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Former assistant Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky is none too pleased about his confinement at Greene State Prison in southwestern Pennsylvania, according to recent statements by his lawyer.
Last month, attorney Karl Rominger told Sportingnews.com that the 68-year-old pedophile wants to be housed under less restrictive conditions at the maximum-security state prison.
"He's not happy being stuck in a cell 23 hours a day," Rominger told the website.
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After 5 days of wonderfully consistent automatic wireless connections during booting in SL7, I was ready to mark my previous 3 topic submissions about wireless problems as being [Solved]. It appears as if my original problem has returned.
Beginning 2 days ago, 11.11.11, with the first morning boot, automatic wireless connection did not occur then, or since, and usual manual connections can not be made. What happened overnight Friday night, 11.11.11? The laptop has no battery and is always disconnected from the power supply overnight.
Network Administrator program is no help and its System Menu has greyed out choices, plus, a wireless choice is not even listed! Wireless is consistently available to Vista on the same dual-booting laptop and is also shown as being consistently detected by SL7.
My nm-system-settings.conf file in NetworkManager is the same as when automatic wireless connections were being made successfully last week.
Does anybody have any helpful suggestions? Thanks.
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Hopefully we don't end up with another broken turd like Far Cry 2. Some of the gameplay mechanics were awesome - setting fires in a jungle? YES PLEASE! - but there were so many bad design decisions: the 'silent' machete that alerted every goddamn soldier in the base, the sniper rifle that - at point blank range - went completely unheard by enemies, the always-almost-completely-broken weapons that could fire three shots before breaking (seriously?), and goddamn Malaria Vision TM.
Far Cry 3 delayed
Ubisoft's action shooter pushed from September debut to December 4 in North America, November 29 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Far Cry 3 won't be out this September as previously planned. Ubisoft announced today that the first-person shooter has been delayed to December 4 in the United States. A release in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is scheduled for November 29.
Ubisoft producer Dan Hay explained the company needs more time with Far Cry 3 before shipping it to retailers to make sure it delivers on quality.
"We're taking more time to create the best possible gameplay experience," he said. "Far Cry 3 is a huge offering and we want every element of this insane, action-packed adventure to be of the highest possible quality for the players."
[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, a Ubisoft representative told GameSpot no decisions have yet been made regarding if the game's delay will change Ubisoft's plans for the Far Cry 3 beta.
"We are still doing our best to make that determination, but nothing is confirmed yet," reads the statement.
Far Cry 3 will cast players as Jason Brody, a man stranded on a strange tropical island similar to the setting of the first Far Cry. Gamers will head out into this "savage paradise" and "slash, sneak, and shoot" to survive in a world that has "lost all sense of morality."
Along with delaying Far Cry 3 today, Ubisoft announced release dates for upcoming games. Just Dance 4 will hit the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii on October 9 in the United States and October 2 in EMEA. A Wii U version will arrive during the system's launch window this holiday season.
The publisher's guitar-focused music game Rocksmith, with new content that allows players to plug in a bass guitar, will be released for the first time in EMEA regions for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on September 27. A PC iteration will follow in these regions on October 18. All versions of the game will be available in the United States on October 17. Existing Rocksmith owners can purchase bass compatibility as downloadable content on September 4.
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With the Rugby World Cup starting in September, England could barely be in better form for it. Beating Australia in their backyard and then backing that up with a win at Twickers and so far looking very strong in the Six Nations seems to have put them well and truly in the frame.
Well not if you're Sean Fitzpatrick.
He claims the rich vein of form is "too late" for them to accept the tag of serious contenders for the Webb Ellis trophy.
Well, let's just stay at home then. Wouldn't it be embarrassing, going all that way only to be told we didn't submit our entry for "Winners" early enough.
Maybe he hasn't heard of the playoffs. Squeeze into sixth on the last day of the season after being in trouble earlier in the season means you already have play-off success in the bag (I'm looking at you, Leicester City).
This is the most exciting England side since the nineties, playing heads-up rugby, expansive, aggressive and pragmatic at the same time. Most importantly though it is settled.
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The mayor of Manchester unveiled his budget proposal Tuesday night.
It includes a 2.16 percent tax hike for residents.
There are no layoffs on the table, and $155 million for schools, not including federal funds.
"I don't pretend that the road ahead is easy. The road is difficult, most notably for schools," said Mayor Ted Gatsas.
The bulk of the budget debate is over schools. The year started with overcrowded classrooms and teacher cuts.
The school board is asking for $5 million more than than the mayor proposed; $160 million and 41 new teaching jobs.
While the mayor's plan calls for no layoffs, he suggested changes that would impact school employees.
"There are real changes that can be realized in the school budget through changes in the benefit plans," said Gatsas.
His school budget funds 5,000 computers and tablets, WiFi and broadband upgrades in schools and a half-million dollar phone and intercom safety update.
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To climb against the odds is to put one foot in front of the other toward a goal that can sometimes seem out of reach, but becomes attainable with the strength of a team. On Tuesday, this group will climb a mountain; on other days the summit has been being declared cancer-free, supporting a best friend through her breast cancer diagnosis or even getting through one day of living with this devastating disease.
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CEDAR FALLS, Ia.- The University of Northern Iowa volleyball team got the 3-0 sweep over the Southern Illinois Salukis Saturday night at the McLeod Center. UNI is now 8-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Creighton defeated Indiana State tonight so the Panthers and Bluejays are still tied for first place.
Amy Braun and Macy Ubben led the Panthers with 11 kills and Shelby Kintzel led with a .438 hitting percentage. Molly Turk notched 36 assists and Candice Burke had 17 digs for UNI.
With the score tied at 6-6 in the first set, a kill by Macy Ubben helped spark a 6-0 run by the Panthers to give them the 12-6 lead. UNI continued this pace and expanded their lead to 17-9 at the first timeout of the set. Southern Illinois could not answer this Panther run, and UNI went on to win the set 25-15.
