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A friend of mine seeking new-car shopping assistance turned down every idea I presented, almost universally for the same reason: "Everybody has one." She'd never heard of a Lincoln MKZ when I tried it, and I assured her she would not see herself coming and going at every intersection. If you want a luxury car more exclusive than ubiquitous Mercedes-Benz ES350s and BMW 3 Series, Lincoln may have your car.
Apart from "quiet" and "luxurious" you could disregard any previous Lincoln adjective for the MKZ. It doesn't offer a manual gearbox like their last sport-lux sedan, but it responds unlike any Lincoln you've ever driven.
Although it shares some parts with a Ford Fusion, the MKZ is a sleeker, more elegant package that flows from nose to tail. Lighting is all-LED but it would still look an expensive car without it. Given the full-width strip of taillights I was hoping for the return of sequential signals — maybe next time.
The cabin echoes the split-wing grille and smooth lines of the exterior, helped in no small part by a center console with no protrusions to break up the space and a rainbow of ambient night lighting. With pushbutton shifting, touch controls and slide-bar volume and fan speed rather than knobs, the dash-vent adjusting stubs are the only interruptions. And that console has dual transverse openings under it, looking as much like Highway 154's Cold Spring Arch bridge as a conventional console. Storage areas within are nicely concealed, all the electronic inputs out of sight.
I missed the knobs a few times, some controls not the same swipe as an iPad, and usually got what I wanted out of the MyLincoln infotainment system. But touch-screens in general get fingerprinted when touched, and it's an issue here where stitched panels, wood trim, leather and clean style just don't mesh with an index-fingerprint collection. Fortunately a lot can be done with the steering wheel and voice controls — use them first. If you touch the end of the signal stalk to engage one note you might accidentally engage or disengage the lane-assist switch on the end of it.
Seats are supportive rather than pillow-plush and contoured sufficiently in back you won't feel like a ragged doll if Jeeves is running late. Rear-seat headroom is realistic, not spacious, inflatable rear seatbelts a useful option for anyone transporting kids or broken adults and the optional moonroof retracts outward for a 15-square-foot skylight. Trunk space is good — actual club-count capacity up for debate.
The MKZ comes with a 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder or 3.7-liter V-6 engine, paired to a six-speed automatic and front or all-wheel drive. There's also a front-wheel drive Hybrid model which doubles the four-cylinder's city EPA rating at the cost of some speed and 4 cubic feet of trunk space (still a usable 11 cubic feet); there's no price premium over the 2-liter front-drive.
With 240 horsepower (on premium) the four gives up 60 horses to the V-6, but it weighs less, gets better economy and it makes essentially the same torque so unless you mat the gas regularly, it's the way to go. All-wheel drive mitigates torque steer from the 270 lb-ft available, and helps inclement weather propulsion more than corner exits with urgency.
Suspension is well-sorted for a semi-sport-luxury sedan, surefooted and controlled. Lincoln Drive Control lets you adjust it to Sport — unlike some cars, this makes a big difference and it gets extremely starched, so much so that only a freshly paved mountain road would encourage me to use it.
The MKZ begins around $37,000 and a nicely equipped all-wheel drive will run mid-40s. Pop for all the options, including the retractable roof, massaging front seats and the V-6 and it will clear $50,000. That might seem steep for a car based on a Fusion, but you could make similar arguments about some Acura, Audi, Buick and Lexus competitors.
Lucky for me, if the MKZ's exclusivity isn't appealing enough for my friend, I can have her wait a little bit for the Black Label specials: Indulgence is one of her favorite words.
Whale, a longtime Ventura County resident, has been breaking parts for 36 years and writing about it for 28.
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This is my amazing morphing hat/cowl/head band. Wear it how you like it, it's totally versatile, and such a simple pattern.
The cord allows it to be closed to wear like a hat, or loosen it and wear with your hair out the back - the cord gives it a nice detail. Alternatively slip it right over your head and keep you neck warm.
This is a work in progress at the mo, the pattern is complete but more sizing/gauge info is to follow so bear with me, thanks
Any yarn you like and corresponding size hook.
I used approx 120m of aran/worsted weight yarn and a 5mm hook for the main body and 30m of DK yarn with a 5mm and 4mm hook for the tie cord.
You can pretty much adjust this for any size you like by adding/subtracting rows and the number of stitches in the row.
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with aran weight yarn and 5mm hook Ch 42Row 1: hdc in 3rd chain from hook and in each chain across, turnRow 2: ch 2 hdc in next hdc, ch1, skip next hdc,(this forms a hole) hdc in each hdc across.Rows 3-44 repeat rows 1&2 ending on row 2.The number of rows can be increased as required, but make sure there are an even number of holes along the top edge.Fold in half with RS facing, sl st through back loop of each hdc in last row and correspondingfoundation chain of last row to close.
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with dk weight yarn and 5mm hook, ch 80Row 1: change to 4mm hook. sl st in 2nd ch from hook. Sl st in each chain across. End off and thread through holes in main body of hat/thing.
All thats left is to enjoy finding new ways to wear it!
Cute! I like your drawstring idea. I love these (I call them topless hats). I have one that I wear a lot with the bottom edge folded up.
That is the cutest thing to make. Looks very easy and doubles as two items.
That I WAY COOL! Thank you!!
This is really unique!! I'm going to save your pattern to try some day. Right now my hair is super short, but this would be great as a gift for a friend!! Thanks a bunch!!! Can't wait to see what else you create!!
What a great creation so ideal for cooler seasons. I'm going to crochet one for each female member of my family. Morphy is the ideal pattern to while away the long summer evenings. I'll send you a photo when I get them completed.Thanks.
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GUILDHALL – Escorting large tractor-trailers from Island Pond to Lowell means extra money for the Essex County Sheriff's Department.
The department is responsible for escorting trucks of Lone Star Transportation, which are hauling the wind tower parts that came into Island Pond by rail. Other law enforcement agencies are escorting trucks that come in from neighboring states.
The trucking company estimates just over 120 trips will be made between Island Pond and Lowell.
Essex County Sheriff Trevor Colby, who could not pinpoint how much revenue his department is receiving, said his department's contract rate is $50 an hour for escorts. Out of that money, Colby pays his deputies salary and overtime plus fuel. The department also gets reimbursements of about 51 cents a mile.
Colby hopes to generate enough revenue to buy bulletproof vests, because the county doesn't supply them. Many of the vests the department has have gone beyond their recommended use date. Some deputies purchased their own vests, which cost between $600 and $800 a piece. Colby hopes to buy six to eight vests.
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The department has enough vehicles to provide the transport company with escorts for now.
