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The rain here on Martha's Vineyard knocked out some power in the Oak Bluffs section of the island, but that doesn't seem to have affected the president's desire for R&R.
The president spent Monday watching DVDs and playing the board game Taboo at Blue Heron Farm, the spacious $20 million estate the First Family rented, at a cost of somewhere between $35,000 and $50,000 a week.
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Significance and Use
5.1 General:
5.1.1 Sediment provides habitat for many aquatic organisms and is a major repository for many of the more persistent chemicals that are introduced into surface waters. In the aquatic environment, most anthropogenic chemicals and waste materials including toxic organic and inorganic chemicals eventually accumulate in sediment. Mounting evidences exists of environmental degradation in areas where USEPA Water Quality Criteria (WQC; Stephan et al.(66)) are not exceeded, yet organisms in or near sediments are adversely affected Chapman, 1989 (67). The WQC were developed to protect organisms in the water column and were not directed toward protecting organisms in sediment. Concentrations of contaminants in sediment may be several orders of magnitude higher than in the overlying water; however, whole sediment concentrations have not been strongly correlated to bioavailability Burton, 1991 (68). Partitioning or sorption of a compound between water and sediment may depend on many factors including: aqueous solubility, pH, redox, affinity for sediment organic carbon and dissolved organic carbon, grain size of the sediment, sediment mineral constituents (oxides of iron, manganese, and aluminum), and the quantity of acid volatile sulfides in sediment Di Toro et al. 1991(69) Giesy et al. 1988 (70). Although certain chemicals are highly sorbed to sediment, these compounds may still be available to the biota. Chemicals in sediments may be directly toxic to aquatic life or can be a source of chemicals for bioaccumulation in the food chain.
5.1.2 The objective of a sediment test is to determine whether chemicals in sediment are harmful to or are bioaccumulated by benthic organisms. The tests can be used to measure interactive toxic effects of complex chemical mixtures in sediment. Furthermore, knowledge of specific pathways of interactions among sediments and test organisms is not necessary to conduct the tests Kemp et al. 1988, (71). Sediment tests can be used to: (1) determine the relationship between toxic effects and bioavailability, (2) investigate interactions among chemicals, (3) compare the sensitivities of different organisms, (4) determine spatial and temporal distribution of contamination, (5) evaluate hazards of dredged material, (6) measure toxicity as part of product licensing or safety testing, (7) rank areas for clean up, and (8) estimate the effectiveness of remediation or management practices.
5.1.3 A variety of methods have been developed for assessing the toxicity of chemicals in sediments using amphipods, midges, polychaetes, oligochaetes, mayflies, or cladocerans (Test Method E1706, Guide E1525, Guide E1850; Annex A1, Annex A2; USEPA, 2000 (72), EPA 1994b, (73), Environment Canada 1997a, (74), Enviroment Canada 1997b,(75)). Several endpoints are suggested in these methods to measure potential effects of contaminants in sediment including survival, growth, behavior, or reproduction; however, survival of test organisms in 10-day exposures is the endpoint most commonly reported. These short-term exposures that only measure effects on survival can be used to identify high levels of contamination in sediments, but may not be able to identify moderate levels of contamination in sediments (USEPA USEPA, 2000 (72); Sibley et al.1996, (76); Sibley et al.1997a, (77); Sibley et al.1997b, (78); Benoit et al.1997, (79); Ingersoll et al.1998, (80)). Sublethal endpoints in sediment tests might also prove to be better estimates of responses of benthic communities to contaminants in the field, Kembel et al. 1994 (81). Insufficient information is available to determine if the long-term test conducted with Leptocheirus plumulosus (Annex A2) is more sensitive than 10-d toxicity tests conducted with this or other species.
220.127.116.11 The decision to conduct short-term or long-term toxicity tests depends on the goal of the assessment. In some instances, sufficient information may be gained by measuring sublethal endpoints in 10-day tests. In other instances, the 10-day tests could be used to screen samples for toxicity before long-term tests are conducted. While the long-term tests are needed to determine direct effects on reproduction, measurement of growth in these toxicity tests may serve as an indirect estimate of reproductive effects of contaminants associated with sediments (Annex A1).
22.214.171.124 Use of sublethal endpoints for assessment of contaminant risk is not unique to toxicity testing with sediments. Numerous regulatory programs require the use of sublethal endpoints in the decision-making process (Pittinger and Adams, 1997, (82)) including: (1) Water Quality Criteria (and State Standards); (2) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) effluent monitoring (including chemical-specific limits and sublethal endpoints in toxicity tests); (3) Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide and Fungicide Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, tiered assessment includes several sublethal endpoints with fish and aquatic invertebrates); (4) Superfund (Comprehensive Environmental Responses, Compensation and Liability Act; CERCLA); (5) Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, sublethal toxicity testing with fish and invertebrates); (6) European Economic Community (EC, sublethal toxicity testing with fish and invertebrates); and (7) the Paris Commission (behavioral endpoints).
5.1.4 Results of toxicity tests on sediments spiked at different concentrations of chemicals can be used to establish cause and effect relationships between chemicals and biological responses. Results of toxicity tests with test materials spiked into sediments at different concentrations may be reported in terms of an LC50 (median lethal concentration), an EC50 (median effect concentration), an IC50 (inhibition concentration), or as a NOEC (no observed effect concentration) or LOEC (lowest observed effect concentration). However, spiked sediment may not be representative of chemicals associated with sediment in the field. Mixing time Stemmer et al. 1990b, (83), aging ( Landrum et al. 1989, (84), Word et al. 1987, (85), Landrum et al., 1992,(86)), and the chemical form of the material can affect responses of test organisms in spiked sediment tests.
