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FDA's conclusion that chemical is safe is flawed
WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration's assurances that a controversial chemical is safe for use in food containers are badly flawed, an independent panel of scientific advisers concluded in a report released Tuesday.
The chemical, known as bisphenol A, is used to make plastic for food packaging, baby bottles and other consumer and medical goods. Environmental groups want to ban BPA in products for infants because of concerns that it can interfere with their development. But the FDA recently said there is no harm from the low doses of BPA that babies, children and most adults get by eating foods from containers made with the chemical.
Asked by the agency to review that conclusion, a panel of outside advisers delivered what amounts to a scientific rebuke.
"The margins of safety defined by FDA as 'adequate' are, in fact, inadequate," said the report, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press. The advisers found that the FDA had not considered all available, credible scientific evidence, and urged the agency to essentially go back to the lab.
The report came as a welcome surprise to environmentalists and their supporters in Congress. Citing some of the advisers ties to industry, critics had initially questioned the objectivity of the panel.
"Despite the concerns about their objectivity, (the panel) agreed with the many independent scientists that questioned FDA's initial assessment on BPA," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who chairs a committee that oversees the agency's budget. The report "is reinforcing the position that the FDA should restart the BPA evaluation process."
The report will be discussed at a meeting of the FDA's science board Friday, but what it will mean for consumers was not immediately clear. With the advisers saying more studies are needed, the FDA is unlikely to move quickly to restrict the use of BPA. Concerned consumers, however, can reduce their exposure by avoiding plastic containers imprinted with the recycling number 7, as many of these contain BPA.
"The panel was very clear, but we don't know if the FDA is going to listen," said consumer activist Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families. "If they do, it could be a couple of years before they do anything. The FDA's assessment should have been done right the first time. Now it's going to have to be redone."
The FDA had no immediate comment on the advisers' report, but administration officials said it shows the agency is open to second opinions, even critical ones.
The worries about BPA come from the fact that it can mimic the effects of estrogen, a powerful hormone. While the kidneys of mature children and grown-ups quickly eliminate the chemical from their bodies, newborns and infants may retain it for longer periods. Babies can be exposed to BPA through infant formula packaged in containers made with the chemical.
The advisers' report faulted the FDA for relying on relatively narrow studies in rats to reach its conclusion that low doses of BPA are safe. Instead, it urged the agency to take into account a much broader range of scientific literature, including a recent study that raised suspicions about a link to heart problems in adults.


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Breck \b-re-ck\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Breck), is pronounced brek. It is of Gaelic and Old English origin, and the meaning of Breck is "freckled; gap". "Breck" also refers to a stretch of sandy, rolling land. A romantic character in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" is named Alan Breck.
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Jackie McLean's father, John McLean, was a guitarist in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. Jackie played alto saxophone from the age of 15, studying briefly with Foots Thomas and Cecil Scott, then worked with Sonny Rollins (1948-9), Miles Davis (at intervals, 1951-2), with whom he made his first recordings, Paul Bley and George Wallington (1955), and Charles Mingus (1956, 1958-9); he also belonged to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1956-8; and worked occasionally as a leader. From 1958 he led a quintet, with which he made several recordings and toured Japan in 1965. In 1968 he joined the faculty of the Hartt School of Music, and in the following summers he made tours (sometimes with his son Rene) and taught in Europe. In the early 1980s he appeared in Ken Levis's documentary film Jackie McLean on Mars, in which he is seen teaching, playing, and discoursing on life and music. McLean has a raw, urgent style that is grounded in bop but also greatly affected by free jazz.
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Responding to the width of any device. The phrase 'responsive web design' did not exist a decade ago because bigger was better and the large 1500 mega pixel wide flat displays were all the rage back then. Wider photographs, crystal clear imagery, streaming videos and playing movies on your home computer. Gone were the days of ugly web 1.0, w/ limited screen space and 800 width, as advertising banners and text ads filled any blank space. Fast forward to today and web sites now need to look good on all computers, from desktop to palm sized.
for both map store and the content site of Total Escape.
(it's taking way longer than I had anticipated)
So here I am again learning code, for the tenth time. New code for the new app, for the old site, the content rich 8000 page beast that I call Total Escape. The third major "overhaul" design and the umpteenth upgrade.
Total Escape is celebrating 18 years online this month and it continues to be the independent travel guide to California Outdoors and Off the Beaten Path.


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Florida East Coast Railway Tuesday unveiled a new online portal that allows the regional railroad's customers to track freight shipments and equipment across its network.
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The Tampa Port Authority has approved a $20.8 million spending plan to build a new refrigerated warehouse in an attempt to win back perishable food shippers to Port Tampa Bay.
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Container volume at Port Everglades rose 9.1 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, as growth in empty-container shipments outpaced an 0.7 percent rise in full 20-foot-equivalent units.
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A recently-awarded navigation project will likely further fuel continued Asia volume gains at the Port of Jacksonville, Florida.
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The Port of Miami experienced double-digit container volume growth in March. It's just a hint of what's to come, port officials say, as the port gears up for the opening of its deeper harbor this summer.
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A former employee of U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico carriers Sea Star Line and Trailer Bridge has been charged with defrauding the companies of $2.1 million by submitting phony invoices for container and equipment decals and inspection and transportation of containers and equipment.
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It's not clear whether Scott's meeting tipped the scales for the Port of Jacksonville or Nestle USA had planned the cargo shift for some time — but the announcement fit in well with the governor's highly publicized and controversial visit to California.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has made a giant bet that Florida, and, in particular, Miami, will muscle its way into the container port gateway business, moving cargo to and from points well beyond the port confines.
24 Mar 2015
Diversions from congested West Coast ports are helping drive traffic growth at the Savannah port, setting the largest U.S. southeast port to end its fiscal year with 14 to 14.5 percent more volume than in the prior year.
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Three carrier alliances are launching Asia-U.S. East Coast services that will increase capacity on the route by 6 percent, according to industry analyst Alphaliner.
13 Mar 2015
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's attempt to lure shippers — from Bacardi to Ikea — away from California may not necessarily bring big business to the Sunshine State, but it will bring the national media attention that some say Florida ports need.


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During the last seven years, Taras has worked for the Embassy of Ukraine, as a commercial attaché to Poland. Previously he has helped to strengthen economic relations between Ukraine and Israel and the Netherlands. Taras is a graduate of the Lviv Trade and Economic Institute, and an alumni of the training course at the Center for Political and Diplomatic Studies at Oxford University. He holds a PhD degree.
Regarding his appointment, Taras comments, "What distinguishes Poland is a considerable potential to build labor resources and technologies. I dare claim that in a decade it will set the pace for E.U. development. In helping Miratech establish its Poland Unit in Warsaw, I hope to contribute to its ongoing global success."
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White waves lap the sandy beach. Seagulls squawk overhead. Eagles pose in tall trees nearby, watchful. Pacific University sophomore Charlotte Basch is at home, in her favorite spot.
