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Missile defense: Enabling Russia
Ever deferential in foreign policy, the Obama administration verges on reckless, self-defeating idiocy by even discussing declassifying and sharing with Russia critical missile-defense data.
The Washington Free Beacon reports those Pentagon discussions are aimed at convincing Moscow that U.S. missile defense in Europe isn't intended for use against long-range Russian missiles that could target America. This administration, which disadvantaged America in its last nuclear arms deal with Russia, is so desperate to change Moscow's opposition to U.S. missile defense — and for more nuke cuts — that it would imperil U.S. security to achieve those goals.
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency director said in congressional testimony this month that the administration hasn't asked him to declassify anything but has asked him about what is and isn't classified. He opposes sharing missile-defense data — including U.S. defensive missiles' "velocity burnout rate," which an enemy with offensive missiles could use to defeat them.
Sharing such data with Russia is foolhardy on its face. And it would violate a 2011 administration agreement with Congress that requires a rigorous security review — and benefit for U.S. security — before declassifying velocity burnout data.
House and Senate Republicans hope to block such data-sharing with Russia. Thank goodness somebody in Washington still puts America's interests first.
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10/8/14 Update: Menu updated. standby/FP+ procedure updated, particularly in the "Disadvantages" section.
Be Our Guest Restaurant is a quick service for lunch and a table service for dinner. Lunch service usually begins promptly at 10:30am, but it may be served as early as 10am during extremely crowded times like Easter and Christmas. They aim to have the last people ordering at 2:45pm and you need to be in line by 2:15pm or you risk being cut off. In order to minimize waits as much as possible, you'd want to be in line around 10:15am. However, that puts you in line for lunch at one of the better times to tour in low crowds and short waits. I recommend lining up for lunch right around 2pm. Overall crowds will peak and you won't be wasting valuable touring time in line. Still, expect to wait 15 to 20 minutes and have lunch last 60 to 90 minutes. Information on potential FastPass+ opportunities follows.
Location: New Fantasyland in between Enchanted Tales with Belle and Belle's Village.
Food type: Salads, Hot Sandwiches, and a Pork Entree.
Dining Plan: One quick service credit for lunch.
Unique Items: Everything.
Most guests with MagicBands won't require one of these RFID-enabled red plastic roses, instead using the technology embedded in their MagicBands to allow food runners to locate your party at a table after completing ordering. Without MagicBands, a red rose may be provided.
Unlike most Disney quick services, guests using gift cards, credit cards, or room keys will order at a kiosk. The screen will display the various options and you choose what and how many of each you would like. If you're using cash, you'll be directed to a cast member at a typical register.
You then swipe your credit/debit/gift card at the kiosk and proceed to an open table. Your food will be delivered.
Be Our Guest offers FastPass+ at lunch via this link: https://beourguestlunch.disney.go.com. The forum follows availability as it opens up. Fortunately, lunch here doesn't count against your three attraction FastPass+ experiences.
- The theming, particularly in the Rose Gallery and West Wing, is pretty amazing. It feels like you're dining in Beast's Castle.
- Some of Disney's freshest, most innovative quick service food options. For a resort known for its hamburgers and french fries, steak sandwiches and tuna nicoise salads are a welcome respite. Quality can be hit or miss, but most people seem to enjoy their meals.
- Self-serve soda dispensers so you can grab a refill on the way out. Don't tell anyone, but the cups are out in the open for anyone to grab.
- Food is delivered to you tableside with real plates and silverware. Once you finish, a cast member cleans up.
- Potentially convoluted standby/FastPass+ procedure. Disney is constantly "testing" new ways to shorten or eliminate potential waits for FP+ and standby guests. During your visit, you may find that they are distributing return tickets to those without FP+ for guests wishing to dine. Return tickets have a 15-minute return window sometime in the future and are usually distributed right at 10:30am and again close to 12pm. Keep an eye on the forum and homepage as your trip nears to see if any tests are being conducted.
- Food quality probably does not match the hype. People enjoy their meals, but it isn't exactly out of this world cuisine.
- No "safe picks" for "picky eaters." There are no chicken nuggets or hamburgers on the menu. Kids may not see something they like. You can bring in food from another location – Pinocchio Village Haus is nearby.
Value: High. For just a dollar or two more than a burger, you'll have the opportunity to try some relatively upscale fare in one of Disney's newest, most elaborately themed settings.
Reputation: People have strong feelings on this one and most will report either a very good or very bad experience with the food. Just about everyone is enamored by the location. It's certainly worth having lunch here if the wait is tolerable. Even if you don't love your sandwich, the setting is fun and the drink refills are free.
Food Choices:
Tuna Nicoise Salad:
Warm Seared Tuna Steak, chilled Green Beans, Potatoes, Olives, Roasted Bell Peppers, Tomatoes and a Hard Poached Egg.
It's served with a common vinaigrette dressing, which you can order on the side if you click "Show Details" on the order screen.
Half eaten for your viewing pleasure. I would describe it as an on point, high quality salad with nicely seared tuna next to mostly leafy greens. There are a couple bites of tomato and olive hidden underneath, but the salad is dominated by the lettuce. Just a bite or two of potato are placed on top and the warm egg sits next to the tuna. This is not the sort of thing I would ordinarily order, but it is certainly a nice lunch if you're in the market for something that at least appears healthy.
Quinoa Salad
With Green Beans, Potatoes, Olives, Roasted Red Peppers, Golden Beets, and Tomatoes. A tasty vegetarian entree that's a little different than most. The salad is fresh and the quinoa provides a healthy serving of protein.
Croque Monsieur
Grilled Sandwich with Carved Ham, Gruyere Cheese, and Bechamel with Pommes Frites. "Good, not great" with a smaller helping of ham than you might be expecting.
I was hoping Disney would serve up the delicious fries that accompany the steak at dinner, but that doesn't look to be the case. These appear to be extra limp.
Carved Turkey Sandwich
Served warm on a Baguette with Dijon Mayonnaise and Pommes Frites.
Sorry Mom, but I can't take credit for subbing the fries for green beans. The beans came mistakenly. I briefly considered logging into the DIS to complain about the TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, but the food delivery person promised to bring a side of fries, so I calmed down a bit.
The sandwich was okay.
Be Our Guest seems to be taking a page out of the Diamond Horseshoe playbook – there is no cheese. It's just a couple pieces of turkey, greens, four bits of red onion, and the mayonnaise which didn't have a ton of flavor.