5.1.5 Evaluating effect concentrations for chemicals in sediment requires knowledge of factors controlling their bioavailability. Similar concentrations of a chemical in units of mass of chemical per mass of sediment dry weight often exhibit a range in toxicity in different sediments Di Toro et al. 1990, (87) Di Toro et al. 1991,(69). Effect concentrations of chemicals in sediment have been correlated to interstitial water concentrations, and effect concentrations in interstitial water are often similar to effect concentrations in water-only exposures. The bioavailability of nonionic organic compounds in sediment is often inversely correlated with the organic carbon concentration. Whatever the route of exposure, these correlations of effect concentrations to interstitial water concentrations indicate that predicted or measured concentrations in interstitial water can be used to quantify the exposure concentration to an organism. Therefore, information on partitioning of chemicals between solid and liquid phases of sediment is useful for establishing effect concentrations Di Toro et al. 1991, (69).
5.1.6 Field surveys can be designed to provide either a qualitative reconnaissance of the distribution of sediment contamination or a quantitative statistical comparison of contamination among sites.
5.1.7 Surveys of sediment toxicity are usually part of more comprehensive analyses of biological, chemical, geological, and hydrographic data. Statistical correlations may be improved and sampling costs may be reduced if subsamples are taken simultaneously for sediment tests, chemical analyses, and benthic community structure.
5.1.8 Table 2 lists several approaches the USEPA has considered for the assessment of sediment quality USEPA, 1992, (88). These approaches include: (1) equilibrium partitioning, (2) tissue residues, (3) interstitial water toxicity, (4) whole-sediment toxicity and sediment-spiking tests, (5) benthic community structure, (6) effect ranges (for example, effect range median, ERM), and (7) sediment quality triad (see USEPA, 1989a, 1990a, 1990b and 1992b, (89, 90, 91, 92 and Wenning and Ingersoll (2002 (93)) for a critique of these methods). The sediment assessment approaches listed in Table 2 can be classified as numeric (for example, equilibrium partitioning), descriptive (for example, whole-sediment toxicity tests), or a combination of numeric and descriptive approaches (for example, ERM, USEPA, 1992c, (94). Numeric methods can be used to derive chemical-specific sediment quality guidelines (SQGs). Descriptive methods such as toxicity tests with field-collected sediment cannot be used alone to develop numerical SQGs for individual chemicals. Although each approach can be used to make site-specific decisions, no one single approach can adequately address sediment quality. Overall, an integration of several methods using the weight of evidence is the most desirable approach for assessing the effects of contaminants associated with sediment, (Long et al. 1991(95) MacDonald et al. 1996 (96) Ingersoll et al. 1996 (97) Ingersoll et al. 1997 (98), Wenning and Ingersoll 2002 (93)). Hazard evaluations integrating data from laboratory exposures, chemical analyses, and benthic community assessments (the sediment quality triad) provide strong complementary evidence of the degree of pollution-induced degradation in aquatic communities (Burton, 1991 (68), Chapman 1992, 1997 (99, 100).)
5.2 Regulatory Applications—Test Method E1706 provides information on the regulatory applications of sediment toxicity tests.
5.3 Performance-based Criteria:
5.3.1 The USEPA Environmental Monitoring Management Council (EMMC) recommended the use of performance-based methods in developing standards, (Williams, 1993 (101). Performance-based methods were defined by EMMC as a monitoring approach which permits the use of appropriate methods that meet preestablished demonstrated performance standards (11.2).
5.3.2 The USEPA Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, and Office of Research and Development held a workshop to provide an opportunity for experts in the field of sediment toxicology and staff from the USEPA Regional and Headquarters Program offices to discuss the development of standard freshwater, estuarine, and marine sediment testing procedures (USEPA, 1992a, 1994a (88, 102)). Workgroup participants arrived at a consensus on several culturing and testing methods. In developing guidance for culturing test organisms to be included in the USEPA methods manual for sediment tests, it was agreed that no one method should be required to culture organisms. However, the consensus at the workshop was that success of a test depends on the health of the cultures. Therefore, having healthy test organisms of known quality and age for testing was determined to be the key consideration relative to culturing methods. A performance-based criteria approach was selected in USEPA, 2000 (72) as the preferred method through which individual laboratories could use unique culturing methods rather than requiring use of one culturing method.
5.3.3 This standard recommends the use of performance-based criteria to allow each laboratory to optimize culture methods and minimize effects of test organism health on the reliability and comparability of test results. See Annex A1 and Annex A2 for a listing of performance criteria for culturing or testing.
1. Scope
1.1 This test method covers procedures for testing estuarine or marine organisms in the laboratory to evaluate the toxicity of contaminants associated with whole sediments. Sediments may be collected from the field or spiked with compounds in the laboratory. General guidance is presented in Sections 1 – 15 for conducting sediment toxicity tests with estuarine or marine amphipods. Specific guidance for conducting 10-d sediment toxicity tests with estuarine or marine amphipods is outlined in Annex A1 and specific guidance for conducting 28-d sediment toxicity tests with Leptocheirus plumulosus is outlined in Annex A2.