A kill by Ubben in the beginning of the second set gave the Panthers the 5-4 lead and also helped them to go on a 8-3 run to make it 13-7. At this time, UNI boosted it's lead to 13 by going on a 7-0 run to make it 20-7. Southern Illinois started to make a comeback at the end of the match. UNI had the 24-15 lead when the Salukis went on a 5-0 run to make it 24-20. Krista DeGeest got the kill in the next play to give UNI the 25-20 set win.
In the third set, the score was tied at 5-5 when a kill by Amy Braun gave the Panthers the 6-5 lead. UNI held a slim lead throughout the match, and Southern Illinois eventually tied it up at 21-21. Several attack errors by Southern Illinois and a kill by Braun helped the Panthers go 4-0, which gave them the 25-21 win in the set and the 3-0 sweep in the match.
The Panthers will kick off homecoming weekend at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night in the McLeod Center when they take on the Indiana State Sycamores.


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The Offspring ride 'Days Go By' to Cleveland's House of Blues
In case you haven't noticed, over the last two decades The Offspring has become the Tom Petty of punk rock. pumping out one catchy hit song after another.
"I see what you're saying and, wow, that's pretty cool," said guitarist Noodles, calling from his Huntington, Calif., home. "That's high praise, as Nicolas Cage would say. What I'm stoked about is in this band we can have a song be a huge hit like 'Pretty Fly for a White Guy' — just a dumb silly song — and a song like 'The Kids Aren't Alright' or 'Gone Away' that's a lot more heartfelt.
"Those songs really move people as well. When we wake up on the wrong side of the bed we can write a song that's serious or how we're feeling down and then the next day we'll just write a funny, light-hearted thing to just get people moving."
Since 1994's "Smash," which remains the highest-selling indie album of all time with sales of more than 6 million copies, The Offspring has been moving people around the globe with its punk-infused, radio-friendly sound. In addition to the aforementioned tunes, the Southern California-based band is known for rock anthems "Self Esteem," "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)," "Hammerhead" and "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid."
Now you can add new song "Days Go By" to the mix. It's the title track off The Offspring's recently released ninth album, which found the band returning to the studio with famed producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, The Cult).
"Working with Bob has been a little different," Noodles said. "We're writing in front of the mics more. We're spending a lot of time creating stuff, rather than demo-ing and then thinking about it. Going into the studio we didn't have any kind of preconceived notions of what we needed to do, we just wanted to make a record."
What The Offspring made with "Days Go By" is another typical eclectic album that ranges from the reggae-sounding "OC Guns" to the straight-ahead title track and the tongue-in-cheek "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)." Noodles said the latter song — the latest single — was the band's shameless attempt at writing a pop song.
The notion of catering to creative whims and creating various soundscapes within each album is nothing new to The Offspring. In fact, that's one of the reasons why the outfit often garners the "sell out" label from punk diehards.
"We've definitely been called sellouts from the minute 'Smash' started selling," Noodles said. "We got attacked with that — and it was mostly punkers who weren't into us in the first place."
Those fans still into The Offspring know the act keeps its ear to the ground. Noodles said the inspiration for the lead track came from the tough economic times facing the country. While the CD's cover features a kid and an old man sitting apart on a park bench on a gloomy day, the guitarist said the album's message isn't obvious. Continued...
"It's a cycle from a young man to an old man, where you experience good times and times when you're struggling," Noodles said. "With things we see going on in the world, we're trying to point out that days go by and things will get better. You just have to hang in there. Also, if you unfold the CD cover it'll reveal a sunny day eating away at a dark, grim forest. So we have some optimism. It's not all nihilism and 'Drink up pal because tomorrow you're dead.'"
Hmm, a message of optimism? Perhaps The Offspring did sell out.
"I don't know, maybe we're just getting a little bit more hopeful for the future," Noodles said. "Standing together and picking your fights wisely and moving towards making a better future, those are punk rock values."
Who: The Offspring.
When: 8 p.m. July 17.
Where: House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The NHL has suspended Flyers forward Dan Carcillo four games for his role in a fight that earned him 19 penalty minutes and a game misconduct.
Carcillo landed a big punch on Washington's Matt Bradley as he dropped his gloves Saturday night. Following Carcillo's punch, Bradley fell to the ice and left the game. Despite being in the process of dropping his gloves, Bradley wasn't penalized.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said on Sunday that he did not agree with the decision.
Carcillo was given two minutes for cross-checking, two minutes for instigating, five minutes for fighting, a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct in Philadelphia's 8-2 loss.
He will start the suspension beginning Monday at Montreal.
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Bison Roll Over Tigers with 13-point Victory
Written by Julee O'Neal, W. Basketball, Broadcast Journalism '13
Savannah, Ga.---January 28--- Saadia Doyle and Tamoria Holmes finished with a combined total of 35 points to lead the Howard Women's basketball team (14-7 overall, 6-2 in MEAC) to a 64-51 win over the Savannah State (8-12, 2-6) in Tiger Arena on Jan. 28.
Doyle recorded her ninth double-double of the season with a game-high 22 points and 10 boards. Holmes tallied 13 points in 40 minutes of action. Nicole Deterville ended the match with a career-high 13 rebounds and tied Zykia Brown with eight points.
"I'm pleased with the overall interior play," said head coach Niki Geckeler. "Saadia and the Deterville twins had a combined 32 points and 26 rebounds. Anytime we can get a 13-point win on the road, I'm happy."
"Howard is a very well coached team," says Savannah State's head coach Cedric Baker. "They are very disciplined in what they want to do on defense. We had problems with their length and athleticism."
To start the first 20-minute segment, Ezinne Kalu scored the first basket to put Savannah St. ahead 2-0. Doyle responded with a bucket of her own to knot the score 2-2 at the 17:42 mark. A Kara Smith layup ignited an 8-0 run for HU to take the lead, 13-4, by the 12:55 mark. SSU answered with six straight points to decrease the margin to 13-10. Holmes ended the run with a traditional three-point play at the 10:39 mark.