It wasn't bad by any means, but it didn't stand out as being outstanding either. The baguette was indeed served warm and the meal was quite filling.
The green beans were quite good I thought. I'm not sure how healthy they are rolled around in butter. Originally, the ordering kiosk had a button that would tell you the nutritional information of each item, but I think it was removed. It probably added to ordering time and Disney doesn't necessarily want you knowing their steak sandwich weighs in at 1,100 calories.
Roast Beef Sandwich
Served warm on a Baguette with Horseradish Sour Cream and Pommes Frites. This is a large sandwich that should satisfy just about any appetite. The roast beef is piled higher than most Disney quick service sandwiches. The beef quality was similar to Boar's Head from your local grocery store – cooked "medium (dyed pink)" and retaining some juiciness. The arugula added a bit of a crunch. While fresh, I thought the bread was a little thick. About 75% of what you get in your mouth is going to be bread. The horseradish sauce did not have a lot of flavor. A jus would have taken this to the next level. Or with Disney's propensity to serve food on the bland side, a side of the horseradish would have been nice for those of us who like a little kick.
Overall, I was happy with the sandwich and would rate it highly among the other quick service options in the Park. The fries remain a little sad – limp and lukewarm in this case. I wish they would serve the "pommes frites" that are served avec the steak with dinner. Those are really good. With lines outside and wait times of 15 – 30 minutes at the Pinocchio, Harbour House, Pecos Bill, etc. the five minute wait outside wasn't deplorable.
Braised Pork
Slow Cooked Pork with Vegetables and Bacon with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans Jardiniere – 492 calories according to the kiosk. The Steak Sandwich is just north of 1,000. I enjoyed the Pork quite a bit – it was tender and flavorful. It was easy to cut with a fork. The picture insinuated peppers and onions along with the green beans, but we seem to just have green beans here. They were probably cooked properly – which is less than I normally do myself. Still, very good. Overall, I would recommend this highly, though it isn't a ton of food for the money. But the fact that Be Our Guest doesn't serve up gut bombs is probably good.
Potato Leek Soup
It was served piping hot with a thin potato consistency, which kept it from feeling "heavy," while still offering a steady potato flavor. One of the best soups I've ever had.
French Onion Soup
Rich and decadent with a thick layer of cheese on top, this should satisfy anyone's cravings for onion soup.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Cupcake
A favorite with a distinct strawberry flavor and creamy frosting on top.
Triple Chocolate Cupcake
Rich and chocolatey.
Lemon Meringue Cupcake
With a lemon custard filling inside of a vanilla spongecake. It had a sweet lemon flavor balanced nicely with the meringue topping.
Tropical Fruit Cream Puff
It's a pretty painless way to end the meal with another 500 calories of something sweet – topped with cream and a fresh raspberry.
The Master's Cupcake
The Master's Cupcake is a relatively new addition to the menu, most likely due to all the tourists clamoring for their "free" spoonful of icing during lunch service.
The Master's Cupcake is the cleverest of the bunch with"the grey stuff" sitting on top of a moist chocolate cake surrounded by an inedible (for most people) wrapper. I prefer the lemon meringue cupcake because it's a little different, but this is a fine choice.
Be Our Guest has three distinct rooms – the first and largest is the ballroom.
The Rose Gallery, off to the right, is brighter and comfier with bench seating and tables that aren't quite so close together. Don't sit in the center near the Belle/Beast music box unless you want to be in 1,000 photographs while you eat.
Finally, the West Wing is the darkest, creepiest, and coolest room.
Here, you'll find a portrait of the Beast.
And the famous rose.
You'll need to ask the food runner for most condiment needs. Fries are served with ketchup.

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JiminOrlando June 16, 2010 - 04:47:03 (See all My Comments)
Forget the SHAVING issue... lose that frickin' T-shirt already!Reply
laorish June 15, 2010 - 16:06:28 (See all My Comments)
@Marc-de-la-T I think he's uncut by those pics.Reply
MaraisMec June 15, 2010 - 14:41:46 (See all My Comments)
He is beautiful... and perfect ANY way he wishes to be.Reply
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A pale white guy is only hot inside.Reply
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you can just send him backReply
until the hair grows back
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Nice big shaft and dangling balls! But agree it's far better framed by lush bush!Reply
Marc-de-la-Touche June 14, 2010 - 21:27:27 (See all My Comments)
A better way to put it is:Reply
With no pubes...no possible way this guy could fuck me, cuz a 'man' needs to do that, and an unkempt bush is a very heavy masculine symbol which puts all his other manly characteristics over the 'top'.
However, I'd fuck the shit out of him the way he is right now, a young boy freshman year in college!!!
Marc-de-la-Touche June 14, 2010 - 21:17:43 (See all My Comments)
The shave isn't so bad because there is no rash, and the pale skin is real turn on here, but dark dark pubes on pale skin is a roaring turn on so he did miss the opportunity to be incredibly sexy however he is still a hot guy!! Is he cut or uncut?Reply
Mnestor June 14, 2010 - 19:25:11 (See all My Comments)
Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)Reply
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i like to swallow that premium cock all the time and have some of his cum to eat on! he is so hot skinny and trimmed waste love all that!!!Reply
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one more shaved and trimmed and tatooed manniquin. he is almost really boring to look at, either sexually or non sexually. it almost comes down to why bother to look at him?Reply
UncutCockLover June 14, 2010 - 15:54:25 (See all My Comments)
I like his big cock and his long lean body. Oh I forget to mention his skin tone. White white guys really turn me on...Reply
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so is his name nick or nate KennedyReply
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he is adorable ! but should leave the bush!Reply
hornyshauny June 14, 2010 - 10:19:37 (See all My Comments)
Good looking guy, great body - but why shave off all the pubes? He looks like an overgrown kid (shudder).Reply
He certainly doesn't need to do it to make his cock look bigger?
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Liam Gallagher has revealed that he suffered a shocking near-death experience last month after a blue M&M sweet sent the rocker into anaphyltic shock.
The Beady Eye star has now been diagnosed with a life threatening nut allergy after the star almost died in his hotel room while on holiday.
Liam Gallagher at the NME awards show after party (WENN.com)
Now the 40-year-old has to keep a special injection on him wherever he goes in case he accidentally chews down on another nut.
While at the launch of the Red House Restaurant in south-west London, Liam told reporters: "I've done some stuff over the years but never, never did I think a 'F****** blue M&M would be the thing that could have killed me. I was in a hotel on holiday and got in about the mini bar."
