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Is anyone running Cooper Zeon RS3-A tires on their Z4?
I run them on my z3 . Really like them. Time will tell how they wear.
dcocke are they quite ? what were you running before? do you like the zeon better?
I do not think they are loud at all. My z is 2000 and had the original michelin tires and due to yrs., not miles were showing cracks.
I put on the Coopers because I have used them for years replacing my other vehicles original tires with coopers and they are lasting longer than orginal michelins.(Accord and Tacoma). Again, they do not have many miles on the z yet, so time will tell with wear issue. Price was right!
Z4 with Cooper tires
I just put a set on my 2007 3.0si roadster. I only have 1500 miles on them, but like them a lot. They are so much quieter, smoother, and better handling than the runflat tires that were on the car. Paid $490 out the door about 2 months ago.
Thanks formthe replies, I am going to purchase the zeon rs3-a in a couple of weeks I'll post comments later. Copper has a 45 day trial period.
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I stopped by Mavis Tire this afternoon and the manager was highly recommending this tire. He showed me the unusal tread design.
My 2007 3.0si came with 2 of these, nearly new, and 2 old bridgestones. I bought 2 more to replace the Bridgestones. So far I love them, but only had the car since early February and haven't driven it on anything else to really compare.
Good to hear....thanks for the feedback
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Mount Shasta Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Clear Creek Date Climbed: July 23, 2005
|A full day's work in the Clear Creek drainage:
After emerging from The Avenue under a full moon, I followed snow up to 12000' and proceeded up a miserable slog over loose talus until 14000'. After smugly crossing the snowfield in joining up with the AG route, I scrambled up the summit pinnacle to the right of the main trail. People, this was easily the most fun part of the trip, why would you rather walk up worn out switchbacks? Strict adherence to the path easily followed is a paradoxical approach to what is supposed to be an adventurous sport. I find it a little sad that everyone automatically takes the AG dog route, not that CC is any harder...
The summit was packed of course. I talked to a nice guy for a while and then beat it down to my own world back on CC. I enjoyed 4000' of glissading down to The Avenue, where I saw my own footprints from the way up. Imagine, solitude on Mt. Shasta...take that all you AGer's!
Think outside the book.
|Posted Jul 30, 2005 9:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Bunny Flat/Horse Camp Date Climbed: June 17, 2005
|Gave it a try, despite the GIANT wet snowstorm that never let up. Tried to wait it out, but no one summitted this weekend. Despite this the mountain was beautiful and I won't ever forget this magical place.
|Posted Jul 27, 2005 9:36 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: July 23, 2005
|Beautiful climb under a full moon- no headlamps needed! My son's first camping trip as well (7 months old- didn't summit!)
|Posted Jul 27, 2005 7:23 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: 24 July 2005
|Snow down to 8500ft. Made it quickly to Horse Camp but the going was slow after that up to Helen Lake. Nice camp spot on rocks. 4am apline start the next day with perfect conditions. Snow all though the Red Banks but Misery Hill was clear. A few snow patches along the ridge 'til the summit, but no crampons or axe were needed after Red Banks. Bitter cold wind the entire day, especially up high, but clear skies. 2500ft of exhilirating glissading back to Lake Helen where we packed out and slid down another drainage until the snow ran out. Truly an amazing experience.
|Posted Jul 27, 2005 2:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: July 24 2005
|Topped out at 12,663 ft (just above Red Banks)
Beautifull weather, Gorgeous view, fantastic (almost) full moon.
Trained in May for a climb in June that was postponed 'till July. Worked 9 shifts in 7 days leading up to this trip. My preparations need some work. I could have used a bit more time to get some sleep beforehand.
|Posted Jul 26, 2005 8:50 pm
|The Defiant One
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: July 24, 2005
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2005
|While driving home from oregon with my girlfriend, we decided to climb mt shasta. we slept 6 hours at some cheap motel in Weed until 11PM. By 1230AM, we were at Bunny flat with no crampons or gloves (this was an impulse climb). With just camelbacks and ice axes, we summited 6.5 hours later. a wonderful trip. i'll have to hook up with some SPers for Casaval in the winter.
|Posted Jul 26, 2005 1:27 am
|Route Climbed: Hotlum Bolum Ridge Date Climbed: July 18, 2005
|The sky was clear and the view was vast. Stuck my finger in one of the fumaroles which resulted in what only can be described for lack of a better term as fart fingers. Smelled like that all day and into the first round of chips and salsa at Shasta City's finest Mexican Restaurant. (Must be the frosty mugs)
In the Banos, I washed my hands of Shasta for this year with designs on the better-looking, more alpine Hotlum Glacier route.
|Posted Jul 19, 2005 2:52 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: Casaval Ridge (ascent) / Avalanche Gulch (descent) Date Climbed: May 29, 2005
|Climbed with Miguel Forjan in white-out conditions. My glasses froze over and I had to take them off for the last 3000 feet of gain or so--good thing there were no views to miss out on that day!
|Posted Jul 16, 2005 2:08 pm
|Route Climbed: Casaval Date Climbed: July 8-10, 2005
|SP member hashfxn and I climbed Casaval. We started from very bottom of the ridge, and ascended straight up to 13.3k, not noticing the easy variation which we were going for.
We did not summit, but nonetheless completed all of the route.
Very poor snow conditions at all elevations led to incredibly slow progress; large snowshoes might have helped, though they would not have eliminated the problem. A party on the WF mentioned encountering similar snow, forcing them to turn around at 11k. They *did* have snowshoes...
A storm moved in that night, with high winds, snow, and whiteout, though Lake Helen only got drizzle. We descended to 13k for an emergency bivy, since 40mph winds and below freezing temps, combined with a whiteout, were not condusive to reaching Lake Helen. Winds increased as the night went on, and we descended the next day.