The Tiger's Smiljana Cuk, quickly scored a bucket to place the score at 16-12 with 10:23 left in the first half.
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The Department of Revenue testified before the Tax Collection Technology Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee that 7-23 percent of tobacco sold in the state is not taxed as required by law. That's because cigars are usually sold separately, unlike cigarettes and chewing tobacco which come in packages that carry a tax stamp.
All of the witnesses agreed that unscrupulous vendors are importing cigars from Florida where there is no tax and selling them illegally in Georgia where they pocket the 23-cent tax they should be forwarding to the state of Georgia.
"If you are buying from another state with a lower tax than Georgia, then you are scamming the system," said Sen. Hardie Davis, D-Augusta.
But that's all the witnesses agreed on.
Lobbyists for retailers and wholesalers that mostly market just in Georgia advocated some type of digital stamp on individual cigars. They figure their sales will increase when the crooks aren't competing with them.
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We first heard about Larry Thompson's plans to blur the urban/rural line about a month ago. His basic idea is to keep about 20 of his best-producing acres as working farmland, and to develop the remaining 60 or so acres around this agricultural core. This would mean up to 600 housing units of varying sizes, an "eco-resturant," and a community kitchen or education center where people could preserve their bounty or learn new gardening techniques. He wants to draw a blend of urban retirees and young families — and everyone in between — all seduced by a more tangible connection to land and food. More grandly still, he hopes to create a model for smaller farms within the UGB that could prove economically and socially viable for generations to come. (For more background, check out this profile of Thompson from last July.)
He has fans and detractors. Some people say that there's no need to create a new land use designation — that current zoning would allow Thompson to do everything he wants. (Thompson isn't sure.) And others worry that encouraging farming inside the UGB will end up pushing the boundary even further into land that's now protected from development. But still, many of the people I talked to in preparation for this show expressed the basic sentiment that — even if there are many details to be worked out — Larry Thompson could be on to something.
We're trying a slightly different model for this show. Weather permitting, we'll record out conversation in the middle of one of Larry's fields. (If the weather turns nasty, we'll set up in his barn.) That means no live calls, but you can still get in on the conversation here, before-hand.
What do you make of Larry Thompson's idea? Is development, paradoxically, the way to save farmland? Is this a model to emulate or a Damascus peculiarity? Would you move to a new house on an old farm — with the attendant noise and dust and manure that come with growing food?
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Larry and Damascus are on the cutting edge of the rebirth of the 'culture' of agrarian living. The UGB has been a zoning wall between suburbs and agribusiness. Now Agricultural Urbanism, as it's called by some progressive town planners, can weave food growth back into the edges of our urban culture. Like interlocking fingers of urban and rural.
No need to further expand the UGB if we use Transfer of Development Rights, and build compact functional villages, plus infill and repair the miles of suburban corridors and town centers inside the UGB.
Go Larry...Go Damascus!
In my experience in upstate NY (no UGB) creeping suburbia forces out farms. We lived on 5 acres carved out of a farm originally deeded to a revolutionary war soldier. Personally, I loved living in a combined rural/suburban area. However, I worried about land, air and water contaminated with agricultural pollutants. I had to drive long distances for services I used regularly (library, grocery store, etc.)
Now I live in Salem. I enjoy being able to walk/bike/take public transport to fill needs. I use the land we have to grow some vegetables and fruit. I'd like to make life in Salem more sustainable by being able to raise a few chickens in the city.
I'm watching these trends with great interest. Thanks for doing shows on these subjects.
Too much stock is put into the idea that an agrarian life is somehow preferable. There is nothing wrong with an agrarian life, however there is nothing right with it either! We lately have an obsession with fetishizing the past. We collectively sound like grandparents romanticizing their youth. 'When I was young... .' Well, things change.
It is great to know where food comes from, or how it comes. But there is nothing of virtue in advocating an agrarian interest anymore then advocating an interest in the manufacturing process of a Prius. I find something very sinister and un-modern going on with people who recommend and preach the virtues of these retro-lifestyles. These agrarian zealots are tiresome, and they overstate the value of a concept and world-view that is really one of faith, rather then anything substantive.
The condensed living of the city is one of the greenest ideas out there. We need to spend more time finding virtue and value in the modern world. Because if the past was so virtuous, it would have worked the first time around.
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Here's a story from yesterday about people "sharecropping" in their frontyards. It's almost a mirror image of this show: instead of bringing the urban to the rural, as Larry Thompson is talking about, you bring the rural to the urban.
My question: what can both sides learn from these experiments?
Isn't this nothing more then a guise to develop farmland under the auspices of a "green project?" Even if it isn't, wouldn't it set that precedent? Couldn't every farmer turn their farmland into some type of eco-development, building alleged green houses on land that can't currently be sub-divided or developed? Sounds like a cash cow!
Follow the money!
As someone who lives adjacent to a farm in Hood River valley, I can tell you that farm and homes make terrible neighbors.
As I write this, spraying is going on. We regularly experience spray planes and helicopters flying close overhead starting before dawn; people who live by farms have to scrub their cars and swingsets. They spray 7 days a week, and despite traditional farmers' and industry claims, pesticides are not safe. My car has been doused with my children inside by my neighbor spraying from a tractor. He, of course, had protective clothing. Spray runs into the street and our mailbox has been coated. When I asked our neighbor to let me know when they are going to spray, he agreed, and then did so exactly twice. When I asked again, he angrily told me that he could not oblige.
Farmers use burning as a way to get rid of old trees and limbs and who knows what else; in the spring and the fall, the valley is frequently thick with smoke. Smudge pots are still used here as well. Did I mention the firing of air cannons, 24 hours a day, to keep birds off the cherries? Or that nonfarm residents are not allowed to have fruit trees unless they will spray, so as to protect nearby agriculture?
