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Mayor Don Wesely and local health officials today kicked off a childhood immunization awareness campaign with a football theme "How is your child's defense?" The campaign is part of the Mayor's Healthy Kids 2010 initiative. Wesely thanked the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, the Immunization Coalition, local businesses and organizations and UNL football coach Frank Solich for participating in the campaign. Solich is the spokesperson for the campaign in television and radio public service announcements.
"As important as football is in this state, parents need to remember that having their children immunized is even more important it's one of the most important health decisions they make," said Mayor Wesely. "Getting our children immunized is a crucial step in protecting them from disease. The goal of this campaign is to encourage parents to contact their child's health care provider or the Health Department to make sure their child's shots are up to date."
Tim Timmons, the Health Department's Communicable Disease Program Supervisor, said children need 80 percent of their shots by age two. Additional shots are needed before children enter kindergarten and the seventh grade. The law requires students to be properly immunized before they can attend school.
"Parents have many questions about why and when immunizations are needed, whether they are safe, where to get shots and what to do if a child has missed some shots," said Timmons. "With this campaign, we hope to provide answers and information and increase awareness to keep our children and our community healthy."
The immunization campaign will be promoted throughout August and September with posters, billboards and bus signs. In addition to the broadcast announcements, 5 CITY-TV, the government cable access channel, will air informational programs on immunizations. The programs can be viewed anytime through the video-on- demand. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Immunization Coalition will be represented at the BryanLGH Health Fair August 11; the KZKX Day at the Folsom Children's Zoo August 18; and the Lincoln Children's Museum August 8. Children attending these events can pretend to give shots to a toy bear and sign up to win prizes that have been donated by local businesses. Pamphlets and schedules for immunizations will be provided for parents.
About 12,000 families with children will receive mailings which include basic immunization information. Local Burger King restaurants will feature information about immunizations on tray liners. Other businesses and organizations supporting the campaign are Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Circuit City, Dairy Queen, Krispy Kreme, the Lincoln Racquet Club, BryanLGH, the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, the Lincoln Children's Museum, Super Saver and Target. Other contributors are the Nebraska Health and Human Services immunization program and the Lincoln Early Childhood Planning Region Team.
During its immunization clinics in August, the Health Department is also offering to exchange dangerous mercury thermometers for safe digital ones. Unbroken mercury thermometers can be placed in sealed plastic bags and taken to the Health Department's consumer services area at 3140 "N" Street.
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Natural gas (NYMEX:NGH14) rebounded in New York from the lowest level in more than two weeks as wintry weather over most of the U.S. stoked heating-fuel demand.
Gas rose 2.2% as Commodity Weather Group LLC predicted a strong cold outbreak across the central and eastern states in the next five days, with some of the lowest Midwestern readings since January 2009. Winter storm warnings and weather advisories stretch from Illinois to Maine with blizzard conditions forecast for parts of the Northeast later today.
"This is the coldest start to the New Year that we've seen in many, many years," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. "It doesn't look like it's getting better anytime soon and that should be supportive to natural gas."
Natural gas for February delivery rose 9.1 cents to settle at $4.321 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange after dropping to $4.213, the lowest intraday price since Dec. 17. Trading volume was 27% below the 100-day average as of 2:52 p.m. Gas is up 34% from a year ago.
The premium for February contracts versus March narrowed 1.2 cents to 2.5 cents. March gas traded 11.3 cents above the April contract, compared with 8.8 cents on Dec. 31. The market was closed yesterday for the New Year's holiday.
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March $4 puts were the most active options in electronic trading. They slid 0.9 cent to 10.3 cents per million Btu on volume of 801 at 3:03 p.m. Calls accounted for 66% of trading volume.
A blizzard warning has been issued for New York's Long Island, southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod through tonight into tomorrow because high winds and heavy snow could create "whiteout conditions," the National Weather Service said.
Boston may get 14 inches (36 centimeters) of snow before the storm ends tomorrow, while 4 to 8 inches are forecast for New York and 3 to 7 for Philadelphia, the weather service said.
Temperatures will be below normal across the eastern half of the lower 48 states through Jan. 11, said Commodity Weather in Bethesda, Maryland. The high in Chicago on Jan. 6 will be minus 2 Fahrenheit (minus 19 Celsius), 34 below normal, according to AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
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About 49% of U.S. households use gas for heating with the biggest consumers in the Midwest, Energy Information Administration data show. The heating season from November through March is the peak demand period for the fuel in the lower 48 states.
U.S. inventories probably fell by 117 billion cubic feet last week, based on the median of 16 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Estimates ranged from declines of 103 billion to 143 billion.
The EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm, releases its stockpile report at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in Washington. Supplies fell 126 billion the same time last year and the five- year average drop for the period is 121 billion.
"There is a little concern the drawdown isn't going to be as big as the previous ones, but it will probably be the smallest one for some time," given colder weather since then, Flynn said.
Gas supplies declined at almost twice the normal pace in the first six weeks of the heating season, dropping 763 billion cubic feet to 3.071 trillion as of Dec. 20, EIA data show. A stockpile deficit to the five-year average widened to a record 9.2% from a surplus of 1.5% at the start of November.
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An abdominal x-ray is an imaging test to look at organs and structures in the belly area. Organs include the spleen, stomach, and intestines.
When the test is done to look at the bladder and kidney structures, it is called a KUB (kidneys, ureters, bladder) x-ray.
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How the test is performed
The test is done in a hospital radiology department. Or it may done in the health care provider's office by an x-ray technologist.
You lie on your back on the x-ray table. The x-ray machine is positioned over your abdominal area. You hold your breath as the picture is taken so that the picture will not be blurry. You may be asked to change position to the side or to stand up for additional pictures.
How to prepare for the test
Before having the x-ray, tell the health care provider the following:
- If you are pregnant or think you could be pregnant
- Have an IUD inserted
- Have had a barium contrast media x-ray in the last 4 days
- If you have taken any medicines such as Pepto Bismol in the last 4 days (this type of medicine can interfere with the x-ray)
You wear a hospital gown during the x-ray procedure. You must remove all jewelry. You must sign an informed consent form.
How the test will feel
There is no discomfort. The x-rays are taken as you lie on your back, side, and while standing.
Why the test is performed
Diagnose a
pain in the abdomenor unexplained nausea
Identify suspected problems in the urinary system, such as a
kidney stone
Identify blockage in the intestine
Locate an object that has been swallowed
Normal Values
The x-ray will show normal structures for a person your age.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal findings include:
- Abdominal masses
- Buildup of fluid in the abdomen
- Certain types of
- Foreign object in the intestines
- Hole in the stomach or intestines
- Injury to the abdominal tissue
- Intestinal blockage
- Kidney stones
The test may be performed for:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm Acute appendicitis Acute cholecystitis Acute kidney failure Addison disease Adenomyosis Annular pancreas Ascariasis Atheroembolic renal disease Biliary atresia Blind loop syndrome Cholangitis Chronic renal failure Cirrhosis Echinococcus Encopresis Hirschsprung disease Idiopathic aplastic anemia Injury of the kidney and ureter Intussusception (children) Necrotizing enterocolitis Nephrocalcinosis Peritonitis, spontaneous Primary or idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Renal artery stenosis
Renal cell carcinoma
- Secondary aplastic anemia
Toxic megacolon Wilms tumor
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There is low radiation exposure. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is low compared with the benefits.
Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of the x-ray. Women should tell the health care provider if they are, or may be, pregnant.
Special considerations
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Best known for its saddles, the Italian brand Fi'zi:k is continuing to expand, this time into handlebars and stems.
Pro team AG2R-La Mondiale will be test riding new handlebars, stems and seatposts this season, in advance of consumer options that will be announced later this year.
