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A Heartbeat AwayPaperback - 2011
On the night of the State of the Union address, President James Allaire expects to give the speech of his career. But no one foresees the horrific turn of events that leads him to quarantine everyone in the Capitol building.
A terrorist group calling itself "Genesis" has unleashed a highly contagious virus into the building, and the only one who fully knows its deadly consequences is the president himself. Desperate, he turns to virologist Griffin Rhodes, whose alleged theft of the microbe landed him in a maximum-security federal prison. Griff knows he's innocent but is forced to barter with the government: his attempt at a cure in exchange for his release.
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A good story with well thought plots. 9 of 10 stars
Beautiful. Absorbing. Compelling. Dramatic. A triumph of both medical and political thrillers with black-and-grey morality that forces the heroes to make difficult decisions under difficult circumstances with sometimes questionable results. The novel feels somewhat removed from the typical pandemic scenario, specifically because the outbreak is so quickly and so efficiently contained, and instead focuses on the politics behind the struggle to obtain a cure when the cost is the lives of 700 people and, sadly more importantly in the eyes of the antagonist, the leadership of the free world *ahem* the United States. In this novel, power may lead you to deceive, but it is the desire for power that is truly corrupting.
My one criticism: the identities and motivations of the terrorist group behind it all, Genesis, are simply explained to us at the end by the omnipresent narrator. This takes all the fun out of having one of the protagonists figure it out piece by piece. And given that one of the main characters is a news reporter, it could have been a nice piece of journalistic investigation to complement the main plotline. As it stands, the reader has few clues to figure out the solution to this part of the puzzle themselves, and the solution. Also, the goal presented as the motivation for the terrorist attacks seems somewhat weak--while one should never underestimate human greed, I suppose, the setup just isn't there to make it believable to the reader.
The resolution of other elements in the plot, however, is mostly satisfying. I have another complaint about Ursalla Ellis, but to speak on that would be to ruin a major plot twist. And so, I will conclude by noting that the book succeeds much more often than it fails, and is accordingly all the things I said at the beginning: beautiful, absorbing, compelling, dramatic, and well worth the effort.
Not up to the level of Palmer's previous novels. Vast bioterrorism conspiracies are clearly outside the realm of the author's expertise and it shows in this book, detracting from the ability to suspend disbelief.
A medical thriller in which terrorists release a virus in the Capitol during the State of the Union address.
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Our Nor'easter is well off the New England coast continues to bring snow to many this evening, especially along the shoreline. Here in western Mass, we saw an interesting afternoon where narrow bands of heavy snow set up, bringing amounts of 8-16" west of I91 (isolated reports nearing 2 feet). East of this band, snow amounts were significantly lower-more in the range of 3-6".
Some snow amounts from today:
Williamsburg 15"
Montgomery 14"
Southwick, Granville, Cummington, Holland 12"
Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Brimfield 11"
Westfield 10" - 4" (West Springfield Side)
Amherst, Sunderland, East Longmeadow, Chicopee 4"
Greenfield 3"
[CLICK HERE: Snow Totals for March 13]
We stay blustery and unsettled today as the coastal storm moves into the Canadian Maritimes. Gusts to 30mph are likely and occasional snow showers and squalls will be around in the valley throughout the day. Temperatures make it into the middle and upper 30s, so roads should stay wet with a scattered coating at the most.
The Berkshires will continue seeing snow showers through most of Wednesday and a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Berkshire County through 8pm Wednesday for an additional 3-6" of snow. Snow showers will finally break sometime Thursday morning.
Our weather will at least be mainly dry (outside the Berkshires, which may still have lingering snow showers) Thursday and Friday. We stay blustery and chilly with highs near 40 Thursday afternoon. Colder air spills in Friday and Saturday with highs in the low 30s, but with plenty of sunshine! There should be some temperature improvement Sunday, but not too much-still a cold, dry day for the parade in Holyoke!
We begin next week dry and sunny, but with temperatures staying well below normal for mid-March.
Our 'blocking' weather pattern holds tight for another week and we get hit with some colder over the next 7 days. A pattern shift is looking possible mid-next week, but another coastal low will be possible at that time as well. Some things to watch.
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Just have to share the GOOD news! I start volunteer training for my local sexual program in January! Just got the schedule. YIPPEE! I am sooo excited. I'm not a SANE yet but this will provide invaluable experience for when I do become a SANE. Can't wait. . . sigh. Life is sooo good!
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wedding design
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Do you love to be on trend but also want a day that is utterly personal to you?
Do you want to walk in to your wedding with a beaming smile knowing that all you have to concentrate on is the love of your life and the day ahead, knowing all the finishing touches have been taken care of?
Do you want your wedding to be fun, colourful, pretty, beautiful and luxurious?
Then I think I might be able to help …I'd love to to chat!
At Knots & Kisses I not only want to provide you with the prettiest paper for your wedding but I also love helping my clients pull together a whole look for their big day!
At Knots & Kisses I not only want to provide you with the prettiest paper for your wedding but I also love helping my clients pull together a whole look for their big day!
So if you're struggling with where to start or just need some help on the day making everything look super pretty and gorgeous then my styling service might be for you.
Obviously, every wedding is different and it's really important to me to make your wedding perfect for you. I might need to spend just a couple of hours styling your wedding or a whole two days plus lots of preparation and design time, and sourcing of suppliers and props.
So, once we've had a proper chat, I can provide you with a detailed quote. However, the starting prices below will give you a rough idea.
'getting started service'
As well as full styling and design services I offer a consultation only service which is fantastic if you would like to do everything yourself but need a help getting started and creating a look for your wedding.
As part of the fee I'll have an initial consultation with you either via phone, skype or in person and have a good chat about your likes and dislikes and the feel you want from your wedding. From there I'll put together a moodboard and a brief styling plan which you can then take forwards and impliment yourselves.
£150 ( plus £25 an hour for subsequent consultations )
On the Day Styling
An 'on the day' service is perfect if you have all of your styling items sorted but need someone there on the day or the day before to put it all together for you.
Prices depend on the number of hours I will need to style your event, the distance I will need to travel, overnight accommodation needed and any assistants I may need to employ.
The hire of any props I might need to use which you haven't already provided or accounted for may also need to be added.
from £350
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I will work with you to create a full concept for the design of your wedding. From our initial consultation a full design proposal and moodboards will be created for your wedding.
I will then work with my trusted suppliers and florists or your own florist to put together a styling plan. A full bespoke price list will be put together after our initial consultation but can and will often include :
- A full consultation
- A full bespoke design process including bespoke pinterest board and moodboards
- Up to 3 venue visits
- Sourcing of any props, styling items, decor, linen, crockery & cutlery ( if not provided by venue )
- Hire of props and styling items and creation of bespoke elements
- Co-ordination with your venue co-ordinator or planner
- Styling time on the weekend of the wedding including hiring any assistants to complete the look
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- A timeline for the styling of the day (not for the whole day)
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Nikki is everything you want in a wedding supplier, she is friendly, super responsive and always on time with everything. Amidst all the wedding stresses it has been an absolute pleasure working with Nikki and I really recommend her.
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Woldingham & District Horticultural Society has been thriving for over 80 years and currently has about 190 members. Every year the Society organises three shows – Spring, Summer and Autumn; a spring plant sale and an autumn coffee morning and plant sale; a series of lectures; a visit to one or two gardens of special interest. In the village it tends the rose beds in the Crescent and the flower bed at the station. Recently it has planted large numbers of daffodil bulbs and snowdrops at various sites around the village.
Summer Show – Saturday 7th July 2018, Village Hall
One of the summer highlights in our village is the Horticultural Society Summer Show, it is a chance to show off your gardening skills, cooking and craft skills and there are lots of categories for children to have fun and enter too. Even if you are new to gardening, why not join in and have a go (entries to be brought to the Village Hall from 9am to 11am). Alternatively come to the afternoon showing of exhibits and enjoy delicious cake and tea (open to view from 2.15pm until 4.15pm)
If you would like to join the Society and enter the Summer Show, contact Nancy or any of the committee members to obtain your schedule and information on how to enter (see contact details below).
As a sample of what children can create and enter into the Show here are the Junior Classes:
Division 4 Juniors
Class 1: Age 6 years & under
1a. Hand or foot print a flower
1b. Make a paper puppet
1c. Make a rockery garden in a seed tray
Class 2: Age 7 years up to & including 12 years
2a. Painting of 'Night Time'
2b. Make a twig person
2c. Make a rockery in a seed tray
2e. Flowers displayed in a jam jar
Funsection – for a child assisted by an adult:
A Lego construction with a horticultural or argricultural theme
(Maximum size 30cm x 45cms
Fancy Building a Scarecrow! – Woldingham Societies and Families Grand Challenge
*New for the Horticultural Society Summer Show Saturday 7 July 2018*
All village societies and groups are invited to enter the Summer Show Grand Challenge, which is to construct a scarecrow (must be self-supporting).