"I'm shuffling them in and out of garages trying to keep them maintained," said Colby of his fleet. "We picked up a couple of second hand vehicles we were able to put back on the road."
Colby said he appreciates drivers' cooperation during the escorts. Drivers, for their safety, who meet blue lights on a wide load escort, need to pull to the right relatively quickly. Some of the trucks, said Colby, are 180 feet long.
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He said the drivers of the trucks are stopping at the very sharp corners. The rear wheels of the dollies turn, which helps the trucks make the turns. Drivers hired by the transport company who man separate vehicles then stop to pin and unpin the trailers so they can turn.
The drivers of the trucks, at times, will pull one way or the other to avoid overhead utility lines, although many lines have been raised to meet the needs of the oversized loads.
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Yes I have and it is very good too! There are several versions by many singers and it is such a beautiful song. Thank you for adding it. I love this song by all the different singers. It always brings tears to my eyes. God bless you!
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Beautiful song! I just posted it on my websites! Love it! I had a very prophetic dream as a child involving this song! I just…tonight..realized what it meant!
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I am glad that you like it Lyn, God bless you, it is a beautiful song!
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The Pils Czech Style Pilsner from Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California pours out a brassy gold in color with wonderful clarity and is topped with just over a finger of snow white, finely bubbled head that gradually reduces down leaving a small collar. On the nose, aromas of cracker, bread, spice and a little grass. In the mouth, flavors of bread, caramel, a little peppery spice, some hop bitterness and slightly metallic. Light bodied. Moderate carbonation. Little lacing on the glass. Crisp, clean mouthfeel. Dry on the finish with a slight sweetness and peppery spice hanging on the longest.
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Henderson, NV (KTNV) -- It was a busy morning at the Clark County School District's transportation phone bank as workers took calls from parents.
On opening day on Monday, they handled more than 2,000 calls and they expected about the same amount on Tuesday.
Phone bank operator Maria Gonzalez understands what parents on the other line are going through. She had to register her own kids for bus service.
She and other operators aren't putting a lot of callers on hold, but as we get closer to the first day of school on Aug. 25., "The wait can last up to 30 minutes."
But parents have to be prepared. A big mistake many make is not registering their kids for school before calling. Without doing that and getting that student identification number, the people at the transportation phone bank can't help.
Jim Reynolds, who is the transportation operations manager for the Clark County School District, said there is an even easier way for parents to register their kids for bus service and find out their routing information, just go online.
"There are better resources for parents that are a lot easier than sitting on the phone, waiting for an operator to pick up," said Reynolds.
Student ID numbers and date of births are required to access registration information online, but once there, parents can access their child's bus eligibility, bus stops, routes, times and more.
There is also a live chat feature which enables parents to chat with a member of the transportation department in real time.
To get to that site, click here.
Reynolds said CCSD has had to make a lot of changes over the summer to the bus routes because of all the rezoning and the addition of ten more year-round schools this year.
CCSD bus drivers transport more than 100,000 students each day, which includes 19,000 stops and 9,000 door-to-door special needs stops.
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Make Your Voice Heard — Vote This Month on Two Important Proposals
Thursday, 01 November 2012 14:45
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Voting has ended. The Patronage Dividend measure failed to pass. The Collegetown Crossing store measure passed.
During announcements we appreciated our outgoing Board Administrator Shayna Grajo for all she has done with us and we welcomed Brad Dingman as our new Board Administrator.
General Manager (GM) Brandon Kane presented the monthly GM's Report as our first item, showing that the stores are both doing well and staying quite busy. All departments are working with the Finance Department to create the 2013 budget in a new format that will separate departmental expenditures for each store. This will help prepare staff for evaluating a new satellite store in the future. The 2013 stores budget will be presented to Council at our meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13 and is likely to include costs associated with building a central kitchen and bakery in our warehouse building at 700 West Buffalo Street.
Voting has ended. The Patronage Dividend measure failed to pass. The Collegetown Crossing store measure passed.
Brandon also reported that work will soon commence at the West-End store to construct additional cooler space where the picnic area used to be located, and that progress had been made toward city approval of the Collegetown Crossings development that we hope to be a part of. We learned that seven staff members, along with staff members of AFCU, have participated in Talking Circles sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center this month, and that new membership numbers showed an influx of student members bringing us to about 8,700 total members.
A proposal to join the CBLD (Cooperative Board Leadership Development) 2013 program came next on our agenda. CBLD is a national consulting and training cooperative, and we have been participants in their programs the past two years, primarily working with one consultant who has led our retreats and provides answers and directions when asked. CBLD also offers free and low-cost training sessions a few times a year at locations scattered around the country. Council approved the proposal and the expenditure of $6,150 from the governance training line of our budget.
Speaking of budgets, it's just that time of year, and we next approved our Council 2013 Budget after some adjustments that increased a few lines and decreased a few, yielding a net decrease of around $400 in the total budget.
We next had a brief discussion of the various dates and times of upcoming membership meetings and gatherings, including the Fall Membership Meeting (Thursday, Nov. 8) and associated votes and information sessions and the Kids' Halloween Party.
Prior to our break, we added an agenda item to address recent changes requested by the city planning board to the design of the Collegetown Crossing building proposed at 307 College Avenue. The changes, removing a bike rack and including a heated enclosed bus stop at the front of the building, would result in the floor plan and possibly the square footage of our proposed new satellite store being changed. Council had previously approved signing a lease with the owners of 307 College Ave. (contingent on our members voting this month to approve the store) that specified the floor plan and size. A proposal was approved to agree to a lease addendum adjusting the floor plan to best accommodate our needs.
After our mid-meeting break we passed over the next agenda item, the receipt of past meeting minutes, as the material was not ready for presentation.
Council approved our next agenda item, "GM Interpretations," which refers to the data that will be submitted in future reports for one of our new policies that requires an annual report. The policy, B.0, or "Global GM Constraint," generally covers the GM's responsibilities to ensure GreenStar staff does not do anything that's illegal or that goes against GreenStar's bylaws or policies.
Our last item for the evening was brought by our Personnel Committee. Continuing with our transition to our new governance system, we have been looking at our old policies and either incorporating them into the new policies, repealing them, amending them, or reorganizing them to differentiate policies from procedures, and identifying things that should be archived for future use. We previously discussed postponing revisions to the GM Job Description until some future GM search, but amended the description to change the GM salary range from $60,000 to $90,000 a year, to from $75,000 to $110,000 a year. The amended proposal was approved.
