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On a recent visit to the Ace of Diamonds Mine at Middleville, New York we met Bill McIlquham of Peterborough, Ontario. Bill was mining for Herkimers with his wife Anne,
their friend Laurie Mullett and mascot Duffy the Rockhound. They had located a large cavity and were carefully opening it. (Photos of their work shown here were kindly shared with Geology.com by Bill and fellow miners Cheryl Haberman and Alan Summer.)
The McIlquhams have been mining for Herkimers for about 12 years and have found many large
cavities. A key element in their success is a nice array of hammers, wedges and pry-bars. Instead of bashing
the dolomite repeatedly with a hammer to break it into tiny pieces, Bill uses a sledge hammer
and wedges to very carefully exploit existing fractures in the rock. He begins by placing one wedge in a
fracture and tapping it an inch or two deep. A second wedge is tapped into the fracture and additional wedges
are used if needed. These wedges exert forces that penetrate
into the rock and break large blocks of dolostone free. Fractures within the large dolostone blocks are then located
and exploited until the large block has been reduced to smaller pieces that can be lifted from the quarry.
If you like minerals and have an opportinity to visit the Herkimer County area of New York, consider spending a day looking for Herkimer Diamonds. Be sure to wear clothes that are suitable for working outdoors. Safety glasses are required and you will be sorry if you don't wear gloves. If you need a sledge hammer or other tools you can rent them at the mine for a very small fee. If you want to obtain some nice Herkimer Diamonds but are unable to visit Herkimer to mine them yourself please visit Bill's site at HerkimerDiamonds.ca.
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With much enthusiasm, you then sit down to implement your strategy by divvying up your savings: $200 to a money market fund, $200 to an intermediate-term bond fund, $1,280 to a large-cap fund and $160 each to a small-stock and an international fund. Then you select several mutual funds that match your goals.
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Improvements to Solaris 10 Recommended and Sun Alert Patch Clusters released
By Gerry Haskins-Oracle on Aug 14, 2009
My colleague, Ed Clark, has made significant improvements to the Solaris 10 Recommended and Sun Alert patch clusters. These improvements have just been released and are in the current clusters available to contract customers from the Patch Cluster & Patch Bundle Downloads on SunSolve.
Ed's improvements include:
- Filtering out "false negatives" from the patch utility return codes, so that if the cluster install script returns "1", you know you've got a real problem which needs investigating. As you may know, the Solaris patch utility, 'patchadd', can return errors for some acceptable situations - for example, if the patch is already applied to the system, or a later revision of the patch or a patch which obsoletes it is already applied to the system, or none of the packages in the patch are on the target system (e.g. because a reduced Install Metacluster was used to install it or the system has been security hardened by package removal), etc. Such conditions are acceptable "errors" which do not usually require further investigation by the user. By filtering these conditions out, if the 'installcluster' script returns "1", you know it isn't because of one of these acceptable "errors", and therefore you need to look at the logfiles to find out what's gone wrong. For further information, please see the cluster README and Analyzing a patchadd or patchrm Failure in the Solaris OS.
- The new 'installcluster' script will exit as soon as it encounters an unexpected failure - i.e. not one of the acceptable "errors" mentioned above. This prevents potentially compounding issues by attempting to apply further patches.
- The new 'installcluster' script includes context intelligence for patching operations. It informs the user when zones need to be halted, and it provides phased installation to handle patches which absolutely require an immediate reboot before further patches can be applied. Such interim reboots are only needed when patching a live boot environment on a system below Kernel patch 118833-36 (SPARC) / 118855-36 (x86) and well as the earlier interim reboot required on x86 related to 'libc.so' patches and Kernel patch 118844-14. On systems below these patch levels, the 'installcluster' will stop at the appropriate point when patching the live boot environment, and inform the user to reboot and re-invoke the 'installcluster' script. (In the old cluster install script, it simply tried to carry on blindly past such interim reboots, spewing out error messages, although code in the relevant patches prevented any harm from being done). These interim reboots, when required, are dealt with relatively early in the cluster install sequence so that once completed, the Sys Admin can leave the rest of the installation to finish unattended and move onto other systems.
- The new 'installcluster' script provides better integration with Solaris Live Upgrade as the user can now specify the Live Upgrade alternate boot environment to patch by name.
- The new 'installcluster' script performs space checking prior to
installing each patch, and will halt if it believes there is
insufficient space to complete the installation successfully. For example, this helps avoid non-global zones
getting out of sync regarding patch levels with respect to the global zone. This is an important enhancement as running out of space
during patching can potentially leave the system in an inconsistent
state and is to be avoided. Even removing a patch requires space, so
immediate removal of a patch which has failed to apply correctly due to
space issues should be avoided until sufficient space is freed up and potential issues caused by its partial installation investigated - for example, was the undo.Z file successfully created to enable backout ? (Tip: It may be better to retry the patch installation once space has been freed up rather than patch removal in such circumstances. Contact Sun Support for instructions if you encounter such issues.). The space checking enhancements in the 'installcluster' script are designed to prevent such problems occurring.
- The messages and log files produced by the 'installcluster' script are clear and well structured. For example, a "failed" log is created if a patch fails to apply. See the Cluster README for further information.
- The 'patch_order' places patches in an optimal order for installation to avoid known issues - for example, the patch utilities patches are installed as early in the sequence as possible to avoid hitting patch installation bugs which are fixed in the patch utility patches, and the Kernel patch procedural script override patch, 125555 (SPARC) / 125556 (x86), is ordered prior to 137137-09 (SPARC) / 137138-09 (x86) to resolve some known issues. When patching an alternate boot environment (which is recommended), a small sub-set of pre-requisite patches, primarily the patch utility patches, need to be applied to the live boot environment to ensure correct patching operation. The 'installcluster' script will check for these pre-requisite patches are halt installation if they are not present, advising the user of the 'installcluster' script option to use to install these pre-requisite patches. Further patches may need to be installed on the live boot environment to support Live Upgrade. See the cluster README for further information.
- The patches have been moved to a 'patches' sub-directory, to de-clutter the top level directory of the unzipped cluster.
- Please see the cluster README file for further information. Customers should read the cluster README file and look at the Special Install Instructions in the patches within the cluster prior to installation.
I really want to thank Ed Clark for the enormous amount of thought and effort he has put into improving the cluster installation experience. The work he's done on the Solaris 10 Recommended and Sun Alert patch cluster is a continuation of his previous work on the Solaris Update Patch Bundles and the Solaris 10 Live Upgrade Zones Starter Patch Bundle. Nice work, Ed!
While the 'installcluster' script is copyrighted, I am happy for customers to use it, and the 'patch_order' file, as a starting point for their own customized patch bundles, so long as it is for their own use and is not to be given to a 3rd party or used for commercial gain (e.g. by a 3rd party maintainer or 3rd party commercial automation tool).
We have also made significant improvements to the back end processes to ensure higher and more consistent cluster quality.
Originally, the clusters were created by the Patch Operations and Distribution (POD) team after patch release. The POD Cluster QA process left a lot to be desired, resulting in inconsistent cluster quality. To plug this gap, my Patch System Test team have been testing the clusters for several years, but the old process only allowed us to test them in parallel with their release, which meant that we found issues at the same time that early downloaders of the cluster encountered them. Although we ensured such issues were fixed as quickly as possible, it still obviously compromised our customers' experience.