The cost of entry is £2, all monies raised will go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
To enter either complete the challenge section in the Summer Show entry form or email your entry to *protected email* by Wednesday 4 July
The entry fee can be paid on the day
Scarecrows are to be taken to the village hall between 9am – 11.15am on Saturday 7th July
Some ideas of who we'd love to see participating:
Rainbows, Brownies, Cubs/Scouts, Beavers, Village Club, Badminton Club, St Paul's Church, Tennis Club, Woodlea School, Woldingham School, Golf Clubs, Shops on the crescent, Local businesses, Writing club/Wine club/Book Club/Bike club, 123 Club, Footsteps, Woldingham Wives, Circle of Friends … And any other groups you can think of!
Join the Horticultural Society and benefit from 10% off at Knights whilst supporting a great volunteer-run village group
The Horticultural Society is always pleased to welcome new members, whether you are an experienced gardener, a beginner or just love plants. The Society would particularly love to encourage more first time exhibitors and children to join in the flower shows, older children can also have a go at all the main categories, including vegetables, flowers, cooking and crafts. The shows are great fun and all committee members are very happy to be contacted to help guide first time exhibitors in entering their plants (see contact details below).
To join just call the Membership Secretary Nancy Collard on 653052.
Annual membership is only £5 per household and offers the following great benefits:
- 10% off plants and gardening products at Knights Garden Centres in Chelsham and Woldingham;
- Join in with a great programme of events including fun flower shows, plant sales, lectures and trips (includes a printed annual Schedule of Events);
- Support a great Village group run by volunteers who not only manage the above events, but also tend to the rose beds in The Crescent, the flower bed at the Station and plant new bulbs round our village in the Autumn to ensure our village is filled with beautiful daffodils in the Spring.
Upcoming Events
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Horticultural Society - Autumn Show
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Horticultural Society - Autumn Plant Sale
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Horticultural Society - Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
|2019 Horticultural Society AGM & Lecture
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
2019 Horticultural Society - Spring Flower Show
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
10:00 am - 11:00 am
2019 Horticultural Society - Spring Plant Sale
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
2019 Horticultural Society - Summer Show
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
2019 Horticultural Society - Autumn Show
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
10:00 am - 11:00 am
2019 Horticultural Society - Autumn Plant Sale
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
2019 Horticultural Society - Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
Woldingham Village Hall, Woldingham Surrey
Affiliated to:
The Royal Horticultural Society
Royal National Rose Society
The National Dahlia Society
Surrey Horticultural Federation
Officers and Committee
The Lord Christopher
Vice Presidents
Richard Butcher, Bill Haines, David Knight, Sam Whitley
Ann Anderson (Chairman) Tel: 652233
George Anderson (Hon. Treasurer) Tel: 652233
David Chapman (Show Secretary) Tel: 652145
Fiona Roberson (Committee Secretary) Tel: 652768
Nancy Collard (Membership Secretary) Tel: 653052
Gwen Battersby Tel: 652125
Susan Crafer Tel: 650147
Nigel Hodd Tel: 650226
Rita Hodd Tel: 650226
Hazel Dixon Tel: 652395
Nick Langley Tel: 650135
Sue Lowndes Tel: 652369


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Angels of Light: Siobhan Duffy Gira (vocals); Christoph Hahn (electric guitar); Patrick Fondiller (mandolin); Birgit Cassis Staudt (accordion); Bill Rieflin, Miles Seaton (bass guitar); Adam Sachs (unknown instrument); Steve Moses, David Garland, Eszter Balint, Julia Kent, Philip Puleo, Paul Cantelon, Ryan Vanderhoof, Seth Olinsky, Dana Janssen, Larkin Grimm. Personnel: Seth Olinsky (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Bill Rieflin (vocals, electric guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Miles Seaton (vocals, electric guitar, piano); Eszter Balint (vocals, violin); David Garland (vocals, flute); Dana Janssen (vocals, drums, percussion); Ryan Vanderhoof, Larkin Grimm (vocals); Christopher Hahn (electric guitar); Philip Puleo (hammer dulcimer); Paul Cantelon (violin); Julia Kent (cello); Steve Moses (trombone).Audio Mixer: Bryce Goggin. Author: Jonathan Meiburg. Michael Gira continued to atone for years of fronting the loudest band ever, the Swans, with both his second band, Angels of Light, and his label, Young God Records, which gave the world the likes of Devendra Barnhart and Akron/Family. Both of these endeavors bolstered his belief that music need not split ears to be adventurous, challenging, and beautiful. WE ARE HIM, the fifth long-player from Angels of Light, is wholly uncategorizable, and features Gira chasing far-flung muses from Beefheart stomps ("My Brother's Man") to dirgy semi-ragas ("Promise of Water"), to almost traditional pop ("Good Bye Mary Lou.") The constants throughout are delicate arrangements, odd structures, and Gira's mesmerizingly laconic baritone. There are familiar touchstones here-synth-era Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave's solo work to name two-but Gira is an original and WE ARE HIM is weird American noir that sounds like nothing else on earth.
Angels Of Light - We Are Him
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Quintero Golf Club: Diamond in the RoughGolfvaca
You sometimes hear that golf clubs are "hidden gems" or a "diamond in the rough" because they go unknown or are overshadowed by other courses nearby.
If that is the case, then Quintero Golf Club could be in the witness protection program of golf with it being situated in a remote area of Highway 74 in Peoria, Arizona — and the closest thing to an outside eatery, gas station or store being 20 miles away with nothing more than a two-lane road, cactus and tumble weed in between.
This is not to say that Quintero is not a great golf course – it is ranked by Golfweek in its Top 100 courses – but this is certainly not the downtown, glitzy desert experience of say, Las Vegas and everything about this quaint, understated community says it is for those that want to get away, relax and enjoy one great desert golf trip.
The gated community of Quintero, which is less than an hour from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, contains only about a half dozen designer homes that are available for some unique stay and play opportunities. The golf course itself does a brisk visitor business from locals in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area, but as a place to go and stay – this is a real experience.
Quintero Golf Club, formerly Quintero Golf and Country Club, is a semi-private club that opened for daily-fee play in November of 2011and sits at elevations between 1,986 and 2,670 feet in the stunning Hieroglyphic Mountains.
The homes on-site come complete with all the comforts that a luxury traveler or executive would want – entertaining spaces with large kitchens, wet bar, family rooms with big-screen TV's, formal dining areas, pool table and even putting machines to work on your game indoors. All the comforts of home and then some. A chef is even available to provide meals and host a party, if you are so inclined. When whoever coined the terms Guys Getaway or Corporate Retreat – this is the kind of place they had in mind – secluded places to hang out, play cards and shoot pool by night and experience great golf by day.
The kid glove service that goes along with providing this type of stay is overseen by Mike Poe, the General Manager at Quintero, who directs a staff that prides itself on customer care and feedback to provide the best stay-and-play experience possible.
The remodeled clubhouse and grill has an expanded outdoor dining area and updated menu items, and the renovated golf shop now features collections of logoed apparel by Nike and Greg Norman.
Among the other recent upgrades to the facility is a newly-constructed pergola, aptly named "The View from the Q", that overlooks the practice range and includes a barbecue and service area that allows golfers to order food and refreshments while warming up on the range or waiting to tee off. Other added amenities include a newly-developed 6,500 square foot putting green, additional tee boxes that will allow the course to offer seven different sets of rated tees for men and four sets of rated tees for women, so the course can be played anywhere from 7,249 yards to 5,043 yards.
The Reese Jones design that meanders through this Sonoran Desert is kept in immaculate condition and is an excellent test of golf. The lush fairways that break up this desert countryside are a little more generous than they appear at first glance, but this is a strategic layout that is better served using long irons, hybrids and fairway woods off the tee in many areas to avoid the many bunkers and the native desert areas that can add to your score in a hurry.
The greens are relatively flat, but getting the right speeds takes some work on the practice greens to get an accurate feel for them. Knowing the course and getting familiar with its quirks is the key to scoring at Quintero, and their excellent web site has some great flyover videos and helpful hints on learning about this course before taking it on.
The Par 5 8th Hole–which also happens to be the No. 1 handicap – could be the most spectacular and the most interesting to play. The first shot is to a wide split fairway, but placement is the key here because the second shot needs to go over a deep wash and into the second half of the fairway that is much tighter. This hole plays anywhere from 586 yards to 453, depending on which set of tees being played.
