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FARMINGTON — A Farmington man indicted on charges of possession with the intent to sell and manufacturing of large quantities of marijuana waived his arraignment this week in Strafford County Superior Court and entered a not guilty plea to his charges.
Richard Priolo, 43, of 36 Paulson Road, was indicted this past month after his arrest in October by Farmington police and charged with one count of possession of more than an ounce of marijuana with intent to sell and manufacturing of a controlled drug.
At Priolo's residence, police say they found marijuana plants at different stages of maturity, items used to assist in the growth and cultivation of marijuana plants and jars filled with marijuana. The total street value of the drugs seized was approximated at $3,000.
Priolo has been released on $5,000 personal recognizance bail and ordered to have no possession of firearms, weapons or ammunition, to have no illicit drugs and to have no excessive alcohol.
Marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled drug and both charges are Class B felonies. Each carries a sentence of 3� to 7 years imprisonment and, according to court documents, a fine of $100,000.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's Defense Ministry says some 1,600 sailors are taking part in navy training exercises in the Black Sea amid tensions in neighboring Ukraine.
The ministry said in a statement that Romania's "Vector 2014" exercises are part of a regular and long-planned naval drill. It began Monday and is to run through Friday in Romanian and international waters of the Black Sea.
The exercises come amid heightened tensions in Ukraine after Russia annexed Crimea and unrest has spread to Ukraine's port city of Odessa.
Romania, a staunch U.S. ally and NATO member, is some 300 kilometers (190 miles) from Odessa.
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook left the Black Sea last month after two weeks of joint military maneuvers and the U.S. frigate USS Taylor is still in the region.

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I agree with your editorial in the 9/22 Observer. Having the MHS class go onto the field at homecoming and form a tunnel for the team is a good idea. Other changes that might make sense:
• Students go onto field and form a funnel. Team goes through funnel, coming out one at a time.
• Students go onto field and form a box, with the team inside. Box opens, team comes out.
• Band members go onto field and pretend their instruments are animals that need to be fed and watered.
• Students and team go onto field and act out a loose dog scenario.
• A half-time song-and-dance about how Morenci has never had a tornado disaster. Invite audience to join in. Lots of spinning around involved in the dance.
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To market, to market, to buy a fat pig! Real people. Real food. Real crockery. Real cutlery. Real stemware.
A relaxing way to spend your Saturday mornings - while the kids try break the Jenga world record building the tallest tower – to enjoy breakfast, brunch or lunch with free wine tastings and background music thrown it makes for a foot tapping happy, fun, family pastime.
Bacon and eggs, French toast, artisanal coffee, freshly squeezed fruit juices, freshly shucked oysters, a glass or two of MCC, watching Jan flick his pancake pan, vetkoek with jam, mince or both and samoosas, a selection of "pie 'n slaai"; grilled prawns, perlemoen and rice, exotic deep fried onion with handmade chimichurri, mussels; cheese and charcuterie platters, freshly sliced biltong butties with olives and olive oil adding to the taste challenge for making up a hungry mind.
Adding to the casual open air diner experience the cellar's elegant range of wines – sporting quirky Afrikaans names – Die Markie is a fun venue to acquaint yourself with this Addams style Wine Family who profess they don't take themselves too seriously.
It's wines like Kleinboet, Kaalvoet Meisie and Bloos that proves they're serious about making good wines and having fun at the same time.
So? Spoil the one you love to Saturday mornings at Die Markie. What if you can't be with the one you love? Then love the ones you're with!
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According to Wikipedia, if $0^{\sharp}$ exists, then every uncountable cardinal in $V$ satisfies every large cardinal property in $L$ that can be realized in $L$, e.g. weak compactness, total ineffability, etc. It's easy enough to see why every uncountable in $V$ will be inaccessible, or even Mahlo, in $L$.
How can one see that some of the slightly larger large cardinal properties (e.g. weak compactness, total ineffability, etc.) are satisfied in $L$ by the uncountable cardinals in $V$? Is there a good reference for some of these results?


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2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Italy
|United States Department of State
|Publication Date
|19 June 2012
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|United States Department of State, 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report - Italy, 19 June 2012, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4fe30cbe8.html [accessed 26 May 2020]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
ITALY (Tier 1)
Italy is a destination and transit country for women, children, and men subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Victims originate from Romania, Nigeria, Morocco, Albania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, China, Belarus, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Ecuador. Children, mostly from Romania and Nigeria, continued to be subjected to sex trafficking and forced begging; some children were also subjected to forced criminality. Most male child victims of sex trafficking were Roma, but some were Moroccans and Romanians. A significant number of men continued to be subjected to forced labor and debt bondage, mostly in the agricultural sector in southern Italy and the construction and service sectors in the north. Recruiters or middlemen are often used as enforcers for overseeing the work on farms in the south; they are sometimes foreigners reportedly linked to organized crime elements in southern Italy. Immigrant laborers working in domestic service, hotels, and restaurants were also particularly vulnerable to forced labor. Forced labor victims originate in Poland, Moldova, Romania, Pakistan, Albania, Morocco, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, China, Senegal, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire.
The Government of Italy fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government generally continued to implement a flexible, victim-centered approach to victim identification and provided comprehensive protection and assistance to a significant number of trafficking victims in 2011. It continued vigorously to prosecute and convict trafficking offenders using its trafficking law. NGOs remain concerned, however, that the government's focus on the expedited return of illegal migrants – such as its efforts in 2009 to interdict African migrants on the high seas and deliver them to Libya, and to deport foreign women found in street prostitution without screening them for trafficking indicators – may have resulted in trafficking victims not being identified by authorities, and their being treated as law violators and thus penalized for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked.
Recommendations for Italy: Collect and disseminate comprehensive law enforcement data disaggregating forced labor from forced prostitution convictions; increase systematic efforts to proactively identify victims of trafficking; ensure specialized outreach and identification efforts extend to all vulnerable groups and potential trafficking victims, especially foreign migrants without status; standardize identification and referral procedures for trafficking victims on the national level to ensure victims are not inadvertently deported or otherwise punished for crimes committed as a direct result of being trafficked; implement proactive anti-trafficking prevention programs targeted at vulnerable groups, trafficked victims, and the larger public; establish an autonomous, national rapporteur to enhance anti-trafficking efforts and share Italy's best practices on victim protection with other countries.
The Government of Italy continued to vigorously investigate, prosecute, and convict trafficking offenders during the reporting period. Italy prohibits all forms of trafficking in persons through its 2003 Measures Against Trafficking in Persons Law, which prescribes penalties of eight to 20 years' imprisonment. These penalties are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious offenses, such as rape. In 2010, the government reported investigating 2,333 suspected trafficking offenders, compared with investigating 2,521 suspects in 2009. Italian prosecutors brought to trial 621 trafficking offenders, and trial courts convicted 174 trafficking offenders under Italy's 2003 trafficking law in 2010, compared to 166 convictions in 2009. The average sentence imposed on offenders convicted under the country's trafficking law was 6.5 years in prison. Trafficking offenders convicted for exploitation of underage prostitution and slavery laws were given sentences averaging 3.5 and 1.5 years, respectively. The government did not disaggregate its data to demonstrate convictions of forced labor offenders. The government continued to investigate acts of trafficking-related complicity involving officials, including the April 2011 arrest of two Palermo police officers for extorting women in prostitution; the government indicted one of the two policemen on January 18, 2012, and the other entered a guilty plea on January 25, 2012. The government did not report any further information regarding a May 2010 case involving the arrest of two police officers suspected of trafficking-related complicity in a nightclub in Pisa and a December 2009 case in which authorities charged two prison guards with exploitation of women in prostitution. In April 2011, a trial began for former Prime Minister Berlusconi for the alleged commercial sexual exploitation of a Moroccan minor. During the reporting period, the government continued to conduct specialized training on victim identification and investigation of trafficking for law enforcement agencies.
