitals are not allowed to bill patients for costs Anthem declines to pay under the policy, Ashley said.

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Medical Mutual Ohio Individual Health Insurance Plans earn top accreditation

paohhealthinsurance — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:20:30 +0000

Medical Mutual Quotes SuperMed One Quotes Ohio Health Insurance

Cleveland – The report card from The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has been issued and Medical Mutual of Ohio’s commercial products have passed with flying colors.

In recognizing Medical Mutual’s commitment to provide quality healthcare to its members and noting improvements to the company’s business structure, NCQA awarded Medical Mutual the Accreditation Status of Excellent – the highest level achievable.

Medical Mutual products included in the Excellent Accreditation Status are Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans SuperMed Plus® and Ohio Med™. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans HMO Health Ohio® and SuperMed HMO® and Point-of-Service (POS) Plans SuperMed Select® and SuperMed Preferred.

In addition, Medical Mutual’s Medicare Advantage products were reviewed by NCQA and were awarded Commendable Status.

NCQA is an independent, non-profit organization that assesses and reports on the quality of the nation’s managed care plans.

“Our accreditation achievement is important because health plans earning NCQA accreditation tend to substantially outperform non-accredited health plans across a wide range of measures of clinical quality and member satisfaction,” said Paula Sauer, Medical Mutual’s vice president of Care Management.

“This good news means Medical Mutual’s HMO and POS plans have maintained their Excellent Accreditation Status under the Managed Care Organization (MCO) accreditation review,” said Sauer. “It also indicates Medical Mutual’s PPO plans received Excellent Accreditation Status the first time they were evaluated under MCO accreditation review.”

The Excellent Accreditation Status was awarded after rigorous evaluation by NCQA of all aspects of Medical Mutual’s plans, including preventive health services, member satisfaction, physician credentialing and quality improvement.

The review included both on and off-site evaluations conducted by a team of physicians and managed care experts. A national oversight committee of physicians then analyzed the team’s findings and assigned Medical Mutual’s Excellent Status based on the Company’s performance compared to NCQA standards.

Founded in 1934, Medical Mutual of Ohio is the oldest and largest health insurance company based in Ohio. The company serves its customers through high-quality, affordable group and personal health insurance plans, and third-party administrative services to self-insured group customers.

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Beach Walk

blackcloudphoto — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:57:16 +0000

Went to Huron, Ohio, an all-American type of town located on Lake Erie, for the Fourth of July. Pictures were taken during a walk down the beach before some residents did the American thing to do and lit thousands of dollars worth of fireworks into the night for less than a 100 of their neighbors to see.

Lying directly underneath these municipality-grade explosives I was half in awe (fireworks always get better the closer you are to the action), and half in envy (my roman candles seemed so pathetic).

The only crazier fireworks-related story I have is when the Mango's uncle gave us two mortars he stole from the city of East Palestine's arsenal.

Jimi lit one off at the New Philadelphia, Ohio skatepark during broad daylight and only made it five feet away before it exploded. His entire back was covered in a black soot that resembled those novelty snakes that grow when ignited (he wasn't wearing a shirt). Yet again old Yo-yo avoided a major injury when it looked like he didn’t stand a chance.

The second mortar was more exciting. Back in Columbus, after a few beers, we lit it off in my alley and threw it in the dumpster. That mother bang around the metal box a couple of times before traveling right up the nearby telephone pole. Hundreds of feet later it exploded in the sky as it should have. Unseen neighbors from all directions applauded. Only problem was the fact that it caught the whole telephone pole on fire and melted through the wires.

Needless to say we threw the remaining beers into a backpack and ran like hell.

1 - a grand entrance

2 - Didn't mean for all the sky, but happy with the result.

3 - The only 20-somethings to be seen all weekend.

4 - One night while drunk, lonely and listening to American Steel on my portable stereo I tried to wheel the spool into the lake (which I thought was the ocean). It took me way too long to realize it was chained.

5 - Bros before hoes.

8/9 - I usually feel somewhere in between these two emotions.

10 - Check out the Twin Towers in the background.

The Village's New Bark

nahanniborn — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:30:54 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Allegromouse

Huronia Museum has recently purchased new elm bark to re-cover the remaining longhouse in its Huron Ouendat Village. Until 2007, all of the structures in the Huron Ouendat village were covered with organic Elm bark that was provided by a supplier near Cornwall, Ontario. This supplier has since retired and finding Elm trees, which have a circumference that would lend itself to building such impressive structures, are becoming increasingly more difficult to find in Ontario. Our new artificial Elm Bark now comes from a supplier in St. Louis, Missouri and is made of a rubber compound, which should ensure that this life-sized exhibit will last much longer with less maintenance.
The purchase of this bark was thanks to a grant received from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Museums Assistance Program.

Canciones de amor en Lolitas's Club. Noriega por partida doble.

Hurón — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:04:52 +0000

Una película española para revisar. Canciones de amor en Lolita's Club.

La última película rodada de Vicente Aranda, por ahora. Película versada sobre las barreras del amor de un deficiente mental y de una prostituta. Eduardo Noriega hace dualidad de papeles en esta película, el de los dos hermanos Raúl y Valentín Fuentes.

Raúl Fuentes es un policía venido a menos, con un turbulento pasado y encontronazos con ETA que le ha apagado la sonrisa, de carácter oscuro y huraño, desplazado a la unidad de narcóticos en Vigo donde Mazuero, un testaferro de Tristán, el mayor tratante de blancas del pais, le encomienda guardar pruebas que lo incriminan por traer menores de edad al país para guardarse las espaldas. Después de un encontronazo accidental con uno de los hijos de Tristán, la comisaría le suspende por dos meses de sueldo y empleo para lavarse las manos. Raúl vuelve a su casa, a un pueblo de Alicante, a reunirse con su familia.

La familia es de lo más dispar, un padre encargado de la cría de caballos, una madre muy joven que no se hablan y un hermano gemelo deficiente mental donde Raúl vuelca su mayor interés en estos días. Valentín ha abandonado todo lo que hacía por trabajar en un puticlub nuevo en el pueblo Lolita's Club y se ha enamorado de Milena, la puta más vieja que cuenta el puticlub. Valentín se encarga de la cocina en el prostíbulo y de las compras para las mujeres allí metidas. Raúl no aprueba esta actuación y empezará un acoso a Lolita's Club y una relación fatal con Milena.

La pelícila cojea por todos los lados, demuestra escenas y actores que no tienen ni ton ni son, abriendo varias vías de historia que no llegan a concluir. Caso ejemplo del encargado del Lolita's Club y el vigilante de cámara. Demuestra aspectos de la vida que marcan el carácter de Raúl que no se desarrollan completamente, como el de la ETA. Una película que toma la apariencia de estar incompleta.