Because of the many combinations of teeing areas – such as the Gold, Gold-Silver Combo, Silver, Silver-Copper Combo and the Copper tees, etc., you can find a comfortable distance for most players at 6,655, 6,437 and 6,069 yards – in addition to three longer and two shorter options than these.
If you are looking for great customer service and an experience that has a relaxed, luxury feel, then a trip to Quintero Golf Club is well worth it.
To learn more about the course and the amenities, you can go to the website: www.quinterogolf.com
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HIGHLIGHTSThe exotic souks of Muscat | Qara Mountains | Mughsayl Beach
DURATION3 days / 2 nights
DEPATURESDaily on a Private basis
PRICE FROMOn request
- Private English Speaking guide
- Driver with a/c vehicle
- Entrance fees as per itinerary
Day 1: Muscat-Salalah
Visit the museum, the Heritage Souk with its Omani crafts, frankincense and incense burners, the new Souq and the Gold Souq.
Day 2: Salalah area
Drive up into the Qara Mountains to see Prophet Jobs tomb. From here you get a unique panoramic view of the green Al Garbib plain and Salalah. On to the splendid Mughsayl Beach with its dolphins, prolific birdlife including flamingos, and blowholes. Also see frankincense trees. The view up the coast where the mountains drop into the sea is magnificent.
Day 3: Salalah
Transfer back to the airport where the tour ends. Take a flight to Muscat or Dubai. You may like to extend your stay to enjoy the superb beach.


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This week we dig into the procedures that power the NRS Web Continuity Service. We are a multi-faceted service, dealing with numerous stakeholders and subject areas. With that in mind, we need to ensure our processes are efficient and effective, to help us deliver a high quality web archive.
But what do we mean by 'high quality web archive'? In web archiving, quality can be related to three elements:
- Completeness – how much of captured website's links, text, downloads etc. the crawler has been able to access and capture
- Behaviour – how much of the navigational functionalities within the captured website snapshot have been preserved, compared to the live site
- Appearance – how much the design, 'look and feel' and user experience of the website has been captured and preserved. We find the quality assurance principles articulated by the NYARC consortium very helpful for this, see https://sites.google.com/site/nyarc3/web-archiving/quality-assurance/introduction
But web archiving is technically complicated. Therefore, 'quality' can only feasibly be delivered through refined, consistent processes. Continue reading "Aiming for quality: selection, capture, QA and preservation of the NRS Web Archive"


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'Like the pattern of a sofa,' the Prime Minister said to the young Queen when she asked him how he liked her dress. These jokes did not stop Queen Victoria from seeking Lord Melbourne's approval of what she wore during their daily meetings. The cherry-coloured silk one with old lace was 'very pretty'; the black lace over pink watered silk also pretty; the blue and white striped gown 'like a sailor's shift'. Queen Victoria had a good feeling about Lord Melbourne from the beginning. He arrived at Kensington Palace first thing on the morning of her accession to rehearse the declaration he had written for her to read to the Privy Council later that day. In her journal, she recorded their easy conversation, noting 'each time I see him I have more confidence in him.' Soon their long discussions moved freely from politics to court gossip to her little dog Islay to fashion.
Big black dresses are what first come to mind when most people think of Queen Victoria's appearance. When Prince Albert died suddenly in 1861 she adopted a persona of grieving widow that defined her public image. But her early wardrobe was immense and varied. Expensive lace, ribbons from Paris, jewel-toned satins, colourful stripes and tartans and textiles glistening with silver and gold caused observers to note her magnificence when she stepped out in public. As a curator, I find it frustrating to think that most of Queen Victoria's clothes were destroyed. So few of her early garments survive that we must rely on portraits and documents to get any sense of how she dressed. My research has offered surprising insights into her personal relationships. The Queen and Lord Melbourne got enormous enjoyment out of one another's company. They sniggered about other people's clothes and worried about their own. 'Is it a bad colour?' he asked about his new green coat. These informalities show how much the Queen trusted her first Prime Minister. Clothes had always fascinated her but a lack of self-confidence caused her to look to Lord Melbourne for assurance. Prince Albert took on this role when they married in 1840. When he died twenty-one years later, she confessed she had never put on a bonnet without his approval.
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In the sentence combining strategy (generally used with children in grades 3 and up), students are taught to combine two simple sentences into one more sophisticated/complex sentence.
Simple Sentences: The girl lost her doll. The girl is crying
Complex Sentence: The girl is crying because she lost her doll.
Research studies demonstrate that sentence-combining practice can help young students improve their ability to write accurate, complex sentences. For instance, in a study conducted by Saddler and Graham (2005), 42 students in the fourth grade received either sentence combining instruction or grammar instruction. Students were paired with a peer for instruction and received 30 lessons, each lasting 25 minutes, three times a week for a total of ten weeks. Instruction took place outside of the regular classroom. The results indicated that students who received sentence combining instruction became more skilled at creating complex sentences from simpler ones, than students who received the grammar instruction. In addition the students who learned the sentence combining skills demonstrated improved writing on a story writing task, and improved ability to revise their own work.
Students who struggle to write complex sentences generally write short, basic sentences known as kernel sentences in their writing assignments. A writing assignment made up of kernel sentences would look something like this: "My dog is brown. His fur is soft. I like to pet him. He loves bones. He loves to play fetch with me. His name is Buster. I love him." A more sophisticated writing piece, capturing the same information would sound something like this: "I love my dog, Buster. His soft, brown fur is so nice to pet. He loves bones and playing fetch with me."
The goal of sentence combining is to improve a student's ability to write a more complex, cohesive piece, rather than a few kernel sentences or several kernel sentences in a row.
When teaching sentence combining, each example should contain a base sentence and then a sentence to be embedded or combined. If the sentence is to be combined, a combining word such as but, and, or because should be provided in parentheses next to the sentence to be combined.
For example:
Base Clause: Michael was freezing on his way to work Monday morning.
Sentence to be Combined: Michael could not find his coat. (because)
The combined sentence would be: Michael was freezing on his way to work Monday morning, because he could not find his coat.
Using Sentence Combining in Instruction
When teaching sentence combining, encourage students to take risks when combining their sentences. It is important to explain that using varied sentence structure helps writers to create better meaning and that there are often multiple correct ways to combine two sentences together. It is helpful if the instructor completes several sentence-combining examples in front of the student(s), while going through their thought process out loud. In an ideal situation, students would complete their own examples in groups or pairs, while the instructor goes around the class checking for comprehension. In a one-on-one situation, the student would be given a chance to work on an example independently, with the instructor (parent, teacher, tutor) checking for understanding and providing assistance as needed. Once students start to get the hang of how to combine sentences, you can ask them to look back in old written work they have done, for sentences to combine. You can also ask them to write a new writing piece, using the sentence combining strategy.
The chart below gives several examples for how to create combined sentences and which words to use in which contexts. The type of sentence is also explained above the examples. Some children may benefit from an explanation of the type of sentence. For others, it may be too confusing, so just going through the examples might be best for those students. Pictures can also be used to help your child visualize what the sentence is saying and can also help bring the words to life, making them more meaningful. You can use Google images or take your own pictures
Below is a downloadable worksheet to practice combining the sentences above. The format is Microsoft Word so you can modify the sentences and images as you wish.
Sentence Combining Worksheet
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Keep Your Cool:
Remember to always stay calm when working with a child or student, even if you think they should be getting something that they are not getting. If you get frustrated with them, they may start to feel anxious, angry, inferior, stupid, etc. which will lead to a less productive learning session. Keep practice sessions short (5 to 10 minutes for younger children or children who get easily frustrated and 10 to 15 minutes for older children or children who can work for longer periods without frustration), unless the child is eager to keep going. For suggestions on ways to encourage children to complete tasks or activities they do not want to do, see 3 Ways to Use Timers to Encourage Homework and Chore Completion and How to Use Schedules to Improve Children's Behavior.
If you are not seeing improvements in your child's writing after consistent and frequent practice, talk to your child's school to determine what additional strategies/support might be helpful.
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Archive for maggio 2010
Lower Shaw Farmmaggio 15, 2010
Thoughtsmaggio 15, 2010
This is something I wrote thinking to my experience at Braziers. I read it in th elast sensory meeting I attended:
"In this days I was thinking about a Marx quote. I found it on the web, in english. It's this one, here below:
". . . as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic."
I'm not interested in communism theory. I'm interested in the idea of human being that this quote claims. It's the same idea which other people recognize: from Shumacher to Laville, from Latouche to Illich. A human being far away from the stereotype which the main stream economic theory describes. Marx is far away from the idea of a mankind who is only interested in obtaining the highest satisfaction of its needs with the lowest efforts, and in acting like a consumer or producer in the local or global market. Capitalism wants to reduce in this way the complexity of the human being.