1.2 Procedures are described for testing estuarine or marine amphipod crustaceans in 10-d laboratory exposures to evaluate the toxicity of contaminants associated with whole sediments (Annex A1; USEPA 1994a (1)). Sediments may be collected from the field or spiked with compounds in the laboratory. A toxicity method is outlined for four species of estuarine or marine sediment-burrowing amphipods found within United States coastal waters. The species are Ampelisca abdita, a marine species that inhabits marine and mesohaline portions of the Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and San Francisco Bay; Eohaustorius estuarius, a Pacific coast estuarine species; Leptocheirus plumulosus, an Atlantic coast estuarine species; and Rhepoxynius abronius , a Pacific coast marine species. Generally, the method described may be applied to all four species, although acclimation procedures and some test conditions (that is, temperature and salinity) will be species-specific (Sections 12 and Annex A1). The toxicity test is conducted in 1-L glass chambers containing 175 mL of sediment and 775 mL of overlying seawater. Exposure is static (that is, water is not renewed), and the animals are not fed over the 10-d exposure period. The endpoint in the toxicity test is survival with reburial of surviving amphipods as an additional measurement that can be used as an endpoint for some of the test species (for R. abronius and E. estuarius). Performance criteria established for this test include the average survival of amphipods in negative control treatment must be greater than or equal to 90 %. Procedures are described for use with sediments with pore-water salinity ranging from >0 o/oo to fully marine.
1.3 A procedure is also described for determining the chronic toxicity of contaminants associated with whole sediments with the amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus in laboratory exposures (Annex A2; USEPA-USACE 2001(2)). The toxicity test is conducted for 28 d in 1-L glass chambers containing 175 mL of sediment and about 775 mL of overlying water. Test temperature is 25° ± 2°C, and the recommended overlying water salinity is 5 o/oo ± 2 o/oo (for test sediment with pore water at 1 o/oo to 10 o/oo ) or 20 o/oo ± 2 o/oo (for test sediment with pore water >10 o/oo ). Four hundred millilitres of overlying water is renewed three times per week, at which times test organisms are fed. The endpoints in the toxicity test are survival, growth, and reproduction of amphipods. Performance criteria established for this test include the average survival of amphipods in negative control treatment must be greater than or equal to 80 % and there must be measurable growth and reproduction in all replicates of the negative control treatment. This test is applicable for use with sediments from oligohaline to fully marine environments, with a silt content greater than 5 % and a clay content less than 85 %.
1.4 A salinity of 5 or 20 o/oo is recommended for routine application of 28-d test with L. plumulosus (Annex A2; USEPA-USACE 2001 (2)) and a salinity of 20 o/oo is recommended for routine application of the 10-d test with E. estuarius or L. plumulosus (Annex A1). However, the salinity of the overlying water for tests with these two species can be adjusted to a specific salinity of interest (for example, salinity representative of site of interest or the objective of the study may be to evaluate the influence of salinity on the bioavailability of chemicals in sediment). More importantly, the salinity tested must be within the tolerance range of the test organisms (as outlined in Annex A1 and Annex A2). If tests are conducted with procedures different from those described in 1.3 or in Table A1.1 (for example, different salinity, lighting, temperature, feeding conditions), additional tests are required to determine comparability of results (1.10). If there is not a need to make comparisons among studies, then the test could be conducted just at a selected salinity for the sediment of interest.
1.5 Future revisions of this standard may include additional annexes describing whole-sediment toxicity tests with other groups of estuarine or marine invertebrates (for example, information presented in Guide E1611 on sediment testing with polychaetes could be added as an annex to future revisions to this standard). Future editions to this standard may also include methods for conducting the toxicity tests in smaller chambers with less sediment (Ho et al. 2000 (3), Ferretti et al. 2002 (4)).
1.6 Procedures outlined in this standard are based primarily on procedures described in the USEPA (1994a (1)), USEPA-USACE (2001(2)), Test Method E1706, and Guides E1391, E1525, E1688, Environment Canada (1992 (5)), DeWitt et al. (1992a (6); 1997a (7)), Emery et al. (1997 (8)), and Emery and Moore (1996 (9)), Swartz et al. (1985 (10)), DeWitt et al. (1989 (11)), Scott and Redmond (1989 (12)), and Schlekat et al. (1992 (13)).
1.7 Additional sediment toxicity research and methods development are now in progress to (1) refine sediment spiking procedures, (2) refine sediment dilution procedures, (3) refine sediment Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) procedures, (4) produce additional data on confirmation of responses in laboratory tests with natural populations of benthic organisms (that is, field validation studies), and (5) evaluate relative sensitivity of endpoints measured in 10- and 28-d toxicity tests using estuarine or marine amphipods. This information will be described in future editions of this standard.
1.8 Although standard procedures are described in Annex A2 of this standard for conducting chronic sediment tests with L. plumulosus, further investigation of certain issues could aid in the interpretation of test results. Some of these issues include further investigation to evaluate the relative toxicological sensitivity of the lethal and sublethal endpoints to a wide variety of chemicals spiked in sediment and to mixtures of chemicals in sediments from contamination gradients in the field (USEPA-USACE 2001 (2)). Additional research is needed to evaluate the ability of the lethal and sublethal endpoints to estimate the responses of populations and communities of benthic invertebrates to contaminated sediments. Research is also needed to link the toxicity test endpoints to a field-validated population model of L. plumulosus that would then generate estimates of population-level responses of the amphipod to test sediments and thereby provide additional ecologically relevant interpretive guidance for the laboratory toxicity test.