It's known as Neawanna Point, an 18.5-acre estuary just north of Seaside, Ore., off Highway 101.
Today, it is part of a preserve established in 1968 by the North Coast Land Conservancy and others to protect a sensitive ecosystem and a place of cultural significance.
White waves lap the sandy beach. Seagulls squawk overhead. Eagles pose in tall trees nearby, watchful. Pacific University sophomore Charlotte Basch is at home, in her favorite spot.
It's known as Neawanna Point, an 18.5-acre estuary just north of Seaside, Ore., off Highway 101.
Today, it is part of a preserve established in 1968 by the North Coast Land Conservancy and others to protect a sensitive ecosystem and a place of cultural significance.
Hundreds of years ago, it was the place of Charlotte's ancestors; a place where the Clatsop and Nehalem Indians lived together in longhouses, where they fished and hunted, where they weaved clothes and baskets, where they danced.
It also is the place where Lewis and Clark once stayed, not far from Fort Clatsop, where, in 1805, they met Coboway, the Clatsop Indian chief who was Charlotte's great-great-great-grandfather.
Her mother, Roberta Wright-Basch, hails from the Puyallup tribe in Washington. Her father, Richard Basch, is from the Clatsop-Nehalem tribe. Charlotte has grown up with their shared ancestry and considers herself a proud member of both tribes, one who wants to use her talents and education to work with and for indigenous communities.
An ambitious student, Charlotte is a Pacific University sophomore working on a combined major in anthropology and sociology and hoping to add dance next year. She also is striving for minors in Spanish, political science and indigenous studies, a new minor that launches next fall, thanks in part to some of her own efforts.
Her passions go back to her childhood.
Charlotte's father, Richard, serves as the Native American liaison to the National Park Service for the Lewis & Clark Trail at Fort Clatsop. When she was 12 years old, Charlotte accompanied him to work and was shocked to see the historical video that played at the fort.
The video depicted "the Clatsop-Nehalem people as just basically decimated—they looked horrible," Charlotte said. "It said that they were extinct…but I always knew I was Clatsop (Indian), so I went back to my dad and told him about this and we sat down and wrote a big paper about everything I didn't like about the video and what should be changed."
The result: Fort Clatsop received a grant to remake the video, A Clatsop Winter Story, which plays every 30 minutes during visitor hours at the fort.
"It tells the story of Lewis and Clark and the expedition, but through the eyes of the Clatsop, which is a side that not many people hear very often," Charlotte said. "I think it ended up pretty accurate, more or less, and I know that the fourth-grade classes in Clatsop County do go and watch the film every year."
The story is told through the eyes of Charlotte's great-great-grandmother, Celiast Smith, the daughter of Clatsop Chief Coboway. Celiast would have been 4 when Lewis and Clark journeyed to the area. In the video, Roberta, Charlotte's mother, portrays Celiast as a grandmother telling her grandchildren about Lewis and Clark. Charlotte plays Celiast as a child.
Charlotte and her sister, Lorraine, also served as models for their ancestors in a 60-foot-long mural in Seaside (on the corner of Broadway and Holladay streets) depicting scenes of early Native American life.
The Clatsop-Nehalem tribe, like many Native American groups, is not formally recognized by the United States government. In 1851, 19 tribes negotiated treaties at Tansy Point near Astoria. How ever, the government never ratified the treaties and, as the tribe's website states, the Clatsop-Nehalem people "began to fall through the cracks."
Some members settled on reservations, such as the Siletz and Grand Ronde in Oregon, or the Chehalis or Quinault Indian Nation in Washington. Others stayed in their homeland.
"We lost a lot of heritage and culture," Charlotte said. "We were pushed out, mostly because the area is beautiful, rich and full of many resources—so many settlers wanted to go there."
For Charlotte, the future isn't about recognition, so much as revitalization.
"A lot of our language has been lost," she said. "A lot of our dances and our songs have been lost...we have a few of our stories."
She wants to use her education as a path to exploring retention and revitalization of indigenous cultures worldwide—including her own.
"I've had a really strong interest in indigenous people all over the world, specifically in the Americas, because I believe we're all related," she said.
When she was younger, she visited Australia.
More recently, she worked as a volunteer with a nonprofit agency, Cross-Culture Solutions, in Ayacucho, Peru, one of that country's poorest areas, where she worked with mothers in a wa-wa-wasi, or "baby house" in the Quechua language.
"I really wanted to find more of the indigenous-based teachings for their kids, since almost everyone outside of Lima at least speaks Quechua…especially the elders," she said. "So, I was really hoping to bring that home, the way they teach their younger community members about the past."
Pacific has allowed her to continue her exploration.
This winter, she visited Trinidad, in the Caribbean, through a Pacific research class on culture. There, she got to meet with the president of Santa Rosa Carib Community, a major organization of indigenous people in Trinidad and Tobago and to see how natives there maintained their cultures.
"I wanted to work with them and see how they've held on to a lot of their traditions, their culture and language, mostly because since my father's tribe is unrecognized, we're hoping to move through the process of restoration, which is an extremely difficult process."
Last summer, Charlotte took another step in that process, as a coordinator for the Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe's involvement with canoe journeys held in the summer with many other Northwest Native American tribes.
(Learn about the Native American canoe journeys or watch the video documentary Paddle to Swinomish Clatsop-Nehalem with Warmsprings.)
Charlotte's group, which included both Clatsop-Nehalem and Warm Springs Indians, traveled more than 800 miles by canoe and motor vehicles to the Swinomish Tribe's home near LaConner, Wash. Along the way, they camped and shared songs, dances and stories with other local tribes, including the Grand Ronde, Quinault and Chinook.
They started the journey at Celio Village on the banks of the Columbia River in Central Oregon, with 12 to 18 people at any one time in the canoe. They paddled down the Columbia, using a trailer to go around the dams, and continued on the water to Vancouver, Wash. From there, Charlotte and her canoe family towed the canoe to the Makah Indian Reservation on Neah Bay at the very northwestern tip of Washington state, then paddled on the waters of Puget Sound eastward to the Swinomish Tribe's home.
At the end of the journey, said Charlotte's father, Richard, she stood up before some 10,000 people, introduced her tribe's canoe family, Ne-awahanna Yahanetty (Spirit of the River), and talked about the issues in maintaining Native American culture.
So many people, he said proudly, told him that his daughter "has so much courage."
One night in Spring 2010, Brandon von Damitz '04 found a real estate posting that would forever change life for him and his partner, Kelleigh Stewart '04.
They were looking to purchase a home in Portland, and Brandon's 3 a.m. search turned up what he described as "a glowing open sign." The ad, inserted among postings for Portland bungalows, was for an owner-financed coffee farm in Hawai'i.
He was sure it was a scam.
It wasn't.