Eduardo Noriega sobreactúa con el papel de Raúl, un papel que le queda demasiado grande, llegado un momento en que lo llegas a odiar, deseando que sea Valentín para verlo en un mejor registro. No está muy trabajado el papel de Raúl, ni tampoco el de Valentín aunque está mejor.

Lo más destacado son las "lolitas" que se rodea Vicente Aranda para rodar esta película, desde una belleza con proyección de futuro como Ana de Armas, "El Internado", hasta una antigua belleza recordada por todos en su papel de "Compañeros", Lara de Miguel. Flora Martínez en el papel de protagonista hace un papel muy destacado y con una alta carga sexual, espero que no la encasillen en ese papel a partir de ahora.

Esta película no es de las mejores de Vicente Aranda, parece que la película no le ha atraído demasiado y no se ha esforzado mucho, adaptando él mismo la novela homónima de Juan Marsé, que no es la primera vez que el mismo director versiona una novela suya, formando una alianza como la de Frank Darabont y Stephen King.

Una película que no demuestra que en España se puede hacer buen cine.

Hurón.

I'm Back (For a While)

glick25 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:48:31 +0000

Guess where I'm writing from? From camp? My grandparents house? In Spirit Lake, Iowa?
Well, I'm actually coming to you from the lobby in Village West Resort in Okoboji, Iowa. The lobby gets free internet access. We're checking out at 11:00. It's 10:35 right now. I have no time to lose.
Today I'm going to tell you about the new family I've experienced from Friday 'till now. It might be interesting if some other Brott (the Brott family reunion) would see this. The actual reunion was yesterday. In a quick flash I'll tell you who I met...
The reunion is for one of the original Brott families three generations back. One of them, Mervin Brott, married my grandma, Irene Voyensky. They had 7 kids, one of them being my dad.
You can already see how big the reunion was. Another factor was that my grandpa had 13 brothers and sisters. Only a few of them came but still. HUGE.
I made some friends my age. Most of them were my cousins kids. My dad was one of the youngest in the family. It was still fun to play with a second cousin, or a cousin once removed, or whatever it is.
All in all, I had a great time. I had lots of meals with my uncles and aunts (were going to the last one right NOW) and had a great Saturday afternoon. I won't be able to post any more until July 6 because after we check out and have a lunch with my dad's brothers, were going to my mom's parent's house in Huron, South Dakota. They don't have internet access there so that's that. Please have fun and Glick to you all.
And again, Glick.

P.S. Wish me luck because I'm heading to camp from my Grandparents house from tomorrow 'till Friday.

A la espera de un nuevo miembro en la familia

salamanquesa — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:28:22 +0000

Bueno no me lo puedo ni creer! que rápido ha ido todo increíble! pensé que no llegaría nunca! pero esta noche estará aki!!

Os preguntareis quien viene?
Pues viene la nueva hurona que e adoptado, si un hurona! preciosa, aun no la e visto pero será preciosa :)
Ya adopte una hurona de soshurones.org, se llama Mara y la veo muy solica..no juega con las personas por eso de la adopción de una compañera.
De Mara no se sabe su historia.. solo que la encontraron en el campo perdida.. mi pequeña es Andaluza, si, desde ahí me la trajeron, y siempre a tenido problemas en el estomago... Es posible que se lo destrozaran con una mala alimentación.. desde que vino no a parado de tomar medicaciones. Es muy suya y con muchísimo carácter, espero q acepte bien a la nueva inquilina, por q no le quedara otra jeje.

Es una pena que se abandonen tantísimos animales.. soy socia de zarpa.org la protectora de Zaragoza.. y cuando vamos a pasearlos es increíble lo agradecidos que son lo buenísimos que son.. aparte de preciosos, sus ojos, sus ojos reflejan tanto amor q necesitan, estar con una familia que les quiera etc. Algunos han tenido una historia de abandono-adopción-abandono-.... la gente es tan egoísta..

Imaginaos si eso pasa con un perro "el mejor amigo del hombre" imaginaos con un hurón.. ahora se disparan los abandonos de este tipo de animal.. en un mes de tener 6..7 hurones para adoptar ahora mismo hay 18.. y subiendo.. La gente es detestable es odiosa.. un animal es para toda su vida, asta que se muera.. tienes q pensar que es tu hijo por q los animales son como niños pequeños que necesitan cariño y que les cuiden.

Así que ya sabes si quieres un animal ADOPTA y esteriliza, aras un favor a animales q solo quieren una segunda oportunidad.

Earth Healing, EPA Earth Day Challenge: Erie, PA residents protect Lake Erie by turning in medicines at Pennsylvania Sea Grant collection

yoopernewsman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:52:47 +0000

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View of Erie, Pennsylvania from Presque Isle
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie

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Pennsylvania Sea Grant Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day in Erie, Pennsylvania on April 26, 2008
All medicine collection photos in this story are by Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News in Education

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Erie, Pennsylvania residents turn in about 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products, over 73,000 pills at the April 2008 Sea Grant Pharmaceutical collection during EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

(Erie, Pennsylvania) - Erie, Pennsylvania area residents dropped off about 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products on Saturday, April 26, 2008 during the Pennsylvania Sea Grant pharmaceutical collection.

Showing their love for Lake Erie, residents brought in over 73,000 pills and a large amount of controlled substances like narcotic pain medication, according to Sara Grisè, Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist.

The collection was held at the Cruise Boat Terminal Building behind the Memorial Library named for Dr. Raymond Blasco in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection results:

87 participants

Collected 120 gallons of materials

5 of the 120 gallons were controlled substances

About 600 pounds worth of medicine and personal care products

Controlled category II:

1,031 pills

130 milliliters of liquids

Controlled category III, IV, V:

1,397 pills

1,180 milliliters of liquids

Controlled Unidentified:

1,410 pills

102 milliliters of liquids

4 pieces of gum

6 towelettes
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Controlled total: 3,839 pills

Non-Controlled total: 69,232 pills

Personal Care products: 384
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The Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day was held as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.

The challenge involved over 100 pharmaceutical and electronic waste collections in hundreds of communities across eight states in the Great Lakes Basin.

Ohio EPA Map of polluted Lake Erie in 1970s

Across America, the reputation of Lake Erie - especially in the 1960s and 1970s - was that of an extremely polluted and even dead lake.

By all accounts, residents and officials have done a great job restoring Lake Erie - where fishing, boating and swimming are popular.

Lake Erie photo (above) courtesy Jim's Photos Unixdoctor

View of Lake Erie from Cranch Park in Erie, PA
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie

EPA Graphic

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The EPA Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan has been a big force in the recovery of Lake Erie.

EPA/Bay City Times/Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Photo

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In recent years, officials have been fighting the Zebra Muscle problem in Lake Erie. It's been a love/hate relationship as the muscles have done good and bad things to the lake.

One goal of the pharmaceutical collection was to prevent medicine s from being discharged into Lake Erie and to make sure the drugs don't end up in other surrounding lakes and streams.