Excellent glissading conditions on AG at basically any time of day, except below about 9k where snow was too slushy. Postholing to the waist was the rule, not the exception, so be prepared...
|Posted Jul 12, 2005 2:11 am
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: July 7 2005
|First time on Shasta. Perfect blue sky the whole time, a bit of wind above red banks on summit day. Left Helen at 3:30am and summited by 7:45.
|Posted Jul 11, 2005 2:52 pm
|Route Climbed: Hotlum-Bolam Ridge Date Climbed: July 2003
|Climbed with the U.S. Marines during the Summer Mountain Leaders course. Great trip.
|Posted Jul 10, 2005 7:42 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 23, 2005
|Summitted on what they tell me was the best weather day all year. Clear skies and no wind except on the plateau below the summit. Only problem was it was too nice (warm) and the snow was a little too soft. Post holed some on the way up, and post holed the whole way down. Glissading was not easy. On the upside you never had to worry about going to fast! Very few people on the mountain on a Thursday made it all very pleasant.
|Posted Jul 7, 2005 10:15 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: July 4th, 2005
|Group of six of us made summit on the 4th. Beautiful day; conditions were just about perfect up there with little to no wind. Awesome uninterrupted 2500+ ft glissade from the Red Banks all the way into camp at Lake Helen.
|Posted Jul 6, 2005 3:20 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 25, 2005
|Climbed with nebben. Misery Hill appropriately named. Experience at summit most enjoyable since the wind was light and variable (an exception, I am told). Clouds during final hour of descent brought the vis down to 100'-200'. A climb I will never forget.
|Posted Jul 2, 2005 10:04 pm
|Route Climbed: Casaval Ridge Date Climbed: June 27, 2005
|Did some skiing. Great conditions still. Snow starts at about 1/4 mile from bunny flat.
|Posted Jul 1, 2005 11:16 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 28, 2005
|Good conditions, although it was very windy and cold on top.
|Posted Jun 29, 2005 4:47 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 25.05
|Perfect weather, perfect snow, but the beef jerky I brought nearly made my entire bowels erupt. We felt virtually no wind at the top, which was so damn cool. On the way down, we encountered thunder and deteriorating weather (graupel) just past the Red Banks. I walked/slid on foot with ski poles all the way to the parking lot. I've never been so exhausted after a climb like this before. Bunny Flats - summit - Bunny Flats ~ 13.5 hours.
Thanks to Misadventures for keeping the beer cold and the great food at base camp hot.
|Posted Jun 29, 2005 1:50 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 26, 2005
|1st attempt at this altitude and it was definitely a workout for me, the novice. SMG guided us and our whole gang (all 6 of us) were led up from 50-50 at 3:45 am to the summit at about 10:30am. Not bad for a bunch of hackers. SMG ROCKS! Excellent services and well trained guides. Beautiful day, awesome summit, and great people.
|Posted Jun 27, 2005 6:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June 11 2005
|Second attempt; glad to have it done! Snowed in the early evening at Helen Lake on the 10th, then cleared up for and icy night. Left camp at 6am; reached the summit at 11:45. Great snow for cramponing. The summit was clear until mid afternoon. Awesome glissade from the Banks to Helen!
|Posted Jun 26, 2005 8:25 pm
|Route Climbed: Avalanche Gulch Date Climbed: June, 2003
|Absolutely perfect snow and weather conditions. Longest glissade of my life. Great climb!
|Posted Jun 22, 2005 1:35 pm


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For a May day, it is untypically drab and chilly here today. May is my favourite time of year in these parts, and is usually so full of warm sunshine, fragrant breezes and refreshing rainshowers, all of which were in glorious evidence this past weekend, just not today. This is our fourth spring season in Scandinavia…
The image above is another of Giuseppe Arcimboldo's 'composed heads', this time Spring, from one of several series of paintings illustrating the Four Seasons that he executed during the 1560s and '70s. The original Seasons were painted ca. 1563, for the Hapsburg emperor Maximilian, to whom they were formally presented in 1569. Of that set, only Summer and Winter, both currently in Vienna, are known to have survived. The painting above is from a set which found its way to Spain, possibly as a gift from the German Hapsburgs to their Spanish cousins. The next Spring, below, painted in 1572, may have been one of the spoils of the sack of Prague by a force of Swedish mercenaries in 1648. In any case, it was held in Swedish collections until this set's sale, in 1965.
The third Spring, below, with the floral frame, is from a series dated 1573, and is thought to have been part of another Hapsburg gift-set, which resides today in the Louvre. A very similar Spring, not illustrated here, belonged to a quartet of seasons that came into the possession of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, the 'Winter Queen' of Bohemia, and which has remained in a family collection ever since.
Lastly, and in place of a fourth Spring, there is Arcimboldo's similarly flowery Flora, or rather a version of a painting by that name, one of Arcimboldo's last, dating from 1591, which is now thought lost. The authenticity of this version is apparently open to some doubt.
Click on the images to see them greatly enlarged. My source for the present images, and for most of the information above, is the 1980 FMR monograph about Arcimboldo, hence some of the locations and attributions mentioned above may now be wrong.Posted by misteraitch at May 11, 2004 08:49 PM | TrackBack
When I look at these compositions I just can't help being reminded of this one by Francesco Urbini (1536).Posted by: John Hardy on May 12, 2004 07:28 AM
And Parajanov collages - except he would include elaborate frame into composition as well.Posted by: Tatyana on May 13, 2004 11:38 PM
It was a great time with great people.Posted by: sjomka on February 28, 2005 06:18 PM
He know how to deskribe womenPosted by: Yaryna on March 1, 2005 09:20 AM


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Lauren Conrad might be one of Hollywood's most famous faces but it seems that she has been harbouring a secret hobby.
The Hills star and TV personality claims to be addicted to knitting, and has been hard at work creating plenty of scarves for her friends and boyfriend, William Tell, to wear during the autumn-winter 2012 season.
In an interview with People.com, she said: "I make scarves for everybody. It's like a new addiction of mine."
But while she might be enjoying spending her free time knitting and purling away, Lauren admits that her skills are so far fairly limited.
"All I know how to do is make a scarf, but I really enjoy knitting so I can't like give those things away. I keep making people wear them and nobody even really wants them anymore!" she joked.
The up-and-coming fashion designer has long had an interest in the latest styles, having worked on publications such as Teen Vogue, and told the magazine that she was looking forward for winter weather to finally set in so that she can change her wardrobe accordingly.
"I'm excited for the weather to change so I can finally wear some of it [winter wardrobe], because I've gotten some really great boots," Lauren said.
She also went on to give her style tips for winter, signalling that knitwear and wool would be very on-trend.
"It's all about texture this season, so whether it's the big chunky knits or the mixing in of leather pieces", the 26-year-old said she couldn't wait to start layering up her look.
If you're looking for a snug new scarf pattern for winter then why not have a look at this Elise scarlet pattern from Kim Hargreaves?
It uses Rowan's Big Wool and is designed to be a relatively simple project, suitable for a novice knitter.


