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A massive manhunt continues for the driver of a tractor trailer who led police on a chase through southern Berks County.
The last day of summer will have the feel of fall.
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Pennsylvania State Police say they believe they're hot on the trail of the suspect in last week's deadly police barracks ambush.
Four children and one adult were killed in a four-vehicle crash in Monroe County, state police said.
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The Eagles overcame a double-digit deficit for the third straight week en route to a 37-34 over the Redskins on Sunday in DeSean Jackson's return to Philadelphia.
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Stanford, CA (Sports Network) - Andre Roberson tallied a career-high 24 points and to go along with eight rebounds as the Colorado Buffaloes held off the Stanford Cardinal, 65-63, in a Pac-12 Conference clash at Maples Pavilion.
Roberson shot 9-of-13 from the field for Colorado (19-8, 9-6 Pac-12), which has gotten hot with wins in five of six. Spencer Dinwiddie added 19 points for the visitors.
For Stanford (16-13, 7-9), Andy Brown logged 17 points and eight boards, Chasson Randle had 16 points and Dwight Powell scored 12 points. Josh Huestis hauled in nine rebounds, while Aaron Bright dished out six assists for the Cardinal, who are trending in the wrong direction with losses in four of five.
After shooting 46.2 percent from the field in the first half, Stanford carried a 32-31 lead into intermission. Colorado shot only 37.9 percent from the floor in the first half, but it kept the game close by making 8-of-9 at the foul line.
The Cardinal gave themselves a cushion by opening up the second half on a 6-0 run, but the Buffs climbed back to take a 47-45 lead with 9:31 left on a Roberson 3-pointer. They continued to lead down the stretch, but a Brown 3- pointer brought Stanford's deficit to just two with seven seconds left. After Dinwiddie missed the front end of a one-and-one, Stanford collected the rebounded but wasn't left with enough time to put up a final attempt.
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This outstanding collection features 17 favorites from this hard-rocking Seattle band. Songs include: Black Hole Sun • Blow up the Outside World • Burden in My Hand • The Day I Tried to Live • Face Pollution • Fell on Black Days • Jesus Christ Pose • Let Me Drown • Like Suicide • Mind Riot • My Wave • Outshined • Pretty Noose • Rhinosaur • Rusty Cage • Spoonman • Superunknown.
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Your mechanic can determine where the leak is coming from by pressure testing the cooling system.
Clear Fluid Leaks
This is either clear water pouring out of the air conditioners drain tube (which is normal when the air conditioning is working especially when its hot and humid) or could be from two other sources and are not "normal."
Windshield washer fluid
It might be windshield-washer solvent. Though not a catastrophe, it does indicate you have a leak in the system and need a new container, hose or hose clamp.
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More serious though is brake fluid which is clear in color but has an oily texture. This of course must be repaired as it will lead to brake failure.
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This is an awesome recipe to use with the first spring lamb. Everything came together beautifully and was delicious the very first time I tried it. Pro Tip: make a rub of 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 1/2 tsp pepper and the coriander to make it simpler to apply to the chops evenly.
Zinfandel-Braised Lamb Chops with Dried Fruit
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Recipe Time
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Total: 1 Hour
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 (cut 1 inch thick) lamb shoulder chops
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 8 cloves garlic, halved
- 10 sprigs thyme, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup big, jammy red wine, such as California Zinfandel
- 1/2 cup (3 ounces) dried cherries
- 1/2 cup (3 ounces) dried California apricots, quartered
- 2 cups low-sodium beef broth
- In a large, deep skillet, heat the olive oil. Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper and rub them all over with the coriander. Add the lamb chops to the skillet along with the garlic cloves and 10 thyme sprigs and cook over high heat, turning once, until the lamb chops are browned and the garlic cloves are browned in spots, about 6 minutes.
- Add the red wine, dried cherries and dried apricots to the skillet and bring to a boil. Cook over moderate heat until the wine is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add the beef broth and bring to a boil. Cover partially and simmer over moderately low heat until the lamb is tender and the sauce is thick and glossy, about 35 minutes; turn the lamb chops once or twice during cooking. Discard the thyme sprigs. Serve the lamb chops at once, garnished with fresh thyme.
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Ian Fisher & The Present feat. Phia - Regret
Only skin, only skin you are to me
Waiting for it to turn into something
This folky stuff just doesn't stand a chance with us at the moment, but some things are more beautiful than others and on a relative scale, this song is very beautiful.
Actually… If it weren't for the banjo part in the middle, this would be absolutely great. If Ian Fisher relocated even further north to some place with lots of water and cold winters, he would probably make the most beautiful sad Scandinavian music.
Ian Fisher & The Present - NERO (Somewhere In Munich)
"It's a lovebattle. These are my favourite kind of battles."
Bernhard Eder & Ian Fisher - I Follow My Heart (Velojet Cover)
To bridge the time until there will be new Velojet material (which shouldn't be too long now!), have a cover of a Velojet classic. Take the euphoria and the full sound out of the original and add the characteristic trembling/melancholic voices of Mr. Eder and Mr. Fisher and two acoustic guitars and all of a sudden this is the saddest song in the world.
Ian Fisher & The Present - Rotted On The Vine
You know, I have this difficult relationship with country/folk. I love the travelling metaphors and the emotional intensity. But since I am not fully in touch with my emotional side, the only acceptable way for me to listen to this kind of music is with a distant, analytical and almost ironic attitude. But the lines of Ian Fisher songs and these two voices! They are very beautiful.
We were young and we were drunk so it did not mean a thing
Oh! Not a single thing
Man kokettiert dann doch ein bisschen mit dieser Bahnromantik. Man begibt sich in Wirklichkeit auf öffentliches Terrain - es fahren ja Fahrgäste mit und die interagieren mit einem. Außerdem kommt es im Flugzeug nicht sonderlich gut, wenn man "Black Air" oder "Time To Go" singt.
Am 10. Dezember 2012 hat die österreichische Supergroup Nowhere Train ihr Album Station im Wiener Stadtsaal vorgestellt. Zu diesem Anlass haben die Mitglieder des Kollektivs über Lyrics philosophiert und uns verraten, warum sie Züge lieben und weshalb sie einen Zug "Pumpgun Ronnie" taufen würden. Plus: Cameo Appearance vom Koksomobil! Und Luftballonaction! Livemitschnitt! Bokeh-Wahnsinn!