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At a time when shopping malls need customers and condos aren't selling, market research can help developers make decisions about how to improve their properties. Brian Hanlon, assistant professor of marketing, uses his expertise in market research and real estate development to determine what appeals to potential customers. As a researcher and consultant, Hanlon uses customer choice modeling to determine how consumers make decisions and what factors influence their choices.
"The challenge is to encourage people to make realistic decisions," Hanlon says. "I'll give people hypothetical mixes of different retail stores and then analyze responses to find optimal combinations of retailers. For condo developments, I'll research the optimal price, size, number of bedrooms and features like granite and hardwood."
Using this research model, Hanlon and co-researcher Rohit Verma of Cornell University are advising the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center, a United Methodist Church property in North Carolina. "This is a nonprofit entity trying to compete in a for-profit world," Hanlon explains. "My goal is to help figure out what this retreat center can do to entice vacationers and conference planners to use these facilities."
A North Central College grant helped fund the research and Dominic Sulo '10, a marketing major, is serving as a student research assistant. "Using our recommendations, the management team will make some decisions on how to improve the property," Hanlon adds.
Hanlon's other projects have included research for Chicago-based General Growth Properties, Citycon in Finland and Hammerson, based in the United Kingdom. Closer to Naperville, he is starting to work with Burr Ridge Village Center in Burr Ridge, IL, a mixed-use development combining retail, office and residential space. Many of these projects are sponsored by a firm called MindFolio; Hanlon is a member of its research advisory board.
Students in Hanlon's marketing classes reap benefits from his work. "They play with real data," he says. "I give them a chance to design a shopping mall, for example. What college student doesn't enjoy studying shopping malls?"
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A 33-year-old Madison woman told police she was mugged by two men while walking on the city's east side Wednesday.
Police said the woman was walking in the 1700 block of Thierer Road at about 10:40 p.m. when she was approached from behind by two men. She said one man pushed her to the ground, and her wallet was taken.
One of the men is described as black, 20-30 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 180-200 pounds. He had a stocky build and a deep voice. The other man is black, 30-40 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 180-190 pounds with a medium build. Both were wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, black shoes, sunglasses and a black bandanna over his face.


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The road victory gives the Swarm their fourth win in five games
Denver – Before Saturday night's game, the National Lacrosse League's (NLL) Minnesota Swarm (7-8) coaching stafmade it clear that they wanted to grab their second road win of the season to solidify their playoff chances.
"In order to control our own destiny and get into the playoffs we need to take matters into our own hands and get a win this weekend," head coach Joe Sullivan said.
That's exactly what Minnesota did at Denver's Pepsi Center, beating the Colorado Mammoth (6-9) 17-12 to break a West Division deadlock and clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Swarm has now advanced to the postseason for four-straight years, and for the seventh time in nine seasons.
Saturday night it all began with great team defense behind the stellar play of Tyler Carlson. The second-year goaltender made 35 saves in the game to grab his fourth win of the season. Carlson made a spectacular save in the middle of the fourth quarter, blocking a breakaway shot and then deftly diving into the net to stop the ball from ricocheting in. Heading into the game, Carlson's goals allowed average was 10.39 – second-best in the NLL.
One of the best ways to measure defensive effort is through loose ball totals. As a team, Minnesota recorded 67 on the night to Colorado's 36.
"Everybody says we're young and athletic and we are," Sullivan said. "That shows in us being able to track balls down, get hungry, and do the dirty work in a very important game."
One of those hard-working players was David Earl, who scooped up seven loose balls, forced a turnover and did a lot of other things that don't get recorded on the stat sheet.
"Dave's ability to track the ball down, transition the ball up the floor and find the offensive player is one of those unsung things that doesn't get rewarded on the stat sheet," Sullivan said. "It's something that is definitely noticed by our club."
After starting the year with a 3-7 record, the Swarm set a goal of finishing the season at .500. At the time the objective seemed daunting, but the team has come together and is now just one win away from the accomplishment.
"It seemed like a heck of a mountain to climb back when we were 3-7," Sullivan said. "Our players have put themselves in the position to do that at home against a really tough Colorado team. It's going to be a battle, but it's very important for our guys to get to that goal."
After winning in Colorado Saturday night, the Swarm look to best the Mammoth in consecutive weeks as the franchises will meet Saturday April 20 on Treasure Island Field at Xcel Energy Center. The matchup will be the final regular season game for both teams.
Jordan MacIntosh has been on an absolute tear as of late. MacIntosh recorded six points (5g, 1a) and has now scored five goals in two out of the last three games. The RIT product scooped up a game-high 12 loose balls and won 70% of his face-offs. Behind MacIntosh, Minnesota had a commanding advantage in face-offs winning 23 out of 32. The Swarm transition player has amassed a league-high four Transition Player of the Week awards this season.
Minnesota has won four of its last five games and much of that success can be attributed to the efforts of Callum Crawford. The Swarm captain has recorded at least eight points in six-straight contests and is now third in the NLL in scoring with 89 points after posting a hat trick to go along with six assists Saturday night.
"It's good to be in the playoffs, that's the goal at the start of every year," Crawford said. "We're not done, we want to win next week, prove that we're not a 7-9 team. We want to make a statement and win one more to keep it going into the playoffs."
Rookie Kiel Matisz chipped in with five points (2g, 3a) Saturday night to set the franchise record for most goals scored in a rookie season at 28. The mark was previously held by Craig Point, who found the back of the net 27 times in 2008. Point also holds the Swarm rookie record for points in a season with 61. Both Matisz and Shayne Jackson have 60 points heading into the final game of the regular season.
Another rookie made noise on the night as well, Brock Sorensen. The transition player scored multiple goals in a single game for the first time in his NLL career. Sorensen, Matisz and Jackson were selected consecutively in the first round of the 2012 NLL Entry Draft.
"For the last three games I've noticed Brock continuously get better and better," Sullivan said. "That's why he was drafted as high as he was and I look for him to do those kinds of things on a consistent basis."
Ryan Benesch was a steady contributor with six points (1g, 5a).
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J. Todd Smiedendorf, '86, is campus minister of PRISM, a ministry for progressive Christians and Unitarian Universalist students serving the University of Colorado-Boulder campus. He is also the associate organizer of the non-profit Men's Leadership Alliance (www.mensleadershipalliance.org). He lives in Boulder, CO.


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07 Nov 2016:
New Delhi Air Pollution
Reaches Highest Level in 20 Years
Indian officials declared an emergency in New Delhi over the weekend as the capital city entered its second week with air pollution levels
Children play in the heavy smog in New Delhi.
as high as 30 times above World Health Organization guidelines, several
news outlets reported
. Construction sites have been closed, operations at a coal-fired power station halted, diesel generators stopped, and officials are preparing to reinstate traffic restrictions, all to reduce smog levels across the city, which have reached their highest levels in 20 years. Officials say field burning on nearby farmland and fireworks from the recent Diwali festival helped worsen the smog conditions. Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, advised people to "stay home as much as they can [and] work from home,"
The Guardian
. Indian business groups said 5 to 10 percent of the workforce in the city and surrounding areas had called in sick over the past week.
Public Art or Renewable Energy?
