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College Hockey:No. 14 BU Wins Game, Loses Goalie
Curry Separates Shoulder In Terrier Victory
BOSTON — The good news for Terrier fans is that Boston University beat Merrimack behind a pair of goals by fourth-line walk-on forwards Ryan Monaghan and Matt Radoslovich.
The bad news is that Terrier goalie John Curry separated his shoulder and is out for an undetermined length of time after being hit hard into the boards behind the net by Merrimack fourth-liner Jeremy Wilson, prompting a fracas that led to 105 penalty minutes at 17:24 of the second period.
Curry toughed it out through the end of the period but had to leave at that point in favor of Stephan Siwiec, who stopped eight of eight shots to help the Terriers hang on to beat the Warriors 2-1 in front of crowd of 6,073 at Agganis Arena.
For Merrimack coach Chris Serino, the hit on Curry evoked emotional memories of former Merrimack goalie Joe Exter's near-fatal injury when Patrick Eaves collided with him back in March 2003. The two plays were not similar: Exter had raced out after a loose puck and collided with Eaves in the left-wing faceoff circle. Curry was behind the net, collecting the puck, when Wilson charged into him, smashing Curry's right shoulder into the boards.
Still, the situation left Serino deeply upset.
"All I can tell you about that is I think you know I'm very sensitive about goaltenders," Serino said. "Us of all people. I'm very, very sensitive to goaltenders, and there's no reason to hit a goaltender. I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose, but it doesn't matter. It will be more than a one-game disqualification; I can guarantee that. I hope [Curry's] fine. Does anybody know? I hope he doesn't miss much because he's a great goaltender; he's having a great season; it's a great story. I feel terrible, believe me when I tell you that."
Terrier coach Jack Parker commented tersely. "Curry's got a separated shoulder," Parker said. "We don't know how badly; he's going to have X-rays. There's no question the kid ran the goalie. That's all on that comment. It's safe to say that Curry won't play on Saturday. We'll make a decision tomorrow on who's going to play."
With the significant exception of the play that injured his goaltender, Parker was pleased with his team's performance.
"I thought we played real well for most of the game," Parker said. "I thought we played great in the first period. I thought we were okay on the power play: We had some chances but just couldn't buy goals. All of a sudden the puck isn't going in the net for us like it was earlier in the year. I thought we played well down the stretch when it was a 2-1 game. I was pleased with the way Siwiec played in the third period after our goaltender went down, and our fourth line had a [heck] of a night."
Indeed it did. With Eric Thomassian centering wingers Matt Radoslovich and Ryan Monaghan, the fourth line was the Terriers' best forward trio, scoring four of the team's five points and looking good when they weren't scoring as well.
"I was pleased with their pace," Parker said. "They were on the puck and backing each other up and doing a real good job on the forecheck, but also when they got control of the puck, they were making some nice passes."
Many in the crowd — including the goal judge — believed that BU took at 1-0 lead at 1:50 of the first when a Chris Bourque slapper clanged off a pipe or two and may have gone in and out of the net. Referee Tim Benedetto believed it didn't go in, and there was no debate.
At 6:05, BU made it 1-0, thanks in part to a Thomassian steal and pass as well as a deft move by Monaghan in front of Warrior goalie Jim Healey.
"They tried to clear it up the middle and Tomo just knocked it down, kind of brought it in, drew the defenseman over and slid it over to me," Monaghan said. "I got up front and really had only one option with it: I thought he was going to pokecheck if I dragged it back across, so I tried to go up; it worked out."
Monaghan's nifty backhand flip, high into the stick-side corner, prompted some rare praise from his teammates. "I was telling somebody else that it was the first time somebody said to me, 'Nice hands,' and it wasn't sarcastic," Monaghan said. "You ask anyone on the team, and I have bricks for hands."
"He's a walk-on defenseman; we recruited him because we thought we could make him a forward," Parker said. "I don't know if you remember Ryan Priem, who we had here a few years ago — a defenseman in prep school who was a smart player and who we thought could give us a physical presence. He did a great job for us in that role, and Monaghan is doing an even better job because he's a really well-rounded player; he's a smart player. For a guy who's never played that position before, he obviously knows how to play ice hockey because he's picked it up pretty quickly — a real student of the game, and he can be trusted out there, which is great."
Halfway through the first, BU got the eventual game-winner when Bryan Miller's shot initially appeared to be on the stick of Merrimack d-man Ryan Sullivan, only to have him lose the handle to Radoslovich, who buried a five-footer high glove side.
"I thought we let this thing get away from us in the first period," Serino said. "I can't imagine why we came out flat, but we didn't handle the puck. The first two goals we had possession of the puck, turned it over — nice shots. After that, I thought we competed pretty good."
Matt Johnson had a great chance at the 14-minute mark for Merrimack, hitting the post on Curry's stick side. The puck proceeded to hit Curry and roll ever so close to the goal line before the goalie swiped it away.
Merrimack looked good in scoring its lone goal at 1:59 of period two, as a series of one-touch passes from Jeff Caron to Matt Byrnes, then to Mike Fournier and finally to Justin Mills, who beat Curry with a high wrister from the right-wing faceoff circle.
The Warriors almost tied it at 6:10 when Brent Gough teed one up for Jordan Fox in the slot, only to have Curry come up with a kick save, his best of the night.
BU emerged from the aforementioned fracas with a lengthy power play, as Wilson was given two majors and a game disqualification. Yet Merrimack came closest to scoring in that span, as a Gough shot beat Curry and appeared to hit the post before a Terrier blueliner cleared the puck off the brink of the goal line
After not playing since a debacle at Colorado College in November, Siwiec manned the net for BU in the third period and played solidly, most notably foiling Steve Crusco at 4:10 after Brian Boulay's pass set up a quasi-breakaway.
"Really tough situation — 2-1, third period, he's got to make some saves," Parker said of Siwiec's entry into the contest. "I thought he looked poised with the exception of one time going back for the puck and getting caught behind the net, I thought he looked very much in control. He made them hit him, which is what he's supposed to do."
BU (14-10-1, 10-4-1 Hockey East) hosts Providence on Saturday night, while Merrimack (8-19-2, 1-15-1) is off until a week from Saturday, when it hosts Massachusetts.
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College Hockey:College Ties: Minnesota Recruit Johnson Leads NHL Midterm Rankings
College hockey will once again make a major impact on the NHL stage, according to the NHL Central Scouting Service's Midterm Rankings of 2006 Entry Draft prospects.
The top three ranked North American skaters all have college ties, with Minnesota freshman-to-be Erik Johnson leading the way. Johnson, a strapping 6-foot-4 defenseman, has scored 20 points in 29 games this season for the U.S. National Under-18 team.
Phil Kessel, a future teammate of Johnson's at Minnesota, was second in the CSS rankings, followed by North Dakota rookie forward Jonathan Toews, who was third.
At the recent World Junior Championships, Kessel led the U.S. team, which finished fourth, in scoring with 11 points.
Though college hockey takes the top three spots in the rankings, there's a sharp falloff immediately thereafter. Kyle Okposo (13th) and David Fischer (25th) are both committed to Minnesota. Michigan defenseman Mark Mitera ranked 15th, while Wisconsin recruit Nigel Williams (19th) rounds out the top 25 for college-linked players.
In net, Michigan's Billy Sauer was the top-ranked collegian, ranking fourth. Miami's Jeff Zatkoff was eighth, followed by Alaska-Fairbanks' Chad Johnson 15th), Yale's Alec Richards (20th), Maine's Matt Lundin (23rd) and Colgate's Marc Dekanich (24th).
The CSS Midterm Rankings are the second of three rankings distributed by the NHL. Preliminary Rankings, which break down talent according to individual leagues, were published in November 2005. The final CSS rankings are released between the close of the season and the draft.