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Mt. Pleasant Mayor Jerry Lucia to face 1 challenger in primary
Two candidates are seeking the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as mayor of Mt. Pleasant Borough — incumbent Jerry Lucia and former borough Councilman John Rogacki — in the May 21 primary election, according to the unofficial listing of candidates who have filed petitions with the Westmoreland County Election Bureau.
Lucia, 67, has served as the borough's mayor since his election to the post in 1985, and he also served as a borough councilman from 1979 to 1985.
In addition, Lucia has been a volunteer fireman in the borough since 1975 and he has served as chief of the borough fire department since 1990. He is also the borough's emergency management coordinator.
Rogacki, 70, served on council in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also serves as a Democratic committee member in the borough's Third Ward. Rogacki is also an honorary life member of Medic 10.
Lucia, a Scottdale native and a 1964 graduate of Geibel High School, has been a borough resident for 47 years with his wife, Diana. The couple has two children and five grandchildren.
Despite his defeat in his campaign to become a Westmoreland County commissioner in November 2011, Lucia said his desire to make a positive difference in the lives of borough residents compelled him seek election to what would be an eighth consecutive term as mayor.
"When I didn't win a seat on the county's board of commissioners, what eased the blow was that I was still able to participate in serving the people of Mt. Pleasant," Lucia said.
Rogacki is a graduate of Ramsay High School. He also attended Westmoreland County Community College and Penn State Fayette — The Eberly Campus — and he served with the U.S. Naval Sea Bees in southeast Asia.
A lifelong borough resident, Rogacki lives with his wife, Beverly (Heller) Rogacki. The couple has three children and three grandchildren.
Rogacki said Lucia's bid for commissioner, and the possibility that Lucia would have vacated the post of borough mayor if elected to the county position, initially prompted him to mount a campaign to succeed him locally.
"Mt. Pleasant remains a vibrant community with strong institutions, a strong sense of identity and an ethnic diversity and harmony that has always defined us," Rogacki said. "I've come to know our town as well as anyone. My experience speaks for itself. I would be especially proud and grateful if allow ed the honor to serve as mayor."
Lucia — who since 1990 has been employed as manager of Klocek Burial Vault Co. in the borough — plans to pursue a number of objectives if re-elected as mayor, including implementation of a national weather alert system to alert residents of oncoming natural disasters like tornados and flooding.
"My main concern is public safety," Lucia said. "Being the mayor and the fire chief really puts a load on my shoulders to make sure it's done right with the fire and police departments and with my work with the county on many levels as emergency management coordinator."
Other goals Lucia has if re-elected include:
• Enhancement of a trust established to support the Mt. Pleasant Glass Museum
• Backing the Mt. Pleasant Business District Authority in its efforts to attract new businesses to the borough
• Ensuring the positive local impact of the Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival.
Rogacki recently retired from a 30-year career at Amcel Corp. as its director of operations at the former Modulus plant in East Huntingdon and former Super Valu Inc. warehouse in Rostraver.
"My work focused on bringing large and small corporations into those multi-tenant sites," he said. "The industrial sites I've managed have brought hundreds of jobs to the area."
If elected, Rogacki said also plans to dedicate a fair portion of his efforts to attracting new businesses to the borough.
"My experience in private sector brought me in contact with every element there is as far as civic structure goes," Rogacki said. "It gave me a good understanding of communities and businesses and how they interact with local government and how important they are to one another."
Additional goals Rogacki has if elected include:
• Pursuit of funding for borough police, fire and emergency medical services
• Enactment of an "aggressive" response plan to any illegal drug activity
• Establishment of office hours to address concerns and ideas of residents.
No Republican candidates are listed on the unofficial county ballot for borough mayor, which means either Lucia or Rogacki will run unopposed for the post in the November general election.
A.J. Panian is an editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-547-5722 or email@example.com.


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Do you think it will ever get warm again? I was walking to my car this morning and thought to myself, "this isn't so bad!" I looked at my phone's weather app and it said one degree. That is bad! That's bad that I thought that wasn't bad!
Either way, I want it to be nice out. So, to try and lure out the sunshine, I made a super cute spring-y flower garland to decorate the big window in my living room.
I used this pattern with a crazy German name that I found on Ravelry and I used cute colors of yarn that I had on hand. The pink and red are both Vanna's Choice, the white is some leftover fancy yarn that I bought at a specialty store, the purple is Red Heart baby soft yarn, and the green is a Joann-brand boucle yarn.
It worked up super fast - the part that took me the longest was weaving in all the ends for the petals. Otherwise, I really liked how the pattern worked - you use the green first and do all the leaves, flower centers, and stems FIRST. It makes it easy to get it as long as you want (it goes quick!) and then you go back to add in the colors.
I'd love to make more more more - I keep walking around my house and thinking of what windows I can decorate. Basically all of them, really.
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At the company's three-hour annual general meeting in Sydney, Rob Ferguson was elected to the role of chairman after 10 months on the board, after
Ian Martin, who joined the board in 2005, also stood down.
Former Australand managing director
The company also announced yesterday that
A former Wesfarmers executive, Mr Tilbrook was from 2001 to 2005 a director of Bunnings Property Management, the responsible entity of the Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust.
Shareholders also approved several resolutions relating to a 5-for-1 share consolidation plan, which management said would cut share price volatility and allow institutional investors barred from investing in stocks worth less than $1 to buy the stock.
Mr Moss was frank in his address to his final meeting as chair, stating he did not want to take on the role of chairman when he was offered the job last year and he realised criticism would follow. But he took the position at the urging of his colleagues.
The company lost $1.07 billion in calendar 2009 and $3.25 billion the year before.
Mr Moss said the property sector had faced unprecedented challenges in the past 2½ years and acknowledged that shareholders were disappointed in the company's performance.
When questioned about its debt levels, he said even during the global financial crisis the company did not have high debt levels. Rather, it had covenant issues once it reached 40 per cent gearing, due to falling asset values.
He told shareholders that though the capital raisings in recent times had been dilutive, the company was in far better shape than if it had been put into liquidation due to a breach of debt covenants.
"This board was not going to put this company in the hands of its bankers," he said.
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It has slashed gearing to 23.5 per cent at December, with borrowings of $2.2 billion, and has sold $1.1 billion in assets since Mr Cameron was appointed just over one year ago.
The European part of the damaging Babcock & Brown joint venture was exited in August, through an in specie dividend to GPT shareholders, while the 16 United States shopping centres held were sold in December.