Describing the horrific incident the ex Oasis front man explained: "My mouth started to swell up and I could feel it tightening my throat, man. I had to go to the docs and get it checked out straight away.
"It happened again a couple of weeks after and now I've got to carry a syringe about with me in case of emergencies. Proper Pete Doherty gear."
Liam was joined by Hurts singer Theo Hutchcraft, Libertines legend Carl Barat, his wife Nicole Appleton, her sister Natalie and their All Saints band mate Shaznay Lewis at the launch of the 'Millionaire' star's business partner Chris Johnns's new restaurant in south-west London.
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I got high as hell in college and listened to one of his CDs….it was pretty insane. Definitely talented guy.
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alas, now a tub o' lard has been..
I think he should change his moniker to One Black Knuckle.
Who gets a cyst on their knuckle? More importantly, who let's it fester?
Dude looks like he has diabetes in his hands. Niqqa needs to drop some weight and see a doctor pronto.
Alright, what idiot scheduled the Pimp N' Ho Ball on the same night as the Grammys?
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Bustah'd Career. more like it.
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Before setting out on the mandatory boat excursion to the isle of Delos, check out the Archaeological Museum, set at the northern edge of town. It affords insight into the intriguing history of its ancient shrines. The museum houses Delian funerary sculptures, many with scenes of mourning; most were moved to Rhenea when the Athenians cleansed Delos in the 6th century, during the sixth year of the Peloponnesian war, and, under instruction from the Delphic Oracle, the entire island was purged of all dead bodies. The most significant work from Mykonos is a 7th-century BC pithos (storage jar), showing the Greeks in the Trojan horse and the sack of the city. Open all year.
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BATON ROUGE- Small business got a win against banks Wednesday, but you may get caught in the crossfire.
The Federal Reserve told banks no more excessive fees for businesses accepting debit cards for payment.
Businesses, like restaurants and retail outlets, were paying up to 44-cents per swipe, but the new limit keeps banks from charging more than 21-cents a swipe.
Brewbacher's Manager Craig Coursey said, "Amongst the environment that we're in right now with rising commodity prices, rising energy prices, any time we can catch a break, especially small businesses, because it doesn't seem like we've caught many breaks lately, it's gonna be a big deal."
But some banks say they won't take the cut in profit on the chin, you will. Some banks are saying they'll take away rewards programs, free checking accounts and tack on annual fees to debit cards to make up the difference.
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Anita Adams said, "They're never going to let it be easy on us or the people who are struggling so hard in this country to make a living. They're going to still make more money than they need to make and it's going to be on our backs."
"They're not gonna really cut into their profits anywhere, per say, they're gonna find a way to make it up regardless and usually that means passing the buck off to the consumer," said Grant Fletcher.
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Phone Call today (Sunday 6 Feb 2011) from Wendy Carter in the UK who wished us well and passes on her best wishes to all at KHS.
KHS News > Thursday Evening Events > 50th Anniversary MESSAGEs >
From Wendy Carter (in the UK)posted 9 Feb 2011, 19:45 by Kununurra Museum [ updated 9 Feb 2011, 19:46 ]
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1945 (Dry Season)
70 Years ago at Carlton Reach
(Ord River Experimental Station)
the dry season of 1945 Kim Durack continued work on the
"Ord River Experimental Station," which was established late in 1941 at
Carlton Reach using the waters of the Ord for irrigation. The following
year the station would cease to operate on the Carlton Reach Site and would be moved to the Kimberley Research Station site in 1946.
information is available about the 36 HP Petters "Atomic" diesel pump
engine, used to raise the water for these first major experimental
attempts at irrigation, at the twenty acre farm site. available from the Carlton Reach Pump Engine (On this site)
In April 2013 the 36 HP "Petters Atomic Diesel Engine" was donated to the Kununurra Historical Society by the Department of Agriculture and Food WA - Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture (formerly the Kimberley Research Station, where the engine was also in use until the 1950s), KHS now has the original pump engine by the entrance gate of the Kununurra Museum.
In 2016 it will be 75 years since the Petters engine was first installed at Carlton Reach and it will be 70 years since the initial establishment of the Kimberley Research Station in 1946.
March 20th 1942
Wirraway A20-62
On March 20th 2017 it will be...
75 Years...
Since the forced landing of Wirraway A20-62, on coastal saltmarsh, just inside the WA/NT border, by Pilots Lew Dwyer and Warwick Carmody. Watch the Digital Videos (DVs) from the KHS - Research - "Wirraway - Challenge" Page (has links to all 8 parts of the DVs on our YouTube Channel OR See the permanent display at the Kununurra Museum.
256days since
Events in 2016
Wyndham and Hall's Creek (aka "Kimberley") were established.
130 Years Ago
(In 2016)
In May and June 2016 It will be..
95 Years
Since the WA and SA Government Astronomers came to the Kimberley in
to determine the position of the WA/NT Border on the ground by using the new technology (in 1921), of radio time signals. This exepedition in 1921 would locate the border position and a WA Survey crew would come back in 1927 to build the Kimberley Obelisk, which still determines the border today.
Read More about the 1921 WA/NT Border Determinations
Carlton Reach Waterhole
"Thethebeleng" or "Carlton Reach"
:-( now sadly, referred to as Lake Kununurra)
Was the largest permanent waterhole in the Kimberley Region, held back by a quartzite rock bar called "Tharram," the "Rocky Falls" or "Jasper Bar" or "Bandicoot Bar," The Carlton Reach waterhole stretched from Bandicoot Bar all the way to the south end of the "Carlton Ridge" or the head of the "Sleeping Buddha, as it is known today."
"Kim's Place" or "Ord River Experimental Station" or "Ord River Experimental Farm" or "The Cabbage Patch" - No matter what it has been referred to in writing, this was the WA Government's precursor to the joint Federal (CSIRO) - State (WA Ag. Dept.) Kimberley Research Station (KRS).
The 1941 experimental station was set up at Carlton Reach, by Kimberley Michael Durack, for the Department of Agriculture WA, with assistance from the Public Works Department, along with his brother William A. (Bill) Durack, and other helpers along the way.
It will be 75 Years Ago
(in 2016)
Read More on the Carlton Reach Pump Engine Research Page
Township of Kununurra
Resumption of Ivanhoe Stn. Land
February 10th 1961
Town of Kununurra Declaration
1765days since
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Minestrone Recipe
- 2 cups coarsely chopped onions
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 5 cups beef broth
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes or 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 cups coarsely chopped cabbage
- 1 cup sliced fresh carrots
- 2 teaspoons dried basil or Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1-1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1-1/2 cups sliced zucchini
- 1 cup cut fresh green beans
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup uncooked ditalini or 4 ounces spaghetti, broken into 3-inch pieces
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- In a stockpot, saute the onions, celery and parsley in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cabbage, carrots, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour.
