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1976 South Carolina Code of Laws
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Title 59 - Education
SECTION 59-17-10. School districts as bodies politic and corporate.
Every school district is and shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of __________ (a descriptive name may be designated by the county board of education or legislative act) School District No __________ (such number may be designated by the county board of education or legislative act), of __________ County (the name of the county in which the district is situated), the State of South Carolina. In that name it may sue and be sued and be capable of contracting and being contracted with to the extent of its school fund and holding such real and personal estate as it may have or come into possession of, by will or otherwise, or as is authorized by law to be purchased, all of which shall be used exclusively for school purposes.
SECTION 59-17-20. Alteration or division of school districts.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, the school districts of the various counties shall not be altered or divided except:
(1) By act of the General Assembly relating to one or more counties; or
(2) By authorization of the county boards of education under the following conditions:
(a) With the written approval of the Senator and the entire house legislative delegation from the county involved;
(b) Upon a written petition, signed by at least four fifths of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved, which shall state plainly to the county board of education the action petitioned and shall also bear the signed certificate of the members of the county board of registration that the number of electors who signed the petition represent at least four fifths of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved; or
(c) Upon the written petition, signed by at least one third of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved, which shall state primarily the action petitioned and shall bear the signed certificate of the members of the county board of registration that the number of the electors who signed the petition represent at least one third of the qualified electors embraced within the limits of each of the school districts involved; if such consolidation be approved favorably by a majority of the qualified electors of each of the school districts involved at an election called by the county board of education for the purpose.
SECTION 59-17-30. Effect of alteration or division of school districts on bonds or payment for buildings of existing districts.
When any school district laid out under Section 59-17-20 shall embrace cities or towns already organized into special school districts in which graded school buildings have been erected by the issue of bonds, by special taxation or by donation, all the territory included in such school district shall bear its just proportion of any tax that may be levied to liquidate such bonds or support the public schools therein.
SECTION 59-17-40. Alteration or division of school districts; consolidated district for entire county and district formed from two or more counties.
All of the school districts of any county may be consolidated into a single school district embracing the entire county in the manner provided by Section 59-17-20 for the alteration or division of school districts, and, whenever territory embraced in two or more counties is proposed to be formed into one school district, such district may be formed by the joint action of the boards of education of the respective counties as provided in Section 59-17-20 for the formation of school districts in a county.
SECTION 59-17-50. Consolidation of schools and school districts by county board of education.
A county board of education may consolidate schools and school districts, in whole or in part, whenever, in its judgment, such consolidation will promote the best interests of the cause of education in the county.
SECTION 59-17-60. Filing order of consolidation.
When two or more districts are consolidated under the provisions of Section 59-17-50, the county board of education shall file a copy of the order of consolidation in the office of the clerk of court and with the State Board of Education. Such filing shall complete the consolidation of such districts for all intents and purposes.
SECTION 59-17-70. Effect of consolidation.
Upon consolidation of any two or more school districts, all property, real and personal, and all assets of the districts forming the consolidated school district shall become the property of the consolidated district and all liabilities of the consolidating districts shall become the obligations of such consolidated district. Each such consolidated district shall be a body politic and corporate and its board of trustees shall have such powers as are provided by law.
SECTION 59-17-80. Dissolution of school districts in adjoining counties.
Any school district formed of parts of two or more counties under the provisions of Section 59-17-40 may be dissolved in the same manner as that by which it may have been formed, as provided in said section.
SECTION 59-17-90. Purposes for which school districts may combine.
Any two or more school districts in this State may agree to provide special services, make purchases, share equipment, develop curriculum, and interchange pupils or educational services.
SECTION 59-17-100. School districts to provide Department of Education with copies of audit reports.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each school district of the State shall provide the State Department of Education each year with two copies of its audit report by December first following the close of the fiscal year.
SECTION 59-17-110. Duty of school districts to defend actions or proceedings against their employees.
In the event that any employee of any school district in South Carolina is prosecuted in any action, civil or criminal, or special proceeding in the courts of this State, or of the United States, by reason of any act done or omitted in good faith in the course of his employment, it is made the duty of the school district, when requested in writing by any such public school employee, to appear and defend the action or proceeding in his behalf.
SECTION 59-17-120. Reissue of school bonds subject to debt service budget and debt limit.
Bonds issued by a school district under the bonded indebtedness limitation of Article X, Section 15(7)(a) of the South Carolina Constitution and called before the maturity date only may be reissued if the amount required to service the reissuance and to pay off the called bonds does not:
(1) increase by more than eight percent in any one year the amount of the district's budget needed to service the original bonded indebtedness; or
(2) exceed the debt limit of the district.
SECTION 59-17-130. American Sign Language course; establishment of guidelines.
(A) The board of trustees of a school district may grant credit as an elective to a pupil who satisfactorily has completed a high school course in American Sign Language.
(B) The State Board of Education shall establish guidelines on the qualifications needed for those teaching an American Sign Language course and on a recommended course of study to be followed.
(C) The State Board of Education shall establish a task force to assist in the development of the guidelines pursuant to this section. The task force shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) The President of the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, or his designee;
(2) A parent of a deaf child in a mainstreamed program;
(3) A parent of a deaf child in a residential program who is currently enrolled at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind;
(4) A representative from the foreign language department of a college or university in South Carolina;
(5) The Director of the Interpreter Training Program of Spartanburg Technical College, or his designee;
(6) A representative from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind;
(7) Two instructors of American Sign Language, one of whom must be deaf;
(8) A representative from the State Department of Education.
The task force shall be established within three months of the effective date of this act and shall terminate upon completion of the guidelines. The State Department of Education shall provide the necessary administrative and research support for the task force. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation.


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Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Union-Bulletin is absolutely correct (Threats against political leaders can't be tolerated, April 13). However, such threats are unlawful and perpetrators are arrested and charged.
Tracii Hickman (Rhetoric being used is concerning, April 11) is also right to be concerned about a letter that asked, "We know who the Paul Reveres are ... but where are the Minutemen?" (Will America awake and fight back? April 6).
Opinion writers are indeed responsible for their words, and if law enforcement determines those words cross the sometimes-vague line into criminality or sedition, action might be taken. Then courts will decide guilt or innocence.
Breaking the law should never be condoned, but I do understand the deep, growing anger that is sweeping across this country in reaction to what the Obama administration is doing to America. Yes, thousands and perhaps millions of "Paul Reveres" and "Patrick Henrys" feel like Mr. Meyers, but they are law-abiding citizens who would not resort to violence.
That is, unless that's the only alternative to the growing crisis now being faced: the piecemeal dismantling of what had become -- in every respect -- the greatest nation in world history.
I disagree somewhat with the editorial's point about civility. We've passed the time for polite banter. What's needed is frank reality -- not political correctness.
Americans aren't Europeans. EU citizens don't have a Constitution like ours that protects our rights from an overly intrusive government nor a Second Amendment that empowers citizens to help defend it.