The company has a $2.4 billion project pipeline, including the construction of Brisbane's One One One Eagle Street office tower, due for completion next year, and the $470 million Charlestown Square project in the Hunter region.
Mr Cameron said both projects were expected to deliver returns in line with expectations, despite capitalisation rates blowing out by about 150 points since the start of construction.
The company was confident of achieving its targeted 7 per cent first- year yield on the Brisbane office tower, where it was close to executing several leases, he said.
The company will distribute 80 per cent of its realised operating income this year, assuming no changes in material conditions. After this year, it will distribute the greater of 70-80 per cent of its realised operating income and taxable income.
GPT's distribution for 2010 is forecast to be 3¢ per security, prior to the share consolidation.
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I have made up a list of the seven most important muscle groups, ranging from greatest importance to least importance, when it comes to adding size to your upper body.
The first muscle group that comes to a beginner's mind when considering which muscle group will give he or she the well-developed look of a bodybuilder is usually the upper arm and more specifically the biceps. This is probably because when someone asks to see your muscle, most people don't go and flex their beefy deltoids; they flex their biceps.
The idea that adding bulk to your arms will give your entire upper body a major increase in size is a common misconception that many beginners have. The muscles of the upper arm only make up a small part of the upper body, and although a nice set of arms may look good during the summer months, they don't really add much size to the upper body.
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1. The Deltoids
In my opinion, the most important muscle group to adding size to your upper body is the
deltoids. A well-developed pair of deltoids will create the illusion that your upper body is much larger that it really is. The deltoids also help give your upper body a V shape and will give the appearance of broad shoulders.
The deltoids contribute to both the front and back of the upper body and if they are not well developed your entire upper body will suffer. Some exercises that will help to develop the deltoids are dumbbell side laterals and front dumbbell raises.
2. The Chest
The main muscle group of the
chest is the pectorals. A well-developed chest is very important because it will add major size to your inner upper body. In addition, the chest is a very visible part of the upper body.
An exercise that will help to develop the pectorals is the bench press; the bench press works the entire pectorals. Another exercise that will help develop the inner pectorals is the narrow grip bench press.
3. The Trapezius
Developing the
traps is important because they greatly contribute to your back and give you large muscular shoulders. Developing the traps also will thicken your neck and make you look much larger.
The traps will also contribute to the classic V shape that everyone wants their upper body to have. Some exercises that will help to develop the traps are the military press and the standing barbell press.
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4. The Latissimus Dorsi
lats are very important to back development and help give you that classic V shape. A large back will improve your entire upper body and make you look much more muscular. A great exercise that helps to develop the lats is
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5. The Triceps
This may be surprising to many beginners but the
triceps make up more of the upper arm then the biceps do. The triceps are important to develop because they make up 2/3 of the upper arm.
In addition, a well-developed pair of triceps will contribute greatly to chest development since the share many of the same exercises. Some exercises for the triceps are the narrow grip bench press and triceps extensions.
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The Triceps Are Important To Develop Because
They Make Up 2/3 Of The Upper Arm.
6. The Biceps
biceps are one of the smallest muscle groups in the entire body, yet when fully developed they look great and bring attention to your upper arms.
The biceps may not add much size to your body but if well developed, they can pull together a lacking physique and are necessary for any bodybuilder.
7. The Abdominals
abs are like the frosting on a cake, they are nice to look at but really won't increase the size of your upper body much. They are what brings the entire upper body together.
No one wants to go the beach and after all his or her hard work have everyone be distracted from his or her great body by a fat gut. The key to great abs is a low body fat percentage. Most males will be able to see their abs at around 8% or below and females at around 15% or below.
Crunches will help to tone the abs but I do not recommend using weight because you will get a gut full of abs. This may look all right at the beach but when you have your shirt on it will just look like a beer belly.
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Before deciding to apply to the University of Maryland Graduate School, it is important to carefully consider what program will be best suited to your academic and/or professional interests. You should review the descriptions of UMD's graduate programs, which are available on the various department and program websites, and then contact departmental directors of graduate studies, potential academic advisors, and faculty members for further information.
To be considered for admission, you must meet the criteria set by your program of interest, as well as the following criteria set by the Graduate School:
- You must have earned a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited US institution, or an equivalent degree from a nationally recognized non-US institution.
- You must have earned a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in all prior undergraduate and graduate coursework.
- You must provide an official hard copy of a transcript for all of your post-secondary work upon enrollment. (Transcripts uploaded to the application during the admissions process are marked as unofficial.)
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Yes, finally, the first HS 3 beta!
✓ scalability issues have been fixed (The entire rendering process has been rewritten to use the Forms API, which required backporting features available only in Drupal 6. The CSS and JS have been rewritten almost completely as a result of this.)
✓ perfect graceful degradation (Compare JS enabled VS JS disabled. This is actually just a byproduct of the above change.)
✓ ability to create new items in the hierarchy
Other changes:
✓ more granular control over Views exposed filters (for both the Taxonomy and Content Taxonomy implementations)
✓ Hierarchical Select for menu parent selection
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✓ abstracted configuration form, to prevent duplicate form code for multiple modules
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There's one known issue in this release. The reason it's not fixed yet: I've not yet been able to reproduce it.
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- New: ability to set a root level label when enforce_deepest is enabled.
- Improvement: more consistent use of the "" option, available when: optional, or enforce_deepest is enabled, or multiple select is active and at least one item is selected.
- Improvement: the "" option is now automatically selected as soon as at least one item has been added to the dropbox (even if it's a required form item) – this required changes in the client-server interaction.
- Improvement: more reliable lineage reconstruction algorithm when save_lineage is enabled.
- Improvement: all_option setting now only has effect when multiple select is enabled (minor).
- Improved: Made selection of value 'label_X' trigger similar events as 'all' value: no server query required!
New features:
- #217395: Allow usage of operators for exposed filters
- #217368: The "" option
- #213703: Add a note to the README about multiple values with content_taxonomy
Bug fixes
- Fixed: the select items of the current HS aren't disabled when it's waiting for a server response.
- #212528: Weight of vocabulary has disappeared from the form
- #212052: When dropbox limit is reached: display warning, disable hierarchical select
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- Feature: support for subscriptions_taxonomy module.
- #210061: Ability to specify the maximal number of selected items
- #211422: Disable form submit until AHAH has completed
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- Documented special values.