I'd like to note that this month you have the opportunity to vote and have your voice heard. On the day of Tuesday, Nov. 6 you will be able to cast your votes for a variety of political offices. During the entire month of November, you have the opportunity to vote on a proposed Patronage Dividend system and a second satellite store in Collegetown for GreenStar. As a member-owner of GreenStar, you are able to vote on these close-to-home issues that affect our stores and our community. Please take the time to become familiar with the proposals, attend the Fall Membership Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8, stop in during informational open office hours at the West-End store (look for announcements in the stores for dates), and, please, vote.
Voting has ended. The Patronage Dividend measure failed to pass. The Collegetown Crossing store measure passed.
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In October, member-owners have the opportunity to vote on six bylaws changes being proposed by Council. GreenStar's bylaws, the rules that govern the internal management of the Co-op, were originally established when GreenStar was incorporated. According to our bylaws, one of the essential rights of member-owners is the ability to vote on the creation and changes to the bylaws and mission statement.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Officials with the Smithsonian National Zoo shared preliminary results from the necropsy of the giant panda cub, who died on Sunday morning. The six-day-old cub died after efforts to resuscitate the cub failed.
During a press conference on Monday at 10 a.m., chief veterinarian Dr. Suzan Murray said that the staff's main concern was trying to find out the cause of the panda cub's death and shared the following:
- there was evidence of milk in the cub's gastrointestinal tract, meaning the cub had been nursed, but they don't know at this point how recently it had been nursed
- free fluid was discovered in the abdomen. The amount was moderate to increased for a cub but further testing will determine more about whether this was a factor in the death
- the cub's liver felt hard in places and the color was not uniform, indicating that the liver may be a component ion the death but again, officials won't know until the slides are back
- the coat of the cub was in good condition
- officials say the cub may have been a female
Murray says the last "honk" or cry from the cub was at 8:53 a.m. At about 9:17 a.m. on Sunday, panda keepers and volunteers heard distress cries from the mother panda, Mei Xiang, and veterinarians responded immediately according to their emergency plan. National Zoo Spokesperson Pamela Baker-Masson told 9News' Kristin Fisher on Monday morning that they trained for these types of situations. By all accounts, the team executed their plan perfectly.
The staff turned off the panda cam and went behind bars to use a stick to retrieve the cub for evaluation at about 10:22 a.m. The staff says it took an hour to retrieve the baby, which they say is fairly quick considering Mei Xiang is a wild animal. They had to retrieve the cub this way because Mei Xiang would not get out of the way and they wanted to be able to get the cub safely.
Veterinarians immediately performed CPR and other life-saving procedures but the cub did not respond.
The statement released by the zoo states that veterinarians found the cub in good body condition, there were no signs of trauma and no sign of infection.
The cub had a good body and was a good weight, approximately four ounces. Staff says it was the size of a stick of butter.
Zoo Director Dennis Kelly says, "Our staff is heartbroken. I'm worried about my staff. They are struggling just doing their job. All around the globe there is heartbreak that our precious six day old cub didn't make it."
Zoo officials say they are keeping Mei Xiang under close observation as she is their main concern. The panda house where Mei Xiang is resting will be closed and will remain out of public view for the time being. Zoo officials say they will, however, keep the panda cam on. Visitors will still be able to view the father, Tian Tian.
The cub was born on Sunday, Sept. 16.
Murray, "We were in love with the cub already. The cub was beautiful and the eye markings were coming in. It was just perfect. Cub and mom had been doing so well. There was no indication anything was wrong."
The zoo made its first call to China to share the sad news. Zoo officials are continuing to keep their Chinese counterparts informed of all developments. Officials said at the press conference on Monday that they know of nothing at this point that they could have done differently.


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Have questions? We'll try to help give you answers. Below, you'll find answers to common questions about Medtronic spinal cord stimulation (also known as neurostimulation therapy). Don't see your question here? Ask your doctor, or find a specialist near you who can answer your questions.
Talk to your doctor to determine the kinds of pain treatments that may work for you. The choice of treatment depends on the type of pain, its severity, and your response to your pain treatment. If your doctor thinks you are a good candidate for spinal cord stimulation, you can complete a screening test to see if it will provide adequate pain relief.
The sensation felt from spinal cord stimulation varies from person to person, but most people report a mild tingling sensation in the area of their pain.
Typically, people who find the treatment helpful experience significant and sustained reduction in chronic pain.1 However, spinal cord stimulation does not eliminate the source of pain, so the amount of pain reduction varies from person to person. Neurostimulation therapy is not a cure for chronic pain, but rather a therapy to help you manage your pain.
As you change positions, your spinal cord may move closer to or farther from the electrodes that send out the mild electrical pulses. A therapy level that blocks your pain well when you're standing may cause discomfort when you're lying down. Depending on the neurostimulator you and your doctor choose, you can either adjust the stimulation manually by using your programmer, or your neurostimulator will automatically adjust it for you, using a technology called AdaptiveStim®. AdaptiveStim is available only from Medtronic with the RestoreSensor® neurostimulator. Adaptive stimulation reduces the need to manually adjust your stimulation level when you change positions.
Your spinal cord stimulation system will not provide relief from other types of pain such as headaches, stomachaches, fractures, etc.
No. Spinal cord stimulation was developed by Medtronic and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1984.
Many insurance companies will pay for spinal cord stimulation. However, as with many pain treatments, your doctor will have to get approval from your insurance company before you can receive treatment. Your out-of-pocket costs will vary according to your insurance plan. Consult your doctor or insurance carrier for more specific information.
Medicare will pay 80% of the cost as long as the procedure is determined to be medically necessary. Talk to your doctor about the Medicare Conditions of Coverage.
The procedure to get the screening test takes approximately 30 to 90 minutes. The screening test period lasts approximately 3 to 7 days.
You will have local anesthesia when the leads (thin, insulated medical wires) are placed. There may be some occasional discomfort during the procedure, and you may have pain at the incision site once the anesthesia wears off. This should resolve after a day or so. You should not have pain or discomfort during the rest of the screening test period.
Complications can occur with the screening test and may include infection and movement of the lead within the epidural space. Please discuss the benefits and risks with your doctor.
Your doctor may reduce your dose or have you stop taking oral medication 1 to 2 weeks prior to the test. During the neurostimulation screening test, oral medication may be given for breakthrough pain. Never stop taking your prescribed pain medication without first consulting your doctor.
Your pain relief may differ slightly. For most people, the stimulation they feel at implant is similar to that at the screening test. Your doctor can adjust your neurostimulator so it delivers the best pain relief possible. Be sure to tell your doctor about the way you feel, so changes can be made to optimize your therapy.
If the screening test is successful, you and your doctor will discuss when the system should be implanted. There is typically a waiting period between the screening test and the implant procedure. This will give the incision in your back time to heal and allow time for your insurance provider to be notified and for the surgery to be scheduled.