I like to think that the mankind is something very different and more complicated from the stereotype the capitalist society claims. I also think that Braziers Park and communities in general are a clear proof of it and a way to boost the development of this human complexity. At Braziers, for instance, anyone has the chance to cook, to do gardening, to study, to do art, to teach, to do politic, and so on. Anyone has the chance to do all that, without being just a cook, a gardener, or a student. Anyone, anytime, can develop that aspects of himself which he is interested in. Communities make this process easy and feasible, cause everyone shares with the others his skills and life, and everyone receives from the others even more then he is able to take.
I think also that communities are a mean to overcome the contemporary individualist society and its limits in therm of human relationship, life styles and social deseases. They are a way for anyone to share a common project, a way to dedicate some time working for a group where anyone is an active member, instead of spending the whole life as an isolated part of a massive and complictated machine which no one can control, and almost anyone is controlled by.
This is the kind of person I would like to be. So I guess Braziers, for what i saw, might be the kind of place Where it would be nice to live."
Last daysmaggio 5, 2010
The last days at Braziers were special and full of emotions. I left the 11th of may, and since one week before i begun to feel quite moody. It was rather surprising that in Easter i didn't really care to leave, since i though it was time for it, Julie was gone and everything was so different compared to the time she was at Braziers…but now in may, i did care to leave. Something, in a month time, was change. Without Julie I was more focussed on the Community, and my relation with the community was more strong. As I said in one of the last morning meeting, I think my attitude to the community and my role of volunteer changed several time in this 5 months. In the beginning I didn't either know what volunteering meant. After a while, I realize that volunteering is like working, and i did my best to gain my accomodation and food. In the end, I started to volunteer just to help the community, I felt part of it, and there were this kind and friendly relation with the its members, that I tried to do my best just like people do for their friends.
I have to say that everyone in Braziers appreciated what I did, and loved me. Everyone in a different way showed me his love to me. for instance, Daniel, who proposed me several time to stay more, Zoe with her hugs, Trish, Lettie and Anna with their presents my last night, John and Cindy, Peter and Siggie and so on. I'm not used to this, I don't know if i deserve it, but I'm just very thankfull to everyone.
In the last week I also enjoyned two CS meeting. One for mayday, when a group of CSers came to Braziers from Oxford and Reading. In the end there were almost 30 of us. I spent th eevening in Reading with some of them, and then we agreed to see again on sunday the 9th at Lyla's. It was a great sunday of food, laugh and good time togheter. Actually, I went to Lambourn at Lyla and Nestor's place on saturday afternoon. We spent the evening cooking pizza and knowing better each other. They are an incredible very kind and welcoming couple. Lyla already invited me for another cooking session a month before, and since the beginning i could understand her kindness. I could'nt miss the second session, therefore i decided to give to couchsurfing a new go, after lots of time on no activity at all. And I have to say, thanks to Lyla and all the others, that it was really nice exeriencing again the pleasure of meeting such nice people in this nice way. The Reading group is just born, and it's nice see how it grow. I hope to partecipate again in some event, beginning with the end of june, for a BBQ, as Lyla proposed.
Another news, which made my last days so emotional, is linked to Julie. She was volunteering in Italy, in an art monastery run by americans, and she was supposed to stay there for a couple of months. I was supposed to visit her at the monastery and then she would come to visit me. This was the original plan. It changed twice. The first time, after she realized the monastery was awfull, we decide she would come visiting me as soon as possible, for the whole last of my time in Italy. Then, the second time, when I told her braziers was looking for a volunteer, she decide to come to braziers as soon as possible. So he got to Braziers the day before my partying. I was disappointed of her decision, expecially since she seemed to don't care about meeting in Italy, and seemed more interested just in moving to braziers again. After have wainitng so long to see her for several days i wasn't either happy to see her again just for few hours. And really i was so distant from her, and cold…I think it was a natural way to protect me from any sorrow and useless emotions. The happy end is that Daniel offered to me to go back to braziers, if I like, even from the beginning of june. That s made me partying a bit more painless. I guess I want to go to Lower shaw farm, just to experience something different, for the whole june. And then I ll come back to Braziers in July. So, one time more, my plan seems to be changing!!
And now here I am, in Italy, for a couple of week, with a terrible weather so far. I'll try to enjoy my time here, relaxing, visiting some good friends, eating and drinking, and so on.
Maydaymaggio 2, 2010
Everything is ready for mayday, that at Braziers is not celebrated the 1st of may!! It's going to be a party with music (acoustic ballroom), BBQ, local beer and cider, story telling and plenty of scrabble. We are expecting about 400 people. We spent the last days bakering. Today they put up the stage, the yart for the story tellling, the stand for the beer and the BBQ. Everything is ready and I;m looking forward to the party. I also set up a couchsurfing meeting, and more then 20 people should come from Oxford and Reading. I also invited Lisa, a girl from London who was here few weeks ago with a Yoga group, and Kate, another girl, from London too, who i met at Redfield a couple of month ago. I hope to spend as much time as possible with them, even though it looks like i have to work at the car parking, t the BBQ and who knows what else.
In the last days I also began to think about my departure. I'm sad about that, but also curious to know what else will happen, at lower show farm and monkton wild court. Actually, If i would like, I could stay more at braziers, but this time, it s time to go. In Italy i will meet julie, who has got some problem with the communty she had to stay. I'm also curious to see what happen with her. I'm really looking forward to show her my hometown and my region and hopefully to enjoy the place and the people I live with.


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December 13, 2013 08:00 ET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN and ST. PAUL, MN--(Marketwired - Dec 13, 2013) -
A new survey released today by BMO Harris Bank shows that while a majority of Minnesota parents with young children have a holiday spending budget, more than half still go over their limit and a third expect to have 'buyer's remorse' after the first of the year about what was spent.
The inaugural BMO Harris holiday spending report, which surveyed parents with children under 10 years old, found that in Minnesota:
"The end of the year provides a lot of opportunities to spend money including gift exchanges, teacher gifts, travel, and parties, not to mention gifts for our children and other family members," said David Lindstrom, Minnesota Retail Vice President, BMO Harris Bank. "If you do take on debt to pay for gifts, then make a commitment to tighten the family belt in January and create a plan to pay it down as quickly as possible."
The survey found that the primary reason parents are willing to go into debt is a lack of disposable income for everything they plan to purchase (78 percent), notably higher than the national average of 52 percent. Nearly a third (29 percent) said they plan to make up for it in the new year. One in three (31 percent) said the social pressure to spend and celebrate during the holidays cause them to take on debt.
Nationally, the survey reported that:
Michael Gregory, Head of U.S. Economics, BMO Capital Markets, noted that after several years of curbing their credit appetites, households finances are now in much better shape. Combined home mortgages and consumer credit peaked near 124 percent of after-tax incomes at the end 2007 and the ratio finally slipped below 100 percent at the end of 2012, where it seems to be stabilizing.
"Having gone through this multi-year restructuring, it's important that consumers maintain healthy balance sheets by using credit cautiously, making sure their payments fit well within their family budgets not only at current interest rates but should borrowing costs rise in the future," Mr. Gregory added.
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The BMO Harris Bank spending survey was fielded online by Pollara between November 22nd and 29th. In total, 993 parents with children under 10 were interviewed, including an oversample of 95 from Minnesota. Results for a probability sample of this size would be accurate to ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20.
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Questions & Answers about the Tufts University School of Medicine Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory.
The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory is a research laboratory planned for part of the eighth floor of the Arnold Wing of the Biomedical Research and Public Health (BRPH) Building at the Tufts University School of Medicine. It would be located at 136 Harrison Avenue, at the corner of Kneeland Street and Harrison Avenue, in Boston. As a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) facility, the proposed lab will provide a fully regulated, safe and secure environment in which our researchers can study microorganisms that cause serious but treatable infectious diseases -- such as tuberculosis -- which can be transmitted to people by breathing air that contains these organisms. The research conducted in this laboratory will advance understanding of the causes of these diseases and will help us detect, prevent and treat them. This knowledge can lead to important innovations such as the development of new vaccines, drugs or other ways to prevent or cure infection.
The proposed laboratory will be approximately 1,700 square feet – about the size of a classroom. It represents less than 1 percent of the total space of the existing 260,000 square foot BRPH building where it will be located.
Over the last several decades, a number of diseases previously under control have re-emerged as more severe or difficult- to-treat strains. Tuberculosis is an important example. Many of these diseases and the organisms that cause them can only be studied in a BSL-3 laboratory, which is specially designed with protective features that enable researchers to work with such organisms safely and effectively.
The Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Tufts University School of Medicine has been at the forefront of infectious disease research for many years. For example, 45 years ago, the first chair of the department discovered how penicillin kills bacteria. More recently, we uncovered why HIV generates resistance to drugs so quickly, knowledge that is essential to how we treat HIV/AIDS today. Until now, our faculty have focused their research in areas that do not require BSL-3 facilities. Today, however, there is a growing and unmet need for research on diseases and pathogens that require a BSL-3 laboratory. Most other world-class microbiology departments already have such laboratories. Without such a lab, our School of Medicine researchers are increasingly limited in their ability to study important infectious diseases. This new research space will enable TUSM to recruit more top scientists to do vital research and allow current faculty to expand their efforts.
No. There are many reasons why we need to build a BSL-3 lab on our Boston campus. First, researchers working in the new laboratory will also need to perform important support experiments that do not directly involve BSL-3 pathogens but do require other department facilities close by. In fact, the relatively small Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will be surrounded by a larger conventional microbiology laboratory so that researchers can perform such support experiments. In addition, the School of Medicine's mission is to teach as well as do research. Therefore, we need a biosafety lab that will give our faculty easy access to their students and teaching facilities. Our BSL-3 researchers will also need to work closely with and get advice from other researchers at our medical school in order to design the most effective experiments.
Plans call for opening the proposed lab in 2013.
The safety and well-being of our neighbors, as well as the Tufts community, is always of the utmost importance to the medical school and the university. We are committed to working very closely with our Chinatown neighbors and the city of Boston during development of the proposed facility and throughout its operation. To ensure accurate and timely communication, we are creating a Community Advisory Committee. The Committee members will represent a cross-section of the community. Through this Committee we will share information about the proposed project and receive feedback so that we can address any questions or concerns.
The laboratory that Tufts plans is very different from the facility built by Boston University. Boston University constructed a 192,000 square foot, standalone building that includes a BSL-4 laboratory to study the most dangerous infectious diseases for which no treatments exist. Tufts is planning a 1,700 square foot BSL-3 laboratory within an existing building to study serious diseases, such as tuberculosis, that are treatable but for which new treatments are needed.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) classify biosafety laboratories as level 1 through 4. Essentially, as the number gets higher, the agents (disease-causing microorganisms or toxins) being studied are more serious, and less likely to have existing vaccines, treatments or cures. In addition, as the BSL number increases, more protective features are required for the researchers and increased safety features are incorporated into the laboratory design and operations. A BSL-3 lab studies serious infectious diseases for which some treatments already exist but for which more effective treatments or cures are needed. For example, treatments for TB exist but as new varieties of the disease emerge, new treatments are needed. In contrast, a BSL-4 laboratory, such as that built by Boston University, studies extremely serious infectious diseases that currently have no cure. Tufts has absolutely no intention of building a BSL-4 lab.
Yes. On our campus in Grafton, Mass., about 40 miles from Boston, Tufts' Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine operates two BSL-3 laboratories, including a Regional Biosafety Laboratory funded by the National Institutes of Health.
In the Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory we will study serious but treatable infectious diseases that pose risks to public health both in the U.S. and around the world. Those risks are increasing as new strains of pathogens emerge. The first priority will be to combat tuberculosis (TB), caused by a bacterium that infects as much as a third of the world's population, according to the World Health Organization. TB is a serious health issue in Boston and the Chinatown community. In fact, the Boston Public Health Commission estimates that TB is about 20 times more common among Asians in Boston than among Caucasians. A better understanding of the bacterium that causes TB has the potential to help save millions of lives. Depending on future health needs and the research specialties of our faculty, we may also study additional important infectious agents.
Although treatments exist for all of the infectious agents that we will study in our proposed BSL-3 facility, diseases caused by these organisms, when untreated, can be very serious, even life-threatening. The organisms that cause these diseases are transmitted by breathing in air that is contaminated with them. The potential seriousness of these infections is the main reason why Tufts needs to develop active research programs to combat their spread and health impacts.
We are not seeking approval to study any select agents or toxins. The laboratory's highest priority will be the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, which is not classified as a select agent. Select agents and toxins are a specific category of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other disease-causing substances identified by the CDC or U.S. Department of Agriculture as potentially posing a severe threat to public health and safety. Our current plans do not include study of select agents. However, the Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will be designed to safely accommodate such research. If in the future we want to study select agents or toxins, we will have to apply for and receive approval from the Boston Public Health Commission and also obtain approval from the CDC. We would share such plans with the community, working closely with the Community Advisory Committee throughout the permitting process.
Approximately 25 to 30 Tufts researchers will be authorized to access the lab. Five to six people would work in the lab at one time. They will include faculty, postdoctoral fellows, laboratory technicians and graduate students, all of whom will be thoroughly trained and tested to ensure their own safety and the safety of others.
Yes. Tufts will allow Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory access to only a limited number of trustworthy individuals who are screened and qualified to do such research.
No one will be allowed to work in the lab until he or she has been thoroughly trained by Tufts' Environmental Health and Safety Department. The Boston Public Health Commission requires that Tufts submit our training plan to the Commission before we can receive a permit to operate the laboratory. Training includes proper use and handling of the specific kinds of biological samples personnel will be working with, as well as extensive instruction on the proper use of protective clothing and equipment. Workers will be tested on their understanding of biosecurity, containment protocols, appropriate actions in case of different emergencies, and proper recordkeeping. We will review the training program each year to ensure that it reflects best practices and provide refresher training as needed.
Several groups at Tufts take an active role in ensuring that all research is conducted safely and that Tufts employees and students as well as the greater community are protected. The primary responsibility for maintaining safety in our laboratories rests with the biosafety and laboratory safety professionals in Tufts University Environmental Health and Safety Department. They work very closely with researchers across the university to ensure the safety of ongoing work with infectious agents. They review research protocols, provide training and conduct routine audits of all laboratory and research facilities at Tufts. Specific protocols and procedures are carefully documented and approved before research can be conducted.
In addition, the Tufts University/Tufts Medical Center Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for making sure that research involving infectious agents is conducted to meet all regulations and with proper attention to research personnel, the environment and the community. The IBC includes both community and Tufts representatives. Every experiment proposed for the Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will be submitted to the IBC for prior review; that submittal must include a risk assessment by the Biosafety Officer for the School of Medicine and the scientists involved. The IBC is required to provide a yearly report to the Boston Public Health Commission. That report must document efforts undertaken to ensure and enhance safe and effective laboratory operation and include minutes of its meetings.
The Tufts Boston Laboratory Safety Committee, a committee appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine, meets regularly to review all laboratory inspection findings and any incident or accident that occurs in any School of Medicine laboratory. This committee includes faculty and administrators from both the School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center.
The Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Fire Department will inspect the facility at least once a year, as they do all of the other BSL-3 laboratories in Boston. The BPHC inspection includes review of policies, procedures and on-site documentation; staff interviews; and physical observation and assessment of the laboratory. BPHC regulations require that each final inspection report be available to the public.
This laboratory will be self-contained and fully equipped with everything needed to study the biology of specific disease-causing microorganisms and how they interact with human cells to cause disease. The laboratory will include refrigerators and freezers, autoclaves to sterilize equipment and waste through high-pressure steam, incubators to grow cell cultures, centrifuges that spin substances in order to separate individual components, and biosafety cabinets. Biosafety cabinets provide a physical barrier between disease-causing organisms and the researchers and also pull air that might be exposed to the organisms away from researchers.
Yes. Before going into the part of the facility where research is done, BSL-3 workers will remove their usual clothing and put on pants and shirt (sometimes referred to as "scrubs") and shoes that will be worn only in the laboratory. They will also wear a disposable, protective coverall that completely covers the scrubs and foot protection that covers their lab shoes. Additional protective clothing may be worn if needed, to meet federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. Personal respiratory and eye protective devices will also be worn. Finally, many types of protective gloves will be worn, depending on the task. All personnel wearing personal protective equipment will be trained on its proper use in accordance with OSHA regulations.
Before leaving the lab, workers will remove their scrubs, laboratory shoes and all protective clothing and equipment. The protective clothes, which include the coverall, shoe coverings and gloves, and protective equipment, will be sterilized by high-pressure steam in an autoclave before being incinerated offsite. Scrubs are always covered by protective clothing, so they are not exposed to contamination. However, as a precaution, scrubs will also be sterilized and then washed at high temperatures before they can be worn again. Depending on research procedures, lab workers may shower before donning their own clothing.
The laboratory will be designed and built to prevent any release of potentially infectious agents and to protect workers, the community and the environment. It will meet or exceed all applicable codes and regulations set by the City of Boston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It will also be designed in accordance with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines published in Biosafety in Microbiological and Biological Laboratories (BMBL), which is the most widely accepted foundation of good biosafety policy and practice.