If anyone dares suggest that things should change -- eliminate smudge pots, disallow spraying around schools when school is in session, ask farmers to trim back trees that block motorists' view -- one is accused of killing the American Farmer, he who puts food on your table while barely getting by himself. Come take a look at Hood River. Really talk to people. Read our newspaper! It is far from Kumbaya.
I can not agree more. Instead of imagining what it might be like and speculate, why not examine what has happened where rural and residential have collided in the past. This is not a new thing, it is called rural residential (RR), usually outside the urban growth boundary. The only new thing is bringing it inside the ugb, with higher density.
I have a house in RR, a chemical grass farmer to the north, an organic farm 1/2 mile to the west. I used to get smoke from field burning from the north, now I get dust and chemicals. And every so often, I get the <sarcasm> sweet <sarcasm off> smell of manure from the organic farm.
Represenative Morris (?) (Albany) has commented on the conflict between residental and farms. Grass seed farmers used to burn their fields, and the city folk moved in and complained. New residents often complain about smells, noise, chemicals, water rights and usage, etc. from farms nearby.
My aunt lives next to a farm field. She complains that when they're plowing everything gets dusty-- inside and out of her house.
Larry has a vivid imagination for his dream "401K" and Heritage farm.
Reality, however, might make his dream a nightmare.
Consider the following, in no particular order:
Current law requires new home owners near farms to sign a non remonstrance declaration before they are permitted to own the property. This means that they agree to never complain about any farming practices such as noisy tractors, dust, smoke, sprays, smells, night and early morning and week-end activity, delivery trucks, unsightly greenhouses or hoops, burning etc.
Larry has not mentioned that a farmer might choose to farm pigs, sheep, goats and other livestock. These make noise, smells, attract flies and other insects etc. Remember the home-owner may not complain.
Electric fences are ubiquitous on farms. Remember not to complain when junior goes to retrieve his ball and gets a jolt of electricity.
How about being woken at 5 AM on a weekend morning, to the hubbub of farm workers arriving to help with the harvest or with weeding and other farm duties?
The value of land increases when it is within the UGB. Larry believes that a 20 acre farm could be economically viable. This might be true for Larry because he probably owns the farm free and clear and only needs to pay a much reduced farm tax.
If he were to sell his farm, the new owner would have the expense of his new mortgage as well as farm overheads to pay before they could draw anything for themselves. Small farmers have a tough time making ends meet assuming no crop failures. It is a disaster when they do have crop or storm losses. Insurance does not always cover the unexpected. For example the ice storms we had last year that collapsed so many unheated farm structures, these were excluded from the farm insurance so farmers had to bear the losses.
I wish Larry well, but as far as his ideas ----- "dream on"!
You mention a very important problem. We were on the other side of your situation. We had Pear Orchards (83 acres) and people moved in around us and then started to complain about everything - the workers waking them up too early, to much noise during harvest time and when the smudge pots were lit in the middle of the night, the noise and dust of the machinery. Then people begane to threaten to sue us if we didn't stop spraying and using smudge pots (windmills have their own set of complaints.) All the time using our orchard as their own pheasant hunting grounds and letting their children ride their 4 wheelers all over our land, often running over newly planted trees. I nearly got shot one morning and two of our dogs were shot while walking with us on our land. We did not have the money to hire lawyers, so we stopped spraying. We really didn't mind stopping. But then we got fined $500 a day by the county for not spraying. The county ended up pulling all the trees and now no one is happy - the land is pretty sad looking, ripped up and torn appart and we still have to use round up when the volunteer trees pop up or get fined. Round up is not harmless. So the land can't be used for organic farming. Oh, it has been are really nice place for homeless camps and we have felt really bad having to kick people off, but the police say they are a fire hazard and our neighbors really don't like them there at all - we get complaints.
This friction is going to happen as people move out to farming areas, because they want that house with the pretty scenery and a bit of land. Orchards in bloom are beautiful. Mr. Thompson has a charming idea and his farm will be organic. I sure hope if he wants to do this, he is able to - it is his land, his family has paid the taxes and his land is his land not "our farm land" it is his.
I am sorry that hood river mom can't have her fruit trees. I know lots of people who have them in their yards and don't spray them, but if the county found out, you probably would get in trouble and that is sad too. Hopefully, in the future some really bright people can come up with a solution to what is going to be a bigger and bigger problem.
Once people have moved into farm land with their children, those children do need to be protected. Lets hope we can find a way to make it all work.
Maybe Mr. Thompson is on to something.
Of course Damascus is out of the reserve and ready to go as Oregon's newest city. My first thought is with this scheme will the tax base support the infrastructure and services required by a city? I share the suspicion described by scottmil. Unlike Happy Valley that experienced rapid development fueled by creative lending (a number of homes now empty or in short sale) the Rurban approach might allow for "on demand" development with the farm shrinking as homes are built. Doesn't this create planning issues? Where are the jobs in this area? And, in Damascus won't cars be a requirement for all members of the family? Are these self supporting farms or just hobby farms? How will zoning and codes be created to address the many issues this kind of mix presents?
This sounds like a transient eco trend that will fizz, like the communes in the 1960's that have dramatically declined and are now relabeling themselves as eco-villages.
Given a choice, living near vegetables and orchards OR living near efficient mass transit that can take you to organic farmers markets, great ethnic resturants, downtown shops, universities, museums, airports and train stations, professional sports games and concerts---WHERE WOULD YOU LIVE?
People need other people. A life of an eco-hermit or cloistered in a self sufficient monestery has only limited appeal.
I'm a Damascus resident with a 5 acre farm 2 miles from Larry's place. Thanks Larry, for your leadership on this issue.