Goal of medicine collection is to protect rivers, lakes and streams like Cascade Creek in Erie, PA
Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie

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Many wastewater treatment plants around the world are not designed to remove the cocktail of chemicals after the drugs are flushed or dumped down the drain - and the drugs can leach out of landfills into the groundwater.

Pictured above are Erie Police Dept. officers. Law enforcement officers are required by federal law at collections of controlled substances

Students and pharmacists from the LECOM School of Pharmacy counted and sorted drugs during the medicine collection

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Some of the unsung heros at pharmaceuticals collections are the police and pharmacists - without whom the collections would not be possible.
At all locations, including Erie, Law enforcement and pharmacists were on hand to accept the pharmaceuticals.

Based on experience, organizers discovered the turnout was bigger when residents don't have to preregister.

Of the 87 residents participating in the collection, 61 did not preregister.

Sara Grisè, Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist (pictured above on the right; and Marti Martz, also a Pennsylvania Sea Grant coastal outreach specialist, and many others worked hard to make the collection a success.

Over 70,000 pills were turned as Erie, PA area residents showed their love for Lake Erie by participating in the Keep Unwanted Medicine out of Lake Erie Medicine Collection Day

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And similar to the other collections, most Erie participants were older adults as 89 percent were over the age of 46.

Assisting in the proper disposal of the medicines was ECS & R - Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling in Cochranton, Pennsylvania.

Medicine Collection Sponsors:

The organizers of the Erie collection included Pennsylvania Sea Grant, the City of Erie, Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force, LECOM school of Pharmacy, and Erie Times-News in Education.

Organizers partnered with the WJET-TV Channel 24 Erie Green Campaign.

WSEE TV provided their news story for use in a video about the collection.

The Pennsylvania Sea Grant received a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Great Lakes map highlighting Lake Erie by Lawrence W. Ellerbruch, Northern Michigan University

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The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. The EPA says those goals were exceeded by 400 to 500 percent.

The Earth Healing Initiative assisted some challenge organizers by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.

This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.

The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.
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For more info contact:

Sara Grisè
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
814-217-9011

Unwanted Medications
301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 3
Erie, PA

Marti Martz
Coastal Outreach Specialist
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
814-217-9015
814-217-9021 (fax)
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Erie collection organizers received assistance from EPA Region 3 (with assistance from Region 5), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Organizers thank following organizations who were part of the team that make the collection program a success:
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Related websites:
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Community Health Net
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Environmental Coordination Services and Recycling (ECS&R)
Erie County Environmental Coalition
Erie Center on Health and Aging
Erie County Health Department
Erie Housing Authority
Erie Port Authority
Erie Wastewater Treatment Facility
Local Pharmacies
Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC)
Hamot Medical Center
Lake Erie Sierra Club
Local Senior centers
Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association
Presque Isle Audubon
State Board of Pharmacy
USDEA local agent
Visiting Nurses Association
WJET-TV 24 Erie Green Campaign

Pennsylvania Sea Grant:
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm

In November 2006, Sara Grisè joined Pennsylvania Sea Grant as a Coastal Outreach Specialist:
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/about/grise.htm
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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ECS&R - Environmental Coordination Services & Recycling
3237 US Highway 19
Cochranton, PA
16314

814-425-7773
814-425-3201 (fax)

ECS&R 24 hour emergency response call:

877-902-2452

email:
info@ecsr.net

http://www.ecsr.net/
http://www.ecsr.net/environmental.html
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WJET-TV 24 Erie Green Campaign:
http://yourerie.com/
http://yourerie.com/content/green
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WSEE TV Erie. PA
http://www.wsee.tv/
http://www.wsee.tv/news.php
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=WSEE01
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City of Erie
http://ci.erie.pa.us/

City of Erie flag/seal are courtesy the English Wikipedia Graphics Lab & Cronholm144

Erie Police Dept.
http://ci.erie.pa.us/Departments/PoliceDepartment/tabid/72/Default.aspx
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Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force
http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea
http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leasuccess_stories

http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leacontact_us
http://www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/leaschools
http://www.earthforce.org/
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LECOM School of Pharmacy in Erie, PA

Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie

LECOM school of Pharmacy
http://www.lecom.edu/school_pharmacy.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LECOM
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Erie Times-News newspaper building in Erie, PA

Photo by Pat Noble, WikiProject Erie

Erie Times-News in Education
http://www.goerie.com/
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=ETN
Erie Times-News front page April 23, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Times-News
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Erie, PA photos by Pat Noble

Erie, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie

Erie photos courtesy Pat Noble aka Pnoble805, a member of WikiProject Erie
Photos include Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry monument, Liberty Park's Pepsi Amphitheater, Times-News building, skyline of Erie, Pennsylvania as seen from Presque Isle, Cranch Park, west branch of Cascade Creek under a small bridge at Frontier Park, and the LECOM medical school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pnoble805#My_work_on_WikiProject_Erie

City of Erie flag/seal are courtesy the English Wikipedia Graphics Lab & Cronholm144
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Lake Erie Photos courtesy Jim's Photos Unixdoctor
http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/niagara/Lake_Erie_02
http://www.unixdoctor.com/gallery/albums.php
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Lake Erie map graphic courtesy Lawrence W. Ellerbruch, Northern Michigan University
http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f03/cs255students/ateraves/P6/tutorial2.html
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Shallow Lake Erie photo courtesy Environment Canada:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/
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Lake Erie polluted photo courtesy Ohio EPA
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/reports/leqi/leqi2004/pollutionsources/Pollutionsourcespic.jpg
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/
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EPA: Lake Erie Management Plan reports:

http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/erie.html
http://www.epa.gov/lakeerie/index.html
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EPA - Zebra Mussels photo info:
http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/image/viz_iss4.html
Zebra mussels washed up on beach, Lake Erie
Bay City Times (courtesy Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab)
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White House Office of Drug Control Policy:
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/

Call:
906-401-0109
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.cedartreeinstitute.org/
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Earth 911:
http://earth911.org/
http://earth911.org/blog/2008
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community)
Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com/

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436

Photos of the April 2008 pharmaceutical collection in Erie, Pennsylvania

Photos by Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News in Education

Palíndromos. Embarazo ¿no? deseado.

Hurón — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:19:08 +0000

Volvemos a revisar otra película independiente. Palíndromos.

Una niña de 13 años embarazada, se escapa de su casa después de abortar para volver a intentar quedarse embarazada. Por el camino descubre un mundo fuera de la inocencia. Nada es lo que parece, dos lecturas, por ello se titula la película así, Palíndromos.