New Designs Aim to Produce Both
When the topic of energy infrastructure comes up, works of art don't usually come to mind. But hundreds of such hybrid creations — part renewable power generators,
A vegetable farm off the Santa Monica Pier.
part large-scale art installations — now exist, at least on paper, as the result of a sustainable design competition known as the
Land Art Generator Initiative
. Multi-disciplinary teams across the world have taken up the challenge to come up with buildable designs that produce renewable energy and "add value to public space, inspire, and educate." In a photo essay,
Yale Environment 360
highlights eight submissions to this year's biennial competition, including the three winners announced this week. All designed for the waters off the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California, the systems range from a ring-shaped farm floating offshore to sail-like structures that harvest drinking water from fog.
08 Jul 2016:
Hundreds of Deaths in 2003
Heat Wave Linked to Climate Change
A new study suggests that human-caused climate change could be responsible for a significant portion of the 70,000 deaths that occurred during the record-breaking 2003 European heat wave. The research,
published in the journal
Environmental Research Letters
, combined climate modeling with health data for hundreds of fatalities that summer. Climate change, the study found, increased the likelihood of heat-related losses by nearly 70 percent in Paris and 20 percent in London. Out of 735 heat-related deaths in Paris, 506 were attributable to global warming, as were 64 out of 315 deaths in London. "Until recently, whenever we talked about climate change we talked about the globally averaged increase in temperature of 1 degree and people just don't really know or frankly care about that," lead study author and Oxford University scientist Daniel Mitchell
told InsideClimate News
. "But now… people can really start to understand that these are impacts we're seeing now, not in the future."
05 Jul 2016:
Paris Bans All Pre-1997
Cars During Weekdays to Fight Pollution
Starting this month, Paris is banning all cars built before 1997 from driving within city limits Monday through Friday in an effort to lower air pollution levels.
Commuter traffic in Paris.
Paris has been struggling with smog for years and its pollution levels have briefly topped those in Beijing. Similar to
Mexico City and New Delhi
, Paris banned even- and odd-numbered license plates on alternating days to fight smog earlier this year. It has also championed cleaner transit options, such as bike- and electric car-sharing programs. Not everyone is enthused, however: The French consumer group 40 Million Drivers said the ban could impact up to 500,000 vehicle owners in and around Paris, particularly low-income families. "When you have an old car in France, it's because you don't have the money to buy a new one," Pierre Chasseray, the executive director of 40 Million Drivers,
told NPR
. "Public transport is a solution, but it's not the solution for everybody."
24 Jun 2016:
Cities on Six Continents
Join Forces to Combat Climate Change
Mayors from more than 7,100 cities on six continents
announced this week
that they are creating a new alliance to fight climate change at the local level.
New York City
The new group — a merger of the European Union-based Covenant of Mayors and the United Nations-backed Compact of Mayors — represents a combined 600 million people in 119 countries. The initiative aims to set city-based CO2 emissions cuts, build sustainable communities, and foster the sharing of resiliency policies and technologies. "Cities are key to solving the climate change challenge," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič, vice-president of the European Commission,
wrote in
The Guardian
. "They account for most of the world's carbon emissions, and mayors often have control over the largest sources. Cities can also act quickly to confront climate change, without the political and bureaucratic hurdles that often hold back national governments."
17 Jun 2016:
California's Roadside Trees
Provide $1 Billion in Municipal Services
The trees that line California's streets and boulevards are worth an estimated $1 billion a year for the work they do in removing air pollution, storing CO2, cooling homes, and reducing rain runoff, among other municipal services,
Palm trees in Los Angeles, California.
according to a
new analysis
by the U.S. Forest Service and the University of California, Davis. The state's 9.1 million street trees pull nearly 568,000 tons of carbon from the atmosphere annually, equal to taking 120,000 cars off the road, the study, published in the journal
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
, found. The scientists say California has room to put another 16 million trees along its roads if it wants. "We've calculated for every $1 spent on planting or maintaining a street tree, that tree returns, on average, $5.82 in benefits," forester and lead author Greg McPherson
said in a statement
. "These trees are benefiting their communities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
25 May 2016:
Could This Straddling Bus Help
Solve China's Air Pollution Problem?
With an estimated 20 million new drivers on the road each year, China has long struggled to control its CO2 emissions, air pollution, and traffic problems.
But a Beijing-based transit company is planning to
test a new straddling bus this summer
that could provide some relief, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The bus, which can carry up to 1,400 passengers, hovers above the road, letting smaller vehicles pass underneath. Because it operates on existing roadways, the system is much cheaper to build than underground subways, while carrying the same number of people. The idea of a straddling bus has been around
since 1969
, but has remained a far-fetched concept until recent years. A model of the system, designed by Transit Explore Bus, was unveiled at the International High-Tech Expo in Beijing this month. The company plans to build and test an actual straddling bus in Changzhou this summer.
Bringing Energy Upgrades
To the Nation's Inner Cities
America's low-income urban areas are filled with aging buildings that are notoriously energy-inefficient. It's a problem that Donnel Baird sees as an opportunity. Baird is CEO and cofounder of BlocPower,
Donnel Baird
a startup that markets and finances energy-upgrade projects in financially underserved areas. Founded in 2013 with venture capital seed money, BlocPower bundles small energy-improvement projects together — from barber shops to churches —and sells them to potential investors. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Baird describes how BlocPower's projects not only create jobs and reduce carbon emissions, but also raise awareness of global warming in inner-city communities. "It is not possible for the climate change movement to win anything significant without the participation of people of color," says Baird.
Read the interview.
21 Apr 2016:
A Town Made Almost Entirely Out
Of Plastic Bottles is Being Built in Panama
Construction has begun on the world's first town made almost entirely out of recycled plastic bottles. Located on Isla Colón in Panama, the village will consist of 120 houses and a lodge on 83 acres of tropical jungle.
The first two-bedroom home was built late last year, and is made from 10,000 plastic bottles pulled from Panama trashcans, roadsides, and beaches. The walls of the homes consist of steel cages filled with bottles and then encased in a concrete mix. They are flexible enough to withstand an earthquake, and insulating enough to keep the home up to 17 degrees F cooler than the jungle outside. Because there are so many recycled bottles on the island already, homes can be built quickly and cheaply, said Robert Bezeau, founder of the Plastic Bottle Village. "We are changing the world, without changing the Earth, one home at a time," he
says on the project's website
20 Apr 2016:
Entries Invited for Third
Annual Yale Environment 360 Video Contest
The third annual
Yale Environment 360
Video Contest is now accepting entries. The contest honors the year's best environmental videos. Submissions must focus on an environmental issue or theme, have not been widely viewed online, and be a maximum of 15 minutes in length. Videos that are funded by an organization or company and are primarily about that organization or company are not eligible. The first-place winner will receive $2,000, and two runners-up will each receive $500. The winning entries will be posted on
Yale Environment 360
. The contest judges will be
Yale Environment 360
editor Roger Cohn,
New Yorker
writer and
contributor Elizabeth Kolbert, and documentary filmmaker Thomas Lennon. Deadline for entries is June 10, 2016.
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15 Apr 2016:
As Smog Continues to Worsen,
New Delhi Bans a Million Cars From the Road
For the second time this year, a million New Delhi cars will be forced to stay off the road each day for the next two weeks in an effort to reduce the city's hazardous air pollution levels.