Many people experience improvements in their pain symptoms and quality of life after receiving Medtronic spinal cord stimulation. Benefits may include:
In addition, this treatment:
The neurostimulation implant is placed under the skin surgically. So, surgical complications are possible, similar to other surgeries. These may include infection, pain at the site of surgery, and bleeding into the epidural space.
Once the neurostimulation system is implanted, it's possible that device complications may occur. These include corrective surgery, jolting, lead breaking, and movement of the lead within the epidural space, which may require reprogramming or surgical replacement of the leads. These events may result in uncomfortable stimulation or loss of therapy.
See Important Safety Information for more details. Also, please discuss the benefits and risks of this therapy with your doctor.
The procedure to implant the neurostimulation system takes approximately 1 to 3 hours and may require a brief hospital stay.
Typically, the implant of the neurostimulation system is performed under general anesthesia. However, you may wish to talk with your doctor about other options.
Depending on your doctor's preference and hospital policy, a hospital stay may be recommended. However, the procedure may be performed on an outpatient basis, which means no overnight stay is required.
The device is about the size of a stopwatch.
The spinal cord stimulator does not make any noise. The device does not normally show through your clothes. It is often implanted in the lower abdomen, where it is most comfortable and least visible. It may be felt as a small bulge under your skin.
You control the spinal cord stimulation with a handheld programmer that works like a remote control to adjust your stimulation within the settings your doctor has selected.
A typical follow-up schedule is once every 6 months, although initially the neurostimulation system may require more frequent adjustments to provide the best pain relief possible.
Yes, it can be turned off or surgically removed, if desired.
When you have an implanted electronic device, you have to be careful about MRI scans. The good news is that MRI scans are possible with Medtronic neurostimulation systems for chronic pain,* with proper safeguards. In fact, only Medtronic offers neurostimulation systems that are FDA-approved for MRI scans anywhere in the body, under specific conditions.
*Excludes Itrel® 3
Wondering what pain doctors have to say about neurostimulation? Below, you'll find answers to common questions about spinal cord stimulation, from pain management specialists with more than 5 years of experience with Medtronic Chronic Pain Therapies.
The doctors listed on this page are paid by Medtronic as consultants. Medtronic asked for their statements regarding their experience with neurostimulation.
Dr. Provenzano says:
Patients may have a fear of having a foreign object inside of them. And I think that's a legitimate question that should be answered. The reality is that in this country, and also worldwide, there are millions of people with implantable devices—whether it's pacemakers, total hips, total knees. We know that in a majority of people, this is very suitable and it works out well.
There are responsibilities and there are risks with implanted devices. And it's important that patients understand those risks. And it's also important that healthcare providers and patients do everything to responsibly manage an implantable device.
Dr. Grigsby says:
I remind people that there are millions of implantable devices in use. Medtronic performs routine testing to ensure devices are safe to be implanted in your body and most people tolerate them well. There are always risks, but Medtronic and your physician do all they can to reduce those risks. Neurostimulation has been used for more than 30 years and there are continuous advances in the technology and the safety of the devices.
Dr. Grigsby says:
This is more of a concern with drug delivery therapy because the pump is larger than the neurostimulator. There have been great advances in technology and the devices have gotten much smaller than they originally were. In many individuals, it is not very obvious that they have a device because it is so small. We typically place the device below the beltline where it is covered by clothing, making it much less noticeable.
Dr. Hesseltine says:
These devices are designed for patients who have failed the more conservative treatment options. They are not last resort therapies, but they're also not first line therapies. They are intended for long-term use. You should first try things like massage, physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, medication, and other treatments that are non-invasive and inexpensive. If those approaches don't work, then consider neurostimulation or drug delivery therapy.
To determine whether to try neurostimulation or drug delivery therapy, we first evaluate the type of pain. Neurostimulation is indicated for nerve-related pain in the extremities or the trunk. For example, this could be an option for a patient who has failed back surgery and has continuing back and/or leg pain. Drug delivery therapy is better for widespread pain. If there is a question as to which therapy to try, I try neurostimulation therapy first.
Dr. Wellington says:
In an appropriately selected individual, the success rates can be very high. At my practice, the success rates are at least 75 percent for spinal cord stimulation. Drug delivery therapy success rates are also very high. In fact, my experience with drug delivery therapy isn't a question of "Will it work?" It's a matter of when it works and at what dosage.
The improvement in pain and quality of life with neurostimulation or drug delivery therapy has been dramatic in many people. There have been significant improvements in terms of quality of life and function, ability to work, and participation in family life. With the improved pain control of these advanced therapies, patients are often able to reduce or eliminate their oral pain medications. I will have patients return to the office describing that they have "come out of a fog" when weaned off of their previous oral pain medications. Patients have gone from being homebound to going out to the grocery, mall, or church. Basically, people return to living much fuller lives. It's very exciting.
Dr. Hesseltine says:
I explain they can test the therapy out and experience it without an incision—just a spinal injection—which is something they have likely already experienced. Patients often hope that another surgery or therapy will come along that will be even better than this option. And so they like the fact that it does not have to be a permanent procedure. The neurostimulator or drug delivery pump can be surgically removed if patients do not like it or if they decide to pursue a different treatment.
I also remind patients that they can talk to someone who is living with neurostimulation or drug delivery therapy before making a decision. The Medtronic Ambassador Program puts people in touch with a volunteer who is living with the therapy and is interested in sharing their experience.
Dr. Wellington says:
Neurostimulation uses low voltage electrical current delivered through electrodes placed in the epidural space. The electrodes are within leads (wires) that are placed through a needle into the epidural space which is just outside of the spinal canal where the spinal cord is located. The normal pain signal pathways in the spinal cord are disrupted by electrical pulses before they reach the brain. This replaces the pain with a vibration or massaging sensation that most people find really soothing. Neurostimulation is like a pacemaker for your spinal cord, instead of for your heart. It is reversible and you have the opportunity to try it through a screening test before implanting the device.
Dr. Provenzano says:
What we want to do with spinal cord stimulation is not only control pain, but also help improve function, so patients can do the things they want to do, every day. Whether it's walk around the mall. Do more activities with children or grandchildren. Do more things around the house. Or do more things at work.
Dr. Grigsby says:
The specific improvements that we want to achieve include improvements in side effects and complications of chronic illness. So we want to see patients sleeping better. We want to see them use fewer medications. We like to see them have a better exercise tolerance and ability to walk or perform the activities of daily living that are realistic goals for them.