Multiple safety features will include doors that self-close and lock as well as sealed floors, walls, ceilings and windows made from materials that are easily cleaned. The air pressure in the lab will be lower than the air pressure outside the lab in order to prevent air leaks. Air will be cleaned by special high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters that meet federal standards before it is vented from the building in which the lab is located. A continuous automatic monitoring system will ensure that the ventilation system is operating properly. If a problem occurs, the system will immediately alert trained personnel who will address the situation. In addition, outside firms will test the air handling system each year to be sure it is working properly. In the event the regular power system is interrupted, a backup generating system will provide electricity so that all safety systems continue to operate.
Research will be carefully planned to minimize creation of waste materials. All solid waste that might be contaminated will be disinfected within the BSL-3 facility before being removed. This will be done in an autoclave that exposes the material to high-pressure steam, or through chemicals that destroy harmful organisms. Each system will be tested to verify that it works properly. As an extra precaution, a licensed medical waste disposal company will remove all decontaminated material for incineration. Such waste will never come into contact with normal trash. Liquids exposed to BSL-3 agents will be either autoclaved or treated with disinfecting chemicals to ensure that they are safe before entering the sewer.
We will follow all requirements set by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for transporting, receiving, monitoring, and inventorying bio hazardous materials used in a BSL-3 facility. The DOT and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) require that such materials be packaged in three layers of protective containers that are able to prevent leaks of harmful agents even if the package is badly damaged. All packages will be shipped by commercial freight and transportation firms with training and experience in handling hazardous materials. Staff working in the laboratory will be trained in these requirements and will be responsible for ensuring that we meet all safety protocols. Because the planned lab is small, we expect there will be on average no more than one shipment to or from the lab per month.
Every day, biosafety laboratories across Boston and Massachusetts conduct important research safely and securely. The well-being of our personnel, the community and the environment is Tufts' top priority as we plan the Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory, and we will be fully prepared in the unlikely event of an accident. The university has in place a general emergency operations plan, reflecting best practices of the National Incident Management System, which addresses how we respond and coordinate with local and state agencies. Tufts will also prepare an Incident Response Plan for the proposed laboratory that anticipates both natural and manmade incidents that might occur at the lab and identifies specific procedures to follow in the event of each such incident. These include fire, smoke, chemical releases, flood, vandalism, spills, power interruption, and other similar events. Every year, Tufts will conduct at least one exercise that simulates one or more of these events and requires the participation of all persons who have a role in responding to incidents. In addition, the City of Boston has detailed emergency response plans. Tufts will work closely with Boston public safety agencies should action be needed.
The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory will be built within a large, existing industrial grade building that has already withstood some of the most severe storms on record in Boston, including Hurricane Bob in 1991 and Hurricane Carol in 1954. It will not be directly exposed to the effects of severe weather, such as rain, wind or blowing objects. The facility will be designed to remain secure during all storms and expected natural disasters, based on 400 years of recorded history for Boston. The laboratory will meet the seismic, wind load and structural requirements outlined in appropriate building codes. In the event of a power loss, standby power will continue to operate security and safety systems, including air handling, freezers, elevators, fire alarms and fire protection controls. Security doors will automatically lock to prevent unauthorized access.
As chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, John Leong will have primary responsibility for the Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory. He will have the support of Tufts' Vice Provost Peggy Newell, Dean of the School of Medicine Harris Berman, chair of the Institutional Biosafety Committee Cheleste Thorpe, and Steve Larson, the head of the Environmental Health and Safety Department at the University.
Multiple security measures will ensure that only authorized personnel have access to the lab. The main building is accessible only through a lobby staffed 24 hours a day by Tufts University Public Safety personnel and with an identification card. Devices that identify people by scanning their hands will ensure that only authorized persons enter the BSL-3 laboratory. These systems will also provide a record of dates and times of entry. The TUSM Biosafety Officer will check the records regularly. In addition, video security systems will provide further protection.
Tufts is in the initial stages of project development, and we will work closely with the community throughout this process.
We have hired the Boston-based architectural firm of Payette to design the laboratory. Payette has designed more than 20 other BSL-3 laboratories across the country. In the summer of 2012, we expect to submit our application to operate a BSL-3 laboratory to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Our application will include detailed plans for all aspects of the laboratory as required by the BPHC. For example, these plans will cover procedures for working safely with biological agents and chemicals, laboratory startup and closure, decontamination procedures, emergency response planning, laboratory inspection, monitoring worker health, risk management, security, training, transportation of samples, and waste disposal. The BPHC will review the application thoroughly. We will also be applying for a building permit from the city of Boston. We hope to begin construction in 2012, with operation in 2013.
To ensure that community views are heard, we are planning to meet with neighborhood organizations, including the Chinatown Residents' Association, Neighborhood Council, CCBA, Safety Committee and Chinatown Coalition to share our plans. We will continue to meet with them as plans develop. We will be pleased to meet with additional groups that are interested in learning more about the project. We are also creating a Community Advisory Committee.
The Arnold 8 Biosafety Laboratory Community Advisory Committee (CAC) will be thoroughly informed about all aspects of the proposed laboratory, so that members have a full understanding of the project. Our goal is for committee members to be well prepared to receive feedback from the community and share questions or concerns. We hope the Committee members will represent a cross-section of Chinatown and reflect a variety of perspectives and interests. We are extending invitations to individual members of the community and welcome others who may want to participate. We expect the Committee will meet regularly to consider all aspects of our plan during the permitting process and may continue to provide an ongoing voice for the community.
Tufts tries hard to be a good neighbor to the communities in which we are located. For example, our School of Dental Medicine provides free care to all the children at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Chinatown. Our students provide free medical and dental care at the Sharewood Clinic and a Girls' Values Program at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC). We encourage and support many such partnerships and contribute to many local organizations. Our $2.2 million community benefit allowed the Wang YMCA to be built. Almost 30 years ago, we donated $100,000 to CCBA to fund scholarships to Tufts for Chinatown area students. We also partnered with Tufts Medical Center to buy the building at 50 Herald Square and donate it to the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
The cost will be approximately $3.5 million, all of which will be paid by Tufts. There will be no public funding.
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Manchester chief decides against allowing TV show 'COPS' to film in the city
MANCHESTER - Police Chief Nick Willard has decided against allowing the TV show "COPS" to film in Manchester.
The chief had met with producers of the Spike TV police reality show and initially agreed to allow cameras to follow officers on duty. He said he agreed because his "officers are the epitome of true American law enforcement, so to showcase them was my intent."
But because of a community backlash, Willard said he has decided against allowing the show to be filmed in Manchester.
"I have since heard from many in the community, both residents and businesses, who have expressed concern that the show would have a negative impact on the city's image, which is the very last thing I would want," Willard said in a statement posted on social media. "In light of the expressed concerns, and my respect for the City of Manchester, I have discontinued any filming and MPD will not be a featured department for their show. I regret to have caused any undue anxiety."


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Sigrid De Keersmaecker
Current affiliation: Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP)
Subject: Health Sciences
Primary location: Belgium
Genome Sequence of the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Namur Strain 05-2929, Lacking the Salmonella Atypical Fimbrial Operon
Published in:Genome Announcements
Publication date:2014-04-10
Adherence factors of Lactobacillus in the human gastrointestinal tract
Published in:FEMS Microbiology Letters
Publication date:2007-11-01
Synthesis of Vinyl 1,2-Diketones.
Published in:ChemInform
Publication date:2004-08-31
Bacterial networking
Published in:Genome Biology
Publication date:2008-01-01
Let LuxS speak up in AI-2 signaling
Published in:Trends in Microbiology
Publication date:2006-03-01
Small Molecules for Interference with Cell-Cell-Communication Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Published in:Current Medicinal Chemistry
Publication date:2008-09-01
Synthesis of vinyl 1,2-diketones
Published in:Tetrahedron Letters
Publication date:2004-05-01
Genome-specific higher-order background models to improve motif detection
Published in:Trends in Microbiology
Publication date:2003-02-01
The proteome of Salmonella Typhimurium grown under in vivo-mimicking conditions
Published in:PROTEOMICS
Publication date:2009-02-01
Lessons from probiotic-host interaction studies in murine models of experimental colitis
Published in:Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
Publication date:2011-07-28
Stretching polysaccharides on live cells using single molecule force spectroscopy
Published in:Nature Protocols
Publication date:2009-05-01
Integration of 'omics' data: does it lead to new insights into host–microbe interactions?
Published in:Future Microbiology
Publication date:2010-02-01
A simple structured model for growth and AI-2 mediated cell-cell communication of Salmonella Typhimurium
Published in:2008 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Publication date:2008-06-01
Nurturing scientific mutualism: A report from the 'Young Microbiologists Mini-Symposium on microbe signalling, organisation and pathogenesis'
Published in:Molecular Microbiology
Publication date:2009-09-01
Host interactions of probiotic bacterial surface molecules: comparison with commensals and pathogens
Published in:Nature Reviews Microbiology
Publication date:2010-03-01
Integration of omics data: how well does it work for bacteria?