Our military, National Guard and federal employees swore oaths to do that and so have some 23 million living veterans and others. Many put their lives on the line for Constitution and country and do not consider those oaths to have expired when they left active service.
In my opinion, people shouldn't make seditious statements (Google the Smith Act), nor join/organize camouflaged groups of overeager "guerrillas" running around in the woods (paintball looks like fun though). But if our freedoms continue to be removed, our economy destroyed and our nation's security rendered vulnerable to attack by reducing nuclear defenses and other military systems, who knows what may happen down the road?
Could a government one day cross a line between representation and tyranny, whereby significant numbers of armed citizens might react? Read our history: The Declaration of Independence, Henry's Call to Arms, Jefferson's quote about "refreshing the tree of liberty." History has been known to repeat itself.
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The City's general elections are held in November. The next election will be held on November 8, 2016, at which time the Office of the Mayor and two (2) councilmembers (Seats 2 and 3) will be elected.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (321) 952-3414.
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The Shimano Baitrunner 4000D might well have been created as a concept reel for some futuristic angling mag: it's got everything. For a start it's a Baitrunner, a feature that's proved so beneficial that it has become standard on the majority of big fish reels; it's got Dyna-Balance to produce a smooth, wobble-free performance; it's got Super-Stopper – sometimes referred to as 'infinite anti-reverse'. With the check on, Super-Stopper renders the reel utterly irreversible...it won't budge as much as a nanometer. Think how often you need to tighten up ever so slightly to get just the right tension on a legered rig. Super-Stopper allows you to achieve just this.
It's got a Power Roller to reduce line twist and significantly prolong its useful life. Its rigid inner core glides along on A-RB corrosion-resistant ball-bearings – shielded to seal-in the lubricant and to enhance power transmission efficiency.
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Maps, maps, wonderful maps, Wondermaps! I love maps! I don't think I've ever looked at a map that didn't interest and fascinate me. Bright Ideas Press has introduced an amazing new set of maps called Wondermaps, and they generously sent me a complimentary copy for this review.
Wondermaps is a computer software that includes a collection of more than 240 maps that can be easily customized to fit exactly what you're studying in your family. The software includes maps for both the United States and the world and is divided into four main sections:
- The World / Continents / Regions / Nations
- United States of America
- Historical Maps
- Thematic Maps
In the United States portion, you can select to view maps by region or by state. In the World section, you can view an entire continent or a region. Once you reach the map you want, you're able to start customizing using 11 options. Each options has a little eyeball beside it – if you click to remove the eyeball, the option will be turned off; if you click to make eyeball visible, the option will be turned on. The options are:
- Graticules (which I figured out refers to the latitude and longitude lines)
- Graticule labels
- Borders
- Country names
- Rivers
- City/town locations
- City/town names
- River names
- Terrain text (mountain ranges, etc.)
- Color overlay
- BW overlay
By adding and removing various options, you can create the exact map that you need – whether that's a color instructional map for teaching your child the names and locations of places or a blank outline map for quizzing how much he remembers. The maps are printable, which is nice when you don't want your child to do all of his work at the computer.
The Bright Ideas Press website has a video that you can watch on how Wondermaps can be customized. I enjoy the customization of the maps, but there are some things about Wondermaps that surprised me.
- The software does not contain an individual map for each country of the world. When I clicked on Africa, I realized that I couldn't click on any of the countries except Egypt. The rest of Africa is split into just four maps: Northern, Northeastern, Western, and Southern. Only 22 of the world's 195 countries get their own individual maps. Somehow Scotland (not an independent country) gets its own map, but Poland does not.
- Some of the labeling on the maps confuses me a bit. For example, on the map of Asia (and on the World alphabetical index), I can click on the word Vietnam but not on the names of any surrounding countries. When I click on Vietnam, though, instead of getting an individual map of that country, I get a map of Southeast Asia with the countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and parts of their neighboring countries.
- On some of the maps, especially the World maps, I felt that things were difficult to see or too "busy." However, I was able to zoom in to make things clearer – although, of course, the map didn't cover as much area at that point, but that's to be expected.
I think if I had realized Wondermaps isn't "all inclusive" with maps of every country, I wouldn't have been disappointed about that part. Overall, it's a very nice resource for creating customized maps for homeschool studies.
Wondermaps is available from Bright Ideas Press for $49.95. The software will run on any computer that has Adobe Reader v. 9.1 or higher.
Thank you to Bright Ideas Press and The Old Schoolhouse Crew for sponsoring this review.
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LAS CRUCES >> Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a red Chevrolet Suburban who was seen trying to lure an elementary school student to his vehicle Wednesday afternoon.
Las Cruces Police learned that shortly after classes were dismissed for the day on Wednesday a parent of another child saw the driver of a dark red or maroon Suburban talking to the young boy, and attempting to lure him closer to his vehicle. The incident took place near Booker T. Washington Elementary School.
The parent told police that the young boy handled the situation perfectly. The boy told the driver "No," and then approached her as she stood by with her own children. The driver of the Suburban drove away and has not been seen again near the school.
No crime was committed but police are interested in talking with the driver of the Suburban.
Parents are encouraged to share this story with their young children and let them know what to do if they are faced with a similar situation. Parents may also want to consider walking their young children to and from school, or ensure that their children walk with a partner and stay aware of their surroundings at all times.
Anyone with information that can help identify the driver of the late-model Suburban is asked to call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip via text message to CRIMES (274637), keyword LCTIPS.
The Crime Stoppers number and text messaging services are operational 24 hours a day and you do not have to give your name to collect a reward.


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Today we'll take a look at the SK4000 Structutral Tubular Pallet Rack offered by Rack Express and Steel King.
For storage applications involving heavy loads, seismic locations, greater impact resistance, rack-supported buildings, and/or increased vertical heights such as automatic storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), SK4000® Structural Tubular Pallet Rack by Steel King delivers by combining the load capacity of structural channel racks with the torsional strength of tubular steel. Unlike conventional racks which offer load capacity in the 30,000 lbs. range, the SK4000® Structural Tubular Pallet Rack, with bolted beam connections, has the frame strength to support loads over 70,000 lbs. This is more than enough rack capacity for even the heaviest die storage rack or auto part applications. Thick structural tube steel increases the frames' load-carrying capacity and resistance to seismic forces while enabling greater resistance to fork truck impact damage.
- Three standard tubular columns sizes to choose from; 3″ x 3″, 4″ x 3″ or 4″ x 4″
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- Beam adjustability at 3″ increments standard. Sanitary versions of SK4000 pallet rack have connections holes only where beam are located, eliminating extra holes than can catch dirt and debris.
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Each cabin is stuffed with colorful mid-century furniture and fixtures (think checkerboard tile, chrome, and vinyl), and some have '50s-style kitchens complete with vintage Frigidaires and stoves.But the place isn't all about decor - there's a creek on the property for fishing and tubing.
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Dead cottonwood trees at Alameda Park were cut down Wednesday for safety reasons.
The Alamogordo city parks department crews cut down several dead cottonwood trees that were deemed as potential safety hazards, Parks Supervisor Erik Marion said.
