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Alright, well, let's get down to it. I've been on quite a few roleplay forums for years now, and have yet to do an amazing roleplay. It's honestly quite frustrating. So, I decided I'd give this forum a chance and I'm praying someone will be interested.
Before you continue reading, I have something important I'd like to say. This is something that pisses me off so much, and I need to get it out of the way. If you're going to roleplay with me, do NOT just suddenly vanish. If you get busy, or are bored with the roleplay, LET ME KNOW. Don't just suddenly stop responding. Truthfully, it kind of hurts my feelings and I don't want to be a bother by messaging you and asking when you're going to respond. Especially if you have no intention to.
Okay, now that's out of the way, so let's talk about what roleplays I'd be up for. I'm extremely open when it comes to pairings, so suggest one you'd like to do, and I will probably be up for it. I've really been in the mood for a Vampire x Human one, though. But not vampires like in Twilight. As for fandoms, I usually only do CC x OC. Fandoms that I will do are as follows:
Fright Night (2011)
Pitch Perfect
Role Models
The Far Cry Experience
The Dark Knight Trilogy
Freaks and Geeks
The Last Of Us (this wouldn't involve romance)
Celebrity (where you fall in love with your celebrity crush. yay.)
Usually I do more, but I've really only been in the mood for those. And obviously, I'd like those to all include some degree of romance.
- I do MxM, FxF, and MxF.
- Don't use anime or cartoon pictures, please.
- This can be low casual to low advanced. I'm honestly not that picky. However many lines you write, I will match. All I ask is that your grammar is understandable and you're literate.
- I curse a lot. I also enjoy smut.
- That's about it!
If you're interested, PM me and we shall discuss it more.

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The Hawke's Nest~ Gorgeous Waterfront Home in Harpswell
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Cundy's Harbor
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This beautifully renovated, waterfront home is located in the scenic lobstering village of Cundy's Harbor. You'll fall in love with this quaint seaside town where you can watch the lobstermen come and go from the privacy of your porch!
Located just 10 minutes from the town of Brunswick & all major conveniences and a short 20 minute drive to Orrs & Bailey Island.
The harbor has two 100+ year old authentic general stores, two locally owned and operated restaurants a great little gift shop where you can buy gifts and live lobster & clams to take home for a traditional lobster bake. We also have a library with a children's section and free Wi-Fi Internet within walking distance.
The towns of Harpswell, Brunswick and nearby Bath offer endless possibilities for fine dining, theater, shopping, museums, galleries & more. There are beautiful kayaking spots ( kayak rentals nearby) scenic cruises, hiking trails and some of the most beautiful beaches and lighthouses in the world are less then 45 minutes away.
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house rental amenities
This home has three comfortable bedrooms:
Master Bedroom: King size bed, jacuzzi tub
Second Bedroom: Queen Sized Bed
Thrid Bedrom: Two Twin Sized Beds
2 Full Baths, Screened in Porch, Fully Stocked Kitchen, Dining Area, Grill, TV with DVD Player & Basic Cable. Wi-Fi Internet available just down the street.
activities and attractions in Harpswell Maine
Kayaking, Site Seeing, Beaches, Gift Shops, Hiking, Lighthouses, Shopping, Theater, Fine Dinning, Museums, Festivals, Charted Sailing, Ferry Tours, Golf
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DISCOUNTS for 2011!
Weekly rate Discount
May28 to June 18 $1100 $500
June 25th to Aug 27th $1395 $255
Sept 3rd to Oct 1st $1200 $450
Plus 7% Lodging Tax
50% of Rent Required to Hold Reservation plus $300.00 Fully Refundable Security Deposit.
Elizabeth Prybylo
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.
Learn more in our Security CenterTop things to do in Harpswell
- Scenic Drives
- Great Seafood Restaurants
- Kayaking/Boating
- Festivals
- Relaxing!
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Kihei has many big-city amenities, including notable restaurants. Here, visitors can sample Hawaiian cuisine and learn about the state's obsession with SPAM, the canned meat. Kihei's beaches—Kamaole, Keawakapu, Kihei, and Mai Poina—are good for walking, swimming, and windsurfing. Makena Beach, south of Kihei, is aptly nicknamed the Big Beach. This beach is 100 yards wide and almost a mile long.
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"Perfect sunsets every evening"
This is a great place to stay. Kihie is a quietish part of Maui. There are a few good restaurants within walking distance. Condo was excepionally clean. One hint if your out for the day close the blinds the afternoon sun will warm the place up. Overall great place to stay.Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Great stay"
The only complaint was that the air conditioning was not adequate enough to cool the entire condo and the furniture and decor was a bit dated. Otherwise everything was clean and we were centrally located with an excellent ocean view from the patio.Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"close to beach"
Great location and service. It was clean and close to shops.Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Dated, but a fair price"
Fixtures were dated (think 70's), and the A/C couldn't handle the 90 degree days. However, Condo was clean and well equiped with the basics. We thought the price was fair and location good.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Ok, for the price"
- Older privately owned condo that requires an update. One of the dirtiest/ugliest bathtubs I have ever seen. Air conditioner in living area under sized and bedroom air conditioner never worked. Needed a car to get to anywhere (groceries, resturants). + Quiet clean complex. Very near the ocean, just walk out the back across a well kept park right to […] the beach. Quiet beach, but not the biggest or best around. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Great hotel right on the beach."
We arrived without a reservation because of the horrible hotel we had to walk away from. (lost money on that hotel which will be noted on a different review). Right away I knew it was going to be good. The staff was great. I booked 4 days and they gave us 1 of the days free. The room was beautiful and overlooked the beach. Within easy walking distance […] of Front street where all the good tourist shops and restaurants are. Great experience here on our honeymoon. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Great find, close to everything with a view"
I was so pleased with my stay, the property managers were great and I was impressed with the quality for the price. Great view and nice and quiet. My room, however, was very hot as the air conditioning didn't fully cool it off. Maybe something can be done about that...Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"An hidden gem!"