Mark Danielson/Flickr
Smog in New Delhi, India
The Indian capital was ranked the world's most polluted urban center in 2014, with smog concentrations frequently reaching hazardous levels for children, the elderly, and people with heart or respiratory issues. The Delhi decision follows a similar recent driving ban in Mexico City, where heavy smog and high ozone levels have also raised health concerns. But some scientists argue that such bans are insufficient to combat escalating pollution problems in developing world megacities. "It is exactly like taking out 10 buckets of water from the ocean, the magnitude of the pollution problem is such," Gufran Beig, the chief scientist at India's state-run System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research,
The Guardian
30 Mar 2016:
Air Pollution Linked To
Thousands of U.S. Premature Births
Air pollution may be causing thousands of premature births in the U.S. every year, particularly in urban areas like the Ohio River Valley, Southern California, New York City, and Chicago, according to a
new study
in the journal
Environment Health Perspectives
. Scientists at New York University compared levels of fine particulate matter, a type of pollution less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, to numbers of premature births, meaning a baby born more than three weeks early. They found that over three percent of all preterm births in the U.S. in 2010 can be attributed to air pollution, and that it cost the country more than $4 billion in medical expenses and lost economic productivity. The exact mechanism behind this relationship is not known, but researchers
theorize that air pollution inflames the placenta
during pregnancy, spurring early labor. Preterm birth is associated with a slew of medical issues, from cognitive impairment to breathing and feeding problems.
Rethinking Urban Landscapes To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels
Sea levels are rising faster than they have in at least 28 centuries, according to recent research, and by 2100, they are expected to rise by one to four feet — possibly even higher.
Kristina Hill
Landscape architect Kristina Hill argues that cities throughout the world need to start planning now for impacts that will happen 50 or 100 years in the future. "It takes decades for us to get our act together and build things," says Hill, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "Future generations won't have the luxury of decades." Hill advocates blending natural ecosystems and human-made infrastructure to help cities adjust to rising tides. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, she talks about her vision for modifying coastal communities, the limits to adaptation, and the promise of "cyborg landscapes."
Read the interview.
02 Nov 2015:
Urban Fruit Less Polluted and
Often More Nutritious Than Retail Versions
Fruits grown in urban areas, often in abandoned orchards from previous centuries, are proving not only largely free of pollutants,
Measuring nutrients and pollutants in urban fruits.
but more nutritious than their commercial counterparts, according to
research from Wellesley College
. Joining forces with the League of Urban Canners, a citizens' group based in Boston, the researchers analyzed nearly 200 samples of apples, peaches, cherries, and other urban fruits and herbs, along with commercial varieties of the same foods. Their findings suggest that eating urban fruit is not a significant source of lead exposure, as compared to the EPA's regulated benchmark for lead in drinking water. The concentrations of the nutrients calcium and iron found were higher in urban fruits for every fruit type tested, while manganese, zinc, magnesium, and potassium concentrations were higher in certain urban fruit types. That is most likely because soils in commercial orchards and fields can become nutrient-depleted, researchers say.
19 Oct 2015:
Oslo, Norway, to Ban
Cars in Its City Center By 2019
Oslo, Norway, will
ban cars
from its city center by 2019, becoming the first European capital to adopt a
Bikes line the streets of central Oslo, Norway.
permanent prohibition on cars in its downtown area. The newly elected city council announced that the city would also build at least 60 kilometers (37 miles) of new bike lanes by 2019 and provide a "massive boost" of investment in public transportation. Business owners in central Oslo fear that the car ban will reduce revenues, but leaders of the new council said the ban could even increase visitors to downtown and that the city would take steps to reduce negative impacts, including allowing vehicles to transport goods to stores and conducting trial runs of the ban to work out problems. Oslo, with 600,000 inhabitants and almost 350,000 cars, would be the first major European city with a permanent central car ban.
09 Oct 2015:
'Land Grabbing' Is Accelerating
As Pressure on Agriculture Resources Grows
An area about the size of Japan — roughly 140,000 square miles — has been purchased or
A land-grabbing operation in Uganda
leased by foreign entities for agricultural use during the last 15 years, according to a
by the Worldwatch Institute. An additional 58,000 square miles are under negotiation, the report found. "Land grabbing," a term for the purchase or lease of agricultural land by foreign interests, has emerged as a threat to food security in several nations. Globally, over half of this land is in Africa, especially in water-rich countries like the Congo. The largest area acquired in a single country is in Papua New Guinea, with nearly 15,500 square miles (over 8 percent of the nation's total land cover) sold or leased to foreign entities. Foreign purchase of land in developing countries has surged since 2005 in response to rising food prices and growing biofuel demand in the U.S. and the European Union, as well as droughts in the U.S., Argentina, and Australia. "Essentially no additional suitable [agricultural] land remains in a belt around much of the middle of the planet," writes Gary Gardner, a contributing author to the report.
Interview: Rallying Hip Hop For
A More Inclusive Climate Fight
For the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., hip hop may be the key to bringing together the movements for social and environmental justice.
Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
Yearwood is head of the
Hip Hop Caucus
, an advocacy organization seeking to
unite hip hop artists and celebrities with climate activists
, with the goal of fighting for climate justice. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Yearwood describes how the environmental, climate, and social justice movements are linked — poverty and pollution, he says, "are the same thing." He extols Pope Francis' emphasis on the vulnerability of the poor to pollution and climate change and insists that the climate movement must become far more inclusive. "The movement — to win — has to be everybody: black, white, brown, yellow, male, female, straight, gay, theist, atheist," says Yearwood. "We have to build a more diverse and inclusive movement. If we don't do that, it's game over. We lose."
Read the interview.
29 Sep 2015:
Electric Buses Could Lead to
Significant Savings Even for Smaller Cities
Electric buses could save a city with half a million residents — one similar in size to Sacramento, California — roughly $12 million each
Electric bus, Bonn, Germany
year if the city's buses were to run on electricity rather than diesel fuel, according to
a study
by the Volvo Group and the audit and advisory firm KPMG. Factors such as noise, travel time, emissions, energy use, natural resource use, and roughly $2.9 million in avoided health care costs contributed to the annual savings, the analysis says. Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city, recently began operating a new electric bus line built by Volvo and powered by wind and hydro electricity, says Niklas Gustafsson, Volvo's head of sustainability. The buses' environmentally friendly design, combined with the fact that they are completely silent and emissions-free, has made the line popular in Gothenburg, he says.
04 Sep 2015:
Maya Permanently Altered Land
To Respond to Climate Change, Study Says
Mayan activity more than 2,000 years ago contributed to the decline of Central America's tropical lowlands and continues to influence the land and environment today, say researchers at the
University of Texas at Austin
. Evidence shows that during the "Mayacene" — a period from 3,000 to 1,000 years ago when humans began greatly affecting the environment — the Maya's advanced urban and rural infrastructure altered tropical forest ecosystems. Clay and soil sequences indicate erosion and land-use changes, and sediments near wetlands reveal chemical signatures of agriculture, says the study, which was published in the journal
Quaternary Science Reviews
. The researchers say features such as constructed wetlands, vast field systems, and terraces show that the Maya managed land and water to adapt to climate change and rising sea levels. "Though it has no doubt accelerated in the last century, humans' impact on the environment has been going on a lot longer," said lead researcher Tim Beach.