"I think the trees were dead, and they posed a safety hazard so we're tearing them down," Marion said.
He said tree maintenance is a routine part of the park maintenance program and taking down dead trees is a part of that routine. He said dead trees are hazardous because they become structurally unsound as they decay or become infested with insects.
"Our primary concern is an unstable tree falling on a member of the public while utilizing the park area," he said. "I think it is certainly going to be safer with them removed."
Marion said it was a combination of weather conditions and age that killed the cottonwoods.
Marion said the trees and much of the plant life around the city were negatively impacted by a harsh freeze three years ago when temperatures dropped to nearly 20 below. He added that long term drought conditions in the Tularosa basin have adversely affected the trees.
Marion said the cottonwood trees in the park were old and nearing the end of their life cycle. He said all the trees that were cut down were fully grown or mature trees before they died.
Parks department employee Paul Henley said he believes the trees died because of over use of effluent water. Henley said the park should be flushed and rinsed periodically with fresh water.
In April of 2013, the city parks department worked with Soil Secrets a Los Lunas-based company to purchase a soil conditioning product, called Terrapro, which would help flush accumulated salts from soil around the trees in an effort to restore the cottonwoods to good health.
Last April, Marion told the Daily News, "We're purchasing a product that's laboratory-tested to alleviate some of the detrimental salt effects from the effluent water."
Marion said Terrapro had primarily been used on the cottonwoods. He said last year eight cottonwood trees were treated with Terrapro and that of the eight, six responded moderately well to the treatment.
Marion said Terrapro was moderately effective on the trees but it was expensive. He said the product cost about $960 per ton. He said the city spent $3,848 on the product in 2013.
He said the purchase of the Terrapro was a onetime purchase to see if the product worked.
Marion said Terrapro was not purchased this year to combat the effects of effluent water.
When asked if he thought effluent water was what killed the trees Marion said weather, age and possibly the use of 100 percent effluent water was the cause of their demise.
"Effluent water is what we have to use in the parks," he said.
Marion said the parks department waters Alameda Park three times a week.
He said the park is watered every Sunday night, Wednesday night and Friday night. He said the park gets 1.6 inches of effluent water per week that equals approximately 372,000 gallons of water.
Marion said the parks department has plans to replace each tree that was cut down in the park.
"Our plans are to replace them this fall after everything has cooled down a bit," he said. "Matter of fact we'll probably plant two for every one we've removed — as a minimum."


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The Graduate Center offers more than thirty doctoral programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, including History.
Learn about the Graduate Center's core faculty,
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Through its extensive public programming, the Graduate Center contributes to the intellectual and cultural vitality of New York City.
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Andrew C. Long (Comparative Literature, 2000) published Reading Arabia: British Orientalism in the Age of Mass Publications, 1880–1930 (Syracuse University Press, 2013). Long teaches in the Department of Cultural Studies at the Claremont Graduate University.
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Medal of Honor Pacific Assault combines seven missions covering 25 levels with nine multiplayer maps and new locations, new weapons, and new soldiers. The players can work alone or with the aid of the members of the squad to complete their missions. Patch 1.2 for this version of the saga Medal of Honor includes new maps for the multiplayer mode: Market Garden and Factory.
Mario Forever Lost Map is a platform game that is a sequel to the Mario saga. In this adventure, Mario, our little plumber, found a lost map that will take him to forgotten lands. He will have to travel through them, avoiding the enemies or killing them by jumping on their heads.
The Lost Dutchman Mine 3D lets you seek your fortune in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona where you will have to survive thirst, hunger, rattlers, bandits and Indians to get rich. As the old prospector you can get rich panning gold, finding mines, or gambling Faro in the saloon. And...if you're persistent you may find the map stones that will lead you to the Lost Dutchman Mine.
Get the best out of those monsters! Finish all the trials in the desert and the arctic land! Be fast and use the nitro boost to win the medals. Win a bronze medal at least to unlock next level. Collect certain medal sets to unlock new trucks. Make tricks to earn additional nitro charge.
The player can train freely and compete in both full or mini (events selected by the player) Olympics. During competition, there are both medals and points tables. While in Olympic Gold points were awarded according to the medals table, in Winter Olympics they were given according to the best results, like decathlon.
Azkend 2 presents you several different and exciting level styles throughout the adventure.
You can also earn almost 20 unique powerups and over a dozen achievements. In addition Azkend 2 has two challenge game modes called Time and Medals. Time-challenge is a quick two minute bite-sized game where you'll try to gain as many points as possible and gain fame on the leaderboards.
AOL launched its 2008 Games toolbar, which lets users easily get all the latest Olympic medal counts, schedule information and video clips. A button gallery lets users customize the toolbar options. This toolbar also contains a search feature that can be used to search for a particular item related with any event in the 2008 games.
These days MP3 cutters are a basic necessity with the increasing number of mobile devices. Saga MP3 cutter is very powerful because of its features like supporting MP3, WAV, WMA and OGG. Also its excellent performance in batch processing of files is very significant to the users. The end user interface adds more to its usability.
Lost Saga is an online fighting game where you have to select a hero and defeat your opponents. After each match you collect coins (Peso) in order to unlock new and more powerful heroes. Join any type of game and work with your team in order to win the match. You can also buy equipment for your heroes in order to make them stronger.
Explore a world of mystery and wealth, hidden for thousands of years! Unlock a vast fortune in gold and platinum by matching and collecting precious jewels, but beware of chains that can block your path. With over 1000 levels to solve, you'll need the wisdom of King Solomon to master the secrets of his mines.
You wake up in a mysterious circus, with no recollection of who you are or how you arrived here. Upon exploring the frightening circus, you stumble upon an old fortune teller with a mysterious set of Tarot Cards, who offers to tell you your past. Play some tricky card games to find out who you are, and how you ended up with the creepy fortune teller. Discover your Lost Fortunes in this Puzzle game
Atlantis is a positively addictive and visually stunning game which takes you on a trip to a long lost fabled continent.
The background of the game is such that, you are the head of an international team of skilled explorers who are on a classified mission. In this mission you are provided with 76 challenging levels where you have to unfold the secrets of the long lost fabled continent.
Travel through dangerous jungles, mysterious caves and hidden ruins on your quest to claim the gold in this match-3 journey like no other!
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Ricochet: Lost Worlds is the sequel to Ricochet Xtreme by Oberion Media. The game improves and adds new features from its predecessor that makes it a much better game. With 160 levels to play in nice environments, Lost World should be a good choice for arcade gamers.
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Long Call
Buying a call option is the most basic options strategy. The investor pays a premium to buy the contract and, in exchange, the call option gives them the right to buy (or call), the underlying stock (futures, ETF, index, etc) at a specific level (strike price) through a set date (expiration month). Premiums are quoted as bids and asks and are constantly changing along with the prices of the underlying.