One night in Spring 2010, Brandon von Damitz '04 found a real estate posting that would forever change life for him and his partner, Kelleigh Stewart '04.
They were looking to purchase a home in Portland, and Brandon's 3 a.m. search turned up what he described as "a glowing open sign." The ad, inserted among postings for Portland bungalows, was for an owner-financed coffee farm in Hawai'i.
He was sure it was a scam.
It wasn't.
By June, Brandon and Kelleigh had visited and bought the farm. By September, they were living on the island of Hawai'i, learning how to farm coffee from Bob, the 64-year-old seller.
It was quite a leap but, as Brandon put it, "There were no signs telling us not to do this."
After nearly five years of hard work and experimenting, the farm is producing award-winning coffee and helping making a positive contribution to the coffee community in Hawai'i.
Visiting the three-acre farm in the Puna region of the Big Island is a total sensory experience. Among the usual chatter of birds and the rustle of the tropical breeze are vocal chickens and roosters, as well as the occasional bleating sheep. Kelleigh and Brandon encourage smelling, tasting and feeling the coffee beans as they make their journey from shrub to cup.
By late January, most of the coffee bushes are "pau," or finished, for the season, but a few still bear coffee cherries. Kelleigh and Brandon offer a sample of the edible cherry peel, which is surprisingly sweet. Inside, the bean is coated with a sticky layer of mucilage, also sweet.
Brandon and Kelleigh employ a crew of harvesters who hand pick the berries from September to January. The Big Island is the only island in Hawai'i where coffee is harvested by hand. The rough volcanic terrain and small scale of farms makes it unsuitable for the machinery used to harvest coffee elsewhere.
The terrain also makes organic farming nearly impossible, as fertilizer is essential to ensure the soil can support the bushes. Brandon and Kelleigh use other natural practices, avoiding pesticide spray and keeping a team of 12 sheep who "mow" the orchard, provide some fertilizer, and guard against wild boar who like to eat the coffee bushes.
Brandon does the bulk of the outdoor work, including supervising the crew. Days begin at 5:30 a.m. and end around 7 p.m. Brandon, who grew up in the Portland suburbs, learned to farm through an apprenticeship with a small farm in Portland after he graduated from Pacific University with a degree in philosophy.
Kelleigh encouraged his interest in farming.
"Basically, I wanted him to learn how to grow plants so we could eat them," she said. "I wanted him to go to farm college."
"That was where I cut my teeth on farming," Brandon said. "I loved the community aspect, and we ate really well."
Eventually Brandon found he needed to increase his income, so he turned to serving food instead of growing it.
"At the time, the local food movement was just starting to gain traction, and I got to see the other end of the system."
Kelleigh's path to farming also took her through many years in food service as a cook and as a server. When she arrived at Pacific University from Salt Lake City in Fall 2000, she aspired to go into medicine. After a break spent as a chef in Alaska, Kelleigh transferred to Portland State University, partly for financial reasons.
"I transferred to PSU because I had to, but I wish I hadn't had to," she said.
While at PSU, Kelleigh began managing a vegan café. It was "a really big job," she said, but it was where she learned how to run a business. After college, Kelleigh continued to work toward a career in the medical field with a position in a lab at the Red Cross. The hours were demanding, though: "I never saw the sun."
Eventually, she returned to a career in food as a server in multiple restaurants, learned how to hunt for mushrooms, and learned the finer details of beer and wine from a sommelier.
Now Kelleigh uses her diverse collection of skills to perform the indoor work of storing, sorting, roasting and packaging the coffee beans after Brandon and the crew have picked the cherries, removed the skin and mucilage, then dried the beans in a greenhouse.
Some of the beans still boast the sticky mucilage — these are undergoing a method called "honey process," which removes the skin but nothing else. Brandon explains they spent some time experimenting with this process and it "cupped well." They found a way to roast the coffee to preserve the sweet flavors and balance the acidity — an experiment that paid off in 2013 with the grand prize at the Hawai'i State Cupping Competition.
Every step of the process is precise and finely honed, but the sorting stage proves to be a vital step in the creation of a specialty coffee. The beans are run through a grader, which sorts them by size and quality.
The grader is a critical component in the quest to improve the lives of coffee farmers. Kelleigh successfully wrote her first grant application to fund the machine.
"The first year we made no profit," Kelleigh said.
"We were teaching farmers why it's good to sort the coffee. It removes the defects, adds value to high grades, and makes the lower grades more affordable for price sensitive locals."
The challenge in Hawai'i is that the very act of producing the coffee is more expensive than elsewhere.
"There is nowhere else in the developed world where a coffee harvester can make a living and support the family picking coffee," Brandon said.
Hawaiian coffee reflects the true cost of coffee but, according to Brandon, "Quality has to reflect consumer expectations of value based on the cost."
That is where the grant-funded grader comes into play.
"The specialty coffee industry does not revere Hawaiian coffee," Kelleigh said. "We intended to learn as much as we could to make a specialty grade."
They have done so under the Big Island Coffee Roasters label, but their mission is to expand that level of quality throughout the region.
They know it is a lofty goal: "We understand the economics. It's very hard to make money. If we didn't have other resources, it would be hard to sustain ourselves."
Those diverse resources include processing coffee for their neighbors and building websites for others in the coffee industry.
Kelleigh and Brandon talk about the coffee industry with an intense passion. They are ferocious in their desire to help local farmers. To that end, they recently joined the Hawaiian Coffee Association board and hope to find ways to use their positions to continue helping other farmers.
With their keen focus on the business of coffee, it's easy to see how the couple has transformed the farm from the neglected site they acquired five years ago into a productive business that shipped out 10,000 pounds of coffee last year.
Their September arrival coincided with harvest, which launched them straight into the work.
The previous owner remained nearby for the first month to show them the farm operations and make introductions. Then they dove in.
"We didn't know anything about coffee," they said. Brandon didn't even regularly drink coffee. The first two years were spent learning. There was little opportunity for a social life, so they spent their days experimenting and studying.
They credit their time at Pacific with giving them some of the skills they needed to succeed.
"I don't recollect any professor who didn't seem genuinely invested in my well-being. They helped cultivate in me a love of learning because they demonstrated it," Brandon said. "I was learning how to learn for a lifetime, and because of that I left college feeling like I could do anything."
Kelleigh also gives significant credit to her Pacific years, particularly her relationships with faculty.
"It is more valuable to have a close connection with a mentor than it is to learn. You can learn anywhere. That's the easy part. But when you have a mentor, you grow," she said. "At Pacific, you learn how to develop your personality."
As they look toward the future, Kelleigh and Brandon apply the same focused energy and willingness to try anything that they have used in their work revitalizing Big Island Coffee Roasters.
"There are no guarantees in life," Brandon said. "All we have is our own self-assurance and internal navigation system."
Bryan Lang's older sister is a physical therapist.
So, of course, he resisted her encouragement to explore the field.