What Larry is doing, and what Damascus is attempting with integrating new development with open space, including still productive land such as small market garden-farms, is responsive to what a majority of local people have said they want: conservation of the rural character that attracted us here in the first place . It is also responsive to changed conditions in farming and relationships between farming and urban areas. Increasing numbers of people want to know where their food comes from, and want to buy from local farmers. Also, farming techniques are changing. Farmers like Larry are using far fewer or no toxic chemicals. In fact, the average suburban lawn has way more toxic materials put on it than an acre of sustainably grown produce managed by Larry and farmers like him.
Damascus is trying to create a new model of hamlets and villages nested within a continuous greenbelt system that includes forests, stream corridors, and some farms. We have over 10,000 acres to work with, and an opportunity to be Oregon's first planned town. Let's keep our creative thinking caps on and push the outer boundaries of the system. People from all over Oregon should support our efforts to try something new, different, and in touch with local values.
I think it's too bad people are seeing this as an either-or choice. Urban - rural, old-new, eco - modern. What's lost is the possibility that many of the best things our history and culture have produced are a blend of contrasting opposites. While it's true that there are many examples of mixing urban and rural elements that have gone badly - the pesticide spraying is one good example - lets not throw out the baby with the bath water. Many people are imagining a more perfect union of food, farming, homes, and stores, and yes, even transit and downtowns, partly because they've seen it before in many parts of the world or at points in recent history. Larry Thompson's ideas are worthy of serious study.
When I lived in Zurich, Switzerland, the city had a growth boundary with community gardens, forest and farms just outside the city. You could walk from your home to a working farm full of livestock and on to walking paths in the forest. They had self-serve, put the money in the slot vegetable stands, even a "milk-o-mat," where for a few franks you could fill a container with fresh milk and take it home!
It created this amazing quality of life, including exercise, stress reduction, job creation, connection to the land, and education about where our food comes from. We should emulate this.
As a previous urban and rural farmer, and one involved with co-housing, I see some merit to this proposal. BUT this particular model is TOO lopsided toward sprawl / housing / profit. It would be preferrable to have a cluster of small homes and higher % of cultivated or pasture acreage.
I like the idea of a 'mixed generation community'. I really wish land use laws would allow me to place a couple small residents (under 1000 Square Feet) on my existing rural farm acreage. It would be nice to have some help and have additional protection from the theft that is getting out of control with the increasing meth problem.
It was VERY difficult to be an urban fruit farmer. Theft of produce / equipment, vandalism, liability risk, rude and insistant (non-farm) customers, non-farm trained 'u-pick' customers that would do more harm than good to plants, incompatibility of nieghbors (Tractor noise vs. Boomboxes), law and code enforcement mitigation of issues. It was a major hassle for both the urban and rural residents.
I personally know of a family with a farm that already has several investors in the hopes that their beautiful farm will be turned into a development---they are not planning an eco-development. But they are lobbying to have the zoning changed. You can't just allow development because it is 'green' because it opens the door for everyone else. Being I know of one such farm, I can imagine there are many other farms, that are just waiting to turn their farms into tract housing.
I love the idea of a food-producing core to a neighborhood. Is it really viable? Will those who live close to the farm really buy from their community agriculture? Would it also include deliveries/sales to other areas? I have to think that there is limited use for farms surrounded by homes, and that most farm land needs to remain just that.
Local people might buy from a neighnorhood farm-- at harvest time: one week out of every year. The other 51 weeks they'll drive to the shopping center.
Sounds like Larry wants to have his cake and eat it too. Wants to have a bundle of money to retire on AND be able to pass his farm on to his kids.
Other than that, sounds like a fairly workable idea. 20 acres is enough to be profitable if you work it intensively (and do the work yourself). But the greenhouses sound unsightly (not very pastoral), and I don't see that 80 acres spread out over 3 separated parcels, is too large to put into an urban area.
Now more then 30 years ago I remember asking a planner type at the LCDC, why we would ever allow something as stupid as suburban sprawl to occur on highly productive farm land that then largely ringed the metro areas.
There was no good answer 30 years ago. The UGB that was designed to STOP it just gets moved farther out, there is still no wisdom present in the planning system.
Food production is not important, shopping malls are.
We are so screwed.But hey... I got mine!
Hood River mom's argument sways me. I wanted to live in agricultural Hood River until I thought about all the problems HRM brought up. Industrial farming (pesticides, herbicides, etc.) and families don't mix well. Whereas organic farm and small communities might be a better fit.
What scale of community is required to sustainably provide it services? The tax base for providing public services seems to be falling apart for megalopoli like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Also, the rural communities in Oregon have ineffective tax bases due to the higher rates of unemployment. Perhaps the balance lies somewhere in between.
Was talking with a friend the other day who complained about roosters being kept in the city. Constantly crowing roosters are annoying from my personal experience.
I've heard of city slickers who move to the country only to become a nuisance to farmers because the slickers want a quiet, clean and uninterrupted life. If I moved into farm country I figure I'd have to bend to the way of the people who already live there instead of attempting to impose my incompatible desires on the ruralites.
It is kinda' funny how someone will move into a place because it's so nice, and then start changing it.
Larry's ideas are absolutely on the right track. The Damascus region is a perfect location to push these concepts forward. The opportunity to develop symbiotic communities that live in harmony with adjacent agricultural operations is right in front of us. The farm can support the community and community can support the farm with a marketplace, and the by-products of life.
Designing and building self sufficient villages that do not require huge investments in municipal infrastructure is possible right now. Solar and wind energy, coupled with onsite collection of rainwater and on site treatment of waste water can support new development that does not put an infrastructure burden on the rest of the city's tax payers. Integrating self supporting villages while conserving fertile agricultural land must part of our overall future vision for metropolitan development.
Does anyone know if Mr. Thompson can actually sell off his land currently to be divided for housing, as he suggested on the show? I guess if he could sell it with the current zoning, that would make all the difference in the world in easing suspicions of the project.