The 2006 NHL Entry Draft will take place this June at General Motors Place in Vancouver, B.C.
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Farming for Profit and Quality of Life
John Ikerd
Paper presented at the National Small Farm Today Conference and Trade Show, Columbia, MO, Sponsored by Small Farm Today Magazine, Clark, MO, November 3, 2001.
One outcome of the current morass is social inventiveness. Small farm units will not challenge the big on the latter's terms. They will instead extend the niche or fringe principle more widely than has been dreamed to date. An ally may rise in the form of consumers' search for stability in their food supply. As novice consumer groups link with inventive farm producers, sustainable agriculture will really come into its own.
Harold Breimyer, (Small Farm Today 10/2000)
For decades, American farmers have been told to either get bigger or get out of farming. Yet, most farmers have done neither. Most farmers have not gotten significantly bigger nor have they gotten out of farming. Certainly, the number of very large corporate farms in America is growing and the number of mid-sized, full-time family farms is shrinking, but the vast majority of America's farms are still small.
Somehow, hundreds of thousands of small farmers have successfully defied the advice of the experts. They didn't get big but they didn't go broke and they didn't get out of farming. Instead, they have found ways to survive and succeed. For years, we have been told that small family farms were "a thing of the past." Today, they seem to be the only type of farm that has much of a future.
The Census of Agriculture indicates that more than 80 percent of all U.S. farms generate gross sales of less than $100,000 per year – small farms, by most definitions. Admittedly, some of those U.S. Census entities counted as farms are hobby farmers and rural residences. But, many are not. The Census asks farmers to list their "primary occupation" – the occupation at which they spend more than half of their working hours. Recent USDA surveys also distinguish between active farmers and retired farmers. Small farmers are more likely than large farmers to have some occupation other than farming and are more likely to be retired. But even when considering only those whose primary occupation is farming, and who are not retired, more than half of all farmers would easily be classified as small farmers. Well over half of these "primary occupation" farmers have less than $100,000 in annual gross sales. Nearly half have gross sales of less than $50,000 per year – classified by USDA as non-commercial farms. So most small farms are not hobby farms or rural residences; they are serious farming operations. And, most farms in the U.S. are small.
The farmers that followed the experts' advice to get bigger, the full-time family farms, were the ones who have been forced out of farming. The first to fail during the farm financial crisis of the1980s were farmers who had borrowed a lot of money – to reduce costs through large-scale, specialized production – during the 1970s. Those farmers who resisted the urge to expand – diversifying to cut input costs and improve profit margins and relying on off-farm income to supplement rising costs of living – weathered the crisis far better. These smaller farms became part-time family farms, became a different type of farm, and survived.
Today, big farmers who survived the crisis of the 1980s are being told that they will have to become contract producers for some agribusiness corporation or get out. They are told they will have to become part of a corporate "food chain" in order to have access to the technology, the capital, and the markets that they will need to survive. Getting bigger is no longer enough – it never was.
The future of conventional farming in the U.S. is in peril. Until a decade or so ago, few questioned the ability of American farmers to compete with farmers anywhere in the world, even if it did mean ever-lower prices and ever-tighter profit margins. We were the global leaders in agriculture. We had the most highly educated and efficient farmers in the world using the latest production technologies to cultivate the best agricultural land in the world. In recent years, however, the U.S. share of global agricultural exports has plummeted, destroying farm profitability, and shaking confidence in the American farmer's ability to compete.
The U.S. share of global exports of soybean and soybean product, for example, shrank from 80 percent during the 1960s to just 35 percent in 1998-2000. Over that same period, the combined share for Argentina and Brazil grew from less than 10 to nearly 50 percent. Abundant land and favorable climates, coupled with low-cost labor and a favorable exchange rate, have given Argentina and Brazil a clear competitive advantage. Harvested acres of wheat in the U.S., a traditional high-export crop, are down more than one-third from the peak in 1981, as U.S. farmers have abandoned wheat for other more profitable crops. Corn acreage has remained relatively steady over the years, but only because of a strong domestic demand for sweeteners.
U.S. livestock producers face strong competition from Canada and Mexico in domestic livestock and meat markets, causing some livestock producers to question the wisdom of the NAFTA, which opened our markets to competition from the North and South. Threats by agribusiness to move their large-scale confinement animal feeding operations to Mexico or elsewhere, to avoid growing environmental and animal welfare concerns, also cast a shadow on the future of U.S. meat production. Large-scale animal feeding operations have been the primary source of the U.S. competitive advantage in production of grain-fed meat and poultry. South America and Australia are lower cost producers of range cattle, and countries such as Mexico and China could gain competitive advantages in restructured global pork and poultry industries.
Declining exports have led American farmers into their fourth straight year of economic "emergency" – resulting in $5-$9 billion per year in "emergency" government payments, in addition to already generous farm program benefits. American farmers today are among the most heavily subsidized in the world, and Congress shows little inclination toward risking a return to free markets in the new farm bill. Without generous subsidies from taxpayers, American farm exports would be far less, and we would be in the midst of an American "farm financial crisis" at least as severe as that of the 1980s. Without continued large subsidies, American farmers quite likely will not be able to compete in a free market global economy, regardless of what the free market promoters may say.
America's lack of competitiveness in farming is not just a short run phenomenon resulting from unfavorable exchange rates or a depressed global economy. As Steven Blank points out in his recent book, "The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio"1 rising costs of land and labor are destroying the traditional competitive advantage of American farmers in world markets. Growing demand for land in rural areas for residential purposes, as America's affluent urbanites acquire more living space, will make even good farmland too costly to farm. Employment opportunities arising from the "new economy" will make the economic sacrifice of an occupation in farming too high. Cornfields can't compete with condominiums for land and the Missouri Valley can't compete with the Silicone Valley for labor.
According to Blank, Americans will choose their best economic alternatives and will leaving the farming to other countries. Americans will continue to be well fed, he says, we will simply import our food from other countries where it can be produced at a lower cost. It all makes "economic sense." And, although Blank didn't make an issue of it, if the multinational national corporations succeed in gaining control of global agriculture, this whole scenario is even more plausible, if not inevitable. These multinational corporations have no sentimental ties to family, community, or even to any given country, because they are not real people. They will simply move their agricultural operations, including contractual operations, to wherever on the globe they can make the most money, and increasingly, that will be somewhere other than in America.
In the face of this global challenge to the profitability of America's largest, most efficient farming operations, how can America's small farms possibly expect to make the profits needed to survive? The best answers to this question can be found by looking at small farms that are making profits, surviving, and even prospering today – in the face of the current American farm financial crisis. Many small farmers are finding ways to succeed, and most are succeeding with little if any help in the form of direct government payments. They may claim the label of organic, low-input, alternative, biodynamic, holistic, permaculture, practical farmers, or just plain farmer. But they are all pursuing the same basic purpose by the same set of principles. They are trying to build farming systems that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible. They are building systems of farming that will be sustainable over the long run. They are the New American Farmers2.
Certainly, not all New American Farms are small, but many of the most successful are small farms. But, the even large "sustainable" farms tend to be smaller and more diverse than are their "conventional" counterparts that produce the same commodities. A "sustainable" cattle ranch, for example, is likely to be far larger than a "conventional" berry farm. But a "sustainable" cattle ranch is likely to be smaller than one that is managed strictly for the bottom line.