The riders will test different types and shapes of aluminum and carbon bars. Right now there are two levels of aluminum and two levels of carbon components.
Fi'zi:k will release aluminum and carbon bars and stems later this year
Fi'zi:k was born in 1996 with saddles. The company then launched its seatpost in 2009, and moved into shoes at the 2010 Eurobike trade show. The company already does handlebar tape, and with the bars and stems will have all three contact points covered (hands, feet, derrière).
During the road season the AG2R-La Mondiale riders will test a variety of bar shapes. Fi'zi:k will announce the final consumer range later this year. For now, there are no set models, prices or weights.
Judging from a few pictures we obtained from an AG2R team camp, Fi'zi:k appears to have adopted its three-type flexibility classification of Bull/Chameleon/Snake from its saddle line. The Cyrano handlebar, for instance, is labeled Bull, the company's designation for less-flexible cyclists.
Fi'zi:k appears to have adopted its Bull/Snake/Chameleon flexibility designations for handlebars
"The cockpit is a big venture for fi'zi:k," said Gabriele Benedetti, global sport marketing manager. "As we have traditionally done with saddle development, the team will act as our live test lab - no other testing can simulate the wear on products that occurs at this level in professional training and racing."
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I may as well tell you that I have never liked the Mercury News building. It's a big goodbye cake of a structure plunked next to a freeway, surrounded by a moat once adopted by Canada geese. It was not a good location for journalists.
For 25 of my 35-plus years at the Mercury News, I have labored at 750 Ridder Park Drive, a place visible to commuters but distant from the sources of news. For half of those years, I toiled in a windowless newsroom.
So I don't really mourn my company's decision to move out and sell the property. I won't be distraught if someone knocks down the building.
Nonetheless, the best moments of my career have occurred in that structure, billed as the world's largest single-story newspaper building when it was constructed.
Like a bronze statue whose nose is touched for luck, it leaves something shiny in memory.
In 1989, a hard-driving editor, Jon Krim, jumped on a desk and demanded that we count the dead in the Loma Prieta earthquake, not take official estimates. The next morning, we came within two or three of the total. It was one of our finest moments.
I remember when the team responsible for the newspaper's first Pulitzer Prize — on political corruption in the Marcos regime in the Philippines — jumped into the moat to celebrate. I wrote the triumphant story that day.
I recall when a reporter with an instinct for the zany, Michael Oricchio, came through the newsroom with a couple of sniffing dogs, hot on the trail of a story that involved a pipe-smoking prosecutor.
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At the age of 46, the Mercury News building has seen better days. It is too big for our current needs. If it were human, it would have a paunch, a bald spot and a bad back.
The old business and features news room, the windowless place where I served a dozen years, is deserted, a boneyard stacked with desks and chairs and equipment.
Whole words are missing from the white-and-blue East-German style sign above the loading dock, "Our job is to increase circulation and improve service."
In terms of San Jose, it was always a mistake for the paper to leave downtown in 1967. You could make a business argument for it then — it was close to the freeway, and offered room for expansion — but it removed the journalists from their natural terrain.
And yet a suburban place with a strange moat was the scene of thousands of arguments, thousands of news calls, thousands of inspirations, thousands of wisecracks.
Here was where Bill Clinton charmed and Bill Gates argued. Here was where a Republican politician damaged the boardroom table with the studs of his briefcase. Here was the old clippings room that helped us interpret the past.
The memories could have occurred anywhere. They happened here. And improbably, the walls that remain, however tired, are invested with a faint patina of pride.
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Samuel Cassius Green, 52
Samuel Cassius Green, 52, of Wapakoneta, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011, in the comfort of his home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born Jan. 5, 1959, in St. Marys, to Berniece R. (Braun) and Murle E. Green. His mother preceded him in death and his father survives in Celina. On April 21, 1979, he married Anita M. Steinke who also survives.
Survivors also include six daughters, Jill (Matthew) Barber, Kimberly Green, Holly Green, Heidi (James) Skrobola, Samantha Green, and Amanda Green; three brothers and two sisters Andrew (Peggy) Green, Pamela (John) Brown, Joseph (Jan) Green, Donald (Denise) Green, and Ann (Fred) Giesige; five grandchildren Katherine, Caleb, Margaret, John and Christopher; and 30 nieces and nephews.
Sam was a 1977 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School. He was employed by Crown Equipment for more than 20 years, working in the Tool Crib Division in New Knoxville and New Bremen. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Sam was warm and welcoming, enjoyed the outdoors, and worked tirelessly to create a fun and relaxing environment for family and friends to enjoy. Sam will be dearly missed and was a beloved husband and father of 32 years to his wife and children.
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|Kay Worthington
|Bonnie Hull (both quilts)
|Closer up of Bonnie's.
|Kate Speckman
|Sujata Shah
|Sally Leboeuf "Buffy" on the right, me on the left
|Sujata Shah in the middle, me on the right.
|Closer up of Sujata's.
|Nyima Lhamo aka Andrea Bolosky
|Kay Worthington
|Bonnie Hull (both quilts)
|Closer up of Bonnie's.
|Kate Speckman
|Sujata Shah
|Sally Leboeuf "Buffy" on the right, me on the left
|Sujata Shah in the middle, me on the right.
|Closer up of Sujata's.
|Nyima Lhamo aka Andrea Bolosky
all the quilts are great, that last one by andrea is fantastic!
just when I thought I would never do another bento box, I am now digging through stash to start a future TO DO.
Awesome. Really awesome. And such inspiration too.
Quilts are often more striking than many paintings, they are worth displaying in an art gallery!
Your quilt inspired by Anna is #1 for me, and I like "Buffy" nearby also very much, they are nice together.
I am happy to see a close pic from Andrea Bulosky's liberated Bento box, the stunning thing is the effect made by the 4 centers. Very inspiring !
just beautiful thank you for sharing. They truly are works of art, I have become so fond of Nyima Lhamo aka Andrea Bolosky work, I am working my way thru her book of little quilts, what an inspiration this woman is.
They are all so fabulous and so nicely displayed too. I love your work and Sujata's as well.
So happy for you, the quilts are all wonderful. Isn't it amazing to see your work displayed like that? Great job.
Oh, LeeAnn!
I wish I could have seen all these quilts in the gallery there. Although I have seen yours and Buffy's quilts in person, (They are even more fantastic in person) I can not imagine how striking they all must look in the gallery space. Andrea's quilt is making me want to go through my scraps and strings again!
Bonnie's quilts are gorgeous. Love the texture her hand quilting has created.
Thank you for sharing the pictures :)
I would love to see these in person. All of them are inspiring.
Congratulations! This exhibit makes me want to hop on a plane...
Thank you for the virtual tour. These are some beautiful works of art.
Oh my goodness!
Gives quilting a whole new meaning...thank goodness there isn't a sunbonnet sue in the group!
There quilts really are art, I could look at them all day!
Happy sewing and thanks for sharing
Thanks for being sneaky! Love your work, and Sujata's, too!
Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful quilts! I love them all.
What a tantalizing sneak peek. I only wish that I were able to view them in person hanging in the gallery. Guess I'll have to start looking for a cheap flight just to see such a fabulous show of a lifetime. Thanks so much for sharing. They are all treasures
It must be an amazingly awesome experience, to see your own quilts hanging -- in any setting -- but, What a setting!?!
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
What a great exhibit! thanks for sharing the photos...
Thanks for showing those amazing art quilts (including yours). I know the Bush Barn well having grown up in Salem and having studied art there, so I'm glad to see that they've put up this show. (small world, isn't it?) I'll be in that neck of the woods in March or April--pity they can't make the show last until then. Drat!
And thanks for your nice comment on my blog.
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great art quilts and what a nice gallery for display!
What a fantastic show. I do like your triangles piece very much.