The condo is a great place! Loved sitting on the lanai with my coffee watching the humpbacks jump out front! This a great little hidden gem! We would stay here again for sure.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Leinaala Ground level Unit 102 March 2013"
AC in both living room and bedroom. Kept it comfortable for the whole stay. We were a family of 4, used the pull out couch no problem. Building is a little dated, but clean and grounds are well kept up. Many small restaurants withing 10 minutes drive. has shared Washer / Dryer facilities in building Tennis Courts available only 50m away. Very quiet, […] great for families Only approx 70m to the beach across a perfectly manicured lawn. With the west facing deck and great view of the sunset we ate all our meals on the deck outside. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
NICE VIEW, NICE PEOPLE, TERRIBLE PARKING AREA THEY SHOE-HORNED TOO MANY PARKING SPOTS INTO AN AREA THAT ISN'T LARGE ENOUGH. DAMAGE ON THE CARS BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T OPEN THE CAR DOOR WITHOUT HITTING THE CAR NEXT TO YOU. WE HAVE STAYED IN MAUI MANY TIMES FOR FAR LESS AND NICER PLACES.Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Older but nice condo units"
We stayed in room 401, so I can only rate this room, as each owner maintains their own unit. This unit is on the top floor, so it had a great ocean view. We had some difficulty checking in, it was a Saturday, no one was working in the office. You have to call this after hour phone number and they give you some code for the front door. Instruction was […] not clear enough. Once we checked in, things went well. The unit is older but clean. Very close to the ocean and quite. It was not far from some shopping area. Overall, we would stay there again. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Satisfied vacationer"
Excellent!! Everything was perfect. We received a warm welcome upon arrival.The condo complex is facing the ocean and the view was great from our balcony, especially the sunsets.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Relaxing stay"
We always stay at this Condo since we started going to Maui. We have never had a bad stay here. Its in a quiet area, away from the traffic. Every room has a view of the ocean.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Fantastic stay in Maui"
Our condo was very spacious and the view of the ocean from our lanai was amazing. All properties have the same view which is reassuring. The property itself was comfortable and well maintained. Location is good but a car is recommended if you want to make the most out of your trip. Parking is free and you get an assigned space which is helpful. Overall, […] a brilliant place to stay. 閱讀更多Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Kihei condo"
I would recommend this hotel because the setting and location were great. Aside from a few other guests and residents, it was quiet and right on the water. All amenities were close by, although the beach in front of the hotel wa not great for swimming. The average rating given was due to the condition of the condo. I stayed in and every condo is different. […] This one needed some updates and more attention to cleaning. On the surface it Looked fine but there were a few areas that needed work, mainly the bathroom. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Amazing for its price and facilities"
Trust me, this condo was spectacular, centrally located, close to everything. The kitchen was fully equipped. This is better than the hotels near lahaina since this is much closer to haleakala, hana, Wailea beaches.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Hawaiian Paradise at Leinaala"
The location of this condo is perfect - close enough to get to the stores, yet far enough away that you hear absolutely no noise. Tennis courts out the front; pool too! with nice comfy lounge chairs. Absolutely the cleanest condo we have ever rented. The condo contained almost everything one could ever need, even a dishwasher - but, no teapot, trying […] to find one was impossible!! Bill and Paula (the managers) are the friendliest and were very knowledgeable, even with a few suggestions. Sitting on the lanai was a perfect place to watch the windsurfers and surf boarders - sunsets were breathtaking!! A nice home base to all the things one does in Maui. WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK TO THIS COMPLEX!! 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Leinaala - Maui Condo & Home, Kihei, Maui Hawaii"
First time at this location and was delighted with the amenities and condition. Beautiful ground floor view and clean accommodations. The guest book provided by the owners of the condo was very helpful and informative. Would love to return to this unit at some future date.Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Very Nice Place for the price!"
Nice place to stay. Family was staying at the Maui Schooner right next door, so this location was perfect. The area is a great central location for the entire island. This area is a more laid back region of Maui, a short drive to all the popular beaches and attractions. Very close to grocery stores, and many nice places to dine. This place has a well […] stocked kitchen which cut cost down by cooking for yourself. Amazing sunsets every night! Only down side is they have a very small pool and no hot tub, but for us this was not a problem, because we spent most of our family time next door. A great value for the price. All rooms have an ocean view!!! 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Good Location, Needs Upgrading"
The location of this condo building is superb. The even better thing is the ocean view. We stayed in suite #401 and for the amount that we were paying, it was not up to standard. The carpet is heavily stained and needs to be changed, or at the very least cleaned. The furniture and decor is very outdated and the entire suite could use a good cleaning. […] For example, fingerprints on the walls and light fixtures, stove, fridge, cupboards etc..... Stray hairs on the floors, area rugs in kitchen and bathroom stained. The unit was very well stocked with everything you would need to make a meal, although the kitchen linens had a moldy odor to them and we did not use them after this discovery. The manager of the building greeted us and was very helpful and friendly. The ground, pool and common areas are very clean and tidy. Two other positive qualities of this suite are the wireless internet access and the in suite telephone for local calling. If you are hoping for an ocean front view, great location and there are no other more updated suites available in Leinaala, then I would stay here again. 閱讀更多Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Leinaala - Maui Condo - A pleasant surprise"
The condo was simply perfect. It was well maintained and fully furnished. It was very clean and well stocked. It has a beach view and it was gorgeous. You could just walk to the beach at any point of time. It was also close to the beach parks. The wind blowing into the apartment was very cool and refreshing. The nice part of the hotel is it is very […] quiet and is close to everything. Lahiana and Wailea are just 20-30 minutes away. The internet connection is very good too. We were pleasantly surprised and would highly recommend this place. 閱讀更多Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Surprise in Maui"
Still can't believe I could walk to a deserted beach in 2 minutes every day! The condo was furnished well, not brand new stuff but your on vacation. It had everything you needed though and there's a BBQ downstairs and laundry facilities. View from the apartment was breathtaking and very quiet.Expedia 旅客真實的評價
"Quite okay"
We were in room 405. it was okay. Quite clean but old and not really fancy. But we had a nice ocean view and didn't pay a lot. You are quite on your own as the managers are not often around. But if you need something they come and help you. Also you don't see a lot of neighbours. It's also quite loud and hot as the air condition is only in the livingroom, […] and you have to open your windows which makes you hear the birds 'singing' all night long. I don't think we would book this one again. 閱讀更多Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Bel emplacement mais aucun service"
un bel endroit mais ce n'est pas un hotel mais un immeuble dont les appartements, appartenant à des propriétaires différents, sont loués. Aucun service associé, des appartements très différents entre eux d'un point de vue aménagementHotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Utsikt över havet"
Lägenhet med balkong med utsikt över park och havet. Utrustningen i köket var av samma klass som hemma, allt fanns. Fantastiskt vackert läge, hade kunnat bo här 1 månad!Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Ruhige Lage"
Tolle Aussicht aufs Meer, Strand zum Baden nicht geeignet da steinig und flach. Einkaufsmöglichkeiten und Restaurants ca. 1 Km entfernt, Auto von Vorteil (Privatparkplatz vor dem Haus). Da Ferienwohnung besteht kein Hotelservice. Office nur eingeschrenkt besetzt. Wir hatten Glück dass die sehr nette Empfangsdame gerade anwesend war, sonst hätten wir […] Mühe gehabt, uns mit den angegebenen Infos zurechtzufinden. 閱讀更多Hotels.com 旅客真實的評價
"Hawaii ist schön, besonders im richtigen Apartment"
Es ist kein Hotel sondern eine Apartmentanlage. Insofern war der Service angenehm trat aber kaum in Erscheinung ausser man spraach ihn an. Lage 50 m vom Pazifik in einer Art gepflegtem Park. Pool okay von der Größe, gepflegt Tennisplätze waren zu benutzen und gepflegt. Unsere Einheit 102 war komplett ausgestattet sogar das Olivenöl für den Gast war […] vorhanden und alles was man sonst zum kochen kaufen muss. Strandhandtücher, alles war da. Wir waren sehr zufrieden und würden jederzeit wieder dort buchen. 閱讀更多Expedia 旅客真實的評價
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Dr. Raskin is a practicing diagnostic radiologist in the subspecialty of neuroradiology in Fort Lauderdale, FL and is the Internal Legal Counsel to the Florida Radiological Society. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of this journal.