The Italian government continued its strong efforts to identify and protect victims of trafficking by promoting a flexible, victim-centered approach to identifying potential trafficking victims. Although Italy does not have a formal reflection period during which trafficking victims can recuperate and decide whether to assist law enforcement, authorities informally grant this to victims and do not limit it to a finite number of days. NGOs praised the good results of this approach when combined with comprehensive assistance. The government reported it identified and referred for care 724 new trafficking victims in 2011, and it continued to provide comprehensive assistance to 836 victims referred in previous years. The government reported 23 percent of all victims assisted in 2011 were men, and 6.5 percent were children. Article 13 of the Law 228/2003 provides victims with three to six months' assistance while Article 18 of Law 286/1998 guarantees victims shelter benefits for another 12 months and reintegration assistance. Application of this article is renewable if the victim finds employment or has enrolled in a training program and is sheltered in special facilities. Foreign child victims of trafficking received an automatic residence permit until they reached age 18. Government funding for victim assistance, primarily through the funding of NGOs by national, regional and local authorities, was the equivalent of approximately $13 million in 2011.
Victims are not required to cooperate with police in order to receive a residence permit. The government reported it issued 1,078 temporary residence visas in 2011; although this number likely includes victims of other forms of exploitation. Further, it reported it issued 608 renewals of residency permits in 2011. The top three countries of origin of assisted victims were Nigeria, Romania, and Morocco. The government reported that 68 percent of assisted victims cooperated with police in the investigation of their exploiters. While there are arrangements at the local level to help guide officials in identifying and referring trafficking victims, the government has yet to adopt formal procedures on the national level for all front-line responders in Italy. NGOs reported the quality of the referral process for victims varied from region to region.
During the reporting period, the government continued to implement anti-immigration security laws and policies resulting in fines for illegal migrants and their expedited expulsion from Italy. Italian authorities did not screen these migrants to identify trafficking victims. In February 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Italian government's "push-back" policy, in effect for several months in 2009, of intercepting migrants on the high seas and sending them to detention camps in Libya violated the migrants' right to seek asylum and placed them at risk of hardship or retribution in Libya or in their country of origin.
The Government of Italy sustained its anti-trafficking prevention efforts in 2011. The Ministry for Equal Opportunity, through a committee that included independent experts and NGOs, completed Italy's first national action plan on trafficking and submitted the draft plan to Parliament in January 2012. According to country experts, the Eurozone crisis resulted in increased unemployment among foreign workers in Italy, thus increasing their vulnerability to exploitation. On August 13, 2011 the government issued a decree to criminalize and increase penalties for labor brokers who exploit vulnerable workers. The law provides sentences of five to eight years and fines; sentences are increased to 10-24 years for child victims or if victims are exposed to health hazards. The government demonstrated some transparency in its anti-trafficking efforts by maintaining a monitoring system on the regional and national level in conjunction with anti-trafficking NGOs in 2011, but it did not monitor or report publicly on its various measures to address the problem.
The Ministry of Tourism implemented a program from 2010 to 2011 to reduce child sex tourism by issuing certificates of responsible tourism to travel agencies and tour operators for their outreach to potential clients and implemented a country-wide media campaign to promote awareness among potential clients of child sex tourism. The Italian armed forces regularly continued to organize training to prevent the trafficking or sexual exploitation of women and children by Italian troops who are deployed abroad on international peacekeeping missions.


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|Minerals and other growths at Sulphur Works.
|A somewhat closer view of crystals in the upper right of the first photo.
|Greenish yellow crystals from the lower left of the first photo.
|Close up of pointed, needle-like crystals.
Photo examples of similar Sulfur crystals: 1) elongated crystals from the Jemez Mountains, NM, and 2) needle-like crystals at TheodoreGray.com, also shown here.
So, is it Sulfur or something else?
UPDATE 14Oct2012: In the comments, Ron Schott added a similar picture of Sulfur crystals from a fumarole at Nisyros Volcano, Greece, if anything, even more needle-like than these.
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The year is 1880. Two hundred years after the trials in Salem, Adelaide Thom ('Moth' from The Virgin Cure) has left her life in the sideshow to open a tea shop with another young woman who feels it's finally safe enough to describe herself as a witch: a former medical student and "gardien de sorts" (keeper of spells), Eleanor St. Clair. Together they cater to Manhattan's high society ladies, specializing in cures, palmistry and potions–and in guarding the secrets of their clients. All is well until one bright September afternoon, when an enchanting young woman named Beatrice Dunn arrives at their door seeking employment. Beatrice soon becomes indispensable as Eleanor's apprentice, but her new life with the witches is marred by strange occurrences. She sees things no one else can see. She hears voices no one else can hear. Objects appear out of thin air, as if gifts from the dead. Has she been touched by magic or is she simply losing her mind? Eleanor wants to tread lightly and respect the magic manifest in the girl, but Adelaide sees a business opportunity. Working with Dr. Quinn Brody, a talented alienist, she submits Beatrice to a series of tests to see if she truly can talk to spirits…
Ever since I joined Goodreads, I've always wanted to read a book by Ami McKay. Her two novels (The Birth House and The Virgin Cure) seemed so exotic and special. Historical, women's issues… They definitely caught my attention. When I found out that she was releasing a new book about witches, I jumped at the chance to review it. I don't usually read fantasy, but I thought this would be more "magical realism" (which I really like). Turns out, it was a bit of both.
After finishing the novel, I can say that while I loved Ami McKay's writing, this was one of those books where I enjoyed the setting and the characters more than the story itself. I thought New York's characterization was wonderful and we had three interesting main characters here: Adelaide, Eleanor and Beatrice (I'm in love with Adelaide, by the way). Even though I found them captivating, it still took me a while to connect with the story and once again, the blurb spoiled something that only happened in the last section of the book. I really hate when they do that (Don't worry, I removed it here).
The "action" takes part almost exclusively at the end, so the first part of the book moved rather slowly because of that. At first, I didn't mind because I was delighted to get to know our lovely witches and their peculiar shop better. However, I believe the story dragged out a bit and I wished it had been a shorter book. I believe I would've enjoyed it way more.
The book edition was beautiful and it's definitely one I'd recommend reading in physical format. It featured handwritten letters, drawings, newspaper stories and other amazing surprises and it was one of the most special books I've encountered lately.
What I liked the most
The world Ami McKay created here was compelling and fascinating. The historical part was a pleasure to read and I loved how strong these women were. This is a truly feminist book and makes New York seem so magical and special!
What I didn't like that much
As I previously mentioned, I would've wanted a stronger storyline. I usually don't mind reading quiet books, but this was a bit different and I really think it had the potential to be even more memorable novel.
The Witches Of New York is a strange and alluring novel that I liked but didn't manage to love as much as I expected at first.
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Pop choral arrangements just don't get any better than this! ĀSimon & Garfunkel's hit song from 1969 has been an inspirational standard for decades, and this arrangement really maximizes its potential in reaching today's younger generation. Opening with an almost tribal, world-beat percussive groove, it builds with sweeping harmonic ideas and dramatic impact that will leave an indelible impression on every singer and listener. ĀVery highly recommended!
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The mass storage facility currently consists of tape and disk storage components, Linux servers, and High Performance Storage System (HPSS) software. Incoming data is written to disk, then later migrated to tape for long term archival. Tape storage is provided by robotic tape libraries. HPSS is available only on Darter and Nautilus.


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The project is composed of multiple buildings of varying heights, surrounding a central courtyard. Each apartment is roughly 18 sq meters each with a view into the courtyard to induce a calming effect. The heights of the buildings on the street match the surrounding buildings, fitting within the urban context, while the buildings on the interior are lower in height and match the back neighbors. The street facing facade is covered in black slate brick, while the interior is covered in larch planking with folding louvered shutters in front of the windows and balconies.