1.9 This standard outlines specific test methods for evaluating the toxicity of sediments with A. abdita, E. estuarius, L. plumulosus, and R. abronius. While standard procedures are described in this standard, further investigation of certain issues could aid in the interpretation of test results. Some of these issues include the effect of shipping on organism sensitivity, additional performance criteria for organism health, sensitivity of various populations of the same test species, and confirmation of responses in laboratory tests with natural benthos populations.
1.10 General procedures described in this standard might be useful for conducting tests with other estuarine or marine organisms (for example, Corophium spp., Grandidierella japonica, Lepidactylus dytiscus, Streblospio benedicti), although modifications may be necessary. Results of tests, even those with the same species, using procedures different from those described in the test method may not be comparable and using these different procedures may alter bioavailability. Comparison of results obtained using modified versions of these procedures might provide useful information concerning new concepts and procedures for conducting sediment tests with aquatic organisms. If tests are conducted with procedures different from those described in this test method, additional tests are required to determine comparability of results. General procedures described in this test method might be useful for conducting tests with other aquatic organisms; however, modifications may be necessary.
1.11 Selection of Toxicity Testing Organisms:
1.11.1 The choice of a test organism has a major influence on the relevance, success, and interpretation of a test. Furthermore, no one organism is best suited for all sediments. The following criteria were considered when selecting test organisms to be described in this standard (Table 1 and Guide E1525). Ideally, a test organism should: (1) have a toxicological database demonstrating relative sensitivity to a range of contaminants of interest in sediment, (2) have a database for interlaboratory comparisons of procedures (for example, round-robin studies), (3) be in direct contact with sediment, (4) be readily available from culture or through field collection, (5) be easily maintained in the laboratory, (6) be easily identified, (7) be ecologically or economically important, (8) have a broad geographical distribution, be indigenous (either present or historical) to the site being evaluated, or have a niche similar to organisms of concern (for example, similar feeding guild or behavior to the indigenous organisms), (9) be tolerant of a broad range of sediment physico-chemical characteristics (for example, grain size), and (10) be compatible with selected exposure methods and endpoints (Guide E1525). Methods utilizing selected organisms should also be (11) peer reviewed (for example, journal articles) and (12) confirmed with responses with natural populations of benthic organisms.
1.11.2 Of these criteria (Table 1), a database demonstrating relative sensitivity to contaminants, contact with sediment, ease of culture in the laboratory or availability for field-collection, ease of handling in the laboratory, tolerance to varying sediment physico-chemical characteristics, and confirmation with responses with natural benthic populations were the primary criteria used for selecting A. abdita, E. estuarius, L. plumulosus, and R. abronius for the current edition of this standard for 10-d sediment tests (Annex A1). The species chosen for this method are intimately associated with sediment, due to their tube- dwelling or free-burrowing, and sediment ingesting nature. Amphipods have been used extensively to test the toxicity of marine, estuarine, and freshwater sediments (Swartz et al., 1985 (10); DeWitt et al., 1989 (11); Scott and Redmond, 1989 (12); DeWitt et al., 1992a (6); Schlekat et al., 1992 (13)). The selection of test species for this standard followed the consensus of experts in the field of sediment toxicology who participated in a workshop entitled "Testing Issues for Freshwater and Marine Sediments". The workshop was sponsored by USEPA Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, and Office of Research and Development, and was held in Washington, D.C. from 16-18 September 1992 (USEPA, 1992 (15)). Of the candidate species discussed at the workshop, A. abdita, E. estuarius, L. plumulosus, and R. abronius best fulfilled the selection criteria, and presented the availability of a combination of one estuarine and one marine species each for both the Atlantic (the estuarine L. plumulosus and the marine A. abdita ) and Pacific (the estuarine E. estuarius and the marine R. abronius) coasts. Ampelisca abdita is also native to portions of the Gulf of Mexico and San Francisco Bay. Many other organisms that might be appropriate for sediment testing do not now meet these selection criteria because little emphasis has been placed on developing standardized testing procedures for benthic organisms. For example, a fifth species, Grandidierella japonica was not selected because workshop participants felt that the use of this species was not sufficiently broad to warrant standardization of the method. Environment Canada (1992 (5)) has recommended the use of the following amphipod species for sediment toxicity testing: Amphiporeia virginiana, Corophium volutator , Eohaustorius washingtonianus, Foxiphalus xiximeus, and Leptocheirus pinguis. A database similar to those available for A. abdita, E. estuarius, L. plumulosus, and R. abronius must be developed in order for these and other organisms to be included in future editions of this standard.
1.11.3 The primary criterion used for selecting L. plumulosus for chronic testing of sediments was that this species is found in both oligohaline and mesohaline regions of estuaries on the East Coast of the United States and is tolerant to a wide range of sediment grain size distribution (USEPA-USACE 2001 (2), Annex Annex A2). This species is easily cultured in the laboratory and has a relatively short generation time (that is, about 24 d at 23°C, DeWitt et al. 1992a(6)) that makes this species adaptable to chronic testing (Section 12).