Signing a radiology colleague's interpretive report becomes problematic if that colleague is sued for malpractice, as you will almost certainly be sued as well. Substituting your signature for the radiologist who actually did the interpretation is an invitation to the plaintiff's attorney to name another physician in the lawsuit. Some have called this a proxy signature, but a proxy is an authorization by one person to another so that the second person can act for the first. A proxy binds the first person by the act of the second person. A substituted signature can bind you both. Whatever we wish to call it, substituting your signature for a colleague's signature may place you in their shoes in the eyes of the law.
Why do we bother to sign reports in the first place? According to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the radiologist who performs the service must sign the interpretive report. 1 In addition, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) mandates that the interpretive report have the author identified. 2 It is not clear that JCAHO requires the author of the report to actually sign the report. However, it is quite clear that HCFA fully intends that the author actually sign the report. The Standard Guide for Electronic Authentication of Health Care Information indicates that the signature is the act of taking responsibility for a document and the purpose of the signature is to determine accountability. 3
Most reports are signed by the interpreting radiologist. However, there is a "gray area" when the author of the interpretive report is not available in a timely matter and the report is signed by a colleague in order to expedite delivery of the report. The timeliness of reporting any radiologic examination varies with the nature and urgency of the clinical problem. When a colleague's signature is substituted for the author of the interpretive report, that colleague may or may not have read the report. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Standard for Communication indicates that the final report should be proofread to minimize typographical errors, deleted words, and confusing or conflicting statements. 4 However, most reports are produced using word processing software that checks spelling and even grammar. Any "deleted words and confusing or conflicting statements" may not be recognized by anyone other than the author. Rarely will a colleague review the actual films of a report rendered by someone else, which further compounds the problem. 5
When named as a defendant in a lawsuit, the radiologist who substituted his or her signature for the author of the interpretive report will rarely ever claim that they actually looked at the films but will claim that they proofread the report. They will often claim that they signed the report to expedite timely delivery to the referring physician. However, bear in mind that if a significant error has occurred in the written report, expediting this erroneous report only further compounds the initial error.
Radiologists are often reluctant to come in to sign reports when they are off for the weekend. The radiologist on call usually winds up signing all the reports that were generated by those who are off duty. We learned in kindergarten (unfortunately, some never learned) that we clean up our own mess. If you dictated it, you should sign it and not expose a colleague as another "deep pocket" because they signed your report.
Regardless of any disclaimers you may include on the report, if you sign it, you will most likely be held responsible for the content of the report. Although no Appellate Court decisions have been heard regarding the substituted signature of a radiologist, the New Jersey Appellate Court concluded that by signing a report, a physician attests to the accuracy of the information that the report contains. 6 This is an important holding as it does not matter what disclaimers the physician may put before or after the signature. Even a juror knows that you "don't sign something unless you have read it and agreed to it." To afford a physician anything less would let them off the hook for what every juror knows is "common knowledge."
A 55-year-old woman was referred to a surgeon for complaints of a persistent dripping and running nose. The surgeon ordered a cysternogram, and a CT scan of the ethmoid sinus. Based upon the results, the patient was told that the left side of her dripping and running nose was due to cerebral spinal fluid leaking as a result of sinus disease and a defect in her left cribriform plate. The patient was told that the easiest and fastest approach to seal the defect in the cribriform plate was to undergo an operative procedure through her nose, internasal endoscopy, because of decreased anesthesia time.
During the course of the surgical procedure, the surgeon entered the ethmoid sinus and found a mass present. A biopsy was taken and sent for analysis, which was indeterminate as to cell origin due to hemorrhage, although the pathologist thought it might be neural tissue on frozen examination. The surgeon continued to remove the mass from the roof of the ethmoid. The defect in the cribriform plate was visualized, and a fat graft and flap closure was performed. The patient failed to awaken following surgery, and an emergency CT scan showed subarachnoid and interventricular hemorrhage. A ventriculostomy was performed, and the patient remained comatose until her death approximately 1 week later. The pathology report confirmed normal brain tissue.
The cisternogram showed a leak from the left cribriform plate. The CT scan was interpreted as showing "lytic erosive changes" of the left cribriform plate, "likely representing a CHF leak or inflammatory changes." In deposition, the radiologist testified that she considered that this might represent an encephalocele but since an encephalocele was so rare, and she had never seen one before, she did not include it in her report.
As you might imagine, the case was settled by the surgeon and the radiologist without even deposing the expert witness radiologist for the plaintiff. However, the story doesn't end here. The author of the report had been out of the office the day after dictating it, and one of her colleagues readily signed the report. Despite his protestation that he was merely signing the report for "content and expedience," and not attesting to its accuracy, his attorney wisely advised him to settle as well. The "content" defense fell short when the radiologist had to admit, in deposition, that "CHF" stood for congestive heart failure and not cerebral spinal fluid, considerably changing the content of the report. Expedience matters little when the report is patently wrong.
* No one signs the report. This is not really possible or feasible since HCFA requires that the radiologist who interprets the study must sign his or her own report.
* Sign your colleague's report. If you do this, do it with the understanding that this will result in legal exposure to you and you may be held liable for the report. Therefore, it would be prudent in those cases in which there is no alternative except to sign a colleague's report for you to review the actual films and correlate them with the report.
* Have the author of the report authenticate the report. This is what we are actually trying to accomplish, but it may become burdensome when the author of the report is not available or may be away. In today's high-technology world, there is little excuse for not being in touch and not being able to communicate. Reports are routinely faxed to referring physicians. The report can be sent to the author of the report by fax or e-mail. These devices are readily available virtually all over the world, in airport lounges, and on cruise ships.
In January 2001, Air Canada began offering e-mail and Internet access on their North American flights. In April 2001, Singapore Airlines began offering e-mail on all of their international flights. Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific soon followed. 7 Boeing will be introducing a broadband e-mail and Internet system that can deliver e-mail at speeds about 25 times faster than current modems. 8 Soon all passengers will be able to send and receive e-mail no matter where they are flying. So there will be no place you can hide and not get your report.