"Where are you going?" - "Nowhere."
Back in 2009, five musicians, a film maker and a writer went on a train journey through Austria and played concerts wherever they stopped by. (This is when the Westbahnhof wasn't "modernized" yet and the Südbahnhof still existed!) The project was called Nowhere Train, and the plan was to film the journey, but other than that not to have too much of a plan. The world premiere of Eine Möglichkeit zu leben – Das Nowhere Train Tagebuch (Away To Live - The Nowhere Train Diary) will take place on April 18 at the Viennese music film festival Poolinale.
The film accompanies Stefan Deisenberger (Naked Lunch), Jakob Kubizek (Love&Fist, also the director of the documentary), Frenk Lebel, Stephan Stanzel (A Life, A Song, A Cigarette) and Ian Fisher, as well as their guests (Philipp Szalay, among others), on their train rides, their stops at farms, lakes, festivals, parks and bars, and their ups and downs.
Hosea Ratschiller, who wrote the tour diary on the FM4 website, is also the film's narrator and provides pleasantly smart commentary about the possibility of a different life. Add the combination of music with the filming out of train windows and that's all it takes for my wanderlust to reappear and make me want to immediately leave my daily routine behind and go somewhere pleasantly unknown myself. Preferably with other people who can play an instrument.
The second edition of the music film festival Poolinale will take place at various locations in Vienna from 18-22 April 2012. The festival program also includes Bon Iver, George Harrison, Sigur Rós, Tegan & Sara, The Swell Season, 4AD Sessions and Grandma Lo-Fi (an icon in Iceland) on the big screen, as well as the Likewise Haustour documentary. More information on poolinale.at.
Ian Fisher & The Past: The Way To Go (After living in Vienna for a while, Ian Fisher is now based in Berlin.)


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Dimplomats Dipset rapper Jim Jones says that he and bestfriend Juelz Santana, managed to work things out after, their Girlfriends beat the crap out of each other on Last weeks episode of "Love and Hip-Hop." Jim says, "I wish it had never happened." Yesterday Jones was spotted passing out 5,000 turkeys to families in need at Ricardo's Restaurant in Harlem yesterday!
A member of Juelz Santana's Skull Gang group was arrested and charged with with drug possession after a raid of the rapper's North New Jersey recording studio, according to prosecutors.
Police arrested Toby M. Raynor on Thursday (January 20th), after a 10-month undercover investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutors Office and Gang Unit.
Raynor, who raps under the name "Hynief" was charged with two counts of Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
On two accounts in the Summer in June and July, Hynief sold an undisclosed amount of marijuana to two undercover officers with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Gang Unit.
Police raided Juelz' studio, where they found and arrested Raynor.
Additionally, officers found two fully loaded 9mm handguns in the studio, along with several boxes of ammunition.
Police also found 17 zip lock bags, each containing "a greenish brown vegetation," which police believe to be high grade marijuana.
The Honorable Judge Louis Dinice set bail for Raynor at $50,000 with no 10% option.
Raynor was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of Bail.
The arrest caused Juelz to miss a show in Chicago on Friday (January 21st) with rapper Twista.
The Dipset member issued an apology to friends via Twitter, revealing that Raynor has made bail.
"A! If it ant 1 thing it's another smh sorry to all the people in chi-town that came out last night I couldn't make It!! Trouble wit the law," Juelz tweeted this morning (January 22nd). -allhiphop


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Chris Addison: Capaldi Is The Missing Note From The Scale
Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi's co-star from The Thick of It, has aired his views on the Time Lord's latest incarnation – and he couldn't be happier!
In a recent interview with the Radio Times, Addison revealed that Peter Capaldi is an "ideal" choice to take over the TARDIS controls…
I thought Matt Smith was terrific, I loved David Tennant, Chris Eccleston, they've all been great, since it came back. But what I really have missed… is the mercurial, unknowable, frightening side of the Doctor. We haven't had the Doctor where you go, 'I don't know if I'm safe with this person'. Peter will give it that… He'll be this time round's Tom Baker, the one that everybody thinks of.
But will Number Twelve be the kind of Doctor to boldly proclaim a hat's coolness, as the Universe crumbles around him? Addison thinks not…
I don't think that will happen. I really love Matt Smith… But I never quite felt that any of the ones we've seen since 2005 could be imperious. That's a note that's missing from the scale. Peter will bring that back. I'm beyond excited. It's all I can do not to drive down to Cardiff.
So if any Who fans are still unsure about Peter Capaldi's casting, hopefully these words will provide more than a crumb of comfort! These are exciting times we're living in, and the best may yet be to come…
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God I hope there'll be none of that "such and such is cool!" nonsense, it made Eleven sound like a gawky kid desperate to impress the girls! The Doctor doesn't need to try and be cool; he already is
Imperious is a good word – Pertwee had it, and Tom (of course) but it's not a characteristic that springs to mind with the more recent crop. Mercurial, unknowable, imperious… yep, if Mr Addison's right, that would be my kind of Doctor!
I always felt Eleven's proclamations of "cool" were showing that whole idea of being so old in a young body. Its like any older adult having a second childhood or mid-life crisis and trying to act younger but only making themselves look silly in the process.
I do agree though that hopefully Capaldi will bring back that imperious quality that was present in actors like Hartnell, Pertwee and Colin Baker.
exactly. Why people can't take it a step further and realize this instead of impugning the character… I will never undrestand. sigh. Missing note, huh? EPIC.
Don't think you need worry – the "…is cool" catchphrase was an Eleven trait and unlikely they'd carry it over (they effectively killed it during the "Time of…" anyway when he proclaims "Cool isn't Cool!" with the kids).
As the new series seems big on catchphrases ("Fantastic!", "I'm sorry", "Geronimo!" and so on), I've little doubt we'll get one from Capaldi's – I'd vote for something direct, like "Bugger Off" but suspect it won't be!
I'd be delighted if they didn't bother with a catchphrase at all! If they have to carry it on, something a touch sarcastic – a mocking "oh, well done" when someone's been a bit slow on the uptake would do for me!
