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Moultonborough, NH50 Jacobs Road
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- Bathroom 18
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An historic and remarkable property with 82 acres consisting of three lots of record. The first is the Kona boathouse, a residence with living quarters with four bedrooms. The second lot is the Kona beach with 14 boatslips and the "Pumphouse". The third is the Mansion. There are a total of 17 guest bedrooms in the several buildings on the site with the possibility of 20 more. It includes a nine hole golf course, tennis courts, rolling lawns and cottages. Location is one of the finest areas on Lake Winnipesaukee, the "Gold Coast". The opportunities this property affords are unlimited. Continue to operate as an inn and restaurant, if desired. Develop it into a private estate, or develop it into individual home sites. Engineering is available. This is clearly a one of a kind property in a fabulous location. Properties include 50 Jacobs Road, Book 0467, Page 0088; 48 Boathouse Road, Book 0497, Page 0092; 62 Boathouse Road, Book 1514, Page 0507.
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Everybody loves La'Ron.
Ann Arbor storyteller La'Ron Williams appeals to a wide audience and that audience will be delighted once again to hear original and African folk tales with a Halloween theme when La'Ron makes a return visit to Stair Public Library.
Everybody in the community is encouraged to come to the library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, for an hour of stories and refreshments. There will be enough time to get back home for all the good Thursday night TV shows.
For a wide audience, La'Ron targets his stories to third graders and up. He accompanies his stories with sound effects and musical instruments such as African drums.

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Obama, Duncan to provide relief from many NCLB restrictions
Van Roekel: Flexibility from rigid rules welcomed by educators
WASHINGTON - September 22, 2011 -
President Obama announced a plan today to provide relief to states from many of NCLB's more onerous provisions, such as meeting Adequate Yearly Progress requirements and other deadlines.
"President Obama has taken a welcome step forward with this plan. It sets much more realistic goals for schools, while maintaining ESEA's original commitment to civil rights, high academic standards and success for every student," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.
"Teachers have been sounding the alarm on NCLB's test-label-punish approach for more than 10 years. Now, there is an opportunity to move forward with real reform, especially for the most disadvantaged students," said Van Roekel.
"Educators want commonsense measures of student progress, freedom to implement local ideas, respect for their judgment and the right to be a part of critical decisions," said Van Roekel. "This plan delivers."
Van Roekel notes that the waiver plan provisions get away from labeling schools as failures. "Instead, the Department of Education has adopted a term NEA also uses for low performing schools: Priority Schools. The waivers recognize the Title I schools that need the most help—and the students they serve—as a federal priority."
Last week, Van Roekel completed a back-to-school tour for a first-hand view of how teachers are collaborating with key education stakeholders to significantly improvement student learning and success. "I've been visiting schools across the country and I know that teachers and education support professionals care deeply about their students and they want policies that work to benefit students," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "President Obama and Secretary Duncan have crafted a path that breaks through the logjam of bad NCLB policy and opened the way to better ideas that will work for students and schools."
"NEA will continue to work with Congress and push for comprehensive NCLB reauthorization," said Van Roekel.
See NEA's letter to Sec. Duncan requesting regulatory relief for K-12 schools here.
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Budino Is Italian For Pudding
Technically, it's just pudding. But mention the word budino to an Italian chef and eyes light up, chattering hands dance through the air and unabashed creativity is unfurled.
"Budino is BUDINO! Its big flavor hits your palate at once, so pure it dissolves right on your tongue," says Nicola Mastronardi, chef at Vincenti. "Nothing else is in the way — just custard and concentrated flavor."
Garbee includes three budino recipes, including one for the much-heralded butterscotch budino (in photo at right) by pastry chef Dahlia Narvaez at Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali's Pizzeria Mozza, that our head honcho Ed Levine says "will bring tears to your eyes because it is so rich and creamy and delicious."
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World's First Burrito Vending Machine Is as Bad as You'd Expect
The future is here, or at least it's in Los Angeles. Last month, a company called Burritobox installed "world's first burrito kiosk" inside of an LA convenience store.
The machine offers five options—three breakfast burritos and two regular. All five are, according to Burritobox, made with 100% natural ingredients: the breakfast burritos are made with cage-free eggs, and the chicken is free-range. They cost $3, not including condiments—you can add sour cream, Tabasco, and guacamole—or tax, and are ready in a minute. Not bad!
But how do they taste? According to LAist, who tried all five, they're about as good as your standard microwavable gas station burrito, which is to say: sort of bad. But still: For less than $5, you could probably do worse.


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October 10, 2013 | By Dave Lewandowski
Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dario Franchitti was released from Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston on Oct. 10 and will be transported to Indianapolis for evaluation.
The four-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner will undergo a second surgery on his right ankle, which was fractured in a final-lap incident Oct. 6 of Race 2 of the Shell and Pennsoil Grand Prix of Houston. He had surgery a few hours after the crash to stabilize the ankle.
Franchitti also suffered a concussion and fractured vertebrae that will not require surgery, according to INDYCAR medical director Dr. Michael Olinger.
Dario Franchitti"I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and I'm thankful to have such a great family and such wonderful friends and fans," Franchitti said. "Thanks to everyone at the hospital and the track who took such good care of me during my stay in Houston."
The team announced Oct. 9 that veteran Indy car driver Alex Tagliani would substitute for Frachitti in the No. 10 entry in the MAVTV 500 INDYCAR World Championships season finale Oct. 19 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Teammate Scott Dixon, who finish first and second in the 90-lap races on the Houston circuit, seeks to claim his third series title in the 250-lap twilight race.
"I look forward to watching Scott, Alex and the Target team next weekend on television, and will be pulling for them as they go for another championship," Franchitti added.
The race will be broadcast on NBC Sports Network.
"He seems to be in good spirits," Dixon said. "Just sad he won't be my teammate come next weekend to try and finish this out."


