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This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone (Hardcover)
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"This is an honest and superbly written account of an idyllic reality gone awry. Coleman's hippie parents became disciples of Helen and Scott Nearing, a 'back to the earth' couple carving out a self-sufficient life in remote coastal Maine, where they dig into the sandy earth to create an organic lifestyle in the 1970s while raising a family. Macrobiotic diets, naked farmhands harvesting in summer fecundity, and the accidental drowning of a younger sister threaten the idyllic, simple life that Eliot and Sue Coleman are striving for. Coleman digs up her complicated past in elegant and enthralling prose."
— Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT
Set on a rugged coastal homestead during the 1970s, This Life Is in Your Hands introduces a superb young writer driven by the need to uncover the truth of a childhood tragedy and connect anew with the beauty and vitality of the back-to-the-land ideal that shaped her early years.
In the fall of 1968, Melissa Coleman's parents, Eliot and Sue--a handsome, idealistic young couple from well-to-do families--pack a few essentials into their VW truck and abandon the complications of modern reality to carve a farm from the woods. They move to a remote peninsula on the coast of Maine and become disciples of Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of the homesteading bible Living the Good Life. On sixty acres of sandy, intractable land, Eliot and Sue begin to forge a new existence, subsisting on the crops they grow and building a home with their own hands.
While they establish a happy family and achieve their visionary goals, the pursuit of a purer, simpler life comes at a price. Winters are long and lean, summers frenetic with the work of the harvest, and the distraction of the many young farm apprentices threatens the Colemans' marriage. Then, one summer day when Melissa is seven, her three-year-old sister, Heidi, wanders off and drowns in the pond where she liked to play. In the wake of the accident, ideals give way to human frailty, divorce, and a mother's breakdown--and ultimately young Melissa is abandoned to the care of neighbors. What really happened, and who, if anyone, is to blame?
This Life Is in Your Hands is the search to understand a complicated past; a true story, both tragic and redemptive, it tells of the quest to make a good life, the role of fate, and the power of forgiveness.
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"Intense readability.... haunting power.... as well as lush, vivid atmosphere that is alluring in its own right.... [A] story so nuanced that it would be a disservice to reveal what was in store. If you want to know what happened, read it for yourself."
-Janet Maslin, New York Times
"A fascinating look at the roots of the organic movement as well as a cautionary tale about the limits of idealism and the importance of forgiveness."
-Washington Post
"Rendered with sublimity…. [Coleman] fluently describes the power of the natural world, familial love and heartbreak, grace after loss."
-New York Times Book Review
"Coleman's moving recounting never loses hope of redemption."
-People, Lead Review "People Pick"
"The Colemans and the Nearings . . . worked hard to create an alternative economy that is still growing in rural America. This memoir is evidence of their great sacrifices.
-Los Angeles Times
"Combine the sincerity of Walden with the poignancy of The Glass Castle, add dashes of the lush prose found in The Botany of Desire, and you get This Life Is in Your Hands…. I was engaged and deeply moved by this evocative tale of Paradise found then lost."
-Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed
"[This] is a rare breed of book-a memoir that justifies its own existence; that feels like it needs to exist…. Coleman shows that without the essential ingredient of heart, any family-no matter how perfect and revolutionary it seems-is in danger of experiencing real loss."
"Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is In Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn't just tell the story of her family's brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history."
-Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Abstinence Teacher
"With beautiful lyrical prose, Coleman shows us what life in a 1970s back-to-nature farm was like, and the dear price her family paid pursuing their dream."
-Ann Hood, author of The Red Thread and The Knitting Circle
"Her memoir is as wrenching as it is beautifully written."
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Melissa Coleman's enthralling account of '70s back-to-the-land living is an important cultural and emotional document: this is a story about surviving and, eventually, thriving amidst the shadows of loss."
-Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment
"A dream, a family, a heartbreaking tragedy—and a book I could not put down. Melissa Coleman's memoir of a back-to-the-land childhood is fresh, organic, and gorgeously written."
-Peter Behrens, author of The Law of Dreams
"An absorbing read that intelligently arrays the romanticism of living off the land against the emotional challenges of moving off the grid."
-Grist Magazine
"This uncompromising memoir is tender, nonjudgmental, and heartfelt."
-Tuscon Citizen
"A beautifully rendered memoir about growing up in a unique environment fueled by experimental back-to-the-land living. . . . Coleman illuminates the beauty of growing up in a family culture that valued nature and freedom of expression, but also frankly exposes farming's negative impact on her family.
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Heavy summer rains affected fall pumpkin crops
SCOTT COUNTY, Va. - The region is getting a rather orange tint these days, and it's not the leaves changing -- it's time for the centerpiece of the season, the pumpkin.
We spent a day in the pumpkin patch to see how all of the rain this summer has affected this year's crop.
Orange is definitely the dominate color at Scott County's Pumpkin Patch. They're busy loading and unloading and shining up this year's pumpkin crop.
Walter Manis, known around these parts as the Pumpkin Man, tells us nationwide the crop is down about 50 percent. "About everything is wiped out south of here all the way to Florida because of the rain. Even on up north with the floods, the weather this summer has made a difference," Manis said.
But luckily that's not the case in Manis' pumpkin patch, except for the larger varieties. The farm did win a blue ribbon with a 185-pounder at the Russell County Fair. Some others were getting up around 400 pounds, but the rain caused them to rot on the vine.
A celebration is planned for their annual fall harvest celebration. "We're just thanking God for a good year and thanking our customers for coming out and supporting us for the past 23 years," Manis told us.