27 Aug 2015:
NASA Study Quantifies Plants'
Role in Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effect
The presence or scarcity of vegetation is an essential factor in determining how much urban areas heat up, according to a
NASA study
Urban heat island effect
Using data from multiple satellites, the researchers found that areas covered in part by impervious surfaces such as asphalt, concrete, and steel had an average summer temperature 3.4 degrees F higher than nearby rural areas. The highest U.S. urban temperatures compared to surrounding areas were along the Interstate-95 corridor from Boston to Washington and around Atlanta and the I-85 corridor in the Southeast. In desert cities such as Phoenix, the urban area was actually cooler because irrigated lawns and trees provide cooling that dry, rocky areas do not, the researchers explain. The urban heat island effect occurs primarily during the day, when impervious surfaces in cities absorb more sunlight than surrounding vegetated areas.
Solar Decathlon: The Search for
The Best Carbon-Neutral House
What's the latest in well-designed, energy-efficient solar homes? The U.S. Department of Energy has invited 15 teams from colleges across the country to design and build affordable, energy-efficient, and attractive solar-powered houses for the 2015 Solar Decathlon. In addition to functioning as comfortable homes, the houses in the competition must produce at least as much energy as they consume. Here,
takes a look at some of this year's entries, which will be on display in Irvine, California, this October. These houses have been engineered to not only embrace energy efficiency and sustainable design, but also to meet the diverse needs of their future inhabitants, from food production to storm protection and disaster relief.
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29 Jul 2015:
Global Population Projected to
Reach 11 Billion by 2100, U.N. Estimates
The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100,
Global fertility rates
according to a
United Nations report
released today. The revised U.N. estimates counter previous projections, which had said that global population would peak at roughly 9 billion by 2050, then gradually decline. Most growth will occur in developing regions, the new report says, especially Africa, which is expected to account for more than half of the world's population growth between 2015 and 2050. India is expected to become the most populous country, surpassing China around 2022. Nigeria could surpass the United States by 2050, which would make it the third-largest country in the world, the United Nations projects.
13 May 2015:
Car Travel Is Six Times
More Expensive Than Bicycling, Study Finds
Traveling by car costs society and individuals six times more than traveling by bicycle, according to
a study
Bicycles parked in downtown Copenhagen
transportation trends in Copenhagen, one of the planet's most heavily bicycled cities. The analysis considered how much cars cost society and how they compare to bicycles in terms of air pollution, climate change, noise, road wear, public health, and congestion in Copenhagen. If the costs to society and the costs to private individuals are added together, the study found, the economic impact of a car is 0.50 euros per kilometer, whereas the cost of a bicycle is 0.08 euros per kilometer. Looking only at costs and benefits to society, one kilometer by car costs 0.15 euros, whereas society
0.16 euros on every kilometer cycled because of improvements in the public's health.
06 May 2015:
Backyard Bird Feeders May Put
Native Species at a Disadvantage, Study Says
Backyard bird feeders tend to attract aggressive, introduced bird species while discouraging native species that eat
A sparrow eats at a backyard bird feeder.
insects and nectar, essentially restructuring urban bird communities and skewing them toward non-native species, a
new study
says. Data based on nearly 600 surveys of 18,000 birds from 33 species in New Zealand show that yards with bird feeders tended to attract non-native omnivores such as house sparrows, spotted doves, and blackbirds. Outdoor areas without bird feeders had significantly more native bird species such as the grey warbler, whose diet consists mainly of insects. Although the population trends reversed when feeders were removed, the researchers say that over time bird feeders in urban areas likely give non-native bird species a competitive and reproductive edge over native species.
13 Apr 2015:
Public Transportation Spending
Varies With Income and Geography in the U.S.
Households in different regions of the United States spend similar amounts on transportation, but how those costs break down
Transportation spending trends in the U.S.
between gasoline and public transportation varies widely,
according to
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the South, where the average household owns 2.1 vehicles, spending on gasoline is higher and public transportation spending is lower than in any other region. In contrast, households in the Northeast — which own an average of 1.6 vehicles per household — spend the least on gasoline and the most on public transportation of any region in the U.S. The spending breakdown also varies with income. Households in the highest income bracket spend more than $1,400 annually on public transportation — nearly three times the national average of $537 and eight times the $163 spent by lowest-income households.
07 Apr 2015:
Nationwide Vehicle Emissions
Database Could Help Cities Curb CO2
Researchers at Boston University have created a
nationwide database
for determining how much carbon dioxide
Nationwide CO2 emissions from vehicle travel
is produced by vehicle travel in U.S. cities and suburbs — an essential part of greenhouse gas reduction efforts, they say. Encompassing 33 years of data, the system provides kilometer-by-kilometer views of vehicle emission trends from roads across the country. Those emissions account for 28 percent of all fossil fuel CO2 emissions in the U.S., the researchers note. The data highlight the ongoing shift in the U.S. toward urban traffic and emissions. For example, cities have been responsible for 80 percent of the growth in vehicle CO2 emissions since 1980 and for 63 percent of total vehicle CO2 in 2012. Emission levels and trends can vary dramatically across different cities, however. Population density hasn't changed much in Salt Lake City since the 1980s, but the per-capita emissions have soared because the suburb and exurb populations are growing, the data indicate.
24 Mar 2015:
Extreme Forest Fragmentation
Documented in Comprehensive New Study
Fragmentation of the world's forests has become
so severe
that 70 percent of remaining woodlands are now within 1 kilometer of a road or other form of development, according to a
new study
. Using the world's first high-resolution satellite map of tree cover, as well as an analysis of seven long-term fragmentation studies, researchers showed that the ongoing destruction of global forests is decreasing biodiversity by as much as 75 percent in some areas and adversely affecting the ability of forests to store carbon and produce clean water. The study, published in the journal
Science Advances
, found that 20 percent of the world's forests are just 100 meters from a human-created "edge." Even many parks and protected areas have undergone fragmentation, the study said. The few remaining large, virgin tracts of forest are found in parts of the
Amazon, Siberia, Congo
, and Papua New Guinea.
19 Mar 2015:
Electric Vehicles Keep Cities
Cooler than Gas-Powered Cars, Study Says
Electric vehicles emit 20 percent less heat than gas-powered cars, which helps mitigate the urban heat island effect and
An electric car recharges its battery.
could lead to lower air conditioner use in major cities, according to research published in the journal
Scientific Reports
. Heat emanating from vehicles is an important contributor to the heat island effect — the difference between temperatures in heavily urbanized areas and cooler rural regions — and a shift toward electric vehicles could help, the researchers say. They used data from Beijing in the summer of 2012 to calculate that switching vehicles from gas to electricity could reduce the heat island effect by nearly 1 degree C. That would have saved Beijing 14.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity from air conditioning and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 11,779 tons per day, the study says.
17 Mar 2015:
California Could Install Ample
Solar Power Without Damaging Habitats
California could generate enough electricity from solar power to exceed the state's energy demand five times over, even if solar equipment were only to be installed on and near existing infrastructure, a report in
Nature Climate Change
says. The report shows it is possible to substantially boost California's solar energy production without converting natural habitat, harming the environment, or moving solar installations to remote areas far from consumers. Roughly eight percent California's land area has been developed by humans, the study says, and residential and commercial rooftops provide ample opportunity for generating electricity through small- and utility-scale solar power installations. Additional solar facilities could be constructed in undeveloped areas that are not ecologically sensitive, such as degraded lands, the report notes. "Integrating solar facilities into the urban and suburban environment causes the least amount of land-cover change and the lowest environmental impact," says lead researcher Rebecca R. Hernandez.