If the strike price of the call is higher than the current level of the stock price, the contract is out-of-the-money [OTM]. A call is at-the-money [ATM] when the strike price equals the underlying price. The option is in-the-money [ITM] when the underlying stock is trading above the strike price. A common call strategy is to buy an OTM call and ATM call and hope the underlying moves beyond the strike price and into being in-the-money.
If an option is in-the-money at expiration, it can be exercised to take delivery of the stock at the price stipulated by the contract (strike price). However, the call option can be closed out at any time prior to the expiration through an offsetting transaction. For instance, if I bought 10 Jan 50 calls on XYZ, I can cover the position by selling 10 XYZ Jan 50 calls.
Buying a call is typically a bet that the price of the underlying will move higher, but it is also a way to hedge a short position. Time will negatively affect the position due to the fact that options have set expiration dates and the value of the contract decreases with passage of time. Changes in implied volatility can have an important impact on premiums as well. In a typical long call purchase, the magnitude of the move higher in the underlying asset must be sufficient enough to offset the negative impact from time decay and/or any decreases in implied volatility. Increasing implied volatility will help the long call position.
Since the multiplier for listed equity options contracts, the cost to buy a contract equals the current market price X 100. For example, if June 25 calls on Facebook are trading for $1, it costs $1000 to buy 10 contracts (10 contracts X $1 X 100 multiplier). The position can be closed (all or partly) by selling FB Jun 25 calls to offset. If held through the expiration and the price doesn't move north of $25, the entire debit is lost. The breakeven on a Long Call at expiration is the strike price plus the debit, or $26 (25 strike plus $1 premium). There is theoretically no limit to the profit potential from a long call strategy. Many investor use it as an alternative to buying the underlying shares when they want to lock in the right to take a position, but don't want to stick their necks out too far.
LONG CALL EXAMPLE: BUY 10 Facebook (FB) JUNE 25 CALL @ $1
Bias = Bullish play looking for the stock to strengthen through the June term.
Breakeven = Call strike + call premium: 25 + 1 = 26
Risk = Limited to the amount paid for the call: $1 per contract, or $1000
Reward = Unlimited as the underlying price moves above the breakeven.


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By: Dr Matt Warnock
It isn't often that I come across an album that's so good I have to listen to it multiple times in a row. When I sat down to check out Devi's album Get Free I found myself doing just that. Every time the record finished I started it over, eventually just setting iTunes to "repeat all" to save me the hassle.
After about the fifth time through the album I found myself left with only one question, "How in the world have I never heard of this band before?"
In an attempt to learn more about the group that transfixed me so, gluing me to the couch as I repeatedly listened to their album, I popped over to Google to see what I could find on the best band I'd never heard of.
Turns out that Devi is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, which I found fascinating, but more importantly, Devi is also the name of a Jersey City based power-pop-rock trio led by vocalist and guitarist Debra, and featuring drummer John Hummel and bassist Dan Grennes.
Jersey City? Really, huh, never would have guessed. Not that there's anything wrong with Jersey, insert bad joke here, but a band this tight and creative sounds like they've spent years absorbing the cultural zeitgeist of a metropolis like New York, L.A. or Montreal. One of "the" cities one associates with a band of this caliber. Just goes to show that you don't need to live right in a big city to sound like a big-city band.
Anyway, back to the record, if you want to check out the Behind the Music story you can visit Devi's website. Get Free is a powerfully written collection of eleven tracks, nine originals and two covers, that can be comfortably described as pop-rock.
Even before I had heard the record, the covers grabbed my attention. I thought, "Huh, Del Shannon's "Runaway," OK cool tune to cover." Then I saw the last track on the record, "The Needle and the Damage Done," and I couldn't help but think, "Wow, this bands got some guts to cover a Neil Young track."
Maybe it's the fact that I'm Canadian. Maybe it's that Neil is still one of the best singer-songwriters on the planet. Or maybe it was the song, being such a mega-hit for Young those many years ago, but I found it a bold statement that an indie band from Jersey would have it in them to cover a song like this and put it on a record. After hearing the track, I have to say, Devi did a fantastic job with their arrangement of this classic.
Check out the free download of DEVI's track, "C21h23N03" HERE.
There are so many ways that covering a song of this magnitude could've gone wrong for any band, but Devi hits the nail on the head with their creative, yet respectful, interpretation. The track stays fairly close to the original, but the added harmonized vocals in the background and a guitar solo that Neil would be proud of, give the song that personalized touch we all look for in a classic cover. This is not just Devi playing Neil Young, this is Neil Young being played through Devi, and the end result is absolutely solid.
Read GI's Interview with Devi Singer and Guitarist Debra
Not to dwell on one tune, though it is that good, the originals on the album are as compelling as the covers. "Another Day" is as strong an opener as I've heard from any modern pop-rock band in recent memory. It has everything an album lead needs, catchy chorus, hard-driving guitar riffs, great vocal harmonies and a beat that sucks you in and doesn't spit you out until the final vocal harmonies have faded into the ether.
Check out the free download of Devi's track, "When It Comes Down" HERE.
Get Free is definitely worth checking out. I could go into depth about every track on the album. Why it's worthy of mention in a review, how I interpreted the lyrics, which guitar solos had me up playing air guitar, OK that last one is TMI. But the best way to experience Devi is to hear it.
So get off your butt and, rush to the internet and get this record. If it's even a slight foreshadow of what's to come from the trio, we'll all be sitting here in a few years telling our friends, "Oh, you like Devi now. Well, I was into them before they hit it big."


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Enough is enough with the government's involvement in every aspect of our lives. The Constitution was written to protect us from this type of tyranny and it is time to get back to our roots. We, as individuals, need to have a voice that is louder than the overreaching government, lobbyists, and big businesses. It is we the people that are paying the price, a price which will soon destroy a generation of children because of an inferior education. It is time that those that represent us do their job and listen to what we have to say. No more Common Core.
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The race for Dothan City Commission District 2 seat has begun.
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In the late 1990s, when spam was only just becoming a problem, the surest way of getting your address into spam databases was to post articles on newsgroups. Even then, people were proclaiming, "I hate outlook spam!". Experiments like this have concluded that public posting is still a common way of getting onto spam lists. Using a good mail filter is how to block spam using Outlook Express and also to empty spam in outlook.
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Subscribing to a paid pornography web site is a guaranteed way of getting onto many spam lists, especially those promoting pornographic material, you can combat spam with applescript in outlook express however. There is clear evidence that even porn sites with privacy policies saying that they will not pass on your e-mail address will in fact routinely do so. What is less well-known is that even providing your address to reputable e-commerce sites can lead to your getting spam: the anecdotal evidence is that often employees will steal client lists and sell them to spammers, even if the firm itself is responsible and has solid privacy policies. This forces people to install proper spam blocking software in which they can report spam from outlook. This is how to block spam using Outlook Express as well.