Wish I could be at the show. Apart from knowing some of the names and recognising some of the quilts in the show, it seems like a thoroughly modern affair. So many show have traditional quilts but these ones are more like works of art. Congratulations on having yours showing alongside so many other talented creators.
Thanks for sharing - great quilts in a wonderful setting.
LeeAnn, How fun! 2 of my favorite peeps and their quilts in one showing, thanks for sharing Sujata's with yours. What a variety and what talent and beauty. Happy Weekend, Em
More eye candy - thanks for sharing, and congratulations for having your quilts in an art exhibit. Quilts are my FAVORITE kind of art!
oh wow, so fabulous and amazing. love seeing these beautiful quilts so well displayed. love!
I love your little HST quilt. What a great show!
What a joy for all these quilts to hang-out in such an enthusiastic assembly! I can only imagine that we too would be fast-friends in person, bound together by threads of many colors. Thanks for the tour. Lovinʻ it from afar! And I learned something too: Bento Box. I never knew this block name, although I am oh-so familiar with the lunch! Bless this connectivity, technical and existential!
Loved the quilt show. Congratulations on having your quilts included!!!
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Don't get caught looking. This Nova is good for easy 10s.
She claimed it runs 10.38 at 127 mph on a 235 radial, yet only makes 300 naturally aspirated horsepower. We thought it crazy but witnessed it ourselves when Mary Bourdy clicked off a few 10-second shots in the 10.60 index class at the season opener of the Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) at the The Strip in Vegas.
How does she do it? The car is a simple mix of science and electronics that softens the 200hp shot of nitrous in order to squirt the car to a 1.40 60-foot in the click of a ratchet. Mouths agape, we joined the laughter as she simply faded down the track a couple of car lengths ahead of an angry 10-second door-slammer with huge slicks and a 'cage.
It wasn't always this way. Mary was looking for a daily driver to replace her '90-something rental car when her chain of friends produced Rick Lantz, an employee at Toyota Racing Development (TRD) in Southern California, who was selling his '63 Nova. The car was painted, 'caged, and plumbed for nitrous but sadly ran a string of 13-second runs with Mary behind the wheel. ?The car was all over the place on those first runs," she said with a twitch of shell shock.That's when Jim Henn, also from TRD, stepped in to sort out the frontend. "The stock geometry on this car was a mess, so the car wasn't going straight," Jim said. "I figured it would be easier to just replace the whole thing."
With some driving techniques and the new frontend in place, Mary and the Nova ran a 12.90. Doing that with 3.50:1 gears and a mild 2,500-stall is a testament to the physics of the lightweight body style. Mary made some runs with Jim riding shotgun to learn how to drive the car. The ropes came quickly. "He rode along for three passes then I told him to get out," Mary said. "After that, I got up the nerve to run the nitrous oxide and pedaled it to an 11.20. Later, I got to take a ride in Jim's Nova on a 10-second pass at a clandestine midnight racing event. Suddenly 11s didn't seem fast to me anymore." That ruined her. The next move was a progressive 225-shot with a Nitrous Oxide Systems timer that feeds a percentage of the juice in a window of time.
Does 225 seem like a lot of nitrous for a cast-piston, cast-crank small-block? It does to us. Jim has made the standard mistakes on other cars, pushing out the head gasket with too much timing and flushing pistons with dropping fuel pressure and half-throttle engagement. Those memories have protected the Nova with a conservative tune-up.
Still, the plan is to someday beef the short-block with forged parts without ruining the day-to-day-driver feel–then pull the trigger.
At the track, we witnessed the ease with which the Nova ran the number. The mellow burble doesn't give away the track potential, yet it's not the traditional sleeper either. It's almost better. Instead of stock steel wheels and a flat hood, this car portrays the image of a mildly modified average street machine. A quick walk around, and you see 15-inch Weld Drag Stars, the standard Harwood hoodscoop, and pursue-me red paint. There's nothing to arouse suspicion that it's anything but a lawn-chair-loving weekend warrior in a low-13-second small-block ride. Bellybutton. Even the 'cage isn't the dead giveaway it used to be. You can thank Pro Street for that.
On race day, Mary was nowhere to be seen, as the rest of the 10.60 field poured race gas into their sheetmetal fuel cells and flipped switches on their race consoles that were welded to the dashboard. Mary was eating grits at the Flying J truck stop. Eventually, the diminutive Nova turned the corner and cruised toward the main gate without fanfare. She opened the bottles and was ready to race. It's a street car after all.
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Who: Mary Bourdy, who is a member of a gang. Not really. She owns her own business as a holistic health practitioner.
What: The sleepiest '63 Nova that will ever take your money.
Where: The car is from Anaheim, California, home of the Angels and that place with the mouse and cotton candy.
Engine: Yes, kids, it's a small-block Chevy from 1975 with 9.0:1 compression, a Comp Cams 260 hydraulic, and 0.030 inch of overbore. It came with a set of Edelbrock RPM heads and a Victor Jr. to which Jim added a 750 Edelbrock carb
Transmission: The transmission is from Mike's Transmission in Lancaster, California. It's a basic street/strip unit with a Continental 2,500 converter.
Suspension: The wasted frontend was swapped for a Total Cost Involved complete independent front suspension. It comes with engine mounts, tubular A-arms, a 2-inch drop, and GM disc brakes. It cleaned up the handling and got the car to go straight. The rear uses the stock leaf springs and a set of CalTrac bars.
Interior: You would think the 'cage would get in the way until you note that the door bar swings out of the way. Otherwise, the interior uses a set of Auto Meter Pro-Comp Ultra Lites in a Covan's Classic instrument panel. The shifter is a B&M Pro Stick that was already mounted on the pole when she bought the car, and the upholstery is snazzy tuck 'n' roll with red piping. Mary painted the ashtray red just before the photo shoot.
Wheels: Just an average set of Weld Racing Drag Stars. The skinnies are 15×4 and the rears are 15×7. Jim said they have had no problems with the 7-inch wheels holding the 235 tires, even though Mickey Thompson recommends an 8-inch width.
Tires: The magic in the 1.40 60-foot is undoubtedly due in part to the 235/60R15 ET Street Radials. We've seen impressive cars running the 235 and 275 sizes. The littles are funky 165/80R15s made by Capitol.
Rearend: The 9-inch had 4.10:1 gears, but they changed them to 3.50:1 gears because it was over-revving through the lights and was a pain in the butt on the street.
Exhaust: It has 17'8-inch TCI headers with 3-inch collectors and 2.5-inch exhaust all the way out to the DynoMax mufflers.
Cage: Wayne from Speedway Muffler in Gardena, California, built the six-point cage right after Mary saw mid-11s for the first time.
Fuel stuff: All they're using is a Carter mechanical high-pressure fuel pump to feed all that nitrous. The plate is T'd into the fuel line after the regulator. Jim runs 6.5 pounds of fuel pressure.
Electronics: The trick to this car is the MSD start-retard box that pulls 9 degrees of timing out when the nitrous is activated. Otherwise it runs 40 degrees all day long. The Nitrous Oxide Systems timed-based controller is usually set for 10 percent for three seconds. That means the hit is 10 percent off the line then ramps up to 100 percent in three seconds.
Nitrous: The system uses an NOS bottle with a Wilson spray bar plate and Wilson Pro-Flow solenoids. The system is rated from 175 to 400 hp. The current tune-up uses the suggested 205hp jets and slightly less fuel pressure than recommended. Lean is fast (and dangerous).


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The Vermillion Snapper (Bee-Liner Snapper) season officially opened on January 1st 2012. The quota for Vermillion harvest has been reduced this year to under half a million pounds gutted weight. While unfavorable to local fishing industries, conservationists and environmentalists welcome the quota reduction as a means of demonstrating the growing sustainability of the South Atlantic Snapper fisheries.