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Lord Northbourne: My Lords, by chance, the text for my short speech this evening is the same as that of the noble Baroness, Lady Wall. The gracious Speech stated:
"My Government attaches the highest importance to extending educational opportunity so that all individuals can realise their full potential and the country can benefit".
I strongly support that objective and congratulate the Government on all that they are doingfor the huge investment that they are making in schools and the massive effort that they are making to improve schools. However, why are the Government spoiling the ship for a hap'orth of tar by not paying more attention to one important factor in success in educationthe home background and parental involvement that the child receives, which does or does not send him or her into school prepared for school and ready to learn, and which does or does not support the child when he is in school?
The Minister will be well aware that, in a recent study of high quality, Charles Desforges identified three conclusions. First, parental involvement in a child's education takes many forms, including good parenting in the home. Secondly, good parenting in the home has a significant positive effect on children's achievement and adjustment, even after all other factors shaping attainment have been taken out of the equation. Finally, in the primary school range, the impact on a child's success at school caused by parental involvement is higher even than any differences associated with the quality of the school itself.
At the very least, such evidence makes a case for working more with parents and families to help them to prepare their children better and help them to support their children better when they are in school. Such interventions could not only improve the educational achievement of the children themselvesand the other children in a class if the child is disruptivebut it could also be the key to reducing disruption, bullying and anti-social behaviour.
How do parents learn to be good enough parents? The baby does not come with an instruction leaflet. Parenting seems to be the only important job that we take on in our life for which we have no preparation whatever. Recent research that I came across suggested that 30 per cent of young mothers believed that good parenting was instinctive and that they did not need anything other than instinct. Another 40 per cent on top of that were satisfied with what they learnt from their mum. Perhaps in the old days that would have been fine, but alas we live in the modern world and things are changing very fast. In addition, a lot of today's parents have sadly not had the experience of a happy family life themselves. Therefore, that belief is simply not good enough.
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Fortunately, parenting can be taught and so can the ability to communicate and relate to other people. Preparation for parenthood involves: an understanding of the physical, emotional and mental needs of children; acquiring social skills and the ability to communicate and negotiatewithin the family, with the child and between the parents; techniques for controlling and guiding the child; building the child's self-esteem and sufficient basic education to prepare the child for school; and giving it the encouragement that it needs when it comes to homework and so forth.
In the Parenting, Education and Support Forum, which I chaired for eight years, we found that when parenting education and support was delivered in a sensitive and non-intrusive way it was very popular and successful. When parenting orders came along, we thought that they would be a total disaster because they made going to parenting classes a punishment. However, the big surprise was that that did not happen. The majority of parents who have gone through the classes come back to us and say, "Thank you for giving us the help that we needed". One father said the other day, "Why did I have to wait for my child to commit a crime before I could get the help I needed?"
The problem is that relationship education in schools is desperately underfunded and is being taught by teachers whose skills lie in other areas. It needs special training. I read recently that the Minister said, in answer to a Question, that the Government were pressing ahead with the training of teachers to deliver relationship education. Perhaps I should simply say, "Well done, and let us have more of the same thing". We cannot deliver that kind of education without teachers of a certain maturity and experience, because children will ask difficult questions and see through any kind of fraud.
I happen to be patron of a charity which teaches children aged five to say something nice to a teddy bear. From that, they learn to say something nice to one another. When I visited that project in the school, the headmaster came to talk to me, and I asked him how it was going. He said that school behaviour was much betterwhich is one thingbut that the amazing thing was that some of the mums were coming to him and saying, "What have you done to little Tommy? He's so much nicer!". One could start from that end of the equation and help children to learn to relate to one another, to negotiate and eventually to be able to communicate with their own children when the time comes.
Parenting education works, but it is patchy. The funding is inadequate and, above all, insecure. That is the sort of thing that is best done by voluntary organisations, because one cannot set up a voluntary organisation and get decent people into it if one cannot promise them that it will be there in a year's time. We need continuity of funding, and we need to follow up on success and not always go for new initiatives. Let us look where the successes are and follow them.
The Government should not be afraid that by offering support and guidance to parents they will be accused of creating a nanny state. The reality is that
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the vast majority of parents, when they hold their first child in their arms, long to be good parents. We should give them the help that they need, which is not intrusive, but is provided when and where they want it and at a price that they can afford.
Finally, there is another reason, of which the Minister may not be aware, why the Government should do more to promote and facilitate "good enough parenting". They haveboldly, in my viewundertaken to eliminate child poverty. I went to a conference last week, given by Dr Sarah Stewart-Brown of Warwick University. I have spoken to her since to make sure that I understood her correctly. She has produced research that shows that changing the well-being of the family does not necessarily change the well-being of the child. The well-being of the family is mediated through the parents to the child. The family may get richer and the child be no better off unless, at the same time, the parenting improves.
I hope that the Minister will think that that message is worth conveying to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is a strong case for more support for relationship education in schools and parenting education for young parents.
Baroness Massey of Darwen: My Lords, this is a terrible slot, and I keep on drawing it for some reason. I shall try to say something interesting if not original, and to be as eloquent as others have beenincluding those three noble Lords who made outstanding maiden speeches with much purposeful intent.
My remarks will focus on education, and in some ways I shall follow the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, with whom I agree entirely, and the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, who pinched half my speechbut I shall forgive him. As other noble Lords have said, education affects the implication of all legislation in the gracious Speech. It touches all our lives, in one form or another, and happens from birth.
I believe that this Government have a proud record of support for children, including improvements in education standards, as mentioned by my noble friend Lord Warner. I was particularly delighted by the passage of the Children Act 2004, the creation of a Minister for Children and proposals for a children's commissionereven though that may not be to the liking of all noble Lords. We have put children firmly on the agenda in relation to rights, education and welfare. It is wonderful to see all-party support in your Lordships' House for issues dealing with children. I speak as co-chair of the All-Party Group on Children, of which many noble Lords present today are members.
I know that there is some way to go. The Children's Rights Alliance has pointed out the shortcomings of many of our systems which still fail children. Sure Start is not in all communities, and children in care and young people who become involved with the criminal justice system still suffer educational disadvantage and social difficulties. However, the Government have shown
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leadership and visionwitness the five-year strategy for children and learners, which sets out challenges and opportunities.