Yeah, I too hope we get the imperious, unpredictable Doctor back – and I think Capaldi is the man to do it.


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|Company limited by guarantee
|London, United Kingdom
|Key people
|Stuart Fletcher, CEO
|health insurance, care homes, health at work services, health assessments
|£9.1 billion GBP (2013)
|Net income
|£638.5 million GBP (2013)
|70,000 (2013)
Bupa (pronounced /buːpə/) is an international healthcare group, serving over 22 million customers in over 190 countries. It is a private healthcare company, as opposed to the UK's National Health Service (NHS), which is a tax-funded healthcare system.
Bupa (originally, the British United Provident Association) was established in 1947 when 17 British provident associations joined together to provide healthcare for the general public. The original services offered by Bupa included private medical insurance, and eventually expanded to include privately run Bupa hospitals. Bupa had an initial registration of 38,000 when founded, but currently has over 14 million customers worldwide,[1] and is the leading private health insurance provider in the UK.
It was founded before the advent of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1947 as a provident organisation. Initially, it was purely a UK health insurance provider, offering policies to individuals, companies and other organisations.
Over the years, it has diversified away from its core health insurance business and is now an international healthcare company with services that include travel insurance, health insurance, care homes, health assessments, occupational health services and hospitals. The firm is a private company limited by guarantee; it has no shareholders, and any profits (after tax) are reinvested in the business.[2]
The company has its head office in central London, with main UK contact centres in Staines and Salford Quays. There are also offices in Brighton (Bupa International), Leeds (Bupa Care Services), and Harlow (Bupa Home Healthcare) in the UK, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia (Bupa Australia and Bupa Aged Care Australia), New Delhi (Max Bupa), Madrid (Sanitas), Boston (Health Dialog), Beijing (Bupa China), Hong Kong (Bupa Asia), Jedda (Bupa Arabia), Bangkok (Bupa Thailand), and Miami (Bupa Latin America).
Bupa Ireland was set up in 1996 and eventually had 300 employees in Fermoy, Co Cork and 475,000 members – a 22% share of the Irish market. In 2006 it announced its intention to close in response to the Irish Government's policy of risk equalisation.[3] In 2007 the business was bought by the Quinn Group and traded as Quinn Healthcare.[4] Since 2012 it has been trading as Laya Healthcare.[5]
The firm also owns several healthcare companies overseas including Spain's largest healthcare company, Sanitas, and acquired ihi Danmark and Amedex (Miami, US) in September 2005. In November 2006, it acquired Clinovia, now known as Bupa Home Healthcare, in a move that gave Bupa new opportunities in out of hospital care. In December 2007, it purchased DCA Agedcare Group in Australia and New Zealand, making it a leading player in these markets. Also in December 2007, it announced the purchase of Health Dialog,[6] a provider of chronic condition management and "shared decision making" services.
In 2007, the company announced plans to sell its UK hospitals to Spire Healthcare.[7]
During 2008, the firm acquired the London-based Cromwell Hospital flagship hospital to provide healthcare to its members and other private patients including medical tourists from outside the UK. Approval was given for the merger between Bupa's Australian arm (which, prior to the merger, comprised HBA and Mutual Community) and insurance group MBF.[8] The merger created Australia's second largest private health insurance group. On 1 December 2008, Clinovia's name was changed to Bupa Home Healthcare.[9]
The firm has entered the Indian health insurance market through a joint venture with the local conglomerate, Max India, called Max Bupa Health Insurance Limited.[10]
In October 2010 the firm sold Bupa Health Assurance to Resolution Limited, and it has been rebranded as part of Friends Life.[11]
In the end of the 2012 Bupa acquired largest private healthcare network in Poland – Lux Med for €400m from private equity fund Mid Europa Partners.[12]
According to Stuart Fletcher in 2013 'there was a 6 per cent decline in the number of individuals covered' by private health insurance, 'and the people who are more likely to claim are the least likely to drop the insurance, so the risk pool is deteriorating.' Bupa has protected its profits by reducing payments to consultants. This provoked the British Medical Association to complain to the Competition Commission, which published a report into the private healthcare sector in 2013, probing insurers' power over consultants' fees. It decided that by trying to keep prices down and promote competition, Bupa was doing "exactly what customers would expect". But it did warn that companies like Bupa need to ensure they communicate better with policyholders about what their premiums entitle them to.[13]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bupa.
- ^ http://www.bupa.com/business-and-investors/about-us/
- ^ Bupa - Our Values
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1214/bupa.html
- ^ http://www.quinn-group.com/divisions/divisions.cfm/display/maps/show/healthcare/quinn_healthcare.htm
- ^ http://www.layahealthcare.ie/our_story.htm
- ^ Health Dialog sold in $775M deal - Boston Business Journal
- ^ BUPA sells hospitals to private equity firm - Guardian UK
- ^ MBF-Bupa merger gets court go ahead - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ^ Bupa Home Healthcare website
- ^ Max India Press Release New Delhi, 11 July 2008.
- ^ Bupa insurance operation snapped up by Resolution - Financial Times
- ^ Bupa to acquire Poland's largest private healthcare provider LUX MED
- ^ "CITY INTERVIEW: Boss Stuart Fletcher fighting the flab at Bupa". This is Money. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
External links[edit]
- Bupa official website
- Bupa Global official website
- Bupa in Australia
- Bupa in Russia
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In the buzzword story of the year, researchers at the University of the West of England created a 3D-printed heart robot heart that runs on urine. That's right, a printed organ that pumps pee through a robot. This hot topic cornucopia was actually the result of a theory that urine was capable of making electricity.
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Power harvesters enable next wave of energy harvesting designNovember 26, 2013 2:47 pm | Texas Instruments | Product Releases | Comments
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George Zimmerman, the man villified by many in the nation for killing Trayvon Martin, was called out by Kenny King, who is still listed on the official TNA roster page, on Twitter for a celebrity boxing match. However, rapper DMX was chosen instead.
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A picture of WWE diva Cameron and singer Ray J coming out of the gym together.
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TMZ has revealed that Ken Shamrock is now a bodyguard, and the former UFC champion was spotted at an event in Las Vegas protecting 50 Cent. Shamrock is actually working for an agency and is not currently working full time for the rapper.