06 Mar 2015:
Los Angeles City Council Says
Vegetables Can Be Grown Along Sidewalks
The Los Angeles, California, City Council
this week to allow residents to grow fruits
Planting in a parkway in Los Angeles, Calif.
and vegetables in the small strips of city-owned land between the sidewalk and street. Doing so used to require a $400 permit, essentially preventing lower-income residents from using the green spaces, which are also known as parkways. Community groups have been pushing for many years to do away with the permit fee in hopes of improving low-income communities' access to healthy foods, and the council has been working on the ordinance change for almost two years. The mayor is expected to approve the change next week, and if he does, the ordinance will go into effect in 30 days.
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In June 2014, in a city council meeting, it was brought to the attention of the city council in public comments in public hearing. This case was finally set to go to a court hearing on July 16. On the day of the hearing, the defendant was asked if he knew he was in defiance of a notice of violation and if he was aware of his actions; he said yes. His only defense was that his neighbor didn't like him and his wife. He was then asked why he didn't leave the 30 inches clearance between the two fences as required by City Ordinance 2090 on double fencing; he didn't have enough space between his house and the fence.
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Councilman Ikaika Anderson held up pictures of De-Occupy Honolulu campers at Thomas Square before the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 7 by a vote of 9-0 Wednesday.
After nearly 18 months at Thomas Square, Anderson said residents are getting fed up with tents and other items that protestors place on city sidewalks surrounding the historic park.
"Enough is enough," said Anderson as the Council discussed the bill. "Let's pass Bill 7, (and) return our public sidewalks to all of Honolulu's citizens."
Sugar Russell, a De-Occupy protestor who has acted as a spokesperson for the group, said the bill would do little to improve the "houseless" situation on Oahu.
"They're about to do a sweep on this island that is going to absolutely cripple the entire houseless population, stealing the medications, school books (and) clothing," said Russell. "Anything and everything these thieves can get, is what they're going to do."
Bill 7 was sponsored by Anderson, Council Chairman Ernie Martin and Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi. Martin denied the measure specifically targets De-Occupy protestors, saying enforcement would prove his point.
"The true test is going to come when the mayor signs this into law and directs his administration to apply this law uniformly and fairly against all violators of this particular matter," said Martin.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell has said previously he intends to sign the bill into law, which would allow the immediate confiscation of personal property from sidewalks. The city is required to leave a written notice whenever taking items into its possession. Property owners then have 30 calendar days to retrieve their items, but are also required to pay a $200 fee.
"It's unreasonable," said Russell, "the facility is three miles away from the nearest bus stop."
The mayor has 10 business days to make his decision on the bill. However, city spokesman Jesse Broder Van Dyke said enforcement won't come until July 1 at the earliest, since the legislation requires the drafting of new administrative rules.
Broder Van Dyke says the city will continue to enforce an ordinance that requires sidewalk violators to be given 24 hours notice before personal items can be confiscated.
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By Helena Rodriguez: CNJ staff writer
I'm so out of the loop that I've never MySpaced, let alone started a Web page or blog. My idea of chatting is old fashion, talking face to face with a real person, or on a real cell phone.
When we were kids, MySpace.com was my bedroom, I mean our room; the room I shared with Becky and Julie. Sometimes we had instant messaging with our friends. They would knock on our bedroom window, we'd crack it open, and voila, we'd have an instant chat. We also had text messaging. We'd scribble notes on pieces of paper and pass them between desks or between classes.
My little sister, Julie, was Dad's instant messenger. When it was time for us to come home, there would come Julie down the street, skipping across neighbors' lawns to call us in. Of course Mark, Ricky or Loretta would spot her when she was two or three houses down and so we'd run and hide.
She always found us, though. And when Dad's instant messenger was with us, Dad would just go to the front porch and yell down the street: "Becky, Helen, Julie, get home!" and within a few moments, we'd be jumping across the lawns, headed homeward.
We didn't meet friends by reading profiles. In those days, friendships were formed in primitive ways. Someone would move down the street, then we'd spot them again, a few pews away from us at Sunday Mass. And then come Monday, there they were again, sitting in a desk next to us at school. Next thing we knew, they were the newest addition to our circle, and I'm not talking about an electronic circle of friends whose pictures brace a cell phone window. I'm talking about a real circle of friends seated around each other. That's how we found out who had a crush on who and all of the other latest gossip, which, believe it or not, got around just as fast without the cell phones, MySpace and text messaging.
In those days, downloading music meant literally downloading, as in carrying a load of vinyls or eight tracks. No MP3s. I remember once carrying home a small phonograph player that my friend Joanna loaned me. I was so excited, walking down the alley, carrying the record player several blocks to my home, hoping that the needle would not wiggle out of place and scratch my records.
There was no voice mail or answering machines either. When we needed to reach Mom after school, we'd walk to her office, which was only a few blocks away. It seemed so far back then. Nor did we have a "family plan."
When Mom and Dad needed to get a message to us, they left notes on the TV like: "Wash dishes; pick up Nana from babysitters."
I remember one time when we were under a flash flood warning and I was so scared. I was young, Mom and Dad were not home and I pictured a torrent of tidal waves washing us away. Becky was unable to calm me down, so she called Grandma Emma's and within a few minutes, Uncle Hymie was there. He didn't try to calm me down over the telephone. He got up and walked from South Avenue B to North Avenue B within a matter of minutes.
My point is that even without the modern-day gadgets, we were always in touch while I was growing up in the 1970s and '80s. We didn't MySpace or e-mail Grandma Emma. We were there several times a week, sometimes every day. Even when we couldn't see each other, people resorted to drastic measures, like writing letters, driving to the post office and mailing them, and even picking up their telephones even though, get this, there were no free weekend or after-nine minutes. It didn't matter though. No one counted minutes back then.
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Some say that salt is the favorite ingredient of Americans, and many have acquired a taste for a high salt diet. One way to cut back is to skip the table salt. However, most sodium in the diet comes from packaged, processed foods. Eating these foods less often can reduce your intake of sodium and can help lower your blood pressure or prevent HBP from developing in the first place.
In some people, sodium increases blood pressure because it holds excess fluid in the body, placing an added burden on the heart. If your blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg or above, your doctor may recommend a low-salt diet or advise you to avoid salt altogether.
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The American Heart Association recommends no more than 2,300 milligrams (mgs) a day and an ideal limit of no more than 1,500 mg per day.
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1/2 teaspoon salt = 1,150 mg sodium
3/4 teaspoon salt = 1,725 mg sodium
1 teaspoon salt = 2,300 mg sodium
Sodium Sources
- Processed foods
Americans consume up to 75 percent of their sodium from processed foods like tomato sauce, soups, condiments, canned foods and prepared mixes. When buying prepared and prepackaged foods, read the labels. Many different sodium compounds are added to foods. These are listed on food labels. Watch for the words "soda" and "sodium" and the symbol "Na" on labels; these words show that sodium compounds are present. The American Heart Association is working with federal agencies to identify strategies to reduce the amount of sodium in the food supply. AHA is also encouraging food manufacturers and restaurants to reduce the amount of sodium in foods by 50 percent over a 10-year period.
- Natural foods
Most food contains some sodium in its natural state. Natural foods such as cheeses, seafood, olives and some legumes may have a higher-than-expected sodium content.
- Table salt and Sea Salt (sodium chloride)
Used in cooking, seasoning at the table, canning and preserving.
