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It was 2007 and Gov. Deval Patrick was less than 100 days into his first term in office when he made the trip to Dartmouth.
It was 2007 and Gov. Deval Patrick was less than 100 days into his first term in office when he made the trip to Dartmouth.
Inside a room at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth politicians from across the SouthCoast filled the space to hear the latest proclamations regarding the future of South Coast Rail. Most of them had heard them before.
Patrick, joined by then Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen, kept his campaign promise that day, releasing a report and timeline on how the rail extension connecting the region and Boston would happen. At that point Patrick announced that trains would be running by December 2017.
Fast forward six and a half years. Patrick returned to the region Monday to announce one of the significant hurdles in the project had been cleared. The Army Corps of Engineers completed the Final Environmental Impact Statement and determined the Stoughton route would be the most environmentally acceptable for use. The decision is important not just because it was made — that original timeline had pegged the report's completion for April 2012 — but because any other route under consideration would not have gained the support of local residents, knowing that a trip through Attleboro would take too long and expanded bus service along Route 24, well I probably don't even need to explain why that wouldn't be appreciated.
While one hurdle has been removed plenty still remain, the biggest of which potentially being who occupies the corner office on Beacon Hill in 2015. Candidates are already jockeying for position heading into the 2014 election cycle, and many declared Democrats are already using SouthCoast visits to declare their support of the project. Republican Charles Baker was against the rail extension during his 2010 run for governor and presumably remains so. Republican leaders across the state have also spoke strongly against the plan.
With that in mind it was clear area lawmakers are also unsure of what the future holds for the project.
Rep. Antonio Cabral of New Bedford started the project must get to the "point of no return," which would hamstring any future governors from easily knocking the project off track. Others, including Rep. Alan Silvia said it's now important that those from the region's legislative delegation and other rail supporters ensure Patrick's work be carried on beyond the end of his term.
Patrick, who's administration has always remained publicly optimistic about the rail, said the project is in good shape now and heading toward prosperity, in part because people in Boston have recognized the need.
"Frankly I think it's at a point of no return now, in a sense that people get, I think, that the people of the SouthCoast have been waiting for this connection to Boston for a long time. I think more and more the people in Boston get how important it is to have the connection to the SouthCoast for economic, housing, education and medical reasons.
"I'm not ruling anything out, it's entirely possible we'll be able to get through the remaining state permits in 14 months, but that's highly unusual, but if we do we will break ground and we will certainly do the work that doesn't require those additional permits right now," Patrick said while addressing the media following the press conference. That comment came after Patrick called the release of the FEIS the biggest hurdle in the project.
While political opposition remains one obstacle that could derail the project, the largest impediment likely remains to be funding.
Transportation Secretary Richard Davey said Monday that the $1.8 billion estimated cost will likely be more with the FEIS determining that electric cars need to be used rather than diesel.
Patrick said the project's construction is an "ongoing challenge with a host of different ways to pay for the construction," while the operation will have to be subsidized "as most successful transportation is."
"The point is this is about growth, it is about opportunity and you only get growth by investing in it. I know that not just as the governor but as someone who has worked in the private sector as well," Patrick said when posed with the cost question.
There also remains the potential for legal action in regards to the FEIS, though Patrick didn't sound overly concerned about such steps.
Despite those hurdles the region's politicians remember promises such as Gov. William Weld's proclamation in 1992 to "Sue me if it doesn't happen," regarding the construction of the rail extension. Such statements made for great fodder at Monday's announcement. They talk about the number of ceremonial shovels they own from rail-related ground breaking ceremonies and state Sen. Mark Montigny spoke Monday of governors that stood in the way of the project. But despite all of the pessimism associated with the project's past they see optimism and are giving Patrick much of the credit.
Email Will Richmond at email@example.com or reach him on Twitter at @Will_Richmond.


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If you're used to SQL Server 2000 and have just upgraded to SQL Server 2005, you might find yourself lost in the maze of new features and interfaces, and many tools have either changed or moved. Here's how to find some of your favorite tools in SQL Server 2005.
6. The SQL Server Service Manager
When you upgrade to SQL Server 2005, you might wonder whether the upgrade actually worked because the SQL Server Service Manager icon is gone. Fortunately, that's normal. You can access the tool's replacement, the SQL Server Configuration Manger, in two ways. From the Start menu, select All Programs, SQL Server 2005, Configuration Tools, SQL Server Configuration Manager. Or you can right-click My Computer, select Manage, and open the Services and Applications Node.
5. Enterprise Manager
Next, you'll see that Enterprise Manager has been replaced by the SQL Server Management Studio, which does all the things Enterprise Manager did and more. Management Studio is faster when you're working with a large number of objects and servers. Plus, most of its dialog boxes are non-modal, which means you can more easily work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
4. Query Analyzer
Query Analyzer, the developer and DBA mainstay, has been replaced by Query Editor. Start this new tool by using the New Query button in Management Studio. Query Editor still lets you write and run T-SQL queries,and you can also integrate it with Visual SourceSafe version control. However, Query Editor lacks Query Analyzer's T-SQL debugging capability. You need to use a Visual Studio 2005 Database project to debug T-SQL scripts.
3. Analysis Services Manager
Microsoft has radically changed the management and development profiles for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. Analysis Services Manager is replaced by a combination of Management Studio and the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). Management Studio lets you manage Analysis Services and perform backups. BIDS handles creating and deploying cubes.
2. DTS Designer
The DTS Designer is replaced by the new SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Designer. Unlike the DTS Designer, which you start by using Enterprise Manager, the SSIS Designer starts through BIDS. Open BIDS and select File, New, Project, Business Intelligence Projects, Integration Services project.
1. Import Export Wizard
Probably the most vexing change in SQL Server 2005 is the apparent disappearance of the Import Export Wizard. Instead of starting the wizard from the Start menu, you must first open BIDS, open an SSIS project, then right-click the SSIS Packages node in the Solution Explorer—not exactly an intuitive process. Alternatively, you can start the Import Export Wizard by typing dtswizard.exe (yes, it's still dtswizard) at the command prompt.
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Protecting People From Pesticides
They told Jim Cochran no one cared about healthy food and healthy workers. He decided to prove them wrong. This is his story:
Former farmworker Amelia Moran Ceja shows that stewarding the land and your workers can be good for business:
Our Food, Toxic Fields.
Farmworkers represent the backbone of our agricultural economy and their work is some of the most physically demanding labor in any economic sector. They are also among the least protected from hazards on the job and have one of the highest rates of chemical exposures among all U.S. workers. Off the job, they often live in or near treated fields, where harmful pesticides can drift into their homes.
Poisonous Impacts.
Among farmworkers, 10,000–20,000 pesticide poisonings occur every year. Beyond the acute poisonings, there are long-term, chronic health effects such as cancer, Parkinsons' Disease, asthma, birth defects and neurological harms, including developmental delays and learning disabilities.
Children of farmworkers are particularly at risk. Pesticides cling to workers' skin and clothing long after they return home, putting their children at risk.
Protections Must Be Strengthened.
A healthy, safe, and fair food system would protect us all and safeguard the health and economic needs of farmworkers, farmers, rural communities and consumers. Shifting away from reliance on hazardous pesticides is a key step toward this goal. But as long as harmful pesticides are in use, farmworkers need better protections in the field.
Good News for Farmworkers.
After more than a decade of broken promises and delays, EPA recently updated and strengthened the rules protecting farmworker. Read reaction from labor, farmworker and environmental groups.
Pounds of pesticides applied to crops annually in the U.S., resulting in 10,000–20,000 pesticide poisonings among farmworkers each year.


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The cover for "Primates," written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Maris Wicks. (First Second Books)Link
A page from "Primates," written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Maris Wicks. (First Second Books)Link
A page from "Primates," written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Maris Wicks. (First Second Books)Link
A page from "Primates," written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Maris Wicks. (First Second Books)Link
An illustration of "Primates" author Jim Ottaviani. (Maris Wicks / First Second)Link
Author Jim Ottaviani has made a name for himself writing graphic novels about some of the greatest minds in science, including Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr and Galileo Galilei. The Eisner Award nominee's latest comics project, out last week from First Second books, is no exception. "Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas," beautifully illustrated by Maris Wicks, explores the lives of the three greatest primatologists of the last century and the scientific research these women performed in Africa and Indonesia, studying chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
Ottaviani, a former nuclear engineer whose other graphic novels include "Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists" and the New York Times bestseller "Feynman," says that comics and science are a natural fit. Hero Complex caught up with Ottaviani to talk about science, comics and "Primates."