A central courtyard and bike parking area provides additional space to all of the residents and encourages community and gathering. The courtyard also acts as a green lung for the development and pulls in additional daylighting to each apartment. Materials were chosen for their durability as well as their aesthetics. Each room comes equipped with a bathroom, a small kitchen, sleeping area and desk.
The project attained higher energy performance largely due to the treatment of the envelope, use of solar power for heating and natural ventilation. Not only was reduced energy use a goal, but was a key point in creating a comfort interior environment for the student residents. The concrete structure is insulated with 12 cm of mineral wool, the brick or wood cladding and double glazed windows, allowing the building to retain heat inside during the winter and reject heat during the summer.
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Chase is the western gateway to the recreational splendor of the Shuswap Region. We are loted on the shores of Little Shuswap Lake in the mountainous eastern region of the South Thompson River Valley. Mount Stchard and Mount Boysee dominate the southern horizon, while the northern side of the valley is defined by the Shuswap Highlands that rise to 1,830 meters.
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The Village of Chase, at the western gateway of the spectacular Shuswap Lake system is a vibrant and progressive community with a full range of services to serve your needs. Whether you are planning a vation in the area or looking to lote within the community, the opportunities which await you are abundant.
As the service centre for the area, Chase has a full range of business and business opportunities which compliment the scenic splendour of one of the most popular tourism areas in the province. This business friendly community, within close proximity to the larger centres of Kamloops and Salmon Arm has something for everyone. You will find our community willing to assist you in whatever venture you wish to pursue.
Chase is home to one of the few public beach areas in the Shuswap Region for summer recreation activities. In the winter it is only a 90 minute drive to the fabulous Sun Peaks Ski Resort on Tod Mountain or the Silver Star Resort near Vernon. Lol cross-country ski trails exist only minutes from Chase. Other winter recreation opportunities include snowmobiling and visiting our Ice Arena.
The favourable climate and convenient lotion make Chase the right choice for a wide variety of special interests. The price of land and housing makes Chase an affordable choice for commercial and residential real estate purchases. The Trans nada highway improvement are well underway which will make Kamloops a very comfortable commute.
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Shop owner: There are hazardous materials in there
A Moriarty businesswoman is upset with the way things have been handled after a fire hits a neighboring shop several months ago.
CJ's Smoke Shop in Moriarty has been closed for nearly a week while waiting out the demolition of the old business, Second Chance Trading Company.
"I can't handle this," said CJ's Smoke Shop owner Chandi Lefever.
A fire totaled the property that houses the trading company several months ago, and Lefever said things have gotten much worse, making it too difficult for her to work next door.
"There are hazardous materials in there," Lefever said.
Lefever said the demolition, which has taken weeks, left sharp nails coming out of the woodwork and insulation flying out in the open, and all that is blocking the site is a caution tape held up by a trash can.
"I have a family to support off this business, and now I don't know how I'm going to do it," Lefever said.
Lefever said customers aren't shopping, because there is no parking, while her supply trucks aren't delivering, because there's no room.
"Property owners are responsible for their property. This is his property," Lefever said.
The property owner had no idea it had gotten bad, saying the first time he saw it in person was on Wednesday.
"When I did finally go out there to check on it, I was shocked," said the property owner, who asked to remain unnamed. "I regret they were inconvenienced, but it certainly was never my intent."
The property owner said he has terminated the cleanup contract he had and has hired a new company, which he expects to start right away and work as quickly as possible to get the project done and cleared.


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Assembled In: "Smyrna, Tennessee"
Model Tested MSRP: "Nissan Maxima SV ($34,100)"
Standard Equipment: "leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, interior air filter, power windows, power locks, power mirrors with turn signals, trip computer, power moonroof, cruise control, intelligent key and starter button, nine-speaker Bose AM/FM/MP3 sound system with six-disc CD changer, auxiliary input jack, XM Satellite Radio, Bluetooth wireless cell phone link, tilt/telescoping leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, eight-way power driver's seat with power lumbar adjustment and thigh extension, four-way power front passenger seat, 60/40 split-folding rear seat, HomeLink universal garage door opener, auto-dimming rearview mirror, automatic headlights, theft-deterrent system, fog lights, P245/45VR18 tires on alloy wheels"
Options As Tested: "Sport package ($2,100) with sport-tuned suspension, P245/40VR19 tires, rear spoiler, HID xenon headlights, premium leather upholstery, heated front seats, heated leather steering wheel, power tilt/telescoping steering column, paddle shifters, automatic entry/exit system (with two-driver memory), driver-side memory (driver's seat, outside mirrors, steering wheel), rear bucket seats, rear-seat trunk pass-through, large rear-seat fold-down center armrest, heated outside mirrors with reverse tilt-down feature and auto-dimming on the driver's side, and metallic-link trim; Technology package ($1,850) with Navigation system with voice recognition and XM NavTraffic and XM NavWeather, 9.3-gigabyte Music Box hard drive, and seven-inch touch-screen color monitor; Monitor package ($700) with rearview camera, USB port, and two-gigabyte hard drive"
Standard Safety Equipment: "dual-stage front airbags, front side airbags, side-curtain airbags; anti-lock brakes with brake assist; Vehicle Dynamic Control (electronic stability control); Traction Control; tire-pressure monitor; active front head restraints"
Optional Safety Equipment: rearview cameraDestination Charge: $760
The Maxima is engineered, built, tuned and aimed at drivers who prefer sporty handling and a firmer ride as opposed to the softer, more luxurious rides associated with many cars in this class.
The 2011 Nissan Maxima competes with the Acura TL, Infiniti G, Cadillac CTS, and Toyota Avalon, as well as deluxe versions of the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.
The Nissan Maxima features a notably wide track, which helps the chassis handle the corners on its wide tires. Maxima's underpinnings are shared with other Nissan front-wheel-drive models, including the Murano and Altima. Sized close to the Altima, the Maxima's platform is measurably stiffer.
Maxima Sport and Premium models benefit from a large steel panel behind the rear seat to connect the floor, walls and package shelf into a single unit that, according to Nissan, is up to 17 percent stiffer than the base model, all aimed at sharper handling. Sport versions also add a brace across the front suspension towers for greater stiffness and steering precision. We think that's a vote in favor of the Premium and Sport packages, though it means giving up the cargo benefits of a folding rear seat. Upgrading to these packages is more than the sum of their feature lists.
Changes for the 2011 model year are minor. They involve mostly minor appearance tweaks for cars equipped with the Sport package. This package now includes smoked headlights, a dark chrome grille, and shiny gray interior stitching. All 2011 Nissan Maxima models also get rolled edge tailpipe finishers and two new exterior colors.
The 2011 Nissan Maxima is offered in two models, S and SV.
All 2011 Nissan Maxima models are motivated by a 290-horsepower 3.5-liter dohc V6 engine and come with Nissan's Xtronic continuously variable transmission (CVT), which works like an automatic."
"Nissan Maxima S ($31,400) comes standard with cloth upholstery, eight-way power driver's seat with lumbar adjustment, four-way power front passenger seat, 60/40 split-folding rear seat, dual-zone automatic climate control, interior air filter, power windows, power locks, power mirrors, trip computer, power moonroof, cruise control, intelligent key and starter button, eight-speaker AM/FM/MP3 sound system with six-disc CD changer, auxiliary input jack, Bluetooth wireless cell phone link, tilt/telescoping leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, auto-dimming rearview mirror, automatic headlights, theft-deterrent system, and P245/45VR18 tires on alloy wheels.