His pumpkin-growing business started by accident in another year that pumpkins were hard to find in our region. "Food City kind of got me started. There was a shortage of pumpkins and they were paying a great price for shipping from Mexico and Michigan. I could sell them a pumpkin cheaper than they could pay the freight," he said.
But now the grocery chain has grown and they need hundreds of thousands each year, so Manis has settled in on the farm and invites school children and groups out to meet the Pumpkin Man. "Everywhere these kids see us they call me the Pumpkin Man. It's an honor for me because they have a little thing about people. It's a plus for me and we've got kids now bringing their kids," he says.
As for the pumpkins, autumn wouldn't be autumn without them.
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Raymond Academy for Engineering
|Selected Characteristics of Magnet School and Host Districta
|Magnet School: Raymond Academy
|Host District: Aldine Independent School District
|Year Established as Magnet
|Population Typeb
|Large Suburb
|111 square miles
|MSAPc Funded
|Funded: FY 1995-97; 2001-03
|846 students
|16,748 magnet students out of 58,831 students
|Student Ethnicity
|69% Hispanic
18% African-American
8% White
5% Asian
|Student Ethnicity
(grades K-5)
|65% Hispanic
30% African-American
4% White
2% Asian
|Special Education
|Special Education
|Free or Reduced-price Lunch
|Free or Reduced-price Lunch
|English Language Learners
|English Language Learners
a All data self-reported by school or district for school year 2006-07.
b From National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data for the school year 2005-06, http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch
c Magnet Schools Assistance program
"If you can dream it, you can build it. Everything is engineered—from the ink we're using to the chairs we sit in," says Terri Clemmons, the magnet coordinator and assistant principal at Raymond Academy for Engineering. This perspective drives the school's entire curriculum, as teachers use an engineering focus to prepare each student for college and beyond.
The theme is evident in every classroom. A first-grade teacher uses a classic children's story to explore construction and civil engineering. "All of a sudden, The Three Little Pigs takes on a whole new meaning," says the teacher, whose students use Legos to learn the basics of creating a "wolf-proof" structure. During the mechanical engineering unit, students study simple machines and the relationship between force and motion through increasingly complex projects. For example, all students learn to create simple roller coasters, then in third and fourth grade are challenged to meet tougher requirements, such as adding hills and loops for their roller coasters.
Raymond Academy is rated an "Exemplary School" by the Texas Education Agency, an impressive achievement given the number of economically disadvantaged students enrolled. Increasing each year, student achievement now surpasses district and state performance levels. In most grades and subjects, more than 98 percent of the school's students pass the statewide assessments.
Founding and Early Challenges
Like many other magnet schools, the push to open Raymond Academy came from court-ordered desegregation efforts. The immediate purpose was to increase the number of African-American students in the then predominately Hispanic school. Today, the elementary school more accurately mirrors its district's demographics.
Even before Raymond Academy opened as a magnet, Houston families wanted their children to acquire skills marketable in the area's oil and gas industries. The school's engineering theme serves that purpose, providing an integrated curriculum centered on applied science, mathematics, and technology. To staff the school, district leaders employed all their science specialists and brought in outside consultants, including a Rice University professor who had implemented a science-themed school for a neighboring district.
One early challenge was transforming an old building into classrooms and laboratories appropriate to an engineering-focused facility. This required exploring different technology and lab activity. Raising funds was another major hurdle. Yet another obvious challenge was preparing the school's teachers, trained in elementary education, to become engineering specialists capable of developing and implementing a strong mathematics and science curriculum. The staff embraced this challenge, particularly by taking advantage of district-led professional development and Saturday workshops hosted by the University of Texas.
Support from Aldine Independent School District was key. District leaders had done their research and realized that an elementary school with an engineering theme would stand a better chance of thriving if it were part of a complete K-12 vertical strand. They began implementing a vertical engineering strand by gathering teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools together at the central office for discussions. Creating this continuity ensured that Raymond students would be able to follow their chosen course of study through high school within the Aldine system. It also has provided a collaborative network of district educators who support each other on theme-specific issues.
Implementing a Successful Program
Teachers implement the engineering theme primarily through project- and problem-based instruction. Students are encouraged to explain their process for coming up with a solution rather than simply computing an answer. This strong emphasis on critical thinking and communicating the process is tied to four areas: imagination, creativity, design, and supposition—asking "what if."
In a third-grade lab, students work in groups designing a bridge from cardboard and string to create a structure that will hold a number of golf balls. At the end of class, each team presents its design to the class and answers questions such as, "Why did you choose this design?" and "What are its particular strengths?" The ultimate assessment begins when students test the strength of their bridges by loading on golf balls.
Raymond Academy teachers strive to value each student's contributions and to help them see the possibilities in becoming successful engineers. During Black History month, for example, in a set of lessons about famous African-Americans and inventors, the teachers focus not only on original inventors but also challenge students to document people who later added value to the inventions. For example, African-American Alexander Miles did not invent the first elevator, but he did patent an electric elevator in 1887. His contribution was to create an automatic mechanism that closed access to the shaft so that people would not have to remember to close the door manually. His improvement resulted in fewer accidental falls down elevator shafts. Raymond Academy teachers use this and other examples to demonstrate how engineers are constantly applying critical thinking skills and engineering expertise to improve original designs.