HC: What was the catalyst for this project? Why Jane Goodall and company?
JO: Not surprisingly, I've thought about this a lot in recent weeks, and I think the answer is Big Science. Or rather, its opposite. I'd call it Small Science, but Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas changed how humanity views itself and our closest primate kin, without relying on huge research budgets or fancy equipment, and there's nothing small about that. The catalyst for all this was an earlier book. While researching Biruté Galdikas' story for that, I realized I wanted to learn more about her predecessors in primate research. It took almost 10 years to get a chance to do so, but stories about intelligent and courageous people changing the way we think about ourselves and our place in the world are always relevant.
HC: Much of your work in comics — "Two-Fisted Science," "Feynman" and now "Primates" – deals with science. Why do you think comic books are a good place to explore science and the history of science?
JO: This is a question I get asked often, and I'm glad because it means I get to suggest an experiment. So… Go to your local bookstore or library and browse the literature shelves. Flip through a bunch of books; you don't have to read them. Just have a quick look at what's inside. Then head over to the science section and do the same thing. Now tell me: Where did you see the pictures? You probably don't even need to do this in real life to know the answer — that's called a Gedankenexperiment, by the way, which is German for "thought experiment." There's your science vocabulary word for the day. Anyway, scientists communicate with words and images. Always have, always will. So what could be more natural than using comics to tell the story of science? The shorter version is, I do it because it's fun and it works.
HC: How closely did you and Maris work together to create the book?
JO: I write a detailed script ("Page 1, panel 1: Jim is sitting at his desk in Michigan, answering questions for the L.A. Times. It's late at night, so his eyes look a little tired, but the questions are interesting, so he's smiling." Etc.) so the story elements are all there — I hope — when I hand the reins over to the artist. That said, once Maris began drawing, the story was no longer mine; it was ours. She moved things around, re-staged certain scenes and did all the heavy lifting that it takes to breathe life into the words. Sometimes what I wrote didn't work on the page visually the way I hoped it would, though. Sometimes she had a better idea for how to get an idea across. So we would talk, along with Calista [Brill] our editor. It's an iterative process, trying to find the exact right moment and expression to depict. And if in the end what readers see is not what I wrote, nobody will ever know. Not even me. I'm not kidding about that. I try not to look at my script as the art comes in, only going back to read it if something doesn't ring true as drawn. Comics are drawn books, so if the drawing works, it's the right drawing regardless of what I initially thought it should be.
HC: In your afterword, you mention that you studied "the things the scientists said and did, in their own words whenever possible." How long did this kind of intensive research take? Were there any specific parts of your research that instantly jumped out at you?
JO: In one sense, the research started in 1997, when I began working on [2009's] "Dignifying Science"… that closed with a shorter version of Biruté Galdikas' story. I won't pretend I worked nonstop on the bigger story ever since, but doing the book that became "Primates" was always in the back of my mind. As for things jumping out, Goodall's daily climbing ritual, the clueless reporter who visits Fossey and Galdikas cutting her leg come immediately to mind. But there were so many of those a-ha moments that I can't recall most of them.
HC: In addition to your reading, did you spend time observing chimps and gorillas and orangutans in your research for this book?
JO: I didn't have to do much of that myself, but Maris did. To use movie terminology, I did the writing and directing, but she had to shoulder the acting burden, so with very few exceptions the primate body language is hers. And she nailed it. For the sake of Joe [Quinones], her partner, I hope she's not a Method actor.
HC: If "Primates" inspires people to action, what would you have them do?
JO: Two things, and you can do them simultaneously: Learn more, because there's plenty more to learn. If you enjoy "Primates," you'll enjoy digging into the books we suggest in our bibliography at the back of ours. Also in the back of our book are links to organizations founded by or organized around the work of Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas. If there's one thing those three scientists have taught us, it's that one person can make big changes to the world. You can get involved in conservation, you can get involved in education, you can do a lot of things.
HC: Did you talk to Biruté and Jane? How do you think they'll feel about these portrayals?
JO: I spoke with Dr. Galdikas on the phone after "Dignifying Science" came out. She liked the book, and as a result of our conversation I ended up doing another comic for the Orangutan Foundation soon after. I've never had the honor of talking with Dr. Goodall, though. I sent them both notes throughout the process of creating our book and did talk to the Orangutan Foundation a number of times — that's how we got permission to use that great photo of all three scientists you see in the book — but they're very busy people so I'm not surprised that I didn't hear back.
Just before this interview I read a review of our book in Nature (which is one of the top, if not the very top, international journals of science with a capital 'S') written by a researcher who worked with Dian Fossey. She liked the book, and with regards to how true to life it is, she called it "an accurate rendition." She said other nice things as well, but that was the phrase that slumped my shoulders with relief. So, I'm not sure what they'll think of "Primates," but I, of course, hope they'll be happy with their portrayal. I think we depicted them as what they are: Real scientists and real people. A little — OK, a lot — tougher and smarter than most of us, but real.
— Noelene Clark | @NoeleneClark
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Watercress and Lancashire Cheese Bread
This recipe is taken from Delia's Christmas Easy Magazine, 2003 Makes 1 loaf
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All you do is sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, add the watercress, two-thirds of the cheese, the spring onions and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Then, thinly pare off the potato skin using a potato peeler and, using the coarse side of a grater, grate the potato straight into the flour. Now, using a palette knife, give everything a really good mix. Beat the egg and milk together and gradually add it all to the mixture until you have a loose, rough dough.
Now transfer it to the baking tray and, still keeping the rough texture, pat it gently into a 6 inch (15 cm) round with your hands. Next, lightly press the rest of the cheese over the surface, sprinkle with a little flour and bake the bread on the middle shelf of the oven for 45-50 minutes, or until golden-brown.
Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm with Watercress and Buttermilk Vichyssoise.
To make this recipe gluten-free: This recipe also works well using gluten-free self-raising white flour. Or use plain gluten-free flour and simply add 11/2 teaspoons of gluten-free baking powder when you sift the flour
Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5, 375, (190 C).
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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's official security committee said on Friday that people targeted in an airstrike in central city were al-Qaida militants including those who masterminded attacks on vital institutions, the police and army.
The Friday statement by the Supreme Security Committee, headed by Yemen's president, was referring Thursday's drone strike that was believed to have targeted a convoy heading to a wedding party in the central city of Radda, killing 13 people.
It said that the airstrike targeted one car belonging to al-Qaida leaders. "Inside the car, there were members and leaders who masterminded armed forces, police, and vital institutions."
"This is part of ongoing efforts to chase and track al-Qaida members," the committee said in its statement, adding, "the security apparatus will not allow those elements to spread chaos and threaten security, stability and general order."
The committee warned citizens from providing "aid or shelter to any of the terrorist elements" and urged them to notify security authorities about them.
In Radda, witnesses say the families of the dead held a protest in front of local city council demanding an investigation and holding the government responsible for the killings. The demonstration came after the families brought their beloved ones and lined them up inside a mosque in the city, holding up their burial in protest, according to witnesses.
Later on the day, the families agreed to sit with tribal leaders who offered mediation.
Khaled al-Raddai, a witness who was inside the mosque, told The Associated Press that some of the bodies had torn limbs and were wrapped in blooded sheets. He said only 11 bodies were inside the mosque.
The city, a stronghold of al-Qaida militants, witnessed deadly clashes early last year between armed tribesmen backed by the military and al-Qaida gunmen they tried to drive out of the city.
On Thursday, a Yemeni military official said initial information indicated the drone mistook the motorcade for an al-Qaida convoy. He said tribesmen known to the villagers were among the dead.
While the U.S. acknowledges its drone program in Yemen, it does not usually talk about individual strikes.