Nissan Maxima SV ($34,100) upgrades with leather upholstery, nine-speaker Bose sound system with speed-sensitive volume control, driver's seat with a thigh extension and power lumbar, compass, fog lights, HomeLink universal garage door opener, turn signal repeaters in the mirrors, and XM Satellite Radio.
Options for the SV: The Sport package ($2,100) features a sport-tuned suspension, P245/40VR19 tires, rear spoiler, HID xenon headlights, upgraded leather upholstery, heated front seats, heated leather steering wheel, power tilt/telescoping steering column, paddle shifters, automatic entry/exit system (with two-driver memory), driver-side memory (driver's seat, outside mirrors, steering wheel), rear bucket seats, rear-seat trunk pass-through, large rear-seat fold-down center armrest, heated outside mirrors with reverse tilt-down feature and auto-dimming on the driver's side, and metallic-link trim.
The Premium package ($3,300) features rear air conditioning controls, premium leather upholstery, heated/cooled driver's seat, heated passenger seat, power tilt/telescoping heated steering wheel, paddle shifters, memory system (driver's seat, mirrors, steering wheel), rear bucket seats, trunk pass-through, Eucalyptus woodgrain interior trim, heated mirrors with driver's side auto-dimming and tilt-down back-up aid, dual-panel moonroof, seven-inch color monitor, rearview camera, USB port, 9.3-gigabyte Music Box hard drive, power rear sunshade, xenon headlights.
The Technology package ($1,850) adds the hard drive Navigation system with voice recognition and XM NavTraffic and XM NavWeather, 9.3-gigabyte Music Box hard drive, and seven-inch touch-screen color monitor. A Monitor package ($700) comes with the seven-inch color monitor, rearview camera, USB port, and a two-gigabyte hard drive.
Stand-alone options include the Cold package ($400) with heated front seats, outside mirrors and steering wheel; HID headlights ($400); and a rear spoiler ($375).
Safety features on all models include dual-stage frontal, side-impact and side-curtain airbags; anti-lock brakes with brake assist; Vehicle Dynamic Control (electronic stability control); Traction Control; tire-pressure monitoring; and active front head restraints."
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"The Nissan Maxima has an attractive, shapely look that fits with its sporty character. Brand styling themes are evident, but the look is unique in Nissan lineup.
Every exterior body panel on the car shows adventurous and modern design and shaping. The fenders bulge at the wheelwells front and rear, accented by character lines along those bulges. The hood has similar bulges, and they all lend a sporty appearance. On each side, the door skins are pulled in from the fenders and flattened out so that the whole body has what the designers call a Coke-bottle shape, with a short nose, a short deck, a long, sloping roof and a BMW-style C-pillar curvature. The grille, headlamps, and 12-LED taillamps are large and fit well into the whole exterior design.
The Maxima is a great looking, assertive sedan with high style and fine detailing, and it doesn't look like anything else in the Nissan lineup."
"The Maxima's place at the top of the Nissan lineup is most evident from the driver's seat. The design, materials, and execution of the interior are top-notch.
The interior features of the Maxima are all about concentration of controls and information around the driver. The interior includes a few items right out of the Nissan parts bin. The radio and navigation control panel sit at the top of the center stack, backed up by lower controls with large, very readable labels and markings. The instruments are black with white numbers that are lit even during daytime driving. The hefty three-spoke steering wheel has redundant controls for the audio system, and is available with huge paddle shifters that will never be out of reach for a quick shift. The floor shifter is located to the left of the center console, for those who want to shift via the stick instead of the paddles.
The available Music Box hard-drive radio holds thousands of songs, and drivers can plug their iPods and MP3 players into the available USB port to listen to songs that way. Nissan also offers a smaller two-gig hard drive in the Monitor package to hold a few hundred songs.
Front and rear comfort is quite good, though not class leading. The driver's seat is multi-adjustable, especially in the Sport package version that we drove, and very huggy and comfortable. Headroom and legroom are generous for most drivers, though the very tall will want more of both.
The rear seat doesn't have as much space as we would expect for a car of this size. Legroom is decent. So is headroom for those of average height. However, taller occupants will want for more headroom due to the car's coupe-like roofline. The seats themselves are fairly supportive, though. Nissan designed the Maxima primarily with two people in mind, with the back seat designed for occasional use. The Altima is better suited for a family of three or four.
The trunk is small for the class, offering 14.2 cubic feet. The rear seat that comes standard folds 60/40, which adds considerable space. The Sport and Premium packages have a fixed rear seat with a cargo pass-through in the center for occasional hauling or ski trips. That reduces cargo capacity, but the metal plate behind the rear seat improves chassis rigidity, which is the key to sharp handling and a smooth ride."
Driving Impressions
"Nissan markets the Maxima as a four-door sports car. While that may be going a bit far, it certainly is a sports sedan. Front-wheel drive means it isn't as naturally balanced as rear-wheel-drive cars such as the Infiniti G or BMW 3 Series. However, the Maxima has six engine mounts, and the engine is mounted quite low in the chassis for a lower center of gravity and better handling. The suspension uses aluminum components and a geometry chosen for handling capabilities. We found the front-wheel-drive generates virtually no torque-steer, even under full throttle, an impressive bit of tuning on Nissan's part.
We found the Nissan Maxima SV Sport felt agile, glued to the road and ready to play, with no hint of harshness in the ride. Of course, the Sport package is aided by the front crossbrace and the elimination of the split-folding rear seat, both of which add rigidity. (We're inclined to think the rear-seat brace makes the bigger difference.) The base model is likely plenty sporty, too, but not as precise when pushed hard.
The speed-sensitive power rack-and-pinion steering system is shared with the 370Z sports car, and it makes the driver feel connected, truly part of the steering and driving process, and it's never over-boosted. The ABS brakes have vented rotors both front and rear, for superior fade-resistance and added braking power under severe conditions.
The Maxima comes with a strong, responsive 3.5-liter V6 engine. With 290 horsepower at 6400 rpm and 261 pound-feet of torque at 4400 rpm, the V6 is at the top of the class in terms of power development for its size, but it's not peaky or cranky because the valve and intake systems keep it optimized for just about any gear and rev range. It has both variable valve timing and a variable intake system. The latter opens wide at about 4500 rpm, wide enough that you can hear the engine sound change dramatically, adding to the driving enjoyment. The Maxima is EPA-rated at 19 mpg City, 26 mpg Highway.
The engine is smooth right up to the 6200 rpm redline. The only time it gets loud is when the engine intake system switches over into high-flow mode above 4500 rpm. The rest of the time, the car is very quiet inside, with very little intrusion from the outside world. We are reminded once again Nissan builds superb V6s.
Power is plentiful throughout the rev range. This makes the car enjoyable to drive, and if you can keep your foot out of it, you can get better mileage than the 26 mpg EPA Highway label. If you keep your foot in it, expect 0-60 mph times of 5.8 seconds or less.
Much to the chagrin of some critics, the continuously variable transmission, or CVT, is the only transmission available. As with a traditional automatic, the driver need do nothing to change ratios except step on the gas pedal. The CVT has a virtually unlimited number of gear ratios, but it also includes a manual mode with six preset drive ratios that the driver can select for sportier driving. We found it a joy to use in either mode. According to Nissan, the Xtronic CVT software contains more than 700 shifting algorithms to cope with every driving situation in every gear from idle to full-throttle, and the transmission can shift 30 percent faster than a human can manually. In the Sport Drive mode, the shifts are lightning quick, and Nissan has programmed it to include a very sporty throttle blip on every downshift."
"From its quick, accurate steering to the ready power to the nimble handling, the Nissan Maxima is one of the most fun-to-drive midsize sedans. It isn't the roomiest car in the class, and it isn't the least expensive. It isn't meant to be. Instead, it is designed as a premium car for drivers who want a sporty four-door but don't want to spend the money for full-on luxury.