In addition to his duties as a business man working on launching a new wrestling promotion, Jeff Jarrett is still working as an in ring performer. The TNA founder is heading down to Mexico this upcoming weekend to work a huge tag team main event match for AAA. Karen Jarrett is involved in the show as well.
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In 2011, Donald Trump bought the estate of Patricia Kluge. The estate, which Trump purchased in multiple transactions, was in foreclosure and sold for a fraction of its original listing price. Virginia Outdoors Foundation holds a conservation easement on the estate, which was granted by Ms. Kluge in 2006. At the time the easement was donated, the property was a vineyard with scant traces of an overgrown private, non-commercial, 9-hole golf course on it. The owner had abandoned the golf course and removed the artificial grading and contours. The easement contained no reservation for the use of the golf course. To the contrary, the easement documentation directly specified that there was to be "no more golf" on the property.
Trump's attorney stated in 2011 that, according to his interpretation of the easement, Trump had an "absolute right" to build a commercial golf course on the property. VOF disagreed. In its response letter, VOF pointed this out, saying, "For a number of years, it has been the VOF's policy to not take easements on properties that would be used for a commercial golf course. This is in keeping with the general view that such a use would not have the conservation values required under Section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue Code for the gift of such an easement to be tax deductible."
Local planning officials, VOF, Piedmont Environmental Council, local residents, and the newly formed Virginia League of Conservation Easements are all concerned about the environmental impacts of the changed use and the potential increase in traffic if the planned golf course is built. Trump's 18-hole golf course on other land in Loudon County, Virginia recently hosted the junior PGA championship tournament. While vying to host the tournament, Trump officials claimed the course in Loudon County could handle 150,000 fans, and there would be room to park "thousands of cars" – as well as concessions and grand stands. It remains to be seen whether Trump will make similar assertions about the new property on the former Kluge Estate.
This is not the first time Trump has fought a conservation easement. In Bedford, NY, Trump argued that he had an access easement through the Eugene Agnes Meyer Preserve – conserved by the Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy successfully defended the property from the claim, but the claim was in litigation for four years and required an extensive commitment of time and money from the Nature Conservancy.
Nor is this the first attempt of a developer to use land under easement as a golf course. Those interested in reading further about the complex relationship between conservation easements and golf courses can read the Alliance case summaries on Friends of Shawangunks v. Clark (holding that the development of a privately-owned golf course was "conversion"), Sierra Club v. Palisades Interstate Park Commission (holding that the land trust could amend the easement in exchange for significant concessions), and Gresczyk v. Landis (holding that a golf course is not a turf farm and thus not a valid agricultural use).
Land trusts faced with challenges like the Trump golf development should consider their mission when deciding how to act. The statute that established VOF stated that VOF's mission is "to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, scientific, open-space and recreational areas of the Commonwealth." Golf courses are not mentioned in the statute and courts have declined to accept golf courses as recreation areas as conceived by the legislators. VOF is striving to be true to its mandate and to the terms of its easement.
Finally, land trusts should carefully assess their ability to handle litigation threats. The IRS requires land trusts who accept conservation easements to uphold the terms of those easements in perpetuity. In order to withstand protracted litigation from a determined developer, your organization will need substantial financial and legal resources. VOF has the resources of the state and the Attorney General behind it. The Nature Conservancy has attorneys and reserves to fall back on for bonding and court fees. Other land trusts may want to consider enrolling in Terrafirma Risk Retention Group, LLC, a pooled fund that provides the backing of hundreds of organizations to each challenge. For other options that may help, you may want to take a look at our Practical Pointer on "Additional Methods of Providing for Conservation Defense."]]>
For more resources and materials on easement amendment, modification and termination, see our collection on The Learning Center.
After almost a year, the Colorado Supreme Court has denied the landowners' (appeal) of.Previously, Mesa Land Trust (MLT) won convincingly against the successor landowners, the Allens, at the Colorado Court of Appeals (Mesa County Land Conservancy v. Allen, 2012 COA 95 (Ct. App. Col. 2012)). The Court of Appeal's decision upheld the trial court ruling in the Mesa Land Trust v. Allen case and Mesa Land Trust's conservation easement. In its unanimous decision the court held:
The Court of Appeals recognized that the legislature intended to avoid litigation and not create it, as the Allens' interpretation of the statute would inevitably foster, threatening hundreds of conservation easements in Colorado. The Allens tried to mask the real issue by clothing it as one of corporate law involving a stock transfer (by a mutual ditch company) rather than conservation law. The court's decision in favor of Mesa Land Trust is big news since, according to the Land Trust Alliance's 2010 Census, there are over a million acres protected by conservation easement in Colorado, and hundreds of those conservation easements encumber water rights.
Even though this is an older easement (the conservation easement was a form easement then-used by the Farmer's Home Administration) and by today's standards not as well drafted as one would wish, nonetheless MLT won completely anyway. This is the only appellate decision on encumbering water rights in a conservation easement in the nation, and one of a handful of appellate decisions on conservation easements. The mandate, which establishes the finality of the judgment, should be issued within a few weeks. The decision will then be published, and citable as authority.
A broad coalition of dozens of conservation organizations, including The Land Trust Alliance, established a significant precedent for conservation in Colorado. Rob Bleiberg, Bill Prakken, Diana Cort, Ilana Moir and all the folks at Mesa Land Trust did a terrific job on this matter, as did their legal team of Allan Beezley, Peter Nichols, Bob Trout, with Peter as the lead attorney on the appeal, Melinda Beck as the lead attorney on the two amicus briefs, Larry Kueter who testified at the trial and helped on the strategy throughout, Amy Beatie, Zach Smith, Chris Mills, Steve Imig on the amicus brief, Marie Vicek on the briefs and trial preparation, Bill Silberstein, Andy Hamano and the Land Trust Alliance team, who helped on strategy. We can accomplish great things for conservation permanence working together.
In New Jersey Department of Wetlands v. Huber, the court ruled on enforcing the permit by administrative inspection but declined to address whether DEP had the right to forcibly enter the property as a result of the conservation easement - both because the easement was not deeded to DEP and because the DEP inspector had no knowledge of and thus was not relying on the easement at the time he entered the property. Nor did the opinion discuss the rights of private conservation organizations to enter on private property without the owner's consent. The opinion only discussed the defense against warrantless forcible entry offered by the Fourth Amendment, which applies only to actions conducted by government officials.