HCFA allows authentication to include signature, written initials, or computer entry. In this way, the author of the report can authenticate his or her own report. Some radiology departments have started the process of installing software on their home computers that will avoid the necessity of a radiologist signing a colleague's report (L. Berlin, personal communication, May 29, 2001). In the rare situation in which the films must be correlated with a report, a colleague could then review the films. Sending reports electronically to the author of the report will minimize the need for a radiologist to sign a colleague's report.
If the author of the report will not be available within 24 hours after dictating the report, a system should be in place to either fax or electronically transmit the reports to the author. The author can then provide authentication by signature, written initials, or computer entry. By using presently available technology, it should be rare that the author of a report cannot authenticate it within 24 hours. In these rare situations, the radiologist who substitutes his or her signature for the author should review the films and make corrections to the report, if necessary, with the full understanding that he or she will most likely be held responsible for the contents of the report. AR


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The bank holiday weekend came with a condition: if any day was sunny, we'd spend it in a beer garden. Flashback to Good Friday: the sun was indeed shining. Onforth to the beer garden. Quite the misnomer, given that the drink of choice was our old friend, the Jaegerbomb…
Fastforward to later that evening, back at home, feeling great. And then someone brings out the 90s tunes. Sorry, 90s TOOOOOOOOOOOOONZ. My favourite hazy memory is dancing on the sofa to this song. Of all the Swedish songstresses of the late 1990s, Meja is perhaps my favourite. 'All 'Bout The Money' is by far her greatest hit. Even Billboard Magazine agrees: "Once in a while, a debut single hits you between your eyes and makes you want to do everything in your power to lend support to its success." The nonsense lyrics of the chorus – "It's all 'bout the money/It's all 'bout the the dum dum didudumdum" speak volumes about our societal dependence on the dosh. Here, Meja is a foil to our home-grown songstress Jessie J, and her smash hit 'Price Tag' – "It's not about the money, money, money/We don't need your money, money, money". Meja vs Jessie. Money vs the power of song. Sounds like a day at the office…
Back to the song! It's from Meja's second album (really?) Seven Sisters. Wikepedia informs me that the album won Best Album of the Year and Best selling Scandinavian artist at the illustrious World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. Fuelled by Jaeger and Red Bull, I bestowed the track my own award – "BEST SONG EVERRRRRRRRRR!" Quite.


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Since the mid-20th century, organizational theorists have increasingly distanced themselves from the study of core societal power centers and important policy issues of the day. This has been driven by a shift away from the study of organizations, politics, and society and towards a more narrow focus on instrumental exchange and performance. As a result, our field has become increasingly impotent as a critical voice and contributor to policy. For a contemporary example, witness our inability as a field to make sense of the recent U.S. mortgage meltdown and concomitant global financial crisis. It is not that economic and organizational sociologists have nothing to say. The problem is that while we have a great deal of knowledge about finance, the economy, entrepreneurship and corporations, we fail to address how the knowledge in our field can be used to contribute to important policy issues of the day. This double-volume brings together some of the very top scholars in the world in economic and organizational sociology to address the recent global financial crisis debates and struggles around how to organize economies and societies around the world.
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Who does President Barack Obama blame for this? Not speculators. Not international tensions in the world's oil producing regions, tensions created by his administration's feckless foreign policy. He doesn't even blame the failures of his own administration's energy policy, of which there are many. No, Obama blames the Republicans and the oil companies.
The president's preferred course of action is to spread the blame around among the usual suspects while promoting his now shopworn agenda to increase the U.S. government's investment in so-called clean energy companies. Those investments, it bears repeating, have already cost the taxpayers billions with nothing to show for it except a resurgence of "crony capitalism."
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The one thing Obama won't do is endorse stepped up energy exploration and development here in the United States. This he dismisses as merely a "strategy to get politicians through an election."
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Footnote is proud to feature almost 2,000,000 Native American Indian Documents which our currently on our site. All of these Indian records are indexed as well as easy to search and view. Subscribers can download these records in their original form so they can become a permanent part of their personal history. We are excited to be the repository for these valuable historical documents which make up a great part of American History. Please take the time to peruse this page taking note of the records which might pertain to you and your family history. From Indian treaties to the census rolls you will find valuable information on the Cherokee, Seminole, Creek and many other Indian tribes. Footnote will continue to build upon our North American records by continuing to add a large number of Native American Tribal collections in the future!
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Cherokee Indian Agency (TN)
THE CHEROKEE INDIAN AGENCY (TN) collection includes the records of the agent of Cherokee Indian Affairs in Tennessee whose duties included preserving or restoring peace, and inducing American Indians to cede their lands and move their tribes to areas less threatened by white encroachment. The agency distributed money and goods and carried out other provisions of treaties with the Indian Tribes. As the Native Americans were increasingly confined on reservations, the agents became more concerned with educating and "civilizing" them.
Eastern Cherokee Applications
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THE EASTERN CHEROKEE APPLICATION COLLECTION contains applications submitted for shares of the money that was appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by Congress on 30 June 1906. The applications are part of the Guion Miller Enrollment Records, also available at Footnote. This title also includes a 2-volume general index to the applications of these North American Indians.
Guion Miller Roll
North America
In 1906, Guion Miller was appointed by the U.S. Court of Claims to determine who was eligible for funds under the American Indian treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee. There are an estimated 90,000 individual applicants from throughout North America included within this publication. Within these applications are names of siblings, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and great grandparents, further establishing family relationships vital to affirming Native American tribal connections.
Dawes Enrollment Cards
North America
Indian enrollment records were created by the Dawes Commission (DAWES ENROLLMENT CARDS) to record information about family groups within the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Indian nations. They list family relationships, degree of native blood, age, tribal enrollment, and other data useful to establishing family connections and Native American ancestry in North America.
Dawes Packets
North America
THE DAWES PACKETS series contains the original applications for American Indian tribal enrollments under the act of June 28, 1898, as well as supporting documents such as birth and death records, marriage licenses, transcripts of testimony taken by the Commission, correspondence relating to the status of the application, and decisions and orders of the Dawes Commission concerning this part of Native American History. This North American collection is rich in information just as the Indian census is.
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
North America
Most of the INDIAN CENSUS ROLLS include the English and/or the Indian name of the person, roll number, age or date of birth, sex, and relationship to head of family. Beginning in 1930 the census rolls also show the degree of American Indian blood, marital status, ward status, place of residence, tribe, and sometimes other information. Only Native Americans who maintained a formal affiliation with their tribe under Federal supervision are listed on these census rolls. There is not a census for every Indian reservation or tribe of Indians for every year.
Ratified American Indian Treaties
Philidelphia, PN
INDIAN TREATIES were made by the Continental Congress, by the Congress of the Confederation, and were continued under the US Constitution. This series of American Indian treaties and related papers is arranged chronologically by date of signing of the treaty, and then numbered in that order. Each treaty is labeled with the name of the Indian tribe, date of ratification, and place of treaty. The envelope images at the beginning of each treaty often contain added information.