Jim McCraw filed this NewCarTestDrive.com report from Cary, North Carolina, with Kirk Bell reporting from Chicago."
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A young woman is slumped on the sidewalk in the 300-block of East Hastings. With her creamy skin, full red lips and a fresh flower tied up in her ponytail, she bears a resemblance to Sleeping Beauty. She also has a needle sticking out of her arm. Blood pours over her wrist.
She has mangled the job, and drifts in and out of consciousness.
At least here, on the street, if she overdoses, there is a chance she will be saved.
Although Insite, Vancouver's supervised injection site, is just a few blocks away, many users can't or won't use it. They may have been "red-zoned" by the police and can't go on that block, they may owe money to one of the many dealers that patrol the block, or may require assistance injecting, which Insite doesn't allow.
This girl has chosen to shoot up just one doorway down from VANDU, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, a community support centre run by and for drug users that, until recently, was trying to stem the tide of public drug use by offering an unsanctioned injection room. It had been running informally at for several years.
But in February, after a visit from police, Vancouver Coastal Health sent a cease and desist letter ordering the shutdown of its injection room.
The consequences were immediate, and alarming, said Hugh Lampkin, president of VANDU.
"Within 48 hours, there was an exponential increase in drug-related debris in our alleyways and on the streets," he said. The alleyway behind VANDU and in the surrounding blocks are littered with cookers, rigs, rubber ties, clean water ampoules and used needles.
"There are 15,000 injections a day down here (in the Downtown Eastside)," he explained. "Six hundred of those injections happen at Insite, which is running at near capacity. My biggest fear is that all the work we've done to bring down the HIV and Hep-C and overdose crisis is all for naught. This is a reversal of all that's been done and the direction we've been going in."
Now he's afraid people will die in the alley, or in the bathrooms.
VANDU complied with the shutdown order immediately, but Ann Livingston, a longtime DTES resident, advocate and board member with the Vancouver Eastside Neighbourhood Council, decided to take matters into her own hands.
For 70 days and nights after the room was closed in February, Livingston parked a van in the alleyway behind VANDU and operated her own unsanctioned injection site, modelled on Denmark's Fixerum. She took the seats out of the van, equipped it with two stainless steel tables, clean needles, bandages and a small cadre of volunteers.
The police asked her to shut it down.
Livingston says she was trying to save lives because injection use on the streets is exploding in a crisis that shows no signs of abating.
She says the shutdown of VANDU's site and the van have pushed the most vulnerable addicts onto the streets, and threatens a decade of work to turn the problem around.
"Public drug use in the Downtown Eastside is higher than ever. It's very depressing. I feel like a failure. It's personal," said Livingston.
She said she has witnessed a new wave of opiate-addicted young people seeking heroin and "smoking off foil," as well as people "lying in the alleyway, injecting each other in the neck.
"No one should have to do that."
Livingston said her 11-year-old son walks past these scenes on the way to his elementary school every day. "He shouldn't have to see that. No one should."
The underground supervised injection site at VANDU was modest, but a dedicated, CPR-trained volunteer peer "injection team" was on hand to help with the 70 to 80 injections a day, and save lives when necessary.
Many injections that took place were assisted, with a member of VANDU's injection team helping users who was unable to inject themselves. Many users can't inject on their own, either because their veins are damaged from chronic use, they are disabled or lack proper knowledge.
Assisted injections are not allowed at Insite, but according to recent estimates, more than one in three drug users need help injecting.
A 2013 study on VANDU's unsanctioned injection room by the Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS noted that among the approximately 5,000 intravenous drug users who live in the DTES, "it is estimated that roughly 40 per cent require help injecting," and that people who require help injecting are "disproportionally vulnerable to drug-related harms." Street "doctors" can "switch rigs," inject in unsanitary conditions, may not take precautions to limit infectious diseases and leave users vulnerable to violence, overdose and exploitation.
Insite, which opened in September 2003, is North America's first legal supervised injection site and is part of a harm-reduction model of treating addiction that offers health support without requiring abstinence from drug use in order to reduce harms associated with the problem. It has an adjoining detox treatment centre, and a study published in the Lancet shows that fatal overdoses within 500 metres of the site decreased by 35 per cent after its opening. Research also shows a reduction in other health-related harms such as HIV and hepatitis C infections.
Livingston fears the recent shutdown of VANDU's injection site is a sign that the tide is turning away from harm reduction at the very moment the problem is rising again.
"This is a foreshadowing of the closure of Insite," she said.
Nikki Schartrand, a recovering addict, says additional safe injection sites are desperately needed.
Now, she says, when she looks out her window from her room on Pender Street, she sees people shooting up outside, nodding off, passing out. "You don't know if they are dead or alive, so you call 911."
Schartrand recalls being on the street and "so heroin sick," people stole from her, and switched her rig for one filled with water. She recalls being robbed, needles breaking in her arm or neck. She says she has also heard of other underground injection sites doing what VANDU tried to do: help users inject safely.
Anne McNabb, director of Inner City Mental Health and Addiction Services at Vancouver Coastal Health, said the health authorities "appreciate that VANDU's intentions are good."
However, she said the closure of its injection room is all about saving Insite and moving forward with other harm-reduction efforts.
News of the unsanctioned supervised injection site filtered in to VCH last year, said McNabb. "VCH was in an awkward position in the sense that it could jeopardize Insite and our exemption under (Section) 56 (of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act), which is a requirement in order to have a supervised injection site."
Because VCH funds VANDU, allowing it to run an unsanctioned injection site could threaten the health authority's efforts with Insite, said McNabb.
"Our own position with Health Canada has always been somewhat precarious. They don't actually support Insite, even though we had a unanimous decision through the Supreme Court. We didn't want to put that out on a limb," she explained.
Vancouver Coastal Health is awaiting a decision on an application for a Section 56 exemption for the Dr. Peter Centre so clients living with HIV/AIDS with substance abuse issues can inject under the supervision of nurses.
McNabb said VCH strongly supports expanding supervised injection services, and future plans include an "overall concept" involving more sites, most likely "embedded sites" at clinics, and a mobile site like Livingston's van isn't out of the question.
Livingston is frustrated with the process, the delays, the politics and the perception that drug addicts aren't worth saving or don't deserve health care. "At some point you just have to move forward with it. It's just not palatable. It's not fair. Anyone who thinks this can't happen in their own family? I can warn you all. You do not have a say in whether your kid becomes a drug addict."
The problem is also not confined to the Downtown Eastside.
"We need five supervised injection sites: boom, boom, boom," said Livingston. "We need them in other areas, we need them in Surrey."
She isn't going to give up.
"We just kept working on it," Livingston said, "and we will keep working. That's just how I was raised. To do community work."


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Biogeography is a field of science dedicated to studying the distribution of species on Earth, especially as related to ecological and evolutionary processes.[1] Biogeographical studies of island populations were used by Darwin (such as with Darwin's finches) as evidence of evolution, and island biogeography is still used today as one of the better evidences of evolution.
Evolutionary claims
In Darwin's time, the prevailing creation theory was that species were created separately in the place they lived at the time. Darwin saw in the finches of the Galapagos that one species (that of the probable ancestor of all the island finches) could "radiate" into new species as it became isolated and adapted to new conditions. While not proof of the general theory of evolution, this observation contradicted the prevailing creationary view of the day.
Today biogeography has shown that creatures on islands are usually very similar to the same kinds of creatures on the mainland, but with enough differences to suggest that the island species came from the mainland and subsequently "evolved" its new features.
Fossil evidence has also shown that the distribution of life was very different in the past (for example marsupials in Antarctica). Some evolutionists claim that modern creationists cannot explain biogeography without accepting at least some aspects of the theory of evolution.[2]
Creationary position
Today, creationists generally hold that animal life radiated out from the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood subsided.[3] Few believe that species were created in place, and furthermore, most accept that speciation occurs as different lineages within the same created kind diverge and diversify.