Dr. Provenzano says:
The first thing is that, it may help patients control their pain better. We may not be able to completely eliminate the pain but we want to significantly reduce it. By improving pain control, we help improve function. Another benefit is that stimulation therapy is a reversible treatment—unlike a second or third back surgery, which often involves a major operation. A third benefit is the possibility of lowering the dosage of pain medications. The patient may still need to take some pain medications, but hopefully at lower doses. And by lowering the doses, we hope the side effects will be reduced.
Dr. Wellington says:
The main goal of neurostimulation therapy is to improve your pain control so that you might have an improvement in function and quality of life. By modulating the central nervous system (through the spinal cord) versus the peripheral nervous system, you can often get significantly improved pain relief. Medtronic neurostimulation systems have approval for use with MRI scans.*
Unlike many other treatments, neurostimulation doesn't require medication. So you don't have to wait for medications to take effect because the stimulation is instantaneous. There are no drug side effects to manage. Often, patients who have neurostimulation therapy are able to decrease or eliminate their medication use. For some patients who continue to need their medications, combining those medications with neurostimulation may provide better control over their pain. Neurostimulation puts you in complete control of your therapy with a remote control. That means you can adjust your settings throughout the day so you have more pain control when you need it.
*Excludes Itrel® 3
Dr. Provenzano says:
When a patient sits down with his or her physician and is considering a spinal cord stimulation trial and possibly an implant, it's important to understand the risks associated with the implant. We try to do everything we can to limit those risks, but there are still risks. With a permanent implant, some of the risks are similar to a trial, such as bleeding, infection, and nerve damage. There's also the possibility of a spinal headache. Once a device has been implanted we have also other concerns. We want to do everything to limit the risk of infection because if this system were to become infected, it would typically be removed.
There's also the chance that the lead will move, for example if a patient does an activity that puts a lot of stress on the lead that causes it to move. If the lead moves, there's a possibility that we may not be able to control pain in the area that was really bothering the patient. The first thing we'll do is try to reprogram the system to see if we can cover that area again. If we can't, there's the possibility that we may have to go in back surgically and revise the system and put the lead back in the appropriate position.
Dr. Grigsby says:
There are the risks that accompany any surgical procedure, including infection. If the area becomes infected, the system may have to be removed. There may be pain at the incision site or discomfort where the device is placed. The procedure uses a needle around the spine and, although rare, it could cause spinal cord injury resulting in nerve damage or paralysis. There may be a loss of the stimulation pattern if the lead migrates or moves. If this happens, we can reprogram the system or a surgery may be necessary to revise the system. This device is very reliable, but there is also the possibility of hardware failure, like needing to replace the battery.
Dr. Provenzano says:
What I always tell individuals who are suffering from chronic pain is that unfortunately there may not always be a cure. And so our goal is to reduce the pain to our best ability. But in order for us to do that, patients also have to take an active role in their pain management. With the spinal cord stimulation system, that may mean having to come back and get reprogramming. There may be times that the stimulation is not as enjoyable as it was initially, or it may become bothersome. If that happens, we would work on reprogramming to try to bring back that pleasant sensation the patient initially experienced. If a patient takes an active role in pain management in this way, they'll get better results with the therapy.
Dr. Provenzano says:
It's one of the few surgical operations that you actually get to trial before you commit to the permanent implantation. So you don't have to expect or guess what your results are going to be. You actually get to work with the system and see if it helps improve your function by controlling your pain better. Another benefit of the spinal cord stimulator trial is that it's a reversible and nondestructive treatment option. The lead is removed at the end of the trial. If the trial did not help improve your pain or function, you do not need to progress forward to the implantation.
Dr. Provenzano says:
Patients who are contemplating whether or not to progress forward with the spinal cord stimulator trial should discuss the risks with their physician. There can be risks including bleeding, infection, nerve damage. There can also be the risk of a spinal headache. We do everything to limit those risks, but patients should be aware of them.
Dr. Provenzano says:
If a patient decides to progress forward with a spinal cord stimulator trial and possibly implant, one of the things that we will ask the patient to do is go for a psychological evaluation. It helps us determine if there is a psychological condition that at this point may require additional treatment before we consider progressing forward with the trial. For example, the patient may have high levels of depression or anxiety that we may be able to help them with before we progress forward to the trial. And the reason we do this is we really want to make sure that the patient can have the best results from this treatment.
Dr. Provenzano says:
At the end of the three- to five-day test, the patient returns to the doctor's office. We may at that time work with new programming. What I mean by that is we may work on changing some of the stimulation patterns to see if we can further reduce pain. Then we remove the leads, clean off the area where the leads where placed, and cover it with a bandage. At that stage we sit down with the patient and talk about their experience during the screening test. We ask questions such as, Did it help you with pain control? Did it help you with function? Did you find the spinal cord stimulation system pleasant or tolerable? We discuss whether the patient may want to consider going to a permanent implant. There's no need to make the final decision that day. If a patient needs more time to think about it, that's appropriate. We answer all the patient's questions about the permanent implant or any other questions that they might have. And then I think it's a good time for the patient to go home and to think about whether this is the appropriate therapy for them, and come back to the office again to ask further questions if they have any.
Dr. Provenzano says:
We've had such major advancements in the technology of spinal cord stimulation. The batteries have gotten much smaller. Because they're smaller, they're not often very apparent. In addition, we often implant these devices in areas that may be covered by clothing. So they would be even less visible.
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For Jenny Gordon, working in New Orleans is the perfect mix of teaching, research and service.
Gordon, an associate professor in the School of Education who coordinates the childhood education program, is spending the semester on research leave helping with the startup of the Langston Hughes Academy Charter School in New Orleans' Seventh Ward.
"There's so much need here," Gordon said by phone from New Orleans, where she has been since July. "It took awhile to find a school that would accommodate me, but I honestly could not be happier."
At Langston Hughes Academy, Gordon is teaching reading to kindergarteners in the mornings and writing to second-graders in the afternoon. She also is conducting research that includes documenting her own experiences and the development of a school that was not part of a neighborhood before Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005.
"How do you build a culture from nothing?" Gordon asked. "How do you build a sense of community when people are coming from all over?"
Langston Hughes Academy opened in fall 2007 with 100 fourth- and fifth-graders. The school is now K-6, with about 450 students. The current fifth- and sixth-graders will continue to move up at the school until they finish the eighth grade, Gordon said. There also is talk of adding a preschool.
Gordon said many Langston Hughes Academy students have either missed a large amount of schooling or haven't had a consistent education because of displacement caused by Katrina and a lack of quality schools. It's another example of a "ripple effect" caused by the hurricane, Gordon said.
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S.G. Grant, dean of the School of Education, understands the importance of Gordon's work.