"I love her to death, but you don't want to always follow in your big sister's footsteps," said Lang PT '13, MHA '14.
Still, it was her prompting that eventually led him to the field — a field where he now owns a clinic with his sister as a partner.
Bryan Lang's older sister is a physical therapist.
So, of course, he resisted her encouragement to explore the field.
"I love her to death, but you don't want to always follow in your big sister's footsteps," said Lang PT '13, MHA '14.
Still, it was her prompting that eventually led him to the field — a field where he now owns a clinic with his sister as a partner.
"A lot of people come to the profession because they got hurt and have experience with PT," Lang said. "I didn't have that experience. I just really liked science."
He thought about medical school but wanted to be established in a career faster than that path would allow. He enjoyed the academic side of pharmacy but discovered on a job shadow that the practical side wasn't a good fit.
Finally, as an undergraduate at Oregon State University, he shadowed a physical therapist in Corvallis.
"I loved it," he said. "You can build a rapport with clients better than other health professions. You're on the road to recovery for them. You can really make a difference in someone's life, both physically and mentally."
Lang, who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, applied to several PT schools, but Pacific University was his No. 1 choice. He got in, then decided to hedge his bets by dual enrolling in the master of healthcare administration program.
"It's a good degree to have," he said. "And, it was a reasonable cost since I'd already put the money into the PT program."
Lang said he graduated from the PT program on a Saturday and started work at a clinic on the following Monday morning. For a year, he'd work during the week and go to his MHA classes on the weekends. He kicked around the idea of someday owning his own practice.
Then, a colleague connected him with Jim Arneaux, another physical therapist looking to sell his practice in Northwest Portland.
"I gave him a call and said, 'I'm not really sure I'm interested in buying, but I'm interested in learning the process to buy a practice,'" Lang said. "I asked if he would talk to me about his experience, the steps, and his 30 years of practice."
What he discovered was a colleague who was incredibly nice, patient-focused and very interesting in ensuring that the practice maintained a high quality even after he had sold it.
Ultimately, Lang teamed up with his sister and another physical therapist to buy Whole Body Health Physical Therapy. It was a bit of a risk, he said: They're young in the profession, and they're working to build a client base, as Arneaux has been ramping down for several years.
"It's definitely been a crazy learning curve. There's so much more involved than you can ever prepare for," he said. "Everyone knows you have to have a business plan and have equipment, but there's credentialing and a compliance book. Are you going to do electronic medical records? What are your workflows? It's a lot of trial and error."
It's been less than a year, though, and Lang and his partner are planning for the future. They're going to take out a wall for a little more space. They're getting ready to take on a physical therapy student. And they hope to get a front office staffer, at first part time, then at expanded hours.
"For me, it's totally worth it," he said. "I don't regret anything."
A Path to the Next Step
10 Tips for Excellent Business Etiquette
Dress for your audience. Be sure that your clothes make the impression you want. "A conservative neckline for women is two inches above the cleavage. Men will wear socks, and women will wear hosiery," Oliver says, though she acknowledges that's not always a popular perspective.
Turn off the cell phone.
Social etiquette is gender-based; business etiquette is hierarchy-based. The "top" person may be your boss, your client, an elected official, or the eldest in the room. "Always defer to the person with the checkbook," Oliver says.
Introduce people to the highest-ranking person. Example: "Ms. Prospective Client, I'd like you to meet Team Member."
Never refuse a handshake. Oliver says she understands that a fist bump spreads fewer germs, but she's not buying it. If someone offers a hand, take it. If you need to wash up later, do so covertly.
When you receive a business card, take a moment to read it and comment on it. "Don't just shove it in your pocket," Oliver says.
Receptions are not about eating or drinking. Do not have more than one alcoholic beverage at a business event. Be prepared to shake hands. That means no sweating beer bottle or messy food in your right hand. Keep your napkin handy. Ladies, blot your lipstick to avoid leaving marks on your glass.
Use proper table manners. Pass food from left to right. Pass the salt and pepper shakers together. In a formal dining situation, select silverware from the outside moving toward the plate for each course. Use the "b" and "d" trick to identify your place-setting: Make OK symbols with each hand. Your left hand looks like a lowercase "b," for the bread plate on the left. Your right hand is a lowercase "d," for the drink on the right.
Order a meal that you are comfortable eating and can consume neatly. Skip saucy pastas, ribs, and finger foods. Avoid crumbly foods that will leave a mess.
Send a handwritten thank you note within 24 to 48 hours of receiving a gift or attending a function. Oliver has a collection of notes on her office bulletin board. "Nobody prints out an email to hang up," she says.
A Path to the Next Step
Private Practice
Bryan Lang is in the office by around 7 a.m. each morning, and he doesn't close up until after 6 p.m. each night.
Fueled by a single cup of coffee a day, the physical therapist says the long hours don't bother him.
"When I was working (at my previous job), I didn't work as long hours, but I felt wiped out and exhausted more," said Lang PT '13, MHA '14. "Now, I work longer hours, but I'm not as tired.
Bryan Lang is in the office by around 7 a.m. each morning, and he doesn't close up until after 6 p.m. each night.
Fueled by a single cup of coffee a day, the physical therapist says the long hours don't bother him.
"When I was working (at my previous job), I didn't work as long hours, but I felt wiped out and exhausted more," said Lang PT '13, MHA '14. "Now, I work longer hours, but I'm not as tired.
"Working for something that's yours, that's a reflection of you, makes a difference. You have more energy to go and do."
Lang was always interested in a career in the health professions, and he chose physical therapy, over, say, medical school, in part because he wanted to be established in his profession before the age of 30.
"I saw myself as a young professional," he said.
At 26, he is that: He's not just practicing; he owns the Northwest Portland clinic where he and a partner physical therapist see patients.
He also is helping others follow in his tracks, co-teaching a continuing education course in practice management through Pacific's College of Health Professions.
Pacific University is rare in its almost equal population of undergraduate and graduate students. The combination of undergraduate liberal arts and sciences with graduate and professional programs in optometry, health professions, education, business and more gives students a myriad of pathways to the next step in their education or career.
Pre-professional tracks help undergraduates earn their bachelor's degree and complete prerequisites for grad school. Dual enrollment programs at the graduate level allow healthcare professionals to earn clinical and administrative degrees. (Lang, for example, earned his doctorate in physical therapy plus his master's in healthcare administration concurrently at Pacific. Read more in "Private Practice.")
Continuing education, or CE, takes the next step, offering alumni and other professionals the ongoing training required to maintain their licenses, as well as learn new skills to enhance their careers.
"Like all other businesses, innovations are always coming," said Jeanne Oliver, director of external relations for the College of Optometry.
Oliver organizes everything from online courses for optometrists to some of the college's most notable destination conferences, such as Island Eyes in Hawai'i each January or the Victoria Conference in British Columbia each July.