I didn't find the answer in the linked articles, but maybe I missed it.
He absolutely can. He's inside the UGB now, and can sell it to a developer.
One of the Oregonian articles said "If his farm is eventually zoned residential, Thompson would have no problem doing that."
So has the zoning been changed to residential? Maybe things changed since that article. Or maybe I am missing something. Because I think there are currently many farms within the UGB that cannot be subdivided into residential developments.
My understanding is that he can sell right now — and he gets offers regularly. There is some question (as you probably heard on the show) about whether his grand plans of a farm-development mix would work with the as-yet-unreleased zoning regulations of Damascus.
But as far as I've heard, being inside the UGB means that, somehow, your land is either urban or urbanizable.
I haven't heard about farms inside the UGB that can't be developed. I've always assumed that's a choice that farmers are making.
If that is true, I take back and apologize for my suspicions and doubt about Larry's project.
I was thrown by that article. And, also assumed that even within the growth boundary you still needed permission to change the zoning, from what I assume was Residential Farm or something like that, to divide the land. Perhaps, within the growth boundary that is just a formality and easy to do---which means the land is easily marketable to developers. But I don't know anything about zoning.
The more I listen to the radio program, the more it sounds like Larry simply wants to develop (into high density housing/commercial) a part of his farm. All he is doing is adding a twist to sell/distract from what he is ultimately after. You can sell development as eco or green or alternative or experimental, but it is still development.
What would be better is to leave "wild" islands within the UGB, aka parks. Having parkland between farms and development sounds a lot more practical to me.
As a Damascus resident, let me try and clear up some confusion.
Larry's farm (and mine) were added to the UGB in 2002. In 2004 we voted to incorprate as a new city. This included a substantial tax increase.
Since then we have been trying to come up with a plan that reflects local values, is acceptable to regional and state land use authorities, and is affordable to build. If this were easy we would be done by now. Local values include open space conservation, but also economic fairness to all property owners. This means not zoning anyone's land exclusively as open space, but allowing some development integrated with conservation.
Our land has not yet been re-zoned for development. Damascus does not yet have an agreed upon plan, and even if we did we would need to also have a financial mechanism for allowing new development (roads, sewers, water, parks, schools, etc.) Therefore anyone buying it now would be taking a bit of a risk. They might be able to develop it in 2, 5, or 20 years. Or maybe never.
Larry's proposal is an attempt at something different. He has thought deeply about this issue and is trying to create a new model. What I see in most of the comments above is that some people are reacting by using old thinking, based on what we have done over the past decades rather than what we might be able to do in the next decade or 2.
Damascus is likley to have to plan for a population of around 50-60,000 people to satisfy state and regional rules, and also just to have enough people to spread the infrastructure costs. If we concentrate those people on 60% of the land, that is only 6 homes per acre gross density. Keeping the remaining 40% as farms and forests is doable. The result would be 5-10 villages, each with its own center, plus a "downtown" area maybe like Corvallis or McMinnville, plus some office or industrial uses around the edges. If Larry's farm can be part of a village-open space network it can work just fine within the larger scheme of things. There are many models of this in Europe where villages are cose to each other and farms are the open space between them. We just have not done much of it here. Instead we either sprawl all over or build a wall between cities and farms. We can do better than this.
Let's give it a try. the worst we can do is fail.
Obviously, most of you don't get it. You criticize without even knowing all the facts! Scotmil, learn something about urban growth boundaries, hood river mom, why are you exposing your family to toxics? jacob, why does it have to be either/or? Who on earth only buys fresh local produce once/year? A farm is not open space, its a farm and he's growing PRODUCE, not cows or pigs! Why would anyone in their right mind buy a house next to a farm and not know what the impacts are? And organic farming without pesticides is the way to go. Ask his neighbors, they love living next to the farm. Buy from a farmer, not the farmers market where they take a cut from the farmers and they have to truck their food over there. How many people do you know that don't have at least one car? Come on get real!
Now, if we can find common ground, instead of criticizing and finding fault in everything, we may have an opportunity to build community and keep growth contained and eat some good food!
What's wrong with that?
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The Ramsar Bulletin Board, 4 January 2000
Headline story. Inaugurating the Annotated Ramsar List. A long time ago, the Secretary General expressed his distinguished dissatisfaction at the fact that, on trips, he had either to carry with him the bare Ramsar List (22 pages printout, updated daily, available here), comprising only the basic information on Ramsar sites round the world, OR the entire 4-volume Directory of Wetlands of International Importance, and its 1996 update, and the CD-ROM version produced by Wetlands International in 1999. Mr Delmar Blasco insisted upon having, soon, a version of the Ramsar List that would include one fruitful paragaph of interesting information about every Ramsar site in the world, but no more than that. Well, a few years later, the Annotated Ramsar List is almost ready for publication, and its Web-based cousin is poised to begin the New Millennium in an astonishing fashion. The Secretary General, and you too, can view the first few entries here. Happy New Year. [04/01/00]
The Ramsar Bureau takes this opportunity to wish everyone 'happy holidays' and a brilliant new year. For the Convention on Wetlands, the old millennium ends with the satisfaction of having achieved the significant results of the 7th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and the new millennium begins with the challenges, at the global, regional, national, and local levels, of building upon that progress and implementing the Convention's mission to the greatest extent possible over the next triennium. The Bureau staff wish everyone in the "Ramsar family" round the world a restful and happy end of the year and a lot of energy for the next one. (01/01/00)
Headline story. New bookmarks help to promote the Convention. We've made some new 21x7cm bookmarks to help introduce new fans to the Convention and remind old friends of the Ramsar mission every time they pick up their Harlequin romances. Designed by Saatchi & Saatchi, the bookmarks feature a little text about wetland benefits in the three Ramsar languages on one side (photo left), and the Convention's mission statement on the other. These lovely little handouts are available from Valerie Higgins of the Ramsar Bureau (email@example.com) in any reasonable quantities to anyone who wishes to gaze at them daily and help to find the widest possible audience for them. Photos came from the World Wide Fund for Nature / Canon Photolibrary project, and the whole thing was paid for from Ramsar's Evian Project, courtesty of the private sector Danone Group. (23/12/99)