The subject of the case was a residential lot with a single family dwelling. The lot has a conservation easement preventing any future use of the wetlands area of the property. The developer of the lot filed for a wetlands permit to build on the property and, as part of the permitting process, subsequently granted the easement. Clinton Township is the easement holder but, by statute, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has the right to inspect the protected wetlands.
A neighbor called the DEP with concerns that the owners were filling in the wetlands and mowing down vegetation. A DEP inspector visited and spoke with the owners. When inspecting the wetlands, he found that the owners had filled, mowed or otherwise disturbed over 30,000 feet of the preserved property. After a lengthy administrative process, the state fined the owners and ordered them to restore the conserved areas.
After exhausting administrative appeals, the landowners contested the decision in appellate court arguing, among other issues, that the DEP's inspection of their property violated the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. Because a state agency inspected the property without their consent and without a warrant, they argued that the inspection was invalid and the inspector's testimony should therefore be thrown out and the decision reversed for lack of evidence. They argued that Camara v. Municipal Court of San Francisco applied (holding that a warrantless inspection of a private dwelling by a municipal administrator without owner consent is generally unreasonable absent limited circumstances).
The New Jersey Supreme Court found that the law granting the DEP the right to inspect was constitutional on its face, but not as applied. The court found that the inspector had statutory authority to enter the property but should have secured the owner's consent or should have resorted to an administrative process spelled out in the law's regulations for obtaining an order from the DEP Commissioner to enter the property. Furthermore, upon the landowner's failure to comply with the Commissioner's order, the DEP could bring a civil action and secure injunctive relief.
Key to the court's decision was the principle that residential areas enjoy special protection under the Fourth Amendment. Precedent for warrantless searches of commercial properties does not apply to residential property - even the backyard or curtilage of the property that is closely regulated by a permit. Instead, the court held that the DEP official had the power to treat refusal as an offense and charge the landowner with a violation, but not to immediately proceed with entry.
Despite finding that the DEP had to follow procedure when conducting inspections and could not conduct inspections without the owners' consent or administrative or judicial process, the court still found the owners to be in violation of the wetlands permit. Even if the court disallowed the testimony of the inspector, there was enough evidence from testimony of the landowners and neighbors to prove that the landowners were in violation. The landowners still had to pay fines and restore the wetlands.
Land trusts that are concerned about access for monitoring conservation easements can avoid difficulties with carefully drafted easements. Because an easement is a legal instrument in which the owner voluntarily grants rights to the land trust which are private entities, it will not be subject to the Fourth Amendment prohibition of unreasonable searches by the government. This case applies to government agencies conducting administrative searches and not to land trusts conducting annual monitoring visits pursuant to a perpetual agreement granting the right of entry.
In a non-governmental context, unauthorized entry onto another's property generally falls under the tort of trespass. Thus, this case indirectly raises the interesting question of what a land trust volunteer or employee should do if a conservation easement landowner denies her entry onto the protected property for monitoring or inspection purposes: Proceed with the inspection over the objection of the landowner? Or walk away and have the land trust initiate legal proceedings to secure its right of entry? For an example of a land trust that chose the latter option, and was ultimately successful, see Nature Conservancy v. Sims. For an example of where an easement landowner unsuccessfully brought claims of trespass and assault against a land trust volunteer, see Freeport Conservation Trust v. Dunfey. For land trust personnel, this is an issue to be determined with the land trust attorney, senior leadership and the board in setting stewardship policy.
Generally in most states, self-help (e.g., entry despite the landowner refusal to permit entry such as blocking the driveway to deny access or writing that the land trust is not allowed on the property) is subject to limitations and liabilities. The limitations vary widely from state to state, so obtain legal counsel to determine the laws in your state. The legal system places varying degrees of limitation on self-help; sometimes the state will allow self-help as long as no law is broken, and no breach of the peace occurs (or is likely to occur). The latter is where problems usually arise and what makes self-help on entry onto property of others in the face of an explicit refusal of access so problematic. Also, the usual limit on liability for actions of an agent may not apply; if a land trust uses an independent contractor to perform the self-help it could still be held strictly liable if anything goes wrong. Courts will often place stricter limits on self-help in the context of property and resort to self-help in such situations is prone to tort liability, and in some jurisdictions, to criminal liability.
As a practical matter, escalating the dispute with a physical confrontation is not likely to be productive. Generally, a better policy is for the land trust Executive Director, attorney or Board chair follow up with the landowner to explain and again insist verbally and calmly on access. If the landowner again refuses access then the land trust can avail itself of a court order to gain access. Please note: explicit refusal or denial of access is different than silence or absence of consent. If a conservation easement is properly drafted with an absolute right to inspect then mere lack of confirmation by the landowner regarding the planned visit is usually not considered a refusal and usually should not be an obstacle to annual monitoring. Land trust senior leadership should decide about these matters after consultation with the land trust's outside counsel regarding applicable state laws.
For more information on monitoring provisions that you or your attorney should include in easements, please see the Land Trust Alliance's Standards and Practices curriculum, Practice 09E, available on The Learning Center.]]>
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BURLINGTON, VT -- The Land Trust Alliance has launched a one-of-a kind liability insurance company called Terrafirma Risk Retention Group LLC to defend over 20,000 properties conserved by small community land trusts in Washington, DC and 46 states from expensive, frivolous lawsuits. (The only four states with no Terrafirma land trusts are Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Oklahoma.)
The most expensive land trust litigation to date cost more than $1.5 million, and others have cost over $250,000, far exceeding the reserves of most land trusts.
For example, the Nevada County Land Trust, and the owners of conserved land near Nevada City, California were sued by an adjacent landowner who attempted to build a road across protected land to gain access to his property. The trial included eight days of testimony by 23 witnesses over an 8-month period, 455 exhibits, and two site visits. The land trust had to conduct a special appeal campaign locally to raise part of the over $300,000 in defense costs. The land trust, now called the Bear Yuba Land Trust, protects the Bear River and Yuba River watersheds providing over half of California's water. It is one of 53 land trusts in California, which collectively protect three-quarters of a million acres of conserved land statewide, that have joined Terrafirma.