If further investigations determine that the victims were all civilians, the attack could fuel an outburst of anger against the United States and the government in Sanaa as well as a Yemeni public already opposed to the U.S. drone strikes.
Civilian deaths have bred resentment on a local level, sometimes undermining U.S. efforts to turn the public against the militants. The backlash in Yemen is still not as large as in Pakistan, where there is heavy pressure on the government to force limits on strikes — but public calls for a halt to strikes are starting to emerge.
In October, two U.N. human rights investigators called for more transparency from the United States and other countries about their drone programs, saying their secrecy is the biggest obstacle to determining the civilian toll of such strikes.
The missile attacks in Yemen are part of a joint U.S.-Yemeni campaign against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which Washington has called the most dangerous branch of the global terrorist network.
Thursday's drone strike is the second since a massive car bombing and coordinated assault on Yemen's military headquarters killed 56 people, including foreigners. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliation for U.S. drone strikes that have killed dozens of the group's leaders.


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Moon and Regulus
The powdery "dirt" that covers much of the lunar surface is almost as dark as charcoal. In the far-distant past, though, it was almost white. It's been darkened by exposure to radiation — mainly the flow of charged particles from the Sun known as the solar wind.
Yet the lighter color still shows through in some beautiful patterns known as lunar swirls. They look like dollops of cream being swirled into a cup of coffee.
A recent study says the swirls are protected by magnetic "bubbles" that deflect the solar wind.
The Moon doesn't generate a magnetic field today, but it did in the distant past. That magnetized the rocks, which create their own magnetic fields around them.
The study found that in places, these fields produce magnetic bubbles that extend dozens of miles above the surface. They deflect the negatively charged particles known as electrons around the bubble. The electrons hit the lunar surface at the edges of the bubble, forming a dark outline.
Funneling away the electrons creates an electric field that shoots the positively charged protons in the solar wind back into space.
The result is a lunar deflector shield — a magnetic bubble that blocks radiation, keeping the surface below nice and bright.
Look for the Moon in the east at first light tomorrow. The bright star Regulus, the "heart" of Leo, the lion, is to its left or lower left. And Venus, the "morning star," is well below them. More about Venus and the Moon tomorrow.
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, December 17, 1910
Ice on some of the ponds is more than six inches thick and a few more days of continued cold will make it thick enough to cut.
Good headway is being made in re-building the foundation and lower story of the Thorndike. The south half has all the heavy work completed and the excavating for the piers and wall of the other half is well underway.
The thermometer reached 40 above Thursday and the snow which fell more than a week ago shows its first sign of melting.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 12, 1935
In the contest sponsored by the Jamestown Garden Club, the children of the Thomas H. Clarke school have already turned in nearly 17,000 egg masses of the tent caterpillar, and have reported several thousand more which have been collected, but not in as yet. A display has been arranged in a store window on Narragansett avenue which shows over three packs of these clusters, which probably represent from four to five million caterpillars. Thirtyfi ve children have made returns, and the contest has been continued until December 30, which gives Christmas week as an added time for working. Mary Maderios is leading the group with 4588 egg clusters turned in.
From the Newport Daily News, December 14, 1935
There will be a 10:15 boat from Newport Wednesday evening, December 18, to accommodate those wishing to attend the Rachmaninoff concert at Roger High school auditorium, sponsored by the Newport Art Association.
In the finals of the ping pong tournament held at the engine house Thursday evening, Harry R. Locke defeated Arthur J. Didsbury, 3-0.
From the Newport Daily News, December 18, 1935
For the first time since 1915, regular service on the west ferry between Jamestown and Saunderstown will be discontinued by the Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company, December 27, as a means of preserving the company's finances.
The Community Christmas tree, at the fire station, will be lighted Monday evening, and the usual exercises will be held, and gifts will be distributed to the children.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 14, 1960
(Editorial) An anticipated deficit of $167,000 in the operation of the Jamestown ferries this fiscal year and an estimate that $234,971 will be needed in the budget for the next fiscal year, against an estimated revenue of $473,000, is not an optimistic picture. Yet it bears out what supporters of the Newport Bay Bridge proposal, defeated in the November election, contended.
The Jamestown Town Council's request to move Navy vessels handling explosives and ammunition from an area northeast of Conanicut Island has been refused by the government, the Council was informed at its meeting last night.
From the Newport Daily News, December 16, 1960
General approval of replacing the Brenton Reef Lightship with a Texas Tower structure was registered at a public hearing conducted by the Coast Guard in Providence yesterday.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 17, 1985
The Town Council Monday night approved a sewer line extension to a 17-house subdivision off Arnold Avenue. Ending a year-long debate, the Council approved the request of developer Matthew Marcello to extend sewer service to the proposed plat.
From the Newport Daily
News, December 20, 1985
More than 400 Penguins are expected to brave the icy waters of Mackerel Cove Jan. 1 at noon for the Ninth Annual New Year's Day plunge.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press,
December 14, 1995
Although the new zoning ordinance was just adopted, it may still get some fine tuning in the form of additional amendments. The Town Council Monday voted to have the Planning Commission make recommendation on five still-contested items in the ordinance.
(Photo caption) Members of the island's American Legion and VFW posts held a Pearl Harbor memorial service Dec. 7 at East Ferry.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press,
December 14, 2000
Jamestown may have tapped an unexpected source of water. The town recently drilled a well on the same property as the water treatment facility plant on North Main Road to see if they could find a saltwater-producing well that could be used even if the town ever decided to use desalinization technology to produce drinking water. Well, the well turns out not only to be a freshwater well, but in preliminary tests it has pumped about 100 gallons of water per minute.
(Headline) School Committee okays $7.65 million budget. Full day kindergarten survives controversy.


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You've read about sustainable food and you're ready to make a change, but how do you find it?
Farmers' Markets
Food Buying Clubs
Other Farmer-Run Options
Food Coops
Grocery Stores
CSAs (community supported agriculture programs), provide a direct link between local farmers and consumers by allowing members to purchase a share of a farmer's crop before it's produced each season. This allows the farmer to pay for seed, water, equipment, etc., up front, so s/he is less reliant on banks and loans. Each week, usually during June through October, the farmer delivers great tasting, healthful food to predetermined locations. In some instances, members pick up the share directly from the farm. With the growing popularity of vegetable and fruit CSAs, farms that produce dairy, meat and eggs are now also offering shares.
CSA members share in the harvest; during good growing seasons, everyone benefits. When the season is less bountiful, members shoulder the risk. This type of arrangement helps people to connect back to the earth and the food they eat. CSA organizers often host farm days, inviting members to visit the farm and, in some cases, help in the fields. Many also offer recipes and suggestions on how to cook the unique variety of vegetables provided each week.
Characteristics of Community Supported Agriculture
- CSA members purchase a share before the season starts and shoulder the risks along with the farmer.
- Local farmers connect directly with consumers, which helps develop a regional food supply and strong local economy. CSAs cut out the middleman, which lowers costs for both farmers and consumers.
- CSA farmers typically use organic or biodynamic Gfarming methods, minimizing adverse environmental impact and encouraging land stewardship.
- Most CSA programs offer a variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs in season. Some provide a full array of farm products, including shares of eggs, meat, milk, baked goods and even firewood.
- CSAs help maintain a sense of community. Some are dedicated to serving particular community needs, such as helping the homeless, disabled, or youth and low income groups.
If you don't have a CSA nearby and would like to start one yourself, visit Just Food. Just Food helps establish CSAs in New York City but has great resources to help you start one in your area.
To find CSAs around the country visit Eat Well Guide.
Farmers' Markets
At farmers' markets, producers from an area gather to sell their goods to the local community. They can be inside and year-round or outside and seasonal, in a parking lot or in the middle of a field.
Farmers' markets support a sustainable food system by offering locally and/or regionally grown foods, helping to ensure that small family farms stay in business, land is protected from development and consumers receive fresh foods. Many markets sell more than just fruits and vegetables, offering meats, eggs, milk, cheeses, flowers, herbs, baked goods, wool, hand-crafted items and other goods. These markets provide a direct link between the farmer and consumer, benefiting both.