Published in:Molecular Microbiology
Publication date:2006-12-01
Salmonella biofilms: An overview on occurrence, structure, regulation and eradication
Published in:Food Research International
Publication date:2012-03-01
DISTILLER: a data integration framework to reveal condition dependency of complex regulons in Escherichia coli
Published in:Genome Biology
Publication date:2009-01-01
Structure–activity relationship of brominated 3-alkyl-5-methylene-2(5H)-furanones and alkylmaleic anhydrides as inhibitors of Salmonella biofilm fo...
Published in:Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Publication date:2010-07-01
MLVA as a Tool for Public Health Surveillance of Human Salmonella Typhimurium: Prospective Study in Belgium and Evaluation of MLVA Loci Stability
Published in:PLoS ONE
Publication date:2013-12-31
The AI-2-dependent regulator LsrR has a limited regulon in Salmonella Typhimurium
Published in:Cell Research
Publication date:2010-07-13
Gene expression analysis of monospecies Salmonella Typhimurium biofilms using Differential Fluorescence Induction
Published in:Journal of Microbiological Methods
Publication date:2011-03-01
The small regulatory RNA molecule MicA is involved in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium biofilm formation
Published in:BMC Microbiology
Publication date:2010-01-01
2D proteome analysis initiates new Insights on the Salmonella Typhimurium LuxS protein
Published in:BMC Microbiology
Publication date:2009-01-01
Detection, Localization, and Conformational Analysis of Single Polysaccharide Molecules on Live Bacteria
Published in:ACS Nano
Publication date:2008-09-23
Strong antimicrobial activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG against Salmonella typhimurium is due to accumulation of lactic acid
Published in:FEMS Microbiology Letters
Publication date:2006-06-01
ChemInform Abstract: Concise and Diversity-Oriented Route Toward Polysubsituted 2-Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues.
Published in:ChemInform
Publication date:2011-03-24
Characterization of MabA, a modulator ofLactobacillus rhamnosusGG adhesion and biofilm formation
Published in:FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
Publication date:2010-08-01
How to Deal with the Upcoming Challenges in GMO Detection in Food and Feed
Published in:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Publication date:2012-01-01
Lipoteichoic acid is an important microbe-associated molecular pattern of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Microbial Cell Factories
Publication date:2012-01-01
Concise and Diversity-Oriented Route toward Polysubstituted 2-Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues
Published in:Angewandte Chemie
Publication date:2010-10-20
Exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG form a protective shield against innate immune factors in the intestine
Published in:Microbial Biotechnology
Publication date:2010-08-17
EPS as adaptation factor of L. rhamnosus GG
Concise and Diversity-Oriented Route toward Polysubstituted 2-Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues
Published in:Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Publication date:2010-10-20
Structure–activity relationship of 2-hydroxy-2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidinium salts and 2N-substituted 4(5)-aryl-2-amino-1H-imidazoles...
Published in:Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Publication date:2011-06-01
The major secreted protein Msp1/p75 is O-glycosylated in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Microbial Cell Factories
Publication date:2012-01-01
Structure−Activity Relationship of 4(5)-Aryl-2-amino-1 H -imidazoles, N 1-Substituted 2-Aminoimidazoles and Imidazo[1,2- a ]pyrimidinium Salts as ...
Published in:Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Publication date:2011-01-27
Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Cell Wall Hydrolase Activity of the Major Secreted Protein of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:PLoS ONE
Publication date:2012-02-16
A community effort towards a knowledge-base and mathematical model of the human pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium LT2
Published in:BMC Systems Biology
Publication date:2011-01-01
Silver-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Amino-imidazole Alkaloids
Published in:Synfacts
Publication date:2011-01-19
Adaptation factors of the probioticLactobacillus rhamnosusGG
Published in:Beneficial Microbes
Publication date:2010-11-01
Comparison of the PhoPQ Regulon in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium
Published in:Journal of Molecular Evolution
Publication date:2005-04-01
Identification and characterization of 4-[4-(3-phenyl-2-propen-1-yl)-1-piperazinyl]-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole derivatives asSalmonellabiofilm inhibi...
Published in:FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
Publication date:2012-07-01
Genes and Molecules of Lactobacilli Supporting Probiotic Action
Published in:Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Publication date:2008-12-01
Chemical Synthesis of (S)-4,5-Dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione, a Bacterial Signal Molecule Precursor, and Validation of Its Activity in Salmonella typhi...
Published in:Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publication date:2005-03-17
A GFP promoter fusion library for the study ofSalmonellabiofilm formation and the mode of action of biofilm inhibitors
Published in:Biofouling
Publication date:2014-04-15
Brominated Furanones Inhibit Biofilm Formation by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2008-09-12
Synthesis of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Analogues Reveals Strong Activators of SdiA, the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LuxR Homologue
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2006-11-03
FISH analysis of Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract of different hosts
Published in:Letters in Applied Microbiology
Publication date:2011-02-07
Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract
Functional Analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Pili in Relation to Adhesion and Immunomodulatory Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2011-10-21
FISH analysis of Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract of different hosts
Published in:Letters in Applied Microbiology
Publication date:2011-01-01
Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract
Functional Characterization of a Mucus-Specific LPXTG Surface Adhesin from Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2011-05-20
Identification and characterization of starter lactic acid bacteria and probiotics from Columbian dairy products
Published in:Journal of Applied Microbiology
Publication date:2007-09-01
Delineation of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium HilA Regulon through Genome-Wide Location and Transcript Analysis
Published in:Journal of Bacteriology
Publication date:2007-05-04
Impact of luxS and Suppressor Mutations on the Gastrointestinal Transit of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2008-06-06
Functional Analysis of luxS in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Reveals a Central Metabolic Role Important for Growth and Biofilm Fo...
Published in:Journal of Bacteriology
Publication date:2006-11-10
Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Anal...
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2009-04-03
Flow Cytometric Testing of Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Response to Defensins
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2006-07-01
Functional Analysis of D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2007-04-13
Influence of genetic background on transformation and expression of Green Fluorescent Protein in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Published in:Oral Microbiology and Immunology
Publication date:2005-10-01
Impact of Environmental and Genetic Factors on Biofilm Formation by the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Publication date:2007-09-07
Microarray Analysis and Motif Detection Reveal New Targets of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium HilA Regulatory Protein, Including hilA I...
Published in:Journal of Bacteriology
Publication date:2005-06-20
Impact of lipoteichoic acid modification on the performance of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in experimental colitis
Published in:Clinical & Experimental Immunology
Publication date:2010-08-20
Role of lipoteichoic acid of LGG in DSS-colitis
Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein
Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication date:2009-09-17


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Many new parents are not aware of the fact that initial days and weeks are very much important to fix and determine newborn sleep schedule. Yes! This is a fact that you can perform baby sleep training once your baby is born. It might be possible that in starting you might face some problems but along with time, your baby will start getting used to his sleeping schedule. In this article, we are going to cover some newborn sleep tips which will be useful for all the parents of newborn babies.
0-3 months
During the age of 0-3 months, your newborn is going to sleep around 18 hours in a day. But at a stretch, he might sleep for 3-4 hours only, as he needs frequent feedings. This might lead to some sleepless nights but as soon as he acquires an age of 6-8 weeks, his sleeping during the day will decrease and he will sleep for longer duration in the night.
3-6 months
When your baby reaches the age of 3 months then he will sleep for 14 to 16 hours during 24 hours time duration. Out of these 14-16 hours, he will sleep 10-11 hours during at night. Other than that he might take 3 naps during the daytime, which might gradually decrease to one nap as he attains the age of 6 months. Six-month-old baby sleeps less during daytime and sleeps peacefully at night for longer duration.
6-9 months
As the baby reaches six months, he needs at least 14 hours of sleep within the duration of 24 hours. He might sleep for at least 6-7 hours at a stretch. Maintain steady timetables for his sleep and naps which will adjust his sleeping timetable.
9-12 months
After attaining an age of 9 months your baby will start enjoying sleep for 11-12 hours during the night. He might nap once or twice a day for about an hour in a stretch. Allow him to get a good amount of sleep as it is very much essential for his overall development.
Sleeping pattern of baby
The sleeping pattern of babies varies as soon as he starts growing. As the newborn is used to sleep for longer duration within his mother's womb, that is why the newborn babies spend most of his time in sleeping, although they require quick feeding at regular intervals. As soon as he reached the age of six months, the number of times he wakes up in a night for feeding decreases. Decide a particular pattern for sleeping of your baby quite early, as he gets used to that pattern what he observes during the initial days after his birth.