While it is true that biogeography is not discussed very often in creationist circles, most of the anti-creationist claims based on biogeography neither prove evolution nor violate the current creation model.
- ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/biogeography
- ↑ Jerry Coyne, Why Evolution is True, Viking Adult, 2009
- ↑ https://creation.com/darwins-dying-legacy


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Rubinetterie Zazzeri S.p.a. .-Obliqua Shower System
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Interview with RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : The inspiration came from an architectural Renaissance element, the "lesene". Obliqua had to be a really thin steel lesene with a little thickness in all its parts, including the part outside the wall; a light element with dimensions that could fit every single bathroom .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : I would describe it as the expression of a new shower concept, with a low impact and an extreme simplicity .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : The starting idea was to have an almost invisible object, able to create a new relation between the shower space and the water. Using some new technical solutions we have been able to adapt this idea to reality and to bring Obliqua to life, optimizing dimensions and thicknesses .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : The Flyfall® system is probably the most interesting feature of this element. Using it, all the models, both having straight or oblique nozzle, are able to maintain the water fall close to wall, maximizing the shower box space .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. . : My personal idea and final goal when I design and draw something is to obtain objects always able to integrate in every situation and location, easy in their shape but strong enough to communicate simplicity, grace and elegance. This is why I think that Obliqua best represents my design vision and its realiziton .
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Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (OLLH)As history would have it, from an esteemed position of being one the country's leading hospitals Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital underwent serious challenges wrought by modernization and technological advances. New hospitals were built and contemporaries pulled away in upgrading facilities and equipment. As the hospital struggled with balancing its missionary service whilst competing in an arena of increasingly aggressive Health Institutions, it began to lose heavily in operations.
It was in this state of affairs on November 2010, that the SSpS community entered into a 20-year lease arrangement with the East Manila Hospital Managers Corp, a subsidiary of the Metro Pacific Investments Corp. The management contract stipulates that at the end of 20 years, the hospital will be returned to the missionary Sisters of the Order, Servants of the Holy Spirit (S.Sp.S.). Read more...
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The harshest judges of those in news media are often others in the news media, and, with the benefit of Twitter, that intrajournalistic watchdog role can be performed simultaneously with the journalism being criticized.
Case in point was the White House news conference on Wednesday afternoon, when President Obama made a forceful announcement in response to the massacre of children last week in Newtown, Conn. He said he was directing Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to lead an effort "to come up with a set of concrete proposals" about dealing with gun violence that he would submit to Congress no later than January.
"We are going to need to work on making access to mental health care as easy as access to a gun," Mr. Obama said. "We're going to need to look more closely at a culture that all too often glorifies guns and violence."
His words, after five days of extensive news coverage and national debate, were intensely focused on gun violence. He addressed no other topics. Yet judging by the questions that followed his address, most of the members of the Washington press corps had other things on their minds.


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Dunedin City 'AA' credit rating under threat as S&P sees financial targets in doubt
By Paul McBeth
Nov. 22 (BusinessDesk) - Dunedin City Council, whose investment unit posted a $5.1 million loss in the 2012 financial year, has been put on notice of a rating downgrade over its finances, which may not bounce back as quickly as expected.
Standard & Poor's affirmed Dunedin's AA credit rating and put it on a negative outlook, giving it a one-in-three chance of a downgrade over the next two years. The council forecasts small surpluses over the next three years as it slows down the pace of annual rate hikes, while at the same time facing more capital expenditure and rising interest costs.
"This is based on our view that Dunedin may not achieve its financial targets outlined in its long-term plan, with its after-capital account deficits not improving as quickly as forecast," credit analyst Anthony Walker said.
"If this scenario were to materialise, we consider that Dunedin would have limited budgetary flexibility to improve its financial position without deferring asset renewals, which may lead to future infrastructure backlogs," he said.
The council needs to meet forecast and achieve after-capital account deficits of about 2 percent of its operating revenue from 2014 to get back to a stable outlook.
Dunedin City has faced a handful of setbacks in recent years, having to stump up funds to rescue a cash-strapped Otago Rugby Union from the brink of liquidation while at the same time facing a bigger deficit than expected for its new Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Subsidiary Delta Utility Services is also under investigation by the Auditor-General over decisions to invest in residential property in Queenstown and Wanaka, which have fed into weaker earnings from the investment unit, Dunedin City Holdings.
S&P's Murray said the outcome of that investigation could stress the council's rating further if it raises questions about the management of council-controlled trading organisations.
The rating could also come under pressure if a hard rates cap was introduced or if capital expenditure was increased without an offsetting lift in revenue.
New Zealand's local bodies face a major overhaul with looming central government legislation aimed at focusing councils' role to providing "good quality local infrastructure, public services and regulatory functions at the least possible cost to households and business."


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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Happy 101 Award Received
The responsibilities that go with this award are as follows. I am first to list 10 things that make me happy (not in any particular order):
1. Being with my wife, Nancy, for over 50 years and counting...
2. Spending time with my grandson, Alex, 5, and granddaughter, Kaylee, 2.
3. Spending time with daughters Annette, Allison, and Arrion, and their families.
4. Having the continuing opportunity to get to know better "those who came before me" - both those I was privileged to know personally, such as parents and maternal grandparents, and those I did not, paternal grandparents, for example.
5. The relatively new opportunity to meet, virtually, my many new friends in the genealogy blogosphere,
6. The opportunity, over the years, to meet and work with many, many employees and volunteers in libraries, county courthouse, historical and genealogical societies, FHCs, etc., in counties and states around the nation, as my wife and I have sought those elusive "ancestor stories" and detailed records and artifacts.
7. The opportunity to obtain a fine set of educational and degree experiences at several fine educational institutions over the years and across the country.
8. Having a fine extended family and many friends; with whom I can now maintain contact via Facebook and the Internet, that was only possible through travel, reunions and annual letters in the past.
9. Living in a country where we can disagree without being disagreeable.
10. Living in a country were my faith, beliefs and convictions are respected and protected by open-minded family, friends and neighbors.
Then, I am to choose 10 other bloggers to pass this award to, yes 10.
For this I will choose:
1. Random Notes
2. Campo Santo-holy ground
3. Documenting the Details
4. Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy
5. Kick-Ass Genealogy
6. Detour Through History
7. Portals to the Past
8. Tracing My Roots
9. Circlemending
10. Life From the Roots
Thank you, each, again!
Families are Forever! ;-)
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What is strikingly visible in a recently harvested section of Jon Martin's wood lot in New Hampton is the trees, lots of them. Sure, there are stumps strewn about as well, but the harvested area looks substantially like a forest. That's the idea.
"It's all about the big picture of the forest," said Martin, a forester with the company Foreco. "What's best in the short and long terms."
About 84 percent of New Hampshire is forested, with 80 percent of the forested lands privately owned and 20 percent government-owned. The state didn't always have the forests it has today. In the 1800s, 30 percent of the state was forested.
In the northern parts of the state, hardwood species like birch, beech and maple do well. In the south, there's a lot more red oak. White pines are fairly dominant in the southern and central parts of the state. In the most northern points, there are spruce and fir trees.
Foresters and loggers often get a bad rap for the harvesting part of the job. Officials say there are a few bad apples in the logging industry giving the whole lot a bad name. Foresters worry that if landowners are only given the option to sell their lands, as opposed to harvesting them, then the land will most certainly be sold to developers and then it's goodbye forests. Foresting gives landowners a chance to harvest wood in a sustainable way and thus make a little money while ensuring the property remains a forest.