Farmers' markets have become increasingly popular; according to the USDA; as of 2011, 7,175 farmers' markets operated throughout the US! FFor listings of markets in all 50 states, please visit Eat Well Guide.
Find out which foods are in season at your local farm or farmers' market using NRDC's Seasonal Food Guide.
Food Buying Clubs
A food buying club is simply a group of people who come together to buy food in bulk, thus getting discounts for members. They are usually informal organizations of friends, members of church groups, neighborhood groups, etc., who share the administrative duties (e.g., collecting money from members, placing orders with distributors, unloading food at drop-off sites and dividing up the individual orders). Food is generally purchased directly from a ranch (to get a whole animal), through a natural foods regional distributor, or a food co-op warehouse.
For more information on buying clubs and how to start one, visit the Co-op Directory.
Other Farmer-Run Options
Farmers also sell food directly to consumers through other systems, including:
Farm stands -These range from simple roadside tables offering a single type of vegetable to enclosed structures that sell a wide variety of produce, meats and even baked and processed foods. During the height of the summer when vegetables are abundant, you can still find small roadside stands with vegetables and a cash jar, so customers can pay what they want. Large farm stands can resemble stores and don't always sell local goods – check the labels or ask if you aren't sure.
"Pick your own" farms -Some farmers, especially berry and orchard growers, allow consumers to pick their own produce from the fields, usually for a set price by the bushel or pint. This is especially useful for individuals interested in freezing or canning. Some farms also allow consumers to come to the farm and choose which animal they would like before slaughter.
Food Co-ops
A co-op is a group of people or organizations that come together for each person's or group's mutual benefit. Co-ops are owned by members and are democratically structured, meaning each member has one vote. Co-ops share certain characteristics, including:
- They are democratic, volunteer associations.
- They are created to benefit everyone and are, in fact, businesses.
- The only owners are the members of the co-op.
- Individuals who belong to the co-op have a say in its decision making processes.
- They do not exist to make a profit. Any extra money is shared among the members.
- While co-ops have different purchasing policies, most favor sustainable, local and organic products.
To find a co-op in your area, visit the Co-op Directory or check out Eat Well Guide's co-op listings.
Grocery Stores
If you shop in a large, chain supermarket you can still find local, sustainable and organic produce, but you might have to ask. Check to see if any of the fruits and vegetables sold in your store are organic or from local farms. If signs aren't posted, ask the store manager to start labeling the produce. Get your friends to ask the same questions.
Ask the butcher or manager of the meat department if any of the meats sold are organic and/or sustainably raised and if they are from local farms. If the answer is "no", ask that the store start selling the kind of meat you are looking for.
If you feel your supermarket is not selling the type of food you want, and is unwilling to stock it, you can always find other stores. Many areas have natural or health food stores that sell a variety of organic and sustainably raised food. If you decide to switch to another store, let the manager of your former supermarket know. Grocery stores work on very slim profit margins and will generally listen to what customers want.
See our Questions to Ask a Store Manager handout.
For many, financial constraints or limited food retail options may make conventional grocery stores the only viable choice. Don't worry! There are still plenty of steps you can take. Even if there aren't sustainable fruit or veggie options, you can always try to stick to buying fresh produce over processed foods. You can also search the frozen food section for organic frozen vegetables. Be sure to shop the periphery of the store, where you're more likely to find fresh, unprocessed foods. And if you have to buy processed foods, read the labels and choose options with the fewest ingredients. If you want to buy meat and there are no organic or sustainable options, try to choose meats raised without antibiotics or hormones.
One of the most rewarding ways to eat sustainably is to grow produce yourself! Through gardening, you can eat as locally as it gets, experiencing the taste of fruits and vegetables right off the vine and the satisfaction of having cultivated the food yourself. There are many different and innovative ways to garden—whether you have a sprawling backyard or an urban rooftop, whether you want to do it yourself or take part in a community garden. No outdoor space? Try window gardening. Limited time or funds? Grow herbs. Every little bit of producing your own food brings you closer to eating sustainably. Below are some helpful links to get you growing:
National Gardening Association
Information and inspiration on gardening with answers to questions about lawns, landscapes, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, flowers and more.
Kitchen Gardeners International
A nonprofit community of over 20,000 people from 100 countries who are growing some of their own food and helping others to do the same. Their mission is to empower individuals, families and communities to achieve greater levels of food self-reliance through the promotion of kitchen gardening, home-cooking and sustainable local food systems. Kitchen Gardeners is a fantastic resource to connect, serve and expand the global community of people who grow some of their own food.
And if it happens that you had a bumper crop and more bounty than you know what to do with, check out AmpleHarvest.org, an organization that connects 40+ million Americans with excess food in their garden and local food pantries.
Here are gardening tips from actual gardeners on the Ecocentric Blog: Gardens Across America and Gardens Across America: Watering Edition


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Standing on a Pakistani mountainside with a suspected Taliban fighter, FBI undercover informant David Mahmood Siddiqui remembers thinking, he could have been sent hurtling off a cliff to his death with just a nudge.
PLANTATION — Standing on a Pakistani mountainside with a suspected Taliban fighter, FBI undercover informant David Mahmood Siddiqui remembers thinking, he could have been sent hurtling off a cliff to his death with just a nudge. In such dangerous situations, Siddiqui said he always tried to hold a Quran tightly in his hands.
"As long as you have a Quran in your hands," he told The Associated Press in an interview Friday, "they (the Taliban) will not harm you."
Siddiqui, a 58-year-old Pakistani-American who became a U.S. citizen in 1977, spent four years helping the FBI build its case against Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, who was convicted Monday of terrorism support and conspiracy charges. Evidence during his two-month trial showed that Khan, the 77-year-old imam at a Miami mosque, funneled about $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S.
Siddiqui wore an FBI wire to record thousands of conversations with Khan. Prosecutors made heavy use of the evidence Siddiqui gathered, playing dozens of those recordings in court.
Khan faces up to 15 years in prison on each of the four counts when he is sentenced in May. Siddiqui said the verdict was more than just.
"He was found guilty because he is guilty. I was there, and I saw what happened," he said. "I asked him on a recorded conversation if he was Taliban and he said yes. It's right there on the tape."
Testifying in his own defense, Khan insisted that he never supported the Taliban and that the money he sent overseas was for his family, for charity and to support his religious school, known as a madrassa. The school is in Pakistan's Swat Valley, which at times has been dominated by the Taliban. Khan claimed that it was Siddiqui who was a Taliban backer and that he only played along because Siddiqui promised to give him $1 million for his good works.
Not true, Siddiqui said in the interview. FBI agents also testified there was no evidence to back up Khan's claim about the money.
"I never promised him $1 million. He is a liar," he said.
Siddiqui, by trade a chef and restaurant manager, said he became an informant after noticing that the FBI was interested in recruiting Muslims and speakers of Pakistani languages such as Pashto and Urdu. He said he had worked as a food service manager in Libya for an oil company and encountered strong anti-American sentiment there, which upset him.
"I decided it was time for me to work with a federal agency where I could help them to catch bad people," he said.
After Siddiqui signed up, the FBI used him as an informant to help make national security cases in San Antonio, Texas; New York City; and elsewhere in Florida, he said. But the Khan case, which he began to work on in 2008, was by far the biggest. The FBI paid him about $126,000 plus expenses for four years of work.
"I did it for the love of my country, not for money. If I had a restaurant, I could have made a lot more money," Siddiqui said.
Wearing the wire to surreptitiously record talks with Khan was dangerous enough. But in September 2010, the FBI sent Siddiqui to Pakistan's Swat Valley to meet up with some of people who were getting Khan's money. With Khan's grandson Alam Zeb as his driver — Zeb is a suspected Taliban fighter also indicted by the U.S. in the Khan case — Siddiqui spent three weeks gathering intelligence.
He couldn't take notes, because they might be discovered. Obviously he couldn't record anything. He had no way of contacting the FBI. At one point, he found out later, agents feared he might have been killed. He met Taliban soldiers, some of them bearing battle scars, many telling tales of combat with Pakistan's army and with U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He visited Khan's madrassa. He witnessed a woman being whipped by a tribal leader because she allowed too much of her face to be seen.