Vermillion Snapper contains a moderate to low concentration of mercury when compared to canned Albacore Tuna and Swordfish. Although typically between ten and eighteen inches in length and weighing anywhere from one to three pounds, Vermillion Snapper can reach lengths of up to twenty-four inches and weights of nearly four pounds. Low in saturated fat and sodium, with a soft, flaky flesh that provides essential fatty acids and protein, Vermillion Snapper closely resembles Red Snapper. We offer scaled, skin-on fillets for $14.99/lb and whole fish for $7.49/lb that are delicious when baked, broiled, fried, poached or grilled. If you have any further inquiries please visit the friendly staff of the Native Sun Baymeadows Meat/Seafood Dept.


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AppAdvice needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 192 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
Please check out our website http://www.appadvice.com. We are a large iPhone news and reviews site. Our Site is visited by 10's of thousands users each day. We run the website and also make iPhone applications such as BargainBin. Our website focuses only on iPhone apps and not on iPhone hardware. We are a site all about apps! We need a logo that works for our website that also works as an square iPhone app icon. It can either be the same logo for both the web and the iPhone or a web logo with an iPhone icon variation. There is a chance for future work on our iPhone apps if we like the designs.
Our target audience is iPhone app enthusiasts. This is a tech savvy crowd of early adopters.
1)Must match the theme of http://www.appadvice.com.
2) Must work as both a website logo for appadvice.com and as a square iPhone app icon. If you would to make a different logo for the web that is easily converted to a square iPhone icon that is okay too. For example, you may choose to make the "A" in appadvice brandable and ahve a long rectangular logo for the site and then a square icon of just the "A" for the iPhone.
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In today's Austin Statesman, PolitiFact Texas fact checks a claim made by Texas Right to Life concerning an informal poll they did on the University of Texas campus. (Note: the article should appear later on the PolitiFact Texas web site.) Texas Right to Life made a claim that University of Texas Students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old." Yes, that's right: "aborting" infants, otherwise known as infanticide.
Sadly, Politifact Texas had to rate the lurid claim as half true. In their poll, Texas Right to Life approached students to "sign a petition," concerning women's rights and not being terribly honest about the true contents of the poll. Many student signed thinking it was about empowering women. The "poll" apparently involved exactly 30 students, 12 of whom were tricked into signing it. Those that understood the true nature of the poll where aghast. When asked later, one student was shocked at what she had signed. "Had I fully understood the actual position of the organizer was advancing, there is absolutely no way I ever would have signed the petition."


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D6: Barry Diller and Michael Dell Talk New Business, New Models
The second session this morning at the D6 conference featured IAC's Barry Diller and Dell's Michael Dell. Diller was, as usual, very funny, while Dell was more low key, but both talked mostly about business models rather than technology.
Michael Dell responded to question from Mossberg as to how important R&D was, relative to negative statements at the conference a few years ago from Dell's former CEO. Dell said the company spends$600 million a year on R&D, but is also focusing on leveraging the tens of billions of dollars spent elsewhere in the industry.
He noted how Dell grew 10X over a ten year period, and needed to change some of its focus of the company. He said it had been focused mainly on large corporate customers, and they have had to re-orient the company around other initiatives, including consumer, international, notebooks, etc. He talked about how Dell gained more share in the United States is the first quarter than anyone else. Regarding the economy, Dell talked about how the company grew in the first quarter while the rest of the industry combines shrank.
Dell talked about how the company has tripled the emphasis on design and user experience, pointing to the XPS 1330 notebook and XPS One all-in-one. This is more important than it was a decade ago, as there are now 500 million new users, most of whom don't pay attention to specs, but rather look at things like design, he said.
He also talked about the need to go into retail markets, and said the company now had products at 13,000 stores. Each retailer got a different mix, due to varying audiences, and the breadth of the products being offers is growing, particularly in emerging markets. But he said he thought there was a market for smaller, less expensive machines in the U.S. as well.
Dell said Vista has significantly improved, particularly with the SP1 release, and the ecosystem has come around. He talked about Microsoft's better engagement with hardware makers on Windows 7, calling it unprecedented. Because most Dell products are built to order, there are things he said Dell can do before the machine arrives to make the setup process could be faster and make PCs more personalized.
Overall, Dell said he felt the company was on the beginning of a multiyear growth in its consumer business. He talked about the company's commitment to "green" processes and said the company would be introducing a much smaller computer that used 71 percent less energy soon. He talked about how new models used less energy and that saves money. And he talked about the opportunity for new devices that fit in between the basic cell phone and the PC.
Diller talked about his plan for spinning out five companies from IAC, and talked about his view that more focused companies could work well. On search, he made a number of disparaging remarks about the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo deal, though he did say he thought the plan to gain scale made sense from Microsoft's point of view. He said IAC's Ask search engine, currently number 4, would have liked to have been number 3, but talked about how it was gaining share and refocusing on the original mission of answering questions. He said they would continue work on it, because eventually an opportunity would come. He talked about the value of tenacity in continuing to move forward on it.
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Keith Haring
Through its partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Arts Gallery is proud to present Keith Haring (1958-1990), one of the Pop movement's most important and recognizable artists. These quintessential public works capture the artist's belief that "art is for everyone" with their accessibility, bold colour, and powerful symbolism that begs for interpretation.
The son of a professional cartoonist, Haring left commercial art school in Pittsburgh to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York City at the age of 19. Heavily influenced by New York's graffiti scene, he started to look at the city as an open canvas - especially the subways where he first gained attention for his public art. Inspired by a course on semiotics at school, Haring used symbols that "cut through all of culture and history" to celebrate life, death, war, and unity. Following in the steps of his idol (and eventual friend) Andy Warhol, Haring quickly gained the respect and attention of both the art world and the general public with his signature style of bold lined, figurative drawing.
While graffiti art influenced Haring's style, the 80's provided many social and political concerns to respond to through art. Raised in the climate of the Vietnam War and Civil-Rights movement, Haring was a natural activist who used his art to bring awareness to the issues of his time such as Apartheid and the AIDS and crack-cocaine epidemics. The 80's were also a prosperous time that fueled an unprecedented art market boom. The media embraced Haring and Warhol, making them household names. When Haring opened his own store called Pop Shop, he was criticized for "selling out". He defended his embrace of commercialism by stating that Pop Shop was simply another platform with which to bypass the artworld establishment, making his work more accessible to a larger audience. Those same critics would be silenced once they discovered that Haring donated proceeds from Pop Shop to the AIDS cause.
Haring died in 1990 of AIDS-related complications but his legacy lives on through his public art and The Keith Haring Foundation.


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Cooltone Fridge Comes With Music
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This is more than just your ordinary kitchen appliance. The Cooltone mini-fridge can hold 20 cans of your favorite brew, 4 two liter bottles, or six wine bottles and comes with more accessories than you probably ever though you would need on ice. It has a digital, top loading CD player, integrated speakers, a digital AM/FM tuner with up to 32 preset buttons and LCD, a link for your PMP, and an integrated alarm clock with snooze. There are also inputs for headphones and external speakers. The refrigerator comes with remote in case you drank all the Cooltone's contents and can't seem to get up to shut off the music. All this, and perhaps a hangover as well, can be yours for $260.00.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Special Committee on Aging plans to investigate the Jamaica-based telephone scams that have bilked some Maine senior citizens out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who is the ranking minority member of the committee, said the panel plans to hold hearings on a variety of scams targeting senior citizens, including the "Jamaican lottery" scam that has victimized elders in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Collins' announcement came on the same day that the Federal Trade Commission was in Maine to hold two forums aimed at helping Maine consumers avoid being scammed. Medicare fraud and the lottery or sweepstakes scams were expected to be major topics at the forums in Auburn on Thursday morning and then a subsequent event at the Scarborough Town Hall from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
In the "Jamaican lottery" scam – so named because most of the calls originate from Jamaica, which has an "876" area code – individuals are told that they have won the lottery, a car or other large prize. But to claim it, they must pay a fee.