"They get more technology, new devices that they need to know about. Contact lenses keep changing. Electronic health records are big right now," she said. "You've got to learn how to do all these things in order to keep in practice."
The same is true in the College of Health Professions, where Pacific is a bit newer to offering continuing education. Lisa Downing coordinates courses that meet CE requirements for practitioners in a variety of fields, from occupational and physical therapy to psychology and pharmacy. Many of the health professions CE courses are interdisciplinary in nature, offering professionals opportunities to come together for a common cause.
"The (Affordable Care Act) requires more efficient practices," Downing said. "And our patients in Oregon go to a great buffet of healthcare: naturopaths, internists, self-referrals to PT, acupuncture, counseling. They all have to talk together or they're not giving good care."
Recent course topics have included smoking cessation, traumatic brain injury, and adolescent wellness.
"You come out of school as a generalist," Lang said. "(Healthcare) is constantly changing, evolving. If you don't stay on top of the curve, it's easy to become complacent and use a cookie-cutter approach. You start to specialize in continuing education."
Then there are the opportunities for other kinds of professional growth. Optometry and other health professions typically don't count practice management toward continuing education requirements for licensing, but many professionals are interested all the same.
Practice management is already a part of the College of Optometry curriculum, but the College of Health Professions has been adding more training through CE.
"We have a number of alumni who are coming because they want to change what they do," Downing said. "They are at a place in their career where they've gone to Pacific, got licensed, and worked for other people … now they're ready for more, and we can help."
Downing said she sees the ongoing opportunities as part of the value of a Pacific University education — a part that lasts long after graduation.
"As a graduate, you remain our customer for life," Downing said.
Lang has partnered with School of Professional Psychology Professor Robin Shallcross in teaching one of the courses in the college's new six-part series, "Build Your Own Healthcare Practice." Their course is "Do I Have What It Takes To Run My Own Business?"
"It's not all rainbows and butterflies," Lang said. "To do something like this, you have to figure out what works for you, your significant other, your family. You have to find out what their expectations of you are and what's feasible."
But, he said, a private business also doesn't necessarily require the hours he chooses to work — and it's not the pipe dream some assume.
"People shouldn't look at owning a business as a daunting, unreachable task," he said. "I definitely don't regret anything so far."
Emily (Hobizal) '08 and Colin Kambak '06 accumulated debt while at Pacific University. Together, they carried some $60,000 in student loans, on the high side of average for an undergraduate today. Then there was the $22,000 on credit cards, amassed as Colin struggled to find steady work during the Great Recession. Add in a couple of car payments, and they were looking at $90,000.
The turning point came when they overdrew their bank account three times in a single day shortly after their wedding.
Emily (Hobizal) '08 and Colin Kambak '06 accumulated debt while at Pacific University. Together, they carried some $60,000 in student loans, on the high side of average for an undergraduate today. Then there was the $22,000 on credit cards, amassed as Colin struggled to find steady work during the Great Recession. Add in a couple of car payments, and they were looking at $90,000.
The turning point came when they overdrew their bank account three times in a single day shortly after their wedding.
"Here I was with a new wife, and the first month I was asking her dad for $200," Colin said. "It was not good."
At that moment, they vowed they would never ask their parents for money again, and they would stop letting their debt hold them hostage.
Five years later, the couple was completely debt free, raising their first child, and ready to buy a home.
For the Kambaks, the process of going debt free was both a practical and faith-based one. They had heard about Christian financial author Dave Ramsey at church and picked up his book after the overdraft incident.
"Colin read it in one day," Emily said. "Then he made a list of everything we could sell and for how much."
The overall philosophy, the Kambaks said, is to live very simply for a short time in order to live with more freedom in the long term. Ramsey advises starting by saving $1,000 for an emergency fund, then paying off the smallest debts first — by all means possible.
The Kambaks cut out cable, moved into a tiny apartment, and sold whatever big ticket items they had, like a couch for $800, and even many of their wedding gifts. They traded in their relatively new cars for older, cheaper options. They had a few happy accidents — surprise inflows of cash they attribute to the power of faith.
They budgeted ruthlessly, and stopped buying new clothes or going out with friends in the evening.
"We were going against what all of our friends were doing. Not going out to eat, saying no to things," Emily said.
It was hard, but they kept the end goal in mind.
"It was something we had to, as a couple, decide," Colin said. "We were OK with living a more simple life for a while."
It took a year to pay off their credit cards, a little longer for the car, and three years for the student loans. They allowed themselves to spend a bit more when they were expecting their daughter, Claire, now 2, but even then stayed focused on a simple, debt-free life.
"Both our parents thought we were crazy, but we felt like slaves to debt," Colin said. "The quicker we were out of debt, the quicker we could live our lives."
The Kambaks are undoubtedly an exception.
On the other end of the spectrum are the stories of college graduates with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and no jobs.
In between is a still troubling reality: Tuition is on the rise, students are graduating with ever more debt, and the economy, while recovering, isn't necessarily offering the jobs or salaries to keep pace.
For many, it begs the question: Is a college education worth the cost?
A recent Washington Post headline said student debt is like "having a hefty mortgage without an actual house."
In fact, the average student loan debt is about $29,000 for undergraduates nationwide, and about $25,000 in Oregon. That's more like having an expensive car payment, albeit spread over decades rather than a few years.
Tuition has undeniably skyrocketed in recent years — public schools rising more rapidly than private, as government funding for state universities takes cuts.
That, too, is complex, though, as — like with a car — few students pay the sticker price.
At Pacific, for example, incoming freshmen see an average discount of nearly half of the published tuition rate. That puts Pacific's aid above many of its peers, but the average among private colleges in Oregon is a first-year financial aid package of more than $17,000, not including loans.
Pacific undergraduates do take out an average of $7,000 a year in student loans, though. And while private university students are more likely to graduate in four years, mitigating some costs, and are less likely to default on their loans, that's still some $300 a month out of a young professional's income.
For the past few years, President Lesley Hallick has used her State of the University address to discuss the "brutal facts" facing higher education, including the challenges of keeping
a share of a declining pool of prospective students.
In the short term, Pacific has worked to bolster its articulation agreements with community colleges, making it easier for students to transfer from a community college. Pacific draws more transfer students than any of its private institution peers in the Pacific Northwest and has built additional partnerships with schools in Hawai'i to continue offering students a path to a bachelor's degree.
Fundraising at Pacific also has been a priority, with the endowment growing 32 percent in the past five years. That endowment is what allows Pacific to offer deep tuition cuts and scholarships to students, among other things.
Additionally, while maintaining its rich liberal arts and sciences programs, Pacific also is looking for ways to offer students a more direct path to the workforce, if that's what they want. That includes investing in programs like an undergraduate teaching track for prospective teachers of science, math and English as a second language, as well as the university's first fully online bachelor's program, a degree-completion program in health sciences.