"The whole place was Taliban," Siddiqui said. "Was it dangerous? Yes, very dangerous. I did it with faith in my country and my FBI friends."
Eventually, Zeb drove Siddiqui back to Islamabad, but Siddiqui waited until he flew to Bangkok, Thailand, to contact his FBI handlers out of concern that Pakistan's intelligence service might be monitoring his communications. Siddiqui said he told the bureau about a Taliban plot to attack a supply convoy on its way from Pakistan to U.S. forces in Afghanistan and believes it may have been averted.
Khan's attorney, Khurrum Wahid, said Friday there is little evidence to support many of Siddiqui's claims about what took place during his trip to Pakistan, which he said were filled with "lies and exaggerations." Pakistan cut off video testimony by defense witnesses from Islamabad during the trial in which people who met Siddiqui would have refuted his claims, the attorney said.
"I believe he lied to his handlers about what happened in Pakistan," Wahid said. "I traced his entire path."
Siddiqui said he's not sure if the FBI will ask for his services again, but said he'd gladly do it. He's looking for work in the restaurant or food service field. Siddiqui, father of three older children, lives in a quiet Fort Lauderdale suburb with his wife, who works at a local mall.
"I finished my job. I finished my enemy. Now, hopefully, I'll get a job," he said.


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The squad got announced yesterday:
And a reminder of the fixtures:
VS FIJI | Friday Aug 5 (08:00 KST)
VS Germany | Sunday Aug 8 (04:00 KST)
VS Mexico | Thursday Aug 11 (04:00 KST)
Rio Olympics 2016
Discussion about the Taeguk Warriors.
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What are those yellow, green and blue wavy lines and patterns at the bottom of the images of the players? Is it a side profile of goalkeeping coach Lee Woon-jae lying on his back? By the looks of him in that picture he'll have some impressively large man boobs and a belly full of galbi...
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Why haven't their blood types been listed somewhere?
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Korea were a bit unlucky not to beat Germany. Having dominated the first half physically, the Germans looked tired in the second and Shin Tae-yong gambled offensively, bringing on Suk Hyun-jun who got the goal to go ahead 3-2 with five minutes left. The Germans were able to snatch a point with a deflected free-kick in injury time and the group looks like it might now come down to who pumps Fiji the most, with FIFA's dumb tie-breaker rules.
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anyone see that leg snap? i couldnt look away... wish i had!
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Fighting breaks out in Liberia. Gunfire and explosions erupt on city streets, and marauders soon turn their fury on Westerners.
An SOS goes out that civilians are in peril.
But the Navy has scaled back its deployments off the African coast. It has no amphibious assault ship, carrying helicopters, landing craft and Marines, nearby.
The global security blanket afforded by the world's best-trained and best-funded military is gone, done in by budget cuts.
The Americans aren't coming.
This is not some imagined distant future. It's a description of next year's Navy by its top officer, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, portraying what will happen if Congress allows looming budget cuts to crash down on the fleet next month.
The reductions dictated by these cuts are drastic. Aircraft carriers will sit pierside and in dry dock because they can't get serviced. Planes, hospital ships, rescue teams and drug interceptors will be grounded, with training hours drastically cut. Civilian furloughs and canceled industrial contracts will sucker-punch the local economy, and work to modernize or expand the fleet will be shelved until lawmakers can overcome their differences on how to balance the budget after more than a decade of war.
As the congressional stalemate smolders, defense leaders warn of dire consequences: a Navy stripped of readiness and unable to meet global challenges, and one that will erode - more quickly than people realize - into a far less capable or visible guardian of U.S. interests around the world.
"If there's a humanitarian disaster some place, the Navy may not be there because we are... in higher priority areas," said Adm. Bill Gortney, head of the service's Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk.
The Navy will no longer be able to send ships to South and Central America and the Caribbean, where it intercepted hundreds of tons of illegal drugs coming into the United States last year, Greenert, the Chief of Naval Operations, told the House Armed Services Committee last week. It won't be able to fully support counterterrorism operations in Yemen and Somalia. And despite the Navy's "pivot to the Pacific," deployments to Asia will drop by two-thirds.
"So we're not there when it matters, and we're not ready when it matters," Greenert said.
Defense officials recognize that the drawdown from Afghanistan will mean a time of declining support for defense spending. That has happened after every U.S. war, and many experts say it has always been painful and messy, leading to a hollowing of forces after Vietnam and again after the Cold War.
But a broad spread of global threats is causing alarm - the Arab Spring, al-Qaida in Africa, Iran and North Korea developing nuclear weapons, China's growing military might - and defense officials caution against budget cuts dictating a de facto defense strategy rather than having a comprehensive national defense policy that governs how cuts are best made.
"There is no question we must get our nation's fiscal house in order, but we should do so in a thoughtful, coherent manner," Greenert wrote last week in a statement for the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Unless we change course, we will, without proper deliberation, dramatically reduce our overseas presence, our ability to respond to crises, our efforts to counter terrorism and illicit trafficking and our material readiness across the Navy."
Until this month, such warnings were theoretical. But they took concrete form Feb. 6 when the Navy canceled the deployment of the Norfolk-based Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, two days before it was set to leave.
Navy leaders asked the Pentagon to downgrade its policy of having two carriers in the Gulf to keeping one there, in order to stretch out the fleet's readiness.
It was more than a significant cut; it was a strategic shift dictated by cost-cutting that demonstrates the impact not just on U.S. military capabilities, but on its defense policies around the world.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised another example when he said that automatic cuts would curtail as much as one-third of western Pacific naval operations, upsetting a strategy adopted by the administration last year to address the rise in Chinese military power.
"This whole idea about trying to rebalance will be impacted," he said.
Sequestration, Panetta said, is like the sheriff in the 1970s movie "Blazing Saddles" putting a gun to his own head to try to establish law and order.
"It puts at risk our fundamental mission of protecting the American people," he said. "This is no way to govern the United States of America."
The question, said retired Adm. John Harvey, shouldn't be what to cut from the defense budget, but rather what the national defense strategy should look like under a smaller budget. That's a discussion that is taking place internally but needs to be conducted publicly for the country to consider, he said.
"My concern is we haven't had this conversation yet," said Harvey, who retired last fall after heading Fleet Forces Command. "We got caught up in 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan and we did whatever it took. That coincided with a brewing national fiscal storm and a deeply partisan political situation. We missed the whole discussion of, 'What is this about? What does the country want in its foreign policy and what are we willing to pay to achieve it?' "
Even during last year's presidential campaign, when President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney traded barbs over the size of the Navy during their final debate, they never delved into the issues, Harvey said.
"It became an exchange of talking points that missed, in my view, the point of the discussion," he said. "What's the point of the Navy? What do you want to be a part of?"
A document that could help direct the conversation is a prescient 2010 report that the Navy commissioned from the Center for Naval Analyses, looking at the mission and capabilities of a smaller, cheaper Navy in the post-war drawdown from Afghanistan, Harvey said. The paper explored five scenarios for shrinking the Navy while maintaining an overall strategy for naval global influence.
It concluded that four of the options - all requiring some compromise from the Navy's mission of being forward-deployed and combat-ready around the world - had merit, while the fifth would simply hollow out and substantially weaken the Navy by trying to keep up with overseas deployments and meet current mission requirements with a smaller stream of resources.
"The worst-case option is you just simply shrink, without an overall direction," Harvey said. "It's the worst case and also the most likely outcome, sadly, given the state of the political gridlock we are in today."
The budget cuts aren't without support. Some say that federal defense spending has grown so bloated in the past decade that the cuts are simply trimming off fat, bringing America's military sector to a reasonable size. Bipartisan commissions have endorsed cuts that Pentagon officials claim will significantly weaken U.S. standing in the world, leaving some room for skeptics.
In a Reason-Rupe poll released Jan. 30, more Americans pointed to defense spending than anywhere else in the federal budget when asked where Washington spends too much.
The poll, which questioned 1,000 people, also found that 61 percent supported cutting military spending back to the level before the Iraq and Afghanistan wars began.
Jan van Tol, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the Defense Department spent billions on controversial programs such as the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, which might cost $14 billion, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is still being tested after exorbitant research and development costs.