The scammers then cultivate the victim's trust, sometimes calling them at night or on holidays to check in while assuring them that the prize is on its way. But they repeatedly ask for more money or gain access to bank accounts. Some Maine residents have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Authorities estimate that scammers in Jamaica are making as many as 30,000 calls a day to the United States.
"Our parents and grandparents worked hard their entire lives and saved for retirement. They should be enjoying their 'golden years,' and they should not be being targeted by criminals who want to rob them of their hard-earned savings and investments," Collins said in a statement. "Our committee intends to take a close look at several scams that are targeting elderly people, not only to raise awareness, but also to discuss ways we can help people avoid becoming a victim."
Local and state law enforcement agencies as well as representatives for FairPoint Communications have also been heavily involved in trying to stop the scammers while raising public awareness among Maine's elderly population.
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Four University of Delaware students from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) spent time this summer interning in Brazil at the University of Lavras (UFLA), immersing themselves in the Brazilian culture and taking part in experiential learning with the hope of establishing connections for future collaborations with the institution.
The students were able to study in Brazil thanks to funds provided by a three-year, $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and International Science and Education program awarded to CANR and the College of Arts and Sciences in 2011.
The students who went on the trip were Jacqueline Hoban, a junior studying wildlife conservation and entomology, and recent UD graduates Melanie Allen, who studied wildlife conservation, Sara Laskowski, ecology, and Sarah Thorne, animal science.
Laskowski said that in addition to learning about the research underway at UFLA and networking to globalize UD, the students were fully immersed in the culture as they all lived with Brazilian doctoral or undergraduate students and tried their best to speak Portuguese.
Laskowski, who stayed in Brazil for two months, said that her favorite part of the experience was "the people I met. I made really great friends who I hope to stay in contact with for a long time. I hope to go back and I'm looking into possibly getting a master's degree in the Amazon region. I love it."
She also said that she enjoyed sitting in on various classes, talking with professors, seeing new species of birds and insects, and learning about new plants on a day-to-day basis.
Laskowski said that traveling and studying abroad "gives you a new perspective on life. UD has a lot of great opportunities through the study abroad program, which gives students an opportunity to step outside of their roles and really see how other people live."
Hoban explained that the interns had worked for a year before heading to Brazil to help build longstanding academic programs and research partnerships with UFLA that will enhance the international nature of curricula in areas of common interest, such as food security, bioenergy, animal agriculture and biodiversity.
"Most of my classes were plant based and I worked with plant pathologists and learned a lot about coffee, because that's their big crop," Hoban said. She also studied how her Brazilian colleagues "deal with different pathogens and how we would deal with any pathogens that would come from Brazil, or have come from Brazil, to the United States."
Hoban said that she enjoyed traveling to Rio de Janeiro and exploring UFLA's new coffee science department.
Having been on study abroad trips to Cambodia and Vietnam before heading to Brazil, Hoban explained that traveling and studying abroad "makes you realize how big the world really is and how different it is. When you read about another country, you're not really getting a full view of their perspective. Seeing how Brazilians feel about Brazil, how Brazilians feels about the United States, it broadens your mind."
Professorial experience
The students were also supervised by a faculty team that included Sue Barton, associate professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and a Cooperative Extension specialist; Carl Schmidt, professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences and associate professor of biological sciences; Greg Shriver, associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology; and Angelia Seyfferth, assistant professor in Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.
Barton traveled to Brazil for five days, and explained that she went for a number of reasons, among them to touch base with the UD students and provide them with the opportunity to do things like travel to Inhotim, a 5,000-acre botanic garden and contemporary art museum located two hours from the city Belo Horizonte.
As a professor who teaches plants and human culture, Barton also spent time with an ornamental horticulture professor from UFLA, driving around and looking at the typical city landscape in Brazil. Most of the plots in the city had very little room to landscape or walls that hid their interiors for security purposes, and because of this, people were not able to landscape the area in front of their homes. Barton was able to see a gated community, however, that eliminated the security issue with the gate at the entrance and that looked relatively similar to a high end American urban or suburban development.
Barton was also able to meet with forestry officials who showed her a number of urban forestry projects. "They're very advanced in the way they're using computers — like tablets — to collect data and they're trying to completely catalogue all the trees in Belo Horizonte, which is a city about two hours away from Lavras," said Barton.
She explained that the officials are gathering data on each tree and the possible problems that trees face in an urban environment — such as wires near the trees — and that they are hoping "to get a handle on the full range of the trees in the city and then continue to track that over time."
Schmidt went to Brazil to support the students and to conduct research as part of a $4.7 million National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) climate change grant for a project titled "Adapting Chicken Production to Climate Change Through Breeding." The project looks at identifying genes that help chickens survive on different diets, in different climates and facing different disease challenges.
Having already sampled birds in Uganda, Schmidt said that it was very beneficial to be able to get genetic samples from birds in Brazil, as well.
"I'm very interested in pursuing worldwide genetic diversity in chickens because they're in all sorts of different environments — they're pretty much anywhere you find people," said Schmidt.
Aiding Schmidt in his research work were Janet DeMena, a research associate in CANR, and Allison Rogers, a master's degree student in CANR.
When it came time to head to campus and help the students, Schmidt quickly realized that the students were very self-motivated. He was, however, more than happy to accompany them on their trip to Rio de Janeiro.
"The people at UFLA were great and we were working pretty hard the whole time we were there, but I have to admit, it was nice to have a break in Rio," said Schmidt.
Having been to UFLA during spring break, Schmidt had already set up connections with faculty at the institution in anticipation of this trip, and he will now have two Brazilian graduate students from the university travel to UD to spend a year here starting this month.
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SAVAGE XS/Unpainted body with precut decals. JEEP® WRANGLER® RUBICON and its trade dress are trademarks of Chrysler Group LLC and are used under license. ©Chrysler Group LLC 2011
Customize your Savage XS with a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon bodyshell! Jeeps are one of the most popular off-road vehicles of all time, and this officially licensed HPI body captures the rugged look that has made Jeep famous. All of the details are precision moulded into the body: door hinges, hood latches, a front winch and a rear roll cage.
To make it just as tough as the real Jeep, the body is made from thick 0.030" clear polycarbonate. Convenient pre-cut vinyl decal sheets includes: photorealistic headlights, grille, tail lights, official logos, window frames, door handles and more... all die-cut to make applying the decals quick and easy. Overspray film and pre-cut vinyl window masks are included with each body. A decal instruction sheet is included for decal placement, and the body has dimple marks for body post drill locations.
- Photorealistic die-cut premium vinyl decals include window frames, headlight, grille, taillights and more, plus official logos!
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New Off-Road Products - October 2013Posted in Product Reviews on September 4, 2013
LRG 101 Six-Spoke
The Large Rim Group (aka LRG Rims) has a new six-spoke design that will add style and strength to your rolling stock package.
• Available in a matte-black finish or a black finish with milled accents. New casting technology results in a stronger rim
• Both finish types are offered in 17-, 18-, 20-, and 24-inch diameter with 9-, 10-, and 12-inch widths in multiple bolt patterns and backspacing options. Combined, the sizes, bolt patterns, and backspacing options mean that LRG 101 six-spoke rims can be fitted to almost every popular truck or SUV
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Yamaha Pressure Washer
Yamaha's new PW3028 pressure washer is designed for heavy, repeated use.
• Works well for off-road trucks and vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and construction applications, or any other situation where a rugged pressure washer is needed
• Reliable Yamaha engine ensures longevity and high performance
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Black Magic Aluminum Wheel Cleaner
Clean, polish, and protect your aluminum wheels with one convenient product from Black Magic.