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Office Cleaning Melbourne routines will be performed on a regular basis
A living space that looks clean could actually be hiding layers of dust, dirt and grime. You believe that an occasional spring clean will do the job for you. But it is not enough; every company needs a deep clean and here are reasons why you need to do it. These reasons could act as an incentive for you. A lot of organizations give importance to cleanliness. Have you thought about yours?
The more regularly they are maintained, longer they will last. Dust buildup can cause computers and printers to malfunction. Stains can ruin the look of carpets. Professional office cleaners can give you a thorough and timely cleanup that will prolong the life of your office supplies. An office environment is made up of multiple valuable items; there's electronics, furniture, carpets to name a few.
• Also, when you hire an Office Cleaning Melbourne service, you are calling in a team of trained and skilled professionals who know the right techniques and cleaning materials to use to create a hygienic environment
Working in a dirty office environment can pose a serious health risk to your employees. In an office, there are a dozens of people sharing equipment and utilities. These surfaces become magnets for dirt and germs, making it very easy to spread infections. Poor indoor air quality can trigger allergic reactions and asthma.
Yes, it's important to have a clean office, but there's not always the time to do it personally. This is where an Office Cleaning can step in.
• By outsourcing cleaning and maintenance tasks to an office cleaning company, you will be able to focus on other core jobs increasing productivity
So, hire an office cleaning company today, and ensure that your business premises are spotless, organized and hygienic. They specialize in deep cleaning services from sweeping, vacuuming and scrubbing to maintaining facilities for you. With flexible scheduling and green cleaning methods, you can chalk out a suitable maintenance routine that brings out the best in your business.
There are hundreds of them out there and I risk saying that the cleaning industry is saturated with too many office cleaning companies, especially here in London. Such saturation is lowering the quality of the cleaning services offered and it is becoming ever so hard to find an efficient office cleaning company.
• You can be assured that the Office Cleaning Melbourne routines will be performed on a regular basis
Here I'll give you some tips on how to hire an efficient office cleaning company that will not only get the job done but that does it respecting the cleaning industry regulations as well as its employees.
A highly efficient office cleaning service is all about good customer service, training and flexibility. Look for companies that provide detailed information on how their workforce is trained and what qualification they have, are they professional cleaners or just party time workers, be very careful here many of these so "professional cleaning companies" employ illegal immigrants which you know is serious infringement of the law.
Flexibility and customer service are closely related. When I refer to flexibility I mean the flexibility to work outside office hours so it doesn't get in the way of day to day activities in your office. A reliable customer service doesn't necessary need to be a 24hr helpline but a service that is always there when you need it to clarify services provided as well as invoicing and other questions that might arise regarding their cleaning jobs.
Health and Safety
Ask for the companies health and safety policy, if they don't have one the is a huge signal that they are not as professional as they say they are. An office cleaning health and safety policy should cover all the necessary and practical steps of its employees and people affected by its activities by providing training, safety devices and protective clothing when necessary.
Quality Control
It is extremely important that the chosen Office Cleaning Melbourne company offers a quality control plan that is specially designed to meet your requirements and your premises specifications. Staff briefing should be as detailed as possible and work schedule prepared according to each area and clearly displayed. In some cases a checklist is also a good alternative to ensure that work is carried out according to your requirements.
• You will save time and money
Don't forget to ask about their random checks policy normally carried out by a cleaning supervisor; in many cases this is included in the company's Health and Safety Policy.
Environmental Concern
Environmental concern is the hot topic these days. Companies that don't have an Environmental Concern Policy are being left out and this is not different in the Office Cleaning industry. I'm sure your company has one so why not hire a service provider that also cares for our planet as much as you do. Simple details can go a long away; ask if they work with eco-friendly cleaning products, what is their approach to minimizing waste and the consumption of resources (materials, fuel and energy). These simple questions can make difference for the environment in the long run. You know what they say, every little helps.
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A database is structured collection of data. Thus, card indices, printed catalogues of archaeological artefacts and telephone directories are all examples of databases. Databases may be stored on a computer and examined using a program. These programs are often called `databases', but more strictly are database management systems (DMS). Just as a card index or catalogue has to be constructed carefully in order to be useful, so must a database on a computer. Similarly, just as there are many ways that a printed catalogue can be organised, there are many ways, or models, by which a computerised database may be organised. One of the most common and powerful models is the `relational' model (discussed below), and programs which use this model are known as relational database management systems (RDMS).There is nothing that links such a structured collection of data" essentially to paper, even if some of the first databases, like Luhmann's Zettelkasten, were paper-based. Luhmann himself said late in his life, he would have used an electronic version for his system, if it had been around when he first started his Zettelkasten.
Computer-based databases are usually organised into one or more tables. A table stores data in a format similar to a published table and consists of a series of rows and columns. To carry the analogy further, just as a published table will have a title at the top of each column, so each column in a database table will have a name, often called a field name. The term field is often used instead of column. Each row in a table will represent one example of the type of object about which data has been collected. ...
One advantage of computer-based tables is that they can be presented on screen in a variety of orders, formats, or according to certain criteria, all the towns in Hertfordshire, or all towns with a cathedral.
On the other hand, it is possible to design a skeuomorphic version of a database. Microsoft's "cardfile" in early versions of Windows did this.
AZZ Cardfile is a lot less skeuomorphic. And it appears to me that DEVONthink is even less so. Using a unique identifiers as the titles od notes does not change this fact. And to use these in wiki-like links moves them even farther away from the paper-model—or so I believe.


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Deflation: the Neutron Bomb of Balance Sheets
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LOW INTEREST RATES have made these the best of times for borrowers but the worst for savers and investors.
Blue-chip corporations never had it so good with the likes of Dow Jones Industrial Average members International Business Machines (IBM) able to issue new three-year notes at 1% and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) paying less than 3% for new 10-year debt.
But these historically low bond yields have a darker side: According to a new report from Fitch Ratings, ultra-low interest rates will exacerbate the underfunding of many U.S. corporations' pension plans.