In 2014, Hallick launched Imagine 2020, an internal effort to turn the university's strategic plan into reality by identifying the specific innovations and ideas to improve efficiency and change the model of education to better meet students' needs — and budgets.
Back to the car, or mortgage, metaphor, though: Is student loan debt like having a payment for no asset?
Is a college education worth the cost? Empirically, the evidence says yes.
Even before the economy fully recovered, the National Center for Education Statistics found that young workers with a bachelor's degree were significantly better off than those without.
In 2012, the average worker, age 25 to 34, with a high school diploma earned $29,960 a year, compared to $49,900 with a bachelor's degree. A master's degree added another $10,000 a year on average.
That four-year degree can mean an average of nearly $20,000 more a year, even early in a career.
Likewise, a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that a worker with a bachelor's degree earns, on average, more than $1 million more in a lifetime than a worker with a high school diploma.
Anecdotally, it may not always feel that way.
Colin Kambak spent the first three years out of college struggling to find steady work with his degree in biology.
He worked in seasonal and temporary positions, earning $11 an hour his first year out of college, about what he could have made working summers at home in Alaska.
"I think all of us in college have these grand ideas of what's going to happen when we graduate. I expected an average job, $40,000 to $50,000 a year," he said. "I'd wonder, 'Is this just the field? Or the economy? Or is it just me not being good enough at marketing myself?'"
Ultimately, though, he ended up with the City of Portland's Environmental Bureau. Emily, who majored in exercise science, worked for a health company right out of school and eventually moved to a position analyzing running apparel for Nike.
Both say their time at Pacific offered them an invaluable small school environment, lifelong relationships, and the potential for career success — not to mention support from the university's Career Development Center years after graduation.
If he was starting over today, Colin said he might try to take out fewer loans and pay for school as he went.
"Some people use debt as a tool. That's too risky for us," he said. But, he added, you have to assess the return on investment.
"Using a credit card to buy a burger is not a good deal," he said. "A student loan to go to school, I don't think it's the worst thing to do. It provided me an opportunity to get an education right away … to have a college education and be able to get a good job."
Charisse Pudiquet '16 talks to a lot of Pacific University alumni.
As a student worker for Phonathon, part of the university's fundraising program, she calls alumni and friends of the university to talk about their Pacific experiences, offer them updates on life on campus today, and give them an opportunity to continue to support Pacific.
She's always amazed by what she hears.
Charisse Pudiquet '16 talks to a lot of Pacific University alumni.
As a student worker for Phonathon, part of the university's fundraising program, she calls alumni and friends of the university to talk about their Pacific experiences, offer them updates on life on campus today, and give them an opportunity to continue to support Pacific.
She's always amazed by what she hears.
"I've been able to make connections with alumni and see how Pacific has impacted them and how much they enjoyed it," she said. "It's made me realize what a community we have at Pacific of friends and alumni willing to help you succeed in life."
A junior from Kapolei, Hawai'i, Pudiquet hopes to enter Pacific's dental hygiene program next year, inspired by her own dental hygienist growing up.
"She was always so happy and just loved her job," she said.
In the meantime, she's gaining a liberal arts foundation while also enjoying participation in the Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) Club and the Nā Haumāna O Hawai'i.
Last spring, she also became one of 752 first-time donors to make a financial contribution to Pacific in the 2013-2014 year.
"It's interesting to see how time here at Pacific makes a big impact on what you want to do in the future and what you are capable of," she said. "Giving back is a way for me to start to say thank you for the memories I've made so far."
More Photos | UC Refresh | Cascade Hall Construction | Cascade Hall Complete
More Photos | UC Refresh | Cascade Hall Construction | Cascade Hall Complete
When Madison Clifford '17 wants a change of scene, she grabs her computer and heads to her floor lounge.
On a clear day, she can see Mt. Hood from the fourth-floor common space in Pacific University's new Cascade Hall.
"It's a really pretty view," said the sophomore. "Lots of people hang out there."
Pacific's newest living community opened this fall to nearly 200 students, most freshmen and sophomores. The hall is designed to help draw underclassmen into the community. The rooms, though comfortable, are basic, while common areas — like the floor lounges, shared kitchens and spacious first-floor recreation area — are luring.
The hall also is designed to fit the university's aesthetic and philosophical values. Its wood and brick exterior borrow from the historic feel of Marsh and McCormick halls, while its up-to-the-minute environmental design match Pacific's commitment to sustainability.
Cascade Hall is part of a larger transformation project that launched this summer throughout the university. The new roof over the grandstands at Hanson Stadium (page 14), as well as remodeled classroom and lab space at the Hillsboro Campus are part of the transformation, as is the refresh of the Washburne University Center.
After a summer of remodeling, the UC reopened to students in September with a whole new look. A large, round skylight brings in natural light, while contemporary furniture, selected by a student committee, offers comfortable eating, studying and lounging options. The stairways have been opened up and the bathrooms remodeled. And, updates to the dining options — from all-access meal plans to the new full-service Starbucks — make it an enticing place to eat.
For Clifford, the updates throughout campus are part of an even better college experience.
"My siblings went here six and eight years ago," she said. While she'll share their academic success, her on-campus life will be something different.
"It's a chance to create my own experience."
Steve & Gail Aamodt
Lynn Abraham '51
Tony & Virginia Adams
Alfonso & Ely Afos
Maria de Jesus Aguilar
Brian & Ada Akimoto
Saburo '50, '51 & Betty Akiyama
Kenneth '73 & Ellen Veigel Albus '74
Timothy '86 & Mary Allen
Sara Allender '09
Eric & Helen Price Andersen
Rose Anderson
Jerry '56 & Stephany Morris Anderson '62
Norma Anderson '59 & Bob Radford
Roger '60 & Donna Anderson
Toby '04 & Julie Andreasen
Deanna & Scott Andrews
Mark & Rebecca Ankeny
Jennifer Antick
Kasumi Aoki '97
Michio Aoyagi
Marlin '73 & Suzan Sorbel Ard '71, '73
Genevieve Arnaut '98, '99
Melqui & Irene Arroyo
Karen Art
Keola Asato '01
Robert & Sandra Asato
Laura Aspinwall '89 & William Bright
Sylvia & Glenn Aust
Raquel Avalos
Robert & Lydia Babek
Leah & William Bagley
Frank '67 & Margaret Baldwin
Patrick '75 & Rebecca Matta Ball '75
Gene Bard '58
Herbert '52 & Gloria Barkuloo
Richard Barnhill '59
Cecelia Barr
Robert Barrow '51^
Ross Bartlett '09, '14 & Amanda Loupin Loupin-Bartlett '09
Rita Barton
Curtis Baxstrom '83, '84
Joseph '79 & Florence Beattie
Duane Beckwith '79 & Fran Kosik
Myra Schimke Beeler '62
Tom & Jennifer BeLusko
Michael '71 & Betty Lau Ben '71
Robert & Karen Gibbons Bennett '67
Arthur & Elizabeth Clark Benton '65
Maya Wirt Benton '64
Donna Berget
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Alicia Bermejo
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Dirk '85 & Tami Hyder Biddington '86
William '65 & Priscilla Kelley Bigler '65
Angelo '63 & Ann Biondi
Stanley '72 & Elizabeth Black
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Lorelle Browning & Marvin Simmons
Nora Brownlie '72 & Jerry Chan
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., a specialty focused molecular diagnostics laboratory that discovers, develops and markets proprietary tests for rheumatologists and gastroenterologists, announced today the launch of Avise SLE, which aids in the diagnosis of lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus).