• Safe for all aluminum wheels
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Super Hydra 400
The GM Turbo 400 transmission is strong, simple, and successful, but it's not quite perfect. The stock GM transmission case can be a weak point, and that's where the Reid Racing Super Hydra 400 replacement case comes in.
• Completely new transmission case is manufactured using a permanent mold casting technique. Precision machining follows the casting process. The Reid Super Hydra SH400 case is compatible with all OEM components as well as aftermarket internal parts designed for the Turbo 400. Available in drag-racing and off-road versions
• Full-circumference bellhousings attach separately and adapt the SH400 to most popular engines. Multiple internal upgrades increase performance and reliability
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Sadly, I'm a superstitious person. I feel compelled to throw salt over my left shoulder every time I use it. I never light three candles in a row. I avoid placing my wife's purse on the ground. I never place hats on beds. I open car doors with my left hand. No, none of it makes any sense but that's just the way I am.
I can't really say why I open cars with my left hand, I just do. I think it's because subconsciously it's a way to show the vehicle respect. My left hand is weaker. I don't so much as grab the handle as I do gently introduce myself. I'm counting on this vehicle to transport me, safely I hope. Of course, I've had a few cars I'd open with only my feet. Just kick the handle. Obviously, I never expected much from them and yet they never tried to kill me.
So it's a little before 9am. I'm heading to the office, loaded down with a 40-lb camera bag and gigantic Gitzo tripod. The sky looks nasty, a sort of yellow-green I remember from growing up in Wheaton, Illinois. Weather like this typically means a strong storm cell is coming. What's weird is that there's no wind or humidity, no blast of cool air from the approaching front.
I hear a few cracks of thunder in the distance. This is very unusual for September in SoCal. It's getting closer, much closer. It sounds like a giant is running full speed towards my house, each step more deafening than the last.
Ok, enough of this bullshit. Time to get in the car. I park next to a big palm tree and sometimes use it to hang stuff as I load the car. Although bird poop used to be a problem, a few clips of Airsoft BBs has long since cleared the upper fronds of the feathered offenders. Still, no one parks there but me.
Like always, I reach for the car's handle with my left hand (plus, my right is full of camera gear). Our long-term BMW 550 GT has a keyless entry systemsimply touching the car with the key in your pocket will unlock the doors. All the hair on my arm is standing straight up, sorta like rubbing a balloon on your head and the subsequent static charge that ensues. That's weird.
I can't recall the next several seconds except for the sensation of flying through the air and looking up at my palm tree, exploding. I'm flat on my back as this unfolds. How the hell did I get here? I roll out of the smoking bushes and watch the tree go up in flames. The entire thing is on fire, all 80 feet of it.
My son runs out and starts screaming. I cannot hear him nor can I remember his name. I know who he is, when and where he was born, what his favorite food is and the first girl he kissed. His name however, is not in my directory.
I was struck by lightning.
I watch things unfold like a video with no sound. Neighbors scurry around with hoses, burning palm fronds floating about, the smell of ozone, news crews shoving cameras in my face. My left hand has been lightly scorched, like a powder burn. It smells like burned hair.
I was struck by lightning.
Although some might think I was unlucky, I think it's the other way around. Had I opened the door with my right hand, that big metal tripod might have served to amplify the charge, bisecting my torso like an electrode. Or what if I had a big, metallic keychain in hand? I bet that would have stung.
The after effects of this ordeal have been amusing. I seem to have misplaced words for common objects (my son being one of them). I could not find the word for fork, baseball, bullet nor the name of the BMW I was driving. I know what these things are, I simply forgot their names.
For a while I was referring to the 550 GT as C-17. Like the aircraft, the 550 can carry a big load of cargo and has a big rear hatch. No, it can't fly but it is pretty damn fast.
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Frost-freeze, then drought-heat, spells disaster for many
LANSING — Brad Deacon may just have coined the understatement of the year for Michigan producers.
"This has been a tough year for many of our farmers," said Deacon, emergency management and administrative law coordinator for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
In late August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated all 83 counties in Michigan as primary natural disaster areas for drought and excessive heat conditions.
"The federal designation will aid Michigan's farmers for crop losses due to the ongoing heat and drought conditions," said Gov. Rick Snyder. "This disaster designation ensures our farmers and producers have access to additional federal resources to overcome Mother Nature's challenges."
That disaster designation was the second for Michigan in 2012.
The first disaster
A frost and freeze disaster in March and April included all but Keweenaw County, according to Deacon.
"Back in the spring and early summer with the fruit growers, people talked about this being as bad as in the 1940s," Deacon said.
Those frost events were some of the most damaging the Michigan industry has seen in last 50 years, according to Ken Nye, Michigan Farm Bureau horticultural specialist.
With the mild winter and rapid and consistent warm-up, crops were so advanced they were especially vulnerable to frost. Along the west side of the state where most of the fruit is, by the end of April hardly any fruit but blueberries was left.
"For apples and cherries, most growers had less than 10 percent of their crop. Not everybody, but most," Nye said.
That does not mean that next year there won't be a good crop, he added. But this year it spells fewer apples during Michigan's traditional fall apple-picking season.
The frost-freeze also decimated peaches, pears and juice grapes, especially in the southwest corner of the state. However, wine grapes are "doing really well," said Jeremy Nagel, media relations specialist for Michigan Farm Bureau. It depends on the crop, and where it in the state it was planted.
The second disaster
And then there's the drought. Michigan producers haven't seen one like it since 1988.
"The drought over the summer is mostly about corn, soybeans and hay," Nagel said.
But even despite this summer's heat disaster designation across the state, not everyone was impacted equally. As with the frost-freeze, it depends not only on the crop, but where in the state it was planted.
"There are crops to harvest in Michigan, and that puts us in a better position than others in other states," Deacon said. "Some look good, some not. Sometimes we won't know until the fall harvest, like with corn and soybeans.
The designation allows farmers to know that the government assumes they've been impacted, and they can start working with the USDA Farm Service Agency at the local level to get loans, to buy necessities like feed for their livestock.
Corn and soybeans planted in the spring "got off to a great start" compared with last year's beginning with too much rain, said Bob Boehm, head of the Michigan Farm Bureau Commodity and Marketing Department. There was good germination. But then, during pollination, the drought and high temperatures hit, which caused "a multitude of challenges.
"Every one of those kernels takes a grain of pollen. When the kernel doesn't develop, when it's not pollinated to the tip, it got too hot or got interrupted in the pollination process," said Boehm. "The ears of corn that didn't pollinate are sparsely populated."
The worst hit areas were in the southwest corner of the state, on the northern edge of a broader Midwest drought. From about I-96 north, which had intermittent rains combined with unusual heat, is "not too bad," Boehm said. The central to northern part of the state is "looking optimal." Between I-96 and I-94, there are "pockets of worse." South of I-94 Boehm simply pronounced "worse." But those are just guidelines.
"There are south pockets here and there that received rain, and north pockets that didn't," he added.
For the soybean crop, the critical time is later than the corn crop.
"A lot of folks feel the rain and cooler times in the past few weeks helped the crops," said Boehm. "We're more optimistic about soy, but overall we'll be down for the year."
For the farms that do have crops, their harvest may not as big as they were hoping back in the spring. Or it may be an easy year for them: because of the shortage in other parts of the state and country, if they have crops, they'll get a good price for them, said Deacon.
If they don't have crops, there's always the USDA-FSA loans.
USDA-FSA loan program
The counties designated by USDA as natural disaster or contiguous disaster areas means that qualified farm operators are eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the FSA, provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to loans, to help eligible farmers recover.
But it's by no means Easy Street. Even at the reduced interest rate, it will still cost producers to carry debt.