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An increasingly common way to get spam is by way of dictionary attacks: the spammer connects to a mail server and starts attempting to send mail to hundreds or thousands of addresses built by attaching common usernames to the mail server's domain name. You can reduce this type of spam by using good bayesian spam filters for outlook express. Occasionally it will make a combination that is valid, and the mail server will accept it, at which point the spammer adds that address to his list. Note that this process is completely automated and is going on all the time – the author's own experience is that he sees between twenty and thirty dictionary attacks every day on his mail server. Technical methods exist to avoid this problem this is part of the process of playing catch-up, while using anti-spam solutions and blocking spam in outlook by domain, is how to block spam using Outlook Express.
Vectors of infection – "how am I getting this rubbish?!?"
The means by which a spam e-mail gets into your mailbox are varied: this section aims to provide a basic technical overview of how spam propagates. Remember to always use a good spam blocker to stop spam in outlook.
How e-mail is sent and got – an overview.
Electronic mail is carried across the Internet using a protocol called SMTP ("Simple Mail Transfer Protocol"). In over-simplified terms, SMTP involves one system ("the client") connecting to another ("the server") and saying "I have a message from x". A good spam filter for outlook can filter email from the SMTP level, and is invisible to you. When the host server has said that the sender's address is OK, the client continues by saying "The message is addressed to y" for each recipient. At this point, the server can face any of the following three scenarios:
Once the client has sent all its potential recipients, if at least one has been accepted by the server, the client will go ahead to pass the data for the message, which consists of the message headers, a blank line, then the body of the message, which may be text or a combination of text and specially-encoded items that a mail program will interpret as attachments. Some free outlook express spam guards can filter out specific subject lines for example, if you are receiving unwanted spam emails.
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text: T he Mae A. Stump Funeral Home, Inc. was founded in 1906 by Curtin D. Stump a Great Uncle of the current owner. Curtin was the son of John K. and Catherine (Leibensperger) Stump, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The first location was at 19 West Main Street, Fleetwood; it was later it was moved to 40 West Main Street where he continued as a funeral director and had a furniture business. He was active in local organizations and was treasurer of the Fleetwood School Board at the time of his death in May, 1913, aged 30 years. The funeral and furniture business was continued by his youngest brother, James W. Stump. Mr. James Stump was married to Clara M. Kieffer and the father of two daughters, Sara Elyn and Mae A. Stump. Mr. Stump acquired a Victor dealership, now known as RCA, after he discontinued the furniture store. The family's residence was moved to another address in 1924, he provided facilities to conduct funerals from his place of business and was able to seat about 100 people.


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A well-stocked first-aid kit, kept within easy reach, is a necessity in every home. Having supplies gathered ahead of time will help you handle an emergency at a moment's notice. You should keep one first-aid kit in your home and one in each car. Also be sure to bring a first-aid kit on family vacations.
You can purchase a first aid kit at drugstores or a local Red Cross office, or make one of your own. If you decide to make one, choose containers for your kits that are roomy, durable, easy to carry, and simple to open. Plastic tackle boxes or containers for storing art supplies are ideal, since they're lightweight, have handles, and offer a lot of space.
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near Ampang Point, business hour from around 6pm onwards. A popular place for steak lovers, although this place is in ampang, but almost 90% of the customers are westerners from the international school nearby when we went there on a weekend
soft and fluffy bread with salted butter, yum!
fish & chips is a no go, tasted just ordinary
My big slab of rib eye steak, only RM30, i had them put the sauce into separate bowl, a satisfying beefy experience. Order it medium as the plate is hot and will cook the steak further, else like some, put the steak on top of the vegetables to prevent it from cooking further
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by William Norman Grigg
a May 15 visit to Stockholm
, Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad that if he doesn't begin preparations to abdicate his office, "the opposition will be receiving additional support … and unfortunately the violence will not end."
Under the rhetorical conventions governing the cynical profession called "diplomacy," Kerry wasn't allowed to make his threat explicit. Fortunately, Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker labors under no such restrictions.
"I do think we'll be arming the opposition shortly,"
Corker told CBS News on May 7
, referring to
a measure that will be put before the Senate next week
While alluding to the fact that Washington is already covertly arming the Syrian insurgents, Corker made it clear that the military aid wouldn't be restricted to rebel groups that have already been housebroken, explaining that "we have to change the equation" because "the moderate opposition groups we support are not as good at fighting" as the more ruthless factions that specialize in terrorizing non-combatants, executing prisoners, and whose leaders
mutilate and cannibalize the dead bodies of their enemies
It is impossible for Washington to provide military or "humanitarian" assistance to the Syrian insurgency without materially aiding hyper-violent factions such as the Jabhat al-Nursah, which is listed on the State Department's roster of terrorist organizations.
Under federal law, providing material aid of any kind – from money to shaving cream to ammunition – to a listed terrorist group is a felonious offense.
A few years ago
, the regime sentenced a Long Island cable TV operator named Javed Iqbal to 69 months in prison because his cable system broadcast programs produced by a network owned by Hezbollah.
Iqbal was imprisoned as punishment for allowing words spoken in support of a listed terrorist group to be broadcast through his cable system – yet high-ranking officials in the same regime that sent him to prison are openly discussing their plans to arm Syrian Jihadists.
On May 16,
the same regime that is providing support to Syrian terrorists conducted a raid in Boise to arrest an Uzbek national named Fazluddin Kurbanov
, who has been accused of providing material support to a listed terrorist group called the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). As headline bait, the Feds also charged Kurbanov with possessing components of a "weapon of mass destruction," which in this case appears to be a homemade hand grenade.
Federal prosecutors, including Wendy Olson,
the hyper-ambitious legal commissarina assigned to Idaho
, insist that the public was never at danger, because Kurbanov had been under surveillance for a long time, and
the threat he posed had been contained
. This means we should anticipate the all-but-inevitable disclosure that Kurbanov was being manipulated by an undercover operative working as a "terrorism facilitator" on behalf of the regime.
As we should expect, the IMU is a violent group whose objectives are not entirely laudable. This doesn't make them a threat to our country, however. In fact, their chief grievance is one most Americans would find understandable: They want to overthrow a fetid police state run by a Communist gangster.
profile of the group
published by the Foreign Military Studies Office at Ft. Leavenworth recounts how the IMU grew out of a private security group that was created by Uzbek businessmen in the early 1990s. It was originally a non-ideological, non-sectarian self-defense organization that protected citizens and business owners against criminal syndicates that grew out of the Communist nomenklatura.
By 1991, the group had fallen under the leadership of a young mullah named Tahir Yuldashev, who gave it an explicitly Muslim character and – with the help of a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan – organized it into a private police force. In December of that year, the group occupied the local Communist Party headquarters in Namagan.
Thinking he could intimidate the group into dispersing, Uzbek Communist Party leader Islam Karimov paid a personal visit to Namagan – only to be publicly humiliated by Yuldashev, who refused to back down. This earned the IMU the undying enmity of Karimov, who banned the group and declared war on it when he became the ruler of Uzbekistan following the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Karimov, a Stalin-grade despot, remains in power today. As one would expect from a product of the Soviet ruling elite, Karimov is sustained in his rule by secret police who were trained by the Soviet KGB. This has made Karimov's regime a very useful subcontractor for Washington in its war against – well, anybody impudent enough to challenge its claims to unqualified global supremacy. Terrorists willing to serve Washington's interests -- whether they are Syrian insurrectionists or practitioners of state terrorism, like Karimov -- enjoy protection as part of Washington's official terror cartel
The KGB-constructed dungeons in Uzbekistan have been – and, for all we know, continue to be – prime destinations for people abducted by the CIA for the purpose of prolonged detention and torture.