- In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir into soup along with the zucchini, beans and pasta. Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until vegetables and pasta are tender. Top each serving with cheese. Yield: 20 servings (5 quarts).
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Warmups are under way here for Game 2 between Tampa Bay and Nashville at the Florida Rookie Tournament.
The starting goalies tonight are Chet Pickard for the Predators (2008, No. 18) and Pat Nagle for the Lightning. Nagle, who played his college hockey at Ferris State, was undrafted but signed a two-year entry level contract with Tampa Bay.
Behind the bench for the Lightning will be Jon Cooper, coach of AHL Norfolk. Nashville will be coached by new Milwaukee coach Kirk Muller. In a bit of an oddity, both AHL affiliates share a common nickname, the Admirals.


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Poor quality vital anti-malarials in Africa - an urgent neglected public health priority
1 Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
2 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
3 Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT, UK
4 WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
5 Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
6 GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
7 International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Lyon, 69006, France
8 School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
9 Department of Immunology and Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
10 Population Services International, Malaria and Child Survival Department, School Lane, Westlands, P.O. Box 14355-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
11 Food and Drugs Board, P O Box CT 2783, Cantonments-Accra, Ghana
12 Réseau Médicaments et Développment (ReMeD), 35, rue Daviel, 75013 Paris 13 France
13 East West Pharmaceuticals, 189 rue Grande, Fontainebleau, 77300, France
14 Mahidol Oxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:352 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-352Published: 13 December 2011
Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a major public health problem. A vital component of malaria control rests on the availability of good quality artemisinin-derivative based combination therapy (ACT) at the correct dose. However, there are increasing reports of poor quality anti-malarials in Africa.
Seven collections of artemisinin derivative monotherapies, ACT and halofantrine anti-malarials of suspicious quality were collected in 2002/10 in eleven African countries and in Asia en route to Africa. Packaging, chemical composition (high performance liquid chromatography, direct ionization mass spectrometry, X-ray diffractometry, stable isotope analysis) and botanical investigations were performed.
Counterfeit artesunate containing chloroquine, counterfeit dihydroartemisinin (DHA) containing paracetamol (acetaminophen), counterfeit DHA-piperaquine containing sildenafil, counterfeit artemether-lumefantrine containing pyrimethamine, counterfeit halofantrine containing artemisinin, and substandard/counterfeit or degraded artesunate and artesunate+amodiaquine in eight countries are described. Pollen analysis was consistent with manufacture of counterfeits in eastern Asia. These data do not allow estimation of the frequency of poor quality anti-malarials in Africa.
Criminals are producing diverse harmful anti-malarial counterfeits with important public health consequences. The presence of artesunate monotherapy, substandard and/or degraded and counterfeit medicines containing sub-therapeutic amounts of unexpected anti-malarials will engender drug resistance. With the threatening spread of artemisinin resistance to Africa, much greater investment is required to ensure the quality of ACTs and removal of artemisinin monotherapies. The International Health Regulations may need to be invoked to counter these serious public health problems.


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Instructor: Bob Baker
Title: On Dying Well: Philosophical Reflections on the Meaning of Death
Description: Dying is part of living. In this course we reflect on what the fact of death means for our lives. We read and reflect on the writing of physicians, philosophers and theologians, some writing thousands of years ago, some writing today. We also read about the meaning and value of life and the nature of killing, terrorism, warfare, and capital punishment. Since writing is a form of reflection and students write not only about these topics but also about themselves and consider such things as how they might like their own obituary to read. Weather permitting we may also take a field trip to a local cemetery to see what we can learn from the gravestones. Among the works we will read are Sherwin Nuland's How We Die, which won a National Book Award, and various essays and papers by, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, Robert Nozick, Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls, Peter Singer, among others.
Instructor: Suzie Benack
Title: Goodness, Happiness and Truthi-ness
Description: In this course, we are going to look at the relation of goodness and happiness – does being morally good make a person happy? Or could we be happier if we threw off the chains of moral constraints? We will examine how some philosophers, fiction writers, political theorists, religious traditions, and psychologists have seen the relation of goodness and happiness. At the end of the course, we'll also turn to truth(-i-ness). Is there "real" "objective" truth? Or is everything a matter of social convention or personal choice?
Instructor: Denis Brennan
Title: E Pluribus, Pluribus: An Examination of the Divided States of America
Description: Especially in times of national disaster (Pearl Harbor, September 11th) or national distress (Great Depression, JFK's Assassination), United States' citizens embrace the notion of national unity and appeal to the strength which that unity provides. Despite this inclination, there is good reason to assert that our history more accurately reflects a country which began and remains divided, and which, more truthfully, is a collection of well-defined (and separate) nations – defined largely by regional patterns and ideology. At a political level, some recognition of this division can be seen in the Red and Blue election maps drawn after every national election cycle; however, the reality arguable is much deeper and built on a more historical foundation than our modern two-party political bifurcation suggests. From the earliest days of colonial America, the land was divided: Yankee Puritans in New England, Dutch entrepreneurs in New York, Quaker pacifists in Pennsylvania, and Aristocratic Anglicans in the Tidewater. In the Revolution, unity was more an accident of circumstance and convenience than a willful decision to merge as one nation; the causes and meaning of the Civil War are still debated. This course will require students to examine an alternate perspective of United States history. We will use a collection of readings and extensive class discussion to survey and evaluate the existence and influence of national divisions in our supposed "United" States of America. The extent to which these (and newer) divisions remain constant and endure offers considerable challenges for the future of our country.
Instructor: Bernhard Kuhn
Title: Radical Thinkers
Description: This course will consider the works of some eloquent advocates of ideas that in one way or another challenge the foundations of traditional Western culture. We will begin with Machiavelli, who argues that the ethical principles of Christianity and Humanism are incompatible with effective political governance. We will read Rousseau, who argues that civilization has led not to progress but to the moral debasement of the human species; Karl Marx, who attacks capitalism and calls upon the poor to revolt and establish a communist society; Friedrich Nietzsche, who assaults (among other things) Judeo-Christian theology and ethics, rejects every form of metaphysics, and substitutes "perspectivism" for eternal truth; and Sigmund Freud, who argues that the price of order and civilization is the purposeful mutilation of our instinctual desire. We will also read the Marquis de Sade who challenged fundamental social mores in his philosophically grounded pornographic writings. We will then look at Edward Abbey, "the desert anarchist," who mounts a ferocious assault on "industrial tourism" and the development of the national park system, and is accused by some as advocating "eco-terrorism." We will conclude with Peter Singer, who champions animal liberation, vegetarianism, and voluntary euthanasia, while charging that all excess wealth is criminal.