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Rebecca D'Cruz, Regional Coordinator for Asia, is in Cambodia, 10-19 December 1999, in order to follow up on her recent Lao/China mission and make preparations for the forthcoming Evian mission to that country. (15/12/99)
New on the Site: The French version of the Small Grants Fund Guidelines for 2000-2002; belatedly, COP7 National Reports from Malawi and Mali, which were submitted to the Bureau in hardcopy only; latest draft of the proposed Joint Work Plan 2000-2001 between Ramsar and the CBD. (1/1/00)
Lelystad offers a new course on wetland restoration. The Wetland Advisory and Training Centre in Lelystad, The Netherlands -- host of the famously successful annual International Courses on Wetland Management (Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment, RIZA) -- announces the first International Course on Wetland Restoration, set for 14 June-11 July 2000 in Lelystad. The course will focus on degraded freshwater water systems (marshes, bogs, rivers and lakes) and ways to approach their restoration. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2000, so it will soon be time to get off the duff. WATC courses are solidly based upon Ramsar principles and guidelines, and the Ramsar Secretary General chairs the Board in an advisory capacity. The attractive course brochure is available from firstname.lastname@example.com. (21/12/99)
United Kingdom names its 149th Ramsar site. The UK now has 149 Ramsar sites, 14.7% of the world's total -- the 34 Contracting Parties that can boast only of their one obligatory Ramsar site may look to the UK as an example to be emulated. The Arun Valley site (529 ha) consists of 3 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in an area of wet meadows on the floodplain of the River Arun between Pulborough and Amberley, subject to occasional flooding, dissected by a network of ditches, several of which support rich aquatic flora and invertebrate fauna. The site is of outstanding ornithological importance for wintering waterfowl and breeding waders. It supports 7 wetland invertebrate species that are listed as threatened in Britain, one of which is endangered, and there are 4 nationally rare and 4 nationally scarce plant species. Much of the site is currently under appropriate management through organizations such as the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the RSPB, but influencing private landowners on management issues will continue to be important. Recreational activities include birdwatching and walking, and a visitor's center, bird hides, and a tea shop are present. This is the UK's 149th Ramsar site and the 1011th Ramsar site globally. (19/12/99)
Ramsar Bureau seeks Development Assistance Officer. This is a NEW position in the Bureau (not just someone who's gone missing in the early evening fog and failed to show up for the staff bus). The purpose of the DAO post is not to raise funds for projects to be managed by the Convention secretariat, but rather to generate a more significant flow of resources for wetland issues towards developing countries and countries with economies in transition through existing channels -- a Grade 12 position in the IUCN scale, which is nothing to sneeze at. If you are extremely skilled at making lots of money for others, this may be the ideal situation for you, or for someone you know. (11/12/99) [The position has been filled.]
Dr Luc Hoffmann, one of Ramsar's 'Founding Fathers', earns another honor. On Tuesday, 7 December 1999, at the Greek Embassy in Paris, Dr. Luc Hoffmann was given the insignia of Commander of the Order of Merit, a title awarded to him by the President of the Republic of Greece. The Ambassador stressed in his presentation the catalytic contribution of Luc Hoffmann in such international organisations as WWF, IUCN, IWRB [now Wetlands International AEME], the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Tour du Valat research station, and the International Foundation for the Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania). Here's some more info. (11/12/99)
The Philippines designates superb coral reef site. The Government of the Philippines has designated its fourth Ramsar site (the Convention's 1010th), the Tubbataha Reefs National Marine Park (33,200 hectares), located in the middle of the Central Sulu Sea about 150 kilometres southeast of Puerto Princesa City. The Tubbataha reefs are well-known amongst fishermen in the southern Philippines and scuba divers around the world. 'Tubbataha' means a long reef exposed at low tide, and this is considered the largest coral reef atoll in the Philippines, harboring a diversity of marine life equal to or greater than any such area in the world. Some 46 coral genera and more than 300 coral species have been recorded, as well as at least 40 families and 379 species of fish. Sea turtles, sharks, tuna, dolphins, and jackfish are also found in the reefs. No permanent residents are found within the Park, but indigenous inhabitants of Cagayancillo periodically visit the reefs to collect the eggs of nesting birds such as boobies, and scuba diving, snorkeling, and sport fishing are popular activities despite the relative inaccessibility of the area. There has been considerable damage in recent years because of rampant use of destructive fishing using dynamite and cyanide. The Park was included in UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1993. (9/12/99)
Four wetlands-related meetings held in Nanchang, China. Mr. Li Lukang of Wetlands International-China Programme reports that in late November a series of meeting related to wetlands were held in Nanchang City, China. They were the Third Meeting of the Shorebird Working Group, the Strategy Implementation Workshop to Promote Migratory Waterbird Conservation, the Fourth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee, and the Annual Meeting of Cooperation on Migratory Waterbird among China-Japan-Australia. The participants who took part in one or more meetings were from China, Japan, Australia, India, Indonesia, Russia, Korea, as well as from the Ramsar Convention Bureau and Wetlands International. A field trip was organized to Poyang Lake, one of the 7 Ramsar Sites in China (photo). (7/12/99)
You need this brochure! The RSPB, WWF-UK, English Nature, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and ERM, have got together a superb new 12-page full-color brochure called No place to go?: The impact of climate change on wildlife. Heavy on pix but with well-written text as well, the brochure provides a very easily assimilated view of the greenhouse future, and points the best way forward. If you'd like to obtain one or more copies, try firstname.lastname@example.com and hope for the best. (8/12/99)
.Announcements. Wetlands International AEME's West Africa Programme announces three vacancies for Dakar. Wetlands International is seeking a Database Officer, an Education and Awareness Officer, and a Publications Officer for its West Africa Programme based in Dakar, Senegal. Here's the general notice and the terms of reference for each of the three posts. [9/12/99][The positions have been filled.]