Cooperative learning techniques encourage students to work together and go beyond the textbook. The lab facilitator starts the year being very direct with students about each of their roles and taking turns: "Person number one is going to record the results, person number two is going to pour the liquid into the beaker," and so on. As the year progresses, students assume different roles in the lesson. With constant reinforcement and opportunities to practice good group work, students are internalizing habits of collaboration.
Ongoing professional development, both on and off campus, has been key to Raymond's success. One program called Balanced Literacy guides teachers in individualizing instruction through observing how each student behaves as a learner. Teachers plan and participate in summer science academies, practicing lab activities before integrating them into their curriculum. At Rice University and elsewhere, teachers gain hands-on approaches for teaching higher-level problem solving, algebraic thinking, and analytical reasoning. Raymond uses a "teach the teachers" approach in which attendees come back to share learning with the rest of the faculty. Teachers then collaboratively work to plan engineering-related lessons based on what they have learned, aligning those lessons with national, state, and local standards.
Staff meetings take place frequently under principal Linda Miller's leadership. A shared leadership model permeates the school culture and helps peers hold each other accountable. Learning specialists meet once a week, and grade-level teams have at least 50 minutes of common planning time daily. In addition, the faculty (80-90 staff members in all) gathers every other Thursday. Each grade-level team builds on its list of needs throughout the year, and a leadership committee meets regularly to determine how to fund what the teachers need. Continuing to align lab activities and classroom science instruction to state standards, faculty members say, is the key to maintaining the engineering theme.
Establishing Systems for Sustainability
Principal Miller has created systems and provided support that encourage all teachers to be data driven. She works closely with the school's magnet coordinator and specialists to get data into teachers' hands in a timely manner. The district has helped by providing an online curriculum and data management system. The school does provide remedial support, but teachers also look for areas of weakness in teaching, then work to improve instruction through professional development and coaching from their team.
As a result of a district partnership grant, Raymond's after-school hallways are buzzing with activity. For example, AmeriCorps volunteers lead students through a science experiment, dance classes start in the cafeteria, and tutoring takes place in several classrooms. Students in the after-school program also can work with local architects and volunteers from NASA.
Both teachers and parents say they experience a real sense of family at Raymond. During at least two family nights per month, teachers conduct engineering lessons for parents and students to use at home. Parents also can take courses on English as a second language through Raymond Academy's after-school program. Parents receive progress reports from each teacher every three weeks, and they have access to ParentCONECT, which provides online access to lesson summaries and homework throughout the district.
To date, the school has shown tremendous student achievement results and has closed the achievement gap. "There is no reason our kids can't leave here performing three or four grade levels above [their current levels]," principal Miller says.
Sustaining Success at Raymond Academy for Engineering: Milestones
Raymond Academy was carefully designed to meet desegregation goals. The theme was chosen based on community feedback and developed as part of a districtwide K-12 vertical strand for engineering. Raymond has sustained its success by "homegrowing" leaders, continually refining its curriculum, and integrating technology in the classroom.


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Kenzie Kornegay, 14, has started her final push to add precious pounds to her pig "Romeo" for the annual Junior Livestock Auction coming up in August at the Ukiah fairgrounds.
"We have him on a finishing supplement right now," Kenzie said, explaining that the breeder from whom she bought the pig recommended it for adding weight in the last few weeks before auction.
And since bidders pay by the pound up to a point, any more weight Romeo puts on means more money Kenzie can put away for college.
"Since I was little, I was saying I wanted to be a veterinarian, but at this point, I'm not really sure yet," Kenzie said of her still-developing career plans. Whatever the future holds, she knows she wants to attend University of California, Davis.
While it's hard to say what price the pig will fetch at auction, Kenzie knows she will pay back her parents for the $350 they spent buying him and keep whatever is left.
"This is my first market hog," Kenzie said, adding that she raised guinea pigs for each of her prior three years in the Ukiah Shamrock 4-H.
Raising Romeo has meant twice-daily visits to her grandparents' land south of Ukiah, where he is kept, for feeding, bathing, exercising and occasionally medicating the hog. It's a contrast for Kenzie to raising small animals at her Ukiah home.
"There's a lot of responsibility with a market animal," Kenzie said. "You have to walk the animals every day, and you have to make sure they have fresh water and feed them twice a day ... you have to make sure they're getting all the supplements and vitamins they need, and you worm them every so-often."
That involves giving the pig a dewormer, she said, "because he lives on dirt, and there can be bugs in the dirt, and he can ingest them because he likes to dig around."
Between the cost of the pig, the 50-pound bags of feed, the supplements and the medication, it costs between $500 and $600 to raise the pig, estimated Kenzie's mother, Dana Kornegay.
Fortunately, there's help available for 4-H members, she added.
"The nice thing is that the feed stores have an interest-free charge account," Dana Kornegay said. American Ag Credit also offers loans so the children can buy their animals, she said.
Kenzie was inspired to raise a pig after watching her friend do it and sitting in the pen with her through all the events at the fair last year. She decided this year was time to move to a larger animal.
"It's pretty fun; it's a lot of work, to be out here every day," Kenzie said.
She wants to bring another hog to the Junior Livestock Auction next year, a wise financial move, according to her mother.
"(With) cattle, you don't make a lot of money," Dana Kornegay said. "They're expensive to buy, and ... the cattle you can keep up to two years. These guys, we keep 10 (or) eight months."
Kenzie will show Romeo at the fair competitively, which isn't only about his body structure and muscle tone. It also means daily baths and regular grooming in the last few weeks before the fair so he's ready to go before bidders.