"People ask themselves: 'Look at these gobs of money being wasted on things we don't need,' " Van Tol said. "What we are concerned with is operations and combat readiness. And it is this other stuff that makes people think: 'Jeez, we give a lot of money to defense, and jeez, a lot of it gets wasted.' "
Christopher Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, said he and other libertarians have been calling for years for the United States to shed its role as savior of the world.
"As powerful as we are, the U.S. can't be on the hook everywhere," Preble said. "It's incumbent upon American policymakers to say, 'This is the deal. We are proud of the contributions we made to global security but we can't do that for another 60 years.' Ultimately it will be better for other countries to step up and participate in some of their work."
That thinking is now being embraced by military leaders who are starting to accept that they just won't have enough to go around.
"Many nations in the world invest in the security of the world," Gortney said in an interview at his Fleet Forces Command office at Norfolk Naval Station.
"And there are other nations that, quite frankly, are getting a free ride.... And we are going to be doing a lot less. That's the fiscal reality of it."
However, some warn that the threats posed by a militarizing China and a nuclear Iran or North Korea make the world more dangerous than ever. A more aggressive China, said Paul J. Smith, professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., is now a primary concern for U.S. foreign policy.
"This is not the time to be signaling U.S. retrenchment and weakness abroad, which is what I fear the sequestration budget cuts do," Smith said via email. "It will telegraph a message of weakness in the region, and to our allies."
In public, at least, defense officials are not outlining how they would make responsible cuts, given the leeway to do so. But some experts have laid out options:
One suggests that cutting force and fleet sizes while forgoing large-scale purchases such as the F-35 and new submarines would allow the Navy to shrink its budget without shrinking its mission.
Other proposals step into long-untouchable territory, suggesting cuts to salary and benefits or deep reforms in the Pentagon administration that would include trimming the military's health care package.
A determined Gortney sat in his office last week, struggling to match up the fiscal numbers with the global mission with which he's been tasked. When he couldn't make those numbers work, he went back to his bosses, he said.
The guidance he received was to focus on "defending the nation for the war fight" and stay forward-deployed as much as funding will allow.
The delay in the Truman's deployment and the reduction to a single carrier in the Persian Gulf mean he can ensure a ready carrier to deploy to the region until sometime in 2014, Gortney said. But with the budget squeeze cutting so deeply into his maintenance and training schedule, he said, his fleet will be limited.
"We are just not going to do it in so many places," Gortney said.
Adding to his challenges, Gortney said he's also tasked with maintaining the long-term health of the force to keep it ready through 2020.
"Eighty percent of the Navy, we own today," he said. "In a large measure, the readiness of the Navy in 2020 is our focus today."
Asked how he can do that when he doesn't know what will happen next year, Gortney declared:
"I don't know what I am doing tomorrow."
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It's depends on the girl.
demongurrl13 wrote:
I like my guys to be brilliant and on some occasions, easy to subdue.. Lol
Not masochists?
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Not masochists?
Nah.. They need to be able to shut me up when necessary.. which might be most of the time. Lol
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
I used to watch the Hodge twins and Kevin is real every time. If it bothers you that you're not getting the attention you think you deserve from the opposite sex..I tell you the hodge twins where they not one of these muscle builders lol they would definitely tell you to lose those muscles and stop complaining like a uhm. I don't know why under 24's are getting so big anyway, calm down with that. There was no damn solution on that video lol. If it's about some action, I say get yourself an ugly chick, nothing to lose.
Everyone's taste is different. I personally think a muscular build looks nice on a guy, but not huge bulky muscles.
Whenever I see a guy with arms thicker than my thighs I wonder if he can wipe his own ass, or if his muscles get in the way. I've heard of it happening like that, and I think that dingleberries probably are counterproductive when it comes to attracting women.
The same thing we do every night, Pinky...
Whatever it is, I only dislike girly looking, effeminate boys like the ones that flood Korean dramas and are loved in Asia. Or the ones in teenybopper-boy bands. Gross!
1% evil. 99% fangirl.
I know girls who like skinny guys. I also know girls who like muscular guys.
In my personal opinion, I do not have a preference. I like guys with great personalities.
Every woman I've ever dated at least liked "fit" men.
By fit I mean men/guys/boys that took pride in their body and respected it enough not to let it go or destroy it. Not everyone of them preferred muscular guys, but none of them wanted to date a man that didn't TRY to keep themselves fit. I didn't really date too many "Bohemian" women that didn't care if I had a negative body image. I did date a few, but it didn't work out. Unmotivated, directionless people annoy me.
I have always been fit, but not entirely muscular. My goal is to be the best looking 50 year old guy I know. But more importantly, I want to be at my peak health. Looks fade, skin wrinkles, muscles entropy, bones turn to dust, livers rot, but "the first wealth is health". (Emerson)
I am a cage in search of a bird.
Wish i had abs
Mages of Fairy Tail... specialize in property damage!
I dont need abs all about personality and its working good for me know xD
The way to my heart is anime and food
Abs are created in the kitchen. Get your food in order. Kill the simple carbs. After that, push-ups, pull-ups, and chin-ups. And you'll be the road to some fine Abs. Warning though...you get sloppy with your food and you'll lose those Abs no matter how much you workout. It's food.
Kill all simple carbs.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
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Abs are created in the kitchen. Get your food in order. Kill the simple carbs. After that, push-ups, pull-ups, and chin-ups. And you'll be the road to some fine Abs. Warning though...you get sloppy with your food and you'll lose those Abs no matter how much you workout. It's food.
Kill all simple carbs.
Yeah i am on the Keto Diet at the moment which is less than 50g of Carbs a day :D
Losing lots of weight that way.
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Estelle, Ozwald Boateng, Nat Weller, Tolula Adeyemi and snowboarder/model Charlotte Dutton were some of the names who came to Harrods for the launch of a beaming André Benjamin's Benjamin Bixby menswear line.
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This is a tad different than a normally do, but no less fantastic!! I found this entry off of Hair Romance blog (which you should absolutely go and check out) and I thought you should see the review. I've seen this at the salon I go to in Pittsburgh and have been meaning to try it. Have you?
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Ombre hair is the trend that won't quit.
First it was natural balayage colour that became a stronger blonde/brunette ombre trend. Then pastel hair was a runway feature at NYFW and now coloured ombre hair has become a mainstream trend since Lauren Conrad dyed her tips.
Kevin Murphy was ahead of the game when he tinted the beautiful Abbey Lee for this Vogue shoot last year and now he has commercially released his hair pigments. Color Bug is like shadow for your hair, allowing you to get in on the ombre hair trend but without regret.
Color Bug is available in pink, purple and orange and Kevin Murphy shows you how easy it is to use in this video here.
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I was so keen to try it I didn't style my hair for this shoot. My hair is a bit dirty and I found this made it easier to apply the product. If your hair is squeaky clean, I would spray some dry shampoo or texture spray onto your hair first to help the colour stick.
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You can apply it quite lightly for a washed out colour or keep adding more for a vibrant pink. Gently rub the colour through the ends of your hair for an even finish. I thought it would be harder to apply but it took to my hair really easily. It's quite opaque so I think it would work in dark hair as easily as it does in Kevin's how-to video.
I found the packaging a little awkward to hold and easy to drop. It's pretty sturdy but it finally broke the third time it hit the bathroom floor. It was a pink explosion. Enough stayed in the container though for me to keep using it.
Color Bug does exactly what it says on the box. It's a bit messy but loads of fun and a great way to dip your hair into the ombre trend without a big spend or damage to your hair. Ombre hair for one night only, no regrets.
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Application tips:
- Second day hair is good for this product. Otherwise try a dry shampoo or texture spray on the ends of your hair.
- Cover your clothes – wear something old or put a towel over your shoulders.
- Hold the container carefully. It's a bit awkward to hold and easy to drop.
- Layer the product on your hair for a more vibrant colour.
- Wear gloves, or wash your hands as soon as you finish.
- Add a little hairspray at the end to help set the colour.
- Don't wear white! The colour will come off on your clothes but should wash out.