"As land values rise, land trusts will face increasing litigation from deep pocketed opponents who are willing and able to bleed them dry to develop conserved land. Up until now, it has been David vs. Goliath," said Rand Wentworth, president of the Land Trust Alliance and a former president of a commercial real estate development company. "Terrafirma enables land trusts to pool their resources to defend their conserved lands against wealthy developers who want to pave over paradise."
Land trusts protect a variety of vital natural resources, including clean air and water, wildlife habitat, farms, ranches, forests, gardens, historic battlefields, nature preserves, parks, shorelines, and trails. One Terrafirma participant, the American Chestnut Land Trust in Calvert County, Maryland, offers hiking trails and canoe trips on its beautiful 3,000-acre preserved area that protects the most pristine watershed on the western shore of the 200-mile long Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and home to over 300 species of fish and numerous shellfish and crab species, including the Atlantic menhaden, Striped bass, American eel, Eastern oyster, and the Blue crab.
Nonprofit land trusts are likely to be the most important tool to conserve land in the 21st century. Congressional appropriators have withheld $16 billion in authorized funding over the past 46 years for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a major funding source for federal and state acquisitions of land and conservation easements (development restricted land), often purchasing land acquired by land trusts. The LWCF is due to expire in 2015, unless Congress reauthorizes it.
Nearly 60 percent of land trusts are one person or all volunteer operations. The average size of the land trusts' conservation easements is 300 acres and the average value is $450,000. Each year, an estimated 2 million acres of America's farms, ranches, forests, wildlife habitat, and other open spaces are fragmented into smaller parcels or lost to development, according to the President's Annual Economic Report to Congress in March.
This conservation defense liability insurance coverage is not available from commercial or nonprofit insurance carriers for several reasons. The insurance pool is too small to generate enough income, these carriers don't understand the litigation risks facing land trusts, and they want to settle cases to keep their expenses low and profits high, rather than initiate and defend cases to ensure land is conserved in perpetuity.
Taking matters into their own hands, more than 420 land trusts joined with the Land Trust Alliance to create Terrafirma to protect more than 6 million acres of conserved land, 75 percent of the over 8 million acres conserved by land trusts that cannot afford to self-insure themselves individually, according to the 2010 National Land Trust Census.
"The IRS has stated that a land trust could lose its tax status or ability to accept further donations if it does not have sufficient resources to monitor or defend conservation easements," said Frederic C. Rich, a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, an international law firm based in New York that provided nearly $1 million of pro bono services to create a solid legal foundation for Terrafirma. "With insurance from Terrafirma, land trusts can now assure their communities, donors, the IRS, other regulators and legislators that they have the financial capacity to defend their conserved lands in perpetuity."
Terrafirma's business is limited to insuring its land trust owner members against the costs of litigation necessary to protect their conserved lands from threats such as trespassing, vandalism, and adverse claims for damages by developers and other parties. Terrafirma differs from other insurance in that it covers all legal-related fees for both enforcement and defense and includes mediation, negotiation and court fees.
"I am both proud and excited about the Alliance's success in creating Terrafirma," said Andrew Bowman, director of the Environment Program for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, one of eight major environmental foundations that provided $4 million in capital funding to launch the service. "This innovative service enables community-based nonprofits to protect wildlife habitat and other conserved lands that represent billions of dollars of public and private investment."
The Terrafirma conservation defense insurance program goals include: 1) protecting the permanence of conserved land; 2) creating favorable case law and avoid unfavorable case law; and 3) encouraging practices to cut the risk of conservation violations and unnecessary litigation.
The basic policy includes: 1) first year premium of $60 per year per conservation easement or fee-owned land; 2) a maximum limit of $500,000 per claim and total claims limit of $500,000; and 3) a $5,000 deductible per claim regardless of policy limits.
"I am the sole staff person of a small land trust in Georgia," said Steffney Thompson, executive director of the Oconee River Land Trust, which protects nearly 4,400 acres in northeast Georgia, including working forests, wetlands, hardwood forests, riparian buffers, and agricultural lands. "The Terrafirma conservation defense liability insurance program is a very reasonable, balanced, targeted critical service that helps us protect our community's conservation lands."
The Land Trust Alliance is a national conservation group that works on behalf of the nation's 1,700 land trusts to save the places people love by strengthening conservation nationwide. The Alliance works to increase the pace and quality of conservation by advocating favorable tax policies and training land trusts in best practices, and working to ensure the permanence of conservation in the face of continuing threats. Learn more >>
Terrafirma was formed by the Land Trust Alliance to help land trusts defend their conserved lands from the liabilities of legal challenges by pooling and insuring their conservation defense liabilities and also provides information with respect to loss control and risk management. Learn more >>
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) Executive Rich Fitzgerald recently announced plans to send letters to of all 9,000 properties currently identified as non-government, tax-exempt to demand proof that those properties meet the current five-part test for property tax exemption. Ironically, county legislation passed in 2007 required a systematic review of such exemptions every three years. This systematic review is only one more avenue being pursued by the county and Pittsburgh to collect revenues from nonprofit organizations. This is an on-going effort in Pennsylvania: a "voluntary" payment agreement with colleges and universities (2009) and a payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with a coalition of nonprofits (in place from at least 2010 through 2012).
In a case of first impression, the New Mexico Appeals Court held that a 60-acre conservation property owned by Pecos River Open Spaces subject to an open space conservation easement granted to the Santa Fe Conservation Trust prohibiting all construction is a "charitable use" exempt from property taxes under Article VIII, Section 3 of the New Mexico Constitution. The County taxing authority (Board) argued that conservation was not a charitable use because "land that is idle, unimproved and not in actual use" has "… no direct and immediate charitable use, and for which the claimed environmental benefit - even if construed to be a charitable purpose - is, at best, remote and consequential." See below for a similar case with a contrary holding at the Board of Tax Appeal. This case is the first published opinion on property tax exemption for conservation properties since the 1990's. See Adirondack Land Trust v. Town of Putnam Assessor, 203 A.D.2d 861 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994), for the last such case. For a similar case that considered the term "use," see Turner v. Trust for Public Land, 445 So. 2d 1124 (Ct. App. Fla. 1984).