- Some over-the-counter drugs
Some over-the-counter medications contain high levels of sodium. Carefully read the labels before buying an over-the-counter drug. Look at the ingredients list and warning statements to see if they mention sodium. A statement of sodium content must appear on labels of antacids containing 5 mg or more per dosage unit (table or teaspoon). Some companies produce low-sodium, over-the-counter products. If in doubt, ask a healthcare professional.
- Some prescription medications
Consumers can't tell by looking at a bottle whether a prescription drug contains sodium. If you have HBP, ask your physician or pharmacist about the sodium content of prescription medications. Regardless, NEVER stop taking your prescribed medication without first checking with your doctor.
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Used in home, restaurant and hotel cooking and in many packaged, canned and frozen foods as a seasoning.
- Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Sometimes used to leaven breads and cakes; sometimes added to vegetables in cooking; used as alkalizer for indigestion. 1 teaspoon of baking soda = 1,000 mg sodium
- Baking powder
Used to leaven quick breads and cakes.
- Disodium phosphate
Found in some quick-cooking cereals and processed cheeses.
- Sodium alginate
Used in many chocolate milks and ice creams to make a smooth mixture.
- Sodium benzoate
Used as a preservative in many condiments such as relishes, sauces and salad dressings.
- Sodium hydroxide
Used in food processing to soften and loosen skins of ripe olives and certain fruits and vegetables.
- Sodium nitrite
Used in cured meats and sausages.
- Sodium propionate
Used in pasteurized cheese and in some breads and cakes to inhibit growth of molds.
- Sodium sulfite
Used to bleach certain fruits such as maraschino cherries and glazed or crystallized fruits that are to be artificially colored; also used as a preservative in some dried fruits such as prunes.
- The Salty Six: Are the foods you eat most often high in sodium? Our list may surprise you.
Shopping and Cooking
Shop smart, cook smart
- Choose processed, prepared and pre-packaged foods carefully.
Americans consume up to 75 percent of their sodium from these food sources. Examples include soups, tomato sauce, condiments, canned goods, preserved meats and prepared mixes.
- Choose lower-sodium foods or low-sodium versions of your favorites.
Although it may take some time for your taste buds to adjust to a lower sodium diet, there are delicious options for very flavorful, low-sodium meals. Once the adjustment to healthier dining is made, many people report they would not choose to go back to the highly processed sodium rich foods.
- Read your food labels.
When buying pre-packaged foods, read the labels. Many different sodium compounds are added to foods, and they are listed on food labels. Watch for the words "soda" and "sodium" and the symbol "Na" on labels, which warn you that these products contain sodium compounds. Many canned and frozen food labels help the consumer by printing "low salt" or "low sodium" boldly on the packaging.
- Eat more fruits and vegetables.
When buying canned or frozen varieties, be sure to choose the no-salt added versions, and look for the choices without added sauces.
- Use fruit and raw vegetables as snacks.
These are a heart-healthy alternative to chips and salted nuts.
- Select unsalted nuts or seeds, dried beans, peas and lentils.
- Select unsalted or low-sodium fat-free broths, bouillons or soups.
- Avoid adding salt and canned vegetables with added salt to homemade dishes.
- Don't use salt during cooking.
Certain salt substitutes contain a large amount of potassium and very little sodium. They are not expensive and may be used freely by most people, except those with kidney disease. Talk with your healthcare professional about whether a salt substitute is right for you.
- Learn to use spices and herbs to enhance the natural flavor of food.
Ditch salt for healthier, delicious salt-free seasoning alternatives.
- Don't salt food before you taste it; enjoy the natural taste of food.
- Take the salt shaker off the table.
Adding more salt at the table adds to your daily sodium intake without adding much to the flavor of your food.
- Eat less salted potato and corn chips, lunchmeat, hot dogs, salt pork, ham hocks, dill pickles and many canned foods.
All of these foods have a lot of salt.
- Follow the D.A.S.H. eating plan.
Reduce Sodium When Dining Out
When dining out:
- Be familiar with low-sodium foods and look for them on the menu.
- When ordering, be specific about what you want and how you want it prepared. Request that your dish be prepared without salt.
- Don't use the salt shaker. Instead, use the pepper shaker or mill.
- Add fresh lemon juice instead of salt to season fish and vegetables.
Seasoning Alternatives - Spice it up!
Here are some seasonings to add variety:
- Allspice: Lean ground meats, stews, tomatoes, peaches, applesauce, cranberry sauce, gravies, lean meat
- Almond extract: Puddings, fruits
- Basil: Fish, lamb, lean ground meats, stews, salads, soups, sauces, fish cocktails
- Bay leaves: Lean meats, stews, poultry, soups, tomatoes
- Caraway seeds: Lean meats, stews, soups, salads, breads, cabbage, asparagus, noodles
- Chives: Salads, sauces, soups, lean meat dishes, vegetables
- Cider vinegar: Salads, vegetables, sauces
- Cinnamon: Fruits (especially apples), breads, pie crusts
- Curry powder: Lean meats (especially lamb), veal, chicken, fish, tomatoes, tomato soup, mayonnaise
- Dill: Fish sauces, soups, tomatoes, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, cucumbers, potatoes, salads, macaroni, lean beef, lamb, chicken, fish
- Garlic (not garlic salt): Lean meats, fish, soups, salads, vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes
- Ginger: Chicken, fruits
- Lemon juice: Lean meats, fish, poultry, salads, vegetables
- Mace: Hot breads, apples, fruit salads, carrots, cauliflower, squash, potatoes, veal, lamb
- Mustard (dry): Lean ground meats, lean meats, chicken, fish, salads, asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, mayonnaise, sauces
- Nutmeg: Fruits, pie crust, lemonade, potatoes, chicken, fish, lean meat loaf, toast, veal, pudding
- Onion powder (not onion salt): Lean meats, stews, vegetables, salads, soups
- Paprika: Lean meats, fish, soups, salads, sauces, vegetables
- Parsley: Lean meats, fish, soups, salads, sauces, vegetables
- Peppermint extract: Puddings, fruits
- Pimiento: Salads, vegetables, casserole dishes
- Rosemary: Chicken, veal, lean meat loaf, lean beef, lean pork, sauces, stuffings, potatoes, peas, lima beans
- Sage: Lean meats, stews, biscuits, tomatoes, green beans, fish, lima beans, onions, lean pork
- Savory: Salads, lean pork, lean ground meats, soups, green beans, squash, tomatoes, lima beans, peas
- Thyme: Lean meats (especially veal and lean pork), sauces, soups, onions, peas, tomatoes, salads
- Turmeric: Lean meats, fish, sauces, rice


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What is in this article?:
- A look at policy options after 2008 farm bill expires
- Discussion of one-year extension
- Here are a few possible scenarios for what might happen next.
Unbelievably, Members of Congress are headed out of town having not passed a new farm bill or extended the old one.
(See Boehner confirms no farm bill until lame duck session).
This means that on Oct. 1, authorization for farm and food policies spanning the breath and depth of our economy will have expired.
Wheat farmers who are now taking on operating loans for the 2013 crop and putting it in the ground will be joined by many, many others wondering what farm safety net will exist in the new year and how much more deeply farm programs will be cut when the new Congress is seated in January.
Here are a few possible scenarios for what might happen next:
On Sept. 30, the 2008 farm bill expires, taking with it authorization for most farm and food programs, with the notable exceptions of crop insurance, authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and some conservation programs.