"I bathe him every day now until fair to get that extra layer of dirt off of him, because he had a mud hole all this year to lay in, so he gets pretty dirty," Kenzie said. "We've got to clip him with the shears, too."
Returning and first-time buyers are invited to a bidders' luncheon at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds Aug. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, to be followed by the auction at 12:15 p.m.
Tiffany Revelle can be reached at email@example.com, on Twitter @TiffanyRevelle or at 468-3523.


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A captivating voice, a fiery piano, a gentle acoustic guitar wandering into an expressionist cabaret, melodies, melodies and more melodies, words, emotion and magic: welcome to the unique world of Lonely Drifter Karen.
Lonely Drifter Karen revolves around Tanja Frinta. Having been bewitched by the musicals she went to see as a child in the theatres and cinemas of her native Vienna, Tanja started writing her own songs after listening to a lot of folk, German cabaret music and punk rock.
She was playing and singing in an all-girl indie pop band when, aged twenty, she packed her suitcase and left for Sweden, before ultimately moving on to Barcelona. It's there she met the other two people who became part of the band: Mallorca-born pianist Marc Meliá Sobrevias (who is responsible for many of the album's lovely arrangements) and Italian drummer Giorgio Menossi.
Tanja sings, plays the guitar, writes these wonderful melodies and these lyrics full of evocative imagery and incisive twists-and-turns: feet become yo-yos, a mad inventor falls in love with a circus clown, girls turn into elephants, angels sigh while ladies resist ice-cream, a woman and a man get choked and, yes, the grass does sometimes sing…
"Riding a bicycle is one of my favorite moments to sing a song: walking is good too, and so is washing dishes. I like northern and southern countries. I grew up right in the middle – in Austria – where life tends to be too comfortable sometimes. More extreme climates produce crazier populations and fighting spirit: besides, I love orange trees in the winter and a never-setting sun in the summer."
"I started Lonely Drifter Karen on my own, after leaving my home and my former band in Vienna and moving to Gothenburg, Sweden. It was a step into independence, magical wings I never thought I had until I gave them a try. After being single for 3 years I fell in love again, with pianist Marc Melià Sobrevias and drummer Giorgio Menossi. Barcelona was the scene of our romance, the album "Grass is Singing" the result. Marc's a fanatic inventor and makes sure that the songs are glowing to their fullest potential. Giorgio Menossi is playing "Keep cool, boy" on his drums and usually has a big smile on his face."
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Dr. Robert Glennon, author of the book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It," will speak at Hope College on Monday, March 8, at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The presentation has been scheduled as a follow-up to the college's fall 2009 Critical Issues Symposium, which featured a variety of experts in addressing "At Water's Edge: Complacency, Thirst, Action."
"Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It," was published by Island Press in April, 2009. Since then, Glennon has been a guest on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The Diane Rehm Show," C-SPAN2's "Book TV," and National Public Radio shows in New York City, Chicago and Phoenix; he's also published pieces in the "Washington Post" and the "Arizona Republic." In 2009, his active speaking schedule included presentations in Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Canada, and 17 U.S. states.
Glennon is also the author of the book "Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters" (Island Press, 2002), which received accolades from "Scientific American," "The Washington Post" and "The New York Review of Books."
Glennon is the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. A recipient of two National Science Foundation grants, he serves as Water Policy Advisor to Pima County, Ariz.; as a member of American Rivers' Science and Technical Advisory Committee; and as a commentator and analyst for various television and radio programs. He is also a Huffington Post blogger.
He received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from Brandeis University. He is also a member of the bars of Arizona and Massachusetts.
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Watch out Big Tobacco and Big Pharma! There is a new lobby in the house of special interest and her name is BigMary!
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by Mary Beth de Ondarza
The author has a dairy nutrition consulting business, Paradox Nutrition, LLC, in West Chazy, N.Y.
A crucial goal for dairy nutritionists is to provide as much energy as possible for maximum milk production while maintaining the health of the cow. A key issue in high-producing cows is subclinical acidosis which is primarily caused by excessive starch and inadequate long fiber in the diet.
To avoid this, feed high-cow rations of 21 to 27 percent starch and 4 to 6 percent sugar.
Scientists have found that rumen pH can vary from about 7.0 (neutral) to less than 5.0 (acidic). Subclinical acidosis occurs when the pH of the cow's rumen drops below 5.8. This can limit milk production due to reductions in fiber digestion, microbial protein production, and energy production.
For optimum rumen health, it is generally recommended that high-cow rations contain 21 to 27 percent starch and 4 to 6 percent sugar. Rumen microbes ferment starches and sugars to form volatile fatty acids (VFA), with propionate being a significant end product. Excessive accumulation of propionate in the rumen reduces pH and encourages the growth of lactate-producing microbes.
As lactate, a stronger acid than propionate, accumulates in the rumen, it further reduces pH. At equivalent levels of total dietary starch and sugar, however, one ration containing a large amount of fast-fermenting starches such as barley, high-moisture corn, or bakery product may cause acidosis, whereas a ration containing a more slowly degradable starch like dry ground corn may not.
Without adequate effective fiber and saliva production, the risk of rumen acidosis rises. Cows need to ruminate about 8 hours per day. To ensure good rumination, at least 15 percent of the particles in the diet should exceed 1.5 inches in length.