1.11.4 An important consideration in the selection of specific species for test method development is the existence of information concerning relative sensitivity of the organisms both to single chemicals and complex mixtures. Several studies have evaluated the sensitivities of A. abdita, E. estuarius, L. plumulosus, or R. abronius, either relative to one another, or to other commonly tested estuarine or marine species. For example, the sensitivity of marine amphipods was compared to other species that were used in generating saltwater Water Quality Criteria. Seven amphipod genera, including Ampelisca abdita and Rhepoxynius abronius, were among the test species used to generate saltwater Water Quality Criteria for 12 chemicals. Acute amphipod toxicity data from 4-d water-only tests for each of the 12 chemicals was compared to data for (1) all other species, (2) other benthic species, and (3) other infaunal species. Amphipods were generally of median sensitivity for each comparison. The average percentile rank of amphipods among all species tested was 57 %; among all benthic species, 56 %; and, among all infaunal species, 54 %. Thus, amphipods are not uniquely sensitive relative to all species, benthic species, or even infaunal species (USEPA 1994a (1)). Additional research may be warranted to develop tests using species that are consistently more sensitive than amphipods, thereby offering protection to less sensitive groups.
1.11.5 Williams et al. (1986 (16)) compared the sensitivity of the R. abronius 10-d whole sediment test, the oyster embryo (Crassostrea gigas) 48-h abnormality test, and the bacterium (Vibrio fisheri) 1-h luminescence inhibition test (that is, the Microtox2 test) to sediments collected from 46 contaminated sites in Commencement Bay, WA. Rhepoxynius abronius were exposed to whole sediment, while the oyster and bacterium tests were conducted with sediment elutriates and extracts, respectfully. Microtox2 was the most sensitive test, with 63 % of the sites eliciting significant inhibition of luminescence. Significant mortality of R. abronius was observed in 40 % of test sediments, and oyster abnormality occurred in 35 % of sediment elutriates. Complete concordance (that is, sediments that were either toxic or not-toxic in all three tests) was observed in 41 % of the sediments. Possible sources for the lack of concordance at other sites include interspecific differences in sensitivity among test organisms, heterogeneity in contaminant types associated with test sediments, and differences in routes of exposure inherent in each toxicity test. These results highlight the importance of using multiple assays when performing sediment assessments.
1.11.6 Several studies have compared the sensitivity of combinations of the four amphipods to sediment contaminants. For example, there are several comparisons between A. abdita and R. abronius, between E. estuarius and R. abronius, and between A. abdita and L. plumulosus. There are fewer examples of direct comparisons between E. estuarius and L. plumulosus , and no examples comparing L. plumulosus and R. abronius. There is some overlap in relative sensitivity from comparison to comparison within each species combination, which appears to indicate that all four species are within the same range of relative sensitivity to contaminated sediments.
184.108.40.206 Word et al. (1989 (17)) compared the sensitivity of A. abdita and R. abronius to contaminated sediments in a series of experiments. Both species were tested at 15°C. Experiments were designed to compare the response of the organism rather than to provide a comparison of the sensitivity of the methods (that is, Ampelisca abdita would normally be tested at 20°C). Sediments collected from Oakland Harbor, CA, were used for the comparisons. Twenty-six sediments were tested in one comparison, while 5 were tested in the other. Analysis of results using Kruskal Wallace rank sum test for both experiments demonstrated that R. abronius exhibited greater sensitivity to the sediments than A. abdita at 15°C. Long and Buchman (1989 (18)) also compared the sensitivity of A. abdita and R. abronius to sediments from Oakland Harbor, CA. They also determined that A. abdita showed less sensitivity than R. abronius, but they also showed that A. abdita was less sensitive to sediment grain size factors than R. abronius.