"If a landowner doesn't have an incentive to hold the land, they're not going to hold it," said Sarah Smith, a forester with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. "We all recognize that development is the biggest threat to the forest."
Public opinion can be a big threat too. That's why educating people about what forest management is about is so important, Smith said.
There have been times when there is a lot of development. The current economic downturn has slowed that recently, but Smith said the reality is the population will increase and people have to live somewhere. So the name of the game is planning for that growth — set aside the pristine woodlands and slate the more marginal forest properties for development, she said.
A recent Wildlands and Woodlands (www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org) report found New England is losing its forest cover. In Massachusetts, a moratorium on logging is in effect. The potential for a moratorium to happen in New Hampshire is a nightmare for loggers, obviously, but it's also troublesome for those charged with protecting forests in New Hampshire, like, say, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (www.spnhf.org). They say forests need to be managed, in a sustainable way.
Foresting is still about making money from a forest's byproduct — wood. But that's not all it's about.
The foresters are the tree doctors. They design how a forest grows by the goals of the landowner. They're taking into account primarily water quality, recreation, timber production and wildlife. Those factors are all intertwined, said Jeff Eames, who owns Fort Mountain Companies (www.nhlogger.com) in Allenstown.
Most foresters in New Hampshire today advocate for sustainable foresting practices and a focus on long-term property management. The clear-cuts, except when deemed environmentally beneficial, are not parts of sustainable foresting. The term "clear-cut" has taken on a decidedly negative connotation — people think of massive tracts of lands without any life on them, they think of developments — but it isn't always evil. What's happening out west and is sensationalized on television programs isn't the logging and foresting that's happening in New Hampshire, officials say. Typically in the Granite State, it's selective harvesting, where companies pluck a tree here or there.
"The forest provides a lot of economic foundation to the state," Smith said. She said the forest is a $1.7 billion piece of the state's economy. "It's a big chunk of the economic engine that moves the state."
The timber industry includes the foresters, loggers, truckers, saw mills, power plants and furniture makers. Smith said every step along the way is adding value to the production.
Driving through Allenstown and Deerfield, Eames pointed out spot after spot that he harvested five, 10, 20 and 25 years ago. What's noticeable today is that those stands are full again. They largely always were, even after they were harvested. He pointed out a recently harvested stand of white pines; it wasn't a clear-cut by any means, but was a forest, albeit a thinner one. Eames said the early growth of new trees was coming in particularly nicely in some spots.
Loggers largely cover their tracks, literally. It's difficult to tell where loggers have been. Many of the cuts Eames points out are only somewhat visible. That's on purpose. Loggers try to make it look as though they haven't been there as much as possible. The road or trails companies build for access often turn into hiking trails.
It was also noticeable that most of the trees left in harvested locations were rather good-looking trees. That's also on purpose. If loggers leave behind the healthy trees to seed the next generation, that increases the chances the next time they harvest that parcel, 30 to 50 years down the road, the trees will be money-makers, Eames said.
Patrick Kenney, one of Eames' two on-staff foresters, goes through a property and marks every tree that's to be cut. He develops a plan with the landowner. And he needs to be able to provide the landowner with an estimate ahead of time as to how much a harvest will net him or her. So he needs to know if there are slicer logs, veneer wood, wood for paper pulp or if it's just biomass. Sometimes cuts are done to clear the way for the more lucrative products, Kenney said.
And yet, foresting also doesn't mean wiping out the trees that aren't beneficial to cabinet makers. Beech trees have their place in the forest. Even if they aren't sought after for wood products, they are sought after by wildlife, Martin said in June over the whir of mosquitoes.
Foresters work with land owners to find out about their goals for the property, be they wood harvest, recreation or land conservation. If the goal is to clear-cut a swath of land to maximize the dollars now, then Martin is likely to take a pass on that job. That's not what his company stands for.
"It's not just extracting," Martin said.
It's also not all walking through the woods philosophizing about the forest. The actual harvesting is still dramatic. For a tree-lover, it's still jarring. There's the skidder, which looks like a front-end loader, minus the bucket, which is replaced by two c-shaped arms that clasp and drag downed trees to the logging yard. It has bulging wheels covered with chains. It's a menacing-looking machine. Then there's the slasher, which comes with an arm for snatching trees off the ground. It runs them through a circular device that strips the branches, and then lays logs down to be sawed by either an oversized chain saw or an oversized spinning saw. It's violent. The trees wobble from side to side in the clasp of the arm. At the end of the day though, society didn't all of a sudden decide it doesn't need wood. So violent, yes, but necessary, also yes, loggers say.
Sustainable forestry has a sort of fine line between regulations and landowner rights. Smith said Massachusetts tends to fall more toward regulation, while New Hampshire relies more on its population to make the right decisions. If a single-acre stand of pine trees is turned into a parking lot, that is never going to be as sustainable as that plot remaining a forest, no matter how the plot is harvested in the long term, she said.
Managing an already clear-cut landscape
Most of New England was essentially clear-cut during the 1800s to make way for sheep farmers as the demand for wool exploded — so the landscape isn't untouched. Cutting it all down allowed certain species to take hold and to dominate areas where they once didn't exist or at least weren't so prevalent. It meant for big changes in how wildlife lived in the forests. Farm abandonment is what largely resulted in all the pine trees in the state. That's still happening to an extent today, Smith said.
Martin said hundreds of thousands of acres of forest were just wiped out. The native hardwood species were reduced, and the pine trees picked up the slack.
"Pine was king in New England," Martin said.
With farm abandonment, trees grew back at the same rate — many of the forests were basically all the same age. That's not so good for wildlife. Animals rely on a variety of habitat to survive, and many, such as deer and migratory birds, rely heavily on early successional forests, which are young forests. That's why the government, in some cases both state and federal, contracts with loggers and foresters to pinpoint good spots for clear-cuts that will help animals, such as the cottontail rabbit. Eames pulled over to show a state-contracted job in Durham adjacent to the Great Bay, where loggers clear-cut a section to create habitat for the rabbit.
If rodents and rabbits don't have proper habitat then they can't survive. If there are no small mammals, then bobcats, foxes and coyotes don't have anything to eat either. "It sort of bounces down the line," Smith said.
Some might wonder how clear-cuts occurred in the old days, prior to logging. Wind storms, much like the one that occurred this past winter, and forest fires were the main natural occurrences that created clearings for wildlife. Wind storms still happen, but there isn't much room to let wildfires roam. And since all the land was cleared at once previously, much of the forest habitat today is mature, and thus could use a little breathing room, officials say.
Now foresters will often suggest clear-cutting certain sections to create meadows that animals like deer or mice or rabbits need, areas that today are somewhat lacking from the landscape. Martin once nearly stumbled upon a fawn nestled in a field he had clear-cut. When Martin bought his 245-acre wood lot, it had no open space. He fairly recently made a seven-acre clear-cut he intends to keep clear. Along the side is a massive pile of stumps that makes for fantastic habitat for small mammals, insects and birds.
"It's a huge critter condo," he said.
The White Mountain National Forest is such an old forest that it lacks wildlife diversity. Animals, particularly deer and moose, don't have multiple ages of things to eat, Smith said.
"If you whack down an acre, the very next year it's all brush," Smith said. "That's exactly what moose are looking for. Whereas in deep old forests, they don't have much to eat. The best situation is you have everything. A hurricane can create diversity because it kind of messes things up."
Forests are resilient.
"If you stop shaving, you grow a forest," Martin said.
Eames said forests are forever but trees are not. Trees are like people — the older they get, the more vulnerable and susceptible they become, he said.
Some think whenever a tree is cut, a new one needs to be planted in its place. The natural regeneration would overwhelm any plantings, unless foresters are looking to change the complexion of a forest by introducing new species.