La película comienza con el funeral por el suicidio de Dawn. Aviva, familiar de Dawn se convence desde pequeña para quedarse embarazada y tener muchos niños. Después de conocer a Judah, hijo de una amistad de la familia, varios años después, se queda embarazada. Los padres convencerán a su hija para que aborte y cuando lo logran Aviva se escapa de casa para volver a quedarse embarazada. Sufrirá diferentes estados, conociendo mientras se escapa a Mark, joven extraño que intenta llevarla a casa; un camionero que abusa de ella; Peter Paul y su familia extrema cristiana salida directamente de un tienda de los horrores; al médico que le practicó el aborto y a su familia.

Lo más impactante de la película es que hay aproximadamente 7 actrices y un actor que representan a Aviva, cambiando cada vez que se hace una nueva escena, desde una niña delgada, hasta una mujer adulta obesa, pasando por la interracialidad, con esto consigue que la película sea un conjunto de cortos que narran una misma historia enlazada. Viendo la buenas maneras, la película es débil, muy débil en guiones donde no abundan las profundas reflexiones, es muy lenta en su desarrollo, el interés en la película desaparece pasados 15 minutos, no se aclara nada ese cambio de actrices, sólo dos actores destacan, Sharon Wilkins, que actúa siendo Aviva en "Mama Sunshine" y Ellen Barkin haciendo de la madre de Aviva. Otra película con una buena declaración de intenciones, con una profunda reflexión acerca de la pederastía, diferentes puntos de vista y reflexiones que se quedan en eso, buenas intenciones.

Todd Solondz, director experimentado que fue endiosado por su primera película "Bienvenido a la casa de Muñecas" (pendiente de verla) ha hecho una película plagada de cortos al cual menos interesante que el anterior, lleno de bostezos y sin ninguna escena destacada, quizá la casa de Mama Sunshine esa la parte más interesante de la película, 10 minutos de aproximadamente 100 minutos que dura el film.

No recomiendo ver esta película excepto en casos de extremo insomnio, seguro que se lo curan.

Hasta otra!

Hurón.

Lauers Tie the Knot 5.31.2008

jasonallan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:16:04 +0000

Congratulations to Alison and Dorian (Scott) Lauer who finally, after all of just over a year of courtship, got married on May 31, 2008! The wedding took place in the shorefront mecca of Huron, Ohio on the shimmering shores of majestic Lake Erie! Here's the happy couple on the night before the big night, and shortly after the wedding on the shore!

Richard, Joy and I made the long trek from Charlotte just over nine and a half hours north, through my hometown of Akron (A-K Rowdy) Ohio, to Huron on Friday just in time to make the rehearsal dinner at the Huron Yacht Club.

Earlier in that evening, Joy blew the electricity at the local Comfort Inn with her flat iron. She took all of these pictures (pretty crafty since she's in most), but somehow omitted the ones with her applying makeup in the dark. Twas a good look.

After Joy and I got a free golf cart ride by the drunkest beachcomber on the Erie coast, flirting with death the whole way, the festivities began. Seeing as Dorian "doesn't drink", I'm not sure what all those liquidy chalices of goodness are that he's holding in nearly all of these pics.

Here's Dorian, Joy, Me, and Gary, who's Dorian's former boss and a GM for a baseball team out west. Nice gig, and a nice guy!

And of course Richard and Joy.

And Joy and another CJ.

And the rest of our table... with the esteemed Mayor of Huron! And of course Rich, Gary and Joe in the front row.

It was a great time, and it was great to see the happy couple take the next step. I don't doubt they'll be popping out little baby Lauers with perfect diction and pronunciation in no time!

Congrats you two! Hope the honeymoon was great!

Earth Healing: Syracuse, NY residents turn in TVs to Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency

yoopernewsman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:06:49 +0000

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Syracuse, NY residents show their respect for Great Lakes including love for Lake Erie by turning over 9 tons of old TVs to be recycled by the Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency

Syracuse skyline photo by Joe Grimes, Wikipedia

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(Syracuse, New York) - A leader in electronic waste recycling projects in the northeast is the Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY.

The agency held a TV collection on Saturday, April 19 in the Alliance Bank Stadium parking lot as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.

The Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency received an EPA grant to help offset costs of the recycling project.

It was one of over 100 projects involved in the challenge across eight states in the Great Lakes Basin.

Organizers keep traffic flowing smoothly as 964 vehicles arrived with old TVs.

The event took in 1,551 old television sets weighing 97,080 pounds, according to Andrew Radin, Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.

That means nearly 9 tons of old TVs from central New York were recycled.

Syracuse State Tower building photo by Joe Grimes

Syracuse Franklin Park photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York

Syracuse Jerry Rescue Monument photo by Paul Malo

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The agency also holds ongoing e-waste collections at the Community Collection Center also know as 3-C - located at 6085 Court Street - in Syracuse, NY.

The electronics collection dates and times are:
Tuesdays from 4pm to 8pm;
Thursdays from 8am to noon;
and Saturdays from 9am to 1 p.m.

There is no charge to drop off household e-waste and other items at the collection center including old computers plus related equipment and fluorescent bulbs, household batteries, cell phones, smoke detectors, tabletop copiers, DVD players, electronic game consoles like Nintendo, and Xbox, fax machines, phones, VCRs and stereos including speakers.

The agency is developing a plan to accept TVs at the center.

Over 60,000 pounds has been turned in at the Community Collection Center so far this year.

Business waste in not accepted.

The center also accepts books - covers must be removed.

In a unique twist - the agency is helping the hungry - by asking residents dropping off items to be recycled to also bring canned food and other non perishables for Food Bank of Central New York.

The Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency is known as OCRRA for short using its initials.

Since 2002, OCRRA has collected over 1,000 tons of e-waste from the community for recycling

OCRRA has numerous environment projects that benefit the Syracuse area including its Blue Bin It campaign.

Blue Bin It is based on the well-know blue bins that are popular in recycling projects across the country.

OCRRA has a series of radio spots promoting its blue bin it campaign.

(See Blue Bin It Radio ads in this video)

The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.

Im Greg Peterson and youre watching Earth Healing TV
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Related Links:
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Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) recycling page
http://www.ocrra.org/recycling_c3.asp
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Contact:
Onondaga County Resource Recover Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY
Andrew J. Radin
Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)

315-453-2866
315-295-0726
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The Food Bank of Central New York
http://www.foodbankcny.org/
Portrait of Hunger:
http://www.foodbankcny.org/default.aspx?PageID=752
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Onondaga Creek running through the Franklin Square area

Syracuse on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York
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Syracuse skyline photo by Joe Grimes
Syracuse skyline wide shot photo by Joe Grimes
Syracuse State Tower building photo by Joe Grimes

Onondaga Creek running through the Franklin Square area

Syracuse skyline photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York

Syracuse Franklin Park photo by Kai Brinker, Newkai is a member of WikiProject Syracuse, New York

Syracuse Jerry Rescue Monument photo by Paul Malo

EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org

Call:
906-401-0109
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436

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More photos from OCRRA TV Collection:

Earth Healing: EPA funds June 21 RSVP e-waste collection in Hancock, MI

yoopernewsman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:42:20 +0000

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Western U.P. electronic waste collections set: June 21 in Houghton and Keweenaw counties; July 12 in Baraga County; dates for other areas TBA

The Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program, a project of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), provides households with an environmentally and economically sound solution to disposing of electronic waste.