126.96.36.199 DeWitt et al. (1989 (11)) compared the sensitivity of E. estuarius and R. abronius to sediment spiked with fluoranthene and field-collected sediment from industrial waterways in Puget Sound, WA, in 10-d tests, and to aqueous cadmium (CdCl2) in a 4-d water-only test. The sensitivity of E. estuarius was from two (to spiked-spiked sediment) to seven (to one Puget Sound, WA, sediment) times less sensitive than R. abronius in sediment tests, and ten times less sensitive to CdCl2 in the water-only test. These results are supported by the findings of Pastorok and Becker (1990 (19)) who found the acute sensitivity of
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Farmhouse ales of EuropeHaving surveyed the state of farmhouse brewing in Norway it's time to look at the same thing in Europe generally. The last time I did that was four years ago, but I've learned so much in the meantime that the picture looks completely different this time around. The most surprising thing about it is how much of the farmhouse tradition that is actually left, and how incredibly little known it is. ... Read | 2014-10-18 16:46 | 7 comment(s) Maltøl, or Norwegian farmhouse aleThis seems like a good time to summarize what I've learned about Norwegian farmhouse ale during and after the May trip. There is still a lot of material to go through, and much more to learn, so this summary is still somewhat provisional, but much better and more firmly grounded than the previous one. ... Read | 2014-10-11 13:20 | 5 comment(s) Beer judging considered harmfulI don't mean that all beer judging is harmful all the time, but it's definitely the case that an education in beer judging can lead people astray. Michael Jackson once explained how scientifically trained brewers used to attack him for the way he described beers. They would come up to him saying he knew nothing about tasting beer, and that the proper terms for describing flavour were words like sulphury, rancid, solvent like, etc. What did he mean by using terms like spicy, floral, seductive? Did he have no education in tasting? To which Jackson's fantastic reply was "I understand. I will try to do better next time. Do you want me to describe your beer as sulphury, rancid or solvent like?" ... Read | 2014-10-07 17:45 | 7 comment(s) Kveik analysis reportOne of my goals for the Norwegian farmhouse ale trip was to see if kveik (family yeast) still existed in Norway, and to get samples if possible. To that end I bought six little plastic bottles to keep the samples in before leaving. At our very first stop, Sigmund was kind enough to let me take two samples. I took two because I wanted to send one to the National Collection of Yeast Cultures in Norwich, UK for analysis, and the other I wanted for myself. A side benefit of sending it to NCYC is that they keep the yeast in their collection, where it's preserved for posterity by being frozen. ... Read | 2014-09-26 08:11 | 5 comment(s) Brewing your own vossaølTo better understand why vossaøl tastes the way it does I wanted to try to brew it with modern homebrewing equipment. So I teamed up with my friend Geir Ove Grønmo, who is an experienced homebrewer and had all the equipment we needed. The recipe is simplicity itself: pure pilsner malts, some noble hops, kveik (yeast). The biggest challenge is that the whole process takes so long. ... Read | 2014-09-22 17:08 | 7 comment(s) Norwegian Ethnological ResearchThe definitive book on Norwegian farmhouse ale is Odd Nordland's "Brewing and beer traditions in Norway," published in 1969. That book is now sadly totally unavailable, except from libraries. In the foreword Nordland writes that the book is based on a questionnaire issued by Norwegian Ethnological Research in 1952 and 1957. After digging a little I discovered that this material is actually still available at the institute. The questionnaire is number 35, running to 103 questions. ... Read | 2014-09-15 15:38 | 8 comment(s) Hegra maltøl at Granås GårdOur final stop on the trip was actually the first to be planned. Morten Granås has made a small business out of his såinnhus (malt house), receiving visitors on tours of the såinnhus, and so he's perhaps the best-known farmhouse brewer in Norway. He was in the book that roused my interest in farmhouse ale, and the Beer Trotter visited him a couple of years ago. So for once we are visiting a brewer who is already well documented, but I want to set out my own observations. (This is part 9 of the Norwegian farmhouse ale trip.) ... Read | 2014-09-09 17:20 | 0 comment(s) AlstadbergerDriving hurriedly on from Storli Gard, we arrived at the island of Tautra outside Trondheim late at night. There lies Klostergården, which is a farm, an inn, a restaurant, a bar, and a brewery, all in one. The name means "monastery farm", because it's literally right next to the ruins of a medieval monastery. The brewery is a small craft brewery, and on this tour we weren't really looking for craft beer, but in this case we made an exception. (This is part 8 of the Norwegian farmhouse ale trip.) ... Read | 2014-09-03 19:59 | 2 comment(s) Storli Gard: Norway's oldest beer?Leaving Sunnmøre we drove for many hours along narrow mountain valleys. It was a completely different landscape: spruce forest, bare rocks, some farmland, no fjords. Eventually, we left the highway, then turned back west again, following progressively smaller and smaller roads into the mountains. The whole way the view was almost impossibly gorgeous, as if someone had arranged every mountain, house, and cluster of trees for maximum effect. Eventually, the road ended in front of a cluster of wooden houses. There were no signs, but from the map we assumed this had to be our destination: Storli Gard. (This is part 7 of the Norwegian farmhouse ale trip.) ... Read | 2014-08-17 16:59 | 6 comment(s) A brief stop in StrandaWe knew there were lots of active farmhouse brewers in the Sunnmøre region, but since we had great difficulties getting in touch with them, other parts of the trip expanded, eating away at the available time. From Flåm to Stranda is a 5-hour drive, and onwards to where we were staying next is an 8-hour drive. So in the end we had just an evening for this whole area. Which is a crying shame, but there was nothing to be done about it. 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Danish and Spanish Royals Release Annual Christmas Cards
The Danish and Spanish Royal Courts have released their annual Christmas cards. Both sets were released last week.
Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik chose a photograph of themselves in Greenland earlier this year as their card, and the Crown Princely Couple featured a black and white snap of their four children – Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine – for their Christmas greeting. The Crown Princely Couple's card has some questionable editing skills, with Princess Josephine having a portion of her face cropped out.
The Queen's two sisters, Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, also released their 2011 Christmas cards. The Berleburgs used an official photo from Princess Nathalie's religious wedding to Mr Alexander Johannsmann in June (believed to be the thank-you card from the wedding, as it has the wedding date at the bottom instead of '2011′). Queen Anne-Marie and her husband, King Constantine II, are shown with their nine grandchildren aboard their yacht, in matching red and white.
Over to Spain, and as they have done each year since the Photoshop Scandal of '05, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia used neutral image on their card – this year a religious painting. The Prince and Princess of Asturias's card featured a new family photo of the couple with their two daughters, Infanta Leonor and Infanta Sofia. Infanta Elena chose to use a photograph of hre two children, Froilan and Victoria de Marichalar; while Infanta Cristina selected a photograph of her family – husband Inaki and children Juan, Pablo, Miguel and Irene – from Miguel's communion earlier this year.