During the reign of Bush the Lesser,
Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Tashkent
, exposed his government's collaboration in the CIA's torture program in Uzbekistan. This led to Murray losing his job and enduring the kind of focused persecution reserved for public servants who publicly condemn the criminal actions of their employers.
"If you are put into prison in Uzbekistan," wrote Murray after he was purged by his government, "the chances of coming out again alive are less than even. And most of the prisons are still the old Soviet gulags in the most literal sense."
A few weeks into his term as British ambassador, Murray attended a show trial of an elderly man who had been tortured into confessing involvement with al-Qaeda, and implicating his nephew as well. This totalitarian auto-da-fe, he recalls, was staged "for the benefit of the American embassy to demonstrate the strength of the U.S.-Uzbek alliance against terrorism."
To Karimov's embarrassment, and the discomfiture of his invited guests, the victim refused to follow the script. Summoning the heroic strength of an innocent man with nothing to lose, the frail defendant defiantly told the tribunal: "This is not true. This is not true. They tortured my children in front of me until I signed this. I had never heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden."
Karimov and his comrades had hoped to offer a gift to their new patrons in Washington in the form of a broken and contrite "terrorist" whose confession would demonstrate the efficiency of their interrogation program. Instead they had to be content with dragging this pitiful old man outside the courtroom to be shot.
According to Ambassador Murray, Karimov's secret police frequently make use of beatings, whippings, and genital mutilation. Asphyxiation, "usually by putting a gas mask on people and blocking the air vents until they suffocated," is another favorite method, Murray reports as well as "rape with objects, rape with bottles, anal rape, homosexual rape, heterosexual rape, and mutilation of children in front of their parents."
Murray has described the case of a man named Muzafar Avazzov, who was submerged in boiling liquid after being beaten and having his fingernails ripped from his hands by Karimov's CIA-allied secret police. He was hardly the only detainee who was murdered by being boiled alive.
After learning of these atrocities, Murray compiled a large dossier and expressed his outrage to his superiors – only to be rebuked for being "over-focused on human rights." This led the ambassador to send a deputy to the CIA station chief to deliver a formal protest. The U.S. functionary deflected criticisms by boasting about the quality of the "intelligence that had been extracted through torture, and by reciting the familiar claim that torture is a trivial concern "in the context of the war on terror."
the U.S. government designated the IMU a terrorist group in 2005
– at the height (or depth) of official cooperation with Karimov's torture-state, which in that year conducted a bloody operation to suppress dissent that left several hundred people dead.
None of the U.S. officials who collaborated with Karimov's KGB-trained torturers has been punished. It's not clear whether that collaboration continues today. Now that the regime in Washington simply assassinates people through drone strikes, it may no longer have use for such crude methods of intelligence collection.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is a violent and dangerous group, but it has never posed a measurable threat to the safety of Americans. The same is probably true of Fazladdin Kurbanov. However, this is emphatically not true of the regime whose secret police operatives kept Kurbanov under surveillance in his Boise apartment.
Following Kurbanov's arrest, Boise-area talk radio programs resounded with ritualistic recitals of the prescribed talking points: We must remain "vigilant" and incurably suspicious of our neighbors – especially dusky-skinned people with exotic surnames – because our enemies are implacable, endlessly devious, and incurably determined to dominate us or murder everyone who resists. We don't yet have reason to believe this description applies to Kurbanov. However, it does make a perfect fit for the government that is prosecuting him for the crime of seeking to undermine a ruler who is a prominent member of Washington's officially sanctioned terror cartel.
William Norman Grigg publishes the
Pro Libertate
blog and hosts the
Pro Libertate radio program
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Khelif Hicks, 19, of Shreveport, surrendered today to Many police to face a second-degree murder charge and other offenses connected to the shooting death Saturday of Tyrus Hall, 28, of Many.
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Pukoo Airport
In 1947, the Territorial Superintendent of Public Works proposed constructing a Class I airport at Pukoo, Molokai.
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The airport would serve to encourage inter-island flying by small personal and charter planes by providing facilities in an interesting spot for recreational flying. The channel-edge location was consistent with the intention of providing maximum protection for single-engine planes experiencing trouble while making channel crossings.
No air carrier use was contemplated for the airport.
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In a stunning upset propelled by tea party activists, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., was defeated in Tuesday's congressional primary, with David Brat delivering an unpredicted and devastating loss to the second most powerful Republican in the House who has widely been touted as a future speaker.
The Associated Press called the race shortly after 7 p.m. CDT, and Cantor conceded a short time later.
"I know there's a lot of long faces here tonight," he said to a stunned crowd of supporters in a Richmond hotel ballroom.
"It's disappointing, sure. But I believe in this country. I believe there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us."
Brat's victory gives the GOP a volatile outlook for the rest of the campaign season, with the party establishment struggling to grapple with the news and some conservatives relishing a surprising win.
"This is an earthquake," said former Minnesota congressman Vin Weber, a friend of Cantor's. "No one thought he'd lose."
But Brat, tapping into conservative anger over Cantor's role in supporting efforts to reform federal immigration laws, found a way to combat Cantor's significant financial edge.
"Eric Cantor's loss tonight is an apocalyptic moment for the GOP establishment," said Brent Bozell, chairman of ForAmerica, a conservative group that targeted Cantor throughout the primary.
"The grassroots is in revolt and marching.
Others had a different take.
Longtime Virginia Republican strategist Chris LaCivita said Cantor's work to build the Republican majority had taken him away from his home district.
"He spent days, weeks and months traveling the country, raising money to add to the Republican majority," LaCivita said. "What can be attributed to Eric in doing so is unquestionable. Unfortunately, it had a price."
Brat, an economics professor, was not considered a major threat until Tuesday night, simply failing to show up to D.C. meetings with powerful conservative agitators last month, citing upcoming finals. He had only $40,000 in the bank at the end of March, according to first quarter filings. Cantor had $2 million.
But there were early signs of trouble.
Brat exposed discontent with Cantor in the solidly Republican, suburban Richmond 7th Congressional District by attacking the lawmaker on his votes to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown, as well as his support for some immigration reforms.
At a May meeting of Republican activists in the district, Cantor was booed, and an ally he campaigned for was ousted as the local party chairman in favor of a tea party favorite.
A similar revolt in the state Republican committee last year determined that the party would hold a two-day convention rather than an open primary to elect candidates in 2013.
That decision helped gubernatorial contender Ken Cuccinelli, a conservative hero who lost to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Many establishment Republicans in the state believe Cuccinelli's nomination cost them the governorship.
The 7th District fight is a sign that the factions in the party have yet to unite.