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Stockton, CA
Carolyn Mae Bryant Germann
June 16, 1941 - November 16, 2012
Carolyn Mae Bryant Germann, age 71, was born in Stockton, CA.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
Russell and Berniece
Bryant and two brothers, Russell Jr. and James
Bryant. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Glenn Germann; daughter, Jennifer Germann; step children, Rhonda Todt and Ricky Germann; 8 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; sister, Jenni
Sinclair (Don); brother, Ken Bryant and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wed., Nov. 28, 2012 at Park View Cemetery, Manteca.
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Aristide Angeli, 97, of Morehead City, NC, and formerly of Highland Falls, NY, died January 8, 2013. Aristide was born in Cesclans, Italy, son of the late Federico and Maddalena Marie Angeli and immigrated to the U.S. in 1929.
He and his family settled in Highland Falls, NY where he joined the U.S. Army and spent 27 of his 30 years in service at U.S.M.A. West Point, NY. Aristide was the widower of Adelina Puglielle Angeli.
Survivors include his sons, Frederick A. Angeli and wife, Carol of Morehead City, NC; Robert R. Angeli of Cary, NC; grandchildren: Teresa L. Angeli and husband, Kenneth and Frederick D. Angeli and wife, Kimberley; great-grandchildren: Samantha E. Angeli and Justin E. Angeli. In addition to his wife and parents, Aristide was predeceased by his daughter-in-law, Sandra E. Angeli.
A private Funeral Mass and interment will be held in the U.S.M.A. West Point, NY.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial contributions to: Arthritis Foundation National Office, 1313 West Peach Tree St., Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30309.
Arrangements by William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 125 Main Street, Highand Falls, NY, 845-446-2868, www.wfhoganfuneralhome.com


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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemen security official says an explosion in the province of Bayda has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants.
The official in Bayda's capital city of Radda says the explosion went off in a house owned by a known al-Qaida operative, Ahmed Abdullah Deif-Allah Al-Zahab. It appeared to be an accident.
Residents were barred Sunday from approaching the scene of the incident by militants with links to al-Qaida, the official said.
Early last year Al-Qaida's Yemen-based branch briefly seized the town of Radda, an outpost 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of the capital.
The group is active in southern Yemen and has launched deadly attacks against the military since it lost control of key southern cities it overran in 2011.


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Coral under attack from toxic seaweed can actually call for help, recruiting fishy bodyguards to fend off an attacker within minutes, a pair of scientists has found.
When poison-producing algae make contact with coral, the coral can send out a chemical signal that alerts goby fish to come and eat away at the weed, according to a paper released Thursday by the journal Science.
The platoon of gobies provides a last line of defense against toxic seaweed. The seaweed emits harmful chemicals that damage the coral, which it competes with for resources. And warming oceans, overfishing of plant-eating fish and pollution seem to have only aided the seaweed as it attacks the already shrinking reefs.
Gobies are fish that spend their entire lives in a particular coral, taking both food and shelter there. But researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology suspected there may be more to this relationship than met the eye.


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BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday that a leading pro-government Muslim cleric in the volatile northwestern territory of Xinjiang was murdered, and police killed two suspects and captured another.
The state media reports were the first official confirmation of the murder of Jume Tahir after dawn prayers on Wednesday, the latest in a string of increasingly violent and brazen acts targeting government supporters and institutions.
Tahir, 74, had led the 600-year-old Id Kah mosque in the city of Kashgar since 2003 and was a strong supporter of government policy on Islam that critics say imposes harsh restrictions on Muslims.
Violence has sharply increased over recent months in Xinjiang, where radicals among the native Turkic Muslim Uighur minority have pursued a violent campaign to overthrow Chinese rule.
On Monday, the government said militants armed with knives and axes killed or injured dozens of people in Shache county near Kashgar.
Official reports said police killed dozens of the assailants, who reportedly first attacked police and government offices before turning on civilians. More details haven't been released and the precise death toll remains unknown, although China called the incident a "premeditated terror attack."
If dozens were indeed killed, it would be the bloodiest single instance of violence since ethnic riots in Urumqi in 2009 left nearly 200 dead, according to the government. It's not clear what sparked Monday's incident, although activists abroad have suggested the mob was angered by restrictions on religious observance during the holy month of Ramadan that ended this week and the killing of a family of five by police searching homes.
Neither Tahir's murder nor Monday's violence could be independently verified and it wasn't clear if the two incidents were related. Officials reached by phone refused to comment and shopkeepers, hotel clerks and others in the city said they couldn't discuss the matter for fear of trouble with the authorities. The government routinely prevents foreign journalists from working freely in Xinjiang.
Tahir's high-profile support for the government — the report referred to him as a "patriotic religious personage" — and his criticism of violence in Xinjiang likely made him a target of the militants, whom the government says have ties to overseas Islamic terror groups.
The official reports identified the three suspects by their Uighur names as Turghun Tursun, Memetjan Remutillan and Nurmemet Abidilimit. They said after the suspects killed Tahir, they were chased down by police at noon on Wednesday and attempted to resist arrest with knives and axes. The reports didn't say which of the three were killed.
Tahir's Id Kah mosque is China's largest, regularly attracting 10,000 worshippers to Friday prayers. In addition to serving as its imam, he was also vice president of the Chinese Islamic Association and a member of the National People's Congress, China's rubberstamp legislature.
Tahir was frequently quoted in state media echoing government statements that Xinjiang was free of ethnic tensions and that "hostile forces in and outside China" were responsible for stirring up trouble.
"The people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are enjoying more and more rights and interests economically or politically," he told state television during the 2010 session of the congress.
Tahir was seen as backing bans on the wearing of beards and headscarves by young Uighurs, as well as restrictions on mosque attendance and fasting.
Such heavy-handed regulation has fueled resentment among Uighurs, as well as a strong sense that the economic benefits of development in the resource-rich region are flowing mainly to migrants from China's dominant Han majority who have flooded into the region in recent decades.
While some of the recent violent attacks have shown an increased level of sophistication and planning, most have relied on crude weaponry such as swords, bombs and homemade explosives.


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STOCKTON - Stockton has plenty for sports fans with dollars to spend.
STOCKTON - Stockton has plenty for sports fans with dollars to spend.
The Stockton Ports, the Class-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, saw fan support more than double when Stockton Ballpark opened in 2005. In the years since, the team has - for the most part - maintained attendance figures.
The Stockton Thunder, an ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers that moved from New Jersey in 2005, was among the top three in league attendance from its inaugural season here through 2011-12, but the Thunder has fallen off this year.
In a car-racing culture of mass track closures, Stockton 99 reopened in 2009 following a two-year shutdown and is now doing well enough for operators Tony and Carol Noceti to open two more tracks, the Little 99 go-kart track that opened last year and a half-mile dirt track scheduled to open in March inside the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds horse racing track.
There are other options for fans: University of the Pacific, San Joaquin Delta College, high school sports, area rodeos and other special events such as the Harlem Globetrotters, horse racing, wrestling and mixed martial arts.
So how do promoters go after these dollars?
That depends on the promoter and the product. Circumstances dictate a lot.
For Thunder President Dan Chapman, the economy plays a role, but not as significant a role as the fading novelty that comes with a new franchise.
"The first few years, the phone rang off the hook," Chapman said. "We were almost order-takers. But if you just sit around and expect people to show up to enjoy your product, it doesn't work that way."
Stockton led the ECHL in attendance its first four years and has been among the top three every season. Through the end of January, however, the Thunder was sixth.
"Typically new teams have that novelty, so that's one of the reasons we've dropped," Chapman said. "Having said that, our attendance right now is the lowest it's been. Without question, the economy has had an impact."
The Thunder's approach has been based primarily on outreach.
"You work harder and smarter than ever," Chapman said. "You focus on community outreach. You're constantly building up databases, getting phone numbers and email addresses, getting information from fans at games. You can never acquire enough information."
Chapman and Ports President Pat Filippone made similar comments when talking about what makes minor-league sports unique.
"We can't control what happens on the field," Filippone said. "Look at last year. The team wasn't very good (finishing fifth in the five-team division with a 56-84 record, worst among the 10 teams in the league), but we still drew fans. At the end of the day, people enjoy the product. There's always a need for escaping and having some fun, so there's always going to be a market regardless of what the national economy or the local economy is doing."