"The USDA, as well as state, programs are tools farmers can evaluate using," said Deacon. "They may not have much profits, but they have employees, taxes, insurance and many other fixed costs to pay."
Whether a crop is harvested or not, there is overhead that has to be paid, said Boehm. In addition, producers have to plan ahead and buy for next year. Without profits from a crop, the insurance will help.
"That's the risk of farming. Some years, you make good money. Some years, you are struggling," said Boehm. "Most farmers would rather have a bumper crop for a decent price, move the commodity and meet the need. Mother Nature got in the way of that this year."
The stats
According to the USDA, which is the agency responsible for compiling the official crop loss statistics and administering the federal emergency farm loan programs, Michigan corn farmers expect a yield of 114 bushels per acre, down 39 bushels from 2011. Soybean yield is forecast at 37 bushels per acre, down seven bushels from 2011, for statewide production totaling almost 74 million bushels. That is down 14 percent from last year. On the other hand, sugar beets expect a yield of 28 tons per acre, up 4 tons from 2011.
Nationally, corn production is down 13 percent from 2011. Based on conditions as of Sept. 1, average yields are predicted to be the lowest since 1995. Soybean production nationwide is down 14 percent from last year. Sugar beets are expected to show a record yield.
Sugar beets in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb were planted early, Boehm said. As a tap root, it goes deep into the soil, bulking up during the summer.
Winter wheat, which is planted in the fall and harvested in July, was another bright spot, Boehm said. "It's an important crop in Michigan, and it came off pretty well."
Between low nationwide corn stocks to start the year and prospects for a fair 2012 crop fading, the price of corn and other feedstock commodities has soared. Feed will not only be more expensive, it will also be in short supply.
Farmers also must be wary of prematurely cutting drought-stressed corn for use as silage, a nutritious blend of chopped and partially fermented plant material. The stalks of underdeveloped corn plants, especially those stunted by drought, can sometimes contain unhealthy levels of nitrates, stored up in anticipation of developing an ear. Silage made from such corn often needs to be diluted with other feed to maintain maximum nutritional value.
Then there's hay. If you don't have good corn, you're likely not going to have hay, said Boehm, and that's a problem for the livestock industry.
Low hay yields a concern
Hay did not fare well. Reports from every county are that farmers are seeing a 30 percent or more decrease in hay production compared to previous years, said Deacon.
"The USDA keeps acreage records," he said. "We'll continue to see where things end up in harvest."
Boehm predicts hay prices will go up – yet another cost livestock producers have to contend with.
"If you don't have pasture in summer and bale hay in winter, it gets to be costly if you have to buy feed," said Boehm.
While Michigan was not as hard hit as many other states, the shortage nationwide is going to drive up the cost of feed for producers around the country. Again, that creates an opportunity for some, but a tipping point for many.
Particularly with meat and dairy products, farmers are facing some hard decisions about production and the cost of doing business, Deacon said. With rising feed costs, they've had to look at whether to buy feed and how much, and how many animals they are going to be able to keep.
"Some are selling animals now, and therefore the longer-term impacts will have to be seen," he said, adding that the USDA is predicting that consumer prices indeed will be impacted.
Nationally, prices react to the marketplace. Buyers who want corn for feed or ethanol plants bid up the price, resulting in record-high prices for corn and soybeans. This means the farmers who don't have as much grain or forage for their herds as they need, and who can't afford the higher market prices, will look to liquidate their cattle, pork and poultry.
"We'll see meat prices stable to lower because of excess liquidation, said Boehm. "But in three to 12 months, we'll see prices rise, because the animals that would have been fattening have been sold. Over the long term, there will be less meat available, so prices will go up."
Beyond corn and soybeans
When it comes to other vegetables in Michigan, it's more of a "mixed bag," Nye said. How much is harvested will depend on irrigation, how plants were affected by the hot weather, and how long into the fall the growing season extends before the first frost.
"Some like it relatively warm. If vegetables got rain, or had the opportunity to irrigate, they may have done relatively well this year," said Nye. Overall, though, he expects to see a slight reduction in vegetable production.
Nye said with the early spring and warm summer, sweet corn, winter squash and pumpkins production is two to three weeks ahead of schedule. There is some "disease pressure" due to the heat, and "a little lost production" because it was so hot during blooming time, causing the flowers to abort, but these vegetables are at least faring better than the fruit did, Nye added.
He expects to see a decent harvest yield of tomatoes, squash, pickles, celery, carrots, onions and summer squash. Then it's on to fall vegetables: the hard squash and potato harvest has started and will continue over the next six weeks or so.
To further complicate matters
After the frost-freeze, and then the drought, some areas like Hillsdale, Branch and St. Joseph counties, had floods that totaled up to 9 inches of rain.
"That hurts some of the vegetables," Boehm said. "Luckily it was not widespread across the state."
The drought hits more than producers
There is a broader economic impact that reaches beyond the farm into the community, Deacon said. A producer with greatly reduced or no income will buy less, and hire less. Harvest workers are not needed in the numbers they typically are. Because produce is not local, the costs to transport it, whether out or in, go up.
Where farmers tend to spend money is in their local areas, said Boehm. If they aren't spending, they aren't buying pick-up trucks and other equipment and supplies. They aren't putting up additional buildings with their accompanying supplies and labor.
"There are potential ripple effects," Deacon said. "We're watching it very closely."
Crop insurance helps in years like this to provide a cushion not only for farmers but also for the community in which they live, Boehm said, acknowledging that it's more difficult to design a sound aid program on the livestock side.
That's why the five-year farm bill is key. Farmers need to know what support they can count on. Boehm and his colleagues are pushing Congress to pass the next bill before the election.
"With the current bill expiring at month's end, farmers are left out there wondering what will be available when they're trying to make decisions," said Boehm. "There's enough uncertainty in farming. Congress needs to get it done."
There are other ways the lack of production this year could have longer-term effects, impacting next year's sales. Customers could go elsewhere for product, and it would be a struggle for Michigan producers to get them to return.
"That's what happens with a market situation: a one year aberration is a concern, and it could mean a significant financial drain on producers to recover," said Nye. "We're hoping for a good year next year, because we're going to need that.
On the up-side, for fruit-bearing trees, not having a crop this year meant less stress on the plants.
"We would expect a high level of bloom on next year's crop. That would be something we hope would give a little advantage next year," said Nye.
In addition, some growers in wetter areas of the state would have vigorous trees this year, "so that may add up to something better in the future," he said.
Trying to predict what is unpredictable
Biological factors are always a concern to producers. Weather, however, always is one of the big unknowns.
In order to be in a good position for next year's crop, after they have finished harvesting, farmers hope for additional rains this fall and snow in the winter to recharge the subsoil with moisture, as well as to refill lakes, rivers and ponds that some of them irrigate from. Boehm said meteorologists say there's a chance of a wetter-than-normal fall and winter. A chance that could change.
Weather patterns are cyclical, and ocean patterns affect farmers around the world, he noted. It's all part of the risk that farmers world-wide take.
"If this were only a Michigan problem, we wouldn't see the dramatic rise in prices," he said.
Fluctuation in commodity prices is the predictable part of an otherwise unpredictable industry. Next year, Boehm said, he expects volatility in the corn and soy markets due to low amount of grain left to carry over from 2011, and the amount the market won't see from 2012. With the U.S. being the number one exporter of these products, providing half of what is traded, markets will be watching South America at their harvest time in the spring to see what they will be able to supply. Experts also continue to look at weather, governments and other factors that play into the price of these commodities.
"There is a lot of concern for next spring and next year of what gets planted and where," he said, "and trying to anticipate what someone is willing to sell and what someone is willing to buy."
Here on the ground, farmers adapt, expecting the best and preparing for the worst, Nye said.