"One of the potential bright spots from Katrina is the possibility of remaking the New Orleans school system," Grant said. "It was a system that ill-served far too many children. It's too early to tell whether the emergent system will succeed, but it is clear that the work Professor Gordon and others are doing is pushing in the right direction."
The roots of the project were planted when Gordon decided she wanted to assist in the recovery of New Orleans and volunteered at a summer camp for middle school students in the city in 2006.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODELING AND SIMULATING HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY Written by a coinventor of the Human Patient Simulator (HPS) and past president of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Engineering: Applications in Cardiorespiratory Physiology is a compact and consistent introduction to this expanding field. The book divides the modeling and simulation process into five manageable steps--requirements, conceptual models, mathematical models, software implementation, and simulation results and validation. A framework and a basic set of deterministic, continuous-time models for the cardiorespiratory system are provided. This timely resource also addresses advanced topics, including sensitivity analysis and setting model requirements as part of an encompassing simulation and simulator design. Practical examples provide you with the skills to evaluate and adapt existing physiologic models or create new ones for specific applications. Coverage includes: Signals and systems Model requirements Conceptual models Mathematical models Software implementation Simulation results and model validation Cardiorespiratory system model Circulation Respiration Physiologic control Sensitivity analysis of a cardiovascular model Design of model-driven acute care training simulators "Uniquely qualified to author such a text, van Meurs is one of the original developers of CAE Healthcare's Human Patient Simulator (HPS). …His understanding of mathematics, human physiology, pharmacology, control systems, and systems engineering, combined with a conversational writing style, results in a readable text. …The ample illustrations and tables also break up the text and make reading the book easier on the eyes. …concise yet in conversational style, with real-life examples. This book is highly recommended for coursework in physiologic modeling and for all who are interested in simulator design and development. The book pulls all these topics together under one cover and is an important contribution to biomedical literature." --IEEE Pulse, January 2014 "This book is written by a professional engineer who is unique in that he seems to have a natural understanding of 3 key areas as follows: the hardware involved with simulators, human physiology, and mathematical modeling. Willem van Meurs is one of the inventors of the model-driven human patient simulator (HPS), and so, he is very qualified to write this book. The book is written in a clear way, using the first person throughout, in a conversational manner, with a style that involves posing questions and answering them in subsequent text. …The book starts with a very useful introduction and background chapter, setting out the scene for the rest of the book. …I have used his book in enhancing my own talks and understanding human patient simulation and can strongly recommend it." --Simulation in Healthcare December, 2012 Reviewed by Mark A. Tooley, Ph.D., Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, UK.
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Anyone living in the area could scarcely have escaped noticing some of the obvious first signs of this revolution: Farmers' markets are popping up around the county, along with roadside farmstands. More restaurants are sourcing their ingredients from local farmers and ranchers. Municipalities have been compelled to change laws to accommodate the rapidly rising citizen demand to raise chickens, goats and bees in residential backyards.
Backyard and frontyard gardens seem to be proliferating everywhere, and local fresh produce is now even being offered in many Boulder County school lunchrooms. Dozens of family farms are now offering CSAs (community supported agriculture), essentially prepaid subscriptions to a share in a season's bounty. And plastic-covered "hoop houses" are springing up on farms and in yards as gardeners struggle to meet the challenge of extending the Front Range's famously short growing season.
But some of the signs of this revolution are far less visible. For instance, hundreds of people have been signing up for "reskilling" classes on forest gardening, food canning and preservation, composting, vermiculture (worm ranching), seed-saving, food fermentation, greenhouse construction, aquaponics (combining aquaculture with hydroponic plant production), along with rainwater harvesting. Even more have been taking instruction in seasonal eating and cooking, as well as basic nutrition.
In addition, over the past four years more than 300 people in the area have graduated from an intense 72-hour permaculture design certification course, and about 50 have gone on to become certified permaculture instructors.
Nonprofit organizations — including Everybody Eats!, Growing Gardens, Cultiva!, and Transition Louisville — have been working to stimulate demand for local food, as well as increasing local food production capacity. In 2007, Transition Colorado launched an ongoing countywide EAT LOCAL! Campaign, which now includes a 10 percent Local Food Shift Challenge and Pledge. The organization also publishes Boulder County's EAT LOCAL! Resource Guide & Directory, and has hosted numerous films and high-profile speakers, conferences and an EAT LOCAL! Week.
County government is also involved. In 2008, the Boulder County Commissioners formed a Food & Agriculture Policy Council, with a mandate to convert 10 percent of the 17,000 acres of county-owned open space agricultural land to food production for local consumption by 2012.
Why local food?
Why the growing interest in local food? The answers lie in understanding our "food predicament," particularly our dependence on a fragile and increasingly unwieldy global food system.
For perspective, it's useful to know that the latest USDA data shows that Boulder County residents spent $947 million on food in 2010 (up from $662 million in 2007). But how much of this goes to Boulder County producers?
Not much. While definitive numbers are still unavailable, it's safe to say that no more than 1 to 2 percent of the food we consume in Boulder County is produced within the county. For an agricultural county with more than 137,000 acres of productive ag land, that's surprising. This situation is roughly in line with the state as a whole — Colorado residents spend $12 billion annually on food, 97 percent of which is imported from outside the state.
As in most places, since World War II agriculture has become primarily focused on producing exports. Conventional farmers have been told that their mission is "to feed the world." Thus, 95 percent of all agricultural production in the county is exported.
At the heart of the local food revolution is the realization that our ability to meet our basic food needs locally has been thoroughly undermined by big agribusiness, including the "value-added" food processors whose products have added considerable heft to our waistlines and contributed directly to a national health crisis of obesity, Type II diabetes and a host of food-related diseases. The real cost of this arrangement has been very high.
Local food advocates are also acutely aware that the globalized food system is highly dependent on fossil fuels for inputs (synthetic fertilizers and pesticides), processing, storage, cooling and transportation. They see increasing signs that dependence on foreign oil — inevitably increasing in price as global oil production peaks — puts big agribusiness and "conventional" agriculture in a no-win situation, and that the misnamed "Green Revolution" (it was a coup!) is exhibiting signs of failure in the face of already devastating impacts of climate change.
They also claim that widespread application of synthetic chemicals is jeopardizing long-term soil fertility.
"The soil is a living thing, and we are murdering it," says Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement. "Industrial agriculture has embraced the idea of farming without farmers, but at this rate one day we'll be forced to farm without land."
To complicate matters, as author Anna Lappé concludes in Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, the way we currently grow, process, ship, market and cook our food may be contributing more than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
All these factors have combined to make food one of the most unsustainable spheres of human activity.