Just as with American workers who have failed to save enough for retirement and have seen their assets lose value, companies also will have no choice but set aside more of their earnings. And just as that means belt-tightening for consumers, it means corporations have less to distribute to their shareholders.
The burden of funding traditional pension plans—known as defined-benefit plans—is why they have waned in Corporate America. More common are defined-contribution plans—such as the ubiquitous 401(k)s—that have supplanted DB plans in the private sector. As has been reported widely, DB plans remain the standard in the public sector, which are decimating budgets of many states and municipalities.
But, according to Fitch, the low-yield, deflationary environment is adding to the problems of underfunded corporate pension plans. Again, the problem is two-fold: The decline in the values of investments, such as traditional stocks and commercial real estate, has hurt the asset side. The rush into so-called alternative investments such as hedge funds right at their peaks didn't help. The flip side is that low interest rates increase the present value of future liabilities.
(Time out for those who aren't finance geeks. If you put $1 in a savings account at 7%, in 10 years you would have $2. Trust me on that. That means the future value of $1 in 10 years, compounded at 7%, is $2. Conversely, the present value of that $2 invested for 10 years is $1.
But what if interest rates are just half as high, or 3.5%, a far more realistic yield for a 10-year, high-grade corporate bond? The present value of that $2 in 10 years is $1.42. Trust me again on that, or get a financial calculator or find one on the Web. In other words, where it took only $1 for you to wind up with $2 in 10 years if you invest at 7%, it takes an investment of $1.42 to end up with that same $2 in 10 years at 3.5%. That means you have to set aside 42% more today to meet your savings goal a decade hence.)
Thus, a decline in bond yields can be as devastating to a savings plan as a drop in the stock market. According to Kenneth S. Hackel, president of CT Capital, a financial advisory firm, 1% cut in a retirement plan's assumed rate of return is roughly equal to a 15% decline in stock prices.
Fitch's analysts find the mean assumed return for corporate pension plans in 2008 and 2009 was 8%. That's with an allocation to fixed-income assets of 34% of the total. Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds yield far less than 8%, which is closer to the very long-term return from equities, which means they haven't locked in much of yesterday's higher yields. And, in case you need to be reminded, over the past decade or so, the return from stocks has been practically nil.
In line with Hackel's rough calculation, Fitch reckons a 1% cut in the assumed discount rate for companies' DB plan can result in a 10%-20% increase in the present value of future liabilities. How to bridge that gap?
"The fact is that there are no shortcuts—prudent management will likely require contributions well in excess of the minimum required given low yields and low equity returns," Fitch analysts write. Simply hoping for higher equity returns or bond yields simply isn't prudent, they add.
So, what's the answer? You know those hefty cash holdings on corporate balance sheets on which the bulls keep harping? Fitch thinks pension funding requirements will have dibs on corporate cash flows, and then the stock of cash on companies' balance sheets.
That's the thing about deflation; it's like a neutron bomb for corporate, public-sector and consumer balance sheets. Asset values and returns get decimated while liabilities remain standing. Except that falling interest rates make those future liabilities more onerous, requiring more belt-tightening, which only exacerbates the deflation.
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Disaster management to be key component of Global Development agenda post-2015
Jakarta – As the frequency, severity and economic losses of disasters continue to increase across the globe, the United Nations' first-ever global champion for disaster risk reduction, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, kicked-off a two-day global meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday by backing calls for hardwiring disaster management into the global development agenda.
"In 2010 alone, over 42 million people were displaced by disasters" across the globe, the President said at the opening ceremony in the State Palace. "We must safeguard Millennium Development Goals gains from setbacks from natural disasters," he added.
President Yudhoyono, who has been recognized by the UN for making disaster risk reduction a national priority following the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, was the first Head of State to convert the international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (known as the Hyogo Framework, which expires in 2015) into a national plan. He is also one of three Co-Chairs of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons, the advisory body that will meet in Bali on 25-27 March as part of the process to define global development priorities after the year 2015.
He further added that "disaster resilience should be made as one of the national building blocks for sustained prosperity and the needs to develop DRR institutional capacity as part of the national development."
The main focus of the Jakarta consultations will be on the ability of governments and international organizations to prevent and manage the aftermath of disasters as one of their top responsibilities.
In the last 30 years, natural disasters have cost the world some USD 3.5 trillion. In the Asia-Pacific region alone, the economic costs of disasters have risen, on average, by a factor of 16. More than 1.3 million people have been killed by disaster in the last two decades, almost all of them (95 percent) in developing countries. Disasters have prevented many countries from achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and increasingly threaten development assistance investments.
Indonesia's role as host to the consultations highlights the country's experience in linking disaster management with political solutions to conflict – another major threat to development – as it did in Aceh. In opening the proceedings at the State Palace the Head of the President's Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight (UKP4) Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, who formerly headed the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR), recalled that President Yudhoyono had expressed the hope, at the closing ceremony for BRR in 2009, "that what Indonesia had done in Aceh-Nias could be a standard, a benchmark, for similar efforts at the national and international levels."
"This Global Thematic Consultation on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Post-2015 Development Agenda will serve such hope," Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto said, "to share Indonesia's experience and lessons learned to the world."
"Indonesia has transformed itself into a nation that is both at the forefront of innovative disaster risk reduction, and a strong global advocate for its integration into the international development frameworks," said Jordan Ryan, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), who also attended the opening ceremony in Jakarta today.
"Disaster risk reduction is a crucial underlying factor for all our efforts to alleviate poverty and accelerate the progress of development," Mr. Ryan said, adding that "Indonesia has shown us what is possible in terms of addressing disaster risk."
The Jakarta consultations bring together academic experts, private sector, governments, the UN system and civil society groups in discussions on how to best integrate responses to disaster prior to a review conference on the themes of conflict, violence and disaster in the Post-2015 agenda to be held in Helsinki, Finland, on 13 March 2013.
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Our Heaven Is Our Home
1. Our heaven is our home,
Our place on earth to kneel,
Where nearest to our Father's throne
We live and love and feel.
2. The gentle dew of grace
Rests on our morning prayer.