UNFCCC subsidiary body invites further cooperation. On 30 October, in connection with the 5th COP of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 11th session of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) produced recommendations under Agenda item 11(c) on Cooperation with Relevant International Organizations: Other Conventions, notably UNEP, CCD, and Ramsar, and agreed the following point: "The SBSTA requested the secretariat to liaise with the secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands on the specific issues identified in the oral report delivered by the representative of that secretariat in order to determine how cooperation between the conventions could be strengthened. The SBSTA further requested the secretariat to report back to it on this matter at its twelfth session." The Bureau of the Ramsar Convention eagerly anticipates developing further cooperative relationships with the UNFCCC, as it has done already with the secretariats of the CBD, CCD, CMS, and World Heritage Convention. [6/12/99]
The Republic of the Philippines has designated the 1008th and 1009th Wetlands of International Importance to the Ramsar List, effective 12 November 1999: Naujan Lake National Park in Oriental Mindoro (14,568 ha) and The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (14,836 ha) in Mindanao. A third site has been put forward as well and is only pending submission of adequates maps before being appended to the Ramsar List. Here are the details. [6/12/99]
Standing Committee goes bye-bye. The 24th meeting of the Standing Committee to the Ramsar Convention is now over, and Bureau staff are sleeping round the clock and in some cases applying for sick leave. The 60-odd delegates from the SC Member and Permanent Observer States, partner NGOs, and Observer States, left behind something like 30 SC24 decisions, many of which are significant and some of which are extremely important, and the Convention on Wetlands can now proceed in an orderly fashion. The Report will be ready soon -- in the meantime, here are some quick results: the Secretary General's tenure was renewed for another 3 years, various budgets and work plans were approved with suitable amendments, the National Reporting mechanism for 2002 was approved, lots of Small Grants Fund allocations were authorized, the creation of a Development Assistance Officer position in the Bureau was approved, two Subgroups were formed to study a couple of issues further, and a number of special projects from AEWA, Wetlands International, and the Global Action Plan on Peatlands were formally endorsed. An official report will follow, not to mention lots of kinky photos taken by Valerie Higgins and Alexander Belokurov of the secretariat, whose discovery of the Bureau's digital camera seems to have transformed his life, doubtfully for the better. (Stephen Hunter of Australia, Chair of the Standing Committee, welcomes the participants on Day 1 and cautions them on the sheer bulk of the impending agenda. Photo: V. Higgins) [4/12/99]
.Announcements. International Crane Foundation posts vacancy notice. Consulting Position: Regional Project Coordinator for GEF Wetlands Project. The International Crane Foundation (ICF) invites applications for a GEF Regional Project Coordinator for a Siberian Crane Wetland PDF-B project. This consultant position will work closely with ICF, United Nations Environment Program, and the Convention on Migratory Species for the achievement of project objectives, results, and all fundamental aspects of project execution. [27/11/99] [The position has been filled.]
South Africa's St Lucia system gains World Heritage status. Geoff Cowan, STRP member from the Administrative Authority in South Africa, writes: "The Greater St Lucia Wetland Park has been successfully inscribed in the list of World Heritage Sites. This site includes four of South Africa's Ramsar sites - the St Lucia System, Lake Sibaya, the Turtle Beaches and Coral Reefs of Tongaland, and the Kosi Bay System. I believe this extra recognition of the importance of these wetland systems will only help us in our efforts to conserve them." See the press release right here. [3/12/99]
Belarus becomes the Convention's 117th Contracting Party. UNESCO has informed the Bureau that it has received from the Government of Belarus a declaration of succession to the former Soviet Union and the Ramsar Information Sheet accompanying its designation of "Sporovsky Biological Reserve ('zakaznik')" as its first Ramsar site. The 19,384-hectare site is situated in the floodplain of the middle course of the Yaselda River, 2km south of the town of Beryoza in the Brest region. It includes one of the largest lowland mesotrophic sedge fen mires in Europe. On much of the mire the hydrological regime has been disrupted by drainage canal systems, but much of the site "appears to be in a condition very close to the natural one". It represents one of the largest European habitats of the Aquatic Warbler, a globally threatened species. The land belongs to the state and is rented by about 20 collective farms and forestry enterprises; in 1999 it was declared a biological reserve of national importance, with all drainage and land reclamation prohibited and economic uses of the land officially regulated. A UK Darwin Initiative-funded project, carried out by the UK's RSPB and the Belarus Society for the Protection of Birds, is making a number of scientific studies of the site and will develop a management plan. [30/11/99]
New Ramsar Intern for Asia arrives in the Bureau.Taeko Takahashi of Japan has taken up her duties as "Assistant to the Regional Coordinator for Asia", replacing Ms Parastu Mirabzadeh of Iran. Some welcome!!--Right in the middle of the Standing Committee meetings! Ms Takahashi has a postgraduate degree in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and spent time working as a research assistant at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development in the United States. Most recently, Ms Takahashi has been researching the destructive impacts of shrimp farming on mangrove ecosystems and the impact of foreign direct investment on environmental standards. She spent a summer with UNIDO in Austria, working on sustainable development projects, and has worked as a volunteer with the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the USA. She speaks Japanese and English, with knowledge of Spanish and Russian. Taeko is very very welcome in the Bureau - - - almost as much as Parastu will be missed! (Photo: Taeko Takahashi, left, with Rebecca D'Cruz and Parastu Mirabzadeh earlier today.) [1/12/99]
More to follow. Watch this space. Feedback and suggestions to: the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Updated regularly by Dwight Peck, Ramsar Bureau.