Instructor: Louisa Matthew
Title: Science and the Imagination
Description: College courses and academic departments suggest that science and Literature are very far apart. But are they? What about the Union College Biology major who writes award-winning short stories based on the history of biological controversies? The MIT physics professor who publishes a novel about a man who sees a ghost? The teaching physician who recounts the (autobiographical) life story of a young man from Sri Lanka who becomes a famous teacher of medical students at Stanford? The non-fiction writing professor at Princeton, definitely not a geologist, who tackles the entire geological history of the United States? Two famous Italians: the chemist who recounts the rise of the Nazis and his own life through the lens of the periodic table, and the famous novelist and short story writer who lets the universe tell its own stories? When literature and science join forces, what do they have to say to each other, and to us, and who pays attention? We will discover that there is more to this than the difference between "fact and fiction", and it may help us to understand what the term "interdisciplinary" really means.
Instructor: Hans Mueller
Title: Conspiracy and Resistance: Self and Society on Trial
Description: We will read about those who conspire, about those who resist, and about those who are put on trial, about winners and losers, in a variety of genres, including such works as Plato's Trial of Socrates, the New Testament, the Communist Manifesto, Kafka's The Trial, Scahill's Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Who attempts to maintain control? Who fights back? Who conspires against whom and for what reasons? On what basis do we judge individuals and their sometimes fraught relationship to society more generally? Socrates, for example, is revered as a founder of Western philosophy. His fellow citizens famously condemned him to death for corrupting the young. Perhaps his fellow citizens had a point? And Athens was a democracy. Socrates' student Plato, on the other hand, was not a fan, and designed an ideal state where rulers lie to the common people for their own good. Is Plato's alternative any better? Are there modern parallels? We will read as much evidence as time permits, formulate well-reasoned opinions, and, after class discussion, you will make your arguments in essays that muster the rhetorical resources of the English language. You will prosecute, defend, and render your verdicts.


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Rent a variety of exercise DVDs from the library.
Purchase used workout equipment.
Use own body weight for resistance.
Play with your kids at a park or playground.
Use free online fitness plans/workouts.
Do your own yard work.
Use free tips on social media.
Share a personal trainer with a friend.
Help your neighbors: mow their lawn, rake leaves, pick up fallen apples, dispose of waste properly.
Take your dog to the off-leash dog park and play.
Take the stairs, not the elevator.
Do laps at the mall.
Piggy back your child while doing push ups.
Search for free fitness tracking apps on the phone. http://www.endomondo.com
Jump in the lake and swim.
Walk or bike to work - save money on gas, too.
Make up reasons to go up and down your stairs (in a two-story home).
Clean house, scrub floors on hands and knees - burns quite a few calories.
Work in the garden, weeding, etc.
Use lunch break to walk.
Paint a room.
Dance, alone or with someone, especially a grandchild.
Make punching bag out of dried beans and duct tape, hang from a ceiling hook with a rope.
Work on abs while watching television, with activities such as crunches.
Brainstorm another way to add physical activity.
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E.ON set to sell its German power grid -sources
FRANKFURT, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Germany's E.ON AG <EONGn.DE>,
the world's largest utility, is set to sell its German
long-distance power grid, four people with knowledge of the
matter said, ending years of wrangling with the European
E.ON is in advanced talks with Dutch grid operator TenneT as
well as a consortium of Goldman Sachs <GS.N>, Allianz <ALVG.DE>
and Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> about the sale of its 11,000
kilometres of high-voltage electricity grid, the sources told
Reuters on Friday.
Bilfinger buys MCE to expand services, sells shares
FRANKFURT, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Bilfinger Berger <GBFG.DE>,
Germany's second-largest builder, will buy Austrian industrial
services group MCE for 350 million euros ($511.7 million) as
part of its strategy to move away from the volatile construction
Bilfinger plans to issue new shares worth 270 million euros
to finance the takeover, said the builder, which now has a value
of around 1.7 billion euros on the stock market.
Now in the movies: The gentle giant
German utility RWE – Europe's fifth-largest power company and the continent's biggest emitter of carbon dioxcide – has resorted to a new way to counter what it sees as a fundamental misunderstanding about power companies.
Its animated movie – to be shown on TV and in cinemas – is meant to show what the company is really about – and overcome the public's distaste for an industry whose dominance has allowed it to mete out ever higher power prices.


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AT&T/Verizon Duopoly
by Barry Ritholtz - April 18th, 2012, 2:30pm
Via the Simple Dollar, we see this interesting Verizon versus AT&T comparo:
Category: Digital Media, Technology
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
8 Responses to "AT&T/Verizon Duopoly"
Moss says:
Lets not forget the little trick that AT&T plays by charging you for a Smartphone data plan when the phone is not a Smartphone. This happened to one phone I have on a plan. They said ' our network thinks it is an IPhone'.
Just like the giant banks, pharma, oil etc… they are parasites who do everything they can to stymie competition.
Moe says:
There's an analogy in the somewhere concerning our two-party political system, but I'm too tired to dig for it.
wally says:
This duoploy is why I think owning both T and VZ is almost a no-lose idea. The market is here to stay and will continue to increase by leaps and bounds as more and more electronic equipment is sold; it's just a matter of whether that increase goes to T or to VZ.
Further, these are both high dividend payers. Even if they stagnate, you win.
pjochicago says:
I had a totally different take on the first chart: the industry isn't anti-competitive, it's hyper-competitive. Besides Sprint and T-Mobile there are over 180 other wireless phone providers in the U.S. That strikes me as much more competitive than most other industries in the U.S.
If wireless customers really were terribly price sensitive they would move to one of these (likely) lower-cost competitors, but for a variety of reasons (national network preferences, 4G preferences, phone preferences, etc.) customers appreciate Verizon and AT&T's value proposition.