I shall address today the importance of what I would call "informal" education, and the value that we place on it. By informal education I mean those areas of life which are not subject-based or tested, but which profoundly influence performance in all aspects, including academic performance. That education happens at home, in communities, religious meeting places, clubs and schools. It includes the fostering of self-esteem, curiosity, relationships, social skills, language and disciplineskills lacking in many of the young people to whom my noble friend Lord Rowlands referredas well as literacy skills.
School ethos influences learning. Personal, social and health education, now in the curriculum, is valuable in its own right and also influences learning and achievement. The National Healthy Schools Standard, according to emerging findings, helps to influence pupil behaviour and general health and well-being. Will the Minister reassure me that school ethos and personal and social education will continue to be monitored under any new system that emerges?
As the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, said, education starts with parenting. Parents encourage those positive skills to which I referred earlieror maybe they do not. I should like parenting education to be available in all schools as part of citizenship. It is a skill that most people will need, one which does not always come naturally but which can be reinforced. I have come across parenting programmes in prisons and in other situations in which parenting has gone wrong. We must really try to prevent things going wrong in the first place.
I shall give an example of the importance of personal, social and health education. I know that 3,000 teachers are being trained to deliver drug education in schools. This morning, I attended together with other noble Lords a seminar about drugs, alcohol and families, as chair of the National Treatment Agency. It is clear that once a person is in the spiral of drug and alcohol misuse, it is very difficult to get out of it. That person's addiction affects families and communities in relation to health and crime. It is very costly, and it is devastating emotionally and draining for families.
Education and other support, through some of the strategies that I mentioned earlier, can help to prevent that terrible spiral. We need education on resisting pressure and making positive decisions, informed choices and social relationships. I find it interesting that young people themselves in recent surveys placed a high emphasis on being safe and healthy. That notion was taken up in the report, Every Child Matters, and in the Children Act 2004, under which the commissioner will have as part of his or her brief care of children's physical and mental health; the protection of children from harm and neglect; education and training; and social and economic well-being. A recent survey by the General Teaching Council indicates that teachers value emotional and
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spiritual development, creativity, the learning of skills to learn, and applying knowledge in different ways. The academic curriculum, while obviously important, is not enough to help children develop in this holistic way.
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in a recent address to head teachers, set out some principles for standards and expectations for discipline in schools which is understood by parents, pupils and teachers. Of course I agree that such principles should exist, but I think that he would agree with me that a punitive approach is not the ultimate answer.
The primary school in deepest inner London where I am a governor is not an easy school, but the staff have deliberately fostered the social skills I spoke of earlier. The school has a programme and a co-ordinator for personal, social and health education and it is enthusiastic about the National Healthy School Standard. Parents are part of this, and the school counciland this is a primary schoolhas been involved in policies on school meals, PE and behaviour including its discipline and bullying policy. The children have been active participants. They have developed self-esteem and social skills and the confidence to negotiate without aggression.
My school is again undergoing an inspection. Inspectors up to now have commented on the school's positive ethos and its seriousness about developing respect and self-disciplinewithout which, they and I maintain, it is difficult to learn. The children in my school, or at least most of them, do learn, and many perform extremely well despite difficult social circumstances. I hope that inspectors in future will not simply look at the academic subjects. As well as personal, social and health education, schools offer sport, music, dance and drama, all of which foster creativity as well as discipline and co-operation. I hope that inspectors will not neglect those areas either.
I now want to invite the Minister to a meeting which I think he will find fascinating. The National Children's Bureau and the Children's Legal Centre have secured funding from the Nuffield Foundation to examine for two years how legislation impacts on the life of children. I am delighted to be chairing the project reference group for this exciting work, and I am glad to say that the noble Earl, Lord Howe, has agreed to become a member of that group. The project will examine four Bills in detail, involving focus groups, the voluntary sector and representatives from government departments, and it will report on findings. I hope that that work will benefit politicians of all parties, the voluntary sector which works so hard on behalf of children, professionals who work with children, and of course, ultimately, children themselves. One of the Bills likely to be examined is the Education Bill.
I have tried to express, in the brief time possible, the importance of being child-focused and of developing in children the skills necessary to be happy and fulfilled members of society. We know that, sadly, some children do not do that. We must look to legislation, education, parenting and life in communities to work
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for all children, and we must support professionals, parents and future parents to enable them to do their best for our children.
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Pissarro: The Four Generations
Collins & Kent Fine Art
Collins & Kent are thrilled to announce their forthcoming exhibition - a first for Australia.
We will be exhibiting work from four generations of the Pissarro family including oils on canvas by Camille Pissarro.
Pissarro: The Four Generations
18th December 2003 -11th January 2004
One hundred years after his death, the extraordinary legacy of Camille Pissarro lives on and is the foundation of an outstanding family tradition, which continues to be redefined and reshaped by successive generations of Pissarro artists.
This exhibition explores the rich artistic tradition of the Pissarro family with a selection of works, in a variety of mediums, by Camille Pissarro, his sons Lucien, Georges-Manzana, Félix, Ludovic-Rodo and Paulémile, their descendants Orovida and H.Claude, and, from the fourth generation, Lélia. It illuminates the enduring nature of Camille Pissarro's Impressionist teachings within the family, while revealing the amazing diversity of talents and styles represented in these artists' works, all the more remarkable given their common root in Impressionism.
Camille Pissarro's great-granddaughter, Lélia, will be attending the opening of the exhibition and will be available for media interviews.
Lélia, born in Paris in 1963, is the daughter of H.Claude and grand-daughter of Paulémile. As a child she lived in Normandy with her grandparents and was taught to draw and paint by her grandfather, and at the age of only five she sold her first canvas to New York art dealer Wally Findlay. However, unlike the other family artists in this exhibition, Lélia became an abstract painter before distancing herself from the avant-garde and returning to a figurative style. She now takes as her inspiration the style of her great-grandfather, using as her subjects scenes of her native France and the English countryside.
Now living in London and combining her roles of artist, wife and mother of three children, Lélia has had exhibitions not only in London but also in Japan, South Africa, France, Switzerland and Israel. Her work has also been included in two major museum exhibitions; Pissarro - the Four Generations which toured Japan in 1998, and Camille Pissarro & his Descendants at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale in Florida in 2000.
Please do not hesitate to contact Anna Layard for further information, images and interviews with Lelia Pissarro.
Jacob Camille Pissarro, the undoubted master of the French Impressionist Movement, was born in 1830 and lived for 73 years producing some of the finest works of the Movement but, equally importantly, his paintings contributed to a change in the traditional perception of art at the time.