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Hiriart was born in Santiago in 1931 and raised by virtuous, but not particularly religious, parents. Towards the end of his schooling he joined Catholic Action and at 17 become one of the founders of the Schoenstatt Movement in Chile.
He decided to major in engineering and after earning his degree, he worked with companies in the economic development of Chile, a job which eventually gave up to become a professor of engineering at the Catholic University in Santiago.
He was mentored by the Schoenstatt founder, Fr. Jose Kentenich, who discerned in the young man a vocation to the consecrated life as a member of the Secular Institute of the Brothers of Mary.
According to those promoting his cause, Mario lived "his apostolate by performing his daily duties well, spending time with students and young married couples and giving them counsel, and motivating many young people to be leaders in the building of a Christian order in society and in public service."
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The setting of The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is quite claustrophobic, taking place in offices, jails, hospital rooms. This device takes the reader more into the intricacies of Swedish organizations, as well as the minds and emotions of the characters than the first two books of the trilogy.. The first half of the book drags as Salander is recovering in the hospital and the reader is taken through the intricacies of 'The Section', a secret group within Sapo (the Swedish Security Police) who are trying to have Salander re-committed to a mental institution. The second half of the book 'wakes up' as does Salander.. After that, it's an incredible read to the finish.
At the beginning of book three of the trilogy, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition with a bullet wound to her head in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. Salander is intent on not only proving her innocence, but also identifying and denouncing those in authority who have allowed her to suffer abuse and violence. She plots her revenge using a Palm hand held device connected to a 3G mobile hotspot (very realistic) to connect with Blomquist and a group of underground computer hackers..
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retirement system and changes in hiring of retirees. Thanks very much
Major Federal Employee Legislation Signed Into Law Yesterday
Some major changes are coming soon for both current and former federal
employees. Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010
Defense authorization bill, which contains a number of fed-friendly
measures. The House passed the measure earlier this month, and the Senate
approved it last Thursday night by a vote of 68 to 29.
Throughout the federal workplace, the most widely-anticipated of the
changes allows those covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System
(FERS) to get credit in their annuities for unused sick leave. The change
puts FERS employees on the same footing as federal workers covered by the
Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), who are able to credit their sick
leave toward their annuity. The FERS sick leave provision will be phased
in, with a 50 percent credit through December 31, 2013, and a 100 percent
credit beginning January 1, 2014.
Along with the sick leave provision, the new law removes a retirement
penalty that is imposed on long-time CSRS employees who choose to switch
to part-time work at the end of their careers. Currently, part-time
service occurring during the final years of CSRS service negatively
impacts the high-three annuity calculation. Under the new law, however,
CSRS workers can transition to part-time work at the end of their careers
without reducing their final annuity.
The new law also allows former federal employees under the FERS who
withdrew their contributions to the retirement trust fund, thereby waiving
retirement credit for those years of service, to redeposit their earlier
contributions, plus interest, upon reemployment with the federal
government. This permits these employees to receive service credit toward
their annuities for those years.
Another change authorizes federal agencies to reemploy retired federal
employees under certain limited conditions, without offsetting the
employees' annuity against their salary. Under the legislation, the
Comptroller General would be required to report on the use of this
Federal employees in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories have some
significant changes coming their way as well. These federal workers
currently receive a non-foreign cost of living allowance (COLA), which is
not taxed, but also is not figured into retirement calculations, resulting
in lower retirement pay compared to mainland workers. Federal employees in
the contiguous 48 states receive locality pay, which is factored in for
retirement. Under the new law, locality pay for these workers will be
phased in over three years. The COLA will be phased out more slowly to
offset taxes on locality pay, and to protect take-home pay during the
Finally, a provision in the conference report repeals the National
Security Personnel System (NSPS), but allows the Department of Defense
(DoD) and the Office of Personnel Management to maintain flexibility in
performance management and in the hiring of DoD civilian employees.
The President signed the legislation into law Wednesday during a ceremony
at the White House.


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Because Ike has NEVER shown any consistencey at the position. (Though he does posses some physical upside) And after last season he actually seems to have regressed. Which is strange seeing as how he was not 'rushed' into the position.
As well as the fact that,....though he is relatively young. He's far from a rookie,...and can no longer use 'inexperience' as an excuse for mental lapses and or his lack of ball skills and awareness.
But i forgot,...none of this will be a problem for him anymore,.....because we have a new coach. Riiiiiiiiight
I would argue that there were alot of guys who regressed to some extent last year.
The Steeler O-line has long been a real strong point - last time out it almost got Ben killed.
Having Polamalu as a free floating playmaker is great when he diagnoses the right play, but isn't quite so hot when he gets caught too near the LOS and his CB's are exposed deep - factor in a lack of penetration by the LBer/D-line corps and you have problems.
The Steelers are tough talent evaluators, I cannot imagine them giving Ike such a good contract for him not to have a high amount of ability.
Asante Samuel didn't have all the same problems Ike did last year, but he was renowned for having hands-of-rock - he dropped a number of easy picks.
Last year that part of his game fell into place and he racked up 10 INT's when his previous high had been 3.
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Actor Dave Bresnahan and his son Joseph say they had the time of their life in the fantasy film series Mythica starring Kevin Sorbo.