Hurricaner says:
The telco's duopoly cost consumers far more than any bank OD fees or other "predatory" fees that are being regulated in the spirit of populist ire…yet, nobody is screaming about these two being TBTF. Maybe because you get something for your money in the form of telephone service, vs. the bank just paying your car payment (or wireless bill, perhaps) even though you only have twelve cents in your account. Guess that's not considered a service…or if it is…you have to offer it at cost, because banks are really utilities, and not private companies in the business of making money (just like apple, att, VZ, and everyone else out in business). never mind that the billers will charge you $20 or more for a returned payment – better to give it to them than to give an OD fee to the greedy banks.
what a crock.
peachin says:
When a Smart Phone plan expires – it still works perfectly on any wi-fi which many are free or are in your home.
Next Phone – buy one that does messages and phone calls only –
For those who need a smart phone to chit chat, small talk, baby talk, – you deserve what you get!
If you can plan your surfing near a wi-fi even in a parking lot of a provider that is free – no plan no plan except your wi-fi at your home which is unlimited for now and faster than any phone.
Most of america is disorganized, sloppy in their life – companies count you you and you'll pay any price!
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NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.
The offer is contingent on Verizon getting government approval for three deals to buy spectrum from cable companies and Leap Wireless for a total of about $4 billion. Those deals were struck in November and December, but have met resistance from public-interest groups who say the cellphone company, already the nation's largest, doesn't need more spectrum and shouldn't be cozying up to competitors such as the cable companies.
[Read: Verizon Wireless to Charge for Phone Upgrades.]
Spectrum rights are the lifeblood of the wireless industry, since they're necessary to operate wireless networks. In recent years, growing demand for wireless data service has prompted cellphone companies to search for more spectrum, which would allow them to offer higher download speeds.
The spectrum Verizon proposes to auction has been called the "beachfront property" of the airwaves because it makes it easy to build a wireless broadband network with good coverage.
Verizon bought the rights to use the frequencies from the government for $4.4 billion in 2008. They were formerly used by UHF TV stations and cover areas like New York City, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami.
Verizon is keeping a larger, nationwide swatch of spectrum it bought in the same auction. It's using that for its "4G LTE" network, which went live a year and a half ago.
Verizon spokeswoman Robin Nicol denied that the auction is designed to get regulators at the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department to approve the spectrum deals with the cable companies and Leap. If those transactions go through, Verizon doesn't need the licenses it plans to auction, she said.
[Read: FCC Should Allow Verizon, AT&T a Fair Bid for Wireless Spectrum.]
"We wanted to put these licenses in the hands of other carriers who could use them, for the benefit of their customers," she said.
One of the companies that might be interested in the spectrum is No. 2 carrier AT&T Inc., which has been building its own LTE network in adjacent bands.
An AT&T spokesman said the company has no comment on Verizon's proposal…
JRamage says:
Checked out the post on Simple Dollar… glad to see some people are learning to tell apples from oranges.
Economics 101: Utilities must hold a dominant market share to spread fixed costs across as many consumers are possible.
Besides, some of these stats are clearly uneducated: 180+ "alternate" U.S. Providers? Those guys merely lease bandwidth from the main four.
52% increase in average annual bill since 2006? Voice/text was ~$45 in 2006. If anything, same service is cheaper today. Increase is due to smartphone/data plan offerings.
Of course, no mention of the 2-3% net margins Verizon and AT&T "enjoy."
As for these "unlimited" data plans, worth considering how much you'll actually be able to use when your connection is intermittent on a good day. As with everything else in economics, many consumers find that paying more is actually the better deal. 4G towers ain't free, after all.


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Published: Jul 01, 1998
Users say they dont like to scroll. As a result, many designers try to keep their web pages short.
But one of the most significant findings of our research on web-site usability is that users are perfectly willing to scroll. However, theyll only do it if the page gives them strong clues that scrolling will help them find what theyre looking for.
Designers have two choices when deciding how much to put on a web page:
Our research shows that this second strategy fewer, longer pages may be the best approach for users.
In the trade-off between hiding content below the fold or spreading it across several pages, users have greater success when the content is on a single page.
Many users apparently choose links by first eliminating the links they dont think will work. If designers spread information across several pages, they force users to "pogo-stick" back and forth between links and other pages a far less successful strategy. (See "Pogo-sticking: Downs and Ups" in the July/August 1997 Eye For Design.)
Users may tell us they hate scrolling, but their actions show something else. Most users readily scrolled through pages, usually without comment.
On the version of the Fidelity site we studied (fidelity.com), the designers had clearly decided to minimize scrolling by building short pages: no page extended beyond a single browser window. We cant be sure users even noticed this feature: when we asked them what they liked about the sites, not one commented about not having to scroll on Fidelitys site. Compared to sites where users had to scroll, this site did not do significantly better or worse.
We asked users to visit a web site and answer specific questions, assuring them that the answers were on the site. We noted every link they clicked, then later measured its distance from the top of the page. Users who chose links from farther down the page were more likely to succeed.
Users who chose links closer to the bottom may simply have been more thorough in their decision-making. But it turns out that links deep in the page have other interesting attributes: they are mostly text links instead of graphical links, they tend to be longer, and most of them are content links pointing directly to content.
Near the top of the page, category links which point to other links are more common; weve found that content links are the most successful type. (See "Not All Links are Created Equal" in the September/October 1997 Eye For Design.)
One criticism of long web pages is that they hide some information, forcing users to scroll. Short pages may avoid this potential problem by showing more (or all) of an individual page, but the information is still hidden on other pages. Users must still click repeatedly to get to the desired information.
Designers can easily control one theoretical disadvantage of longer pages the difficulty of choosing a link by introducing a structure that users understand. Users make better link choices when they can more readily eliminate "wrong" links; organized links help them do this.
Although scrolling requires some effort from users, so does looking at a page and deciding which link to click. Grouping links seems to help.
Users were more successful in finding information on pages with many groups of links at least up to 10 groups. (We have less data on pages containing 10 to 20 groups, but our analysis found nothing to suggest that larger numbers of groups are harmful.)
One structure that seems particularly useful is placing similar links with each other; this seems to help users discriminate. Finding nearby links they recognize may have assured our users they were in the right place or close to it. Groups of links may also make it easier for users to exclude links that seem less likely to succeed. With less effort required to zero in on a link, users may be more willing to expend their limited effort budget by scrolling.
Grouping links is only one way to structure information. In our analysis of successful web pages, we also looked at factors such as alphabetized lists and levels of information. We found that users quickly seemed to grasp that a list was in alphabetical order and would scroll to find the item they wanted.