Large commercial farms make more money by managing more land, investing more money, and hiring more laborers. Even if their profit margins are small, they generate larger total profits by increasing the size of their operations. A smaller farm, on the other hand, must be managed more "intensively." A smaller farm has fewer resources and produces less than does a larger farm. Thus, a small farm must make a higher return per acre of land or per dollar invested to be economically competitive with a larger farm. But, by managing fewer resources more intensively, the small farmer is able to make more profit per unit of output, and thus, may make more total profits – even though total production or output is less than on a larger farm. By giving more time and attention to each acre of land and each dollar invested, the small farmer is able to generate a larger return from a smaller farm, and thus, to make the smaller farm more profitable.
There is no single blueprint or template for "The New American Farm" but some general characteristics are beginning to emerge.
First, these new farms tend to be more diversified than are conventional farms. These farmers are committed to caring for the land and protecting the natural environment. They work with nature rather than try to control or conquer nature, and nature is inherently diverse. They fit the farm to their land and climate rather than try to bend nature to fit the way they might prefer to farm. In most regions, this requires a variety of crop and animal enterprises. In some regions, however, diversity is achieved through crop rotations and cover crops – without livestock. In other regions, diversity means managing livestock grazing to achieve diverse plant species or with multiple species of grazing animals. Through diversification, these new farmers substitute management of on-farm resources for the off-farm inputs that squeeze farm profits and threaten the environment. Their farms are more economically viable, as well as more ecologically sound, because they farm in harmony with nature.
Next, the new farmers tend to have more direct contact with their customers than do conventional farmers. Most either market their products direct to customers or market through agents who represent them with their customers. They realize that each of us value things differently, as consumers, because we have different needs and different tastes and preferences. They produce the things that their customers value most, rather than try to convince their customers to buy whatever they might prefer to produce. They market to people who care where their food comes from and how it is produced – locally grown, organic, natural, humanely raised, hormone and antibiotic free, etc. – and, they receive premium prices by producing what their customers value. Their farming operations are more economically viable, as well as ecologically sound and socially responsible.
In addition, these new farmers think for themselves and make their own decisions. Their farming operations reflect the things they like to do, the things they believe in, and the things they have a passion for, as well as the things that might make money. Their products are better and their costs are less because by following their passion they end up doing what they do best. These new farmers are able to earn a decent income, but more important, they have a higher quality of life because they are living a life that they love.
Finally, these new farmers build relationships, among each other and with their customers, as well as with their land. These relationships are interdependent, relationships of choice, rather than relationships of dependency or necessity. The new farmers freely share information. Some form partnerships and cooperatives to buy equipment, to process and market their products, to do together the things that they can't do as well alone. They are not trying to drive each other out of business; they are trying to help each other succeed. They are not trying to take advantage of their customers to make quick profits; they are trying to create lifelong social and economic relationships. They buy locally and market locally, bringing people together around food and farming. They refuse to either exploit each other – or to exploit the land.
The economics of this new type of farming is fundamentally different from the economics of large-scale production of bulk agricultural commodities – which characterizes "conventional American farming." A conventional farmer's net incomes generally run about fifteen to twenty percent of gross sales. Thus, a farm with $50,000 in gross sales would net only about $7,000 to $10,000 – certainly not enough to support a family. Thus, the USDA categorizes such farms as "non-commercial" farms. The only hope for those farms grossing even up to $100,000 per year, and netting $15,000 to $20,000, would seem to be to rely on non-farm sources for most of their income.
However, by managing more "intensively" the new farmers are able to net far more profit from each dollar of sales. They reduce their costs of purchased inputs through diversification, increase the value of their products through niche markets, focus on the things that they do best, and work together to do the things that they can't do as well alone. As a result, their net return per dollar of sales may be 40 to 50 percent rather than the 15 to 20 percent for a conventional farm. Thus, the net returns on a farm with $100,000 in annual sales may be $40,000 to $50,000 and even a farm with $50,000 in annual sales may net $20,000 to $25,000 to support the small farm family. The bottom line is that 10 acres, intensively managed to produce high valued products, may generate more profits than 1,000 acres used to produce bulk agricultural commodities – corn, cattle, wheat, cotton, etc. Many small farms make some fairly big profits.
But, what about small farms that do not make profits? How do they survive and why would such farmers want to keep farming? The fact is, most small farms don't make profits – at least they don't report any net farm income at tax time. According to the latest USDA statistics, only 37 percent of small, "limited resource" farms and 30 percent of small, "lifestyle" farms reported positive net-cash incomes in 1995. For "primary occupation" small farmers (with less than $100,000 annual sales) only 55 percent reported positive net-cash incomes. For these three USDA small farm groups combined, only 45 percent made any profit from farming. So, most small farms lose money.
Obviously, some of these are "hobby" farmers or are simply "rural residents," growing and marketing a few agricultural commodities. However, many farmers who consistently report farming losses are "primary occupation" farmers – they are not working for nothing.
A lot of the small farms that don't report profits are "quality of life" farms – their primary purpose is to contribute to the quality of life of a farm family in ways other than by making money. Typically, one or more member of the family on such farms has an off-farm job to provide the family with necessary "cash" income. This allows their farming operation to focus on creating a highly desirable quality of life by other means. It would cost a lot of money for people living in cities to buy the quality of life benefits that are an inherent part of a good family farm. And, still other quality of life benefits of farming are "priceless."
Ask farm families why they farm, and many will mention that they like the open spaces, fresh air, scenic landscapes, and the opportunity to live in a natural setting. How much money does a person have to earn in a city to live in a scenic, natural environment with fresh air and open spaces? Even small farms provide families very large "residential lots." How much money does a person have to earn in a city to "buy" the open space, personal freedom, and privacy of a typical small farm?
Ask farm families why they farm, and many will mention that a farm is a good place to raise a family. A good farm is a place that nurtures life – plants and animals – and the lives of children can be nurtured as well by growing up on a farm. Farm parents also can have more influence on their children, because families have opportunities to spend more quality time together – work and family life happens at the same place. Children that grow up knowing they are valued, productive participants in the work of the family seem more likely to grow up with a healthy sense of self-worth. How much money does a family have to earn in a city to ensure quality learning opportunities for their children, to create opportunities for the family to grow together, to give their children opportunities to build self-esteem? How much time and money is spent by families in cities just to keep the children "occupied" by "non-destructive" activities? The things that build strong families just come naturally in day-to-day life on a good family farm.
Ask farm families why they farm, and many will mention that they like being part of a farming community. Farming communities may not be as close as they were back in the days when farmers shared work, and when the social life of farm families was pretty much limited to community activities. However, many farming communities are still places where everyone knows just about everyone else, and everybody has an opportunity to pursue whatever community role they choose to pursue. How much time and money does a person in a city have to spend to develop and maintain a social network of friends? How much time and money does a person in a city have to spend to develop name recognition and credibility, if they decide to take on a leadership role in their "community?" Farmers just naturally find a place to belong, in a community with other farming families.
On a family farm, the open spaces, the place to raise a family, and the community, all come as part of farming. Farmers don't have to pay extra for the extra space because they need the same space for the farm. Farmers don't have to pay extra for a place to raise a family, because the place they raise the family is the farm. And farmers don't have to pay extra to be a part of a farming community, because they become a part when they decide to live there and farm. These benefits are valuable, but farmers don't have to pay anything extra for them, they are just part of the "quality of life" that comes with farming.
As a bonus, the costs of many such "quality of life" benefits are considered as farming costs. The cost of owning farmland is a farming cost, although the farm provides a place to live. Many food costs are also farm costs, such as some of the costs of a vegetable garden and animals for meat, eggs, or milk. Some family transportation costs are farm costs – every farm needs a pickup truck. Many recreation costs, such as maintaining wildlife habitat for hunting and fishing, all-terrain vehicles for work and play, a stable for riding horses, pets that "work" on the farm, etc. also are farm costs. Many things that contribute to a desirable quality of life on a farm are legitimate farm costs, to the extent that they also contribute to the farm business.