Feeding management and cow comfort will, in part, determine how much starch and sugar can be fed. If a total mixed ration (TMR) is fed rather than feeding components individually, higher levels of starch and sugar can be included. Subclinical acidosis issues can result if cows are sorting out the grain before consuming forage. Anything that reduces feed access time can result in more subclinical acidosis.
Monitoring pH changes
In the past, researchers often measured rumen pH in fistulated cows a few times per day and then averaged those measurements to compare average daily rumen pH between different treatments. But, just taking the average of a few rumen pH measurements tells us very little about what is really going on in the rumen.
Nutritionists have known for a long time that the pH of the rumen fluctuates throughout the day. It was hard to measure this variation until the last decade when scientists began to use indwelling pH sensors placed in rumen-fistulated cows. These devices can be left for many days in the rumen and automatically record rumen pH every minute and store the data.
This technology has allowed researchers to look at the effect of diet, feeding behavior, and feed additives in rumen pH variation. Instead of focusing on average rumen pH, the goal is to reduce the number of minutes per day when the rumen pH is below 5.8.
Changes in feeding order, starch availability, fiber length, and cow comfort can all affect the number of minutes per day when rumen pH is low. Cows that are fed a TMR in group situations may have a different eating pattern than cows in tie stalls due to overcrowding or holding area time. Both factors likely affect rumen pH. Differences associated with housing type may be important factors for commercial dairies when evaluating feed additives that are intended to impact within-day rumen pH.
At low rumen pH, the rumen microbes must spend valuable energy to get rid of the excessive amount of hydrogen ions coming into them. This is energy which would otherwise be available for microbial growth. Certain bacteria have more problems with rumen acidity than others. The fiber digesters are particularly sensitive.
In the 1980s, Canadian researchers reported that production of VFAs dropped from 80 to 50 mmoles per day when pH in an artificial rumen was reduced from 7 to 5. That is a 37.5 percent reduction in energy produced for the cow by the rumen microbes.
Researchers in Spain repeatedly monitored rumen pH in a study with loose-housed dairy cows. They found that, when they added a specific live yeast to the diet, it reduced the amount of time during the day when rumen pH was less than 6.0 from 9.5 hours per day to 4.1 hours per day.
More recently, researchers in Spain looked at the significance of the total pH drop. Using artificial rumen fermenters, they reduced the pH to either 5.1 or 5.6 for 4 hours per day. At 5.1, fiber digestibility fell. But, at 5.6, there was no significant problem.
So, if we can find ways to reduce the hours of low pH from, for example, 6 hours per day to 2 hours per day, we might boost energy production in the rumen.
On-farm assessment
We now have the tools to assess rumen pH on commercial dairies in nonfistulated cows. A New Zealand company (Kahne Limited, Auckland, NZ) manufactures wireless rumen sensors to assess rumen pH, temperature, and pressure. The rumen sensors are placed into the cow's rumen using a large, customized balling gun. Measurements are then taken.
The data is retrieved from the cow every few weeks. To do this, the rumen sensor is first activated by passing a wand along the cow's side. Then, the data from the rumen sensor is received via a field receiver which is connected by a cable to a computer. With this data from the cow, mean daily pH, minimum daily pH, maximum daily pH, daily pH range, duration of day with pH less than 5.8 (minutes per day), and area with pH less than 5.8 (pH x minutes per day) can all be determined.
It is eye-opening to the fairly major swings high-producing cows can have in rumen pH during the day. These cows can often be making a lot of milk with a decent fat test and have no signs of laminitis. But, small changes in the diet such as moderating the speed of starch fermentation, reducing TMR sorting, or using additives to control pH, can create a better rumen environment for more hours of the day.
This article appears on page 617 of the September 25, 2011 issue of Hoard's Dairyman.


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I'm moving to a condo and won't have bees again (although I love them!). I have a custom made top bar hive with about 30 bars, all drawn out with comb (which you can keep, melt down, or toss). I have a ton of honey if you want it. You can have my bee suit, deerskin gloves, hive tools, smoker, etc.
I also have a single box from a langstroth hive, never used. Bottom board, copper roof.
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Pannonhalma Abbey was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 1996. Given it's charter as a monastery in 1002 by Hungary's own St. Stephen, it was damaged during the Turkish occupation, so much of the current building dates from the 19th century. Today, around forty monks were living on the premises. For some reason, I had always thought a monastery had monks and an abbey had nuns, but I was wrong. An abbey was a monastery with enough monks to qualify for electing an abbot. In Hungary, that number was twelve. However, they were reluctant to demote abbeys when membership declined, so there are still buildings like Tihany Abby that are called abbeys, even with fewer monks
Today, when they weren't praying or reading the Bible, the monks ran two boarding schools. One was on the abbey grounds, and the second was in the nearby city of Győr. There was also a retirement home for elderly clergy and a winery on the grounds. The intro video didn't mention the winery, and I don't know how involved with it the monks actually were.
I ended up with a semi-private tour of the building. There was only one other family on the English-speaking tour. It was a welcome change after the super-sized English groups for the Parliament and Opera House. The biggest groups seemed to be the Hungarian and the German tours. My guidebook said there were three English tours a day, but that turned out to be inaccurate. When I showed up, the receptionist made a few calls and added an English tour at 11:40. Only the Hungarian and German tours seemed to have regular schedules.
The tour was good. We didn't see much of the cloisters, because it was an operating monastery, but we did see the church and library. The lower section of the church was actually the only part of the old late-Romanesque/early-Gothic church, which in turn had been built on the spot of earlier churches
The tour finished in a museum with a small, temporary exhibition. Today's exhibit was on books. Specifically, it was on medieval book making and Bibles. There were recipes for parchment and ink, as well as descriptions of the jobs of scribes and illuminators.