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"This is what happens when you don't tend the weeds in your backyard," the strategist said.
He went on to question Cantor's decision to go on television -- a strategy that may have raised Brat's profile and let more voters know about the race.
"Six weeks ago, Brat was an unknown," the strategist said. "The question will be: Did the campaign overreact?"
A seemingly critical issue for Cantor was immigration.
The majority leader had championed a Republican version of the Dream Act, which would enable some undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children to qualify for in-state college tuition rates.
Although Cantor never brought the legislation to the House floor, his support for the idea irritated staunch opponents of immigration reform.
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Cantor had taken the primary threat seriously, attacking Brat in television ads and boasting in mailers that he blocked "amnesty" for illegal immigrants on Capitol Hill.
Cantor addressed the crowd for about four minutes, thanking supporters and saying he would continue to "fight for the conservative cause."
He quickly exited the ballroom for a waiting SUV, ignoring questions from reporters.
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tractor factor: Bill Hoffay
By Rick Marshall
By John Whipple
seeking a peaceful country life can make uneasy neighbors
for the regions remaining small farmers
our nonfarming neighbors increase, its become necessary to
remind everyone that farming is not a beautiful thing, begins
Bill Hoffay during the public comment period of a recent Town
of Sand Lake board meeting. Tucking his faded, mesh-backed
hat under one arm and speaking with gruff intonation, he leans
forward into the microphone, noticeably concentrating on the
pace at which he reads his prepared statement.
is in attendance to voice his support for a recently proposed
right-to-farm law, which, he claims, will allow local farmers
to weather the storm of development around the region. With
more people making the move from nearby cities and suburbs
to rural surroundings (and some of those rural surroundings
evolving, in turn, to suburbs), farmers like Hoffay have begun
finding themselves more frequently at odds with their new
neighbors and, in some cases, questioning their future in
the transforming region.
was all farmland when I was growing up, but in the last 10
to 25 years, [development] has spiked around here, shrugs
Hoffay, leaning against the frame of a large barn door a few
evenings ago at his familys Rensselaer County dairy farm.
With the city just a few minutes away, people who work there
just get off at [Interstate 90s] Exit 8, see the fields and
the grass, and decide they want a home in the country.
piece of land weve got is surrounded by houses now, he continues.
Behind Hoffay is a trailer stacked with pumpkins and a framed
black-and-white photo of the farm in the early years of its
57-year existence. He gestures out past the long barn where
his cows are milked, out toward the wooded boundary between
his land and the creeping fringes of suburbia.
it takes a while for people to get used to the farming life,
he remarks, adjusting the brim of his hat and lighting a Lucky
As many farmers ar ound the region are discovering, that period
of adjustment can often be a tumultuousand, in recent years,
repetitiveexperience for all parties. Whether its neighbors
complaints about late-night and early-morning use of machinery,
hard feelings over the smell of manure, or simple misunderstandings
about the nature of todays farming industry, the exodus from
the city and suburbs to farm country has not only created
conflict between some of the regions oldest and newest residents,
but also illuminated just how far apart these worlds have
that are moving to the country these days often dont realize
that the beautiful landscape theyre looking at is an industry,
says Tim Kilcer, agricultural program leader for the Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County. Just like having
a factory next to you, those rolling fields and grazing animals
are an active industry. Conflicts between farmers and their
new neighbors have been growing more numerous in recent years,
according to Kilcer.
Ask local farmers about their experiences with neighbors new
to the agricultural lifestyle, and youre likely to hear a
long list of baptism-by-fertilizer scenarios.
people in Brunswick didnt like that a farmer was out late
at night using his chopper in the field behind their house,
says Kilcer of one such incident in which he found himself
serving as mediator. [The farmer] told them hed much rather
be in bed, but there was a heavy rain coming, the crop was
already mowed down and he needed to get it all in or hed
lose it all.
In some cases, neighbors seem to be so primed to be suspicious
of farm practices that they jump to conclusions. One neighbor
claimed that a farmers use of chemicals in a nearby field
had sent her to the hospital. The only problem with her story?
The crop duster she had seen had been spreading seeds, not
While such experiences were once an occasional source of humor,
for many farmers the Green Acres jokes have grown old
from overexposure. According to some, they receive just as
many complaints about operating their equipment too early
in the morning as they do about operating it late at night,
leaving many farmers wondering exactly what their new neighbors
impression of farm country entailed. In other cases, its
the sound of the cows, the pace of the tractors on country
roads or, in the most common focus of conflict, the smell
of manure-based fertilizer that has inspired animosity between
farmers and their neighbors.
and more these days, developing communities are trying to
force farmers to work according to their idealized image of
a farmwhere its seen and not heard or smelledand definitely
not how a competitive agricultural operation needs to be run,
explains Kilcer.
And with the pace of development around many of the regions
rural areas, the situation may get worse before it gets better.
Many local farmers contend that the real problem is simple:
a lack of awareness about the realities of rural living.
people are separated from farm life by multiple generations,
says Kilcer. Their grandparents or great-grandparents may
have farmed, but thats as close as they get.
a big disconnect about what agriculture really is today thats
growing even larger as farms disappear, he adds.
Doug LaGrange, whose family has operated one of Albany Countys
largest dairy farms for eight generations and who also serves
on the Town of New Scotlands planning board, says he stopped
being surprised long ago by the children who arrive at his
farm for a tour and still dont know where milk comes from.
Even more frustrating, says LaGrange, is that so many people
dont realize the seven-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year commitment
required to operate a successful farm, where each and every
crop can mean the difference between making money or going
broke. The idea of a job in which there are no hours and no
way to clock out for the day is often a foreign concept
to the typical nine-to-fiver, he explains.
This basic misunderstanding, often combined with the smell
of manure, can add stress to even the best neighborly relations,
says LaGrange.
even had old friends ticked off at me because we spread [fertilizer]
and it blew in their direction, he laughs. But I just have
to tell them, Guys, we dont do it out of spite, its just
something we have to do.
LaGrange adds that few people realize that the conditions
leading to many of the typical complaints have an equally
negative impact, if not more, on the farmer than the neighbors.
For instance, the late-night use of machinery is often necessary
only when theres a dramatic shift in the weather forecast,
while fertilizerwhich tends to be more effective when rain
or machinery are used to embed it in the soilstands to lose
many of its nutrients if broken-down equipment or unexpected
weather cause it to be left out in the sun. That, of course,
is also when it is more likely to send odor across property
lines. In effect, the best farming practices on a functional
level are often the best farming practices on a neighborly
Of course, this doesnt mean that some compromises between
farmers and their neighbors cant help in maintaining a successful
rural life, too.
dont want to spread manure near someones property when theyre
having a wedding reception the next day, he laughs. Can
we go around to everyone in the area every time were going
to spread manure and ask if they have anything planned? No.
But our neighbors can give us a call, let us know theyre
going to have a graduation party and ask us to hold off on
the manureand if they let us know soon enough, we can do
that, of course.