What difference does this make whether something is a farm cost or family cost? If something is a business cost, it can be deducted from farm income, reducing farm income for accounting and tax purposes. Expenses of a purely personal nature cannot be deducted from income taxes. So, for each dollar spent for personal expense, a person has to earn anywhere from $1.35 to $2.00, depending on their federal and state income tax brackets and how much they contribute to social security. Farmers only have to earn a dollar to spend a dollar on legitimate farm expenses, including those that create valuable personal benefits. In addition, every dollar "lost" on the farm may save from $0.30 to $0.50 in reduced taxes on off-farm income.
So, many small farms that report "negative" net incomes still may be providing very valuable economic benefits to farm families. In fact, it's conceivable that the costs of providing the same quality of life benefits that occur on many small family farms might require a $30,000 to $50,000 in off-farm income, or even more. Cost of such things as an acreage in an upscale gated community, enhanced private educational and recreational experiences for children, involvement in civic affairs, maintaining social relationships, membership in sport's club, etc. don't come cheap. So, a farm that just "breaks even" might be contributing as much to the quality of life of the family as a job that pays $30,000 to $50,000 in town.
Many people who have $30,000 to $50,000 jobs in town are able to do little more than pay the "cost of living" of the family – the cost of their quality of life. And, many city families need more than one income, and sometimes more than one job per person, just to make ends meet. A farm that just breaks even is still making ends meet. Off-farm employment may be necessary only because some things that contribute to a desirable quality of life can't be produced on the farm, and thus, require a cash income.
Some other aspects of life on a farm are simply "priceless." Our quality of life cannot be measured in terms of income or wealth – although economic rewards are a part of it. Our quality of life also depends on the quality of our relationships with other people. And, our quality of life depends on whether we find purpose and meaning in the things that we do – whether we are living and working according to our moral and ethical principles. We can't buy a life of quality; we must live it. The most important dimensions of our quality of life are truly "priceless."
For many farm families, farming is the means by which they build positive relationships within their families and communities and by which they contribute to helping build a better society. For many farm families, being good stewards of the land, caring for the land for the benefit of current and future generations, gives purpose and meaning to their lives. Our quality of life is interdependent with our natural and social environment. This is an inherent aspect of being human. "In accordance with universal and inviolate laws of Nature and humanity, the quality and sustainability of life on Earth depends on harmonious relationships among all peoples and all nations, and between humans and our natural environment, both now and into the distant future."3 The benefits of living a life of interdependence, on a "quality of life" farm, can be truly "priceless."
What about the benefits of small farms to society; should it matter to the rest of us, we who are not small farmers, whether or not small farmers survive and succeed? You bet it does. The security of our nation is dependent upon the strength of our agriculture, and the best hope for survival of American agriculture is the survival of America's small farms.
Conventional commercial farming represents an industrial approach to agriculture that quite simply is not sustainable over the long run. Industrialization relies on specialization, but nature is inherently diverse. Industrialization relies on standardization, but nature is inherently site specific and individualistic. Industrialization relies on centralization of control, but nature is inherently decentralized and uncontrollable. Industrialization is driven by short run economic self-interest, it is exploitative of nature and it is not sustainable.
Successful small farming depends upon the principles of diversity, individuality, and decentralization – upon working in harmony with nature and with human society rather than exploiting either nature or people. Sustainability requires that our farms be ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible – the same characteristics required for successful small farms. The quest for sustainability is driven by a more enlightened self-interest that recognizes the value of relationships and ethics, as well as economics, in our quality of life. The sustainability of American agriculture may well depend on the survival and success of its small family farms.
Small farms also matter to the rest of us because the sustainable small farm provides a metaphor for sustainable living. Our personal quality of life is not just about economics – it is about relationships and ethics as well. The personal, interpersonal, and spiritual dimensions of our lives are analogous to the economic, social, and ecological dimensions of sustainable farming. Like sustainable farmers, we need to find harmony and balance among the various dimensions of our lives. In farming, we can see more clearly our connectedness to the earth – the inherent dependence of all living things upon the health of the natural environment. Through the reconnecting of small farmers with their customers, through local markets, we can see more clearly the value of our interdependence with each other throughout all aspects of human society. Through our concern for each other and for stewardship of the earth, we can reconnect with the essential spiritual dimensions of our lives. Our concerns for the sustainable agriculture provide a metaphor for concerns for the sustainability of human society.
Small farms matter to the rest of us, because there may come a time when the only farmers left in America are small, family farmers. At some time in the future, much of the large-scale production of agricultural commodities may be moved to other countries by the multinational corporations. Perhaps we won't allow the multinational corporations to abandon agriculture in America completely. But Americans could someday become as dependent on rest of the world for food as we are today for oil. Perhaps we could keep the food imports flowing, as we maintain the inflow of oil today. But, how large a military force would it take? What new "Organization of Food Exporting Countries" might be formed to control the market? How many "small wars" would we have to fight to keep a "renegade country" from restricting our supply of food? How many terrorist attacks will we suffer at the hands of people who feel oppressed by future corporate American food policies?
In fact, the food security of the nation may well rest in the hands of small-scale family farmers who have broken away from the global industrial food system. During times of future global crises, we may well need to rely on local farmers for our very survival. If so, we will need more farmers who know how to produce more on less land -- who have reduced their reliance on purchased inputs through more intensive management of their land and labor and less reliance on commercial technologies. If so, we will need more farmers who have developed direct relationships with their customers – who have created value, as well as reduced costs by marketing more directly to local customers. As they have found ways to eliminate the 80 percent of food costs that currently occur in the industrial marketing system, they will have reconnected American consumers with their basic food supply. The food security of America, one day, could depend on survival and success of our smaller, family farms.
Can America depend of its small family farmers? We can if we make it possible for them to remain true family farmers – quality of life farmers, sustainable farmers, instead of forcing them to farm for the bottom line. If the family and the farm remain inseparable, as they are on true family farms, the family will take care of the land – they will do whatever it takes to keep the land healthy and productive. "Quality of life" farmers will take care of the natural environment, because a healthy environment is important to their quality of life. Quality of life farmers will be good neighbors, because being a part of the community is important to their quality of life. "Quality of life" farmers will be sustainable farmers, because the same things that contribute to rural quality of life contribute to the long run sustainability of agriculture.
But even more important, small family farmers are real people. Unlike corporations, farm families have hearts, they have souls, they have communities, and they have nationalities. They are not going to quit farming and move away from their family and friends, just because they could make a few more dollars in profits somewhere else. As long as they can farm, they will, and as long as they can farm near their family and friends, they will. They are rooted in the place where they grew up and would like their children to "take roots" there as well.
Our small family farms are not some organizational mechanism designed to accumulate capital and generate profit and wealth. Family farmers are real people and they are Americans. They love this country. They don't want to live anywhere else. They are not going to renounce their citizenship and leave this country just because they could make a few more dollars in profit by farming somewhere else.
America can depend on its small farmers because a successful small farm is about much more than profits. Quoting from the Declaration of Interdependence,4 "We hold these truths to be self-evident – that all things are interconnected, that all things of creation have inherent worth apart from their current or anticipated market value, and that the worth of all things is enhanced and enriched through the abundance of love, community, and trust that arises from honoring our interdependence." America can depend on its small farms, because small farms epitomize this commitment to interdependence.
America "must" depend on its small farms because small farms are our best hope for sustaining humanity. Sustainable agriculture is about sustaining people through agriculture, not just about sustaining agriculture. Small farms are about sustaining a desirable quality of life for people, not just about production and profits. Again, in the words of Harold Breimyer: "Human beings are instinctively concerned about continuity into the longer culture. For if agriculture is not sustainable, neither is the society that rests upon it." Human societies must defend and support their small farmers, because the future sustainability of humanity ultimately rests upon the sustainability of its small farms.