Feed the world, or feed our own?
Meanwhile, the world population is apparently on the way to 9 billion people by mid-century, necessitating at least a doubling of current food production — at a time when a global food crisis looms on the horizon.
While big agribusiness insists that the only way to continue to feed the world is to greatly increase the efficiency of industrialized agriculture (and towards that end to genetically engineer virtually all crops), a growing number of people are seeing this technological approach as not only unsustainable but a clear threat to human freedom and sovereignty.
With the likely total deregulation of genetically modified organisms and the absence of appropriate food labeling, consumers and growers alike feel that their ability to exercise choice has been taken away. Meanwhile, even "natural" grocers like Vitamin Cottage admit that the majority of the products on their shelves probably contain GMOs. While GMO labeling is mandated in most EU nations, industry has mobilized to successfully prevent such practices in the United States.
A U.N. report released in early March claims that support of small-scale farming using "agro-ecological" methods — i.e., mostly local and organic — could easily double food production in 10 years in critical regions. This study confirms what local food advocates have known for years, that we must begin making the shift to growing most of our own food locally, with bio-intensive methods that restore soil, rekindle connection with the land and rebuild community.
Recent studies indicate that the benefits of food localization can be far-reaching. Returning to a fresh, seasonal, mostly organic local diet will significantly improve the health of our communities, especially our children, and dramatically reduce health care costs. Shrinking our foodshed will not only reduce food-miles, but bio-intensive cultivation methods will also sequester carbon in the soil, making food localization one of the most effective approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Surprisingly, rebuilding our local food system might also be the most important thing we can do to strengthen our local economies — to create new jobs and stem the leakage of dollars. Economist and food system researcher Michael Shuman recently completed a study for the greater Cleveland area that shows that moving to 25 percent food localization in that area by 2020 could produce 27,000 new jobs, generate $4.2 billion of economic activity each year, and produce $126 million in new local and state tax revenues.
Shuman, who is director of research and economic development for BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies), is now conducting a similar study to quantify the potential economic upside for food localization in the Boulder County area.
Commissioned by Transition Colorado, the study will identify gaps, challenges and opportunities, and will map the business initiatives, public policy shifts, and nonprofit programs to make 25 percent food localization achievable by 2020.
Financing the revolution
One of the impacts of the globalization of food has been the gradual erosion of the network of enterprises that once supported a robust local food and farming economy. According to retired Boulder attorney and former Food & Agriculture Policy Council member-at-large Jim England, at the turn of the 20th century Boulder County had six flour mills (three of them in or near the Boulder city limits), canning factories and other processing plants, commercially successful berry and small fruit operations, and thousands of fruit trees (Boulder's Grove Street is named after the commercial apple and other fruit groves that grew there). There were butchers on Pearl Street, malt houses, a cheese factory in Hygiene and a number of working dairies. "A hundred years ago this was something of a locavore's paradise," says England. "And if it once was thus, my hope is it can again be that."
But crucial to achieving any significant level of food localization will be the rebuilding of Boulder County's local food infrastructure — production, processing, distribution and storage — which will require an infusion of financial investments to underwrite the entrepreneurs and farmers who wish to be part of the local food revolution.
In an era of shrinking budgets, where will that money come from? Woody Tasch, a frequent visitor to Boulder County, has an answer: "Slow Money," which Entrepreneur Magazine dubbed "one of the top five trends in finance for 2011."
Weaving economic savvy with a poet's penchant for language, Tasch explains that Slow Money represents "the creation of new forms of intermediation that catalyze the transition from a commerce of extraction and consumption to a commerce of preservation and restoration." It's a reversal of dependence on Wall Street markets and traditional investment vehicles, which parallels the shift from big agribusiness to local food economies.
Tasch says that the recent economic crisis is exactly what one can expect when the relationships between money, community and the land are broken. The most appropriate way to begin building a restorative economy, he says, is to invest locally in sustainable, small-scale food enterprises. The Slow Money approach (www.SlowMoney.org) aims to bring together key stakeholders, investors and entrepreneurs, along with leaders in local food and progressive finance.
Slow Money is just now beginning to take hold in Boulder County, with an commitment of $1.5 million from an anonymous donor to seed what promises to become a critical source of capital for local food and farming enterprises. That fund is currently under the stewardship of Transition Colorado, but will soon be established as an independent Slow Money entity.
Catalyzing a local network
Rebuilding production capacity and increasing consumer demand simultaneously is something of a chicken-and-egg challenge. Some farmers remain skeptical that the demand for locally produced food will continue to follow a supposed hockey-stick trajectory. They wonder: "If we are able to dramatically ramp up production, where will the infrastructure come from that can get our products processed and onto the tables of consumers?" One bright spot may be the recent emergence of a "foodshed alliance" known as the Boulder County Local Food Network, conceived as a cooperative membership organization joining farmers, food and agricultural leaders, local businesses, local governments and community residents in a united effort to stimulate and support the local food economy and to foster increasing localization of the regional food system. The group's informal motto is "thinking like a foodshed."
Organized as a member of the national Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, the Local Food Network was first announced on Feb. 27 at the "Our Local Economy in Transition" conference, and the group is now recruiting charter members. Founding members include Everybody Eats!, Ollin Farms, Center for ReSource Conservation and Transition Colorado.
The group hopes to grow to 200 members over the next two years, including farmers, ranchers, restaurants, retailers, food processors, distributors, food-related businesses, nonprofit and community organizations, county and municipal governments, as well as other local businesses that support the goals and values of the network.
Making the transition to local food and farming
In 2006, a food working group calculated that the then-current state of agriculture in Boulder County could only feed about 20,000 — less than 7 percent of the total population of 300,000. They then looked at the upside, estimating that with greatly expanded individual and community garden plots, greatly increased farming for food using bio-intensive methods, with reduced calorie intake and a simplified diet, this maybe could be increased to about 185,000 people — a daunting realization, but a useful benchmark of our vulnerability here. The group also learned that there were already about 34,000 food-insecure people — those without secure, reliable access to food — in Boulder County, and those numbers have been increasing dramatically with the recent economic turmoil.
Boulder County is proud of its farmers' markets, and more of them are coming up every year. Boulder's own market is widely regarded as one of the top 10 in the country, and an estimated 14,000 people show up at the Boulder market on a Saturday. Yet, an entire season's sales at the Boulder County Farmers' Markets — Boulder and Longmont together — would meet Boulder County's food needs for less than a day and a half.