Residents of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, who have generated electronic waste in their household, may bring their items to e-waste collection sites on the specified collection dates in their area.

The initiative received grants and/or other assistance from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The northern Michigan collection is connected to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that involves over 100 projects in eight states across the Great Lakes Basin.

More than a dozen previous collections since 2005 have garnered nearly 48 tons of e-waste from over 850 participants.
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2005: 8 collections, 26.5 tons
2006: 4 collections, 15 tons
2007: 1 collection, 6.25 tons
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Commonly called e-waste, electronics waste includes old and broken computers, cell phones, TVs and other items found in many homes.

The collection for Houghton and Keweenaw counties will be on June 21 from 9 am to noon at the health department offices in Hancock.

An e-waste collection will be held in Baraga County on July 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at a site to be announced.

Collection events for other Copper Country counties will be announced in the future.

The cost to drop off e-waste is 10 cents per pound.

The Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program will accept a wide range of e-waste during collection events including cell phones, computer and related equipment like laptops, monitors, towers aka central processing units, printers, scanners, keyboards and computer mice

Other e-waste accepted includes stereo equipment, televisions, VCR and DVD players, copiers, cordless telephones, fax machines, fluorescent light bulbs that are 4 to 8 feet in length, microwave ovens and batteries including alkaline, nickel cadmium, lead acid, lithium, mercury.

Organizers said it estimated that between 1997 and 2007, nearly 500 million personal computers will became obsolete. That's almost 2 computers for every person living in the United States.

TV's and computer monitors contain an average of 4 pounds of lead, as well as other toxins.

According to Closing the Circle News, the manufacture of one computer consumes 529 pounds of fossil fuels, 49 pounds of chemicals, and 3,307 pounds of water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency projects that nationwide nearly 250 million computers will become obsolete in the next five years.

For additional information contact the Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program or RSVP at 906-482-7382.

The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.

Im Greg Peterson and youre watching Earth Healing TV
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Related websites:
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Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department:
http://www.wupdhd.org
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e-waste info:
http://www.wupdhd.org/rsvp/e-waste.html
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RSVP:
http://www.wupdhd.org/rsvp/index.html
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Contact info:
Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department and the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
540 Depot Street
Hancock, MI
49930

Barbara Maronen
906-482-7382
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org

906-401-0109
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436

EPA Great Lakes Challenge continues: Kalamazoo April 21 pharmaceutical collection for SW Michigan

yoopernewsman — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:51:36 +0000

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Free, special collection for old prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals for residents of southwest Michigan set for June 21, 2008 in Kalamazoo County

Residents of the Kalamazoo area and all of southwest Michigan can to their part to protect the Great Lakes during a free public pharmaceutical collection later this month.

Old and unwanted medicines and personal care products will be accepted on Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Loy Norrix High School, 606 E. Kilgore (off Lovers Lane) in Kalamazoo.

The pharmaceutical collection is sponsored by Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provided a grant for the project.

The collection is connected to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that involves over 100 projects in eight states across the Great Lakes Basin.

Southwest Michigan residents can rid their home of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals plus personal care products.

For example - items that will be accepted include:

Prescription medication, such as antibiotics, birth control, and insulin (but no sharps or syringes)

Medication samples and over-the-counter medication, such as ibuprofen, aspirin, cold medicine

Personal care products, such as medicated ointments, lotions, and shampoos

Veterinary medications

Items that will not be accepted include:

Medical waste like sharps and syringes

Products containing mercury like thermometers
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The collection is free to all households in southwest Michigan.

Organizers say the collection is important to protect Lake Michigan and other lakes and streams - like Arcadia Creek.

The reason - an investigation by the Associated Press found a wide variety of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, mood stabilizers and hormones, in the drinking water of 41 million Americans.

Most medications pass untreated through wastewater treatment plants because those facilities are not designed to remove the chemicals.

That means the pharmaceuticals are discharged into local rivers or groundwater.

For more information call 269-373-5211

Or visit the EPA and Kalamazoo County websites at these addresses:
http://www.epa.gov/ppcp
http://www.kalcounty.com/hcs

Again - a free pharmaceutical collection for residents of the Kalamazoo area and southwest Michigan will be held on Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Loy Norrix High School at 606 E. Kilgore (off Lovers Lane) in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The pharmaceutical collection is sponsored by Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Earth Healing Initiative assisted challenge organizers by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.

This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.

The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.

Im Greg Peterson and youre watching Earth healing TV
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Related Links & Information:
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Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services
http://www.kalcounty.com/hcs

Kalamazoo County Environmental Health Bureau
http://www.kalcounty.com/eh/index.htm

Kalamazoo County homepage:
http://www.kalcounty.com
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EPA - Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
http://www.epa.gov/ppcp
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org

906-401-0109
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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Kalamazoo - Southwest Michigan First
http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/index.cfm
Maps:
http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/pdf/Kalamazoo%20Region.pdf
http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/pdf/Kalamazoo%20County1.pdf
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Kalamazoo Downtown Central City website:
http://www.central-city.net
http://www.central-city.net/festivalsite?mth=festivalsite&subc=festplanning
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Kalamazoo Wikimedia:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo%2C_Michigan
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Kalamazoo.jpg
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Kalamazoo River:
www.kalamazooriver.net
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Loy Norrix High School:
http://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=24
http://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com/education/school/schoolmap.php?sectiondetailid=279&sc_id=1210344809
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loy_Norrix
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436
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Kalamazoo County Environmental Health Bureau
3299 Gull Road
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048
269-373-5210
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Camp Month

glick25 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:15:11 +0000

So this month is June and that's the month I go to camp (June 23-27). I'm going to Byron Bible Camp (started by my great-grandpa) just north of Huron, South Dakota (where my grandparents live and where my parents got married). Stay tuned this month because I hereby claim it camp month. Come back for cool stuff like videos, stories, and tips involving camp. Hope it's a good idea. Glick!!!

Dororo. Demonios a la japonesa.

Hurón — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:55:50 +0000

Hoy vamos a revisar una película japonesa: Dororo.

En plena época de guerras samurais por la conquista de Japón, un guerrero malherido vende el cuerpo de su hijo que va a nacer a cambio de todas las tierras en un templo gobernado por 48 demonios dejando una cruz en la frente del guerrero como muestra de su pacto.