1 Blank, Stephen C. The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio, Quorum Books, Westport, Connecticut, 1999.
2 For 50 real life examples, see "The New American Farmer – Profiles in Agricultural Innovation," the SARE Program, USDA, Washington DC. ($10 US – call: 802-656-0484 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com , also available free on line at http://www.sare.org/newfarmer )
3 Patrick Madden and others, "A Declaration of Interdependence" from the Looking Glass Inn Workshop, Kooskie, ID, June 27-29, 1998
4 Patrick Madden and others, "A Declaration of Interdependence" from the Looking Glass Inn Workshop, Kooskie, ID, June 27-29, 1998


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College Hockey:Brittain stops 43 as Denver blanks North Dakota, earns split
DENVER — Led by senior goaltender Sam Brittain, who made 43 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the year, No. 16 Denver beat No. 18 North Dakota, 3-0, Saturday at Magness Arena to earn a split in their NCHC series.
"What I love about coaching these young men is they've responded to every challenge," said Denver coach Jim Montgomery. "In the NCHC, you can't afford to be swept, and we found a way now to respond twice after being beat quite soundly by St. Cloud and North Dakota on Friday night."
After a scoreless first period in which North Dakota had the shooting advantage and the better scoring opportunities despite a nearly two-minute five-on-three advantage for the Pioneers, Denver struck first early in the second period. Evan Janssen carried the puck up from his own zone near the left side boards. After skating into the North Dakota zone, he dropped a pass back to Emil Romig, who let fly a quick wrist shot from just inside the blue line on the left side that beat Clarke Saunders glove side.
"Obviously, it was a big kill for them," said Brittain of the five-on-three. "We didn't stop, we didn't quit, we kept to our game plan, we kept going at it, and it was successful for us."
North Dakota had a good chance to tie it at the seven-minute mark while on a power play when Michael Parks carried it down to the left side of the crease, forcing Brittain to come up with a big save, then make a sprawling save on a rebound chance.
"Sam, what can I say, all weekend long, every year, he keeps helping us win games," said Montgomery."
Just as it had in the second, Denver scored early in the third on a power play. Will Butcher made a pretty move along the left-side boards by making a quick spin to go deeper into the offensive zone. Butcher sent a cross-ice pass to Trevor Moore, who got a quick shot on net from the left faceoff dot. Saunders made the initial save, but lost sight of the puck, and it fell behind him into the crease right to Zac Larraza, who poked it into the open net.
"I think it was a hard-fought game all the way through," said North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol. "They scored a couple critical goals, and we couldn't get one to go. Their goaltender played great tonight. We have to find a way to do a little bit better job around the crease."
The rest of the third period was about Denver's penalty kill, and in particular Brittain, who stoned any chances North Dakota got. UND had two more power-play chances, but was unable to convert; overall, they went 0-for-6 with the man advantage, a night after scoring two power-play goals and looking like their special teams were in a groove.
"We were really disappointed with the way we played yesterday," said Brittain. "We were slow, we lacked intensity, but tonight we came out and played great. It was a real good team win. We kept a lot of shots to the outside and cleaned up the rebounds. It was great for me, and allowed us a team win."
Late in the third, a skirmish broke out that resulted in four players being sent to the box for roughing after a North Dakota player seemed to whack at Brittain at the whistle. North Dakota's Stephane Pattyn, who landed a couple of punches on Joey LaLeggia, got a double minor, while LaLeggia, Denver's David Makowski, and North Dakota's Derek Rodwell each got single minors for roughing.
North Dakota pulled Saunders during the ensuing Denver power play to make it five-on-five hockey, and Denver was content to play defensive hockey while going for the long goal into the empty net, resulting in a couple of icings. Larraza finally got an empty-net goal with 3.5 seconds left when he forced a turnover at his own blue line, spun, and sent a long shot on net.
"I think it's reflective of the entire league," said Haktsol of the split. "Every series that we have played has been exactly like this series; it's been a dogfight."
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What do you do when you lose someone who is dear to you? We have all experienced the traditional ways to remember through funerals, burial rituals, and religious observances. These traditional practices have placed emphasis on marking the physicality of death, rather than the loved one's life by constructing monuments, headstones and urns. While these ceremonies celebrate the notion of life and death, they typically initiate the process of saying goodbye. The issue becomes what to do when we never want to say goodbye. There are numerous approaches to memorializing the lost. The method that I have chosen to investigate proposes combining the traditional practice of constructing in remembrance, but places emphasis on the process of making. When you make a gift for someone you are forced to ask yourself, "what would he or she want?". The process of answering such questions begins the process of recollection. The intent of this project is to create an alternative approach to honoring and remembering those we have lost.
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'The Legend Of Korra' Book Four: Kuvira And The Rise Of Fascism
The premiere episode of The Legend of Korra's fourth and final season finds the Earth Kingdom navigating choppy waters. In the three years since season 3's finale, Kuvira has gone from the seemingly content captain of Su Yin's guard to the "Great Uniter" of a fractured world. She has 90% of the Earth Kingdom under her thumb and, as we learn over the course of the episode, has accomplished this through a campaign of forced labor, manipulation of resources, and a burgeoning cult of personality.
We watch as the governor of Yi, initially committed to independence, is brought to heel by the lawless reality of his state and the temptations of Kuvira's "generous proposal" of takeover. Idealists like Bolin and Baatar Jr. have joined her cause, as have opportunists like Varrick. Figures of murkily extrajudicial power, like Kai and Opal, urge caution in the face of her might, but by the end of the episode, that's all they can do—urge caution.


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So many lives were affected by the tragedy in West, Texas, and the town can use all the help they can get. Local vendors in Dallas are teaming up to help out, and so can you. A benefit concert will be held this Sunday, April 28 at the outdoor performance facility in the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Annette Strauss Square, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas.
The event will feature live music from Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, Vaden Lewis (of the Toadies), The O's, Somebody's Darling, Goodnight Ned, and more. It will be a fun day of live music (4 p.m.-10 p.m.) and a great way to help the people of West, Texas.
Event partners include, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger House, Granada Theater, Kessler Theater, House of Blues, Homegrown Fest, Club Dada, The Door, and Good Records.
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For anyone interested in community events here's one worth noting. Next week The Texas Tribune is presenting a special panel discussion on the future of Texas' electric grid. This includes efforts to bolster reliability through demand response and other efficiency tools. It will be held at St Mary's University on Tuesday April 29, 2014. Tribune reporter Jim Malewitz will be moderating this discussion and there will also be a complimentary light lunch included.
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Pierre Guariche attended the ENSAD (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris) where he studied under René Gabriel. He went on to work with Marcel Gascoin and became a member of the UAM. In 1948 he began showing his work at the Salon des Arts Ménagers and thereafter designing for Galerie Mai. From 1954-1957, Guariche developed the Atelier des Recherches Plastiques (ARP) with Joseph André Motte and Michel Mortier while simultaneously collaborating with highly important design firms like Airborne, Meubles TV, Huchers-Minvielle, Disderot, and Steiner.
In the late 1950s Guariche became head of the design studio of the Belgian company Meurop. There he created very elegant furniture for very low budgets. Perhaps best known for the lighting he designed for Disderot in the 1950s, Guariche was also a prolific and innovative chair designer.
At the height of his career, Guariche worked mostly as an architect, designing many private residences as well as commercial and public spaces, including several ski stations. Guariche saw himself as an architect first. His approach to both contemporary furniture and architecture is primarily motivated by emphasis on form and volume. Overall, his designs reflect a commitment to simplicity and to creating furniture in series that can be industrially produced.