Parchment books tended to be expensive relative to later paper books as it could take an entire flock of sheep to make a full Bible. Because of this, and probably because writing was surprisingly onerous with scribes not being able to rest their hands on the pages for reasons unmentioned, maybe so the oils from their hands didn't stain the parchment, medieval texts used a method of shorthand that would make them difficult to understand today. The cost of books also lead to a reuse of pages from older works to bind new versions. Modern scholars can sometimes use these bindings to reassemble parts of the originals.
One placard had a blurb about how readers shifted in the 11th century from primarily reading just the Bible or other large works for an extended period of time to studying several books in rapid succession, or even reading small sections of several pieces in parallel. It made me think of how modern commentators bemoan the internet for shortening our attention spans and the perils of multitasking. I could envision elderly monks in the 11th century sitting around the dining hall saying the same thing about the new fangled habit of reading more than one book in a decade.
On a nearby peak of the same hill as the abbey was something called the Millennium Monument. A small, domed, single-room in the Neo-Classical style, it was erected in 1896 to mark 1000 years since Magyar (what the Hungarian's call themselves) tribes settled in the region. From photos inside the monument, it seemed to have been one of several erected at the time. Also inside was a colorful modern mural. The mural was a work in progress judging by semi-painted sections above the entry.
After the abbey, it was back to town and time to explore Győr. Győr had a mid-sized old town with a few churches and an enormous city hall. The city hall was impressive, and the rest of the area wasn't bad, but I've become a little jaded about old towns at this point. You'll know it's something special when I rave about an old town in future entries.


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i'll go with the guy who won the nfl mvp that year.
LT was the star of the defense but he really wasn't the leader or captain of the defense. That would be Carson. Simms was def the leader of the offense.
But like was said above, it was Parcells team..
LT.. the greatest defensive player of all time
Without a doubt it was Phil Simms's team. LT was GREAT, but Phil Simms was the true all out leader of the team. The Defense of the 86 Giants was one of the best defense's the Giants ever had. Pepper Johnson - Carl Banks Leonard Marshall wer all GREAT PLAYERS. The Offense besides Bavaro and Morris were to put it bluntly wasn't stellar, especially the Wide Outs at that time. Phil elevated that offense and made the Wide Outs look good.
when you watch Simms in the superbowl you see who's team it is. That said LT was a major piece on Defense.


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See ancient history come to life in Rome
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Depending on which trip you're on while in Italy, you may find yourself travelling by:
Fields of grass scattered with wildflowers, quaint buildings and cobblestone lanes… cycling through the countryside of Italy is a great way to get around.
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Australia: No - Not required
Belgium: No - Not required
Canada: No - Not required
Germany: No - Not required
Ireland: No - Not required
Netherlands: No - Not required
New Zealand: No - Not required
South Africa: Yes - in advance
Switzerland: No - Not required
UK: No - Not required
USA: No - Not required
Tipping isn't customary in Italy; however, if restaurant service is particularly good or if you're feeling generous, a tip would be welcomed by most. Some restaurants charge a 'cover charge' which will be added to your bill.
Internet access is good in Italy and internet cafes are easily found in most cities and major towns.
Mobile phone coverage is generally very good in Italy. Ensure global roaming is activated before you arrive.
Western-style, flushable toilets are the standard in Italy. Expect to pay a small fee when using public toilets in some parts of Italy.
Cup of coffee = 2 Euro (less if you forego the table and stand up)
A glass of beer = 5 Euro
Bottle of wine in a restaurant = 16 Euro
Small gelato cone = 3 Euro
Drinking water from taps in Italy is considered safe. For environmental reasons, try to use a refillable water bottle rather than buying bottled water.
Major credit cards are widely accepted by stores in Italy. Smaller cafes and shops may not accept credit cards, so ensure you carry enough cash to cover small purchases.
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7. Shop for locally made products. Supporting local artisans helps keep traditional crafts alive.


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I agree - blue and white quilts are one of my favorite 2 color quilts
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I agree - blue and white quilts are one of my favorite 2 color quilts
Very pretty quilt..
Very pretty quilt! I love blue and white together.
Luv Quilts and Cats
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I love blue/white quilts and yours is indeed very nice.
Very pretty !
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Words and hearts should be handled with care-for words when spoken and hearts when broken are the hardest things to repair. Author unknown to me
Do what you feel in your heart to be right; for you'll be criticized anyway-Eleanor Roosevelt
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I'm rooting for the Ravens.
OVerall I find them less objectionable that the 49ers.
The Ravens have been good for years and things have finally fallen into place for them. I don't buy into the whole media rewrite of Lewis' history but whatever...the media always gives great athletes a free pass, certainly LT got more than his share.
The Niners are another story. 2 years away from complete irrelevance that lasted over a decade and they act like they've built themselves up from nothing with all odds against them as opposed to the reality of they should have been good years ago had they not effed it up so badly. Further, their fans are laughably unknowledgeable......many, many cases of small man overcompensating going on with that team starting with the coach and continuing through most of their fans.


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You give $1000 for a gun, and the factory tells you to start buying replacement parts for it after shooting 6 boxes of ammo?
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Congratulations to the U15 Nike Boys and the U13 Nike Boys from Virginia Rush on their success this weekend at the 2013 Jefferson Cup!