Avise SLE is a 5-marker panel designed to Rule-In SLE and Rule-Out other rheumatic diseases to help establish the most accurate SLE diagnosis. Specifically, the panel includes testing of ANA, dsDNA, Avise MCV, EC4d and BC4d. The Avise SLE diagnostic differentiates itself by using cell-bound complements because of their increased performance over soluble complements which helps to accurately and consistently diagnose SLE.
Avise SLE is most impactful when ordered as a first step in patient treatment to help physicians with diagnosis by providing:
"Exagen is excited to offer a breakthrough diagnostic that uses CB-CAPs technology to help accurately determine if a patient has lupus," said Ron Rocca, President and CEO. "Because diagnosing lupus is so difficult and early diagnosis is critical in avoiding major organ damage, developing an accurate diagnostic to fill the unmet need for rheumatologists was a top priority. We have been able to do that with Avise SLE and are pleased to take part in helping physicians gain control over this serious disease."
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But as the year-end deadline grows near, Norquist's stranglehold appears to be loosening somewhat. As Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) made clear, this is in no small part owing to the political reality surrounding the situation: If Congress takes no action between now and Dec. 31, 2012, the deficit-exploding Bush tax cuts will automatically expire, as will the payroll tax cut currently enjoyed by American wage-earners. The president, meanwhile, has made it clear that no matter what else happens, extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest is not an option. Furthermore, polling indicates that if no deal is done, the public will blame the Republicans more than President Obama. And even worse for the Republicans: Even if we move on into the new year without a deal, tax cuts can always be applied retroactively, which would make the threat of adverse consequences to the middle class only subject to continued Republican intransigence.
In the context of the facts on the ground, then, fealty to Grover Norquist's tax pledge makes very little sense: unless his devotees truly expect the president to cave on all tax cut extensions, obeying the pledge to never vote for any tax increases will actually lead to more tax increases than simply negotiating with him in good faith. But while no amount of schadenfreude over Norquist's fall from relevance should ever be begrudged, his loss should not automatically be considered a gain for Democrats and progressives.
The truth is, tax cuts are not a hard thing to get passed. An overview history of top marginal tax rates in the United States shows that since the Second World War, rates for the highest income earners have steadily declined over time: the brief exception to this was the increase in top marginal income taxes rates under President Clinton, and even this modest increase did not last long, as it was undone in short order by the Bush tax cuts currently under discussion. If history is any guide, increase in marginal rates for top earners tend to last only as long as the Democratic president who presided over them stays in office.
By far the much harder nut to crack for conservative ideologues has been the social safety net. Movement conservatives have wanted to weaken or eliminate these programs since their creation. Back when Medicare was being created, Ronald Reagan opposed it and went so far as to say that if Medicare were passed, his generation would be telling my generation about a lost time in America when men and women were free. After George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004, he claimed that he had earned "political capital" and intended to spend it, in the form of privatizing social security. That idea went nowhere. In 2012, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan earned Mitt Romney's nod for the second spot on his presidential ticket, in large part because of his big, "bold" idea to voucherize Medicare and turn Medicare into a premium support system for private insurance. Medicare and Social Security are popular programs: Even tea party conservatives want their representatives in Congress to "keep your government hands off my Medicare," whatever that means.
But through his willingness to achieve a so-called "Grand Bargain" on deficit reduction, President Obama has actually shown Republicans a path forward on weakening the social safety net that they could never have accomplished on their own. For a movement conservative looking to get a camel's nose in the tent to undo the New Deal, then, throwing Grover Norquist's tax pledge under the hypothetical bus to accomplish the much more difficult task of cutting earned benefits is by far a better deal than sticking to absolutist principle, watching taxes be increased through hyper-partisan inaction, and not getting a reduction in earned benefit spending at a time when they are closer to achieving that goal than at any time since George W. Bush was talking about his political capital.
The civil war among Republican ranks that will play out in the next month is a dangerous one, and the dividing line is between the Norquist-led hardliners who sincerely expect that they can blackmail the president yet one more time, and the rebels who realize that they can accomplish a long-held strategic goal through what history indicates will be only a temporary concession. Of those two groups, the second is far more dangerous, which is why progressives who want to protect our earned benefits will only be celebrating the break from Norquist at their own peril.


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Here are action steps you can take today to protect our environment:
1. Educate Yourself
2. Contact Elected Officials
3. Talk to Your Neighbors
4. Report Suspicious Activity
5. Support JFAN
Support JFAN's efforts by attending JFAN public meetings, volunteering, and contributing to the JFAN defense fund.
6. Join Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
CAFOs Are Not "Farms" - JFAN Publishes New Letter to Editor
The Fairfield Ledger ran a letter to the editor by a Jefferson County CAFO owner on April 16 calling into question the right of people to complain about CAFOs. It also questioned whether a Fairfield resident developed a potentially deadly staph infection from an antibiotic resistant bacteria that may have originated in a CAFO.
Jim Rubis, Emeritus Director and recently retired
JFAN president, received JFAN's first Good Neighbor Award presented by
Executive Director Diane Rosenberg. Speakers also included Rosenberg, JFAN
president David Sykes, board member Chris Busch, and Dr. John Ikerd, who emceed
the evening. The evening concluded with an informative and lively question and
answer session with all speakers.
Wenonah Hauter signed copies of her book, Foodopoly:
The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, following the
JFAN President Jim Rubis Retiring; David E. Sykes Appointed New JFAN President
Founding Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc. (JFAN) board member and president Jim Rubis announced his retirement from the JFAN Board of Directors effective October 1. Rubis is stepping down after nine years of dedicated service to the Jefferson County community in which he was instrumental in establishing JFAN as an effective resource for protecting Jefferson County's quality of life from the proliferation of factory farms.
Even in the face of the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
(PEDv) that has killed at least seven million piglets, significant CAFO
expansion is taking place in Southeast Iowa. Jefferson County is not as hard hit
as some other counties, such as Henry, Des Moines and Louisa, but neither have
we escaped without any new development.
Six new CAFOs for Jefferson County are sited primarily in
rural areas. The following is an update of what we are experiencing so far this
year and JFAN's effort in supporting neighbors.