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Making Time Fly
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Audience: Educators, Informal Education
Grade Levels: 2-4
Publication Year: 2002
Product Number: EG-2002-06-105-HQ
Subjects: History, Physical Science
Students use drawings and models to build an aviation timeline. Students use the timeline to visualize the numerous changes that have occurred in the history of flight. In this activity, students do the following:
-Identify and research aviation events.
-Create a timeline of aviation events.
-Analyze the information to interpret changes in aviation.
-Develop a presentation based on historical events in aviation.
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Climate deniers have made the claim for years that global warming can't possibly exist if average global temperatures have remained steady, instead of rising.
Researchers have long known that a majority of heated air gets drawn into ocean "sinks" and stored there.
In some cases, even more than into the atmosphere and new studies confirm that oceans are the key to explaining where the heat has gone.
The impact of El Nino on the Pacific Ocean was identified in January of this year by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, as part of the mystery, according to a report in Nature.
"The 1997 to '98 El Niño event was a trigger for the changes in the Pacific, and I think that's very probably the beginning of the [hiatus]," says Kevin Trenberth, a climate scientist at NCAR. "[But] eventually, it will switch back in the other direction."
In addition, on August 25th a study done by two researchers and published in Science suggests that a majority of the missing heat is trapped in the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Ka-Kit Tung, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle and oceanographer Xianyao Chen at the Ocean University in China collaborated, while using additional research beyond computer models.
According to a report in National Geographic, the study involved an ocean-wide network of sensors that included "floats that dive nearly a mile (1,500 meters) beneath the surface to measure the temperature and salt content of the water."
Proponents of curbing carbon emissions say that whether it is in the sub-surface of the Pacific Ocean or the cascading escalator effect into the deep waters of the Atlantic, the heat is there and while the so-called "hiatus" may continue for another decade, which will only enlarge the volume of captured heat, all researchers involved agree it will "inevitably" switch back in rapid from.
"The frightening part," Tung said, is "it's going to warm just as fast as the last three decades of the 20th century, which was the fastest warming we've seen. Only now, we'll be starting from a higher average surface temperature than before."


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Pastorius, Jaco (John Francis Anthony III)
Electric bassist Jaco Pastorius is remembered for his rare command of the instrument, particularly as a soloist and for his use of harmonics and other groundbreaking techniques. Unfortunately, he is also remembered for his affliction by bipolar disorder, depression, and alcoholism, which combined to create the downward spiral that claimed his life at the age of thirty-five.
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III was born on December 1, 1951 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and died on September 21, 1987, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was the eldest of three sons born to Jack and Stephanie Pastorius. Jack Pastorius was a jazz drummer who was frequently absent from the family due to his work. Jack was by most accounts a very heavy drinker who was abusive at times. The family relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida early in Jaco's childhood.
John Pastorius earned the nickname "Jocko" as a boy, through his love of and skill at sports, especially basketball. The name stuck, but he reworked it into the more elegant "Jaco" after he became a professional musician.
Jaco started out playing the drums like his father, but soon switched to the electric bass after breaking his wrist. This occurred while he was playing drums with a local Florida group called the Las Olas Brass. After switching to the bass, he relearned all of the band's arrangements on his newly chosen instrument in a week.
Jaco practiced music religiously during his later teenage years. He met his first wife Tracy his senior year of high school, and they eventually had two children together. In 1972, Jaco relocated to Philadelphia, where he joined Wayne Cochran's C.C. Rider band for an eight-month tour.
Pastorius returned to Florida in 1973 and married Tracy. He soon developed a reputation as a bass player, and in1974 he was signed to Epic Records by Bobby Colomby, the former drummer for Blood, Sweat and Tears.
In 1974, Pastorius appeared in pianist Paul Bley's video documentary series Improvising Artists with Bley and guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Paul Bley. Pastorius then joined Pat Metheny on his debut album for ECM records, Bright Size Life along with drummer Bob Moses. This album was one of the key trio recordings to come out of the 1970s, because of the freedom and interaction of the group's playing, combined with Metheny's gift for composition.
The 1970s was the most active and prolific decade of Pastorius's career. In 1976, he released a self-titled debut, for Epic which contained the riveting song "Portraits of Tracy." He also appeared on Joni Mitchell's album Hejira and guitarist Al Di Meola's Land of the Midnight Sun.
Pastorius met Weather Report founder Joe Zawinul in Fort Lauderdale in 1975. Pastorius gave Zawinul a demo tape, and was the keyboardist was astonished by what he heard. At first, he thought Jaco was playing an acoustic bass, but later learned it was a fretless electric bass.
Pastorius made his Weather Report debut on the album Black Market. Bassist Alphonso Johnson had yet to leave the group entirely, but Pastorius became his permanent replacement after the release of this album, and toured with the group beginning in the summer of 1976.
The year 1977 was the most successful year for Weather Report. Pastorius played bass on their successful release Heavy Weather, which contained the hit song "Birdland."
In 1977, Pastorius also found time to appear on percussionist Airto Moreira's album I'm Fine, How Are You? and with Joni Mitchell on Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. By some accounts, Pastorius and Mitchell became romantically involved at this time.
While touring to support Heavy Weather, Pastorius began to develop his father's taste for alcohol. By the time the tour ended, he had become a very heavy drinker. In 1978, Pastorius divorced and then began courting a young Indonesian woman named Ingrid Muller. Pastorius and Muller wed one year later in an ancient Mayan temple in Guatemala.
In 1979, Pastorius appears on Joni Mitchell's tribute to and collaboration with Charles Mingus, Mingus. Jaco appears on several songs including a reworking of Mingus's classic "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat."
During his marriage to Ingrid, Pastorius fell headfirst into a debilitating alcohol addiction. He was nearly fired twice in 1980 from Weather Report for being so drunk he could hardly perform. Pastorius left the group in 1981, and formed a big band called Word of Mouth.
The Word of Mouth big band had some success and toured through 1982. Unfortunately, these years are remembered more for the bassist's decline than for his musical production. Several incidents led to the demise of the big band. In 1982, the group toured Japan, and Pastorius left several shows during mid-set. Among other antics, he shaved his head, painted his face with black paint, and threw his bass into Hiroshima Bay.
Also in 1982, Pastorius he was dragged off stage from a show at the Hollywood Bowl, forcing MC Bill Cosby to apologize to the audience for his behavior. Jaco then lived on the streets in New York City for several years before returning home to Fort Lauderdale.
The last year of his life, Pastorius walked the streets of Fort Lauderdale with a basketball under one arm and his bass under the other, just has he had done in New York City. Alcohol and depression had reduced this once unstoppable musician to a mere shadow of his former self.
On the last night of his life, Pastorius went to see a Carlos Santana concert at the Sunrise Music Theater. Ironically that night Santana's bassist was none other than Alphonso Johnson, the bassist Pastorius had replaced in Weather Report.
Pastorius was kicked out of the show for leaping on stage and dancing around on stage behind Johnson as he played. He went on a drinking binge for two hours, then tried to kick in the door at another bar.
Pastorius was denied entrance to the bar, and then tried to assault the club's doorman, Luc Havan, who pushed him to the ground, causing his skull to fracture on the concrete. Pastorius died three days later, surrounded by his family. He was thirty-five years old.
Selected Discography
as Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius (Epic, 1976)
Word of Mouth (Warner, 1981)
The Birthday Concert (Warner, 1995)
with Pat Metheny
Bright Sized Life (ECM, 1976)
with Joni Mitchell
Hejira (Asylum, 1976)
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (Asylum, 1977)
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Boston College Football vs. Colorado State Game Experience, September 27
Description: Bid Now on a chance to win this Boston College Football Game Experience vs. Coloardo State on September 27, 2014!