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Here is a brand new collection from Footnote of NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOS. Frank A. Rinehart, a commercial photographer in Omaha, Nebraska, was commissioned to photograph the 1898 Indian Congress, part of the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. More than five hundred Native Americans from thirty-five tribes attended the conference, providing the gifted photographer and artist an opportunity to create a stunning visual document of Native American life and culture at the dawn of the 20th century. Enjoy this collection and watch for more to come!
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My Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 keeps on crashing, giving me the message "Adobe Premiere Pro Not Responding." I've tried cutting, pasting, and relinking my clips, which isn't working. I seem to be having trouble keeping other projects open as well. I've got plenty of space on my C drive, as well as the external drive that the project is on. (My Recovery drive has only 1.15 GB out of 14 GB free, but I heard it's normal for that to be full.)
I looked on another forum, which said the problem might also be electricity. I am in China right now so the voltage is different, but the program worked with my laptop and power cord for quite a while before it started quitting on me. (Also, I have tried opening Premier projects just working off the battery and they still crashed.)
Any suggestions?
More information needed for someone to help... click these links and provide the requested information
Here are the specs on my computer and project:
Model: Dell Studio XPS 16
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), Service Pack 1
Rating: 5.9
Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) Duo CPU P8700 @2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz
C Drive: 215 GB free of 450 GB
My Passport 0740 USB device (on which my project files are located):
400 GB free of 465 GB
USB 3.0 compatible with USB 2.0
Video Files: 1920 x 1080 .MOV files taken with Canon 5D Mark 3
Data rate: 48787 kbps
Total bit rate: 50328 kbps
Frame rate: 23 frames per second
Audio bit rate: 1540 kbps
channels: two (stereo)
Audio sample rate: 48 kHz
As for details of the crash, it the screen simply goes gray and says (Not Responding).
If you need any more information, please let me know. Thanks again for your help.
1st, CS4 and Win7 "sometimes" means you must right click the PPro (and Encore) icon and set the program to run in WinXP compatibility mode
2nd, have you installed any Adobe updates?
All Adobe updates start here and select product, read to see if you need to install updates in number order, or if the updates are cumulative for the individual product http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/
For CS4 you must update the Roxio component http://forums.adobe.com/thread/400484
More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582 or direct to
http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/ 000070GN&PARAMS
Also, right click the PPro/Encore icon and select Run as Administrator, which is NOT the same thing as running the computer with the Administrator account, and which fixes several "odd" problems... http://forums.adobe.com/thread/969395
Also, a general comment that Win7 64bit and only 4Gig of ram is barely giving any ram for program use... is there any way to increase the ram?
I ran Windows 7 in XP compatibility mode and ran Premiere Pro as administrator, and it worked like a charm! Thank you so much. Once I get back in the states I'll update the programs (though I don't think there is any current update for Premiere Pro CS4), as well as update from 4 GB of RAM to 8 or 16. Much gratitude for the help!
Excellent news!
If that DID fix things for you, you might want to look over this article: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1058744?tstart=0
I see that you have already done part of that with the "Helpful" mark for John T's Reply.
Good luck,
>don't think there is any current update for Premiere Pro CS4
PPro CS4 is up to version 4.2.1 - which is a FREE download (if your Internet connection is fast enough)
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform =Windows


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David Mathog wrote: > The Tyan S2466N-4M motherboards bite once again. > > For various reasons I need to upgrade the software on our cluster > from Mandrake 10.1 to something a bit more modern, so I tried > Mandriva 2007. Wiped / and /boot on a test node, did > a clean install of Mandriva 2007, and pretty much > everything worked as it should. Unfortunately > this resurrected the old problem where "poweroff" leaves the machine > in a dead state: it doesn't respond to the front panel button > until the power is unplugged, 20 seconds pass, and the power is > restored. This problem was resolved the first time it showed u Hi Dave: We have seen this on lots of Tyan boards in general. Kind of hard to recommend steering clear if you have a room full of them. > p > many years ago by upgrading to BIOS 4.06. There's no newer BIOS, > so that isn't going to fix it this time. It isn't a Mandriva 2007 > problem per se because we have another machine (a very old > Athlon 850 with a Gigabyte motherboard) running that OS and it > does "poweroff" correctly. The two machines (poweroff working and > not working) have exactly the same versions of every RPM package. > LILO is pretty basic on both of them too: > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="linux" > root=/dev/hda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="resume=/dev/hda2" I seem to remember having to do a noacpi option to make them behave. Something about acpi on these boards were horribly broken. FWIW we have seen this with a few late model Opteron (Tyan) boards as well. :( -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 734 786 8452 or +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615
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John Dillard grew up on a beef cattle farm and now works as an agricultural and environmental litigation attorney with OFW Law. His blog analyzes legal issues and court decisions that affect America's farmers and ranchers.
Missouri's Attorney General, Chris Koster, used the Missouri Farm Bureau's annual meeting to announce that he intends to sue the State of California to overturn a law that will limit most commercially-produced eggs from entering the state. Such a lawsuit was only a matter of time as many of the country's egg producers are forced to either adopt California's larger egg-cage standards or forego shipping eggs to a valuable market.
The underlying dispute began when the HSUS-backed California ballot proposal, Proposition 2, was enacted in 2008. Proposition 2 required California farmers and ranchers to abide by new animal housing requirements that banned certain practices, such as swine gestation crates, and provided for more space for laying hens. Egg producers are required to comply with the new housing requirements starting in 2015.
These new housing requirements created a competitive disadvantage for California's egg producers when compared with out-of-state producers. California egg facilities will be required to have more space and heating costs when compared to more efficient, out-of-state producers that are not subject to Prop. 2's requirements. To remedy this disadvantage, the California legislature passed a law prohibiting the import of shell and liquid egg imports from farms that do not meet California's strict hen housing requirements. This law will insulate California's farmers from competition with lower-cost competitors, but it may be problematic under the U.S. Constitution.
No lawsuit has been filed at this point, but I suspect that Attorney General will base the state's action on what is known as the Dormant Commerce Clause. In general, the Dormant Commerce Clause prohibits a state from enacting a law that discriminates against or unduly burdens interstate commerce. The Dormant Commerce Clause prevents states from enacting protectionist laws designed to favor in-state businesses over out-of-state competitiors.
Courts have recognized exceptions to the Dormant Commerce Clause. One such exception is the "health and safety regulation" exception. A state may discriminate against out-of-state competitors if it can show that the discriminatory law is related to the state's power to regulate the health and safety of its citizens. The California egg import law is clearly designed to protect California's egg industry from the effects of Prop. 2. However, California may prevail in the litigation if it can convince the court that the legislature meant to protect its citizens and discrimination against out-of-state eggs was simply collateral damage.