"With Michigan agriculture, due to diversity, hopefully we'll get through it," he said. "It will be difficult for individual producers, but we're going to look forward to getting back at it next year."
"Farmers are by nature an optimistic group," said Deacon. "There's always the hope that next year will be better."
For more information on the federal emergency farm loan programs, visit www.fsa.usda.gov.


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American Alan Gross in 2009, left, and in 2012, right. A U.S. doctor said that Gross' weight loss, and a review of CT and ultrasound scans suggest Gross should be rigorously evaluated for cancer. He has a mass behind his right shoulder blade that Cuban doctors have diagnosed as a hematoma.
Alan Gross, a 63-year-old U.S. citizen imprisoned in Cuba for nearly three years, may be suffering from untreated cancer, according to a U.S. doctor who has reviewed Gross' medical records — a conclusion that is at odds with the government in Havana, which has maintained that the American is in normal health.
Gross, a contractor for the United States government, was arrested as for subversion of the state in late 2009, and his case is a sticking point in U.S.-Cuban relations. The latest questions about his health have pushed his case to the forefront again.
Five months ago, Gross developed a mass behind his right shoulder blade, which doctors in Cuba diagnosed as a hematoma that would be reabsorbed within a few months, according to Reuters.
But an American radiologist consulted by Gross' wife to review his CT and ultrasound scans said the mass had not been properly evaluated, according to a doctor's statement released by Gross' attorney Jared Genser.
Maryland-based radiologist Alan Cohen said the scans, combined with news that Gross has lost 105 pounds since his December 2009 arrest — suggest to him that Gross needs urgent evaluation — and very likely a biopsy of the mass — preferably at a facility in the United States.
A "soft tissue mass in an adult who has lost considerable weight must be assumed to represent a malignant tumor unless proven to be benign," said Cohen in a letter obtained by NBC News.
"If the mass is a soft tissue sarcoma and treated aggressively there is a good chance of cure; if on the other hand it is not treated aggressively and early and it spreads to lung and liver, his life expectancy would be about three months. Several months have already been wasted and the clock is ticking," Cohen wrote in the letter.
Attorney Genser said he hopes the doctor's evaluation, will raise the stakes enough for Cuba to take action.
"It is critically important that Alan Gross get competent medical care as quickly as possible," he said. "We hope this independent medical review demonstrates the need for that to happen immediately. I would urge the government of Cuba to allow Alan to be receive a doctor of his choosing to do a medical examination to evaluate his tumor."
Gross was arrested for "crimes against the state" and sentenced to 15 years for providing satellite equipment and service to Cuban Jewish groups.
At the time of his arrest, the Baltimore native was working for Development Alternatives, a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development to set up an intranet system, which his attorneys say was for sharing information such as recipes and prayers among the Jewish community in Cuba.
USAID's Cuba program focuses its efforts on "increasing the ability of Cubans to participate in civic affairs and improve human rights conditions on the island," according to the federal agency's website. It had funding of $20 million for fiscal 2012.
Gross' arrest put an end to a brief period of warming in U.S.-Cuban relations, which had been chilly since the 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro that established a communist state.
So far, there's no sign that either the U.S. or Cuba has budged on the issue.
Josefina Vidal, head of the North American Division at Cuba's Foreign Ministry, told NBC News that her government has offered to "have a dialogue with the US government to solve all our problems and that would include trying to find a humanitarian solution to Mr. Gross on a reciprocal basis. The U.S. government is responsible for the situation Mr. Gross finds himself in."
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She did not specify what was entailed in that offer. Cuba has suggested in the past that Gross could be released in exchange release by the United States of four Cubans nationals held on espionage and murder conspiracy charges.
The idea been firmly rejected by the U.S. government, most recently by State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland in March, who said that Gross should be released unconditionally. The cases are not comparable, Nuland said, because "Gross is not a spy."
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Judy Gross, has repeatedly appealed to government officials on both sides to negotiate her husband's release. On Tuesday, in a letter released by Genser, she appealed to Cuban President Raul Castro to allow her husband to be examined by a doctor chosen by the family.
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Michael Lee Hunter, 64
Michael Lee Hunter, 64, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Oct. 15, 2012, in his Middleton home.
Mike was born on Nov. 29, 1947, in Rexburg. He lived with his parents, Versal and Donna Hunter in Firth and was soon big brother to five siblings.
He served in Vietnam in 1966.
He married Shawna Moon in 1968 and together they had two children, Michelle Lee and Michael Todd, the family lived in St. Anthony.
On June 25, 1974 Mike survived a diving accident which left his body paralyzed, but spurred his spirit. Following the accident, he relocated to the Treasure Valley where he eventually settled in Middleton and lived for more than 30 years. Throughout his life he worked in many trades, including car sales, truck driving, construction, rodeoing, hunter's education instruction and auctioneering.
To those who knew him he was truly one of the most driven men ever known. Though he lost the use of his legs and hands for most of his life, he remained independent - hunting, fishing, and traveling. He was honored by the Safari Club International and went to Johannesburg, South Africa to hunt; he returned with five trophies, which are proudly displayed in his home.
Mike is survived by his first wife, Shawna (Pat) Murray of Coeur d' Alene; children, Michelle (Phil) White of Meridian, and Todd (Angi) Hunter of Frisco, Texas; grandchildren, Rabecca (Shorty) Morton, Dylan White, Gavin, Lennon, and Cash Hunter; great-granddaughters, Tabitha and Desiree Morton; mother, Donna Hunter of Firth-/Spanish Fork, Utah; siblings, Kent (Linda) Hunter of Spanish Fork, Utah; Ann (Leo) Montie of Idaho Falls; Jim of San Jose, Calif.; and Susan of Provo, Utah. He leaves numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members; many dear friends and his beloved dog, Earl.
He was preceded in death by dad Versal, brother David, and many pets, though none as special to him as George, his little canine companion.
There will be a memorial service on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, at 1 p.m. at the Middleton 7th Ward LDS Church, 309 West Main Street, Middleton. Arrangements are being conducted by Zeyer Funeral Home. It is Mike's wishes to have his ashes distributed in some of his favorite places, including Kilgore and on CJ Strike Reservoir during our maiden fishing voyage in the spring. Thank you to all his caregivers and neighbors over the years - words cannot begin to express how he appreciated you and your time!


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CLEVELAND – Andy Chevrolet, doing business as Sims Chevrolet, a Cleveland automobile dealership, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that since July 2007, Sims Chevrolet subjected a class of African Americans to different terms and conditions of employment and a hostile work environment on the basis of race. The federal agency alleged that the discriminatory conduct included racial epithets, such as repeated use of the N-word, and also involved management making sales team assignments based upon race. Additionally, the EEOC claimed that Sims retaliated against one of the individuals after he complained about the unlawful discrimination by withholding his wages.
Racial discrimination and retaliation for complaining about it violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio after first attempting to reach a settlement out of court (EEOC v. Andy Chevrolet Company dba Sims Chevrolet, 1:08-cv-02335).
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Start by cutting a piece of sandpaper to the size you would like it. We cut ours so they would fit into a handmade craft stick frame. You can experiment with different grits of sandpaper. We started out with a very coarse 60 and then tried a very fine 240 grit.
This is where your child can create whatever design or picture they choose. I asked my kids to try and cover the entire paper with color, but we ended up with one that had plenty of sandpaper showing through and it still worked great.
I laid a towel on my ironing board for protection and laid the finished colored piece of sandpaper face down on a clean sheet of white paper. Then I placed another sheet of paper on the top for safe measure. The effect may be slightly different if the image is ironed facing up since the heat is more direct.
|This print was done with the more coarse 60 grit sandpaper.
|This print was done with a very fine 240 grit sandpaper.


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