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- 4 Tickets: Preferred donor lower level sideline seating in Section D, Row 21, Seats 17 through 20 - right on the 50 yard line!
- 4 Pre-Game Sideline Passes: You will be hosted down onto the field before the game to see what it's like on the playing grounds at Alumni Stadium. Walk on the same grounds as Doug Flutie, Matt Ryan, and B.J. Raji just to name a few!
- 1 Parking Pass: Why scratch your head trying to find parking a spot? One on campus parking pass with pre-game tailgating privileges is included in this package! Parking pass will be for Shea Field
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* Food and Alcohol are NOT included.
DISCLAIMER: Per NCAA rules, this item cannot be redeemed by any student enrolled in 9th to 12th grade or junior college. Winning bidder must be a Boston College fan and supporter and must dress and act accordingly and in a professional and courteous manner while participating in this experience. At the sole discretion of the Boston College Athletic Department, if at any time during the Experience the winning bidder is not acting in a professional and courteous manner, Boston College Athletics may end the Experience and no refund or additional services will be offered to the winning bidder whether or not the entire experience was completed. Winning bidder may be required to sign an indemnification waiver prior to participating.
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Reebok Fleury 3 Piece Junior Street Hockey Goalie Kit - 28"
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Be ready for all action behind the crease with the exceptional Reebok® Fleury 3 Piece Junior Street Hockey Goalie Kit. This boxed set includes (2) leg pads, (1) blocker and (1) glove. You can protect the goal with confidence and great protection wearing the Reebok&Reg; Goalie gear.
- Box set includes (2) 28" leg pads, (1) blocker and (1) glove
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- Leg pads features a flat front design, quick slide knee cradle with wrap around protection and adjustable leg straps
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- Designed for Street Hockey
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How to mark a snail shell - Part 3
The Triodopsis that I was notching and releasing last fall survived the winter (Part 1 and Part 2). At least some did. Last Thursday I collected 11 live adults and 3 empty shells. 5 of the live snails had notches in their lips.
I had notched the lip of this one and 3 others like it and released them on 10 November 2008.
The 5th live snail had a notch elsewhere in its lip that I have been able to date to 8 August 2008. That snail has been an adult for at least 8.5 months.
The 3 empty shells also had notched lips. One of those snail apparently died when something cracked its shell.
In part 2 of this series, I had the picture of a snail that had repaired the notch in its lip. Surprisingly, none of the live snails I collected this time had repaired their notches.


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Surface is the Microsoft tablet/personal computer. Surface is the most economical version of Microsoft's tablet/personal computer line. Also included in the Microsoft tablet/personal computer line is the Surface 2, and the Surface Pro 2.
The Surface dimension are 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37 in. The touchscreen is 10.6 inches and has a 16.9 widescreen aspect ratio. The touch screen has a 5 point multi-touch durable display. The Surface is available with a 32 GB or a 64 GB hard drive and 2 GB ram. The CPU chip is a NVIDIA Tegra 3 and the wireless is capable of Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 4.0 technology.Battery life if the Surface is about 8 hours of mixed activity and about 7 - 15 days of idle activity. The battery life is 31.5 W-h. The ports on the Surface include:
- Full-size USB 2.0
- microSDXC card reader
- Headphone jack
- HD video out port
- Cover port
Surface sensors:
- Ambient light sensor
- Accelerometer
- Gyroscope
- Magnetometer
Included in the Surface box:
- Surface with Windows RT
- Office Home & Student 2013 RT2, which includes full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote
- 24W power supply
- Quickstart guide
- Safety and warranty documents
The starting price for the Surface is $349.99 for the 32 GB and $449.99 for the 64 GB.
The Surface RT is available a the following location in Louisville, KY.
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Chef Cristiano Bassani, owner of Bapi Ristorante in Arlington Heights, has opened Big Chef Burgers in Schaumburg, Ill. The full-service restaurant features affordable fresh gourmet burgers, wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, homemade gelato malts and milkshakes, artisan salads and desserts. Full bar service and private dining also are available.
Big Chef Burgers has a dining bar that overlooks the open kitchen and a main dining room with table seating. There also is a bar/lounge area with high-top tables, serving original cocktails, "adult-fortified" milkshakes, wines and craft beers.
The burgers are big, half-pound behemoths made from fresh hormone-free Angus beef. Guests can choose their choice of bun -- regular, pretzel, or onion -- and each burger comes with a side choice of fresh-cut French fries, fresh-cut sweet-potato fries, fresh-cut homemade potato chips, onion rings, mashed potatoes or cole slaw. Each of the sides can also be ordered separately for $3.50.
Consider these burger options -- The Truffle Burger ($12) comes with Swiss cheese, truffle oil, fried egg, tomato, lettuce and onion; The Italian Burger ($10) features fresh buffalo mozzarella, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and onions; The Spicy Burger ($9) is a Mexican-inspired version that includes jalapeño, guacamole, tomato, onion, lettuce and spicy mayonnaise.
The Turkey Burger ($10) is made from ground turkey with provolone cheese, caramelized onion, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. The Paradise Burger ($12) is an Angus beef burger with grilled shrimp, cream cheese, lettuce, tomato, and tarragon mayo. The Bacon Burger ($10) is topped with spicy Cheddar, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
The Big Chef Burger ($20) is one full pound of freshly ground Angus beef topped with American cheese, sautéed onion, wild mushrooms, bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
The selection of wood-fired 12-inch Neapolitan pizzas include the Pizza Margarita ($8) with homemade tomato sauce, fresh basil and mozzarella; the Quattro Stagioni ($8), topped with homemade tomato sauce, Italian ham, artichokes, sautéed mushrooms, and black olives; and the Pizza Vegetariana ($8), made with homemade tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, roasted pepper, grilled eggplant, zucchini, and sautéed spinach.
Cheese lovers will appreciate the Pizza Quattro Formaggi ($8) with mozzarella, Gorgonzola, brie, and fontinella cheeses. Meat fans will delight in the Pizza Salsiccia E Cipolla ($8) with homemade tomato sauce, handmade mild Italian sausage, onion and mozzarella cheese. Mushroom lovers will enjoy the Pizza Con Prosciutto Cotto E Funghi ($8) with homemade tomato sauce, sautéed mushrooms, Italian ham, and mozzarella cheese. Cured meat fans will enjoy the Pizza Con Buffalo Mozzarella Prosciutto Crudo Rucola E Pomodorini ($12), with fresh buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, fresh baby arugula, and cherry tomatoes, or the Pizza Con Pancetta E Grana ($8) with homemade tomato sauce, pancetta, and shaved fresh Parmesan cheese.
Big Chef Burgers also offers an authentic Calzone ($8), and an extensive assortment of side and main-course salads.
Gelato milkshakes and malts ($4.50) are available in chocolate mint, strawberry, vanilla, banana peanut butter, and mocha cappuccino flavors. Artisan desserts ($5 each) include Panna Cotta with Carmel Sauce; Flourless Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream; Crème Brûlée with Fresh Berries; Apple Tart with Cinnamon; Vanilla or Chocolate Gelato.
Big Chef Burgers
1602 E. Algonquin Road (just east of Meacham Road, Schaumburg, IL 60159
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I'd like to make a native build for the gcc compiler on my Windows 7 X64 laptop. After reading the installation instructions and realizing they were for a Unix system, I decided that it was time to seek help from someone with some more experience. I don't want to do anything fancy, just pretty much build the compiler in a fairly efficient form for my system.