The California egg law doesn't have many fans outside of the State of California. In addition to this threatened lawsuit, Rep. Steve King (R - IA) is pushing a Farm Bill amendment that would prohibit state governments from setting livestock standards for products produced outside of their own state. This amendment, if enacted into law, would supersede California's efforts to insulate their farmers from competitors that are subject to less stringent regulations. It is not known whether Rep. King's amendment will make it into the Farm Bill, but if it does, states might be a little more mindful of their own farmers and ranchers before they pass legislation that makes them less competitive.
John Dillard is an attorney with Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz P.C. (OFW Law), a Washington, DC-based firm that serves agricultural clients and clients with issues before federal and state courts, EPA, FDA, USDA, and OSHA. John focuses his practice on agricultural and environmental law. He occasionally tweets at @DCAgLawyer. This column is not a substitute for legal advice.
[The following was originally published by Phil Olsson and John Dillard on OFW Law's blog - AgFDABlog.com]
November 23rd was a significant date for the livestock and meat industry. After more than a decade of lobbying, litigating, and haranguing, all fresh cuts of beef, pork, lamb and chicken sold in retail establishments must bear a label stating the country (or countries) where each animal supplying meat in the package was born, raised, and slaughtered. Known as mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (mCOOL), this new, onerous labeling requirement is a long-sought victory for the protectionist fringe of the U.S. beef cattle industry.
Prior to the implementation of the mCOOL legislation, beef and beef products were subject to the generic country of origin labeling requirements which apply to all processed products, both foods and non-foods, that is that the label should designate the place of most recent substantial transformation as the place of origin. For beef and pork, where the animals were born and/or fed in Canada or Mexico, but slaughtered and processed in the United States, this traditional rule has allowed the United States to be designated as the country of origin.
We are all familiar with the country of origin labeling which applies to fruits and vegetables, each of which usually bears a small, sticky label identifying the single country where it was cultivated, harvested and processed. It is not unusual to visit a supermarket's produce department and see tomatoes from the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico and the Netherlands displayed separately, side-by-side.
On its face, the mCOOL regulation appears rather innocuous. Retailers are simply required to denote the country where the derivative animal was born, raised, and slaughtered. However, the behind the scenes efforts that are necessary to allow retailers to comply with this labeling requirement are anything but simple. Prior to the implementation of mCOOL, meat processors "commingled" meat products with different country of origin designations in a single shipment to retail customers. On a given day, a large packing plant might process 2,000 carcasses of similar age and quality with anywhere from 100 to 800 of those carcasses attributable to animals born and/or fed in Canada or Mexico. Since these carcasses are not separated out on the production line, the various cuts of meat from these carcasses are commingled when they are packaged for shipment to retailers. This has been a standard industry practice because, unlike various physical attributes such as age, leanness and fat cover, political boundaries do not have a material bearing on the quality, safety, or taste of meat products. However, despite a long history of "commingling" products with different country of origin designations, the new mCOOL rule does away with this practice.
The ban on commingling will cause dramatic reverberations for the beef and swine industry that will unnecessarily increase costs that will be passed along to consumers. Feedlots will be required to maintain additional records and segregate livestock based on country of origin. Processing plants will have to do separate production runs based on an animal's country of origin designation. These processing plants will also have to use extra cold storage space to allow for segregation of finished product by country of origin. Retailers will want to purchase product with consistent country of origin labeling, which will mean that packing houses will need to contract for and process meat with the same geographical origin, day after day and month after month. This will be a strong incentive for retailers to demand that packers provide beef and pork from a single country of origin, which will lead to the loss of work and jobs at packing houses near the borders with Canada and Mexico, which have traditionally shipped commingled products to their retailer customers. The alternative for the retailer would be to build extra SKUs into their inventory management systems to account for the different labels under the new mCOOL Rule, something which would likely be both cumbersome and costly.
These extra costs are not the unintended consequences that were overlooked when the commingling ban was put into place. Instead, these extra costs are the rather deliberate consequences forced on the livestock and meat industry via the seemingly innocuous mCOOL regulation. That is because the costs of compliance with mCOOL provide a clear incentive to avoid processing Mexican and Canadian livestock. Retailers do not want to provide extra shelf space for different label designations, packers do not want to have separate production runs or extra storage space, and stockyards do not want to undertake the burden of segregating livestock with various countries of origin. The new mCOOL regime picks winners and losers, and the clear winner is meat from animals that are born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
Many do not see a problem with this. American beef and pork producers grow a great product and take pride in their work. mCOOL helps to protect them from competition with our neighbors to the north and south. However, this is a short-sighted view which will cause harm to livestock demand that will greatly outweigh any benefits resulting from discriminating against foreign livestock. The U.S. cannot raise all of the beef and pork that its packers process domestically. Packers, especially those near our northern and southern borders, rely on Canadian and Mexican cattle and swine to even out seasonal fluctuations in supply. With a reduced market for meat not bearing a "Born, Raised, and Slaughtered in the United States" label, these packers will have to pay a premium for domestic livestock – exactly as the crafters of mCOOL intended. Large packers may follow Tyson's lead and decide to not slaughter Canadian cattle at all. Smaller, single-plant packers will have to decide whether they can remain in business with this cost squeeze.
Supporters of mCOOL are careful not to designate these labeling requirements as a protectionist measure. Instead, they frame mCOOL as a measure that provides consumers with more detailed information regarding where their food comes from. mCOOL supporters have received a relative pass from the popular press regarding the specifics of the regulation because the supporters have couched the regulation as furthering the consumer's "right to know." Ironically, many of the strongest advocates for mCOOL were also parties and amici in Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stock Growers of America v. United States Department of Agriculture 415 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir, 2005), where the Court of Appeals struck down an injunction which these parties had obtained from the United States District Court in Billings Montana (2004 WL 1047837), to keep the Canadian border closed to imports of Canadian cattle. It seems clear that many of the producer parties and amici are protectionists at heart. Their protestations regarding the consumer's "right to know" about where cattle and hogs are born or fed are unpersuasive, because nothing in current law has prevented voluntary labeling of U.S. product to provide such information on a voluntary basis. If consumers were really interested in knowing these things, they would have created a market for this kind of more detailed labeling.
The fundamental flaw in the mCOOL supporters' logic is the presumption that competition in the beef industry is a contest between U.S. producers and foreign producers; the real competition in the beef industry is between beef and cheaper forms of protein. While mCOOL does shield domestic producers from foreign competition, it does not insulate beef producers from the consumers that decide whether to purchase their product or not. mCOOL will tighten beef and pork supplies. This will, in turn, increase the price of meat for consumers. Faced with higher prices, consumers often turn to lower cost forms of protein, choosing pork, chicken, or turkey over beef. The retail price of beef is already high due to elevated grain prices and short supplies recovering from the 2012 drought – the added costs of mCOOL will only serve to further nudge beef prices higher and further weaken demand. Ultimately, some of the most ardent supporters of mCOOL, disaffected beef producers, may prove to be the biggest victims of mCOOL.