That's why when people donate money to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to help it plant trees, Jack Savage, vice president of communications and outreach for the Society, asks, "Got a minute?" Planting trees isn't really what it's all about. It's managing forests so that forest continues to be forest, but also a healthy forest.
"It's about walking on a property and hearing a different bird that you've never heard there before, because you've included a different type of habitat that you never had before," Eames said. "It's about using a trail built by loggers for cross-country skiing. It's about doing a cut that leaves hemlock stands for a deer yard to keep in the wildlife.... It's not all about the money."
Foresting, art and science
One section of Martin's lot does have considerably more cut trees than others. That's because pine trees are suffering from a fungus that bores into the bark. He cut down more than he normally would as a way to help prevent the spread of the fungus, which ultimately kills the tree.
"What we do is we open up the stand, reduce the amount of trees per acre, get a lot of air and sun in there, keep it dry and sunny...," Martin said.
With all the wet weather this past year, conditions were a little too good for the fungus. Leaving the area more open should dry out the fungus.
Walking through Martin's property, one sees a transition from white pine to red oak to hemlock. The red oaks are prolific seeders, and the hemlocks with their many branches and thick needles actually hold back the snowfall, creating a sort of insulation for deer in the winter, Martin said. His company, Foreco, started in 1980 and currently manages 62,000 acres of forests.
A forester could help someone who just bought 300 acres figure out what to do with the land. They don't have to do anything but the forester can take the landowner through the factors and possibilities. It's not all about cutting trees for money. A goal could be enhancing land for wildlife habitat or cutting trees to enhance a view. It might be revenue generation. The objectives can be anything, Smith said.
"The forester can ferret that out," Smith said.
For Martin, it's not just about picking out the best trees to cut; it's also about picking out the best trees to cut 50 to 100 years from now. It's also about providing a landscape for deer and small mammals.
"Everything in moderation and diversify," Martin said, adding that foresting is like gardening on a 100-year basis.
A forester is looking far down the road. He'll develop a management plan for a property, dependent on the landowner's goals. The plan would include recommendations as to what kinds of things to do at certain time intervals. If there is going to be harvesting, there are all kinds of laws that come into play. For one, once timber is cut down, towns are able to assess a 10-percent tax on the value of the timber. If there are wetlands in the area, permits will be needed, Smith said.
"Often there's a lot of complexity to it," Smith said.
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests works with willing land owners who want to create conservation easements on their property. Those easements don't prevent landowners from harvesting wood from the property; they just guarantee that when the owner dies, the land will continue to be forested, rather than turned into a development, Savage said.
Things weren't always sustainable. In the 1960s, loggers would make cuts without leaving a single stick behind.
"You always want to have a balance of regeneration," Eames said.
"It's as much art as a science," Martin added.
Municipal foresting
Eames and other loggers have been busy cleaning up trees felled during the wind storm this past winter. That's happened on the 4,100 acres of forest the City of Concord manages, and Eames has worked extensively on the 8,000 acres the Manchester Water Works manages. Eames figured the wind storm had impacted as much as 300 acres on the Manchester property, which is largely surrounding Lake Massabesic. The fallen trees have a shelf life, particularly pine trees, before natural decomposition and staining take place.
Concord recently completed a couple timber sales on properties the city manages. The city manages its forested land for multiple uses, including timber and recreational uses, such as hiking. The city essentially funds its trails operation through its timber production, said Becky Hebert, a city planner.
"It's a great way to fund the trails program," Hebert said.
The city usually does at least one timber sale each year. The funds go to the trails program and the forestry program's trust fund, which is self-sustaining. While the conservation commission is active in forestry management, the city essentially relies on its forester for advice and guidance on how to manage its property. The city also acquires land frequently as well. All of the land in its forestry program is conservation land, Hebert said.
"Often you don't even really notice an operation is going on," Hebert said. "If you do notice, it's not a clear-cut by any means. It depends on what the forest is doing. The forest might recommend doing a clear-cut in a certain spot."
The revenue from harvesting can vary dramatically. Last year harvests grossed $65,000 in Concord, while the year before harvests grossed $15,000. The city began its forest program in 1979. It did take a break in the 1980s, but resumed later that decade, Hebert said.
The timber sales have been the result of the downed trees, both as a way to generate some revenue from the fallen trees and because some have created potentially dangerous situations on city trails, Hebert said.
"People look at timber harvests sometimes in a negative way," Hebert said. "They think clear-cut, but it's really actually improving the health of the forest and it also funds a program that the public benefits from."
The skidder path often creates a new trail for hikers. That's largely been the case in the Concord forests, Hebert said.
"If it's done right, you can coordinate two uses," Hebert said.
The harvest
One of the big differences today from the logging practices of old is what is now done with the byproducts of harvest — branches, gnarled wood and general scrap wood. Instead of being piled in a landfill, it's taken to biomass plants and burned for power. In that sense, harvests today are much more sustainable. Foresters also help determine when it's beneficial to leave byproducts behind for natural decomposition.
The Public Service of New Hampshire made a huge commitment to clean energy and the local timber harvesting industry when it switched one of its coal-fired boilers in Portsmouth to wood in 2006. It's now the cleanest solid fuel plant in the country. And it kept local timber harvesters in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine happy and in business. As Eames said, PSNH is sort of his "mama." It's also let companies expand. Eames said, largely due to the PSNH plant, he's been able to offer his employees health insurance for the first time.
Eames' trucks carry about 30 tons in each load to PSNH. The plant can handle as many as 12 trucks per hour. Handling means trucks back onto a ramp that lifts the whole 18-wheeler into the air, dumping the wood chips. PSNH averages about 70 trucks per day. The 160-megawatt plant draws about 50 megawatts from the wood-fired boiler. The plant draws wood from about a 100-mile radius.
Most of the harvesting occurs in the winter when the least damage is done to the forest floor. The ground is solid. Loggers can use more on-site materials to build roads and stream crossings. During March and April, companies can't really get in the woods because it's so muddy. Eames will store harvests periodically to make sure there's steady work and cash flow.
Aside from the biomass shipped to Portsmouth, Eames, who employs 21 people, sends much of his wood north to Canada, where sawmills have filled a niche left somewhat vacant in New England. Some of the wood goes to Michigan. Some ends up in China.
Landowners typically aren't making a killing harvesting timber. It's usually more periodic income, Smith said.
While timber harvests are underway, there is a whole set of enforcement eyes watching closely to make sure laws and rules are followed, that loggers aren't driving through streams and ravaging land. The enforcement is a big part of it — Eames said it's the reason there are so few "bad guys" in the New Hampshire timber industry today.
Eames is always looking for that slicer log, the prize of a harvest. The log is straight enough and thick enough so that it can be stood on end and sliced. It can eventually turn into things like high-end doors. Birdseye maple has distinct patterns that make it particularly desirable.
It's high stakes. The people wielding the heavy equipment are highly trained.
"You can't mess it up," Eames said. "That could be a $500 mistake."
The high-quality wood goes to saw mills, while lower quality might ship over to Maine to a pulp mill. The lowest quality goes to wood energy plants.
Along Route 4 in Durham, a popular farm stand draws people in for their fresh fruit and vegetables. What many don't notice, on the edge of a field on the property, blockaded by trees, is a timber sale in action. In that way, Eames said, the timber sale was subsidizing the farm stand.
Aside from the obvious examples — wood floors, building materials and furniture — wood products play a bigger role in people's lives than they often are conscious of, Eames said. Wood products create paper, toilet paper, paper towels and napkins. Wood provides a renewable fuel source, whether as firewood for individuals, chips at a wood-fired plant or pellets, Eames said.
"The bottom line: we as humans demand wood products, everything from paper to the homes we build," Smith said. "We cannot depend on the wood from elsewhere. We have a responsibility to participate in producing that wood that we demand and not shifting it off to some other place."


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