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There are some kids out there that excel regardless of the obstacles and hardships thrown at them. Eighteen-year-old Rika Shabazz, currently of Richfield, is one of them. Shabazz and her divorced mother and four younger siblings haven't had a permanent roof over their heads in eight years. Yet, she has maintained an A average, takes advanced college placement courses, and remains involved in after school activities, including mentoring other teens and children at Mary's Place in Minneapolis, the first shelter the family sought refuge after losing their home.


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Lowe, Frank
Lowe, Frank, tenor and soprano saxophone; b. Memphis, TN, 24 June 1943, died New York, NY, September 19, 2003
Though regarded as a free jazz player, he liked to swing and was a big fan of Lester Young and Wardell Gray. Studied music in junior high school, and sang in choir. He began on tenor at 12, in 1958 working for Stax Records, met many local musicians. Earliest serious study began as a teenager and continued through college (University of Kansas, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, as well as various private studies) and most importantly with musicians such as Bert Wilson, an extremely under-rated tenor saxophonist, Donald Garrett, a bass and reed player who contributed greatly to the music of John Coltrane. Traveled between NYC and San Francisco, and joined Sun Ra 1968 in N.Y. Returned to study classical music at San Francisco Conservatory.
He worked there in 1971 with Alice Coltrane, and Rashied Ali. He played with Archie Shepp, Milford Graves, Abdullah, Aboriginal Music Society and Don Cherry in N.Y. in the early '70s. Worked with own groups from the mid-70s, also with Lester Bowie, Bobo Shaw, Joseph Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Butch Morris, Billy Bang and many others. He performed at Rutgers U.-Newark with this author in 1987. At the beginning of the 1990's he formed the band Saxemble with four saxophonists, including James Carter and Michael Marcus.
In addition to his son Yaphet, of Manhattan, Lowe is survived by another son, Frank Lowe III of Oakland, Calif.
Inappropriate Choices; Live From Soundscape; And His Friends (1973); Black Beings (1973); Fresh (1974); Flam (1975); Doctor Too Much (1978); Lowe and Behold (1979); Don't Punk It Out (1980); Exotic Heartbreak (1982); Skizoke (1982); Decision in Paradise (1984); Four, Five, Six; Down and Blue (2002)
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Red Raiders Tied For Second Heading Into Second Round In Palm Springs
Feb. 23, 2013
Feb. 22, 2013
Texas Tech sophomore Clement Sordet's stellar first round has propelled him to a tie for the tournament lead while the Red Raiders stand in second as a team heading into Saturday's second round at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Springs, Calif.
Sordet was stellar on Friday afternoon as he fired a 4-under, 68 that places him in a tie with TCU's Julien Brun. Sordet, Tech's team leader in stroke average, will tee off at 8:50 a.m. (PT) on Saturday morning and will be looking to help Tech bridge a seven shot gap that separates TCU's lead at 11-under.
Texas Tech is one of four Big 12 schools competing in this tournament joining TCU, Kansas and Iowa State.
Finley Ewing IV, who will be looking for his second Top 5 finish this week, is currently tied for fifth overall with St. Mary's Ben Geyer. Ewing IV logged a 2-under, 70 in today's opening round.
Sophomores Esteban Restrepo and Henry Todd both finished in the Top 40 with Restrepo tying for 17th at even par and Todd tying for 36th at 2-over.
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The data should go to sheet "Output" and should be in A1:A (no header). Example sheet Output (After) is included.
if anyone feels up for the challenge and would like to help me out, I would be very thankful. I am getting better at things and I have created some wonderful macros at my work place but there is still so many things that I don't know how to do.
Function GetNumbers(cText As String) Dim Lenc As Integer Dim x As Integer Lenc = Len(cText) x = 1 Do While x < Lenc If IsNumeric(Mid(cText, x, 1)) Then GetNumbers = GetNumbers & Mid(cText, x, 1) End If x = x + 1 Loop End FunctionCan any one help with this?
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The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach, 1871
Oil on canvas
36 1/4 × 60 1/8 in. (92.08 × 152.72 cm)
Layton Art Collection, Inc., Gift of Frederick Layton L1888.22
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
The early 1870s marked the height of Eastman Johnson's career. His sentimental genre scenes of rustic youth and rural life were extremely popular in the wake of the Civil War, evoking a nostalgia for simpler times. Images of innocent and carefree children offered promise for a new beginning to a generation troubled by industrialization and decaying urban conditions. The traditional New England character of Nantucket attracted Johnson to spend his summers there. This energetic and convincingly spontaneous scene of children playing on the wreck of a stagecoach was actually staged in Nantucket on a platform, which the artist altered in the studio to conform to an abandoned coach he had drawn in the Catskills. Despite its contrived origins, the painting is a joyful celebration of the hope of a nation as embodied in the laughter of its youth.
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65-year-old biker killed at Beaminster Tunnel
Police investigating a fatal crash near Beaminster in Dorset would like to hear from anyone who saw what happened.
It took place on Sunday morning on the A3066 at the north entrance to the Beaminster tunnel.
Officers say a motorbike rider travelling towards to Beaminster lost control and hit the tunnel parapet. The rider, a 65-year-old man from Wincanton, died at the scene.
The road was closed for several hours while the emergency services attended.
The road was closed for five hours while the emergency services attended. You can watch video of the investigators at the tunnel below:
Beaminster Tunnel closed for over a year
The Beaminster Tunnel has now been closed for more than a year, after a landslide which killed a couple from Somerset.
Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were driving home after an evening out on the 7th July when their car was crushed. Their bodies weren't found for ten days. Work has been taking place to stabilise the site but the road is likely to stay shut until the end of the month at least.
Funding for tunnel repair refused
The Department for Transport has refused to fund the cost of repairing the Beaminster Tunnel in Dorset.
It was closed in July after heavy rain caused a landslide which killed two people.
The cost of the repair is estimated to be £2.1 million.
Tributes paid to landslip death man
Tributes have been paid to the man who died in the landslip outside Beaminster tunnel in Dorset thirteen days ago. Michael Rolfe from Fivehead near Taunton, was on his way home from a night out with a friend when the car they were in got caught in the mudslide.
His friend, Rosemary Snell who lived in Misterton near Crewkerne also died. Today Dorset Police confirmed that they'd referred their handling of the incident to the Independent Police Complants Commission. The car was left undiscovered for ten days. Richard Lawrence reports.


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The City of Norcross is drawing close to finalizing its Living Centers Initiative plan. Community meeting #3 is planned April 18th from 7 - 8:30 pm at the community center to discuss the current draft plan. This initiative literally shapes the future direction of the city of Norcross and it is important that you attend and be heard. On May 23rd, same place and time, the team will present the final plan.
Throughout this process, input has been derived from community stakeholders including local business owners, local commercial property owners, local developers and residents. Residents being mentioned last is not by accident.
It is up to the citizens of our city to speak up on behalf of themselves with constructive criticism and new ideas. The following excerpt, from the current brochure "Norcross Town Center Downtown Plan," deserves some consideration:
- Lifelong Communities: the elements that make high quality, pedestrian-oriented centers are the same that create communities for residents throughout the life-cycle; data shows that the housing and amenities sought by the "millennials" are the same as those sought by the "baby-boomer" generation. These groups will comprise the greatest shift in demand within the housing and commercial markets over the next twenty years; creating places that attract options for all generations and particularly the "creative class" will sustain economic viability over time.
From what I understand about millenials, this group and baby-boomers don't match very well at all in their values, backgrounds, or work ethic and I disagree with the outcome of the study that both groups have the same desires concerning housing and amenities. If, as stated above in the excerpt, these groups will comprise the greatest shift in demand within the housing and commercial markets over the next twenty years, I submit that it is imperative that your voice be heard on this chronologically challenged topic. The plan afterall is going out some 20+ years and your opinions matter. Get in there and help shape it now, before it is too late.


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