Filippone said the Ports' approach hasn't changed the past few years and likely won't change in the coming years.
"First and foremost, we appreciate the community so we try to be ingrained in the community through things like education, youth sports and charitable foundations," he said.
As with all minor-league sports, promotions play a big role. The key is to mix in the staples - fireworks and bobbleheads are always big draws - with fresh ideas. A surprising hit when it started in 2011 was 2 Buck Mondays: Tickets, sodas and hot dogs are all only $2.
Tony Noceti faces a different challenge at Stockton 99. While Chapman and Filippone focus on ways to get fans to return, Noceti believes he just needs to get people through the gates. Once they're introduced, the sport sells itself.
"People say, 'I watch NASCAR on TV.' It doesn't even to compare to what you see on TV," he said. "If you can get them in, they'll come back."
Noting an empty seat does the track no good, Noceti gives away a lot of tickets through various promotions. He also places a premium on keeping things affordable, even free for kids 10 and younger.
"A family can come to the racetrack on a regular night, kids buying hot dogs, dad buying beer, for about $80," he said. "You take your wife and kids to the movies, that's $100 by the time you're out of there an hour-and-a-half later."
He also places a premium on accessibility, offering fans the option of a $35 pit pass for members ($55 for non-members) so they can talk to the drivers.
"Where else can you do that?" he said. "That's what makes us different. They can see their heroes and the bad guys. It's all a big marketing strategy."
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The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine has created The Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness (CAFSP). U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp announced the Center during a recent news conference at the veterinary college.
The new Center will serve as a focal point for several key initiatives that will assist the nation in its efforts to protect agriculture and the food supply from terrorist threats. Agriculture and the food supply are part of the nation's critical infrastructure and have been identified as a key sector that is vulnerable to terrorist threats.
CAFSP will house the college's national training program that is being developed for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on agriculture and food vulnerability assessment. Development of this outreach training program is being funded by a $2 million grant the College of Veterinary Medicine received last fall from DHS.
The training program will provide industry and government officials at the state, county, and local levels across the country with tools to prevent and deter terrorist acts that target the agricultural and food sector. Facilities and operations considered vulnerable can reduce or eliminate risk through appropriate planning and training. The training program will be available at no cost to local communities later this fall.
Dr. Sharon Thompson, director of Partnership Programs at the veterinary college, leads the Center. Dr. Thompson, project director for the DHS grant as well as other homeland security related grants at the college says, "The formation of the Center demonstrates the College's continuing commitment to its work in the homeland security arena and will support the further expansion of this work." Other UTCVM faculty and partnering institutions will also be involved in the Center's activities.
Dr. Michael Blackwell, UTCVM dean and retired Assistant Surgeon General and Chief of Staff of the Office of the Surgeon General, says the Center positions the college as a key player in the national effort to protect the nation's food supply from acts of terrorism.
"This Center has come about because the UT College of Veterinary Medicine recognizes its responsibility to promote public health and to be on the team that protects national security," Dr. Blackwell says. "The work that will come out of this Center has the potential to affect each and every American, anyone who consumes food." Dr. Blackwell adds the Center is the result of the success the college has had in building partnerships and receiving funding from the Department of Homeland Security.
"The Center will provide a readily accessible Web portal for information on the DHS training program as well as showcase other College homeland security related activities," says Dr. Thompson.
The Center will provide a focal point for its efforts to work directly with industry, especially in the vulnerability assessment and infrastructure protection arena. "We plan to develop online and additional in-person training programs," she adds.
The Center will organize and host the second Foreign Animal and Emerging Diseases Training Course, which will be held in Knoxville in the summer of 2007.


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The figures are in line with Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort Index, which dropped last week to a three-month low, reflecting a fourth straight decline in the buying-climate gauge.
The Michigan index of expectations six months from now, which more closely projects the direction of consumer spending, dropped to 62.7, the lowest since November 2011, from 63.8 the prior month. Household purchases account for about 70 percent of the economy.
The measure of current conditions, which reflects Americans' perceptions of their financial situation and whether it is a good time to buy big-ticket items like cars, decreased to a six-month low of 84.8, from 87 in December.
While Americans took comfort in resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff, in which lawmakers averted income-tax increases on 99 percent of households, payroll taxes went up. As part of its budget agreement on Jan. 1, Congress agreed to let the tax, used to pay for Social Security benefits, return to its 2010 level of 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent. That reduces the paycheck by about $83 a month for someone who earns $50,000.
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"Things like increases in payroll taxes are not a positive from my perspective," Howard Levine, chief executive officer at Family Dollar Stores Inc., the second-largest U.S. dollar-store chain, said on a Jan. 3 earnings call. "What I think happens is there will be some further impact to our core customer as a result of some of these tax increases. But I also think we're positioned very nicely for a trade-down customer."
Target, the second-largest U.S. discount retailer, said earlier this month that it plans to match the prices year-round charged by e-commerce sites of Amazon.com Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. and Toys "R" Us Inc. in a bid to boost sales.
The new policy combines Target's holiday-season price policies into one year-round and easy-to-use system, the Minneapolis-based company said in a statement. Target's stores will also match the prices of goods found on its own website, it said.
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New York state wildlife managers could be considering more antlerless deer hunting opportunities in 2014 after numbers from the recently closed season showed hunters didn't hit the goals in some targeted areas.
Biologists with the N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation have been eyeing the state's Southern Zone as an area of concern due to white-tailed deer population numbers. Hunters killed slightly more deer than the 2012 season.
But the overall number of deer killed in the Southern Zone was only about 1 percent higher, which wasn't enough to hit the goals for population reduction in the zone.
The Southern Zone encompasses most of the state. The DEC tried to increase the number of special doe permits but hunters got only about half of those permits.
State officials say more antlerless deer will need to be killed in the next few years to try to meet population goals and reduce the risk of disease to the animals and humans, destruction of vegetation, and vehicle-animal crashes on roads.
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J.J. Abrams' "Lost" and Eric Kripke's "Supernatural" were once competitors on Thursday night prime time. Now the geek gurus behind the popular series are joining forces for a new show, "Revolution." Written by Kripke, the "Revolution" pilot is being produced by Abrams' company, Bad Robot, and likely will begin shooting in early spring with Kripke and Abrams serving as executive producers, along with Bryan Burk. Perhaps not surprisingly, the secretive Abrams is staying tight-lipped about the concept of "Revolution" (all we know is it's an "epic adventure thriller"), but he opened up about working with the creator of "Supernatural" when Hero Complex's Emily Rome caught up with him backstage at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards.
E.R.: What made you interested in collaborating with Kripke?
J.J.A.: I've been a fan of "Supernatural." I like him a lot. He's a really good guy, and he came to us with an idea that was undeniably good. It was such a great premise for a series that it was just that feeling of the misery that you'd feel if you had a chance to be part of that and didn't take advantage of it. I'm really looking forward to that show. He's so obviously the real deal, and we're just really lucky and honored that he wanted to collaborate with us on it.
E.R.: Shows like "Supernatural" and "Lost" have very devoted fans. What do you think about the potential to bring those two groups together with this show?
J.J.A.: I think ["Revolution"] needs to be as good as the premise promises, and if we do that, I'm confident that we will find an audience. I don't think that you can ever rely on an audience that happened to like "Lost" or happened to like "Supernatural." I would be thrilled if those audiences found this show too, but right now instead of thinking about who the audience is, we're just trying to figure out the best possible way to produce the pilot, make it as good as it can be. A happy byproduct of just thinking about how to tell the story the best way possible is that you get a shot at an audience, and I'm crossing my fingers that we'll have a substantial one.
E.R.: What about Kripke's writing captivated you?
J.J.A.: What I love about his writing is it's alive, it's visual. He writes things that become images in your mind as you're reading it, but he also is deeply concerned about character, back story, the emotional lives of the people he's writing. It's something I really appreciate. Again, I look forward to working with him in any capacity. Being a producer on his show is something I'm thrilled to do. And offer any suggestions. Though he certainly doesn't need my suggestions to make a great show.
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