Increasing the levels of information similar to adding sections to an outline also seemed to help users. Both these strategies produce longer pages with more links.
The users we tested were often willing to scroll long web pages, but a couple of design factors may have stopped them prematurely.
One page from the WebSaver site (websaver.com) has four groups of links in no discernible order. Nothing suggests that users will find more information further down the page. Our users sometimes stopped scrolling when they reached one of the horizontal lines demarcating areas of the page.
Horizontal lines like these may subconsciously cue users that theyve reached a stopping point. The presence of horizontal lines wasnt statistically significant in our analysis (possibly because we didnt test many pages with horizontal lines), so this is only a hypothesis. However, we saw this stopping behavior several times.
On the other hand, users readily scrolled a page from the Edmunds site (edmunds.com), despite the many horizontal lines. We believe users quickly grasped the fact that the manufacturers names are listed alphabetically, implying that theres more information farther down the page.
A row of text links may also be a subtle "end of page" cue.
In the version of Boston.com we tested, the first screen of the home page included several graphical links followed by some text links. Text immediately below these links told users to scroll for more information, but none of our users did. This could be because pages often end with a navigation bar of text links at the bottom. Because copyrights and credits also frequently end a page, their appearance elsewhere may have a similar effect.
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San Francisco is going to provide a for a second processing facility down the line when they hook San Francisco (mine 3) to the power grid.
I'll be happy with the 400 grams per tonne of silver or myself with the higher recovery from the San Fran ore with less manganese. And those gold grades would be an increase to the current grades as well.
The third mine is San Francisco Project is 100km west of the Mina Real mine and mill.
The construction of a dirt road of approximately 2km has started to connect the San Francisco Project with the Ejidal Community of "Los Fortines"; and 10km of roads will be rehabilitated to reduce by 30% the haulage distance to the plant.
The procedure to bring power to the project from the grid (CFE) has commenced.
At Lluvia de Oro area, exploration works show good results. With the development of ramp 1585, FT 1570 and the CP´s 1572 SE and NW, blocks LLO-05, LLO-09, LLO-10 and LLO-11 have been extended to the NW end and at depth.
At Agua Negra area, activities resume through the cross-section near the drillholes cuts NG-07-001 and NG-07-002 with average grades of 7.81 g/t Au and 815 g/t Ag over a width of 2.28m and 7.35 g/t Au and 433 g/t Ag over a width of 1.03 m respectively. There are about 50m more to reach the area.
At Cholita area, level 1615 is being developed with good results.
At the Lluvia de Oro area work continued at the 1600 Level working face with its advance towards the south east end. The objective of this development work is to develop this level as the main access to surface for this system. In addition a C/P is being developed as infrastructure to improve ventilation in the mine. Construction of loader No 3, in level 1570, was completed.
In March 2013, construction started on a road from the yard of the San Eduardo Tunnel, elevation 1520, with a bulldozer with the objective to increase in the short term the mineralized material in blocks LLO-10, LLO-11 LLO-15 and LLO-16. This will also serve as ventilation and drainage infrastructure for the upper levels, as well as the main access point from where all parallel works of the Lluvia de Oro - Cholita system will integrate in the medium term.
At the 1620 Level, Cholita area, construction of loader No 2 was completed over general services ramp
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Table S2. (a) Optical map results. Column B lists the scaffold IDs for the 295 scaffolds mapped to the 69 complete and four partial optical chromosome maps (listed in column A from largest to smallest, with the four partial chromosomes at the end). No scaffolds aligned reliably to chromosomes 53, 55, 65 and 66. Column C indicates the orientation of the scaffold sequence relative to the optical map, either end to beginning (EB) or vice versa. 'Chromosome Start' and 'Chromosome End' are calculated from the optical map data and correspond to the positions where each scaffold reliably aligns. 'Scaffold Start' and 'Scaffold End' indicate the portion of the predicted SpeI digest of each scaffold that aligns to the map. All lengths are in base pairs. Among the telomere-containing scaffolds, it is evident that the chromosome and scaffold values are not always in exact agreement with their chromosome-terminal positions due to experimental uncertainty in the optical mapping protocol. In the 18 cases (highlighted in yellow) where SOMA but not MapSolver placed a telomere-containing scaffold, the 'Chromosome Start' and 'Chromosome End' values are simply calculated from the total chromosome length and the length of the scaffold. In total, 242 scaffolds were placed by agreement between MapSolver and SOMA with no input from telomere data; 231 of these were placed by SOMA using the highest confidence MATCH algorithm, 9 using the FILTER algorithm and 2 using the SCHEDULE algorithm (see Materials and methods). Thirty-four scaffolds were placed by agreement between MapSolver, SOMA (33 MATCH, 1 SCHEDULE) and telomere position. Eighteen were placed by agreement between SOMA (9 MATCH, 7 SCHEDULE, 2 FILTER) and telomere position. One was placed on partial chromosome 73 by agreement between MapSolver, SOMA and telomere position, although the optical map position is non-terminal, presumably due to a misassembly (see Results and discussion). (b) Unmapped telomeric scaffolds. IDs of the 65 telomere-containing scaffolds that did not reliably align to a unique position on the optical map.
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Department of Agriculture, Chapter 603
Rule Caption: Adopts quarantine for Rathayibacter Toxicus including methods for exclusion and for eradication if found.
Adm. Order No.: DOA 1-2014
Filed with Sec. of State: 1-15-2014
Certified to be Effective: 1-15-14
Notice Publication Date: 11-1-2013
Rules Adopted: 603-052-1241
Subject: This rule establishes a quarantine against Rathayibacter Toxicus , the cause of bacterial Gummosis of seed heads. This Bacterium causes a disease that infects ryegrass and other grass species, severely limiting seed production. The bacterium also produces a toxin that can contaminate grass seeds, hay, and other plant parts; the toxin can be fatal to mammals. Methods for exclusion of commodities potentially infected with this bacterium and procedures for eradication of incipient infections are prescribed in this quarantine.
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Quarantine: Rathayibacter toxicus
(1) Establishing a quarantine. A quarantine is established against Rathayibacter toxicus, the cause of bacterial gummosis of seed heads. This quarantine is established under ORS 561.510 and 561.540 to protect Oregon's agricultural industries and natural resources from the artificial spread of R. toxicus. This bacterium causes a disease that infects ryegrass and other grass species, severely limiting seed production. Rathayibacter toxicus also produces a toxin that can contaminate grass seeds, hay, and other plant parts; this toxin can be fatal to mammals. Methods for exclusion of commodities potentially infected with this disease and procedures for eradication of incipient infections are prescribed in this quarantine.