Given all this, it's clear that one of the most important things we can all do together is to completely rebuild our local foodshed — from multiplying backyard and frontyard gardens, to raising chickens and keeping bees, to committing to only buying food that is local and organic, to converting our local agricultural lands to growing food for local consumption, to rebuilding local food storage and distribution systems, to demanding that our supermarkets stop importing food we could produce here ourselves, to training young people to learn farming as a wise and essential — and even sustainable — career choice.
Of course, the transition to a re-localized, non-fossil-fuel food and farming system will take some time — because nearly every aspect of the process by which we feed ourselves must be redesigned and rebuilt. But if we do this right, we have an opportunity to build a localized food and farming system that is economically robust, environmentally sustainable, resilient and self-reliant, one that ensures food security and sovereignty for all, one that contributes to the health and happiness of our citizens, and that revitalizes our communities.
If we do this right, not only can we reverse the destruction that industrial agriculture causes, but we can replace it with something far better, a way of growing and preparing food that heals our connection with the land and with each other. In the process, we may also find that we're restoring the kind of democracy envisioned by Thomas Jefferson for his fledgling nation.
Brownlee is co-founder of Boulder-based Transition Colorado (www.TransitionColorado.org), the first officially recognized Transition Initiative in North America, now focused on rebuilding the local food system. He is publisher of Boulder County's EAT LOCAL! Resource Guide and Directory (www. EatLocalGuide.com), co-founder of the Boulder County Local Food Network, and former member of the Boulder County Food & Agriculture Policy Council.
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I'd like to see a study on the relative cost for the consumer of buying local, from King Soopers, or from Whole Foods. I want to buy from the farmer's markets, and do, but oftentimes they make WF look like a deal.
Well written article. The statistics for Colorado are not that much different in Illinois - which is a major agriculture state, yet one which currently imports more than 93% of all the food that its citizens consume. It took many years for us to get into this predicatment - and many years will be required to get back out. It will not only be "worth the effort" - it will be a matter of survival for many. It is worth noting that cost comparisons (of grocery versus local farm raised produce) generally fail to take into account the measurable differences in nutritional value, the impact on the local economy, the reduction in fossil fuel consumption and a host of other very important factors. It is not possible, much less beneficial, to stuff the entire food production topic into a single, "cost" sound byte. Like burying power cables underground, there may be an additional upfront cost, but a huge, longterm payback. Leaving the planet a better place than when we arrived is a worthy goal. Having ready access to local produce may well be the the difference between life and death in a future that is (maybe) not that far away.
may the movement spread like wild fire. It's the best shot we have. see my new site http://www.everybodyeatsnews.com
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Great article!
One correction: Natural Grocers not only "admits" genetically engineered ingedients exist in many of its products, it warns customers that if a product's ingredients are not all USDA Certified Organic or identified by a trustoworthy source as GMO-free, they must assume some part of the product contains genetically modified ingredients.
What's more, even Certified Organic products will test positive for some residual amount of contamination by GMO crops grown near organic fields. The USDA has made this a certainty, especially with the recent deregulation of GMO alfalfa, sugar beets, and corn.
(To be fair, since GMO ingredients are not labeled in any way, and are often hard to source, struggling manufacturers are often hard-pressed to find clean alternatives.)
It's important to know that our Colorado Department of Agriculture does not acknowledge GMO as a problem in any way; on the contrary they seem to regard articially mutated, chemical-dependent GMO growing systems as the Great Wonder of Modernity.
So, yes, this is a critical moment for consumers to take action. Retailers will stock what sells, and they have very sensitive toosl for identifying trends. Organic is in most stores now because organic is the category that is growing. So far, the companies tracking nationwide sales do not flag products as non-GMO; if they did we believe the growth demonstrated by non-GMO products would startle the retail food world. In short, buy organic and non-GMO products, and Kroger, WalMart, and Costco will source them for you, just as Natural Grocers has been doing for years. They will cost a bit more, but that is simply the result of honestly paying for all the actual costs of production, rather that leaving them unaccounted for in the form envirmonmental pollution, mono-culture crop subsidies, and depleted soils.
The Millions against Monsanto march takes place in Colorado Springs in March. The Colorado Says No to GMO's rally will take place at noon on April 16th at the State Capitol. April 12-17 is a HUGE no-GMO week in Colorado, which includes world reknowned experts giving non-GMO activist training.
For many more pages on our local food efforts, sustainable agriculture practices, non-GMO efforts, and our participation on the Boulder County Food and Agriculture Policy Board and Colorado Food Systems board, please visit
I know, for a grocer's web site it's odd to have hundreds of pages about Public Policy, but we can no longer think of "food" as something that shows up like magic on a store shelf when we need it. It's really complicated. And it's heartening to see so many people grappling with these issues in such a deep way.
Feeding the world does not necessarily do them any favor. Their own food producers cannot compete with our subsidized crops. Add protective tarriffs to the mix and the foreign food producers go out of business, much to the detriment of their people. What is worse is the behavior of Monsanto and big agri-business. They market their experimental seeds and when the crops fail, the citizens of the dependent country suffer a terrible injustice.


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The Model Transition Program (MTP) is a statewide initiative funded by New York State Education Department's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Special Education for Individuals with Disabilities. The project has funded sixty school and agency partnerships with the goal of developing local models of collaborative service delivery to students with disabilities as they prepare to exit high school and begin their adult life.
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Students named to All-State and All-Region Bands
Congratulations to 10 Walhalla Middle School band students who were named members of the All-State and All-Region Bands. This is a new record for Walhalla Middle School.
They are as follows.
Olivia Lee, 20th chair clarinet, All-State.
All-Region members are Madison Ranalli, 8th chair clarinet, Cadi Imbody, 3rd chair clarinet, Lynda Knox, 4th chair flute, Nickolas Eleftheriou, 7th chair trombone, Joshua Leonard, 4th chair oboe, Shawntrell Stark, 1st chair alto sax, Megan Ranalli, 17th chair clarinet, Kristin Heape, 7th chair clarinet, and Audrey Boyles, 2nd chair bassoon.
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2 cup shredded rotisserie chicken1 small jalapeño, thinly sliced crosswise2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil kosher salt freshly ground pepper1 cup finely shredded green cabbage1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice1 Tbsp fresh lime juice½ tsp hot sauce warm corn tortillas, for serving pepper jack cheese, for serving guacamole, for serving cilantro leaves, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 350°. In a medium baking dish, toss the chicken with the jalapeño and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cover with foil and bake for about 10 minutes, until hot.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, toss the cabbage with the lemon juice, lime juice, hot sauce and the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil; season with salt and pepper.
- To serve, fill warm corn tortillas with the chicken, cabbage, cheese, guacamole and cilantro.
Recipe Credit: Jonathan Waxman
Image Credit: Con Poulos
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