20 años después, Hyakkimaru es el hijo del guerrero que lo vendió, pero su madre quiso mantenerlo con vida y lo abandonó en el cauce de un río. Encontrado por un chamán especialista en la regeneración de miembros, le reconstruyó todas las partes del cuerpo con cuerpos mutilados de niños por la guerra. Un trovador errante le cede una katana al chamán para implantársela al niño para venganrse de los demonios que le robaron el cuerpo y se la implantan en el brazo izquierdo. Hyakkimaru creció y ahora está listo para su venganza. Cada vez que mata un demonio con la katana vengadora recupera una parte de su cuerpo y esa es su misión en la vida, recuperar su cuerpo completo.

Dororo es una ladrona "hombre" que persigue una venganza, matar al responsable de la muerte de sus padres, el líder de un ejército Daigo Kagemitsu. Reniega del cuerpo de mujer y se hace pasar por hombre para cumplir su venganza. Dororo se cruzará en el camino de Hyakkimaru y ella se sentirá sorprendida por la katana que tiene en el brazo izquierdo, necesitándola ella al ser una katana de venganza para cumplir la suya. Dororo acompañará a Hyakkimaru hasta que recupere el brazo izquierdo soltando así la katana implantada y pudiéndola robar ella.

Dororo es de las películas que visionas y al principio apunta muy buenas maneras, una idea estupenda, samurais, época Edo, guerras, demonios, ladrones, todo lo necesario para una película típica de acción, acción con unos efectos especiales a ratos sublime, a ratos heredados de la serie Bioman, a ratos sin suavidad en las texturas, con superposiciones deprimententes y muy mal hechas. Efectos de combate entre demonios y Hyakkimaru sin mucha definición, irrisorio el combate entre el pájaro y el prota. Grandes fallos interpretativos y argumentales. 140 minutos de tedio y fantásticas escenas.

Los actores son bestialmente malos de solemnidad, el personaje de Dororo es exasperante, cansino, intentando poner la nota de humor en un guión no muy elaborado. Hyakkimaru se sabe desde el principio que es sordo y ciego, pero él no tiene problemas a la hora de ver, una interpretación bastante pésima de un ciego en comparación con otras.

El ambiente creado viene heredado de un manga del padre de los manga: Osamu Tezuka. Ya se puede apreciar en la portada que es la obra maestra de Osamu Tezuka, ¿obra maestra? La obra maestra de Tezuka es Astroboy, Kimba el león blanco, La princesa caballero, ¿pero Dororo?

Dororo es una película venida a menos, con detalles muy bien logrados pero con escenas robadas de series B, los actores de doblaje (tan avalado el doblaje en España) son malos, no expresan con las voces las emociones que, con dificultad, expresan los actores. Que sí, que el manga es así y así ha de pasarse a la gran pantalla, no lo sé, pero era una película que podría ser genial y al final se queda en eso, en algo a ratos infumable y a ratos genial.

Esperan rodar una trilogía de la historia debido al éxito en Japón, por mi parte no esperen contar para verla, ¿o sí?

Hurón

Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative & EPA Great Lakes challenge: Creating interfaith environment initiatives in your city

yoopernewsman — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:53:24 +0000

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(Marquette, Michigan) - The founder of two interfaith environment groups is often asked by people around the globe to explain the best way to start an effective similar interfaith group in their own community.

Along the shores of Lake Superior, creating similar interfaith environmental groups was discussed by leaders of the Earth Healing Initiative and the Upper Peninsula Earth Keeper Initiative, both based in Marquette, Michigan.

The non-profit Earth Healing Initiative provided interfaith volunteers and participants top numerous cities during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.

The challenge involved the recycling of millions of pounds of electronics and the proper disposal of millions of pills and other pharmaceuticals in April 2008 during over 100 projects across eight states that make up the Great Lakes Basin.

This warm and calm day in May 2008 produced the tiniest of ripples in an unusually calm Lake Superior as wildlife heralded spring in the background. The serene setting was perfect to discuss interfaith environment work and how it can be created in others areas of the world.

Earth Healing founder Rev. Jon Magnuson co-founded the Earth Keeper Initiative that started when nine northern Michigan faith leaders signed the Earth keeper Covenant in 2004.

The bishops and other faith leaders pledged to reach out to Native Americans and actively participate in interfaith environment projects.

This video includes the thoughts of Rev. Jon Magnuson, director of Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, MI; and Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg, head priest of Lake Superior Zendo, a Marquette Zen Buddhist temple; and Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes of the Northern Great Lakes Synod (NGLS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Rev. Lehmberg and Bishop Skrenes were among the nine original signers of the Earth keeper Covenant.

The non-profit Cedar Tree Institute (CTI) co-founded the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that works closely with ten faith traditions on a wide range of environment projects that include college students, at-risk teens, American Indian tribes and others.

Rev. Magnuson is the executive director of the CTI.
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The CTI Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative is developing a relationship with the same faith communities in northern Michigan and others across the Great lakes.

The faith communities include Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist, Baha'i, Jewish, The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as the Quakers) and Zen Buddhist.

This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office - also in Chicago - in cooperation with the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, Michigan.

The Earth Healing Initiative involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition of churches synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal protect and defend the environment" said Rev. Magnuson, Earth Healing founder.

The next project during the summer of 2008 involves encouraging bee and butterfly pollenization through means that include creating habitat thanks to help from at-risk teens and American Indian tribes. The pollen project is important because billions of bees have died prematurely across the country and the problem has become alarming in the Midwest. More on this project in the near future.
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Supers:

Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg
Head Priest
Lake Superior Zendo
Zen Buddhist Temple

Rev. Jon Magnuson
Lutheran Campus Ministry
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes
Northern Great Lakes Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

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Related Links:
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org

906-401-0109
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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The Lake Superior Interfaith Communication Network
http://www.lakesuperiorinterfaith.com
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ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod
http://www.nglsynod.org
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL
60631

1-800-638-3522
(aka 1-800-NET-ELCA)

1-773-380-2700
Fax: 1-773-380-1465
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ELCA Website:
http://www.elca.org
Ecumenical:
http://www.elca.org/ecumenical
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Earth 911:
http://earth911.org/blog/2008
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative & EPA Great Lakes Challenge praised by Bishop Thomas Skrenes: "Every day is Earth Day"

yoopernewsman — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:48:02 +0000

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EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge: Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes says - "We are all environmentalists" & "Every day is Earth Day"

Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes praises interfaith success of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

(Marquette, Michigan) - A Lutheran Bishop who has participated in interfaith Earth Day recycling projects for four years in a row said.

"Celebrate - what a great day Earth Day has been 2008," said Lutheran Bishop Thomas A. Skrenes of the Northern Great Lakes Synod (NGLS) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). "The Earth Healing Initiative has been a great success this year."

"Congratulations Earth Healers - you've done it, it has been a success," Bishop Skrenes said. "The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge has been a great success."

"Computers have been recycled, pharmaceuticals have been brought together for proper disposal," Skrenes said. "We are hearing reports from all over the Midwest about wonderful things that are happening."