According to Hoffay, who says he tries not to spread manure
until its late enough in the season that most homes have
their windows shut and refrains from using slow-moving tractors
during rush hour, compromise is usually possiblewhen theres
an adequate level of understanding. But sometimes his attempts
at compromise fall flat. After a neighbor complained about
his use of an audio deterrent to keep birds out of his cornfields,
he agreed to turn off the cannon-and-distressed-bird-call
system each evening. But the neighbor wasnt satisfied, insisting
that he should just use a scarecrow instead. That, says Hoffay,
would render much of the field unusable.
In the event that com promise and communication fail to achieve
a satisfactory result, a recent push toward state and local
right-to-farm legislation has given many farmers the legal
protection they need to continue the day-to-day operation
of their farms as development draws nearer to their doorsteps.
From requiring buyer beware disclosures for property in
rural areas to protection from nuisance lawsuits and town
officials with hands in developers pockets, many of these
laws give farmers a legal leg to stand on when it comes to
preserving their livelihood.
law, were required to have buyers sign an agricultural district
disclosure, explains Estelle Momrow, branch manager for Coldwell
Banker Prime Properties in East Greenbush, where she says
theres been a dramatic increase in buyers interested in Rensselaer
County property over the last 10 years.
disclosure] says they understand theyre buying in an agricultural
district and there could be noise from tractors early in the
morning and, well, odors, she laughs. Isnt it interesting,
though, that we have a disclosure for agricultural districts
but not for urban districts? . . . Is it expected that urban
buyers are more likely to understand what theyre getting
themselves into?
According to the 1971 New York State Agriculture and Markets
Law, such a disclosure is required from all potential homeowners
whenever the property involved is located within one of the
states 300-plus agricultural districts.
This state law also provides economic incentives for farmers
to continue putting their land to agricultural use and protects
them from expensive, frivolous lawsuits and local laws that
would restrict their ability to use their machinery, spread
fertilizer or go about their daily routines. Such farm-friendly
legislation was necessary, according to the bills text, in
order to slow the rapid disappearance of the states agricultural
land due to such restrictive local ordinances, speculative
investments and other forms of property competition that occur
when non-agricultural development extends into farm areas.
not all of the regions farms are located within the boundaries
of established agricultural districts. According to Hoffay,
whose farm is located entirely within Agricultural District
6, the rights of some of his counterparts in mixed-use and
other districts are often far less defined. Farms located
within mixed residential and agricultural zones often find
themselves negatively affected by local laws such as noise
ordinances, he says, because homeowners expect the existence
of housing developments to mean residential zoning standards.
Such conditions make the passage of local right-to-farm laws,
which often overlap with their state-level counterparts, a
helpful reminder to residents new and old.
Hoffay has been one of the most vocal supporters of the right-to-farm
law in his own town, and he points to similar laws in the
towns of Poestenkill and North Greenbush as evidence of such
laws feasibility around the region.
Even with the existence of such legal protection, the threat
of a court battle can become the straw that breaks the small
farmers back, notes Kilcer.
[the agricultural district law] gives a certain amount of
protection, he explains, but that doesnt stop someone from
getting a lawyer and hauling your butt to court anywaysand
when youre just getting by and getting worn down by it all,
it can be enough to make you say, To heck with this.
What many people fail to realize, says LaGrange, is that once
a farm is gone, theres little chance that another will take
its place.
think, Oh, its just one more farm, he sighs, but unfortunately,
its one more farm every day.
And while the complaining neighbors might achieve a short-term
victory, the decision could end up coming back to haunt them,
he reasons. In some cases, the alternatives may be worse than
the current situation. Confronted with the skyrocketing value
of property around the region, many retiring farmers opt to
cash in on their land and sell it to developersgiving nearby
residents an environment free of manure and farm machinery,
but jam-packed with other neighbors.
As many rural homeowners have discovered in recent years,
when farmland disappears, housing developments tend to fill
the vacuum.
lose a lot of farms that way, says LaGrange. People dont
realize that those of us who work our own land dont have
a big retirement fund. The land is our 401(k).
Even farmers who are covered by right-to-farm laws are now
encountering problems in a relatively new realm of activities
that fall outside the standard operations of a farmnamely,
the world of agri-tourism.
For many small farms, the seasonal hayrides, cornfield mazes
and pumpkin-decorating parties that fall into the category
of agri-tourism have become as important a source of income
as their original dairy, vegetable or floral focus. In many
cases, farmers have begun supplementing the living they eke
via milking cows or growing vegetables by transforming the
relative scarcity of such operations into a moneymaking opportunity.
Hoffay points to his Harvest House, a banquet-hall-style
building he recently built to host banquets, sell vegetables
and rent out for all manner of farm-themed activities, as
just such a necessary extension of the family business.
farmers cant survive anymore with just milking cows, he
explains. I wish we could, but thats just not the case anymore.
But these other activitieswhich fall outside of the standard
cow-milking and corn- harvestinghave become the new focus
of neighbors ire. And, as many local farmers have discovered,
their new neighbors are willing to challenge whether these
activities count as farming at all.
law . . . severely limits recourse of adjacent property owners
regarding complaints of noise and other nuisances, reads
an anonymous letter distributed to homes near Hoffays farm
around the time when the local right-to-farm law was introduced.
Similar letters, written by members of a family living near
Hoffays farm and sent to the town board in April, demand
that the law be rejected because residents of the nearby development
will not tolerate an extension of the scope or meaning of
farming that denies us our peaceful environment.
potential home buyer was completely discouraged from building
in our development because of witnessing the [Harvest House]
party noise, claims another letter, written by Carol and
Carmen Ciccarelli, neighbors of Hoffay.
Calls placed to the Ciccarellis for comment were not returned.
think people are hesitant to be perceived as against the right
to farm, reasons Flora Fasoldt, a member of the Sand Lake
town board, when asked why the number of letters and complaints
is often much greater than the number of residents who appear
at town meetings and other public forums to speak.
While Hoffay argues that he is already protected by many of
the state agricultural laws, hes concerned that passage of
a local right-to-farm lawwith specific mention of agri-tourismis
a necessary step to protect his counterparts in mixed-use
The forecast isnt all gloom and doom for the regions farms,
however. Hoffay says his farms longtime neighbors have rarely
had any problems with the day-to-day farming routineand,
like LaGrange, he says hes generally been able to make arrangements
with those neighbors who have made an effort to understand
the situation and approach him about it.
Leaning against a railing of the Harvest House, Hoffay grins
and nods toward the shiny black sport utility vehicle pulling
up to the vegetable stand. Its middle-aged driver, a neighbor
of Hoffays clad in a pair of leather loafers, khaki shorts
and a pastel-blue polo shirtcomplete with upturned collarsmiles
at Hoffay and begins examining the sweet corn on display.
The two men, Hoffay in his splattered jeans and work boots
and the new arrival looking as if he had just stepped off
a J. Crew photo shoot, chat for a while about this years
harvest. They shake hands, the neighbor leaves and Hoffay
returns to the railing with a smile.
it takes a while for people to get used to the farming life,
he chuckles. But they usually come around.