U15 Nike Boys- Champions
The Virginia Rush U15 Nike boys were victorious in this years Jefferson Cup! After three hard-fought bracket games, the team came out with a record of 2 wins and 1 tie, which earned them 1st place in their bracket.
A formidable opponent awaited them in the finals, Force FC. This team from Michigan gave them the best match of the tournament, with back and forth action for 80 minutes. Force scored with about 1 minute remaining in regulation, but thanks to the defensive line holding its shape 2 of their players were off sides. During the first overtime period, a corner kick produced the winning goal.
The whole team played great and they deserved this victory and championship! Congratulations U15 Nike Boys!
U13 Nike Boys- Finalists
The Virginia Rush U13B Nike rolled into Richmond for the Jefferson Cup following a spring debut at the Northeast Pre-Academy Showcase. Having practiced most of the winter, the boys were well prepared for this year's Tournament and their first test would be against Cincinnati Soccer Alliance Elite. Opening the tournament with authority, Rush came out on top with a 6-2 victory. A total of five different players tallied goals.
With the sun coming out and fields drying, Rush next took the pitch against Yardley Makefield Fusion. YMS had a solid start to the game and set the Rush back 2-1 at half time. The Rush rallied and returned to the field with 2 unanswered goals followed by a somersault celebration in the corner! Rush finished the game with another victory, 3-2.
Although victorious in both Saturday matches, Nike was a point behind the bracket leader and next opponent, Piedmont Triad FC, but guaranteed a fourth game for the weekend. Piedmont came into the match unscored upon and Nike was do or die. An intense back and forth match, Rush found the back of the net on a first time volley in the first half to take the lead 1-0. The second half continued to pick up intensity with each team having excellent opportunities and showing excellent defense. Rush stayed composed and held their lead advancing to the finals to meet Century United of Pittsburgh.
Century had worked its way through its bracket and the final was sure to be a hard fought match. Working to overcome injuries to several players, Nike got caught early and went down 0-2 by half time. Showing a resurgence and never give up attitude, Nike tallied it's first goal and continued to provide tremendous pressure on the Century defense. With time running out Century captured the last goal of the match leaving Nike as a finalist in a well-played match. Over all, Nike had an excellent weekend the Century Coach complimented the boys stating, "I saw you guys play at the Pre-Academy Showcase and was impressed, you are the kind of team we come to these events to play. You play soccer the right way and that is a testimony to the caliber of club Virginia Rush is." Congratulations U13 Nike Boys!


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- "The teachers were of course forbidden from mentioning the interview by Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six, but they found ways to express their feelings about it all the same. Professor Sprout awarded Gryffindor twenty points when Harry passed her a watering can; a beaming Professor Flitwick pressed a box of squeaking sugar mice on him at the end of Charms, said, 'Shh!' and hurried away; and Professor Trelawney broke into hysterical sobs during Divination and announced to the startled class, and a very disapproving Umbridge, that Harry was not going to suffer an early death after all, but would live to a ripe old age, become Minister for Magic and have twelve children."
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Sugar mice are a sugary candy shaped like a mouse and enchanted to squeak and move. When Harry Potter stuck to his story about the return of Voldemort, Professor Flitwick rewarded him with a box of this candy.


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Feb 22, 2013 at 3:52 pm #1299601
I beginning to toy with the idea of sewing up a cold weather down bag, I think I understand the construction of just about everything except how to end the baffles. What I mean by that is that I understand how to attach the baffles to the inner and outer fabric, but where I'm stuck is how do you then attach that to the right and left sides?
I've searched through a number of threads here and on other sites and haven't found any explanation of this part. Pictures would be an incredible help.
Also, I know that most baffles are sewn in, but is it possible to use some sort of adhesive to bond the baffles to the inner/outer fabric? I feel somewhat comfortable in my sewing abilities but this will definitely be the biggest project I've ever undertaken, and anything I can do to make it easier is just fine by me.Feb 22, 2013 at 4:10 pm #1957501
Brendan SwihartBPL Member
@brendansLocale: Fruita CO
Do you mean how to join the ends together? If the seam is on the bottom, it doesnt matter too much because you'll be laying on it; a french seam works fine. If it's on the side, sew the shell from the inside (right sides together), then sew the liner with the edges tucked in (wrong sides together with the edges folded in towards the middle).
Roger's article has some pictures, including a diagram of what I described
I have some other stuff on my blog but don't specifically address what I think you're asking
re: adhesive for baffles, I suppose you could, but it'd probably be more difficult than just sewing it and a lot heavier. They're just big straight lines and if they're not quite straight it doesn't matter. Draw lines and follow 'em.Feb 22, 2013 at 5:10 pm #1957520
I see what your question is. I agree, Roger doesn't really show what he does on ends, although you can see from the first pictures in his article, which is to just sew the front and back together.
I am a novice, but when I did it, the baffles go all the way to the end so they just sort of wrinkle up there and there's actually a gap that the down could theoretically flow between baffles, but in actuality, it doesn't.
I've been experimenting with just doing sewn through baffle, but having the inside fabric spacing an extra 1.5 x the baffle width (actually pi / 2):
Then, at the end, have the liner fabric and extra 0.75 x baffle width longer:
Just fold it over to consume the extra 0.75 x baffle width. Maybe you can see from thos pictures.