The recited facts do not explicitly address public recreational access but the apparent lack of recreational use is important because a handful of trial-level, unpublished opinions identify recreational access as a key factor in determining whether there is any public benefit from conservation of a property. The Court found New Mexico's "strong public policy encouraging conservation" and the County's "goal of conservation within its borders" showed that "conservation of land in its natural and undeveloped state generally benefits the public in the context of environmental preservation and beautification of the the State of New Mexico." Pecos River Open Spaces, Inc. v. County of San Miguel, No. 30,865, slip op., 2013-NMCA-___ (N.M. Ct. App. 2013). Period for appeal still open. State of New Mexico." Pecos River Open Spaces, Inc. v. County of San Miguel, No. 30,865, slip op., 2013-NMCA-___ (N.M. Ct. App. 2013). The period for appeal still open.
The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) ruled against the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) on its appeal of the refusal of the Board of Assessors of the Town of Hawley to abate real estate taxes on a 120 acre parcel of forest land bordered on two sides by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Dubuque State Forest located in Hawley and owned by NEFF with a Conservation Restriction. A statute dating back to the 19th century allows personal property of a charitable organization and real estate owned and occupied by the organization for the purposes for which it was organized to be exempt from property taxes. The ATB has repeatedly found that an organization's charitable exemption status is not dispositive in determining whether its property qualifies for the property tax exemption. The burden of establishing entitlement to the exemption is on the organization. Over the last ten years, the ATB consistently denied exemption either because the organization failed to "provide services to a large or fluid group of beneficiaries or failed to maintain goals and methods that are close to traditional charitable purposes and methods."
NEFF provided evidence of educational promotion of sustainable forest practices, public access to the property for those wanting to learn more about sustainable forestry, and public access for those wishing to utilize and enjoy the large forested track for cross country skiing, snowmobiling, bird watching, walking and other recreation. The ATB found that NEFF's education endeavors were insufficient in scope to be considered educational and further that the scope of tree harvesting by NEFF was not a dominant purpose of the non-profit and did not fit traditional charitable activity.
Massachusetts land trusts have maintained that public access, though a laudable goal, is not always in the best interests of the subject properties. Farmers with permanent agricultural restrictions may not want the public to have general access to their lands, and certain protected lands may host endangered or threatened species or provide habitat for such species. Also Massachusetts land trusts argued that the ATB failed to fully comprehend the varied and valuable benefits of protecting land, farmland, forestry land, water resources, etc. The case is expected to be appealed to either the Appeals Court or the Supreme Judicial Court.
This is not an exhaustive inventory of changes, just a few of the highlights, and is not legal, tax or other advice. Please read the Form and the Instructions carefully with your attorney or tax professional. The revised form is dated December 2012 so may affect your year-end closings. Please consult with your attorney regarding effective dates. The IRS last revised Form 8283 in 2006 according to the IRS website.]]>
This summary is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. The Land Trust Alliance has no position on the Model Act. However, if adopted, this Act may have significant consequences for land trusts in your state, depending on its current laws. So the first step is to determine whether there are plans to introduce this legislation in your state, in what form and with what (if any) modifications to the Model Act. States need to look carefully at the Model Act's Commentary too, and understand those provisions that might affect application in a specific state. Then, with the assistance of legal counsel, evaluate your state's existing laws, the proposed changes that adoption of the Model Act would create, and their implications for your land conservation work; they could be either beneficial or burdensome. You may wish to consult with the state association of nonprofits and the state land trust association. You might consider a coordinated response to the Model Act with other charities and easement holders in your state.
A quick check of the Internet shows that nonprofit groups, media and lawyers are all actively commenting on the Model Act. Here are a few resources and links:
Two recent cases in Pennsylvania litigated the effectiveness of two conservation easements in limiting or prohibiting gas drilling. This is the beginning of a trend of landowners taking these disputes to court and testing the strength of conservation drafting. In one case, the court decided that drilling for gas was "not clearly and unambiguously prohibited by the conservation easement" and denied the easement holder's motion to dismiss the landowner's case to drill for natural gas on the protected property. Litigators are concerned that the easement clause did not fully conform to state laws in that case.
Yet in another case around the same time, in a different Pennsylvania court, the judge upheld a conservation easement finding that it unambiguously prohibited horizontal drilling proposed by the successor landowners, and that the purposes of the easement went beyond simply protecting the surface of the protected property.
Clearly drafting the purposes of the conservation easement is as critical as drafting the prohibition. The purposes section should connect the dots for the reader whether the judge, jury, successor landowner, or land trust personnel into the future. The purposes need to state not only what attributes the property has, but how those attributes interrelate and support each other and what makes them so critical to preserve even when powerful economic drivers or successor landowner free use of their land for permitted purposes pose significant challenges.
Fracking uses large quantities of water at high pressures to fracture geological barriers to gas extraction. Combined with horizontal drilling, the use of explosives, and the addition of proprietary chemicals and particulates, fracking is now an extremely effective method of releasing gas from deposits that were previously considered unviable, such as deposits in shale, tight sand, and coal beds. Further, tax issues may arise when landowners seek to profit from property that was donated as a tax-deductible charitable contribution (as is further detailed in the guide to financial management below). See the document on forced pooling statutes below to see the rules in your state.
Developers first used modern fracking techniques in the Barnett Shale in Fort Worth, Texas. The technology was so successful that it has inspired development projects in Pennsylvania, New York, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Colorado, and Wyoming, to name only a few. In these states, severed mineral rights that were previously considered a minimal risk to conservation may change the easement property significantly and lead to requests for amendment or extinguishment (as was seen in Hicks v. Dowd). See the maps below to see if your area is a candidate for fracking development.
View a map of shale gas resources in the lower 48 states.
View pooling statutes by state.
A resource collection on The Learning Center's Conservation Defense Clearinghouse assists conservation organizations to make informed decisions regarding hydrofracking and coalbed methane extraction projects on conserved property. The collection contains resources to help land trusts determine what their local development issues may be, information on legal issues related to oil and gas projects, and examples of how others have worked with these issues. These resources include:
Participating land trusts pay an annual fee of $60 per property and are covered for up to $500,000 in legal fees annually to defend their easements and conserved lands. The response from land trusts has been positive. Almost 500 land trusts have signed up 18,500 properties for Terrafirma coverage already. You can still commit! The one-time registration fee to join Terrafirma increases 28% on December 31, 2012. If your land trust commits to participate before then you can take advantage of the lower Founder's discounted registration fee. View the commitment letter.