(2) Area under quarantine. All areas outside of the State of Oregon where R. toxicus is known to occur and any property within the State of Oregon where R. toxicus is detected;
(3) Commodities regulated. All plants and plant parts including seed of the following regulated commodities: species of grass known to be hosts for Anguina seed gall nematodes, including Lolium species, Dactylis species, and Agrostis species, and all known hosts of R. toxicus, including Phalaris species, Vulpia myuros (Rat's tail fescue), Austrodanthonia caespitosa (=Danthonia caespitosa, common wallaby-grass), Avena sativa (common oat), and A. caespitosa (= Deschampia cespitosa, tufted hairgrass). All life stages of R. toxicus.
(4) Provisions of the quarantine. Regulated commodities originating from the area under quarantine, and any other area found to be infested with R. toxicus during the life of this quarantine, are prohibited unless one of the following requirements has been met:
(a) The regulated commodity originates from an area that is free from R. toxicus based on official surveys conducted by an official entity recognized by a National Plant Protection Organization. The regulated commodity must be accompanied by an official certificate that includes the following additional declaration: "The shipment originates from an area known to be free from Rathayibacter toxicus based on official survey." Official survey data supporting this statement must be presented to the Oregon Department of Agriculture upon request.
(b) The regulated commodity has been tested in an official laboratory recognized by a National Plant Protection Organization using a protocol approved by the Department and has tested free from R. toxicus. The regulated commodity must be accompanied by an official certificate that includes the following additional declaration: "The shipment is free from Rathayibacter toxicus based on official laboratory testing." An official laboratory test report must be presented to the Oregon Department of Agriculture upon request.
(NOTE: A list of laboratory testing protocols approved by the Department is available from the Oregon Department of Agriculture, 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem, OR 97301, telephone 503-986-4620.)
(5) The Oregon Department of Agriculture may require additional sampling and testing of covered commodities imported from an area or areas where R. toxicus is known to occur, including all areas described in Section (2). The party in possession of said seed lot(s) while in the State of Oregon shall be responsible for all fees for sample collection and testing. Fees shall be applied as described in OAR 603-052-1150 and 603-056-0305.
(6) Infested properties in Oregon: Confirmation of a R. toxicus infection must be made by the Department or an official cooperator. Affected property owners will be issued treatment requirements for the known infested area in the form of an Administrative Directive. The treatment requirements may include, but not be limited to, the following activities:
(a) Mandatory crop rotation;
(b) Herbicide treatments;
(c) Field burning;
(d) Field inspections, including testing;
(e) Planting of certified seed;
(f) Equipment sanitation;
(g) Mandatory official sampling and testing of grass seed lots from future production within infected properties.
(7) Special permits: The Department, upon receipt of an application in writing, may issue a Special Permit allowing movement into this state, or movement within this state, of regulated commodities not otherwise eligible for movement under the provisions of this quarantine order. Movement of such commodities will be subject to any conditions or restrictions stipulated in the Special Permit, and these conditions and restrictions may vary depending upon the intended use of the commodity and the potential risk of escape or spread of R. toxicus.
(8) Violation of quarantine: Violation of this quarantine may result in a fine, if convicted, of not less than $500 no more than $5,000, as provided by ORS 561.990. In addition, violators may be subject to civil penalties of up to $10,000 as provided by ORS 561.995. Any seed lots found to contain R. toxicus must be treated, destroyed or returned to their point of origin at the owner's expense without expense or indemnity paid by the state.
(9) Review of quarantine: The Department and other interested parties shall review the quarantine requirements biennially for accuracy and effectiveness.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190, 561.510–561.540, 561.990–561.995
Stats. Implemented: ORS 561.510–561.540
Hist.: DOA 1-2014, f. & cert. ef. 1-15-14
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Food and place are so intertwined in life that many folks don't even take note. But author Julia Reed seeks out those collisions of locale and cuisine. She does not just take notes. She writes books.
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Rees Park in South Salem has playground equipment. / Zach Urness / Statesman Journal
The trees are large at Rees Park in South Salem. / Zach Urness / Statesman Journal
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In a nutshell: A 1.25-acre neighborhood park in South Salem off Sunnyside Road
Main activities: Hiking, picnicking, dog-walking
Amenities: Basketball court, playground, bench/picnic tables, walk and bike path
Fees: None
Season: Year-round
Kids: Yes
Dogs: Dogs must be on a leash
More online info: www.cityofsalem.net/Residents/Parks/ParkTour/Pages/Rees%20Park.aspx
Address: 1545 Rees Hill Road, Salem
Getting there: About a 20-minute drive from downtown Salem. From downtown Salem, drive south on Commercial Street 3.5 miles and veer right onto Sunnyside Road for 2.5 miles. Turn left onto Rees Hill Road southeast for 0.2 miles to the park on the left.
Parking: There is no designated parking, so find a spot somewhere on the surrounding streets.
Rees Park can be found in South Salem. / Zach Urness / Statesman Journal
The trees are large at Rees Park in South Salem. / Zach Urness / Statesman Journal
Size isnt everything.
That axiom is tossed around on a daily basis to explain all manner of phenomena, from sports to politics to business.
Its a saying that reminds us value comes in all sizes, and while mass might stick out, it doesnt necessarily correlate with worth.
Such is the case with a few of Salems smallest parks. Sprinkled throughout the city and often overlooked beyond their neighborhoods, these tiny patches of green often punch above their weight class, to quote another cliché, and certainly deserve a visit.
Two weeks ago, I visited Fircrest Park, an enchanted little spot of 4.9 acres surrounded by enough trees to evoke thoughts of stepping into a cottage. For this weeks trip, I went even smaller, heading out to 1.25-acre Rees Park off Sunnyside in South Salem.
What exactly does 1.25 acres look like? Well, suffice to say, its larger than the newsroom of the Statesman Journal, though not by much.
But size isnt everything. And Rees Park, home to its own collection of titanic trees, makes a pleasant destination with a small basketball court, picnic tables and playground equipment. Theres even a bit of room left over for a walking path and small green space.
Its the type of place to play basketball among the trees and feel completely dwarfed or sit back and enjoy a book on a warm afternoon. Parking is a bit of an adventure, as theres no designated parking space to be had, but its easy enough to find spaces on the residential streets.
Size isnt everything, and few places better illustrate that fact than Rees Park.
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