Many programs will continue to function, however, particularly if they have an appropriation the pending six-month continuing resolution. USDA is preparing a plan to phase out programs as law and funding expire.
Assuming Congress returns for a lame duck session — which is scheduled, but not guaranteed — both the House and Senate could consider a full, five-year bill, a three-month extension of the 2008 law or a one-year extension of the 2008 law.
The steps to pass a new, five-year farm bill in this Congress are surprisingly few: the House needs to approve the bill already presented by the House Agriculture Committee, that bill needs to be conferenced with a Senate bill, and the compromise measure needs final approval from both chambers and the president's signature.
A House whip conducted last week on a three-month extension fell short of getting necessary support. Such an extension after the election would be even less likely.


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This group will be rewarding for anyone that wants to explore Kansas City and all that it offers. This includes fine and dive dining, Taco Tuesday's, speciality food shops, tours of the city, winery tours, happy hours, history events, lectures, meet and mingles, movies, homes tours, pic nics in the park, and hiking. The city is our playground and we intend to make it ours!
The list below is designed to set expectations for what you can expect from us, and what we expect from you.
We are selective about who we accept and who we retain (just as you have the right to be). Earn your way/earn your stay. This is a 50/50 relationship. Ass, gas, or grass, no one rides free :) Hugs and High Fives!
• The group is made up mostly of people from their late 30s' to late 50's.
• When you attend an event for the first time you can expect your event host to introduce you to 2-3 new people and ask you to repeat your name several times :)
• We require all members to post a face photo that is easily recognizable (no groups, far away/obscured/sunglasses, looking at the camera, shirt and pants must be on).
As the organizer, most people consider me fun, somewhat funny, outgoing, reliable, enthusiastic about posting/hosting, and someone who takes a no non-sense approach about the attendance policy and the photo policy. At this time I pay the monetary fees, and do not earn any kind of income from this. We simply ask that since it's free for you to respect that and keep expectations at the "free" level. If you do that, I know together, we can all have some very good times, and make some very good friendships.
I look forward to your participation.
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Janice Van Den Berg Byrne has educated and mentored students all over the world. Since receiving the Outstanding Alumni award in 2001, she has continued her work teaching English composition and developmental reading part time at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. She also serves on the Study Abroad Scholarship Committee at COD and mentors foreign students. She continues to lead all-day professional development workshops at Pioneer Sholes School, a one-room schoolhouse museum in St. Charles, Ill., and also serves as secretary to the Advisory Board of the Tri-Cities Corps of the Salvation Army.


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By Robert Cox, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Agent, Horticulture
All things are not created equal.
Colorado, for instance, is no Iowa when it comes to topsoil. That's one reason gardening here is filled with challenges that result in a variety of plant problems. But, what nature didn't provide, mankind can, at least, improve upon. This fall is a good time to begin. Start improving your soil now by adding organic matter. You can till or spade in leaves, cornstalks and other plant residues.
Consider the curbside garbage that goes out each week. Does it contain recyclable materials such as pine needles and grass clippings? If so, incorporate them at a depth of 6 to 12 inches into your soil.
What will you get in return? A soil with more nutrients that also favors root growth. In addition, you'll be relieving already-clogged landfills.
An ideal soil for plant growth contains about five percent organic matter, but most existing Front Range soils contain two percent or less. A three-inch layer of material, however, is about all that a rototiller can mix into the soil at one time. For best results, shred the organic matter and wet the soil before tilling.
Here are some additional considerations for improving your soil:
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By Jean Verlich
The wind didn't cooperate Saturday for the third annual Kite Karnival, but not even the invited guests — members of the American Kitefliers Association — seemed to mind.
With winds barely getting up to a light breeze through Doc Stewart Park, many kites were grounded. That just meant children could learn how to create a high-flying kite in the kite-making workshop, or try their luck at the carnival games.
Event organizer Sheri Hayes, community center director and special events coordinator for Cannon Air Force Base, said she knew it was important to have "Plan B." She was glad she did.
Designed to be a community get-together, Hayes said she included the other activities to "let kids have fun."
In its third year, the Kite Karnival was her idea.
After her husband was transferred from Japan to Cannon, Hayes attended a National Recreation and Park Association convention and met someone from the AKA. She thought her new home would be ideal for a kite festival. "It's real windy in Clovis," she said.
Hayes planned the event with April being National Kite Month and National Month of the Military Child.
Despite the calm Clovis day, Hayes was pleased at the turnout. "Everyone's having a great time," she said. She estimated some 2,000 people attended, up from last year's attendance of about 1,200.
Most of the dozen or so die-hard kite fliers were AKA members, invited to participate to display their kites and kite-flying expertise.
AKA member and Roswell resident Dennis Ware was flying a Japanese fighter kite. He began his love affair with kites a quarter century ago. Inspired by a television report on Bob Ingraham, a New Mexican who founded the American Kitefliers Association, the 60-year-old retired Navy chief petty officer went out to buy a kite. He now has about 300.
Brad Martin, 46, of Lubbock was flying a rip-stop nylon American flag kite.
Martin made a return engagement to the event this year because he had fun last year.
"We like flying kites," he said.
The event's biggest kite on display was Walt Mitchell's Cody Manlifter, named after Buffalo Bill Cody.
Mitchell said the famous Westerner was a pioneer in kitemaking and used them for battle, putting five together with a man in a basket to fly 200 feet above a battle field.
Mitchell possesses another key kite skill: He sews.
"It's tedious work to make a kite," he said. Although a kite takes on average about 40 hours to make, he said it took him 100 hours to make the Cody Manlifter.
The 67-year-old learned to sew from his mother on one of the old treadle machines, he said. And yes, he did have the common diamond kite as child.
Carveth and Luella Kramer traveled from Santa Fe as invited AKA guests. They exhibited a 180-foot kite arch of 49 kites called, "one world, one family," that he made to symbolize the many people and nations on Earth holding hands.


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Bucks to play Grizzles at La Crosse Center
Published On: Aug 02 2012 03:45:48 PM CDT Updated On: Aug 02 2012 03:45:32 PM CDT
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- The Milwaukee Bucks are returning to La Crosse for a preseason game this fall.
The Bucks will play the Memphis Grizzles at the La Crosse Center on Thursday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale August 17th.
The Bucks missed the playoffs in the 2011-12 season with a 31-35 record.
Leading scorer Brandon Jennings returns to the team, averaging 20.6 points per game last season.
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Assisted-living apartments sell for $15.3 million
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The 71-unit apartment building at 5300 29th St. in Greeley was sold by an ownership group led by investor Mik Pietrzak to Den Alf 2 LLC, an entity that was created by Legend Senior Living and registered with the Colorado Secretary of State's office in late March. It will operate as Meadowview of Greeley Premier Senior Living and offer assisted-living and memory-care services.
Legend Senior Living is a privately held seniors housing and services company founded in 2001 by Tim Buchanan.
Legend Senior Living owns and operates 20 residences representing more than 1,000 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and nursing services in Kansas, Oklahoma and Florida, according to Legend's website.
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Wendy Laman-Nadeau is the Lisle Park District event coordinator and the driving force behind a public art project that features decorated wooden wheelbarrows. Her plan was to encourage area businesses and civic groups to purchase 21 decorative wooden wheelbarrows, find volunteer artists to decorate them, put them on display throughout the community and then auction them off to the community. All proceeds from the auction will go to Partners for Parks in Lisle, IL.
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