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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (851659)	4/23/2015 1:12:04 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584705

Washington State Is So Screwed —By Tom Philpott \| Wed Apr. 22, 2015 9:50 AM EDT Drought areas in Washington State, apple kingdom of the US. Image: Department of Ecology, State of Washington California's been getting all the attention, but it isn't the only agriculture-centric western state dealing with brutal drought. Washington, a major producer of wheat and wine grapes and the source of nearly 70 percent of US apples grown for fresh consumption, also endured an usually warm and snow-bereft winter. The state's Department of Ecology has declared "drought emergencies" in 24 of the state's 62 watersheds, an area comprising 44 percent of the state. Here's more from the agency's advisory: Snowpack statewide has declined to 24 percent of normal, worse than when the last statewide drought was declared in 2005. Snowpack is like a frozen reservoir for river basins, in a typical year accumulating over the winter and slowly melting through the spring and summer providing a water supply for rivers and streams. This year run-off from snowmelt for the period April through September is projected to be the lowest on record in the past 64 years. The drought regions include apple-heavy areas like Yakima Valley and the Okanogan region. Given that warmer winters—and thus less snow—are consistent with the predictions of climate change models, the Washington drought delivers yet more reason to consider expanding fruit and vegetable production somewhere far from the west coast. That's an idea I've called de-Californication (see here and here). But we'll need a new term to encompass the northwest. De-westernization? Doesn't have quite the same ring. motherjones.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (851659)	4/23/2015 2:40:52 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1584705

Studies at Vanderbilt and the University of London have shown that 70 to 80 percent of those trans-children grow out of their trans-identity at puberty and become, simply, gay adolescents and, later, gay adult men. Still denying science, I see.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (851659)	4/23/2015 4:35:20 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1584705

Modern Education: University offers DRAG QUEEN course 19:03, 23 April 2015 By Luke Traynor The lessons were devised by senior lecturer Mark Edward, who is a former cross-dressing artist Not a drag: The new course at Edge Hill University Dance and drama students are to be offered the first university course on how to be a drag queen. The lessons were devised by senior lecturer Mark Edward – a former cross-dressing artist – who said: “There’s a lot more to drag than wigs, make-up and high heels.” Mark, who appeared as Gale Force in a play he wrote about an ageing drag queen, said: “Despite performers dragging up since Shakespearean times, this module is unique in exploring the crossing of boundaries.” He said the course at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancs, will feature performance, costume, humour and the histories of gay and lesbian theatre, as well as transgender identities, HIV, AIDS and activism.