He was known not only for his fine painting but also for his ability to teach others; Gauguin, Van Gogh and Cézanne being three of his more renowned pupils. Camille Pissarro also taught all of his sons to paint but he recognised the need to limit his own influence on his children and, once they were competent with his Impressionist technique, he urged them to pursue an individual style. A harder but more caring taskmaster would be difficult to imagine; to the extent that four of his sons, Lucien, Ludovic-Rodo, Georges-Manzana and Paulémile became recognised in their own right. A fifth son, Félix, was also a talented artist but died at the early age of 23.
Both Lucien and Paulémile passed on this legacy; Lucien through his daughter Orovida and Paulémile through his son Hugues-Claude. Lucien's and Orovida's teacher-pupil relationship parallels that of Camille and Lucien in several ways, and she became proficient with the Impressionist technique before turning to a decorative style inspired by Japanese, Chinese and Indian art in the 1920's. Like Orovida, Hugues-Claude was trained by his father as an Impressionist and has for many years painted in that style, although more recently a fresh bold approach to landscape and still life has emerged.
The tradition now continues through Lélia Pissarro, the daughter of Hugues-Claude, who studied with both her grandfather and her father although, unlike the other family members, she became an abstract painter before returning to Impressionism. Lélia now looks back to her great-grandfather's style and to subjects celebrating the pastoral tranquillity of the late 19th century, painting scenes of her native France and the rural English countryside of her adopted home.
The extraordinary legacy of Camille Pissarro is the foundation of this outstanding family tradition which continues to be redefined and reshaped by successive generations of Pissarro artists, and it illuminates the enduring nature of Camille Pissarro's Impressionist teachings within the family. It also reveals the incredible diversity of talents and styles represented in these artists' works, all the more remarkable given their common root in Impressionism.
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Oregon Healthy Food in Health Care Newsletter
September/October 2010
Healthy Food in Health Care Update
Connecting with Community: Oregon Hospitals Collaborate with Farm to School Projects
Over the past few years hospitals in Oregon and SW Washington have begun to partner with local schools to send the message that eating healthy, sustainable food is important for individual health, our communities and the environment. As centers of healing and health promotion these hospitals are already modeling this message through the food they serve to their patients, staff, and visitors. By taking a step beyond their own kitchens, these hospitals are able to amplify healthy eating messaging in their communities through collaborations with their local farm to school projects. Hospitals partnering with schools districts have placed themselves at the forefront of community wellness and are adding greater meaning to hospital health promotion. As Jodi Nelson from Wellspring – a division of Silverton Hospital Network – notes, the goal of these collaborations are to, "provide a comprehensive, shared voice that imparts the importance of eating fresh, local fruits and vegetables."
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital has been partnering with the Lebanon and Sweet Home Farm to School Project since 2008 to increase healthy eating amongst their hospital customers as well as school aged kids and their families.
What they are doing: Working with their local school districts on a Picks of the Month project. Each month the hospital creates a flyer highlighting a seasonal fruit or vegetable – providing nutrient information, a recipe, and general information about the produce. 3500 copies are printed at Samaritan Lebanon and distributed to local schools. The flyers also go out electronically to Oregon Department of Human Services, Linn County Health Dept, WIC, Boys and Girls Club, and Wah Chang of Albany. Pick of the Month is also promoted at the Sweet Home and Lebanon Farmers Markets. At the hospital the Pick of the Month is featured in 4 recipes each week in their cafeteria
What schools are they working with: Lebanon and Sweet Home Schools
Who at the hospital is involved: Michelle Proctor, Food Service Director; Athena Nofziger, Dietician; Nancy Kirks, Community Health Improvement Partnership Coordinator
How has it impacted the community: Each month thousands of families have access to recipes utlizing fresh, local products. Additionally, due to the success at Samaritan Lebanon, Oregon Department of Education has looked closely at them as a model for how other hospitals can become involved with Farm to School efforts.
Samaritan Albany General Hospital is now translating the success in Lebanon to their local facility.
How did they start: In June 2010 Dana Train, RD, contacted her Regional Education District Manager and asked to get involved with the Pick of the Month project.
What are they doing: Coordinating with Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital to distribute Pick of the Month flyers at their hospital and at schools in Albany. Through this coordination they have been able to distribute more than 8,000 flyers a month encouraging community members to eat healthy, seasonal produce.
Who are they working with: OSU Extension, Benton, Corvallis, and Albany school districts, the state Farm to School Coordinator, and various departments within the hospital (Community Benefits, Public Relations, etc.).
How has it impacted the hospital: Samaritan Albany General has seen an increase in sales since implementing Pick of the Month at their hospital. In July the Pick of the Month was summer squash, the first time they made their recipe featuring this product they ran out and had to double the order the second time they made it.
Wellspring – a division of Silverton Hospital Network – is excited to be starting a Farm to School collaboration with Woodburn School District this fall. Based on the success of the Samaritan Health System, they are looking forward to getting kids and their families excited about local, fresh and healthy recipe options.
What are they doing: Partnering with Woodburn School District on their Harvest of the Month project. Wellspring dieticians and chefs are creating fun, fresh and easy recipes utilizing the Harvest of the Month produce that kids can take home. Recipes are also published in their monthly newsletter and posted on their café blog. Wellspring also hosts a weekly farmers market which includes some of the same farmers that also provide produce directly to the schools. Each month the market has a kids cooking class featuring produce from the Harvest of the Month.
Who are they working with: Woodburn, Gervais, North Marion School Districts, Jones Farm Produce, and Happy Harvest Farms.
What has been the biggest challenge: Just getting started. They definitely have the energy but are now working on getting all the right resources to do the best job possible.
There are a number of ways you can get involved with your own local Farm to School project.
For more information on Farm to School Projects:
Welcome, Aireen Joven, Oregon Health Care Without Harm Program Assistant!
On August 30th Oregon PSR's Heath Care Without Harm Program had the privilege of adding a new staff member. Aireen Joven will take on the role of Program Assistant providing support to both the Healthy Food in Health Care Project as well as the new Clinical Advocacy Project. Aireen comes to us from the Northwest Service Academy where she was providing administration, coordination, and support services as the Garden Based Education Americorps Team Leader. She will be working with us part-time while also beginning a graduate program in women's spirituality. Please join us in welcoming her to our team and keep an eye out for her at future Healthy Food in Health Care events.
Updates from Around the Region
A lot is happening with healthy, sustainable food at hospital food services around Oregon and SW Washington.