Phil Olsson and John Dillard are attorneys with Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz P.C. (OFW Law), a Washington, DC-based firm that serves agricultural clients and clients with issues before federal and state courts, EPA, FDA, USDA, and OSHA. John focuses his practice on agricultural and environmental law. He occasionally tweets at @DCAgLawyer. This column is not a substitute for legal advice.
Yesterday, a West Virginia poultry farmer prevailed over EPA and environmentalist groups in a Clean Water Act case that will impact farmers and ranchers across the country. Supported by American Farm Bureau Federation and West Virginia Farm Bureau, Lois Alt, the owner of an 8-house broiler operation successfully defended herself against an EPA overreach that would have required her to obtain a Clean Water Act permit on the basis of runoff of ventilation fan exhaust from her farmyard area. Most significantly, the judge's order in this case adds teeth to the Clean Water Act's "agricultural stormwater discharge" exemption.
Specifically, Chief Judge John Preston Bailey of the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia held that ventilation fan exhaust (dust, feathers, manure, and dander) that landed in the farmyard and ran off during precipitation events is agricultural stormwater runoff, which does not require a permit under the Clean Water Act.
The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants from "point sources" of pollution to navigable waters (which are loosely defined to include many wetlands and tributaries adjacent to waters that are actually navigable). Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are defined as point sources under the Clean Water Act. However, the Clean Water Act specifically exempts "agricultural stormwater runoff" from the definition of point sources of pollution.
Since 2003, EPA has attempted to require CAFOs to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. NPDES permits, however, are only required for point sources that discharge pollutants into navigable waters. Because CAFOs are designed to not discharge, federal courts have invalidated regulations that impose blanket requirements for all CAFOs to operate under NPDES permits. Instead, EPA can only require a CAFO to obtain an NPDES permit if there is an actual discharge from their operation.
Not one to be deterred, EPA tried a different approach - requiring CAFOs to obtain permits on the basis of poultry farm fan ventilation debris (dust, feathers, litter) that lands onto farmyards and becomes runoff during precipitation events.
Lois Alt was one such producer that was pursued by EPA. In 2011, she received a "Finding of Violation" from EPA. In this notice, EPA alleged that she was discharging pollutants without a NPDES permit because dust, feathers, and litter that exited her barns' exhaust system was washing into a tributary during precipitation events. EPA ordered her to obtain a NPDES permit, which can be onerous, or face fines of up to $37,500 per day.
Ms. Alt was apparently not fazed by EPA. She filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that EPA was acting outside of its authority under the Clean Water Act. Recognizing the significance of the case, American Farm Bureau Federation and West Virginia Farm Bureau intervened in the suit to support Ms. Alt's position. The usual cast of characters, including Waterkeeper Alliance and Center for Food Safety later joined the case to support EPA's position. In an attempt to "moot" the case, EPA actually withdrew its finding of violation against Ms. Alt earlier this year. However, the court refused to dismiss the case on the basis that EPA was pursuing similar actions around the country.
The Arguments
Ms. Alt and the Farm Bureaus argued that the Clean Water Act's exemption for agricultural stormwater discharges applied to runoff from areas that included the farmyard (the area of grass and weeds outside the farm's production barns, manure storage, and composting areas). They asserted that only discharges from a CAFO's production area are subject to NPDES permitting requirements. Furthermore, they asserted that the farmyard was not part of a CAFO.
EPA and the environmental groups argued that the farmyard was included in the "production area" of a CAFO, and that any runoff from the production area should be deemed a discharge from the CAFO. They also alleged that because exhaust fan discharges originated from inside a CAFO, the dust, feathers, etc. laying on the farmyard was not eligible for the agricultural stormwater exemption. Furthermore, EPA asserted that the agricultural stormwater discharge exemption, in the case of CAFOs, only applied to runoff from associated crop fields that were operated in accordance with a comprehensive nutrient management plan.
The Decision
The judge ultimately sided with most of Ms. Alt and the Farm Bureaus' arguments. While the judge rejected their argument that a farm yard is not part of a CAFO, the judge agreed that a farmyard is not part of a CAFOs "production area." He limited the definition of a production area to those parts of a CAFO used for housing animals and storage of manure/litter, mortalities, and raw materials.
Finding that the Clean Water Act and EPA regulations did not contain a definition for "agricultural stormwater discharges," the judge reasoned that an agricultural stormwater discharge consisted of precipitation-caused runoff from an agricultural operation (simple enough!). Using this definition, the judge held that precipitation-caused runoff from areas other than the CAFO's production area is not a discharge from the CAFO, but instead an agricultural stormwater discharge. Because agricultural stormwater discharges are explicitly excluded from the definition of a point source, any such runoff is exempt from NPDES permitting requirements.
The Implications
I cannot stress the importance of this case for production agriculture. While its immediate effect will most likely be felt in the poultry and swine sectors, this case has implications that carry over to other livestock sectors as well as crop producers. Dust is part of life in farming. NPDES permits allow EPA and state environmental agencies to exert more control over farming operations than many producers are willing to accept. Requiring NPDES permits on the basis of dust and other airborne particles that are incidental to production agriculture goes well beyond the original intent of the Clean Water Act.
We should be grateful to Lois Alt, as well as American Farm Bureau Federation and West Virginia Farm Bureau, for carrying this fight forward. While it is likely that EPA and the environmental intervenors will appeal this decision, for now, we have a decision that should protect farmers from EPA overreach.
You can read the opinion in the case here.
Farm tile drains are not a point-source of pollution under the Clean Water Act, even if the outflows include groundwater. So said the federal judge presiding over a citizen's suit that sought to require some farmers to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for outflows from tile drains.
The case, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations (PCFFA) v. Glaser, centered on the Clean Water Act's exemption for tile drain outflows. The Act states that "return flows from irrigated agriculture" are not considered point sources of pollution. Point sources are required to have NPDES permits if they discharge into jurisdictional waters.
The plaintiffs in PCFFA argued that the exemption does not apply if the tile drain outflow includes components that are not the result of irrigated agriculture. Namely, the plaintiffs argued that tile drain outflows should not be exempt in areas with high water tables because these tile drains have a tendency to collect groundwater, which could be contaminated with pollutants.
The defendants, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, argued that Congress intended a broad interpretation of the exemption for tile drains, and that it should apply to all tile drain outflows from areas that receive irrigation. This is consistent with EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers policy on tile drain outflows.
In this particular case, the plaintiffs were concerned about pollution in water downstream from irrigated cropland in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The fields in question had relatively high water tables and contained heavy metals, such as selenium. Tile drains, in general, are a valuable agricultural tool because they drain away surface water and prevent groundwater from saturating crop roots. In this particular case, the outflow contained not only surface irrigation water, but also selenium-contaminated groundwater. This mixture of irrigation water and groundwater then flowed downstream.