Maybe you could do the same thing with conventional baffles to have the loft go all the way to the end.Feb 22, 2013 at 5:14 pm #1957526
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@oroambulantLocale: San Francisco
You don't need to finish off the ends of the baffles – let the down flow, 'cause it won't. It also lets you redistribute the down should you decide you like having more over your chest than your thighs – just sweep the bag with your hand and some down will squeeze through the end gap.
Besides, it gives you a sneaky way to stuff your down with only a single small hole – run a paper tube (think mailer) through all those end-gaps to the furthest chamber. Stuff your measured down into the tube, ramrod it through, and retreat the tube into the next chamber. Repeat 'til complete. Heckuva lot easier than dealing with the entire side of your project open, taping it to the edge of a table, etc…Feb 22, 2013 at 10:27 pm #1957614
Thanks for the links unfortunately Roger's article is in the members only section so I'm unable to view it right now. The Mummy bag you linked to was outstanding.
My question was more or less answered by Jerry and Nathan, but it was more dealing with how do you finish off the edges of the baffles. On your mummy bag did you run the baffles all the way out to make fully separated tubes or are they connected at the end?
Excuse the crudeness of the drawing but here is what I mean. the black and blue represent the inner and outer shell and the purple represents the baffle.
By any chance you wouldn't have any kind of pattern for that mummy bag you built do you? if not, does anyone know where I could find a pattern to get me started? I'd feel more comfortable going into this project with a better idea of how to build complicated bits like the hood if I had some kind of pattern to follow.Feb 23, 2013 at 1:35 am #1957628
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
> Roger's article is in the members only section
That problem is easily solved … :-)
Could even be worth the investment if you are serious about gear and MYOG.
> how do you finish off the edges of the baffles.
I ran the baffles as close to the edges as possible, then closed the edges. The baffle compresses of course – but so what?
Your right hand diagram leaves far too big a gap at the end of the baffle.
CheersFeb 23, 2013 at 5:55 am #1957652
I've certainly considered the membership a number of times, unfortunately now isn't the time. Any BPL membership, or this planned sleeping bag for that matter, are probably a few months away until some other things are paid for.
as for the baffles, I guess I was worried that I needed to keep the full loft of the baffle all the way to the edge or I would end up with a cold spot all along the side of the bag. On the zipper I will have a draft tube to add insulation in this area. But on the non-zip side how do you prevent a lack of insulation where you sew the top and bottom together if both top and bottom baffles have been compressed at the edge?
One other question, I've noticed that a select few manufacturers remove most of the fill from the back side of the sleeping bag and add it to the top. The theory is that when you lie on it you compress the down anyway, so it is more effective if it is on top of you. I do have a Exped Downmat UL7 which I've yet to test in cold conditions but is rated rather well for insulation. Is this practice of putting more fill in the top than the bottom wise?
Thanks Roger and everyone else for your sharing your advice and your experience. I never even considered myog projects until I found the forum,Feb 23, 2013 at 6:43 am #1957664
"Thanks Roger and everyone else for your sharing your advice and your experience. I never even considered myog projects until I found the forum,"
I suggest you not join and quit this MYOG thing immediately before you get hooked : )
The down sort of pushes out the front and back side resulting in the edge where they join actually being pulled in a little so there is a minimal cold spot.
Some down bags have a tube filled with down running along the edge inside the bag to cover the cold spot.Feb 23, 2013 at 7:09 am #1957667
Ryan SmithBPL Member
@violentgreenLocale: Southeast
I think I understand what you are asking. Could you do continuous baffles like WM to avoid the problem? Then each end of your baffles end at the zipper(on opposite sides). There would be no second cold spot this way, only at the zipper which your draft tube would handle. You could also put in a side baffle on the side opposite of the zipper, but probably not necessary unless you're looking at a <0 degree bag.
RyanFeb 23, 2013 at 7:42 am #1957672
I'm afraid it's too late, I've already fallen down that rabbit hole.Feb 23, 2013 at 7:49 am #1957677
I may be biting off more than I can chew here but that temp range is exactly what I'm going for. I have a great down summer bag that should last me a while yet. Where I lack is in my winter gear. I have a forever old Peak One (Coleman's ancient high end brand) synthetic bag. It's heavy and it doesn't compress well, though it is very warm.
I'm looking at trying to make this somewhere in the neighborhood of -10 to -15f.
I've seen some of the bag mfgr's use a v baffle that runs the length of the non-zip side, I'm thinking that may be an option here.Feb 23, 2013 at 8:05 am #1957682
Brendan SwihartBPL Member
@brendansLocale: Fruita CO
It's going to take a LOT of down for a -10 bag. A much easier and cheaper route would be a synthetic overquilt to use with your summer down bag. A quick glance at a FF -10 bag uses 32 oz of fill. That's $$$$$$$$ and complicated things like draft tubes and differential cut start to matter a lot more. A synthetic overquilt will manage moisture better and take a fraction of the time to make. I've used a 2.5 oz climashield apex quilt over a 20* down bag down to -20 F with extra clothes.
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(note to self: I need to paint that roof asap. I know, it shouldn't be plastic, but I can't think of a simply way of making a plywood roof. Everything I can think of involves 'woodwork' (yuck). The entire point of this hive is that its makable by anyone, eg its as close to flatpack as it can get
I've watched the bees today a bit and they seem to have some problems landing smoothly and quite some navigational problems seem to occur as they tried to decide where to land and even how to take off(some impressing kamikaze stunts took place . I don't know if that is because they are learning the place or because its unintuitive for bees to have such an exit. So I better find a way of modifying this unobtrusivly I think.
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