The soft light from our mother's face
Reflects her constant care.
3. Like rainbows crowned with light
That promise glory soon,
The children fill the darkest night
With all the hope of noon.
4. The sunset's golden rays
Glow in our father's eyes:
His strengthened hands with prayer and praise
Hold firm our family ties.
5. Our heaven is our home,
Where miracles increase.
And where we hope our Christ may come
To bless us with his peace.
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Music: Dennis Crockett
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Lori Petty is getting Shameless.
The Tank Girl actress will guest-star in an upcoming episode of the Showtime series, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
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Petty will play Valerie, a woman who will cross paths with Fiona (Emmy Rossum) and Steve/Jimmy (Justin Chatwin) when her daughter keeps constantly running away from home. She is pretty rough around the edges, probably from dabbling in meth, but she is basically a decent person.
Petty, whose credits include A League of Their Own and Point Break, will appear in one episode of the third season, which is slated to premiere in early 2013.


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If your student chapter celebrates Read Across America or sponsors afterschool tutoring programs, you should check out First Book. Their goal is to put books into the hands of children. Your chapter members can sign up for book discounts, volunteer First Book distribution centers, or participate in the First Book Advisory Council on your campus. Every Child Deserves Books.
In a reimaging of the historic "Outreach to Teach" program, the NEA Aspiring Stuednts Program and the NEA-Retired leadership devoted a pre-RA field day to community engagement that lifted up NEA's strategic goal 2 which states that "…students at greatest risk must be a priority…"
The project was held on June 30, 2015 in Kissimmee, Florida. It was designed like a community fair. Over 400 summer camp students and community members visit numerous IMPACTs where they were greeted by volunteers. IMPACTs were the individual projects (designed by the Advisory Committee on Student Members) where they organized, educated, and led change for the communities of parents and students that our educators serve. IMPACT activities included: Voter Information, Literacy, Healthy Snacks, Wild Florida, Pencils of Hope, and more!
Students and their families learned about how their community is coming together to ensure the Osceola students are well educated. In addition to the NEA-Retired, the project was a success due to partnerships, Student Florida Education Association, FEA-Retired, the Osceola County Education Association and community groups and organizations. Through partnership with Osceola County E.A., the fair was held at Osceola High School and a garden was built at nearby Thacker Elementary School.
Florida Members Urge Legislators to Consider Raising Sales Tax to Fund Education
Aspiring Educators members and other marchers brought pennies March 18 to the state capital to encourage legislators to consider a three-year, one penny increase in the Florida sales tax.
Are Soaring Student Loans Scaring off Tomorrow's Teachers?
NEA members are struggling with student loan debt of unprecedented proportions. Here's why it matters, even if your college days (and bills) are a thing of the past.


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Excuses, excuses: Still fair to call farmers environmentalists?
By Michael Akey
"Farmers are the original environmentalists."
That's the phrase I heard several times during a recent state legislature committee hearing on a bill that would limit when farmers could apply manure and other fertilizers on croplands. Now, common sense would dictate that plants don't take up nutrients when plants are not growing, and science tells us that during the winter these nutrients either seep into the water table or run off into the Chesapeake Bay.
Every possible excuse was heard as to why farmers just cannot be asked to limit the application of manure on their fields:
• "Other states pollute more; why should we be responsible?"
• "Fencing out livestock from streams is expensive."
• "Poultry manure isn't a waste product; it's a benefit."
It seems that farmers just do not want to take responsibility for the waste and manure produced on their farms. But are these excuses really valid?
As a farmer in Maryland, I understand the costs involved in starting a farm from scratch. I also understand the challenges involved in farming in a traditional way, where the animals can graze and the manure is utilized responsibly. While it was Maryland's Natural Resources Conservation Service office that helped get us on our feet, the lessons I've learned apply throughout the mid-Atlantic.
What about the cost for fencing animals out of our streams, so that they are not polluting the stream with their own manure? State and Federal cost-sharing programs paid for 112 percent of the cost. How about the cost of fencing the rest of the farm? To help create paddocks for rotational grazing, the programs paid for 87 percent of the cost.
What about compost facilities, gutters, downspouts, energy-free watering systems, wells, water lines, and watering troughs. All were cost-shared by state and federal programs. And that program for winter manure storage? It turns out that 87 percent of the construction cost is covered.
Maryland has an agricultural cost-share program that has subsidized more than $125 million in farm conservation practices since 1982. I don't know of any other industry where the public subsidizes proper waste management for the manufacturer. Yet, some farmers still find excuses.
According to 2009 data from the Chesapeake Bay Program, approximately 68 percent of the nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from Carroll County that threatens waters including the Chesapeake Bay comes from farms. Throughout the watershed, agriculture is the largest source of these pollutants.
The politics of personal responsibility seems to come to an abrupt, screeching halt at the end of the farm lane. Why is it that some farmers seem to refuse to take responsibility for the waste generated on their farms and instead blame everyone but themselves?
The issue of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay is not a liberal or a conservative issue. It is an issue for all of us. The economy of our region depends heavily on the Bay. Oysters, crabs, fish, sportsmen, tourism, transportation– they all depend on a healthy bay. Everyone wants safe water for our children to swim and fish in. Everyone wants a clean and safe environment.
If it is true that farmers were the "original environmentalists," then it is imperative that we farmers must take up that mantle once again and start taking personal responsibility for what we produce. It can be done. The programs to help are already in place. We cannot afford to wait any longer.
Author Michael Akey owns Green Akey's Family Farm, which raises grass-fed beef and lamb. Essay distributed by Bay Journal News Service.Read more on: farming
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This is total bullcrap. Obviously, a government dependent farmer Obama supporter that wants subsidies Organic farming and natural use of animal and even human waste is better than the widespread use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides any day. This article suggests that natural farming is no longer a viable option. Take that to the grocery store.
and during the winter months ALL water runs off into the bay and causes massive dilution.