JFAN Issues Press Release on Maschhoff Manure Spill
The Save Batavia Eldon lawsuit is moving forward. On November
19, attorney David E. Sykes filed a petition in the Wapello County District
Court on behalf of 70 plaintiffs of Save Batavia Eldon. The group is suing
Valley View Swine and two other CAFO operators for creating and maintaining a
temporary nuisance that has impacted the plaintiffs.
The 26-page complaint names Nick, Shawn and Jeff Adam of
Valley View Swine, as well as Larry Hickenbottom of Tri-L Farms, Josh
Hickenbottom, and Richard Warren, all CAFO owners in the Batavia and Eldon
area. In addition, the supplier/integrator for all the CAFOs, Cargill Pork, is named
in the lawsuit.
There are approximately 20,000 plus hogs contained in the
CAFOs, with 10,000 of them located at the two Valley View Swine locations.
This is the first lawsuit to be filed by the new Iowa legal
team of Charlie Speer, Richard Middleton, and David Sykes. Thirteen other
groups in seven Iowa counties representing approximately 500 to 600 plaintiffs are
currently under consideration by the team. Sykes is also JFAN's legal counsel.
JFAN provided extensive informational and organizational support
to Save Batavia Eldon when Valley View Swine was proposed.
Coalition Sues Van
Buren CAFO; HSUS Names David Sykes Iowa Counsel
A 7500-head sow operation run by Maschhoff Pork in Van Buren
County that recently spilled thousands of gallons of manure into a Des Moines
River tributary received a notice of intent to sue on November 21 by a
coalition of community, environmental, and animal welfare organizations.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) represented by
the Environmental Integrity Project and the Humane Society of the United States
(HSUS), represented by attorney David E. Sykes, intend to file a lawsuit in the
Iowa Federal District Court alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
Sykes has recently been retained by HSUS as their legal
counsel in Iowa to help file lawsuits against factory farms who have violated
the federal Clean Water Act.
The Maschhoff CAFO experienced several spills in the past
six years, yet the Iowa Department of Natural Resources did not require the
confinement to obtain a Clean Water Act permit when the DNR inspected the
facility in August.
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What makes a good design sketch and what are they for?
In this article reknown automotive designer Peter Steven gives some advice on how to approach car design sketching, underlining the importance of developing a personal sketching style.
Drawing Fundamentals: Building Form
In this video tutorial Arvind Ramkrishna from Driven Mavens shows a technique that helps to build a visual vocabulary of shapes and forms by tackling only certain sections of a car.
Product design sketching tutorial
This video tutorial shows the creation process of sketching and rendering a product, and includes many tips and suggestions for design students.
Rendering Automotive Headlamps with Markers
A tutorial by Arvind Ramkrishna from Driven Mavens, who shows how to render a headlight with markers and pencils on paper.
How to choose an appropriate perspective
A short article by industrial designer Michael diTullo, who explains how to choose the right perspective angles.
Design sketching vs. illustration
In this video tutorial concept designer and instructor Scott Robertson explains the difference between design drawing and sketching and creating refined illustrations.
How to draw ellipses
In this tutorial Luciano Bove shows his method for quickly draw ellipses for car sketches in side view, 3/4 perspectives and 3 point top view perspective.
How to work with hard points
In this design video tutorial Scott Robertson explains how to work with hard points, i.e. physical constraints that cannot be adjusted, using a futuristic bike as an example.
Line weight demos with various pens
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mick williams
RE: New Memorial # 144898274
Thank you so much, Joe! I really appreciate that.
I unfortunately do NOT know any of her relatives' names. You might could write her parents and ask them. Their address is on the Internet in South Windsor, CT. :)
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on Apr 12, 2015 6:04 PM
mick williams
New Memorial # 144898274
Hello Joe!
I just created a page for a friend of mine,
Cynthia Louise Babbitt, who passed away in 2013
& whose ashes are now buried in the Babbitt Cemetery in East Killingly, CT. You had created the memorial page for her brother, Christopher L.
Babbitt (Memorial # 57016091) and added lovely pictures of the family tombstone with both their names (& their living parents' names) on it.
If possible, could you attach the same pictures to Cynthia's memorial page? I live in Texas and will probably never get to this cemetery. If not, I will request photos of the tombstone from a volunteer. Thanks!
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mick williams
on Apr 11, 2015 11:46 PM
richard f. vernon
Richard Longstreet bio
Hello, My name is Richard Fenimore Vernon, formerly of Burlington, N.J., now living in Daytona, Fla. Richard Longstreet, is my GGrandfather, and he was married multiple times, and I would like to add to the bio, my GGrandmother, Lydia A. Applegate, as his wife, and his children, his daughter Mary Elizabeth Longstreet, and his son Andrew J. Longstreet.
Thank you, Rich email@example.com
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richard f. vernon
on Jan 24, 2015 9:07 AM
Corbin family gravestone photos
May I also have your permission to download other Corbin family members? I see you have a number of the Corbin parents/children from the Corbin Cemetery in Dudley, MA.
Thanks, again!
-Ro Fleury
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on Dec 20, 2014 2:19 PM
Capt. Samuel Corbin gravestone photo
May I have your permission to download the photo of the gravestone of Capt. Samuel Corbin (Memorial# 76841850)?
I would like to upload it into my Ancestry family tree.
Thank you for your consideration.
-Ro Fleury
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Shari Hanson Frey
Tombstone Photo
Could you add your great tombstone photo you added to Charles Austin Carpenter: Find A Grave# 90061305 also to his father Frederick Carpenter: Find A Grave# 90061148 since they share the same stone?
I put in a photo request.
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on Sep 14, 2014 1:11 PM
Lynda Puakea
John Chandler
Hello Joe,
I just found your photo of John Chandlerʻs gravestone... he was my 9X great grand uncle! May I use the photo on my private family tree? I always give credit to the photographers who allow me to use their photos. Thanks very much,
Lynda Puakea
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on Sep 07, 2014 3:49 AM
RE: Edward Babbitt
Thanks, it seems like there is always a family mystery to work out. Good Luck. Louise
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Adelina N Healy
RE: Carter, Capt. William
His grave stone no longer has a S.A.R. marker. We the DAR are in the process of identifying Revolutionary Patriots who are buried in Dudley, MA. We have to provide birth, death and service records. No easy task.
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on Jul 31, 2014 5:47 PM
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william carter
Hi Joe,
You mentioned that this grave site had a S.A.R. marker when you took this picture. I did not see one when I visited his grave site. We the D.A.R. are in the process of identifying Revolutionary Patriots who are buried here in Dudley. I think the Captain had a son with the same name who was a private and is buried in Woodstock, CT. I did not see his name on your list. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. This is a tedious job as the DAR wants birth, death, and service records. They can only do five per year. The way it is going my great granddaughters will have to pick up the slack. I will continue on. I believe there are at least 70 buried here in Dudley. Thank you very much!
Addie Healy
Dudley, MA
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