Sandy, UT, May 16, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) - Watching fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure films like the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Star Trek is fun, but actually being in the next major fantasy film was an experience this father and son will never forget.
Dave Bresnahan has been acting for many years. His son Joseph (18) has just begun his acting career. Recently the two were able to be in some battle scenes for the fantasy film series Mythica. Bresnahan's acting profile is on IMDB at http://www.IMDB.me/davebresnahan.
"This ranks as one of the top father and son experiences we've had. Being in a film together is cool, but being in a major battle scene of an awesome fantasy film made this something neither of us will ever forget," said Dave Bresnahan. "It was even more fun because I had a rather dramatic death," he added with a smile.
Bresnahan not only acted in the film, he has become a Kickstarter backer of Mythica: A Quest for Heroes, the first film in the series. Anyone can be added to the film credits as a backer, and get a variety of other gifts depending on the backer level chosen. The deadline to participate is May 18, 2104. The full details are at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arrowstorm/mythica-a-quest-for-heroes-starring-kevin-sorbo.
Both Bresnahans played the role of a medieval soldier. Dave Bresnahan had a minor speaking role, and his character had a dramatic death scene at the hands of the villain in the film. In order to continue to appear in the film after his character died, he played the role of an orc and again died in another battle scene.
"I die a lot in the movies I'm in. I'm really good at it. I died in the first film I was ever in back in my college days, and I just keep dying," said Bresnahan, laughing.
The father and son team have recently been in several other films together, including Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks, H8RZ (Haters), some short films, and commercials.
"When the opportunity is right it will be fun to be in a film together again, but usually that doesn't happen very often. And it would be hard to do something that was as much fun as working together in Mythica. It will be an incredible film series fantasy fans will love," said Bresnahan.
The Mythica series of films are produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment (http://www.ArrowstormEntertainment.com), a Utah-based production studio. They make sci-fi, action, and fantasy films, and believe that capturing the imagination of the audience is their key to success.
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Thanks for all the replies, sounds like everybody uses one of the finger print ones or the code ones. I just wasn't sure if I was missing something cheap and awesome. Do you guys have one on each side of the bed as well? I'm thinking we might just get one for now for my wife since she has the revolver on her side, and get one later for me since they are pushing 100 bucks or so. I will just keep mine unloaded as there is now way my little girl can rack it yet. And who would think to look in the sock drawer for a gun The gunvault and the sentrysafe are looking the best right now, but i will keep looking. I just dont want to have to fiddle with a key or combination in the dark under pressure.
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I got tired of thinking about this every time the nieces and nephews came over. I got a fingerprint safe that fits in the drawer.
When we have children over I lock everything in the safe except my 380. I carry the 380 in my pocket. When I go to bed I sleep with shorts on that have a pocket. I keep both my gun and knife in my pocket all the time.
To the OP - similar issue and I'm mobile right now so can't post the links, but have you seen the reports on some of theses $50-$300 safes? Very easy for a curious kid or determined teen to bust into. Forbes had an article and if you search YouTube for DEFCON and gun safe, you should find two videos - one from this year and one for a year or two ago (some foul language, so don't have the kids around). I'll post them later today.
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From my understanding, Kaba locks manufactured after November 2011 have had the defect corrected. Their real issue is the cost to repair all the ones in the field, mainly on doors. The other manufacturer of this type of lock used on handgun safes says theirs is not effected. Seems like a rare earth magnet the strength needed would not be very common in the typical thieves toolbox. I still think it is one of the better options available with all things considered.
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Two years ago I planted about 50 Encore Azaleas along the back of my garden. last year I planted 15 around the base of two big Oak trees. I had to dig them up because the trees were sucking up all of the food that they needed. They were in pretty bad shape. I put them back in pots until I decide where to replant them. The guy where I bought them told me to cut them back.
I cut them as he told me. Then I thought, why waste the cuttings. I got some small pots, put root tone on the end of the cut stems and planted a couple 100 of them. That has been about a month ago. I have them in my greenhouse and have kept them watered. Most of the cuttings have turned brown, but some are still green. I have not pulled any up to see if there are roots. I am a very new gardener, any chance of this working ? |
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Sorry, after posting this I found a posting that had all of the information that I needed. It seems that I did nearly everything wrong, but I may get some plants to root, we will see. I am very new at planting things. I am good at building things and most of time I just get a bigger hammer, that does not seem to work with plants, or my wife. lol |
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I think Encore azaleas are patented, which means that it is against the law to propagate them asexually. |
You surly jest. Maybe if I was selling them, but surly not for my own use. |
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Dear rolacoy, I think you would have to peruse patent law to determine its intent or consult a patent attorney. |
Hate to break it to you, but Jay_7bsc is correct--it's not triggered by an intent to sell, but rather asexual propagation itself--absent a license from the patent holder--is illegal. During the life of the patent, the patent holder excludes all others from the right to asexually reproduce the plant AS WELL AS use, offer for sale or offer any of its parts for sale. You purchased the right to use the plant from the patent holder when you bought the plant, but that's it. If you want to LEGALLY reproduce the plant, you need a license from the patent holder. That doesn't mean that people don't asexually reproduce patented plants without a license and get away with it; the policing of plant reproduction isn't a hot-button issue for law enforcement, but patent law does apply nonetheless. |
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