(notice how green the ground is despite those cows obviously wallowing in it day in and day out)
@Country Farmer, did you read this article fully or just react to it? Michael Akey wrote about how farmers need to take responsiblity for the waste management of their animals. Read it again. It states nothing about how natural farming is no longer a viable option but states it is and also there are programs in MD that help why not in VA - this has nothing to do with the national government but STATE which should want to help farmers sustain and keep our environments clean.
My question is do these programs also exist for Virginia Farmers or farmers all over this nation? I also see a huge benefit for farmers to also offer directly to all their goods. I would much rather buy half a butchered cow from a farmer than the grocery store and cut out the middle man and all the things they do to that cow before it is slaughtered. I also see a benefit where farmers could offer composted manure directly to the general public to use on home gardens and yards. (They could earn money from those ventures and possibly employ others too.)
Some of our local farmers have been true environmentalist. Margareta Douglas's farm Rivanna was honored with the Clean Farm Award by the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District. Hopefully other farmers will follow her example.
"Through collaboration with the TJSWCD, a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), and the CREP program offered by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the waterways on Rivanna Farm have been completely fenced out from cattle over the past seven years. Aside from reducing algae in the pond, livestock exclusion has greatly reduced the sediment, nutrients, and bacteria entering Fosters Branch and the TMDL-listed Rivanna River."
If you've ever met Joel Salatin or heard him speak, you know the answer is yes. The farmers running Monsanto franchises or acres long concentration camps for chickens? I wouldn't expect you'd find many environmentalists among them. It changed when farming became more of a business and less of a calling.
Well here's a news flash,
In the midwest corn is king, lot's and lot's and lot's of resource wasting subsidy sucking corn baby. To get into the fields early spring to get that corn planted, drain tile is installed to get that pesky water off the fields. All the residual fertilizer from the previous year and a bit of silt is drained into the nearest stream which ends up in the gulf of mexico.
Ethanol, high fructose corn syrup, bad corn harvest in china or canada, jackass politicians,(see ethanol)
We are Done!!!!!
You did not mention whether or not Rivanna Farm received any tax credits, State of Virginia or Albemarle County support for the fencing. Also, is it a working farm? Is the land in an agricultural easement?
Given that the Chesapeake Bay and the bodies of water that feed it touch on many states, the pollution issue should be addressed at the Federal level. I understand that there are programs in place that have shown that Bay pollution can be reduced and production increased using techniques that change the types of fertilizer used on working farms.
Take a look at the web site of American Farmland Trust (Google it!). I believe that you will see information about ways to reduce Bay pollution from farming.
We need to save the planet. We need to demand that all levels of government establish programs for recycling and pollution control. We need to save open land and we need to require open space at all developments of land. We need to put more land in conservation easements. We need to resist organizations that pretend to conserve land and allow their leadership to engage in questionable real estate transactions.
Air, water and productive land are elements of basic survival. We need to do a much better job of using all of these elements or they may become the next oil!
Let's see you put a fence around THAT!!!!!
Country Farmer, wants to believe that his farm is not subsidized by the Government. If he raises grains they are subsided by by crop insurance. If we do not get any rain for the months of August and September. He will be the first looking for Drought relief for his farm, The fuel in his truck and tractor is all subsidized by the government. If he needs a loan he can get a low interest loan from the Government. Country Farmer, face the facts. The farmer in America gets more hand outs from the Government than any other industry. One last thing. Organic Farming and Natural farming are two completely different things. Organic farming benefits the environment. Natural farming benefits the farmer. All Natural, is just A marketing term so you can ask more for your product.
The commenter County Farmer castigates the author of this article for being "government dependent." Yet County Farmer has admitted that he has land in the county's land use tax subsidy program, which provides him with a generous taxpayer-supported tax break. Ii wonder if he considers himself "dependent?"
Urban Farmer asks if Rivanna Farm "received any tax credits." Indeed it did, and does. The Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation district newsletter reports that "In the early 1990's Mrs. Douglas placed Rivanna Farm under a permanent conservation easement with Virginia Outdoors Foundation." That generated healthy tax credits. And the county assesses Rivanna Farm's 542.56 acres for tax purposes at only $173,800 (including $23,300 for the value of "improvements"), which produces substantial subsidized tax savings.
Margarita Douglas may have been an environmentalist, and current Rivanna Farm owner Richard Douglas may be too. But taxpayer subsidies seem to make it easier.
I got news for you County Farmer, If we got rid of Obama tomorrow, we would still have farm subsidies, do everyone a favor and don't ever vote
What a laugh County farmer. Like Republicans don't hand out farming subsidies like candy to all the bootstrapping farmers with their cowboy hats and boots stomping away. I watched a lot of the real old school farems get destroyed by farm subsidies that amount to little more these days than corporate subsidies.
Get back to us hen you actually have to do something on your own without tax subsidies from the government.
Subsidies should be banned they always end up corrupting the thing they were supposed to help, thanks to politicians.
I've heard of this watering system that provides water for both livestock and horses while keeping them out of the streams and creeks. The water comes from digging a well, a genius idea. It provides cleaner water for both the animal and our precious environment. Check it out: http://www.sure-flow.com/
Or we could require farmers to do what Germany requires its cities to do: take their fresh water from downstream of their waste water return. Nothing promotes good behavior more than immediate consequences from bad behavior.
Who is that Betty? it's not this Betty?
when I was growing up ,all farmers had slit trenches that they used as landfills.Of course they threw hazardous materials into these trenches.On occasion ,we drank out of streams that were contaminated by their livestock.Not sure why a lot of us are still somewhat healthy.
First of all, ***, the use of the term "concentration camps for chickens" will certainly please the folks with ancestors cooked in Nazi ovens. Thanks for the accurate comparison.
Secondly, the issue of polluting water by farmers would not be an issue if we all did not flock to the waterfronts, close to rivers and populate the formerly sparse landscape. Drink the water, swim in the e-coli, enjoy it you pabulum pukers. For example, if you want to all live near the Rivanna and pretend you are stewards of the land, deal with the consequences. If you want to develop land near the Susquehanna, then quit bitching about the decline of the crab population in the Chesapeake.