Legacy Good Samaritan is happy to announce the opening of a new concept in the Lovejoy Station Cafeteria, open to visitors, employees, and families of patients. Fresh Plate opened on September 27th, serving healthy sides and entrees, with an emphasis on fresh ingredients. Each food option in Fresh Plate fits within defined fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium limits that adhere to FDA restaurant "healthy" guidelines. Entrees include: cilantro lime Draper Valley chicken breast with mango pico de gallo, garbanzo bean & tofu masala, beef sirloin pepper steak, and organic ravioli with tomato cream sauce.
Oregon Health and Science University recently took sustainability to another level. As of August 2010, OHSU Food & Nutrition Services and the Carmen Ranch sisters from Wallowa, OR began their relationship of farm to fork. OHSU will now offer this Food Alliance Certified, grass-fed and finished beef with no added hormones or antibiotics. OHSU will purchase about 4-5 cows each week, using the bones for house-made soup stocks and major cuts for the retail menu. The rest of the meat will be ground and either prepared for burgers & meatloaf for patient and retail menus or packed away in the freezer for winter. Carmen Ranch beef is lower in calories, saturated fat and cholesterol than conventionally raised beef, contains more omega-3 fatty acids than grain-fed beef, is high in health-enhancing fats like CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) and is rich in antioxidants like vitamins E and C and beta-carotene. The pasture-based production also creates low-stress, humane conditions for growing cattle while protecting delicate rangeland ecosystems. These are facts that this hospital likes to wave on its food service flag. OHSU is so proud to protect the health of the animals, the environment, and the people that inhabit it, by providing truly healthful food to its patients, employees, students and visitors every day.
Help us get the word out about the work hospitals are doing to improve the health and sustainability of their communities through their food service. Please send us updates on what you are working on at your facility. It's a great way to get feedback as well as share your expertise with your colleagues.
Community Partner Highlight
FoodHub Helps You Partner with Local Farms and Schools
FoodHub (www.food-hub.org) is a new online directory and marketplace that makes it easy and efficient to find local food producers and do business with them. FoodHub offers you a variety of ways to search for and communicate with local farmers and food producers, as well as search for specific products. Several Oregon and Washington health care facilities are already FoodHub members, including Oregon Health & Science University, Providence, Oregon State Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, Good Shepherd Medical Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Fort Vancouver Convalescent Center. Launched on February 1st, FoodHub is a tool created by the non-profit Ecotrust based in Portland, Oregon. Membership costs $100/year or about $8/month.
Ecotrust's Farm to School Program is working on a wide-range of initiatives that enable schools to feature healthy, regionally sourced products in their cafeterias, incorporate nutrition-based curriculum in all academic disciplines, and provide students with experiential agriculture and food-based learning opportunities, from farm visits to gardening, cooking, composting, and recycling. Community support for these programs is critical! There are many ways that your health care facility can support local schools in sourcing and serving more local products. For example, the Wellspring Medical Center in Woodburn, Oregon is partnering with the Woodburn, Gervais, and North Marion school districts to promote their shared Harvest of the Month program for the 2010 – 2011 school year. Wellspring will highlight the same monthly featured fruits and vegetables as the districts on its menus and also send information out to the community via its newsletter. In this way, hospitals and schools can support each other by co-messaging the community about their work to source and serve more healthy, regional foods.
Both FoodHub and Ecotrust's Farm to School program are great resources for hospitals that wish to get more involved with schools. You can use FoodHub to find schools that are purchasing local foods, or you can contact Ecotrust's Farm to School Coordinator directly with questions.
For any questions about FoodHub or farm to school programming, or to find resources to support your efforts to source and serve regional foods, please contact Stacey Sobell, Farm to School Coordinator at Ecotrust: firstname.lastname@example.com | 503-467-0751.
Action Alert
Healthcare Voices in the Policy Arena
Each year food, agriculture, and health policy initiatives are voted on, passed, and implemented. Often a strong healthcare voice is absent from these debates. With rising rates of diet related disease, food safety crises, and environmental destruction, input from hospital facilities, healthcare professionals, and public health officials is sorely needed. As hospitals engage in environmentally preferable food purchasing, they are helping shift our food system in a healthier, more sustainable direction. By weighing in on policy issues that affect the food they prepare and the patients, staff, and visitors they serve, hospital facilities can further support a food system that promotes the health and wellness of our communities, citizens, and environment.
Current policy debates you can lend your voice to include:
New Guides and Resources
2010 NE Oregon Food and Farm Online Directory – Find information online about food producers, farmers markets, food security, and community gardens in Baker, Union, and Wallowa Counties.
Risk to kids from toxic pesticides may be underestimated, study finds. A recent study found children's exposure to residue of organophosphates present on fresh fruits and vegetables varies significantly seasonally. This was not taken into consideration when determining safe levels of exposure and may be putting children at risk.
Hospitals buy antibiotic-free meat, citing drug resistance concerns. Some 300 hospitals across the nation have pledged to improve the quality and sustainability of the food they serve, not just for the health of their patients but, they say, the health of the environment and the U.S. population.
Girls now begin puberty aged 9. Growing numbers of girls are reaching puberty before the age of 10, raising fears of increased sexual activity among a new generation of children. Scientists believe the phenomenon could be linked to obesity or exposure to chemicals in the food chain, and is putting girls at greater long-term risk of breast cancer.
What's in Beef? New rules change what "organic" means for milk and meat. New organic rules bring regulations on requirements for ruminates, such as cows, more in line with consumer perceptions. The new rules require farmers and ranchers raising ruminates to graze their animals on pasture at least 120 days a year with 30% of their diet being grass.
Upcoming Events
15th – Oregon Healthy Food in Health Care Workgroup meeting (Portland, OR – Legacy Good Samaritan)
18th-19th – Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference (Corvallis, OR)
21st – Washington Healthy Food in Health Care Roundtable (Spokane, WA)
26th – Ecotrust's FoodHub Training for Buyers and Sellers (2-4PM Madras, OR)
27th – Ecotrust's FoodHub Training for Buyers and Sellers (2-4PM Bend, OR)
9th- Friends of Family Farmers - InFARMation (5:30PM Portland, OR - Holocene)
19th – Oregon Healthy Food in Health Care Workgroup meeting (Portland, OR – Legacy Good Samaritan)
14th- Friends of Family Farmers - InFARMation (5:30PM Portland, OR - Holocene)
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