Recognize signs displayed by baby for sleep
The babies can develop their sleeping habits as soon as he attains the age of six weeks. They might display some of the symbols that display that your baby is tired and wants to sleep. Some of them are as follows
Make your baby understand between day and night
During daytime, when your baby gets awake, changes his clothes after bath to make him realize the beginning of a new day. Interact with him while feeding. Keep his room bright and let him hear the daily noises like that of television, radio etc. Spend time with him by playing or interacting with him.
The answer for how to get newborn to sleep at night is that you can change his clothes and make him wear night clothes. Do not talk to him while you are feeding and maintain low light and voices in the room.
Allow your baby to sleep on his own
After attaining the age of 3 months, your baby might develop the ability to sleep on his own. But in the meantime, he needs support from you. How to get your baby to sleep is important, some mothers prefer to stay with them until they fell asleep. In that case, you need to perform it every time whenever he gets awaken. Some mothers feed or rock their babies while making them sleep in that case after initial 8 weeks, he will expect the same behavior later on. Therefore be careful how you are putting a baby to sleep.


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The company hires one and promotes one
SALINAS, CA (Feb. 14, 2018) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading fresh produce farming/shipping company and grower-owned processor, True Leaf Farms, recently made additions to its sales department team.
Lisa Dennis was promoted to assistant sales manager. In her new role, Dennis is responsible for supporting in-house sales staff and reports to Tom Bramers, sales manager.
Dennis has been with the company 10 years and has been in the produce industry 20 years having started in the business in her family's transportation company before working at Ocean Mist Farms, Dole and Colorful Harvest.
Another produce industry veteran, Bobby Nunes, joins the Church Brot...Read more
Posted on 02/15/2018 at 09:27 AM
The company hires lead for quality and food safety programs
SALINAS, CA (Nov. 8, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading fresh produce farming/shipping company and grower-owned processor, True Leaf Farms, hired De Ann Davis as vice president of food safety and quality.
In her new role, Davis is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of food safety and quality programs across all farming, harvesting and processing operations in the United States and Mexico. Davis reports to CEO Brian Church.
Prior to joining Church Brothers, she was the vice president, quality and food safety at Earthbound Bound Farm and chief food safety officer at Kraft Foods. In addition, Davis held progressiv...Read more
Posted on 11/08/2017 at 10:08 AM
SALINAS, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2017 – Church Brothers Farms received several awards from customers recently, including the 2017 SYSCO Gold Produce Supplier Award.The Sysco gold award highlights supplier efforts such as sales, margin and case growth, as well as subjective criteria such as sales support and category management engagement.As part of the award, the Church Brothers Farms team attended Sysco Corporation's Supplier Recognition Event on Oct. 24 in Houston."We are honored by Sysco's recognition," Jeff Church, vice president of sales, said. "They are an important customer and this was a team effort earned by Church Brothers Farms and True Leaf Farms.&rdqu...Read more
Posted on 10/31/2017 at 07:15 AM
Company employee to participate in fourth Tour de Fresh
SALINAS, CA (July 17, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower-owned processor/shipper of a line of fresh vegetable and salads for the foodservice channel will participate in several activities leading up and related to, the PMA Foodservice Conference and Expo in Monterey.
To start the weekend, Jeff Church, vice president of sales, will participate for the fourth year in the Tour de Fresh 2017, a 275-mile bike ride from Pismo Beach to Monterey to raise money for school salad bars.
During the week prior to the PMA Expo; the company will hold field and plant tours including its innovative Clean Power Station, a c...Read more
Posted on 07/16/2017 at 10:00 AM
Company makes additional hires in the sales department
SALINAS, CA (July 7, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower-owned processor/shipper of a line of fresh vegetable and salads, announced the return of Ernst van Eeghen to the company as vice president of business development.
Van Eeghen was previously with the company as the director of marketing and product development from 2007 to 2014. After leaving Church Brothers, he was director of sales and marketing at Germains Seed Technology in Gilroy, Calif., and director of marketing at Twang Partners in San Antonio, Texas. He was also previously employed by Mann Packing.
As vice president of business development van Eeghen is res...Read more
Posted on 07/07/2017 at 08:41 AM
CHURCH BROTHERS FARMS UNVEILS CLEAN POWER STATION at Forbes AgTech Summit
Concentric power cogeneration helps company gain energy independence
SALINAS, CA (June 28, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower-owned processor/shipper of a full line of fresh vegetables with an in-house farming/harvest program, unveiled today its Clean Power Station, a cogeneration system, as part of the 2017 Forbes AgTech Summit field tour at the True Leaf Farms processing plant in San Juan Bautista, Calif.
Cogeneration, also known as cogen or Combined Heat and Power (CHP), is the production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source. Powered by a natural gas fueled engine, a cogeneration system is a highly efficient way of capturing heat t...Read more
Posted on 06/28/2017 at 03:00 AM
Salinas, CALIF (June 22, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower-owned fresh vegetable processor, named Brian Church as new chief executive officer.
Church has been with the company since it formed in 1999. His passion has been on the farming side of the business and as a result he went on to form the company's ag operations. Over the years he founded and developed CB Harvesting that combined with the company's farming efforts consists of more than 1,000 employees. Most recently, Church led expansion of the company's ag operations into Central and Northern Mexico.
As incoming CEO, Church will first focus on the company's continued growth, regional processing and innovation. Harvest automation is one ...Read more
Posted on 06/22/2017 at 10:52 AM
Salinas, CALIF (January 16, 2017) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower owned processor, promoted Josh Ruiz to vice president of ag operations.
As part of his promotion, Ruiz will report to the CEO and Drew McDonald, vice president, quality, food safety and regulatory affairs.
Ruiz' previous title at Church Brothers Farms was director of harvest innovation. In his new role, he will be responsible for all farming and harvesting operations with the goal of leading both areas into a new age of innovation and automation.
"Josh is passionate about farming and he puts his passion first and foremost and will compromise nothing in its pursuit," McDonald said. "Josh is constantly thinking about the next generatio...Read more
Posted on 01/16/2017 at 12:25 PM
SALINAS, CA (Nov. 7, 2016) – Church Brothers Farms, a leading grower/processor/shipper of more than 500 fresh vegetable SKUs, rebuilt its website to offer all site visitors new features, content and an enhanced experience.
The company has been working on the project for almost a year; the new, fully responsive site has over 100 product pages that coordinate with its full product line offering.
"We strengthened our SEO and navigation design to make it easier for the search engines and site visitors to find relevant content," said Kori Tuggle, vice president of marketing.
Other new functionalities include the ability to view the site in three languages Spanish, French and English; all company social media chann...Read more
Posted on 11/07/2016 at 11:39 AM
SALINAS, Calif. – Oct. 18, 2016 – Tom and Steve Church, chairman of the board and CEO of Church Brothers Farms respectively, received the Produce Marketers for All Seasons award from The Packer at the Produce Marketing Association's annual Fresh Summit meeting in Orlando, Fla.
Church Brothers Farms, based in Salinas, Calif., is a vertically integrated, multi-family owned and operated company that farms in California, Arizona and Central Mexico and produces hundreds of fresh vegetable products. The company has an in-house farming/harvest program and state of the art processing plant, True Leaf Farms, in San Juan Bautista.
In presenting the award, the Packer staff said the Church family is an institution in Salinas ...Read more
Posted on 10/19/2016 at 09:14 AM
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Republican state lawmakers in Ohio introduced legislation that would freeze the state's energy efficiency and renewable energy mandates at this year's levels, according to The Plain Dealer.
Senate Bill 310 would also create the Energy Mandates Study Committee, a body that would be charged with determining by Dec. 15, 2015 how much mandated efficiency and renewables projects actually cost consumers and how costs may change if the state resumed the mandates as currently written in the existing law, the paper reports. The legislation would require regulators to mandate that utilities disclose the costs of such programs on customers' bills.
The current law requires that utilities install energy efficiency equipment in a bid to to reduce overall power consumption and decrease peak demand by 22 percent by 2025, compared to 2009 levels. Such efficiency programs are paid for by small increases in electricity rates, the paper reports.
The new legislation would instead require a 1 percent reduction in demand by the end of this year, compared to an average of the last three years. In 2015, and in subsequent years, the reduction requirement would be frozen at 4.2 percent of the sales from 2011 to 2014.
In Indiana, legislators voted to shut down the state's energy efficiency program – Energizing Indiana. Energizing Indiana pays energy auditors to visit homes and businesses and recommend ways to reduce energy. The program was launched in 2012 and mandates that utilities reduce energy consumption by 2 percent every year through 2019. The program will now end December 31, 2014.


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