America has 300,000,000+ people...in an ideal world, we would all be distributed normally. But we're not...so our waters are being filled with poopie and we live too close to it. Too bad.
R.I.P.: Frank Vincent Zappa ("America Drinks and Goes Home")
Fish farms put manure into the ponds to help the fish grow.
The grass is always greener over the septic tank.


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Is it a sin to engage in sexual activity further than kissing? By refraining from only sexual intercourse but not refraining from other forms of sexual stimulation am I still sinning? While neither of us are virgins, my boyfriend and I are trying to fulfill God's commandments, but we need some guidance. Thanks for any clarification you can offer.
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You ask if it is sin to sexually stimulate one another as long as you refrain from intercourse. Without knowing what exactly is in view, I can only guess at what you mean. So let me be frank.
Why engage in sexually stimulating one another? You are setting yourselves up for many difficulties later in your relationship. Please do not be naive. What may be merely stimulation now will escalate. You are playing with fire and you are going to get burned. If I told you that you are sinning, would you stop? Ask yourself this: if God were sitting next to you and your boyfriend, would He say, "Ah, yes. I am glad to see you enjoying the pleasures of marriage outside of marriage"?
You see, I know that He is pleased and approves of sexual pleasures within the bounds of marriage. He designed things that way. So what do you think? The next time you are sexually stimulating your boyfriend and he you, just pretend for a moment that God is sitting in the back seat, since He is indeed there and He is not silent. Your asking the question suggests that your conscience is not clear. In that case, whether you have sinned by breaking one of God's precepts or not, you have sinned because you have and are violating your own conscience (See Romans 14:23, "But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin," New King James Version).
What does the Scripture teach us about sexuality? Consider these words of Paul:
1Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. (1 Thess. 4:1-7, NKJV)
Now ask yourself, is what you are doing pleasing to God? Does what you do promote your sanctification? If sexual pleasures have been designed by God for marriage, are you abstaining from or practicing sexual immorality? Is your sexual stimulation possessing your vessel (your body) in sanctification and honor? Does your mutual stimulation serve lustful passion or godly commitment and affection? If your boyfriend enjoys the pleasures of your body without commitment to you in terms of marriage, is he edifying you in your walk with the Lord, or is he taking advantage of you? Is your mutual stimulation an expression of holiness? If so, how? Is it an expression of self-giving covenantal love or is it an expression of lust? If love, how is it expressing that love? If lust, then you need to stop.
If that is the situation, you need to stop what you are doing. I plead with you to refrain from this sort of activity. Quit playing games with God. He is not honored. He has designed marriage to include sexual pleasures, but outside of marriage they are wrong and they are destructive. Please consider what I say. You should talk with your parents and your pastor, but you can contact me as well. I will pray for you.
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Some of you know that breast cancer comes in a variety of types and that one of these is distinguished by the fact that the tumor cells are stimulated by estrogen. This type of breast cancer is called estrogen-sensitive or estrogen-receptor positive, and this means that the presence of estrogen (the naturally occurring female hormone) encourages growth of the tumor.
Another type of breast cancer is estrogen-receptor negative, meaning that estrogen has no effect on the growth of the tumor. In general, women with estrogen-sensitive cancers have better disease-free and overall survival because they can be treated with anti-estrogen medicines (e.g., tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors), also called "hormonal therapy."
A study published in the April 12, 2006, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that improvements in chemotherapy over the last 20 years have lessened the differences in survival between estrogen-positive and estrogen-negative tumors. Chemotherapy is usually given after surgery in women whose cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy. The recent publication shows that more modern chemotherapy regimens (using newly discovered medications) have significantly improved the prognosis for women with estrogen-negative cancer. They have also improved the prognosis for women with estrogen-positive cancer. However, the improvement is not as dramatic as for those with estrogen-negative cancer.
The reason that chemotherapy has not made a dramatic improvement in the prognosis for women with estrogen-positive tumors is that the anti-estrogen therapy they receive works so well that that there is less benefit from the added chemotherapy.
This study provides good news for women with estrogen-negative tumors because adjuvant chemotherapy is their only option, and now they know that it works much better than it did in the past. However, the study presents a bit of a conundrum for women with estrogen-positive tumors. Assuming they are treated with adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy, there is now the question of whether the benefits of also adding adjuvant chemotherapy outweigh the risks. As noted above, the adjuvant chemotherapy does improve the prognosis to some degree in women with estrogen-positive tumors, so each woman will have to work with her oncologist to determine whether, in her particular situation and circumstances, the chemotherapy is worth it.
This study once again provides evidence of the importance of clinical trials. None of the advances in breast cancer treatment would have come without the active participation of many thousands of women who made the decision to enroll in clinical trials. You can always ask your physician if there is a clinical trial available for your type of cancer. Your participation will not only benefit you but future generations of women to come. And in cancer clinical trials, there is no placebo involved. You will receive the current state-of-the-art treatment either with or without the experimental treatment. So at a minimum, you'll receive the best treatment that has been proven to date.
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Went shopping in Nashville, in part to buy a book for my mother's birthday, but also to restock the "rainy day" reading selection. Most of these pictured are from today's McKay's round, but some I had ordered online days before (pictures 3 and 6 and the second book in 5).
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This is the perfect reminder that when you are going to short sale a home or purchase a short sale you must abide by all of the rules. The economy is in enough trouble without people further trying to scam the system.
Just another story to read for those people planning on scamming their lender in a short sale. This is just one of several cases I've read about lately. This is why I refuse to list and help any homeowner navigate through a short sale if I detect they aren't 100% honest, or if they indicate that it's going to be a pain to get them to provide the information that will be needed to keep a short sale process on track and moving forward. Too many people are involved, and I don't want to waste peoples time if the seller thinks it's just a big game.