You also can start to complete your application on-line now. The Terrafirma website has lots of information and an online application. The first-time sign up process is detailed, but once you sign in once, you can save your progress and make changes as needed. So you'll want to get started on it soon - having your information prepared and ready when the time comes to submit details and pay your premium by February 1, 2013 will help avoid confusion and delays next year.
Before Terrafirma can issue policies, participating land trusts also will need to formally verify that at least 16,000 properties from fully eligible land trusts will be insured. Terrafirma has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS and requires nothing further. We are grateful to the team at Sullivan & Cromwell for guiding the tax-exemption application through the IRS. We have also raised $1.44 million toward the $1.5 million goal to fund the first five years of the costs in relation to start-up operations and loss prevention services.
Terrafirma has also been in the news. A New York Times article highlighting conservation defense challenges also headlined the new land trust collaborative defense service. Other papers and radio stations have been running excerpts of the Times article.
At the moment 467 land trusts holding 18,544 units of property have paid their fee and committed to join Terrafirma, provided that startup occurs by December 31, 2013. Of those 18,544 units, we currently have informal confirmation that 16,031 units are fully qualified by virtue of being held by accredited land trusts, or non-accredited land trusts having self-verified informal satisfaction of the eligibility criteria.
Many thanks to all of the board, staff, funders and advisors that made this possible, and to the hundreds of participating land trusts and the thousands of land trust leaders working together to help each other. Hundreds of generous people contributed their time to creating Terrafirma including all the western pioneers who first thought of the idea a decade or more ago. Thank you to these pioneers who opened a door through important research, setting the stage for the conservation defense insurance service:
Generous individual and foundations also contributed to feasibility expenses and to costs of operations. These funders donated the over four million dollars in cash required as capital for Terrafirma.
Terrafirma authorized the outside consultant to complete the required regulatory filings in 49 states and D.C. in order to offer this special conservation coverage to land trusts and they completed all of the registrations. We will pilot a comprehensive risk management curriculum at Rally. Then, in early 2013, immediately prior to the formal commencement of operations, Terrafirma will verify sufficient eligible properties actually insured and paid (at least 16,000 eligible properties) and issue the Commencement of Operations Certificate, permitting as a corporate matter Terrafirma to commence insurance operations. Then Marsh will issue the policies and paperwork necessary for land trusts to be Terrafirma members.
The Terrafirma Members Committee (view regional map) and the Claims Committee members (view bios) have been appointed. The Terrafirma form of insurance policy and the Claims Procedures are also available to view. Lorraine Barrett joined the Alliance on May 3 as our first conservation defense coordinator. Lorri will assist with all aspects of conservation defense, including Terrafirma. Lorri practiced law in a litigation firm in Alexandria, Virginia, and has her JD from William & Mary Law School.
The Nonprofit Center for Risk Management Executive Director Melanie Herman wrote the risk management curriculum. This is an integral component to Terrafirma's success. All land trusts can reduce risk exposure and manage necessary risk better through implementing the tools and techniques in this curriculum.


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Industrial Agriculture is sooo 20th century. As America moves forward with a new agenda of change, our food system is getting a green, healthy makeover that promises to leave thousands of food and farm advocates with nothing to do.
For decades, foodies, animal welfare advocates, labor and environmentalists have joined together in an effort to educate their peers and affect policy change with the broad goal of improving the way our food is grown, processed, distributed and eaten. They've snuck into animal factories with hidden cameras, staged protests in Washington and boycotted fast food establishments. They've shopped at farmers markets and planted seeds in community gardens. They've formed a massive and remarkably powerful food and farm movement, and in general, they've kept quite busy reaching for a goal that until recently seemed completely futile and utterly out of reach.
But soon these dedicated food fighters may find themselves with little to do but sit down and eat.
First, it was just announced that the Obama's are putting in their very own vegetable garden on the White House lawn. This is something that the food movement has been dreaming of since day one, and not one but two separate organizations -- Eat the View and the White House Organic Farm Project -- have been tirelessly promoting for years. Since this week's announcement that the garden is actually in the works, it's hard to imagine what these groups are going to do to keep busy -- maybe they could work on getting Jimmy Carter's solar panels back on the White House roof.
In other exciting news, on March 14th something kind of crazy happened: the USDA banned the slaughter of downer cows. For years, the downer cow has been a compelling symbol of the extreme cruelty and unbridled mechanization that characterizes modern animal farms and slaughterhouses. The web is strewn with videos of nearly-dead, non-ambulatory cattle being dragged, forklifted and shoved through the gates of muddy abattoirs to be slaughtered, butchered and injected into the food supply.
The heart-wrenching and stomach-turning images of downer cows have been an effective tool in converting ignorantly blissful burger addicts into soldiers for PETA, Sierra Club and Slow Food, and eliminating these sad creatures from our food system is a fairly small but truly meaningful step forward.
So the USDA up and banned them. (Wait, they can do that? If the USDA could do that all along, why didn't this pass decades ago?)
Environmentalists, who for years have fought tooth and nail against an EPA and USDA whose powers were seemingly limited to pandering to corporate evil-doers, are now pleasantly surprised and perhaps even a little shocked to see that these institutions can actually fulfill their mandates of promoting public health and environmental sustainability.
Eco-leaders like NRDC President Francis Beinecke are publishing lists of all the advances that the new administration has already made with regards to environmental policy, and noting how good it feels to have people in Washington who are actually on their side.
And although most within the food movement growled in frustration when Obama appointed former Iowa Governor and biotech industry insider Tom Vilsack to head the USDA, many are starting to warm up to him. Vilsack has adopted the rhetoric of the new administration with unhesitating fluency, and in his speeches has talked about things like child nutrition, fruits and vegetables, local and regional food distribution and small farms.
Revolutionary? No. But you would have had to be on psychedelics to hear those kinds of things come forth from the mouths of any of G. W. Bush's three USDA chiefs. Perhaps the best move that Obama's USDA has made to earn the trust of the food movement was appointing Kathleen Merrigan as his deputy.
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