The judge sided with the federal government, and dismissed the plaintiffs' case, holding that Congress intended for the exemption for return flows from irrigated agriculture to apply broadly to exempt outflows from farms that use irrigation instead of "focusing on what the components of a particular flow are on any given day." Although the judge dismissed the plaintiffs' case, she did allow the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint. This means that this is not the last we have heard from in this case.
This decision is, at least for the time being, a positive result for production agriculture because it confirms the proposition that owners of agricultural tile drain systems are not required to obtain an NPDES permit under the federal Clean Water Act. If the court held otherwise, untold thousands of farms would be required to obtain and comply with NPDES permits – a costly and onerous proposition.
The judge dismissed this case a little over a year after she had initially denied the federal government's motion to dismiss. In her initial decision, the judge did not order dismissal on the basis that the plaintiff's may have had a valid claim. We should be happy that she did not buy the activists' arguments this time around.
The plaintiffs have submitted an amended complaint in this matter. There will surely be more fireworks as this dispute continues.
On Monday, a group of trade associations representing the spectrum of America's beef and pork production system issued an urgent plea to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Froman. The coalition wants USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to hold off on enforcing new country of origin labeling requirements until the World Trade Organization has an opportunity to hear Canada and Mexico's challenge to the new regulations.
The groups requesting the delay represent the meat industry, grocers, and livestock producers. They assert that implementation of AMS's new COOL labeling requirements, which will ban commingling of products with different countries of origin will be disruptive at many different levels of the meat production value chain. The groups indicate that they are concerned that the new labeling scheme is vulnerable to a challenge before the WTO, which would require AMS to re-write the COOL Rule again.
These groups are right to be concerned about a WTO challenge to the COOL Rule. AMS has already had to re-write the COOL Rule once because WTO held that requiring labeling by country of origin discriminated against Mexican and Canadian livestock. The new rule is particularly vulnerable because it takes discrimination against Canadian and Mexican livestock to another level. Not only is meat required to be labeled indicating the country where livestock was born, raised, and slaughtered. The new rule also bans commingled packaging, which provides packers and grocers an incentive to purchase meat that was solely born, raised, and slaughtered in the US.
If WTO finds that the new rule is discriminatory against Canadian and Mexican livestock, then AMS will be required to re-write their COOL regulation or face substantial retaliatory tariffs that target, among other things, US beef and pork. Due the uncertainty of the WTO proceedings, the livestock, grocer, and meat groups requested that USDA delay enforcement of the new COOL Rule pending the outcome of the WTO matter.
Of course, COOL is not an uncontroversial matter and those of us in agriculture are not in consensus on the issue of mandatory COOL. Signatories to the letter to USDA and USTR include American Association of Meat Processors, American Meat Institute, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Grocers Association, National Pork Producers Council, North American Meat Association (Disclosure: My firm represents NAMA), and Southwest Meat Association. However, some farmer and rancher organizations, such as R-CALF, U.S. Cattlemen's Association, and the National Farmer's Union support the new labeling regime.
It remains to be seen whether USDA will consider delaying enforcement of the new COOL Rule. Presently, AMS is poised to begin enforcing the new COOL Rule on November 23, 2013. Regardless of whether USDA budges on its enforcement of the new COOL Rule, the COOL issue will not go away any time soon. In addition to the WTO challenge, the rule is also the subject of a fight between USDA and several meat and livestock trade associations in a federal appeals court.
You can view a copy of the letter to USDA and USTR here.


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Breed: | Domestic Shorthair | Color: | Gray Or Blue (Mostly) | Age: | Adult |
Sex: | Male | Hair: | Short |
I am already neutered and up to date with shots.
Hunter is one of our cemetery rescues. He's a nice boy, but he's also quite shy. When he was found, he had an injury to his right rear leg. But he has been a brave boy, despite his injuries. The vet that saw him said he was probably born with a knee cap that pops out of place and he needs surgery. Hunter's story is a sad one. He and several other cats of various ages were dumped at a cemetery. We aren't sure exactly what their story is. But we believe that they either belonged to someone elderly who passed and who's next of kin couldn't deal with the responsibility and abandoned them. Or, they were the smallest victims of a foreclosure and their owners didn't know what else to do. We have seen both scenarios more times than we'd like to remember. This sweet bunch of cats was found hunkered down at a gazebo at the cemetery by a rescuer's friend, and were just begging to be held, loved, and saved. It was apparent that before whatever tragedy befell them, that they were loved and well taken care of. They were so desperate to be rescued that the lady who rounded them up found one of them that had been missed under her truck. The poor baby had hung on all the way to her house. One of the poor darlings was lost to heart failure. But the others are warm and safe, and looking for their forever homes.
If you would like to open up your home and your heart to Hunter, please contact Laura Schindler at (937)270-5260. Please text her. All of our cats and kittens are kept current on shots, wormed, microchipped, and spayed/neutered if they weren't when we took them in. You will have a 3 week health guarantee and a 2 week satisfaction or refund guarantee; although we think you'll fall in love and never want to let them go. We encourage all adopters to take into consideration that most cats do better when they have a companion.
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We are a small, grass-roots volunteer effort dedicated to easing the problems faced by unwanted Siamese cats and kittens and their non-Siamese cousins. We use foster homes for our animals to provide them with a warm and loving environment from which to be adopted; we give all of our animals excellent vet care to ensure they have a good start in life. We offer education and advice on cat care and cat behavior issues; we provide courtesy listings for adoptable pets for free on our web site. We provide support to indigent owners (emergency food and vet care assistance) as we are able and offer advice and assistance on resolving landlord pet issues (including ADA therapy pet designation). We are dedicated to making life easier for the animals who love and trust us and look to us for their safety, security, and happiness. The problems are large and we are small but we try hard to make a difference for cats at risk.
Donations may be sent to Blue's Mews Siamese Cat Rescue, 273 Fairway Drive, Fairborn, OH 45324
We show our kittens at Pet Supplies Plus in Centerville and in Kettering on alternate Saturdays from 1 to 6 pm. We also visit Moochie and Co. at the Greene on the first Sunday of the month. We also show our animals in their home environments, by appointment, evenings and weekends.
Adoption requirements include an application that tells us something about the adoptive family and authorizes us to contact the family's vet for references, a phone or in-person interview, and at the director's discretion, home visitation. We provide an adoption contract that lists the animal's current and anticipated health care and delineates the owner's and our responsibilities. All cats and kittens have a 3-week health guarantee, in which we assume responsibility for vet care for any unrecognized or incubating health issues, and a 2-week satisfaction guarantee which provides a full refund for animals returned within the 2-week timeframe. Our adoption fees are $75 per Siamese mix or Siamese Wannabe and $100 per Siamese. Cats and kittens adopted in pairs are substantially discounted.