Yes, banks take Arms Length Agreements seriously. So if you think you're going to short sale your house to your parents or another relative, then rent it back from them with plans to buy it in the future, you are conspiring to commit a crime. Goodbye and good luck. Ask yourself, is the buyer connected to you in any way by blood or business? If yes, they are not eligible to purchase your short sale. Why do lenders like BOA ask for 5 digits of a potential buyers social security #? It's mainly so they can research and verify it's an Arms Length Transaction. I love the people that call me and say they want to short sale their house and they already have a buyer lined up, but they need an agent to help them.
Many people don't realize that these days lenders and FBI agents are actually going door to door to verify that buyers who checked the box on their mortgage application claiming he/she was buying a primary residence, are actually living in the property. I know of one case where FBI showed up at a house 2 months after a closing where buyer had claimed he was buying primary residence, and the tenant answered the door. They asked if he was the owner, and he said no, he was renting and had been there for 2 months. They put that buyer on their list to file mortgage fraud charges against, which they did.
What are you in for? Well, we bought this house for $600,000.00, then the bottom fell out of the market. We heard about how all these people were getting rich flipping houses, so we decided to short sale our house for $300,000.00 to my cousin, then we were going to buy it back from him for $400,000.00. It sounded perfect, we would reduce our mortgage by $200,000.00 and he would make around $100,000.00 for his trouble. We didn't understand what an Arms Length Agreement was. It's the banks fault.
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The principle used to simulate weightlessness in a huge tank of water is called 'neutral buoyancy'. A neutrally buoyant object neither floats nor sinks. For an astronaut to be neutrally buoyant in the water, the natural tendency to float or sink is counteracted by weights or flotation devices.
Although it is not exactly the same as being weightless in space, astronauts and cosmonauts can practice in neutral buoyancy how to move large objects. You can still feel the pull of gravity while neutrally buoyant, and the drag of moving about through the water slows down your movements – but it is the closest you can get to microgravity on Earth.
Training in the NBL
The full spacewalk, or Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), training for the ISS is traditionally done at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, and at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, in Russia. With almost 32 hours of EVA time in space under his belt, Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang is currently the most experienced spacewalker in the European Astronaut Corps.
Fuglesang explains, "For each specific spacewalk, there are several training units to be completed. One EVA run lasts around 5 hours, and the standard right now is that you spend five to seven times as long in the NBL at Houston for each EVA, depending on the difficulty. In addition to that you train a lot of contingency scenarios."
With the assembly of the ISS in full swing, the EVA training schedule in the NBL is tight, the facility itself overbooked with operational and mission-related EVA training so the training schedule is compressed into three shifts a day. In addition, it will in future also be used for exploration related testing, which leaves little time for providing EVA skills training to ESA astronauts.
An assignment to take part in a spacewalk during a space mission depends on an EVA skills evaluation, which takes place at a very early stage of the EVA training programme in Houston. Those astronauts who handle their very first neutral buoyancy experiences in Houston well will be chosen to perform EVAs and receive the full-blown EVA training.
In this situation, EAC created a so-called EVA pre-familiarisation training course, which is conducted at EAC's Neutral Buoyancy Facility (NBF). This programme teaches ESA astronauts basic EVA concepts and EVA skills such as tethering to the Station, use of special EVA tools, communication with an EVA crewmate as well as with the control room and how to keep full situational awareness in a complex and challenging environment.
ESA astronauts André Kuipers and Frank De Winne participated in the EVA pre-familiarisation training at EAC and found that it significantly contributed to their performance during their first EVA training run in Houston. Not only were the astronauts happy – NASA management was also impressed by the work of EAC.
In a 2008 evaluation report, NASA praised EAC personnel for 'their innovation and hard work preparing this excellent course'. The report attributed the course with 'considerable potential' and said "Other international partner astronauts not in full-time training might find this program beneficial prior to commencing suited EVA training [in Houston]."


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22 Great Questions To Ask Your Future French Boss
After publishing a French Employment Law guide, an anatomy of the French employment agency and the sectors that are recruiting expats in France, it's time for a short update on some of the best questions to ask in your next interview with a French Company.
The reason we're putting this list together is that, when you're desperately looking for a job and get contacted back for one, it's so easy to forget what an interview's all about (especially in a French company). It sure feels like it's about you, but I've come to realize that it's really not.
A job interview is basically all about how you (especially if you're an expat) can help your future employer succeed. It's actually all about finding out what this potential future boss requires then matching up your background and rich experience with what he/she really needs.
And you know what? It's actually very easy to overlook these job interview facts. Like in any other company in your country of origin, there's so much else going on in your future work in France, your life, and in your job hunt, that you can easily forget to look at the interview from your French interviewer's point de vue.
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BASEBALL: Former Torrington Twisters pitcher, Andrew Albers dominates in first career MLB start for the Twins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. >> Andrew Albers allowed four hits while pitching into the ninth inning in his major league debut Tuesday night, easily outdueling Royals ace James Shields and leading the Minnesota Twins to a 7-0 victory over Kansas City.
The first big leaguer from Saskatchewan in more than 20 years, Albers at one point retired 15 straight.
He was two outs shy of his third straight complete game dating back to Triple-A Rochester, and the first shutout in a big league debut since Detroit's Andy Van Hekken did it in 2002.
The Twins took most of the pressure off with a big night at the plate. Brian Dozier homered and drove in three runs, and Justin Morneau and Chris Colabello also went deep for the Twins.
All that damage came against Shields (6-8), who even balked in a run during his worst start in nearly two years.
The former All-Star gave up three runs in the first inning and never settled down the rest of the evening, laboring through six innings on a humid night at Kauffman Stadium.
The Twins hammered Shields right from the start, too. Dozier's homer was the first leadoff shot for Minnesota since Denard Span went deep against the Phillies on June 12, 2012.
Jamey Carroll promptly worked a walk and Morneau, who came into the game hitting .371 against Shields, added a two-run shot later in the first to stake the Twins to a 3-0 lead.