"Pharmacological waste - more than a million pills - and all kinds of poundage of equipment and computer materials that are surplus that will not pollute the beautiful Great Lakes over the next years because of the success of this challenge."

"Congratulations to those members of the faith communities and others who have been a part of this," Skrenes said. "It has been a great day, a great week, a great Earth day 2008."

"What a great opportunity it has been to be part of the ecumenical work and interfaith work of assisting others to see the environmental concerns set before us," said Bishop Skrenes of Marquette, Michigan.

"We are all environmentalists," Skrenes said. "Everybody is an environmentalist because all of us want clean air to breathe, all of us want clean drinking water. We all enjoy the outdoors and nature."

"So every single one of us - no matter our political understandings are - no matter where we are on the liberal and conservative line - no matter what we think of any of the big issues facing the world today - all of us can agree that it is in all of our interests."

The interfaith protecting of the environment "is an honoring of the God that made us, that we can be part of this movement to preserve to reuse to recycle - to make a difference," Skrenes said.

"We call that the environmental movement," Skrenes said. "Sometimes all kinds of political forces connect to that but yet all of us agree that we can all certainly conserve and save and bring back - and then give to the next generation what has been given to us."

With hundreds of thousands of people participating across eight states in the Midwest and Northeast, Bishop Skrenes said interfaith environment projects like the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge will help ensure a better future for all humans.

"It is a sign of great significance that people can join hands and work together," Skrenes said. "So celebrate - it is a good day for the environment and it is a good day for all of us together."

Bishop Skrenes thanked the EPA, faith communities and "people of goodwill throughout the upper Midwest who have been a part of this work."

"Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency for their help and assistance in all of this work," Bishop Skrenes said. "The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge has been a part of the lives and will be a part of the future of this whole area."

"It is a wonderful opportunity to begin to look at what it is that we hold in common," Skrenes said. "What we hold in common is this wonderful Great Lakes basin."

"This is a wonderful place with lakes and streams and forests everywhere in the Midwest, and the great plains and the great fields," Skrenes said. "We have been a part of saving some of this and making a difference - that's what it is all about making a difference."

"The faith communities do that each and every day in so many ways, this is just one more way. People of faith have bonded together and are working together to make a difference in the world."

"When we are working together as different believing communities great things can happen," Skrenes said.

"Sometimes we become so focused on what divides us, what disconnects us, what separates us - and there are important things that sometimes do that - but yet we can all have loyalty and allegiance to this world that has been our home and this part of the world that we have been blessed with by God."

"God has given us the privilege of living here in the midst of these lakes and in the midst of all of this beautiful nature," Skrenes said.

"When people of faith, whether they be of Christian traditions or of other traditions, gather together to work on what connects us. One of those things that connects us is respect and awe for the creation that surrounds us."

"We are part of a movement together in these early years of the Twenty-first (21st) Century to save what has been given to us by the generations before us and what God has provided to us," Skrenes said.

"When you can have people of all traditions working together - wonderful things can happen. People joining hands and making things happen. A spectacular success was this initiative. Thanks be to God for that - and thanks be to all the people that made this possible."

Bishop Skrenes is one of the original nine faith leaders who signed the Earth Keeper Covenant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 2004 that lead to many interfaith projects

Background: Earth Healing Initiative and the Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative

The Cedar Tree Institute (CTI) co-founded the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that works closely with ten faith traditions on a wide range of environment projects that include college students, at-risk teens, American Indian tribes and others.
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The CTI Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative is developing the same relationship with the same faith communities in northern Michigan and others across the Great lakes.

Springtime, Earth Day, the Great Lakes challenge and similar events are a renewal, Skrenes said.

"Now in the springtime - what a better time of year there is than spring I can not imagine. Springtime when the trees are just blossoming and the flowers are coming up and the spring rains - to be reminded of what a great God we have who has provided all this to us."

"So it is our privilege then to do this ministry to do this work together. "Every day is Earth Day - every day is an environmental concern day," Skrenes said.
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Related Links:
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org

906-401-0109
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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The Lake Superior Interfaith Communication Network
http://www.lakesuperiorinterfaith.com
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ELCA Northern Great Lakes Synod
http://www.nglsynod.org
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL
60631

1-800-638-3522
(aka 1-800-NET-ELCA)

1-773-380-2700
Fax: 1-773-380-1465
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ELCA Website:
http://www.elca.org
Ecumenical:
http://www.elca.org/ecumenical
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Earth 911:
http://earth911.org/blog/2008
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436
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What's Taken up Most of my Time: Do Hard Things

glick25 — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:51:41 +0000

What has taken up most of my time in the past few days. Well, it's sort of hard to explain and it ends with a message that will change Glick the blog forever. Here I go...
From Friday the 16th to Monday the 19th I visited Minneapolis, Minnesota to watch my grandpa who teaches college math graduate. This was his last year doing this (because he's retiring) so we had to see it. While we were there we visited the Eden Prairie Mall, in which there is an Apple Store. As you all know, I love to use apple products (e.g. macbook, imac, iPod shuffle, iPod nano) and it was a great excitement to go there.

On the 20th-22nd was end-of-school activities. And on the 23rd-24th my dad and I went on a road trip to Huron, South Dakota. It was for a funeral of my dad's friend's dad. It was all very sad and touching. We came back on the night of Saturday the 24th and left this morning to some place new...
We left to Hays, Kansas for a wedding of my second cousin's. I'm writing this from a house of who's owners I don't know. My parents do. They just let us stay here (instead of a hotel) until tomorrow when we return to Grand Island.
Now for the part that's going to change Glick the blog. During all of these hours of sitting in the car I've managed to finish reading a book. It's called "Do Hard Things" and is surprisingly about two teen bloggers (Alex and Brett Harris) (true story) who write about christianity and how teens need to "Do Hard Things". Now in the book it says that people's expectations about what teens can do in Christ and in everything. I think that's true and that we need to change this. That's why I'm going to start doing hard things...

Now I'll start out small and do little hard things. I'll mention everything I do (plus everything that's already on Glick) and maybe talk about the book and the rebelution (Alex and Brett Harris's blog) so you (readers) and I can consult. Now that schools over I can write more and more and more stuff like this and some all new stuff that I'll introduce later. I'm trying to do a hard thing like Alex and Brett by writing about God and other stuff like that. Please keep reading and Glick to you all!!!!!

Earth Healing: E-waste, pharmaceutical collections like EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge protect ground & drinking water

yoopernewsman — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:36:15 +0000

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The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge removed a huge amount of electronic waste and pharmaceuticals from eight states.

The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills.