Shields continued to struggle with his command in the second inning, walking Chris Herrmann to lead it off and then plunking Clete Thomas. Doug Bernier laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move both runners up, and Herrmann scored on Dozier's sacrifice fly.
Colabello hit his third homer of the year in the fourth, and then plunged Shields into more trouble with a leadoff single in the sixth. Herrmann added a single to put runners on the corners, and a balk by Shields on a pickoff move to third base brought in another run.
Dozier drove in his third of the game with a single to make it 7-0.
It was the first time Shields allowed at least seven runs since Aug. 21, 2011, when he was still with Tampa Bay. The three homers he allowed were the most since June 2 of the same year.
All that run support, on the heels of a shutout by the Royals, certainly made it a comfortable debut for Albers, whose long and winding route to the majors was anything but easy.
The first big leaguer from Saskatchewan since 1991, when Terry Puhl retired, Albers showed promise when he was drafted by the Padres in 2008.
But he needed Tommy John surgery the next year and was released before showing what he could do with a rebuilt elbow, finally ending up with the Quebec Capitales of the Can-Am League when he was healthy enough to pitch again.
Albers failed to impress in a pair of big league tryouts in Arizona in 2011, but he was willing to drive at his own expense to Florida for another try with the Twins.
His only other option to head home to North Battleford and get on with life, Albers showed just enough to earn himself a job.
He was 11-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 22 starts for Triple-A Rochester this season before getting his long-awaited call to fill in for Scott Diamond, who'd been demoted after his own struggles.
After his dazzling debut, Albers could be sticking around a while.
He allowed a single in the first that was erased by a double play, and then retired 15 straight before Alcides Escobar singled in the sixth. The Royals got another single in the seventh before putting two aboard with one out in the ninth.
Twins reliever Casey Fien entered the game as Albers received a standing ovation, and walked Billy Butler to load the bases before getting a double play grounder to end the game.
Notes: The Royals will recall LHP Danny Duffy from Triple-A Omaha to start Wednesday night against the Twins' Samuel Deduno. It will be Duffy's first big league start since May 2012 after having Tommy John surgery. ... Twins 3B Trevor Plouffe was held out of the lineup as a precaution after tumbling head-first into the dugout to catch a foul ball Monday. ... Twins SS Pedro Florimon (sore left wrist) took BP and could start Wednesday. ... Twins OF Darin Mastrioianni (left ankle stress reaction) left to begin a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester.


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Frugal Friday~
You may have noticed that I wasn't able to get the Frugal Round-up post done this week. Let's just chalk it up to a combination of having the hubby's parents staying with us, and having unexpected medical appointments for the poor guy.
So I decided that instead of my regular Frugal Friday post, I'd share my Frugal Round-up...my favorites from last week's linky party.
First up, The Frosted Gardner shared her great gardner's window. This window is massive and really makes a statement in their bedroom! What a great find!


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Build prototypes for my Puce communication project. The goal for this project was to produce a little vibrating device to put under your watch. This unit responds to incoming mobile phone call. Two versions were built: one big (1:10 scale) to explain the concept, and a 1:1 scale model to best depict the actual objet.
4 months, 2004
Toma Dorta, Université de Montréal
Proof of concept, the blinking module (ordered on eBay) responds to incoming mobile phone calls.
Glowing keypad: phone fitted with a LED. Rotating the keypad changes the color (green/orange)


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Newswise — The idea that disease and infection might be used as weapons is truly dreadful, but there is plenty of evidence showing that biological weapons have been around since ancient times.* Bioterrorism, as it is dubbed, is nothing new, and although medicines have made the world a safer place against a myriad of old scourges both natural and manmade, it still remains all too easy today to uncork a nasty cloud of germs.
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) has scheduled a series of tests in the Boston subways to measure the real-world performance of new sensors recently developed to detect biological agents.
S&T's "Detect-to-Protect" (D2P) Bio Detection project is assessing several sensors (made by Flir Inc., Northrop Grumman, Menon and Associates, and Qinetiq North America) to alert authorities to the presence of biological material. These devices with "trigger" and "confirmer" sensors have been designed to identify and confirm the release of biological agents within minutes.
In 2009, and in early August this year, inert gasses were released in the Boston subway system in an initial study to determine where and how released particulates would travel through the subway network and to identify exactly where to place these new sensors. The current study will involve the release of a small amount of an innocuous killed bacterium in subway stations in the Boston area to test how well the sensors work. After the subway stations close, S&T scientists will spray small quantities of killed Bacillus subtilis in the subway tunnels. This common, food-grade bacterium is found everywhere in soil, water, air, and decomposing plant matter and, even when living, is considered nontoxic to humans, animals, and plants.
S&T's Dr. Anne Hultgren, manager of the D2P project, says, "While there is no known threat of a biological attack on subway systems in the United States, the S&T testing will help determine whether the new sensors can quickly detect biological agents in order to trigger a public safety response as quickly as possible."
DHS leads federal efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a possible domestic biological attack. The testing will continue periodically for the next six months and will be monitored by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as well as state and local public health officials.
The particles released in the stations will dissipate quickly. But before they do, their brief travels will provide invaluable data for DHS' ongoing effort to protect American travelers from potential hazards. Unlike the "Charlie on the MTA" made famous by the Kingston Trio folk group, these particles will NOT "...ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston."
*Some 26 centuries before five Americans died from anthrax-laced letters, enemy wells were poisoned with the lovely but poisonous flower hellebore, or a rye fungus; with one swig, an invading army would soon drift into delirium, and perhaps death. Medieval Europeans used the infected carcasses of animals and plague victims to contaminate enemy defensive positions. During the 18th century, blankets provided to Indians in the Americas loyal to the French were purposely infected with smallpox, a particularly gruesome disease, wiping out whole populations. Naturally occurring biological toxins, however, can also decimate entire populations. For centuries, hundreds of thousands fell victim to the Black Death and other plagues, such as smallpox, typhus, and typhoid, and in 1917 and 1918, an influenza outbreak killed 20 million worldwide.