These goals were exceeded many times over.
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A few examples:
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In Milwaukee: 32 tons of electronic waste and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals were turned in.
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At the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin near Green Bay: Approx. 4 tons of e-waste was collected plus thousands of pounds of other trash cleaned from reservation

Tribal members turned in ver 23 pounds of medicines including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries.
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In Traverse City: Over 28,750 pounds (over 12.5 tons) of computers and other e-waste was collected.
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The electronic waste is recycled, and the pharmaceuticals are incinerated in state-of-the-art EPA -license facilities.

So why is this important?

The old and broken electronics - like computers, cell phones and TVs - contain heavy metals that can leach into the groundwater if dumped into landfills.

The unused pharmaceuticals can end up in your drinking water if they are flushed or poured down the drain.
Thats because most wastewater treatment facilities are not designed to remove chemicals from these pharmaceuticals including hormones, narcotics, seizure medication and many more - that end up back in your drinking water.

In an April 2008 press conference in Milwaukee - EPA and other officials explained why the Great Lakes Challenge and similar projects are important to protect the environment and your health.

Pharmaceutical chemicals are sent back out into the Great Lakes, rivers and other places were people recreate and are the intakes for drinking water.

Studies show that the chemicals are appearing in the nations drinking water in small amounts - the long term effects are not known - however they have been linked to mutations in fish and other wildlife.

Also - these medicines can be stolen, diverted or accidently ingested by children - if they languish in your medicine cabinet.

Around the country many e-waste and pharmaceutical take back programs have been developed by governments and local businesses.
Please check with your local officials to find out details for your area.
Because every day should be Earth Day.

This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA's Region 5 office in Chicago the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.

The EHI involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition of churches synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal protect and defend the environment," said EHI founder Rev Jon Magnuson of Marquette Michigan.

Im Greg Peterson and youre watching Earth Healing TV
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Supers:

Bill Graffin
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Voice of:
Dr. Susan E. Boehme
EPA Coastal Sediment Specialist
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

EPA Milwaukee Medicine Collection Photos/Video by Dr. Susan Boehme

EPA Milwaukee e-waste video by John Perrecone

Bharat Mathur
EPA deputy regional administrator
EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago

Tom Barrett
Milwaukee Mayor

Rick Meyers
City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works
DPW Recycling Manager
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago, Illinois
Bharat Mathur, EPA Deputy Regional Administrator

312-886-3000
mathur.bharat@epa.gov

http://www.epa.gov/region5/aboutr5/organization.htm
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For more information on the electronics collection contact:
City of Milwaukee Dept of Public Works
Rick Meyers, Recycling Manager
414-286-2334
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Milwaukee Dept. Of Public Works:
http://www.mpw.net

Milwaukee DPW e-Waste event page:
http://www.mpw.net/Pages/escrap.html

City of Milwaukee e-Waste event flyer:
http://www.mpw.net/docs/escrap_flyer.pdf

City of Milwaukee e-Waste advertisement
http://www.mpw.net/docs/escrap_ad.pdf
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Medicine collection sponsor/contact:
Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
260 West Seeboth St.
Milwaukee, WI 53204

Steve Jacquart, Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
414-225-2138 (wk)
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Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District:
http://www.mmsd.com

Milorganite - How do we make this stuff?
http://www.mmsd.com/news/detail.cfm?id=114
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Milwaukee pdf flyer - scroll down pdf to bottom to see mini-version:
http://www.mmsd.com/images/programs/MedicineCollection_041908.pdf
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Traverse City, Michigan
April 26, 2008

Sponsor/Contact: Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery

Kim Duane Elliott
231-995-6075
kelliott@grandtraverse.org

Type of Event: e-Waste

Goodwill Industries, Sam's Club and Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery held a free Computer Recycling Collection.

Tons of home and business computer equipment and peripherals were dropped of to a donation truck at Sam's Club, 2401 US Hwy 31 S, Traverse City on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

websites:

Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery:
http://www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us/departments/resource_recovery.htm

Recycle Smart Brochure-pdf:
http://www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us/AssetFactory.aspx?did=2359
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Related information/websites:
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative:
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
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Milwaukee Earth Healing Initiative page:
http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/milwaukee.html
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Final EPA Flow of the River blog post:
http://flowoftheriver.epa.gov/greatlakeschallenge/2008/05/so-long-and-tha.html
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Media News Wire:
http://media-newswire.com/release_1064289.html
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Freedom Ring Blog - Milwaukee:
http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2008/04/milwaukees-great-lakes-2008-earth-day.html
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EPA #1 results press release:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/fa96ab2aafc467688525743a003c9efa?OpenDocument
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EPA says challenge a big success: Goals met and exceeded
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/epas-great-lakes-earth-day,367679.shtml
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha'i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com

Justice St. Rain
1-800-326-1197 (toll free)
1-847-733-3559 (wk)

Interfaith Resources
P.O. Box 9
511 Diamond Rd
Heltonville, IN
47436
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Project sites included locations in eight states:

Illinois:
Alton, Beecher, Bellwood, Bolingbrook, Carol Stream, Channahon, Chicago, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Glenview, Joliet, Lockport, Lombard, Mount Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Romeoville, Shorewood, Villa Park, West Chicago, Wheaton, Woodstock

Indiana:
Columbia City, Hammond, Knox, LaPorte, Fort Wayne, Rushville, Valparaiso

Michigan:
Bay City (two events), Benton Harbor, Bloomfield Hills, Dearborn Heights, East Lansing, Farmington Hills, Goodells, Grand Rapids (two events) Harbor Springs, Lansing, Midland, Monroe, Royal Oaks, Sault Ste. Marie, Southfield, Traverse City

Minnesota:
Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Duluth, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Madison, Maple Grove, New Ulm, Saint Cloud, Shakopee, St. Louis Park, St. Paul

New York:
Brockport, Buffalo, Fredonia, Rochester (two events), Syracuse (two events).

Ohio:
Cleveland, Grove City, Kent, Perrysburg, Sandusky, Springfield, Toledo, Warren

Pennsylvania:
Erie, Lancaster

Wisconsin:
Appleton, Brillion, Chilton, Crandon, Green Bay, Keshena (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and College of Menominee Nation), Manitowoc, Milwaukee, New Holstein, Oshkosh, Plover (two events), Racine, Superior, Waupaca.
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A special thanks to the residents of Milwaukee who proved they love their city, Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes.

Also, we appreciate the support of the city of Milwaukee DPW and MMSD event partners without whom the collection would not have been possible:

E-scrap collection sponsors:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, city of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW), Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, the Italian Community Center, Midwest Computer Recyclers and WISN TV.

Medicine collection sponsors:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Milwaukee Police, Milwaukee Brewers, City of Milwaukee, Aurora Pharmacy, Columbia St. Mary's, City of Racine, Racine Police Department, Burlington Police Department, Western Racine County Health Department, Caledonia/Mt. Pleasant Health Department, Ozaukee County Public Health Department, Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Village of Saukville, Washington County, Washington County Sheriff's Department, and City of West Bend Sewer Utility.